:00:31. > :00:36.Good evening, yes, he's only gone and done it again. Ronnie O'Sullivan
:00:37. > :00:44.has been in world record-breaking form on this quarter-finals day at
:00:45. > :00:49.the Masters at Alexandra Palace. He turned in an absolutely mesmerising
:00:50. > :00:54.performance against the unfortunate Ricky Walden who was left dazed and
:00:55. > :00:59.a little awe struck. Well, Ronnie was virtually unplayable from the
:01:00. > :01:05.start. Walden made a contribution of 35 in the first frame, but hasn't
:01:06. > :01:08.potted anything since. Ronnie is 3-0 when we join them. So far, he hasn't
:01:09. > :01:25.missed a single ball. COMMENTATOR: Oh! He couldn't pot
:01:26. > :01:28.that. He swerved that. That's an amazing shot.
:01:29. > :01:51.Boy, is he playing well. He did put his hand up to say, sorry about that
:01:52. > :01:55.one. He won't be sorry if he follows it with 80.
:01:56. > :02:03.No matter how good you are, you can't pull a shot like that off. He
:02:04. > :02:04.pulled it off. He held his hand up to acknowledge it was a bit of good
:02:05. > :02:19.luck. Already, four reds available for
:02:20. > :03:43.Ronnie after this. Before he has to move the pack.
:03:44. > :04:07.Not the best of a bunch to go into. He will probably stun it rather than
:04:08. > :04:10.screw it. Well, he did screw it this time. I don't think he's on a red.
:04:11. > :04:26.He usually plays that shot so well. Does the red go past the other into
:04:27. > :04:40.the middle, surely not? can he make the potting angle on the
:04:41. > :04:56.pink? Phenomenonal. There really is no
:04:57. > :05:08.other word. Not only to pot the red, but to
:05:09. > :05:14.leave the pink. It was so tight to get on the pink. Ricky, he just
:05:15. > :05:16.can't believe what is going on here. He can believe it, he's watching it,
:05:17. > :05:37.but... You are watching the best player who
:05:38. > :05:51.ever lived, playing at his best. And, it's a treat.
:05:52. > :05:58.Bit of a distraction there, he spotted something on the cue ball.
:05:59. > :06:05.Maybe where he's just gone to strike it. Paul Collier has to be on his
:06:06. > :06:10.toes today, the way Ronnie is playing.
:06:11. > :06:16.It's an art refereeing when you've got someone as quick as Ronnie.
:06:17. > :06:19.Paul, one of the game's top referees. You have to get out of the
:06:20. > :06:41.way as well. Just flick that out there, trying to
:06:42. > :06:46.get on the pink, but the black will do.
:06:47. > :06:53.He's already the tournament favourite, but if he plays like
:06:54. > :06:59.this, who is going to beat him? It really is that good. The only one
:07:00. > :07:10.that can beat Ronnie O'Sullivan this week is Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:07:11. > :07:16.Sometimes his game isn't as good as it can be. When he's like this, it's
:07:17. > :07:25.really something, very, very special.
:07:26. > :07:30.Already 93, this has been just wonderful.
:07:31. > :07:41.He has made 28 centuries this season so far.
:07:42. > :07:50.That is Ronnie O'Sullivan's, believe it or not, 724th century break.
:07:51. > :07:56.APPLAUSE He is 30 centuries behind the great
:07:57. > :08:13.Stephen Hendry's record. This is great value-for-money. This
:08:14. > :08:37.is very special. COMMENTATOR: That was the 14th
:08:38. > :08:43.century we had in this year's Masters. A little exhibition shot to
:08:44. > :08:54.finish it all off. This looks perfect. Absolutely perfect.
:08:55. > :09:00.APPLAUSE. Well, you have just witnessed an
:09:01. > :09:07.unbelievable session of snooker. The crowd errupts here at Alexandra
:09:08. > :09:13.Palace. Ronnie O'Sullivan with four frame-winning breaks he leads 4-0.
:09:14. > :09:20.So it went on. Apart from that knock of 35, Ricky didn't pocket a single
:09:21. > :09:27.ball. O'Sullivan running away with it 6-0 in 58 minutes. 566 points
:09:28. > :09:36.without reply. That was about as good as it gets. Extraordinary stuff
:09:37. > :09:41.from O'Sullivan. Well done to Ricky Walden, he has had a good season.
