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Hello and welcome to Snooker Extra,
extended highlights of the 2018 | 0:00:35 | 0:00:42 | |
masters. Two former champions go
head-to-head, Mark Selby taking on | 0:00:42 | 0:00:49 | |
Mark Williams, who won the title in
2003. A bit of a. At the very | 0:00:49 | 0:00:55 | |
beginning with a re-rack but soon
the fireworks began. Commentary from | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:06 | |
COMMENTATOR: And that is a pretty
good rake off a shot. You didn't see | 0:01:17 | 0:01:23 | |
his first attempt, he cut back way
too thin and hit the blue of his | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
first break up. That was a lot
better. Flickr contact, fifth red | 0:01:26 | 0:01:30 | |
the triangle. Lots of red hands --
right-hand side. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:39 | |
right-hand side. What you don't see
very often from these two players | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
either is a very aggressive opening
shot, splitting the reds open. They | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
like to keep it pretty tight. He
doesn't want catch this one thick. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:57 | |
That was through the gap, and played
at a nice pace as well, strike left | 0:02:28 | 0:02:36 | |
hand side, stopped the cue ball
short to have a pot at the baulk | 0:02:36 | 0:02:42 | |
colour. Decent chance, this. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:48 | |
That was an excellent positional
shot. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:58 | |
shot. He floats the balls in, Mark
Williams. He is one of the few that | 0:03:00 | 0:03:09 | |
just drops so many in dead weight. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:19 | |
A chance to go into the bunch if he
so wishes, but there are two or | 0:04:08 | 0:04:13 | |
three loose reds, a nice angle on
the black. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:19 | |
the black. I think possibly Mark
Williams wouldn't go into the reds | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
as soon as some other players. The
first frame very important, so he | 0:04:24 | 0:04:35 | |
wants to get a good start in this
match. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:41 | |
He may have to use a touch of
left-hand side here. | 0:04:56 | 0:05:01 | |
Nice to see Joe here, that is Marc
Trestman why. Jo hasn't been too | 0:05:06 | 0:05:14 | |
well but -- that is Mark's wife. A
delightful lady, an absolute gem, | 0:05:14 | 0:05:21 | |
she is. And so is Kanan, as well. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:28 | |
Mark Williams oversleep played for
the red the left middle, but he | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
snookered himself on the blue. So
the first tricky shot of the break | 0:06:13 | 0:06:19 | |
coming up. If he can reach it, I
think he can pot this and just go | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
off the cushion for the black. It is
a bit of a reach, this, though. He | 0:06:24 | 0:06:31 | |
played it well, very good shot.
Worth another look at that one, and | 0:06:31 | 0:06:40 | |
he is perfect on the black to get
onto the red just to the right of | 0:06:40 | 0:06:44 | |
the back of the little bunch there.
Just a slight bit of angle to work | 0:06:44 | 0:06:54 | |
that way. He has played to leave one
to the middle pocket, but what has | 0:06:54 | 0:06:58 | |
he done there? I do know if that was
a little bit of adrenaline or he got | 0:06:58 | 0:07:05 | |
into that cue ball for too much. But
it is there. Great shot. Exactly | 0:07:05 | 0:07:14 | |
what you would have wanted. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:21 | |
He made a look very easy, that was a
tough shot. Just finished a little | 0:07:27 | 0:07:32 | |
straight on the black this time. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:38 | |
straight on the black this time. He
has got into this well. He has | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
played that beautifully. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:52 | |
A good start for the Welsh potting
machine, that's his nickname. | 0:07:53 | 0:08:02 | |
machine, that's his nickname. I had
a few different nicknames for him, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
but I don't think I can say what
they are (!) | 0:08:04 | 0:08:11 | |
they are (!) You are still at it,
you two, winding each other? You | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
have done it throughout your career,
even before we came out, Mark and | 0:08:15 | 0:08:23 | |
Stephen were winding each other up.
Yep, when he was giving it to me, I | 0:08:23 | 0:08:32 | |
said I will get my own back out
there when I'm in the commentary | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
box, but so far I have not been able
to. This has been a fantastic start. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:41 | |
He has pretty much had the cue ball
on a string on this break. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:54 | |
Looking at a player here who has
made 404 centuries in his | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
professional career. Made 21 this
season, great to see Mark Williams | 0:09:10 | 0:09:19 | |
back where he belongs, world ranked
the button at the moment. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:31 | |
Another good shot. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:43 | |
Absolutely brilliant. He makes the
fifth century. There is a Mark | 0:09:47 | 0:10:01 | |
Williams special. I have never seen
any other player be able to do that. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:15 | |
Mark Selby said before the match if
there was one player in the draw you | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
wanted to avoid it was Mark
Williams. You can see why, another | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
shot played under Rahm. Remarkable,
how does he do that, and screw the | 0:10:49 | 0:10:55 | |
ball in the widget, cueing like
that? | 0:10:55 | 0:11:01 | |
that? Yes, that has been a
phenomenal break. Before the re-rack | 0:11:01 | 0:11:06 | |
it looked like it would be a really
scrappy first frame. It has been | 0:11:06 | 0:11:13 | |
fantastic. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:18 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:11:20 | 0:11:30 | |
Arrow, he has a kick that what a
shame. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:41 | |
shame. He got one chance and he made
that magnificent break. He leads | 0:11:42 | 0:11:48 | |
1-0. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:54 | |
Hardly ever see him overhit
anything, in terms of taking a swing | 0:12:17 | 0:12:22 | |
at it with his cue. Very controlled.
Oh, he has got away with that. Very | 0:12:22 | 0:12:29 | |
lucky. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:36 | |
lucky. Mark Howard tapped the table
for the shot and Mark Selby came to | 0:12:36 | 0:12:41 | |
the table and tapped the table. Like
to see a bit of humour between these | 0:12:41 | 0:12:47 | |
two great players -- Mark had tapped
the table. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:55 | |
Didn't go for the pot, there was no
value. Almost got the double-kiss. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:20 | |
But safe. | 0:13:20 | 0:13:28 | |
I like this shot here. That has
cleared the black. | 0:13:41 | 0:13:52 | |
cleared the black. Certainly
thinking very positively, and why | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
wouldn't he, after the opening
frame? | 0:13:54 | 0:14:02 | |
He hasn't really got the same escape
route here. He could leave the one | 0:15:04 | 0:15:11 | |
red to the right middle pocket, that
is why he is walking round the | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
table, making sure he covers that
read, if he does play the shot. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:22 | |
Doesn't like it. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:31 | |
Doesn't like it. Just a little bit
of an awkward frame with the way the | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
two reds are either side of the blue
there. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:41 | |
You won't see many mistakes made by
the two players. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:25 | |
the two players. Very few unforced
errors today I think in the safety | 0:16:25 | 0:16:27 | |
department. | 0:16:27 | 0:16:34 | |
department. APPLAUSE
Very unlucky. He picked one out | 0:16:34 | 0:16:45 | |
there, and was very unfortunate
indeed. The knock the yellowing. | 0:16:45 | 0:16:54 | |
At least the penalty shot there
hasn't left Mark Selby with a chance | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
at a red. But a chance to get a
telling safety shot here. Moving the | 0:17:05 | 0:17:13 | |
cue along the question, trying to
push -- pick the sport he would like | 0:17:13 | 0:17:18 | |
the cue ball. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:30 | |
And pretty clever as well, because
he knocked the other one away from | 0:17:34 | 0:17:39 | |
the middle pocket, the one that was
pottable. And with a very clever | 0:17:39 | 0:17:46 | |
little shot. | 0:17:46 | 0:17:52 | |
little shot. Let's have a look at
the way Mark played this shot. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:57 | |
Trying to cannon that red away. Very
clever. | 0:17:57 | 0:18:08 | |
It is terrific to watch the
Huybrechts going in but it is also | 0:19:37 | 0:19:40 | |
very entertaining to watch a good
tactical battle here, to see who is | 0:19:40 | 0:19:45 | |
going to make the first | 0:19:45 | 0:19:52 | |
going to make the first mistake. --
to see the high breaks going in. | 0:19:52 | 0:20:00 | |
What an effort, what an effort!
