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Good Evening, We Have Not Reached The End Of Round One Yet But The Big

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Shocks Keep Coming, Another Former World Champion And A Top Welsh

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Player Out Of The Competition. . It has been another thrilling afternoon

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at the 2017 Welsh Open. I love playing in Cardiff, love the Welsh

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fans, so happy to be back. It is a tough draw for anyone.

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I practise with him and I know how good he is. I know I have a big

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match on my hands will stop but we both struggled a bit. I think

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playing in Wales, you play your mates, it is never easy, but

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hopefully I have produced some good form. I had Tyler, which is wild

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card, a young player. But he really put me under pressure and it could

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have been a lot closer than 4-1. I thought he played great for his

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press time. -- first time. I would say it is the best when I have had.

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With being on TV as well. Friends, family and a lot of people watching.

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My son is four years old today. I think he could give me a good game.

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That is how bad I really was! Massive disappointment for Mark

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Williams, and all of those fans who follow his progress each year. Two

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other Welsh players have gone today. David John losing to marketing.

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Gareth Alun beaten by debutant Wang Yuchen. Marco Fu beating Martin

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Gould. In which open winner Liang Wenbo into round two. An Joe Perry,

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the runner-up at the Masters last month, knocked out by Anthony

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McGill. And Mark Allen, another semifinalist here last year, marches

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on after a 4-0 win over Sydney Wilson today.

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So, a very warm welcome to our Tuesday night programme. Aaron

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Mauger is our guest tonight. You commentate it on Mark Williams. --

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Darren Morgan. He was brutally honest, he said he embarrassed

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himself, doesn't know why he is anywhere near the top, what went

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wrong for him today? He was just not at the races. But he is such a

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fantastic player and I know he has been putting the work in and he has

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been playing great in practice. He has been showing a certain form in

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certain events and matches anyway. Then he is having the odd match

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where he calls it a stinker and he cannot understand what it is, and

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today for him, by his standards, it was a bit of a stinker. Not to take

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anything away from Elliot, because he played really well, but that was

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not marked today, he was miles off his game. Was it as bad as he

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suggested? Because he did come back from 3-1 to level. He has probably

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been really hard on himself. It probably was not as bad as he

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thinks. Setting there were sitting in the commentary box, being a

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Welshman, we wanted him to win, it was frustrating, because you know

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how good he is. When you see the other players around who are winning

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and you know he is still every bit as good if not better than them, it

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is frustrating that someone of his calibre is struggling. Matthew

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Stevens were yesterday and Mark today so the next generation, the

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likes of Jimmy Jones or Michael White, they have to step up and show

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they can do it. -- Jamie Jones. Jamie Jones is coming back to form,

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he has couple of good results recently and Michael White winning

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the shoot out and going on and winning his maiden event a couple of

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years ago, but again, great players, and they are still young men. They

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have got great futures ahead of them. But there is a couple of

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others as well, a young man playing tonight, Daniel Wells, very capable

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players, works very hard at his game. He has a terrific future. We

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will see how they get on throughout the tournament but as for this

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evening, well, one of the big stars of the modern game, Judd Trump for

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you this evening. Let me show you how the measures up against his

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first round opponent, Andrew Higginson.

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Trump was a semifinalist here in 2013, Higgins a runner-up in 2007.

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So time to get the players out for this evening's action. It is Judd

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Trump against Andrew Higginson. Let's join our commentary team.

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Terry Griffiths and Rob Walker. Thanks very much. Good evening,

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everybody. A nice ripple of applause. Remember, there is play

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under way already on the tables so that is why the players were

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cautious as they emerged, here on table one. Another good crowd

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tonight here at the Motorpoint Arena, and this man is one reason

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why so many have turned out. One of the most exciting players of his

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generation. Robert Spencer wishing both Manuel. -- both men well. Judd

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is number four in the world, but it has been a mixed season, for this

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highly talented long pot and six time ranking event winner. Added to

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his collection earlier this season, beating Ronnie 9-8 in the Masters,

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but he has had quite a few early exits. He has gone on record earlier

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this season and said that he feels he is playing quite consistent

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snooker, but that ever were not realised -- everyone else realises

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they have got to raise their game, and on many occasions they have done

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just that. So Judd will be looking for a big run at a tournament just

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like this. But he will have to beat Andrew Higginson, a man who will be

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familiar with those who followed some of the great Welsh finals.

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But Higginson took part in an epic final in 2007, losing out to Neil

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Robertson. So he has got for and previous here. -- format.

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But the early error, he was miles away with that red. And that has

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done the damage. Just as we said it looked as though Judd may have an

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opportunity, to get a big early score on the board. He has missed a

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fairly simple ball. Well, we saw some uncharacteristic

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errors from Ronnie O'Sullivan earlier this afternoon, and from Tom

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Ford. Tom Ford took the first frame, then Ronnie got some momentum

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together. But we have seen some nervy exchanges in the early frames

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of a couple of these matches here today. It looks set to continue.

