Stephen Hendry has labelled Mark Williams his hero after the 49-year-old claimed the Champion of Champions title on Sunday night.
Mark Williams is still picking up the big trophies as he approaches 50 He is clearly comfortable with his new piece of wood now, though, and is glad to prove his critics wrong over the move, including his pal Hendry. ‘I had a new cue, which I knew I was going to struggle with, I knew I was going to lose two or three first-rounders,’ he said. ‘I wasn’t worried about that because I really like my new cue and I knew it would come good.
He said it was a pleasure to play a legend of the game and called for Williams, along with Ronnie O’Sullivan and John Higgins to play for another 20 years. Williams is not sure he can stretch to that age, but has absolutely no plans to retire and will keep on playing until the wheels fall off. ‘I’m not retiring, I’m going to keep going until I fall off the tour, whenever that is,’ he said. ‘If I’m coming out in my zimmer frame it doesn’t matter, just carry on.
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