:00:22. > :00:40.Could even in. It is day one here in the rather splendid and palatial
:00:41. > :00:47.surroundings of Alexandra Palace in north London, for the Masters, the
:00:48. > :00:51.exclusive tournament that is always by invitation only, and only 216 of
:00:52. > :00:58.the world's top players. It is always a real gem of a wave to start
:00:59. > :01:02.any new year. Lack 16 of the world's top players. Tonight's
:01:03. > :01:06.opening session had a real stamp of quality about it, because it
:01:07. > :01:09.featured Ding Junhui of China, a man who wonders tournament five years
:01:10. > :01:13.ago, up against the reigning Crucible King, Stuart Bingham.
:01:14. > :01:17.Stuart had that amazing career high in Sheffield eight months ago, but a
:01:18. > :01:25.living up to the label of world champion has not been quite so easy.
:01:26. > :01:30.I've never actually won a game here, so hopefully I can change that
:01:31. > :01:36.this year. Looking at the people I've lost two, Ali Carter, Judd
:01:37. > :01:40.Trump, Mark Selby, Marco Fu, you are not going to get any easy games. If
:01:41. > :01:46.you are not on your game, you are going to get beaten. I have got a
:01:47. > :01:51.tough opponent this year in Ding Junhui, so hopefully I can overcome
:01:52. > :01:58.the voodoo. The first time I actually played him, many moons ago
:01:59. > :02:03.now, I beat him then, so I hope I put a bit of hearing him then.
:02:04. > :02:07.Obviously we'd paid a few times after that and he beat me a few
:02:08. > :02:10.times on the trot, but it has been pointed out to me that I think I
:02:11. > :02:20.have won seven on the trot against him, since 2011. Hopefully that
:02:21. > :02:24.continues. It seems amazing to think, but Ding Junhui's first
:02:25. > :02:27.appearance in the Masters was as a 16-year-old in 2004. Three years
:02:28. > :02:29.later he made the final, only to suffer a thumping at the hands of
:02:30. > :02:38.Ronnie O'Sullivan. In 2011 he became only the third
:02:39. > :02:42.overseas player to win it at Wembley Arena. Since the event has moved to
:02:43. > :02:45.Alexandre Pallas, he has not won a single match you. Mind you, Stuart
:02:46. > :02:51.Bingham has never been past the last 16 stage in the Masters. Something
:02:52. > :02:54.had to give tonight. Well, they share the first couple of frames,
:02:55. > :02:58.pretty scrappy to this point, and it was all being watched by two former
:02:59. > :03:05.world champions, Peter Ebdon and Dennis Taylor.
:03:06. > :03:08.COMMENTATOR: How many times have we seen that type of shop, where they
:03:09. > :03:20.missed the ball completely? I am sure the players will mention
:03:21. > :03:24.it to the tournament director early, or Michael Clarke, the former top 16
:03:25. > :03:26.player. They will get the fitter to have a look at the table after the
:03:27. > :03:37.evening's play. And early chance for Stuart. He can
:03:38. > :04:22.develop the blackspot area here with a nice canon.
:04:23. > :04:32.Didn't quite play the canon as he intended.
:04:33. > :04:52.Last season he made 44 centuries. He has only made ten this season so
:04:53. > :04:58.far. But an early chance here to get a
:04:59. > :05:23.sizeable contribution. And that time, Dennis, he got a much
:05:24. > :05:25.bigger bounce off the side cushion then we have been experiencing so
:05:26. > :05:47.far this evening. Very well played. A nice little
:05:48. > :06:15.Camembert. -- canon there. You can see the difference, can't
:06:16. > :06:16.you? In his concentration and focus now, winning that last frame really
:06:17. > :06:33.helps to settle him. That will unsettle him a little bit.
:06:34. > :06:38.He might have to take the blue now, because he is hampered with the
:06:39. > :06:42.black. He has got an awful long way to travel if he does take the blue
:06:43. > :06:46.to avoid the yellow and get back up to the reds. He is looking at the
:06:47. > :06:52.black, but is that red? Not right over the top of it. He couldn't do
:06:53. > :06:58.much with the cueball from that position. This read may have passed
:06:59. > :07:03.the blue into the corner pocket. Awkward queueing there. But he
:07:04. > :07:09.pushed the cue there in the straight line. One more could potted and he
:07:10. > :07:18.could secure this frame. -- one more good pot. Well played!