APPLAUSE | 0:20:02 | 0:20:10 | |
Just screwed back just a little bit
further than he wanted. The inn | 0:20:10 | 0:20:15 | |
offers not on because there is a red
over the middle pocket, so he | 0:20:15 | 0:20:19 | |
controlled this. As I said, the in
off wasn't on, the middle red but it | 0:20:19 | 0:20:28 | |
has worked out perfect river mark.
Almost knocked it in the pocket. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:37 | |
Almost knocked it in the pocket. I
will just show you the shot. He knew | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
he couldn't go in off. But he'll
most planted that read in the | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
pocket. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:50 | |
pocket. And he is in first in the
second frame. Can he continue where | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
he left off in the opening frame?
Yes, it was going to take something | 0:20:54 | 0:21:04 | |
special to end that safety exchange,
because both players were playing | 0:21:04 | 0:21:09 | |
high-quality, tactical stuff.
Obviously playing this with an | 0:21:09 | 0:21:16 | |
element of safety, that he will be
leaving Mark Selby a similar sort of | 0:21:16 | 0:21:21 | |
shot, should he have missed it. If
he continues the form of the | 0:21:21 | 0:21:28 | |
previous frame, this should be a
second frame over, from where the | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
roads are. Felix in complete
control, composed, focused. Cueing | 0:21:31 | 0:21:41 | |
beautifully. -- he looks in complete
control. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:51 | |
The two reds are touching below the
pick. -- below the pink. Nicely | 0:22:43 | 0:22:51 | |
played. | 0:22:51 | 0:23:01 | |
Can he get through to the red? It is
quite tight. He has overran that. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:29 | |
quite tight. He has overran that. He
would like the one to the right, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
rather than that. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:40 | |
rather than that. I think winning
the Northern Ireland open in | 0:23:40 | 0:23:49 | |
November has really given Mark
Williams a boost. It was his first | 0:23:49 | 0:23:54 | |
ranking title for a couple of
seasons. | 0:23:54 | 0:24:02 | |
seasons. He had a bit of kit trouble
in that. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:09 | |
One more good shot here. It will
give him a great chance to secure | 0:24:28 | 0:24:34 | |
the second frame but it is not
perfect. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:40 | |
I think the thing I thought was
stopping him being a competitor, as | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
far as winning the majors, was not
winning enough frames in one visit, | 0:25:10 | 0:25:14 | |
not scoring heavily enough. But that
has been put to bed this afternoon. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:19 | |
Awesome start. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:27 | |
Yes, I think Mark is getting a great
buzz out of this terrific start this | 0:25:33 | 0:25:39 | |
afternoon. It really is helping him. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:51 | |
It is all about that red, the left
side of the table, and being a | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
left-hander it might not cause a
problem for the second century. He | 0:26:01 | 0:26:07 | |
can drop in behind it or he can
remove it. Being a left-hander, that | 0:26:07 | 0:26:14 | |
is how he feels. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:20 | |
is how he feels. APPLAUSE | 0:26:20 | 0:26:25 | |
What a shame. Still, you have one
chance, and this was all he needed. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:41 | |
Now leads the reigning world
champion two frames the mill. -- to | 0:26:41 | 0:26:51 | |
zero. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:57 | |
What a way to start a match, 135
break. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:45 | |
Just a little distraction in his own
line there. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:11 | |
line there. A photographer in the
background. The referee from | 0:28:15 | 0:28:21 | |
Belgium. One of the top referees in
the game and has been for many | 0:28:21 | 0:28:27 | |
years, works in a hospital, and has
time off for his refereeing duties. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:36 | |
Oh, what a fluke. What a fluke.
Awkward bridging. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:51 | |
Awkward bridging. Caught the red too
thick. | 0:28:52 | 0:29:02 | |
I'm not sure if the black, it
certainly would go in the right | 0:29:03 | 0:29:07 | |
corner, things are red might be
blocking it from the left corner. | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
The pink is available. | 0:29:10 | 0:29:20 | |
It would go in that pocket, and it
certainly won't go in the other, so | 0:29:26 | 0:29:31 | |
it is not a good chance for Mark
Williams just yet. But what a body | 0:29:31 | 0:29:38 | |
blow. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:46 | |
I think it will be a red to the
right corner. Four | 0:30:21 | 0:30:29 | |
so the first piece of bad cueing.
Mark Williams has put into this | 0:30:29 | 0:30:35 | |
match. A lot of movement there. I
don't think it will cost too many | 0:30:35 | 0:30:43 | |
points, because the fact that he
missed the yellow, he didn't get the | 0:30:43 | 0:30:46 | |
cue ball anywhere near where he
wanted. There is a red double pot | 0:30:46 | 0:30:52 | |
between the pink and black but there
is no colour available, so there is | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
no value in it, really. That is why
he is not even entertaining the | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
pots. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
He could have played that a little
better will | 0:31:07 | 0:31:11 | |
He could have played that a little
better will. Mark's target here will | 0:31:11 | 0:31:16 | |
be hit the white somewhere near the
yellow, and he might be able to take | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
a shot to nothing. The red made pot
into the right corner. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:30 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:31:30 | 0:31:38 | |
It all depends on the angle he's got
on the brown as to whether he can | 0:31:38 | 0:31:43 | |
get at to the reds. Well he's got
the angle to get up to the red that | 0:31:43 | 0:31:50 | |
Mark Selby had available, but it
wasn't any use to him, because there | 0:31:50 | 0:31:56 | |
was no colour available. That's well
played, but he still got a lot of | 0:31:56 | 0:32:05 | |
work to do here. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:11 | |
work to do here. The red was closest
to the black cushion, he could have | 0:32:12 | 0:32:18 | |
possibly developed the black and
flicked the red away, to the right | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
of the black. Please this red to the
right corner, he's trusting a bit to | 0:32:22 | 0:32:31 | |
look with the position. -- if he
plays this red to the right corner. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:42 | |
He played that well. The cue ball
has gone to the cushion, but that | 0:32:42 | 0:32:49 | |
was pretty well controlled, the gap
he finds here. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:55 | |
Wasn't easy, tucked up on the
cushion, so the first half chance | 0:33:07 | 0:33:11 | |
falls to Mark Selby, as we show you
the blue again. When you are tight | 0:33:11 | 0:33:15 | |
on the cushion at that angle, it's
never easy. But it's not a good | 0:33:15 | 0:33:20 | |
chance for Mark Selby. Whether black
is completely out of the game, the | 0:33:20 | 0:33:28 | |
pink is awkward, the blue is off its
spot. Yeah, he's looking at the red | 0:33:28 | 0:33:34 | |
to the right corner, I think the
pink is available to the left | 0:33:34 | 0:33:36 | |
middle. | 0:33:36 | 0:33:39 | |
I think at the moment it a half
chance, but Mark Selby won't see it | 0:34:00 | 0:34:07 | |
that way. He'll be looking at this
as an opportunity to get his first | 0:34:07 | 0:34:12 | |
frame on the board. The black is
tied up, but everything else is | 0:34:12 | 0:34:21 | |
pretty well situated. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:23 | |
With only the pink to play for,
pinpoint accuracy required with the | 0:35:18 | 0:35:23 | |
position, every shot. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:31 | |
Could have done with a good two or
three more inches there, to make | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
this an unmissable pink. I think he
can still hold, the two reds to the | 0:36:36 | 0:36:47 | |
right, he can still hold for one of
those to the left corner. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:55 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:36:55 | 0:37:00 | |
Could have gone wrong. | 0:37:02 | 0:37:06 | |
As long as he's not dead straight on
the blue, he's OK here, and he's got | 0:37:24 | 0:37:31 | |
a slight angle to work with.
