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Hello. John Higgins love winning the Masters title twice in his

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career but he sure hated playing at Wembley, the venue do we were last

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in for this Masters tournament. The move to Alexandra Palace has been

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very much to his liking, and so far has been his form. His quarterfinal

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against Scottish world champion Graeme Dott is worth watching. And

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it is laid, but you have to stay up to see the best bits from our first

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quarterfinal between Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan this afternoon.

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It was the new UK champion, Judd Trump, who scraped into a 3-0 lead,

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and the youngster was on a roll in The first chance to Judd Trump in

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Ronnie might be sitting there for a while. This young man is full of

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Looking at natural ability and talent, that is what you are

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watching. Years of practice, but this young left-hander was born to

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play snooker. He overscrews the positional side of the shot. That

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is the red he should have been on. This is much more difficult, and he

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is going to have to try to use the reds to get position. He is a bit

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unlucky to cover the black. The pink goes but he will have to go in

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and out of polka to go back onto a I have the feeling that Ronnie is

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watching someone due to you what you have done to so many other

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players, and you're trying to think The fact that he practises with

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Ronnie as well... It certainly helps the situation. A bit like

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your situation when you used to play with John Higgins all the time.

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You helped them tremendously in the big occasion. You have to do it

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when you're out there in the bear- This just looks like a practice

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session for Judd. He does not look like he is under any pressure

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whatsoever. To be fair, he is not being put under any pressure at the

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moment. Every chance now it is going to be 4-0, but it could have

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been two each. Ronnie missed the black off the spot and could not

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get the reds open when he had that 49 break. It looks like it all a 4-

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0, but it could have been 2-2. This young man is fantastic to watch. We

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head Graeme Dott say that he does not watched that much snooker, but

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he wants to watch this one here. -- A couple more pots and we will be

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offered to the mid-session interval. It is like a stroll in the park at

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the moment for Judd Trump. We are all having a stroll in the park

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this week, down through Alexandra Palace Park. This magnificent venue

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that is hosting the Masters this year. The crowds have been

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There will be a few shocks spectators. They have would not

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have expected this, 4-0 to Judd This young player has had 143

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centuries in his career. He has only been a pro for six years. 33

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

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already this year. He is a potting 140 would take a bit of beating, I

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would think. But this is power snooker. What is going through

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Ronnie's mind? He has a lot of respect and admiration for Judd

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Trump. This is the sort of thing he Absolutely incredible from Judd

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Trump. He has made the highest break in this year's Masters, and

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he is in line for that �15,000 prize, but more important for him,

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prize, but more important for him, he leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0.

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One hit back after the interval to go 4-1 behind. Judd took the next

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and went 5-1 in front and within one frame of the semifinal, but

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facing the exit door, this is O'Sullivan in frame seven. What

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about this? A one-for-one. Tournament best was missed by a

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point. Great effort from Ronnie. 141. Only one frame and he still

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cannot afford to make a single mistake going forward. In frame

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Is careless. Catch the blue. Whatever you do, don't catch that

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A great first red. You would think there are at least 30 points

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We said that Judd was looking for one chance to close this match. It

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is a chance. He is a long way For these open reds, all the time

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he would be looking for opportunities to take the reds on

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the left-hand side cushion off. If this pink goes on the blue spot, he

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may choose to take the red off the Been a left-hander, one of the reds

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but is safe on the side cushion, it is not too badly placed for Judd,

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but if he can drop in behind it, it is the other one near the middle

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pocket that is the bigger problem. He is looking at the angle, and

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screwing back, take the red closest to the middle pocket off the

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cushion. One problem with fact is that if the white sticks on the

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side cushion, it is going to be a tough pot on the colour. I think

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the shot is to follow through for Well, maybe he should have taking

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your advice! We will find that shortly. That is the shot he plays

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so well. He hardly hits that, and the action he get on the cue ball,

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it is just effortless. When you are looking right down the cue, stop

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and then spin back. Now he can take that red off, the more difficult

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one if he drops the black in. It is a more natural angle to flick the

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The one he has moved does not pass the green. If this shot at the

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cushion goes in, it could put Judd It is there. There were a couple of

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reds safe. Ronnie thought they might have been a bit of insurance.

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But when you have got this young man's talent, and even the blue for

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a left-hander is not difficult... Showing a lot of character here.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan starts this with a break of 54. I like the way he is

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taking this break. Great killer instinct. Two safe reds is half a

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chance to start with. He has taken He has been outplayed today. A

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great effort. There were a couple of frames that he could have won.

