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Good afternoon from the players practice room at the Motorpoint

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Arena. They are busy limbering up, for second-round matches, down to 64

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players and what a day it could be for Welsh snooker. The main man mark

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Williams going out yesterday so we are looking for a new local hero.

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Plenty of Welsh hopefuls for you to follow on day three.

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A former quarterfinalists for the World Championship and a tough

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second-round tie fully walker against last year's runner-up Neil

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Robertson. Could this be Ryan's day? Could he have more success after

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making the final of last week's Grand Prix? Michael White made the

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last eight in 2016 but can he overcome English open winner Liang

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Wenbo? Will there be more joyful Jackson? The Welsh Open continues

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for the 15-year-old wild card. So much going on from a Welsh

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perspective today and it all started this morning. Guaranteed to lose one

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Welsh player. This is the moment dale got the

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better of the man who turned 29 yesterday.

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This probably means he will have a big grin on himself all afternoon as

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our studio summariser. At the age of 45, you could still be

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the future of Welsh snooker? That sounds nice! A great victory for

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you? Jamie is a great player with a good pedigree. Quarterfinals of the

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World Championships. Best of seven is a lot of pressure on anyone. He

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is regarded as one of the rising stars of the game. In Wales. To beat

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him is a pretty good achievement. It is and practice... I lived in Neath

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and practised with Michael White as well. Both great players and they

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bring themselves on, a bit of healthy competition. Michael is

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doing better at the moment but that can change. Jamie is a great player.

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Mark Williams went out and Matthew Stevens the day before, we need guys

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like Michael White and Jamie Jones to step up in Wales to prove what

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they have to win these big tournaments. It is a great loss for

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Wales, mark Williams. I was commentating and he struggled early

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on. His opponent really held himself together. Matthew had a very tough

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draw and didn't get through against Stuart Bingham. It is tough out

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there. A lot of pressure on the Welsh players as well, their home

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country. We are about to find out shortly if another 40-something

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Welshman can make round three. It is a rather difficult challenge in

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front of him. Neil Robertson, world number seven, lifted the Welsh Open

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trophy in 2007 and finished runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan last

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year, is the man standing between Liam Walker a place in round three?

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Very pleased to win. Wasn't the greatest performances. Made a couple

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of nice breaks in the last few frames. I just needed a win. I have

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lost their last few matches and when you have lost a few of the trot, it

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is quite difficult. Just really pleased to get a victory. Coming

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here before and beating top players, it makes you think, always doubting

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yourself, a little bit. You think that maybe two years ago I would go

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through against Dale so obviously it gives you some extra confidence. You

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come here and this is an open draw so you could get anyone. The German

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masters was an open draw and I drew Neil Robertson first round.

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Everybody said he is struggling a bit, a good time to play him and he

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never missed a ball. He played fantastic. A great player. He has

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won much everything there is to win. I am under no illusion it will be a

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tough game. This is a good thing about sport. Some days the underdog

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does prevail so hopefully that will be one of the days. Here are the key

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stats for these two. It was a big shot to see mark

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Williams go out yesterday, can fellow Welshman Lee Walker provide a

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shock of his own? Good afternoon, everybody, a mother Welsh player

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comes to the phone. This player works with a lot of young players in

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Wales. Played Neil Robertson two occasions before. Excellent victory

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against Jimmy White in the previous round when he played very well and

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had two century breaks. Won the match 4-1.

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The customary handshake before they start. Liam Walker to break. Another

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sizeable crowd, to see one of the best players in the world in Neil

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Robertson and Lee Walker. Lee Walker, a tight first round.

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Very steady player, got to the quarterfinal of the World

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Championships in 1997. He has been off talk once or twice,

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doing a lot of coaching now. Also receiving some coaching from Steven

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Feeney. Alignment, a very important part of these players' techniques.

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A little bit disappointed with Neil Robertson over the last year and a

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half. Undoubtedly one of the game's great players. One of the few to

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have won the triple crown but has slightly lost his way little bit but

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looks to be getting back on form now. Played in the Grand Prix last

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week, played excellently against Jimmy White in this first round

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here. I expect big things from Neil Robertson this week.

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He lost to Barry Hopkins in the Grand Prix. The table didn't play

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great for either of them. He said afterwards, he thought he got to him

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a little bit. It is the worst you can do out there, when in bad

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conditions, that is how you are and you have to do the best with them

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but it is frustrating for the players. When the ball goes on to

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the cushion and comes off about 200 miles an hour, you are about four

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foot out of position. He is deadly on the balls when he is on form.

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Incredible amount of centuries. Over 100 centuries in the season, wasn't

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he? I am not sure if that will be beaten again. Would you buy two

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tournaments, it could be but an amazing performance.

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Obviously finish the top side of the blue. Overran a slightly but still a

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nice angle on the green. You could play the yellow off one to play red

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to the right of the pack. The green around two cushions. You just have

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to miss the Kiss on the blue. If you do that, you will be perfect.

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I have been impressed with Neil Robertson's cue option. One of these

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players who looks so straight, it is untrue and delivers the cue very

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straight. You get the feeling, when you are playing against him, I

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should think when the balls are open, almost certainly he will make

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most of them. If he doesn't get a frame over, you will probably be

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safe. That was a good shot. Needed some power to get into that pack

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with the top spin off the side cushion. That was a very dead pack,

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the cue ball hit the pack at pace and very little happened. But he has

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brought two raids into play. -- reds. When he came out to Australia

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he resided at my club for the best part of a year and the -- I thought

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he wasn't going to make it. He lost his tour card that year, left

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Australia, came back with just ?500 in his pocket and the rest is

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history. Now one of the game's all-time great players. Really

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impressed with his temperament, break-building, there is very little

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wrong with his game. I would say, sometimes, he gets a little bit

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bogged down and tries to be over careful but he is a really natural

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player and sometimes, I think you slightly over thinks. A wonderful

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player to watch. Last season when he decided to pick his pace up a little

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bit, I think that in its own way, made him a little more aggressive.

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His safety play is very good. He had a few years ago... He was leaning on

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that. He took his eye off that. It was

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virtually unmissable. One of his class. Concentrating so hard on the

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can. -- virtually unmissable for someone of his class. Really

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surprised he is looking at this one. He might put it but he might not

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have a better chance to get rid of that red van now. -- than now.

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Great pot but as you can see, the next red is very difficult. If he

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had got rid of the red two away from the back, it would have been easier

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to break. I would personally take the green and go into the bunch. I

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don't see the point of taking yellow unless he can get tight on the side

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cushion. He might continue this break but he

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has certainly missed a trick on the first few shots.

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He has been playing on the main circuit. Mark Williams... He will be

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learning a lot from him. Watching the tournament players during the

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season. It does help. They are a bit tough, I can tell you that. He

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doesn't give up easily. A bit like Mark Williams.

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You can clearly see he didn't get into the cue at hole at all in plain

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black, baby he will fix this in the right-hand side but it won't really

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generate the pace to get onto the black. Really disappointed he didn't

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score more than that. But the first frame, very hard to get into your

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stride immediately. Both players have had one chance each. Robertson

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leads by 23. He will not be too happy with that.

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All players like to feel... This isn't perfect, the brown in the

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centre. If he didn't want to do that, he could roll up and create

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another opportunity. He is taking it on, quite rightly so.

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You can see the effort in his eyes. Gives everything to every shot. Not

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quite sure what he played for, the red that is closest... And he does.

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He could still cut this one in that he will have to play it with check

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side of two cushions. You can see it is not an easy pot

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because the balls are close together, it will be difficult to

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pick up. He played it the right way. Held for

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the black and missed the red, probably has to do something to go

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forward. Turns out he is tight on the cushion.

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No option but to play an aggressive safety shot. He has to miss the kiss

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on the blue. He might open the red sap. -- reds up. This is to be a

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telling safety shot. If he gets this right, he will gain

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control. It is a little bit heavy. That is the very telling safety

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shot. He can just click this thread but it is slightly thick and it will

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cannoned into the black. It might be an idea to play cushion first and

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that takes away kissing the black. That is what he has played.

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Unfortunately, he just needed to be a bit further right on there. Just

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playing it cushion first, making sure he could catch the red thing

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but it looks like it has a little bit of left-hand side on that.

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These are further away from the red he played for. If he gets that red

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to the right of the pockets... Make sure he can get on the pink or black

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in. At the moment, looking to do that possibly. 30 points in front

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both players had a few chances but these days, in the first frames,

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somebody either does a hundred or it is a bit scrappy. Both these places

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have had a few chances in this frame. I'm sure they will get

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better. Needed to make sure he was top side

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of the blue to into the red. If he can cut this red in, if you can

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screw the blue back four or five inches. He only needs a red because

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he has a few points in front. I think you may have gone back a

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little bit too far there. That is two shots in succession, he didn't

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get the spin intended. Whether he didn't have good contact or deliver

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the cue at the right speed... The way he pots,... Unfortunate and look

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at the reds. It is a free ball. That is what he has earned. By not

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getting on the blue the first time, if he could have gone a little

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further down the table, he would still have been on green and brown

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although he would have had to take the cue ball a long way down to the

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reds. Just looking to see if this red is available after potting the

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brown and then the blue. If not, he can make way with the topside of the

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blue and make sure he gets the cannon. He will be pushing the red

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over to the right-hand side and pushing the black out of the way,

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hitting them both at the same time, that is what he wants to do. He has

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decided that the red between the pink and black is not available.

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As he got an angle Oyoo? It looks to me like a slight angle. He's shaking

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his head. -- has he got an angle here? A lot of pace needed to get

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the angle. Four or inches shorter than that.

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We know these pockets are a little bit tricky this week. He has to play

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it at pace to get the topside of the pink and has to be careful. Just has

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about enough angle to not have to play it too hard.

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Well done. This is the key shot now, can he popped the pink and bring the

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red into play? He will definitely obviously been kissing into the red

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but hopefully he won't push the red too close to the top cushion.

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That was always going to be the problem. He has got a nice angle on

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this red. And he can just roll it into get back into the opposite

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corner so this is a great chance to pinch frame. -- pinch this frame.

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That is very good. Three consecutive shots that were tough and very

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missable. Having got the angle he wanted on the black. -- he hasn't

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got the angle he wanted on the black. He is playing the black with

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the reverse side which means it will hopefully go in the pocket and the

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white will come back and it comes towards the yellow.

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He didn't push the boat out with that. Make sure he could popped

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them, guaranteed to be on the yellow.

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Because of the angle he has on the yellows, a little cannon into the

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green and then he can hold the yellow.

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Good shot, deserves to be on it, what an excellent shot. Little

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unlucky. Very unlucky. I think it still cuts but it goes without

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saying, playing it up and down twice is not easy. He has been excellent.

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Deserves to win the frame from that shocked. He somehow has to pull

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another good popped out now. -- pot. And the green has been a big ball in

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this frame. That changed the frame. I did say early on but he gives

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everything, then he shows it, when he has got tough pots he really gets

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into it. Another tough pots coming up, I'm afraid. Always a chance he

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is going to catch a colour on the way down. If you pots the brown, I

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am going to go out there and shake his hand. -- if he pots. Yes, the

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last few shots have been excellent. Did not look as though there was a

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chance for clearance, but he has taken this very well so far, decided

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to take the brown on. He won't be playing against the blue in the

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middle, he will probably be trying to leave a long blue. You're playing

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with brown as a shock to nothing if you are playing for the long blue.

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APPLAUSE That is what he has done, as long as

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the White doesn't go behind the black.

