:01:07. > :01:13.Hello. One practice room looks very much just like another, yet this
:01:13. > :01:19.one is situated inside Alexander Palace, the new home for the BGC
:01:19. > :01:24.Masters. After 31 years at Wembley, this place represents a fresh start.
:01:25. > :01:29.The crowds already seem to love it. Over 1,000 people have turned up to
:01:29. > :01:36.watch the evening match. And it was a 1,500 sell-out this afternoon to
:01:36. > :01:43.watch the opening match between the defending champion. And that one
:01:43. > :01:53.didn't disappointment. -- and that one didn't disappoint.
:01:53. > :02:03.ANNOUNCER: Here comes the rookie, Ronrie O'Sullivan! Please welcome
:02:03. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:20.Ronrie O'Sullivan! Please welcome the defending champion!
:02:20. > :02:30.Not a bad opportunity there. Absolutely amazing.
:02:30. > :02:43.
:02:43. > :02:49.Ronny O'Sullivan gets the opening something out of the bag here?
:02:49. > :02:59.-- four frames to one. Can he pull something out of the bag here? That
:02:59. > :03:10.
:03:10. > :03:20.might just be the sort of thing -- so what a great comeback. 4-1
:03:20. > :03:54.
:03:54. > :04:04.the corner? Get in there, please. The first ever... It's made at the
:04:04. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:14.He takes the match six frame toss four. You can see from the crowd
:04:14. > :04:18.tonight, he draws the crowd. Everyone wants to see him. A person
:04:18. > :04:22.you really want to watch when you turn up to the snooker. Absolute
:04:22. > :04:27.quality. He saved it to the last. He's gotta get 100 break now.
:04:27. > :04:31.Finish it off. Defending champion out. Come on, Ronnie. It's always
:04:31. > :04:36.gonna be a tough match for me. And I was just pleased that I manage to
:04:36. > :04:42.do score a few and get involved in the game. And I played all right.
:04:42. > :04:46.We have the two Ronnie's here today, the senior and junior. That Ronnie
:04:46. > :04:54.clearly loved having his family watching this afternoon. He goes
:04:54. > :05:00.through to face either Judd Trump or scuft. Ronnie looks in good nick
:05:00. > :05:05.-- or Stuart. Ronnie lookness good nick here. An impressive match over
:05:05. > :05:10.Mark Williams before tonight's encounter, having won four of the
:05:10. > :05:17.last five games. The Welshman has twice taken this title in the past.
:05:17. > :05:27.So, best of 11 to sort out this confrontation. We're gonna drop in
:05:27. > :05:42.
:05:42. > :05:48.Particularly in the first frame. That ball can sometimes slide,
:05:48. > :05:54.create a wider angle. Now he. Will he take it on? Yes. And he will
:05:54. > :05:59.need the red and blue, or both. Mark Williams played that slow ly
:05:59. > :06:06.when he played his game. Didn't want to leave a free ball. He could
:06:06. > :06:10.pot here. And on the blue we've got a knew favourite. -- and on the
:06:10. > :06:20.blue we've got a new favourite. Didn't get the pot. Now, where's
:06:20. > :06:30.the red gonna finish? Safely now. Mark Williams will be mightily
:06:30. > :06:44.
:06:44. > :06:54.revealed relieved that that red Stephen Maguire can pot this from
:06:54. > :07:10.
:07:10. > :07:15.position, and make it out for the perfect on the colour. But, as you
:07:15. > :07:20.say, Cam, can he leave that red so close to the corner? He's got to
:07:20. > :07:30.pot the colour. If he doesn't, he will need a snooker. So, pink it is
:07:30. > :07:30.
:07:30. > :08:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:08:17. > :08:27.shot than it looked. Had to dig down and force the ang ile. --
:08:27. > :08:36.
:08:36. > :08:42.adrenaline creeping in. It's pretty quick, this table, isn't it? Mark
:08:42. > :08:51.Williams will be kicking himself. He played a poor shot the last red.
:08:51. > :09:01.We said one frame may not stop Stephen Maguire. Looks OK. Blue,
:09:01. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:35.because the pink didn't go in the middle of the pocket. If it had
:09:35. > :09:40.have gone in the middle of the pocket, I think it wouldn't have
:09:40. > :09:50.had much pace. Just lucky it went in the left-hand side as we looked.
