:00:00. > :00:45.Hello. Here at Alexandra Palace a Selby Slam is a possibility. The
:00:46. > :00:48.world number one already owns the World Championship trophy which he
:00:49. > :00:57.won last May. He recently claimed the big silver values in December
:00:58. > :01:03.and it is the crystal trophy that he is after now to complete his set. He
:01:04. > :01:07.will join only four or other men to hold all three of the snooker major
:01:08. > :01:14.titles simultaneously. A man he is trying to defeat in round one, is
:01:15. > :01:20.Mark Williams the last person to hold all three summer plane somewhat
:01:21. > :01:31.enviously. They have been watched today by John Virgo and Stephen
:01:32. > :01:42.Hendrick. -- last person to hold all three summer plane as we. --
:01:43. > :02:00.simultaneously. I could say the same about Mark
:02:01. > :02:06.Williams there. That was a poor shot. The worst thing is that he has
:02:07. > :02:17.opened the black up in the left corner. He may just have to swing
:02:18. > :02:27.this a touch. It should not be a problem. He should still be able to
:02:28. > :02:33.hold for the black. I thought for one minute he had missed the red. He
:02:34. > :02:40.did not want to hit the red doubtful. OK, it went in that he
:02:41. > :02:48.wanted a little more on the left. He can still pot the black but it would
:02:49. > :02:56.be interesting to look with the position. The blue is an easy iPod
:02:57. > :03:00.that he would be struggling to get back in among the red. He is playing
:03:01. > :03:41.the black. That was a bit high. Always high. I don't know if the
:03:42. > :03:47.pink goes to the left middle. Not a problem. What I was saying before,
:03:48. > :03:51.he needs to score today from these opportunities. To win frames in one
:03:52. > :04:20.visit. A little awkward this positional
:04:21. > :04:29.shot. I don't think he will play for the red. So not straightforward to
:04:30. > :05:15.be nicely positioned for the next red. He has played that well.
:05:16. > :05:32.Can he pot this red and avoid a kiss on the pink? I'm not certain he can.
:05:33. > :05:41.If he was a little more straight on this thread, no problem, pot it and
:05:42. > :05:46.threw back on the pink for the next pocket. But of you cannot avoid the
:05:47. > :05:51.kiss on the pink he will not be on it. He did not want to take the risk
:05:52. > :05:55.so he played it more firmly. He always knew he would have the blue
:05:56. > :06:13.but he does not really want to be playing that. So he is nearly
:06:14. > :06:20.perfect position now. I think it could pot the black and come back
:06:21. > :06:44.for the red in the right middle. I think you would go into the bunch
:06:45. > :06:50.from this shot. I think the one thing that could suit him to day,
:06:51. > :06:59.Stephen, because he is not a power player, he likes to float the ball
:07:00. > :07:05.in. A quick table suits his game. That could be to his advantage but
:07:06. > :07:12.having said that... He was a little unlucky on the table there. Could
:07:13. > :07:26.have done with another couple of ounces of our while. I agree. He is
:07:27. > :07:46.a touch player. -- couple of ounces of power were there. To that end it
:07:47. > :07:58.tells you he is going to play safe. You do need to be careful. He has
:07:59. > :08:11.the red near the right corner just over one minute for thinking time.
:08:12. > :08:18.Normally you could glance easily off a red but I do not think that is the
:08:19. > :08:29.case here. He thinks he has found a path. A touch short of pace. A
:08:30. > :09:23.little As you can see he can go past the
:09:24. > :09:28.brown to player safety. He is not guaranteed, however and he has the
:09:29. > :09:33.opportunity of a red on the left-hand side of the table. His
:09:34. > :09:50.thinking if he doesn't do this, he could lose the frame. Decision time.
:09:51. > :09:58.Just tried to hedge his bets slightly there. And on... He's not
:09:59. > :10:09.left anything easy, let put it that way. Did not fully commit on the
:10:10. > :10:33.pot. A little bit of pressure on the
:10:34. > :10:47.spot, if he misses it you would think it would cost in the frame.
:10:48. > :11:14.No. One mile away. So it should cost him his first frame.
:11:15. > :11:21.Ever since I have been covering the snooker over the last few years,
:11:22. > :11:27.watching Matt Selby it is amazing how many times his scrapes through
:11:28. > :11:31.in the first round and then goes on to win. He is definitely the most
:11:32. > :11:38.vulnerable in the first round. And as we said, joining the elite club
:11:39. > :11:44.of triple Crown holders, that is putting pressure on him. And there
:11:45. > :11:52.are no easy matches these days. I think he has a weakness, Mark Selby,
:11:53. > :11:57.sometimes I do not think he believes in himself as much as he should. He
:11:58. > :12:07.is a tremendous player. The man to beat at the moment, for me.
:12:08. > :12:14.Sometimes he doubts his own ability. A chance for Mark Williams to get
:12:15. > :12:16.the good start you thinking needed. He should win the frame at this
:12:17. > :12:28.visit. Obviously came very straight on the
:12:29. > :12:40.yellow. Could not do much with the cue ball. You would think, just make
:12:41. > :12:57.certain, play the blue. Mark Williams shop where he puts the cue
:12:58. > :12:59.under his arm. -- a Mark Williams shot. Just does not want to make
:13:00. > :13:20.contact with that colour. He almost missed the pot fair. Stick
:13:21. > :13:28.into the pocket and that is why the cue ball has ended up there. That
:13:29. > :13:41.chance he had now with lawn. 75 points still remaining. Yeah, he
:13:42. > :13:49.would be disappointed. He had to win the frame from that visit. You need
:13:50. > :13:57.to show Mark Selby that you will punish mistakes. That is what has
:13:58. > :14:00.been happening at every other match of this Masters so far this week.
:14:01. > :14:17.The standard has been incredible so far.
