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Hello. It is semifinals day here in the Daph best Masters. Our defending | :00:07. | :00:41. | |
chavm, Ronnie O'Sullivan, in the semifinal, and still on a that ject | :00:42. | :00:46. | |
write as the rocket -- trajectory as a Rocket that might take him to a | :00:47. | :00:53. | |
record 7 victories. Now, it was Marco Fu who is facing them. This is | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
a man who is arguably in the career form of his life! He'd made four | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
centuries to get into this semifinal, and this promised to be | :01:04. | :01:07. | |
the match-up of the day. It was watched by Stephen Hendry and Dennis | :01:08. | :01:10. | |
Taylor. Can Marco start the match with a | :01:11. | :01:32. | |
long pot? APPLAUSE | :01:33. | :01:39. | |
He is OK. So he's got a couple of loose reds. He is on a clear. So, an | :01:40. | :01:46. | |
early chance. Can he continue playing in the form that he showed | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
us throughout the week, Stephen? Since the UK Championship, when he | :01:49. | :02:00. | |
was - I think it was a green or the brown, with the rest away of beating | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
Ronnie in the semifinal of that event, since then, I think he's had | :02:07. | :02:13. | |
a couple of tweaks technically Might get a chance to see a slightly | :02:14. | :02:17. | |
longer back swing than normal. He is starting to look the real deal when | :02:18. | :02:21. | |
it comes to the biggens. I mean, he's always been a fantastic player. | :02:22. | :02:25. | |
Everyone in snooker knows that, but he would sort of go maybe one or two | :02:26. | :02:31. | |
months, you know, of playing well and then disappear. If he keeps | :02:32. | :02:36. | |
playing like this he will be competing at every big event. A | :02:37. | :02:43. | |
nice, aggressive shot. Might just be OK, you know. Caught the pink half | :02:44. | :02:50. | |
ball, instead of fall ball. I think the white might cannon into the | :02:51. | :02:56. | |
pink, which couldn't be a bad thing. It looks a natural... Well, he's | :02:57. | :03:00. | |
taking - this is much more difficult, the one he is taking, to | :03:01. | :03:12. | |
stay on the black. Oh. He didn't... CROWD: | :03:13. | :03:13. | |
JEERING I thought he may have taken the | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
other one which was an easier pot. Yeah. Aggressive red to take. | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
Started off straight into the bunch straightaway. Maybe that's his plan | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
- take the game to Ronnie. APPLAUSE | :03:26. | :03:48. | |
That's a very good shot. The fact he's covered the red that's near the | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
right corner. He had the yellow and the blue there to use as Snookering | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
balls, and he played it well. Can particular # -- can Marco return the | :04:01. | :04:06. | |
compliment? No. He's just playing dead weigh. But he still covered | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
that red that's near the pocket. Nicely picked out there, but a bit | :04:09. | :04:46. | |
of pressure on the next pot. He's certainly opened the reds up, if | :04:47. | :04:48. | |
this blue goes in. A great chance. CROWD: Oh! A bit of pressure on that | :04:49. | :04:55. | |
one early on in the match. Still expected Ronnie to knock that | :04:56. | :05:07. | |
in. But it is the opening frame. This is a nice opportunity now for | :05:08. | :05:48. | |
Marco Fu. Maybe just taking a few moments just to calm down. Such a | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
massive entrance for both players at the semifinal. Important he plays at | :05:54. | :05:59. | |
his own pace. Getting the blue back up on to its | :06:00. | :06:16. | |
own spot will help the situation, because the pink's out of | :06:17. | :06:26. | |
commission. Marco turned professional in 1997 and based | :06:27. | :06:30. | |
himself in Scotland. Well, he was with your team at the time. Did you | :06:31. | :06:33. | |
used to practice with him at Spencer's Club that is no longer | :06:34. | :06:37. | |
there now in Stirling? Yeah. There was two or three professionals. Used | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
to have some games with Marco. He's always been a big solo practiser. | :06:43. | :06:50. | |
Doesn't practice a lot with other players. Used to have the odd game. | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
He used to be... 3, 4, 5 frames and he would just never miss. | :06:58. | :07:02. | |
Of course, he learned the game in Canada. He was based out there for a | :07:03. | :07:08. | |
while. Goes without saying the red to the | :07:09. | :07:25. | |
right of the black is the one he wants to move. Wants the black | :07:26. | :07:30. | |
available to both corner pockets. A nice angle. The red directly above | :07:31. | :07:35. | |
the black. He will want to cannon that. He will want to play it at a | :07:36. | :07:39. | |
decent pace, because there's every chance he could snooker himself on | :07:40. | :07:48. | |
the red to the right corner. Played it a little bit harder. | :07:49. | :08:17. | |
I have just got a feeling today it will probably be a high-scoring | :08:18. | :08:24. | |
match. So, chances like this, taking them at your first opportunity, I | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
think, are going to be very important. | :08:29. | :08:38. | |
O'Sullivan hasn't been in his best-scoring form this week, but you | :08:39. | :08:45. | |
get the feeling it is going to come out sooner or later. I think it will | :08:46. | :08:53. | |
have to today, Dennis, for him to meet Marco. Absolutely. And the fact | :08:54. | :08:58. | |
he missed that medium-length blue. That is an early worrying sign. | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
Because Marco's going to take full advantage. He's had to have two | :09:05. | :09:10. | |
chances in this frame. He missed a red along the black cushion here. | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
Had he knocked the long blue in, I am sure he would have gone on - this | :09:19. | :09:23. | |
is the blue. Had he have potted that I'm sure he would have made a | :09:24. | :09:28. | |
sizable break. Yeah. You mentioned, Dennis, the first frame. But | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
normally we're used to seeing O'Sullivan start so quickly. | :09:35. | :09:43. | |
So that black is the first frame. APPLAUSE | :09:44. | :10:02. | |
Yeah. He's made 439 centuries in this career. That's terrific! 41 | :10:03. | :10:19. | |