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He really could have done with leaving the white somewhere around

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the line of the pink spots so he had some sort of pot on the blue. Terry

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is about to go out and shake his hand, you said, didn't he, if the --

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he potted the brown? That's pretty good. He knew

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straightaway he could get in behind the black, but as it turned out he

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could just see enough of the blue to play a safety shot. Tight frame.

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Oh, he didn't play that. I'm not sure what he played them because if

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he had gone past the pink, the blue would have been up on the corner

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pocket. I think Neil is a little bit disappointed he hasn't won this

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frame yet. If he gets in front of you, he is a tough one to catch.

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Seems to get stronger as the match goes on. Could not really gain much

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advantage from the safety shot. Just had to play a containing safety for.

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Mind you, he has decelerated there. Because he decelerated he did not

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get the decided still on the cue ball. What a chance this is now to

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pinch the frame. I know the pink looks relatively

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easy but he was going to have to play quite firm. Play two cushions.

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Side cushion just past the middle pocket, side cushion again. The only

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problem with that is the white can push in a little bit sometime so he

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has to be careful with the pace. Cueing extremely low.

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Very good. Very good. A frame that Neil Robertson certainly should have

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won. Neil Robertson started with a 34 break, Neil Walker replied with a

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30 Break to get back in the frame. And from the last two roads onwards,

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played well, Lee Walker. Lee Walker wins the first frame.

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Neil Robertson not happy with that first frame but eight great start

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from Lee Walker. We will get Dominic's thoughts in just a moment

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but plenty going on around the arena. The 2013 champion Stephen

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Maguire is out after a 4-3 defeat to Ian Burns a short while ago. We will

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keep you posted with all the other action taking place this afternoon.

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But what a start for Lee Walker. What a fantastic first frame, full

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of incident. Some tremendous safety shot plates and great pots, leave.

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He got himself back into that frame at crucial moments. As Terry

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suggested, if he potted that long brown Terry would walk out and shake

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his hand. We are yet to see him do that. Great shot, though. I did not

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expect to even go for that. Lee has played a fantastic first frame. So

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impressed. Some of the shots he pulled out, some of his safety play,

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Neil was very unlucky in the end because he made a very good day,

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potted a very tricky red that was going to pull himself in Cannes and

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the Queen and went in off and it cost in the end. Just going to have

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a look at it, -- that in off change the whole complexity of the frame.

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He was able to get a little break going. He did tremendously well. A

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very technical player, Lee Walker, and his technique stood him in good

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stead. It will give him an awful lot of confidence going into the next

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frame, but in terms of Neil Robertson, such a top player but

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even the best can get nervous and make mistakes. I think Neil

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Robertson will be sat in the chair thinking how did I learn -- lose

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that? But how well did leave find his game, under pressure, big TV

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match against one of the game's great players, and he has performed

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brilliantly in that first game but it is the best of seven now.

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Pressure on Neil Robertson to the second frame because he doesn't he

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will be on the ropes. Certainly will be. Let's go back, Neil Robertson

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the break. Let's rejoin Willey and Terry.

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COMMENTATOR: The one thing in leave's favour is that he is not a

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great expectation. -- in Lee's favour. He now knows he is playing

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against a player who has got a very good temperament, and doesn't cave

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in easily. It goes without saying he is not up to standard of Neil

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Robertson, who has won so many tournaments. Beating a lot of the

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top players on the circuit last year but has not pushed forward yet.

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Plenty of time. Just what the doctor did not order,

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that kiss. Neil Robertson is one of the players

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who doesn't use the length of his backswing to judge the pace of the

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shot. He delivers the cue a little bit slower or faster to get his

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position, which is excellent, of course. And his greatest asset is

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his grip. It is a major part of technique.

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Got into them very nicely, at first glance appear to have pushed a red

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into an easily portable position. This will test his cueing. Never in

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doubt. One of the great potters. Excellent pot.

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Always seems to look very comfortable out there. Wasn't quite

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what he used to do years ago. Ended up there with the top players,

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winning the big events, the major tournaments. I don't care how good

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you are, you have got to have some belief. You have got to have some

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hope that you will play every time go out well. Neil works hard on that

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matters by his improvement has come so quickly over the last five or six

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years possibly. 2010 he won the world? Yes, I think it was, and that

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was a fabulous performance. The first overseas player since Cliff

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Thorburn to do so. He had a little bit of disappointment in his face

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when he did not get the desired screw back he wanted. Now he will

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have to try to run a bit of a gap during the two roads. That has not

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worked. He will just have to think. Did not look like he could get on

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the pink but clearly he has. Niall in the 2010 World Championship was

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11-5 down. He came to win it 13-10 or whatever it was, and went on to

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win the title. You would like to think that most of the young players

:43:22.:43:24.

who were watching that would always take a lesson from it. You should

:43:25.:43:26.

never give up. Clearly not happy with the angle he

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has got on this loom. It looked like it was wrote it in.

:44:54.:45:12.

If he gets the kissing would have been nowhere but just went by that.

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-- if he gets the kiss, it would have been nowhere. He did kiss it

:45:19.:45:23.

but very thin. Trying to screw back the pink. To

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bring those for roads into play. -- four reds into play.

:45:49.:46:52.

He left himself a little bit too thin on this black. He can play the

:46:53.:47:03.

shot into the pack, but tough pot. If the black is a little bit thicker

:47:04.:47:07.

than that, he has choices of where he can screw into the pack. When it

:47:08.:47:12.

is a thin cut, you can't get enough spin. Came out OK, though. Very

:47:13.:47:15.

impressive. When he made 38 centuries this

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season, and sometime in the next two or three tournaments he will be

:47:39.:47:41.

passing the 500 mark on the centuries. He has 493 altogether.

:47:42.:48:08.

Just having a look if he can get on those routes. The pink is the best

:48:09.:48:21.

option to get on them -- the reds. I like the positive way he walks

:48:22.:48:43.

round and into the shot. APPLAUSE

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There is the century. A big crowd here today. Where else would they

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want to be? Watching the snooker. A lovely venue here in Cardiff.

:49:22.:49:33.

Different setup of course this year, there are more tables in this side

:49:34.:49:42.

of the arena, people can watch more tables at the same time.

:49:43.:49:55.

133 is possible. As adding 140 is the top now, is it?

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Brilliant. He had a poor first frame but that was brilliant.

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Very impressive stuff from Robertson. The first frame was

:50:27.:50:30.

nearly half an hour long, that one done and dusted inside 12 minutes.

:50:31.:50:34.

Lee Walker, one of six Welsh players in action across the day. Let's take

:50:35.:50:39.

you to table two and show you what has been taking place, echoes this

:50:40.:50:43.

is Jackson page. You will remember the 15-year-old wild card from Ebbw

:50:44.:50:49.

Vale have got through to round two in action against John Astley. He

:50:50.:50:53.

missed the pink, the youngster, giving Astley the opportunity to get

:50:54.:50:59.

back in and take this frame. But the very fact that he made it here was a

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great story. The fact that he got through to round two, Jackson Page,

:51:04.:51:10.

is another thing. The refit for him. Absolutely, great experience for

:51:11.:51:14.

Jackson Page. Playing on beautiful tables with new cloth son

:51:15.:51:18.

everything, big crowds watching it is all a new experience. He will

:51:19.:51:22.

learn a great deal from this and I'm sure he will enjoy every minute.

:51:23.:51:28.

John Astley, 78 in the world rankings. You talk about what it

:51:29.:51:31.

will do for him, Tyler Breeze as well, the other Welsh wild card,

:51:32.:51:37.

what will this do playing in this first tournament -- Tyler Rees. When

:51:38.:51:43.

they turn professional and they are on the tour, they will see what

:51:44.:51:45.

standard they need to play at. They will be playing other matches as

:51:46.:51:50.

well to see what the standard is like, how the tables are playing and

:51:51.:51:55.

learning all the time because this is a great opportunity. We will keep

:51:56.:52:06.

you posted. In terms of the game we are watching, great response by Neil

:52:07.:52:10.

Robertson. That is more like it for a player from his calibre. Fantastic

:52:11.:52:15.

performance, the way he lost that frame, very unlucky to do so and Lee

:52:16.:52:20.

Walker did so well to respond. He was hitting the ball so well. I

:52:21.:52:25.

share Terry 's views of Neil Robertson 's cue action, the

:52:26.:52:29.

greatest I have seen in the game. Your fingers come of the cue as they

:52:30.:52:34.

bring the cue back and come back on the cue as you strike the ball. That

:52:35.:52:38.

is where your timing comes from. Neil has got the best transition I

:52:39.:52:45.

have ever seen. Let's see what Lee Walker can muster. In the frame

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three. Back we go. COMMENTATOR: Very interesting to listen to Dominic

:52:52.:52:55.

talking about the cue power and the cue action of Neil Robertson. He has

:52:56.:52:59.

the perfect cue action, I agree. The only thing that worries me today the

:53:00.:53:04.

three times when he has played a stunning shot, he has decelerated.

:53:05.:53:08.

Whether he is just doubting that wonderful cue action, I do now. He

:53:09.:53:11.

made a 133 the last frame! When he is on song, he is a very

:53:12.:53:21.

tough man to stop. Very consistent, his cue action, if

:53:22.:53:44.

you look at him. He does the preparation shot, three of those,

:53:45.:53:49.

and every shot, and then pulls it back end trudged through the cue

:53:50.:53:58.

ball. And he is intimidating when you are on the chair. Lee hasn't had

:53:59.:54:05.

a chance and see when the first frame. With the top players, they

:54:06.:54:14.

have a run of two or three friends when they score and you are sitting

:54:15.:54:18.

down, and then when you do get a chance you don't feel you have any

:54:19.:54:26.

touch or feel for it. It is a good seat to watch from.

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Just have a look now at the length of the backswing, right back to his

:54:38.:54:46.

son. Ten inches perhaps, he could bit more, ten or 11 is common. Did

:54:47.:54:52.

not need a lot of power. But it suits him. This is not a great pack

:54:53.:55:08.

to screw into. The outside red obviously pots, which in fairness

:55:09.:55:11.

there are such a perfect angle on the black that he may not play for

:55:12.:55:16.

that loose red. He can only get 11 in middle pocket. Could not possibly

:55:17.:55:23.

get that one in the corner from the weather pack were situated. That is

:55:24.:55:26.

what I thought in commentary, getting on the one loose red there

:55:27.:55:39.

may have been a better choice. Lee Walker will be pretty pleased that

:55:40.:55:44.

it looks like he has broken down. One on the extreme right hand side

:55:45.:55:51.

will pop into the corner. Does this one pot into the middle? It

:55:52.:55:58.

certainly does. At first glance to look like he was on anything. All

:55:59.:56:03.

about fractions, this game, isn't it? He get these runs of

:56:04.:56:17.

high-scoring. Just relentless. The best that Lee Walker can do at the

:56:18.:56:20.

moment is just have a cup of tea and just enjoy the master. Really

:56:21.:56:34.

tremendous. Making a very difficult game look very easy. Had a kick. The

:56:35.:56:48.

ball obviously bounces before it hits the cue ball. That sometimes

:56:49.:56:53.

takes a little bit of pace out of it. You saw the white, just that

:56:54.:56:57.

little bit of bounce. It actually bounced before the black. Still has

:56:58.:57:01.

a choice of two rates. -- reds. He is one of those that is as level

:57:02.:57:26.

as anybody on the circuit, I should think. Level and straight with the

:57:27.:57:36.

cue action is a great asset. If I could put like him, I may have

:57:37.:57:40.

beaten you once or twice. Trasch pot like him.

:57:41.:57:51.