:14:18. > :14:24.Touching the red so there is not a lock Mark Selby could do there. He
:14:25. > :14:27.is not going to gain any advantage. Mark Williams should still have the
:14:28. > :14:54.upper hand in this tactical battle. Mark Selby is in a lot of trouble
:14:55. > :14:56.here. Need to play one cushion on the red which is on the black
:14:57. > :15:22.cushion. A delightful shot. A lovely lion and
:15:23. > :15:30.a lovely length. And although Mark Williams has a 53 point lead the way
:15:31. > :15:35.that the reds are, Mark Selby could get the next opportunity and he
:15:36. > :16:54.could quickly become favourite for the frame. As John said there is
:16:55. > :16:58.pressure on it now because look at where the reds are situated. If he
:16:59. > :17:22.misses this, it could cost him the frame. Taking a while getting down
:17:23. > :17:43.to it. Good work. Mark Williams will take this first frame. Ooh dear. I
:17:44. > :17:49.think he has been fortunate. So that now puts him 60 points in front. He
:17:50. > :18:04.played to come past the green, not run into it. So he has needed three
:18:05. > :18:10.chances to win this first frame, has Mark. He won't be banking on getting
:18:11. > :18:40.that in most of the frames. You need to take your hat off to
:18:41. > :18:48.him. There was a time only a few seasons ago when he dropped out of
:18:49. > :18:53.the top 32. Yeah, he has the talent. We were speaking before about two
:18:54. > :19:02.other players who turned professional in tears as talented as
:19:03. > :19:07.them. Maybe in a way he has taken pressure off himself by not being
:19:08. > :19:13.bothered about winning. True, you do not put any pressure on yourself.
:19:14. > :20:03.But is for some concern, they should still be competing for different
:20:04. > :20:08.titles. Giving every shot due care and attention. He wants to make
:20:09. > :20:56.certain he gets the cue through street. -- straight. So in those are
:20:57. > :21:01.the black. Plenty of opportunities but he has reduced the world
:21:02. > :21:03.champion to only scoring one point. And Mark Williams is one frame in
:21:04. > :21:18.front. Uncertainty book markers have made
:21:19. > :21:28.Mark Selby a big favourite in this match but you can never discount
:21:29. > :21:40.Mark Williams. Snooker for the connoisseur of, this afternoon could
:21:41. > :21:48.be. Sit back and enjoy. Well, we always say if you are going to miss
:21:49. > :21:54.that sort of shot than hit it too then. If you hit it to thick in the
:21:55. > :21:58.cue ball will never get past the spot. First opportunity to Mark
:21:59. > :22:01.Selby and a chance for him to get his hand on the table and pot a few
:22:02. > :22:31.balls. Well, that just shows you. If he had
:22:32. > :22:35.hit the black in the middle of the pocket he would have the cue ball at
:22:36. > :22:45.a harlot looks like he has the second prize He would have had the
:22:46. > :23:01.cue ball, but it looks as if he has the second prize here.
:23:02. > :23:24.Fortunate to be on it, you could save the hull a good pot, none the
:23:25. > :23:29.less. It goes without saying that the one he wants to get rid of is
:23:30. > :24:07.the one to the right of the black. Can he do that now?
:24:08. > :24:16.Won't be going to the bunch from this shot, but it will be in the
:24:17. > :24:21.back of his mind. Always nice to leave that shot when there's maybe
:24:22. > :24:27.one or two loose reds to give yourself a little bit of insurance
:24:28. > :24:35.if the split does not go well. I don't think he'll be angle the black
:24:36. > :24:40.after the red to go into the bunch. He may choose to play for the open
:24:41. > :24:45.red to go into the bunch off the blue.
:24:46. > :25:06.APPLAUSE That was the fifth red, but he won't
:25:07. > :25:09.be playing for the black now. He is hampered. He'll just have to play
:25:10. > :25:23.for pink and blue. There's a ?10,000 prize for the
:25:24. > :25:29.highest breaker held at the moment by Stuart Bingham. Made an is 132
:25:30. > :25:31.break in his match against Joe Perry and that was the only frame he won.
:25:32. > :26:10.Tough skill. He's not going to hit the blue, he's
:26:11. > :26:14.looking where he's going to lead the cue ball. Maybe he's thinking about
:26:15. > :26:18.trying to hold the spot. I think he's going to run through a little
:26:19. > :26:24.bit. He decided to play the screw shot in the end. Felt that if he did
:26:25. > :26:33.stun run through, he'd be at full stretch.
:26:34. > :28:02.You mentioned a tough skill, John. What he's done is miss that long
:28:03. > :28:04.ball by a long way, and it looks like it's going to cost him the
:28:05. > :28:16.frame. Seems he's attempted a long ball.
:28:17. > :28:21.Another possible reason why Mark is not completing the bid end so much
:28:22. > :28:30.that he doesn't get most long balls as regularly as he would like.
:28:31. > :28:36.APPLAUSE Yes, applause. Put Mark Selby in a
:28:37. > :28:41.position where his opponent needs snookers. You don't have to do a lot
:28:42. > :28:55.wrong to lose a frame. Still a possibility of beating the
:28:56. > :29:01.132 high break. ?10,000, is not to be sniffed at.
:29:02. > :29:06.Missed the canon, but he's going to be on the red on the line. So still
:29:07. > :29:36.a chance. This has been pretty impressive,
:29:37. > :29:42.though, apart from the sht of the first black which he was a little
:29:43. > :29:43.unfortunate to leave the red near the queen pocket, but he's been
:29:44. > :30:02.flawless nonetheless. Well, cleverly and purposefully in
:30:03. > :30:04.putting that read puts the other two in play.
:30:05. > :30:18.APPLAUSE Now, I don't know if he knows what a
:30:19. > :30:28.high break is. Maybe... I think someone like Mark Selby will know.
:30:29. > :30:31.Looks the right-hand side of the cue ball here.
:30:32. > :30:37.APPLAUSE Beautifully constructed break. With
:30:38. > :30:51.a red black, possibly 139 on. You would think, John, to win the
:30:52. > :30:59.prize, 142-plus, you'd think is standard? Yeah, absolutely. I mean,
:31:00. > :31:07.I was chatting to someone about the odds of a maximum break.
:31:08. > :31:17.We talked about how good the playing conditions are. The player - the top
:31:18. > :31:22.players like that for break-building, never have to hit
:31:23. > :31:32.the ball that hard. Pockets seem to be playing anything little bit in
:31:33. > :31:49.the generous side. So all counts to many big breaks this week.
:31:50. > :32:02.APPLAUSE Yeah, just about perfect. He may
:32:03. > :32:25.have to just stun one off the top cushion. Inch perfect.
:32:26. > :32:36.That equals the high break. This black to set. -- set the break a
:32:37. > :32:41.little bit higher. Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful. Shown why he's
:32:42. > :32:44.the world champion and world number one. That was exquisite. One a
:32:45. > :33:01.piece. APPLAUSE
:33:02. > :33:11.I think he can get past the greens to the reds to the right corner.
:33:12. > :33:18.Yes, just about get through to the potted angle. You practice, you play
:33:19. > :33:18.the canon on the red to the left of the black.