:07:19. > :07:29.Starting to look like a world champion.
:07:30. > :07:43.Such a fluent player, Stuart. Made 279 centuries in his career.
:07:44. > :07:50.Jan Verhaas keeping a close look at things they are, to make sure he
:07:51. > :07:56.does not touch one of those reds with his sleeve. Not that many more
:07:57. > :08:00.pots and he has got himself into the lead. A delightful little stunned
:08:01. > :09:14.shot there through the gap. The frame well and truly over. So
:09:15. > :09:15.one could pop down to cushion here, and he has got a sizeable break
:09:16. > :09:49.available. Every chance, now that he has not
:09:50. > :10:13.cut down the commission. Surely he could make a maximum break?
:10:14. > :10:25.He has made a maximum on three occasions, Stuart Bingham.
:10:26. > :10:35.Needs to bounce. I think he is just about OK. ?10,000 for the highest
:10:36. > :10:40.break, and ?10,000 for a maximum, because it rolls over. It was made
:10:41. > :10:47.at the UK championship, Neil Robertson did that. There will be an
:10:48. > :10:48.awful lot of people here in this audience who have never seen a
:10:49. > :11:38.maximum break live. No, it needs to go a bit further. He
:11:39. > :11:40.is going to have to leave himself with a tough luck if he drops the
:11:41. > :12:00.scene. -- black if he drops this in. He has got down to pot the pink,
:12:01. > :12:01.because if he makes 146, every chance that he picks ?10,000 up for
:12:02. > :12:12.that. He might... No, he was only kidding.
:12:13. > :12:14.He is going for the magical maximum. What a roar of applause at this goes
:12:15. > :12:16.in. Getting there! Get in! Absolutely
:12:17. > :12:33.fantastic. Where is the blue? It was a very big
:12:34. > :12:35.problem, because the green doesn't go past it. If he can drop the
:12:36. > :12:45.yellow in... He could be perfect on the green. He
:12:46. > :12:50.has hit it affects. Did he get a kick, or did he hit it thick? What a
:12:51. > :12:56.chance that was for his fourth maximum break. The crowd has denied
:12:57. > :13:02.that. More importantly, for Stuart Bingham, he looks much more relaxed.
:13:03. > :13:05.Big smile on his face. He might not be Mr maximum, but he has won the
:13:06. > :13:09.frame. We had a maximum at the Masters last
:13:10. > :13:13.year from Marco Fu, and almost had another one they are. A great
:13:14. > :13:17.attempt by Stuart Bingham. They shared the next four frames. He had
:13:18. > :13:23.taken a 3-1 advantage, a Ding Junhui law that you back. 4-3 as we join
:13:24. > :13:27.it. The top rate from Ding Junhui so far has been 60. It is worth
:13:28. > :13:30.pointing out that Stuart Bingham has won their last seven matches over
:13:31. > :13:33.the last five years. In we go to frame number eight. Ding Junhui to
:13:34. > :13:49.play, 30 points adrift. COMMENTATOR: It is the same scenario
:13:50. > :13:55.for Ding Junhui here. It is not quite as bad now. There is one at
:13:56. > :13:59.the left of the bunch of reds. That is where he is lining the cue up. He
:14:00. > :14:05.has got the perfect angle on the yellow if he wants to canon into the
:14:06. > :14:11.reds. Just disturb a pupil is the but he has got that single red that
:14:12. > :14:15.he can play on. It just depends how he feels. It is a good angle, to
:14:16. > :14:20.play the canon into them, if he wishes.
:14:21. > :14:35.Could have been better. He still has a pot on.
:14:36. > :15:03.Once again, those reds blocking each other into the right corner, and
:15:04. > :15:08.maybe one available into the left corner.
:15:09. > :15:16.There is one there that will just go into the left corner pocket. In
:15:17. > :15:35.fact, a couple. He is OK now. As you mentioned earlier, Dennis,
:15:36. > :15:38.the shock that he played with the yellow, when he played them well and
:15:39. > :15:42.full of confidence, you seem to get good splits. The balls turn out well
:15:43. > :15:46.when you go into them. When things are not going well for you, a number
:15:47. > :15:49.of times, you come awkward on balls. It is just incredible. But it was a
:15:50. > :16:00.very good recovery shot. He played shot perfectly. He was a
:16:01. > :16:10.very unfortunate not to finish on something easier.