:09:50. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:15.A little bit thinner than he needed great chance toss win this opening
:10:15. > :10:19.frame. -- chances to win this opening frame and it's come down to
:10:19. > :10:26.a black ball. And we always remember a black ball in the
:10:26. > :10:34.Masters with Mark Williams, what was it, 1998. And Stephen, deciding
:10:34. > :10:44.frame. He was the one who potted it. Can he knock this one in? He can't.
:10:44. > :10:47.
:10:47. > :10:51.But he's got a good cue ball. He's got a very good cue ball. This is a
:10:51. > :11:01.horrible shot for Stephen Maguire. He may be forced into taking this
:11:01. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:10.shot on. It's very difficult to get face. He could try and cross it
:11:10. > :11:19.into the right-hand corner pocket, but maybe having a go at this. Well,
:11:19. > :11:24.that's pretty good. This is a very, very good shot. Very well judged. A
:11:24. > :11:29.cannon on the way back. Mark Williams applauding in appreciation.
:11:29. > :11:34.That was an excellent shot. What a great lend he's got with the black.
:11:34. > :11:38.It's one of those, if it had just bounced off the cushion a little
:11:38. > :11:42.bit, he could have gone in behind it. But there's no way he can do
:11:42. > :11:47.that, if he plays it straight up and down. The chance of a double
:11:47. > :11:51.kiss. Play the double here, John? Well, it's a possibility.
:11:51. > :11:56.It's a possibility, without a doubt. He's having a look at it. He's
:11:56. > :12:02.definitely having a look. I think you can tripe and be too cute with
:12:02. > :12:07.shot -- you can try and be too cute with a shot like this. So, stun it
:12:07. > :12:13.and try and put it in the back left corner pocket. Nowhere near the
:12:13. > :12:23.double. The green pocket. Where's he going? Is he running safe? He's
:12:23. > :12:56.
:12:56. > :13:03.gone safe. OK, can just chip the back on to
:13:03. > :13:09.the side cushion. He's gotta be careful here. Well, what has he
:13:09. > :13:12.done? He's on the... And he's virtually gifted Mark Williams a
:13:12. > :13:22.frame. Concentrating sntrating s trying to get that black closer to
:13:22. > :13:25.
:13:25. > :13:31.cushion. And this, as they say in go goimme. Well, in it goes.
:13:31. > :13:37.Well, I don't believe it. suppose... Wins the frame to erase
:13:37. > :13:42.all the bad memories. And that will be Mark Williams. He leads 1-0.
:13:42. > :13:52.the Scot will be ruing that safety shot right at the death there. So
:13:52. > :14:06.
:14:06. > :14:11.Maguire aiming to make amends now you think, "If I miss it, I won't
:14:11. > :14:15.leave it." But the worst possible scenario for Stephen Maguire. Run
:14:15. > :14:25.across, kiss the black, and left a nice, easy starter for Mark
:14:25. > :14:30.Williams. So not the start the Scotsman was looking for here.
:14:31. > :14:35.it hurts even more, fpbg, Ken, when you -- of course, Ken, when you
:14:35. > :14:39.know you've had the chance. Yeah, for all the world, looked like he
:14:39. > :14:48.was clearing up. Just came a little straight on the blue. Past the cue
:14:48. > :14:51.ball. And I'm sure when he saw Mark Williams miss that black by some
:14:51. > :14:56.way... APPLAUSE
:14:56. > :15:06.Well, the black was gonna go over that green pocket. See the split
:15:06. > :15:06.
:15:07. > :15:16.here. Couldn't have done that much better. Let's have a look at the
:15:17. > :15:41.
:15:42. > :15:45.well, the psychological difference, the lift that first frame gives you,
:15:45. > :15:52.particularly when you think you have lost it, I suppose when you
:15:52. > :15:59.know you should have won it, you tighten up a little bit. Get a bad
:15:59. > :16:09.kiss and you could be 2-0 down here. Mark Williams looks, well, nice and
:16:09. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:49.cannon here. A couple of different up in apology. Wanted to kiss that
:16:49. > :16:59.red, almost full ball. This wasn't the red he was playing for, but he
:16:59. > :17:19.
:17:19. > :17:25.game of snooker that is ever seen, is Mark Williams. Didn't catch that
:17:25. > :17:30.right, but once again he's all right. You wouldn't think this blue
:17:30. > :17:34.to the far right carne would cause him much of a problem. He's gonna
:17:34. > :17:39.have to get the extension, because he's been reaching over a few balls.
