The Snooker Titans Trophy: Williams wins in Romania
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| Photo by Monique Limbos |
Mark
Williams is the first winner of the Snooker Titans Trophy series, after beating
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-4 in the final. The lads displayed an incredible collection
of shots, stealing a lot of "ooh & aah's" from the mesmerized
crowd.
Sunday,
April 3rd 2016 - this day will probably remain in the Romanian
history of snooker as one of the greatest days ever!
A myriad of
snooker stars, referred by Alex Crisan, crossed their cues in a superb display
of talent and skills, Jimmy White setting a classical snooker meeting with his
old time rival, Stephen Hendry, while Mark Williams faced the one and only
Ronnie O'Sullivan in the grand final.
22 years
ago, Stephen Hendry was meeting Jimmy White in the final of the World
Championship at the Crucible theatre from Sheffield. The final scoreline: 18-17
in favour of the Scottish player. This was going to be Jimmy's last appearance
in a World Championship final.
Sunday evening
they met again, White managing to somehow avenge that lost (plus the previous
three he experience by playing Hendry) for he won 6-3.
Jimmy opened
the match with a 76 break followed by a tremendous 133 total clearance before
Hendry could seriously disturb some balls and use just a top break of 45 to
draw level.
But the Scotsman
heyday are definitely somewhere in the past, the fact that White is still on
the Main Tour and still playing regularly making all the difference, as
"The Whirlwind" fired in runs of 70 and 69 to go just one away from
victory, at 5-2.
Hendry
produced a great 79 to pull back a frame, but his opponent was sure to finish
the match in style, with a top break of 52.
A storm of
applauses erupted when Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams entered the stage
for their final match: aka. the grand final.
The first
two frames were captured by "The Rocket" (breaks of 89 and 109),
while Williams only managed to win one before the interval was finding
O'Sullivan in charge 3-1.
But after
the break, the "Welsh Potting Machine’s" engine started firing in
breaks of 127 and 81, hence equalising the scoreline at three apiece.
O'Sullivan
put his nose back in front thanks to a 71 break, but the rest of the evening
bared Williams' signature as the Welshman won the 8th frame on the
black and added a perfect century break of 109 points and an 87 to win 6-4.
Both players
received a trophy for their superb performance, while the audience repaid them
with a round of applause and some kind of "rugby gathering" when they
tried to leave the arena. #LoveIsInTheAir
This
concludes the second edition of #SnookerTitans Tropy with the promise
that there will be more. The organizer, Mr Adrian Thiess announced that June is
marked on the snooker calendar as "Episode Three" of the Snooker
Titans Trophy series, this time the event taking place in Cluj (more on this in
a few weeks time).
As for me, I
just want to add that I am a happy bunny, thrilled that I got to see the lads
in action at home and share this experience with you my dears.
See you all
at the next event! #RomaniaLovesSnooker
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