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Good afternoon, everyone, time to find out who wants it the most. From

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128 players, we are down to eight, hoping to get their hands on the

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trophy on Sunday night. It is quarterfinal date at the Welsh Open

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and a line-up that very few would have predicted.

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First up, 19-year-old Rocky Zhou Yuelong against Scotland's Scott

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Donaldson. The Thai the round, world number four Judd Trump against world

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number eight Barry Hawkins. Former world champion Stuart Bingham versus

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world number 55 Stuart Carrington. And two men who have never won a

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ranking title, Robert Milkins against Norwegian Kurt Maflin. So

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who can make it into the weekend and the semifinals of the 2017 Welsh

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Open? Good afternoon, Willie Thorne. So many incredible shocks this year,

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what you make of this quarterfinal line-up, excited by it? We have got

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three regular tournament winners in Judd Trump, Stuart Bingham and Barry

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Hawkins the recent tournament winner and we now have five people with a

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chance to win their first major ranking. Every time somebody has

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knocked a great player out, they got beat in the next round so nobody has

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had consistency over a number of runs. You would favour the three

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tournament winners but I have a feeling somebody like Kurt Maflin or

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Carrington could get to the quarterfinal. You would look at

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Barry Hawkins and Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham and maybe it is time

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to back a dog horse. I know one of the friends of Stuart Carrington

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have had money on him at 250-1, and you would suggest somebody like

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Barry Hawkins is in the best form of his life, he won 4-0 the last two

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maroons and he will be so hard to beat. Judd Trump is ready to win

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another tournament but who knows, five Rockies with a chance to win

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their first major. When I said you excited by the line-up, E went,

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well... We lost O'Sullivan, no Welsh players survive, it makes it more

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intriguing but you lose the box office element. Players are not

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always recognised so people do not always want to watch but everybody

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here can play, they are regular century break players so it is

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important for people to realise it is not about the top 15 players in

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the world. Players down to 128, they are very good players. A chance for

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some body to make a name for themselves. Let's give you more

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information on our first 2/4-finalists.

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Zhou Yuelong is from China, just 90 years old and he turned professional

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three years ago, 40th in the world and he reached the quarterfinals of

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the Champion of Champions tournament but this is his best ever run at a

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ranking event. Donaldson, 22, from Perth in

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Scotland, he turned professional five years ago at 77 in the world, a

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former European amateur champion who made the last 16 of the Northern

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line and open earlier this season. This is his best run in Wales --

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Northern Ireland open. Who will be the first man to book a place in the

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semifinals? This game is already under way so let's bring the Right

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up to speed, this is frame one. Zhou Yuelong at the table, and no score.

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Yes, well, as we see, Zhou Yuelong missed this red. Remember him three

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or four years ago in the final of the world a better when he became

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world champion. To beat his fellow countrymen in the final. And also a

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couple of years ago, and remember watching Scott Donaldson winning the

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European amateur Championship. That is how he got his pro-tickets. Both

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players used to the big stage, albeit at amateur level. Both very

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capable. Yes, for Scott Donaldson, it is not

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that long ago really, it was 2012 when he won the European title. Zhou

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Yuelong, it was 230 -- it was 2013 when he won the world title. They

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have been professionals the four or five years, both players. And like

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Terry said, both in their first quarterfinal. It's great to see some

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youngsters coming through after all the oldies making such a come back

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this year. I have watched play -- I have watched Scott play quite a bit

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on the circuit and I keep thinking he should be doing better because he

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plays very strongly out there, he doesn't seem to be suffering with

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his temperament at all, he has put a lot of work into his game over the

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years. He's willing to travel to practise with other players, he's

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doing all the right things and he's getting some rewards now. He had a

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tough match in the first round. He beat Mark King, the winner of the

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Northern Ireland tournament before Christmas. But Jamie Roberts and was

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one of the good players on this circuit and Mark Davis who beat

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Ronnie O'Sullivan, so he has had a tremendous run.

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So this is a good word., Scott Donaldson. The longer he's at the

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table, the more he will settle down. Panic buttons today will not be

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going off as previously in this event. Today, they move into the

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best of nine matches so there's a little bit of leeway for error. It

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has been the first of four and everybody has been on edge, but at

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least they know after four frames today there will be an interval, and

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it is amazing what a difference that interval makes in the matches. They

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will just be playing a little more freely from the word go.

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Well, that is the first real awkward one. Just wobbled a little bit. The

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pace allowed it to go through and into the pocket. He's looking good.

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There are not many players carried their form from the outside tables

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here in Cardiff in the Welsh Open onto the match table, they do not

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get that much experience on these TV tables. You are absolutely right.

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And to be fair, normally in a quarterfinal, you would probably be

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expecting to play one of the big names, one of the big seeds.

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Obviously, they are playing on that match table virtually match in,

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match out. We have seen that this week really with Judd Trump. Every

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match he has played, he has played on the match table. When you are on

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the outside, you are not supposed to play any different, but they do. It

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was quite funny yesterday, one of the players came in, Craig Steadman,

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and he said there was a good three foot difference in the pace. It does

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not sound a lot, but it is when you are struggling to get position.

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Just checking the scoreboard, he will find he's 61 in front. But a

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good thing really to be looking at the situation at the moment. -- it

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is not a good thing. We have seen in these pressurised matches lots of

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players taking too much time on imported balls toward the end of a

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break and missing them. It goes something like, take your time here,

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don't miss this! Well, he has played a positive shot and he has had a

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kiss. He was unlucky there. He tried to deflect off those reds and Steve

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for the black and there would have been reds and that is all they

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needed, but now he has got some work to do. Normally, in these

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situations, he would try and hold on to his lead and put a pot one. Put a

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black dead weight into the centre pocket, that is not advisable. He

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will be tempted, though I'm a rest assured. Obviously, he needs the

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black and one more red to be 100% safe in this frame. I think the

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right shot is to try and get a colour safe, he does not need to

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chase, he's in the driving seat in this frame. What he cannot do is

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leave a part on for his opponent. -- a pot. He's a very good blog potter.

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-- long. He has covered that. The only problem is he did not put the

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green safe. That is going to cost him, that is not going to cost him

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the frame but it puts pressure on him knowing all the colours

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available, should he make a mistake. I think he committed more to the

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safety than to the pot side. It looks as if there's one red sticking

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out. On the right of those two. This is a big ask, he has got a stun to

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go down for the black or the pink. Good try. It could cost him the

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frame. That red looks as though it is quotable in the centre pocket.

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Yes, it is a thin shot, it is not guaranteed a pot. Lining up in the

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left corner, more pressure on the shot. He knows if this goes on, it

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will be the end of the frame, it should be nicely on the black. Never

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in doubt. Once this black goes on, it should be the end of this first

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frame and what a great start this has been by the young Scotsman.

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He's playing trick shots that, look! On the white, going for the blue.

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He looks very confident out there. You don't win the match in the first

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frame, but it does help if you get a good break in and you win it

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comfortable to keep your opponent on his chair wondering if he has got

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good form. It does not help your opponents to settle down. It is nice

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to play out there, but it is not nice to be sitting on the chair all

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the time. Scott lives in Scotland, I'm not

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sure where. In the Perth area. He missed the double, but that would be

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a very satisfying first frame for Scotland he's one in front.

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Pretty much the perfect start for Donaldson, let's take you into frame

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two. He's at the tail that he is at the table, trailing by 21.

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Well judged, that could have gone wrong. Playing off the cushion, that

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is all he could do, perfect. He would like to be closer to that the

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blue, but he can run it through and have that red into the corner.

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That was a really good pot. Very clean. And he has got a good angle

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on this pink. That was a difficult rest shot, he has made it look very

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easy. The pot here, playing with a lot of top. More of a stun shot than

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a top. Just a little bit low on the cue ball, you have to be a bit

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further up the top. That is the end of this little effort. Looking now

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to get a good safety in behind the yellow all the brown, he wants to be

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on that side of the table to cut off the escape. Easy escape from the

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green side. Very good. Saying that, he might just have gone into the

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right corner. Not easy. But faced with a difficult safety shot or a

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pot, most players would elect to take on the pot. Yes, he's normally

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very efficient in his long potting. But he has got a few things to think

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about, now he has missed them all I think, the long ones. No, he has got

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one out of three. 33%. So he's taking it on. Once again, he has

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caught it the thick, the long pots, he's hitting too much of the year

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Len macro rather than too little. -- he's hitting too much of the red. I

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would say that pot at the moment is probably at least 40% more difficult

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than it would be in another situation, when he's playing well.

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After missing a view, he has hit a good shot. The only problem is a

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chance to snooker behind the green, but he can't carry on with the

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break. Hello! For me, when you are nervous, there's always a chance of

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you doing that. You just need to hit it slightly harder than you normally

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would. You can see it looks a little bit tentative. Worse than that,

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Scott has got a 3-ball now, taking the yellow. Back in again. Perfect

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angle on the blue. At this moment in time, the game is looking very easy

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to Scotland very difficult to Zhou, that is how it is. Your mind plays

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very funny tricks on you out there. How tough is this young man from

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China? He has got a bit to do to get back into it and to get his

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confidence up. Scott looks as if he's practising with the club, he

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has got a temperament that is good, this lad.

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Potting this red, it should slide of the cluster. A cannon off the pink.

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If he feels he has got too much of an angle, you could see him playing

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with a lot of pace to drag back with the blue. It makes the shot a lot of

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more difficult, putting a lot of bottom on the cue ball and using the

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rest. It is whether he can run through off that pink and control it

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for the black. He played it very positively. He can

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still get through to this black. It is a big shot. And he knows in

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playing it, if he misses, the chances are he's going to leave an

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open table. The flip side, it if it goes in, it could be the end of the

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second frame. It would be really unfortunate if he makes the pot and

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does not get position here. Well, he has overcut it. What damage has he

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done? If that red goes to the right corner, major damage. If not and it

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is tight, very tight. I think it will go, just off the jaw. Never

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easy cutting back into a blind pocket. Yes, it is good to see him

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going for them. Scott is very positive and keeping that going.

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I expect a lot of players we have seen this week, in my opinion, when

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we watch them, they have come here not to lose. Their focus is on,

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don't lose. Winning and losing comms if your mind is good. They are all

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good players, they have all got form inside them somewhere. It is just

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they forget how good they are. This is the highest break so far, he

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has not had a lot of chances. He missed a few long pots to get in and

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he's normally used to making them. Take it from me, this guy is going

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to be very special. We have seen a lot of good players from China,

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think over here, this player is a winner, no doubt about it.

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I think he played for the pink, but he wanted to be a lot straighter

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than this. Instead of dropping into the centre, at he's going to play

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the more difficult black. It is very difficult because the pockets

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dropping so tight. Is this a fluke? No. It is never easy, but if he had

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been a foot behind that lack, just wrapping it in, they are that tight.

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Putting enough top spin on it to slide past the red, he took his eyes

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off the pot. He's gifted, young Scott Donaldson, a chance to pinch

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this frame. He is going to need a complete

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clearance. I would say this will be the shot. Black and yellow. He could

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play the more difficult pink into the centre which would guarantee him

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sliding past the blue. It is a much more difficult pot. He knows if it

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goes in the will be on this yellow. No problem. Knocked it in. As if he

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was playing down the local club. This will be a real body blow for

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Zhou. It will level the match up. One frame all. Starting to look very

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positive. I think he probably just picked the wrong shot selection.

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Playing for the black he should have got better on the paint and played

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the half Paul pink. It has been a confident performance

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from Donaldson. He missed the black early on in this frame to give his

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opponent a chance, but it wasn't an easy black and it was a good,

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positive shot that he'd gone. It looked like it might cost in this

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frame. He has got away with it. In those big black. Scott Donaldson

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will be feeling over the moon. She has a lot to think about now. He now

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trails 2-0. And it didn't stop there for Donaldson. He won the Tour de

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France as well. Let's spin forward into frame for with shoot at the

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table. No score. Excellent. I mentioned earlier that

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when you get in front in these important matches, it is the first

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quarterfinal with these two players, you start thinking about calling a

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little bit more defensive, a bit tighter, speaking your lead, but

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Scott is not doing that. He is doing very well. I have seen him play well

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on the tour quite a lot, but usually on the outside tables, which is a

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bit different. This is another challenge for these two young

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players and he is the only one who has stepped up to at the moment. The

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only thing in the young Mann's favour their is there will be the

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interval after this frame and he would like to win the frame and get

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something on his side of the scoreboard.

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Add 3-1 you will still feel you have a chance in the match, but at 4-0,

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you haven't totally written it off, but you'd need to take each frame as

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it comes and see what transpires. The way Scott Donaldson is playing,

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he will be wishing that he had no interval. He would be happy to carry

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on. Only 15 minutes, that interval. It is amazing how much of a

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difference it makes and, sometimes, a massive turnaround occurs within

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that 15 minutes. Sometimes one of the players disappears and goes

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home. They are so depressed. Add 4-0 he can still win, but decreases the

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odds are very heavily against him. If he can win a free, they call it

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the downward spiral when, all of a sudden, you are feeling comfortable

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and dominant and then your opponent starts to pick away at you. It is

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the worst pressure you can get in all sports. Losing any match when

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you are away in front is hard to get out of the mind. It has gone wrong

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there. Bit of a shake of the head. He is still doing all right. There

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might be a plant there. He has had a look at it. Just below the pink.

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There is a safe city as well, of course. He has got the safety.

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The game, Scott Donaldson is faced with a long shot. This left corner.

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He will have complete with a little bit of pace and hope he gets a

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double-kiss of the one red and try to fire the cue ball back up the

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table. He might even like to play a safety. If he does go for a safety

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shot he will have to cover the left-hand side of the table, get a

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good cue ball. It looks like he is lining up for the safety. Well, he

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will take that. He got a good cue ball, to be fair to him.

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She played a similar shot to the green and didn't quite get to it.

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Scott Donaldson has pledged to shot like that in this match and he has

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played them very well. He has moved the object ball a bit further. He is

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guaranteed the hit on the object ball. It is just unforgivable to be

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short. A big margin of air within the last

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shot. He is feeling out there. So far this has not been a good

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experience for him, his first quarterfinal at a major ranking

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event. Is it going to change? What is he, 19 years of age? He has got

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plenty of time. He has impressed on the circuit so far. Not today. He

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has been on that chair for a long time in this match. The only thing

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he is thinking is when I ever going to pass the ball.

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Not sure if he got a bad contact there. It was a bit sick. He is

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looking at a plant now. That was not his fault. Another big shot coming

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up. Well, you could hear that from the

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commentary box. Very sad to see this happening all the time the players,

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especially in such a desperate situation. Scott also had a kick on

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the red before. It doesn't make it any better, does it?

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He played the shot which, looking at his official expression, he

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definitely did. That was very well controlled. He has played very good,

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very confident, striking the ball with authority. Right away from the

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word go, he has come out of the blocks fancying the jaw that was

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ahead of the Day so far. He is doing a good jaw of it.

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He has got a nice angle there. Options on yellow and brown. The

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green is a little bit thin. Scott Donaldson has had 66% of the

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table time. That is large, to say the least. A bit unlucky. Of course,

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his opponent, 34%, sitting in the chair there in the depths of

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despair. You can go for the spread across the top cushion and played.

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We always like to play these with a little run inside to help the ball

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across the cushion. He might even try to do a slow drop for the pink,

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a much more difficult shot. That is what he has done. That was a big

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risk in the way he has played. I thought he was going down for a full

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colour. There was no value there. That is a tough shot. I think he

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knows he made the wrong choice there. Never offer a drowning Mann

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minstrel. It could turn it here. It looks impossible, but you never

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know. Why give him the chance? They confidently played shot. He

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could have done with catching the red slightly thinner. It safely. He

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needs now to get in behind the yellow. That is not his best one. He

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has given a half ball shot from nothing factory Scott. -- back

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Touche cup. Another good pot. He is in control

:47:56.:48:16.

and he is going to stay there. Brown was available down in the

:48:17.:48:38.

corner that he has definitely made the right shot. When you have got

:48:39.:48:43.

the domination that he has had in this match so far, he has got to

:48:44.:48:49.

take into account, Scott Donaldson, what his shot selection should be at

:48:50.:48:50.

this stage. He has been unlucky. She has not had

:48:51.:49:12.

the best of luck. We have got to ask the question, as he earned good

:49:13.:49:29.

luck? I agree. This is a thin shot. He knew he was going to go close.

:49:30.:49:36.

Now he has given the four points away, the game is still on. It will

:49:37.:49:43.

be a free ball. Are we going to see another turn? It is a turn should

:49:44.:49:53.

really needs. In an ideal world he wants to leave himself a half turn

:49:54.:49:57.

on the brown to play in behind the red or move the red. It is

:49:58.:50:08.

imperative to get an ankle on the brown and make the pot. The brown is

:50:09.:50:14.

in. Now, if the red goes to the middle, I cannot imagine he will

:50:15.:50:18.

play for perfect position, he will try to remove the blue and the red.

:50:19.:50:23.

If this goes right, he could be in business. He has missed the cannon.

:50:24.:50:34.

