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Good evening. The final weekend of the Dafabet Masters is always | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
exciting. Here it in north London, we set about completing our | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
semifinal line-up this evening. We had two former world champions. One | :01:28. | :01:29. | |
of them is the reigning World Champion as well, Stuart Bingham, | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
the man who stand the sport last May after winning that world title after | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
20 years of trying. He was up against four time World Champion | :01:39. | :01:42. | |
John Higgins. We will reflect on that match later. But they knew they | :01:43. | :01:46. | |
would have to go some to match the incredible standards of the match | :01:47. | :01:48. | |
this afternoon in the other quarterfinal. It featured Judd | :01:49. | :01:59. | |
Trump, the 26-year-old from Bristol, against the inform Neil Robertson | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
from Melbourne. He won big back-to-back titles before | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
Christmas. But he knew that overall he was lagging slightly in the | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
overall record against Judd Trump. This was a repeat of a memorable | :02:12. | :02:15. | |
Masters semifinal four years ago. But this contest surpassed | :02:16. | :02:16. | |
everything that had gone before. JOHN PARROTT: This has the makings | :02:17. | :02:29. | |
of a classic match. Has he got the double? He has! Judd Trump marches | :02:30. | :02:45. | |
on! 2-0! Clean as a whistle! And that's it. A 139 - highest break of | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
the tournament. Two apiece. Interval. And he has played it | :02:53. | :03:00. | |
absolutely perfect. Well played! Very well played. He struck that | :03:01. | :03:11. | |
absolutely beautifully. Judd Trump has got two centuries already in | :03:12. | :03:14. | |
this match. And this will be Neil Robertson's second. Top quality. | :03:15. | :03:27. | |
Still all to play for. 4-4. It was now a best of three frames | :03:28. | :03:35. | |
contest. What a wonderful match so far, with four centuries, including | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
that 139 from Robertson. But stand by - in frame nine, things were | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
about to get even hotter. Where is the Red Bull going? It just | :03:43. | :03:59. | |
shows you the difference. That one he could not float in. So, first | :04:00. | :04:03. | |
chance, Judd Trump. STEVE DAVIS: Beautiful. Hit so | :04:04. | :04:52. | |
crisply. Given himself the chance to win and be the most important frame | :04:53. | :04:59. | |
of the match so far. Whoever wins this has two bites to get over the | :05:00. | :05:01. | |
line. Early days of course, John, but if | :05:02. | :05:25. | |
you were going to place balls all over the table, there is always the | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
possibility of a 147. But I think winning the frame is a prime concern | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
first! JOHN VIRGO: Absolutely. He was a bit | :05:36. | :05:41. | |
disappointed not to get a better angle on this red, Judd. There is | :05:42. | :05:47. | |
other ones available but of course they are missable. The red into the | :05:48. | :05:56. | |
right corner would be the one to play for the black, obviously. But | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
he must feel he can get onto the black quite easily. Slightly awkward | :06:02. | :06:06. | |
cueing. It is going to be Longbridge. But he is happy that he | :06:07. | :06:16. | |
will be able to control it. Screw between the two reds, is that the | :06:17. | :06:20. | |
plan? Well, it is risky. Yes, he has gone for the blue. The frame is the | :06:21. | :06:26. | |
priority. Not a great shot. No, it was just a bit awkward. Hard to get | :06:27. | :06:34. | |
the topspin. If he goes in and out of baulk, he will have to avoid the | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
kiss on the green. Decided just to roll it in. Good cueing needed on | :06:40. | :06:52. | |
this one. So, this could be the key to the frame. Right in the heart of | :06:53. | :07:06. | |
the pocket! Never any doubt! Not ideally placed on the black. Needs | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
