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2003 Embassy World
Championship
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SEMI
FINALS
SCORES 18-16 (Williams-Doherty)
Session One: 3pm Sunday 4 May (8 frames)
60(42c)-37(37), 82-55, 0-97(76), 73(38)-29, 86(62)-30,
82(52)-12, 74(35)-30, 75(75)-56(56)
Welsh wizard Mark Williams took a deserved 7-1 lead
after the opening salvos in the Embassy World final. Both players
struggled to settled and chances went begging on both sides, but
Williams snatched the first with a 42 clearance, after an early 37
from Doherty was not decisive. And the new World No. 1 took the second
as well, before Doherty found some fluency with the highest break of
the session, 76 to take the third. But the Irishman was 3-1 down at
the first break, as Williams again gobbled up the bits and pieces on
offer. A missed black by Doherty gave Williams a chance for a
decisive 62 in frame five and 52 in the next put him 5-1 ahead.
Doherty needed to salvage something from the last two frames of the
afternoon, but made little impression on the Welshman, who took the
seventh with runs of 35 and 29, but the hammer blow was administered
by Williams in the last of the session. Doherty opened with 56, lost
position and Williams ultimately stepped in with a crunching 75
clearance for a 7-1 lead.
Session Two: 8pm Sunday 4 May (8 frames)
24-85(25,47), 118(118)-4, 76(39,31)-1, 101(101)-0,
0-79(79), 69(38)-70(32), 75(30)-0, 51(46)-60(50)
Honours were shares 4-4 after an engrossing and high
quality second session. Williams looked as if he was going to run away
with the match, taking three of the first four frames with breaks of
118 and 101, but Doherty dug deep after the interval. He smacked in 79
to start with, then snatched the next by one point and produced a
vital 50 clearance in the last to sneak that as well to take three out
of four, but Williams still sleeps on a six frame lead.
Session Three: 3pm Monday 5 May (8 frames)
10-73(52), 31-62, 6-128(128), 17-61, 49(30)-82(43),
39(39)-70(40), 68-41, 0-115(115)
A dream start for Ken Doherty who has won all of the
first four frames of the day, bringing himself right back into the
match and sowing the first seeds of doubt into the mind of Mark
Williams. Doherty clinched the opener with 52 after a nervy start from
both players and he clinched a scrappy second as well, getting the
better of the safety exchanges. The Irishman hit top gear in the third
with a superb 128 total clearance and he pounced on a careless miss by
Williams early in the fourth to grab that frame as well. It's game
on!! Doherty continued that form after the break and took the next two
tension packed frames. Williams eventually stopped the rot to claim
the next, but Doherty rounded off with a scintillating 115 to put the
match on a knife edge at 12-12
Session Four: 8pm Monday 5 May (max 11 frames)
62-19, 23-98(92), 87(87)-0, 45(31)-78(46), 121(120)-0,
77(64)-0, 17-88(64), 9-120(112), 96(45,32c)-28, 120(39,77)-5
It's down to the best of three now. the first four
frames were shared, before Williams smashed in 120 and 64 to go two
ahead, but back came Doherty again with 64 and 112. It's toe to toe,
who will land the winning punch?
Williams takes the 33rd frame with an opening 45 and 32
clearance. Williams polishes off the frame for victory in style with
breaks of 39 and 77 and becomes the 2003 Embassy World Snooker Champ.
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