:09:42. > :09:49.Won a couple of ranking events, top 16, semis of the World, I'm pleased
:09:50. > :09:53.to get through. I'm happy. Want to have a game of snooker and put a
:09:54. > :09:57.shift in yourself. I wasn't able to do that. Scored 35 in the first
:09:58. > :10:02.frame and didn't see a ball for the rest of the match, pretty
:10:03. > :10:06.impressive. I didn't realise he hadn't potted a ball. I was
:10:07. > :10:10.concentrated on each ball and each frame and stay in that groove and
:10:11. > :10:15.concentration and stay with every moment, and every frame, be as
:10:16. > :10:21.professional as I can. That is the first time I ever felt absolutely
:10:22. > :10:25.helpless on a snooker table, it was unbelievable. Took a real good
:10:26. > :10:31.beating there. He was last seen heading for the nearest pub. Who
:10:32. > :10:36.have the honour of facing O'Sullivan, would it be the world
:10:37. > :10:41.number one, Neil Robertson or number five from Glasgow, Stephen Maguire?
:10:42. > :10:45.What we are going to find out in this evening's quarter-final. If you
:10:46. > :10:51.were watching earlier on you would have seen a winning frame won in 486
:10:52. > :10:56.minutes by the Scott. The UK Champion pressed hard winning the
:10:57. > :11:01.next two for a 3-0 lead. Robertson claimed the next two, including the
:11:02. > :11:18.stop top break of the match so far, 74. Maguire to break.
:11:19. > :11:27.COMMENTATOR: Stephen Maguire, 3-0 in front in this match. In the best of
:11:28. > :11:30.nine match, 3-0 in front, you have broken the back of the match to some
:11:31. > :11:51.degree, not in the best of 11. Many players miss to the right hand
:11:52. > :11:55.side of the table this week. Yeah, Miss Call. It won't be taken. A
:11:56. > :11:59.chance of a red now to the left corner.
:12:00. > :12:08.Although he was 3-0 in front, without really play his absolute
:12:09. > :12:10.best, now that Neil Robertson has stepped up a gear, he has to do the
:12:11. > :12:31.same. APPLAUSE.
:12:32. > :12:38.Lovely opening red. Nice control of the cue ball.
:12:39. > :12:56.The bottom red will go to the right corner. In potting this, he will
:12:57. > :13:21.bring other reds into play. APPLAUSE.
:13:22. > :13:24.Bit unfortunate to see the pink go up with the blue there.
:13:25. > :13:35.That limited his options, to some degree.
:13:36. > :13:47.We will see that problem almost immediately. Normally, you would
:13:48. > :13:51.play this to the left middle and just run up for the blue. The blue
:13:52. > :13:54.not available. If he plays it to the left middle he will have to play for
:13:55. > :14:03.a colour. Perhaps he could pot the brown and
:14:04. > :14:12.smash into the black. Doesn't have to smash into the pack
:14:13. > :14:30.of course. Running out of reds. Nicely struck. Hitting the ball
:14:31. > :14:34.crisply. Although he didn't feel it, it sounded good. Felt like he didn't
:14:35. > :14:42.get as much screw back as he intended.
:14:43. > :14:58.He has played that nicely. He can go into the reds now. He would like to
:14:59. > :15:01.hit the one that is immediately above the black.
:15:02. > :15:14.If he can do that, then there are a couple of reds being available.
:15:15. > :15:20.He didn't hit the red I suggested, but he's got the black in. He has
:15:21. > :15:24.opened them up now. He just needs a red to continue.
:15:25. > :15:38.It could be a decent chance this, but he needs one good pot.
:15:39. > :15:48.Top red goes, all the three baulk colours are available. Harder than
:15:49. > :15:51.it looks this shot though. Doesn't look that difficult on the TV
:15:52. > :15:57.screens. Very missable, considering he has to keep control of the cue
:15:58. > :16:01.ball. I'm wondering if there is a value of playing plain-ball and
:16:02. > :16:03.running into the blue or pink here? It's hard to say exactly what the
:16:04. > :16:21.angle is. playing it low, so stunning it in.
