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Hello again. The last swathe of second-round matches here in

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yourYork Barbican was Ding Junhui, with that fantastic run to the final

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in May, which was watched at home by 210 million people in China. No

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pressure, but here in York, he only just scraped through the opening

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round, and today he was up against another outsider, 21-year-old Ross

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Muir from Musselburgh. He was not going to be overawed. He has a

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memory of having beaten Ding Junhui in a Asian tour event. What with

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this much hold for us? It is a best of 11 and is being watched by our

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commentators. -- this match. Ding Junhui won the toss and he

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breaks. Very elegant. A bit of check going on. Will he be picking a check

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up at the end of the tournament? That is the question. Very smart,

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though. I like it. Absolutely. Without doubt one of the greatest

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players in the game, and looking snazzy as well. Only a few hours ago

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we were sitting in this commentary box on this very table watching five

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centuries in six frames. Will we get anything like that ever again? My

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first time watching young Ross Muir from Musselburgh near Edinburgh. A

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lovely part of the world. Playing with a glove on. That takes me back.

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Let's pick worth back in the mid- 70s used to wear a glove -- Lance

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Pickworth. When we used to go to Thailand and it was very damp and

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the air conditioning needed to be on all the time, it was sticky and I

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could understand there. I don't understand why you might need them

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in this country, but Hume asked -- he must have sweaty hands. Just

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talking about the great Joe Davis wearing a glove in the finals, and

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he was really struggling. He should try a boxing glove, they said. I

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remember it well. It was funny for everybody else, not Lance. Ross with

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a little offer here. No easy safety shot. He might be tempted to take

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the pot on. Not the worst of kisses, but can he

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put the green in without touching the yellow. Get up to the reds just

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above the black. Will that be hard enough? It certainly is. It is

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perfect. The table is playing so quick, but it really is beautiful to

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play on. As Willie said, Fergal O'Brien with one of the finest

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displays I have ever seen. On this table last evening.

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I love watching Ding Junhui brake built. He really is superb. -- break

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build. APPLAUSE

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He break builds the same way Henry and O'Sullivan do, a lot of the

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great players. Higgins as well. Fantastic, but sometimes they use

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the white gamut of it. When Ding Junhui is in full control, just

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wonderful to watch. Once again talking about the match

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last night, the cue ball control in this, I don't think you went in and

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out in any of the five centuries he may. Absolutely pinpoint. -- he

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made. And that takes some doing on these very fast clubs, but when you

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are queueing up well, it is nice, but when you are struggling a bit,

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they catch you out -- cueing. Keeps very still on the shot, does Ding

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Junhui. Didn't want that keys. He might be

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OK if he goes to the left of the middle pocket. No problem. Not

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hampered at all -- kiss. You could see him hit the cue ball with a bit

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of left-hand side just to swing it off the question towards the black.

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-- cushion. Try to avoid the kiss and go through

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the gap of those two. This is not a certainty, he is 50 points in front

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so not past the winning line yet. Difficult when you are this close.

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No problem for Ding Junhui. Excellent shot.

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APPLAUSE Did not hit that hard enough, but

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the white keeps on rolling. He still has a possible chance, but he wants

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to get further around. A little triangle of reds and one point of

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that was available, but he can still get through to this one. You can see

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that other red that is available, to reds. He can play for but this time.

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-- play for that. Just a matter of whether he can go

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on to make a century break. Always a great way to start if you can do

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that. Something that Steve Davis did on many occasions throughout the

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80s, and Stephen Hendry. Throughout the 90s, always off to a quick

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start. APPLAUSE

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He is going to leave the tricky red along the cushion if he is to make a

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century. Not as tricky as it was before, but

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still needs a good shot. What a... I thought it was going to

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drop. No century break, but what a great start from Ding Junhui. One

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chance and that was all he needed. He takes the opening frame and lead

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1-0. A little bit of a confidence booster

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if you can not batting. He does not have to play for the blue. He can

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run through the safety and only be on the green -- knock that in.

