0:00:38 > 0:00:43Each match at the Masters seems, like the semifinal might the final,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48but it is what you practice for, really.He has won his first ranking
0:00:48 > 0:00:53event and that was the first big monkey off his back. He's a very
0:00:53 > 0:00:59heavy scorer when gets going.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04heavy scorer when gets going.I won in Riga and first competition of the
0:01:04 > 0:01:08season and I don't feel any different because of it but a couple
0:01:08 > 0:01:11of close matches and I can pull on that experience and on that
0:01:11 > 0:01:17inability.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20inability. He's on a short list for the best players that's ever played
0:01:20 > 0:01:24and it is going to be a great experience for myself, and one that
0:01:24 > 0:01:33I just try and look forward to.Even a quarter of a century plane, 24
0:01:33 > 0:01:36years, a long time and I have won it twice, but apart from that I've
0:01:36 > 0:01:39never really competed at this event, so I would love to have a good run,
0:01:39 > 0:01:45here.It's a wonderful place to play snooker. It is going to be another
0:01:45 > 0:01:54packed house.Delighted to be through there, and I will try to
0:01:54 > 0:02:00play well against Rhein.Good evening and Bob McAdoo highlights of
0:02:00 > 0:02:09days six at the Dafabet masters. Coming, John Higgins taking on Ryan
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Day who have qualified for this event the previous eight years.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18First we can update you on the match day between Shaun Murphy and Judd
0:02:18 > 0:02:33Trump.We could be in for a classic. Just struck that beautifully.
0:02:35 > 0:02:41Just struck that beautifully. That is a pretty good shot on the yellow.
0:02:41 > 0:02:51He leads by two frames to nil. What a wonderful shot.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54a wonderful shot.He has over the black. He should have played the
0:02:54 > 0:03:01positive shot, played it with more pace. It's there.
0:03:08 > 0:03:21He is now 3-2 behind. It is unusual for Shaun to miss a blue like that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:31Couldn't have played it better. Everything to play for. For- four.
0:03:31 > 0:03:44Great shot. First century of the tournament for Judd Trump, yes!
0:03:44 > 0:03:54tournament for Judd Trump, yes! The frame and match, now at his mercy.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Back-to-back centuries, absolutely marvellous, Judd Trump runs out the
0:03:57 > 0:04:04winner by six frames to four.Please do get through, I think. The last
0:04:04 > 0:04:07few frames I managed to hold myself together and make two very good
0:04:07 > 0:04:14breaks. I think it gives you just a little bit of confidence when you
0:04:14 > 0:04:19know when you really need it that you can produce that.Confirmation
0:04:19 > 0:04:23that Judd Trump will meet Kyren Wilson any semifinal tomorrow. He
0:04:23 > 0:04:28leads the headset 3-2, but it is Wolseley triumphed in the most
0:04:28 > 0:04:33significant others, the Shanghai Masters in 2015.It is going to be a
0:04:33 > 0:04:37very interesting matchup. Shaun Murphy plays an open an expansive
0:04:37 > 0:04:42game which suits Judd Trump, and Kyren Wilson is not like that.Kyren
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Wilson in a way has got nothing to lose. He's a much more rounded
0:04:47 > 0:04:51player even at a young age than even Shaun Murphy was.Tonight who will
0:04:51 > 0:04:56face Mark Mark Allen in tomorrow night's semifinal.If you were
0:04:56 > 0:05:00watching earlier you will have seen John Higgins taking a 2-1 lead over
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Welshman Ryan Day. We will pick up the match in the fourth frame with
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Ryan Day at the table and no score. Commentators, Dennis Taylor and Ken
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Doherty.
0:05:20 > 0:05:26He has left one of a pocket. If he could avoid cannoning into the
0:05:26 > 0:05:39brown, that would help. He has still got to pot the red first, though.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51India, you couldn't avoid the cannon on the brown and it has worked out
0:05:51 > 0:05:59just about perfect for him. -- in the end, he couldn't avoid. So, a
0:05:59 > 0:06:12good early chance in this frame before the mid-session interval.