:33:19. > :33:47.APPLAUSE Green looks the obvious colour to
:33:48. > :33:51.take here. Off two cautions - if you brought the cue ball where it is
:33:52. > :34:15.now, it's ideal, you have a choice of two reds at either corner pocket.
:34:16. > :34:24.A little bit more angle on this pot than he would have liked. Makes it
:34:25. > :34:28.missble. Sometimes you miss trying to hold the cue ball. It did go off
:34:29. > :34:52.the right jaw of the pocket. Safely in.
:34:53. > :35:05.Mark Williams looked on most of the last frame. He'll be hoping he isn't
:35:06. > :35:14.here. He might be if the canon goes right. Well, he's on the black.
:35:15. > :35:20.Little bit thinner than he would like, but he feels if he can get the
:35:21. > :35:33.canon from the black. Just a little canon on that red.
:35:34. > :35:42.Well! That was careless. Didn't get into the cue ball at all.
:35:43. > :35:51.Yeah, it was a very kfrble shot in -- comfortable shot in the end.
:35:52. > :36:04.He'll be very disappointed the break has ended this quick. So go back to
:36:05. > :36:04.his chair a bit frustrated - Mark Selby.
:36:05. > :36:18.APPLAUSE Although, I think he broke back into
:36:19. > :36:30.the open here and playing off the main bunch. Looks too thick. And
:36:31. > :36:35.little bit harder, that red would have droped. But played the safety
:36:36. > :36:39.much too thick. Without having doing too much, Mark Selby is back at the
:36:40. > :36:57.table. Another chance to clinch the frame.
:36:58. > :37:20.I thought he may have played for that from that shot.
:37:21. > :37:22.He's gotten into that cue ball so well.
:37:23. > :37:34.APPLAUSE Watch the timing on the cue ball.
:37:35. > :37:36.You see it just - and it goes in between the green and brown, picks
:37:37. > :38:18.up pace. Got nice control of the cue ball,
:38:19. > :38:24.which he's going to need to win the frame at this visit. The reds are
:38:25. > :39:28.spread but there's only maybe two that are easily - easy to get on.
:39:29. > :39:50.Of course as he pots one, he brings the other one into the open.
:39:51. > :40:43.He still needs three of the remaining reds to clinch the frame.
:40:44. > :40:52.Maybe trying to play on the black here. As you saw when he was playing
:40:53. > :40:56.that red, there was little gap and he' played it absolutely
:40:57. > :41:00.inch-perfect. After this, he's looking for one more red, that's why
:41:01. > :41:14.he played for the black. Oozing the confidence.
:41:15. > :41:22.And there's -- there by playing the black he's put the red in the open.
:41:23. > :41:28.This puts him 66 ahead, with 59 remaining.
:41:29. > :42:08.Yeah, he's beginning to my comment, about looking vulnerable complete
:42:09. > :42:15.nonsense. Yeah, he's really looking on top of his game here.
:42:16. > :42:47.Well, the frame was over long before he missed that red. Mark Williams
:42:48. > :42:48.concedes. And Mark Selby leads 2-1. The fourth frame, Mark Selby to
:42:49. > :43:00.break. Mark Selby gets the frame, the one
:43:01. > :43:07.before the mid-session interval on the way. As always for the man who's
:43:08. > :43:09.behind, it's a big frame. Don't want to be two frames behind come the
:43:10. > :43:18.mid-session interval. APPLAUSE
:43:19. > :43:48.Good line. Decent length. Excellent return.
:43:49. > :44:03.APPLAUSE Talking about how well Selby's
:44:04. > :44:10.played in the last two frames, the best 16 players in the world come to
:44:11. > :44:13.this event. I used to love it as world number one competing the other
:44:14. > :44:19.world best players proving why you're number one. That's exactly
:44:20. > :44:24.how he would be feeling. Couldn't get much closer! And he was forced
:44:25. > :44:27.into playing it, but that, as we always say, is the advantage of
:44:28. > :44:31.getting that cue ball tight to the cushion. It just making cueing that
:44:32. > :44:36.little bit more difficult - and so close! And the fact he got so close,
:44:37. > :45:21.the double kiss, he's left a nice easy starter for his opponent.
:45:22. > :45:36.You always feel it's a good chance when the black is in the open and
:45:37. > :45:51.available into both corners. And a nice angle on the yellow and
:45:52. > :46:06.they'll be thinking about making a sizeable contribution.
:46:07. > :46:15.The best angle on this black, just coming around to see. Go to the
:46:16. > :46:19.right corner and then you can follow through with two cushions. The line
:46:20. > :46:21.of three to the left of the bunch, the middle one of these may pot to
:46:22. > :46:27.the right corner. Excellent positional shot there.
:46:28. > :46:47.Absolutely perfect. There you see the shaking of the
:46:48. > :46:55.head in the shot. Almost like a swing, not a shake, John. Yeah, I
:46:56. > :47:04.suppose it isn't a natural position that snooker players get themselves
:47:05. > :47:13.in. It didn't seem to have affected him. He's pushed the cue straight as
:47:14. > :47:17.a dye. It's almost the whole body moving from side-to-side, but it
:47:18. > :47:21.does not affect him one bit as you say. It's just the way he plays.
:47:22. > :47:24.Nice angle to go into the bunch here. Not going to do it this time.
:47:25. > :47:32.Playing with top spin. I think he'll play for an angle this
:47:33. > :47:44.time on the black to go into them. Yes, he's got that perfect angle
:47:45. > :48:10.now. Always knew he had this red to the
:48:11. > :48:14.left corner. It's just a little bit awkward in a passionate sense of the
:48:15. > :48:21.shot. I thought he'd play more of a stun. The red he could have played
:48:22. > :48:26.to the right corner. But as you say, seems to be on the collar here. And
:48:27. > :48:27.then you run into another red, where is the cue ball going to finish.
:48:28. > :48:42.He's not finished too well. If the blue is a natural angle,
:48:43. > :48:46.that's the colour he'll play. But if it's a natural angle to collide with
:48:47. > :48:53.a ball colour, he's got a problem here.
:48:54. > :49:03.Doesn't look as though he can roll the blue and avoid kiss on the
:49:04. > :49:07.green. He's looking at the black, but - it's a tough shot, but as I
:49:08. > :49:10.say, so far he's looked full of confidence when he's got in. So I
:49:11. > :49:19.can't see him refusing the pot. That's brilliant.