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APPLAUSE That is a little beauty he has

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pulled back there, and he is on the growing. Not a lot of reds

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available, but the one to the right of the pink. To need the blackspot

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are available. -- two near the blackspot. A good kiss here, he

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needs. He has not had it. A little bit of a confidence booster for Ross

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Muir. Could have been better with the

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safety shot there. Always have to keep the object ball safe, and he

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hasn't. This one part in. -- cut in. The three reds around the blackspot

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area are not available to the red corner, so the Brown is on. May have

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to go of the side cushion and play the one near the blackspot.

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That is a couple of cracking long balls he has knocked in. But he

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hasn't really had a proper chance in amongst the balls. Even this shot is

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not straightforward to get a good position.

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He is looking at playing... APPLAUSE

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All of those reds are covering each other. In both corner pockets, even

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those around the pink spot. It is a little bit awkward. Any sort of

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Canon might have that situation here. Getting a slightly longer

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extension -- cannon. Ding Junhui holding his hand up to

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say that was lucky because he hit the wrong ball first he wanted to do

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the pot in the middle, but it still went in.

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Everything seems to be covered up down the right-hand side of the

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table. You can't see the red, near the pink. It is available. But I

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can't see the ball. He may be tempted to take this on. He can run

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on and off the top cushion and try to get Brown from grain, but you

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would have to do this so well to generate the topspin. -- green.

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Clearly the side that was far too risky. He will be a little bit

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disappointed. He has been in the balls twice in this frame, and yet

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to hit any sizeable break. A bad miss. It might knock his confidence

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a bit. Swing the cue ball in between black and blue off the two cushions.

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Might get somewhere near the yellow. A bit too thin. A little too thin.

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It depends if he has a bit of angle on the green. He might take it on.

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If not, there is not a lot of value. Just roll to the yellow.

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There is a path back down the table, but it is a tricky one. The left

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side of the table, if he plays off one of these reds, he needs to make

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sure he does not cannon on the way back down the table. He has to be

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very precise with this. Played it well. Doesn't want the

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white in the pocket. APPLAUSE

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It is Ding Junhui's time to play a poor shot. Hit that too thick. The

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first real chance for Ross Muir. He has reds in play. His last visit,

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the reds were tied up. Now we will see how he is feeling. It is nice if

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you can get the black bag onto its spot. A good chance of winning the

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frame here. -- back. Just looking at Ross Muir's stance,

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the old traditional stance with one foot forward. The back leg dead

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straight as most players do, but they are square on, a lot of modern

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players. But this is the traditional stance. Perfect to action, really.

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Has to be careful he does not make contact with the yellow. That is a

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natural angle with these four reds available in the corner. He needs a

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bit of luck and I think he has it. I think he has played bass to

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perfection. Well done. APPLAUSE

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-- this. The black is on, but not really any

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good unless you can play for the red directly behind the blackspot. That

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is why he is looking at the blue. Probably come back the weight you

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mention. There were four reds available into the white Connor, a

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little margin for error here. -- corner. He has hit it too hard.

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Anywhere between the middle pocket and sort of in-line with the pink

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spot, and she was perfect on all four reds. This table is so quick it

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can catch you out. Not the best safety again, so maybe

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a bit of inexperience. He should have tied things up much better than

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this. Ding Junhui's usually pretty good at that type of shot. The

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safety shot has worked to Ross Muir's advantage.

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Every chance now to take the second frame.

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APPLAUSE. You might say that Ross was a bit

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unlucky to draw Ding. He beat Ross in the qualifying match.

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Drop out of the top 16 and you have to play a qualifying round to get

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through to Sheffield. This is a pretty good performance here. Just

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the black to make absolutely sure of the frame.