centuries last season. APPLAUSE | :10:20. | :10:25. | |
Already on 31 this season. APPLAUSE | :10:26. | :10:54. | |
The kiss on the black's OK. Where we've had 20 centuries so far in | :10:55. | :11:04. | |
this year's Masters. APPLAUSE | :11:05. | :11:08. | |
I will tell you what - if you want to get a crowd on the side - this is | :11:09. | :11:13. | |
the way you do it. Oh! He's missed it. | :11:14. | :11:28. | |
CROWD: Oh! He's missed it. Unlucky! Almost a certain century. What a | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
start for the man from Hong Kong. Ronnie missed that blue and that was | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
tend of the frame -- that was the end of the frame. Marco Fu leads | :11:37. | :11:39. | |
1-0. APPLAUSE | :11:40. | :12:09. | |
It isn't a snooker. He can see the one to the left. If he takes this | :12:10. | :12:13. | |
pot on - he will have to because there is no easy safety shot - we | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
saw him miss a blue which cost him the opening frame. Can he knock this | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
one in? CROWD: Oh! No! Marco Fu can punish | :12:25. | :12:37. | |
Ronnie. He will still be thinking about that poor positional shot he | :12:38. | :12:42. | |
played when it looked like he was going to make quite a big break. | :12:43. | :12:45. | |
This wasn't easy. Early in the second frame, but this | :12:46. | :13:08. | |
is a massive visit to the table for Marco Fu. | :13:09. | :13:15. | |
Such a psychological game, snooker, at the top level. You can put one on | :13:16. | :13:24. | |
your opponent early on... This is where he just ran a little | :13:25. | :13:39. | |
bit too far. Very annoyed with himself. Yeah. I think he was trying | :13:40. | :13:43. | |
to play the cannon on the red to the right. This is... Just didn't get | :13:44. | :13:51. | |
the side. Just playing those little left-hand side, just cannon the red | :13:52. | :13:55. | |
to the right there, as the cue ball goes past it. Very unlike | :13:56. | :14:00. | |
O'Sullivan. He needs the black back on that spot | :14:01. | :14:31. | |
in a couple of shots' time. The reason I say that is that red that's | :14:32. | :14:36. | |
on the cushion, it will be a lot easier to get on to the black if it | :14:37. | :14:41. | |
was sitting on its own spot. Yeah. Dennis, so important not to leave | :14:42. | :14:48. | |
that red until last. Every chance you don't get on to it properly, | :14:49. | :14:52. | |
then you have to play safe. So, I would be playing for it now. Screw | :14:53. | :15:02. | |
off the side cushion. Well, he's not done... He can play now the thread | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
he is playing now, finish high on the black and then play for the red | :15:10. | :15:11. | |
on the cushion. Travelled too far. Nope, he's fine. | :15:12. | :15:32. | |
So, this is a shot for the frame, Dennis, you feel. Just has to drop | :15:33. | :15:36. | |
it in dead weight, and give the pocket a chance. We have seen a lot | :15:37. | :15:43. | |
easier black than this. Wenbo had to knock O'Sullivan out of this year's | :15:44. | :15:47. | |
Masters, and he just hit it a little too hard. But this is much tougher. | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
So dead weight will give the pocket a chance. You have got the perfect | :15:52. | :15:53. | |
picture there. No! No! | :15:54. | :16:00. | |
CROWD: Oh! APPLAUSE | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
Now, that is quite a big turning point so early on in this match. | :16:06. | :16:15. | |
Provided Ronnie goes on and takes the frame. | :16:16. | :16:23. | |
Just a little awkward with the pink sitting on the yellow spot. So, he | :16:24. | :16:31. | |
might even play for the pink this time. | :16:32. | :16:40. | |
A big opportunity missed, though, by Marco Fu. | :16:41. | :16:48. | |
If you touch the cushion and you don't usually see any reaction from | :16:49. | :16:56. | |
Marco, but he knew that was a big shot that he just missed there. | :16:57. | :17:14. | |
Green, brown and blue will be enough. | :17:15. | :17:23. | |
Yeah, what it's done, by Marco missing that opportunity, is it's | :17:24. | :17:30. | |
given Ronnie O'Sullivan the chance to forget all about that frame, | :17:31. | :17:34. | |
because he's won it. If Marco wins it... Then he still thinks about it. | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
Quite a tense frame this second frame! | :17:43. | :17:59. | |
APPLAUSE In the send Ronnie O'Sullivan - not | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
surprised he is leaving the arena. Lost his cool. He got the chance and | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
took it. It's been a fascinating start to | :18:07. | :18:28. | |
this semifinal. Oh! What was that, Marco? A long way | :18:29. | :18:35. | |
short. Well, maybe he can't see enough of | :18:36. | :18:53. | |
the red that's just to the right of the black to cut it in. The other | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
red's preventing that. The red the left side of the table | :18:58. | :19:17. | |
is just a little awkward for the safety shot. You have to make sure | :19:18. | :19:20. | |
you don't cannon into that on the way back down. That's why he's not | :19:21. | :19:24. | |
coming off the side of the pack. He may attempt this, to get on to the | :19:25. | :19:29. | |
black as a shot to nothing. Now, just a... Straightforward up and | :19:30. | :19:38. | |
down safety shot. APPLAUSE | :19:39. | :20:03. | |
An opportunity to drop the thread in for the black. | :20:04. | :20:20. | |
That's Marco's daughter there. Isn't she beautiful? | :20:21. | :20:32. | |
That's your daddy out there playing, and I think she's just seen herself | :20:33. | :20:41. | |
on the screen. Yeah! LAUGHS | :20:42. | :21:33. | |
Yeah, Marco smiling up at his family, but he has to get his mind | :21:34. | :21:54. | |
on the job. Semifinal of the Masters, one frame each, against | :21:55. | :21:57. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan. APPLAUSE | :21:58. | :22:06. | |
Little bit of a stalemate now that red has gone up the other end of the | :22:07. | :22:16. | |
table. Not a lot for Ronnie to play, only just roll into the reds and we | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
might - possibly - get a rerack. What has he spotted here? Just a gap | :22:21. | :22:44. | |
to get him back to the cushion. APPLAUSE | :22:45. | :22:45. | |
Played that well. Just take a few shots to resolve | :22:46. | :23:07. | |
this situation. Yes. As long as the cue ball keeps | :23:08. | :23:47. | |
getting up to the cushion, there isn't a lot you can do. If the cue | :23:48. | :23:51. | |
ball is away from the cushion, you can play a more aggressive shot, you | :23:52. | :23:56. | |