some action on this cue ball - which is not a problem for him. But I | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
don't think he has judged the pace right. Got away with etched. I was | :07:16. | :07:20. | |
going to say, it looked for a moment he would be nothing. But I think he | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
has got a choice of reds. You would think the one to the left middle is | :07:26. | :07:32. | |
the better one. He is playing the one to the right. Right in the heart | :07:33. | :07:40. | |
of the pocket. And now back in perfect position. | :07:41. | :07:52. | |
He did not hit that in the middle of the pocket. Once again, a nice | :07:53. | :08:01. | |
little nudge. This is not the red he played for, I can assure you. Not | :08:02. | :08:12. | |
wasting much time here. Letting his ability and natural talent do the | :08:13. | :08:22. | |
work. This is what you practice for. So that when it comes to the match, | :08:23. | :08:24. | |
you can flow. Average shot time for Judd Trump in | :08:25. | :08:44. | |
the match is an astonishing 16 seconds per shot. He is just not | :08:45. | :08:51. | |
finding perfect position at the moment. He should have been straight | :08:52. | :09:00. | |
on the pink. He got a fortunate case on the red. But he is only a few | :09:01. | :09:14. | |
pots... That's OK. But does the black girl? And I don't think it | :09:15. | :09:20. | |
does. And if it doesn't... It is very tight. He will have to play the | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
pink - and there is pressure on this. If it goes in, it is a frame | :09:25. | :09:29. | |
winner. If he misses it, it is a chance for Robertson to | :09:30. | :09:38. | |
counterattack. Tremendous shot! We are seeing some snooker today, | :09:39. | :09:47. | |
Steve! Shot of the match so far. So easy to have missed that through | :09:48. | :09:49. | |
tension. In goes the black. Snookers | :09:50. | :10:08. | |
required. And if we're thinking about it, Neil Robertson made a 139 | :10:09. | :10:17. | |
in frame four. There is a possible 141 on here. | :10:18. | :10:40. | |
Marvellous performance here by Judd Trump. This is really going to set | :10:41. | :10:56. | |
the next frame up nicely. If he can convert this into a | :10:57. | :11:15. | |
century break, it would be five centuries in nine frames. Oh! | :11:16. | :11:28. | |
century break, it would be five shot. Could have just done with | :11:29. | :11:32. | |
running past the pink. But if he plays the pink, he has still got a | :11:33. | :11:40. | |
running past the pink. But if he 141. -- he has still got a 140 on. | :11:41. | :11:46. | |
His third century of the match. Sensational stuff from The | :11:47. | :11:58. | |
Juggernaut Of. Red, black and had to the colours for the highest break of | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
the tournament. He knows that because he sat in his chair and | :12:04. | :12:08. | |
watched Neil Robertson make the 139 in the fourth frame. Right in the | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
middle of the pocket. Just the six colours standing between Judd and | :12:14. | :12:19. | |
the high break. I don't know if it is all this | :12:20. | :12:33. | |
practice over Christmas which Judd was talking about with Ken - is it | :12:34. | :12:40. | |
paying off here? And of course a double whammy for Neil Robertson - | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
not saying this break will stand by the end of the tournament, but he is | :12:45. | :12:52. | |
more or less taking ?10,000 out of new Robertson's pocket here, if he | :12:53. | :12:55. | |
can pot these remaining three balls. Fantastic! Absolutely fantastic! | :12:56. | :13:16. | |
Judd Trump 's third century the match. And not only is it his third | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
- it is the highest break of the tournament, beating Neil Robertson's | :13:22. | :13:28. | |
139! Absolutely tremendous! He is now one frame away from a place in | :13:29. | :13:29. | |
the semifinal. We were in for a decider. Robertson | :13:30. | :13:38. | |
made a break of 78 to take the match into this 11th frame. JOHN VIRGO: If | :13:39. | :13:46. | |
Neil plays this red, which he is doing, he has to be careful he | :13:47. | :13:49. | |
doesn't leave the other red, or a chance of it, to the middle. STEVE | :13:50. | :13:59. | |
DAVIS:, well that was a risk. It could have gone off as easily as you | :14:00. | :14:01. | |
like. Cutting the red into the middle | :14:02. | :14:17. | |
