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Good evening. A bit of at unfinished business at Alexandra | :00:37. | :00:42. | |
Palace. If you were watching the transmission of earlier you | :00:43. | :00:47. | |
wouldn't St Mark Selby apparently in the cruise control against | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
Stephen Lee. Mark Selby loves this event. He has won in the last four | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
years. He looked very comfortable. But things got more and more | :00:58. | :01:03. | |
nervous as Stephen Lee mounted a comeback. Then we had to go off air. | :01:03. | :01:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :01:13. | :01:58. | |
Stephen Lee still cannot raise his Mark Selby is one frame away from a | :01:58. | :02:08. | |
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The last three shots, he looked a Mark Selby will be sitting there | :02:19. | :02:29. | |
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thinking, why are we playing Stephen Lee was a runner up four | :02:41. | :02:45. | |
years ago. He has found his rhythm. Mark Selby is beginning to look a | :02:45. | :02:55. | |
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little uncomfortable. Let's pick up That is what I am thinking of. He | :03:00. | :03:10. | |
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might not want to play it too firm, I think he can concentrate fully on | :03:27. | :03:37. | |
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I suppose he is happy to see that He couldn't have played that any | :04:03. | :04:13. | |
Because the brown is there such a difference -- distance from the | :04:13. | :04:23. | |
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blue it is difficult. It is not as Players when under pressure would | :04:28. | :04:38. | |
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rather stay on the ball then play I would be tempted to play the | :04:41. | :04:51. | |
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It is safe, but no real pressure. Cry think Mark Selby has introduced | :05:21. | :05:31. | |
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his own pressure in this match. -- He is a little bit fortunate, he | :05:51. | :05:56. | |
has left it straight. If one man can pot these and screw back, it is | :05:56. | :06:06. | |
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He has certainly got the cue action to make the short look comfortable. | :06:13. | :06:23. | |
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I have seen it all now! I thought there was nothing in this game that | :06:49. | :06:54. | |
could surprise me. I have seen it all. That is unbelievable. He just | :06:54. | :07:04. | |
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wants the brown and the blue for That needs to bounce because he | :07:16. | :07:26. | |
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needs the pink and the black. My Stephen Lee is now within one | :07:36. | :07:46. | |
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frame! It is anybody's match. Finally, Mark Selby regained his | :07:50. | :07:58. | |
composure to take the match. What a game. Seven breaks over 50 and the | :07:58. | :08:01. | |
world number one coming back in the nick of time. But a tremendous | :08:01. | :08:11. | |
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effort from his opponents. What a Towards the end I seemed to fade | :08:12. | :08:18. | |
away a little bit. If I am going to win the tournament I need to be | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
stronger. I need to be more clinical and finished the match | :08:21. | :08:27. | |
better. But it is early days. I have got through the first round. I | :08:27. | :08:37. | |
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have to go back to the practice Stephen Lee tweeted that had he not, | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
he would have walked back. Now to the last remaining first round | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
match in this year's competition. It featured a former world champion | :08:50. | :08:55. | |
at Graeme Dott against the former world Reineke -- runner up, Ali | :08:55. | :09:03. | |
Carter. Neither of these players have performed at their best. | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
Neither of them have gotten past the quarter-finals. You might | :09:07. | :09:11. | |
remember at the last event, the UK Championship, that Ali Carter, | :09:11. | :09:21. | |
after his defeat, had tweeted that he was thinking of retirement. He | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
suffers from the debilitating Crohn's disease. I think everybody | :09:24. | :09:34. | |
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here tonight was delighted to see I have never really done well in | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
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the UK. I do well in the world, but not here. I will need to go there | :09:57. | :10:07. | |
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I'm not in a good place right now but that could all change with a | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
good performance. Sometimes everything can go well and I can | :10:18. | :10:28. | |
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I have been practising hard. I have been in the gym a lot trying to get | :10:29. | :10:38. | |
very fit. Graeme Dott is a great player. He is a great competitor. | :10:38. | :10:46. | |
It is a match that will be tough. He will not give you anything. | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
It is a thing that has annoyed me for years. Hopefully I can do | :10:50. | :10:58. | |
better. I never seem to play well here. Hopefully I can make a change | :10:58. | :11:05. | |
this time. The venue is great. It is a great | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
atmosphere. It is only 15 minutes up the road from me. I came up on | :11:11. | :11:21. | |
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Sunday and had a little. I am Stephen Fry commented on the Graeme | :11:25. | :11:31. | |