can open the reds up and bring the kaubl back. But even -- cue ball | :23:57. | :23:59. | |
back. But even that, you are sometimes knocking the red into one | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
of the middle pockets. So, it could be a while here. | :24:06. | :24:18. | |
Enjoying this kind of snooker? Wasn't your favourite type of frame, | :24:19. | :24:26. | |
this. Neither player will like this, but sometimes the run like that, and | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
you get the balls up the other end of the table... But what does happen | :24:32. | :24:39. | |
when a player gets in, there is going to be plenty of reds there to | :24:40. | :24:44. | |
score from. Now, that one to the left-middle is quite a risky one, | :24:45. | :24:58. | |
but... He's had a quick look at it, and he's decided definitely against | :24:59. | :25:04. | |
taking it on. But that's a bit careless. He's made a complete hash | :25:05. | :25:09. | |
of the safety there. OK. A little bit unluck I yes. You inform know | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
where the reds are going to finish but he didn't get the white where he | :25:15. | :25:19. | |
wanted. Now the chance is there for Marco. | :25:20. | :25:24. | |
APPLAUSE Oh! | :25:25. | :25:37. | |
Marco has just put himself in a bit of trouble here. | :25:38. | :25:51. | |
Doon he might have to play a safety shot off the green and go off the | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
black with the cue ball. One of the golden chances let slip there. | :26:03. | :26:36. | |
APPLAUSE When you bring the cue ball back to | :26:37. | :26:45. | |
the black cushion, there's always chances with middle pockets. Ronnie | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
has done that with the last two shots now. Again here, no good | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
afternoon tee where the -- guarantee where the cue ball will end up. Just | :26:55. | :27:01. | |
make sure of the pot. He will settle for that. | :27:02. | :27:15. | |
It isn't a gimmee, this blue, but there is pressure on it with the way | :27:16. | :27:22. | |
the reds are situated. But get this in, and what an opportunity. | :27:23. | :27:30. | |
APPLAUSE Didn't cue that smoothly as he was | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
in the first frame. Popped it in the right-hand side of the pocket, and | :27:39. | :27:41. | |
didn't get correctly on the red. That is why he is having to play | :27:42. | :27:43. | |
this around the angles. Overscrewed it slightly. He wanted | :27:44. | :28:32. | |
to be straighter on this brown. Shouldn't be a problem. | :28:33. | :28:45. | |
He is going to have to pot an awful lot of balls here to get a sizable | :28:46. | :28:57. | |
number of points. Because they're all low-value colours. | :28:58. | :29:30. | |
He's had a look at that just to see what's available there. So, he's way | :29:31. | :29:36. | |
ahead of himself. And he feels that maybe he can drop the blue and he's | :29:37. | :29:41. | |
back looking at that red to the right of the pink. And it looks as | :29:42. | :29:44. | |
if it's on. That just shows you far ahead the | :29:45. | :30:03. | |
player's thinking. It is usually a couple of shots. Rarely more than | :30:04. | :30:06. | |
three shots ahead, four shots. You are just playing the cue ball into | :30:07. | :30:11. | |
an area each time, but you weigh up the table and you know that it's | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
going to be there, and he had looked at this red about three shots ago. | :30:16. | :30:25. | |
Didn't get into the kaubl # cue ball like -- cue ball like he wanted. He | :30:26. | :30:40. | |
wanted to be much straighter on this blue. This is now awkward. He's | :30:41. | :30:47. | |
playing a cannon on a red directly above the blue. It will go around, | :30:48. | :30:59. | |
but he's had natural angle... So... A little bit fortunate to have that | :31:00. | :31:02. | |
natural angle. They seem to be all covering each | :31:03. | :31:26. | |
other, the four reds around the pink. He's potted seven reds, but | :31:27. | :31:33. | |
he's only accumulated 34 points because he's had to take | :31:34. | :31:37. | |
lower-valued colours. Just going slightly to the left side | :31:38. | :32:05. | |
of the pocket, but he can make that. APPLAUSE | :32:06. | :32:23. | |
I think it is important for Marco to win this frame now, just to forget | :32:24. | :32:30. | |
that red that he missed along the cushion. That could have given him a | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
2-0 lead. But he's always been blessed with a terrific temperament | :32:36. | :32:38. | |
also. That was an awkward frame at the | :32:39. | :32:58. | |
start with the reds going up the other end of the table. And then the | :32:59. | :33:05. | |
end, Ronnie attempting to get back to the black. Well, he did do but he | :33:06. | :33:16. | |
left one to the middle. It's the frame well and truly saved now. | :33:17. | :33:19. | |
APPLAUSE Be of 11. The interval still after | :33:20. | :33:27. | |
four frames. Yep, daddy's clearing up. That is | :33:28. | :33:54. | |
his wife Shirley who is there with their daughter. | :33:55. | :33:54. | |
APPLAUSE Almost made a century in the opening | :33:55. | :34:00. | |
frame. He's got another chance here. I have noticed Ronnie is looking at | :34:01. | :34:43. | |
the tip of his cue there. I know he... He made a gesture as if he was | :34:44. | :34:48. | |
going to bite the tip off, but I think that was a bit of | :34:49. | :35:04. | |
You would have to say from Marco Fu, this is great stuff. Yeah, he's | :35:05. | :35:07. | |
looking very composed again. That's his fifth century. Absolutely | :35:08. | :35:30. | |
terrific stuff from the man from Hong Kong and in he goes. Absolutely | :35:31. | :35:41. | |
secure. This third frame. Marco leads and Ronnie has left the arena | :35:42. | :35:46. | |
and I'm wondering if there's a slight problem with the tip. We'll | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
find out shortly. How will he react to the new tip. If anyone can do it, | :35:52. | :35:55. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan can do it. He seems to be just able to get the tip | :35:56. | :36:00. | |
on and not the sort of thing that the player would want but he's | :36:01. | :36:08. | |
pretty good at doing it. The way that they make tips these days. 15 | :36:09. | :36:13. | |
or 20 years ago, it used to take me three or four days to knock a tip | :36:14. | :36:18. | |
in. They seem to be able to make them a lot firmer. You can get | :36:19. | :36:22. | |
grades of how firm the tip is and the last time that I had it last | :36:23. | :36:26. | |