APPLAUSE | 0:37:31 | 0:37:41 | |
Still a couple more reds available,
into the left corner pocket. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:56 | |
And he's doing what Mark Selby does
very well indeed when his back is | 0:37:56 | 0:38:01 | |
against the wall. He produces his
best, usually. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:05 | |
Needs to get into the red trust
above the black and cannon it away, | 0:38:15 | 0:38:20 | |
leave himself on the black. Maybe
too high, possibly. | 0:38:20 | 0:38:30 | |
He's run slightly out of position
there. We did see Mark's wife, | 0:38:34 | 0:38:40 | |
Vicki, watching on. She knows now
faced with a tricky shot. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:52 | |
I think he took the risk out of
covering the black and it went | 0:38:52 | 0:38:59 | |
slightly wrong. Can he play a good
recovery shot rushed Jamaat that's a | 0:38:59 | 0:39:05 | |
pretty good recovery shot, if it
keeps coming. Played to perfection, | 0:39:05 | 0:39:11 | |
a brilliant shot.
APPLAUSE | 0:39:11 | 0:39:18 | |
Yeah, it was quite natural angle on
the blue, just to drop on these | 0:39:18 | 0:39:23 | |
reds, but still had to play, he
played well, and it was. He's turned | 0:39:23 | 0:39:31 | |
this half chance in a frame-winning
visit, it looks like. He needed it. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:36 | |
Just this red lead -- just this red
needed. Wow, what a cracking match | 0:39:45 | 0:39:58 | |
we have on our hands here. One
mistake and the frame is over at the | 0:39:58 | 0:40:04 | |
moment. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:40:11 | 0:40:17 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:40:49 | 0:40:57 | |
APPLAUSE
Lets see you pot the green, Mark, | 0:41:04 | 0:41:12 | |
frame over. Can he flew the green?
Just the one mistake. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:23 | |
APPLAUSE
Gives him his first frame. He now | 0:41:23 | 0:41:30 | |
trails by 2-1 frames. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:38 | |
That's a bit unlucky, to cannon one
centred right over the pocket there. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:03 | |
It always can happen. He played the
shot well enough but couldn't | 0:42:03 | 0:42:07 | |
envisage knocking this one over the
pocket will | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
envisage knocking this one over the
pocket will. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:18 | |
The first chance in this frame. Mark
Selby. It was a very nicely | 0:42:22 | 0:42:28 | |
controlled shot as well, a touch of
drag on the cue ball to make the | 0:42:28 | 0:42:34 | |
control easier. Nicely on the blue. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:36 | |
Played a little cannon into the
bunch, just to the right of the | 0:42:42 | 0:42:46 | |
pink. Just pulled the cue ball away
from the pack. | 0:42:46 | 0:42:55 | |
May be reluctant to play for the
pink. It is available to left corner | 0:43:21 | 0:43:26 | |
but it's going to go on the black
spot I think if he pots it and he's | 0:43:26 | 0:43:32 | |
coming round now to look to see if
it would be available to left | 0:43:32 | 0:43:35 | |
corner. It's fascinating to watch
different players, how they break | 0:43:35 | 0:43:44 | |
and build their break. Stevens
suggested putting the blue map | 0:43:44 | 0:43:54 | |
and build their break. Stevens
suggested putting the blue map, | 0:43:54 | 0:43:55 | |
quite a few players would have
played that shot. Bookmark is going | 0:43:55 | 0:44:04 | |
about it in a slightly different
route -- but Mark is going about in | 0:44:04 | 0:44:10 | |
a slightly different route. The only
concern is if you keep knocking the | 0:44:10 | 0:44:13 | |
ball is in, that's what it's all
about. I don't think this is a shot | 0:44:13 | 0:44:20 | |
he was planning to play, but he's
going into the bunch here. That's | 0:44:20 | 0:44:25 | |
why, because you never guarantee
control. He wanted to be straight on | 0:44:25 | 0:44:28 | |
the pink. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:35 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:44:43 | 0:44:46 | |
He made that look very easy, but
almost tight to the cushion, then | 0:44:51 | 0:44:57 | |
you need extremely good cueing. | 0:44:57 | 0:45:04 | |
you need extremely good cueing. And
now he's got the pink in the open | 0:45:04 | 0:45:08 | |
and gradually it is developing into
quite a decent chance. | 0:45:08 | 0:45:12 | |
And that yellow, if the yellow is on
its spot, that's almost exactly the | 0:45:31 | 0:45:36 | |
one where it hit the cushion, with
the cue ball, whether yellow is now, | 0:45:36 | 0:45:40 | |
so has to play off the Bolt cushion,
it's made the shot a little bit | 0:45:40 | 0:45:47 | |
awkward. If you squeeze past the
yellow he can get too much side on | 0:45:47 | 0:45:53 | |
it. -- if he screws past the yellow,
he can get too much side on it and | 0:45:53 | 0:46:00 | |
that's why he's played to get the
cue ball down the right-hand side of | 0:46:00 | 0:46:05 | |
the table and pretty good.
APPLAUSE | 0:46:05 | 0:46:14 | |
He's just finished a little awkward
with that angle he has here. | 0:46:15 | 0:46:21 | |
Straight would have been better,
just to screw back off percussion | 0:46:21 | 0:46:25 | |
for the pink. He can still do it but
it's a slightly more awkward angle. | 0:46:25 | 0:46:34 | |
And that's... Well, I think he's OK.
