On-fire Williams makes dream start to final day at Championship League

Mark Williams started his quest for a twenty seventh profession rating title victory with two beautiful centuries on the ultimate day of the Championship League in Leicester.

The three-time world champion produced breaks of 139 and 112 to maneuver 2-0 forward of Martin O’Donnell earlier than wrapping up a speedy win by dominating the third body towards the Welsh Open finalist, who was restricted to solely 22 factors.

World No. 9 Williams claimed the British Open and Tour Championship titles final season, however is bidding to win the Championship League for the primary time in his 32-year skilled profession having misplaced 3-0 to Shaun Murphy in final 12 months’s remaining.

Williams, O’Donnell, Ali Carter and Scott Donaldson are in Group 1 of the ultimate group section on Wednesday with Jackson Web page, David Lilley, Lengthy Zehuang and David Gilbert in Group 2.

The winners of the 2 teams will meet within the remaining of the season’s first rating occasion on the metropolis’s Mattioli Enviornment on Wednesday evening.

Stage one consisted of 32 teams of 4 gamers with the eight group winners reaching the ultimate two teams.

There may be £33,000 on the desk for the winner plus a spot within the Champion of Champions later within the 12 months which is price one other £12,500 for qualifying.

• Group B: David Gilbert (ENG)
• Group C: Lengthy Zehuang (CHN)
• Group E: Ali Carter (ENG)
• Group A: Scott Donaldson (SCO)
• Group D: Mark Williams (WAL)
• Group H: Martin O’Donnell (ENG)
• Group G: Jackson Web page (WAL)
• Group F: David Lilley (ENG)

• Group 21: Neil Robertson (AUS)
• Group 11: Ryan Day (WAL)
• Group 4: Mark Williams (WAL)
• Group 17: Chris Wakelin (ENG)
• Group 25: Matthew Stevens (WAL)
• Group 31: Ashley Carty (ENG)
• Group 23: Michael White (WAL)
• Group 22: Joe O’Connor (ENG)
• Group 10: Jackson Web page (WAL)
• Group 32: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
• Group 30: Jamie Jones (WAL)
• Group 29: Ben Woollaston (ENG)
• Group 8: Jak Jones (WAL)
• Group 7: Robbie McGuigan (NI)
• Group 24: Martin O’Donnell (Eng)
• Group 28: Wu Yize (CHN)
• Group 26: Alexander Ursenbacher (SUI)
• Group 27: David Lilley (ENG)
• Group 1: Scott Donaldson (SCO)
• Group 14: Hossein Vafaei (IRN)
• Group 18: Stuart Bingham (ENG)
• Group 13: Si Jiahui (CHN)
• Group 20: Stuart Carrington (ENG)
• Group 19: Lengthy Zehuang (CHN)
• Group 6: Gary Wilson (ENG)
• Group 9: Ma Hailong (CHN)
• Group 2: He Guoqiang (CHN)
• Group 12: Jack Lisowski (ENG)
• Group 5: Ali Carter (ENG)
• Group 16: Fan Zhengyi (CHN)
• Group 3: Shaun Murphy (ENG)
• Group 15: David Gilbert (ENG)