What is worse, I think the pink will snooker itself. It is all going

:50:35.:50:39.

wrong. He will be very disappointed with that last shot. It was very

:50:40.:50:41.

badly executed. The brown is a fraction thinner than

:50:42.:50:57.

he wanted. He wanted more angle deflecting the cue ball toward that

:50:58.:51:02.

blue and red. He has brought deeply into play. Yellow and black is still

:51:03.:51:09.

difficult, but Scott knocked one of these in earlier on. Clean as a

:51:10.:51:11.

whistle. He is having a little luck. His

:51:12.:53:47.

sister D has been very good, Scott Donaldson, today. That is a very

:53:48.:54:01.

clever shop there as well. Very good indeed.

:54:02.:54:14.

I think right across the board, everything is a lot less. He has

:54:15.:54:22.

just got there at that time. A very well played shot. He has been short

:54:23.:54:31.

on quite a few occasions. Still everything to play for in this

:54:32.:54:33.

fourth frame. At that angle, there is a bit more

:54:34.:55:23.

risk than if he was cutting it the other way. If the red was to the

:55:24.:55:28.

rate he could drop it in and not leave it on if he missed it. I think

:55:29.:55:40.

he played the right shot them, but didn't play as well as he should

:55:41.:55:51.

have done. He has been dominant, Scott Donaldson, he has been taken

:55:52.:55:55.

on just about everything and getting most of them. He is doing the right

:55:56.:56:04.

thing. Is he starting to try to hang onto his league? There is an

:56:05.:56:13.

argument that he could have just dropped the red into the centre. Any

:56:14.:56:19.

colour would be safe in this fourth frame. Wasn't easy, as you said,

:56:20.:56:24.

that he might not get another chance as easy as that, or as difficult as

:56:25.:56:30.

that. Still cant blame him for the way he is playing, but it does look

:56:31.:56:34.

as if he is playing to protect his lead in this frame. In the area of

:56:35.:56:41.

friends, Zhou has played just attack and win outright. Again, a very good

:56:42.:56:50.

shot. It just needs to travel a little bit. That is a perfect

:56:51.:56:51.

result. He is having a little luckier. He

:56:52.:57:06.

can get to the edge of this red. That is a bit better. He played to

:57:07.:58:38.

get behind the pink stuff the one thing you have got to do with safety

:58:39.:58:47.

is get the object policies. -- object ball safe. Where is that red

:58:48.:59:01.

glowing? Hello. Well, well. Didn't play that, of course, but he might

:59:02.:59:07.

have, I don't know. It is unlikely. I think he played it up and down to

:59:08.:59:11.

hit the bottom cushion and cool on the side cushion. It is OK.

:59:12.:59:28.

Well, it is available, but it is very thin. It is it more difficult

:59:29.:59:41.

shot, but if he could play the red up and down, it will swing in behind

:59:42.:59:54.

the blue. On the other way, he has probably picked the right shot.

:59:55.:00:06.

We had a 34 minutes frame in the previous frame. 28 minutes here, you

:00:07.:00:54.

would not expect it with these two. They are both aggressive, quick

:00:55.:00:55.

players, quick break-builders. Most of the time here, there has

:00:56.:01:16.

been times when in snooker you miss a pot, the ball stops where it wants

:01:17.:01:27.

to, it is no choice for you. Good safety about here from both players

:01:28.:01:39.

so far. That is nasty. I could not see through that green and pink

:01:40.:01:44.

without a set of binoculars on, to be honest. I think he can get

:01:45.:01:50.

through. Where is the red going? Needs to go tight on that cushion.

:01:51.:01:55.

Could have been worse. That is the first safety shot for a

:01:56.:03:47.

while and Scott Donaldson has it short. He has been in total control

:03:48.:03:59.

of the safety shots. It shows you on two different days, two different

:04:00.:04:07.

matches. Playing long, he likes that sort of shot. He has refused it and

:04:08.:04:14.

played a very good safety. Very important for this young man to get

:04:15.:04:17.

this frame on the board before the mid-session interval. 3-1, still in

:04:18.:04:24.

the match. 4-0, you would have to say probably this year's

:04:25.:04:30.

Championship is going to slip by for him. You still have a chance, but it

:04:31.:04:43.

would be very unlikely. How is this cue ball going now? That could be a

:04:44.:04:47.

free ball, as it slows down, or I should say speed up. I think you can

:04:48.:04:54.

just get through. So no free ball, he's electing to put the cue ball

:04:55.:04:55.

back. He corrected the position, he struck

:04:56.:05:31.

the cushion to hit the red that he would have liked this red to come

:05:32.:05:35.

towards the pink and black behind there. He's looking now at bringing

:05:36.:05:40.

the black into play. He's of course 22 points down, Zhou Yuelong. So

:05:41.:05:46.

there could be some value in it. He played for the pink, he looks to

:05:47.:06:06.

have a good angle. His problem now is trying to get onto that yellow,

:06:07.:06:19.

that is tough along those cushions. This young lad has no fear. He

:06:20.:06:26.

thinks this is an easy one. If he can, I would advise him to go behind

:06:27.:06:33.

the brown, is he going for the yellow? That was an easy shot. Very

:06:34.:06:46.

good. Very good. Yes, and in the context of this match, that could be

:06:47.:06:57.

massive. Well, he has not got into that green at all fair, two foot

:06:58.:07:02.

short of the cue ball. It looks like he did not go to the bottom of the

:07:03.:07:07.

cue ball, I don't quite know what he has done but he certainly didn't go

:07:08.:07:15.

through it. He's not going to pot Rhys brown from here, it could be

:07:16.:07:20.

the brown up and down, white behind the blue, but back in the frame

:07:21.:07:25.

already at 35 minutes and counting. The longest frame of the match.

:07:26.:07:30.

These two, normally very quick players.

:07:31.:07:47.

And he may be able to swerve that what he's so close to the blue, it

:07:48.:07:55.

may be difficult. From the point of view of Zhou Yuelong, he has brought

:07:56.:08:02.

the brown away from the cushion because it is easier to snooker than

:08:03.:08:08.

it was away from the cushion, it seems like a bigger target. And of

:08:09.:08:15.

course, if he misses the brown, and he leads it and coming he has got

:08:16.:08:20.

the swerve on. He played it quite fall which did not take the brown on

:08:21.:08:21.

the other side of the table. When you watch this now, watch this

:08:22.:08:37.

brown, the spin is still on the cue ball, on the brown ball, spinning

:08:38.:08:41.

around, going up the table. The side transferred off the cue ball.

:08:42.:08:57.

That is well spotted, Darren. Obviously, with the swerve, it is

:08:58.:09:05.

the extreme amount of spin that he put on the ball, but it doesn't

:09:06.:09:11.

always retain it. He has put a lot on that to turn it round.

:09:12.:09:34.

Understandable that he missed that, he has not potted a ball for 21

:09:35.:09:41.

minutes now. Although he's 3-0 in front. It just won't go in. Quite a

:09:42.:09:53.

difference in points here between the two players. Scott Donaldson

:09:54.:10:04.

dominated, 226 points. 136 from Zhou Yuelong, that just about sums it up

:10:05.:10:06.

in this first session. Well, they were going in earlier on.

:10:07.:11:35.

Obviously a lot of pressure out there now, Scott Donaldson knows he

:11:36.:11:41.

should be in the interval. 4-0 up at this time, this is probably a bigger

:11:42.:11:47.

brain for him, in some respects, than it is for Yuelong. It is good

:11:48.:11:58.

to see, though. It is good to see two young players... And he has

:11:59.:12:02.

missed that by quite a way! This round is turning into being quite

:12:03.:12:08.

elusive for both players. -- this brown.

:12:09.:12:25.

Good pot. 14 in front. Is he going to take this 11? He could win the

:12:26.:12:41.

frame. -- is he going to take on this double?.

:12:42.:13:26.

Zhou Yuelong will be very relieved at that blue, that it has stopped

:13:27.:14:00.

where it has. A couple more inches and I think we would have seen young

:14:01.:14:05.

Scott Donaldson having a go at that blue. As it is, he just has to play

:14:06.:14:14.

a good safety. And that's not the best he has ever hit and that blue

:14:15.:14:22.

has gone close to the middle. So this is probably the last chance in

:14:23.:14:27.

this fourth frame for Yuelong. What a massive turning point this could

:14:28.:14:33.

be in this match. 3-1, 4-0 now. It is huge. He's not going to pot pink

:14:34.:14:48.

and black from here. That was not a very walls -- that was not a very

:14:49.:14:54.

well struck ball at all, I think he's struggling with his confidence

:14:55.:14:58.

a little bit. That should have been so far away from that corner pocket.

:14:59.:15:09.

He might make the pink. No. And it is going to be very disappointing

:15:10.:15:13.

for him. I think he's resigned to the fact that today, maybe, is not

:15:14.:15:30.

his day. And Scott Donaldson, he needs that cue ball to slow down. It

:15:31.:15:35.

is very close to that corner pocket. It doesn't go down the pocket so

:15:36.:15:40.

very relieved, and Zhou Yuelong has got a lot think about in the

:15:41.:15:44.

mid-session interval, Scott Donaldson, leading 4-0.

:15:45.:15:49.

Not looking happy but Scott Donaldson 4-0 in the front and they

:15:50.:15:57.

are on an interval is we will rejoin them. Welcome to our coverage,

:15:58.:16:01.

Willie Thorne is our guest today. Donaldson did not look happy going

:16:02.:16:07.

out but he's 4-0 up. The best two frames dominated and Hubert is to be

:16:08.:16:11.

the only player playing, the third could have gone either way and the

:16:12.:16:16.

third frame, he potted a game ball and he's trying not to lose that

:16:17.:16:20.

rather than to win it and he was lucky to win it. Because that could

:16:21.:16:29.

have been a big turning point. 3-1 is huge in four frames. Scott is one

:16:30.:16:33.

frame away from his first major semifinal and I have been

:16:34.:16:37.

disappointed with Yuelong because he's a good player, a good

:16:38.:16:40.

break-builder and he won the world team event in China recently. As

:16:41.:16:46.

Terry mentioned, he's a player for the future. But from what he has

:16:47.:16:51.

shown so far, you would not think it. Terry said he would be a big

:16:52.:16:54.

star in the future, how'd you explain what happened? He beats Lee

:16:55.:16:59.

Walker yesterday convincingly. I think he thought this was his great

:17:00.:17:02.

chance to get to a semifinal and maybe a final and he thought he was

:17:03.:17:08.

playing Scott Donaldson, and maybe it is 50-50 and maybe the occasion

:17:09.:17:12.

got too much for him at this moment. If he wins the first two frames,

:17:13.:17:16.

there could be a come back, but it is very unlikely a player will come

:17:17.:17:21.

back from 4-0 behind to win. We have seen both of them in the practice

:17:22.:17:26.

area, what will be going to Donaldson's mind? Scott went through

:17:27.:17:31.

20 odd minutes without scoring a point in that last frame and what

:17:32.:17:35.

happens when you have fallen in France, in the last frame, he

:17:36.:17:38.

thought he was lucky to win it and let's get my cue going again. In the

:17:39.:17:43.

first two frames, he played lovely. Let's remind you of the quarterfinal

:17:44.:17:47.

draw, we have a big one after this match. Donaldson leading Zhou

:17:48.:17:54.

Yuelong 4-0 and then two of the biggest names left in the draw. Judd

:17:55.:17:58.

Trump, the world four, coming up against the world number eight Barry

:17:59.:18:05.

Hawkins. This is the other half, Stuart Bingham, former world

:18:06.:18:08.

champion and world number two, a game Stuart Carrington, and Robert

:18:09.:18:15.

Milkins against Kurt Maflin, neither of whom have won a world ranking

:18:16.:18:20.

title but you think Kurt Maflin is destined to win soon. I'm a big fan

:18:21.:18:25.

of Kurt Maflin, because he's a good scorer. He does not have the

:18:26.:18:29.

experience of the latter stages of the tournament so safety play not as

:18:30.:18:32.

good as the top players. Five players of the eight remaining will

:18:33.:18:38.

have a chance of winning their first world ranking tournament. We had

:18:39.:18:42.

Hamilton and Mark King winning. That gave everybody a thrill thinking,

:18:43.:18:47.

maybe I could win a tournament and they will not get better chances

:18:48.:18:50.

than this and we still have three of the best players in the world left

:18:51.:18:55.

in the tournament. That is Judd Trump against Barry Hawkins. Final

:18:56.:19:00.

thought? One frame for Donaldson and he's in a semifinal of a ranking

:19:01.:19:05.

event. Without doubt, it is his to lose, I think Scott Donaldson will

:19:06.:19:08.

win this match and I'm really looking forward to the second match.

:19:09.:19:13.

Let's see if Donaldson can play out for the match. Remember, it is the

:19:14.:19:18.

best of nine so the first to 5 wins it and this is Donaldson with that

:19:19.:19:24.

4-0 lead. Let's rejoin Terry Griffiths and Darren Morgan, our

:19:25.:19:28.

commentary team. There's nobody up there, they have taken a break! We

:19:29.:19:34.

will carry on talking. What does Zhou have to do to get back into the

:19:35.:19:39.

game? As you rightly say, Zhou had to go to the practice room and he

:19:40.:19:44.

has been kept off the table for the first two frames and should have won

:19:45.:19:48.

that last frame and Scott Donaldson in fairness almost gave him a

:19:49.:19:55.

lifeline. Zhou Yuelong really has to take the ball by the horns and go

:19:56.:19:59.

for everything. Terry and Darren Robison exhausted, just having a cup

:20:00.:20:02.

of tea, over to you guys, OK? Thank you very much! It was a great

:20:03.:20:12.

cup of tea, a little bit quicker than we thought, we were running up

:20:13.:20:18.

the stairs, out of breath. Terry is all right, he's fit as a fiddle. It

:20:19.:20:23.

is me that is the problem. I'm sure Scott Donaldson enjoyed his

:20:24.:20:29.

mid-session interval more than Zhou Yuelong. That was a quick return,

:20:30.:20:34.

that is what he says. Donaldson starting off where he finished. Just

:20:35.:20:38.

before the interval. Great long red. They're not on this red than he

:20:39.:22:21.

would have liked. The positive side is if he makes the pot and he gets

:22:22.:22:25.

on the black, he will be disturbing the reds. Look at the one of the

:22:26.:22:30.

right centre, he has been positive all match and you would like to stay

:22:31.:22:35.

him like that. If this goes right, it could be the frame and

:22:36.:22:36.

matchwinner. Well, he just flipped off big red,

:22:37.:22:59.

rather than punching into them and opening them out and staying on to

:23:00.:23:02.

the black. He did not have the angle for that shot. The problem is the

:23:03.:23:11.

black is not the easiest of the pots. You cannot put much spin on

:23:12.:23:19.

because you get close to that side cushion. Very good.

:23:20.:23:32.

I don't know what he played for, but that red goes to the extreme right,

:23:33.:23:45.

but it doesn't go into this corner pocket. I'm not quite sure what he

:23:46.:23:50.

played for. Surely he did not think he could hold it for the red to the

:23:51.:23:55.

left centre. There was no way that was ever going to happen. He still

:23:56.:24:01.

has a shot at this red. Thinner than he would have liked, it might be a

:24:02.:24:02.

safety. A good cue ball. He can get through

:24:03.:24:18.

to this red at the left corner. Horrible shots to be faced with, 4-0

:24:19.:24:25.

down. We have already said he's normally a great long potter. Just

:24:26.:24:38.

has not been his day today. I think he's OK with the red to the left

:24:39.:24:43.

centre, but he has left the red to the green pocket. It is whether

:24:44.:24:50.

Scott feels there's any value in taking that on, or continuing to

:24:51.:24:57.

keep things tight. This red is on to the middle but it is a very acute

:24:58.:25:06.

angle. That is why he's played safe. You cannot blame him, he's in total

:25:07.:25:08.

control in this match. Darren was talking earlier in

:25:09.:26:28.

commentary about what happens in the intervals. It turns the matches

:26:29.:26:36.

round sometimes, not always, of course. I'm more fascinated in what

:26:37.:26:42.

Scott Donaldson is thinking now, the balance of his shot selection seems

:26:43.:26:46.

to have changed a little bit in that fourth frame. You are so aggressive

:26:47.:26:50.

early on and you get into these situations that it is a very fine

:26:51.:26:55.

line, to be honest, there's no such thing as picking the right shot all

:26:56.:27:02.

the time. Even if you take the wrong shot and make it and you are

:27:03.:27:05.

successful, it is the right shot. It is your choice and you have to stand

:27:06.:27:11.

by it. It is one of the nice things about playing this game of snooker,

:27:12.:27:13.

nobody can tell you what to do. Well, he has got to be positive.

:27:14.:28:46.

There's that fine line always, should you have gone for it or not?

:28:47.:28:55.

That is his style of play, but when he's giving an inform opponent and

:28:56.:29:00.

opening, you have got to look back and think, can I learn from that for

:29:01.:29:01.

the next time? Very straight on this red. Safety

:29:02.:29:22.

screw. That is a bottom, just hold the cue straight back. And he could

:29:23.:29:28.

have done with another four inches on that cue ball, a bit short on

:29:29.:29:33.

this blue. He can drag back six inches and still have the red to the

:29:34.:29:38.

back corner, he would have loved to be playing down towards these three

:29:39.:29:42.

reds. Obviously, he's a lot of further away and that is for this

:29:43.:29:51.

neck shot, the further away, the harder the shots get. He's played

:29:52.:29:54.

with a lot of conviction in this match. He has delivered the cue very

:29:55.:30:07.

well. He has got a nice crisp noise while striking the ball is, that is

:30:08.:30:10.

always a sign of good cueing. That cue ball flew above the side

:30:11.:31:16.

cushion. It came of their much quicker than it went on. It came off

:31:17.:31:28.

very quick. He is in the driving seat. He doesn't need to take any

:31:29.:31:38.

undue risks. That is for his opponent to do. Somehow, Zhou has

:31:39.:31:45.

got to find a way back into this frame and into this match. In this

:31:46.:31:52.

moment in time, you cannot see that happening. It has been a frustrating

:31:53.:31:59.

afternoon for the young lad. The red zone, but black is tight. It

:32:00.:32:25.

looks pink is on side cushion. -- the red is on. When you are 46 or 45

:32:26.:32:38.

behind, the colours are not available. You feel like you have a

:32:39.:32:47.

mountain to climb. He has overhead that McCain. It is difficult to tell

:32:48.:32:56.

how fast the plots are in comparison to the outside tables.

