TWO-TIME world snooker champion Mark Williams believes his title-winning days are over.

Now in his 25th season as a professional, the 41-year-old from Cwm last won a ranking event – the German Masters – in 2011.

In Latvia this week for the Kaspersky Riga Masters, the Welshman is one of the most successful players in the game’s history and is still in the world’s top 16.

But the left-hander, a pro since 1992, doesn’t mind admitting that his chances of securing more major prizes have gone.

Williams, whose coach Lee Walker is also competing in the first ranking tournament of the new campaign, said: “There’s no doubt about it, I’m rubbish (compared) to what I used to be.

“I’m still in the top 16 and I’m not really doing anything, maybe playing one good match here or there.

“My coach thinks I can win another tournament but I’m an honest bloke and if you ask me I would say probably not.

“Two years ago my aim was to stay in the top 16 to get back to the Crucible, which I did.

“Last year the aim was to try and get in the top 16 to get to the Masters and I managed to do that.

“Apart from getting to the six reds (Six Red World Championship) in Thailand in September, I haven’t really got any aims this year.

“If I happen to win a tournament then brilliant but I’ll just see if I can get some runs together.”

Tomorrow’s first round in Latvia sees world number 13 Williams go up against Mark Davis, Newbridge’s Walker play 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham and Cwmbran’s Jak Jones face Jamie Cope.

Gwent veteran Darren Morgan meets Bradley Jones for the right to take on Adam Stefanov in round one.

Williams and Jones could lock horns in the second stage of the competition on Thursday if they see off Davis and Cope respectively.

Despite playing down his prospects of claiming a 19th ranking event, Williams goes into battle in Riga having won his opening three games of the 2016/17 season.

Those wins, which all came in Preston, took Williams through to the final stages of this week’s competition, the Indian Open and World Open.

“I was more than happy to win all three qualifying matches,” he added. “The more events you are in the more chance you have of going on a run.

“I think I played in every single tournament last year. I will probably look to start missing ones out here and there because it’s very difficult to play in them all.”