pocket, an element of a shot to nothing, is it? What a shot that | :14:18. | :14:20. | |
would be. I don't think it's on, surely not. He looked at it. I don't | :14:21. | :14:25. | |
think he can risk playing back to the baulk end. No. Off another red. | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
The cue ball goes towards the blue anyway still maybe playing to the | :14:33. | :14:34. | |
top cushion. He's tried it. What a shot. Unbelievable? What a shot! | :14:35. | :14:46. | |
Opportunism at the very best. Can he knock this black in? It's not ideal. | :14:47. | :15:04. | |
It's there. What an opening red. Now, deciding frame, a different | :15:05. | :15:06. | |
kettle of fish. He gets first chance. | :15:07. | :15:11. | |
The reds are tightly bunched. It looks like he's got a fantastic | :15:12. | :15:39. | |
opportunity to get the absolute perfect tangle on the blue, to smash | :15:40. | :15:41. | |
them all over the table. Has to go as close to its spot as it | :15:42. | :15:57. | |
can, in direct line with the top cushion. Checking the two reds close | :15:58. | :16:01. | |
to the pink and not a plant into the corner pocket. Some sort of weird | :16:02. | :16:06. | |
plant to have happened two shots from now. That wouldn't be great. | :16:07. | :16:10. | |
Perfect angle on the red to get nicely on the blue. Here's the | :16:11. | :16:14. | |
smash. Doesn't look as though there's a plant to one of the | :16:15. | :16:19. | |
corners. So he can go for this full-blooded. | :16:20. | :16:28. | |
Well, just got a little bit too much backspin on the cue ball. Hit the | :16:29. | :16:35. | |
red full, but the cue ball went away from the reds. Should have stunned | :16:36. | :16:38. | |
that into them more than had a little backspin. Help's got a red, | :16:39. | :16:47. | |
but it's not straight-forward. -- he's got a red, but it's not | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
straight-forward. That was a brilliant shot. He can count himself | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
a little bit unlucky he's lost the cue ball to the side cushion. The | :16:59. | :17:03. | |
the pressure pot on the blue, no guarantee of position either. He | :17:04. | :17:06. | |
needs to commit. Well, how did that drop? It came out | :17:07. | :17:22. | |
once, then twice. Robertson must had thought he missed it. I think Judd | :17:23. | :17:24. | |
thought he'd missed it. Tension. Not in the centre, it was still a | :17:25. | :17:37. | |
good strike. Judd Trump must be feeling the heat here. This is so | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
exciting. It doesn't look like he's feeling it though. | :17:44. | :17:57. | |
A chance now. That opens things up nicely. | :17:58. | :18:06. | |
Played superb throughout the match. Just got to hold himself together | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
now for this last opportunity. What a fantastic exhibition of | :18:11. | :18:22. | |
snooker, from both players. Butch, Judd Trump now has the chance -- but | :18:23. | :18:31. | |
Judd Trump now has the chance to sew it up. Judd Trump trying to keep the | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
nerves under wraps. Wraps. There's the Judd family. Judd's father | :18:39. | :18:40. | |
there, and his mother. It's just looking like he's not | :18:41. | :18:56. | |
going to miss, you never know if there's a twist in the tail. | :18:57. | :19:01. | |
He's kept his rhythm up so well. Yeah, fair point. Fair point. It's | :19:02. | :19:08. | |
easy sometimes to over think it a little bit in moments like this. But | :19:09. | :19:12. | |
he's obviously not perfect on this pink. Otherwise, he'd have played it | :19:13. | :19:21. | |
by now. There's the girlfriend, she's new to this game. It's a | :19:22. | :19:24. | |
terrible watch sometimes. Bit short of pace. First mistake. | :19:25. | :19:39. | |
Neil Robertson paying close attention. He spotted it. Can he get | :19:40. | :19:49. | |
position? Can he get position? If that red runs past the middle he | :19:50. | :19:53. | |
will be on the black. And he's on the black! Neil Robertson fearing | :19:54. | :20:03. | |
the worse. Bit fortunate there. Oh, another mistake. Quickly coming | :20:04. | :20:09. | |
round to see if it goes. Surely he's not snookered himself? He needs one | :20:10. | :20:15. | |
more red. And a colour. If he can swerve it he might be tempted. He | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
has a Kuyt into the left corner. Oh, he'd be tempted by swerving that. | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