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Even the top seeds get nervous when they go out there for their first

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game. You have got to settle down a bit.

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You just feel that there is pressure on these properties to win these

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games. It gets tough for them. One thing they do is they recover

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quickly from bad frames and bad shots.

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Is that as much down to their mental strength is their ability on the

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table? Well, ability obviously, they have all got ability, the truth of

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it is, they are all human, they are going to have nerves, something more

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than others, for no reason at all. Andrew Higginson is a handful when

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he is playing well. Got the makings of a good break,

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this. After a couple of early misses.

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As well as winning the European Masters, Judd was runner-up to Liang

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Wenbo in the English Open final. Semis in Scotland are losing to

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Higgins in a decider. So he has had a reasonably good season. But he has

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also had a few uncharacteristic early excerpts. -- exits. That shock

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result of the UK championship when Oliver and Peter lines managed to

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make it through to the third round. Oliver not jut out. -- knocked Judd

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out. He is not used to extinct major tournaments that early. -- exiting.

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What I like about Judd Trump is that he has a presence out there and you

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know when he comes out, he is one of these players that can hit you hard

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very quickly and never stop hitting you in a match. I love watching him

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play. He is an exceptional player. He has got so much power, great

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touch. Works very hard on his game. But I'm sure, like many other

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players, he is a little bit disappointed he hasn't won the world

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champ edge of yet, but there is no doubt he has the talent to do that,

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he may well do it this year, who knows? If you cast your mind back to

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that amazing final in 2011 between Janet and John Higgins, the noise

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when they came out -- Judd, on the Monday night, it was absolutely

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incredible. Just a little bit of luck helping him along the way.

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We do still have a potential century break to open things up. That was a

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great year for Judd in 2011. People in snooker had heard of him long

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before that year, but as far as the public were concerned, he won in

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China, then stormed to the World Championship final. He was the first

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of that generation of players to start doing things like tweeting. In

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mid-session interval is. He really captured the imagination of the

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public. And courtesy of that run down the cushion to the yellow

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pocket, he has indeed started with a century break. And he finished off

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2011 with that fantastic UK championship final against Mark

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Allen. So, Judd Trump is up and running

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here with a century, good start from the favourite.

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Chocolate. Has to be chocolate. Leonardo DiCaprio. He is a great

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actor. Also Ben Affleck. There was a time in a local league game when I

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beat someone, he must of been about 40 and I was about six or seven at

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the time. He ended up snapping his cue after I beat him. I am quite

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patient. And also quite relaxed. Quite a bad loser. It takes me a

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while to get over some losses it takes me a day or two to get it. --

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get over it. Prawn tempera. Maybe David Beckham, possibly, or maybe,

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McGregor would be a bit intimidating but normally I am OK. I am the best

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driver in the world, I think. I haven't really paid much attention

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to what has happened in the past. I like to go forward 50 years and see

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what is happening. Probably by the beach in LA, out with friends at

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night, I think. Well, good to see there are still a

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few people he would be starstruck around. Floyd Mayweather might be

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the greatest pound for pound boxer in history.

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Robert Spencer having a bit of banter with Andrew Higginson. The

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former Welsh Open finalist keen to get this second frame underway.

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Right, OK. A little smile from Andrew. Andrew Higginson to break.

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Andrew had a good run from the last 16 of the European Masters. Before

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losing to Judd Trump. Judd went on to the final and beat Ronnie 9-8. He

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has had a couple of good scalps, Andrew Higginson.

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Been around a long time, the Widnes warrior.

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He has recorded two victories over Judd, but they were quite a long

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time ago. The first was in 2009. The second two years later. Judd leads

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the head-to-heads 10-2 in total. Andrew Higginson having a look at

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that. Just to check he has got a way through.

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The blue landing pretty well for him on the brown spot.

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Halting his path -- plotting his path.

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Could just do without little bit of table time, Judd dominated that

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opening frame with the 102. Terry, even though Judd has 16

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ranking titles, has made a great contribution to the excitement of

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the sport over the last few years. Would you expected -- have expected

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him to have an even bigger impact on the sport since 2011, bearing in

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mind how dynamic it was when he burst onto the scene with those wins

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in China and the UK? Would you have expected more since then, overall?

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Well, yes, I thought he would have done better, he hasn't won the

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Masters, or the world, and there is not many people where you are seeing

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they can win those three, but Judd is in that bracket, no doubt about

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it. Ronnie O'Sullivan has got a great respect for him. He should be

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winning more events. I haven't seen Judd play a lot away from

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competition. But there is no doubt he is an exceptional player.

