:00:35. > :00:45.They came from all over the world. From Australia, Israel, Hong Kong
:00:45. > :00:47.
:00:47. > :00:56.and Canada to compete for the indoor title. The five men left
:00:56. > :01:03.standing were all from British soil. Paul Foster is the highest ranked
:01:03. > :01:11.player left in the tournament. He squared off against Mervyn King.
:01:11. > :01:14.Down Burnett took on Robert Chisholm, who knocked out world No.
:01:14. > :01:20.1 Greg Harlow. Since we started our coverage of this competition on
:01:20. > :01:30.Monday, the quality day-by-day has got better and better. Tonight, the
:01:30. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:45.matches featured are out of this Sir, Let us go to that first match.
:01:45. > :01:55.You will bite your fingernails down to be quick. It is Alex Paxton
:01:55. > :02:22.
:02:22. > :02:32.Marshall was absolutely hammered in the first set. We join the match in
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:03:22. > :03:32.five shots in the last three ends. Suddenly he is not looking as
:03:32. > :03:32.
:03:32. > :05:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:05:30. > :05:40.needs to hurry. The line was good. Another postcard bowl - Wish You
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:06:41. > :06:51.movement, you have to take your this second set away. This is going
:06:51. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:18.to be good dough. -- good though. I Robert Paxton and has contributed
:07:18. > :07:45.
:07:45. > :07:55.on the forehand, but it is a bit of a disaster for Robert Paxton. It is
:07:55. > :08:31.
:08:31. > :08:36.an end to forget. 1, 2, 3, or you and eight two. -- a two. Now he is
:08:36. > :08:40.looking for three shots to try and draw be set. I do not know what had
:08:40. > :08:50.happened to Robert. It really isn't like him because he is normally so
:08:50. > :09:04.
:09:04. > :09:14.well known for holding. With the forehand, you have the chance of a
:09:14. > :09:15.
:09:15. > :09:25.little bit of extra weight. If he had caught the bowl, it would have
:09:25. > :09:27.
:09:27. > :09:37.been brilliant. Swings and roundabouts. First four ends to
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:09:37. > :11:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:11:09. > :11:17.Robert Paxton and the next four to There is still room for a set. That
:11:17. > :11:27.would not be a problem. Robert is playing for the jack to try and
:11:27. > :11:27.
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:12:37. > :12:47.get the jack onto the respot to the edge, follow it through,
:12:47. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.punch the green bowl out. Here it this. It will only be one. He was
:13:09. > :13:19.close. It was the wrong side. Had it gone to the other side you would
:13:19. > :13:28.
:13:28. > :13:38.have got the three. -- he would drama, you want the Scottish
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:14:36. > :14:42.will be running out of time on BBC television. You will be able to
:14:42. > :14:52.watch the remainder live on the BBC website. Delighted to have you join
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:14:52. > :16:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:16:15. > :16:25.this match on BBC Two television he once a hit. -- he wants. He has
:16:25. > :16:25.
:16:25. > :17:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:17:14. > :17:24.Alec Marshall -- Alex Marshall. That is the respot cupboard. --
:17:24. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:47.run through to the respot position? I don't think he has got enough on
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:17:47. > :18:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:18:29. > :18:34.the perfect tie end. Got the jack, punch the green bowl away. Managed
:18:34. > :18:44.to run through. He was going off the sides of the confines of the
:18:44. > :18:54.rink, on the respot. Bang on target. An extra bonus to run through for
:18:54. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:15.Robert Paxton successful in both his previous quarter-finals of this
:19:15. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :21:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:21:09. > :21:19.tournament. Against Simon Skelton, with a time out. He could have
:21:19. > :21:19.
:21:19. > :22:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:22:05. > :22:14.afforded to have reached into that Trying very hard, I have to say.
:22:14. > :22:24.Whether he will get back or not, I am not sure. He didn't make it.
:22:24. > :22:29.
:22:29. > :22:39.Second end two Alex Marshall. We go to a third and deciding end.
:22:39. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:05.I think that was maybe a wrong to give the match away, after being
:23:05. > :23:15.so dominant at the short jack length. He has just decided he
:23:15. > :23:41.
:23:41. > :23:49.felt is worth taking. -- one. The come out and defended his title
:23:49. > :23:59.really well. All credit to Alex Marshall for scrambling his way
:23:59. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:13.forcing this match all the way through to the last end of the tie-
:24:13. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:02.back. -- pop it. He needs another one in. That can be flicked out and
:25:02. > :25:25.
:25:25. > :25:31.he knows it. The respot effectively just checking what he has got.
:25:31. > :25:41.is playing very controlled. Just over the draw weight on that
:25:41. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:52.forehand. Didn't fancy that shot. The defending champion has one bowl
:25:52. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:12.good for him. He probably thought is our own bowl was too far away. -
:26:12. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :26:39.has resurrected himself in this game. He has nominated to kill the
:26:39. > :26:49.end. It means he can hit the White, knock it off and not go back on to
:26:49. > :26:59.be spot. The only time you can do that is on the third end. He has to
:26:59. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:29.hit it. He is close. What a good needed half bowl, a good solid half
:27:29. > :27:33.