:16:11. > :16:16.Well, we are in frame number eight, and Ding Junhui, believe it or not,
:16:17. > :16:33.his highest break is 42. It would be a good time to make your
:16:34. > :16:36.highest break of the match. In fact, it would be a good time to win the
:16:37. > :17:37.frame with this visit, and get himself back all square.
:17:38. > :17:48.He is going to need the Canon number three reds. -- be canon on the three
:17:49. > :17:53.reds. He would be a lucky to finish on at least one red when he cannons
:17:54. > :17:57.into them. If he flicks the bottom red on the left he will either be
:17:58. > :18:04.read on the left or push the other one towards the right centre. Can he
:18:05. > :18:09.see in to pot it? That is even better, taking the Canon out of the
:18:10. > :18:10.equation. As you can see, just enough room to get to be potting
:18:11. > :18:44.angle. That has worked out very nicely.
:18:45. > :18:59.Yes, the little flick off the pink. That helped the situation there.
:19:00. > :19:10.That supersedes his 42 break which we mentioned was his highest.
:19:11. > :19:26.One easy read and then a couple of tricky ones. A slightly trickier one
:19:27. > :19:36.on the left side of the table. 18 in front. Red, to come 19.
:19:37. > :19:59.A bit of work still to be done here to secure the frame.
:20:00. > :20:08.Going to need both reds. He played that pretty well.
:20:09. > :20:23.Dead straight on this. He hasn't got much angle to work with, so he may
:20:24. > :20:28.elect, well, if he just drops city and he is going to leave a very
:20:29. > :20:31.awkward black. Sometimes in this situation you will screw up to the
:20:32. > :20:38.blue just to get the white away from the cushion. He is just going belly
:20:39. > :20:47.it in, as we say. -- going to Dolly it in. The key shot coming up. In
:20:48. > :20:52.fact, he cannot play for the red into the right corner pocket. Far
:20:53. > :21:16.from safe in this frame just yet. Just the reds needed. We have seen a
:21:17. > :21:25.view of these missed, but we have seen a few sliding along the cushion
:21:26. > :21:29.here. -- slide in. I wonder if the red will actually stick to the
:21:30. > :21:33.commission. Stewart won a few friends ago with pace that actually
:21:34. > :21:38.hit the cushion. It will be interesting to see what happens
:21:39. > :21:44.here. He is debating as to whether to refuse the pot. That is what he
:21:45. > :21:46.was thinking about. But he is now back looking at it, so this has got
:21:47. > :22:15.to go in. He just thought a second, you could
:22:16. > :22:19.see him thinking, maybe I should make sure I have a good safety
:22:20. > :22:27.shot. Then of course he played the correct shot, and he did hit that
:22:28. > :22:31.read perfectly. He really did. You can't fail to be impressed with the
:22:32. > :22:35.resolve that Ding Junhui showed, especially during that rate. Because
:22:36. > :22:40.he has not played well in this match and he has dug deep and he has given
:22:41. > :22:44.himself a chance. He certainly has. He has got the scores all square
:22:45. > :22:49.again, what we still can't pick anything between these two players.
:22:50. > :22:53.Four frames each. And the match is now over three hours old, and it has
:22:54. > :22:57.become the best of three friends affair. Into the next we go, and it
:22:58. > :23:15.is Ding Junhui who has just missed a yellow, Stuart ten points behind.
:23:16. > :23:36.Not all lost for Ding Junhui. The White pulled up 12 inches short, it
:23:37. > :23:43.would have been straightforward. A good shot from Stuart. Just enough
:23:44. > :23:48.room for the White to go around the back of the green. If you does miss
:23:49. > :23:54.that, he would get a free ball. Important he gets this right. This
:23:55. > :23:58.side of the middle pocket with some left-hand side, hoping to hit two
:23:59. > :24:12.cautions and not go around the back of the green. -- cushions. Ding
:24:13. > :24:15.Junhui is still in a state of shock that his ball did not go in rest of
:24:16. > :24:30.the. All of a sudden it caught the left
:24:31. > :24:45.jaw. He has to be careful. He would like to hit it from two cushions.
:24:46. > :24:57.Not go around the back of the green. That is a shocker.
:24:58. > :25:03.Surprise, he was frightened about going around the back of the green,
:25:04. > :25:12.to finish playing the shot he has, a bad misjudgement.
:25:13. > :25:26.This shot is for the frame, even though he is four points behind.