:16:22. > :16:29.He has played it nicely. Has it held the side of the baulk line?
:16:30. > :16:39.He just couldn't bring himself to play it softer. With the tension
:16:40. > :16:44.involved in the shot, he had to give it a bit more to overcome the sort
:16:45. > :16:49.of nerves as much as hitting it positively.
:16:50. > :17:12.You cannot cue much better than that. Look at the cue, a little bit
:17:13. > :17:14.of movement with the arm but the cue came through at straight as a gun
:17:15. > :17:28.barrel. Talking of tips for club players,
:17:29. > :17:32.absolutely kept his head rock-solid on that shot, absolutely no
:17:33. > :17:36.movement. That is one of Stephen Maguire's strengths, he keeps his
:17:37. > :17:46.body as still as possible when he hits the ball. A little bit of
:17:47. > :17:52.movement there, but on the blue, solidarity could be. That is
:17:53. > :17:56.fantastic. -- as solid as he could be.
:17:57. > :18:03.As soon as he struck that, he wasn't too happy. You must be to straight
:18:04. > :18:09.on the black. He keeps doing this, making things a bit more difficult.
:18:10. > :18:12.It just restricts your options. When you are straight on the ball, you
:18:13. > :18:18.can only go forwards or backwards but on an angle, you can go off two
:18:19. > :18:26.cushions. Just checking if a red is available to the right middle. Maybe
:18:27. > :18:30.the two reds above the black, there is a plant. But if he had a nice
:18:31. > :18:40.angle, he wouldn't be doing all of this thinking.
:18:41. > :18:47.There's a possible plant with those two reds in the same pocket the
:18:48. > :18:53.black, but he hasn't played for it. It is OK, it is OK. Welcome his body
:18:54. > :19:00.language suggested that that wasn't he played, or got a massive bounce
:19:01. > :19:03.off a cushion, as if something wasn't anywhere near like he played
:19:04. > :19:09.it, but he did screw it back very well. Perhaps it did bounce wiki,
:19:10. > :19:17.but as it has turned out, marvellous. -- quickly.
:19:18. > :19:53.Now back in perfect position. We know that the top red goes and, as I
:19:54. > :20:01.say, I think those two rents above the black could be made into a
:20:02. > :20:05.planned -- two reds above the black could be made into a planned.
:20:06. > :20:14.Deciding now to play into the middle. They are always miscible
:20:15. > :20:19.into the middle pockets, but I think he fancies it.
:20:20. > :20:37.Very nicely played so this black and one more red is all that is needed.
:20:38. > :20:43.A very good response from Stephen Maguire to stop the rot, the mini
:20:44. > :20:54.rot. At 4-2, you will be feeling a lot happier. -- he will be.
:20:55. > :21:02.Not had much of an opportunity here, Neil Robertson. He played the
:21:03. > :21:12.thin safety, didn't hit the red. Stephen didn't take the miss, potted
:21:13. > :21:13.a good long red. It hasn't been pinpointed positional play here, but
:21:14. > :21:33.he has done it well enough. Missed it, but 79 points as the
:21:34. > :21:37.lead, 67 remaining. Neil Robertson having a think about whether it is
:21:38. > :21:47.worth carrying on. A few snooker is needed. If he doesn't get them, 4-2.
:21:48. > :21:52.HAZEL IRVINE: And he didn't, so the highest break of the match so far
:21:53. > :21:56.for Stephen Maguire. It transpires that he has been feeling unwell, he
:21:57. > :22:01.has had tonsillitis and yesterday, considered pulling out of the
:22:02. > :22:03.quarterfinal altogether before being given a prescription for
:22:04. > :22:05.antibiotics, so he was clearly feeling a lot better in this match.
:22:06. > :22:18.Work to do now go in frame seven. JOHN VIRGO: he probably thought he
:22:19. > :22:26.couldn't hit enough of it to potted, but he could play safe of
:22:27. > :22:32.that red. -- to pot it. It worth the effort.
:22:33. > :22:37.-- it was worth the effort. Another mistake, long range, missing the
:22:38. > :22:57.edge of the ball. Got a chance to get in behind the
:22:58. > :23:07.green here, should he play sending the red ball around the angles back
:23:08. > :23:08.to the top of the table. It would be a one in ten shot, I suppose to get
:23:09. > :23:23.behind the green. Having to swerve it makes it harder.