He can hold from the right of the | 0:46:34 | 0:46:41 | |
three reds there. | 0:46:41 | 0:46:48 | |
Yeah, he actually hit that last shot
really well. Quite a good angle on | 0:46:48 | 0:46:53 | |
the red, a big angle. You can see by
the reaction of the cue ball how | 0:46:53 | 0:47:00 | |
well he timed that. | 0:47:00 | 0:47:03 | |
APPLAUSE
He just seems to have moved up a | 0:47:19 | 0:47:25 | |
gear, Mark Selby. Seems to be just
slowly starting to dominate this | 0:47:25 | 0:47:31 | |
match. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:33 | |
Couldn't do much in the first two
frames that he lost, just sat in his | 0:47:40 | 0:47:46 | |
chair, but since then this has been
an excellent reply. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:50 | |
I think it hurt him really badly,
losing the first round of the UK | 0:47:52 | 0:47:59 | |
championship. He wants to be
involved in the biggest events, | 0:47:59 | 0:48:01 | |
right to the end. I think he's
absolutely piled the hours on the | 0:48:01 | 0:48:08 | |
practice table since then. Yeah,
when your reigning world champion | 0:48:08 | 0:48:15 | |
and world number one, those defeats
don't half hurt. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:24 | |
You can see the head movement very
slight now from Mark Selby. Stephen | 0:48:36 | 0:48:41 | |
Hendry was talking about five or six
years ago, movement was much more | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
than it is now. You can see that
eyes, just focused on the object | 0:48:45 | 0:48:51 | |
ball, just before he delivers the
cue. Just watch the eyes glance up | 0:48:51 | 0:48:57 | |
there to the object ball. | 0:48:57 | 0:49:06 | |
there to the object ball. Top
snooker players, still an incredible | 0:49:06 | 0:49:08 | |
amount of shaking in the head, but I
bet he doesn't even feel it. | 0:49:08 | 0:49:18 | |
APPLAUSE
Will he risk going into the bunch | 0:49:21 | 0:49:27 | |
from the blue? If he wants to keep
the break going, he has to. | 0:49:27 | 0:49:35 | |
Yeah, he's a bit unlucky there,
isn't it? But he made sure of the | 0:49:40 | 0:49:45 | |
blue. He's glancing at the
scoreboard there. He knows that Mark | 0:49:45 | 0:49:49 | |
Williams now needs a snooker. A bit
unlucky to get the double kiss here. | 0:49:49 | 0:50:01 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:50:03 | 0:50:08 | |
That red is going very close to the
corner pocket. It's in. | 0:50:38 | 0:50:41 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:50:41 | 0:50:49 | |
I think he thought the red would
probably cannoned into the blue, or | 0:50:55 | 0:51:00 | |
maybe the yellow. Kept on going. A
good thing it did drop in because he | 0:51:00 | 0:51:05 | |
could have left Mark Williams with a
chance. He could have got through to | 0:51:05 | 0:51:10 | |
that red with a little bit of swerve
will stop just trying to get the cue | 0:51:10 | 0:51:15 | |
ball is tight on the baulk caution
as possible. | 0:51:15 | 0:51:24 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:51:25 | 0:51:27 | |
Left attempt to the far right
corner. -- left attempting one to | 0:51:56 | 0:52:04 | |
the far right corner. Just wondering
if that's the one that he could be | 0:52:04 | 0:52:09 | |
tempted with, but there might be
another one to the right middle | 0:52:09 | 0:52:12 | |
pocket, if it passes the reds, could
play it in such a way that he'd | 0:52:12 | 0:52:16 | |
finish on the black and he'd leave
it fairly safe if you missed it. I | 0:52:16 | 0:52:22 | |
think that red must pot. Yeah, you
are right, that's the shot. | 0:52:22 | 0:52:33 | |
It's there.
APPLAUSE | 0:52:40 | 0:52:46 | |
It's a lot easier when you know you
are not leaving a lot but still a | 0:52:47 | 0:52:52 | |
great pot into the two reds. Hold
for the red to the left corner and | 0:52:52 | 0:52:59 | |
all of a sudden he's turned this
into a great opportunity will -- | 0:52:59 | 0:53:08 | |
great opportunity. Definitely start
to take a hold of this match, Mark | 0:53:08 | 0:53:16 | |
Selby. | 0:53:16 | 0:53:23 | |
Steve Davis mentioned at the start
of the match that the table seems to | 0:54:18 | 0:54:21 | |
be very, very quick. That's how the
players prefer it. The last shot he | 0:54:21 | 0:54:28 | |
played, timed it so well, the quick
cloth much easier to play. | 0:54:28 | 0:54:37 | |
cloth much easier to play. When you
are playing well, these fast tables | 0:54:37 | 0:54:39 | |
are terrific to play on. | 0:54:39 | 0:54:43 | |
are terrific to play on. | 0:54:43 | 0:54:45 | |
It's been such an entertaining match
so far, Mark Williams with breaks of | 0:54:50 | 0:54:56 | |
135 and 89, two 70 breaks and there
could be a few more here. | 0:54:56 | 0:55:13 | |
It's amazing, just one point, the
difference with a total points | 0:55:24 | 0:55:28 | |
scored. | 0:55:28 | 0:55:33 | |
scored. There's a little fly on the
white, I think it's gone. | 0:55:33 | 0:55:36 | |
You could see it, just crawling
along the white their! It's up | 0:55:41 | 0:55:49 | |
little ant, a baby ant! I think
that's a first. | 0:55:51 | 0:56:02 | |
Didn't hit that one as well as he
would have liked. Got a slightly | 0:56:37 | 0:56:41 | |
heavy contact, but didn't get the
action at all and the cue ball, a | 0:56:41 | 0:56:46 | |
little bit of a jump from black.
Maybe that's what caused the lack of | 0:56:46 | 0:56:54 | |
pace. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:59 | |
He's just a bit in between both
shots here. The red that he looked | 0:56:59 | 0:57:06 | |
at first to the right middle, he's
going to create a path for the cue | 0:57:06 | 0:57:12 | |
ball to miss the yellow. | 0:57:12 | 0:57:19 | |
I think he thought he was going to
get a full ball cannon... | 0:57:28 | 0:57:34 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:57:34 | 0:57:42 | |
That red won't pass the other red
into the middle pocket and the brown | 0:57:52 | 0:57:59 | |
is blocking the path through to the
red that's near that pocket. | 0:57:59 | 0:58:09 | |
red that's near that pocket. What a
shot, what a brilliant shot. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:11 | |
APPLAUSE
Probably, I have to say, one of the | 0:58:11 | 0:58:18 | |
best in the business that that type
of shot, just dropping it in. | 0:58:18 | 0:58:29 | |
Yeah, people say the best single
point, I still don't know what that | 0:58:29 | 0:58:35 | |
means but it's definitely a Mark
Williams special, when he just | 0:58:35 | 0:58:38 | |
dropped it in, dead weight. It's the
sort of shot when you are sat in the | 0:58:38 | 0:58:44 | |
chair that Mark Selby, you don't
think he's going to go for it. As he | 0:58:44 | 0:58:48 | |
put himself in a bit of bother here?
He was a wee bit unlucky with that | 0:58:48 | 0:58:55 | |
cannon, he opened all the game up
and it's finished a little awkward | 0:58:55 | 0:58:59 | |
for him. I'll show you again,
probably just hit that red a little | 0:58:59 | 0:59:04 | |
fuller than he wanted but still
unlucky not to be nicely on an easy | 0:59:04 | 0:59:08 | |
red. This one that's near the other
red it's an awkward one. Might have | 0:59:08 | 0:59:14 | |
to play it with the trace aside to
make the potting angle. | 0:59:14 | 0:59:25 | |
I think in practice he would
probably have already been playing | 0:59:33 | 0:59:36 | |
that red with a touch of right-hand
side to square up the angle. | 0:59:36 | 0:59:44 | |
APPLAUSE
What a chance, a fantastic opening | 0:59:44 | 0:59:52 | |
red. | 0:59:52 | 0:59:54 | |
Got a bounce there, stopped in his
tracks when he walks around the | 1:00:09 | 1:00:12 | |
table. | 1:00:12 | 1:00:14 | |
That doesn't look as if it pots from
that angle. | 1:00:21 | 1:00:25 | |
An important visit to the table
this, for Mark Williams, if you can | 1:00:34 | 1:00:39 | |
win this in one visit. He's pretty
much sat out for three frames. Mark | 1:00:39 | 1:00:44 | |
Selby started to dominate the match.
