Day 5 Masters Snooker Extra

Welcome to the programme. We're into the quarterfinal stages of the

tournament and tonight we are concentrating on the match between

the defending champion Neil Robinson and Mark Allen. These two

have met twice in this tournament Well played. An early chance now. A

couple of loose Reds, but he also has an ankle on the blue if he was

to go straight into the pink. He is On this occasion he has played for

the Rick Innocenzi at the back of the bunch, but he has played for it

in such a way that the Brits will be scattered all over the table. As

long as it is enough action in the cue ball to get back. He might free

the pink also here. It is always the worry with the shot, the cue

ball finishing tight to the side The cue ball comes back, flicking

It may look fairly simple from Good cueing. It is even more

difficult when you play it at that pace, which he had to do to try and

go himself on to a red. He cannot afford to just drop the blackened.

It is still not ideal by any means. The thing with a shot is that

sometimes you are wondering where the cue ball is going and forget to

He is obviously seen some problems here. He could drop the road into

the centre and if he played the blue into the green pocket he will

be slightly hampered killing my He might have to take the blue into

the other corner pocket. He tried to get on the black and he has just

covered it slightly. I think with the shot you mentioned, being a

left-hander it was awkward with the two Reds. Does he go the blue?

is having a long, hard look at it. Maybe it is too tight. He is having

another close look at it. It must That is a great recovery. Very,

And he's looking quite confident, After potting a fabulous blue there,

he was stretching a little bit and That was not expected. And where

the cue ball has finished, Neil, also being a left-hander, has two

options. He has taken the red that is closest to the pocket. The

Bridgend is a little awkward. -- Well, after the to Liberation, he

decided to take the red mac closest to the cue ball and struck it

He is eight if you could -- terrific player to watch, Neil

There is always a big debate who is the best part are we have had in

the game and he is certainly up We have said it so many times, all

the top ones have been left handers. Even now you have Mark Allen, Judd

Trump, Jimmy White, Mark Williams, the list goes on. Way back in the

Just looking at the angle here, he would love to get the pink for in

Something like that. And I think he is on that one to the left corner.

That is the one he has dropped on. The plaque is covered for the

opposite corner, so it is not straightforward. A little bit of

work to do. He might be able to screw up towards the blue. The pink

This is going to be awkward. pinched a little bit on the pocket

there. Potter that redneck -- Brad Keselowski into the side of the jaw.

John Parrott was probably one of the best in the game at potting a

ball, but that one was superb. There are already signs that Neil

Sometimes there is a match in a tournament we have got a way with

it a little bit. Sometimes when you're in a tournament after you

feel like you may have got not doubt if turned a bit extra --

He was on a 50 break on his way to winning the match and was a

fraction away from finishing on a read mac and Neil made a terrific

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Already 38 points ahead. He needs a few it more bread balls and colours

to make the frame safe. But missed the red Bull proving costly for

Mark Allen when he was stretched a He was just stretched a little bit

This is the first time in the break He wasn't anywhere near that and I

think the reason for it he was -- was he was so disappointed with his

previous positional shot. It is a fine 66 break, but maybe it is not

going to be enough. Mark Ellen can still win. Look at the way the

balls are situated. Mark Ellen was There is going to be a gap here, I

think. He may take the more difficult pot here, the one to the

left of the three. He only needs the red, so he can take the one to

the left. Get the white backed down towards you were. Once again, how

You don't lose many friends when you make a break of 66, but they

could be the case here if Mark Allen can get the chance. It is a

difficult chance he is faced with. He either put all his eggs in one

basket and goes fallout, or tries to find the safety behind the

yellow and green. And there is your He has overcome it, can you believe

it?. He looks over Ennis says, I have had enough of this frame-up.

It a chance to pinch that frame. It A few of the long but he has had to

force he has not got anywhere near the pocket, which is going to

confuse him a little bit. Have a look at this. It was a wide. The

sort of thing that can just put a little dent in your confidence.