:23:24. > :23:31.That is your one in ten chance, what a fantastic shot. As you say, it was
:23:32. > :23:37.low percentage, but he could not have played it better, considering
:23:38. > :23:40.he was swerving it as well. You can see the way the white ball changed
:23:41. > :23:44.direction, after it released from the cushion, it still had the
:23:45. > :23:58.topspin. Neil Robertson playing for the open
:23:59. > :24:09.road and a great shot two, bit unlucky to have stuck it up. It is
:24:10. > :24:26.missable. It is a chance. It looks easier on the TV screen.
:24:27. > :24:33.Well, he could have done with running past the green, this cream
:24:34. > :24:41.is very tricky. He seems to be determined to play it. It is not
:24:42. > :24:48.easy -- green. Something has just come out of his wallet. I think it
:24:49. > :24:53.is probably your wallet, Steve! I think this is a pretty low
:24:54. > :24:59.percentage positional shot. He could play it to play on top of the green.
:25:00. > :25:06.And leave Neil Robertson hampered, with the potential for three misses.
:25:07. > :25:12.I prefer that, because, as I say, this green is tricky and there are
:25:13. > :25:21.no guarantees to be on the red. Just nestle it on the green and leave it
:25:22. > :25:27.as some awkward cueing. The Chinese snooker, as it is called, can reap
:25:28. > :25:31.dividends in other ways now, with the foul and Mister situation. The
:25:32. > :25:37.guy has got to hit the red and when you are jacking up in the air over
:25:38. > :25:39.the top of the ball, you can make a hash of it and hit one of the reds
:25:40. > :25:58.six. -- thick. That is a far better way, a far
:25:59. > :26:06.better way. That is the English snooker! It is much better when
:26:07. > :26:07.you're down there, you can see how far the balls are off the cushion.
:26:08. > :26:17.That is my excuse. I am not going to draw any more
:26:18. > :26:23.lines, he is under a lot of pressure.
:26:24. > :26:35.Same problem that he faced a few shots ago. He will do very well to
:26:36. > :26:39.get this safe. Needs to swerve it before it gets to the cushion.
:26:40. > :26:56.He said he touched the green. Foul, Stephen Maguire, four. But not a
:26:57. > :27:02.mess, and interesting rule. -- miss. With your cue? Yes. So it is not a
:27:03. > :27:12.miss. He hit the green with his cue, so it is not a mess, just a foul. So
:27:13. > :27:20.when was that rule changed? It hasn't been changed. He had the
:27:21. > :27:25.ball, but it is not the foul, if he had hit the green with the white
:27:26. > :27:29.ball, then it is a mess. I thought the reason the miss was introduced
:27:30. > :27:36.was so then you did not get the advantage from a foul shot. He has
:27:37. > :27:46.hit the red. It is a technical point, it has always been there.
:27:47. > :28:00.If he had hit the green with the white ball, Bennett was a foul and
:28:01. > :28:14.miss. -- then it was. I am glad you are here. Michaela was on it.
:28:15. > :28:24.How many times have we seen this? This could be a free ball. Free
:28:25. > :28:28.ball. No hesitation from Michaela, cannot hit both sides of the red, so
:28:29. > :28:38.be green will count as a red, then colour to follow.
:28:39. > :28:48.Great strike, and he has got the right side, fantastic shot. What a
:28:49. > :28:59.great frame to win from here. Still two points in front. So he is going
:29:00. > :29:15.to need a few good shots to clinched the frame at this visit.
:29:16. > :29:37.He wanted to be on the left-hand red as we look. To missable pressure --
:29:38. > :29:39.two missable pressure reds. Don't let any negative thoughts come into
:29:40. > :29:51.your head. Well played. It has not been a tough
:29:52. > :29:53.table this week, playing along the top cushion, as long as you play for
:29:54. > :30:20.the -- far jaw. Bigshot. Played it beautifully and
:30:21. > :30:28.has got the perfect angle on the black. Neil Robertson is staring
:30:29. > :30:35.being three frames behind a game, Stephen Maguire will be one frame
:30:36. > :30:39.away from a place in the semifinal. He needs this black, or pink, if
:30:40. > :30:45.that can help you get on the yellow better.
