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Hello. John Higgins love winning the Masters title twice in his | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
career but he sure hated playing at Wembley, the venue do we were last | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
in for this Masters tournament. The move to Alexandra Palace has been | :01:25. | :01:32. | |
very much to his liking, and so far has been his form. His quarterfinal | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
against Scottish world champion Graeme Dott is worth watching. And | :01:35. | :01:41. | |
it is laid, but you have to stay up to see the best bits from our first | :01:41. | :01:44. | |
quarterfinal between Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan this afternoon. | :01:44. | :01:51. | |
It was the new UK champion, Judd Trump, who scraped into a 3-0 lead, | :01:51. | :02:01. | |
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and the youngster was on a roll in The first chance to Judd Trump in | :02:01. | :02:11. | |
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Ronnie might be sitting there for a while. This young man is full of | :02:16. | :02:26. | |
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Looking at natural ability and talent, that is what you are | :02:36. | :02:42. | |
watching. Years of practice, but this young left-hander was born to | :02:42. | :02:50. | |
play snooker. He overscrews the positional side of the shot. That | :02:50. | :02:57. | |
is the red he should have been on. This is much more difficult, and he | :02:57. | :03:05. | |
is going to have to try to use the reds to get position. He is a bit | :03:05. | :03:10. | |
unlucky to cover the black. The pink goes but he will have to go in | :03:10. | :03:20. | |
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and out of polka to go back onto a I have the feeling that Ronnie is | :03:42. | :03:46. | |
watching someone due to you what you have done to so many other | :03:46. | :03:56. | |
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players, and you're trying to think The fact that he practises with | :04:00. | :04:08. | |
Ronnie as well... It certainly helps the situation. A bit like | :04:08. | :04:13. | |
your situation when you used to play with John Higgins all the time. | :04:13. | :04:22. | |
You helped them tremendously in the big occasion. You have to do it | :04:22. | :04:32. | |
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when you're out there in the bear- This just looks like a practice | :04:34. | :04:38. | |
session for Judd. He does not look like he is under any pressure | :04:38. | :04:45. | |
whatsoever. To be fair, he is not being put under any pressure at the | :04:45. | :04:54. | |
moment. Every chance now it is going to be 4-0, but it could have | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
been two each. Ronnie missed the black off the spot and could not | :04:58. | :05:08. | |
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get the reds open when he had that 49 break. It looks like it all a 4- | :05:08. | :05:17. | |
0, but it could have been 2-2. This young man is fantastic to watch. We | :05:17. | :05:20. | |
head Graeme Dott say that he does not watched that much snooker, but | :05:20. | :05:30. | |
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he wants to watch this one here. -- A couple more pots and we will be | :05:57. | :06:07. | |
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offered to the mid-session interval. It is like a stroll in the park at | :06:14. | :06:23. | |
the moment for Judd Trump. We are all having a stroll in the park | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
this week, down through Alexandra Palace Park. This magnificent venue | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
that is hosting the Masters this year. The crowds have been | :06:34. | :06:44. | |
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There will be a few shocks spectators. They have would not | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
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have expected this, 4-0 to Judd This young player has had 143 | :07:12. | :07:18. | |
centuries in his career. He has only been a pro for six years. 33 | :07:18. | :07:28. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :07:28. | :08:12. | |
already this year. He is a potting 140 would take a bit of beating, I | :08:12. | :08:22. | |
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would think. But this is power snooker. What is going through | :08:27. | :08:33. | |
Ronnie's mind? He has a lot of respect and admiration for Judd | :08:33. | :08:43. | |
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Trump. This is the sort of thing he Absolutely incredible from Judd | :09:09. | :09:13. | |