:32:57.:33:08.

Very positive shot. He is on the green. It will take some shot to get

:33:09.:33:23.

down to the reds. It is not the easiest pot in the world and he has

:33:24.:33:26.

got to put a lot of peers in it. This cuts down his chances of the

:33:27.:33:28.

pocket taking the ball. The tricky brown. No problems. That

:33:29.:34:39.

little flick of the blue has helped them on this occasion. He is a lot

:34:40.:34:45.

closer to the corner pocket without the flag. Still a lot of work to do.

:34:46.:34:52.

He is cutting his deficit down. I am surprised that he played bad

:34:53.:35:24.

one. He thought he was going to get a cannon on the black with the two

:35:25.:35:26.

reds. Those shots are so important. You

:35:27.:35:56.

can call them apart and safety. You are taking into account. Even

:35:57.:36:00.

without a collar to pot, you can start to roll into something. Put

:36:01.:36:07.

your opponent in an awkward position and with for another chance.

:36:08.:36:26.

He knew he had the baulk colours to cover the red. It has come just too

:36:27.:36:36.

far over. You can see his hand is much closer than it usually is on

:36:37.:36:45.

the table. Couldn't have done better than that, really. He would take the

:36:46.:36:47.

whole day. -- take that all day. He has got to be careful, Scott

:36:48.:37:45.

Donaldson, with this safety shot. The cue ball had travelled the four

:37:46.:37:50.

or five inches, he would have a pot on this red nearest the black. He

:37:51.:38:02.

has got to be careful he doesn't push the red over the corner and he

:38:03.:38:11.

gets a good here. He has played that about as good as he could have. He

:38:12.:38:24.

has given a shot to nothing. Things haven't gone his way in this match

:38:25.:38:28.

so far, Yuelong. This is a big ask. The problem with that is, it is the

:38:29.:38:48.

same for everyone. The more mistakes you make, the more they hurt you.

:38:49.:38:55.

The first one hurts, Yuelong has missed a lot of pots here in this

:38:56.:38:58.

match. He is really struggling out there now. I think the crowd loved

:38:59.:39:06.

him to find something and when this frame. Nobody likes an easy victory

:39:07.:39:13.

for one of the players. A pot from the player, of course. Just a safety

:39:14.:39:23.

shot therefrom Scott. He is playing it very tight now. Not a bad thing

:39:24.:39:24.

at all. He would like to play this tuple up

:39:25.:40:12.

to the right-hand side of the table behind the green and brown area. I

:40:13.:40:24.

am not sure if he can get there. It has worked out OK. It is not too

:40:25.:40:35.

encouraging for Yuelong when he sees the pink and yellow on the side

:40:36.:40:37.

cushion. 32 behind. He should be thinking to himself,

:40:38.:40:55.

how good would it be if I want from this situation? Make no doubt, your

:40:56.:41:05.

opponent will start to struggle when you come back at them. They think

:41:06.:41:14.

they are giving things away to you, which isn't usually the case. At the

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moment, Yuelong is second best by quite a long way.

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I wouldn't have played the shot quite like that. He meant to cover

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the red is just below the back. He could play this at pace and try to

:41:59.:42:03.

move the other reds as well. It is a big shot. It would give him a chance

:42:04.:42:07.

in this frame would lose him the match. That is what he has played.

:42:08.:42:17.

He needs that cue ball to slow down. That is very unlucky. Played the

:42:18.:42:24.

positive shot on the red, just needed to hit the two red fuller in

:42:25.:42:26.

the face. I think he should be playing the

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brown into the pink to take it into play. Get the cue ball safe on the

:42:55.:43:05.

bottom cushion. Yellow and pink will be tough if he is going to win this

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frame. He is 31 points behind. A very well found escape. Then we

:43:10.:44:51.

have fellow professional on the tour for many years, Wayne Jones, still

:44:52.:44:58.

place in the local league. I remember him looking -- losing a

:44:59.:45:10.

final two Doug Mountjoy after taking up coaching with Frank Allen.

:45:11.:45:16.

Doesn't change over the years. A very good player in his time. That

:45:17.:45:25.

wasn't a good place to go and play when you were an amateur. This name

:45:26.:45:32.

was there. And when Lloyd has passed away. Great players played there. He

:45:33.:45:43.

needs a bit of luck and he has got it.

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Well, that was a big shock to click on. He did not get the run of the

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balls. Scott Donaldson has a good chance. He is 27 points in front.

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That takes up to 33 in front. Just this last red. That would be an

:48:11.:48:24.

excellent win for Scott, should he potted. Nobody expected a 5-0

:48:25.:48:26.

results between these two young men. He is safe here, so a pot from

:48:27.:49:16.

Snickers, he will be proud of the Welsh Open this year.

:49:17.:49:37.

Very much a contrast in performances in this match. It generally is that

:49:38.:49:47.

5-0. I don't think anyone could put their hand on their heart and say

:49:48.:49:52.

that Yuelong has been unlucky, because he just has not found his

:49:53.:49:57.

best form, nowhere near it. Scott Donaldson put a lot of pressure on

:49:58.:49:59.

him early on. Not quite sure why he played that,

:50:00.:50:43.

but he has been playing the better shots for most of this match. And

:50:44.:50:51.

that is enough. Yuelong did not release show his best form. Scott

:50:52.:50:57.

Donaldson played as well as he could have hoped for. He is punching the

:50:58.:51:00.

air with his fist and quite rightly. Well done, sir. So, we have our

:51:01.:51:10.

first semifinalist here at the 20 17th of March open. Scott Donaldson

:51:11.:51:13.

through to the last four and erecting title for the first time.

:51:14.:51:20.

It just didn't happen for Zhou. That was an exceptional performance from

:51:21.:51:24.

Donaldson. It has been the exception. He has compiled in a lot

:51:25.:51:28.

of first rounds this year. He was never under pressure. He will be

:51:29.:51:36.

disappointed, delighted with the score, but disappointed he didn't

:51:37.:51:42.

score more heavily. He will need to score more heavily in the

:51:43.:51:47.

semifinals. He has been battling on for eight years, this was his big

:51:48.:51:51.

chance. The drawers were favourable for him and he took his chance with

:51:52.:51:55.

both hands. He deserves his place in the semifinals. A big moment in the

:51:56.:52:00.

spotlight for him. He could have played even better. Absolutely. The

:52:01.:52:08.

key thing is the money. They need ?30,000 or so to play on the

:52:09.:52:13.

circuit. If you don't get to the semifinals you are almost gone

:52:14.:52:18.

bankrupt. We can hear from Scott Donaldson. What a week. You just get

:52:19.:52:27.

better and better. I don't know if I get better, but I am happy to win a

:52:28.:52:32.

game. It wasn't always pretty but you just have to do the jaw

:52:33.:52:38.

sometimes. During introductions you looked fairly composed. Really? I

:52:39.:52:47.

was very nervous. Before the week began, if someone said to you, you

:52:48.:52:51.

will make at least the semifinals, which you have left them? Don't be

:52:52.:52:58.

stupid. I am realistic. I just try to win my first match and go on from

:52:59.:53:03.

there. I am so happy. What has changed for you? I can't pinpoint

:53:04.:53:10.

that. Maybe you guys can analyse the game. I am just trying my best and

:53:11.:53:15.

lucky to get the five first. I spoke to you earlier to clarify whether

:53:16.:53:22.

your mum or dad or hear and he said no because it would be bad luck.

:53:23.:53:29.

Will you keep flying solo? Yes, solo. They will be watching Baikal.

:53:30.:53:36.

And a preference, Judd or Barry? No, I will just enjoy it. The Reading

:53:37.:53:47.

semifinalist, see you tomorrow. Relieved in the end to go through,

:53:48.:53:53.

to get over the line. It is interesting to see how superstitious

:53:54.:53:55.

players are, he didn't want his mum and dad to come down. If you are

:53:56.:54:07.

going to be a professional, you have got to think you can win

:54:08.:54:12.

tournaments. It is not good enough to win one or two rounds, he needs

:54:13.:54:18.

to be more positive. He is good enough. Did Zhou black positivity

:54:19.:54:22.

today? He didn't seem to think he would make the semis. Ahmed in

:54:23.:54:28.

favourite before the game started because he scores heavily. He was

:54:29.:54:33.

like a fish out of today. Probably both players were so excited, the

:54:34.:54:37.

fact they could get to the semifinals, possibly the final and

:54:38.:54:40.

both players were overawed by the location. The first Mann into the

:54:41.:54:46.

semifinals is Scott Donaldson. Well done to him. Coming up shortly we

:54:47.:54:53.

have two men who many would regard as tournament favourites. Judd Trump

:54:54.:54:55.

up against Barry Hawkins. Let's remind you how Trump made his way

:54:56.:55:00.

into the quarterfinals. He met the only Iranian on the circuit. That

:55:01.:55:04.

join with Trump, 2-1 up. Probing and pushing for a mistake.

:55:05.:56:07.

At last it comes. Not from Judd Trump.

:56:08.:56:35.

42 behind, but more than enough to take the frame. The red look well

:56:36.:56:43.

spread. It would just come Judd Trump down a little in this match.

:56:44.:56:48.

Obviously not panicking yet, he leads to- one, but two breaks, 31 in

:56:49.:57:01.

the first and 56 in the second. The few minutes just asserting himself

:57:02.:57:13.

on this match. Seemingly effortless break would just settle down here.

:57:14.:57:17.

Of course, potting him within one of the win.

:57:18.:58:19.

The black looks as if it could go into the left corner. That was too

:58:20.:58:27.

thin and once again he doesn't have the case right. The cue ball running

:58:28.:58:36.

around the table, steaming as it goes.

:58:37.:58:51.

He is lucky his arm didn't fall off when he did that. He did it so hard.

:58:52.:59:06.

The good shot though. He just cant get the right position.

:59:07.:59:17.

It must be so difficult for jaw and that, he must be wondering what is

:59:18.:59:25.

happening? He is usually so efficient on the balls. 56 was OK,

:59:26.:59:35.

but it wasn't great. Since the first frame he has not looked 100%.

:59:36.:59:52.

That was very noticeable. He is five behind now. I think it is OK.

:59:53.:00:18.

He's straight on the blue, he has still got the pink. He will be

:00:19.:00:28.

screwing off the side and bottom cushion. A fraction short, but still

:00:29.:00:32.

a very good positional shot. Still not in a good position. He's

:00:33.:01:00.

in between everything. The reds -- the red only goes into the left

:01:01.:01:07.

corner pocket so you can't play the blue and get on it, surely, even

:01:08.:01:16.

with this power. Or can he? It is a miracle! That is what makes him

:01:17.:01:29.

special. These shots that others don't even see.

:01:30.:02:26.

And Hossein requires snookers. His expression gives away his

:02:27.:02:39.

frustration. This has been an excellent clearance from Judd Trump,

:02:40.:02:44.

he has had to work hard for it and produce some good shots. His best

:02:45.:02:49.

break of the match so far and he's within one of the winning line and a

:02:50.:02:53.

place in the Welsh Open quarterfinals.

:02:54.:03:00.

Yes, in great form throughout this tournament, Jackson Page, he knocked

:03:01.:03:09.

out Welsh wild card Jackson Page earlier yesterday and Vafaei unable

:03:10.:03:12.

to stop the world number four winning convincingly. It break of 72

:03:13.:03:18.

to see off Vafaei, the first Iranian professional on the circuit, one for

:03:19.:03:22.

the future perhaps. Somebody to keep an eye on. Next

:03:23.:03:28.

would Judd Trump, it is Barry Hawkins, the world number eight.

:03:29.:03:33.

Look at the difference, six world tanking tri- tolls for Judd Trump,

:03:34.:03:39.

Hawkins closing in on three, both semifinalists in the past, Jackson

:03:40.:03:43.

Page in 2013, twice for Hawkins, Barry Hawkins edging the career

:03:44.:03:54.

head-to-head. So let's hear from the two men about to contest the second

:03:55.:03:59.

quarterfinal. The only time I have played Jackson

:04:00.:04:04.

Page, it is a great occasion and I like the way he plays and I like

:04:05.:04:09.

watching him play. So yes, he's a tough, tough opponent. Got to keep

:04:10.:04:14.

playing like I'm playing to beat him. Coming into the tournament,

:04:15.:04:18.

Barry is one of the favourites and the way he has performed, this game,

:04:19.:04:24.

he has not dropped many games in this tournament so far. The last

:04:25.:04:30.

couple of times may be, being in the semifinal in the English open, and I

:04:31.:04:33.

beat him in the Masters. Just take your chances on the day, it is

:04:34.:04:38.

whoever does that. To compete, I need to raise my game a little bit

:04:39.:04:42.

and hopefully I can do that against the better players, I normally do. I

:04:43.:04:46.

kind of know what to expect with him now and how well he's playing. When

:04:47.:04:51.

things are going well, you have to take it well you can because it is

:04:52.:04:55.

definitely not going to last long. Just an all-round top player the way

:04:56.:04:58.

he's playing the top five or six players. Where he's in the rankings,

:04:59.:05:05.

I think he will keep climbing. Really good game in prospect and

:05:06.:05:08.

Barry Hawkins has just been in the practice area, I just had a quick

:05:09.:05:12.

chat with him and he's looking confident and relaxed ahead of what

:05:13.:05:16.

should be a really good match. Yes, he has nine years of experience and

:05:17.:05:21.

Judd. Judd has been a juggernaut and he has steamed his way to the top of

:05:22.:05:25.

the rankings. Barry has improved with age. Like Judd was saying, he's

:05:26.:05:31.

one of the best in the world, after a fantastic run, losing two frames

:05:32.:05:36.

in four matches, so the man in form. This is a big test, both have had a

:05:37.:05:40.

favourable draw and now it is the Clash of the Titans. Judd is one of

:05:41.:05:48.

the best exhibition players I have seen. Is he right that he has to

:05:49.:05:52.

raise his game to beat Hawkins? Yes, I think so, is Barry Hawkins a

:05:53.:05:58.

better potter, a better break at, no, but he's a better all-round

:05:59.:06:03.

player. It is a big clash but it will be interesting. If it goes

:06:04.:06:09.

close, I fancy Hawkins. Otherwise, if it is open, Judd. Very difficult

:06:10.:06:14.

to call, we will see them coming out in a second. At the Motorpoint Arena

:06:15.:06:19.

in Cardiff, it it is the second of our quarterfinals, which one of

:06:20.:06:22.

these top 16 players can make their way into the semifinals tomorrow?

:06:23.:06:26.

But join your commentary team, Dominic Dale and Rob Walker.

:06:27.:06:32.

Thanks very much. A great atmosphere expected. And delivered by the

:06:33.:06:46.

crowd. Two of only three players left in the 2017 Welsh Open from the

:06:47.:07:00.

world's top 30. As Ian was saying, in the studio, they have had some

:07:01.:07:07.

good battles. Barry is leading the head-to-head 5-3. Each man has

:07:08.:07:15.

beaten the other once this season. Barry's came just last week, en

:07:16.:07:21.

route to his third ranking title in Preston. He beat Judd 4-1. Earlier

:07:22.:07:27.

this season, Judd Trump beat Barry Hawkins 6-2 in the semifinals of the

:07:28.:07:29.

English open. So one each this season. And for the

:07:30.:07:51.

real statisticians amongst you, they have played twice when it has gone

:07:52.:07:56.

to a decider and each one won, so there's little to separate them.

:07:57.:08:01.

Almost two for the price of one from Judd Trump! A really fascinating

:08:02.:08:24.

match, this one. Judd's passage through to his third quarterfinal

:08:25.:08:31.

here has been pretty smooth, winning against Andrew Higginson 4-1. 4-2

:08:32.:08:37.

against Alex Borg, the man from Malta playing well in the early

:08:38.:08:45.

stages. Jackson Page was dispatched. And Hossein Vafaei took just one

:08:46.:08:50.

frame from Judd. Barry Hawkins equally impressive, and the two

:08:51.:08:53.

frames conceded in four matches and he has now won nine matches in ten

:08:54.:09:00.

days, after coming here fresh off the back of that fabulous victory in

:09:01.:09:06.

Preston. So, Dominic Dale, how on Earth to pick a winner between these

:09:07.:09:13.

two? Yes, it won't be easy to read into too many things because all

:09:14.:09:18.

these top professionals tend to disregard the history of matches

:09:19.:09:22.

between them, unless it is severely one-sided. It does make a difference

:09:23.:09:28.

then, I suppose. Judd seems to be playing some great snooker this week

:09:29.:09:34.

in Wales. Before he came here, Barry Hawkins would be full of expectation

:09:35.:09:40.

on the back of his success in Preston. Not seeing too much this

:09:41.:09:45.

week of these two playing but I know Barry has been winning his matches

:09:46.:09:53.

rather easily. Winning quite comfortably yesterday. Both players

:09:54.:10:02.

keen to get off to a good start. At least it is a proper match, as some

:10:03.:10:06.

would suggest, a best of nine with an interval. Slightly longer

:10:07.:10:10.

duration and a little more time to settle down.