Mark will be absolutely sick he has played it like that. What a chance

I was waiting to see a little touch of side there, but he hit it a

I know it is their lead early in the frame, but he has a 39 point

lead, and if he could put one of them safe, it would not be the

worst idea. I like the shot. Well played. Dealer nice and tight on

In fact, the escape route down the right side of the table, below and

the red are in the way. -- the yellow and the red. He has to be

careful. That is pretty careless. Another chance for Mark Allen. Can

He has got to be a bit a bit careful here. The pink will respond,

so you have to make sure you do not beat yourself snookered. -- believe

He has certainly covered the one on the left-hand side and that is the

one he has played for. He has to take the other one. It is a thin

He just has himself slightly out of position, which can happen you play.

The last job he was a fraction of getting on the ready intended and

sometimes it takes you a couple of shots to get back into prime

position. It seemed to compound itself in a child becomes worse

than the one before. -- and each one. It should have been a series

of simple screws and get ready for As long as this would pass as the

Blackie is OK. And it does. And It is going to be one apiece and

you have to feel that Mark Allen will be feeling a lot better

because he has seen Neil Robertson miss a few long pots by quite a

margin, which is slightly worrying You wouldn't say either player has

settled just yet, even though neo- did make a break of 66 and the

opening frame. He normally doesn't make too many mistakes. He lost his

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Mark Allen with the aid of that 49 break gets himself level. It is one

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Just a straightforward safety shot here. Not a lot he can do. Just

slide off the road and get up past the green. He would have to get it

close to the cushion because that read mac next to Plews pottable in

A little bit careless because he might be able to take this bread on

next to the blue and play for the black. The only red he would have

it is there. If he was to put the white somewhere near the green,

could he see enough of that the red A couple of T-shirts there. Imagine

Meanwhile, Mark Allen not that to ble

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to get two. He did get on the black. No easy red Bull to get on here.

They are all covering each other and if he was to force the black in,

even the one to the left of the pink, it would snooty him. Bar from

In the end, he tried to force it in, but his next red was going to be a

long one, even if he had had potted the pink is still available. This

would be interesting, to see if Neil would take this on. He has

missed a few long once. You can see the one, but he might just elect to

play the safety shot. He is looking at the possibility of a plant.

he plays this point he is going to You have to be for bothered about

this shot. -- full-blooded. That is the way to play it. Beautifully

And a similar scenario here. He can pot the black, but he is running up

towards the blue. Not easy to get nicely on to next red. In fact, he

has hit that a little thicker than he intended. He wanted the white

about another six inches across the table to leave this pod slightly

Just wondering if he can screw this across the face of the pack. yes,

he can do it. A beautifully controlled shot. He has played an

excellent shot put the plant and another one there. Now he has an

angle into the pack. The type of shot here you want to play a nice

firm stand up into these so the cue ball does not come back up to the

top cushion. The priority is to pot He did play the stone shot, but let

it slide of the pack and now he is faced... Will show you again. Now

we will see if he can knock a long one in, because he has missed a few

of them. He is a little bit unlucky. He needed for a contact on the

ready it there. -- red Bull. It is interesting. You have played a few

of them today. He missed quite a few of them by a long way. There is

though the white's gone to the cushion, he's still got ang angle

to drop the blue in -- an angle to drop the blue in and I'm sure

there's a red to the right corner. They all seem to be covering each

other so he'd have to be pretty precise here. There's one that will

go. Neil's having a look here. If he gets by the middle pocket, the

red through the gap there close to the pink spot would be the one to

play on. But, you know, it's good finish there. He's got to be very

careful. He could drop it in. But has he come far enough? He was

trying to run further to leave the angle than I thought. If he had

played that and bounced it off the cushion and back, he'd have give

himself a better chance of being on it. Obviously there was too much

angle. This has been great so far. It's

had a little bit of everything. reds are nicely situated but he's

got to be careful because we can see they're all blocking each other

somewhat. You have to make sure and get a good cue ball each time. It's

not that they're all in pottable positions. They're all blocking

each other, somewhat. And that cannon there has left him

on a choice of reds. It's much better now. It's amazing - just

that one little cannon has turned the whole situation around and the

chance is now there, just a delicate little cannon has opened

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really has. He's a top-class player in his early frames, but overall,

the standard is pretty good. I think Neil did have a 66 in the

opening frame. Mark had a chance to pinch that. Mark had a 38 and 49 in

the second frame. And now Neil Robertson with this effort - 58 and

counting. So it's building up very nicely

other reds. He can just play this in and there's one in the centre

which is virtually guaranteed in position. But Neil feels as if he

can get on the one that's behind the pink.