:49:20. > :49:35.APPLAUSE Especially when you forget you're in
:49:36. > :49:38.perfect position and then you got the really tough shot to play. So
:49:39. > :50:23.full of confidence. Immediately pointing his cue, going
:50:24. > :50:28.to play the canon from the blue, hit the pink full in the face. Didn't
:50:29. > :50:33.have to play it too hard. The reds are loose.
:50:34. > :50:39.Well, he stunned past them. I'm not sure that was the intention. Well,
:50:40. > :50:48.whatever. He's got a nice, easy red to continue the break with.
:50:49. > :50:54.I think the reason he missed it and wanted to take the line - actually
:50:55. > :51:03.line touching the pink out of the equation there. Yeah, fair call.
:51:04. > :51:08.Didn't want to risk anything going wrong, he knew as long as he was on
:51:09. > :51:11.a red to carry on, he would win the frame from there. I think Mark
:51:12. > :51:22.Williams has resigned to that fact now. All he potted one ball, Mark
:51:23. > :51:28.Selby, in the first frame. As we say, Mark needed three chances and
:51:29. > :51:34.it's now up to 281 points without reply.
:51:35. > :51:41.APPLAUSE 70 points the lead. 67 remaining.
:51:42. > :51:45.Looks like a two frame advantage going into the mid-session interval.
:51:46. > :52:30.Those two reds together to the left of the pink, one is available to the
:52:31. > :52:41.opposite corner to this black. You have to say, he's really settled
:52:42. > :52:46.in now. He's got that cue ball on a piece of string at the moment. And
:52:47. > :52:53.that is the key to this game - if you get good cue ball control, then
:52:54. > :52:58.you will almost make every shot that much easier.
:52:59. > :53:10.Yeah, this is as good as I have seen Mark Selby play in a first-round
:53:11. > :53:12.match. I think since I can remember. Still potable, this red. The left
:53:13. > :53:33.middle. APPLAUSE
:53:34. > :53:39.Yes, nicely played. Second century, now, it's a formality. He can't
:53:40. > :53:40.better the 139. Lots of left-hand side here.
:53:41. > :53:52.APPLAUSE Have to say, Steve, at the moment,
:53:53. > :54:00.he's making the game look ridiculously easy. Yep, there's no
:54:01. > :54:03.better feeling when you're out there. The pockets will look 3ft
:54:04. > :54:17.wide to Mark Selby at the moment. Just a little shake of the head
:54:18. > :54:31.there, a bit disappointed with that passionate shot. -- positional shot.
:54:32. > :54:36.And in the end he lost the yellow. Mark Williams win the first frame,
:54:37. > :54:41.but since then, Mark Selby has replied with breaks of 139, 62 and
:54:42. > :54:42.109. He gives into the -- goes into the mid-session interval leading
:54:43. > :55:21.3-1. He's on the green. Doesn't look a
:55:22. > :55:54.perfect angle on it. So just dropping it in, now he's
:55:55. > :56:01.going to leave himself the long straight red. But the black is
:56:02. > :56:10.available to the opposite corner. So full concentration on this one. Got
:56:11. > :56:11.to fully commit to these. And did and played it superbly!
:56:12. > :56:40.APPLAUSE Of course that was a very point he
:56:41. > :56:44.made in the studio - OK, you can hang in on a match, but when he gets
:56:45. > :56:45.the opportunities like that, he's got to start winning frames in one
:56:46. > :57:15.visit. Needs to run! He's on the red, but
:57:16. > :57:19.hampered. How much times Williams gets out of position. He's still on
:57:20. > :57:25.this red, but... That's a good recovery.
:57:26. > :58:00.APPLAUSE Again, didn't play that with the
:58:01. > :58:11.power a lot of players would have played it. It's end of break. So
:58:12. > :58:16.again not able to win the frame in that first scoring visit.
:58:17. > :59:16.Looks too thin and been very fortunate. He's canoned into the
:59:17. > :59:18.green, but the blue is covering the red this close to the corner, as you
:59:19. > :59:55.can see. Typical Mark Williams - one of the
:59:56. > :00:01.best single potters the game has ever seen.
:00:02. > :00:11.I was going to say that, John, but never understood really what it
:00:12. > :00:16.meant. Well, I think it means - and I remember they always be able to
:00:17. > :00:22.pot these balls with an element of safety, they always see it as a shot
:00:23. > :00:26.for nothing. No doubt, start to knock the long ones in. That's four
:00:27. > :00:31.in a row. In the last couple of frames. I think a lot of players,
:00:32. > :00:35.when they actually play to pot a ball, they're determined to get
:00:36. > :00:40.position on the next one, but I think Mark has that knack if he
:00:41. > :00:45.think it's a difficult shot, he can put all concentration to red and not
:00:46. > :00:50.be too bothered about position. Sometimes it's hard to tell yourself
:00:51. > :00:57.to do that. Yes, I suppose, it's kind of - when you're playing a pot
:00:58. > :01:01.and you know you're possibly not going to get anything on it, so
:01:02. > :01:07.you're playing the ball for the next shot. Wow, so close. Just the pace
:01:08. > :01:07.kept it out, but fortunately he missed the canon.
:01:08. > :01:15.APPLAUSE Only the pace that kept it out.
:01:16. > :01:31.Rattle, rattle, rattle. APPLAUSE
:01:32. > :01:52.Good length. Ask the question now of Mark
:01:53. > :01:54.Williams, 32 point advantage in this frame now, but got to play a good
:01:55. > :02:11.safety here. That's the players' view. You can
:02:12. > :02:14.see he can hit the red on the left-hand of the table, but you can
:02:15. > :02:24.easily get a double kiss. Just nudging into it. Feels as
:02:25. > :02:28.though that was going to be safe. If he didn't want to risk playing off
:02:29. > :02:32.the main bunch because he could have knocked one over in the corner
:02:33. > :02:54.pocket, just play the containing safety.
:02:55. > :03:12.Oh, struck it beautifully. APPLAUSE
:03:13. > :03:16.. Couldn't have played that much better. Now, in and out of the
:03:17. > :04:14.baulk. Trace of right-hand side. That's careless. I mean, that was so
:04:15. > :04:19.obvious that that red was going to go to the right corner, he's just
:04:20. > :04:29.lost his focus, it appears, at the moment. Yeah, I did say when -
:04:30. > :04:33.although that's a shocker from Mark Williams. I did say Mark said he's
:04:34. > :04:43.going to battle against is lack of concentration when everything is
:04:44. > :04:45.coming so easy for you. This is a tough black Mark Williams has left
:04:46. > :04:51.himself. Oh, lovely shot. APPLAUSE
:04:52. > :04:55.Although at first glance, I don't know where the next red is coming
:04:56. > :05:06.from. Tip cam Mark Williams pot - this. Dropping it in dead weight. I
:05:07. > :05:14.think he's on this one along the back cushion. It's a shot to
:05:15. > :05:17.nothing, so the red comes away from the pocket. He's gone all out and
:05:18. > :05:23.that's a great pot. APPLAUSE
:05:24. > :05:31.Looks like he may have a natural angle just to miss the yellow for
:05:32. > :05:37.two cushions for a choice of the red in the right corner. He's picked a
:05:38. > :06:44.lovely time to leave the arena. There's one red in the bottom of the
:06:45. > :06:47.cluster. He pots this blue and he goes 54 points in front with 59
:06:48. > :07:02.remaining. So he's just looking for the blue and one more red.
