:00:34. > :00:41.Hello. Geej. Welcome to Alexandra Palace and the 2016 Masters.
:00:42. > :00:47.Tuesday, a very big day for snooker fans here at this iconic venue.
:00:48. > :00:52.Shortly, we will see world No. 1 Mark
:00:53. > :00:57.Shortly, we will see world No. 1 but we also saw the return of one of
:00:58. > :00:58.the great British sportsmen. ANNOUNCER: Here comes the rocket,
:00:59. > :01:11.Cheer It is great for the game he is back
:01:12. > :01:16.playing again. I am hoping he turns up and does the job. He is quick and
:01:17. > :01:20.entertaining for the crowd. An exciting player to watch. You can't
:01:21. > :01:21.be a snooker fan and not lick Ronnie. I am hoping it will be
:01:22. > :01:36.6-nil. It means two former world champions,
:01:37. > :01:39.England v Wales. This was a cracker going right down to the wire. Steve
:01:40. > :01:42.Dennis and Dennis Taylor are your company state tors. Ronnie is at the
:01:43. > :02:00.table trailing 28-1. I like that shot a lot. That was
:02:01. > :02:05.quite clever from Ronnie O'Sullivan. He is 27 behind. He didn't want to
:02:06. > :02:10.be using this back end behind the black as a safety zone and wants to
:02:11. > :02:11.get the game back to normality and he picked out a very good shot
:02:12. > :02:16.there. He really did. he picked out a very good shot
:02:17. > :02:22.there. He really did. Mark Williams can obviously see the left-hand side
:02:23. > :02:31.of the pack, but what he is frighened of doing is opening up the
:02:32. > :02:35.reds. He does need to get the cue ball bang on the cushion if he is
:02:36. > :02:40.going to play back down the table. He is having a quick look at the top
:02:41. > :02:43.of the table to see where it is safe. You see, there are all sorts
:02:44. > :02:51.of shots available to him. That was such a clever shot that he picked
:02:52. > :02:58.out there, Ronnie. It really was. I am not sure if Mark Williams is
:02:59. > :03:02.considering playing a very small half ball to keep it on the top
:03:03. > :03:12.cushion. He is studying it up and perhaps he is disregarding that.
:03:13. > :03:19.That is a weird plant to be even considering. I think he's just got
:03:20. > :03:24.to play a half-ball safety and hope it doesn't open the reds up. I can't
:03:25. > :03:30.see any other shot. The cue ball is going to come back down to roughly
:03:31. > :03:36.behind the yellow. He's just got the hope that the balls don't go into a
:03:37. > :03:40.pot all position. It is like a risk. He is summing up a risk. Not the
:03:41. > :03:46.3-ball plant, the weird plant. Madness. The weird plant would have
:03:47. > :03:50.to be to knock the red to snare the cushion onto the pink to make the
:03:51. > :03:51.plant. He can't see an easy safety shot. Surely independent. Surely
:03:52. > :03:57.not! LAUGHS
:03:58. > :04:11.. No. That is what Jo thinks of the plant. That was definitely the wrong
:04:12. > :04:25.choice. He thought long and hard. Boy, what a shot
:04:26. > :04:37.It was always pushing to the top cushion. Surely the safety shot
:04:38. > :04:40.would have been a better option. Well, he knew if he pulled that
:04:41. > :04:50.tough plant off, he could have won the match. Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:04:51. > :04:54.ANNOUNCER: Turn the phone off, please. Somebody's phone goes off.
