2018 World Championship Final Day 2

Session 3

John Higgins 3-5 Mark Williams (10-15)

Mark Williams needs three more frames to claim his third World Championship title after securing a 15-10 lead over John Higgins in the final.

Welshman Williams, 43, won the last three frames to lead 10-7 overnight and took the first four frames on Monday to open a seven-frame advantage.

Higgins, 42, hit back to make it 14-10, but Williams' break of 44 in the 25th frame ensured a formidable lead.

2018 World Championship Final Day 1

Session 1: John Higgins 3-5 Mark Williams

Two-time champion Mark Williams opened a surprise 5-3 lead over four-time winner John Higgins in the final of the World Championship in Sheffield.

Despite a late-night semi-final finish on Saturday, 43-year-old Williams made a strong start to lead 4-0.

Higgins, 42, hit back by taking three of the next four, including the only century break of the first session, to trail by two.

2018 World Championship Semi Finals

RESULT: John Higgins 17-13 Kyren Wilson 

RESULT: Barry Hawkins 15-17 Mark Williams 

2018 World Championship Semi Finals

10:00 BST: John Higgins 5-3 Kyren Wilson 
13:00 BST: Barry Hawkins 5-3 Mark Williams 
19:00 BST: John Higgins 5-3 Kyren Wilson 

2018 World Championship Semi Finals

Semi-finals - best of 33 frames

Session 1 of 4

John Higgins 5-3 Kyren Wilson 
Barry Hawkins 5-3 Mark Williams 

2018 World Championship Day 12 1/4 finals

Quarter-finals - best of 25 frames

RESULT: Ding Junhui 5-13 Barry Hawkins 

RESULT: Kyren Wilson 13-6 Mark Allen 

RESULT: John Higgins 13-12 Judd Trump 
RESULT: Mark Williams 13-8 Ali Carter 

2018 World Championship Day 11 1/4 finals

Kyren Wilson (Eng) 11-5 Mark Allen (NI) - match resumes tomorrow
Ding Junhui (Chn) 5-11 Barry Hawkins (Eng) - match resumes tomorrow
Mark Williams (Wal) 4-4 Ali Carter (Eng) - match resumes tomorrow
John Higgins (Sco) 3-5 Judd Trump (Eng) - match resumes tomorrow

2018 World Championship Day 10 Round 2

First session: 13:00-18:00 BST

Ricky Walden 8-8 Judd Trump 
Ding Junhui 12-4 Anthony McGill 

Second session: 19:00-23:00 BST

Mark Williams 10-6 Robert Milkins 

2018 World Championship Day 9 Round 2

RESULT: Higgins 13-1 Lisowski

Williams 10-6 Milkins - concludes tomorrow 19:00

Third session - 19:00-23:00 BST

Trump 8-8 Walden - concludes tomorrow 13:00

Ding 12-4 McGill - concldes tomorrow 13:00

2018 World Championship Day 8 Round 2

Second round - best of 25 frames

RESULT: Barry Hawkins 13-10 Lyu Haotian 
John Higgins 8-0 Jack Lisowski (after 1st session)
RESULT: Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-13 Ali Carter 
RESULT: Kyren Wilson 13-5 Jamie Jones 
Mark Williams 5-3 Robert Milkins (after 1st session)

2018 World Championship Day 7 Round 2

Lyu Haotian 7-9 Barry Hawkins (session 2 of 3)
Kyren Wilson 5-3 Jamie Jones (session 1 of 3)
RESULT: Joe Perry 8-13 Mark Allen
Ronnie O'Sullivan 7-9 Ali Carter (session 2 of 3)

2018 World Championship Day 6 Rounds 1 and 2

R2: Mark Allen 5-3 Joe Perry - after 1 session

Result: Anthony McGill 10-8 Ryan Day 

Result: Judd Trump 10-9 Chris Wakelin 
R2: Barry Hawkins 5-3 Lyu Haotian - after 1 session

2018 World Championship Day 5 Round 1

Result: Mark Williams 10-5 Jimmy Robertson 
Judd Trump 6-3 Chris Wakelin 
Result: Neil Robertson 5-10 Robert Milkins 
Result: John Higgins 10-7 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 

