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Hello and welcome to Snooker Extra,

extended highlights of the 2018

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masters. Two former champions go

head-to-head, Mark Selby taking on

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Mark Williams, who won the title in

2003. A bit of a. At the very

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beginning with a re-rack but soon

the fireworks began. Commentary from

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Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry.

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COMMENTATOR: And that is a pretty

good rake off a shot.

You didn't see

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his first attempt, he cut back way

too thin and hit the blue of his

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first break up. That was a lot

better. Flickr contact, fifth red

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the triangle. Lots of red hands --

right-hand side.

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right-hand side. What you don't see

very often from these two players

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either is a very aggressive opening

shot, splitting the reds open. They

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like to keep it pretty tight. He

doesn't want catch this one thick.

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That was through the gap, and played

at a nice pace as well, strike left

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hand side, stopped the cue ball

short to have a pot at the baulk

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colour. Decent chance, this.

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That was an excellent positional

shot.

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shot. He floats the balls in, Mark

Williams. He is one of the few that

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just drops so many in dead weight.

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A chance to go into the bunch if he

so wishes, but there are two or

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three loose reds, a nice angle on

the black.

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the black. I think possibly Mark

Williams wouldn't go into the reds

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as soon as some other players. The

first frame very important, so he

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wants to get a good start in this

match.

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He may have to use

a touch of

left-hand side here.

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Nice to see Joe here, that is Marc

Trestman why. Jo hasn't been too

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well but -- that is Mark's wife. A

delightful lady, an absolute gem,

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she is. And so is Kanan, as well.

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Mark Williams oversleep played for

the red the left middle, but he

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snookered himself on the blue. So

the first tricky shot of the break

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coming up.

If he can reach it, I

think he can pot this and just go

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off the cushion for the black. It is

a bit of a reach, this, though. He

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played it well, very good shot.

Worth another look at that one, and

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he is perfect on the black to get

onto the red just to the right of

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the back of the little bunch there.

Just a slight bit of angle to work

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that way. He has played to leave one

to the middle pocket, but what has

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he done there?

I do know if that was

a little bit of adrenaline or he got

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into that cue ball for too much. But

it is there. Great shot. Exactly

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what you would have wanted.

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He made a look very easy, that was a

tough shot. Just finished a little

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straight on the black this time.

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straight on the black this time. He

has got into this well. He has

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played that beautifully.

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A good start for the Welsh potting

machine, that's his nickname.

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machine, that's his nickname.

I had

a few different nicknames for him,

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but I don't think I can say what

they are (!)

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they are (!)

You are still at it,

you two, winding each other? You

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have done it throughout your career,

even before we came out, Mark and

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Stephen were winding each other up.

Yep, when he was giving it to me, I

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said I will get my own back out

there when I'm in the commentary

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box, but so far I have not been able

to. This has been a fantastic start.

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He has pretty much had the cue ball

on a string on this break.

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Looking at a player here who has

made 404 centuries in his

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professional career. Made 21 this

season, great to see Mark Williams

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back where he belongs, world ranked

the button at the moment.

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Another good shot.

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Absolutely brilliant. He makes the

fifth century. There is a Mark

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Williams special. I have never seen

any other player be able to do that.

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Mark Selby said before the match if

there was one player in the draw you

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wanted to avoid it was Mark

Williams. You can see why, another

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shot played under Rahm. Remarkable,

how does he do that, and screw the

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ball in the widget, cueing like

that?

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that?

Yes, that has been a

phenomenal break. Before the re-rack

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it looked like it would be a really

scrappy first frame. It has been

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fantastic.

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APPLAUSE

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Arrow, he has a kick that what a

shame.

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shame. He got one chance and he made

that magnificent break. He leads

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1-0.

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Hardly ever see him overhit

anything, in terms of taking a swing

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at it with his cue. Very controlled.

Oh, he has got away with that. Very

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lucky.

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lucky.

Mark Howard tapped the table

for the shot and Mark Selby came to

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the table and tapped the table. Like

to see a bit of humour between these

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two great players -- Mark had tapped

the table.

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Didn't go for the pot, there was no

value. Almost got the double-kiss.

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But safe.

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I like this shot here. That has

cleared the black.

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cleared the black. Certainly

thinking very positively, and why

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wouldn't he, after the opening

frame?

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He hasn't really got the same escape

route here. He could leave the one

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red to the right middle pocket, that

is why he is walking round the

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table, making sure he covers that

read, if he does play the shot.

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Doesn't like it.

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Doesn't like it. Just a little bit

of an awkward frame with the way the

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two reds are either side of the blue

there.

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You won't see many mistakes made by

the two players.

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the two players. Very few unforced

errors today I think in the safety

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department.

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department.

APPLAUSE

Very unlucky. He picked one out

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there, and was very unfortunate

indeed. The knock the yellowing.

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At least the penalty shot there

hasn't left Mark Selby with a chance

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at a red. But a chance to get a

telling safety shot here. Moving the

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cue along the question, trying to

push -- pick the sport he would like

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the cue ball.

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And pretty clever as well, because

he knocked the other one away from

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the middle pocket, the one that was

pottable. And with a very clever

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little shot.

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little shot. Let's have a look at

the way Mark played this shot.

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Trying to cannon that red away. Very

clever.

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It is terrific to watch the

Huybrechts going in but it is also

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very entertaining to watch a good

tactical battle here, to see who is

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going to make the first

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going to make the first mistake. --

to see the high breaks going in.

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What an effort, what an effort!