:04:55. > :04:57.It has been terrific all afternoon and someone has forgot to switch the
:04:58. > :04:59.phone off. ANNOUNCER: Can you turn the phone
:05:00. > :05:12.off, please. I was just going to say if Ronnie
:05:13. > :05:24.O'Sullivan can just keep it It seems a strange thing to
:05:25. > :05:28.say with a player lick Ronnie O'Sullivan and all he's won in the
:05:29. > :05:32.game, but even the greatest player in the game suffers from a little
:05:33. > :05:34.bit of pressure at times. He might well need that last red on the side
:05:35. > :05:57.cushion. Well, everyone was looking forward
:05:58. > :06:02.to this match. They were looking forward to Ronnie O'Sullivan coming
:06:03. > :06:07.back after that eight-month lay-off. But, I didnt think we were going to
:06:08. > :06:17.get a fabulous match like this. It really has been very special. You
:06:18. > :06:21.see, little things like that cannon, well - he's just about OK, but that
:06:22. > :06:23.is a bit of a stretch. APPLAUSE
:06:24. > :06:39.He made it look easy! It will be fascinating to see how he
:06:40. > :06:49.goes about moving that difficult red that Steve mentioned. He's got to
:06:50. > :06:53.get an angle in the last second-last red and flick it into play and be
:06:54. > :06:57.guaranteed a book. It is as simple as it could be, really. Under the
:06:58. > :07:01.circumstances, he's still got to play the shot right. Perhaps a
:07:02. > :07:04.little bit wider than he would have wanted. If he can at all flick this
:07:05. > :07:12.red into play, he will do. He's got to do it from the green.
:07:13. > :07:16.APPLAUSE He needs to pull up. He doesn't want
:07:17. > :07:25.to be straight on the green, otherwise he can't get to that red.
:07:26. > :07:36.A little bit of angle. And what a shot he's played
:07:37. > :07:39.54. He was almost straight! CHEERING
:07:40. > :07:48.On the green and he forced it over to knock the reds out. That was a
:07:49. > :07:51.fabulous shot. So Mark Williams fought long and hard about that
:07:52. > :07:58.plant that he took on. LAUGHTER
:07:59. > :08:01.He is saying to the referee the yellow has got the come back up
:08:02. > :08:07.again. What a match we've had here. Mark Williams has been superb.
:08:08. > :08:21.You see, 32 ahead. 62. And Ronnie now will play the
:08:22. > :08:29.winner of Mark Selby and Ricky Waldon. They play this evening. It
:08:30. > :08:33.doesn't matter about the brown. Mark looks at the scoreboard. He is
:08:34. > :08:38.deciding whether to take hands. He is having a think. He has not
:08:39. > :08:50.finished quite yet. The Rocket is in the next round. That is one of the
:08:51. > :09:10.snookers. APPLAUSE
:09:11. > :09:16.Well, the brown is heading over the corner pocket. He needs four
:09:17. > :09:19.snookers at the moment. It has been three years since Mark has been here
:09:20. > :09:22.in the Masters. He doesn't want to leave just yet.
:09:23. > :09:44.APPLAUSE He will get the handshake. He turns
:09:45. > :09:46.to Ronnie O'Sullivan and congratulates The Rocket. It has
:09:47. > :09:52.been a fabulous match. These two players have put on a fantastic show
:09:53. > :09:57.here this afternoon at the Alexandra Palace. In the end, Ronnie
:09:58. > :10:00.O'Sullivan, well, he is back and he takes the match six frames to five.
:10:01. > :10:04.Well done the both players. APPLAUSE
:10:05. > :10:08.In a way it was not an easy merchandise, but in another way it
:10:09. > :10:13.was a kind of not a bad draw in a way because we both know each other
:10:14. > :10:18.so well. So we know - I know what shot he is going to play and he
:10:19. > :10:21.knows what I am going to play, so we kind of feel comfortable playing
:10:22. > :10:24.each other, I think. It probably would have been hard if I had to
:10:25. > :10:27.play someone I wouldn't have known their game as well. What a superb
:10:28. > :10:31.match and fantastic to see O'Sullivan back here at Alexandra
:10:32. > :10:36.Palace. Ronnie now will play the winner of our featured match this
:10:37. > :10:44.evening, Mark Selby world No. 1 taking on Ricky Waldon. This is the
:10:45. > :10:49.13th meeting between these two. Walden reached the finals in the
:10:50. > :10:53.Masters. I played him at Wembley. Ricky won the wild card match and we
:10:54. > :10:58.played each other. I think I beat him that year. We have played a lot
:10:59. > :11:01.in other tournaments as well. More or less grew up together through the
:11:02. > :11:04.junior ranks and great friends off the table. A fantastic lad and
:11:05. > :11:09.fantastic player. He is like O'Sullivan in a way. He plays on
:11:10. > :11:13.rhythm. When he gets on a roll he can steam roll in. Even though I
:11:14. > :11:17.haven't won anything this year, which has been a little bit
:11:18. > :11:21.disappointing, at the same time the standard is high - nobody has ady
:11:22. > :11:26.vine right to win anything - it is not like I have been playing
:11:27. > :11:30.drastically bad. I lost in the UK to the best player on the tour at the
:11:31. > :11:35.moment. I am not too disappointed, but it would be nice to turn a
:11:36. > :11:41.semifinal into a win. This is a big test for Ricky Walden. We join in
:11:42. > :11:54.Frame 1. Seleka is behind. Jimmy Hendrix and John Vir go are in the
:11:55. > :11:58.commentary box. A great pop. Ricky made a big mistake leaving him even
:11:59. > :12:05.a half chance at that and it could be very costly. A tremendous pot,
:12:06. > :12:08.though. Good cue ball control. Just overskewered it having the use the
:12:09. > :12:30.rest. You wouldn't have thought it would cause him a problem.