Trump. He has made the highest break in this year's Masters, and | :09:13. | :09:18. | |
he is in line for that �15,000 prize, but more important for him, | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
prize, but more important for him, he leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0. | :09:21. | :09:27. | |
One hit back after the interval to go 4-1 behind. Judd took the next | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
and went 5-1 in front and within one frame of the semifinal, but | :09:31. | :09:38. | |
facing the exit door, this is O'Sullivan in frame seven. What | :09:38. | :09:42. | |
about this? A one-for-one. Tournament best was missed by a | :09:42. | :09:52. | |
:09:52. | :09:54. | ||
point. Great effort from Ronnie. 141. Only one frame and he still | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
cannot afford to make a single mistake going forward. In frame | :09:58. | :10:08. | |
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Is careless. Catch the blue. Whatever you do, don't catch that | :10:22. | :10:32. | |
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A great first red. You would think there are at least 30 points | :10:40. | :10:50. | |
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We said that Judd was looking for one chance to close this match. It | :11:00. | :11:10. | |
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is a chance. He is a long way For these open reds, all the time | :11:25. | :11:29. | |
he would be looking for opportunities to take the reds on | :11:29. | :11:36. | |
the left-hand side cushion off. If this pink goes on the blue spot, he | :11:36. | :11:46. | |
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may choose to take the red off the Been a left-hander, one of the reds | :12:23. | :12:28. | |
but is safe on the side cushion, it is not too badly placed for Judd, | :12:28. | :12:32. | |
but if he can drop in behind it, it is the other one near the middle | :12:32. | :12:39. | |
pocket that is the bigger problem. He is looking at the angle, and | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
screwing back, take the red closest to the middle pocket off the | :12:42. | :12:47. | |
cushion. One problem with fact is that if the white sticks on the | :12:47. | :12:53. | |
side cushion, it is going to be a tough pot on the colour. I think | :12:53. | :13:03. | |
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the shot is to follow through for Well, maybe he should have taking | :13:12. | :13:18. | |
your advice! We will find that shortly. That is the shot he plays | :13:18. | :13:23. | |
so well. He hardly hits that, and the action he get on the cue ball, | :13:23. | :13:28. | |
it is just effortless. When you are looking right down the cue, stop | :13:28. | :13:34. | |
and then spin back. Now he can take that red off, the more difficult | :13:34. | :13:38. | |
one if he drops the black in. It is a more natural angle to flick the | :13:38. | :13:48. | |
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The one he has moved does not pass the green. If this shot at the | :13:58. | :14:08. | |
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cushion goes in, it could put Judd It is there. There were a couple of | :14:17. | :14:21. | |
reds safe. Ronnie thought they might have been a bit of insurance. | :14:21. | :14:28. | |
But when you have got this young man's talent, and even the blue for | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
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a left-hander is not difficult... Showing a lot of character here. | :14:44. | :14:54. | |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan starts this with a break of 54. I like the way he is | :14:55. | :15:04. | |
taking this break. Great killer instinct. Two safe reds is half a | :15:04. | :15:14. | |
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chance to start with. He has taken He has been outplayed today. A | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
great effort. There were a couple of frames that he could have won. | :15:25. | :15:28. | |
He was 4-zero down at the mid interval, but you cannot take | :15:28. | :15:35. | |
anything away from this sensational player from Bristol. He was based | :15:35. | :15:43. | |
in Romford and practices with Ronnie O'Sullivan. It looks like it | :15:43. | :15:48. | |
is the end of this year's Masters for Ronnie O'Sullivan. It was a | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
spirited fightback. A magnificent break of 141. But in the end, it is | :15:53. | :15:59. | |
Judd Trump who has been the more consistent player. Congratulated by | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan. It has been a fabulous display of snooker by this | :16:03. | :16:07. | |