And he only needs that red that you mentioned, John. He'll

automatically finish on a blue or a baulk colour. But he's had a look

there to see if the pink would go - not this this pocket - in the other

pocket, but he doesn't have to hold for the pink, as long as he pots

the red. He's looking round at the

scoreboard. He's having another long, hard look at the pink but he

looked at it before. Surely there must be enough room. Otherwise, he

wouldn't have played for it. Yes. He's having a look to see if he can

run round the angles and leave the red either in the middle pocket but

- as you say, Denis, he just needs this pink anyway. And he's decided

that that back red will squeeze in. And Neil Robertson, as John Parrott

said - it wasn't easy but that was a terrific 73 break and he's now 2-

of this little mini session under way. We will have an interval after

this. There's no real value in trying to pot this red into the

left corner, because the black is not available because of the red to

the left of it. This shows you what he's looking at

f.-In-if that red wasn't to the -- if that red wasn't to the right of

the black, he'd take that one up get back up the table, which he

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managed to do, but he didn't get Now the tricky bit - can he get on

needs to pull up, though. He was almost absolutely perfect, but I

think he's gone a little bit too far. He wanted that red next to the

black. I think he deserved a bit of luck

there. Certainly in the opening couple of frames, Neil had the best

of the run of the ball. It's bubbling up nicely, this match,

Dennis. It certainly is. He's got a bit of insurance with the red and

he'll old on that and have a chance to open a few more here.

Because of that red, he's sliding past now. He hit that nicely as

well. He put just enough pace on it to

come back. And this, already, is a black, but it doesn't really matter

because he's got a few reds to play were over for his last match. They

flew back home to County Antrim. I think they're back again. They were

making plans to come back. His mum, Lyn, won't be here. She's normally

here supporting her son but she's waiting to go in for an operation.

I am sure you're at home watching, Lyn. I hope all goes well with your

operation. Your son is on his way far this year is held by Mark Allen,

no less. It's a break of 136. And there's a possible break of 140 and

a not inconsiderable prize of �8,000 for the highest break this

left corner but he always had this one to the middle. A lot of the

time, you're leaving the cue ball where you've got options, rather

than just playing for an individual ball each time. You have to leave

think you think eight and nine shots ahead, but you're so the or

sort of using it, you know, different types of shots just to

leave yourself various choices. It was also one of those strange

anomalies that Mark Allen is left- handed and uses the rest right-

handed. There's a few players like that, aren't there? I don't know

and I think he plays to a 5 or 6 there's one of the reds, the middle

one of the three behind the pink, was pottable.

And if it is - and it looks like it is - he'll certainly play on that

after the 7 after the 7rom Neil in like that. It was the slightly

that suits Mark. And when he's in the balls like this, he never looks

like he's going to miss. He's having a laugh there with the

referee and it's great to see him back in the fold. He had some

health issues. He had a rough old time of it, did

Jan, but he's back to normal. He fell in the bath, believe it or not,

and had to have an operation on his vertebrae and then, when he

recovered, he went off to China to do some ref do some ref deep

vein thrombosis, and was there for five weeks on his own. He said it

was fun. Five weeks and nobody could understand a word he was

sitting in his chair and watching a magnificent 73 from Neil Robertson

in the last frame. This has been superb from Mark Allen. And we

expected as much and we certainly That's the 12th.

And it's come just at the right missed early on but not many missed

in the last couple of frames. One mistake and the frame is over.

That's the way they're starting to play, these two players.

We said it was going to be difficult to pick a winner at the

start of this. Nothing's changed break. I didn't realise there was

enough there. What a fabulous thing that is - it's the highest break in

this year's Masters. He's supersided his break of 136 and it

came just at the right time. Mark Allen now levels the scores. It's

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this will cut. It's a thin one. Well, you can see Neil's having a

long, hard look at it. It just depends what happens the

cue ball here. He's had to - he's going to have to hit it so thin.

chipped it in. He's played it in such a way that he's controlled it

to perfection. Absolutely superb shot and great angle on the blue.

Well, they've opened up, but what's he on? There might only be one red

pottable, the one to the extreme right, but he didn't catch the pink

as he intended, but it still opened the rids. Now, if this one pots,

he'll have a go at it, because he'll he head up towards the brown,

as you can see it clearly does. You've got a perfect picture there.