:07:03. > :07:10.Well, maybe he can just get through to that bottom red. I'd like it to
:07:11. > :07:17.be a little bit closer to it, made the pot easier, but only the red
:07:18. > :07:23.required. Pot in 55 points in front. With only 51 remaining.
:07:24. > :07:51.Come back complete! APPLAUSE
:07:52. > :08:02.Highly unlikely that Mark Williams will be asked to play on here. Well,
:08:03. > :08:10.62 points difference, 51 remaining. That equates to four point snookers
:08:11. > :08:18.required. -- three 4-point snookers required.
:08:19. > :08:32.Yeah, only a half-hearted attempt. So unbelievably, after what we saw
:08:33. > :08:34.the mid-session interval, Mark Williams is now all square. Three a
:08:35. > :09:07.piece. Where is this cue ball going? It's
:09:08. > :09:10.leaving the chance for Mark Williams. Getting tough out there
:09:11. > :09:44.for both of them. Now 15 points behind. That will
:09:45. > :09:45.equate to taking the remaining reds with colours to get to snookers
:09:46. > :10:25.required stage. This pink to just go one point
:10:26. > :11:01.behind. That wasn't a clean pot, but in it
:11:02. > :11:05.went. Points all square. And the red that's close to blue, I think he can
:11:06. > :11:22.get on that to the left middle. May play for it now. I think he may just
:11:23. > :11:26.be about on it, but... I would rather have played it for it now,
:11:27. > :11:28.and he should have been straighter on that. He's careless to leave
:11:29. > :11:44.himself short as he has done. Not the best positional shot, but
:11:45. > :11:51.this givers him another opportunity to get that red near the blue. Yeah,
:11:52. > :11:55.the only problem in leaving the red playing the black until last,er
:11:56. > :12:08.specially now, he's going to have to pay a decent positional shot to go
:12:09. > :12:12.on that. And it's not easy from there. Suppose if he doesn't get on
:12:13. > :12:16.the red properly, he can always play the snooker.
:12:17. > :12:30.Yep, snooker it is. 18 points the lead.
:12:31. > :12:54.You see the disappointment on Mark's face he didn't win the frame on that
:12:55. > :13:06.visit. But he's a big, big favourite now.
:13:07. > :13:21.Good hit. And a double kiss. Didn't put his hand up to apologise - Mark.
:13:22. > :13:26.He's been favouring his opponent over the last couple of frames.
:13:27. > :13:34.But even though he has left his red safe, it's every chance that Mark
:13:35. > :13:43.Williams can play another snooker here. That pair of blue is a fair
:13:44. > :13:51.target. He can still get the cover with the brown and the blue.
:13:52. > :14:03.That wasn't the best shot for me. He's not put Mark Selby really in
:14:04. > :14:06.any trouble here. So any advantage he had in this tactical has changed,
:14:07. > :14:19.it's gone now. Mark Selby is brilliantly at digging
:14:20. > :14:21.himself out of holes in matches. He's going to need one here here in
:14:22. > :14:32.this match. He's scratching his head now, and
:14:33. > :14:36.shaking his head. I mean, normally you'd think he'd get down - I now he
:14:37. > :14:40.can't the right-hand down of the red, but try to get the cue ball
:14:41. > :14:53.behind the ball. Normally he wouldn't think twice about it.
:14:54. > :15:10.Safe enough, you wouldn't think Mark Williams would be tempted by this.
:15:11. > :15:49.Good chance to get behind the brown and blue here, send the red back up
:15:50. > :15:58.the table. Oh, he's got the red. Too thin. Think he's left this red.
:15:59. > :16:26.That Dunn surprise me a little bit. -- that does surprise me a little
:16:27. > :16:28.bit. He's played an excellent safety shot there. Thought he might have
:16:29. > :16:39.been tempted by the pot there. You wouldn't believe there was a gap
:16:40. > :17:09.around the back of that red. The fact he's got this natural to
:17:10. > :17:12.cushion a scape, it looks like he's going to push the red up the table.
:17:13. > :17:22.Just a minor adjustment required. But miss judged it again and now
:17:23. > :17:35.this time Mark Selby will be taking this red on. This is a test, this
:17:36. > :17:39.first red. He's not been comfortable - looked comfortable at all this
:17:40. > :17:42.interval, or certainly since that break that was on in the fifth
:17:43. > :17:51.frame. There's pressure on this. APPLAUSE
:17:52. > :18:07.Good shot. Just got a quick glimpse there of
:18:08. > :18:15.Mark Williams who'll be fearing the worst now. Still little bit to do,
:18:16. > :18:20.of course. Particularly with the brown, just makes it a little bit
:18:21. > :18:22.more awkward, but the blue will be going back on to its spot after
:18:23. > :18:34.this. Couple of key shots coming up now,
:18:35. > :18:44.position from yellow to green and then green to brown. He needed to be
:18:45. > :18:49.closer to the yellow. He had a shot to green to brown as a deciding shot
:18:50. > :18:54.in this frame but because he's left himself a tough shot just to get on
:18:55. > :19:07.the green, even tougher to get the right angle on the green.
:19:08. > :19:16.He's up there, saying a bad contact. It certainly looked heavy.
:19:17. > :19:25.The cue ball seemed to jump even before it got to the yellow, John.
:19:26. > :19:30.That's the thing with this superfine close, if you're striking down
:19:31. > :19:36.slightly and unless he's got the perfect angle to roll this green in
:19:37. > :19:38.and canon the brown, he's - it's a tough pot! And tough to get good
:19:39. > :19:53.position. Good pot. Where's the cue ball! Oh!
:19:54. > :20:04.Flicks off the brown. Nearly went in the middle. Now the brown is safe.
:20:05. > :20:30.Both players now needing brown, blue and pink.