:25:27. > :25:34.He has come at a little short. Nothing coming easy to the boys.
:25:35. > :25:36.Just pressure, it means a lot to these players to get through to the
:25:37. > :26:11.quarter-final of the Masters. The plot is on but he has to be
:26:12. > :26:22.careful. That he does not go near the middle pocket. -- pot. He got
:26:23. > :26:30.away with that one. But look where the cue ball has finished. Ding
:26:31. > :26:33.Junhui will take this on. If he screws back a couple of inches he
:26:34. > :26:50.has an easy blue and he is on the blink. A big shot coming up for the
:26:51. > :27:02.Chinese player. -- pink. Got to take this on. Looks as though he is
:27:03. > :27:16.refusing it. That is unusual. That is unusual. Especially after playing
:27:17. > :27:20.that shot. Why does he not try to knock the brown, he had little to do
:27:21. > :27:26.with the wife. It was a very difficult shot, he had to avoid the
:27:27. > :27:28.double-kiss, and there was every chance he was going to be pushing
:27:29. > :27:42.the brown towards the green pocket. Stewart taking time to compose
:27:43. > :28:02.himself. He knows the importance of this shot.
:28:03. > :28:25.Played that well. What a tussle this match has been. Both players having
:28:26. > :28:33.chances in the end. The world champion takes it. He leads by five
:28:34. > :28:40.frames. One away from a place in his first quarter-final of the Masters.
:28:41. > :28:43.He is so close, Kenny finally get into a first quarter-final in this
:28:44. > :28:58.Masters. He has tried for long enough. Now let's get to the next.
:28:59. > :29:07.Stewart has a 35 point pushing here. -- cushion. Looks like a safety. I
:29:08. > :29:14.do not blame him. Does not want to be taking a brisk at this stage and
:29:15. > :29:21.let Ding Junhui back king macro. Ding Junhui will be taking this one
:29:22. > :29:37.arm, Dennis. It is quite thin. Playing the safety shot. He was a
:29:38. > :29:47.little surprised, he should have taken the raid on. Perhaps been 25
:29:48. > :29:56.points behind, he decided discretion is the right option. That is very
:29:57. > :30:03.thin, this could be really good. He could pop the yellow. I'm starting
:30:04. > :30:08.to get excited. It has been a very tense match. Whoever comes through
:30:09. > :30:21.this battle, would have expended a lot of nervous energy. Bingham
:30:22. > :30:25.looking tired now. This is the chance that Stewart has been waiting
:30:26. > :30:30.for. Ding Junhui was unfortunate there. You are never sure where they
:30:31. > :30:39.will go when you play that type of safety shot. For the red to go over
:30:40. > :30:56.the pocket was unlucky, to say the least.
:30:57. > :31:11.If he plays one good cannon, it will be all over. He has played that
:31:12. > :31:32.really well. Red and a colour. Then he wins his first ever match at the
:31:33. > :31:41.Masters. Ding Junhui won this title in 2011, he has gone out in the
:31:42. > :31:48.first round ever since. Early on, both players were trying so hard.
:31:49. > :31:56.Bingham has battled away. He almost made a maximum break. He has played
:31:57. > :32:03.the snooker behind the blink. Barring a good few snickers, Bingham
:32:04. > :32:15.has won his first match at the Masters and he beat Ding Junhui,
:32:16. > :32:22.6-4. That was a tough match for both players. Both played well in patches
:32:23. > :32:26.but both missed lots of chances. Ding Junhui will be very
:32:27. > :32:30.disappointed, Bingham will be over the moon, having won his first match
:32:31. > :32:37.at the Masters. He beats Ding Junhui, six frames to four. Well
:32:38. > :32:44.done, to the world champion. He joins us live. First in the
:32:45. > :32:51.quarter-final in the Masters? It has been a long time coming? It was my
:32:52. > :32:58.seventh go. Very scrappy today. Ding Junhui was struggling a little. We
:32:59. > :33:02.bought the level down a bit. I'm over the moon to be in a
:33:03. > :33:09.quarter-final. You dug in for the last couple of frames? We were both
:33:10. > :33:14.missing chances. I tried to open the red when there were 40 points there,
:33:15. > :33:21.I played a bad shot on mine. Over the moon to get through. There was a
:33:22. > :33:26.147 attempt on frame three. We thought you would go for the 146?