We'll know if it's in before he does.

And that's pretty good. He tried to hold it on the blue and

he's just come up a little bit short. So it might be the end of

break. The only possible red is the one to the left of the pack that he

could take on after the blue. And that's the one he's played for. And

he can get round the back of the black and reds. That's if he pots

this. Could have been better, could have

been a lot better. I don't know whether he can sneak

past that brown and chip the green in. It's very tight.

He's got a long way to travel, because the green is quite a

thinnish cut. He's got to maybe hit a dumb of --

couple of cushions to get to a red here.

In fact, he's hit it off three cushions. How's your luck? Not very

good. The moment you've got to play the

green so thin, you can't get on a good shot with the cue ball. This

is a tough one, but it's safely in. I tell you what - he made that look

easy but it was far from easy. Look at his pot success rate, at 95%.

Neil Robertson underneath that - well, I suppose it's a magical 90%.

If you're 90% or above, you're came out the victor between these

two 6-3 and he went on to win the tournament. Maybe it's time for a

final-frame decider. We might get that, the way they're both playing

some great final-frame deciders. There was always something

happening each year. The opening matches, some one 6-5

and two went 6-4. You put the top 16 players into the melting pot and

that's what you get - competitive snooker.

He got a heavy contact there, but at least it hasn't spoiled things.

You can see the red leave the bed left off before the mid-session

interval. He made a break of 138 there and

superseded his break of 136. So he's in line for that �,000 prize.

You wouldn't think it would stand but 138 is quite a target. Yes, and

I have to say he deserves everything he gets in this break as

well after that lovely little cutback on the red that opened the

pack up. He played it very positively. It

gave him this chance, which he's making the most of. He looks in

fine fettle at the minute. The longest frame so far in this

match was the opener. 17 minutes. I think it's 16, 12, 11 and this is

coming up to nine minutes, so they're getting on with it. Yeah.

There hasn't been a great deal of tactical play, but it's just how

it's panned out. So the players are virtually clinching a frame with

one chance. And not that many pots away from

securing this fifth frame. There's options here, but he may

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just choose to hold the spot. bit special here or the frame is

over. He might pot this. He doesn't, but what a start after

the interval. One mistake and Mark Allen, with that break of 72, gets

Woolfs, he is not worried who he is playing. -- plays the balls. And

that is a bit more like it! Very Swiss through the ball, here. Lots

of work on the cue ball. -- very smooth through the ball. There was

ball, some like to stun it. You were a stammer, when to you? Always

have been! -- you were a stunner. Wife, thank you, Dennis. -- why,

thank you, Dennis. He does not want to see that happen too often!

Especially against an inform Mark Allen. He will probably finish on

the blue ball. And that is not a bad one. He has an angle on it. He

has a choice available. It has blue. The angle is important. It is

important to leave a good angle on the Blacks. -- on the black, which

he's got. Not totally straightforward, this one.

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controlled with a perfect angle. may be unlucky again, here. As you

said, he had the perfect angle with the blue ball. He hit the pink

put the disappointment behind you and make sure your next shot is the

I should imagine there is a plenty -- fair amount of pressure on Neil

Robertson at the moment. The only reason he has not scored is because

it has been running awkwardly for him. Those safety shots suddenly

have more pressure on them. He was looking to see if he would come off

the side cushion. The left corner or he will leave a possible pot.

(APPLAUSE). Pretty good pace. That red is just to the left of the pink

spot. He might still take it on. It wasn't far away. And he killed it

for the yellow all the green but now that he has missed it... -- he

held it for the yellow or the green. It is like a game of chess. That

was definitely in the middle of the white. Straight in the centre

pocket and a perfect angle on the blue. Sometimes, that happens. Mark

Allen will be thinking he has done all the work but has made it easier

important junction in this match. He has got to score here. Yes,

something he has not had the previous rounds. He never scored a

can do. REFEREE: 14. They will bounce back again. They will show

who is boss. REFEREE: 15. There is a chance if he cannons into the red

Bulls. -- into the reds. Just to bit more on the cue ball. Screwed

with some reverse side to throw it out into the middle of the table.