You can't believe - I mean, Judd couldn't believe when he rolled the | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
black in he was going to nudge the blue, a swerve. I fancy he gets it. | :20:29. | :20:37. | |
He does get it. But it needs now the blue. He dropped one | :20:38. | :20:41. | |
He does get it. But it needs now the before, it nearly stayed out. This | :20:42. | :20:44. | |
to go 68 points in front with 67 remaining. No problem this time. And | :20:45. | :20:52. | |
a punch of the air. What a match this has been from both players. One | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
of the greatest games we've ever seen in Masters history and any | :20:59. | :21:02. | |
other tournament I've seen. You saw him shaking like a leaf on that. The | :21:03. | :21:06. | |
pressure got to him. How well did he perform to get over the winning | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
line? There's the reaction. That's what it meant to him. Now, he just | :21:13. | :21:16. | |
needs to compose himself and roll this red in. And that will dot the | :21:17. | :21:24. | |
i's and cross the t's. There is no way back for Neil Robertson now. | :21:25. | :21:28. | |
Neil Robertson has been the player of the season, but Judd Trump has | :21:29. | :21:32. | |
proven, when he's on form, he can beat anybody. It's taken, John, a | :21:33. | :21:43. | |
performance of this magnitude to knock Neil Robertson out of his | :21:44. | :21:49. | |
winning ways. Fair point. Neil Robertson, most of the season, has | :21:50. | :21:55. | |
been looking unbeatable. But, this boy is so talented. As I say, at the | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
World Championship last season, OK he lost in the semi-final to Stuart | :22:03. | :22:06. | |
Bingham I thought his all round game had come up a notch or two. He | :22:07. | :22:12. | |
wasn't attacking all the time. Which was probably a little bit of a | :22:13. | :22:19. | |
weakness. Well, now just dotting the eye's and crossing the t's -- i's | :22:20. | :22:26. | |
and crossing the t's will it be six centuries in 11 frames? What a | :22:27. | :22:31. | |
strike rate that is. Unbelievable. Four centuries for Judd, if he can | :22:32. | :22:35. | |
do it. What a beautiful strike, again. Can't hit the Balkh better | :22:36. | :22:38. | |
than this. -- Balkh better than this. -- bal | :22:39. | :22:59. | |
much better than this -- ball. As good a break as you will see to win | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
a match. The opening red was superb and to hold himself together, after | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
all that's happened, what a credit to this player. Yes. If he was | :23:10. | :23:16. | |
suffering from a slight lack of confidence, could amming into this | :23:17. | :23:19. | |
tournament, he won't any more. He's the real deal. There's no doubt | :23:20. | :23:24. | |
tournament, he won't any more. He's about that. And, as | :23:25. | :23:26. | |
tournament, he won't any more. He's taken this type of performance to | :23:27. | :23:28. | |
beat Neil taken this type of performance to | :23:29. | :23:30. | |
century of the match. taken this type of performance to | :23:31. | :23:38. | |
absolutely sensational. A standing ovation from everybody in the | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
Alexandra Palace. That was one of the greatest matches you will ever | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
Alexandra Palace. That was one of see and one of the greatest fin | :23:47. | :23:47. | |
beishes see and one of the greatest fin | :23:48. | :23:50. | |
Trump, I take my hat off to you. What a performance. Neil Robertson | :23:51. | :23:55. | |
was good, but Judd Trump was just that little bit better. He's in the | :23:56. | :24:04. | |
semi-final. He wins a classic 6-5. It was superb game to be involved | :24:05. | :24:10. | |
with. Me and Neil played very well. It was sad to see a loser in the | :24:11. | :24:14. | |
end. I think we both played well enough to beat anyone else on the | :24:15. | :24:17. | |
day. I think we both dragged each other on it turned into a great | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
game. In terms of the overall standard, in terms of matches played | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
at the Masters it's the highest quality match ever played here in my | :24:28. | :24:33. | |
opinion from two players playing well. It takes someone playing like | :24:34. | :24:36. | |