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He was 4-zero down at the mid interval, but you cannot take

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anything away from this sensational player from Bristol. He was based

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in Romford and practices with Ronnie O'Sullivan. It looks like it

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is the end of this year's Masters for Ronnie O'Sullivan. It was a

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spirited fightback. A magnificent break of 141. But in the end, it is

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Judd Trump who has been the more consistent player. Congratulated by

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Ronnie O'Sullivan. It has been a fabulous display of snooker by this

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young man, the rising star of snooker. He gets himself into the

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semifinal of this year's Masters, semifinal of this year's Masters,

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beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2. was always important to put him

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under pressure. But at 4-0, it was still not over and he battled away.

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Well done to Judd. He played a fantastic match and scored heavily.

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He made some good appearances under pressure. -- clearances under

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pressure. You know what he is capable of and I have seen him 100

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times in the past blow people away from behind. So I had to be careful

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and not do anything stupid. All you can do is your best as the match is

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going on. That's all I could do. I could not give any more out there.

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I gave it 100 %, and that's all you can do. The result was the result.

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He played better on the day. When I go one or two frames ahead, I have

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that confidence to keep knocking the balls in and keeps scoring over

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and over again. Today, I did that in the first four frames. And in

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the second session, I hardly missed a ball. I think that is part of the

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confidence. Ronnie went down fighting but there was no question

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third Judd Trump's confidence is at an all-time high. It is Neil

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Robertson or Mark Williams he will meet him in the semifinal. The now

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to our next quarterfinal. This was a match shortly before of clever

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play, especially but two world champions.

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I have never settled. I felt worse I have never really done that well

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in the UK and the Masters. I don't know if it is horses for courses

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but whenever seem to play well here. I hope that changes. -- I never

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seemed to play well here. I hope that changes. I would love to do

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well at this tournament. Hopefully I can put it right at a new venue.

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It is probably the best start of the season. He has been very

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consistent. He is playing good stuff. It is going to be a very

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tough match. He is a class act. On Higgins going for his eight Masters

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semifinal. When we left this match on BBC Two earlier, it was Higgins

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who went on to win frame three. He now has a 2-1 lead. With John

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Parrott and John Virgo as you commentators, the reigning world

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champion has some work to do in A couple of reds he can play for.

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The one near the right corner. He just has to avoid a kiss on the

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green. He was able to do that. can go into the pack. The bottom

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one may go, so he might not do it just yet. But that is the way to

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break the pack open from behind. The way those reds are formed at

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the moment. But he can stun out and come from -- for the loose one. He

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is not taking the cue ball high enough. He could play a cannon now

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He was a bit low on it, as you say, and he was trying to screw off them.

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It would not be too bad but he kissed the red on the right-hand

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side. He has a bit to do with the cue ball. There are a lot of these

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tough pots which you think car a good shot but when you try to do a

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bit with the cue ball, it makes the pot that more difficult. He did not

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really get in the jaws. This is another opportunity for Graeme Dott

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to go into the mid-session interval He took a bit of a risk there. This

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is another example, John. It is an awkward red but if he does not have

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to do much with the cue ball, it is OK. Does the pink pot in the

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middle? It looks very tight. Ordinarily, he would look to be

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dropping this red in and play for the pink, but I'm not so sure that

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is on. He may have to leave himself That is a good shot because he is

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Just running into reds and trusting them a bit. To be honest, he has

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not had much luck. Where is the cue He is in a good position now.

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will not need that red that is on After what has happened in these

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first four frames, two each would 43 points is the lead. He will be

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well past the winning line. Quick This pink will put him 50 points in

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front with 51 remaining. As I say, if he pots a colour, John Higgins

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will not bother coming back to the This has been an interesting

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opening session. A little bit of When you consider it dead John

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Higgins is the odds-on favourite, - - considered that John Higgins is

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the odds-on favourite, he is not looking like that so far. 53 points

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in front. 43 left on the table equator to three snookers. If John

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Higgins does not get them, it is two each at the mid-session

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It is not very often that John Higgins plays a poor tactical shot

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He is snookered. The on reflection of the first four frames, two each

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is a fair result. Graeme Dott will be happier now as he goes for his

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be happier now as he goes for his mid-session coupled to. We can

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fast-forward through that. It is Graeme Dott at the table with some

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catching up to do. He's 29 points Only an inch from being absolutely

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perfect. If it rolled another inch, John Higgins would have been

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That is the difference in this game. Fractions! Don't get me wrong, it

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was a tremendous pot and a brave one to take on because he must have

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known he was running into the black, and it was not a shot for nothing.