:12:31. > :12:36.He will have to play a little cannon on the pink, potting the red.
:12:37. > :13:21.Towards the middle pocket. He won't be playing this with a lot of pace.
:13:22. > :13:58.After this red, he needs a good angle on the pink. The remaining two
:13:59. > :14:03.reds on the left-hand side of the table are slightly awkward.
:14:04. > :14:07.Doesn't want to be straight on the pink. In actual fact, he's run too
:14:08. > :14:39.far. He just wanted to run past that red.
:14:40. > :14:45.If he had run past it, he might have had a chance. This one on the
:14:46. > :14:53.cushion, that is very difficult. 25 points behind. He keeps looking
:14:54. > :15:14.over. I don't know if there is some noise coming from somewhere.
:15:15. > :15:16.Yeah, a good shot. He played it. CHEERING
:15:17. > :15:25.Cheer In such a way he gave the ball every
:15:26. > :15:30.chance to drop, but I don't think he is ideal on the black. Any firmer
:15:31. > :15:34.and that red probably wouldn't have gone in. He just got a slit angle on
:15:35. > :15:36.the black, but I don't see how he can get good on the red. He
:15:37. > :15:49.certainly can't cannon it. He will take this on, you would have
:15:50. > :15:53.thought because when you get an opportunity like this, it really
:15:54. > :15:57.would punish Ricky Walden if Mark was to win the frame from here. He
:15:58. > :16:07.is having a quick look at the score board. 17 points behind.
:16:08. > :16:13.Oh! Tremendous shot! APPLAUSE
:16:14. > :16:21.But once again, he is not going to go down on the black, but what a pot
:16:22. > :16:24.that was. And by the looks of it, I don't think he can get close to the
:16:25. > :16:52.yellow off the black. 44. When you get a chance like this,
:16:53. > :16:55.you usually go for them. I am not certain there is value in playing
:16:56. > :16:59.this yellow. It is a very difficult shot. He is looking to play a cannon
:17:00. > :17:04.on the green. If he hit across on the left-hand side, it could send
:17:05. > :17:09.the yellow up this end of the table and you would fancy him getting the
:17:10. > :17:11.snooker. Looks like he only has eyes for winning the frame at this visit.
:17:12. > :17:17.Tough shot, this. Oh, fantastic!
:17:18. > :17:28.APPLAUSE 36. That is a tremendous shot! I
:17:29. > :17:40.think the groan goes to the middle. Goes to the corner as well.
:17:41. > :17:46.Well, looking at that angle, I think you would rather to play it in the
:17:47. > :17:50.corner than the middle. At least you have got the object ball in the
:17:51. > :17:53.pocket in your eyeline. It makes the pot a little bit easier and play for
:17:54. > :18:07.the brown in the middle. APPLAUSE
:18:08. > :18:12.It was always on the side. Once again, I think it was just - any
:18:13. > :18:13.harder and it might not have dropped. What a clearance this would
:18:14. > :18:24.be. APPLAUSE
:18:25. > :18:33.Points are now all square. He needs blue and pink.
:18:34. > :18:43.How the frame has turned around. A great shot on the blue.