This is a big moment. | 1:00:44 | 1:00:48 | |
Back looking at those two roads
again. He still has two easy -- | 1:01:05 | 1:01:10 | |
reds. That is not a bad choice of
there. Brilliant shot. | 1:01:10 | 1:01:22 | |
there. Brilliant shot. The refit
thinking because he knew he was | 1:01:22 | 1:01:24 | |
bound to be on a red. | 1:01:24 | 1:01:31 | |
bound to be on a red. And he thought
it was very, very tight. They still | 1:01:31 | 1:01:33 | |
need potting. | 1:01:33 | 1:01:38 | |
need potting. Yes, we talk about top
players having great touch, that | 1:01:41 | 1:01:45 | |
cannon was excellent example, the
pace he played at. | 1:01:45 | 1:01:52 | |
The yellow is obviously the only
problem he could see for Mark | 1:02:21 | 1:02:28 | |
Williams winning frame at this
visit. Good idea to play brown or | 1:02:28 | 1:02:34 | |
think here. | 1:02:34 | 1:02:43 | |
think here. It is one of those can
play the drop in behind the yellow, | 1:02:43 | 1:02:46 | |
rather than try to move it, see how
he has finished. Yes, just dropped | 1:02:46 | 1:02:54 | |
in behind it. He has played it
really well. | 1:02:54 | 1:03:06 | |
Oh! | 1:03:10 | 1:03:15 | |
From the opening long red he dropped
in dead weight, this has been a | 1:03:25 | 1:03:30 | |
tremendous response from Mark
Williams to losing three frames in a | 1:03:30 | 1:03:32 | |
row. I think it's the reason he has
been one of the top players in the | 1:03:32 | 1:03:40 | |
game for so long, as we show you the
shot that Stephen mentioned. This | 1:03:40 | 1:03:43 | |
was the one that paved the way for
this effort. | 1:03:43 | 1:03:51 | |
this effort. The comeback and
produce this is absolutely superb. | 1:03:51 | 1:04:00 | |
Just at the right time, Mark Selby
was getting hold of that much. Mark | 1:04:06 | 1:04:14 | |
Williams is all square. It is three
each. | 1:04:14 | 1:04:20 | |
So never write the Smirnoff. | 1:04:47 | 1:04:53 | |
While come what a cracking pot on
the red, but isn't it amazing how he | 1:06:09 | 1:06:16 | |
can knock the black in, sort of
hoping he might go back around the | 1:06:16 | 1:06:19 | |
back of the black, and then to knock
the black in, amazing. | 1:06:19 | 1:06:33 | |
So a little bit of mixed fortune, it
might just open the door slightly | 1:06:33 | 1:06:38 | |
for the Welsh sporting machine --
potting machine. | 1:06:38 | 1:06:50 | |
potting machine. Again, you might
have seen a lot of players stunned | 1:06:50 | 1:06:53 | |
into the black. But Mark has a
different way of playing the game. | 1:06:53 | 1:07:07 | |
Just likes to pick the reds off
almost one by one. | 1:07:29 | 1:07:40 | |
A little bit unlucky here, to be
honest. | 1:07:45 | 1:07:51 | |
honest. Again trusting a little bit
to luck with the cue ball. | 1:07:51 | 1:08:01 | |
to luck with the cue ball. As
happens so often with the | 1:08:01 | 1:08:02 | |
follow-through shot when you are
going through the bunch, and the cue | 1:08:02 | 1:08:06 | |
ball jammed in the side cushion.
Yes, I don't think there is much use | 1:08:06 | 1:08:12 | |
in taking the black on, unless he
has a bit of angles, as we show you | 1:08:12 | 1:08:16 | |
that well played and well executed
shot, but lucky to finish near the | 1:08:16 | 1:08:19 | |
cushion. A slight bit of angle. Not
much there. | 1:08:19 | 1:08:29 | |
Just decided to take the seven
points. Could have played a safety | 1:08:38 | 1:08:45 | |
shot of a baulk colour but decided
the points might prove valuable | 1:08:45 | 1:08:48 | |
later on. | 1:08:48 | 1:08:54 | |
That is a brave shot. Of the
cushion. | 1:08:57 | 1:09:07 | |
cushion. He has the upper hand now
but what a terrific attempt from | 1:09:07 | 1:09:13 | |
almost typed on the cushion. Is it
all out attack? No, I think this is | 1:09:13 | 1:09:22 | |
the shot. | 1:09:22 | 1:09:30 | |
the shot. Has to be more aggressive,
take the shots on. That was an | 1:09:30 | 1:09:33 | |
excellent shot. A clever shot, you
could say. There was the only red he | 1:09:33 | 1:09:39 | |
could leave. If he hadn't slipped
past the yellow there, he would have | 1:09:39 | 1:09:46 | |
won the frame. OK, he has got Mark
in all sorts of trouble here. I | 1:09:46 | 1:09:57 | |
think he was so determined, when he
hit the yellow, that is what he | 1:09:57 | 1:10:02 | |
thought about it. But, as I
mentioned. You would do well to get | 1:10:02 | 1:10:10 | |
safe here. | 1:10:10 | 1:10:16 | |
That is about the best he could do. | 1:10:40 | 1:10:47 | |
From that position, it was
excellent. | 1:10:47 | 1:10:53 | |
Not bad. He needs to keep on
running, otherwise he will leave | 1:10:56 | 1:11:02 | |
this red to the right to the black.
I think he has left that, and also a | 1:11:02 | 1:11:07 | |
red to the right middle. So that
point advantage could disappear | 1:11:07 | 1:11:16 | |
rapidly. | 1:11:16 | 1:11:21 | |
It is starting to look ominous now
for Mark Williams. | 1:13:52 | 1:13:58 | |
for Mark Williams. It is hard to see
where Mark Selby will go wrong here. | 1:14:00 | 1:14:08 | |
Looking better by the shot from Mark
Selby. | 1:15:02 | 1:15:09 | |
Selby. If he does go to convert from
this opportunity, this is a good | 1:15:10 | 1:15:14 | |
win, a very good win this afternoon
fervour Mark Selby. He will be | 1:15:14 | 1:15:19 | |
disappointed he did not win in the
first round of the UK. This is the | 1:15:19 | 1:15:22 | |
second of the Triple Crown. He was
2-0 down, didn't do anything wrong, | 1:15:22 | 1:15:28 | |
but as I say if he does convert, he
has won six of the last seven | 1:15:28 | 1:15:32 | |
frames. Very solid indeed. | 1:15:32 | 1:15:42 | |
frames. Very solid indeed. And if it
is clinched the match here he has | 1:15:42 | 1:15:45 | |
quite a bit of a break before his
quarterfinal match. He won't play | 1:15:45 | 1:15:48 | |
again until Friday. He will probably
head home with his wife, Vicky. | 1:15:48 | 1:15:57 | |
There is Vicky there, watching on.
He knows he still has a little bit | 1:16:03 | 1:16:08 | |
to do to clinch the match. | 1:16:08 | 1:16:17 | |
to do to clinch the match. Got a
kick, he got a terrible kick there. | 1:16:17 | 1:16:21 | |
Just when he was about to clinch the
match, this happens. You could see | 1:16:21 | 1:16:31 | |
the red jump there. While, amazing.
That is incredible, it really is. It | 1:16:31 | 1:16:40 | |
looked for all the money that it was
game over, 6-3. | 1:16:40 | 1:16:52 | |
A slight grimace, he left soft edged
rate in the. So having to play a | 1:17:09 | 1:17:14 | |
yellow from further away than he
would have liked. Nice angle, just | 1:17:14 | 1:17:17 | |
didn't follow through the cue ball.
