Williams still potting up a great show

MARK WILLIAMS became the oldest rankings title winner after a 10-3 defeat of Shaun Murphy in the final of the Xi'an Grand Prix.

- BY SIMON CASS

Williams, aged 50 and 206 days, beat the record of fellow Welshman Ray Reardon, who won the Professional Players Tournament in 1982 a fortnight after his 50th birthday.

The three-time world champion has now won 27 times at this level and becomes the first man to triumph in his teens, 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s.