:18:44. > :18:46.CHEERING And he only needs the pink. This is
:18:47. > :18:59.unbelievable! Well, you will not see any better
:19:00. > :19:12.clearances than this. APPLAUSE
:19:13. > :19:15.Tremendous! Absolutely tremendous! Ricky Walden 52 played a
:19:16. > :19:22.counter-shot and how much Seleka has cleared up there with 71, only he
:19:23. > :19:26.knows. Fantastic! 1-nil Mark Selby. John Virgo absolutely loved that and
:19:27. > :19:30.it was a fantastic opening frame from Mark Selby. Into Frame 2, he is
:19:31. > :19:39.back at the table trailing by 8 points.
:19:40. > :19:46.APPLAUSE This was just an incred ill cue. He
:19:47. > :19:52.got the work on the cue ball right in the middle of the pocket. --
:19:53. > :19:56.incredible cue. He got the work on the cue ball right in the middle of
:19:57. > :20:01.the pocket. As you said before, John, he had a big job to get it
:20:02. > :20:13.behind the blue ball there. He was punished when he didn't.
:20:14. > :20:21.I think he just about landed on a red here. I am not quite sure that
:20:22. > :20:27.this is the red he played for. He will settle it for it. He has just
:20:28. > :20:31.looked to see if he can find a little gap in between the red just
:20:32. > :20:42.below the one he is playing the main cluster.
:20:43. > :20:49.He had no option and these blacks are tricky. OK, the advantage he's
:20:50. > :20:53.got he only has to drop it in dead wait. He doesn't have to play it
:20:54. > :20:58.with any pace. It is a natural angle to come off the cushion for the red
:20:59. > :21:05.close to the cow bull now, but they are very missable, these. Never a
:21:06. > :21:27.doubt. Good shot. APPLAUSE
:21:28. > :21:48.He may just be playing a little can Nine News here. You can red -- you
:21:49. > :21:52.can see the red to the left of the corner there. I think he's potted
:21:53. > :21:57.the pink in the wrong side of the pocket. Exactly. I mean the cannon,
:21:58. > :22:06.as it turned out, would have been perfect, but he didn't hit the pink
:22:07. > :22:19.in the middle of the pocket. APPLAUSE
:22:20. > :22:24.OK, he missed a blue in this frame, but Stephen said at the time that
:22:25. > :22:31.was because he was overstretching. 26.
:22:32. > :22:52.He did well to force the angle there to come off the top cushion. He will
:22:53. > :22:56.have to go for the pink this time. He is just having a look to see what
:22:57. > :22:58.is available. If nothing is available, he may decide just to
:22:59. > :23:03.play a little cannon into the cluster. Still going up for the
:23:04. > :23:12.pink, but try to dislodge a few reds on the way up there. He didn't feel
:23:13. > :23:19.as though it was necessary. 35. Not the biggest target. It has to get a
:23:20. > :23:24.full-ball contact or he could lose a cue ball to either ball pockets.
:23:25. > :23:27.Yeah, he played that well. Any half-ball contact here, as he goes
:23:28. > :23:32.into the bunch, he will lose a cue ball. He caught that red practically
:23:33. > :23:57.full in the face. I would be surprised the way he is
:23:58. > :24:02.cowing if he doesn't win the frame from here and it came from that
:24:03. > :24:09.incredible long red, John. Yeah. As did the first frame.
:24:10. > :24:20.Yep. Tremendous cueing. Never looked in doubt right in the heart of the
:24:21. > :24:35.pocket. So that black now puts him 48 points
:24:36. > :24:40.in front. Red and Ricky Walden you need snookers.
:24:41. > :24:47.He had his chance. Just got out of position when he was in the
:24:48. > :24:53.black-spot area and then didn't play a particularly good safety. Mark is
:24:54. > :24:54.thinking about this. He just needs a red and a colour. I wouldn't
:24:55. > :25:26.overcomplicate it. That now puts him 55 points in
:25:27. > :25:29.front. Just 51 remaining. I am sure if he pots this red now, we are back
:25:30. > :26:16.to the table for Ricky Walden. He looks very confident, Mark Selby.
:26:17. > :26:21.Playing at a good pace. 78. Sometimes he is maybe a little less
:26:22. > :26:25.confident. He gets bogged down and plays a lot slower and more
:26:26. > :26:35.defensive snooker, but this is excellent. 79.
:26:36. > :27:00.He's on the groan. The brown obviously doesn't pass the blue to
:27:01. > :27:05.the far left corner, so he has a screwer with shot. He just had the
:27:06. > :27:06.right angle where he could do it, but just underrescued it slightly.