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Not much happening in this second frame so far.

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I think the result of pressure -- there is.

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It hasn't been a great campaign for himself. Quite a few exits in the

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second round. Germany, the UK, Northern Ireland. England and the

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World Open. Reader as well, going out in the last 64. -- reader. Then

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defeat Judd in the last 16 of the European Masters. -- to Judd. But we

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have certainly seen some interesting performances at various tournaments

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this year from players who themselves may have thought they had

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gone beyond their best days. If they can do it, there is no reason why

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the likes of the Widnes warrior cannot find a run of form in one of

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these tournaments. It has been a great season for unlikely winners.

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Very unfortunate. He put a bit too much spin on, not quite sure.

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He doesn't show much in the chair, does he? Not much emotions or

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anything else, just get on with it. He is very well behaved. That was a

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contrast to the match this afternoon where we saw plenty of demonstrative

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reactions from both Tom Ford and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Even Mark

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Williams, who is normally so cool and calm, slamming his cue into the

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carpet with frustration on a couple of occasions. It gets to the best of

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them! But that long pot, those were the

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kind of shots that make people sit up and take notice of him, six or

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seven years ago. I think he still got a read. But he

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would like to have been on a better angle than this. If he can plot the

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bottom of those two... Avoiding the reds. Getting a nice colour could be

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a little awkward. -- the next. He will take that. A little flick off

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the red. It goes into the corner. You feel he has to make chances like

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this count. Players that are quality of Judd Trump don't hand out too

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many chances to opponents. This is a cracking opportunity for

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Andrew just settle down into the match, get a feel for the table. Get

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a nice break on the board. Level things up in the early stages.

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Always good crowds here. Formerly at Newport, the leisure centre, now

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here in the heart of the capital in the Motorpoint Arena.

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You can see one or two people in the crowd having a look at, because

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there are so many tables in action. Andrew Higginson just working his

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way through these colours. It looked to me like the blur would

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have been a better option. -- blue. Very fast. A few of the players have

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said that, after coming off. Still more than enough available for Judd

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Trump to take this frame, should he be given another opportunity. 83

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still on. Seven reds. He is not sure about this.

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Changed his mind to call left middle.

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Deciding to work with the pink. That will do him just as well.

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Good effort. Some shops were tricky. He knows he has to do well in this

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match. Pink to middle left. He will leave

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Judd Trump requiring snookers. Nicely played, from the 2007 Welsh

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Open finalist. This is exactly what he needed, just to settle down into

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the match. It wasn't to be a century. That

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doesn't matter. Andrew Higginson has drawn level, one frame a piece.

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We have talked all day long about underdogs taking opportunities when

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they come along. Tom Ford could not do it against Ronnie O'Sullivan.

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Andrew Higginson taking his opportunity in that second frame

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against Judd Trump. Great performance. Terrific 100. Judd

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Trump was unfortunate in the second frame, potted a good red and it

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dragged off, so he could be snookered. As Terry said in

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commentary, there were some dodgy shots in the middle pocket. He

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played them very well. Take a look at this and talk us through it. He

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has absolutely nailed dress. Brilliant pot. Play that ten times

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again and you will miss the middle pocket. If it had come off the side

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real, he would have been perfect on the blue. Judd Trump is not easy to

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read. Interesting hearing the commentators talk about expectations

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on Judd Trump, since he made his big breakthrough. What does he have to

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do to be regarded as one of the greats of the game? Think is

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regarded as one of the greats. I mean an all-time great. Obviously,

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the World Championship and the Masters. What Judd Trump's trouble

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has been in the past is a little bit of inconsistency and maybe pushing

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the boat out a little too early to go for that one pot in the middle.

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He has a terrific safety game now. He is exciting to watch. Still

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bashes them in from everywhere. But there is an element node of safety

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to his game. It's not about how good you are when you play your a game,

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it's about how good you are when you play your the game.

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Andrew Higginson is a good player. It looked like he was going to win

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it in the past. He is a genuine professional. Looks pretty relaxed.

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Waiting for Judd Trump to take to the table. Very relaxed. First to

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four. All of a sudden, it is best of five. Judd Trump must play well.

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Both players have shown they are in good form. Back to the commentators,

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Terry Griffiths and Rob Walker. We couldn't quite work out what was

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tickling Andrew Higginson, when the referee was getting ready. He was

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looking into the crowd and chuckling. Spirits are good in his

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camp. That's for sure. As Darren Morgan just confirmed, one apiece.

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Subway we are best of five. -- suddenly.

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Think you might have been better with the red further upon the black.

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Everything to play. As usual, he doesn't take long to spread the reds

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all over the table. Giving himself a chance to take the frame in this

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visit. He is not hanging around, is he! Very confident, aggressive play

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from Judd Trump. Not only with the long potting but this splitting the

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pack. He is up for this. Didn't get the required spin on the.