0:06:55 > 0:07:02The choice of pink or black from this red.
0:07:10 > 0:07:22He can stand through the gap for the couple of reds of the black, now. --
0:07:22 > 0:07:28he can stun through.
0:07:42 > 0:07:50I've always enjoyed watching this player break build.
0:07:55 > 0:08:02He has made 698 century breaks in his career. Only Ronnie O'Sullivan
0:08:02 > 0:08:09and Stephen Hendry are ahead of him.
0:08:31 > 0:08:41Just wondering if he will play a little cannon and just stun the pink
0:08:41 > 0:08:48in for the extreme red on the left of the pink, there.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54This was caused by that bit of a lapse by the safety shot from Rhein,
0:09:54 > 0:09:57he missed a chance of a red to the middle pocket that he shouldn't
0:09:57 > 0:10:03have.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08have. -- from Ryan. If I can show you the red. He should have covered
0:10:08 > 0:10:14this one. It was a little bit fortunate to hit the brown and put
0:10:14 > 0:10:18it into the perfect position, but otherwise, he deserved a little bit
0:10:18 > 0:10:27of luck. It was a good pot.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30of luck. It was a good pot. It is a good way to go to the mid-session
0:10:30 > 0:10:33interval if you can win the frame with one visit. It's not going to be
0:10:33 > 0:10:40easy.Purposely, he's left himself a nice angle on the pink to stun the
0:10:40 > 0:10:46pink in, and just clip the outside red to the left of the bunch of
0:10:46 > 0:10:50four, and that will bring that into play nicely, and that there exactly
0:10:50 > 0:10:55what he's done. APPLAUSE
0:10:55 > 0:10:59He knew that he was pushing that red towards the right corner pocket.
0:10:59 > 0:11:08Didn't have to use too much pace.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14Just the way he's gone about this break. That's probably the first
0:11:14 > 0:11:18relatively poor shot he's played in this break. Had to be a bit
0:11:18 > 0:11:28straighter on this black.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34straighter on this black. Safely, there are, he has the position.
0:11:34 > 0:11:39Didn't bounce the cue ball off the cushion hard enough. He has lost
0:11:39 > 0:11:46position now. He will be kicking himself. He was just looking for one
0:11:46 > 0:11:52more red and a high value, and the frame would have been saved. And he
0:11:52 > 0:12:03definitely needs the spider to get to this one.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09He's making sure of the angle there. Difficult to judge when you're
0:12:09 > 0:12:13backwards, and then when you are bridging over the other red, that's
0:12:13 > 0:12:22doubly difficult. And with the reds as they are, now he's doing what the
0:12:22 > 0:12:25great Ray Reardon used to do, and putting the rest on top of the
0:12:25 > 0:12:33spider. There's going to be a bit of movement, there. That's not a good
0:12:33 > 0:12:41idea. He almost hit the red with the top of the cue. Just watch the cue,
0:12:41 > 0:12:52here, as he was pulling the rest and the spider away. Oops!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55the spider away. Oops!Needs to be a bit more prudent, try to keep it
0:12:55 > 0:13:00safe.
0:13:00 > 0:13:10safe. He's got a good lead.I think what it is, you are so disappointed
0:13:10 > 0:13:21with the shot you played, now he's got the extended spider out.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31I didn't know that they could adjust the height. That is a new one for
0:13:31 > 0:13:44me. We've had problems with spiders, we found problems with wasps today!