This now looks like he will take a 2-1 lead in a matter of minutes.

:57:52.:57:58.

Just under 12 minutes, the previous round, where he made a very good

:57:59.:58:03.

one, 3-3. Five minutes in this frame, and very close to making it a

:58:04.:58:09.

frame-winning break. It will be tough now for leave. Robertson

:58:10.:58:17.

appears to be in superb form. -- for Lee.

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Did not sound like a click. In my ears you can hear the click. When he

:58:31.:58:41.

punches the ball, he hit it beautifully. When he is rolling

:58:42.:58:49.

balls in... One more red, the killer, and it is frame over.

:58:50.:59:13.

The good thing about Robertson 's cue action, the transaction from the

:59:14.:59:20.

-- the transition from the backswing to the forward swing is more or less

:59:21.:59:31.

the same every shot. Not quite. Again, he is not happy. He just has

:59:32.:59:40.

to look at the scoreboard. Looks like going 2-1 in front, for

:59:41.:59:45.

certain. Should not be blowing too much. He has pride in his work. He

:59:46.:59:56.

was the support that the last black came off a little bit square. He was

:59:57.:00:01.

expecting to clear, which are still might do. And he probably will now.

:00:02.:00:24.

Spending the rest of his time in Cambridge now, plays at the snooker

:00:25.:00:32.

club there and practices with Joe Perry a lot.

:00:33.:00:45.

I thought he was going for the middle pocket there. Excellent,

:00:46.:00:56.

again. Onto the cushion for a choice of reds.

:00:57.:01:24.

Does not get a lot better than that... An attempt now to keep the

:01:25.:01:33.

highest break... Just checking the school board, trying to work out

:01:34.:01:43.

what he needs -- the school board. -- score board. I've just been told

:01:44.:01:54.

in one of the outside tables, O'Brien made 142. I don't know if he

:01:55.:02:07.

is aware of that. But red and black, 143.

:02:08.:02:34.

In some ways, the 133 was played to perfection, he lost position a

:02:35.:02:43.

couple of times in this break, but got back in with excellent pots.

:02:44.:02:48.

That flew off the back cushion. This is amazing, back-to-back total

:02:49.:03:28.

clearances. Previous frame one through three, the next 143, he is

:03:29.:03:33.

going up intense, Robertson takes the frame quite easily obviously,

:03:34.:03:36.

winning that one going to having one in front. FUNKY MUSIC

:03:37.:03:47.

-- 2-1 in front. Michael Jordan, I loved skip or growing up in

:03:48.:03:50.

Australia. Cathy Freeman, winning the gold medal at the Sydney

:03:51.:03:56.

Olympics, it was an incredible moment for Australian sport.

:03:57.:03:58.

Football, the grounds are incredible. My last day of school

:03:59.:04:04.

only turned up to PE and went to my dad 's club to practice, the school

:04:05.:04:08.

called me up and me not to bother coming in any more. I have a classic

:04:09.:04:13.

cue which I've had since the age of 15.

:04:14.:04:14.

The Crucible. A unique atmosphere, the cloud as soap -- the crowd is so

:04:15.:04:19.

close. There's no better place to play

:04:20.:04:23.

snooker. No idea! I would be in Australia, that's for sure! Wearing

:04:24.:04:27.

my beanie hat, hardly ever, but if I'm not, quite often. Joe Perry,

:04:28.:04:37.

Mark Davis... We would have good verbal chat. My most embarrassing

:04:38.:04:41.

moment was when I forgot my shoes, I bought a terrible pair of shoes, and

:04:42.:04:46.

lost the first session 8-0, I thought the shoes looked terrible

:04:47.:04:50.

and they were really uncomfortable. It got to me. If I'm in the UK I

:04:51.:04:55.

would like to stay involved in the game doing some commentary, or some

:04:56.:05:03.

coaching. We have all bought terrible pairs of shoes, that's for

:05:04.:05:07.

sure! Lee Walker, heading back into the arena there. But what will he be

:05:08.:05:13.

thinking? 2-1 down, you said two excellent frames of snooker from

:05:14.:05:17.

Robertson? Faultless perfection. I'm beginning to think it was not a good

:05:18.:05:22.

idea. Walker won the first frame, it's annoyed me! Let's go back over

:05:23.:05:28.

to the table before we resume this match, Jackson Page, at the table,

:05:29.:05:36.

it's now 1-1 in his game against John Astley, it continues to go very

:05:37.:05:40.

well for the wild card from ever Vale, 1-1 against him on table two.

:05:41.:05:48.

It's a great expense for him? Fantastic he is learning all the

:05:49.:05:51.

time and will know that he's possibly cut out for the big time,

:05:52.:05:56.

he is not afraid of the crowds or dumber phobic, he is loving every

:05:57.:06:03.

minute of it. As youngsters do. They love the big atmosphere, the

:06:04.:06:05.

youngsters, they love showing everyone what they are capable of.

:06:06.:06:09.

On the main table, what response does Lee Walker have? To one down.

:06:10.:06:17.

At least he is off his chair... Down to two frames, that is not great.

:06:18.:06:26.

COMMENTATOR: A good response that. Robertson losing the first frame.

:06:27.:06:37.

A very good safety shot. Considering he's not had much table time. Over

:06:38.:06:52.

23 minutes. That seems like about three hours, take it from me, when

:06:53.:07:05.

you are out there. You cannot pot everything. He certainly went all

:07:06.:07:18.

out for that one, didn't he? There have been a few points without

:07:19.:07:30.

reply. After the last two games. The red that he is closest to, looks

:07:31.:07:41.

like he can hold it for the black. He sat out for two frames, this is

:07:42.:07:46.

not an easy chance, where the black and the panenka. -- and the pink R.

:07:47.:07:59.

Oh dear, when you are sat on your chair for 20 minutes, it feels like

:08:00.:08:02.

two or three hours when you have this shot.

:08:03.:08:11.

Now, that's 276 will go up quite a bit. There could be another big

:08:12.:08:19.

break... Talk about bad packs to go in for,

:08:20.:09:15.

this is not great. He can play the calendar pack knowing that he has

:09:16.:09:19.

the red in the corner pocket, he would not play the cannon if the red

:09:20.:09:24.

was not over the corner. He knows whatever happens, he's bound to be

:09:25.:09:27.

on the red over the corner, now he has the reds in the perfect

:09:28.:09:32.

position. That is good brick building. Could we have a possible

:09:33.:09:48.

three centuries on the trot? He made two against White in the first

:09:49.:09:54.

round, and has done two in this, that is four centuries so far.

:09:55.:10:25.

That was not the best. That was a bit thinner than he would have liked

:10:26.:10:40.

to have had. Again, he is having a few problems with the conditions out

:10:41.:10:45.

there. Not the same everyday, believe it or not... This is a more

:10:46.:10:56.

difficult shot and because of that committee put more effort into it.

:10:57.:11:16.

Slightly underhit, wanted to be straight on the blue than this.

:11:17.:11:25.

Could take it nine or ten inches, get that into the corner. See how

:11:26.:11:31.

straight he hits this one, it is supposed be a straight red.

:11:32.:12:57.

A little bit unlucky with a kiss on the red, two down from the pink,

:12:58.:13:03.

that would have left him perfect. Not pushing the boat out here, I do

:13:04.:13:11.

not think. Good recovery, needing another good one though. Could

:13:12.:13:20.

easily get onto the black. He will miss the kiss on the yellow. But of

:13:21.:13:27.

course, it's when it comes back of the baulk cushion, you can miss

:13:28.:13:32.

another again. I'm not sure whether he can go from the right-hand side,

:13:33.:13:37.

he wants side on this blue, if you can. He is hampered. This is he

:13:38.:13:44.

could miss this. He has the match in complete control here, he does not

:13:45.:13:49.

want to push the boat out too much. That's good thinking, pushing the

:13:50.:13:54.

brown to the side cushion. Not taking any risk, perfect match

:13:55.:14:10.

placekicker. -- play snooker. I thought he was looking more for a

:14:11.:14:13.

century break again, I cannot blame him. We have to be positive. But

:14:14.:14:18.

certainly could have got on the loose red and carried on from there.

:14:19.:14:25.

But not everybody selects the same shot in the same position as others.

:14:26.:14:28.

Everybody has got their favourite kinds of shots.

:14:29.:14:47.

This is handy, a clip on the brown there. That red would have been on

:14:48.:15:02.

the corner otherwise. Normally plays 331 points, Lee Walker.

:15:03.:15:42.

Giving him half a chance with a red in the middle now. Yes, he played to

:15:43.:15:48.

leave the white on the cushion in the black spot area, overrunning it

:15:49.:15:56.

by some three feet. Another excellent pot. Sometimes you are out

:15:57.:16:03.

there and cannot do anything right, then you get the first frame with

:16:04.:16:08.

some excellent snooker and since then, you can certainly play second

:16:09.:16:11.

fiddle to the man at the table now. Not doing an awful lot from

:16:12.:16:15.

committee played one bad safety shot, one bad break off, and that is

:16:16.:16:21.

its -- not doing an awful lot wrong, he played. Tip on the black spot

:16:22.:16:25.

there. This is a barrage of scoring. Too thin. Wouldn't this be a frame

:16:26.:16:50.

to pinch? Feeling great having sat out for 30

:16:51.:17:46.

odd minutes and then some 300 points without reply...

:17:47.:17:54.

It did not look possible to win the first frame when the balls were in

:17:55.:17:56.

the position that they were, they are not any better here. Hmm... I

:17:57.:18:06.

don't know whether they would have played the kiss or the red off the

:18:07.:18:12.

middle. Wherever it was, he did not play it well. I mentioned that you

:18:13.:18:23.

lose your touch out there, these players do not have to think, it's

:18:24.:18:29.

all automatic. You practice so much, and... You've still got a chance, it

:18:30.:18:37.

is a little bit slim. I would not blame him for cutting into the

:18:38.:18:40.

middle and moving of the side cushion, he's bound to be on the

:18:41.:18:44.

pink or the blue. He needs the red and play because the white is going

:18:45.:18:49.

to be playing ball, he would not go near the red, but on the right-hand

:18:50.:19:01.

side, he will. That's good, he deserves to be onto something very

:19:02.:19:12.

good. Giving himself a chance. Certainly one of the best shots that

:19:13.:19:14.

he has played. In quite a while. He pinches the first frame, they

:19:15.:19:35.

pinch this one as well. He's got a lot of points to play

:19:36.:20:02.

with here, potting two reds, two blacks, playing for the one in the

:20:03.:20:14.

baulk area. This puts on 40 points behind. If he gets nicely onto the

:20:15.:20:20.

red, he can get onto the black quite easily. Well done. What a pinch it

:20:21.:20:29.

would be, if he can clear up from here. He could possibly come out

:20:30.:20:33.

2-2, having seen what Neil Robertson has done with these two frames. It

:20:34.:20:36.

would be a big feather in his cap. Anything but straight. The problem

:20:37.:21:00.

is we saw him play this shot earlier in the match, he did not get it on

:21:01.:21:04.

the left-hand side, you can see his angle, just before the middle

:21:05.:21:07.

pocket, you need that much side on it. Maybe better off running through

:21:08.:21:13.

two cushions on the right-hand side rather than the screw back, I don't

:21:14.:21:17.

think he can get in behind the red off the reverse side of the cushion.

:21:18.:21:22.

You then have to worry about missing the kiss on the plea if you run

:21:23.:21:25.

through the right-hand side, playing a screw shot, you do well to get

:21:26.:21:30.

near the baulk line -- kiss on the blue.