young man, the rising star of snooker. He gets himself into the | :16:07. | :16:12. | |
semifinal of this year's Masters, semifinal of this year's Masters, | :16:12. | :16:17. | |
beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2. was always important to put him | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
under pressure. But at 4-0, it was still not over and he battled away. | :16:22. | :16:31. | |
Well done to Judd. He played a fantastic match and scored heavily. | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
He made some good appearances under pressure. -- clearances under | :16:36. | :16:41. | |
pressure. You know what he is capable of and I have seen him 100 | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
times in the past blow people away from behind. So I had to be careful | :16:46. | :16:51. | |
and not do anything stupid. All you can do is your best as the match is | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
going on. That's all I could do. I could not give any more out there. | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
I gave it 100 %, and that's all you can do. The result was the result. | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
He played better on the day. When I go one or two frames ahead, I have | :17:07. | :17:11. | |
that confidence to keep knocking the balls in and keeps scoring over | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
and over again. Today, I did that in the first four frames. And in | :17:16. | :17:22. | |
the second session, I hardly missed a ball. I think that is part of the | :17:22. | :17:29. | |
confidence. Ronnie went down fighting but there was no question | :17:29. | :17:34. | |
third Judd Trump's confidence is at an all-time high. It is Neil | :17:34. | :17:39. | |
Robertson or Mark Williams he will meet him in the semifinal. The now | :17:39. | :17:44. | |
to our next quarterfinal. This was a match shortly before of clever | :17:44. | :17:50. | |
play, especially but two world champions. | :17:50. | :18:00. | |
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I have never settled. I felt worse I have never really done that well | :18:25. | :18:34. | |
in the UK and the Masters. I don't know if it is horses for courses | :18:34. | :18:41. | |
but whenever seem to play well here. I hope that changes. -- I never | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
seemed to play well here. I hope that changes. I would love to do | :18:50. | :19:00. | |
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well at this tournament. Hopefully I can put it right at a new venue. | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
It is probably the best start of the season. He has been very | :19:12. | :19:22. | |
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consistent. He is playing good stuff. It is going to be a very | :19:23. | :19:33. | |
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tough match. He is a class act. On Higgins going for his eight Masters | :19:35. | :19:40. | |
semifinal. When we left this match on BBC Two earlier, it was Higgins | :19:40. | :19:46. | |
who went on to win frame three. He now has a 2-1 lead. With John | :19:46. | :19:48. | |
Parrott and John Virgo as you commentators, the reigning world | :19:48. | :19:58. | |
:19:58. | :20:10. | ||
champion has some work to do in A couple of reds he can play for. | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
The one near the right corner. He just has to avoid a kiss on the | :20:14. | :20:24. | |
:20:24. | :20:28. | ||
green. He was able to do that. can go into the pack. The bottom | :20:28. | :20:33. | |
one may go, so he might not do it just yet. But that is the way to | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
break the pack open from behind. The way those reds are formed at | :20:37. | :20:47. | |
:20:47. | :20:47. | ||
the moment. But he can stun out and come from -- for the loose one. He | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
is not taking the cue ball high enough. He could play a cannon now | :20:53. | :21:03. | |
:21:03. | :21:14. | ||
He was a bit low on it, as you say, and he was trying to screw off them. | :21:14. | :21:18. | |
It would not be too bad but he kissed the red on the right-hand | :21:18. | :21:28. | |
side. He has a bit to do with the cue ball. There are a lot of these | :21:28. | :21:31. | |
tough pots which you think car a good shot but when you try to do a | :21:31. | :21:37. | |
bit with the cue ball, it makes the pot that more difficult. He did not | :21:37. | :21:42. | |
really get in the jaws. This is another opportunity for Graeme Dott | :21:42. | :21:52. | |
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to go into the mid-session interval He took a bit of a risk there. This | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