year, I was able to play with it straightaway. It is just the way | :36:27. | :36:31. | |
that the tips are made now. Not quite the drama I think that | :36:32. | :36:35. | |
everyone is making out. But still in a semifinal of a major event, not | :36:36. | :36:51. | |
ideal. Meanwhile, Marco has made a terrific breakoff shot. | :36:52. | :37:07. | |
It's not going to be hard enough. Coming up a little bit short so I | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
suppose on that type of shot, difficult to judge at the best of | :37:14. | :37:23. | |
times. Well, you would say, a a we bit of pressure on whoever put the | :37:24. | :37:24. | |
tip on, wouldn't you. We thought that he would take the | :37:25. | :37:44. | |
double on and he wouldn't leave anything. Only the red that he was | :37:45. | :37:49. | |
trying to double and he has left it. So a little bit of a tester, a long | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
pot. Let's see if he can knock this in and give himself a little bit of | :37:54. | :38:00. | |
confidence in that new tip. APPLAUSE | :38:01. | :38:14. | |
Judging by the sounds that made, it's a little bit on softer side. | :38:15. | :38:41. | |
Coming up a little bit short but can still play the cannon. Yes, as if he | :38:42. | :38:51. | |
wasn't happy with the tip that was on it and you now he finds a tip | :38:52. | :38:57. | |
that he is happy with, we can see a different Ronnie O'Sullivan. That | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
could give him a massive boost of confidence. | :39:04. | :39:13. | |
Just about OK. He can hold for the red that's up to the right of the | :39:14. | :39:19. | |
blue here. Well, surely, he can't make a frame | :39:20. | :40:15. | |
when he went with the brand new cue. You wouldn't put it past him. | :40:16. | :40:58. | |
Well, that got a terrible contact there. He's still on the black but | :40:59. | :41:04. | |
not as nicely as he would have been without the kick. Just watch this. | :41:05. | :41:40. | |
He certainly looks a lot happier around the table? Yes, there's no | :41:41. | :41:46. | |
doubt that he's more comfortable there than the one that was on | :41:47. | :41:58. | |
previously. He did mention in the studio after the last match that was | :41:59. | :42:03. | |
very hard on his cue. So that was a tiny little bit softer and it just | :42:04. | :42:08. | |
gives you more feel. Perhaps that's why a couple of the positional shots | :42:09. | :42:22. | |
have been going array. He looks a different player. | :42:23. | :42:56. | |
Quite remarkable, it has to be said. Going a little bit too far here on | :42:57. | :43:01. | |
the red. But you wouldn't see it being a problem. | :43:02. | :43:09. | |
He's only made one century so far this this year's Masters. | :43:10. | :43:23. | |
S not going to be easy to make a century. Certainly with the left on | :43:24. | :43:34. | |
the side cushion. And this frame has only been going | :43:35. | :43:42. | |
just over seven minutes. Everything is going in! | :43:43. | :43:52. | |
I don't know if you can square this up and play the double. No double, | :43:53. | :44:02. | |
no century but I'll tell you what, with a brand new tip on the cue, | :44:03. | :44:07. | |
he's come out and knocked in a 95 with it. Absolutely incredible. | :44:08. | :44:08. | |
We're all square - two frames each. That's a pretty good break off as | :44:09. | :44:33. | |
well. Can't really take this pot on and play for the black. It's just | :44:34. | :44:45. | |
the wrong angle for that. Didn't manage to get around the back. Good | :44:46. | :44:51. | |
cue ball. There are the tools of the trade | :44:52. | :45:04. | |
from the snooker player but not sure about the lighter - what he's going | :45:05. | :45:09. | |
to do with that? Maybe burn a few of the fibres off. He was polishing the | :45:10. | :45:14. | |
side of the tip so that you don't see it when you're looking down the | :45:15. | :45:16. | |
cue. He may have just held for the pink | :45:17. | :46:08. | |
there. OK, the red is near the pocket but look at the cueing. He | :46:09. | :46:12. | |
won't be potting that one, you wouldn't think. But he has to remove | :46:13. | :46:17. | |
it from the pocket. But if he bridges over all these reds and | :46:18. | :46:22. | |
knocks this in, it will be some shot. | :46:23. | :46:39. | |
Very tough situation there. He might just have gotten away with it | :46:40. | :47:05. | |
slightly. Wanted to hit it full ball when he hit the cushion. It is a | :47:06. | :47:10. | |
long one and he can get on the black. | :47:11. | :47:51. | |
So a chance for Marco to get back to work. Obviously he's had that | :47:52. | :48:01. | |
interval after the third frame, which wasn't planned. When Ronnie | :48:02. | :48:06. | |
won the last one on the visit so we'll see if that's interrupted | :48:07. | :48:08. | |
Marco's rhythm. This has developed into quite a good | :48:09. | :48:52. | |
opportunity for him here. Just over screwed it slightly. Wanted to be | :48:53. | :49:02. | |
straighter on that red. Closer to the pink so it was a change of plan. | :49:03. | :49:20. | |
It's OK with the cue ball there. He's got a choice of reds for the | :49:21. | :49:57. | |
left corner. I think we said at the start of the match, there were quite | :49:58. | :50:02. | |
a few high breaks here. I think that the prediction is going to come | :50:03. | :50:06. | |
through because he's had an 9 in the opening frame, 110 in frame three. | :50:07. | :50:13. | |
And a 95 in the previous frames. So it's building up very nicely, this | :50:14. | :50:15. | |
semifinal. It could be a cracker. Just an inch too short. May have to | :50:16. | :50:51. | |
play there and when you see it playing to the left of the two. I | :50:52. | :50:55. | |
don't know if he's straight on the bottom one to fall through for the | :50:56. | :50:57. | |
black. I think it looks like it's OK. Just | :50:58. | :51:15. | |
a bit more face to make sure that he follows through. And again, a couple | :51:16. | :51:19. | |
of inches further. So he's going to have to cannon that red and that's | :51:20. | :51:34. | |
there to the end of the bunch. Perfectly played. | :51:35. | :51:39. | |
That was the key shot to paving the way to making a frame-winning break | :51:40. | :51:40. | |
here. And he's judged a couple of the | :51:41. | :52:24. | |
shots on the cannons. He's played them perfectly, hasn't he? Yeah, | :52:25. | :52:32. | |
lovely touch. Very economical. He's starting to look like a machine when | :52:33. | :52:42. | |
he gets in a the balls. -- gets in amongst the balls. | :52:43. | :53:17. | |
He's in line for the high break Masters here. He's in line for 140. | :53:18. | :53:25. | |
He's had five centuries so far this week. | :53:26. | :53:32. | |
I think that he made 11 or 12 in winning the Scottish Open just | :53:33. | :53:37. | |