:10:11.:10:21.

Just the wrong side of the blue, Judd, so having to really do some

:10:22.:10:29.

work with the cue ball. Just look at the top spin that Judd gets onto the

:10:30.:10:35.

cue ball. You would love to be on that red on the black which will

:10:36.:10:41.

still pot into the right corner but he has to be low on it rather than

:10:42.:10:49.

high for it to go. Well, he thinks it will just pot, and it did. Just

:10:50.:10:56.

did not quite judge the cannon correctly, Judd, so good effort.

:10:57.:11:25.

Judd will be a little disappointed to see that black finding its way

:11:26.:11:33.

near the side cushion, but playing a great cue ball and Barry in trouble

:11:34.:11:38.

here. Write down the line of this, I don't know if Barry can see the

:11:39.:11:43.

faintest edge of any of the reds. From that angle, I would suggest

:11:44.:11:44.

certainly not. Barry is comprehensively snookered

:11:45.:11:59.

and he has to be very careful here because there are a couple of loose

:12:00.:12:04.

reds and he could easily leave something 14 Judd. -- leave

:12:05.:12:11.

something for Judd. He has been absolutely brilliant in

:12:12.:13:07.

patches so far this week. Barry Hawkins had not looked too shabby

:13:08.:13:14.

either. A really intriguing match, this.

:13:15.:13:26.

In fact, when you look at the CV of Judd Trump, he has won six ranking

:13:27.:13:39.

titles and we have to go back to 2011 since his last major crown on

:13:40.:13:45.

British soil. In the UK. A couple of victories in China, the

:13:46.:13:49.

international Championship in China, the week he became world number one

:13:50.:13:54.

for the first time in 2012. He has won in Australia and he won the

:13:55.:14:00.

European Masters. Just the one big one on UK soil and he's not too hot

:14:01.:14:05.

far away from home territory, with his family making the short journey

:14:06.:14:09.

from Bristol, so this would mean a lot to him if he was able to get to

:14:10.:14:16.

the final and get over the line. Yes, it is a little surprising he

:14:17.:14:20.

has not won a major tournament in Britain since 2011, that is a long

:14:21.:14:29.

time ago now for Judd. He always gets to the later stages of most

:14:30.:14:35.

tournaments. And you would think that he has won more than the six

:14:36.:14:41.

ranking events that he has. I think in the case of Judd, it is his style

:14:42.:14:46.

of play, he's a very attacking player and when they go in, one of

:14:47.:14:51.

the hardest players to beat. But he plays such an attacking game and if

:14:52.:14:55.

they are not going game, players such as Barry Hawkins, and other top

:14:56.:15:01.

players, they tend to capitalise heavily on any mistakes made by

:15:02.:15:06.

anybody and it Judd does give those opportunities to them, he will lose

:15:07.:15:11.

frames and matches. That is what makes Judd and players like Ronnie

:15:12.:15:18.

O'Sullivan such exciting players to watch. Yes, the likes of Ronnie Way

:15:19.:15:30.

ahead, and 28 ranking titles. I can't remember how many he had won

:15:31.:15:43.

by the time he was the age of Judd. A few people could be wondering

:15:44.:15:50.

whether the combination of Judd Trump and the legendary Terry Riff

:15:51.:15:56.

is might be intriguing -- Terry Griffiths. Terry is working with so

:15:57.:16:01.

many of the players and he will be an interested observer of this,

:16:02.:16:06.

having spent so much time with Barry over recent years. Judd is a player

:16:07.:16:12.

of immense spectral talent. He has won in the UK, in 2011, but not in a

:16:13.:16:21.

ranking event. He won Ronnie in conduct an Opec couple of years ago,

:16:22.:16:27.

that was an intriguing match. Surely it is only a matter of time before

:16:28.:16:31.

he adds to his collection of six so far. Always interesting to hear what

:16:32.:16:45.

the bookies think. Slight marginal favourite for this title, I think.

:16:46.:16:50.

It is very tight with Barry and Stuart Bingham still in the hunt, in

:16:51.:16:56.

the world's top 30 and the world's top 16. Judd just having a look to

:16:57.:17:10.

see if there are two reds in that group. For a planned. There's every

:17:11.:17:14.

chance he could make that, did not catch that red thin enough but

:17:15.:17:20.

safety was his main priority. He will have to be good against Barry

:17:21.:17:25.

Hawkins whose long game can be really good sometimes. The red in

:17:26.:17:30.

this right-hand corner could be a shot to nothing but the problem for

:17:31.:17:34.

Barry could be that black, does not want to collide with it on its way

:17:35.:17:37.

back to baulk. He did catch the black and he has

:17:38.:17:55.

developed it, so one could pot from Judd and you would fancy him winning

:17:56.:17:59.

this now, already 48 points to the good. Well, not quite sure Judd

:18:00.:18:06.

recognised the importance of that red, that went in. I'm sure it would

:18:07.:18:10.

have been 1-0, Judd Trump. A little remiss from Barry. He goes

:18:11.:18:43.

back over and he stands by his chair. Beautifully judged. From

:18:44.:18:56.

Judd. Just has the blue off its spot. He makes these tight angles

:18:57.:18:59.

look so easy sometimes. And Barry was a pretty tired figure

:19:00.:19:34.

when he arrived here in Cardiff. He just got home to see his son

:19:35.:19:42.

Harrison... Oh, dear. And then he came down, ready to go on Tuesday. I

:19:43.:19:49.

guess from a player's perspective, you would want it -- you have won a

:19:50.:19:57.

couple of big ones, it must be quite difficult to sustain your mental

:19:58.:20:00.

desire when you have got over the line in a huge match, as he did on

:20:01.:20:05.

Sunday, and suddenly you are on the motorway at game, away from home,

:20:06.:20:09.

and you have to do it all over again within 48 hours. Yes, I would not be

:20:10.:20:15.

at all surprised if that catches up with Barry at some point, maybe in

:20:16.:20:19.

this match, who knows, but he will be tired. He was nicely up in that

:20:20.:20:25.

final against Ryan Day and then he lost four frames to Ryan's great

:20:26.:20:30.

play, making a number of breaks in quick succession and only went over

:20:31.:20:37.

the line to win 10-7 in the end. And that would have taken something out

:20:38.:20:41.

Barry. I remember playing him in the World Championships three years ago

:20:42.:20:46.

and I was 11-5 in the quarterfinals down and I ended up losing only

:20:47.:20:51.

13-12 and I think that really took something out of Barry for his next

:20:52.:20:56.

match against Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won rather easily in the semifinals

:20:57.:21:01.

against him. You really do go through the mental ring that when

:21:02.:21:04.

somebody put you under pressure as Ryan did just a couple of days ago.

:21:05.:21:17.

I remember that match. You came back in, you came out and you were

:21:18.:21:21.

talking about your shoes before it began. Always a man with an eye for

:21:22.:21:33.

the fashion details, Dominic Dale! So, excellent pot from Barry

:21:34.:21:40.

Hawkins. The world number eight. He's actually second if you look at

:21:41.:21:46.

the one-year list, that perhaps is a more accurate indication of current

:21:47.:21:50.

form. An example of what he has done in the last couple of months.

:21:51.:22:20.

60 71, with the five reds remaining. More than enough to get back in this

:22:21.:22:27.

opening frame. -- 67. Barry has misjudged that one. He

:22:28.:22:44.

played for the black. It did sound like a slight clip, but I don't

:22:45.:22:48.

think it would have made much difference to the positional aspect

:22:49.:22:52.

of the shot in that case. Yes, it jumped into it, the cue ball. And

:22:53.:22:56.

whether or not this meant Barry would have been on the black

:22:57.:23:00.

otherwise, I don't quite know. The pink is still on, but it is a

:23:01.:23:08.

difficult pot. Well played shot from Barry, there's pressure on that. 34

:23:09.:23:17.

points still in arrears. I don't think Barry will feel any of these

:23:18.:23:22.

reds will prevent -- presents too much difficulty, but the green

:23:23.:23:27.

could. I was wrong. He will be disappointed at missing that, Barry.

:23:28.:23:33.

He knows he should have parted that, but it is the first frame and these

:23:34.:23:40.

mistakes can have been -- can happen early on in the match.

:23:41.:23:49.

Oh, dear, it is catching. Two of the top three seeds left in this year's

:23:50.:24:02.

Welsh Open just struggling a little bit here in this first frame.

:24:03.:24:18.

Not sure Barry would have been expecting to come back to the table

:24:19.:24:22.

so soon, having left Judd in. Delicately poised this first frame.

:24:23.:25:21.

By the time the Barry gets to the dream, should he get that far, the

:25:22.:25:28.

point is probably will be level. Has to use a half-board angle or

:25:29.:25:31.

something like that on the black to run the cue ball up to a good

:25:32.:25:38.

position on the yellow. -- a half-board angle. Went off the side

:25:39.:25:47.

cushion right towards that black, it stopped in time, just the speed that

:25:48.:25:57.

came off that side cushion. That has just caught the bottom jaw of the

:25:58.:26:05.

pocket and it has meant he's on the complete wrong side of the yellow to

:26:06.:26:10.

get on the green. Have a look, it just catches. We did not see it

:26:11.:26:14.

there, but that is what happened. A problem for Barry, just catching

:26:15.:26:37.

the bottom jaw of the middle pocket and you saw the narrow angle it went

:26:38.:26:42.

up the table from, that is why he missed the yellow, having to do too

:26:43.:26:43.

much work with the cue ball. Great pot from Barry Hawkins. He was

:26:44.:27:21.

run out of position on the yellow on the first time of asking. It is all

:27:22.:27:33.

square, 49 each. Oh, dear! He has done all that work to get back on

:27:34.:27:42.

level terms. And that could be his last contribution to this frame.

:27:43.:27:51.

Yes, it was a great yellow that Barry potted, very disappointed to

:27:52.:27:59.

miss that green, gave himself every opportunity to snatch this first

:28:00.:28:04.

frame from Judd Trump and now just the blue and pink to take it. No big

:28:05.:28:13.

breaks in this first frame, the highest as 32 from Barry Hawkins.

:28:14.:28:17.

But in the end, it is Judd Trump who wins this first frame to take it 1-0

:28:18.:28:23.

lead, it is best of nine, against Barry Hawkins.

:28:24.:28:34.

I would like to be the loudmouth Floyd Mayweather and at the moment

:28:35.:28:44.

Colin McGregor. In snooker, it is probably Ronnie's 147 in five

:28:45.:28:49.

minutes, I don't think that will ever be achieved again. Like most

:28:50.:28:53.

sports, I would say boxing is up there and is tennis is also quite

:28:54.:28:59.

good to watch. There was always one to be world number one and one to be

:29:00.:29:04.

champion, so halfway there and it would be nice to win the World

:29:05.:29:11.

Championship one day. I think it is a little bit harsh sometimes. I

:29:12.:29:15.

think I thought a pair of trainers worth ?65, my mum did not want me to

:29:16.:29:20.

buy those but I said it was my own money and he couldn't do anything

:29:21.:29:25.

about it! At the Crucible, it is a different class, just so much

:29:26.:29:30.

atmosphere and it is a buzz, you can feel the pressure and its spurs you

:29:31.:29:35.

one. Hopefully I make some wise decisions now and I will buy some

:29:36.:29:39.

property and be sorted after snooker. Maybe relax and be involved

:29:40.:29:43.

with snooker a bit, a bit of commentating or something. But

:29:44.:29:47.

hopefully be well off, enough to retire.

:29:48.:29:53.

Yes, good to find out more about Judd Trump, the character. In terms

:29:54.:29:57.

of how he's getting on in this quarterfinal, is he a little bit

:29:58.:29:59.

fortunate to be 1-0 up? He was 48 points in front at one

:30:00.:30:10.

stage. I would never want to change his game, but when you have the game

:30:11.:30:15.

like this, look at the PC is playing. He is making the brown

:30:16.:30:19.

difficult and giving Barry Hawkins a chance to get the frame. As it

:30:20.:30:25.

happens, Barry Hawkins list and Judd went on to win the frame. Even in

:30:26.:30:30.

the latter stages, he tends to push the boat. This is why he has not yet

:30:31.:30:38.

been world champion I love Judd Trump,, he is a future world

:30:39.:30:43.

champion, but you have to question whether he pushes the boat out too

:30:44.:30:48.

much. It they beat sums of a difference in style between these

:30:49.:30:51.

players. Hawkins to break in frame two. Barry Hawkins will be very

:30:52.:31:04.

disappointed at the manner in which that first frame got away from him

:31:05.:31:10.

because he did have opportunities, but after he left that green

:31:11.:31:16.

available, Judd Trump showed no hesitation in getting across the

:31:17.:31:22.

line. That is only the third frame Barry has conceded in the four and a

:31:23.:31:28.

big matches he has played so far here in Cardiff this week. It is

:31:29.:31:37.

interesting, when you look at the pattern of Barry Hawkins's career in

:31:38.:31:43.

comparison to the world number two, stripping, whereas Judd burst onto

:31:44.:31:47.

the scene at a very young age, Barry is 37, Stewart is 47, they both seem

:31:48.:31:54.

to be reinvigorated after winning in Australia. Barry in 2012 done at --

:31:55.:32:03.

down under and stripped. Now Barry is one of the key players in the

:32:04.:32:06.

circuit and that is not something people would have predicted five or

:32:07.:32:13.

six years ago. It might look like that from a public perspective, I

:32:14.:32:20.

think the majority of professional players realised that Barry Hawkins

:32:21.:32:25.

is a very classy player for a good decade or more. Very still on the

:32:26.:32:33.

shot, knows all facets of the game. What has improved with Barry, maybe

:32:34.:32:40.

his belief as after winning tournaments, as he has done, but he

:32:41.:32:45.

scores heavily and his long game is very good. If you do those two

:32:46.:32:49.

things very well, you will be very difficult to beat.

:32:50.:33:13.

I always find with Judd that he is the momentum player. When he gets

:33:14.:33:23.

rolling, he is very difficult to stop. I don't know whether that was

:33:24.:33:35.

in Barry's mind. He missed a couple of crucial pots in that frame,

:33:36.:33:39.

realising the importance of getting a handle on Judd early on. He just

:33:40.:33:45.

stopped supporting these balls and making bricks. It is the devil's own

:33:46.:33:47.

jaw to stop them. He plays with a certain amount of

:33:48.:34:12.

aggression, Judd. He is always quick to try to get in and split the reds.

:34:13.:34:24.

Absolutely. If there is one thing I love about his game, other than his

:34:25.:34:31.

potting and unpredictability, is his shot choices. He does play the game

:34:32.:34:40.

in a very modern style. He attacks everything, gets the pack of reds

:34:41.:34:45.

open as early as he possibly can. Some players don't do that as much

:34:46.:34:47.

as they ought to. Split the ball is far and wide from

:34:48.:35:04.

the blue. I am not sure Judd would have gone into the pack here from

:35:05.:35:09.

the blue. He still could do from the side cushion, with top spin. I don't

:35:10.:35:14.

know if there are any more than spreads available. -- any more loose

:35:15.:35:31.

reds. It was difficult to generate enough place for the shop to go into

:35:32.:35:36.

the pack the way it did. He was almost straight on the blue. He

:35:37.:35:42.

possesses such great to power. Unfortunately he hasn't landed on

:35:43.:35:42.

anything. A little grimace they the world

:35:43.:36:09.

number four as he walked back down to this end of the table.

:36:10.:36:24.

Beautifully judged. That was the best he could do in these

:36:25.:36:33.

circumstances. Yes. We weren't sure if that was

:36:34.:36:58.

going to drop. That was stripped of the Judd Trump. -- straight out.

:36:59.:37:29.

Barry Hawkins most certainly did have a look at those reds. He

:37:30.:37:39.

attempted the 3-ball plant. Whether it was intended to come in and out

:37:40.:37:43.

of Boll is another matter. A favourable cannon on the green. This

:37:44.:37:47.

is no fluke. He has a great opportunity to get

:37:48.:38:05.

back into this frame. He will need all the remaining reds and some of

:38:06.:38:11.

the Polk colours. There is one awkward red toward the cushion. I

:38:12.:38:16.

believe the yellow will pot. That was pot and that will help

:38:17.:38:39.

Barry significantly should he get as far as the yellow.

:38:40.:39:10.

I am sure Barry's son, Harrison, got home from school in the last 15

:39:11.:39:19.

minutes or so and he will be on the TV watching his dad. I wonder if he

:39:20.:39:25.

was allowed to stay up for the last session of the world Grand Prix? He

:39:26.:39:31.

did at least get his hands on the trophy when Barry went home for a

:39:32.:39:39.

couple of hours. I guess, from a player perspective, your whole

:39:40.:39:47.

family invest in the effort. You are away from home a lot. The whole

:39:48.:39:51.

family makes a sacrifice, not just the player. Yes, especially the

:39:52.:40:01.

players who have children. And time I have been in a tournament in

:40:02.:40:05.