is another example, John. It is an awkward red but if he does not have | :22:20. | :22:27. | |
to do much with the cue ball, it is OK. Does the pink pot in the | :22:27. | :22:35. | |
middle? It looks very tight. Ordinarily, he would look to be | :22:35. | :22:38. | |
dropping this red in and play for the pink, but I'm not so sure that | :22:38. | :22:48. | |
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is on. He may have to leave himself That is a good shot because he is | :22:54. | :23:04. | |
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Just running into reds and trusting them a bit. To be honest, he has | :23:15. | :23:25. | |
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not had much luck. Where is the cue He is in a good position now. | :23:35. | :23:45. | |
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will not need that red that is on After what has happened in these | :23:47. | :23:57. | |
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first four frames, two each would 43 points is the lead. He will be | :24:07. | :24:17. | |
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well past the winning line. Quick This pink will put him 50 points in | :24:24. | :24:34. | |
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front with 51 remaining. As I say, if he pots a colour, John Higgins | :24:35. | :24:45. | |
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will not bother coming back to the This has been an interesting | :24:46. | :24:56. | |
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opening session. A little bit of When you consider it dead John | :25:00. | :25:07. | |
Higgins is the odds-on favourite, - - considered that John Higgins is | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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the odds-on favourite, he is not looking like that so far. 53 points | :25:17. | :25:23. | |
in front. 43 left on the table equator to three snookers. If John | :25:23. | :25:26. | |
Higgins does not get them, it is two each at the mid-session | :25:26. | :25:36. | |
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It is not very often that John Higgins plays a poor tactical shot | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
:25:50. | :25:59. | ||
He is snookered. The on reflection of the first four frames, two each | :25:59. | :26:05. | |
is a fair result. Graeme Dott will be happier now as he goes for his | :26:05. | :26:09. | |
be happier now as he goes for his mid-session coupled to. We can | :26:09. | :26:13. | |
fast-forward through that. It is Graeme Dott at the table with some | :26:13. | :26:23. | |
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catching up to do. He's 29 points Only an inch from being absolutely | :26:38. | :26:43. | |
perfect. If it rolled another inch, John Higgins would have been | :26:43. | :26:53. | |
:26:53. | :27:03. | ||
That is the difference in this game. Fractions! Don't get me wrong, it | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
was a tremendous pot and a brave one to take on because he must have | :27:06. | :27:13. | |
known he was running into the black, and it was not a shot for nothing. | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
He decided he would pot his way out of trouble. He had an easy safety | :27:19. | :27:24. | |
shot. He could have left the cue ball near this top left-hand pocket. | :27:24. | :27:32. | |
A very positive choice and very well played. It looks like he's | :27:32. | :27:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :27:43. | :28:45. | |
That puts John 49 points in front. This frame is gone now. Just 51 | :28:45. | :28:55. | |
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John Higgins deserve to win the frame with that long red. Very | :28:59. | :29:09. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds | :29:09. | :30:39. | |
An exhibition shot there. Trying to get the pink in the right corner, | :30:39. | :30:49. | |
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He got it in the end, and that was the highest break in the match so | :30:54. | :30:57. | |
far. It takes John Higgins into a far. It takes John Higgins into a | :30:57. | :31:05. | |
3-2 lead. Higgins took the next to open up a two frame advantage for | :31:05. | :31:09. | |
the first time in this match. He appears to be on a roll now, at the | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
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A little worrying for his supporters. You don't want to be | :31:26. | :31:32. | |
doing that against anybody, but John Higgins will be getting the | :31:32. | :31:40. | |
engine started. John Higgins is on the red there Graeme Dott played | :31:41. | :31:46. | |
for in his last visit, but he just could not get on it. Off a similar | :31:46. | :31:55. | |