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It's amazing he has won this frame with a high break of only 22. It's

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all been bits and pieces. If he's going to go on to win this match, he

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is going to have to begin to score really heavily. He looked in control

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of his emotions at the moment. As you would expect all the players

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on the main tour are capable of playing very well. We have seen

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enough in this frame alone that Ross can play. Haven't had the pleasure

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of seeing it before to be honest. Good point. I think we see on BBC

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television how difficult it is that they are playing that many matches

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now that it doesn't come into effect as much as it

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APPLAUSE. Bello undoubtedly, he will settle in greatly now that he has a

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foothold in the match. Far enough to take Ross into level

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parity of 1-1. Keep saying how well the tables are

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playing. Players were struggling a couple of seasons ago. It was

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skidding off the cushions. What another confidence booster this will

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be. Another test of the queue action. He

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will be left with a difficult rate along the cushion. Need to queue

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these smoothly. -- cue. If he knocks the scene, he can give himself quite

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an opportunity here. At that pace, if you put them on in

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the near side, they won't go win. -- this is a free shot at Ford --

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free shot for Ding. A slight angle so he is OK to get on the two reds.

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Is all these top players do, they get them into open play, get them

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into the bunch early. Unfortunately for him, obviously not. What a

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killer. Very tough. It the middle of the

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three reds in the middle of the table.

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That was a good shot. This looks excellent.

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Doesn't get much better than that. APPLAUSE

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The fact that the Reds are spread around. He will have to give this a

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little bit of thought. He is hoping to leave the white in the jaws of

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this corner pocket. It's a thin one that he can sneak

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the one in that is closest to the blue. Far from easy, this.

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A bit unlucky to finish close to the cushion because the yellow was

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always available to him. He can still pot the yellow but can he

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ignore the brown? A little bit of left-hand side is needed because he

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is close to the cushion. Bit unlucky to finish so close to

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the cushion of there. There is a bit of a shot of nothing

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here for Ding. He has hit a couple of them on the thick side. They are

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always going to stick to read up if you do that. -- red. A reasonable

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chance for Ross here. The safety hasn't been good. He's a

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few pots by quite a considerable margin. He isn't going to get many

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chances if he continues doing that. Can he make this one count?

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Maybe he still has a slight angle. He wanted a bitter bangle. Amazing

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on bees lively -- better angle. -- amazing on these lively cloths. He

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may have to head up towards yellow or green here.

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It just means he has a long way to travel after potting the yellow.

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That is a disappointing end to that effort. He had a great chance to go

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and take the frame. Has to be careful with this. Whether

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brownies, he will need the brown. I thought he looked a bit all at sea.

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That was a golden opportunity for Ding there. Can Ross knock this

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right in? I'm sure he wasn't expecting to come

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back to the table as quickly as this so can he take full advantage of

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now? APPLAUSE.

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Can only presume he had played a lot of side there. It is still at a

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ball. -- cuttable. It should have been easier than this. Not sure if

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this is an easy cut on the green or not.

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The green and the red to the left of the pink will be enough. That's

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about perfect. Very good position. Dead straight, almost on the red. As

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a -- he has our quick look at the scoreboard just to make sure.

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Ross must be delighted. He knew that Ding started off well. He has missed

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quite a few since then. Switching hands. Maybe not.

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Looking at bit concerned for Ding's fans at the moment. He has to go out

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and do it and at the moment, he is not doing it. Sometimes he gets a

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little bit down on himself when he misses shots he should not miss. His

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body language is much that are now. He used to get swamped over in his

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chair. -- slumped. Very nicely played from Ross.

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Doesn't matter even if the white goes in which it doesn't. He will be

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delighted, Ross. He had a 47 break in the previous frame and had just

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had another 40 break and now he leads Ding Junhui.

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There are are all sorts here. Will he pot the red?

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That was the red he was always going to catch. The one next to the pink

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will go. Straightaway he has left himself the

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wrong angle on the pink to get to that. He was hoping to play onto the

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one to the right but his first shot wasn't the best. Should be OK going

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back. It's as if his focus is not quite there.