:17:39. > :17:45.But I would be amazed if he missed this. Just a slightly awkward cue-
:17:45. > :17:52.in, though. But right in the heart of the pocket.
:17:52. > :17:58.APPLAUSE He's not inch-perfect on this red.
:17:58. > :18:02.He's got a 60-point lead. So he's not too far away from the winning
:18:02. > :18:12.line in this second frame, but he wanted a better positional shot
:18:12. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :18:28.than that. He needs to recover the caught the second red, but I don't
:18:28. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:53.He's only 67 remaining. So the blue to leave his opponent needing two
:18:53. > :18:56.snoockers. The green -- two snookers. The green, he will only
:18:56. > :19:06.need one. But he's more concentrating on the colour, the
:19:06. > :19:07.
:19:07. > :19:11.best one to get him on the next red. 72 points, the lead. 67 remaining.
:19:11. > :19:18.72. And he knows the importance of this red now. This will keep his
:19:18. > :19:27.opponent in his seat. And he missed it. So, once again, a couple of
:19:27. > :19:33.snookers needed. It should be 2-0. And it was. In fact, 2-0 became 4-0
:19:33. > :19:37.at the interval. And the Welshman looked like he was cruising.
:19:37. > :19:43.Maguire claimed a couple after the tea break before Williams edged
:19:43. > :19:48.within one frame of the victory at 5-2. This is the eighth frame now.
:19:48. > :19:58.It's Maguire with his nose in front of it, but he knows he can't afford
:19:58. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:16.he's not straight, I thought he would have played to yellow. Well,
:20:17. > :20:26.he would have played to yellow. Well, I'm very surprised also.
:20:27. > :20:29.
:20:29. > :20:36.Pretty straightforward. The close. Not that difficult, really, to hit.
:20:37. > :20:46.Expect him to hit it this time. Well, he's judging it, expecting to
:20:47. > :20:52.
:20:52. > :21:01.slide a little bit more off the say. He doesn't want to miss it
:21:01. > :21:08.this time, buzz, should he miss it this time, -- because, should he
:21:08. > :21:15.miss it this time,... APPLAUSE
:21:15. > :21:22.Well, all these cries of "Come on, Mark "," but even if he tried, he
:21:22. > :21:27.couldn't get this potted on the green. Don't get me wrong. He's the
:21:27. > :21:33.type of player that could decide to take this green on. If you have
:21:33. > :21:42.taken it on, you have got to get it. Because if you don't pot it,
:21:42. > :21:48.invariable y, you will leave it. -- invariably, you will leave it. Well,
:21:48. > :21:58.he's got it. He's very unlucky. He put everything into the pot, and
:21:58. > :22:21.
:22:21. > :22:29.off? He may have to stun it, but this brown is very thin. He's now
:22:29. > :22:35.thinking of playing into the left corner. If he plays it in the right
:22:36. > :22:45.corner, I'm certain he's gonna try and avoid being off. As I say, very
:22:46. > :23:12.
:23:12. > :23:22.unlucky. Great pot on the green. Unlucky to finish here. 1.5 minutes.
:23:22. > :23:22.
:23:22. > :23:26.Does he play the pot? Does he play safe? He's played safe. It was one
:23:26. > :23:30.of those situations where he didn't want to hit it any harder, because
:23:30. > :23:34.he could have knocked it over a pocket. 11 points the difference,
:23:34. > :23:44.due to those fouls that Stephen gave away. So he needs brown and
:23:44. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:57.blue. This brown's going mighty close to the corner. Is it going
:23:57. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:08.in? It's left. It is left. APPLAUSE
:24:08. > :24:18.Never easy to judge when a ball's in the jaws of a pocket like that.
:24:18. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :24:31.He needs blue, pink and black for OFFICIAL: Mark Williams, four.
:24:31. > :24:41.could have left it easier than this. Missed it by a long way. Blue and
:24:41. > :24:59.
:24:59. > :25:09.the table, against the mat. It's there.
:25:09. > :25:29.
:25:29. > :25:32.APPLAUSE he's still in this match. But he
:25:32. > :25:35.still trails Mark Williams by five games to three.
:25:35. > :25:40.Well, Stephen Maguire has never really enjoyed the best of fortunes
:25:41. > :25:50.in London in this event. Three times a smilist. But he is
:25:51. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:35.scrapping to stay in this year's was a well-controlled, positional
:26:35. > :26:51.