But he is looking good again. REFEREE: 30. He got the required

left-hand side on that. It hits the cushion. The natural angle would

have taken him in between the pink and the black. It is amazing the

number of people who start playing snooker and think you have to pot

for the side all the time, but that is not... That was a clever shot he

played it there. The pink went through the gap. Very clever.

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trading blows in this match. Neil Robertson at the moment, 60 and

counting. Good stuff. REFEREE: 61. (APPLAUSE). COMMENTATOR: I

mentioned earlier about Mark Allen making 48 last season. Neil

Robertson made 54. He has already made 30 this season. He is one of

the top break-builders in action and isn't it enjoyable? It really

is. Yes, it shows how well you have got to play these days just to win

matches, let alone tournaments. Very high standard. When you get to

the Masters, every match is like a final with the top 16 in the world.

Neil Robertson has made 243 centuries in his career. In 1998...

REFEREE: 86. COMMENTATOR: It has been a terrific effort, it really

has. REFEREE: 89. COMMENTATOR: Yes, we have had 12 centuries so far in

these Masters. REFEREE: 93. COMMENTATOR: Well, he certainly had

to score, and that is exactly what he has done. This for a century.

(APPLAUSE). Absolutely superb! It really is! His audience in

Alexandra Palace are witnessing some excellent snooker. And what a

great response from Neil Robertson. He has responded with that 111 and

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we are all square at 3 E each. -- 3 has ever played. No, the cue ball

think again on the Rhodes. Not what he is looking for at the start of

this frame. -- thick on the reds. (APPLAUSE).

This table is fast. He is just about OK. He looks to be perfect at

this stage. He has been lucky. He has covered it, but... You would

have to say there is a vital bit of tension there because he did not

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get close to that ball. -- a small amount of tension there. Just had a

quick look to see if the Blacks went past the pink. -- the black.

And there is the answer. It brilliant.

brilliant. The work on the cue ball to come back, it could not be done

any better. But the thing about that shot as well, he didn't hit it

that hard and the timing was perfect. This frees the other red

to go in this pocket. And it is also clear for the other corner,

now. Another four reds are available before he has to go into

the bunch. It doesn't mean he will wait until he gets those four reds,

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but there are a few points on here. 25. COMMENTATOR: He will take the

pink instead. These are the situations...

REFEREE: 32. COMMENTATOR: You have got to hold yourself together when

it matters most. An important shot coming up if he decides to go into

the bunch. And how is your luck? It goes towards the pocket. He has

covered it! (APPLAUSE). REFEREE: 38. COMMENTATOR: Somewhat unlucky,

there. The only thing I will say in his favour is I cannot see the pack

natural angle to get back onto the black. Top spin on that, he would

be bound to be on it. (APPLAUSE) REFEREE: 39. COMMENTATOR: That had

to be absolutely spot-on. What a great chance. And the

standard of this match has been amazing. Just the one frame, the

seventh frame, that was a bit awkward. But the rest of them, it

has been great stuff. Brilliant. It really has been good. Sensibly,

Neil Robertson with the cue ball cleaned. Just one of those shots

you can get a kick on. He is thinking clear and straight. And

what a competitor he is! REFEREE: 54. COMMENTATOR: Plenty of grit.

Yes, true grit. And what a great film that was! John Wayne, wasn't

it? REFEREE: 62. For (APPLAUSE).

COMMENTATOR: Mark Allen will be getting himself ready for another

comeback. He will have to win the last two fr last two frble

of doing that, as we have seen this afternoon. He holds the two highest

breaks in this year's Masters. 138 and 136.

REFEREE: 79. COMMENTATOR: There was that

cracking shot. It was a natural angle, but he still had to get it.

REFEREE: 87. COMMENTATOR: We have already had a

12 centuries in this year's Masters. This will be number 13.

Some noise coming from somewhere backstage... What happened there

was Neil Robertson looked at the table and realised he could not

beat 138. (LAUGHS). That is why Mark Allen is smiling.

(APPLAUSE). Absolutely superb. That is the 13th

coming out a good time for the Australian.

REFEREE: 101. COMMENTATOR: The standard continues.

Neil Robertson with that magnificent century break puts

himself one frame away from victory. Could we possibly have another

deciding frame this year? Mark Allen is still having a little

smile with Neil Robertson. That is great to see. Terrific competitors

out there on the green cloth but away from it, it is nice to see

them having a little smile. No real value in taking the red

down the left-hand side of the table.