that to beat me. Have you to hold my hands up saying - well played. One | :24:37. | :24:41. | |
of the most enjoyable games of my career. I tried to really enjoy | :24:42. | :24:44. | |
that. I think that's why I didn't feel too much pressure. Normally I | :24:45. | :24:48. | |
put pressure on myself to winch I expect to win everything. Today I | :24:49. | :24:52. | |
tried to enjoy it and played very well. Six centuries in 11 frames, | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
history making. It has never happened before in professional | :24:58. | :25:00. | |
snooker in a best of 11 frames. A good natured exchange on social | :25:01. | :25:04. | |
media between the two players afterwards with Neil Robertson | :25:05. | :25:06. | |
saying very well played, fantastic match. It is going to be an | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
interesting match when Judd takes on Barry Hawkins in the first | :25:12. | :25:15. | |
semi-final tomorrow afternoon. So, follow that John Higgins and Stuart | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
Bingham. That is what the two champions were attempting to do this | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
evening. This was a different kind of match they knew that Ronnie | :25:26. | :25:31. | |
O'Sullivan awaits them in the semi-final. Nervy with errors thrown | :25:32. | :25:36. | |
in. 2-2 at the interval. Highest break of 60 from Stuart Bingham. | :25:37. | :25:43. | |
Here they are in frame five. The Scot on the break. Commentary from | :25:44. | :25:52. | |
Ken Docherty and Dennis Taylor. DENNIS TAYLOR: He's over cooked that | :25:53. | :26:16. | |
one. The pink is blocking the path for one. Another red can go, as you | :26:17. | :26:24. | |
can see, but I'm not sure if he can avoid the reds to get onto the | :26:25. | :26:30. | |
black. A little cannon might leave him on either pink or black. No. | :26:31. | :26:43. | |
That was the previous shot, when he screwed back. This is a terrific | :26:44. | :26:51. | |
chance for Stuart. Although he's 45 behind, that could disappear | :26:52. | :26:51. | |
rapidly. A big pocket this, this red is | :26:52. | :28:08. | |
unmissable with the other red over the pocket. It'll probably go in | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
direct, but you couldn't miss it because of the other red. Where it | :28:15. | :28:17. | |
was situated. It's going to be costly that miss | :28:18. | :28:50. | |
with the rest. I think he took his eye off the pot here. He was | :28:51. | :28:54. | |
concentrating more on the cannon onto the red, and that just | :28:55. | :28:56. | |
distracted him somewhat. You could not place these reds any | :28:57. | :30:09. | |
better with your hand. Perfect. It is all about composure now. | :30:10. | :30:47. | |
And from a psychological point of view, Ken, this is going to be a big | :30:48. | :30:54. | |
boost for Stuart. He was sitting in his seat and he would have thought | :30:55. | :30:58. | |
that John would score enough to win the frame. And all of a sudden, he | :30:59. | :31:02. | |
has got a fantastic chance to go back into the lead. | :31:03. | :31:11. | |
Yes, when you win this type of frame, when you're 40 or 50, 60, | :31:12. | :31:21. | |
behind, and you clear up to win, it gives you a great boost. What it | :31:22. | :31:25. | |
does as well - it really hurts your opponent. A bit of work to do just | :31:26. | :31:33. | |
yet. Just come fast file for the blue. Will have to take the green. | :31:34. | :31:46. | |
-- just come too far. But wanted not go into the middle of the pocket, | :31:47. | :31:53. | |
for sure. But he is OK. -- that did not go into the middle of the | :31:54. | :31:57. | |
pocket. Controlled the cue ball nicely. This is really good frame | :31:58. | :32:08. | |
for Stuart Ingham to win here. Best frame of the match so far. | :32:09. | :32:33. | |
Yes, it has been a good break from Stuart here. Now, a little | :32:34. | :32:41. | |
exhibition shot to try to get onto the black. He does not have to | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
bother about it, but he wants to try and cut it in as well. Well, a | :32:47. | :32:55. | |
little trick shot. There are six pockets, it might go in one of them. | :32:56. | :33:00. | |
He will be absolutely delighted, though. It is a chance he did not | :33:01. | :33:02. | |
think he was going to get. And Stuart Bingham, who had never | :33:03. | :33:14. | |
been passed around one in the Masters before, perhaps making a | :33:15. | :33:18. | |