:26:51. > :26:56.is still holder 40. Now, that's probably one of the reasons why the
:26:56. > :27:00.ball control has been lacking somewhat tonight. I'm not quite
:27:00. > :27:10.sure why the table is really fast. But he's certainly been out of
:27:10. > :27:10.
:27:10. > :28:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:28:37. > :28:47.Had a good chance to get down amongst these reds over this right-
:28:47. > :28:59.
:29:00. > :29:09.He says, "OK. Pot this and get on to the black into possibly the same
:29:10. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :30:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:30:44. > :30:54.Well, he's certainly shown his an angle on this black, but there's
:30:54. > :31:03.
:31:03. > :31:06.enough reds out in the open to make shouldn't have a problem to pot in
:31:07. > :31:16.this red, drifting around the back of the black, put the black in the
:31:17. > :31:21.
:31:21. > :31:31.same pocket. to clinch this match in the last
:31:31. > :31:35.
:31:35. > :31:45.He failed to do so. Might be just feeling the heat a little bit in
:31:45. > :31:52.
:31:52. > :31:55.opponent's coming back at you. And I think he's always suspected
:31:55. > :32:05.during this match that Stephen Maguire would lift his game
:32:05. > :32:13.
:32:13. > :32:23.to do it. 61 points, the lead. 75 remaining. Just one more red and a
:32:23. > :32:49.
:32:49. > :32:59.black would do it. Get to the So, 69 points, the lead. 67
:32:59. > :33:23.
:33:23. > :33:29.This is it. A nice nudge on the Williams will not be coming back to
:33:29. > :33:36.the table in this frame. And just basically preparing himself for the
:33:36. > :33:41.next one. Doesn't matter about that not going in. Mark Williams will
:33:41. > :33:44.concede. So, Stephen Maguire is keeping his hopes alive. And they
:33:45. > :33:49.are getting better and better, because he's only one frame behind
:33:49. > :33:54.now - 5-4. Yes, the Scot is finding some
:33:54. > :34:01.confidence now. And that 77 is the best contribution by either man so
:34:01. > :34:06.far in this match. In fact, Maguire, who only last week won a minor
:34:06. > :34:11.ranking event, is beginning to put the pressure on Williams now.
:34:11. > :34:17.Williams is trailing by 20 points here.
:34:17. > :34:23.Maguire started to increase his. No way that Mark could play a safety
:34:23. > :34:27.back to the ball, Ken, of course, because he was gonna probably leave
:34:27. > :34:37.this red to the right corner, the one that Stephen was lucky not to
:34:37. > :34:41.
:34:41. > :34:51.leave. He's gonna need a little bit of run of the ball, or your
:34:51. > :35:04.
:35:04. > :35:11.he played it. But covering that red in the - wellering the red that's
:35:11. > :35:21.in between the brown and blue with the green is a little bit fortunate.
:35:21. > :35:24.
:35:24. > :35:28.Maybe he hasn't covered it APPLAUSE
:35:28. > :35:38.Sensational play from Stephen Maguire. OK. He's not had a perfect
:35:38. > :35:42.
:35:42. > :35:46.angle on the black, but another cracking shot.
:35:46. > :35:49.Now, he's not having much luck breaking into him. I mean, he
:35:50. > :35:55.doesn't have the perfect angle on the black to really generate the
:35:55. > :36:05.kind of pace he could have liked, but he's expected to be on
:36:05. > :36:05.
:36:05. > :37:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:37:52. > :37:56.something. And he's maybe on least he's got a red to go at.
:37:56. > :38:00.Might have been a little bit straighter than he would have liked.
:38:00. > :38:05.Well, obviously a lot straighter than he would have liked, because
:38:05. > :38:15.he's not played a good shot there at all. OK, he's still got a chance
:38:15. > :38:15.
:38:15. > :39:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:39:20. > :39:27.of the pink, but so close to the doesn't pot into the centre of the
:39:27. > :39:34.pocket, well, just go on to the right-hand side of the pocket, but
:39:34. > :39:44.this red is on into the yellow pocket, next to the blue. Sometimes
:39:44. > :40:04.
:40:04. > :40:14.if there is a slight doubt in your Yeah, trying to hold. The green
:40:14. > :40:24.
:40:24. > :40:26.into the same pocket. Didn't get now, Stephen Maguire. Putting the
:40:27. > :40:36.pressure on. There is certainly a lot of pressure on Mark Williams
:40:37. > :40:37.