:21:31.:21:36.

Now, does not want that go tight on the cushion, the safety shot is

:21:37.:21:43.

difficult. It is unlucky. It would have been so easy to stop the cue

:21:44.:21:47.

ball dead where the reddest, send the red round the table, snigger in

:21:48.:21:51.

behind the yellow committee cannot do it now. He is back in the frame

:21:52.:21:57.

-- where the red is, behind the yellow, he cannot do it now.

:21:58.:22:19.

He is trying to get some back spin by lifting his cue. He is the

:22:20.:22:28.

tallest player on the circuit, Lee Walker. A nice lad, well respected

:22:29.:22:35.

around the circuit. A good sense of humour. He is on tiptoes here. What

:22:36.:22:41.

about the old orange? He hit it really well, did not want

:22:42.:23:03.

that to kiss the green. Now then... This will be in the centre. In the

:23:04.:23:14.

frame if you get set... -- if he gets it. Ooh, hello! Expecting him

:23:15.:23:20.

to pot that. It is amazing, when you miss a shot, and how often you get

:23:21.:23:30.

away with it. Now, I'm not too sure whether Lee Walker can get to that

:23:31.:23:34.

red, if he does, it will be fine, then he will be pushing the red into

:23:35.:23:36.

a corner. That is a clever shot, and very well

:23:37.:23:59.

played. It should be a no luck game, really.

:24:00.:24:14.

Kissing the blue. They have a very thin cut in the middle. Because of

:24:15.:24:20.

that, the cue ball will be very difficult to control. If you can pot

:24:21.:24:27.

this and missed the green on the way back up in the centre, he could be

:24:28.:24:40.

on the pink. I think that he has been given a lifeline. It's worth

:24:41.:24:46.

taking. Into the black pocket but surely the middle pocket would be

:24:47.:24:55.

the easier shot? He won't be kissing the green, he will be coming out the

:24:56.:25:01.

baulk, if he plays into the corner... In the middle, he would be

:25:02.:25:06.

on the pink. In the corner, he is not bound to be on the pink or the

:25:07.:25:18.

blue nicely. It's a strange choice, he had no chance of getting away

:25:19.:25:23.

with it like that but the cut in the middle, he had every chance of

:25:24.:25:29.

getting away with it. I think he's just being positive, I cannot see

:25:30.:25:34.

how he could have taken the red, knowing at that pace, he has a

:25:35.:25:41.

chance to pot it, which he has... Did not have to go for a pot there,

:25:42.:25:45.

could have gone for a strong safety, really.

:25:46.:26:07.

It is a frame that could have gone either way in the end but Neil

:26:08.:26:12.

Robertson, once again, puts his foot of the pedal at the last minute, Lee

:26:13.:26:17.

Walker would be disappointed that he missed that last red, but now he

:26:18.:26:22.

trails 3-1. Look at this red, in commentary we talked about the cut

:26:23.:26:26.

in the middle, but he could play in the top pocket, if you play at the

:26:27.:26:29.

top, you need to play it quick enough to get away with it? That's

:26:30.:26:42.

why I said that he's not bound to get onto the pink or the blue, why

:26:43.:26:46.

not? If you play a pot, cut in the middle, you have a chance of getting

:26:47.:26:49.

away with it and you are certainly likely to be

:26:50.:26:49.

on the pink? That is one of the nice things about playing the game, you

:26:50.:26:55.

need to make a decision every time you get a chance on the table.

:26:56.:27:03.

This is a brilliant shot. He may have cleared up, who knows? He makes

:27:04.:27:08.

the decision, and should stand by it, nothing wrong with it. Same as

:27:09.:27:14.

you, he should have played safer, waiting for a better chance.

:27:15.:27:18.

He played a very good shot early on, to get back into the frame. This

:27:19.:27:27.

shot here, to bring the other red into play, that was excellent. It

:27:28.:27:32.

needs to clear, you know is that the pace that he is playing at, if he

:27:33.:27:36.

hits the red, he's bound to be on pink or blue and he played it

:27:37.:27:39.

perfectly. For one second I thought he would clear it, but the red was a

:27:40.:27:46.

cue ball. You've spent a lot of time watching Lee over the years, on and

:27:47.:27:53.

off the tour, I would not say he's a gentleman probity is hard-working?

:27:54.:27:57.

Yes, and he does a lot of coaching which I think has helped him to take

:27:58.:28:02.

pressure off the circuit. I don't think he has great expectations on

:28:03.:28:05.

the circuit at the moment you don't know. If you carry on learning there

:28:06.:28:11.

are always chances you can move forward. As I said earlier, you've

:28:12.:28:16.

got to get some belief in yourself that you can win these matches. It

:28:17.:28:19.

is a tough match for him today, and he's done OK, I think. He could have

:28:20.:28:27.

been close as well, 2-2. He was only one shot away from making it, if you

:28:28.:28:32.

twos that red, he was favourite to win the tour? -- if he pots that

:28:33.:28:43.

red, he was favourite to win the tour.

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Lee Walker with the point of no return, trailing by 3-1, and

:28:49.:28:53.

breaking off in frame five, has to win the remaining three.

:28:54.:29:22.

Amazing how nobody has developed a break off, he can guarantee leaving

:29:23.:29:37.

those shots off at times. I remember a time when players were coming off

:29:38.:29:45.

the back cushion, and into the pack slowly, playing the likes of

:29:46.:29:46.

Higgins. It's a good pressure pot, this

:29:47.:30:01.

balance will get off the cushion. I think it will be enough to get onto

:30:02.:30:05.

the red, potting just below the black. Could have done with a couple

:30:06.:30:08.

of inches of pace. Excellent. Did have a little flick

:30:09.:31:12.

off the pack but even if he did not get the little flick, he would have

:31:13.:31:17.

been on this red. Similar scenario to the one I talked about a few

:31:18.:31:20.

moments ago, you can risk playing into the pack, knowing you have that

:31:21.:31:25.

loose red, even though there are three reds available. Just playing

:31:26.:31:31.

for the loose one this time, may play into the pack of the next red,

:31:32.:31:34.

and black. It is one of those where you want to

:31:35.:31:50.

stun into the pack. Then you can come back somewhere near where the

:31:51.:31:55.

white is now but just wants to play the stun rather than the screw into

:31:56.:31:59.

the pack." The loose one. I am surprised, to be honest. OK, he is

:32:00.:32:06.

on a nice angle on this red, but you can't guarantee getting the pace

:32:07.:32:17.

exactly right here. I rest my case. A little bit fortunate there, Neil,

:32:18.:32:25.

because he has the blue which is a bit straight.

:32:26.:32:33.

He certainly looks somewhere near back to his best.

:32:34.:33:55.

Well, that was a surprise. Anything that is straight and stunning it you

:33:56.:34:05.

would expect Robertson to pot most of them.

:34:06.:34:13.

He definitely thought he was going to pot it. Now then, the, unexpected

:34:14.:34:27.

chance for you. Not quite sure if he is straight on this blue. Say that

:34:28.:34:34.

of course because it restricts the options of the next positional shot.

:34:35.:34:42.

The cue ball can either go straightforward or straight back.

:34:43.:35:25.

This is one of those if you are playing the plain blue ball you

:35:26.:35:33.

would maybe miss the kiss outside the the thing. If you do not, your

:35:34.:35:43.

OK. You would be very unlucky not to be on a red. OK, it is a bit

:35:44.:35:50.

dangerous playing a cannon with four loose reds. But it is a way of

:35:51.:35:57.

slowing the cue ball down. He has played the slow cannon. If they have

:35:58.:36:04.

lined up he is very, very unlucky. That is so unlucky. You could play

:36:05.:36:10.

that 20 times two would only do it once, and it would have to be this

:36:11.:36:14.

time. Very unfortunate. The one below the pink pots, though, but it

:36:15.:36:18.

is very difficult. It was a good pot. That was

:36:19.:36:51.

missable, especially after the disappointment of the splitting of

:36:52.:36:58.

the reds. If he was to carry on, he has a tricky yellow into the right

:36:59.:37:04.

corner. You can see the cue ball just slightly below the ball climb.

:37:05.:37:15.

So it is the thin cut. -- below the baulk line.

:37:16.:37:23.

That kiss made up for the last one that didn't go right. That was an

:37:24.:37:52.

excellent shot on the yellow. Next for roads and colours should not be

:37:53.:37:56.

a problem. He will move the one that is right on the side cushion -- four

:37:57.:38:06.

rates. The idea is to pot three reds, three colours. That is plenty

:38:07.:38:09.

of shots in advance. That has to be in his mind.

:38:10.:38:47.

Now this is half a chance here, he could stun the pink into the middle

:38:48.:38:54.

pocket, leave the red half full and play the cannon onto the red on the

:38:55.:39:05.

cushion. This definitely could be a chance in two shots time to move

:39:06.:39:10.

that red. He is playing the run-through.

:39:11.:39:21.

What has happened there? Goodness me. That was a strange choice. I

:39:22.:39:39.

tell you what happened there, he has got into a good position, if you

:39:40.:39:45.

ball is available, and just a little bit more pressure comes on you then.

:39:46.:39:54.

He will be very disappointed with that.

:39:55.:40:13.

We were talking earlier on, his cue option, Lee Walker, who plays with

:40:14.:40:23.

the tip very low on the cue ball, and then when he delivers the cue,

:40:24.:40:28.

it comes up a little bit of spin he requires. But of course if you don't

:40:29.:40:32.

time the delivery, you could get a little less spin venue needed, like

:40:33.:40:37.

having them. You should have stunned that and had an easy red. He has got

:40:38.:40:52.

Neil Robertson missing at the moment.

:40:53.:41:03.

Amazing how nothing kissed into another ball. Both red and white

:41:04.:41:08.

were going around the table at speed, neither of which made contact

:41:09.:41:13.

with the ball. It is basically one of those, do you take this short on

:41:14.:41:20.

or take the safety shot up and down? Robertson pots this to a fun, if you

:41:21.:41:27.

don't. All about the pace of the cue ball. And it is not there, I don't

:41:28.:41:46.

think. Yes, he had to play that shot with a touch of Czech side to avoid

:41:47.:41:49.

the red on the way back up and took a bit of pace out of it, but not

:41:50.:41:51.

bad. Fantastic arena, five tables on

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display in that picture. There are another three behind the commentary

:42:22.:42:24.

position, eight tables in total. A better pace of cue ball. The

:42:25.:42:53.

jumped up. He thought he had been put in -- Lee jumped up. No, not

:42:54.:43:09.

quite sure if that was a bit too thin, or he hit it a bit too hard.

:43:10.:43:21.

This red goes past the pink into the right corner, possibly. Looks like a

:43:22.:43:23.

better shot. It is amazing what happens out

:43:24.:43:53.

there. Robertson, two centuries and playing excellent, it is amazing

:43:54.:44:08.

what can happen out there. The balls find their own way to stop.

:44:09.:44:11.

Sometimes it is not in favour of the players and the frames are a little

:44:12.:44:13.

bit longer. Still, very interesting. The second long pot that he has

:44:14.:44:35.

missed by a long way. So even Neil Robertson misses them.

:44:36.:45:24.