decisive move towards his first semifinal. Into frame six we go now. | :33:19. | :33:26. | |
DENNIS TAYLOR: The player who can drop in behind one of those colours | :33:27. | :33:38. | |
will gain a big advantage. Well, there is a different way of playing | :33:39. | :33:47. | |
a safety shot! Both players having a good...! | :33:48. | :33:51. | |
KEN DOHERTY: Surprised you did not spot that one, Dennis! | :33:52. | :34:04. | |
I think he can see enough of this red. And he might be able to have a | :34:05. | :34:26. | |
go at the pot. It is a free shot because the white will automatically | :34:27. | :34:28. | |
come down towards those colours again. It would be a bonus | :34:29. | :34:33. | |
come down towards those colours went in. And there is the bonus! And | :34:34. | :34:47. | |
he is a bit unlucky. He can pot the brown but he cannot avoid the cannon | :34:48. | :34:50. | |
on the yellow. And somehow he has got to get back towards the black | :34:51. | :34:53. | |
and red. He cannot get round so he is just | :34:54. | :35:05. | |
playing the snooker. And it is not a bad snooker! | :35:06. | :35:15. | |
I don't know if he can swerve it enough this time to miss the middle | :35:16. | :35:22. | |
pocket. Yes, he is raising the butt of the cue. | :35:23. | :35:40. | |
Another turning point in this match. Because the colours are all | :35:41. | :35:48. | |
available. What is he, 15 behind? Yes, he does not have to do much. | :35:49. | :35:52. | |
The cue ball is going up towards the blue. Just drop this red in. It | :35:53. | :35:56. | |
might be worth taking this on. If he can play it nice and softly | :35:57. | :36:15. | |
and give the red chance to go into the pocket. Well, it was well worth | :36:16. | :36:22. | |
taking on. He needs a good bounce off this cushion. | :36:23. | :36:42. | |
It is not great forward. If he takes the green, he is going to cannon | :36:43. | :36:48. | |
into the brown. If he screws back, when putting the | :36:49. | :37:03. | |
pink, he will definitely cannon the green. Just wondering if he could | :37:04. | :37:14. | |
get enough left-hand side on it to try and almost switch it. No, he | :37:15. | :37:17. | |
could not avoid the green. The yellow would pot but there is no | :37:18. | :37:37. | |
value in it. Better off just playing the snooker. | :37:38. | :37:51. | |
This is pretty easy to hit, but can he get it safe? | :37:52. | :38:10. | |
REFEREE: Foul. Stuart Bingham, four. But could be costly. One good shot | :38:11. | :38:20. | |
here. He has a big margin for error to finish on the green. Anywhere up | :38:21. | :38:22. | |
past the blue. This will give John Higgins | :38:23. | :38:46. | |
something to think about, Ken. Yes, another frame he should have won | :38:47. | :38:50. | |
early on. He stole the last frame, Stuart Bingham. | :38:51. | :39:05. | |
Well, he has come far enough. Straightforward in and out of baulk. | :39:06. | :39:12. | |
It is just the pace of the cue ball he has got to watch here. | :39:13. | :39:20. | |
In it goes! And for the first time in this match, a player has taken a | :39:21. | :39:44. | |
two frame gap. Stuart Bingham, the World Champion, leads for Hysen two. | :39:45. | :39:53. | |
-- leads 4-2. HAZEL IRVINE: John Higgins finally | :39:54. | :39:59. | |
found some form to get it back to 5-3. | :40:00. | :40:09. | |
He has got some work to do here. I like that shot, though, Ken, because | :40:10. | :40:16. | |
the pink will come back onto its own spot again. That was a clever shot. | :40:17. | :40:38. | |
Just coming round to have a look at the red and black. He is thinking a | :40:39. | :40:51. | |
few shots ahead. Then try and leave an angle. He is little bit straight. | :40:52. | :41:05. | |
Well, if he does go on to score enough here to Clint 's -- to clinch | :41:06. | :41:13. | |
this match, he started it with one of the shots of the tournament, it | :41:14. | :41:19. | |
has to be said. That opening pot was fabulous. | :41:20. | :41:33. | |
I think he has got a nice angle on the pink now. Yes, after putting | :41:34. | :41:47. | |
this one, he could move the red away from the black. | :41:48. | :42:17. | |
Moving the red away, opening up the black. | :42:18. | :42:28. | |
And all the time, Dennis, he is building a nice lead. I think he | :42:29. | :42:37. | |
surprised John with that opening pot as well. They do not come any better | :42:38. | :42:43. | |
than this. That was fantastically worked out, it really was. He is | :42:44. | :42:50. | |