before Christmas. He's turning into a scoring machine. | :53:38. | :53:48. | |
That's the biggest attribute that you can have as a top snooker to be | :53:49. | :53:53. | |
able to win frames in one visit like this on a regular basis. | :53:54. | :54:03. | |
And from a psychological point of view, after watching Ronnie win the | :54:04. | :54:07. | |
last frame with a 95 break and a new tip, this is just what the doctor | :54:08. | :54:15. | |
ordered for Marco Fu. And also, how quickly is he playing! It helps when | :54:16. | :54:20. | |
you're in perfect position every shot. Brilliant! Absolutely superb | :54:21. | :54:32. | |
from Marco Fu. It's the 22nd century so far this week. | :54:33. | :54:55. | |
It's not often there's a quicker shot time than Ronnie O'Sullivan. | :54:56. | :55:00. | |
But again, down to the fact that he's got the cue ball on the string. | :55:01. | :55:04. | |
It's not down to the coach, that's for sure. Well, his coach is Wayne | :55:05. | :55:10. | |
Griffith but originally he was with Terry Griffith so he didn't get that | :55:11. | :55:24. | |
16-shot selection from Terry. He could beat his own high break by one | :55:25. | :55:27. | |
point. What an effort. Zbler made absolutely sure of the | :55:28. | :55:48. | |
black. What a response from Marco Fu. He quietly gets the balls out of | :55:49. | :55:52. | |
the pocket but he's just cleared the table with a magnificent break of | :55:53. | :55:57. | |
141. And he's back in the lead at 3-2. | :55:58. | :56:43. | |
Quality opening here with Ronnie O'Sullivan. Has to aim down slightly | :56:44. | :56:49. | |
from the cue ball to create that angle to get around the back of the | :56:50. | :56:51. | |
black. He enjoyed trying to get the better | :56:52. | :57:07. | |
of it. He would enjoy it. Sitting in the | :57:08. | :57:24. | |
chair to... He will have appreciated the skill of it. | :57:25. | :57:52. | |
The match with Judd Trump was extraordinary but this is building | :57:53. | :58:01. | |
up to an extraordinary match. Judd had two high Septemberuries but | :58:02. | :58:06. | |
Marco was awesome. -- centuries but Marco was awesome with three | :58:07. | :58:09. | |
centuries in that match. He's already had two in this. But Ronnie | :58:10. | :58:14. | |
looks a different player, it has to be said. And he certainly feels | :58:15. | :58:20. | |
comfortable with this new tip. Tough bunch of reds to go into from | :58:21. | :58:57. | |
this angle but he's one of the best in the business at picking out the | :58:58. | :59:03. | |
right cannon. It's so easy to stick on these. When you see that and it | :59:04. | :59:13. | |
just goes absolutely perfectly. He needs to hit the red, the third red | :59:14. | :59:17. | |
on the right-hand side of that red and push it is into the bunch. He | :59:18. | :59:27. | |
could not hit that any better. That one, it has to hit on the right-hand | :59:28. | :59:32. | |
side side of it. Any other red and it won't work. Fantastic shot. | :59:33. | :59:46. | |
I tell you what, it's an absolute pleasure to be sitting and | :59:47. | :59:51. | |
commentating on this kind of match. It really is fabulous to watch. Look | :59:52. | :59:54. | |
at the pot success rate. Apart from he like he loves this new | :59:55. | :00:19. | |
tip on the cue, but like I said already, he'll be enjoying this | :00:20. | :00:22. | |
challenge that's up against him today. Playing the man at the top of | :00:23. | :00:26. | |
his form as Marco Fu is. These frames are not lasting very | :00:27. | :00:41. | |
long, are they? That's the frame safe. Now, full | :00:42. | :01:05. | |
concentration to see if he can respond with a century break. You | :01:06. | :01:16. | |
can't beat the high break, that's for certain. But even if he doesn't | :01:17. | :01:21. | |
make a century, it doesn't really matter. But, great response this. | :01:22. | :01:35. | |
Marco can't do anything about it. And this Alexandra Palace crowd are | :01:36. | :01:37. | |
being royally entertained here. Might be able to pot the red closest | :01:38. | :02:01. | |
to the black. If not, the cannon. No, it will go. | :02:02. | :02:16. | |
Well, this is stunning, absolutely stunning snooker. | :02:17. | :02:39. | |
In between the yellow and brown. That's another century. Ronnie's | :02:40. | :02:50. | |
first of the match. And he's made 858 centuries now in | :02:51. | :03:07. | |
his career. And who's going to bet against him getting to that magical | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
1,000 centuries. Wouldn't that be something in a career! | :03:13. | :03:42. | |
Oh, it doesn't matter that the black hasn't gone in. What a response from | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan. Marco Fu made a magnificent break of 141. The | :03:49. | :03:53. | |
response was - that superb century, 122. We're all square - three frames | :03:54. | :03:56. | |
each. I can't wait for more of this. Now, how much quicker can the two | :03:57. | :04:31. | |
players get. Just equalled Marco down to 16 seconds a shot. Oh, Marco | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
played that red thinking that it was the only one that could lead. And | :04:37. | :04:39. | |
how often does that happen? Now, one red, one black, Dennis. | :04:40. | :04:59. | |
What do you think? You are naughty, Stephen! | :05:00. | :05:32. | |
For a practice for exhibition, you brush off there for the black. He | :05:33. | :05:39. | |
can still play it for this shot. Yes, he has done. | :05:40. | :06:28. | |
Concentrating on the frame. Yeah, the crowd were buzzing there but | :06:29. | :06:38. | |
Ronnie... Even Marco was smiling. Ronnie, as all players, the main | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
concern is the frame. But that's nice to see. Of course, he made that | :06:43. | :06:52. | |
magical maximum break on 13 occasions, just did that. 12 you | :06:53. | :06:54. | |
made. Never been in front this this | :06:55. | :07:17. | |
semifinal. Would be a good time to take the lead. | :07:18. | :07:34. | |
Well, we didn't see that coming. It was just a little bit of a | :07:35. | :07:40. | |
distraction from the red there having to bridge over it that caused | :07:41. | :07:45. | |
him to miss that. That's the only reason. That I can think of why he | :07:46. | :07:50. | |
missed the black. And there's the red to the right of | :07:51. | :08:14. | |
the bunch that goes to the right of the corner. But it's a big corner if | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
you want to go into it and really open things up. He's going to go for | :08:20. | :08:21. | |
the red first. Another big moment in this match. So | :08:22. | :08:59. | |
often, the deciding factor in these matches are not the frames that you | :09:00. | :09:03. | |