I can only presume he has played a cannon into the green. We talked

:45:25.:45:35.

about his cue action a few times, cued very low at first and then on

:45:36.:45:38.

the strike he is hitting it a little bit higher and not getting the

:45:39.:45:43.

desired spin. He is looking at the very difficult black into the

:45:44.:45:47.

middle. Could play it into the corner. Both of which are fraught

:45:48.:45:55.

with danger. I think my co-commentator in the box would be

:45:56.:45:58.

playing thin off the left-hand side of the pink. Looks like he is taking

:45:59.:46:00.

it on. Well, my friend, you deserve

:46:01.:46:13.

everything you get. Excellent, very well played. Cueing down like that

:46:14.:46:19.

was by no means easy. Very good. You feel he needs to clean up from

:46:20.:47:12.

here, but the green is still a little bit tricky. Got to pot this

:47:13.:47:16.

with the rest and get on with the red at the top of the table. He is

:47:17.:47:19.

just one point behind now. Cropped it in for the black but he

:47:20.:47:45.

may play with the blue there. He is a good player with the rest. He has

:47:46.:47:52.

a bit of work to do, as Neil Luxon there. I wouldn't say he was

:47:53.:47:55.

worried, but he wasn't laughing either. Not a lot of room in between

:47:56.:48:08.

the pink and the blue here if he is playing the screw back.

:48:09.:48:46.

That was always going to test. He knew in the previous red he had to

:48:47.:48:53.

be closer to one of the object balls and have a good angle to go closer

:48:54.:48:57.

to that read, which then he had a great chance to clear. Because he

:48:58.:49:04.

didn't get on it, it just to serve his concentration a little bit.

:49:05.:49:12.

Shame, that, because that black deserve to be in the frame.

:49:13.:49:19.

Absolutely. If he was a right-handed player, the green would not be too

:49:20.:49:23.

bad but he is left-handed. So betting on the green and then

:49:24.:49:28.

getting back to the brown, it is going to be very difficult so this

:49:29.:49:31.

is not necessarily going to be frame and match over.

:49:32.:49:41.

Not the best shot he has ever played.

:49:42.:49:52.

When you glance down to the green, then, because always looking to see

:49:53.:50:01.

if he can cannon that green out of the cushion and leave himself the

:50:02.:50:04.

chance to clear. He can hold. I thought that was a

:50:05.:50:20.

thin cut. I thought he couldn't for the yellow. Has he got the angle

:50:21.:50:27.

here to screw back of the yellow and get at least close to the green for

:50:28.:50:35.

a pot? The trouble with the pot is it is a narrow pocket to play

:50:36.:50:42.

through. And with pace it is an even tougher shot. He would have to put a

:50:43.:50:46.

little back spin on to get a cut for the brown. He can get somewhere near

:50:47.:50:53.

the middle pocket, though. Amazing, lined up like soldiers,

:50:54.:51:39.

aren't they? And this is quite tough to hit. The middle pocket is quite

:51:40.:51:45.

difficult. He doesn't get this right there is room in the back of this

:51:46.:51:46.

green. That was the problem with only

:51:47.:52:02.

hitting one cushion. Very hard to get away with it but he may just

:52:03.:52:08.

about. This is cut the ball but the white would be running loose. --

:52:09.:52:10.

able to be cut. Neil keeps looking at the

:52:11.:52:46.

scoreboard. Perhaps he does not believe the score. He is two behind.

:52:47.:52:48.

Not frames, points. This is the type of shot that

:52:49.:53:01.

somebody with a lot of power in the cue action may take on. The only way

:53:02.:53:10.

to do that is if he does not have a good safety on then he does have

:53:11.:53:13.

options with the safety. Just has to watch the double-kiss. Hit the green

:53:14.:53:19.

and take it up towards the baulk area and hope to snooker Neil

:53:20.:53:24.

Robertson. Very brave. He took it on. It was a very

:53:25.:53:59.

positive shot selection, I must say, but I'm glad he hasn't left the

:54:00.:54:05.

green on off the bat, because should he turn those balls down, then, and

:54:06.:54:10.

not be so positive, you never know where the green is going to go if

:54:11.:54:16.

you don't get in the pocket. So could be snookered again here, Lee

:54:17.:54:17.

Walker. Slightly misjudged this, especially

:54:18.:54:45.

if the green bounces. That is a bad misjudgement. If he plays the green

:54:46.:54:51.

plain ball he would be canning into the black and the black anything.

:54:52.:54:58.

Fifita right-hand side, then the middle pocket comes into the

:54:59.:55:05.

equation. This is one of those who would love to play with Czech side

:55:06.:55:08.

but it is a bit too thick to play with that. This is dangerous, keep

:55:09.:55:15.

an eye on the wide. Could be going very close -- an eye on the white.

:55:16.:56:05.

Won that is more like the safety shot we know. Neil holding his hand

:56:06.:56:19.

up as if he did not appear to do it. Colter and went across the green. I

:56:20.:56:27.

did not notice that. -- caught the knuckle. This is not easy. Yes, got

:56:28.:56:33.

to come the side. Plated with a lot of pace. -- played

:56:34.:57:06.

it with a lot of pace. He will be pleased with that.

:57:07.:57:29.

This is a very fine pot. With the white being pretty close to the

:57:30.:57:42.

baulk cushion. I'm not sure whether playing it plain ball he can played

:57:43.:57:45.

slow down the ground. It might have to come in and out of the baulk, and

:57:46.:57:48.

back again. Didn't even attempt the pot, did not

:57:49.:57:56.

fancy it. He has taken on more difficult shots

:57:57.:58:15.

in that match. Neil Robertson very strong in this

:58:16.:58:31.

the apartment, normally. Not quite up to the Silver standard as yet.

:58:32.:58:41.

But he is the best, I feel, Selby. Getting out of snookers. That is why

:58:42.:58:47.

he is world number one. Mark Selby is ?405,000 in front of

:58:48.:59:06.

the number two. That is what you call dominance. These days, of

:59:07.:59:10.

course, you don't get ranking points, it goes with the money they

:59:11.:59:18.

earn, same as the golf. It would be courtesy Mark Selby has earned a

:59:19.:59:30.

lot. Excellent pot. Blue the pink is busily going to be a problem, but

:59:31.:59:35.

with him being left-handed, the blue is slightly easier for him than it

:59:36.:59:39.

would be a right-handed player. He needs to finish absolutely tight on

:59:40.:59:43.

the cushion, preferably within two feet of the blue. Playing it plain

:59:44.:59:49.

ball, he will come about four or five inches past the middle pocket,

:59:50.:59:53.

a little bit of right-hand side could get him close to the blue. How

:59:54.:00:08.

is his pace? Not great. I don't think it bounced up as much as you

:00:09.:00:12.

think it did, Neil, think you just over it.

:00:13.:00:31.

A few safety options here for him. Doesn't have to win the match in

:00:32.:00:41.

this visit... The most important part of the shot

:00:42.:01:05.

was getting that blue ball safe. A little closer to the cushion, Lee

:01:06.:01:09.

would not be able to play this, playing on the blue left-hand side,

:01:10.:01:13.

leave the white weather blue is and sent the black, sorry, the blue up

:01:14.:01:17.

behind the pink and the black. One of those, if you get too much side,

:01:18.:01:24.

it's not what you want, but you should be able to get behind the

:01:25.:01:28.

blue here. Not playing the bottom left-hand side, which is what I

:01:29.:01:31.

thought he would do. He is not playing that shot. That is not too

:01:32.:01:40.

bad... CLAPPING Could get in with the black, this

:01:41.:02:06.

would be a thin cut, more or less guaranteeing a good safety shot, but

:02:07.:02:12.

he's cut it a little thin. This could be a pot if you get past

:02:13.:02:22.

the black... It's quite funny, he was offering Roberts in the pot, if

:02:23.:02:26.

he misses this frame, it is match over. Neil Robertson had a look to

:02:27.:02:30.

see if the blue was cuttable, and it is, but it goes without saying, if

:02:31.:02:35.

he misses, that could be the end of the match. When you look from the

:02:36.:02:40.

second angle, you can see how thin it is.

:02:41.:02:50.

Having a look at the potting angle, he is lining it up, taking it on.

:02:51.:02:57.

CLAPPING We know how difficult those kinds of

:02:58.:03:19.

shots can be, in this situation, it is one of the world's best players

:03:20.:03:24.

hanging on in there. Missing that and he probably would have been out

:03:25.:03:28.

of the tournament. Yes, and once he has taken it on, he would consider

:03:29.:03:31.

himself a little unfortunate that the White has travelled an extra pot

:03:32.:03:35.

in pace, not leaving him with an easy chance for the pink. You would

:03:36.:03:39.

think that he has some sort of pot on the pink in the middle. I do not

:03:40.:03:44.

think there are only for answers in taking this pink on, a good safety

:03:45.:03:48.

shot is the core here, he needs a good pink and black. -- is the call

:03:49.:03:51.

here. If he takes on the pot, the White

:03:52.:04:04.

will be virtually in the jaws of the pocket where his hand is. A

:04:05.:04:13.

containing safety shot, this looks to be a very good one... Another

:04:14.:04:16.

half inch would have been perfect. He is eyeing up the potting angle,

:04:17.:05:07.

with 1-0, he gets a shot on the back, it should go in... Very good.

:05:08.:05:13.

He has got that shot on the black, as long as that does not travel...

:05:14.:05:20.

He played the shot to nothing to perfection. But unfortunately he is

:05:21.:05:22.

now faced with a difficult black. I think on reflection how meal has

:05:23.:05:38.

played in this frame, he deserves to win it. -- Hal Neil Robertson. What

:05:39.:05:44.

would you put with this, four out of ten?

:05:45.:05:50.

I would say one out of ten. That is a tough shot.

:05:51.:06:01.

Ooh! How close was that? With Walker's reaction there, you would

:06:02.:06:12.

have thought it was in. One of the best long potters in the game, is he

:06:13.:06:18.

fancying this one? What a tremendous effort, it really was. He has a wry

:06:19.:06:26.

smile on his face as he sits in the chair, knowing that Neil is going to

:06:27.:06:28.

have to take it on. A little easier, this shot, for

:06:29.:07:00.

Walker than the previous, going into an open pocket. The cue ball out

:07:01.:07:10.

three or four inches, perhaps. A little more of the cushion. -- off

:07:11.:07:16.

the cushion. Now, he has a good white, has he got

:07:17.:07:30.

a good black? Has he got a good black? He has! It's amazing, with a

:07:31.:07:35.

bit of luck, Lee Walker has got all of the like there. A sly smile into

:07:36.:07:41.

the commentary box, keep inches A-frame. He still trails 3-2.

:07:42.:07:52.

-- he pinches the frame. He has a wry smile to the camera, fine

:07:53.:07:55.

margins but such composure under pressure to keep in the game. We go

:07:56.:08:02.

over to frame six shortly but let's bring you date with what is

:08:03.:08:08.

happening on table two, because we could have a big story developing

:08:09.:08:13.

here... I will welsh wild card, the teenager Jackson Page, who,

:08:14.:08:21.

remember, made his debut in a major tournament, beating Weston on

:08:22.:08:24.

Monday, up against John Astley in his second round this afternoon.

:08:25.:08:30.

This is the end to frame for, and as you can see, Page at the age of only

:08:31.:08:40.

15 is going to go 3-1 up. Placed in the last 32, Astley has taken frame

:08:41.:08:50.

five, what a story developing there. Of all of the players that we

:08:51.:08:53.

thought might make around three here in the Welsh Open, he would have

:08:54.:08:56.

been bottom of the list but he could be there? Definitely, the ball is in

:08:57.:09:03.

his court, 3-1 up, he just needs one more frame, you must feel confident

:09:04.:09:08.

about things. I hope he thinks is way through and does not get

:09:09.:09:11.

negative and close shots, so to speak. He needs to play the same way

:09:12.:09:18.

to get in position and close out the match. 3-2 to Page in that game and

:09:19.:09:24.

