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Williams is a former two-time world champion, back in 2000 and 2003 as well as a former world number one. |
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Williams is ranked 10th provisionally while Hawkins is ranked 21st. |
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Williams has been playing some excellent snooker of late, reaching the semi finals of the UK Masters where he |
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narrowly last to Ronnie on the final frame decider. Before the tournament he suffered a car crash and had |
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complained of whiplash. He played through the pain, and was unlucky to lose as he was the far better player on the |
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day. |
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Williams has won three times the amount of prize money which Hawkins over the last year. |
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Williams has a win percentage 64% while Hawkins is 45%. |
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Most recently he reached the quarter finals of the welsh open and played convincingly well in the first and second
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round matches and also coming joint second in the number of 100+ breaks, showing his ability to build a break and |
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free score. |
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Barry Hawkins has had a terrible season of late, failing to reach the last 8 of any tournament and only reaching the |
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last 16 twice. Once trailing in a match, he is known not to play very well and also not a great safety player. |
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