APPLAUSE

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Just screwed back just a little bit

further than he wanted. The inn

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offers not on because there is a red

over the middle pocket, so he

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controlled this. As I said, the in

off wasn't on, the middle red but it

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has worked out perfect river mark.

Almost knocked it in the pocket.

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Almost knocked it in the pocket. I

will just show you the shot. He knew

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he couldn't go in off. But he'll

most planted that read in the

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pocket.

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pocket. And he is in first in the

second frame. Can he continue where

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he left off in the opening frame?

Yes, it was going to take something

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special to end that safety exchange,

because both players were playing

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high-quality, tactical stuff.

Obviously playing this with an

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element of safety, that he will be

leaving Mark Selby a similar sort of

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shot, should he have missed it. If

he continues the form of the

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previous frame, this should be a

second frame over, from where the

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roads are. Felix in complete

control, composed, focused. Cueing

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beautifully. -- he looks in complete

control.

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The two reds are touching below the

pick. -- below the pink. Nicely

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played.

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Can he get through to the red? It is

quite tight. He has overran that.

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quite tight. He has overran that. He

would like the one to the right,

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rather than that.

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rather than that. I think winning

the Northern Ireland open in

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November has really given Mark

Williams a boost. It was his first

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ranking title for a couple of

seasons.

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seasons. He had a bit of kit trouble

in that.

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One more good shot here. It will

give him a great chance to secure

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the second frame but it is not

perfect.

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I think the thing I thought was

stopping him being a competitor, as

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far as winning the majors, was not

winning enough frames in one visit,

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not scoring heavily enough. But that

has been put to bed this afternoon.

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Awesome start.

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Yes, I think Mark is getting a great

buzz out of this terrific start this

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afternoon. It really is helping him.

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It is all about that red, the left

side of the table, and being a

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left-hander it might not cause a

problem for the second century. He

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can drop in behind it or he can

remove it. Being a left-hander, that

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is how he feels.

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is how he feels. APPLAUSE

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What a shame. Still, you have one

chance, and this was all he needed.

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Now leads the reigning world

champion two frames the mill. -- to

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zero.

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What a way to start a match, 135

break.

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Just a little distraction in his own

line there.

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line there. A photographer in the

background. The referee from

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Belgium. One of the top referees in

the game and has been for many

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years, works in a hospital, and has

time off for his refereeing duties.

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Oh, what a fluke. What a fluke.

Awkward bridging.

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Awkward bridging. Caught the red too

thick.

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I'm not sure if the black, it

certainly would go in the right

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corner, things are red might be

blocking it from the left corner.

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The pink is available.

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It would go in that pocket, and it

certainly won't go in the other, so

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it is not a good chance for Mark

Williams just yet. But what a body

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blow.

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I think it will be a red to the

right corner. Four

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so the first piece of bad cueing.

Mark Williams has put into this

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match. A lot of movement there.

I

don't think it will cost too many

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points, because the fact that he

missed the yellow, he didn't get the

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cue ball anywhere near where he

wanted. There is a red double pot

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between the pink and black but there

is no colour available, so there is

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no value in it, really. That is why

he is not even entertaining the

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pots.

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He could have played that a little

better will

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He could have played that a little

better will. Mark's target here will

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be hit the white somewhere near the

yellow, and he might be able to take

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a shot to nothing. The red made pot

into the right corner.

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APPLAUSE

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It all depends on the angle he's got

on the brown as to whether he can

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get at to the reds. Well he's got

the angle to get up to the red that

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Mark Selby had available, but it

wasn't any use to him, because there

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was no colour available. That's well

played, but he still got a lot of

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work to do here.

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work to do here.

The red was closest

to the black cushion, he could have

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possibly developed the black and

flicked the red away, to the right

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of the black. Please this red to the

right corner, he's trusting a bit to

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look with the position. -- if he

plays this red to the right corner.

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He played that well. The cue ball

has gone to the cushion, but that

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was pretty well controlled, the gap

he finds here.

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Wasn't easy, tucked up on the

cushion, so the first half chance

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falls to Mark Selby, as we show you

the blue again. When you are tight

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on the cushion at that angle, it's

never easy. But it's not a good

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chance for Mark Selby. Whether black

is completely out of the game, the

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pink is awkward, the blue is off its

spot.

Yeah, he's looking at the red

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to the right corner, I think the

pink is available to the left

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middle.

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I think at the moment it a half

chance, but Mark Selby won't see it

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that way. He'll be looking at this

as an opportunity to get his first

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frame on the board. The black is

tied up, but everything else is

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pretty well situated.

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With only the pink to play for,

pinpoint accuracy required with the

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position, every shot.

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Could have done with a good two or

three more inches there, to make

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this an unmissable pink. I think he

can still hold, the two reds to the

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right, he can still hold for one of

those to the left corner.

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APPLAUSE

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Could have gone wrong.

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As long as he's not dead straight on

the blue, he's OK here, and he's got

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a slight angle to work with.

APPLAUSE

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Still a couple more reds available,

into the left corner pocket.

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And he's doing what Mark Selby does

very well indeed when his back is

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against the wall. He produces his

best, usually.

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Needs to get into the red trust

above the black and cannon it away,

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leave himself on the black. Maybe

too high, possibly.

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He's run slightly out of position

there. We did see Mark's wife,

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Vicki, watching on. She knows now

faced with a tricky shot.

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I think he took the risk out of

covering the black and it went

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slightly wrong. Can he play a good

recovery shot rushed Jamaat that's a

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pretty good recovery shot, if it

keeps coming. Played to perfection,

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a brilliant shot.

