2016 World Snooker Championship quarter-finals: Ding faces Williams, Selby meets Wilson

Ding ousted one of the leading contenders for this year’s title when dispatching Trump 13-10, while Williams toppled an in-form Michael Holt to progress, and another thrilling best-of-25 encounter is on the cards.

The 2000 and 2003 Crucible king Williams earned a 13-8 triumph over a defiant Holt and the Welsh Potting Machine is 22/1 to record a quarter-final win by the same result here, while Ding is 10/1 to emulate his previous 13-10 scoreline.

It’s the Chinese superstar that will hold huge confidence going into this clash though, having impressively triumphed in the last seven successive competitive matches against Williams, a run that amazingly stretches back to 2010.

Ding had to fight off a comeback from a stubborn Trump in the last round, as he looked like blowing his lead, and the 11-time ranking event winner is 2/1 to lead 3-1 after four frames, while Williams is 9/2 to hold a 5-3 advantage after eight played.

In what could end up being a closely fought quarter-final, Ding is evens to triumph and knock in the highest break, with his Welsh opponent 11/2 to achieve that feat instead.

Wilson test for world number one Selby

After stunning Joe Perry in his opening round fixture before downing Northern Ireland’s Allen, Kettering potter Wilson will look to continue his sublime run in Yorkshire, but he faces another stern test against the number one ranked cueist in the sport.

The 24-year-old is 2/1 to cause another upset by overcoming Selby, while the Jester from Leicester is odds-on 2/5 favourite to edge into the semi-finals, after dealing with the threat of Sam Baird last time out.

Wilson enters this latest meeting with Selby after his first win over the 2014 Crucible king, having earned a Champions League success in their match-up in February, ending a streak of three successive defeats and is 5/1 to succeed while also potting the highest break.

The six-time ranking event victor Selby vowed to up his performances in Sheffield after pipping Baird to a quarter-final spot, having so far failed to showcase his best baize attributes, but he is 9/1 to overcome Wilson by a 13-8 scoreline.

Wilson, nicknamed the warrior, is 16/1 to battle to a two-frame success (13-11) over Selby for a second consecutive meeting, though the latter potter will be gunning for a stronger showing than his last appearance and is 17/5 to lead 7-5 after 12 frames played.

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