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No disrespect to Ross Muir and his playing Betty Beazley went into this

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match thinking he would have it his way. -- but he obviously.

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If Ding Junhui get his confidence again... He may have missed the boat

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when he should have come out 3-1. It will be difficult for him now to win

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this match. You can see two reads that are

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freely available. . -- reds. Already 59 ahead. It wobbled a bit

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but it is safely in. Just one more red needed.

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APPLAUSE. Oh, that kicked. 57 and had with

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still 67 on the table. As you can see, he needs five reds

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and five blacks to tie. That is pretty good.

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APPLAUSE. You need to make sure you get the

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right angle on the red to get back to the black. He should play for the

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one on the cushion this time because he has a perfect angle to get on it.

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Slowly but surely getting himself back into the frame.

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That is a poor shot. He had a chance to get the black, Ross Muir, but

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that was the tricky one that he played for first.

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He certainly looks sharper after the midsession interval. 59 paved the

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way for the frame. He got a kick and Ross Muir had a chance, but he did

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not take it. Ding Junhui leads 3-2 frames.

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Ross Muir will now be a little disappointed. It has swung the other

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way now from him, it could have been pre-1, but he now trails 3-2 --

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could have been 3-1. Need to be careful with the safety

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shot he does not get a double kiss. Did it nicely. Where is the red

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going? He needs the brown to come to his rescue.

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He will have to queue this one well. -- cue.

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When you have the butt of the cue in the air in striking down on a shot

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like that, it is so difficult, but once again, he has been a bit

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unlucky in the one he tried to pot. It came right over the middle of the

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middle pocket. He would like to get the red away to

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the left, but he doesn't have the angle to get onto it this time, so a

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change of plan. He will make some sort of a Cannon Hill. -- Canning

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here. He would just hit them hard and hope the best. He has done. That

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has worked out pretty well. Might be able to just scrape between the reds

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and leave the pink for the same pocket as the red. He can run

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through and leave it for the middle. His choice. Just wondering if the

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pink will be tied somewhat when it goes back onto its spot. He has a

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little bit of what to do before it is a good chance here. He can get

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onto that red. As you suggested, he needs to get rid of it, between the

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red and the black. Get rid of the red and the black into both pockets.

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With the risk, I think. But he is not playing at. Going for topspin,

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so going for one of the blues reds at the top of the table. -- loose

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reds. Might be the pink is available. He

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is looking long and hard at it to see if it goes into the right

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corner. We will find out shortly when he plays the shot. If the pink

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doesn't work he can play through for the blue.

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It is a bit tight. It looks like it will go there, but just a wee bit

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tired. That is why he decided on the blue. -- tight.

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Just about OK. But still not straightforward just yet. He has the

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pink, but a little bit to do with the cue ball just to get back on

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that this red. Maybe just nudge another red. He has played that

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nicely. The black when to go in the left corner, that is right at some

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stage he needs to get on that red. -- that is why. Not sure about it.

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He is dead straight, so he can't. Getting on the next red will be very

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difficult. There is no problem with the red and pink. But the red after

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that, virtually straight on this pink, just go off like the cushion

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and get the ball somewhere near the black is. He may plan to leave it

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where it is now and cut on the question, but he could screw back

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and get on the red. He may think that is too risky. Anywhere if he is

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now is not too bad. He has gone for the gap. Has he got the gap? What a

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great shot that is. Well done. If anything, he just over Scrooge

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that slightly and may have to play the blue, looking at the cut on this

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red -- overscrewed. A key shot coming up, if he can pot the blue

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income passed the pink and cannon the red. He does and what hit the

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corner pocket. This is the key shot, too many going on to take the frame

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-- and come past the pink. Not quite. He will have to wait for

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another opportunity. Very difficult to return the cue

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ball back down if he plays the red behind the pink. He will catch one

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of the reds on the right side of the table. Whereas on the other side, he

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has defined the gap as well. -- to find. In the end, that was all he

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could do, just roll up to the red, and they were not many choices for

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him there. Schoolboy error. Massive target to

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miss the blueberry, a whole foot of table. He could have gone straight

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for eight safety shot -- Pulu there. He has been concentrating on the cue

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ball not the object ball. He has to be careful. He has brought it back

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into the middle of the table. Good shot. Excellent shot.