green. But when you pot that red, you can play on the black. Looking | :31:55. | :32:01. | |
at John's body language, he just dropped his arm there, so he's not | :32:01. | :32:11. | |
:32:11. | :32:13. | ||
He feels as though he can get past the black to pot this red when it | :32:13. | :32:18. | |
is re- spotted. I don't know what he was concerned about. I don't | :32:18. | :32:28. | |
:32:28. | :33:03. | ||
Tremendous break-builder but also a Graeme Dott is in trouble here. I | :33:03. | :33:07. | |
think I agree with you about what you said before. If he was to drop | :33:07. | :33:17. | |
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too far behind, it is hard to see a He has not quite played that | :33:21. | :33:26. | |
perfect. He is on this red to the left corner, but he cannot do much | :33:26. | :33:31. | |
with the cue ball. He is looking at an alternative, which is a plant. | :33:31. | :33:36. | |
That would be a bonus. Graeme Dott is going to think everything is | :33:36. | :33:42. | |
against him. I'm not even sure that he knew it was third. You would not | :33:42. | :33:52. | |
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even look for it. The red in the Not the best positional shot once | :34:25. | :34:32. | |
again from John Higgins. He is on the green, but the cue ball is | :34:32. | :34:42. | |
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having to travel a bit further than Just having the cue ball cleaned. | :34:48. | :34:53. | |
The way these balls are positioned, these are absolutely lovely. No | :34:53. | :34:57. | |
reason why he should not take this frame from here. He has a 20 point | :34:57. | :35:07. | |
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lead. No great work to do with the Stun up and the three reds together | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
:35:22. | :35:41. | ||
Lined up in the practice position. If he wins this frame, just one | :35:41. | :35:50. | |
frame away from a place in the semifinal. As we have said before, | :35:50. | :35:54. | |
he is not the kind of player who is going to shy away from the winning | :35:54. | :36:04. | |
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36 points is be, with 59 remaining. -- is the lead. Red, colour, red | :36:11. | :36:21. | |
:36:21. | :36:40. | ||
Maybe this red passes the pink to the middle. Obviously does, just. | :36:40. | :36:49. | |
In it goes. Graeme Dott now knows that he has to play four frames of | :36:49. | :36:56. | |
flawless snooker. He's going to have to be flawless but will also | :36:57. | :37:06. | |
need a bit of help. You'll need John Higgins to miss a few balls, | :37:06. | :37:11. | |
otherwise it is asking a lot to play those four frames completely | :37:11. | :37:16. | |
flawless. Sometimes you can do it but mostly if you're going to come | :37:16. | :37:19. | |
from behind, you are going to need a bit of help from your opponent. | :37:19. | :37:23. | |
You need to play flawless, a bit of luck, added bit of help from your | :37:23. | :37:33. | |
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friends! They are friends of the table, but not when it comes to | :37:36. | :37:46. | |
:37:46. | :37:49. | ||
When you look at this match, you look at the breaks but John Higgins | :37:49. | :37:57. | |
has made, breaks over 50, 60 in frame one, 52 in frame three, 75 in | :37:57. | :38:07. | |
frame five, 64 in the last frame... 82 in this one, and counting. He is | :38:07. | :38:10. | |
scoring when he gets the opportunity is, of which is | :38:10. | :38:16. | |
something that Graeme Dott has been unable to do. If he can win | :38:16. | :38:22. | |
frames... Look at the pot success. 97%. But 90% from Graeme Dott is | :38:22. | :38:32. | |
:38:32. | :38:47. | ||
not poor. 90% would win you quite a That is the 12th century in this | :38:47. | :38:56. | |
year's Masters. John Higgins is going to make it very, very | :38:56. | :39:00. | |
difficult for Graeme Dott as he goes within one frame of a place in | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
goes within one frame of a place in the semifinal. He leads 5-2. The | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
12th century of the Masters, but the first four John Higgins at | :39:09. | :39:13. | |
Alexandra Palace. All of that means he has put his fellow Scot, Graeme | :39:13. | :39:17. | |
Dott, in real trouble in this quarterfinal. In frame eight, it is | :39:17. | :39:27. | |
:39:27. | :39:36. | ||
That is probably, in a nutshell, or what Graeme Dott's problem has been | :39:36. | :39:46. | |
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tonight. You can usually put that That is the last place you want to | :40:02. | :40:11. | |
be. It is amazing how many times that happens - you play position | :40:11. | :40:21. | |