APPLAUSE

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Yeah, it was quite natural angle on

the blue, just to drop on these

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reds, but still had to play, he

played well, and it was. He's turned

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this half chance in a frame-winning

visit, it looks like. He needed it.

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Just this red lead -- just this red

needed. Wow, what a cracking match

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we have on our hands here. One

mistake and the frame is over at the

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moment.

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APPLAUSE

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APPLAUSE

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APPLAUSE

Lets see you pot the green, Mark,

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frame over. Can he flew the green?

Just the one mistake.

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APPLAUSE

Gives him his first frame. He now

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trails by 2-1 frames.

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That's a bit unlucky, to cannon one

centred right over the pocket there.

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It always can happen. He played the

shot well enough but couldn't

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envisage knocking this one over the

pocket will

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envisage knocking this one over the

pocket will.

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The first chance in this frame. Mark

Selby.

It was a very nicely

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controlled shot as well, a touch of

drag on the cue ball to make the

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control easier. Nicely on the blue.

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Played a little cannon into the

bunch, just to the right of the

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pink. Just pulled the cue ball away

from the pack.

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May be reluctant to play for the

pink. It is available to left corner

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but it's going to go on the black

spot I think if he pots it and he's

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coming round now to look to see if

it would be available to left

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corner.

It's fascinating to watch

different players, how they break

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and build their break. Stevens

suggested putting the blue map

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and build their break. Stevens

suggested putting the blue map,

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quite a few players would have

played that shot. Bookmark is going

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about it in a slightly different

route -- but Mark is going about in

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a slightly different route. The only

concern is if you keep knocking the

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ball is in, that's what it's all

about.

I don't think this is a shot

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he was planning to play, but he's

going into the bunch here. That's

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why, because you never guarantee

control. He wanted to be straight on

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the pink.

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APPLAUSE

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He made that look very easy, but

almost tight to the cushion, then

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you need extremely good cueing.

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you need extremely good cueing. And

now he's got the pink in the open

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and gradually it is developing into

quite a decent chance.

0:45:080:45:12

And that yellow, if the yellow is on

its spot, that's almost exactly the

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one where it hit the cushion, with

the cue ball, whether yellow is now,

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so has to play off the Bolt cushion,

it's made the shot a little bit

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awkward. If you squeeze past the

yellow he can get too much side on

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it. -- if he screws past the yellow,

he can get too much side on it and

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that's why he's played to get the

cue ball down the right-hand side of

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the table and pretty good.

APPLAUSE

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He's just finished a little awkward

with that angle he has here.

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Straight would have been better,

just to screw back off percussion

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for the pink. He can still do it but

it's a slightly more awkward angle.

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And that's... Well, I think he's OK.

He can hold from the right of the

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three reds there.

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Yeah, he actually hit that last shot

really well. Quite a good angle on

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the red, a big angle. You can see by

the reaction of the cue ball how

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well he timed that.

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APPLAUSE

He just seems to have moved up a

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gear, Mark Selby. Seems to be just

slowly starting to dominate this

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match.

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Couldn't do much in the first two

frames that he lost, just sat in his

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chair, but since then this has been

an excellent reply.

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I think it hurt him really badly,

losing the first round of the UK

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championship. He wants to be

involved in the biggest events,

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right to the end. I think he's

absolutely piled the hours on the

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practice table since then.

Yeah,

when your reigning world champion

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and world number one, those defeats

don't half hurt.

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You can see the head movement very

slight now from Mark Selby. Stephen

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Hendry was talking about five or six

years ago, movement was much more

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than it is now. You can see that

eyes, just focused on the object

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ball, just before he delivers the

cue. Just watch the eyes glance up

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there to the object ball.

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there to the object ball.

Top

snooker players, still an incredible

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amount of shaking in the head, but I

bet he doesn't even feel it.

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APPLAUSE

Will he risk going into the bunch

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from the blue? If he wants to keep

the break going, he has to.

0:49:270:49:35

Yeah, he's a bit unlucky there,

isn't it? But he made sure of the

0:49:400:49:45

blue. He's glancing at the

scoreboard there. He knows that Mark

0:49:450:49:49

Williams now needs a snooker. A bit

unlucky to get the double kiss here.

0:49:490:50:01

APPLAUSE

0:50:030:50:08

That red is going very close to the

corner pocket. It's in.

0:50:380:50:41

APPLAUSE

0:50:410:50:49

I think he thought the red would

probably cannoned into the blue, or

0:50:550:51:00

maybe the yellow. Kept on going. A

good thing it did drop in because he

0:51:000:51:05

could have left Mark Williams with a

chance. He could have got through to

0:51:050:51:10

that red with a little bit of swerve

will stop just trying to get the cue

0:51:100:51:15

ball is tight on the baulk caution

as possible.

0:51:150:51:24

APPLAUSE

0:51:250:51:27

Left attempt to the far right

corner. -- left attempting one to

0:51:560:52:04

the far right corner.

Just wondering

if that's the one that he could be

0:52:040:52:09

tempted with, but there might be

another one to the right middle

0:52:090:52:12

pocket, if it passes the reds, could

play it in such a way that he'd

0:52:120:52:16

finish on the black and he'd leave

it fairly safe if you missed it. I

0:52:160:52:22

think that red must pot.

Yeah, you

are right, that's the shot.

0:52:220:52:33

It's there.