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He decided he would pot his way out of trouble. He had an easy safety

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shot. He could have left the cue ball near this top left-hand pocket.

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A very positive choice and very well played. It looks like he's

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

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That puts John 49 points in front. This frame is gone now. Just 51

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John Higgins deserve to win the frame with that long red. Very

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

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An exhibition shot there. Trying to get the pink in the right corner,

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He got it in the end, and that was the highest break in the match so

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far. It takes John Higgins into a far. It takes John Higgins into a

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3-2 lead. Higgins took the next to open up a two frame advantage for

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the first time in this match. He appears to be on a roll now, at the

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A little worrying for his supporters. You don't want to be

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doing that against anybody, but John Higgins will be getting the

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engine started. John Higgins is on the red there Graeme Dott played

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for in his last visit, but he just could not get on it. Off a similar

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green. But when you pot that red, you can play on the black. Looking

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at John's body language, he just dropped his arm there, so he's not

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He feels as though he can get past the black to pot this red when it

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is re- spotted. I don't know what he was concerned about. I don't

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Tremendous break-builder but also a Graeme Dott is in trouble here. I

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think I agree with you about what you said before. If he was to drop

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too far behind, it is hard to see a He has not quite played that

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perfect. He is on this red to the left corner, but he cannot do much

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with the cue ball. He is looking at an alternative, which is a plant.

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That would be a bonus. Graeme Dott is going to think everything is

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against him. I'm not even sure that he knew it was third. You would not

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even look for it. The red in the Not the best positional shot once

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again from John Higgins. He is on the green, but the cue ball is

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having to travel a bit further than Just having the cue ball cleaned.

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The way these balls are positioned, these are absolutely lovely. No

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reason why he should not take this frame from here. He has a 20 point

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lead. No great work to do with the Stun up and the three reds together

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Lined up in the practice position. If he wins this frame, just one

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frame away from a place in the semifinal. As we have said before,

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he is not the kind of player who is going to shy away from the winning

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36 points is be, with 59 remaining. -- is the lead. Red, colour, red

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Maybe this red passes the pink to the middle. Obviously does, just.

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In it goes. Graeme Dott now knows that he has to play four frames of

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flawless snooker. He's going to have to be flawless but will also

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need a bit of help. You'll need John Higgins to miss a few balls,

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otherwise it is asking a lot to play those four frames completely

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flawless. Sometimes you can do it but mostly if you're going to come

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from behind, you are going to need a bit of help from your opponent.

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You need to play flawless, a bit of luck, added bit of help from your

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friends! They are friends of the table, but not when it comes to

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When you look at this match, you look at the breaks but John Higgins

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has made, breaks over 50, 60 in frame one, 52 in frame three, 75 in

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frame five, 64 in the last frame... 82 in this one, and counting. He is

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scoring when he gets the opportunity is, of which is

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something that Graeme Dott has been unable to do. If he can win

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frames... Look at the pot success. 97%. But 90% from Graeme Dott is

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not poor. 90% would win you quite a That is the 12th century in this

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year's Masters. John Higgins is going to make it very, very

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difficult for Graeme Dott as he goes within one frame of a place in

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goes within one frame of a place in the semifinal. He leads 5-2. The

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12th century of the Masters, but the first four John Higgins at

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Alexandra Palace. All of that means he has put his fellow Scot, Graeme

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Dott, in real trouble in this quarterfinal. In frame eight, it is

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That is probably, in a nutshell, or what Graeme Dott's problem has been

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tonight. You can usually put that That is the last place you want to

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be. It is amazing how many times that happens - you play position

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It is a good recovery. It is a big ask to win the frame at this visit,

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particularly where the yellow is. That is going to be some shot -

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yellow to green. Has he snookered himself? No. He is all right. He is

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looking at the score board. He will It is going to be a tough yellow,

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and he needs good position on the green. He is not perfect on this

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green. If he's going to get on the yellow, he's going to have to play

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it with a tremendous amount of side. These are tricky on these tables.

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It looks like he's going to screw all around the table here. That was

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This frame is not over just yet. John Higgins is two points in front,

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You normally think, Graeme Dott would ask the referee to replace

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the balls, but there was certainly an edge to the yellow. Can he play

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a better safety shot than John He thought about it long and hard.