:27:07. > :27:32.Brown and blue for the century. Well played! Terrific opening. He
:27:33. > :27:35.has made the rest look pretty simple. He's potted some wonderful
:27:36. > :27:39.balls. Plus-size
:27:40. > :27:59.CHEERING Well, flawless. Ricky Walden, who
:28:00. > :28:05.led the first frame, and then lost that from nowhere. He had to sit
:28:06. > :28:09.that one out and it is the world No. 1 and three types champion Mark
:28:10. > :28:13.Selby who leads 2-nil. That frame lasting over 11 minutes. Seleka
:28:14. > :28:18.looking for an early finish and he won the next with breaks of 66 and
:28:19. > :28:26.43, into Frame 4, Seleka to play and there is no score. -- Selby to play
:28:27. > :28:38.and there is no score. That spolt his long-pot success.
:28:39. > :28:44.That red looked as though it went. When it was clenned, it was there.
:28:45. > :28:49.Not in the same place. But you do have to say that Mark was taking a
:28:50. > :28:56.risk, asking for it to be cleaned. You know, because that proves it.
:28:57. > :28:57.The referee is not going the get it absolutely to the fraction in the
:28:58. > :29:29.same place, not all of the time. He played this well. This is an
:29:30. > :29:34.important frame for Ricky. He knows he has to take these opportunities
:29:35. > :29:51.now. Nothing but his best, he is going to do.
:29:52. > :30:16.Just playing this with topspin and a touch of righthand side to follow
:30:17. > :30:21.the cue bull off two cushions, but didn't cue that ball well at all.
:30:22. > :30:23.You play it that firm with the righthand side it will push the cue
:30:24. > :30:41.ball to the left. Not so many can play the righthand
:30:42. > :30:46.red of the two here. It locks as though he is, so he feels as though
:30:47. > :30:50.he can avoid a kiss on the second red. And he could.
:30:51. > :31:02.APPLAUSE And he played it well. Now, is the
:31:03. > :31:05.red just above the black available? Because that red near the green
:31:06. > :31:14.spot, I think that goes. It just goes. Well, if it goes, don't get
:31:15. > :31:14.the red cleaned. Yeah, fair point. LAUGHS
:31:15. > :31:23.. It looks to me as though it goes,
:31:24. > :32:18.but Mark isn't too sure. Purposely leaving himself a little
:32:19. > :32:23.bit Le Saux he can bring other reds into play when he is ready.
:32:24. > :32:30.What you want is a position on the colour. That is OK. Straightish pink
:32:31. > :32:41.to the far left-hand corner. He will settle for that.
:32:42. > :33:17.He is determined the win this visit, Mark Selby because he's been pretty
:33:18. > :33:22.phenomenal in the first three frames. If he was to lose this frame
:33:23. > :33:26.3-1 at the interval in the first of six, he certainly wouldn't be happy
:33:27. > :33:27.with that. He will be determined to win this frame and keep the pressure
:33:28. > :34:02.on Ricky. He's got an angle on the blue. The
:34:03. > :34:06.problem is that the pink is slightly away from the reds. Still same
:34:07. > :34:12.applies, if he hits the pink full in the face the pink will run into the
:34:13. > :34:15.reds and open them up. If anything, I think favour the left-hand side of
:34:16. > :34:25.the pink, as we look at it. Is that thick enough? He could have
:34:26. > :34:31.hit it much better. APPLAUSE
:34:32. > :34:35.31. The cue ball makes contact with the pink - that was the important
:34:36. > :34:38.part of that shot. It is a masterclass at the moment. From the
:34:39. > :35:08.world No. 1. The key here, Stephen, I know you
:35:09. > :35:11.used to do it here on many, many occasions, particularly in this
:35:12. > :35:15.event, keep your concentration and focus. Definitely. That is what I
:35:16. > :35:20.said he would be determined to be 4-nil because when you are playing
:35:21. > :35:26.this well, you just don't want to let up at all on your opponent. Most
:35:27. > :35:31.people just say you would be delighted to be 3-1 ahead and it
:35:32. > :35:34.looks like 4-nil down, but if Mark Selby wants to be on the 3-1 he
:35:35. > :35:39.would be disappointed with the way he's been playing. For all intents
:35:40. > :35:46.and purposes now, it looks like 4-nil. You can't really see a way
:35:47. > :35:52.back for Ricky. The interval can change things.