:30:46. > :30:47.Pink is more certain for yellow, John, but it's more missable as
:30:48. > :30:55.well. That is where you want to be, yes,
:30:56. > :30:58.just wind yourself up for the black or the pink. He has talked himself
:30:59. > :31:20.into probably the right shot here. Funny, when he spotted the red, I
:31:21. > :31:24.thought he had a good angle on the black. It just shows you, you just
:31:25. > :31:26.come too straight. He needs a good shot on the yellow. He still needs
:31:27. > :31:40.the green. Couldn't play it much better than
:31:41. > :32:00.that. The green, to go 26 points in front, with 22 remaining.
:32:01. > :32:08.No heroics. Neil Robertson looks almost certain to be three frames
:32:09. > :32:13.behind again. One snooker to tie, required at the moment. If this
:32:14. > :32:24.brown goes in, that's certainly end of frame.
:32:25. > :32:36.It's there. Neil won't get a chance to come back to the table. The
:32:37. > :32:37.number one in the world, reigning UK Champion, his back is firmly against
:32:38. > :32:48.the wall here. That was an excellent 40-break. It
:32:49. > :32:53.was only 40, it was excellent from Stephen Maguire. Played good safe
:32:54. > :32:57.'tis and snookers behind the green. Robertson really in trouble. Stephen
:32:58. > :33:02.Maguire one frame away from a place in the semi-final.
:33:03. > :33:05.HAZEL IRVINE: , Maguire the UK Champion. He worked hard on his game
:33:06. > :33:11.over new year at the practice table, he tell us, he is within one frame
:33:12. > :33:15.now of a first victory over the Australian for five years. The Ozzy
:33:16. > :33:17.isn't World Number One for nothing. Is there life yet in his challenge?
:33:18. > :33:25.He is 13 points up in the next. COMMENTATOR: Bit short of pace. Well
:33:26. > :33:39.short of pace. . Nothing telling about that. No,
:33:40. > :33:44.the chance for Maguire. He has the red that goes to the left corner. He
:33:45. > :33:57.can stun in between the red near the top cushion and the black.
:33:58. > :34:14.Good pot. He's all right. He will settle for the yellow.
:34:15. > :34:30.Stephen Maguire's first match-winning chance.
:34:31. > :34:43.He seems to be in the right frame of mind to take it as well.
:34:44. > :34:52.We haven't necessarily seen that much of the best of Stephen Maguire
:34:53. > :35:18.in the last few years, but he is one fantastic match player.
:35:19. > :35:28.It looks as though the black has potted nice and clear. The black
:35:29. > :35:33.will go to the right corner. Leave a nice angle on the black. Oh, he's
:35:34. > :35:36.gone too straight on the red. He can always screw back and play for the
:35:37. > :35:38.pink. If he doesn't feel as though he can play for the black in the
:35:39. > :35:45.same pocket. I don't think he can force it over.
:35:46. > :35:53.Deep screw for the pink, it looks like.
:35:54. > :36:03.The pink is not ideal to play. He'd rather have stayed around the black
:36:04. > :36:30.and cleared that area first. He has to screw down for this red
:36:31. > :36:35.behind the main pack, I think. Oh, he's underscrewed it. He needed a
:36:36. > :36:39.very def touch on that to get exactly right. See where the pink is
:36:40. > :36:43.going to go now. There wasn't that much room for manoeuvre. Two or
:36:44. > :36:46.three inches more screw back would have been perfect. Now, it can go
:36:47. > :36:58.wrong. What do you fancy, the screw back
:36:59. > :37:02.John? The one thing you have to concentrate on here, paramount,
:37:03. > :37:05.don't miss the red. Don't sacrifice the pot for position. It's a screw
:37:06. > :37:24.back it is. Good shot. Oh if it had run further
:37:25. > :37:27.he may have had the pink. It's not ideal on the colour. Just the
:37:28. > :37:32.difference that being straight on a ball makes. This could have been
:37:33. > :37:37.quite an easy clearance. Under the circumstances, obviously it's not
:37:38. > :37:39.easy, simple clearance. He's grabbing the frame by the throat
:37:40. > :37:53.here. He will open the reds here as well,
:37:54. > :37:58.I think, if he gets it right? He got it wrong and he opened the reds. Has
:37:59. > :38:03.he got away with this? No, I don't think so. I thought for a minute the
:38:04. > :38:12.pink was going to land on top of the white. Chance missed. . He saw the
:38:13. > :38:17.winning line and went for it. He sits down. He has a six point lead.
