Mark Williams' great fortune, the income and the health battle of the wife of Snooker Weg

Mark Williams is only a win in front of a Snooker championship title in the fourth world, but fought against the deterioration in health to make it until the final

Mark Williams fought his way to his Fifth World Snooker Championship final, where he is about to secure a fourth world crown, a significant cash prize and an indelible place in the Snooker history books.

The Welsh wizard presented an outstanding form throughout the tournament and overcome Wu Yize, Hossein Vafaei and John Higgins. His path to the final was secured on Saturday evening after a win over number 1 in the world, Judd Trump.

Williams will now compete against Zhao Xintong for the world championship title, with the final starting on Sunday afternoon.

With his triumph over Trump, Williams etched his name in the record books as the oldest finalist at the World Cup. In addition, he is about to break a different record. If he defeated Zhao, he will take over Ray Reardon as the oldest winner – Reardon could not reach a feat when he lost to Alex Higgins in 1982 at the age of 49.

After Williams hit Trump with BBC, he was amazed at his success: “In a first to 17, I shouldn't really compete with the number one player in the world, but somehow I browse oldies with us,” he said. “I can't believe that I am in another final. I don't know how to do it to be honest.”

When Williams prepares for another shot on Glory, the amazing is not only his ability to turn the time on the green baize, but also his fight outside the arena. Despite health problems that seem to be more demanding, the world champion crowned three times remains a profit to give his famous career another sterling chapter.

Here is a deeper look at his recent health struggles and his life from the Snooker table.

Detachment of the health struggle

Although Williams reached another final, he played “half -blind” due to his deteriorating view.

Before the tournament, the Welsh player was skeptical about his progress of the opportunities, given his deteriorating eyesight problems, which he confessed to “until the month”.

During the player championship in March, he explained that his eyes were “completely gone” and he tried to see the balls on the table, even though he had managed to defeat Ding Junhui in the first round of the competition.

“It is a good victory for me, because if I am completely honest with you, my eyes are completely gone,” he said after this victory. “It has worsened quite badly in the past six months.

“It was only a long time that was blurry, but now everything is blurry. It's a bit worrying, but I have to continue. I will see what happens after the worlds.

“The large scoreboard at the end of the table, I can't even see it, I can't make it,” added Williams. “It's all a blurring and is getting worse every month, so it's a good victory for me when you consider that I'm half -blind. It's crazy. It has a stage when something is nearby. I have no idea if you go, so I just go for you.”

After this revelation, Williams began to wear contact lenses during the games, but had difficulties at the tour championship, in which thing avoided his previous loss and convincingly defeated him, which led to his excretion.

The Welsh star will be due for an objective sentence surgery in June, as playing with contacts played “very difficult and really uncomfortable”.

He explained his vision problems to the BBC: “I see about three or four [balls] At a time “and added:” I tried to play with contacts, but in my eyes it is very difficult and really uncomfortable. “

With the operation for June 12, the Snooker Pro hopes that this could add to his career as a player for years: “I am booked on June 12th, I think to get an object offset. If everything is OK, my career could hopefully extend it by another four or five years.” I still hope so. “

Despite the necessity, his sparkling performance in the melting pot triggered some second thoughts. He shone the situation after his victory over Trump and said the BBC: “In the last few tournaments I really had to struggle with my eyes and tried everything – contacts, variable.”

He had the final decision to train Lee Walker based on Williams' form [Walker, Williams’ coach] To decide because he knows whether I am going to be fine and how I hit her, and he said he thought I would better do it without her. “

Although Williams had already made a deposit for an operation, he found humorously: “The replacement for the lens was booked for June 12th – deposit – but I have to think. I would like to return my deposit!”

The role of women in the most important career decision

Williams' appearance in the World Cup final, seven years after he had recently claimed the top position when he triumphed about John Higgins, was a remarkable climax in his career.

However, the Snooker star may not have reached these heights without the support of his wife Joanne, who was instrumental in holding him from hanging up his keyword.

After his triumph from 2018, Williams admitted: “Last year I wasn't even here [after losing in qualifying]. Last year I saw that in a caravan where I had some beers. I just can't believe it.

“Last year I seriously thought about giving up, [Joanne] said I can't sleep in the house 24 hours a day. My game is now in a pretty good shape. “

Williams and Joanne have been husband and wife since 2011 and are parents of three boys – Conor, Kian and Joel.

After Joanne comes from Hartlepool, she recognized the unlikely success of her quarterly relationship and said: “An English girl, a Welsh boy who works on different sides of the world” when she celebrated her love story on social media. “It shouldn't have worked, but we have proven them false.”

Huge fortune

In his three-time world champion, Williams accumulated a significant assets during his 33-year-old career.

CUETRACKER reports that he put impressive prize money of £ 8.3 million into pieces, with its net assets forecasting around 7.1 million GBP by 2025.

With the final, Williams has secured at least £ 200,000 with the potential to put a whopping £ 500,000 if he triumphed in crucible via ZHAO.

However, it is uncertain how much of this prize money he will actually keep, as he humorously noticed after his second place with the Saudi Arabian masters that his income of £ 200,000 would go somewhere else.

Regarding his wife Joanne, he joked: “100,000 pounds go to her and £ 100,000 go to the helmsman.”