China, I have heard the players complaining about being away from

:40:06.:40:09.

their families for so long and they are missing their children. The

:40:10.:40:15.

wonders of modern technology with mobile phones and gadgets, they can

:40:16.:40:19.

stay in touch rather more easily than they could have done a couple

:40:20.:40:23.

of decades or so ago. That does help. He played a very good shot

:40:24.:40:31.

there. He is on this last red. He would have liked to be a little bit

:40:32.:40:34.

straighter on it, but this could be ideal. He wouldn't have to do

:40:35.:40:42.

anything with the tuple for a position on the yellow.

:40:43.:40:46.

Unfortunately, the red was thinner than I thought it was. He has done

:40:47.:40:48.

his best. A lead of six points, so he will

:40:49.:41:22.

need green, brown and blue. What is the angle like on this yellow? That

:41:23.:41:29.

will determine how he gets on to the green. He didn't avoid the pain. He

:41:30.:41:41.

has got a problem here because the green is very thin. He could block

:41:42.:41:46.

the brown if he comes back across the table. What will he do here? He

:41:47.:41:52.

is in a spot of bother here. He could miss the green. A bit of

:41:53.:41:59.

thinking for him to do here. Well, to be honest, it was an

:42:00.:42:22.

excellent pot on the green and I think he had to play it the way he

:42:23.:42:25.

did to get this side of the table for the brown. It might just be a

:42:26.:42:31.

safety shot number Barry plays. So, a chance here for Judd, maybe.

:42:32.:43:03.

After Barry got a break of 60. 22 still on. Judd Trump could still

:43:04.:43:32.

potentially doubled his advantage in these early stages, but Barry

:43:33.:43:36.

Hawkins has done most of the work in this frame.

:43:37.:43:48.

We have seen the full repertoire of shots from these world-class

:43:49.:43:57.

players. We'll Judd Trump fancy this? No, not on the location. He

:43:58.:44:09.

has gone for those in the earlier matches. No disrespect to Higginson,

:44:10.:44:16.

so far in the Welsh Open until this match, he has not faced an opponent

:44:17.:44:19.

of the calibre of Barry Hawkins. A quick check of the scoreboard

:44:20.:44:56.

terror jaw. The shrapnel from Judd. I wonder if we are destined for a

:44:57.:45:30.

long one? It will be pretty intriguing.

:45:31.:45:43.

But brown just crept past the middle pocket. The few inches shorter and

:45:44.:45:50.

he could have easily left it on for Barry. It is OK now, it is safe.

:45:51.:46:14.

Barry has made a bit of a mess of that one, I am afraid. If Judd can

:46:15.:46:23.

support this and get on the blue, it could be frame over. He has missed

:46:24.:46:28.

it. You will be disappointed, that was a great chance to go 2-0 ahead.

:46:29.:46:36.

He is very, very fortunate the tuple landed in front of the black. Barry

:46:37.:46:42.

is not one of the tallest players, so he could struggle with this. I

:46:43.:46:47.

wouldn't be surprised if he didn't play the pot here now.

:46:48.:47:13.

It is certainly evident that both of these players have a healthy respect

:47:14.:47:19.

for each other. They are very conscious of one another. It is

:47:20.:47:23.

causing them to make the occasional mistake. I wonder how aware they are

:47:24.:47:32.

of the fact that, other than the two of them, it is only Stuart Bingham

:47:33.:47:36.

still left in the drop from the top 16. He is down the bottom half. The

:47:37.:47:43.

winner of this one will play Scott Donaldson. So either Judd or Hawkins

:47:44.:47:47.

would be the overwhelming favourite to make the final. That is better

:47:48.:47:49.

from Barry. So, barring a snooker, it is one

:47:50.:48:22.

each. He had his chances to double his lead. Nicely done by Barry

:48:23.:48:28.

Hawkins. We are all square in the early stages here. We did say it

:48:29.:48:37.

would be a difficult one to call, this. That was a very good frame. It

:48:38.:48:45.

could have been 2-0 either way. Judd left Barry and easy chance on the

:48:46.:48:49.

yellow. Barry looked certain to clear up in one visit, lost position

:48:50.:48:54.

on the ground. On reflection on the match so far, 1-1 is a fair sure

:48:55.:49:06.

that score. Does it come down to trump being more intuitive and

:49:07.:49:11.

Hawkins more pragmatic? Two years ago I would've said exactly that,

:49:12.:49:16.

but Hawkins is scoring heavily. If you look at the statistics, Hawkins

:49:17.:49:22.

is 300 behind Judd Trump. Over the last year, you have to suggest that

:49:23.:49:27.

Hawkins is up there with the best. He can compete in both compartments.

:49:28.:49:32.

As Judd got both compartments? I don't think so. Barry Hawkins can

:49:33.:49:37.

win a messy, I am not sure Judd Trump can. Perhaps the reason he has

:49:38.:49:43.

not one more major tournaments... Is there a better player to watch in

:49:44.:49:47.

the world than Judd Trump? I don't think so. He has to ask why he isn't

:49:48.:49:52.

winning regularly. He says he can work it out. I would never want to

:49:53.:49:57.

change his game because he is one of the best players I have ever seen,

:49:58.:50:01.

but now and again just bite the bullet and weight. He doesn't have

:50:02.:50:05.

the pot everything, just wait a better chance. We were talking the

:50:06.:50:11.

Barry earlier on, he was talking about the busy wiki had. He was in

:50:12.:50:16.

Kent and Cardiff and one the world Grand Prix. How is that, doing all

:50:17.:50:23.

that travelling and constantly playing? We have never had a run of

:50:24.:50:33.

tournaments like that. It has never been so back-to-back. They go from

:50:34.:50:37.

here to the shoot out, from there they go to Gibraltar, from there to

:50:38.:50:40.

China and then the World Championship. I wonder whether Barry

:50:41.:50:45.

will be booking hotel rooms for his family. Hard to say at the moment in

:50:46.:50:50.

the early stage of this quarterfinal. It is 1-1. It would be

:50:51.:51:01.

a brave Mann who could definitively predict an outcome here with

:51:02.:51:06.

conviction. Plenty of opportunities for both these players in both

:51:07.:51:16.

frames a break of 60 doing most of the damage for Barry in the second

:51:17.:51:23.

frame. Judd hasn't had much time on the balls in the last quarter of an

:51:24.:51:30.

hour. He hasn't potted for 13 and a half minutes. That is a long time.

:51:31.:51:40.

We were really looking forward to this match before it started and

:51:41.:51:46.

there have been some misses, but it has the makings of a very good

:51:47.:51:52.

encounter. A good crowd in here once again. People put in the afternoon

:51:53.:52:01.

off work, coming here to watch two of the very best in the sport trying

:52:02.:52:08.

to make it in the semifinals Saturday year in Cardiff.

:52:09.:52:27.

He attempted the black there because it is available into the right

:52:28.:52:32.

corner. You would expect both of these

:52:33.:53:08.

players to be in the 90s at their best. It is just not happening here

:53:09.:53:20.

in the early stages. 15 minutes since Judd last pot of a ball. Is he

:53:21.:53:24.

about to get back in the groove here?

:53:25.:53:38.

He get the feeling he could just do with a little trickier to settle

:53:39.:53:48.

down, despite the fact that it is 1-1. He has missed the art already

:53:49.:53:57.

that you wouldn't expect him to miss and he might still be disappointed

:53:58.:54:00.

that he could not be 2-0 up already, which would have been a great start

:54:01.:54:10.

in a best of nine. So, sure, he will be looking to find his rhythm again

:54:11.:54:17.

here. You would like to get on the red just above the black. This looks

:54:18.:54:27.

perfect. He can just wrote this in and then remove the red away from

:54:28.:54:30.

the black spot which will make things plain silly. -- plain

:54:31.:54:42.

sailing. He will have to play a deft little screen shot into the pack of

:54:43.:54:43.

red Sea. A bit of a heart stopping moment

:54:44.:55:48.

there. As John Virgo would say, it certainly wiped its feet.

:55:49.:56:45.

The control that cannon into the cluster very well to run through for

:56:46.:56:59.

the black. Judd would expect himself to go on and win the frame from

:57:00.:57:03.

here. He played that one a little better. There

:57:04.:57:15.

you go. He should have left the red much straight into the centre

:57:16.:57:23.

pocket. The fact he left such a big angle on it was enough to make an

:57:24.:57:28.

miss it. You will be hoping it doesn't cost him the frame.

:57:29.:57:45.

It looked like it was normal service resumed for Judd Trump, but once

:57:46.:57:53.

again he has let Barry Hawkins in here. He was doing this at times in

:57:54.:58:05.

a feud of the earlier matches, certainly in the second round. Judd

:58:06.:58:09.

won 4-2 but he was made to work quite hard for that win. Against

:58:10.:58:23.

Barry Hawkins, the world number eight, three-time ranking event

:58:24.:58:26.

winner, surely you cannot get away with too many of those mistakes.

:58:27.:58:31.

Still only the best of nine. Respect for each other, nervous, bit

:58:32.:58:56.

of both? Difficult to know. I think once the match gets underway and the

:58:57.:58:59.

few frames are played, the wariness of each other can disappear and you

:59:00.:59:07.

get on with your own performance. That was a massive kick. We have

:59:08.:59:17.

seen a few this week and that led to this mess from Barry Hawkins. A

:59:18.:59:25.

reprieve for Judd. He asks the Belgian referee to clean the tubal.

:59:26.:59:33.

Quite rightly when you get a bad contact there is often a chock mark

:59:34.:59:42.

on the object file. These little things that go on in matches can

:59:43.:59:44.

affect you. A black and a couple more reds and

:59:45.:00:02.

other colours, could be enough for Judd Trump to take a 2-1 lead.

:00:03.:00:20.

Great use of the pink to make sure those three reds are in play.

:00:21.:01:01.

So Judd is almost there in this frame. And he must have been

:01:02.:01:16.

concerned. When that red went to the middle, that Hawkins was going to

:01:17.:01:22.

capitalise on the mistake. Snookers required now for Barry Hawkins.

:01:23.:01:34.

I'm sure Judd's dad Steve will be relieved to know that this third

:01:35.:01:48.

frame is heading to Judd. Judd Trump comfortably over the line in this

:01:49.:01:50.

frame. Cheeky! As only he can, at that

:01:51.:02:27.

pace, with the frame secured. He's playing on some great entertainment

:02:28.:02:33.

here. Oh, well, could not keep it going. But Judd Trump has managed to

:02:34.:02:39.

get himself ahead here in this very tight match against Barry Hawkins,

:02:40.:02:40.

too one. -- 2-1 up. So it is advantage Trump again in

:02:41.:03:47.

the battle between the worlds number four and the world number eight, but

:03:48.:03:53.

we have seen the two side of Trump, the good and the bump. The first

:03:54.:03:59.

frame, he missed one and Barry had a chance to men and air -- to win and

:04:00.:04:04.

he did not commit this game, 14 front. This shot, he's 40 in front

:04:05.:04:10.

and whether he suddenly relaxes, I don't know. Every frame, he misses

:04:11.:04:15.

an easy shot. He would miss that probably one out of ten. But it

:04:16.:04:19.

seems to be when he's in front. And we have the exhibition In. He likes

:04:20.:04:25.

to tame the crowd and I wish more players would do this, he likes to

:04:26.:04:30.

play the exhibition shocked when the frame is over. We have got to really

:04:31.:04:35.

entertain the public and Judd Trump certainly entertaining. He stepped

:04:36.:04:40.

away as if, I meant to do that, it happens all the time. How'd you see

:04:41.:04:44.

it developing? It is close, Judd Trump is giving too many chances

:04:45.:04:48.

away, he has been 50 in front in virtually every frame and he's only

:04:49.:04:54.

2-1 in front. Entertaining from Judd Trump at the end, let's head back

:04:55.:04:58.

with Hawkins the break. Actor Dominic and Rob. -- back to Dominic.

:04:59.:05:08.

So now we have moved up to the best of nine. Having been best-of-7 for

:05:09.:05:16.

the first four days, there will be an interval. Barry Hawkins would

:05:17.:05:21.

absolutely love to make sure he goes into the break having got back on

:05:22.:05:32.

level terms. They have both had chances in every frame. It is pretty

:05:33.:05:42.

tight so far. Very then the connection from Judd. What is your

:05:43.:05:49.

view, Dominick? He was saying how much he enjoys Judd going for his

:05:50.:05:55.

shots when the frame is already secured, is he very unusual in that

:05:56.:06:00.

regard, Judd? For many players, they will simply focus on maintaining

:06:01.:06:05.

their rhythm and men -- and momentum rather than entertaining the

:06:06.:06:12.

punters. I think a lot of that to do with how you are as a person, Judd

:06:13.:06:17.

is a flamboyant character. He loves to play an attacking style of play

:06:18.:06:22.

not many others are capable of achieving and still winning

:06:23.:06:26.

tournaments in the process. You can always tell the way a player plays

:06:27.:06:32.

snooker by the car they drive, the speed they drive, the way they are

:06:33.:06:35.

in life, it is a reflection of how you played the game, and the

:06:36.:06:40.

greatest players in the sport, if you look at the history, ten the

:06:41.:06:45.

beam the more introverted characters like Stephen Hendry and John

:06:46.:06:49.

Higgins, that type of player. And if it is not in your make up the play

:06:50.:06:54.

flamboyant shots that please the crowd and the public, it is not

:06:55.:06:57.

something you will ever see happening. It is Judd's style of

:06:58.:07:03.

play, he lost entertain and that is why we all love watching him. It is

:07:04.:07:08.

100 miles an hour and it is a Ferrari!

:07:09.:07:35.

Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Are still standing over that one. He can't

:07:36.:07:50.

believe it. The crowd laughing with him. He's very bemused, you can see

:07:51.:08:03.

the confusion and Barry's face. I don't think he felt he missed that

:08:04.:08:09.

two. -- that pot. Either the cue ball deviated on its course to the

:08:10.:08:15.

red all the red would still have gone in off the jaw anyway.

:08:16.:08:28.

Well, is Judd on a red into the right corner? Can he get past that

:08:29.:08:38.

group of reds to the left one? It must be tight. There's another one

:08:39.:08:45.

into the same pocket but it is a very thin cut. I think that goes.

:08:46.:08:59.

Now, we'll Judd play deep screw into that group of five reds below the

:09:00.:09:10.

pink? Unfortunately, he just caught them to thin that affects the cue

:09:11.:09:16.

ball towards baulk. If you play with too much pace, the cue ball does too

:09:17.:09:21.

much before it can react with the spin on the clock and bite back into

:09:22.:09:26.

that group of reds, you have to play with the right pace to rip the cloth

:09:27.:09:29.

early enough and spin enough. If Judd Trump could punish Barry for

:09:30.:10:19.

that inexplicable miss on the red, that would really hurt. He managed

:10:20.:10:25.

to head into the interval two away from victory. A fair amount of work

:10:26.:10:32.

left to do in this frame, but this is a good chance for the world

:10:33.:10:33.

number four. Well, that is a bit unfortunate for

:10:34.:10:59.

Judd, into that group of reds and just catching the left-hand side of

:11:00.:11:03.

that group which is why the cue ball has finished where it has done, but

:11:04.:11:08.

there's still a red on into this right centre, but he would not be

:11:09.:11:12.

able to get onto the pink very easily. I don't know if the black

:11:13.:11:17.

will pot, I don't think you can hold for the black into the right corner,

:11:18.:11:21.

it would have to go on to the red into the right corner. Oh, well, I

:11:22.:11:34.

don't think the black will pot past the other red. He tried to get on

:11:35.:11:39.

the pink anti-court the jaws of the pocket and he finished in No Man s

:11:40.:11:45.

Land. Just a good safety required now from Judd. He has had leads of

:11:46.:11:54.

48, 49, 50-0 in the first three frames, just winning two of them.

:11:55.:11:59.

Again, he has a 40 point lead in this frame. But I think the reds,

:12:00.:12:03.

they are quite favourably spread for Judd, and it is a good lead given

:12:04.:12:09.

there are four or five reds in difficult positions.

:12:10.:12:35.

Well, I think Judd will be tempted by this red into the left corner,

:12:36.:12:49.

get the cue ball back towards baulk. That is a fantastic pot from Judd.

:12:50.:12:56.

Just straight into the cue ball up slightly. Left-hand side on that as

:12:57.:13:06.

we looked, right-hand side to Judd. Just behind the brown now, just to

:13:07.:13:18.

put Barry Hawkins in deep trouble. Three out of three on his long pots,

:13:19.:13:24.

acrid to. One of the strengths of his game and it is holding firm

:13:25.:13:31.

today -- on his long pots, Judd. Barry is coming under real pressure

:13:32.:14:01.

now in this match. The World Grand Prix champion, he has won nine

:14:02.:14:05.

matches in ten days. And he had a look. It just would not

:14:06.:14:56.

go. So another safety. The ace in the pack. The proud Bristolian

:14:57.:15:05.

living in Essex, not too far from Ronnie O'Sullivan.

:15:06.:15:20.

We mentioned earlier the sacrifices that the families of players make to

:15:21.:15:28.

allow them to have their life on the road. Judd's diet is a long-distance

:15:29.:15:37.

truck driver and he used all of his holiday to drive his young son

:15:38.:15:42.

around the tournaments. He never had a holiday until Judd made it and won

:15:43.:15:46.

a couple of big events. I think Judd pay for his mum and dad to go away

:15:47.:15:51.

on a break somewhere. Amazing dedication. I have

:15:52.:16:02.

just seen two tremendous efforts and judgment of pace, you can't beat it.