APPLAUSE

0:52:400:52:46

It's a lot easier when you know you

are not leaving a lot but still a

0:52:470:52:52

great pot into the two reds. Hold

for the red to the left corner and

0:52:520:52:59

all of a sudden he's turned this

into a great opportunity will --

0:52:590:53:08

great opportunity. Definitely start

to take a hold of this match, Mark

0:53:080:53:16

Selby.

0:53:160:53:23

Steve Davis mentioned at the start

of the match that the table seems to

0:54:180:54:21

be very, very quick. That's how the

players prefer it. The last shot he

0:54:210:54:28

played, timed it so well, the quick

cloth much easier to play.

0:54:280:54:37

cloth much easier to play. When you

are playing well, these fast tables

0:54:370:54:39

are terrific to play on.

0:54:390:54:43

are terrific to play on.

0:54:430:54:45

It's been such an entertaining match

so far, Mark Williams with breaks of

0:54:500:54:56

135 and 89, two 70 breaks and there

could be a few more here.

0:54:560:55:13

It's amazing, just one point, the

difference with a total points

0:55:240:55:28

scored.

0:55:280:55:33

scored. There's a little fly on the

white, I think it's gone.

0:55:330:55:36

You could see it, just crawling

along the white their! It's up

0:55:410:55:49

little ant, a baby ant! I think

that's a first.

0:55:510:56:02

Didn't hit that one as well as he

would have liked. Got a slightly

0:56:370:56:41

heavy contact, but didn't get the

action at all and the cue ball, a

0:56:410:56:46

little bit of a jump from black.

Maybe that's what caused the lack of

0:56:460:56:54

pace.

0:56:540:56:59

He's just a bit in between both

shots here. The red that he looked

0:56:590:57:06

at first to the right middle, he's

going to create a path for the cue

0:57:060:57:12

ball to miss the yellow.

0:57:120:57:19

I think he thought he was going to

get a full ball cannon...

0:57:280:57:34

APPLAUSE

0:57:340:57:42

That red won't pass the other red

into the middle pocket and the brown

0:57:520:57:59

is blocking the path through to the

red that's near that pocket.

0:57:590:58:09

red that's near that pocket. What a

shot, what a brilliant shot.

0:58:090:58:11

APPLAUSE

Probably, I have to say, one of the

0:58:110:58:18

best in the business that that type

of shot, just dropping it in.

0:58:180:58:29

Yeah, people say the best single

point, I still don't know what that

0:58:290:58:35

means but it's definitely a Mark

Williams special, when he just

0:58:350:58:38

dropped it in, dead weight. It's the

sort of shot when you are sat in the

0:58:380:58:44

chair that Mark Selby, you don't

think he's going to go for it. As he

0:58:440:58:48

put himself in a bit of bother here?

He was a wee bit unlucky with that

0:58:480:58:55

cannon, he opened all the game up

and it's finished a little awkward

0:58:550:58:59

for him. I'll show you again,

probably just hit that red a little

0:58:590:59:04

fuller than he wanted but still

unlucky not to be nicely on an easy

0:59:040:59:08

red. This one that's near the other

red it's an awkward one. Might have

0:59:080:59:14

to play it with the trace aside to

make the potting angle.

0:59:140:59:25

I think in practice he would

probably have already been playing

0:59:330:59:36

that red with a touch of right-hand

side to square up the angle.

0:59:360:59:44

APPLAUSE

What a chance, a fantastic opening

0:59:440:59:52

red.

0:59:520:59:54

Got a bounce there, stopped in his

tracks when he walks around the

1:00:091:00:12

table.

1:00:121:00:14

That doesn't look as if it pots from

that angle.

1:00:211:00:25

An important visit to the table

this, for Mark Williams, if you can

1:00:341:00:39

win this in one visit. He's pretty

much sat out for three frames. Mark

1:00:391:00:44

Selby started to dominate the match.

This is a big moment.

1:00:441:00:48

Back looking at those two roads

again. He still has two easy --

1:01:051:01:10

reds. That is not a bad choice of

there. Brilliant shot.

1:01:101:01:22

there. Brilliant shot. The refit

thinking because he knew he was

1:01:221:01:24

bound to be on a red.

1:01:241:01:31

bound to be on a red. And he thought

it was very, very tight. They still

1:01:311:01:33

need potting.

1:01:331:01:38

need potting.

Yes, we talk about top

players having great touch, that

1:01:411:01:45

cannon was excellent example, the

pace he played at.

1:01:451:01:52

The yellow is obviously the only

problem he could see for Mark

1:02:211:02:28

Williams winning frame at this

visit. Good idea to play brown or

1:02:281:02:34

think here.

1:02:341:02:43

think here.

It is one of those can

play the drop in behind the yellow,

1:02:431:02:46

rather than try to move it, see how

he has finished. Yes, just dropped

1:02:461:02:54

in behind it. He has played it

really well.

1:02:541:03:06

Oh!

1:03:101:03:15

From the opening long red he dropped

in dead weight, this has been a

1:03:251:03:30

tremendous response from Mark

Williams to losing three frames in a

1:03:301:03:32

row.

I think it's the reason he has

been one of the top players in the

1:03:321:03:40

game for so long, as we show you the

shot that Stephen mentioned. This

1:03:401:03:43

was the one that paved the way for

this effort.

1:03:431:03:51

this effort. The comeback and

produce this is absolutely superb.

1:03:511:04:00

Just at the right time, Mark Selby

was getting hold of that much. Mark

1:04:061:04:14

Williams is all square. It is three

each.

1:04:141:04:20

So never write the Smirnoff.