3-2 to Robertson in this fascinating contest. Under pressure, knowing he

:09:25.:09:29.

was just one bad shot away from leaving the tournament, Lee Walker,

:09:30.:09:33.

what a performance at the end of that frame? Yes committee stuck in

:09:34.:09:36.

the frame and knows what he can do best, grinding it out, playing a

:09:37.:09:40.

good safety and fixing on his own performance. Let meal worry about

:09:41.:09:46.

his, he has played tremendous care in this match, missing one or two --

:09:47.:09:54.

new He's not had the results he wanted. He is capable of his a game,

:09:55.:09:58.

but this is a sticky situation for both players at 3-2. Lee Walker has

:09:59.:10:05.

so much belief and confidence going into frame six, but it is a big one.

:10:06.:10:10.

How is Robertson going to respond, it is 3-2 now. Here is Lee...

:10:11.:10:17.

COMMENTATOR: A penny for Neil Robertson's thoughts. He will

:10:18.:10:23.

definitely be feeling that he should have won the match by now. He has

:10:24.:10:34.

missed a fuel on pots. -- he has missed a few long that pots.

:10:35.:10:55.

A typical safety there, having to avoid the red, it seemed so big,

:10:56.:11:03.

maybe he needs to go inside or outside of it. There is a chance

:11:04.:11:12.

here... And it is amazing that they did the same thing in frame two.

:11:13.:11:16.

Breaking up and playing the safety shot like that, hitting a red and

:11:17.:11:18.

Robertson made it 3-3. We have had a few centuries and some

:11:19.:11:41.

long frames, 38 minutes was the last one. It is great to watch.

:11:42.:11:57.

Steve Davis once said that people watching at home or in the audience

:11:58.:12:04.

prefer a close frame rather than a lot of big

:12:05.:12:14.

breaks. I think that it is nice to have a balance. We have certainly

:12:15.:12:26.

had that so far today. What a horrible kick, my goodness. Squaring

:12:27.:12:31.

it completely. It went straight to the red. I was

:12:32.:12:43.

about Sobeys reds are perfect, with the pink out of commission, there's

:12:44.:12:50.

a possible 147. -- I was about to say that the reds were perfect. Lee

:12:51.:12:55.

now knows that whatever he scores he will be hurting Robertson with every

:12:56.:12:57.

ball that he pots. I mentioned earlier in the match

:12:58.:13:20.

that Lee Walker does not go away. Hanging on, as a good fighter. He

:13:21.:13:27.

does not have the same skills as Neill, but does not mean that you

:13:28.:13:29.

cannot beat him. Needs to keep that under close

:13:30.:14:39.

control now and take the pressure off him. Should be feeling good. He

:14:40.:14:53.

had a bit of fortune with that in the previous frame. He may be

:14:54.:14:54.

thinking, this could be my day... Meanwhile, runner-up in the world on

:14:55.:16:54.

this championship, 2011. No bad players in the final of that

:16:55.:16:59.

tournament. Especially with how the game has gone around the world. A

:17:00.:17:04.

huge amount of countries entering the World Championships. In the

:17:05.:17:20.

1960s he would have 8-10 players, now I'm not sure of the numbers. --

:17:21.:17:26.

you would have 8-10 players. Those are bread and butter shots.

:17:27.:17:44.

Yes, I think he got excited there. Now, the frame should be level at

:17:45.:17:53.

3-3. At times, it is best to screw those in, those two cushions, rather

:17:54.:17:59.

than float them in. Missing quite a lot of pots in those last few

:18:00.:18:10.

friends. That was excellent from Neil. Yes, there is not much talk of

:18:11.:18:20.

a recovery time in snooker. The big players, like Robertson there,

:18:21.:18:26.

potting the red, I did not fancy him putting it, but in the first frame,

:18:27.:18:34.

he missed a lot of pot that he would normally get. At this stage, I would

:18:35.:18:40.

not bet against him winning from this position. I think they need to

:18:41.:18:53.

sack the juggler behind the stage, there was a huge crash but luckily,

:18:54.:19:05.

no player was on their shot. This one on the extreme right hand side

:19:06.:19:10.

of the pack. That would be frame and match over if he gets the cannon

:19:11.:19:22.

Wright. -- gets the cannon right. Not perfect. Kissing a half ball. A

:19:23.:19:30.

nice choice of reds and another one in the middle.

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He might have got too much on this, has he? Very good. Could have done

:20:26.:20:33.

with another couple of inches of pace, to roll it in off the black

:20:34.:20:36.

committee may have to go back around with this. -- he may have to go

:20:37.:20:42.

back. It's a chance for him to win the frame and the match, he would

:20:43.:20:46.

have been distraught, sitting in his chair. Had the black hit against him

:20:47.:20:52.

to make it 3-2, a massive kick. A break of 38, coming to an end. Then,

:20:53.:20:57.

springing into action with a long pot. That pink spot might not make a

:20:58.:21:13.

lot of difference. Does not fancy that rolling around

:21:14.:21:16.

the back of the black, it is looking perfect. A little fortunate to have

:21:17.:21:30.

that in the top corner. Unlike Neil to choose the safest way of

:21:31.:21:32.

break-building, that is very risky. Could be a frame and match win,

:21:33.:22:02.

that. A little fortunate to get on the pink. A little better there. He

:22:03.:22:10.

seems to have a lot more than the Walker. -- than Lee Walker.

:22:11.:23:00.

A little tense out there. So close to winning the match, Neil

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Robertson. He's in prime position. Needing to be a little straighter on

:23:15.:23:19.

this pink. Easy enough to get close to the red, with the cue ball. Let's

:23:20.:23:25.

see where he is now... With the distance between him. It is

:23:26.:23:28.

certainly manageable. Did not quite get the desired pace

:23:29.:23:50.

there, leaving it pretty straight. As we know, he is blessed with an

:23:51.:23:56.

amazing amount of two power. If you stop six dead, he will leave the

:23:57.:24:05.

last red in play -- an amazing amount of cue power, if he stops it

:24:06.:24:13.

dead, he would leave the last red in a play. A little lower, I do not

:24:14.:24:18.

know if he can get contact on the red here, but he is left-handed, as

:24:19.:24:23.

we know. This is to roll it in and leave it on the question. -- leave

:24:24.:24:26.

it on the cushion. On the red, having to pot the black.

:24:27.:24:54.

Not the easiest of shots, dropping a dead weight of the side cushion.

:24:55.:25:03.

Some life left in this, the frame and the match.

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Nicely played, excellent length. On the last red, having to look down,

:25:52.:25:59.

if there is thin edged down the yellow. He will

:26:00.:26:19.

have two play-off the baulk cushion. Trying to swerve... I think with

:26:20.:26:27.

this shot off the back cushion, he would play a slow and knock the red

:26:28.:26:34.

on the cushion. Then it would go into the corner pocket anyway. You

:26:35.:26:35.

cannot leave it on. Needs to go... Not quite. Once

:26:36.:27:05.

again, this cut is so thin, controlling the cue ball is going to

:27:06.:27:07.

be difficult. Looking at the scoreboard, you can

:27:08.:27:28.

see that he is 19 points in front. You cannot just drop the black in,

:27:29.:27:33.

because of the yellow. As the balls are set, the black goes back on the

:27:34.:27:38.

spot, of course. snookered himself with the blue, I

:27:39.:27:53.

cannot believe it. He does not seem to judge the speed of the cushions,

:27:54.:27:56.

they appear to bounce a little to me. It makes yellow ones. Can he get

:27:57.:28:03.

through? Perhaps just about... Hitting the yellow thin, but not

:28:04.:28:17.

enough to potted. A kiss on the brown here. He has kissed the brown.

:28:18.:28:32.

He had too much swerve, catching it too thick. Playing it with a lot of

:28:33.:28:43.

left-hand side. May need to bring the cue ball down the left-hand side

:28:44.:28:44.

of the table. Now, Lee Walker has got that chance.

:28:45.:29:06.

You have to play safety here. I think that he is within an inch of

:29:07.:29:11.

losing this match, 26 points behind, 3-2 down, it is first to four.

:29:12.:29:38.

There is always the nudge. That's what John Berger says, doesn't he?

:29:39.:30:01.

There is a way is a gap. -- what John Virgo says.

:30:02.:30:10.

He is an inch away, if he gets a chance from drawing level. Not much

:30:11.:30:39.

angle here, I don't think. Not quite sure if he can strike down on the

:30:40.:30:49.

cue ball to widen the angle. Either way, it is a tough one. He would

:30:50.:30:56.

like to play it twice across that the brown is there. Of course if he

:30:57.:31:04.

plays it slow dead weight, it makes the yellow more difficult. He will

:31:05.:31:08.

have to risk playing twice across and even if he kisses the brown at

:31:09.:31:12.

least he will have some sort of shot on the green.

:31:13.:31:30.

Not quite. This is a chance. A chance to level at 3-3. If the cream

:31:31.:31:44.

goes in is clear favourite to clear. It was worth the wait. Just gone

:31:45.:32:32.

that extra half a run of the cue ball. That green was a thin cut in

:32:33.:32:41.

the corner pocket. Again, it is so difficult to control the cue ball.

:32:42.:32:49.

Could be another turning point here. There have been quite a few in this

:32:50.:32:51.

match. Very enjoyable to watch. How is he going to get this through?

:32:52.:33:21.

That was as good as the could have got and he may have even snookered

:33:22.:33:25.

Neil. What a strange game. Niall's bending down to look at the

:33:26.:33:43.

line, I didn't think he could pot this anyway. Oops. Oh. Well, well,

:33:44.:34:01.

well. The brown should have been at least a foot down from that centre

:34:02.:34:06.

pocket, the right side, and down the home and black. -- down behind pink

:34:07.:34:12.

and black. The pressure is on. Cool as a cucumber, dropped it in

:34:13.:34:39.

dead weight, perfect on the blue. Looks like it is going into a

:34:40.:34:51.

decider. He is on the black. He is taking his

:34:52.:35:30.

time. He is going to be a little bit nervous.

:35:31.:35:40.

Straight in the middle of the pocket. APPLAUSE

:35:41.:35:43.

Well done, sir. He is back level. He was 3-1 behind.

:35:44.:35:56.

He's back now, and it's all on the deciding frame. STUDIO: It certainly

:35:57.:36:03.

is, there is a man determined not to lie down, another great frame from

:36:04.:36:07.

Lee Walker. We will get back to that one for the decider in just a few

:36:08.:36:11.

moments but we will go back to table two to update you on our Welsh wild

:36:12.:36:18.

card, Jackson Page. Having lost John Astley -- having led John Astley

:36:19.:36:24.

3-1, Astley Buddha back to 3-2, and then determined not to go out to a

:36:25.:36:28.

15-year-old, it was 3-3, they went into a deciding frame, and can you

:36:29.:36:35.

believe what happened? Page, the biggest thing he has done in

:36:36.:36:38.

snooker, the world under 18 champion is through to the last 32 of us in

:36:39.:36:42.

yet tournament. Well done to Jackson Page. Fantastic for him. But IS

:36:43.:36:49.

update you with a few other resorts around the arena. Graeme Dott is

:36:50.:36:54.

through and will play the winner of this match between Walker and

:36:55.:36:58.

Robertson. Marco Fu, the world number one, a bit of a shock to him

:36:59.:37:03.

losing the Ross Smith 4-0. Anthony Hamilton who got his first ranking

:37:04.:37:07.

title in Germany at the age of 45 also through, and Sam Beard, who

:37:08.:37:10.

knocked out John Lee Walker, another terrific frame.