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But after missing and giving four points away rather than hitting the

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red on the thick side. Let's see if he can make the adjustment and just

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catch it, as he intends to. Amazing when you miss a ball the

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first time, this red will cut. It depends which way he fancies going

:13:22.:13:29.

with the cue ball. Planning to cut it into the left-hand corner. The

:13:30.:13:33.

cue ball is going very close to the yellow pocket. Have to be careful

:13:34.:13:37.

where the cue ball is travelling. Far too thick.

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Just be a little bit cautious with this shot at the moment, I think.

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Well. He will be very disappointed to miss that.

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I don't think that red next to the pink goes. If it does, easy. If not,

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a cannon. Past the pin to the middle. It must be quite tight. --

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pink. Plenty of room! Oh, kick. That was a

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bad kick. Just as he was about to clinch the frame, he gets a heavy

:16:11.:16:12.

contact. Yeah, just straightened up a little

:16:13.:16:22.

bit. Very tough to get it right back in

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the frame from here, they just make sure you get 20 or 30 here and get

:16:53.:17:03.

close to him. Just looked like he could get onto the back and bring a

:17:04.:17:07.

red into play. He wants to be straight on this red. Decided he

:17:08.:17:15.

could not get onto the red three away from the black. Did that well,

:17:16.:17:24.

though. No problem with a choice of pink or black. He would like to

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bring those very red into play. -- three reds. He would be relying on

:17:31.:17:38.

luck to come onto them with this shot. What do you think?

:17:39.:17:55.

He did have the angle to play the cannon, but as you can see, the

:17:56.:18:03.

tables are so fast. He has two pot this black and go in between green

:18:04.:18:07.

and brown for the red on the left-hand side of the table.

:18:08.:18:32.

He is just struggling to get in a good position. When you are not at

:18:33.:18:41.

the top of your form on these very fast tables, it is difficult to

:18:42.:18:43.

control the cue ball. I don't know if he can get down

:18:44.:18:58.

behind the blue, just as if you were playing a cannon onto the blue. Both

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behind the yellow, which is just as good -- just over behind. I'm

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surprised Ding Junhui baby last shot the way he did. -- played. He would

:19:13.:19:21.

rather missed the ball then get it on the thick attempt. He does not

:19:22.:19:24.

want to miss bringing those three reds into play. Just virtually near

:19:25.:19:31.

missing it, but caught it. Ross Muir can win this from Bishop. No worry

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is where the bike is. Even if he pushes the red over the side, he can

:19:40.:19:44.

push it. Try to get the white in the jaws of the green pocket. Just get

:19:45.:19:49.

the cue ball somewhere near the green and bring all three reds into

:19:50.:19:57.

play. He played the thin one. I think you missed a trick. He could

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have got them all into play. A very poor shot.

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53 ahead and just 51 on the table. 4-2.

:20:19.:21:28.

Just living away from him, Ross Muir. He has been involved in the

:21:29.:21:45.

frame every chance, so any had himself to blame if he loses this

:21:46.:21:49.

match. He will have gained a fabulous amount of experience

:21:50.:21:53.

playing one of the top players on the TV table.

:21:54.:22:02.

Ding Junhui slowly but surely getting his cue action back on the

:22:03.:22:12.

table. He lost it in frames three and four.