Straight enough to be able to play | 1:17:17 | 1:17:22 | |
over the bottom. | 1:17:22 | 1:17:28 | |
Waterboard a little bit but safely
in the pocket. | 1:17:29 | 1:17:36 | |
I am sure he felt that he was in the
quarterfinal. What a time to get a | 1:17:45 | 1:17:48 | |
kick. But that is the sort of thing
that happens at this game but when | 1:17:48 | 1:17:55 | |
it is not your fault, it is pretty
annoying. | 1:17:55 | 1:18:07 | |
annoying. Have a look at it again.
He would have been in the | 1:18:07 | 1:18:12 | |
quarterfinal. As it is, Mark
Williams is not finished yet. He was | 1:18:12 | 1:18:18 | |
offered a lifeline there, and he
took it, and he is still in this | 1:18:18 | 1:18:22 | |
year's masters, but he still trails
Mark Selby 5-4. | 1:18:22 | 1:18:34 | |
Mark Selby get this tent frame under
way, not the best break he has made | 1:18:40 | 1:18:45 | |
this afternoon. He will want to put
that heavy contact and kick he had | 1:18:45 | 1:18:50 | |
out of his mind as quickly as
possible. Easier said than done. | 1:18:50 | 1:18:57 | |
He needs the brown to come to the
rescue under the kit has. He played | 1:19:34 | 1:19:38 | |
a pretty good safety shot. | 1:19:38 | 1:19:44 | |
I think he might be tempted into
taking this read on. A big shock. | 1:19:56 | 1:20:11 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:20:14 | 1:20:21 | |
Fabulous long pot from Mark
Williams. Look where he put the cue | 1:20:21 | 1:20:25 | |
ball. | 1:20:25 | 1:20:30 | |
ball. Oh, would you believe it? He
put the red and he left it in such a | 1:20:30 | 1:20:37 | |
way that he wasn't leading the red.
Played a shot to nothing, and then | 1:20:37 | 1:20:41 | |
after that fabulous read, he misses
a blue that he normally would knock | 1:20:41 | 1:20:46 | |
in. | 1:20:46 | 1:20:51 | |
But not an easy position shot here,
the black only available into the | 1:20:54 | 1:20:58 | |
pocket that is taking this red. | 1:20:58 | 1:21:07 | |
pocket that is taking this red. Have
to find a path of the cue ball here. | 1:21:07 | 1:21:11 | |
Verse three roads were awkward, if
the red, he will can end into one of | 1:21:11 | 1:21:16 | |
those behind the pink. So he is
getting plenty of work on the cue | 1:21:16 | 1:21:22 | |
ball, look where he is striking down
on it. Beautiful shot. Rimshot. | 1:21:22 | 1:21:36 | |
-- brilliant shot. He won't see many
better controlled positional shots | 1:21:36 | 1:21:40 | |
than that. | 1:21:40 | 1:21:45 | |
than that. Now this is exactly what
he needed, after what happened in | 1:21:47 | 1:21:50 | |
the last frame. A good chance,
straightaway. | 1:21:50 | 1:22:01 | |
Look how low he is, right down the
bottom of the cue ball to get that | 1:22:19 | 1:22:24 | |
action on it. Brilliant. You don't
get to win three World Championships | 1:22:24 | 1:22:31 | |
in the last four years without being
unable to cope with that kick and | 1:22:31 | 1:22:35 | |
then come straight back like this. | 1:22:35 | 1:22:44 | |
Yes, snooker, or indeed any sport at
this level, is about temperament. | 1:22:44 | 1:22:52 | |
He trusted a bit to luck that shot.
Thought he might have played to the | 1:23:54 | 1:24:00 | |
right middle. Powered through of two
cushions. Tried to play with a lot | 1:24:00 | 1:24:06 | |
of left-hand side. Always going to
be a tough shot. | 1:24:06 | 1:24:16 | |
That has turned out OK. He was a bit
short with his safety shot, but the | 1:24:54 | 1:24:58 | |
fact he has finished in front of the
brown makes it quite difficult. | 1:24:58 | 1:25:08 | |
Mark Selby there you might have
heard that just tapped the talk -- | 1:25:58 | 1:26:03 | |
chalk on the table, in
acknowledgement of the safety shot. | 1:26:03 | 1:26:06 | |
We have had some great battles down
the years, they first played each | 1:26:06 | 1:26:09 | |
other way back in 1999. Mark
Williams has got ten wins to Mark | 1:26:09 | 1:26:15 | |
Selby's nine. | 1:26:15 | 1:26:22 | |
Selby's nine. In their first
meeting, I'm sure Mark Selby has | 1:26:22 | 1:26:25 | |
long forgotten, that was in the UK
championship in 1999, and Mark | 1:26:25 | 1:26:31 | |
Williams defeated the reigning world
champion. 9-0, believe it or not. | 1:26:31 | 1:26:39 | |
Far too thin. Much too thin a
contact. Unusual fervour Mark Selby. | 1:27:21 | 1:27:36 | |
The pink goes to the left corner so
nothing to do with the cue ball | 1:28:06 | 1:28:09 | |
here, just concentrate on keeping
still. | 1:28:09 | 1:28:16 | |
Got to get a thick contact on the
bunch. Thiney the side he can lose | 1:28:51 | 1:28:57 | |
the cue ball. Even going off, that
is why he played it at a very soft | 1:28:57 | 1:29:02 | |
pace but needs to be harder than
that. He played it at that pace | 1:29:02 | 1:29:09 | |
because it didn't want to lose the
cue ball near either corner pocket. | 1:29:09 | 1:29:14 | |
Surely that doesn't go. | 1:29:14 | 1:29:24 | |
Surely that doesn't go. Is he
looking at the plant? | 1:29:24 | 1:29:28 | |
I don't think he can hit the first
red thin enough to make the first | 1:29:32 | 1:29:36 | |
plant. If he was in behind the first
red you would have a good chance of | 1:29:36 | 1:29:44 | |
making it, but this has to be struck
so thin to send the other red onto | 1:29:44 | 1:29:51 | |
the red to make the plant. I don't
know if he can hit this hard enough. | 1:29:51 | 1:30:02 | |
There you see, they are dead in
line, so he would have to have that | 1:30:02 | 1:30:06 | |
first red full ball. I don't think
the shot is on, but he is looking at | 1:30:06 | 1:30:10 | |
it. | 1:30:10 | 1:30:20 | |
He's looking at the cut to the right
middle pocket. | 1:30:36 | 1:30:44 | |
APPLAUSE
Lovely shot, lovely shot. | 1:30:56 | 1:31:09 | |
Lovely shot, lovely shot. Look at
the side, the cue ball, killed the | 1:31:09 | 1:31:13 | |
pace. Don't take your eye off the
pot. Playing the cannon. Great shot. | 1:31:13 | 1:31:25 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:31:25 | 1:31:32 | |
Well, that little smile tells me
he's going to have to bend it | 1:31:32 | 1:31:36 | |
slightly. He's playing it with side,
to make the pot. | 1:31:36 | 1:31:40 | |
Every difficult with the reds as
they are. -- very difficult. | 1:31:53 | 1:32:01 | |
Could try and bring one of them into
play, if he's got a good enough | 1:32:04 | 1:32:09 | |
angle, but I don't think he has,
here. A little bit more angle, he | 1:32:09 | 1:32:14 | |
could have cannoned the one near the
