Given he is number four in the world rankings and won a tournament last week, some find it hard to believe Mark Williams’ claim that he doesn’t practice, but Jackson Page insists it is true.

The three-time world champion became the oldest ever winner of a ranking event when he beat Shaun Murphy to win the Xi’an Grand Prix last Monday.

The 50-year-old has now won 27 ranking titles and is the first player to win a professional tournament in every decades from his teens to his fifties.

Not only is it remarkable that Williams is still lifting trophies in his sixth decade, but especially so because he says he barely picks up his cue between tournaments.

‘It’s unbelievable. I cannot honestly believe how I’m still winning tournaments, it’s amazing,’ he said after his Xi’an triumph.

‘I don’t

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