:33:27. > :33:33.Where you tempted? Not really. As soon as you get so far you have to
:33:34. > :33:40.go for it. That was my first turn for the Masters. I played well for
:33:41. > :33:48.patches, happy to be in the next round. Huygens or Wayne Bowen and
:33:49. > :33:53.the next round. A couple of days to calm down? When you played at the
:33:54. > :33:59.Crucible, you have never been past the quarters, have you got
:34:00. > :34:04.encouragement from having pushed those records aside, can you do
:34:05. > :34:09.something similar here? That was a stepping stone for me to win a game
:34:10. > :34:15.here. Anything goes. It will be tough against those two. A couple of
:34:16. > :34:21.days off and go back home and do the school run with the kids and get
:34:22. > :34:25.back here for Thursday or Friday. Just before you have to get on the
:34:26. > :34:31.school run, tell us about being the world champion. Tell us how
:34:32. > :34:39.difficult it has been about trying to live with this label? I have been
:34:40. > :34:42.a pro for 20 years. This is my 21st season, I have been in the
:34:43. > :34:48.background, now I am pushed to the front. I do not feel like I will
:34:49. > :34:51.play any different or I am a different person, I feel the
:34:52. > :34:56.pressures of being world champion. It is a big learning curve. You
:34:57. > :35:03.learned a lot tonight and you are through. See you very soon. While
:35:04. > :35:07.Stuart clicks as thoughts and gets himself ready for the next
:35:08. > :35:12.instalment we will reflect on the opening match of the Masters. It was
:35:13. > :35:18.between a defending champion, Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen, the world
:35:19. > :35:23.number 11. A fascinating match and will -- we will join us 5-3 in front
:35:24. > :35:29.for Mark Allen. On the cards after a bizarre accounts in early on. He was
:35:30. > :35:36.gifted frame X. Murphy forfeited the frame after having three fouls on a
:35:37. > :35:40.red he was not snickered on. The referee said that as the rule, you
:35:41. > :35:45.forfeit the frame. It was very dramatic in this match. We will take
:35:46. > :35:56.you to frame nine, can Allen wrap it up? -- snookered.
:35:57. > :36:07.That is a fair point about the scoring ability of the players, 91
:36:08. > :36:12.in the fifth, 104 in the seventh. That is top drawer scoring. That is
:36:13. > :36:19.the type of contributions, as John has said in the studio that Shaun
:36:20. > :36:32.Murphy needs to raise his standards too. He played that very
:36:33. > :36:38.confidently, he played at such a pace, he was bound to be blue or on
:36:39. > :36:42.colour. He is wrong side of the blue, you would rather be well be
:36:43. > :36:55.wrong side of the blue than of straight. -- off.
:36:56. > :37:03.As I say, this situation, you cannot afford to miss, particularly when
:37:04. > :37:39.you are in. A pink pop past the green into the
:37:40. > :37:57.top right-hand pocket. The black has tied up as well. A lot of work to
:37:58. > :38:05.do. He could play a couple of shots here. Pot the red. Go around the
:38:06. > :38:12.back of the black. Try and develop the black and the red. He has a nice
:38:13. > :38:19.angle on the red into the bottom left corner pocket. Cue ball. A
:38:20. > :38:27.bottom on the cue ball could go into the red and the black and bring the
:38:28. > :38:37.black into play. He has got this opportunity as well from this red. A
:38:38. > :38:43.good shot. Excellent shot! He wanted to bring the black and the red into
:38:44. > :38:49.play. A lot will depend on where the black goes. If that does not go to
:38:50. > :39:02.its own spot, the red could be available. Difficult to tell at the
:39:03. > :39:10.moment. If it goes majorette line in the middle of the top cushion. It
:39:11. > :39:19.says the red could be possible. Never quite certain what that tells
:39:20. > :39:23.us. Does that mean it goes on. You would think of the was right in the
:39:24. > :39:34.middle of the market, it would go on. It cannot be touching the red.
:39:35. > :39:38.Sean having a look around. He does not want the red and black to be a
:39:39. > :39:45.plan to the corner. It is close to being done. If he does try and play
:39:46. > :39:51.the cannon, he has to be careful he does not hit hard enough for the
:39:52. > :40:02.black to be in the corner pocket. A nice angle on the red. Needs the
:40:03. > :40:07.bounce. Could not play it any harder, he could have knocked the
:40:08. > :40:23.black in. This is a tricky one. Has to drop this in. Needs the black to
:40:24. > :40:29.bounce a fraction. Could not do much with the cue ball. Could not get
:40:30. > :40:45.that far away from the caution as he would like. This is another tester
:40:46. > :40:53.he cannot afford to miss. -- cushion. Good queueing again, lovely
:40:54. > :41:01.angle on the back. We'll try to split more reds into play. There is
:41:02. > :41:22.OK, he has the red into the centre if the bottom red does not pot.