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He started this frame with a break of 45 and will finish it with a

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break of 46. In it goes the back, and Ding Junhui is getting in

:22:55.:22:59.

control of this match now, going to play and leading 4-2. -- going two

:23:00.:23:02.

clear. Clearly available, and as we

:23:03.:23:59.

thought, his choice of the pink. You would like the pink to go back on

:24:00.:24:04.

the black spot, but can't quite see from here when the pink spot is

:24:05.:24:13.

available. Already getting that ball marker out, so it must be pretty

:24:14.:24:15.

tight. Just one more good positional shot

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needed from Ross Muir to make the black and little easier. Straight on

:26:20.:26:24.

this red in the middle. Otherwise he will have to play a cannon of some

:26:25.:26:27.

sort. He is certainly not straight. He played that nicely. The pink will

:26:28.:26:46.

obviously go back onto its own spot now, so has to be a little careful

:26:47.:26:52.

where the next red is coming from. At first glance, I can't see a

:26:53.:26:55.

straightforward way of getting onto a red, actually. Virtually straight

:26:56.:27:01.

on this pink, and he can only screw back and run to it. There must be 12

:27:02.:27:06.

pot somewhere, but from this position, I can't see where. -- one

:27:07.:27:19.

he can pot. He will have to play a difficult one in the middle. Looking

:27:20.:27:24.

at the angle, he might be able to just roll beast in the middle and

:27:25.:27:28.

cannon the other red and leave it there and be on the back -- black or

:27:29.:27:36.

beeping. Maybe he is not as nicely on that red. It looks as if it is.

:27:37.:27:49.

It's not quite on an acute angle. 54 in front, so he doesn't want to just

:27:50.:27:57.

attempt something that he doesn't fancy and put Ding Junhui in.

:27:58.:28:27.

Just wondering if Ding Junhui will take this along the question. The

:28:28.:28:34.

crews he can take the pink. His 54 behind and had a look at it -- along

:28:35.:28:42.

the cushion. He is looking at it again. If this goes in at that

:28:43.:28:48.

angle, leave the pink for the middle pocket. But now he is digging right

:28:49.:28:53.

into it. He did not plan to pot back, he just wanted to draw that

:28:54.:28:59.

and send the red up the table. -- pot that.

:29:00.:29:28.

A bit dangerous to play that pot. What Ding to do is bring a little

:29:29.:29:44.

bit of reds into play. He may be able to bring one or two into play.

:29:45.:29:51.

This too reds are now open that he has left a pot. Two more reds he

:29:52.:29:59.

needs to make the frame safe. Now that he has missed it, there is

:30:00.:30:44.

enough there for Ding Junhui. When knew this far behind, you tend to

:30:45.:30:46.

concentrate a lot harder. His focus hasn't been 100% this

:30:47.:30:58.

afternoon in this match. He looked good in spells but has missed

:30:59.:31:08.

relatively easy shots so can he make a clearance when it's needed to shut

:31:09.:31:12.

out the match? I wouldn't be surprised.

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APPLAUSE. Can he open the red away from the black? Until then, a little

:31:19.:31:31.

awkward. As he said, a tall order. All the

:31:32.:31:44.

reds are in play that you just have to get the white in among them.

:31:45.:32:09.

He has come up a little bit short on the blue. The red on the right is

:32:10.:32:21.

not available. It's not the ideal position just yet.

:32:22.:32:33.

He needs to be dead straight on this rate. He is absolutely dead

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straight. A good chance after this goes in.

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APPLAUSE. He has got an angle now to develop the red and the black. He

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just needs a little gentle nudge. They are there for the taking now.

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That's what we were talking about. Just one shot away from making it a

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frame. That was the one shot just there.

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It's all about experience, isn't it, for a young player like Ross. He did

:33:43.:33:49.

very well at the beginning. He has had chances.

:33:50.:33:55.