looking like a World Champion now, is Stuart Ingham. -- Stuart Bingham. | :42:51. | :43:00. | |
It is getting a bit more difficult now. It looks as if he may just have | :43:01. | :43:11. | |
to cannon, which will help the situation. 52 ahead, 5-3 in front. | :43:12. | :43:25. | |
He will play Ronnie O'Sullivan if he can clinch this frame - and we know | :43:26. | :43:30. | |
what he did to Ronnie in the World Championship quarterfinal. Now, it | :43:31. | :43:38. | |
has gone wrong. It is going to have to be a very tough pink, if he even | :43:39. | :43:45. | |
thinks about it. He might even decide to push the pink safe, or the | :43:46. | :43:48. | |
black. I think the pink safe would be the best choice. He is just | :43:49. | :44:00. | |
having a little think about it. I think the pink safe and a good cue | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
ball. REFEREE: Pink ball. | :44:07. | :44:12. | |
A nice 48 break. He has left attempt for John here. Will he take it on? | :44:13. | :44:47. | |
-- left a tempter. That could be the end. Having said that, not whether | :44:48. | :44:50. | |
red has gone, right next to the black. But he can get onto the blue. | :44:51. | :44:58. | |
He is not all that many pots away from securing this match. That might | :44:59. | :45:02. | |
have been John Swinney last shot in this year's Masters. -- John's last | :45:03. | :45:28. | |
shot. Well, he may be OK. He has just got to screw it back a little | :45:29. | :45:32. | |
bit and he has got that easy red to the left of the pink spot. That was | :45:33. | :45:36. | |
a useful notch on the blue. KEN DOHERTY: This red, and John | :45:37. | :46:10. | |
Higgins will need snookers. And he had not beaten this man since 2012. | :46:11. | :46:15. | |
He has beaten him on two occasions altogether. John has won eight | :46:16. | :46:20. | |
times. This is revenge for his defeat against John in the Masters a | :46:21. | :46:22. | |
few years back. Has to be careful who does not touch | :46:23. | :46:40. | |
the black. Yes, it was a couple of seasons ago that John Beattie | :46:41. | :46:44. | |
Stuart. Two snookers needed at the moment. So he is not risking fouling | :46:45. | :46:49. | |
the brown with his waistcoat. Well, barring two snookers, it is | :46:50. | :47:07. | |
the world champion that is going through to the semifinal to play The | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
Rocket tomorrow night. HAZEL IRVINE: And John did not get | :47:12. | :47:15. | |
them. Higgins was unable to find his rhythm tonight. It is Stuart Bingham | :47:16. | :47:21. | |
who has gone into his first Masters semifinal in what is his seventh | :47:22. | :47:26. | |
appearance in this great event. As Dennis | :47:27. | :47:28. | |
appearance in this great event. As against Ronnie will be a repeat of | :47:29. | :47:33. | |
The Crucible quarterfinal last year, which Stuart won and went on to take | :47:34. | :47:35. | |
the world title. Yes, over the moon to beat John | :47:36. | :47:42. | |
Higgins in the quarterfinals of any tournament. It is a special. Looking | :47:43. | :47:49. | |
at the head-to-heads, he was 8-2. So it is nice to put a dent in that. It | :47:50. | :47:56. | |
was not great before the interval, but I felt like I stole a few frames | :47:57. | :48:03. | |
and made some good clearances to win the match in the end. I was watching | :48:04. | :48:12. | |
this afternoon, and at the end of that, Mr Hendry said he fancied John | :48:13. | :48:18. | |
really heavily. That was all I needed, someone to doubt me. That | :48:19. | :48:24. | |
gave me that extra 10% or 20% that I needed to keep myself going and win | :48:25. | :48:28. | |
the match. Yes, great win for Stuart . and here is how it looks in | :48:29. | :48:37. | |
tomorrow's semifinals. An all English line-up. Judd Trump at 26, | :48:38. | :48:46. | |
by far the youngest man left in the competition, by some ten years. | :48:47. | :48:51. | |
Ronnie O'Sullivan, in his first major event of the season, has an | :48:52. | :48:53. | |
intriguing rematch with Stuart Bingham. So that is your Saturday | :48:54. | :49:00. | |
sorted, and indeed ours. We will kick things off at one o'clock in | :49:01. | :49:03. | |
the afternoon with the first of those semifinals. And we will be | :49:04. | :49:09. | |
with you all the way through until we have unearthed this year's | :49:10. | :49:15. | |
Masters finalists in the evening. We will be with you again very soon. | :49:16. | :49:17. | |
Good So, no-one pays tax here? | :49:18. | :49:22. | |
No-one pays taxes. | :49:23. | :49:26. |