Anthony McGill 3-6 Ryan Day 

2018 World Championship Day 4 Round 1

RESULT: Ding Junhui 10-3 Xiao Guodong 

RESULT: Luca Brecel 6-10 Ricky Walden 

Mark Williams 7-2 Jimmy Robertson 
RESULT: Stuart Bingham 7-10 Jack Lisowski

Neil Robertson 3-6 Robert Milkins 

2018 World Championship Day 3 Round 1

Result: Mark Allen 10-5 Liam Highfield 
Result: Shaun Murphy 9-10 Jamie Jones 
Ding Junhui 6-3 Xiao Guodong 
Luca Brecel 3-6 Ricky Walden 
Result: Barry Hawkins 10-7 Stuart Carrington 

2018 World Championship Day 2 Round 1

Allen 6-3 Highfield 
RESULT: O'Sullivan 10-7 Maguire 
Murphy 5-4 Jones 
RESULT: Carter 10-8 Dott 
RESULT: Wilson 10-3 Stevens 
RESULT: Fu 5-10 Haotian 

2018 World Championship Day 1 Round 1

All matches best of 19 frames (first to 10 over two sessions)

Marco Fu 3-6 Lyu Haotian
Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-6 Stephen Maguire
Kyren Wilson 7-2 Matthew Stevens
RESULT Mark Selby 4-10 Joe Perry
Ali Carter 3-6 Graeme Dott

2018 Masters The Final (best of 19)

Sunday, 21 January

Mark Allen 10-7 Kyren Wilson

Mark Allen beat Kyren Wilson 10-7 to become the first Northern Irishman to win the Masters since Dennis Taylor in 1987.

The final at the Alexandra Palace was a tight affair until the 11th frame, when Allen, 31, made a 73 break to move 6-5 ahead before adding 119 in the next.

Englishman Wilson, the world number 14, went another frame behind before rallying to pull it back to 8-7.

Allen responded with breaks of 69 and 71 to take the £200,000 first prize.

Allen, with three ranking titles to his name, was the outstanding favourite for this final - he even intimated that after his impressive semi-final victory over John Higgins.

However, the last time the pair met in one of snooker's majors - at the 2016 World Championship - the Antrim player was beaten 13-9.

Wilson, 26, had got to this stage with wins over Barry Hawkins, Mark Williams and lastly, and most impressively, Judd Trump.

He only entered the top 16 after a 2015-16 season during which he won his only ranking title to date - the Shanghai Masters.

Allen class shines through

The first session was laced with tension and errors. It included a memorable fourth frame that lasted 46 minutes, and was interrupted by another intruding wasp - following a similar incident earlier in the tournament - and a spectator who failed to switch his phone to silent.

That latter interruption came with Wilson over the final green. He potted the ball but left himself in a poor position, then missed an easy pink. Allen went on to level the scores at 2-2, before moving a frame ahead.

Wilson regrouped and made two 80-plus breaks, but Allen hit back to level once more before the interval.

After a 40-minute ninth frame was won by Allen, the arms of both players loosened.

Wilson had a break of 84 before Allen hit back with a 73 and established a two-frame advantage - the first of the final - with a run of 119.

That became 8-5 with a 50 break before Wilson produced a 73 to clinch the 15th frame and reduce the deficit to one.

The Kettering player had come from 5-2 down to defeat Trump in the semi-finals, but there was to be no repeat as Allen clinched the final two frames for a deserved victory, his first snooker major and the biggest first prize of his career.

2018 Masters Semi Finals (best of 11 frames)

Saturday, 20 January

13:30 Kyren Wilson 6-5 Judd Trump
19:00 Mark Allen 6-3 John Higgins

2018 Masters 1/4 finals [best of 11 frames]

Thursday, 18 January

13:00: Ronnie O'Sullivan 1-6 Mark Allen
19:00: Mark Williams 1-6 Kyren Wilson


Friday, 19 January

13:00: Judd Trump 6-4 Shaun Murphy
19:00: John Higgins 6-1 Ryan Day

2018 Masters Round 1 [best of 11 frames]

Sunday 14 January

13:00: Mark Selby 5-6 Mark Williams
19:00: Mark Allen 6-3 Luca Brecel


Monday 15 January

13:00: Ding Junhui 4-6 Ryan Day
19:00: Judd Trump 6-4 Liang Wenbo


Tuesday 16 January

13:00: Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-0 Marco Fu
19:00: Barry Hawkins 4-6 Kyren Wilson


Wednesday 17 January

13:00: Shaun Murphy 6-4 Ali Carter
19:00: John Higgins 6-4 Anthony McGill