If you are in Ross's corner, what would you take away from the match

:33:56.:34:02.

as it has gone so far? Mind you, that could be the end of break. It

:34:03.:34:07.

is the end of break. Well, that is amazing. Absolutely amazing. They

:34:08.:34:11.

were all there for the taking and suddenly with a little cannon, he

:34:12.:34:16.

has messed it up. What I would be saying to Ross was, listen, you are

:34:17.:34:19.

not out of this match yet. LAUGHS. Amazing. That was just

:34:20.:34:38.

purely careless. He just needed to kiss and a half ball that he bent

:34:39.:34:45.

down and kissed the red. APPLAUSE.

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Well, another chance. Another chance for Ding.

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He has played another poor shot. He is going to have to take the green

:35:49.:36:06.

if he is going to win the match at this visit. That was a poor

:36:07.:36:12.

positional shot that Ding Junhui played there.

:36:13.:36:24.

Amazing, isn't it? This top players when they see the winning post, they

:36:25.:36:33.

go by very, very quickly to stop its interesting to see his track record

:36:34.:36:36.

in the UK over the last couple of whistlestop he has lost to play up

:36:37.:36:44.

at the top 64. He is not over the line yet in this match.

:36:45.:37:10.

It's amazing, he just needs to pot a killer. If the pink pots it will be

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as snooker but if he misses it, he would be thinking he should take the

:37:23.:37:26.

pink on. Would you take the pink zero play the snooker? He is 23 in

:37:27.:37:34.

front so he would be 27 in front so yes, he could do with knocking the

:37:35.:37:38.

pink into the right corner, definitely go for that.

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He is not done quite yet. Good pressure pot for Ross.

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Pressure pot on the pink. Ross will get one back but will still trailed

:38:24.:38:29.

5-3. A great chance for snooker. He

:38:30.:39:23.

should have had the match time and dusted with the chances he has had.

:39:24.:39:29.

You can't just roll, you have to play as stunt shot if he was going

:39:30.:39:37.

to get in behind the blue so slight of plan.

:39:38.:39:45.

How did he miss that one? Sometimes when he misses a shot like that,

:39:46.:40:58.

that is a sitter. He could lose this match now. As he missed the kiss on

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the Brown, it's not a snooker. Just trying to be little bit too

:41:16.:41:34.

careful, don't you think. It wouldn't be a bad idea to pot the

:41:35.:41:39.

green and get the Brown off the cushion. It out of the game at the

:41:40.:41:44.

moment. Is there going to be a gap here for the green? I think there

:41:45.:41:46.

is. Or, maybe not. Maybe not. He can certainly hit it off the site

:41:47.:42:00.

cushion but he has to be careful he doesn't go it in off it.

:42:01.:42:30.

Ideally, Ding would like to pot the green and brown. He needs to pot one

:42:31.:42:40.

of them very quickly otherwise he could be sweating in a few minutes'

:42:41.:42:42.

time. A little bit unlucky when you are

:42:43.:44:25.

playing, if you push the Brown into the corner. If he gets a chance to

:44:26.:44:29.

pot the green or the Brown, he would do. Obviously can't do it now.

:44:30.:45:17.

There is a way of playing with lots of left-hand side, trying to wrest

:45:18.:45:25.

the cue ball between the blue and black but he wants to those

:45:26.:45:39.

together. Wow, you are kidding. I thought that would have been at

:45:40.:45:40.

shot. This is the longest frame of the

:45:41.:46:03.

match so far, this frame. Mentioned earlier that Ding had a couple of

:46:04.:46:05.

chances earlier. Be interesting to see if he has a go

:46:06.:46:41.

at this cut. Be interesting to see if Ding pots the green and the Brown

:46:42.:46:46.

and gets the snooker on the blue that is next to the black.

:46:47.:47:14.

Got to be a little bit careful if he hits the green towards that pink as

:47:15.:47:33.

well. Does Ding pot the green and the

:47:34.:47:47.

