JUDD TRUMP whitewashed Mark Williams 4-0 on the Riyadh Season Snooker Championship after branding the Welshman a “very unusual participant to play in opposition to”.
The previous world champions met for a spot within the semi-finals in Saudi Arabia.
Previous to the match, Trump had spoken of Williams’ lack of consistency.
The 2019 world champion instructed the Metro: “His fashion of play could be very completely different to everybody, I feel.
“He’s a really unusual participant to play in opposition to and likewise among the finest potters of unusual balls.”
“I feel he’s anyone, over the previous couple of years, who in opposition to the highest gamers he’s nonetheless acquired his A sport.
“I feel once in a while he struggles to stand up in opposition to among the lower-ranked gamers and he loses much more than perhaps Ronnie [O’Sullivan], or John [Higgins] appears to be fairly constant at getting via to the final 16, final eight.”
Trump additionally claimed that Williams, 50, “wasn’t that good” when he was arriving on the scene – regardless of The Welsh Potting Machine having received World Championships in 2000, 2003 and 2018.
Trump has dominated their head-to-head, successful 24 of their 36 conferences.
However going into their newest Saudi assembly, it was Williams that had received their newest conflict, beating Trump 17-14 at The Crucible earlier this yr.
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On this event it was Trump who comfortably prevailed, powered on by a change of cue.
The Bristolian, 36, went away from his conventional brass cue at first of the yr.
The transfer was not successful, with Trump having to date didn’t win a title in 2025.
After dropping 10-5 to Mark Selby in final week’s Champion of Champions ultimate, Trump determined to ditch the experiment and revert again to his outdated cue.
Following his whitewash over Williams, which noticed him attain the ultimate 4, Trump stated: “It’s arduous to play your greatest if you find yourself looking for the precise cue, however I’m on the market battling.
“There may be nonetheless going to be a bit of adjusting till I discover the precise cue, it’s not excellent in the mean time.
“We’re all lucky simply to play snooker for a residing. Typically it’s powerful when issues are usually not going your means, however I’ll maintain attempting and in some unspecified time in the future it’s going to all click on once more.
“It’s an unimaginable ambiance right here and a really good area to play in. Every time we come to Saudi Arabia, the arenas are the very best we get to play in.”
Trump will tackle China’s Zhao Xintong on Friday for a spot within the ultimate.
Ought to he defeat the reigning world champion, Trump will come up in opposition to Mark Allen or Neil Robertson within the title match.
Checklist of all-time Snooker World Champions
BELOW is a listing of snooker World Champions by yr.
The file is for the trendy period, broadly thought of as courting from the 1968-69 season, when the World Skilled Billiards and Snooker Affiliation (WPBSA) took management of the game.
The primary World Championships ran from 1927 – with a break from 1941-45 due to World Battle II and 1958-63 due to a dispute within the sport.
Joe Davis (15), Fred Davis and John Pulman (each 8) have been probably the most profitable gamers throughout that interval.
Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan share the file for the most titles within the trendy period, with seven every.
- 1969 – John Spencer
- 1970 – Ray Reardon
- 1971 – John Spencer
- 1972 – Alex Higgins
- 1973 – Ray Reardon (2)
- 1974 – Ray Reardon (3)
- 1975 – Ray Reardon (4)
- 1976 – Ray Reardon (5)
- 1977 – John Spencer (2)
- 1978 – Ray Reardon (6)
- 1979 – Terry Griffiths
- 1980 – Cliff Thorburn
- 1981 – Steve Davis
- 1982 – Alex Higgins (2)
- 1983 – Steve Davis (2)
- 1984 – Steve Davis (3)
- 1985 – Dennis Taylor
- 1986 – Joe Johnson
- 1987 – Steve Davis (4)
- 1988 – Steve Davis (5)
- 1989 – Steve Davis (6)
- 1990 – Stephen Hendry
- 1991 – John Parrott
- 1992 – Stephen Hendry (2)
- 1993 – Stephen Hendry (3)
- 1994 – Stephen Hendry (4)
- 1995 – Stephen Hendry (5)
- 1996 – Stephen Hendry (6)
- 1997 – Ken Doherty
- 1998 – John Higgins
- 1999 – Stephen Hendry (7)
- 2000 – Mark Williams
- 2001 – Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 2002 – Peter Ebdon
- 2003 – Mark Williams (2)
- 2004 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (2)
- 2005 – Shaun Murphy
- 2006 – Graeme Dott
- 2007 – John Higgins (2)
- 2008 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (3)
- 2009 – John Higgins (3)
- 2010 – Neil Robertson
- 2011 – John Higgins (4)
- 2012 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (4)
- 2013 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (5)
- 2014 – Mark Selby
- 2015 – Stuart Bingham
- 2016 – Mark Selby (2)
- 2017 – Mark Selby (3)
- 2018 – Mark Williams (3)
- 2019 – Judd Trump
- 2020 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (6)
- 2021 – Mark Selby (4)
- 2022 – Ronnie O’Sullivan (7)
- 2023 – Luca Brecel
- 2024 – Kyren Wilson
- 2025 – Zhao Xintong
Most World Titles (trendy period)
- 7 – Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan
- 6 – Ray Reardon, Steve Davis
- 4 – John Higgins, Mark Selby
- 3 – John Spencer, Mark Williams
- 2 – Alex Higgins