:38:18. > :38:22.Now, what can Neil make of this chance? This could be his last
:38:23. > :38:43.chance, if he doesn't take it. Well what a misjudgment. What a
:38:44. > :38:48.misjudgment. He potted it cleanly. He potted it right in the middle of
:38:49. > :38:52.the pocket. It was a misjudgment of exactly the line the cue ball was
:38:53. > :38:56.going to take. Yeah. That middle pocket never moved. It's always
:38:57. > :39:01.there. He should have known that the cue ball was heading towards that.
:39:02. > :39:08.As you say, red went right in the middle. Stephen Maguire, lining up
:39:09. > :39:20.for the big one. If this goes in, it's another clear-cut opportunity.
:39:21. > :39:24.APPLAUSE. He hit it too well with all the
:39:25. > :39:39.adrenaline pumping. He's pureed it. Pureed it. That's a good word! It's
:39:40. > :39:42.a tricky yellow. But we know, after his last visit, when he played the
:39:43. > :39:52.pink, he is going to go for the winning line at this visit. He's not
:39:53. > :39:59.going to hold back. This is a tough shot. Well played.
:40:00. > :40:06.APPLAUSE oh, don't tell me landed on that. A
:40:07. > :40:13.smile from Stephen Maguire. Amazing this game sometimes, isn't it? He
:40:14. > :40:18.has played a per rifbg shot, he has finished in the only place where he
:40:19. > :40:22.hasn't got an easy pot on. As I say, he's desperate to try and win the
:40:23. > :40:27.frame at any visit he gets. He will have to bite the bullet here, I
:40:28. > :40:34.fear, and play safe. Too risky to play a pot on the red that's closest
:40:35. > :40:36.to the blue, surely? He would probably play that 100 times and not
:40:37. > :40:50.land up there. Well, that was unfortunate, to say
:40:51. > :41:24.the least. And, he's not. OK, he can pot the
:41:25. > :41:30.green. That's no good to him, he won't be able to get on the reds.
:41:31. > :41:34.Earlier in a match he failed to hit the ball, very difficult to roll up
:41:35. > :41:55.behind the yellow. Could have perhaps tried to hit the
:41:56. > :41:58.green back off the side cushion and snookered him behind the green.
:41:59. > :42:06.Perhaps he was concentrating on make sure that cue ball was absolutely
:42:07. > :42:13.tight to the rail, no breathing space. By leaving it, he is thinking
:42:14. > :42:17.Stephen might play safe off the red, that's just to the right of the
:42:18. > :42:24.black, leaving the cue ball there, the pink definitely becomes a
:42:25. > :42:36.blocker. If he's trying to get back, but...
:42:37. > :42:46.He has played good safetyies, he needs one here. He has to be careful
:42:47. > :42:53.is sticking it up over the opposite corner.
:42:54. > :43:01.Absolutely fantastic shot. Really went for the throat. Yeah, and
:43:02. > :43:03.thought, for all money, if he pots the red, he will be on the green.
:43:04. > :43:23.Yeah. Oh, nerves of steel. Neil Robertson
:43:24. > :43:25.has just got to hit and hope here. Those little rollups can win you
:43:26. > :43:38.matches. I suppose he's coming off the right
:43:39. > :43:41.hand side cushion, but this red to the right of the black, he has to
:43:42. > :43:44.catch half-ball on the left hand side, as we look now, to get it
:43:45. > :43:49.safe. Doesn't want to hit it too full.
:43:50. > :43:57.There will be a pot to the far left corner here. We've already seen that
:43:58. > :44:02.Stephen Maguire, he's not in the mood to refuse anything. He's
:44:03. > :44:09.looking for any chance possible to put this match to bed. I might have
:44:10. > :44:18.been tempted to play that dead weight on that escape.
:44:19. > :44:24.Very well struck. APPLAUSE
:44:25. > :44:36.Didn't realise he could get through to the middle. It's a good pot. I
:44:37. > :44:40.was going to say, this green will put him 17 points in front.