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It is a good recovery. It is a big ask to win the frame at this visit, | :40:27. | :40:35. | |
particularly where the yellow is. That is going to be some shot - | :40:35. | :40:45. | |
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yellow to green. Has he snookered himself? No. He is all right. He is | :40:47. | :40:57. | |
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looking at the score board. He will It is going to be a tough yellow, | :41:02. | :41:07. | |
and he needs good position on the green. He is not perfect on this | :41:07. | :41:10. | |
green. If he's going to get on the yellow, he's going to have to play | :41:10. | :41:19. | |
it with a tremendous amount of side. These are tricky on these tables. | :41:19. | :41:24. | |
It looks like he's going to screw all around the table here. That was | :41:24. | :41:34. | |
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This frame is not over just yet. John Higgins is two points in front, | :41:36. | :41:46. | |
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You normally think, Graeme Dott would ask the referee to replace | :41:56. | :42:02. | |
the balls, but there was certainly an edge to the yellow. Can he play | :42:02. | :42:12. | |
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a better safety shot than John He thought about it long and hard. | :42:34. | :42:39. | |
If I was playing it, it would not have played it like that. I would | :42:39. | :42:46. | |
have bounced the yellow up the table. It should have been a check | :42:46. | :42:56. | |
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side and yellow down the table. That was a long way away, | :42:56. | :42:58. | |
considering that that was an opportunity to win frame and match. | :42:59. | :43:08. | |
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It is a problem as well. He will have to go bowl cushion here. Side | :43:24. | :43:32. | |
cushion, bottom cushion and from behind. The thing is, there is a | :43:32. | :43:37. | |
bit of room around it. I think you're probably looking at three | :43:37. | :43:47. | |
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cushions, but he could easily miss A miss called. Here is Graeme | :43:55. | :44:05. | |
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Dott's opportunity to win the frame Just slightly the wrong angle with | :44:11. | :44:19. | |
the yellow, and now he has to find a cut on the green. If he can hold | :44:19. | :44:29. | |
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for the brown, he might have to put He put a trace of check side, but | :44:36. | :44:46. | |
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not a lot. Just brown and blue I bet you that he cannot believe he | :44:56. | :44:59. | |
is still in this match after he played the yellow and chipped it | :44:59. | :45:03. | |
towards the corner. I bet he thought it was all over. This looks | :45:03. | :45:13. | |
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He could cut it into the middle. It is a thin one. All the pocket is | :45:21. | :45:25. | |
not available for this blue, this left corner. The pink is covering | :45:25. | :45:31. | |
at least a quarter of it. He is looking at the cut. He has changed | :45:32. | :45:41. | |
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his mind. No point in taking a Well, the crowd really enjoyed that. | :45:48. | :45:58. | |
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In goes the pink. So Graeme Dott, his hopes are still alive. I don't | :46:01. | :46:05. | |
know how John Higgins missed the yellow, but Graeme Dott is still in | :46:05. | :46:10. | |
yellow, but Graeme Dott is still in it. But he still trails 5-3. You | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
always knew that Graeme Dott would never capitulate. It is just not in | :46:14. | :46:18. | |
his nature, but has he given himself too much to do in this | :46:18. | :46:28. | |
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If he pots this, the black is That is the best positional shot he | :47:05. | :47:15. | |
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What a good recovery that was. just wondering whether he will play | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
the shot where he could pot this red, cannon into the reds and screw | :47:33. | :47:39. | |
up the pack here, and tried to develop a couple of reds. He | :47:39. | :47:49. | |
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There is a choice of the pink if he wants it. He's going to have to | :47:51. | :48:00. | |
move the reds. Certainly the pack behind the pink, it is still fairly | :48:00. | :48:10. | |
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The referee is just asking John to give him a second. He's trying to | :48:22. | :48:32. | |