:20:31. > :20:41.Good line. APPLAUSE
:20:42. > :20:47.A decent one. The only problem with this is if Mark Williams can come
:20:48. > :20:53.off the top cushion and hit this brown full in the face, you could
:20:54. > :20:58.get a snooker back here. It's in the realms of possibility. Didn't hit it
:20:59. > :21:56.full in the face, though. He looks very much under pressure to
:21:57. > :22:07.me, at the moment, the world number 1.
:22:08. > :22:14.It's a tough shot. He's had a lot at the potting angle so you feel he's
:22:15. > :23:12.going to take it on. It's difficult to say from our
:23:13. > :23:17.commentary position whether it's easier to kit in the right middle or
:23:18. > :23:22.- looks like the right middle. He's played it well. Where's the cue ball
:23:23. > :23:26.going?! Where is the cue ball going?!
:23:27. > :23:44.Yeah, whatever happens with the blue is going to be a pressure pink from
:23:45. > :23:45.distance. That cue ball is a little bit closer to the side cushion than
:23:46. > :24:00.he would have liked. Big shot. APPLAUSE
:24:01. > :24:05.And right into the pocket. Puts his cue down. He's storming off to the
:24:06. > :24:07.dressroom. Boy, he's a mighty relieved man. Just one frame away
:24:08. > :24:26.from a place in the quarterfinal. Hoping that that's his last break of
:24:27. > :24:33.the match. Because if he wins this frame, he's through to the
:24:34. > :24:41.quarterfinal. But has to be said, Mark Williams has put him through
:24:42. > :24:47.the ringer. And frames have started to be a bit more drawn-out. That's
:24:48. > :24:55.why we're just going on to the three-hour mark.
:24:56. > :25:07.Just looking at the average playing time is practically 20 minutes.
:25:08. > :25:12.He came over to look at the black. So I don't know whether he's
:25:13. > :25:17.thinking about the red that's to the right of the pink, to the right
:25:18. > :25:22.corner and stunning the cue ball across of the black in the same
:25:23. > :25:26.pocket. Now, this shot you can play it more positively around the
:25:27. > :25:28.angles, a thicker contact in the pack or you can just brush off it,
:25:29. > :25:39.which is what he's done. That was a nice little bruch-off the
:25:40. > :25:49.yellow, just blocked the left-hand side of the pack. It certainly was.
:25:50. > :25:55.He stopped the escape route down the left-hand side of the table. He's
:25:56. > :25:57.taking this red on. Oh, tremendous shot! Look at the cue ball control!
:25:58. > :26:18.APPLAUSE That's funny - if Mark Selby doesn't
:26:19. > :26:22.get the lucky brush off the yellow, he playing the safety shot. He was
:26:23. > :26:35.forced into playing it, he couldn't see a safety.
:26:36. > :26:40.It didn't take him long to get out of position. It's frustrating to
:26:41. > :27:07.watch, never mind how he must feel. He's got this red to the middle. He
:27:08. > :27:17.likes it a bit easier than this. In it goes. It's going to close, leaves
:27:18. > :27:22.a good angle on the blue. Now, can he just drop these in a little hole.
:27:23. > :27:30.He couldn't so he's having to play for the red along the top cushion.
:27:31. > :27:35.These are tough. Yes, specially because he's going to play with a
:27:36. > :27:42.bit of pace to get out from the black. Great shot.
:27:43. > :27:51.He's played these shots into the pack a bit tentatively so far. I
:27:52. > :27:57.wonder how he's going to play this one? Again just played the
:27:58. > :28:03.touch-shot. But it's not worked out. This red does cut to the right
:28:04. > :28:05.corner. He actually can play for the black, the bottom left-hand side of
:28:06. > :28:25.the cue ball. It was a Mark Williams special
:28:26. > :28:26.coming up there - he's the only player in the whorld who can do
:28:27. > :28:43.that. Yeah, may still be one. APPLAUSE
:28:44. > :28:51.He's given run past the baulk line. It's not a bad one. It's not bad.
:28:52. > :28:55.The red that's loose is available. It's amazing how he can talk himself
:28:56. > :29:04.into that position. Text book that, wasn't it? Text book.
:29:05. > :29:11.Rolled it in and he's perfect. In fact, the choice of two reds and
:29:12. > :29:21.playing this one and puts another one into play. What a time in the
:29:22. > :29:23.match it would be to win a match in one visit. And would take us to a
:29:24. > :29:39.decider. But once again, understood hit it.
:29:40. > :29:43.Should have been straight on this. -- underhit it. Shov have been
:29:44. > :29:57.straight on this. Going for the blue now. But it gave him an opportunity
:29:58. > :30:06.- his wife, Jo. Feeling every anguish and willing every ball into
:30:07. > :30:20.the pocket. It's worth -- worse watching them playing.
:30:21. > :30:29.This is a good positional shot. APPLAUSE
:30:30. > :30:31.Need a fraction more. I'm not sure if the pink goes to the left corner.
:30:32. > :30:49.It'd help if it would. It doesn't. So will he - he can stun
:30:50. > :31:00.down for the black. No problem. He's got a nice angle on the black.
:31:01. > :31:16.Well, that can only be bit of tension in the arm, can't be
:31:17. > :31:47.anything else. APPLAUSE
:31:48. > :31:49.Disappointing end. I thought he was going to win the frame in one visit
:31:50. > :32:27.there. A strong 53-point lead. The last thing he wants is the pink
:32:28. > :32:39.tight against the cushion. But then I suppose he is forcing
:32:40. > :32:44.Mark to bring this red away from the cushion.
:32:45. > :32:51.He's not played it well. So here is a chance for the counterattack now,
:32:52. > :33:38.for Mark Selby. Yeah, looks like if Mark Selby is to
:33:39. > :33:46.win this match, he's got to fall over the line. Oh, Mark! You can't
:33:47. > :33:54.buy a positional shot at the moment. No. He's looking at the scoerboard,
:33:55. > :33:57.he -- scoreboard at the moment. He needs red - the colour red.
:33:58. > :34:04.APPLAUSE Played it well. Played it nicely.
:34:05. > :34:22.He's on the brown. And he's on the red to clinch the
:34:23. > :34:24.frame. This red will put him 65 points in front with just 59
:34:25. > :34:35.remaining. In it goes!
:34:36. > :34:37.APPLAUSE So we'll have a decider for Jo to
:34:38. > :34:49.have to live through! Mark Selby will not be coming back
:34:50. > :34:57.to the table. He will now be preparing for the deciding frame.