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Felt a bit of a kick. Not many shots that Judd Trump cannot play. He has

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everything. Such extreme power. Probably as good as anybody in the

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game. There was something a little bit

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showbiz like about Judd Trump. Fashion, car as. A couple of years

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ago, the Masters, he had those funny shoes with the spikes. That is a

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pretty dapper piece of kit on the feet. But a very distinctive spiked

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shoes he wore at the Masters, suddenly everybody wanted a player.

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Cameramen focusing on that as he walked down the stairs. Mr pocket

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the wrong way. 52 points in front, still 83 left on the table.

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I think he was quite surprised he had done that. Obviously feeling in

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the mood to finish the frame in a single visit, it was certainly

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looking that way. That was a bad position all shocks. He has brought

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the red into play, but now he really has a tough pot. If he misses this,

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the frame has gone. Well done, sir. That might work in his favour.

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That was not missable. He will be disappointed with that. It is

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catching. Not easy. A good clearance from Andrew in the

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second frame. Some jittery moments in this third frame.

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Still plenty on here for Andrew. Despite Judd Trump's advantage. The

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reds will need some work. If he cannot get past the black for the

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right centre, he doesn't have anything to go at. A little

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unfortunate. The cue ball was going to be travelling fast down the

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table. It doesn't always one for you.

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Both players missing chances in this frame. More chances missed here than

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in the first two frames put together.

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A little wry smile from Andrew. He must've been watching that for a

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second so, wondering whether was going to drop.

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If the cue ball had been five inches from the cushion, he would have been

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taking this red on. But the safety from Andrew has stopped doing that.

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That could've been worse for Judd Trump.

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If the ball hits his waistcoat, that would've been a foul.

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Wasn't a positive delivery, it should be said.

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As only he can! An example of Judd Trump's brand of what he calls

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knotty snooker. -- naughty. Very thin cut. Once again, the

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chance has gone. You wouldn't expect a scrappy frame from these two, but

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sometimes the boil. Half a chance. He was concerned about his waistcoat

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on the brown. Surely Judd Trump will not need another invitation to

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finish this frame. First two were relatively freefalling after a few

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mistakes. At this has got a little bit scrappy.

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Judd Trump will be very happy to get to the end of this frame. It would

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be nice to keep this little mini break going.

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Trump special coming up here. Excellent!

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A little bit scrappy, that third frame, but it's gone to Judd Trump,

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who is now two away from the wind. So, trump back in front. Let's just

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move across the arena and dropping live to table two. Plenty more going

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on here in Cardiff this evening. This is Barry Hawkins, who won the

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world Grand Prix at the weekend. He's playing Scotland's Fraser

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Patrick. 1-1 at the moment. It has been a bit of a drug for Barry over

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the years, that victory on Sunday in Preston over the Welshman Ryan Day

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ended the drought. Anything you win, integrate. It's been a hard game for

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Barry, in the fact that he has just come back from having a massive

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crowd and the TV audience and now he is not on centre stage. He plays

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such a solid game. Is long game is good. When he gets in, he scores.

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That's probably the biggest improvement in his game. He now

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scored 20 gets on. Whereas before he was probably getting 50 or 60 and

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would miss the odd one. Now he's become a complete all-round player.

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I'm sure there's many more events to come. Third ranking title for Ross

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Hawkins at the weekend. He had an extra 24 hours rest computer Ryan

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Day who was quickly back in action. Yes, well he did win, you will have

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to give that. Ryan was a bit unfortunate that he had to play.

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Ryan was down to the afternoon which would've made it even worse. At

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least it gave him a bit of a break. Barry Hawkins had at the end a half

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off to gather his thoughts and get himself back up for the Welsh Open.

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1-1 between Ross Hawkins and Fraser Patrick. As for this one,

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interesting. Judd Trump has got the lead, despite a scrappy frame. Still

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hard to call. You would have to put him favourite. Both players had a

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couple of chances each in that game. He played a couple of the reds and

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if they had gone in a could've been 2-1 to him. He's not out of it yet.

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But he must win this next frame. Let's head back to Rob Walker and

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Terry Griffiths. Andrew needs to get back on level

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terms. Had his chances in that third frame, but couldn't take them.

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Almost a minute he has been contemplating the move here.

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He's been pretty good with that long pot success rate tonight.

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This is trump's 12 consecutive Welsh Open. Looks like this could be

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turning into a good opportunity here in this fourth frame. I remember

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Judd Trump coming here for the first time.

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Well, I'm afraid that is all we have time for this evening. We are back

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this evening at 11:15pm. We will show you how Mark Selby gets on in

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his first-round match this evening. We hope you can join us later on.

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For now, from all of us, are very good evening.

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