World Snooker Championship 2023: Mark Williams romps to victory over Jimmy Robertson with six consecutive frames

Mark Williams romped his way to a 10-5 victory over Jimmy Robertson by winning every frame in the second part of their first-round match at the World Championship. Williams trailed Robertson 5-4 going into Monday afternoon’s session, but won six consecutive frames to book a place in round two. Ad In 2018, Williams also beat Robertson 10-5 in the opening round and went on to win his third Crucible crown.

World ChampionshipEscape of the championship? Williams brilliantly gets out of snooker2 HOURS AGO He will face Luca Brecel in the last 16 on Thursday, after the Belgian beat Ricky Walden on a decider. Williams set the tone by thumping in a red at the start of the 10th frame to make breaks of 51 and 40 which levelled up the scores. A break of 69 put the three-time world champion ahead and a 57 in the next meant there was more than one frame separating the two players for the first time in the match.

Robertson had his chances as Williams attempted a tricky swerve shot in frame 13, but a missed red with the rest when the balls were developed nicely proved costly, so the Welshman led 8-5 going into the mid-session interval. Sometimes the interval can change the momentum in a snooker match, but Williams continued his fine form to move 9-5 ahead. Robertson was ahead in what turned out to be the final frame of the match when he made a 34, his highest break of the afternoon.