Mark Williams prepared to limit snooker schedule and admits he might skip beloved Welsh Open

MARK WILLIAMS mightiness skip adjacent month’s Welsh Open arsenic helium limits his playing docket this year.

Wilo, 49, is the lone Welshman to assistance the Ray Reardon Trophy but that was backmost successful 1996 and 1999.

The yearly Home Series event, held successful Llandudno, takes spot the week commencing February 10 but the three-time world champion has a pugnacious determination to make.

The satellite No.6 explained: “I’ve missed a fewer tournaments this play and I’ll astir apt miss a mates more.

"I’m conscionable going to chill retired and spot what’s next.

“I’m not 100 per cent definite if I’m going to play successful the Welsh Open this twelvemonth yet. I’ve not made my caput up.

“There’s the Players Championship, the top-32 event. I’m not definite if I’ll play that 1 either due to the fact that it’s the large Chinese 8-ball event, which is connected the aforesaid dates.

“I’ve got to determine which 1 I’m going to spell to. That’s thing other for maine to deliberation about.

“I don’t privation to play excessively much. I’m not saying I americium going to miss the Welsh but I haven’t decided yet.

“I can’t play successful them all. One, it’s my age. Two, it’s my eyesight. And 3 I’m not bully capable to play successful them all. You request to person a fewer comps off.”

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Images of Williams utilizing an oxygen canister to header with precocious altitude astatine a caller snooker accumulation successful Tibet – which has an mean elevation of much than 4,000 metres – went viral.

Williams recovered helium was getting messages from acrophobic pals, asking if helium was good and not successful dire need.

He responded: “You person to person it. I enactment a fewer tweets up saying you request it and past Welsh quality enactment it connected similar I was sick oregon dying.

“I’ve had everyone texting maine asking if I’m each right. Read everything I enactment up, not conscionable 1 picture.

“If you don’t person it you aren’t going to past due to the fact that the oxygen’s truly debased there.”