LONDON: Mark Williams refused to blame health problems as his defence of the snooker World Championship title ended with a 13-9 defeat by David Gilbert on Saturday .
"He was the best player," Williams told Eurosport."I played how I feel, absolutely terrible. I tried my best but I was 5-3 down and knew from then I wouldn't win. I tried my best and won nine frames." Earlier, Williams' fellow three-time world champion Mark Selby suffered a surprise 13-10 defeat by Gary Wilson.Selby, world champion in 2014, 2016 and 2017, is ranked 30 places above Wilson."Gary played well and deserved to win," Selby told the BBC."I felt I missed the boat yesterday and the run of the ball in the first two sessions didn't go my way.Wilson, who hailed the win was the"best result of my career", said: I was close to quitting many times.
But there were no more shocks for James Cahill after the amateur caused the greatest upset in Crucible history by beating five-times world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round.
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