should win, it's the frames that you shouldn't. The ones that you can | :09:04. | :09:06. | |
pinch. Such a fine line between winning and losing when both players | :09:07. | :09:12. | |
are playing so well. He's just finished a little awkward. He took | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
the opportunity to open more of the reds up there and just having to | :09:18. | :09:20. | |
stretch quite a bit here. A little straighter on the black | :09:21. | :09:35. | |
than he would have liked, but that shouldn't be a problem. | :09:36. | :09:42. | |
Let's see him pot this red. This clears everything. No excuses, now. | :09:43. | :10:42. | |
He doesn't want to be playing a cannon, because they are all | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
available. Rather than forcing me in, he | :10:46. | :11:08. | |
displayed a nice little shot to leave that one next to the pink in | :11:09. | :11:10. | |
the middle. 39. This would be quite a frame to pinch | :11:11. | :11:31. | |
for Marco Fu, here. Ronnie O'Sullivan is shaking his head. He | :11:32. | :11:37. | |
knows that this standard, he cannot afford any mistakes. | :11:38. | :11:45. | |
We showed you the shot that Ronnie O'Sullivan nest because he was | :11:46. | :11:52. | |
bridging of the red, it was a little awkward. This was the one. | :11:53. | :12:05. | |
You don't see him shake his head often, but he knows that Marco Fu is | :12:06. | :12:18. | |
not going to miss. He is thinking very clearly at the moment, Marco | :12:19. | :12:20. | |
Fu. Just a little bit harder than he | :12:21. | :12:37. | |
intended. 56. Yes, he's hoping for the top spin, and just as the angle | :12:38. | :12:41. | |
to get over it. 58. 65. Just the blue to make absolutely | :12:42. | :12:50. | |
certain. And it is straightforward. He just can't make a mistake in this | :12:51. | :13:40. | |
game, the way these boys are playing. Another fabulous frame of | :13:41. | :13:49. | |
snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan had the 47 break, a little awkward, misty | :13:50. | :13:54. | |
black, and that was the end of it. Marco Fu, without break of 83, is | :13:55. | :14:02. | |
back in the lead again 4-3. -- missed the black. | :14:03. | :14:20. | |
Both players are getting the breaks to perfection, get close to the | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
question, which means that the red is normally either side, a difficult | :14:27. | :14:31. | |
pot if you are a way from the question it is easier. -- if you are | :14:32. | :14:35. | |
away from the cushion. It looks quite a thin snick, this. | :14:36. | :14:51. | |
But maybe he is OK. A little bit too pacey, so he is | :14:52. | :15:11. | |
restricted now with what he can do with the cue ball. The red is still | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
left of the bunch. A bit of movement in his body there, | :15:15. | :15:42. | |
on that shot. That was in his normal smooth playing style. | :15:43. | :15:51. | |
Just a little bit of movement, that time, but he normally does that. But | :15:52. | :16:53. | |
the fact that he was tight on the cushion, almost, made that slightly | :16:54. | :17:00. | |
more difficult. Finishing short on this thread, so more reds can be | :17:01. | :17:10. | |
brought into play when putting this. -- potting. Just a similar black to | :17:11. | :17:31. | |
the previous frame, but he was bridging over a red, that time. | :17:32. | :17:47. | |
Just managed to avoid eating that red Devils that could have spoiled | :17:48. | :18:39. | |
things, but he judged it to perfection. | :18:40. | :18:52. | |
-- Just managed to avoid hitting that red ball - | :18:53. | :18:55. | |
things, but he judged it to perfection. | :18:56. | :19:05. | |
When he is this red, he wants the cue to keep going through. -- hits. | :19:06. | :19:23. | |
He will need some special here. We saw what happened in the previous | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
frame. He got a 47 break, and it was not enough. This is a very tough... | :19:28. | :19:31. | |
Oh, what a shot! 47. Just red to get it through the gap. | :19:32. | :19:52. | |
He was listed finish low on this red. 54. | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
So a good positional shot required, here. | :20:00. | :20:36. | |
55. Just didn't quite judge it. When you are counting on the reds, there | :20:37. | :20:48. | |
is always a possibility you can finish on the cushion. Shouldn't be | :20:49. | :20:59. | |
a problem covering that red that is over on the left, on the right | :21:00. | :21:07. | |
corner pocket. Just to make sure, he locks the pass through to that. | :21:08. | :21:15. | |
Anthony brown near the cushion is a little bit of insurance. -- and the | :21:16. | :21:26. | |
brown. It is a healthy lead, 54 points, but not the man in the form | :21:27. | :21:44. | |
that Marco Fu is. When you get a chance, and he has a little bit to | :21:45. | :21:47. | |
think about, here... Very clever indeed! Acknowledged by | :21:48. | :22:09. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan tapping on the table. OK, there is a possible red, | :22:10. | :22:13. | |
there. -- pottable. Didn't want the cannon on the | :22:14. | :22:54. | |
ground. -- round. But that shot that Marco Fu just played... Now, | :22:55. | :23:03. | |
brilliant shot! He should miss that red. Just | :23:04. | :23:17. | |
floated it in. Everything is coming very easily will stop the complete | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
his cue ball down for the black, possibly not leaving Ronnie | :23:25. | :23:28. | |
O'Sullivan anything as easy. Taking the difficult red, first. | :23:29. | :23:38. | |
Decent! He chose to take the most difficult red. | :23:39. | :23:48. | |
That is what happens when you decelerate. They could have been a | :23:49. | :24:01. | |
huge turning point, had he had pinched that frame after pinching | :24:02. | :24:03. | |
the previous one. They are just so evenly matched, | :24:04. | :24:46. | |
now, in this semi-final. That was the first small sign of weakness | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
-- we've seen from Marco Fu in a long time in this match. | :24:51. | :25:04. | |
12. He would have been a strong favourite had he taken the frame, | :25:05. | :25:16. | |
but you just sensed this could go to a deciding frame. We've had some | :25:17. | :25:20. | |
fabulous matches all week, and quite a few of them going the distance. | :25:21. | :25:33. | |
Yes, an average frame time of under 12 minutes. That just shows you the | :25:34. | :25:51. | |
quality of snooker. 41. He had the nerve to make a 55! He | :25:52. | :26:45. | |
finished the frame off with a break of 63. Marco Fu did have a chance, | :26:46. | :26:51. | |
missed that red, and we are back square again. 4-4. | :26:52. | :27:08. | |