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He can just about get through to That little nudge of the second red | :48:45. | :48:53. | |
left him nicely on the black. has a chance to leave that shot we | :48:53. | :48:56. | |
mentioned earlier where he can leave it a little low on the red | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
and pot it and move some reds that if you choose to, or you can play | :49:00. | :49:10. | |
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the run through and flick off the He could play a screw back and all | :49:21. | :49:26. | |
the reds could open up. Well played. He played it with a trace of left- | :49:26. | :49:32. | |
hand side just to check it slightly to stay on the black. He has played | :49:32. | :49:39. | |
that inch-perfect. Just watch the cue ball. Left-hand side. Just | :49:39. | :49:47. | |
checked it and back towards the black. As we say, John, if you have | :49:47. | :49:52. | |
got a nice angle on the ball, you can do anything. It is when you | :49:52. | :50:01. | |
keep running out of position... I think that has been the main | :50:02. | :50:10. | |
difference. Cue ball control. When John has made a break, it has been | :50:10. | :50:15. | |
far better than Graeme Dott this evening. It is just the way it is | :50:15. | :50:18. | |
on certain nights. Graeme Dott can certainly make big breaks, we know | :50:18. | :50:23. | |
that, but he has not quite been at his best this evening where the cue | :50:23. | :50:33. | |
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John is going to keep this break as A recent to play a little cannon | :51:01. | :51:07. | |
into the pink and the two reds here. If he plays that, he was bound to | :51:07. | :51:16. | |
be it on the left middle. But, anyway, no problem, he has played | :51:16. | :51:23. | |
it well enough. We said at the start of this match but Graeme Dott | :51:23. | :51:27. | |
was going to be through to the quarterfinal, and he is going to | :51:27. | :51:37. | |
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have to try again next year. This Masters tournament, the top 16 | :51:40. | :51:44. | |
players in the world. In the last few seasons, we have had a few wild | :51:44. | :51:54. | |
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Another example of why John Higgins is the great champion he is. They | :52:07. | :52:13. | |
know how to close matches out. The opportunity presented itself. Does | :52:13. | :52:18. | |
he ever looked like missing? I don't think so. That put in 72 | :52:18. | :52:24. | |
points ahead now with just 67 remaining and an easy red coming up | :52:24. | :52:29. | |
which, in my mind, would mean they Graeme Dott will not come back to | :52:29. | :52:39. | |
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the table in this year's BBC We said earlier this evening that | :52:46. | :52:54. | |
all we need is some heavy scoring and John Higgins has applied that. | :52:54. | :53:04. | |
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-- supplied that. He has certainly turned it on. He is going to take | :53:04. | :53:14. | |
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He just misjudged the kiss. 3 blues, two pink's... We could have a | :53:27. | :53:37. | |
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second century of the evening. Dougie pocket get bigger?! That is | :53:38. | :53:43. | |
a pity. But John Higgins will not be concerned about that. He shakes | :53:43. | :53:47. | |
his hand. Graeme Dott will be disappointed. He had a chance early | :53:47. | :53:52. | |
on in the match but could not score heavily enough. The world champion | :53:52. | :53:57. | |
goes through to the semifinal. He was a comfortable winner in the end, | :53:57. | :54:03. | |
was a comfortable winner in the end, 6-3. Luckily for me, Graeme Dott | :54:03. | :54:08. | |
missed a couple and I managed to getting through some decent breaks. | :54:08. | :54:18. | |
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When I went 5-2 in front, ahead a few chances and I was a bit anxious, | :54:18. | :54:24. | |
but went Graeme Dott went 5-3, I thought, oh no. But I managed to | :54:24. | :54:28. | |
get a good break in the last frame which was really good. I am really | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
happy to get to the semis here, the venue is great, and I just look | :54:34. | :54:41. | |
forward to it. It should be a good crowd on Saturday night. John now | :54:41. | :54:46. | |
faces either Mark Selby or Shaun Murphy. Selby was in the auditorium | :54:46. | :54:49. | |
tonight checking out the potential opposition, but he knows he has to | :54:49. | :54:55. | |
get past Murphy tomorrow evening in the quarterfinal. We are back on | :54:55. | :55:01. | |
the air at 12:30pm with a cracking quarterfinal in prospect between | :55:01. | :55:07. |