:27:33. > :27:43.qualities. He was delighted with that, he punched the air. That is
:27:43. > :27:50.
:27:50. > :28:00.not easy for Alex Marshall. Does he try and take the ball? Bowl? He is
:28:00. > :28:34.
:28:34. > :28:40.playing so well he could draw this Robert Paxton. What a wonderful
:28:40. > :28:47.match. Robert Paxton goes through on the tie-break. He is again in
:28:47. > :28:56.the semi-finals. You must have been worried when I
:28:56. > :29:06.went to the tie-break? I was. Alex came back really hard. He put me in
:29:06. > :29:07.
:29:07. > :29:17.a lot of trouble. He deserve the tie-break. You had to pull
:29:17. > :29:22.
:29:22. > :29:32.something out of the bag. You almost did it. I knew if I could
:29:32. > :29:33.
:29:33. > :29:43.get there, the jack length back would give me a chance for the --
:29:43. > :29:46.
:29:46. > :29:56.give me a chance. With Alex winning the toss, you just have to play
:29:56. > :30:04.
:30:04. > :30:12.your best. What you like about Perth so much? -- what you like?
:30:12. > :30:22.Robert Paxton still in the competition. Alex Marshall is out.
:30:22. > :30:22.
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:31:47. > :31:57.Next up, Mervyn King against Paul so he will have to adjust for the
:31:57. > :31:57.
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:33:29. > :33:35.King because he is now looking in Paul Foster to block Mervyn King's
:33:35. > :33:45.forehand. I don't think he has managed to block it. It has all
:33:45. > :34:07.
:34:07. > :34:15.been down to the conversion shots is so hard to play. So many of
:34:15. > :34:25.these missed, and that is another one. A good call by Paul Foster to
:34:25. > :34:25.
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:35:33. > :35:42.accurate. He has played that jack both these players in many ways.
:35:43. > :35:43.
:35:43. > :37:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:37:46. > :37:50.at the same time. They both fell and tried to recover? I think he
:37:51. > :38:00.has to. He should run into this to open it up and give himself some
:38:01. > :38:24.
:38:24. > :38:34.sure if he has got the shot... Oh, yes, he has. That was a brilliant
:38:34. > :38:34.
:38:34. > :42:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 50 seconds
:42:02. > :42:07.unlike Mervyn King. Paul Foster is King. If he uses the back can draw,
:42:07. > :42:15.he might fall away from it. Beforehand might open things up and
:42:15. > :42:25.be a better shot, but it is difficult. Yes, controlled weight
:42:25. > :42:33.
:42:33. > :42:43.have been on the edge of the red. At least he has given themselves a
:42:43. > :42:46.
:42:46. > :42:51.chance now. Mervyn King has one to play. Paul Foster has two. He does
:42:51. > :43:01.have the advantage. I think he will go for the respot cover. Anything
:43:01. > :43:24.
:43:24. > :43:34.he has none left. He may as well take the time out and used it. A
:43:34. > :43:34.
:43:35. > :43:44.quarter-finalist in a last four years. -- in the last four years.
:43:45. > :43:53.
:43:53. > :44:03.Trying to wrest it, turn the jack not done enough. The match to Paul
:44:03. > :44:03.
:44:03. > :44:13.Foster. He wins in a tie-break in 2012. Paul Foster cents Mervyn King
:44:13. > :44:23.
:44:23. > :44:33.In the first set he was unbelievable. I started playing
:44:33. > :44:41.
:44:41. > :44:49.silly shots. After five or six ends I be reached. -- regrouped.
:44:49. > :44:59.started the second set incredibly well. I knew I had got to carry it
:44:59. > :45:01.
:45:02. > :45:08.on. But he really up that his game. -- upped. Paul Foster went through
:45:08. > :45:12.that had to work very hard. Next up was done all English affair. Mark
:45:12. > :45:17.Royal against Nicky Brett. They had to put their friendship aside as
:45:17. > :45:23.they fought for a place in the semi-finals. In a game of nip and
:45:23. > :45:33.tuck it was Nicky Brett he took a decisive lead in the 5th end, this
:45:33. > :45:34.
:45:34. > :45:43.giving him two shots. Two shots, Nick Brett. With the score at 5-7
:45:43. > :45:49.Mark Royal played a great first bowl in the 8th end. His opponent
:45:49. > :45:59.had a real chance to win with the final bowl of the set. All about
:45:59. > :46:07.
:46:07. > :46:10.He failed, which meant the set was tight. After trading single point
:46:10. > :46:16.in the first two ends he played a wonderful draw to take two shots in
:46:16. > :46:25.the third. The bias only comes into effect in the last 25% of its
:46:25. > :46:30.trouble. There you go. -- of its travel. Nicky Brett then started
:46:30. > :46:36.piling on the pressure. Mark Royal was having to pull out some huge
:46:36. > :46:42.shots to stay in the match. Very close to this. Well played, Mark
:46:42. > :46:47.Royal. In the end Mark Royal left himself with too much to do,
:46:47. > :46:57.leading four from the final end of the second set he was left with a
:46:57. > :47:06.