:16:03.:16:12.

Two shots in a row that cue ball has been nailed to that baulk cushion.

:16:13.:16:26.

He did try and cut a red into the right corner, he got the wrong one,

:16:27.:16:32.

but superb. This one, very similar, if he does not find the corner

:16:33.:16:38.

pocket. Three shots in a row within millimetres of that cushion. I don't

:16:39.:16:43.

think we will see that happen again very often.

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So that time, the mistake came from Judd. A big opportunity for Barry if

:17:19.:17:29.

he can make the most of it. Oh, dear.

:17:30.:17:47.

Judd beat Barry 6-2 in the semifinals of the English Open

:17:48.:17:57.

earlier this season. Is this his chance to go into the interval 3-1

:17:58.:18:00.

up? I don't think Judd will be too

:18:01.:18:19.

concerned that he has not got the position on the cut. After this

:18:20.:18:25.

snooker, he could be a frame-winner anyway.

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REFEREE: a foul and a miss. Judd Trump, seven.

:19:24.:19:38.

There was not much certainty in Barry's demeanour and body language

:19:39.:19:47.

when he got down on the cue ball at the first time of asking. He's still

:19:48.:19:56.

having a good, long, hard think about this one.

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REFEREE: Foul and a miss. I guess when you have had one of the

:20:21.:20:27.

biggest wins in your career a couple of days ago, you can afford to be a

:20:28.:20:32.

little bit generous. With your reactions. Here he goes again.

:20:33.:20:46.

Third time of asking but can Judd Trump now finished the frame?

:20:47.:22:00.

Still 67 on. He's almost there, Judd, in this frame, but not quite.

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It was an awkward pink to the middle left.

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Superb! Absolutely superb! Especially bearing in mind how

:22:40.:22:49.

little of the cue ball he could control.

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So Barry requires a stinker -- a snooker. If he can't get one, Trump

:23:04.:23:15.

will take a 3-1 lead into the interval.

:23:16.:23:32.

We have had some showboating from Judd in the previous frames.

:23:33.:23:42.

Spectacular from Barry, but he does still need a snooker. And Barry

:23:43.:23:53.

walking straight off, Judd Trump goes in 3-1 ahead.

:23:54.:23:58.

And he will be very happy to be doing so, some clear blue water

:23:59.:24:06.

between these two and it is remembered the best of nine, so the

:24:07.:24:10.

first to 5 wins it as they head into the interval. Where are we, Willie?

:24:11.:24:17.

It is so hard to visualise what is happening in this game, we have seen

:24:18.:24:21.

unbelievable pots from Judd and easy misses. 50 points in front here and

:24:22.:24:29.

he has a chance to get the pink in the middle and he misses it. This is

:24:30.:24:34.

the pink. If he pots the pink, he wins the frame.

:24:35.:24:38.

He thinks he only has to pot this and he has won but he lacks

:24:39.:24:46.

concentration. He's tight on the cushion and gets a long red that

:24:47.:24:49.

nobody else would go for, and that is what he does, he's so

:24:50.:24:55.

inconsistent. But at his best, he's very hard to beat. But at the minute

:24:56.:24:59.

he's vulnerable and Barry Hawkins should have won the first game, Judd

:25:00.:25:05.

was in front but he should have won. He got the second, it is the best of

:25:06.:25:09.

nine, they have an interval and they may go into the practice room, but I

:25:10.:25:13.

can see Barry coming into the room to practise.

:25:14.:25:19.

Is Trump more nervous of Hawkins? It could be coming he beat him in the

:25:20.:25:26.

Grand Prix a couple of weeks ago, so he has previous of losing against

:25:27.:25:31.

Hawkins, but they are close in matches won, 4-3, Hawkins. From what

:25:32.:25:36.

we have seen this week, Judd would be the favourite, Barry has only

:25:37.:25:40.

lost two frames and he has had a reasonable draw in this tournament

:25:41.:25:44.

and Judd has played slightly the better players. There's still a lot

:25:45.:25:48.

of snooker in this match and 3-1 is not too bad. If Trump makes a good

:25:49.:25:53.

start to the second session and gets another frame, you would back him to

:25:54.:25:58.

go all away? If he gets the four before Barry gets three, I think it

:25:59.:26:04.

is Trump's to win. We will rejoin the match shortly for the second

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session. The snooker season never really seems to end, so many

:26:08.:26:13.

tournaments on the circuit these days, but officially the 2016-2017

:26:14.:26:17.

season started back in June, so let's remind you of who has won what

:26:18.:26:20.

this year. Such a busy season, so many

:26:21.:28:33.

tournaments these days and what that did not show was how many M hours

:28:34.:28:37.

they have clocked up getting around the world to play. 13 different

:28:38.:28:42.

winners we have had this season and surprise ones as well, Anthony

:28:43.:28:46.

McGill in the German Masters at the age of 45 and Mark King winning his

:28:47.:28:52.

first title and Liang Wenbo, what does it tell us about the state of

:28:53.:28:56.

the game? Is it healthy to have so many different winners? It is

:28:57.:29:00.

healthy but I believe the best-of-7 is not enough of a test, why not the

:29:01.:29:05.

best of nine with no interval? It is like playing golf, one round instead

:29:06.:29:10.

of four and the player who wins... The thing I have noticed more, how

:29:11.:29:15.

many players are going in and out of form so quickly? We saw Higgins

:29:16.:29:19.

winning back-to-back tournaments and Higgins, people go out of form so

:29:20.:29:24.

quickly -- and Hawkins. Barry Hearn is quite content with the best-of-7

:29:25.:29:30.

format, I know. Yes, he seems to be and Barry Hawkins is having a

:29:31.:29:34.

practice ahead of the second session behind here. Barry Hearn has been

:29:35.:29:37.

quoted today as saying this highlights the strength and depth

:29:38.:29:42.

and that the fear factor has gone, the lower ranked players believe

:29:43.:29:46.

they can beat the Best regardless of the draw structure, agree? I agree

:29:47.:29:50.

with that because the reason is because they play each other week in

:29:51.:29:55.

and week out, in the 1980s, we had sometimes a month between

:29:56.:29:58.

tournaments and somebody like Steve Davis who won the previous

:29:59.:30:02.

tournament would play a little apprehensive. They play each other

:30:03.:30:07.

week in and week out and not many players have not played the best

:30:08.:30:11.

players, they have that many tournaments, and from a jaw, there's

:30:12.:30:15.

a chance you will played the best players from the world.

:30:16.:30:20.

Some players feel they are suffering burn-out. It is a common complaint.

:30:21.:30:30.

Any player in form for more than two tournaments in a row will burn out.

:30:31.:30:34.

I am talking about the top 16 players. They can earn enough to not

:30:35.:30:39.

play every tournament. The players at the bottom, Scott Donaldson said

:30:40.:30:43.

I was just happy to get rid of the first round so I could get some

:30:44.:30:48.

money. He was surprised to get to the semifinal. In the top 120 it is

:30:49.:30:53.

hard to believe you can win every tournament. It is impossible for

:30:54.:30:58.

some, but there are a lot of very good players. We talked about it

:30:59.:31:05.

early on, they need ?30,000 a year to break even. I wonder what your

:31:06.:31:12.

handwriting would tell us if you were to scribble something down now.

:31:13.:31:19.

Very illiterate. The BBC has been using an expert to analyse the

:31:20.:31:23.

handwriting of the top snooker players. Let's find out what Judd

:31:24.:31:34.

Trump's says about him. This writing his capital letters and that means

:31:35.:31:38.

somebody who is slightly protecting the image. It is not especially

:31:39.:31:43.

large. It is about five millimetres and it is middle zone. That is about

:31:44.:31:49.

somebody who wants to get on with things and they are trying to be

:31:50.:31:54.

sociable. When you look at the writing, it has a wide left margin

:31:55.:31:58.

and it is quite straight. That is somebody who has very high standards

:31:59.:32:07.

and once to slightly reserve. They might want to act on presents. They

:32:08.:32:12.

are the sort of person who might have studied the snooker Masters and

:32:13.:32:16.

learned from them because this is a delightfully well written piece.

:32:17.:32:24.

Here is somebody who has got themselves well under control. Often

:32:25.:32:32.

you have come with right slant writing, head writing. With that

:32:33.:32:35.

song writing it is known as head of writing. Here is somebody who has

:32:36.:32:40.

had a hard right in balance. Around this writing the awkward if you

:32:41.:32:46.

double strokes. You have an extra EU going in here. And ecstasy. We have

:32:47.:32:54.

some strong writing pressing through the page. When you have an

:32:55.:32:59.

overriding like this, it is a sign the compulsiveness. Here is somebody

:33:00.:33:03.

who will practice strongly for a long time to make sure they get it

:33:04.:33:09.

absolutely right. I want to move the signature, which is phenomenal. It

:33:10.:33:13.

is very tall, 30 millimetres, when you'd expect it to be about ten. It

:33:14.:33:19.

has a wonderful right slant, where's the actual writing is more

:33:20.:33:23.

controlled, bright. When you meet this person, they are somebody who

:33:24.:33:27.

can instinctively respond to other people. It has quite remarkably

:33:28.:33:36.

sharp points. When you have points in writing that is written with such

:33:37.:33:42.

fluency, such speed, would you have this intelligence and speak, you

:33:43.:33:46.

have tremendously rapid comprehensive thinking. Somebody who

:33:47.:33:51.

can grasp ideas instantly and take swift advantage of any

:33:52.:33:55.

opportunities. An extremely fluent, efficient player. Fascinating stuff

:33:56.:34:07.

and quick. I dread to think what he would make of the dreadful scrawl on

:34:08.:34:11.

this piece of paper. Another feature for you, which is really

:34:12.:34:15.

entertaining, this is driving with Davis. Steve Davis has been taking

:34:16.:34:20.

the grid and the good of snooker and for a spin. Barry Hawkins hop in the

:34:21.:34:34.

passenger seat for his turn. Only one order a taxi?

:34:35.:34:47.

I have driven a car like this since the accident.

:34:48.:35:14.

Did you pass your test? I did, I passed first time. Had any

:35:15.:35:30.

accidents? A couple of close ones. I had a close one in a retail

:35:31.:35:41.

corporate. -- car pot. I nearly had another accident there. Do you know

:35:42.:35:52.

your blood type? No, I don't. And you are in a car with me? I might

:35:53.:36:10.

bring my mum. Some, you were adopted. I'm in a car with Steve

:36:11.:36:17.

Davis. With blood type I? Did you know? No, Zhou doesn't have a clue.

:36:18.:36:27.

He nearly had an accident. It was just in case I needed some blood.

:36:28.:36:30.

Zhou don't even know her own. Which reality show would you do one?

:36:31.:36:49.

Probably the jungle, I should imagine. Strictly? No, do I do have

:36:50.:36:59.

some ships. Me and joke and through some ships on the dance floor. Well,

:37:00.:37:04.

we think we can. And it's rid of dance music or stuff. Once the Beeb

:37:05.:37:11.

gets going, that is us away. We must look like old men. It doesn't happen

:37:12.:37:19.

that often. We are so busy we don't get a chance. We picture sure we

:37:20.:37:26.

enjoyed ourselves when we go out. Not the cooking programmes? I am not

:37:27.:37:33.

much of a cook. What about gardening? I do the gardening. Would

:37:34.:37:42.

you brush up the leaves in the winter time? That is sad, surely? We

:37:43.:37:50.

tidied up the leaves a little bit. My Mrs tidies them.

:37:51.:38:07.

I don't mind doing things like that. I enjoyed that. I am lost. I have

:38:08.:38:20.

gone past that. It is only a small tent. I might have to do another

:38:21.:38:39.

U-turn. Thank you for taking me good work. -- taking me to work. Never

:38:40.:38:55.

looked entirely comfortable, Barry Hawkins in the company of Steve

:38:56.:38:59.

Davis. It is almost time to rejoin him in his natural habitat. Our

:39:00.:39:05.

coverage of this second quarterfinal here in Cardiff continuing as they

:39:06.:39:08.

return for the second session. Scott Donaldson already through to the

:39:09.:39:13.

semifinals. You could join him? Let's go live to session to. Very

:39:14.:39:27.

entertaining watching that. Barry Hawkins doing gardening. A release

:39:28.:39:41.

from the pressure of the table. He has got plenty to do in this match.

:39:42.:39:48.

Numerous parents from both players before the interval. It is Judd who

:39:49.:39:53.

has been very handy lead at the moment. Barry up against it a little

:39:54.:40:03.

bit here. It is important, this frame, for Barry Hawkins. He could

:40:04.:40:10.

get right back into the match. He has a great deal of capability. You

:40:11.:40:18.

must have practised that one. Where did that come from? It is sort of

:40:19.:40:23.

spontaneous. It is called with. The life and times of Dominic Dale.

:40:24.:40:41.

As well as playing this week, we should pass on our congratulations.

:40:42.:40:47.

The rumour is you got down on one knee on Valentine's day and you are

:40:48.:40:52.

now a taken man. I thought you're congratulating me for winning two

:40:53.:40:59.

matches. Yes, I am engaged to my wife to be Cindy. Yes, on Valentines

:41:00.:41:12.

night, I proposed. Thank goodness Zhou said yes. Judd Trump, the

:41:13.:41:27.

legendary figure. The cue ball bouncing down the table. He is five

:41:28.:41:39.

out of five on his long pots. Remember how he took the public

:41:40.:41:45.

imagination in 2011 with some legendary long pots at the Crucible,

:41:46.:41:50.

but the fabulous red that he couldn't follow up. Barry Hawkins

:41:51.:42:03.

just assessing whether this is going to turn into a good opportunity or

:42:04.:42:05.

not. Surely he has to win this frame to

:42:06.:42:26.

stop Judd's momentum. It is an important one because 4-1 in a best

:42:27.:42:34.

of nine could be real trouble. Opponent has great belief they will

:42:35.:42:37.

go on and win the match. You, on the other hand, face a small confidence

:42:38.:42:40.

crisis. When you look at the matches these

:42:41.:43:01.

two have played, this season, when the chest beating the odds are it

:43:02.:43:07.

has been by a comprehensive margin. They both played some great snooker

:43:08.:43:11.

in the last few months. When Judd beat Barry it was 6-2 at the English

:43:12.:43:17.

open and Barry Posner win was 4-1. When they have the measure of the

:43:18.:43:24.

other player it has been quite an emphatic scoreline. You would have

:43:25.:43:29.

thought, bearing in mind, both of top of the rankings, that their most

:43:30.:43:34.

recent meetings would be their closest, but that isn't the case. He

:43:35.:43:42.

has developed if you red is there a nicely. This is into the left-hand

:43:43.:43:47.

corner. He just has to push through the pack for position on the black.

:43:48.:43:51.

You never quite know whether it will push through them and, it didn't go

:43:52.:43:58.

quite far enough. He has left himself an awkward position now. It

:43:59.:44:04.

is a very thin black. Being left-handed he can reach it all

:44:05.:44:06.

right. That was an excellent red from Barry

:44:07.:45:03.

to keep the break going. He is unfortunate to be so severely

:45:04.:45:07.

hampered by the yellow. If he does run this blew in, it will

:45:08.:45:10.

automatically be on a red into the right-hand corner. He just needs to

:45:11.:45:18.

get the pace right. He would have liked another couple of inches on

:45:19.:45:23.

the cue ball. That is the red he would like to be on. Still on, but

:45:24.:45:29.

very thin. You might prefer the red into the right centre instead.

:45:30.:45:47.

Well, it was not easy. Ordinarily I would say it is safe, but not much

:45:48.:45:58.

is. You'd never know if he will take something on and get it.

:45:59.:46:09.

He's over Pol Pot 's success is creeping up to 190. -- his overall

:46:10.:46:22.

pot success. It has served him well in this match. Ideally he would want

:46:23.:46:36.

to be up toward the middle 90s. He missed a feud in the first couple of

:46:37.:46:39.

frames and seems to have settled down.

:46:40.:46:53.

Barry has had three out of five long pots successful. He cannot see that

:46:54.:46:57.

red, anyway. Parry card that much too thickly.

:46:58.:47:16.

There are a couple of pots here for Judd. Fortunately for Barry, he

:47:17.:47:26.

missed it. Just wondering if there is a possibility for a plug into the

:47:27.:47:31.

right centre pocket. There is a group of six that could be close.

:47:32.:47:43.

They are set for the bottom jaw, but from

:47:44.:47:47.

where Barry is playing it from, I think this plan could be made. Two

:47:48.:47:53.

hit the first it could push the second red higher up and into the

:47:54.:47:55.

pocket. Too high. Both of these players have been in

:47:56.:49:18.

the Welsh Open semifinal before. Judd lost out to McGuire in 2013

:49:19.:49:23.

when Stephen went on to beat in the decider. It shows you how long Barry

:49:24.:49:32.

Hawkins has been around. He made the first of his three semifinals 12

:49:33.:49:41.

years ago. Reached the last four in 2004 and 2006. His most recent good

:49:42.:49:53.

run here came in 2014. Two of his three semifinals were lost to run

:49:54.:49:58.

your Southern. He went on to lift the famous ground. Scott Donaldson

:49:59.:50:06.

lies in wait for the winner of this one. A brilliant story for the

:50:07.:50:14.