1:04:471:04:53

While come what a cracking pot on

the red, but isn't it amazing how he

1:06:091:06:16

can knock the black in, sort of

hoping he might go back around the

1:06:161:06:19

back of the black, and then to knock

the black in, amazing.

1:06:191:06:33

So a little bit of mixed fortune, it

might just open the door slightly

1:06:331:06:38

for the Welsh sporting machine --

potting machine.

1:06:381:06:50

potting machine.

Again, you might

have seen a lot of players stunned

1:06:501:06:53

into the black. But Mark has a

different way of playing the game.

1:06:531:07:07

Just likes to pick the reds off

almost one by one.

1:07:291:07:40

A little bit unlucky here, to be

honest.

1:07:451:07:51

honest.

Again trusting a little bit

to luck with the cue ball.

1:07:511:08:01

to luck with the cue ball. As

happens so often with the

1:08:011:08:02

follow-through shot when you are

going through the bunch, and the cue

1:08:021:08:06

ball jammed in the side cushion.

Yes, I don't think there is much use

1:08:061:08:12

in taking the black on, unless he

has a bit of angles, as we show you

1:08:121:08:16

that well played and well executed

shot, but lucky to finish near the

1:08:161:08:19

cushion. A slight bit of angle. Not

much there.

1:08:191:08:29

Just decided to take the seven

points. Could have played a safety

1:08:381:08:45

shot of a baulk colour but decided

the points might prove valuable

1:08:451:08:48

later on.

1:08:481:08:54

That is a brave shot. Of the

cushion.

1:08:571:09:07

cushion. He has the upper hand now

but what a terrific attempt from

1:09:071:09:13

almost typed on the cushion.

Is it

all out attack? No, I think this is

1:09:131:09:22

the shot.

1:09:221:09:30

the shot. Has to be more aggressive,

take the shots on. That was an

1:09:301:09:33

excellent shot. A clever shot, you

could say. There was the only red he

1:09:331:09:39

could leave.

If he hadn't slipped

past the yellow there, he would have

1:09:391:09:46

won the frame. OK, he has got Mark

in all sorts of trouble here. I

1:09:461:09:57

think he was so determined, when he

hit the yellow, that is what he

1:09:571:10:02

thought about it. But, as I

mentioned. You would do well to get

1:10:021:10:10

safe here.

1:10:101:10:16

That is about the best he could do.

1:10:401:10:47

From that position, it was

excellent.

1:10:471:10:53

Not bad. He needs to keep on

running, otherwise he will leave

1:10:561:11:02

this red to the right to the black.

I think he has left that, and also a

1:11:021:11:07

red to the right middle. So that

point advantage could disappear

1:11:071:11:16

rapidly.

1:11:161:11:21

It is starting to look ominous now

for Mark Williams.

1:13:521:13:58

for Mark Williams. It is hard to see

where Mark Selby will go wrong here.

1:14:001:14:08

Looking better by the shot from Mark

Selby.

1:15:021:15:09

Selby.

If he does go to convert from

this opportunity, this is a good

1:15:101:15:14

win, a very good win this afternoon

fervour Mark Selby. He will be

1:15:141:15:19

disappointed he did not win in the

first round of the UK. This is the

1:15:191:15:22

second of the Triple Crown. He was

2-0 down, didn't do anything wrong,

1:15:221:15:28

but as I say if he does convert, he

has won six of the last seven

1:15:281:15:32

frames. Very solid indeed.

1:15:321:15:42

frames. Very solid indeed.

And if it

is clinched the match here he has

1:15:421:15:45

quite a bit of a break before his

quarterfinal match. He won't play

1:15:451:15:48

again until Friday. He will probably

head home with his wife, Vicky.

1:15:481:15:57

There is Vicky there, watching on.

He knows he still has a little bit

1:16:031:16:08

to do to clinch the match.

1:16:081:16:17

to do to clinch the match. Got a

kick, he got a terrible kick there.

1:16:171:16:21

Just when he was about to clinch the

match, this happens. You could see

1:16:211:16:31

the red jump there. While, amazing.

That is incredible, it really is. It

1:16:311:16:40

looked for all the money that it was

game over, 6-3.

1:16:401:16:52

A slight grimace, he left soft edged

rate in the.

So having to play a

1:17:091:17:14

yellow from further away than he

would have liked. Nice angle, just

1:17:141:17:17

didn't follow through the cue ball.

Straight enough to be able to play

1:17:171:17:22

over the bottom.

1:17:221:17:28

Waterboard a little bit but safely

in the pocket.

1:17:291:17:36

I am sure he felt that he was in the

quarterfinal. What a time to get a

1:17:451:17:48

kick. But that is the sort of thing

that happens at this game but when

1:17:481:17:55

it is not your fault, it is pretty

annoying.

1:17:551:18:07

annoying. Have a look at it again.

He would have been in the

1:18:071:18:12

quarterfinal. As it is, Mark

Williams is not finished yet. He was

1:18:121:18:18

offered a lifeline there, and he

took it, and he is still in this

1:18:181:18:22

year's masters, but he still trails

Mark Selby 5-4.

1:18:221:18:34

Mark Selby get this tent frame under

way, not the best break he has made

1:18:401:18:45

this afternoon. He will want to put

that heavy contact and kick he had

1:18:451:18:50

out of his mind as quickly as

possible. Easier said than done.

1:18:501:18:57

He needs the brown to come to the

rescue under the kit has. He played

1:19:341:19:38

a pretty good safety shot.

1:19:381:19:44

I think he might be tempted into

taking this read on. A big shock.