Once again, a good pace with the break off shot. If he has a slight | :27:09. | :27:17. | |
angle on this red, he might just be tempted, because he could drop on | :27:18. | :27:25. | |
the black and the only thing he could possibly leave would be the | :27:26. | :27:32. | |
red. But now that it is down to the best of three... | :27:33. | :27:41. | |
Just decided against risking that. The crowd have been fabulous | :27:42. | :27:54. | |
throughout this match. We just don't need the single one shouting out at | :27:55. | :27:57. | |
the wrong time. It is bolstered for both players. | :27:58. | :28:07. | |
-- it spoils it. Hopefully he can bring patent black into play as | :28:08. | :28:15. | |
well. -- bring that black. That was a risky one just to nestle | :28:16. | :29:03. | |
them their. You are trusting that the table will run perfectly true. | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
With the knack of the cloth, it can get a little deviation. Yes, it was | :29:09. | :29:19. | |
the first negative shot that Marco Fu has played in a long time. He | :29:20. | :29:23. | |
brought the cue ball back to where it was, at the table. In the Bisley | :29:24. | :29:29. | |
thought that was the easy one to play. -- but he obviously thought. I | :29:30. | :29:37. | |
think there is someone in the front row who is moving around, having a | :29:38. | :29:41. | |
drink, and probably brought some water in with them. | :29:42. | :29:56. | |
It is not that difficult a shot to take the cue ball back up to where | :29:57. | :30:03. | |
he was playing from, so as I said, not the way he has been playing so | :30:04. | :30:05. | |
far this afternoon, that shot. I am just wondering if that missed | :30:06. | :30:22. | |
red in the last frame is affecting him. 70. This was the one that, if | :30:23. | :30:32. | |
it goes in, you can see him dropping the cue. It was a great chance. | :30:33. | :30:37. | |
Meanwhile, he knows that Ronnie O'Sullivan has not finished on the | :30:38. | :30:41. | |
red as nicely as he would have liked, and it is all about the | :30:42. | :30:47. | |
cannon, here, when he has the black. Can he avoid that? He could, and | :30:48. | :30:54. | |
left-handed, as well! I mean, to get that sort of action | :30:55. | :31:04. | |
on the cue ball with your opposite hand, to avoid canyoning the black, | :31:05. | :31:07. | |
was excellent. -- cannoning. Since the interval, and we had the | :31:08. | :31:49. | |
end of it after three frames, that new chip on the cue, that had breaks | :31:50. | :32:00. | |
of 95, 122, 47, 55, and 62 in the previous frame. And Marco has had | :32:01. | :32:03. | |
breaks of 141 and 83. 39. He has gone too far. 46. A big smile | :32:04. | :32:38. | |
on, but about six inches farther than he expected. Ronnie O'Sullivan, | :32:39. | :32:47. | |
46. This was the one that he just | :32:48. | :33:01. | |
misjudged slightly. He knew straightaway that he hit it too | :33:02. | :33:03. | |
hard. I think it can see enough of the | :33:04. | :33:36. | |
red, but the brown is quite a destruction. A very awkward cue | :33:37. | :33:44. | |
along this side of the brown, there. -- is quite a distraction. | :33:45. | :34:18. | |
Managed to cover that red. It was a tricky situation he was faced with, | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
there. There is Nick Van there. His dad to | :34:25. | :35:16. | |
the side of them. -- Nick "Peanut" Baines. Keyboard layout with the | :35:17. | :35:26. | |
Kaiser Chiefs. -- play out. Loves his snooker. | :35:27. | :35:34. | |
-- Keyboard player with the Kaiser Chiefs. | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
If that red kids running, it is safe, all relatively safe. He got | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
away with that one. There is only one pottable red, the one that is | :35:47. | :35:56. | |
just between the pink and black. That is the only possible red he | :35:57. | :36:06. | |
could pot. But he might cannon into other reds, so it is very difficult. | :36:07. | :36:13. | |
This is a safety shot. Don't blame him. | :36:14. | :36:41. | |
We have had everything in this match, only bouts of safety, and now | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
we're getting that. Just been a of breaks. Nice to see the tactical | :36:47. | :36:50. | |
side of the game, also. Oh! One. He got a good cue ball, but | :36:51. | :37:07. | |
if it get tighter behind the cover, he could be in a good advantage. We | :37:08. | :37:09. | |
wish you this -- we will show you this foot plant. | :37:10. | :37:16. | |
Oh, that cue ball ran off. It only -- it only moved the space of about | :37:17. | :37:32. | |
a foot. That is shocking. Well, there is nothing Marco Fu | :37:33. | :37:49. | |
could have done about that. Sometimes you get it along the ball | :37:50. | :37:58. | |
line. But instead of being snookered, if these gringos in, it | :37:59. | :38:03. | |
could be the end of frame. But it is not easy. | :38:04. | :38:09. | |
-- green goes. A fabulous pot. Lucy Wood he is leading. Should have | :38:10. | :38:25. | |
missed it. -- you see what he is leaving. | :38:26. | :38:33. | |
What a difference that would have made, though, Denis. Tight behind | :38:34. | :38:48. | |
that round ball. -- brown. It is a little bit awkward here for the good | :38:49. | :38:53. | |
positional shot. He cannot make his mind up. | :38:54. | :39:04. | |
Sometimes you are faced with a shot and you know it is just not a matter | :39:05. | :39:12. | |
of potting the ball and getting a nice colour... Still can't decide | :39:13. | :39:17. | |
which way to play it. In the end, he made it look very | :39:18. | :39:40. | |
easy. Very delicate screw shot. Puff of the cheeks. Good to get that one | :39:41. | :39:48. | |
out of the way. Very unfortunate for Marco Fu. OK, he was a long way | :39:49. | :39:57. | |
behind, but had the have got the snooker, which you normally would | :39:58. | :40:00. | |
have done without the ball drifting, as we show you again, and suddenly | :40:01. | :40:11. | |
things are just going in Ronnie's favour. He has played fantastic | :40:12. | :40:18. | |
stuff. I think that turning point in the previous round when Marco missed | :40:19. | :40:24. | |
the one with the rest, that would have given him a 5-3 lead if he | :40:25. | :40:35. | |
pinched that frame. The enormity of the occasion got to him. He had the | :40:36. | :40:42. | |
opportunity to be 5-3 ahead. He won the previous frame with | :40:43. | :41:29. | |
breaks of 55 and 63. This is following a similar pattern. Breaks | :41:30. | :41:34. | |
of 46 and now this. What a shock that was! Using the jaw | :41:35. | :42:36. | |
to get under the pink. You don't see that very often. -- shot that was. | :42:37. | :42:46. | |
You don't see that shot played very often. And the black is in as well. | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