middle pocket and he'd be guaranteed | 1:32:14 | 1:32:17 | |
to be on the one to the left of the
blue spot there. Had a long hard | 1:32:17 | 1:32:27 | |
look at the red near the right
middle. He's not going to take the | 1:32:27 | 1:32:32 | |
double on. | 1:32:32 | 1:32:34 | |
A wee bit unlucky. Is he going to
risk this with the other reds being | 1:33:12 | 1:33:22 | |
safe? This is tough, if he's taking
this on. Brilliant. | 1:33:22 | 1:33:27 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:33:27 | 1:33:36 | |
Is it unnatural to cannon that red
out? It might be. The black is in. | 1:33:38 | 1:33:43 | |
Is he going to cannon that red out? | 1:33:43 | 1:33:49 | |
27 in front, as we show you this
attempt just to develop that red. | 1:33:49 | 1:33:57 | |
The other one will pot, but it's a
tough one. | 1:33:57 | 1:34:05 | |
If he was to pot the red and the
black, he'd be 35 in front, with 35 | 1:34:05 | 1:34:10 | |
on the table. And he's going to play
at... Changed his mind. | 1:34:10 | 1:34:20 | |
Well, there's a bit of a chance now
for Mark Selby. | 1:34:33 | 1:34:37 | |
APPLAUSE
As we show you the rest, once you | 1:34:37 | 1:34:45 | |
touched the near jaw, they don't go
in. But if you can pot this read and | 1:34:45 | 1:34:52 | |
get on the black, if that red
doesn't pot into them, he could have | 1:34:52 | 1:34:56 | |
an angle to just nudge it out. | 1:34:56 | 1:34:59 | |
GROANING | 1:35:13 | 1:35:20 | |
An anxious look to see if he's
covered that one and I think he has, | 1:35:20 | 1:35:24 | |
has he? Yeah. | 1:35:24 | 1:35:31 | |
He had to bring that red into play,
and now although he's got that 27 | 1:35:45 | 1:35:53 | |
point advantage, you'd think whoever
pots the first red here will take | 1:35:53 | 1:35:58 | |
the frame and in Mark's case, the
match. | 1:35:58 | 1:36:09 | |
Just looking to see if he can see
enough of it to cut this red in. If | 1:36:36 | 1:36:42 | |
he hits it correctly, he went cannon
into the black. -- won't come into | 1:36:42 | 1:36:49 | |
the black. A tough shot though. | 1:36:49 | 1:36:53 | |
Allgood effort and he's left it over
the pocket, so we could have our | 1:36:59 | 1:37:05 | |
deciding frame.
APPLAUSE | 1:37:05 | 1:37:23 | |
He's in his chair, thinking about
that kick on the red, when it looked | 1:37:23 | 1:37:27 | |
like he would win 6-3. He's
thinking, shouldn't still be in this | 1:37:27 | 1:37:31 | |
arena. | 1:37:31 | 1:37:33 | |
All credit though to Mark Williams,
for keeping this match alive. | 1:37:41 | 1:37:51 | |
Well, it has been a cracking match.
The standard has been superb. It's | 1:37:54 | 1:38:00 | |
fitting, the deciding frame,
although as Stephen said it looked | 1:38:00 | 1:38:04 | |
all over until that bad contact on
Mark Selby. But it's now one frame | 1:38:04 | 1:38:14 | |
shoot out. Here that special shot
that he has made his own. | 1:38:14 | 1:38:31 | |
APPLAUSE
A terrific performance from this | 1:38:33 | 1:38:42 | |
Welsh potting machine, as he's
known. | 1:38:42 | 1:38:44 | |
APPLAUSE
What much we've had here this | 1:38:44 | 1:38:52 | |
afternoon. It's all it's 5-5 frames.
REFEREE: Lessons and deciding frame, | 1:38:52 | 1:39:02 | |
Mark Williams to break. -- 11th and
deciding frame. | 1:39:02 | 1:39:09 | |
Very little tactical play earlier on
in this match. Both players playing | 1:39:50 | 1:39:56 | |
some superb snooker. | 1:39:56 | 1:39:58 | |
And as John Parrott always says, the
deciding frame, you just want to get | 1:40:03 | 1:40:09 | |
one chance. That's all you want.
Either you take it | 1:40:09 | 1:40:19 | |
Either you take it on -- or not,
it's another story. | 1:40:19 | 1:40:28 | |
Well, that's an attacking safety
shot, catching the green wasn't the | 1:40:37 | 1:40:43 | |
order of the day, but he played it
in such a way that he was opening | 1:40:43 | 1:40:47 | |
the reds right up. | 1:40:47 | 1:40:58 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:41:00 | 1:41:08 | |
Boy, does he pot some fantastic long
balls. Potted nine out of ten. | 1:41:08 | 1:41:22 | |
balls. Potted nine out of ten. I was
just watching Mark Selby when that | 1:41:22 | 1:41:26 | |
red went in and there was a little
shake of the head. It was almost | 1:41:26 | 1:41:30 | |
like one of them resigned shakes of
the head. You think after that kick, | 1:41:30 | 1:41:36 | |
is it destined for me to lose this
match. | 1:41:36 | 1:41:47 | |
Mark Williams is normally very good
at taking match-winning chances. | 1:41:48 | 1:41:55 | |
An excellent shot, excellent shot. | 1:42:04 | 1:42:13 | |
As we've mentioned, he lost 6-5 to
Mark Selby last year, 2016 at this | 1:42:41 | 1:42:48 | |
stage she lost 6-5 to Ronnie
O'Sullivan will stop is it going to | 1:42:48 | 1:42:53 | |
be the Welsh man's year? A long way
to go. | 1:42:53 | 1:43:03 | |
He'd love to get on that red just to
the right of the black but he can't | 1:43:11 | 1:43:17 | |
at the moment. | 1:43:17 | 1:43:23 | |
at the moment. He tried to, he tried
to drop on its there and it's gone a | 1:43:28 | 1:43:32 | |
little bit far. It was very
difficult. He had to find the gap | 1:43:32 | 1:43:35 | |
there but if he had have finished in
that gap and been able to pot that, | 1:43:35 | 1:43:40 | |
he would have freed the black and it
would have been a terrific chance. | 1:43:40 | 1:43:50 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:44:04 | 1:44:14 | |
Well, he's rescued the situation
with an excellent pot. A clever | 1:44:14 | 1:44:18 | |
shot. | 1:44:18 | 1:44:19 | |
He may have a red, I thin cut back,
to this right corner. Again, he can | 1:44:29 | 1:44:34 | |
play it in such a way that he can
put the cue ball near the baulk | 1:44:34 | 1:44:40 | |
caution, the green is available. --
the baulk caution, the green is | 1:44:40 | 1:44:47 | |
available.
APPLAUSE | 1:44:47 | 1:44:56 | |
The green certainly is available and
he's got the angle to get back up to | 1:44:56 | 1:45:00 | |
the reds. | 1:45:00 | 1:45:06 | |
This is finishing a little bit
awkward here. Certainly not making | 1:45:06 | 1:45:13 | |
it easy. | 1:45:13 | 1:45:20 | |
But he keeps potting the balls.
APPLAUSE | 1:45:24 | 1:45:31 | |
And untimely cough there, just on
his backswing. | 1:46:06 | 1:46:18 | |
Just enough to upset Mark Williams'
concentration there. He got up from | 1:46:22 | 1:46:29 | |
the shot and back down again. | 1:46:29 | 1:46:34 | |
Yeah, that wasn't good timing there.