:35:53. > :36:03.63 ahead. Still 83 available. Three reds, three colours would be more
:36:04. > :36:11.than enough. I mean, it doesn't look as though
:36:12. > :36:14.that is going to be too much of a problem. Just coming up to the one
:36:15. > :36:47.hour. Just underscrewed that slightly, but
:36:48. > :36:49.it shouldn't cause a problem. 53. He still screwed back for the pink in
:36:50. > :37:04.the middle. Well, decided to play it firm. 54.
:37:05. > :37:12.He's OK H's landed nicely on the blue and this blue will put him 56
:37:13. > :37:24.points in front. So this blue one more colour required. 67 remaining
:37:25. > :37:27.at the moment. 59. So red and a colour required. He's just come
:37:28. > :37:34.slightly hampered. He doesn't really want to play for the black.
:37:35. > :37:47.60. So this pink to go 63 points in front with just 59 remaining.
:37:48. > :37:56.97% pot success. And another one right in the heart of the pocket.
:37:57. > :38:01.Never any doubt. Never any danger. APPLAUSE
:38:02. > :38:05.Wonderful snooker. 66. From the three-time Masters champion.
:38:06. > :38:34.Made113 in Frame 2. Frame 1, 71. The last frame, he made a break of 66
:38:35. > :38:36.and 43. But he's just not come far enough for anything.
:38:37. > :38:42.CHEERING Anything looks like it will go in at
:38:43. > :38:52.the moment. 74. Must B Magazine nets in the pockets. The cue ball is out.
:38:53. > :38:57.-- must B Magazine nets in the pockets. The cue ball is out. A
:38:58. > :39:04.great attempt. Well, pot this one, Mark! Attention all pockets.
:39:05. > :39:09.He's played the treble. He's played the treble! It is close, it is
:39:10. > :39:14.close. Ah, unlucky! APPLAUSE
:39:15. > :39:19.Well, absolutely superb snooker. You have got to feel for Ricky Walden.
:39:20. > :39:23.He started the match off superbly but hasn't had a shot hardly since.
:39:24. > :39:28.Mark Selby goes into interval and must be delighted with his game,
:39:29. > :39:31.4-nil in front. Superb! This is bringing back nightmares for Walden
:39:32. > :39:36.booten here 6-nil by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarterfinals in
:39:37. > :39:40.2014 and when Selby went 5-nil up, he must have been thinking, "Here we
:39:41. > :39:47.go again", but he is leading in the sixth frame.
:39:48. > :40:09.That could be very costly. I didn't expect him to miss that. Of course,
:40:10. > :40:12.Mark, if he so wishes and I think he will have to play the left-hand one
:40:13. > :40:16.of the two, he can carry them into the reds and Britain them away from
:40:17. > :40:24.the side cushion. Bound to be on the black. -- Bring them away from the
:40:25. > :40:29.side cushion. Bound to be on the black. He would have liked to have
:40:30. > :40:34.been a little bit further away from the cushion than he is. This black
:40:35. > :40:40.is still possible, but just begs the question, can he cope control of the
:40:41. > :40:54.cue ball? -- keep control of the cue ball?
:40:55. > :41:01.I think he will settle for that, Stephen. Plus-size
:41:02. > :41:27.-- APPLAUSE It was kind of a natural angle. If
:41:28. > :41:33.Ricky had played it, it probably would have kissed the red and not
:41:34. > :41:38.left it on. So, from a few moments ago, the reds lock pretty safe. You
:41:39. > :41:42.would have to say now this is a chance to close this match out.
:41:43. > :42:30.An opportunity, if he so wishes. If he's got the right angle on the
:42:31. > :42:37.pink, notice the ball in the line. Plus-size Just eight points behind
:42:38. > :42:59.now. Frame and match at his mercy. On the
:43:00. > :43:01.left-hand side it is close to the cushion, but it might not cause too
:43:02. > :43:24.much of a problem. 35. One point for that red on the
:43:25. > :43:29.left side cushion if he just gets the cue bull virtually touching the
:43:30. > :43:31.cushion. It is just a matter of dropping the red automatically a
:43:32. > :43:59.nice ingangle on the black. He may be able to force it. Just
:44:00. > :44:07.widen the angle and force the cue ball behind this awkward red on the
:44:08. > :44:12.cushion. That is the problem when you are trying to stun it like that.
