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Mark Williams faces Zhao Xintong in the World Championship final
Mark Williams and Zhao Xintong pick up their World Snooker Championship final battle in Sheffield today. History is on the line for both players, as Williams is bidding to be the oldest world champion in the modern era, and Zhao is aiming to become the first ever world champion from Asia.
Zhao took a commanding 7-1 lead in Sunday's first session. And although Williams fought back to 11-6 in the evening, he still has it all to do against a player who has been in sparkling form since the tournament began. The best-of-35-frame final will get back underway at 1pm (BST) today, with the last session pencilled in for 7pm tonight if required.
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Barry Hearn calls for Ronnie O'Sullivan knighthood
Snooker supremo Barry Hearn believes that Ronnie O'Sullivan deserves to be knighted for his services to snooker.
The Rocket, eliminated by Zhao Xintong in the semi-final, is one of Britain's most decorated sportspeople and Hearn thinks he should soon be referred to as Sir Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He said: "Well to put it in context, Ronnie O’Sullivan has been the best player in the world for many years. There’s no question about that.
“I mean the boy is a total phenomenon. There’s a case to say that he deserves to be picked out and to be knighted for services to snooker."
World Snooker Championship prize money
A reminder that aside from glory and a world title, there is plenty more at stake financially tonight...
The winner between Zhao Xintong and Mark Williams will receive £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000.
Winner: £500,000
Runner-up: £200,000
Semi-finalists: £100,000
Quarter-finalists: £50,000
Last 16: £30,000
Last 32: £20,000
Highest break (qualifying stage included): £15,000
Awkward moment on BBC commentary
BBC commentators Dennis Taylor and Shaun Murphy endured an awkward moment live on air during the 24th frame today.
Taylor was giving his view on the impression that Zhao Xintong was making to oversees fans who were watching him for the first time.
He explained: "A lot of friends from different parts of the world have been watching these World Championships Shaun and they have never seen this player (Zhao) play and they are absolutely amazed at how good he is."
But Murphy disagreed, stating that Zhao is a former UK Championship winner, but the airwaves completely changed tone when Taylor hit back at his colleague for not understanding the point he was making.
A message from Mark
Just one frame from defeat, Mark Williams has taken to social media...
If you didn't know, yes his tweets do usually have that many typos in them!
Mark Williams 'lacking energy'
Mark Williams is simply suffering from fatigue at the Crucible after 17 days of action, reckons 1991 world champion John Parrott.
Parrott says on the BBC: "It's just energy. He's just lacking a bit of energy. I don't blame him in the slightest for being the way he is.
"I expect him to come out, go down fighting and play every frame as if it's the final frame. See where it takes you."
Mark Williams 8-17 Zhao Xintong
The final frame of the afternoon session is over, and again it goes to the man with such a commanding advantage.
Mark Williams cannons into the blue to leave a red for Zhao Xintong, which drops, but the black - from the spot - doesn't.
Luckily there's nothing on for Williams and again, the Chinese man steps back up to build a 12-0 lead before turning down a risky pink.
Fouls from Williams turn that into a 22-0 lead. There's then a tense exchange of safety shots as both players seek to avoid leaving an open table for the other.
Xintong improves to 37-0 before allowing Williams back up but a long red refuses to fall after a break of 16. So it's another battle of safeties until the Welsh Potting Machine finds the middle.
A break of 20 moves him just one point behind Xintong but just as it seems he might reduce the deficit, a red finds the jaws and Xintong wraps up it 63-36.
That's that until 7pm, when Xintong will need just one single frame to wrap this World Championship up.
Mark Williams 8-16 Zhao Xintong
Zhao Xintong takes on a risky, and somewhat cocky, long red that invites both more scorn from the BBC commentators and Mark Williams to punish him.
But after building a break of 26, the Welshman misses a fairly routine red.
Xintong returns to the table but can only rack up 12 points. Williams immediately misses a red to the middle and at the second time of asking, his opponent is more clinical to take this one 79-26.
He's two frames away.
Finally, Mark Williams stops the rot.
An audacious shot on a red from Zhao Xintong cannoned into the black, and when it missed, it left the balls in an inviting position for Williams to capitalise.
Dennis Taylor and Shaun Murphy weren't too impressed with Zhao's decision making in the BBC commentary box.
And the Chinese was made to pay.
A high break of 66 from Williams ensures there will at least be a final session tonight - even if it's a short one.
It's a fourth consecutive frame for Zhao Xintong, and nothing is going the way of Mark Williams.
There was a horrible fluke on the green for Zhao early in that frame - as if he needs any extra help.
His break ends at 31, and although Williams came back to the table, he couldn't get anything meaningful going.
It was a scrappy one, but Zhao gets it over the line with a tidy final break of 52.
Another frame goes to Zhao Xintong and it would take something remarkable for him to lose from here.
Williams once again got the frame going and put together a break of 45, but he was unfortunate that a cannon into the reds didn't work out.
Zhao pulled it back to 45-40 but left a red over the right-corner pocket for Williams. It was partly covered by the pink, which Williams swerved around, but the cue ball went in off.
Zhao still had work to do from there. However, it's clear by now that you can't give him half a chance.
A red along the bottom cushion was crucial, and he cleaned up the rest of the balls.
A tough watch for Williams in his seat.
Into the mid-session interval we go.
Mark Williams puts seven points on the board before his break draws to a close, and Zhao Xintong punishes him.
It was beautifully put together as he worked his way up to 58, sinking a long, narrow red to move Williams to snookers required.
The Welshman had a few goes but conceded the frame when he fouled on the black.
Mark Williams pulls one back, and he had to work for it.
His opening break ended at six when a cannon on the pink did not work out.
That sparked a scrappy safety exchange which went on for the majority of the frame.
Williams had a good chance to streak off into the sunset, but a bad miss on the pink brought Zhao back to the table.
It didn't last long, though, and Williams took control with a break of 35 which there was no coming back from for Zhao.
Not the start Mark Williams needed.
And Zhao Xintong looks just as cool, calm and collected as he has done all tournament.
Zhao gets the frame going with a break of 46, but is then forced to play for safety due to an unsuccessful cannon into the reds.
Williams gets the wheels turning with a planted red, but a bad miss on the blue lets Zhao back in all too quickly.
He needed no second invite to wrap up the frame from there.
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