:37:11.:37:27.

Brilliant green with the extension on his cue. Just got to roll it into

:37:28.:37:31.

the brown. But too much pace on it and that cue ball rolls in behind

:37:32.:37:35.

the black and he has a really tough escape. The brown is sort of in the

:37:36.:37:38.

middle of nowhere. If he doesn't hit it you need to slip him, so probably

:37:39.:37:42.

out of the match and it is all over, but he hit the brown, Neil made that

:37:43.:37:48.

mistake, leaving that opportunity, and he took it with both hands. 3-3.

:37:49.:37:53.

Poor Neil must be thinking what have I got to do to win this match? Just

:37:54.:37:58.

can't get that final ball that he needs every time. I suppose you

:37:59.:38:02.

could say that Lee Walker could be favoured now because he has just won

:38:03.:38:06.

two frames from Neil and he goes on to this the side of confidence.

:38:07.:38:11.

There is the little handshake with Neil Robertson. He knows he has one

:38:12.:38:14.

frame away from causing a major upset here. Let's go back for the

:38:15.:38:18.

decider with Billy and Terry. COMMENTATOR:

:38:19.:38:22.

OK, a little bit of good running in the last couple of friends but he

:38:23.:38:40.

has the deep. A chance to beat one of the world for the best players,

:38:41.:38:41.

it would be a feather in his cap. Can he hold themselves together? OK,

:38:42.:39:53.

not necessarily going to score enough points on this visit but if

:39:54.:40:01.

you get 30 or 40 point in front, where the reds are situated, could

:40:02.:40:02.

be more than 30. He has got the momentum now. Two

:40:03.:40:47.

black winds. Must have felt when he was in the chair and the last few

:40:48.:40:51.

friends that he was very close to losing this match and going out of

:40:52.:40:54.

the tournament. Now he has got another chance. When they talk about

:40:55.:41:04.

small margins in sport, this is it really. The crowd enjoyed the

:41:05.:41:16.

deciding frames, it makes a little bit more exciting. I'm not saying

:41:17.:41:17.

the first frame wasn't. As it turned out, he's quite a long

:41:18.:41:41.

way short of the blue. Because of that can go in and out of baulk and

:41:42.:41:49.

going into the right corner. He has to miss the baulk colours. That was

:41:50.:41:56.

row well played. Victory over one of the best players

:41:57.:42:21.

in the world is in his sights at the moment. A long way to go. But he is

:42:22.:42:25.

looking good. It has been quite amazing, this

:42:26.:42:46.

match will stop Neil Robertson sitting there thinking, I scored 300

:42:47.:42:49.

odd points without reply at one time in this match. By far and away the

:42:50.:42:54.

biggest breaks in the match were stuck there is every chance he could

:42:55.:42:55.

be going out. He knows this is an excellent

:42:56.:43:46.

chance. If not a frame-winning break. A lot of players here would

:43:47.:43:53.

go past the first red and go into the bunch. I am sure Turn two will

:43:54.:44:00.

not be thinking of that at this time. He just wants to get 20 or 30

:44:01.:44:01.

points in front. He is the old school type of

:44:02.:44:13.

position player. It does look a little bit tougher

:44:14.:44:41.

now, and there is one loose red there. Not sure if it goes past the

:44:42.:44:48.

pink. Otherwise you're going to have to run around a few questions.

:44:49.:45:00.

Looking now to play that red from the right of the pack into the top

:45:01.:45:06.

corner. Can't see where he can't get on it from the two cushions really.

:45:07.:45:14.

This for his highest break of the match so far. What a time to get it.

:45:15.:46:12.

The black to follow. Perfect angle. Watch the two in the left.

:46:13.:46:30.

Wasn't his best ever. Just below the pink I think is available. Got to be

:46:31.:46:48.

honest, this is a perfect chance for him to win this match. The only

:46:49.:46:52.

thing that may stop him is the pressure he will be under two clear

:46:53.:46:58.

from here. At least get a winning position. Yes, he doesn't have to

:46:59.:47:05.

play the cannon into the three reds come can just screw past. It has

:47:06.:47:10.

been Neil Robertson sitting in his chair and just not believing how

:47:11.:47:20.

this match is still going. Only four reds and four colours away from

:47:21.:47:22.

being out of this match. His heart was in his mouth for a few

:47:23.:47:53.

seconds. You are never quite sure when you are plain that type of

:47:54.:47:57.

shot, a lot of back spin into a cannon into a red what angle it will

:47:58.:47:59.

come off. He just flicked that red, he didn't

:48:00.:48:27.

want to fit it. If he hit it any thicker it might have known on the

:48:28.:48:30.

bottom cushion without any thing the M4.

:48:31.:48:38.

A few shots away from victory still. Didn't look as though there were a

:48:39.:48:44.

lot of problems there for him. He would love to get the white, but

:48:45.:49:14.

the angle he has on the black is not great. This is the key shot. If he

:49:15.:49:21.

gets this right he has won. White nowhere near where he played

:49:22.:49:46.

but he has had a result. It is very tight, that red. He has

:49:47.:50:22.

two other reds he could take on, more difficult, but you could see

:50:23.:50:28.

that he could get it to the left-hand side of the pocket as we

:50:29.:50:40.

see it. Big decision. So much to play for here. It would be a

:50:41.:50:48.

tremendous victory. 3-1 down against Neil Robertson, having to sit out a

:50:49.:50:56.

number of times without reply from Lee Walker. Neil Robertson looked

:50:57.:51:00.

unbeatable. 143 1155. Decided not to play the red that

:51:01.:51:17.

definitely pots in the bottom corner, he knows that red colour

:51:18.:51:19.

macro in goes the red. He may have to play

:51:20.:51:32.

a little stunned down into the pink or red here. Doesn't matter which

:51:33.:51:36.

one he hits, the think of the red, behind it. -- the pink or the red

:51:37.:51:46.

behind it. Massive target, so the pink or red kiss is impossible not

:51:47.:51:51.

to get, just a case of whether he pots the blue. --

:51:52.:52:07.

APPLAUSE Very well played, very well played.

:52:08.:52:14.

That was frame ball. Match ball, of course. If ever a man looks amused,

:52:15.:52:31.

you are looking at him. Scored the best part of 300 points more than

:52:32.:52:35.

his opponent but it is not on aggregate, it is on friends.

:52:36.:52:50.

He will have to touch of left-hand side on the cue ball to pot the one

:52:51.:53:01.

to the extreme left of the two. Just throw it into the pocket, just moves

:53:02.:53:09.

the red of the natural line. This pot would be easy enough if the

:53:10.:53:13.

other reds was not impeding his cueing. I think he has changed his

:53:14.:53:20.

mind and he is going for the top corner. APPLAUSE

:53:21.:53:44.

One of the loudest applause as we have heard this week. Very popular

:53:45.:53:50.

young man, Lee Walker. How good is he feeling at this

:53:51.:54:08.

moment? That is five or six shots he has or must been in perfect

:54:09.:54:12.

position, but not quite, you know? But no problems now he is 74 in

:54:13.:54:14.

front, 59 left. It would be one of the best wins of

:54:15.:54:38.

his career. He has beaten a lot of the top players, but in his home

:54:39.:54:42.

country it will mean a lot more to him of course.

:54:43.:55:08.

Didn't get on the black but didn't make any difference. He is potting

:55:09.:55:18.

them anyway. APPLAUSE Wonderful performance from a very

:55:19.:55:22.

gritty professional snooker player against one of the rest players in

:55:23.:55:24.

the world. I'm not sure who he plays in the

:55:25.:55:51.

next round, but, take it from me, they will not be looking forward to

:55:52.:55:53.

it. He won the two previous frames on

:55:54.:56:13.

the black, and what more can you do them in the last frame with a

:56:14.:56:24.

century? -- van win the last frame. A first century this match will stop

:56:25.:56:30.

has been very high quality. A couple of strange kicks and throws at

:56:31.:56:35.

different shots but all in all what an amazing victory for Lee Walker.

:56:36.:57:23.

130 if this goes on. Was there any doubt? Wonderful performance from

:57:24.:57:33.

Lee Walker, he beats Neil Robertson 4-3 to go forward in the next round

:57:34.:57:38.

of the Welsh Open. APPLAUSE STUDIO: And doesn't the Cardiff

:57:39.:57:43.

crowd just love that? Absolutely fantastic day for Lee Walker, as he

:57:44.:57:48.

makes his way out, and this chair here has got his name on it. He will

:57:49.:57:51.

be sat there very shortly giving us his reaction to probably the best

:57:52.:57:56.

performance of his career or certainly one of them. We have seen

:57:57.:58:00.

some shocks in the ship was not Welsh Open, John Higgins and Mark

:58:01.:58:04.

Williamson going out, a 15-year-old Welshman getting through to the last

:58:05.:58:09.

32, just a few minutes ago, Jackson Page, and now this, tremendous

:58:10.:58:14.

stuff. Fantastic performance from Lee. He saved his best to the final

:58:15.:58:18.

frame. If ever a player did not seem fated to win a match, it has to be

:58:19.:58:23.

there with Neil Robertson. The poor guy. He was one ball away. If ever

:58:24.:58:29.

you needed evidence of what you have got to do the stick in a match and

:58:30.:58:32.

just keep trying, keep doing what you can do, don't worry about what

:58:33.:58:36.

the other guys doing. Neil Robertson has played some fantastic snooker,

:58:37.:58:42.

two consecutive total clearances, Lee stuck in there and did what he

:58:43.:58:47.

did best and we got the result. Let's get the thoughts of Neil

:58:48.:58:50.

Robertson, backstage with Rob Walker. Judging by how well you are

:58:51.:58:55.

playing halfway through that match, it must be difficult to find

:58:56.:58:58.

yourself having this conversation with you having been knocked out?

:58:59.:59:03.

Yes, I carried on playing well but Lee hang in there and did really

:59:04.:59:09.

well. Dominic 's is in the studio so he can explain that the best that

:59:10.:59:12.

some of the bounces of the cushion, it was just incredible. On the

:59:13.:59:19.

brown, there is no way should be ever to hit the middle knuckle of

:59:20.:59:23.

that angle. I have a blacklist Clifford in with the rest, and then

:59:24.:59:27.

I have an incredible bounce which has half snookered me behind the

:59:28.:59:32.

blue. He had a kick on the red when I was plumbing on 16 at 3-2. I did

:59:33.:59:38.

make a couple of mistakes, but that is just a game of snooker.

:59:39.:59:41.

Unfortunately these sorts of things can happen. Really happy with the

:59:42.:59:47.

way I played, you know. Just at the minute these kind of matches are

:59:48.:59:50.

going against me a bit. There's not much I can do. He has flipped a

:59:51.:59:57.

black at 3-1. If it does not go in, it will be set up for me to go

:59:58.:00:05.

through, but that is just the way it is. I played really well in the

:00:06.:00:11.

match, just a little bit unfortunate that the wrong times. Thank you per

:00:12.:00:15.

talking to us, we will see you at the next one. Yes, the 2007 winner

:00:16.:00:20.

and last year's runner up out of the competition all thanks to this man

:00:21.:00:23.

here, many congratulations to Lee Walker. Great to have two Welshman

:00:24.:00:28.

who have made it through to round three. Dominic earlier and now you,

:00:29.:00:31.

give us an idea of how you are feeling? Beating one of the best in

:00:32.:00:36.

the world. It has been a long time coming that I don't really know how

:00:37.:00:40.