Dott's ferocious will, as Graeme Dott prevailed before. So what were | :11:31. | :11:39. | |
we in for this evening? Ken Doherty and Dennis Taylor were keen to find | :11:39. | :11:49. | |
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Might have to risk double in the brown up to this corner. Could | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
possibly get a snooker. That is what he would like to do, double | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
the ground up to the top cushion and then on to the side cushion. He | :12:12. | :12:22. | |
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But surely there is not a gap. We will find out by Ali Carter's face. | :12:33. | :12:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :12:43. | :13:33. | |
He can't really play it with a APPLAUSE. | :13:33. | :13:38. | |
That is the smallest gap I have ever seen. How did he miss the pink | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
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He has got away with it somewhat. He has not only missed the pot, he | :14:05. | :14:15. | |
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has missed a kiss on the way down He hasn't played one as well as | :14:45. | :14:55. | |
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That was as good a pot as you will see. That was an absolute gem that | :14:58. | :15:08. | |
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Fascinating finish to the frame. Ali Carter takes it. He's in the | :15:13. | :15:23. | |
But Graeme Dott got back on level terms. We going to frame five. This | :15:23. | :15:33. | |
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Can he get him back in behind the black here? He might be able to get | :15:50. | :16:00. | |
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We want a bit more excitement in this frame. We all love to see | :16:24. | :16:32. | |
century breaks. Nothing like that sort of finish. You have that one | :16:32. | :16:42. | |
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or two of those, haven't you? Sometimes you are better off trying | :16:43. | :16:48. | |
to double the black into the corner pocket. Similar shot to the one | :16:48. | :16:58. | |
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Look at this for a double-kiss! That was very fortunate. He held | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
his hand up to apologise. Graeme Dott might attempt to double up | :17:13. | :17:18. | |
into the corner pocket. I used to play this shot. As long as you get | :17:18. | :17:21. | |
the white near the cushion it is maybe worse frisking Dublin the | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
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black. Is it there? No. -- worth This looks pretty good. | :17:48. | :17:58. | |
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Ali Carter will be absolutely delighted to take it three frames | :18:33. | :18:43. | |
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We go into frame six now and Graeme You cannot do that against a player | :19:15. | :19:25. | |
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Ali Carter has missed the boat He might be sitting for a while in | :19:35. | :19:45. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :19:45. | :21:28. | |
That has left it slightly awkward. He should be able to manoeuvre | :21:28. | :21:38. | |
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himself on to the black if he pops Frustrating when you win a really | :22:05. | :22:11. | |
close frame as Ali Carter did in the previous one. And then to give | :22:12. | :22:17. | |
your opponent an opportunity like this. | :22:17. | :22:22. | |
He did not play that as he intended. Look at this gap between the red | :22:22. | :22:28. | |
and the pink. He did apologise to Ali Carter. That will not make Ali | :22:28. | :22:38. | |
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Carter feel any better. But have a He must have tried to cannon the | :23:02. | :23:12. | |
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If he takes the pink he has a longer way to travel with the cue | :23:19. | :23:29. | |
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Beautifully played. That shot was worse for looking at. | :23:47. | :23:56. | |
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Very good position. -- worth A good time to make the highest | :24:14. | :24:24. | |
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The last frame was the slowest frame of the tournament. This may | :24:39. | :24:49. | |
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have been the quickest frame. Just That break brings them level. | :25:06. | :25:16. | |
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Barring a snooker. Ali Carter must be sitting in his | :25:35. | :25:43. | |
seat, not believing that could have happened. All of a sudden, a gap | :25:43. | :25:52. | |
appeared. And what an opportunity. Look at | :25:52. | :26:02. | |
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the grit and determination. You can That last shot was the lot better | :26:40. | :26:50. | |
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than it looked. It looked straight When the white hits, normally, it | :27:01. | :27:11. | |
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would come back off and hit a red. That was not played to perfection. | :27:20. | :27:30. | |
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He is disgusted with himself. A cannon on to the right hand of the | :27:31. | :27:41. | |
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Both players have had opportunities to seal the frame. | :28:03. | :28:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :28:13. | :30:38. | |
Some pressure on it, however. He Managing to avoid all the rebels. - | :30:38. | :30:48. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :30:48. | :31:36. | |
Another good opportunity for Graeme Not quite s he intended. He wanted | :31:36. | :31:46. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :31:46. | :32:28. | |
He can go for a couple. The pink Back in prime position with a great | :32:28. | :32:38. | |