1:19:561:20:11

APPLAUSE

1:20:141:20:21

Fabulous long pot from Mark

Williams. Look where he put the cue

1:20:211:20:25

ball.

1:20:251:20:30

ball. Oh, would you believe it? He

put the red and he left it in such a

1:20:301:20:37

way that he wasn't leading the red.

Played a shot to nothing, and then

1:20:371:20:41

after that fabulous read, he misses

a blue that he normally would knock

1:20:411:20:46

in.

1:20:461:20:51

But not an easy position shot here,

the black only available into the

1:20:541:20:58

pocket that is taking this red.

1:20:581:21:07

pocket that is taking this red. Have

to find a path of the cue ball here.

1:21:071:21:11

Verse three roads were awkward, if

the red, he will can end into one of

1:21:111:21:16

those behind the pink. So he is

getting plenty of work on the cue

1:21:161:21:22

ball, look where he is striking down

on it. Beautiful shot. Rimshot.

1:21:221:21:36

-- brilliant shot. He won't see many

better controlled positional shots

1:21:361:21:40

than that.

1:21:401:21:45

than that.

Now this is exactly what

he needed, after what happened in

1:21:471:21:50

the last frame. A good chance,

straightaway.

1:21:501:22:01

Look how low he is, right down the

bottom of the cue ball to get that

1:22:191:22:24

action on it. Brilliant. You don't

get to win three World Championships

1:22:241:22:31

in the last four years without being

unable to cope with that kick and

1:22:311:22:35

then come straight back like this.

1:22:351:22:44

Yes, snooker, or indeed any sport at

this level, is about temperament.

1:22:441:22:52

He trusted a bit to luck that shot.

Thought he might have played to the

1:23:541:24:00

right middle. Powered through of two

cushions. Tried to play with a lot

1:24:001:24:06

of left-hand side. Always going to

be a tough shot.

1:24:061:24:16

That has turned out OK. He was a bit

short with his safety shot, but the

1:24:541:24:58

fact he has finished in front of the

brown makes it quite difficult.

1:24:581:25:08

Mark Selby there you might have

heard that just tapped the talk --

1:25:581:26:03

chalk on the table, in

acknowledgement of the safety shot.

1:26:031:26:06

We have had some great battles down

the years, they first played each

1:26:061:26:09

other way back in 1999. Mark

Williams has got ten wins to Mark

1:26:091:26:15

Selby's nine.

1:26:151:26:22

Selby's nine. In their first

meeting, I'm sure Mark Selby has

1:26:221:26:25

long forgotten, that was in the UK

championship in 1999, and Mark

1:26:251:26:31

Williams defeated the reigning world

champion. 9-0, believe it or not.

1:26:311:26:39

Far too thin. Much too thin a

contact. Unusual fervour Mark Selby.

1:27:211:27:36

The pink goes to the left corner so

nothing to do with the cue ball

1:28:061:28:09

here, just concentrate on keeping

still.

1:28:091:28:16

Got to get a thick contact on the

bunch. Thiney the side he can lose

1:28:511:28:57

the cue ball. Even going off, that

is why he played it at a very soft

1:28:571:29:02

pace but needs to be harder than

that. He played it at that pace

1:29:021:29:09

because it didn't want to lose the

cue ball near either corner pocket.

1:29:091:29:14

Surely that doesn't go.

1:29:141:29:24

Surely that doesn't go. Is he

looking at the plant?

1:29:241:29:28

I don't think he can hit the first

red thin enough to make the first

1:29:321:29:36

plant. If he was in behind the first

red you would have a good chance of

1:29:361:29:44

making it, but this has to be struck

so thin to send the other red onto

1:29:441:29:51

the red to make the plant. I don't

know if he can hit this hard enough.

1:29:511:30:02

There you see, they are dead in

line, so he would have to have that

1:30:021:30:06

first red full ball. I don't think

the shot is on, but he is looking at

1:30:061:30:10

it.

1:30:101:30:20

He's looking at the cut to the right

middle pocket.

1:30:361:30:44

APPLAUSE

Lovely shot, lovely shot.

1:30:561:31:09

Lovely shot, lovely shot. Look at

the side, the cue ball, killed the

1:31:091:31:13

pace. Don't take your eye off the

pot. Playing the cannon. Great shot.

1:31:131:31:25

APPLAUSE

1:31:251:31:32

Well, that little smile tells me

he's going to have to bend it

1:31:321:31:36

slightly. He's playing it with side,

to make the pot.

1:31:361:31:40

Every difficult with the reds as

they are. -- very difficult.

1:31:531:32:01

Could try and bring one of them into

play, if he's got a good enough

1:32:041:32:09

angle, but I don't think he has,

here. A little bit more angle, he

1:32:091:32:14

could have cannoned the one near the

middle pocket and he'd be guaranteed

1:32:141:32:17

to be on the one to the left of the

blue spot there.

Had a long hard

1:32:171:32:27

look at the red near the right

middle. He's not going to take the

1:32:271:32:32

double on.

1:32:321:32:34

A wee bit unlucky. Is he going to

risk this with the other reds being

1:33:121:33:22

safe? This is tough, if he's taking

this on. Brilliant.

1:33:221:33:27

APPLAUSE

1:33:271:33:36

Is it unnatural to cannon that red

out? It might be. The black is in.

1:33:381:33:43

Is he going to cannon that red out?

1:33:431:33:49

27 in front, as we show you this

attempt just to develop that red.

1:33:491:33:57

The other one will pot, but it's a

tough one.