So we have a break of 46. Followed up with a break of 82. The Rocket | :42:54. | :42:59. | |
really has lifted off, now he is one frame away from a place in the | :43:00. | :43:01. | |
final. It is 5-4. Once again, could break of shot. | :43:02. | :43:22. | |
Both players raking very well. Finding that cushion, leaving short | :43:23. | :43:28. | |
of a half chance. But because the white is so close to the cushion, it | :43:29. | :43:35. | |
makes it very difficult. -- good break off the shot. Both players | :43:36. | :43:43. | |
breaking very well. You can see if he misses it, he would have to be | :43:44. | :43:51. | |
leaving Marco Fu a chance. Aiming the tip of history there. Looks like | :43:52. | :43:55. | |
he going to leave the cue ball on the top cushion. The tip of the cue. | :43:56. | :44:08. | |
Or is he taking the pot on. Fantastic. Always looked like a | :44:09. | :44:14. | |
natural angle for the cue ball to go. Tremendous pot. He almost went | :44:15. | :44:25. | |
off the side of the pack and finished on the black. He may have | :44:26. | :44:48. | |
left a red to the right of the pocket the way he played. I think it | :44:49. | :44:53. | |
was plain to lend on that red. -- planning to land on the red. No easy | :44:54. | :45:02. | |
colour available if he takes it on. Quite clever really. It will take | :45:03. | :45:09. | |
some shot from Marco to get on the black. An element of safety as well. | :45:10. | :45:16. | |
You can see where the cue ball is. That is a little bit on both excite | :45:17. | :46:57. | |
but I think the pace of the table will take the side of the yellow. He | :46:58. | :47:03. | |
would have been trying to get the cue ball tight on the cushion, but | :47:04. | :47:09. | |
that will do very nicely. That is all he can see. No easy way | :47:10. | :47:32. | |
back to the safety zone from that position. That was all he could do | :47:33. | :47:40. | |
there. I think this crowd have taken the | :47:41. | :47:59. | |
Marco Fu. I think the snooker he has produced this week has been | :48:00. | :48:03. | |
scintillating, especially against Trump. If you knock the ball seemed | :48:04. | :48:10. | |
and you play great snooker you will get the support of the crowd. Just | :48:11. | :48:14. | |
look at that crowd. What an atmosphere these two players have | :48:15. | :48:26. | |
had this afternoon. 2000 people. Noise when it is needed, silence | :48:27. | :48:30. | |
with the player at the table. Where is the cue ball going? It is | :48:31. | :49:18. | |
OK. Have a look at the raids! That is what you call an attacking safety | :49:19. | :49:20. | |
shot. -- red Certainly no easy escape back to the | :49:21. | :49:48. | |
table from that position. Have to be very accurate indeed. If he left the | :49:49. | :50:01. | |
white tight on the cushion to the left of the black a to cover the | :50:02. | :50:07. | |
red, on for the right corner. But he has thought of quite a few options. | :50:08. | :50:20. | |
Not often Ronnie thinks about the shot this length of time, but very | :50:21. | :50:26. | |
understandable here. It was worth waiting on! I said he | :50:27. | :51:03. | |
will do well to find a path down the table. He did, and he is on the | :51:04. | :51:09. | |
brown to get back on the reds. That is the shot, probably, of the | :51:10. | :51:16. | |
tournament. The pot that and find the gap. | :51:17. | :51:31. | |
To pot that. Talking about the whole tournament, it could have been so | :51:32. | :51:43. | |
different if Adam had potted that black in the first round. This man | :51:44. | :51:49. | |
at the table was within a black ball of being knocked out. Now it is odds | :51:50. | :51:56. | |
on to be making tomorrow's final. Going for a record seventh Masters | :51:57. | :52:04. | |
final two overtake Stephen's six Masters. | :52:05. | :52:12. | |
Still at 97%. Someone in his line of sight there. | :52:13. | :52:35. | |
He is doing the right thing. Just settling himself. He knows the | :52:36. | :52:46. | |
importance of this visit. He is really fired up here. | :52:47. | :53:36. | |
He has just asked someone to keep still. It must be a photographer. | :53:37. | :54:17. | |
Marco Fu just has to sit there and hope that something can go wrong for | :54:18. | :54:24. | |
Ronnie. But he looks very focused does Ronnie O'Sullivan. | :54:25. | :55:17. | |
It has been an absolutely fabulous semi-final match between two players | :55:18. | :55:31. | |
at the top of the form. Very few mistakes being made. Just the odd | :55:32. | :55:40. | |
error that was costly because of the way either player are playing. A | :55:41. | :55:52. | |
little bit of misfortune with that ball rolling off that he was going | :55:53. | :55:53. | |
to put behind the brown. I don't think I have ever seen | :55:54. | :56:12. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan as animated as he is today. Every shot is a different | :56:13. | :56:18. | |
facial expression. The will to win is ferocious at the moment to get | :56:19. | :56:20. | |
into that final. This is going to finish a little | :56:21. | :56:47. | |
awkward. 51 in front, not many pots away from securing a place in the | :56:48. | :56:50. | |
final. It is the! -- there! LAUGHTER is going to play | :56:51. | :57:20. | |
left-handed if he can reach. Why not? Just needs the pink! | :57:21. | :57:37. | |
APPLAUSE. That is a lovely gesture from Marco Fu. It has been a | :57:38. | :57:50. | |
fabulous semi-final, as I mentioned. We set Marco Fu would have to play | :57:51. | :57:54. | |
at the top of his game. He did that, he is still applauding. That is the | :57:55. | :58:00. | |
type of character he is. But they have treated this Alexandra Palace | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
audience to some brilliant, brilliant snooker. Doesn't matter | :58:07. | :58:13. | |
about the red. Marco comes forward, Weeks Malla and congratulations for | :58:14. | :58:16. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan. Lovely to see both players. Fabulous semi-final. | :58:17. | :58:22. | |
In the end, Ronnie O'Sullivan, he was just brilliant. He goes on to | :58:23. | :58:31. | |
beat Marco Fu by six frames to four. He is in the final. | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
In the end it was tipped Gate in Frank three which turned the tide | :58:37. | :58:43. | |
for a O'Sullivan. He is into his 12th Masters final in 23 attempts. | :58:44. | :58:48. | |
He goes for the outright record of seven victories. We will be on air | :58:49. | :58:53. | |
to see how this all starts at one o'clock. I am sure you will join us. | :58:54. | :58:58. | |
20th of January, the day of the inauguration of Donald Trump | :58:59. | :59:04. | |
Do you reckon he'll invite the North Korean guy over? | :59:05. | :59:07. |