:47:06. > :47:11.match, Nick Brett. He gave the match to his fellow countryman. A
:47:11. > :47:16.very close match between close friends. Nicky Brett is through to
:47:16. > :47:21.the semi-finals. Next up, an incredibly tight match. They have
:47:21. > :47:26.all been brilliant so far. Robert Chisholm against Darren Burnett.
:47:26. > :47:31.One of the most decorated bowler has, he won his first national
:47:31. > :47:41.title in 1997 as a junior in his first World Championship. He has
:47:41. > :47:42.
:47:42. > :47:47.won tournaments twice and sits at number four in the world rankings.
:47:47. > :47:54.Robert Chisholm beat Greg Harlow, and dominated the world number one
:47:54. > :47:59.refusing to let him into the match. Chisholm started well against
:47:59. > :48:09.Burnett. The Scotsman responded in the second set. Rejoin the match at
:48:09. > :48:36.
:48:36. > :48:40.the start of the tie-break. -- we Darren Burnett, and he did so.
:48:40. > :48:50.Robert Chisholm, a former England international player, now playing
:48:50. > :48:54.
:48:54. > :48:58.for Wales. Lives in Swansea. attraction of the Welsh women. Met
:48:58. > :49:08.his girlfriend who lives in Wales, and he has travelled down to be
:49:08. > :49:31.
:49:31. > :49:41.with her. Scottish international starters. There is Robert is a's
:49:41. > :50:17.
:50:17. > :50:27.girlfriend, Hannah, watching on. -- -- steady, he wants the bowl, got
:50:27. > :50:45.
:50:45. > :50:55.playing you thought he would have backed two or three around that
:50:55. > :51:33.
:51:33. > :51:43.End you can only pick up -- pick up one. Pushed it out much wider.
:51:43. > :51:55.
:51:55. > :52:05.is a winner all on its own. Looks afford Darren Burnett. He has
:52:05. > :52:10.
:52:10. > :52:17.really taken his time. -- time-out for Darren Burnett. He cannot
:52:17. > :52:27.afford to spend too much time looking at it. Tempted with the
:52:27. > :52:31.
:52:31. > :52:41.backhand. He knows the forehand so the match. But because it is a tie-
:52:41. > :52:48.
:52:48. > :52:55.break, it is certainly far enough into it, hoping to get something.
:52:55. > :53:05.He is not hanging about. He wants the result. He was right down the
:53:05. > :53:14.
:53:14. > :53:19.threat of it. It was all red in the He takes the lead in a tie-break.
:53:19. > :53:23.Could have drawn for it but thought this was a high percentage shot.
:53:23. > :53:29.Three bowls in there but he needed to get a solid and that is what
:53:29. > :53:39.happened after that. He had to get the shot. -- get solid. Good
:53:39. > :53:58.
:53:58. > :54:08.controlled, solid weight to do the in 2001. Since then he has
:54:08. > :54:08.
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:54:57. > :55:07.qualified, never got past the He is wasting no time. Get rid of
:55:07. > :55:07.
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:56:13. > :56:18.their heavy draw. -- they have the that is important. This is where
:56:18. > :56:24.the clock has an effect. He cannot hang around and think about all the
:56:24. > :56:34.things he could do. It has failed to start on time. He has got a few
:56:34. > :56:37.
:56:37. > :56:44.extra seconds. The button has been pressed 12,500 times already. A
:56:44. > :56:49.mistake will happen. He is waving this on because he wanted to get up
:56:49. > :56:59.to the jack. Not a bad bowl in terms of blocking, available to
:56:59. > :57:21.
:57:21. > :57:25.Robert to drift around. Pressure this? It is struggling. Darren
:57:25. > :57:29.Burnett has reached the semi-final of the Scottish International Open
:57:29. > :57:39.against Robert Chisholm who has entertained us this week it falls
:57:39. > :57:40.
:57:40. > :57:46.at quarter-final stage. The Scot Hard work at times. He was the more
:57:46. > :57:52.consistent player. I was a bit better in the second set.
:57:52. > :57:58.Incredible both sets were similar, but a mirror image. He took control
:57:58. > :58:05.at the end of the second. I was pretty happy with the way the first
:58:05. > :58:11.set started. To be totally honest, it wasn't perfect. I didn't give
:58:11. > :58:16.him a game in the end. I was dropping too many short bowls.
:58:16. > :58:23.is a class player. Nine times out of 10 he would know that. A lot of
:58:23. > :58:27.pressure when it comes to a tie- break. It is not easy. A brilliant
:58:27. > :58:34.day with some brilliant players. Tomorrow should be equally good. We
:58:34. > :58:41.are back on air on BBC TWO Scotland at 9am. There we are over on BBC