Brown and get himself nicely on the blue to run tight in behind the

:47:48.:48:01.

black? I don't know about you but I would be tempted to pot them and get

:48:02.:48:09.

the snooker. In a heartbeat, in a heartbeat. I cannot believe he

:48:10.:48:13.

refused the green. He might think it is a big target behind the blue and

:48:14.:48:19.

black. He's doing his best to put under

:48:20.:49:49.

pressure. That would have been a tough one to

:49:50.:50:04.

hit. The loo is in a better spot now to

:50:05.:51:41.

get a snooker behind it. Maybe not from this shot. Better closer to the

:51:42.:51:53.

cushion than the art in the middle of the table.

:51:54.:52:05.

It is a free ball. Look at this. I mean... That is incredible. You

:52:06.:52:29.

could stand there for a month of Sundays and not pull that shot off.

:52:30.:52:37.

Is he going to bring the blue into play here? It's a great effort. That

:52:38.:52:47.

was a fantastic positional shot from Ding, bringing the blue in the play.

:52:48.:53:04.

He has hit it too hard. Look where the white has ended up. Is long has

:53:05.:53:17.

he gets it off the cushion by a couple of feet and take a blue into

:53:18.:53:21.

the corner. Definitely worth the risk. Decided against it.

:53:22.:53:35.

Amazing how the pink ended up going in there.

:53:36.:53:46.

He might have got the snooker back here. I suppose he deserved a bit of

:53:47.:53:55.

good fortune after what happened previously when he accidentally

:53:56.:53:57.

knocked the pink in. Is that pink coming to the rescue

:53:58.:54:11.

here? I think it might. Can he get through to it? I don't think so.

:54:12.:54:19.

He has got to knock it safe again. He has hit and hoped.

:54:20.:54:31.

Hit it a little harder than I thought he would do. He hasn't stuck

:54:32.:54:41.

the Brown up. It's a brown ball fight, you would have to say.

:54:42.:54:45.

Whoever gets the Brown wins the frame.

:54:46.:55:32.

He is struggling at the minute, Ross. It should have been tight on

:55:33.:55:38.

the cushion. He played a strong run to get that ball on the cushion. He

:55:39.:55:43.

just decelerated. You can see that the amusement in his face. He can't

:55:44.:55:50.

believe how badly he hit that. APPLAUSE.

:55:51.:56:51.

Look at this shot. Oh. I thought he was going to drop it behind the

:56:52.:57:00.

black. Come on, Ross, you have missed a few easy frame winning

:57:01.:57:05.

balls. Almost 15 minutes ago he had an easy green into the pocket. He

:57:06.:57:10.

will try and pot the blue and he missed a sitter. Can he knock a more

:57:11.:57:12.

difficult one in? That was close. This blue cuts and

:57:13.:57:27.

the only thing with it, I think he is OK. He can avoid the middle and

:57:28.:57:31.

the corner pocket if he pots this blue. He will automatically head up

:57:32.:57:35.

towards the pink. It is a thin one but every chance.

:57:36.:57:42.

Is ago to drop nicely on the pink? He has.

:57:43.:58:03.

He had a couple of easy chances and didn't take them. What an experience

:58:04.:58:09.

for the Scot. He started off so well. He could have led 3-1 at the

:58:10.:58:18.

midsession interval but it isn't and Ding Junhui hasn't played anywhere

:58:19.:58:21.

near his best form but it was about getting a result and it was quite

:58:22.:58:25.

comfortable. He wins the match six frames to two. So they march into

:58:26.:58:34.

the last 22 where he faces Jamie Jones. He knocked out Alan McManus

:58:35.:58:40.

will stop more of the live stuff from us. The championship is coming

:58:41.:58:46.

your way at BBC Two this afternoon. We have dual attraction. Ronnie

:58:47.:58:53.

O'Sullivan and the world number one Mark Selby. Both of them playing in

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the afternoon programme. Not to be missed. Catch you then.

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