22-year-old from Paris. He said he is not bothered which of these two

:50:15.:50:19.

he faces. I think he was a little bit shell-shocked in the aftermath

:50:20.:50:24.

of his victory over the teenager from China.

:50:25.:50:39.

The 72 thin. Instead of killing the pace of the cue ball consultant cue

:50:40.:50:53.

ball passed on to the baulk cushion. It is skimmed off into the brown

:50:54.:50:57.

which has left Barry Hawkins this great opportunity here. He just

:50:58.:51:10.

caught that too thin. Barry Hawkins, for the first time in this match, he

:51:11.:51:15.

has the lead early on. He will be hoping he can win it from here.

:51:16.:51:27.

He hasn't controlled the cue ball well enough. This Lakmal is very

:51:28.:51:35.

difficult. That is if he even takes it on.

:51:36.:52:01.

That look like it was staying up at one stage. Dropped in.

:52:02.:52:25.

We have seen a pattern in this match. The players have produced

:52:26.:52:34.

what was almost a frame-winning clearance and then broken down in

:52:35.:52:41.

the 40s and 50s. Very having the opportunity here to build on the

:52:42.:52:50.

early break of 36. The big frame this. Maybe he can start to put Judd

:52:51.:52:58.

Trump under a little bit of pressure. Up until now it has been

:52:59.:52:59.

the other way around. He is almost there in this frame

:53:00.:53:34.

now. He will be delighted to have clawed

:53:35.:53:48.

one back. This time it is Judd left with a

:53:49.:54:14.

little bit to ponder. He will still lead, but Barry has now got a

:54:15.:54:20.

foothold in this match. After he missed quite a few big shots before

:54:21.:54:22.

the interval. A break of 52. That has been enough

:54:23.:55:15.

to get back to within one of Judd Trump. 3-2.

:55:16.:55:27.

I had a little green bike and felt offered. That sticks in my mind. I

:55:28.:55:34.

think it was in a school playground or a little playground on an estate

:55:35.:55:40.

where I lived. I try to be polite to most people just treat people how

:55:41.:55:44.

I'd like be treated. I sought after I lose. That is a bad quality. I am

:55:45.:55:56.

not the most romantic person. I took to massacre -- Mexico when we first

:55:57.:56:03.

got together. Michael Holt told me how to cook it is. It is spaghetti

:56:04.:56:07.

with chicken. I could do that and the wife seems to like it. Go to

:56:08.:56:20.

space. Go to Vegas is another one. I quite like Susanna Reid in the

:56:21.:56:26.

morning. She sticks in my mind at the minute.

:56:27.:56:38.

Likes a Khare and watching Susanna Reid in the morning. Sounds like an

:56:39.:56:48.

intriguing dish he has picked up from Michael Holt. Has he giving you

:56:49.:56:52.

any good recipes or has it been the other way around. Michael hasn't

:56:53.:56:58.

given me any of his signature dishes to cook. He has given me some other

:56:59.:57:09.

advice though. Such a nice guy, Barry, and so modest. Maybe in the

:57:10.:57:18.

past, people have thought he was too nice to win. Certainly his success

:57:19.:57:22.

in recent years has proved that is not the case.

:57:23.:57:53.

Judd Trump still leads, but Barry Hawkins is now back in this match.

:57:54.:58:10.

Good crowd here. Are they going to be treated to a classic finale here

:58:11.:58:19.

in this battle for the Welsh Open semifinals? They are two of the

:58:20.:58:23.

three best ranked players still in the championship. It is guaranteed

:58:24.:58:33.

?10,000 for the quarters. The guaranteed 24 making the semis. Not

:58:34.:58:41.

quite so relevant for these guys as it would be for the likes of Scott

:58:42.:58:44.

Donaldson with the extra ?10,000 sees him move a long way up the

:58:45.:58:52.

rankings. You get outside the top 40. Scott Donaldson would obviously

:58:53.:59:03.

be the outsider on paper, whether he faces Barry Hawkins or Judd Trump,

:59:04.:59:10.

but the 22 from Paris played some fabulous snooker in what was the

:59:11.:59:14.

biggest match of his life earlier, bearing in mind that these two have

:59:15.:59:19.

gifted each other if you opportunities. Donaldson has nothing

:59:20.:59:24.

to fear, whoever he plays. Certainly. If he can play his best

:59:25.:59:31.

game and play something like his best snooker he is more than capable

:59:32.:59:36.

of beating anybody. When you are playing players like Barry Hawkins

:59:37.:59:40.

and Judd Trump, they put you under pressure so often it can be

:59:41.:59:46.

difficult to find the best game. It depends on how good you are

:59:47.:59:51.

mentally, if you are in the right frame of mind, you are can come in

:59:52.:59:56.

control of situations. That is what snooker does to you. It can put you

:59:57.:59:58.

under pressure. He's obviously playing some great

:59:59.:00:09.

snooker to be in the semifinals. A little bit of a change in this

:00:10.:00:51.

match now, the way things are going. That interval has given Barry time

:00:52.:00:56.

to reflect on things and he has come out with some good stuff. He has got

:00:57.:01:09.

Judd Trump thinking now. As things stand, you would fancy this match to

:01:10.:01:13.

be level at the end of this frame if they can just pot some more pots and

:01:14.:01:26.

colours. Just one more loose red available at the moment after this,

:01:27.:01:29.

so he will be looking at an angle quickly and black or blue to go into

:01:30.:01:35.

that pack of reds and develop further scoring opportunities.

:01:36.:01:46.

We have seen a couple of spells in the last frames were Judd has been

:01:47.:01:53.

frozen out of the table. He now has not potted a ball for over 15

:01:54.:01:58.

minutes. He played that very well, Barry

:01:59.:02:15.

Hawkins. He will be hoping he's on the red above the black, into this

:02:16.:02:22.

right corner. Maybe he has won into this right centre. Not the best

:02:23.:02:26.

angle on this red, he has to push through a pack of reds to get back

:02:27.:02:31.

on the black. It looks tight from here if this red goes, it obviously

:02:32.:02:38.

does. And just the cannon. Oh, he has. He looks a different player

:02:39.:02:49.

post-interval. Plenty still available here. I'm

:02:50.:03:31.

assuming he has no issues with this black, and this would become his

:03:32.:03:38.

highest break of the match so far. A break of 60 in the second frame to

:03:39.:03:40.

level the match. 1-1. It did sound a little heavy, that

:03:41.:04:10.

contact. It was not a bad kick, but a sidekick nevertheless. Having the

:04:11.:04:16.

cue ball cleaned, does not want to get this red because it is vital.

:04:17.:04:22.

Harry does not want interruption because of a mobile phone going off.

:04:23.:04:28.

Very important you pots this red because if he were to miss it, the

:04:29.:04:34.

way these reds opposition, it would not be too difficult for Judd to get

:04:35.:04:39.

back into this frame. It has gone in. One more red, to level things up

:04:40.:04:52.

at 3-3. From 3-1 up, it looks as though Barry is going to get back on

:04:53.:05:00.

level terms with Judd. Plenty for the Bristolians to ponder.

:05:01.:05:06.

Marginally, the bookies favourite for the title. Well, they're the two

:05:07.:05:20.

matches this season have not come close, this certainly looks as

:05:21.:05:24.

though it will be. -- their other two matches.

:05:25.:05:45.

Only five reds on, only 67 available. And Judd is facing the

:05:46.:05:52.

prospect here of having to dig deep. A little not. One stage, it looked

:05:53.:06:20.

as though he might come back. It would be a big margin. But Barry

:06:21.:06:24.

Hawkins has ensured we are all square after six.

:06:25.:06:27.

Description of the finger by Judd Trump, it says it all after Hawkins

:06:28.:06:34.

performing really well after the interval. If you were hoping to see

:06:35.:06:42.

A Place Called Home, it will be broadcast on Monday, we are staying

:06:43.:06:46.

with this match until six o'clock assuming it goes that far. If it is

:06:47.:06:51.

still going on then, you can see the conclusion on the red button so you

:06:52.:06:55.

don't miss a second of this game. Willie, the way it is going, it

:06:56.:07:01.

could still be going on at six p.m., it is a great come back. I think the

:07:02.:07:04.

match will finish whatever happens before six p.m.. We know what a

:07:05.:07:09.

great player Judd Trump is and he misses easy balls now and again,

:07:10.:07:13.

he's not winning a frame at one visit. You can't get 40s and 50s at

:07:14.:07:18.

this level. Both players have gone in thinking they are favourite to

:07:19.:07:23.

get to another final and they are not playing this match out. It is

:07:24.:07:28.

bits and pieces. Barry Hawkins, the last two frames, he has set his

:07:29.:07:32.

stall out. Judd Trump has to win this frame or he might be going

:07:33.:07:36.

home. You'd think it is that crucial? Barry came and he practised

:07:37.:07:40.

during the interval and Judd might have benefited from a final ten

:07:41.:07:45.

minutes here as well. At 3-1 in front, you sometimes want to think

:07:46.:07:49.

of the positive and not go on the practice table because if you mess,

:07:50.:07:55.

you think about the negatives. Judd Trump is not winning a frame in one

:07:56.:07:58.

visit, which you have to do at this level. We talked about how tired

:07:59.:08:02.

Barry might be after winning the World Grand Prix, a hectic couple of

:08:03.:08:08.

weeks. What point do you get tired mentally? The adrenaline keeps you

:08:09.:08:11.

going against somebody like Judd Trump. Against a lower ranked

:08:12.:08:15.

player, you think about fatigue, but against the top ten seeds, you have

:08:16.:08:20.

to play well. He will not feel lethargic and like he's getting

:08:21.:08:24.

tired. If he won this match and went into the semifinal against Scotland

:08:25.:08:28.

he started missing shots, he might be feeling tired. The body language

:08:29.:08:36.

books Ursula XII positive as far as Harry is concerned. Trump to break

:08:37.:08:42.

in frame seven. -- looks fairly positive.

:08:43.:08:56.

So a best of three now. For a place in the Welsh Open semifinals. And is

:08:57.:09:07.

the momentum back with Barry Hawkins? Having turned round a 3-1

:09:08.:09:16.

deficit, the now be all square. Do you think he has the edge at this

:09:17.:09:24.

stage? Possibly. I mean, he has won the last two frames so he has the

:09:25.:09:27.

momentum, but a lot of it will depend on Judd. If Judd can not let

:09:28.:09:34.

the loss of those two frames affect him, I would not be surprised to see

:09:35.:09:36.

this go the distance. A great indication of Barry's

:09:37.:10:06.

confidence. Four out of seven of the long pots, Judd is still five from

:10:07.:10:11.

five. How unlucky was that?! Yes, a little

:10:12.:10:31.

unfortunate for Barry, he found the gap between those reds and that

:10:32.:10:41.

loose one. It doesn't mean, of course, if he got a cannon on the

:10:42.:10:48.

reds, he would have landed on one anyway. Both players would like to

:10:49.:10:53.

see the black in the open, I feel. Slightly tied up at present. That

:10:54.:11:00.

cue ball did well for Barry, just stuck in behind the green to prevent

:11:01.:11:05.

Judd taking this long red into the right corner.

:11:06.:11:14.

25 minutes now in this match since Judd Trump last potted a ball.

:11:15.:11:29.

REFEREE: A foul and a miss. Barry Hawkins, four. You could

:11:30.:11:36.

almost hear the sighing in the arena is that slowed.

:11:37.:11:47.

So some questions being asked of Judd Trump here, having come through

:11:48.:11:57.

his four previous matches and conceding only four frames. It has

:11:58.:12:04.

been pretty straightforward so far, but that was never going to be the

:12:05.:12:05.

case against Barry Hawkins. Judd wanting to make absolutely

:12:06.:12:19.

certain the cue ball is back where it should be.

:12:20.:12:27.

I think it was an inch or two further towards the green, it is

:12:28.:12:33.

getting closer. It doesn't make too much difference

:12:34.:13:00.

if the cue ball is an inch or two out, as long as the players played

:13:01.:13:05.

the same shot as Judd did, it would not have made any difference really.

:13:06.:13:18.

The referee did have a look to check whether that was a touching ball. It

:13:19.:13:21.

was close, but not quite. Yes, Barry was having a close look

:13:22.:13:37.

to see if this red was on into the green pocket, but it is not, just a

:13:38.:13:41.

safety, maybe try to get the cue ball in behind the yellow.

:13:42.:14:06.

Well, he's an expert on the long pots, but that is a tall order,

:14:07.:14:14.

surely, especially going in the position of the cue ball. Yes, I'm

:14:15.:14:20.

not quite sure he can get through to the potting angle, it is very tight,

:14:21.:14:25.

he has clipped the reds and is coming off the top cushion to skim

:14:26.:14:33.

the reds. Not many players play that shot but Judd is one of the best at

:14:34.:14:36.

it. Great shot. Very well judged by the world No 8.

:14:37.:15:30.

Now, his he going to have a go here? Yes, I think he is forced to. Can't

:15:31.:15:36.

play much of a safety from where Barry's left that cue ball. There is

:15:37.:15:45.

a red on into the left centre pocket. If the red by the black

:15:46.:15:51.

doesn't pot there may not be too much harm done here for Judd.

:15:52.:16:16.

Excellent cutback from Barry. I think he will be a little

:16:17.:16:26.

disappointed not to get position on a baulk colour here, having potted

:16:27.:16:30.

it. Brown is on, but is it straight enough to allow a position on one of

:16:31.:16:35.

reds? Well tried to play the deep screw

:16:36.:16:58.

shot into baulk for red. But it wasn't played accurately enough to

:16:59.:17:02.

stay in the pocket at the speed that he played it at.

:17:03.:17:11.

It has been creeping up the amount of time since Judd Trump last potted

:17:12.:17:19.

a ball. It was well over 25 minutes when he went for that red. Now over

:17:20.:17:22.

half an hour. Uncharacteristic statistics from

:17:23.:17:32.

Judd. Judd Trump needs to do something

:17:33.:17:48.

here to try and regain some table time at the very least in this

:17:49.:17:54.

match. It has been all Barry since the interval. Breaks of 36 and 52.

:17:55.:18:10.

But Judd's safety was a good one and it has forced a bit of an error out

:18:11.:18:31.

of Barry Hawkins. He has a thin cutback into the right corner. He

:18:32.:18:36.

will probably like to play for the yellow. If he does so he misses and

:18:37.:18:38.

pot and he may get away with it. Just an inch too hard. But if he

:18:39.:19:10.

gets a snooker in tight behind the green here, he will have Barry in a

:19:11.:19:13.

lot of trouble. Really awkward situation. Multiple

:19:14.:19:56.

cushions. He will try and lay up behind the

:19:57.:20:21.

red next toot the black probably. This is pacy. Foul. A good effort, 7

:20:22.:20:30.

points will be awarded to Judd for having contacted the black there.

:20:31.:20:34.

But he didn't leave Judd an easy red to start with. So having the cue

:20:35.:20:39.

ball replaced and Barry can have another go. He doesn't want to make

:20:40.:20:45.

contact with the red and knock it on for one of the corner pockets.

:20:46.:21:15.

Judd had a long look, but he has asked Jan Shears to put the cue ball

:21:16.:21:37.

back for a third attempt for Barry Hawkins.

:21:38.:21:56.

What Judd really wants is for Barry to leave him on. Foul. And a miss.

:21:57.:22:07.

That is a nightmare for Barry. So close to getting line and length

:22:08.:22:12.

perfect there. But just gone behind the back of the red to leave an easy

:22:13.:22:18.

starter for Judd. That is the type of misfortune that can cost you a

:22:19.:22:22.

frame and what a crucial frame this is.

:22:23.:23:08.

Really important visit to the table this for Judd Trump, having given up

:23:09.:23:21.

a 3-1 advantage and hardly having any time on the table since the

:23:22.:23:23.

interval. These are big moments. One good break here and Trump is

:23:24.:23:30.

within one of the victory. Could play a cannon into the four

:23:31.:23:54.

reds, which he has done. He has run through them there amazingly and

:23:55.:23:56.

very close to being on nothing. He can still get through the gap

:23:57.:24:04.

there. So no problems. This cue ball just sort of filtered

:24:05.:24:20.

through that little cluster of reds, didn't it? It was OK. He may have to

:24:21.:24:27.

play another cannon, because they're all in one another's way these

:24:28.:24:28.

balls. There is a plant that is available.

:24:29.:24:50.

Judd may play for it here. He could also play a cannon into the

:24:51.:25:07.

three reds. That is what he has done. Well could have worked out a

:25:08.:25:10.

little better for him. The first break of any note he has

:25:11.:25:45.

had since the fourth frame. It could be coming at an absolutely crucial

:25:46.:25:52.

time. Another phone ringing! Totally unacceptable.

:25:53.:25:58.

To the players and the fellow audience members.

:25:59.:26:24.

So many wobbles, we lost count! But it dropped. That is the most

:26:25.:26:41.

important thing. I think that black ball's a bit

:26:42.:26:47.

dizzy! He has broken down on 45. Maybe a

:26:48.:27:21.

close call with that black momentarily distracted him. Still a

:27:22.:27:26.

long way to go for Barry Hawkins in this frame. But just when he looked

:27:27.:27:33.

as though he was getting over the line in this seventh frame, it is a

:27:34.:27:35.

glimmer of light here for Barry. I didn't feel Judd pushed the boat

:27:36.:27:50.

out there by missing that red. It looked a difficult pot, because he

:27:51.:27:56.

missed it by so far, but it is one I probably fancied him to get. It

:27:57.:28:00.

wasn't particularly difficulty. He probably had a mind on position as

:28:01.:28:05.

well for his next colour. Obviously the position of match is an

:28:06.:28:06.

important pot. A little surprised at Barry's choice

:28:07.:28:19.

of safety. Because he was always going to push another red safe.