It would be a very good shot for nothing.

(APPLAUSE). COMMENTATOR: The red that is

closest to the Blacks is what he would want to play the safety off.

-- closest to the black. That is what he has managed to do, but

unfortunately, has put the red towards the corner. Not good enough

against someone like Neil Robertson. The first chance falls to the

Australian. And up until last year, he had never got past the

quarterfinal at the Masters. This could be another small

milestone for him. He has a lot to do before he gets into that

semifinal. (APPLAUSE).

Up until that, he had scored 1,000 points.

That is not easy. If anything, he got into the cue ball too much.

This will be the test. There was nothing easy about that.

When he got up from that, I thought that he was suddenly thinking to

himself, this is too difficult. Getting up may be put that little

seed of doubt into his mind. He has finished up right in that

bunch of Rhodes. It was always going to be a tough pot at that

pace. -- right in that bunch of reds. That was well controlled.

Much more difficult than it looked. Easy for the ball to run away on

Very well played. REFEREE: 8, 9. COMMENTATOR: The chance is there

now and it is a good one. REFEREE: 17.

COMMENTATOR: Beautifully controlled, this was.

It deserves to go to a final frame decider, the way they have been

playing today. It has been good stuff.

REFEREE: 25. COMMENTATOR: And now an important

part coming up. If he gets the correct cannon here...

I think he is OK. He has one to the left. But is there a way to come

back onto the black? REFEREE: 41. (APPLAUSE) COMMENTATOR: They have

been trading punches all afternoon. Just a little bit of movement in

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They have been nipping and tucking five each. He has made some

important clearances in his snickering career, Neil Robertson,

but this will be a peer. Could people be a serious barrier -- that

here, but it might not be the worst idea to leave the last red on an

when he glanced up at the scoreboard. He was already well

ahead and maybe that is what he had to get onto the red to do that.

That is the problem with that shot. Unless he plays the bottom red, is

going to move it out the position he can play it into the pink. If he

plays the one on the left, he will have to Cannes and the other one.

Ideally he would have loved to awkwardly. He has a good angle on

the blue to go a pass the red and very tricky to knock this in. He is

looking at it. Hard to see from this angle whether it is possible

or not. He has a simple safety shot on if he wanted. I think if the cue

ball was in beyond the red he might have a chance of throwing it into

he could roll it in. The fact he has to cut it into the pocket makes

it a lot more difficult, so a good safety and a possible snooker is

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whether he middle pocket to play shot, but very effective. As ever

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it is not about hitting it, it is given away. -- eight points he has.

The shot that he left Mark Allen going to have that decider. We have

already had four last frame shoot- outs in this year's Masters. We are

this final two Reds. He made it red to get back on the black. It

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way to come off the ball caution. You can see in striking the cue

ball right of centre to straighten that black. He wants to keep it

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to the black, but he could put it but very little chance you would

feel. 37 behind with just 25 on the get on with the deciding frame,

John. But could not agree with you more. There is only really deep

black that he can play an effective snooker behind. Maybe tried to

bit, bringing the pink of the cushion. He would have loved to

chip it down towards the corner pocket, though. You can get behind

it now, but not very effectively or easily. At least if the pig was

down in the corner he would have a deciding frame. It was that earlier

break of 60 that Mark Allen made. Neil Robertson had a chance to

pinch the match and he did not take it. And we have a decider now.

Final frame to siders, they are people how you feel and the an

adrenalin rush to get, but there is no better feel when you pick a

snooker cue will -- snooker cue up. You dream about getting yourself

going to be a very tense deciding frame. Either player would have

wanted this. Marquez got a shot with a red on the right-hand side

if he wants, but the problem is the bread coming back and hitting the

shot here. The red to the right of the blue, if it goes up into the

left corner, he could maybe take that pot on and the natural angle

were taken up towards the black. I suppose at this stage you're

wanting to be extra careful. He is looking at it. He has come round to

look to see where the cue ball would finish. It will be

interesting to see if he does take and he has knocked the blew in. Now

he is probably thinking he may be blue in here. Look at this red here.