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If I was playing it, it would not have played it like that. I would

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have bounced the yellow up the table. It should have been a check

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side and yellow down the table. That was a long way away,

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considering that that was an opportunity to win frame and match.

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It is a problem as well. He will have to go bowl cushion here. Side

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cushion, bottom cushion and from behind. The thing is, there is a

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bit of room around it. I think you're probably looking at three

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cushions, but he could easily miss A miss called. Here is Graeme

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Dott's opportunity to win the frame Just slightly the wrong angle with

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the yellow, and now he has to find a cut on the green. If he can hold

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for the brown, he might have to put He put a trace of check side, but

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not a lot. Just brown and blue I bet you that he cannot believe he

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is still in this match after he played the yellow and chipped it

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towards the corner. I bet he thought it was all over. This looks

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He could cut it into the middle. It is a thin one. All the pocket is

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not available for this blue, this left corner. The pink is covering

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at least a quarter of it. He is looking at the cut. He has changed

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his mind. No point in taking a Well, the crowd really enjoyed that.

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In goes the pink. So Graeme Dott, his hopes are still alive. I don't

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know how John Higgins missed the yellow, but Graeme Dott is still in

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yellow, but Graeme Dott is still in it. But he still trails 5-3. You

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always knew that Graeme Dott would never capitulate. It is just not in

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his nature, but has he given himself too much to do in this

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If he pots this, the black is That is the best positional shot he

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What a good recovery that was. just wondering whether he will play

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the shot where he could pot this red, cannon into the reds and screw

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up the pack here, and tried to develop a couple of reds. He

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There is a choice of the pink if he wants it. He's going to have to

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move the reds. Certainly the pack behind the pink, it is still fairly

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The referee is just asking John to give him a second. He's trying to

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He can just about get through to That little nudge of the second red

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left him nicely on the black. has a chance to leave that shot we

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mentioned earlier where he can leave it a little low on the red

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and pot it and move some reds that if you choose to, or you can play

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the run through and flick off the He could play a screw back and all

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the reds could open up. Well played. He played it with a trace of left-

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hand side just to check it slightly to stay on the black. He has played

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that inch-perfect. Just watch the cue ball. Left-hand side. Just

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checked it and back towards the black. As we say, John, if you have

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got a nice angle on the ball, you can do anything. It is when you

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keep running out of position... I think that has been the main

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difference. Cue ball control. When John has made a break, it has been

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far better than Graeme Dott this evening. It is just the way it is

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on certain nights. Graeme Dott can certainly make big breaks, we know

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that, but he has not quite been at his best this evening where the cue

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John is going to keep this break as A recent to play a little cannon

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into the pink and the two reds here. If he plays that, he was bound to

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be it on the left middle. But, anyway, no problem, he has played

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it well enough. We said at the start of this match but Graeme Dott

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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

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players in the world. In the last few seasons, we have had a few wild

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Another example of why John Higgins is the great champion he is. They

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know how to close matches out. The opportunity presented itself. Does

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he ever looked like missing? I don't think so. That put in 72

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points ahead now with just 67 remaining and an easy red coming up

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which, in my mind, would mean they Graeme Dott will not come back to

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the table in this year's BBC We said earlier this evening that

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all we need is some heavy scoring and John Higgins has applied that.

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-- supplied that. He has certainly turned it on. He is going to take

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He just misjudged the kiss. 3 blues, two pink's... We could have a

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second century of the evening. Dougie pocket get bigger?! That is

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a pity. But John Higgins will not be concerned about that. He shakes

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his hand. Graeme Dott will be disappointed. He had a chance early

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on in the match but could not score heavily enough. The world champion

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goes through to the semifinal. He was a comfortable winner in the end,

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was a comfortable winner in the end, 6-3. Luckily for me, Graeme Dott

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missed a couple and I managed to getting through some decent breaks.

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When I went 5-2 in front, ahead a few chances and I was a bit anxious,

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but went Graeme Dott went 5-3, I thought, oh no. But I managed to

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get a good break in the last frame which was really good. I am really

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happy to get to the semis here, the venue is great, and I just look

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forward to it. It should be a good crowd on Saturday night. John now

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faces either Mark Selby or Shaun Murphy. Selby was in the auditorium

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tonight checking out the potential opposition, but he knows he has to

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get past Murphy tomorrow evening in the quarterfinal. We are back on

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the air at 12:30pm with a cracking quarterfinal in prospect between

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