:34:58. > :35:02.Should you go out there and wash your hands or should you just wait
:35:03. > :35:09.there until the referee sets the balling up?
:35:10. > :35:17.We have already had three of these first-round matches going into the
:35:18. > :35:21.deciding frame. I don't suppose you expect to have any runaway
:35:22. > :35:29.victories, particularly as the top 16 players in the world.
:35:30. > :35:37.But I'll be honest with you, Stephen - when Mark Selby was 3-1 in front,
:35:38. > :35:42.dent see this. -- didn't see this. No, not at all. We have mentioned
:35:43. > :35:47.that shot that went for Mark Selby when it looked like he was going to
:35:48. > :35:52.go 4 and up. But since then, every credit to Mark Williams. We keep
:35:53. > :35:53.mentioning he hasn't won a frame in one visit, but tremendous character,
:35:54. > :36:19.tremendous match-play. Could he be saving the frame for the
:36:20. > :36:26.win in the decider. As we say the decider can be the toss of a coin.
:36:27. > :36:36.So world champion, United Kingdom champion, world number one. The
:36:37. > :36:39.chances of all in the three Majors at the same time are all going to be
:36:40. > :36:45.down to a deciding frame. Not on the blue, but he's not
:36:46. > :37:05.bothered. So Mark Williams, once again, we are
:37:06. > :37:07.parity, but this time it's five a piece. First to six - decider to
:37:08. > :37:09.come. Thank you. The deciding frame. Mark
:37:10. > :37:38.Williams to break. Well, the break-off, but left a
:37:39. > :37:42.possibility of a pot. And not getting the cue ball so close to the
:37:43. > :38:22.baulk cushion, not too difficult a safety shot either.
:38:23. > :38:29.Looks like he's playing the containing safety. Surprises me a
:38:30. > :38:35.little bit. I thought he may have tried to get back to the ball. I
:38:36. > :38:37.assume he's not left this red to the side of the black because he can't
:38:38. > :38:55.get to the pot in that order. I wonder if he can play the double
:38:56. > :38:59.in this red, the right of the black. That's a shot to nothing. Can still
:39:00. > :39:06.retain some sort of position on the black. He's played it. Has he left
:39:07. > :39:10.the right to the right middle though? I thought he may have left
:39:11. > :39:12.the cue ball a by further to the right-hand side of the table there.
:39:13. > :39:28.This is definitely on. Didn't appear he can get to the red
:39:29. > :39:31.to the left middle there. The problem with the one on the right
:39:32. > :39:36.middle is it's definitely missble. Has to play it, though. He's not
:39:37. > :39:42.happy, though. He's not - if he was comfortable with the shot, he'd be
:39:43. > :39:47.down by now. So he's feeling it. Yeah, I think the comfort zone is
:39:48. > :39:55.long since gone. -- gone in this match for Mark. Yep, I'm shocked at
:39:56. > :39:59.that that he's refused that red. The cue ball may have been canoned into
:40:00. > :40:03.baulk covers but still you get a good kiss, you land on the ball
:40:04. > :40:17.colour. Get a better chance than that.
:40:18. > :40:53.He's now looking at this long red to the left corner and a dead weight
:40:54. > :41:00.for the black, is he? Or looking at another containing safety? I suppose
:41:01. > :41:08.if he rolled it in, he could get position on the black, but... I
:41:09. > :41:18.think he's getting a little bit bogged down. It can get you, the
:41:19. > :41:22.game. It's not been smooth. It's just getting to him a bit. Yeah, can
:41:23. > :41:27.only presume he couldn't see the red on the right-hand side cushion
:41:28. > :41:29.because of the yellow, because it's quite a simple shot to get the cue
:41:30. > :41:43.ball back to That could be a mistake. He's left
:41:44. > :41:49.his red on to the middle. He won't refuse this one.
:41:50. > :41:58.This is, again, one of these that looks very easy on the screen, but
:41:59. > :42:07.under this pressure, it's very smelly indeed. Yeah, and the fact
:42:08. > :42:15.that you got to roll it in dead weight, if he plays it with any
:42:16. > :42:17.pace, you got to trust the table and trust your cueing and hit the centre
:42:18. > :42:47.of the cue ball. He's missed it! So the first chance
:42:48. > :42:50.faults to Mark Williams. Looks like the red left of the middle is one to
:42:51. > :42:54.play. Looks slightly hampered. APPLAUSE
:42:55. > :43:53.Played it well. Surely not! Surely not! Had a choice
:43:54. > :43:56.of two reds, the one below the pink and one past the pink to the
:43:57. > :44:02.right-hand side. Surely he's on one of them. Again, it's the position
:44:03. > :44:09.that's letting him down, isn't it, John? Yeah, but to be fair, you'd
:44:10. > :44:15.have to say it's a little bit unfortunate. You play a twin area,
:44:16. > :44:20.as you say there's a couple of reds you could be on, to not be on one of
:44:21. > :44:24.them is unbelievable really. He's now having to play this very risky
:44:25. > :44:28.pot. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:44:29. > :44:44.Good shot. That's what it's like, folks -
:44:45. > :45:43.watching your hubby play snooker. Oh, he got the kick. Has it thrown
:45:44. > :45:49.the blue off-line?! It has! He's had a very good run of the ball, but
:45:50. > :45:57.that was cruel. If that's cost him the match, that's awful.
:45:58. > :46:18.The worst type of bad contact, the fact that it threw the blue
:46:19. > :46:33.off-line. Could have played this better. Yeah, why was he playing for
:46:34. > :46:41.the blue? OK, but, when you play blue, but now using the rest, OK, I
:46:42. > :46:47.mean, he's - he's quite capable of playing the deep string to get the
:46:48. > :46:51.cue ball to this end, but the more distance the cue ball has to travel,
:46:52. > :47:02.the more likely it's not getting back to perfect position.
:47:03. > :47:10.He's played this well. APPLAUSE
:47:11. > :47:20.So now at that stage it's just one shot at a time. You can't start
:47:21. > :47:51.thinking ahead of yourself now at this stage.
:47:52. > :48:16.He's on the pink, but not perfect. Clear Now, the referee just heard
:48:17. > :48:21.him say, "Give me a second, Mark." Because I don't think the pink spot
:48:22. > :48:26.is available. It's definitely one red that's on. So it's not going to
:48:27. > :48:45.affect the next pot. Just reminding Pot this and try the nudge the red
:48:46. > :48:50.near the right middle. Just try to nudge that over the middle. He'll
:48:51. > :48:54.still be on the blue. That's what he's played. Didn't want him to
:48:55. > :48:57.drop. That's the last thing he wanted. He didn't want that. He
:48:58. > :49:03.wanted that red to stay over the pocket. Now it's gone in, he's going
:49:04. > :49:14.to have a problem getting on to the next red.