:41:23. > :41:31.Nice angle on the black. He could play the cannon to nudge the ball.
:41:32. > :41:40.He has the red to the right of the blue which is easy to get on. Takes
:41:41. > :41:47.the no risk route. Can he play this red and leave himself a nice angle
:41:48. > :41:52.on the blue? Obviously, he can. This could be the key to this frame. He
:41:53. > :42:04.will be playing the cannon this time. You always need some luck.
:42:05. > :42:17.That the red comes out nice. Then it goes! He is on the red. Fantastic.
:42:18. > :42:28.Lovely shot. The red was plumb on, perfect. It has been a good
:42:29. > :42:35.response. Are you reading my script? You can't help but be impressed by
:42:36. > :42:44.the response from Sean to what happened in that frame where he was
:42:45. > :42:56.conceded by missing the ball three times. Denmark in the next frame
:42:57. > :42:58.made 104. -- then mark. That looked a little wide, lacking the pace.
:42:59. > :43:52.More pace would not have dropped. That puts the frame in the bag. Two
:43:53. > :44:03.snickers to tie for Mark Allen. -- snookers. As you said a few moments
:44:04. > :44:10.ago, when you have a lead on Mark Allen, you will feel you have one or
:44:11. > :44:25.two chances to clinch the frame. Tremendous response from Sean. Maybe
:44:26. > :44:35.doubt creeping into Mark's mind. 67 in the last was almost enough. With
:44:36. > :44:44.one chance he gets, he could win the frame. The first few reds and
:44:45. > :44:51.colours was superb. He developed them so nicely. The crowd have been
:44:52. > :45:03.in for a wonderful treat us up again. -- this afternoon. This red
:45:04. > :45:20.will make it a another century. A high-quality match. Not without
:45:21. > :45:27.incident. He misses the black. He will not be too disappointed. He has
:45:28. > :45:33.a century, another frame. He has pulled one back. Only one behind
:45:34. > :45:43.now. Mark Allen still leading by five frames to four. Having been 25
:45:44. > :45:55.behind can he now close the gap. We'll Allen get over the line? He is
:45:56. > :46:03.ten points ahead. A nice angle on the brown mouth. -- now. He can pop
:46:04. > :46:09.the brown and get it towards the blue he may have the chance of a
:46:10. > :46:18.pot. This is not straightforward. The brown goes in. He wanted a cue
:46:19. > :46:24.ball a little closer to the blue. The blue open to the left corner
:46:25. > :46:39.pocket. A place in the quarter-finals and beating the
:46:40. > :46:47.defending champion. Look at the determination on his face. And the
:46:48. > :46:55.opposite for Shaun Murphy. Rolling the yellow towards the corner. 22
:46:56. > :46:56.points the difference. Two snickers. The defending champion looks like he
:46:57. > :47:11.is on the way out. -- snookers. It is difficult enough to get a
:47:12. > :47:12.snooker with the two balls on the table, to get two, almost
:47:13. > :47:35.impossible. They nearly give him one for free.
:47:36. > :47:45.That is good to see. Sure knew that Mark's heart would have been in his
:47:46. > :47:50.mouth. These two are good may. His heart would have been in his mouth,
:47:51. > :48:00.no doubt about that. -- good mates. Good effort. Now he is led the pink
:48:01. > :48:10.which will top the eyes and cross the treasonous first-round match.
:48:11. > :48:19.One frame the gifted to Mark Allen. It is not that easy when he won the
:48:20. > :48:28.final 10-2. It was not easy today. Take nothing away from Mark Allen,
:48:29. > :48:31.two sentries, a high one and 137, the defending champion is knocked
:48:32. > :48:39.out by the young man from Northern Ireland. He wins by six frames to
:48:40. > :48:45.four. His record had not looked so pretty but this evens things up. A
:48:46. > :49:01.great victory for Mark Allen. We say farewell to Murphy. Good night.
:49:02. > :49:07.Let your New Year start with a bang and visit an explosive new China.