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chance to extend his lead. Suddenly, the determined Scot looks | :32:39. | :32:48. | |
like he will open up a two frame advantage. It has been a difficult | :32:48. | :32:58. | |
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Ali Carter opened with his highest break of the match. | :33:16. | :33:23. | |
He went into the lead early on but Graeme Dott has been slightly more | :33:23. | :33:33. | |
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He has Underdown that slightly. He has not got the cue ball in prime | :33:48. | :33:58. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :33:58. | :34:50. | |
position. He is having to work hard This match is slipping away from | :34:51. | :35:00. | |
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Ali Carter. He is out of position but he is 70 | :35:21. | :35:31. | |
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ahead with only 59 on the table. (APPLAUSE). | :35:32. | :35:42. | |
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Why not have a go at the double? You don't mind the Audit double | :35:44. | :35:53. | |
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yourself, Ken Doherty, do you? -- Close, of not being, but it does | :36:20. | :36:30. | |
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not really matter. -- not in. It is close enough to take Graeme Dott. | :36:35. | :36:39. | |
It makes you wonder it is sapping Ali Carter's spirit as the match | :36:39. | :36:49. | |
:36:49. | :37:02. | ||
In this game, it seems that the harder you try, the more difficult | :37:02. | :37:12. | |
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it becomes. That is getting the balance right. | :37:16. | :37:19. | |
It is important not to get too frustrated when things are not | :37:19. | :37:29. | |
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going well for you. Sometimes frustration can get the better of | :37:29. | :37:36. | |
him. This will frost rate him even more because he is too close to the | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
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cushion -- frustrate. But he is back, looking out the red. Not a | :37:52. | :38:02. | |
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bad choice. Jackie'. | :38:06. | :38:16. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :38:16. | :39:03. | |
He finished awkwardly but he had to You can do a lot of work with this | :39:03. | :39:13. | |
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cue ball. That was a very skilful shot and | :39:14. | :39:21. | |
this is a beautiful surface to play on. These are beautiful thing | :39:21. | :39:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :39:31. | :40:20. | |
He is unlucky in one respect, but Ali Carter it comes to the table, | :40:20. | :40:30. | |
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scratching his head. It is not easy to play this one | :40:36. | :40:46. | |
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safely. The only thing might be to I definitely would not have played | :40:53. | :41:01. | |
that at that pace. Will he be lucky this time? Perhaps. Or is there a | :41:01. | :41:09. | |
red that will go off into the left corner? What about the blue? He | :41:09. | :41:19. | |
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could have rolled it into the Amazing - it is a good pot. I think | :41:28. | :41:38. | |
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Ali Carter thought he got away with He played that one of little bit | :42:12. | :42:22. | |
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better. -- a little bit better. He has got to avoid the green. | :42:50. | :42:59. | |
I think he thought he missed the blue there. | :42:59. | :43:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :43:09. | :43:50. | |
It is further away from the rents - That was quite beautiful. He is | :43:50. | :43:57. | |
having to work so hard for these and once again, he has just got the | :43:57. | :44:05. | |
right angle. He would love to be able to get the cue for in between | :44:05. | :44:15. | |
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the red ones but he can get (APPLAUSE). | :44:32. | :44:42. | |
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He will take the yellow after this. He was urging it on. He will have | :44:45. | :44:52. | |
to take it up from the corner. The final red and it is the only Roar | :44:52. | :45:02. | |
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he requires to put himself into the He might try to play a little | :45:17. | :45:24. | |
smoother, just pushing the white towards the red. | :45:24. | :45:34. | |
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He might have to wait. It would be easy to do. And with the red next | :45:37. | :45:47. | |
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to the black... He could possibly take it on, couldn't he? That is | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
exactly what he tried to do. (APPLAUSE). | :45:57. | :46:06. | |
It could not have worked out better. Just looking at it, the yellow is | :46:06. | :46:16. | |
preventing him from going past the pin. Not that difficult to hit off | :46:16. | :46:25. | |
the right hand cushion. That is the only possible escape | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
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route, I think. Just coming once the cost the right hand cushion. | :46:38. | :46:48. | |
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If he hits the loo, it is a straightforward pot. -- blue. | :47:12. | :47:16. | |
(APPLAUSE) it has been a top night for Ali Carter. But Graeme Dott has | :47:16. | :47:26. | |
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stuck to the task. That was a big frame. In the end, it is Graeme | :47:34. | :47:41. | |
Dott who gets himself into his third quarterfinals match. He wins | :47:41. | :47:51. | |
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6-3. I had a chance early on to work on | :47:51. | :48:01. | |
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a few things. That was it. first round is done and dusted. It | :48:07. | :48:17. | |
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