1:33:571:34:05

If he was to pot the red and the

black, he'd be 35 in front, with 35

1:34:051:34:10

on the table. And he's going to play

at... Changed his mind.

1:34:101:34:20

Well, there's a bit of a chance now

for Mark Selby.

1:34:331:34:37

APPLAUSE

As we show you the rest, once you

1:34:371:34:45

touched the near jaw, they don't go

in. But if you can pot this read and

1:34:451:34:52

get on the black, if that red

doesn't pot into them, he could have

1:34:521:34:56

an angle to just nudge it out.

1:34:561:34:59

GROANING

1:35:131:35:20

An anxious look to see if he's

covered that one and I think he has,

1:35:201:35:24

has he? Yeah.

1:35:241:35:31

He had to bring that red into play,

and now although he's got that 27

1:35:451:35:53

point advantage, you'd think whoever

pots the first red here will take

1:35:531:35:58

the frame and in Mark's case, the

match.

1:35:581:36:09

Just looking to see if he can see

enough of it to cut this red in. If

1:36:361:36:42

he hits it correctly, he went cannon

into the black. -- won't come into

1:36:421:36:49

the black. A tough shot though.

1:36:491:36:53

Allgood effort and he's left it over

the pocket, so we could have our

1:36:591:37:05

deciding frame.

APPLAUSE

1:37:051:37:23

He's in his chair, thinking about

that kick on the red, when it looked

1:37:231:37:27

like he would win 6-3. He's

thinking, shouldn't still be in this

1:37:271:37:31

arena.

1:37:311:37:33

All credit though to Mark Williams,

for keeping this match alive.

1:37:411:37:51

Well, it has been a cracking match.

The standard has been superb. It's

1:37:541:38:00

fitting, the deciding frame,

although as Stephen said it looked

1:38:001:38:04

all over until that bad contact on

Mark Selby. But it's now one frame

1:38:041:38:14

shoot out. Here that special shot

that he has made his own.

1:38:141:38:31

APPLAUSE

A terrific performance from this

1:38:331:38:42

Welsh potting machine, as he's

known.

1:38:421:38:44

APPLAUSE

What much we've had here this

1:38:441:38:52

afternoon. It's all it's 5-5 frames.

REFEREE:

Lessons and deciding frame,

1:38:521:39:02

Mark Williams to break. -- 11th and

deciding frame.

1:39:021:39:09

Very little tactical play earlier on

in this match. Both players playing

1:39:501:39:56

some superb snooker.

1:39:561:39:58

And as John Parrott always says, the

deciding frame, you just want to get

1:40:031:40:09

one chance. That's all you want.

Either you take it

1:40:091:40:19

Either you take it on -- or not,

it's another story.

1:40:191:40:28

Well, that's an attacking safety

shot, catching the green wasn't the

1:40:371:40:43

order of the day, but he played it

in such a way that he was opening

1:40:431:40:47

the reds right up.

1:40:471:40:58

APPLAUSE

1:41:001:41:08

Boy, does he pot some fantastic long

balls. Potted nine out of ten.

1:41:081:41:22

balls. Potted nine out of ten.

I was

just watching Mark Selby when that

1:41:221:41:26

red went in and there was a little

shake of the head. It was almost

1:41:261:41:30

like one of them resigned shakes of

the head. You think after that kick,

1:41:301:41:36

is it destined for me to lose this

match.

1:41:361:41:47

Mark Williams is normally very good

at taking match-winning chances.

1:41:481:41:55

An excellent shot, excellent shot.

1:42:041:42:13

As we've mentioned, he lost 6-5 to

Mark Selby last year, 2016 at this

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stage she lost 6-5 to Ronnie

O'Sullivan will stop is it going to

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be the Welsh man's year? A long way

to go.

1:42:531:43:03

He'd love to get on that red just to

the right of the black but he can't

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at the moment.

1:43:171:43:23

at the moment. He tried to, he tried

to drop on its there and it's gone a

1:43:281:43:32

little bit far. It was very

difficult. He had to find the gap

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there but if he had have finished in

that gap and been able to pot that,

1:43:351:43:40

he would have freed the black and it

would have been a terrific chance.

1:43:401:43:50

APPLAUSE

1:44:041:44:14

Well, he's rescued the situation

with an excellent pot. A clever

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shot.

1:44:181:44:19

He may have a red, I thin cut back,

to this right corner. Again, he can

1:44:291:44:34

play it in such a way that he can

put the cue ball near the baulk

1:44:341:44:40

caution, the green is available. --

the baulk caution, the green is

1:44:401:44:47

available.

APPLAUSE

1:44:471:44:56

The green certainly is available and

he's got the angle to get back up to

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the reds.

1:45:001:45:06

This is finishing a little bit

awkward here.

Certainly not making

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it easy.

1:45:131:45:20

But he keeps potting the balls.

APPLAUSE

1:45:241:45:31

And untimely cough there, just on

his backswing.

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Just enough to upset Mark Williams'

concentration there. He got up from

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the shot and back down again.

1:46:291:46:34

Yeah, that wasn't good timing there.

Just enough to put him off.

1:46:451:46:52

He hasn't played the best positional

shot there, so he needs a good

1:46:591:47:05

recovery here, that's for sure.

Yeah, that was a shocker, really. So

1:47:051:47:14

much margin for error. Pink, blue

ball colour. He's not even going to

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go for a pot now.

1:47:241:47:27

Just seems to have lost a little bit

of composure at the moment, Mark

1:47:321:47:36

Selby.