I won. He was cueing so well midway through the match, just tried to

:00:41.:00:43.

hang on in there and I was feeding off scraps really. Nice little flick

:00:44.:00:45.

on Oblak in one frame as well. The way that you did it, I'm sure

:00:46.:01:02.

that Dominic would agree, and pressure, when you were a couple of

:01:03.:01:06.

shots away from going out of the competition, he managed to retain

:01:07.:01:09.

your composure and belittled the back, turn it around? Yes, some days

:01:10.:01:16.

you missed them, other days you get them. I may be wrong but I think I

:01:17.:01:22.

won them all on the black, the first three frames. So, you know, it is

:01:23.:01:29.

just nice. I think that he had in one frame a kick and a couple of

:01:30.:01:35.

things started happening and you think, this could be my day today?

:01:36.:01:43.

To win it in one hit, in a decider like that, it's a nice feeling. When

:01:44.:01:49.

Neil has played this, missing the red, leaving a chance in the final

:01:50.:01:53.

frame, how nervous were you when you approached it? The way that the

:01:54.:01:56.

balls work if you potted the first red committee would have given

:01:57.:02:03.

yourself a great chance? -- you would have. I think as you get

:02:04.:02:09.

older, the nerves get more. They are not butterflies, they are

:02:10.:02:11.

blackbirds, Terry Griffiths once said. I was nervous, I did not want

:02:12.:02:17.

above myself down but if I took a bit longer, it was because I quite

:02:18.:02:21.

nervous towards the end. For me, where I am ranked at the moment, it

:02:22.:02:28.

is a big win for me. He is a great player. He is great to watch. I've

:02:29.:02:32.

known you for years, now he looks a more technical player than ever, the

:02:33.:02:40.

technique is so great, a straight, piston like dew action. How

:02:41.:02:44.

important was that in a battle that stood you in good stead? It helped

:02:45.:02:49.

me a lot, when you have clearance to win one frame, it if you do it

:02:50.:02:53.

again, it gives you more confidence -- cue. If you missed an easy chance

:02:54.:02:57.

and you get the next one, although it is always the same it looks

:02:58.:03:01.

harder. I've done it once, then again, to win another frame. I think

:03:02.:03:08.

that the brown I dropped in the middle, it was not a nice shot,

:03:09.:03:13.

really. Sometimes the technique pots the balls for you, and you think, to

:03:14.:03:18.

it, keep still on the shot, it takes up the pressure if you know you have

:03:19.:03:21.

good technique which can put them when you aren't feeling 100%

:03:22.:03:26.

confident. We are talking techniques with Dominic Handley, now we are

:03:27.:03:29.

looking at the nitty-gritty, where does that leave you in your career?

:03:30.:03:33.

I know that you had success ten years ago, beating players in the

:03:34.:03:41.

quarterfinals... 20 years ago! -- Dominic and Lee. The fact that it

:03:42.:03:45.

was 20 years ago, to do this now, what does it mean to you? You cannot

:03:46.:03:51.

get too carried away. It's only the best-of-7. In a best of 19 or

:03:52.:03:56.

something he will be strong favourite to win. You want to get as

:03:57.:04:03.

far as possible. You look at the draw, you maybe get to play meal in

:04:04.:04:09.

a second round and it is very tough. -- play Neil. It is tough for

:04:10.:04:14.

anyone, whoever you are. To beat him is great but I want to go further

:04:15.:04:21.

and go as far as you can. As Dominic said, when you have won, you want to

:04:22.:04:25.

build on it. Hopefully, I can build on it. Another great player, a world

:04:26.:04:39.

champion and once you get past, there's no easy match. When you get

:04:40.:04:44.

to the last 32 you know that you will be playing someone very good.

:04:45.:04:51.

Hopefully I can take that and carry on in that way. You managed to deal

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with Blackbirds in your stomach! Many congratulations, Lee, we will

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see in the next round. Jackson pages also through, 15 years old, that's

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fantastic. Well done to Lee Walker -- Jackson page is also true.

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A big day for Welsh snooker. Let's look at how Ryan Day got an

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-- got on earlier on. Let's join now, Un-Nooh 58 up, and Ryan Day on

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a break. COMMENTATOR: A very good double from

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Ryan Day there. Got into a perfect position. Obviously, Ryan will be

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full of confidence. A great run last week, the Grand Prix...

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20 points behind in the frame, a lot of work to do, those five reds just

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around the pink spot, nicely positioned, he does not have to do a

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lot with the cue ball. Before things start to get awkward, he should take

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the lead in this frame. Other than any mishaps, of course!

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Ryan continues a bit straighter on the black then he would have liked.

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A bit of an ankle that he can push two cushions. Just about perfect --

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a bit of an angle that he can push back of the two cushions.

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This is where it now begins to get a bit more awkward for Ryan Day. A

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couple of reds. Not in the open. Having to dislodge or play intricate

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positions. This is a good effort from Ryan,

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probably got overall of the fatigue that he was suffering from last

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week. A bit of a kick there. Which is really unfortunate. It means that

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he's got a lot more to do with the cue ball now than he should have

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had. You can just see the cue ball, with heavy contact. A loss of six

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inches of the cue ball, instead of the red being relatively easy to the

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left centre, now would becomes a bit more awkward. No problems. Slotted

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in. On the pocket. A very, very good player. Un-Nooh,

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I'm sure that he's going to win a lot of tournaments. Throughout his

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career. I remember watching him win the world amateur championship in

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2008. You could see what an unbelievable prospect that he was.

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Ryan is going to need a couple of awkward reds. At least one of them,

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anyway. He will have to take two out of the last three. I was about to

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say this one has gone to the right. As it happens, he has let it go left

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of the red Centre, even though it is thin. He played slightly past this

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one. A big shot this one. It looked like

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it was going to go in, didn't it? What makes it worse, the cue ball

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comes in and out of baulk. A nice, easy starter.

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Needs a good position now. Having to be able to play the red nearest to

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the question first, he has run through too far that one -- nearest

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to the cushion. This one is a kick as well. Instead of being on the

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right-hand side of the blue, took all of the pace out of the cue ball.

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On the wrong side. Welcome he took a risk then. Trying

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to get close to the red, and it has backfired -- well, he took a risk

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then. He could have left himself amid distanced red to the right-hand

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corner. A lot of player left in the frame --

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a lot of play. A really good shot. Very good indeed.

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Well... A miscalculation by Ryan, leaving the free ball. A disaster

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for Ryan Day. He has a free shot at this. If this goes in, everything is

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on. And that is there all the way. This will be a really devastating

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blow for Ryan Day. After Un-Nooh goes on to win the frame, for all

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intents and purposes, Ryan was going to level the match up at 2-2. You

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would have to say that now, Un-Nooh has gone favourite. He is still

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slightly behind in this frame. With all of the colours on the spots, it

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looks like Ryan is going to have three to play, and win all three, if

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he wants to extend his run in this Welsh Open.

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That one did not go in very cleanly, it just crept in and has slid past

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the brown. Blue and pink are needed... Like I said, it would be a

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very disappointed Ryan Day. He had the first chance in this frame,

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extending his lead, to 2-1. STUDIO: Day really struggling in

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this game, let's go over to frame five foot Un-Nooh at the table

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leading 52-34. -- table five.

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COMMENTATOR: The last frame was devastating for Ryan Day, in this he

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has had a couple of chances. He could get Un-Nooh in some

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trouble... That was a poorly played shot by Ryan Day, to his

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standards... That was not the best either, some nerves creeping in with

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both players. Obviously, Un-Nooh knows how important it is to put

:15:57.:16:01.

this match to bed. One thing that he would not want to do is let Ryan get

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back into the match. He has courted too thin. I think he

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could pass the black to the red in this corner -- he has got it. A

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little bit poor. Obviously there are some pressure there. He will need

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that awkward red on the right-hand cushion. What a shot he has played

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there. Played it with a lot of top, on the left-hand side. A brilliant

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shot. It's all about the pot. In goes the blue. Ominous signs now for

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Ryan Day. Think it is all over for Ryan...

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He's not really been with it in this match, we had a lot of unforced

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errors. He has had his chances. Just got to go back to the drawing board

:17:37.:17:43.

and get ready for the next one. Even though he misses a yellow, he has

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still done enough bar snooker is, Ryan Day, in this tournament. --

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Probably been a frustrating day for Ryan Day. That is it, all over. A

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handshake and a disappointed Ryan Day. Disappointed, but he moves on.

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A difficult game, he's a dangerous player but I just felt a bit flat

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and tired. I was trying to get some inspiration from somewhere but it

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did not happen this morning. I am happy with my performance and I

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think I'm a little lucky. He did not play well, he gave me a lot of

:19:22.:19:30.

options in that frame. Obviously, I had a good run last week it has been

:19:31.:19:39.

a hectic spell but I was hoping to get over the line really, keep

:19:40.:19:44.

fighting. But today I missed quite a lot of easy balls and I think it

:19:45.:19:51.

caught up with me in the end. A tiring week for Ryan Day who goes

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out of the competition, but let's remind you of the big story of the

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day. This is all about one of our Welsh wild cards, the fairy tale

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continues for Jackson Page, the 15-year-old playing in his

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first-ever senior tournament, he beat Jason Weston in round one on

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Monday, and now he's in the last 32 after beating John Astley 4-3 in his

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second-round match. Here he is. Congratulations. Another Welsh

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winner, tell about that? It's great, I settled after today, playing

:20:36.:20:40.

better than in the first round, a Kubrick 's together, I managed to

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get over the line. Dominic things you look more like 20 or 21! To play

:20:44.:20:49.

that sort of snooker shows maturity beyond your years? When I first come

:20:50.:20:58.

here, I knew that I could play well and get far, and obviously I can go

:20:59.:21:03.

further now and play well. But obviously people told me to take it

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and enjoy it and the experience really. In myself, I knew I could

:21:10.:21:16.

win a few games and keep it going. What has the whole experience been

:21:17.:21:20.

like, not just those wins but the whole week? Great, especially in my

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home country with a lot of support behind me. It's different to being

:21:25.:21:30.

abroad or in England, I would not have the support I have. I have the

:21:31.:21:39.

inspiration to play well and it has helped me a lot. The pressure that

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would have been on Jackson in that game, he went 3-1 up, Astley pulls

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at up to 3-3, to get where deciding frame... I was going to say, when

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you get to my age, 45, everything is like a pint of blood. When you are

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out there, do you love every second of it or do you just go out and do

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what you can? I would say that I love it. There is pressure because

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it is my first woman and I'm nervous, but when you are out there,

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-- it is my first tournament. But it was fine today. Fearless.

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What have your family and friends made of it? They are over the moon,

:22:22.:22:28.

my dad is the same. When I shook the hand of one, he was straight out. He

:22:29.:22:34.

had tears in his eyes, straight up. And by mum, loving it. We'll get you

:22:35.:22:43.

some water in a second! And you could play Judd Trump in the next

:22:44.:22:52.

round? Yes. The star of the game, you would never expect that the weak

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wood panel this way? Yes, I looked at the draw and saw that he was at

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the top, when I first started watching he was new at the time. My

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dad always said he would meet you one day and hopefully, he will. A

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tremendous day for you and Lee Walker, well done, Jackson. See you

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in round three, possibly against Judge Trott. It has been a good day,

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hasn't it question might Judd Trump.

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I would love commentating every minute of that one! Dominik through,

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Jackson through, and Walker through after his win over Neil Robertson

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earlier. We will see if Michael White can get through as well, he is

:23:47.:23:52.

playing Liang Wenbo. From all of us on the programme this

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afternoon, the for now. Funky

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