Just enough to put him off. | 1:46:45 | 1:46:52 | |
He hasn't played the best positional
shot there, so he needs a good | 1:46:59 | 1:47:05 | |
recovery here, that's for sure.
Yeah, that was a shocker, really. So | 1:47:05 | 1:47:14 | |
much margin for error. Pink, blue
ball colour. He's not even going to | 1:47:14 | 1:47:24 | |
go for a pot now. | 1:47:24 | 1:47:27 | |
Just seems to have lost a little bit
of composure at the moment, Mark | 1:47:32 | 1:47:36 | |
Selby. | 1:47:36 | 1:47:43 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:47:46 | 1:47:48 | |
There is an escape route, he has to
be careful he doesn't push a red | 1:47:54 | 1:47:59 | |
over the right corner. It it soon
enough. Two of -- hit it thin enough | 1:47:59 | 1:48:09 | |
to avoid doing that, come up a
little bit short but he didn't want | 1:48:09 | 1:48:15 | |
to hit it with any more pace. So 38
points, the difference. Come Mark | 1:48:15 | 1:48:21 | |
Selby create a chance for himself
with a very good safety? | 1:48:21 | 1:48:31 | |
Mark Selby is worried about doing
exactly what Mark Williams was | 1:48:49 | 1:48:55 | |
concerned about, pushing a red
towards the right corner. He knows | 1:48:55 | 1:49:01 | |
that one mistake and this Masters
could be over. | 1:49:01 | 1:49:12 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:49:28 | 1:49:38 | |
At first glance, Mark Williams may
be forced into taking this red on in | 1:49:46 | 1:49:50 | |
the far corner. I don't see shot to
the cue ball, on the left-hand side | 1:49:50 | 1:49:55 | |
table, to get the cue ball back to
baulk. He'll have to pot himself out | 1:49:55 | 1:50:01 | |
of trouble here. | 1:50:01 | 1:50:07 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:50:16 | 1:50:21 | |
A very generous round of applause
for that excellent safety shot. Now | 1:50:21 | 1:50:29 | |
with the black in the situation that
it is, that's a big advantage for | 1:50:29 | 1:50:34 | |
Mark Williams cover with that 38
point advantage. | 1:50:34 | 1:50:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:50:55 | 1:51:01 | |
A terrific long pot there. And look
at the Gap he had to find. | 1:51:05 | 1:51:18 | |
So two fairly easy reds and then
we've got four reds almost tight on | 1:51:20 | 1:51:30 | |
this cushion behind the black. | 1:51:30 | 1:51:33 | |
This could go right down to the
colours. | 1:51:39 | 1:51:47 | |
He's left himself straight on the
red, but as the black go to the left | 1:52:00 | 1:52:05 | |
corner? That's the reason he's left
himself straight. He's not even | 1:52:05 | 1:52:09 | |
straight. It's not the best angle on
this red. | 1:52:09 | 1:52:13 | |
He's playing the cannon, he's
trusting to look with position. | 1:52:17 | 1:52:27 | |
That will do.
APPLAUSE | 1:52:35 | 1:52:44 | |
It will be some effort to win the
match from this visit to the table. | 1:53:00 | 1:53:06 | |
He'd like to pot at least a couple
more reds and blacks, get right back | 1:53:10 | 1:53:16 | |
into this frame. | 1:53:16 | 1:53:22 | |
This time there was a bit of noise
backstage that caused Mark to step | 1:53:22 | 1:53:27 | |
away from the shot. | 1:53:27 | 1:53:35 | |
APPLAUSE
He may have an angle just to take | 1:53:39 | 1:53:48 | |
that red out to the left of the
other two. He just wants a half-ball | 1:53:48 | 1:53:56 | |
contact on the red. To send, too
thin, but he's got the red to make | 1:53:56 | 1:54:04 | |
the corner but there is pressure on
this. | 1:54:04 | 1:54:09 | |
We've talked about possibly pockets
being a little bit generous this | 1:54:13 | 1:54:19 | |
afternoon. Mark Selby needs all of
that now. Play for the far knuckle. | 1:54:19 | 1:54:28 | |
Yeah, very good.
APPLAUSE | 1:54:28 | 1:54:38 | |
He can play the below the black if
he wants, he may feel it's risky, | 1:54:38 | 1:54:45 | |
he's got a lovely angle. If you
leave yourself dead straight to the | 1:54:45 | 1:54:50 | |
red on the left corner, it's a
problem. | 1:54:50 | 1:54:57 | |
Oh, he's played it well.
APPLAUSE | 1:54:57 | 1:55:03 | |
The reigning world champion, four
reds tied up on this back | 1:55:03 | 1:55:15 | |
reds tied up on this back cushion.
He's got to get high on the black. | 1:55:18 | 1:55:23 | |
He's dead straight, that's fine, he
can just drop on this red. I don't | 1:55:23 | 1:55:27 | |
know if he's got an angle to follow
off two cushions, or if he's just | 1:55:27 | 1:55:35 | |
going to drop it in. Another tricky
little shot along the caution and | 1:55:35 | 1:55:43 | |
the yellow being off its sport makes
it slightly more awkward, but all | 1:55:43 | 1:55:48 | |
this effort will be on the red. | 1:55:48 | 1:55:52 | |
No!
GROANING | 1:55:55 | 1:56:02 | |
The ball was tricky.
REFEREE: Quieten down, please. | 1:56:03 | 1:56:16 | |
With the yellow being off its spot,
makes it slightly awkward for the | 1:56:16 | 1:56:22 | |
clearance. I wonder whether they
risk the cannon on the brown. | 1:56:22 | 1:56:30 | |
risk the cannon on the brown. If he
plays a drop off the cushion other | 1:56:30 | 1:56:35 | |
drop off the yellow, there's
definitely brown, but the green as | 1:56:35 | 1:56:38 | |
well, you could slip yourself
behind. He could play it in between | 1:56:38 | 1:56:42 | |
the yellow and brown for the yellow
to the right-hand side corner. Or in | 1:56:42 | 1:56:49 | |
actual fact he could hold it, that's
a beautiful shot. As long as that's | 1:56:49 | 1:56:55 | |
straight. Have a look at the scores,
5-5, 45 - 45. What an opening match. | 1:56:55 | 1:57:09 | |
And look at the points, just six
points separating them. | 1:57:09 | 1:57:18 | |
It needs to pull up or it needs to
run on a bit further... | 1:57:31 | 1:57:38 | |
APPLAUSE | 1:57:38 | 1:57:41 | |
Well he couldn't have landed it any
better. | 1:57:48 | 1:57:50 | |
APPLAUSE
Just the blue. | 1:57:50 | 1:58:03 | |
APPLAUSE
A cracking match from these two | 1:58:06 | 1:58:14 | |
players this afternoon. | 1:58:14 | 1:58:16 | |
CHEERING
Its own. Mark Williams has won the | 1:58:19 | 1:58:27 | |
last three frames. Mark Selby was
unlucky. But the Welsh potting | 1:58:27 | 1:58:34 | |
machine has made a terrific comeback
and takes the match by 6-5 frames. | 1:58:34 | 1:58:42 | |
Congratulations to Mark Williams.
The Welshman is through to the | 1:58:47 | 1:58:50 | |
quarterfinals of the 2018 Dafabet
Masters. We are back later today, | 1:58:50 | 1:58:54 | |
with live action from Alexandra
Palace as Ding Junhui takes on Ryan | 1:58:54 | 1:58:58 | |
Day. We'll see you then. I for | 1:58:58 | 1:59:00 |