1:47:361:47:43

APPLAUSE

1:47:461:47:48

There is an escape route, he has to

be careful he doesn't push a red

1:47:541:47:59

over the right corner. It it soon

enough. Two of -- hit it thin enough

1:47:591:48:09

to avoid doing that, come up a

little bit short but he didn't want

1:48:091:48:15

to hit it with any more pace. So 38

points, the difference. Come Mark

1:48:151:48:21

Selby create a chance for himself

with a very good safety?

1:48:211:48:31

Mark Selby is worried about doing

exactly what Mark Williams was

1:48:491:48:55

concerned about, pushing a red

towards the right corner. He knows

1:48:551:49:01

that one mistake and this Masters

could be over.

1:49:011:49:12

APPLAUSE

1:49:281:49:38

At first glance, Mark Williams may

be forced into taking this red on in

1:49:461:49:50

the far corner. I don't see shot to

the cue ball, on the left-hand side

1:49:501:49:55

table, to get the cue ball back to

baulk. He'll have to pot himself out

1:49:551:50:01

of trouble here.

1:50:011:50:07

APPLAUSE

1:50:161:50:21

A very generous round of applause

for that excellent safety shot. Now

1:50:211:50:29

with the black in the situation that

it is, that's a big advantage for

1:50:291:50:34

Mark Williams cover with that 38

point advantage.

1:50:341:50:38

APPLAUSE

1:50:551:51:01

A terrific long pot there. And look

at the Gap he had to find.

1:51:051:51:18

So two fairly easy reds and then

we've got four reds almost tight on

1:51:201:51:30

this cushion behind the black.

1:51:301:51:33

This could go right down to the

colours.

1:51:391:51:47

He's left himself straight on the

red, but as the black go to the left

1:52:001:52:05

corner? That's the reason he's left

himself straight. He's not even

1:52:051:52:09

straight. It's not the best angle on

this red.

1:52:091:52:13

He's playing the cannon, he's

trusting to look with position.

1:52:171:52:27

That will do.

APPLAUSE

1:52:351:52:44

It will be some effort to win the

match from this visit to the table.

1:53:001:53:06

He'd like to pot at least a couple

more reds and blacks, get right back

1:53:101:53:16

into this frame.

1:53:161:53:22

This time there was a bit of noise

backstage that caused Mark to step

1:53:221:53:27

away from the shot.

1:53:271:53:35

APPLAUSE

He may have an angle just to take

1:53:391:53:48

that red out to the left of the

other two.

He just wants a half-ball

1:53:481:53:56

contact on the red. To send, too

thin, but he's got the red to make

1:53:561:54:04

the corner but there is pressure on

this.

1:54:041:54:09

We've talked about possibly pockets

being a little bit generous this

1:54:131:54:19

afternoon. Mark Selby needs all of

that now. Play for the far knuckle.

1:54:191:54:28

Yeah, very good.

APPLAUSE

1:54:281:54:38

He can play the below the black if

he wants, he may feel it's risky,

1:54:381:54:45

he's got a lovely angle. If you

leave yourself dead straight to the

1:54:451:54:50

red on the left corner, it's a

problem.

1:54:501:54:57

Oh, he's played it well.

APPLAUSE

1:54:571:55:03

The reigning world champion, four

reds tied up on this back

1:55:031:55:15

reds tied up on this back cushion.

He's got to get high on the black.

1:55:181:55:23

He's dead straight, that's fine, he

can just drop on this red. I don't

1:55:231:55:27

know if he's got an angle to follow

off two cushions, or if he's just

1:55:271:55:35

going to drop it in.

Another tricky

little shot along the caution and

1:55:351:55:43

the yellow being off its sport makes

it slightly more awkward, but all

1:55:431:55:48

this effort will be on the red.

1:55:481:55:52

No!

GROANING

1:55:551:56:02

The ball was tricky.

REFEREE:

Quieten down, please.

1:56:031:56:16

With the yellow being off its spot,

makes it slightly awkward for the

1:56:161:56:22

clearance.

I wonder whether they

risk the cannon on the brown.

1:56:221:56:30

risk the cannon on the brown. If he

plays a drop off the cushion other

1:56:301:56:35

drop off the yellow, there's

definitely brown, but the green as

1:56:351:56:38

well, you could slip yourself

behind. He could play it in between

1:56:381:56:42

the yellow and brown for the yellow

to the right-hand side corner. Or in

1:56:421:56:49

actual fact he could hold it, that's

a beautiful shot. As long as that's

1:56:491:56:55

straight.

Have a look at the scores,

5-5, 45 - 45. What an opening match.

1:56:551:57:09

And look at the points, just six

points separating them.

1:57:091:57:18

It needs to pull up or it needs to

run on a bit further...

1:57:311:57:38

APPLAUSE

1:57:381:57:41

Well he couldn't have landed it any

better.

1:57:481:57:50

APPLAUSE

Just the blue.

1:57:501:58:03

APPLAUSE

A cracking match from these two

1:58:061:58:14

players this afternoon.

1:58:141:58:16

CHEERING

Its own. Mark Williams has won the

1:58:191:58:27

last three frames. Mark Selby was

unlucky. But the Welsh potting

1:58:271:58:34

machine has made a terrific comeback

and takes the match by 6-5 frames.

1:58:341:58:42

Congratulations to Mark Williams.

The Welshman is through to the

1:58:471:58:50

quarterfinals of the 2018 Dafabet

Masters. We are back later today,

1:58:501:58:54

with live action from Alexandra

Palace as Ding Junhui takes on Ryan

1:58:541:58:58

Day. We'll see you then. I for

1:58:581:59:00

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