What a shot he is faced with. The natural angle taken right into the

bunch of red balls. What an early red balls there. The little smile

tells you that. Because of the pace it swung around the back of them.

couldn't see him missing. A good balls up and leave the cue ball. He

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yellow and green of despots, there first glance, as we show you the

shot again, he played perfectly. How does he get into the left side

of the pack so he does not leave that read that is over the pocket?

How does he get there? There is a part of the caution between brown

and blue, but there would take some if the blue is in the way. It is

very tight. Of these cushions, the angle would widen. He is having a

look at it. He may have no option. I certainly do not blame him for

the blue, as you said. I think that line is somewhere near where he

doubt, was it?. What a shot that was. Absolutely amazing how he has

judged this. Not only pottered, gets himself on to the black. I bet

Mark cannot believe the outcome cue-ball run half a role too far?

He would love to have been on the one on the right-hand side, but I

think the pink is blocking it. Q When will be slightly awkward for

their shot or whether he can pot that and strode off the cushion and

then to the black. I do not think he would be able to hold it without

All the sudden the game opens up. The natural angle would have taken

to the cushion. If Mark Allen loses the match after playing their shot,

he will never believe it. Now he is sitting in the chair, praying that

Allen played any must have filled in trouble here. The shot he has

played, he could play it 10 times and never bought the red, never

mind eating it? -- never mind careful with this one. It is not

perfect for the run through. The screw back would have to be careful.

I do not blame him for taking this are always banging the drum about

all you want in the final frame is a chance. Neil, this is definitely

the ankle and not only hit the red, but to pocket. It was quite

of the blue. He has to negotiate the brown and pink, as you can see.

At least the loan is off its spot, which helps in potting the blue and

both at 92%. Nothing to separate these two met players in the

quarterfinal. It has been an absorbing match. It is funny, but

yellow could be tricky if not careful. It was one of those

situations where at first you thought it was alright, but the way

he wanted to play the shot it was definitely going to be a potential

barrier. He is still on one, but without the yield -- that little

flicker on the alone it would have the black for the same pocket. He

has the extension on the queue and again. The red might be slightly in

his way as we show you the shot again. Can he queue at the White

next red coming from? It is not one you were to dig down and placed on

shot on. You can only really drop it in. I think he has one that

middle pocket. It will not pass the buck when it is we spotted. He is

would be very tempted to be playing the glue ear. Or even the green if

he wanted to. Below it is. -- blew it is. I am not sure if the red

needy pink spot goes into the left corner. If it does he is OK, if not

he is... There is plenty of room. Not a problem. It is a great chance.

It has to be said. It is a chance that definitely did not look on

when he came to the table tide in behind the yellow. This would be

quite a remarkable win if he was to clinch it from the position he was

absolutely cursed to be sitting there in the chair and watching

this. One of the best shot he played in the entire match and he

quite amazing and he showed it in his previous match. He was almost

out of the tournament and he fought back and we could see when he won

that match how happy he was when he potted the clinching ball. He

really is a fierce competitor. There is his brother watching this

superb effort here. Mark plays on the to work. He is listening in.

This is some performance from his has gone in for this break. It was

a great shot. Hitting it was the first priority. How well has he

taken the rest of these? He has been out of position one or two

times, but that's it. The rest of it has been pinpointed. And the

ability to play like you're in the club when you're playing in a

tournament that mean so much is an art form. This boy is very good at

Mark Ellen, where he feels that this year's match is definitely

slipping away. It has been a brilliant effort, but the defending

champion has had some good fortune, this quarterfinal. As all great

champions do, he is doing it in farce and, but what a match we have

witnessed here this afternoon. It has been absolutely superb.

Fantastic standard. It took a little while to warm up, but from

the third frame it has been brilliant all the way through. All

I could say to mark Allen is to keep playing the way you laugh. You

were going to win tournaments and be at the tail-end of them. He has

played a very big part in this match. He has won the World Open

this year and he certainly could be a future world champion. The man

from County Antrim, flying the flag for Northern Ireland. I am sure he

will win that World Championship. But this has been absolutely

fantastic. What a way to finish a match. His third century and he is

doing it in style. It is a shame they had to be a loser in the end.

Played in a great spirit, these two has. A fine display in the Masters.

In the end, it was Neil Roberts and with that magnificent century break

did get himself into the semifinal. He takes the match, six frames to

He takes the match, six frames to five. Well done to both players.