:49:15. > :49:21.Oh, that's a good shot. Well, a good shot, he's cued it well. But you
:49:22. > :49:25.have to say sometimes, depending on the potting angle and the potting
:49:26. > :49:30.angle is absolutely perfect, to play the blue and wring that red into
:49:31. > :49:36.play. It was a natural, wasn't it? Unfortunate to knock the red in the
:49:37. > :49:40.middle but fortunate to have that natural angle. Now green and into
:49:41. > :49:43.the bunch of five reds and the pink and this could be the frame and
:49:44. > :49:53.match-winning shot coming right up here.
:49:54. > :50:03.Could have been better. Could have been better. Absolutely once you got
:50:04. > :50:05.into him, you thought he'd have a nice easy red to continue with but
:50:06. > :50:15.that's not the case. Yeah, he almost kneaded to hit the
:50:16. > :50:20.pink there, I think, to get the perfect split. And this red is
:50:21. > :50:24.looking at to the left middle, I think you can play to the black
:50:25. > :50:36.perhaps to the left corner. Wouldn't leave anything should he miss it.
:50:37. > :50:42.He's looking to see where's the cue ball. He's looking to play this to
:50:43. > :50:47.the Far Left core next the yellow pocket. Again playing for the black,
:50:48. > :50:50.but he's playing that shot under pressure.
:50:51. > :51:12.APPLAUSE He didn't leave the red to the right
:51:13. > :51:25.corner. But he won't be taking this for granted. No, Liang Wenbo will
:51:26. > :51:30.tell you that. Great shot. OK, can't play for the black after this, but
:51:31. > :51:48.this was a much better pot than it looked.
:51:49. > :51:55.The kick on the blue. It would be a terrible way to lose a match. This
:51:56. > :51:59.was it. Straightforward blue, you'd never fancy a miss here, you got the
:52:00. > :52:06.heavy contact and you see through his cue on the table because apart
:52:07. > :52:14.from the heavy contact, it threw the blue off-line. So 18 points the
:52:15. > :52:26.lead. Three reds, red colours. And he's
:52:27. > :52:32.got three reds in the open. It would take him into the quarterfinal. He
:52:33. > :52:34.may have to take this red with the rest. He's finished awkward on that
:52:35. > :53:01.red beside the pink. Just got a positive stroke on this.
:53:02. > :53:07.Decelerate in any way, he'll miss it to the left knuckle. Matter of fact
:53:08. > :53:22.he's screen back to the blue. He hasn't gone far enough. He'll
:53:23. > :53:24.probably play in between green and brown, lots of right-hand side.
:53:25. > :53:34.Baulk cushion, right-hand side cushion.
:53:35. > :53:42.That's a good shot. I thought maybe he wouldn't play that because if you
:53:43. > :53:48.get too much side in it... APPLAUSE
:53:49. > :53:53.If the black doesn't go to the right corner, and the pink is tied up,
:53:54. > :53:55.he's got to come back to the blue, it's not a formality this, to win
:53:56. > :54:12.the frame at this visit. Good pot. Now, what sort of an angle
:54:13. > :54:17.does he get on the blue. Absolutely inch-perfect!
:54:18. > :54:28.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Under pressure.
:54:29. > :54:40.Is it too hard?! Is it too hard?! It's too hard! And I don't think he
:54:41. > :54:47.can see enough of the red above the pink to pot it in the right middle.
:54:48. > :54:51.So the chance of winning the frame in the match is gone. He's looking
:54:52. > :54:55.at the cushion there. Unlike you, John, I thought it was too hard to
:54:56. > :55:00.start with. Yes, as soon as it came off the blue, it looked to me as
:55:01. > :55:06.though he put too much pace into it. Can he hit that red to pot it in the
:55:07. > :55:12.middle. It's not what he played for. I don't know, it's tight. He needs a
:55:13. > :55:17.red and a colour. He thinks he can pot it.
:55:18. > :55:24.He's lucky to have this alternative. It's not the red he played for.
:55:25. > :55:29.Yeah, if you're in the practice room, you can play this on the
:55:30. > :55:31.right-hand side to make the angle thicker, to let yourself to pot it.
:55:32. > :55:37.A brave man to play that shot here. I think he's convinced himself to go
:55:38. > :56:00.for it. Certainly when you're right down
:56:01. > :56:08.behind it, whether you can feel you can pot it or not, but... This is
:56:09. > :56:12.decision, and he's playing it now with his right-hand side, you can
:56:13. > :56:17.see that to try to square the red up. And he did it! He's done it!
:56:18. > :56:24.APPLAUSE And that's frame and match.
:56:25. > :56:34.He knows he didn't think that red could go, he didn't play for that -
:56:35. > :56:39.Mark Williams. Mark Williams must be cursing his luck. How hard he's
:56:40. > :56:44.battled in this match. APPLAUSE
:56:45. > :57:00.. Fortunate to still be on the red,
:57:01. > :57:05.but he looked completely under pressure of sorts. Terrible bad
:57:06. > :57:11.fortune for Mark Williams but this has been an awesome break to win the
:57:12. > :57:24.match. Yes, as we were saying in the studio last year, Mark Williams took
:57:25. > :57:28.it all the way. Bad habit to have - taking the top players all the way
:57:29. > :57:52.and losing it by a frame. Extending hand, in goes the pink.
:57:53. > :58:11.APPLAUSE And in the black. Mark Selby, world
:58:12. > :58:17.number one world champion, UK champion. Eventually gets over the
:58:18. > :58:23.line. Mark Williams really pushed it all the way, but the triple crown is
:58:24. > :58:28.still on. He's through to the quarterfinal. He wins six frames to
:58:29. > :58:32.five. What might have been for Mark
:58:33. > :58:36.Williams, if it hasn't been for that kick on the blue in that final frame
:58:37. > :58:40.decider, but a great match and sell el sell, the world number one comes
:58:41. > :58:44.through in fine style in the end, the Selby Slam is very still very
:58:45. > :58:52.much on. Our next live snooker for you is this afternoon 1 o'clock when
:58:53. > :58:56.the defending, six time champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan, meets Neil
:58:57. > :58:59.Robertson of Australia. In the meantime, sleep well. Looking
:59:00. > :59:00.forward to seeing you soon. Bye.