:28:20.:28:39.

Well, that wasn't Judd's fault. He had a thunderous kick on that red a

:28:40.:28:48.

that pushed the cue ball straight into the pocket there.

:28:49.:29:05.

Dominic, that must have happened to you at key times in a match, how

:29:06.:29:12.

difficult is it to put moments like that out of your mind? Well, very

:29:13.:29:20.

easy if it doesn't cost you a frame and give your opponent to get back

:29:21.:29:24.

into a crucial frame. Fortunately for Judd Barry missed that long red.

:29:25.:29:35.

Can't get through to those three, but can get to one of the reds on

:29:36.:29:41.

the right-hand side of the table. I'm a little concerned that the

:29:42.:29:45.

position of the reds is such that if Barry were to get an opportunity, he

:29:46.:29:50.

would definitely have a chance of taking the frame. Needs to be very

:29:51.:29:54.

careful here. Doesn't really want to play one of the two reds near the

:29:55.:29:58.

right-hand side cushion, because it would be difficult for Barry

:29:59.:30:03.

Hawkins. Not in great positions, but he might develop one here.

:30:04.:30:27.

Five reds. 67 on. Is he going to take this on? No. These are massive

:30:28.:30:51.

moments in this match. Can Judd Trump close this frame? Or will

:30:52.:31:02.

Barry Hawkins make him pay? For missing what was almost frame ball,

:31:03.:31:08.

bottom right. Unlucky to go in and off. -- in off. Forced into removing

:31:09.:31:23.

the red from the side cushion, fairly safe as things stand. The

:31:24.:31:30.

last thing Judd wanted was the double-kiss. An easy safety shot he

:31:31.:31:37.

was faced with, has to be said. But it's a catastrophe of eight

:31:38.:31:40.

double-kiss for Judd. He's left Barry Wright in amongst them now.

:31:41.:31:50.

Can Barry produce one of his great clearances? A little careful with

:31:51.:31:53.

the pot, didn't quite get the high side of the blue that he wanted. In

:31:54.:31:57.

and out of The Story Of baulk now. Any of these four reds,

:31:58.:32:25.

nice and open for Barry. What a visit this would be if he were able

:32:26.:32:31.

to nick this frame. Looked for all the world as though Judd would be

:32:32.:32:35.

the one moving within one of the women. -- living within one of the

:32:36.:32:49.

victory. The mistakes are allowing Barry back to the table.

:32:50.:33:03.

Two or three potential pitfalls here for Barry. One will be the red in

:33:04.:33:11.

the shot near the top cushion, which Barry will attempt to pot now. He's

:33:12.:33:16.

a little trait on it. The brown seems to be masking the green

:33:17.:33:21.

slightly. The paint is fairly near the cushion. Can only be played with

:33:22.:33:27.

slow pace into the middle pocket. APPLAUSE

:33:28.:33:35.

These other pots Barry will have to make in the course of a winning

:33:36.:33:42.

clearance. Still needs all the remaining balls.

:33:43.:33:52.

Actually, probably won't need the final black. Take a high valued

:33:53.:33:56.

colour here. Got to get a good angle here on the

:33:57.:34:20.

yellow so he can get position on the green, which is slightly awkward

:34:21.:34:21.

next to the brown. Judd Trump being forced to sit and

:34:22.:35:20.

watch, and he was so close. To moving 4-3 ahead.

:35:21.:35:29.

Assuming Barry Hawkins does make the most of the opportunity. Judd has to

:35:30.:35:44.

win the last two frames if he is to advance to a Welsh Open semifinal. A

:35:45.:35:51.

little wobble on the way in, but it was good. Barry didn't play a great

:35:52.:35:59.

green, potted slightly too quickly and not far enough across the table

:36:00.:36:05.

for the brown. Not great for Barry, faced with a missable blue under

:36:06.:36:11.

pressure. Has to try to get reasonably well on the pink because

:36:12.:36:15.

it's a fairly acute cut back into the left centre. But he doesn't need

:36:16.:36:20.

the black, which will help. Just blue and pink required to take the

:36:21.:36:23.

lead for the first time in this match. That's a great pot from

:36:24.:36:30.

Barry. Got the cue ball across the table nicely. Can easily miss these

:36:31.:36:45.

if you drop them in and have a kick. One good pot. Clean contact

:36:46.:36:50.

required. In off the near draw. Great performance from Barry Hawkins

:36:51.:36:54.

and a wonderful clearance after the Judd Trump mistake. He goes into the

:36:55.:36:56.

lead at a crucial stage, 4-3. STUDIO: The key stat as far as

:36:57.:38:03.

Hawkins is concerned, he leads Trump in the quarterfinal by 4-3.

:38:04.:38:09.

Fantastic for him, but what on earth has happened to Judd Trump? He keeps

:38:10.:38:15.

going 40 in front and losing. That's all that's missing from Judd, he is

:38:16.:38:19.

not killing off the frame in one visit. Hawkins isn't at his best but

:38:20.:38:29.

he has a B-game. We are not sure if Judd Trump has one. What does that

:38:30.:38:35.

mean? Scrap it out. He would rather go for a good shot rather than a

:38:36.:38:38.

safety shot when your back is against the wall. It's fine when you

:38:39.:38:41.

are winning, because nine out of ten you would knock them in. But he's

:38:42.:38:45.

not that at the moment because he's not playing great. Whether he should

:38:46.:38:48.

continue to push the boat out, it's hard to say. He's got where he is

:38:49.:38:53.

because of the way he plays, but he shouldn't change too much, apart

:38:54.:38:57.

from when he's not playing at his best, refuse the oblong pot. Hawkins

:38:58.:39:04.

beating Trump last week in the world Grand Prix. -- refuse the odd long

:39:05.:39:10.

pot. Hawkins might think he has a hold over him. When we were talking

:39:11.:39:17.

about the stats of the two players, he only turned professional nine

:39:18.:39:21.

years after Hawkins, Miles in front on this entry breaks, but in the

:39:22.:39:24.

last year and a half Barry has improved from a very, very good

:39:25.:39:29.

player to a great player. Judd Trump came in as a great player, but

:39:30.:39:33.

hasn't gone the extra step yet to being one of the all-time greats. I

:39:34.:39:39.

think he's in the top four in the world, any time he plays, but is he

:39:40.:39:44.

going to be a consistent winner? At this moment, because he doesn't have

:39:45.:39:49.

the B-game, probably not. I put the point to Darren Morgan earlier in

:39:50.:39:52.

the week, what just Judd Trump have to do to be one of the all-time

:39:53.:39:56.

greats? He said he was, but I said, to be one of the very best. He has

:39:57.:40:04.

to win a World Championships. Look at Jimmy White, fantastic player,

:40:05.:40:07.

but beaten every time in the final in the World Championship, he can't

:40:08.:40:13.

be considered in the elite. But he hasn't won the triple Crown.

:40:14.:40:17.

Robertson and Selby, O'Sullivan, Murphy, they have all won the triple

:40:18.:40:22.

Crown. Until you have done that come you can't be considered one of the

:40:23.:40:27.

elite. Will he come to regret the way he didn't take the opportunities

:40:28.:40:33.

he had in the game, Judd Trump? Barry Hawkins breaking, 4-3 up on

:40:34.:40:36.

Judd Trump. COMMENTATOR: So the pressure is

:40:37.:40:50.

really on the sixth time ranking event champion Judd Trump. Looks

:40:51.:40:57.

like he's going for this. What a declaration of intent! At the start

:40:58.:41:02.

of what could be the last frame of the match.

:41:03.:41:11.

His long pots have certainly not let him down today. It's the fact he has

:41:12.:41:20.

broken down when on 49, 50, 40, and in the last frame, 45. Six out of

:41:21.:41:32.

seven on the long ones for Judd. Can he force this match into what would

:41:33.:41:34.

be a mouthwatering decider. From nothing, he's given himself a

:41:35.:41:51.

wonderful opportunity to amass quite a few points here. It has to be

:41:52.:41:58.

said, both players pot success during the course of the match is

:41:59.:42:03.

down at 86% each. And that is pretty low for both of the players,

:42:04.:42:10.

particularly Judd Trump. But when both of these players are at their

:42:11.:42:14.

best, the pot success could be in the mid-90s.

:42:15.:42:26.

Both players have attempted a similar number of pots. Barry

:42:27.:42:34.

Hawkins has missed 16 pots out of 117. Judd has played 111 pots in the

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course of this match, and has missed 15 of them. It's quite a lot,

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really. Judd Trump has lost the last three

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frames. Had the opportunity there to split the pack, but he wants to use

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the remaining reds Batard away from the main group. -- that are away.

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Twice they have gone to a decider before. Not this season. They have

:43:38.:43:44.

each won one of those. There will be a lot of people in the

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crowd here who would absolutely love to see this go all the way.

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That was Judd's attempted split. Three reds coming away from the main

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group. Broke down on 45 in the preceding frame, and that allowed

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Barry to get back in and put all the pressure on the world number four.

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The crowd applauded their, but there was a wince from Judd. Such a big

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visit to the table, this. No! He had made it difficult for himself, and

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once again, whilst at the table on a break of 40 plus he has broken down.

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45 in the last frame. 41 on this occasion. Wow. Barry Hawkins with

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one foot in the semifinals. APPLAUSE That was a massive pot from Barry.

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Tremendous pot on the red. Got on the correct side of the blue. Has

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gone into the pack. These reds couldn't have fanned out any better

:46:01.:46:03.

for Barry Hawkins. But has one red gone in front of the other to

:46:04.:46:08.

prevent Barry rolling a simple red into the left corner? I don't think

:46:09.:46:14.

that pots, you know. Now then, option to. -- option two. Trying the

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plant. Just missing. That just goes to show what fine margins are

:46:28.:46:31.

involved in winning and losing matches, because if Barry could have

:46:32.:46:36.

got through to that simple read, I would fancy him to clear up and win

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the match. As it is, I think we are well set for a deciding frame. --

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that simple red. From the point of view of the neutrals watching and

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here in the Motorpoint Arena, maybe they will get what they want. Judd

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will not have a better chance, having broken down on 41, to get

:47:03.:47:07.

right back in here with Barry having split the reds. This is a wonderful

:47:08.:47:19.

opportunity to take us all the way. Yes, I think most people found this

:47:20.:47:23.

a difficult match to call, and it has proved to be so. Once again,

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Judd, not ideally positioned on this colour. I think quite rightly just

:47:30.:47:35.

rolling the blue in, playing the simple red to the right-hand corner.

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Try to get on the pink if he can, to stay close to the next red. And

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that's about perfect. Just two or three more pots away now, to take

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this to a deciding frame. Red and pink and Barry would be left

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requiring snookers. So, barring a problem here for Judd,

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he will be coming out for a ninth frame.

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Now it's Barry 's turn to sit in a chair and ponder what might have

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been. McClean having split the pack and

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left it open, this is what Barry was hoping would continue working for

:49:25.:49:33.

him. After looking out of sorts, for most of the match after the

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interval, Judd's couple of breaks here, have ensured that we will go

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to a decider. First break of this frame, 41. Now

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on 48. He looks absolutely focused. The subtle shifts in psychological

:50:12.:50:15.

advantage in snooker are fascinating. Judd Trump stays up.

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Barry gives a little nod to the referee, and we are going all the

:50:24.:50:28.

way here between two of the very best in the world. Well, Dominic,

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it's a pleasure to watch. I'm sure it must be nervy to play in. Who's

:50:39.:50:45.

your money on? All you ask for during a deciding frame is an

:50:46.:50:48.

opportunity, because then the ball is in your court and you can do what

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you will with it. There's nothing worse than playing a deciding frame

:50:54.:50:58.

and not having an opportunity, making it easy, an early mistake to

:50:59.:51:01.

give your opponent an early chance who then makes a big break. It's

:51:02.:51:05.

very difficult to pick a winner. Hopefully you are enjoying this

:51:06.:51:32.

match as much as we are. We will stay on BBC Two until 6pm. And then

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to continue watching the thrilling climax of this battle to join Scott

:51:37.:51:43.

Donaldson in tomorrow's semifinals, after 6pm we will carry on online on

:51:44.:51:51.

the BBC website, and also on the red button.

:51:52.:51:59.

Judd Trump just looking on, preparing himself mentally for this

:52:00.:52:06.

deciding frame. Barry is doing the same thing, really. I imagine it

:52:07.:52:16.

will be a pretty tense affair. Good safety play will be very important.

:52:17.:52:22.

Shot choices are very important in a deciding frame. Mustn't push the

:52:23.:52:26.

boat out too far. I think Judd Trump will try to attack Barry Hawkins,

:52:27.:52:33.

will not want to get involved in a ET frame with lots of safety and

:52:34.:52:43.

tactics involved. -- in a bitty frame. The ninth and deciding frame.

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APPLAUSE The handshake, and Judd Trump,

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having lost his way after the interval, gets the deciding frame

:52:57.:53:07.

off to a flying start. Barry has made the semifinals here in Wales on

:53:08.:53:11.

three previous occasions, twice losing out to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

:53:12.:53:17.

Judd has also come one win away from a Welsh Open final. Just getting

:53:18.:53:24.

beaten by Stephen Maguire when the Scot won his fifth ranking crown in

:53:25.:53:27.

Newport in 2013. Difficult moments for the friends

:53:28.:53:39.

and family of both players, but from a neutral's point of view, this is

:53:40.:53:47.

where we hoped this match would take us. 3-1 up at the interval. Judd

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Trump making the most of the mistakes from Barry Hawkins. Barry

:53:56.:54:06.

moves 4-3 ahead, but it is Trump who has the early strike here in this

:54:07.:54:14.

deciding frame. He's up for this. Yes, you could see the focus in

:54:15.:54:19.

Judd's eyes as he sent the red into the right corner. But Barry will be

:54:20.:54:25.

disappointed with the shot he played previously to allow Judd the

:54:26.:54:31.

opportunity. That black is available into the right-hand corner, which

:54:32.:54:36.

will do Judd for now. Just looking to get on the red above the black to

:54:37.:54:44.

the left-hand side. If he pots that, he would be able to get the other

:54:45.:54:49.

red connects to the black. To the high side of the blue. Just about

:54:50.:54:57.

done. A choice of reds to play for here. Could go for the red to the

:54:58.:54:59.

left of the pack. That's a really good, close

:55:00.:55:07.

position. The third match between these two

:55:08.:55:27.

that has gone all the way. We haven't seen flawless snooker

:55:28.:55:42.

from these men this afternoon, but it's been thoroughly absorbing. And

:55:43.:55:49.

a real display of character by Judd Trump in the preceding frame to

:55:50.:55:55.

force us to go all the way. Will Barry Corr skins -- will Barry

:55:56.:56:02.

Hawkins adrenaline get him over the line here, or will he start to feel

:56:03.:56:06.

the effects of fatigue after his title winning performance in Preston

:56:07.:56:11.

on Sunday was Chamakh this is now his tenth match in 11 days. Judd

:56:12.:56:16.

really asking him the questions in this decider. -- -- on Sunday? . To

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more loose reds available to Trump before he goes into the pack of

:56:32.:56:37.

reds. Although there are two just behind the pink, that could be a

:56:38.:56:42.

plant in to the left-hand corner. He's just looking at them now.

:56:43.:56:49.

Definitely set slightly to the top jaw, but that won't be a problem to

:56:50.:56:53.

Judd. He could make that quite easily. Needs a decent shot here,

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he's a little bit high on this black.

:57:01.:57:11.

Cue did say Judd Trump would come out and be aggressive in this

:57:12.:57:17.

decider, Dominic. And there's another demonstration. How your

:57:18.:57:23.

luck? One has gone straight back. That's awkward. The cue ball, close

:57:24.:57:35.

to the blue. This blue would have to be a dead straight pot to be

:57:36.:57:39.

makeable from such close range. I think the green is a favourite.

:57:40.:57:47.

Prefers the yellow instead. Both very similar pots, though. He's

:57:48.:57:57.

missed it! So Barry does get back to the table. I think there's a red

:57:58.:58:02.

behind the pink that will pot. What a chance he's got here.

:58:03.:58:12.

Judd Trump breaking down on 32. Looked so good when he was at the

:58:13.:58:21.

table. Is that going to be the definitive mistake which allows

:58:22.:58:26.

Barry Hawkins to move into the semifinals?

:58:27.:58:37.

STUDIO: It's been a long old afternoon of quarterfinal snooker at

:58:38.:58:44.

the Motorpoint Arena. That's all we have time for on BBC Two Wales, but

:58:45.:58:49.

coverage continues on the red button and online at the BBC sport website.

:58:50.:58:56.

Back on TV at seven for the next quarterfinal between Stuart Bingham

:58:57.:58:56.

and Stuart Carrington. We Are you ready for the next

:58:57.:59:29.

ten years? I'm pregnant. You won't notice I'm gone.

:59:30.:59:33.

We've already started interviewing. People are always looking

:59:34.:59:36.

for the next hot young thing. I'm ready.

:59:37.:59:40.

It's only for a couple of months. She thinks you'll be away

:59:41.:59:42.

a lot longer than that.

:59:43.:59:45.

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