 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Williams akapfuurira kuenda kumasemi-fainari eWorld Championshipzvakanaka, uye pamberi pomutambo wake naBarry Hawkins mumasemi-fainari akati aizoita musangano wake wepepanhau asina kupfeka somukundi wenyika kana akakunda. Hawkins aizova muvengi waWilliams anonetsa zvikuru mumutambo: Williams akaenzanisa mutambo pa1515 uye akachengetedza mafuremu akareba, akaomarara anodiwa kuti akunde paawa yegumi nerimwe. Williams akasvika mufainari yake yokutanga yeWorld Championship kubvira muna 2003 akatarisana nemumwe wake Class of 92 nhengo, John Higgins. Mutambo wacho wakatsanangurwa seumwe wemakwikwi akanakisa munhoroondo yemutambo, Williams akahwina 1816 kuti atore mukwikwidzi wake wechitatu weWorld Championship achimuita ane makore makumi mana nematatu panguva iyoyo mukwikwidzi akwegura kubvira Reardon, aive nemakore makumi mana nemashanu muna 1978. Ronnie OSullivan akahwina mukombe wake wechitanhatu wepasi rose muna 2020, aine makore makumi mana nemana, zvichireva kuti Williams ndiye wechitatu-wekare kukunda mukombe wepasi rose munguva yemazuva ano. Yakaratidzirawo makore gumi nemashanu kubvira zita rake rekupedzisira, zvichiita kuti ive nguva yakareba kwazvo pakati pezita rinoteedzana. Pashure pokukunda, Williams akatenda mutsigiri wake Ron Skinner, uyo akanga afa mwedzi miviri yakanga yapfuura, mudzimai wake nokuda kwokumunyengetedza kuti arege kuenda pamudyandigere, uye murairidzi Stephen Feeney nokuda kwokushandura mutambo wake nenzira inoshamisa zvikuru kubva gore rakapfuura. Sezvakanga zvavimbiswa, Williams akaoneka asina kupfeka pamusangano wake wokupedzisira wenhau, zvakanyanyisa kuvaraidza vamwe vanyori venhau, 