:44:13. > :44:17.You just get a little bit too much stun. He will do well to keep this
:44:18. > :44:27.in. This is a tricky red down the cushion. That was a real power-stun
:44:28. > :44:32.run threw but studio much stun. He isying the pot-up, but it is tricky.
:44:33. > :44:36.Yeah. You would have to say with the pace he is going to play it at, if
:44:37. > :44:40.he misses it - unless he brings the cue ball and snookers Ricky with the
:44:41. > :44:44.black - you would say this will cost him the frame if he misses it. It is
:44:45. > :44:53.there, though, is it? Yep. APPLAUSE
:44:54. > :44:58.34. Looks to be a natural angle on the black to drop it in off the left
:44:59. > :45:04.side cushion to leave - maybe it is a little bit too much angle. He may
:45:05. > :45:38.have to play to the left middle. If he can get in that circle. Well,
:45:39. > :45:44.I think he snookered himself. It was well short of pace. Maybe he can
:45:45. > :45:54.just get past the brown. He can. He would have liked to have been
:45:55. > :45:56.where the circle was. That would have made this red unmissable. 14
:45:57. > :46:09.points the lead. Yes, good pot!
:46:10. > :46:14.APPLAUSE I can't see him missing from here.
:46:15. > :46:22.So it looks like the dreaded whitewash for Ricky Walden.
:46:23. > :46:34.Yes, it is not his favourite venue, Ricky Walden. He's been beaten 6-nil
:46:35. > :46:38.by O'Sullivan here as well. The last frame Mark Selby missed a few, but
:46:39. > :46:45.overall, it has been a very impressive performance tonight.
:46:46. > :46:53.APPLAUSE Yes, that is it. The applause tells
:46:54. > :46:58.you. 24 ahead. 22 remaining, but not for long.
:46:59. > :47:05.APPLAUSE It all started so well for Ricky Walden. First frame Mark Selby
:47:06. > :47:12.break off. Ricky knocked in a lovely long red and made a break of 52. But
:47:13. > :47:16.couldn't finish the job off and Mark Selby made an unbelievable 71 break
:47:17. > :47:21.and then after that it has just been all Mark Selby. It has been a
:47:22. > :47:33.wonderful performance. APPLAUSE As you said, and as you
:47:34. > :47:37.know, the winner of this match to play Ronnie O'Sullivan and the form
:47:38. > :47:41.that Mark Selby has shown here, what a match that could be. A tremendous
:47:42. > :47:46.performance. A bit scrappy in the fifth but we have forgiven that.
:47:47. > :47:49.Absolutely superb and there is his wife, Vickie, leading the applause.
:47:50. > :47:52.He is punching the air. He must be absolutely delighted with the way
:47:53. > :47:58.he's played tonight and why wouldn't he be? He runs out a winner. Six
:47:59. > :48:02.frames to nil and he's in the quarterfinal. Very, very pleasing.
:48:03. > :48:06.Not only because it was 6-nil and the way I played, I would have been
:48:07. > :48:10.happy just the win even if it was 6-5. The way aplayed scored, more
:48:11. > :48:14.time than not, every time I got a chance I seemed to punish Ricky. The
:48:15. > :48:17.first frame, as stupid as it sounded, was key. Ricky looked
:48:18. > :48:21.comfortable and ran out of positions and I made a good clearance to steal
:48:22. > :48:25.the claim and that settles me then. Brilliant from Selby. He will take
:48:26. > :48:29.on Ronnie O'Sullivan in the quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon.
:48:30. > :48:40.Later today we will see John Higgins in first round action who takes on
:48:41. > :48:46.Liang Wenbo. Neil Robertson takes on MarcoFu. That is it from us for now.
:48:47. > :48:51.Snooker Extra follows shortly on BBC One and then we are back with live
:48:52. > :48:56.coverage on BBC Two as we see John Higgins take on Liang Wenbo. From
:48:57. > :49:05.all of us here at Alexandra Palace, bye for now.
:49:06. > :49:09.So, no-one pays tax here? No-one pays taxes.