:40:37. > :41:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:41:38. > :41:40.little bit of a problem with the scoreboard in the arena, apparently.
:41:40. > :41:47.APPLAUSE That round of applause must be that
:41:47. > :41:57.the scoreboard is now working. Do that a lot in Salford, when the
:41:57. > :42:08.
:42:08. > :42:12.lights came back on. Would always Would you believe it? Would you
:42:12. > :42:18.believe it? He's just played a little safety, and Stephen Maguire
:42:18. > :42:21.left a red on. I can't believe that. I don't think he can either. Now
:42:21. > :42:26.Mark Williams is looking at that red that Stephen Maguire looked at
:42:26. > :42:36.a couple of moments ago. What do you think at home? Is that a red in
:42:36. > :42:50.
:42:50. > :42:55.there? Couldn't get a better view hands in the pocket. On the right-
:42:55. > :43:01.hand side of it, if he's very careful.
:43:01. > :43:11.He tried to disturb it. I don't think he's done anything...
:43:11. > :43:16.
:43:16. > :43:23.camera never lies. I was convince thad red would go, but both -- that
:43:23. > :43:27.red would go, but both players refused it. I was certain Maguire
:43:27. > :43:32.would have played it on his visit, and certainly Mark Williams would
:43:32. > :43:35.have played for it then. So this frame still in the balance, but, of
:43:35. > :43:45.course, Mark Williams needs one for victory, a place in the
:43:45. > :43:55.in front, and that's not the best safety shot. Needs the green to
:43:55. > :44:01.
:44:01. > :44:11.of an acute angle than it looks. APPLAUSE
:44:11. > :44:13.
:44:13. > :44:23.Well, nice. Green in the right corner. The green's the easier shot.
:44:23. > :44:34.
:44:34. > :44:44.But the blue would offer him better The difference, the blue would have
:44:44. > :45:05.
:45:05. > :45:15.to roll in. This pink will make the five reds, in the open, and the
:45:15. > :45:15.
:45:15. > :46:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:46:20. > :46:26.score level, what a chance to win could nestle on the red, but he had
:46:26. > :46:36.just enough pace to nudge it away. And now it looks a formality. The
:46:36. > :46:41.
:46:41. > :46:46.pink and the red. and wanted to have been straight.
:46:46. > :46:56.This, with 32 pointness front with 27 remaining. It does.
:46:56. > :47:07.
:47:07. > :47:12.Maguire going into the interval. And now... Going nowhere back for
:47:12. > :47:15.the Scotsman. Disappointing for Stephen Maguire. He won the PTC in
:47:15. > :47:20.Germany and I saw that final and he looked to be playing really well.
:47:20. > :47:25.But he's not produced anything like that. And he's immediately out of
:47:25. > :47:30.his chair to shake hands with Mark Williams, who will be very relieved.
:47:30. > :47:34.The comeback from Mark Williams continues. In great form tonight.
:47:34. > :47:38.Missed a few easy ones. But at the end result, he's through to the
:47:38. > :47:45.quarterfinal. He wins six frames to four.
:47:45. > :47:49.It was tough. Um, I probably made it tough for myself, really. I was
:47:49. > :47:53.hope tog open in a good position, really. And -- I was hoping to open
:47:53. > :47:58.in a good position, really. I should have definitely won that
:47:58. > :48:01.frame. To be honest, I think I am the only player in the world who
:48:01. > :48:06.could possibly lose that frame from the position I am in. I don't know
:48:06. > :48:12.if that's a nice record to have. He's probably favourite, now, 5-4,
:48:12. > :48:16.to be honest. And, you know, I probably made one of the best 50
:48:16. > :48:20.breaks this year in the match that I made for quite a while. I don't
:48:20. > :48:27.know where it came from. But it's nice to know that when the
:48:27. > :48:31.pressure's on, I could scrape the 50 in. I had really good support. I
:48:31. > :48:35.can't remember anyone shouting out Stephen's name. They were all
:48:35. > :48:41.shouting my name, which is fantastic for me. I will go on to
:48:41. > :48:47.thank them all for cheering me on, and obviously on Friday. Mark
:48:47. > :48:54.Williams reminding of his Ps and Qs when he tweets everybody later.
:48:54. > :48:59.Mark is to face Neil Robertson or nark Alan in the quarterfinal. Next
:48:59. > :49:05.up, it's the snooker match between Ding and Ronnie O'Sullivan. After