:44:41. > :44:50.Yellow, yellow, yellow. What about, brown, brown, brown? I think yellow,
:44:51. > :44:54.with the rest off two cushion is quaranteed to be on a red. This
:44:55. > :45:02.green could go wrong. It should be on the red, but it could go wrong.
:45:03. > :45:09.He will be delighted with that. APPLAUSE
:45:10. > :45:23.That could be the winning shot. Neil, nothing he can do now, it
:45:24. > :45:36.looks like his race is run. Because Stephen Maguire is looking
:45:37. > :45:42.for one more red and a colour. Well, he got off to a bad start, trailed
:45:43. > :45:44.3-0, got it back to 3-2. You thought, the comeback was well and
:45:45. > :45:53.truly on. In fairness, Stephen Maguire didn't
:45:54. > :46:02.weaken. He's pushed on. This looks like the end of the Masters for the
:46:03. > :46:05.world number one and reigning UK Champion. This isn't a ranking
:46:06. > :46:18.event. No ranking points available, but it's veries prestigious. -- very
:46:19. > :46:28.?200,000 goes to the winner on Sunday evening, and that won't be
:46:29. > :46:31.going to Neil Robertson. Yes. I don't think Neal has done anything
:46:32. > :46:41.massively wrong tonight, it has just not been his night.
:46:42. > :46:52.Very impressed with Stephen Maguire. Could this be his year at the
:46:53. > :46:57.Masters? Well, it doesn't get any easier when you are playing in these
:46:58. > :47:00.big events, because tomorrow in the semifinal, he will have to face
:47:01. > :47:05.Ronnie O'Sullivan, but at the moment, he will enjoy very much the
:47:06. > :47:10.victory. Neil Robertson will be disappointed but every credit to
:47:11. > :47:16.Stephen Maguire. When the going got tough, he got going, and he runs
:47:17. > :47:25.out, you could say, a comfortable winner, 6-2. He is in the semifinal.
:47:26. > :47:30.The last 24 hours has been a bit of help, but lucky enough, my mum, she
:47:31. > :47:34.did a great turn back up in Scotland, she managed to get the
:47:35. > :47:38.doctor and the prescription and send it down, which was unbelievable. The
:47:39. > :47:45.24 hours I had with antibiotics has done me wonders. The fact that I was
:47:46. > :47:50.going to try and win the UK Masters and the Worlds in the same year, I
:47:51. > :47:54.honestly feel like I have given him a walkover, I just didn't turn up.
:47:55. > :48:02.The performance against Mark Allen was ridiculous, it was nothing about
:48:03. > :48:06.bad preparation or practice, I felt fine going in, but as silly as it
:48:07. > :48:11.sounds, driving up on the day, I feel it has cost me my focus and
:48:12. > :48:21.concentration. Ronnie has played two matches, he has won 6-0, 6-1. Today,
:48:22. > :48:24.he was unplayable. I saw a couple of frames today, I asked Ricky Walden
:48:25. > :48:31.afterwards, he said the other four were just like that. The other boys
:48:32. > :48:35.can do that, I just don't take any notice. That was Friday, tomorrow
:48:36. > :48:41.Saturday and we see how it goes from there. So what a weekend awaits us
:48:42. > :48:46.at Alexandra Palace, Stephen Maguire is going to try and get, for the
:48:47. > :48:52.fourth time, beyond the last four, and O'Sullivan is in fantastic form,
:48:53. > :48:57.featuring in his 10th semifinal at the Masters in 20 appearances.
:48:58. > :49:00.Extraordinary. Before that, the afternoons he defending champion
:49:01. > :49:06.Mark Selby, who has come through to decide as this week, taking on a
:49:07. > :49:11.resurgent Shaun Murphy, and the Magician has also shown some steel
:49:12. > :49:16.after a couple of narrow escapes. So that all adds up, we hope, to a day
:49:17. > :49:19.in front of your telly in the snooker -- and the snooker. If
:49:20. > :49:25.others in your house have other plans, hide the remote, that is the
:49:26. > :49:37.only answer. We trust we will see you at 1:15pm on BBC One, for the
:49:38. > :49:39.first of the semifinals. Catching them. -- catch you then.