0:13:44 > 0:13:55He is just saying that it's too high.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02high. He says that there is one than the practice area.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07the practice area. This seems like the equipment they have got. The
0:14:07 > 0:14:13rest used to have a higher side and a lower side, and that has been done
0:14:13 > 0:14:17away with, without asking the players, it has to be said. I find
0:14:17 > 0:14:24that rather strange. REFEREE:Lower?It used to be
0:14:24 > 0:14:28identical whichever way you hold it now, but they'd used to be, you had
0:14:28 > 0:14:38a little bit more height. They have got two spiders in, now.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45got two spiders in, now.It would be funny if he decided to play the
0:14:45 > 0:14:59safety shot now, after all this! CROWD GASPS
0:14:59 > 0:15:10APPLAUSE It was quite a risky one. He did
0:15:10 > 0:15:16think about playing the safety shot. And, with hindsight, we said that
0:15:16 > 0:15:22very rarely does he play the wrong shot, John Higgins, but he thought
0:15:22 > 0:15:35long and hard about that, and he has given Ryan a glimmer of hope now.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41The two grist to the right side of the table... But look at the bounce
0:15:41 > 0:15:47he's got off the cushion, now.
0:15:47 > 0:15:53he's got off the cushion, now. Just kept on rolling, that.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56kept on rolling, that. As Ken said, they will be changing the cloth
0:15:56 > 0:16:04after this last quarterfinal match. Now he might try to bring those two
0:16:04 > 0:16:15typical blades into play here. -- those two difficult reds. He is just
0:16:15 > 0:16:19saying to the referee, these cushions are springing. It will be
0:16:19 > 0:16:28interesting to see tomorrow. He just said to the referee, you couldn't
0:16:28 > 0:16:39bring the table from the back in here?!
0:16:39 > 0:16:45CROWD LAUGHS.
0:16:59 > 0:17:08Is seeking to have a go at this red down the right-hand side of the
0:17:08 > 0:17:16table was matter it is very difficult, fraught with danger.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21APPLAUSE
0:17:21 > 0:17:39Good shot. Fantastic! Great pot. He may be able with potting this black
0:17:39 > 0:17:43to go into the red in the middle of the table to try and hold the cue
0:17:43 > 0:17:47ball. CROWD GASPS
0:17:47 > 0:17:53Too difficult.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Too difficult. He's been unlucky when he potted that wonderful red
0:17:59 > 0:18:09that the cue ball just drifted towards this cushion near the black.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14That rebels are short of the day and of the best shots in this year's
0:18:14 > 0:18:23Dafabet the Masters and the white just ran that inch too far.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41CROWD GASPS
0:19:41 > 0:19:47He won't be bothered about the red... Going into the mid-session
0:19:47 > 0:19:49interval John Higgins Lee's Ryan Day by three frames to one.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51interval John Higgins Lee's Ryan Day by three frames to one. Into frame
0:19:51 > 0:19:59five it is John Higgins at the table and he leads by 13 points to seven.
0:20:05 > 0:20:13A good pot, but he didn't want the cannon on the red, that's for sure.
0:20:22 > 0:20:31And that tells me he's thinking about the black, here. And he may be
0:20:31 > 0:20:37thinking about the double.
0:20:37 > 0:20:47APPLAUSE CHEERING
0:20:47 > 0:20:57A bit like yourself, he does like a bubble, does John! -- likes a
0:20:57 > 0:20:57double.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14Nicely on this red at the bottom of the pack, as well. He has just
0:21:14 > 0:21:22pushed that red to the right of the pack on, as well.
0:21:50 > 0:22:00LONE APPLAUSE.Somebody like that shot!CROWD LAUGHS.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03shot!CROWD LAUGHS. Is it hampered slightly? A lovely split on the
0:22:03 > 0:22:11reds. I'm sure, yet again, once the whites started to spin again and it
0:22:11 > 0:22:16stopped, then it finished up leaving him probably needing the spider
0:22:16 > 0:22:24again. And it's not a good angle, that one, so he's taken the more
0:22:24 > 0:22:28difficult cutback which will get him on a baulk colour or the blue.
0:22:28 > 0:22:38APPLAUSE One more good positional shot, and
0:22:38 > 0:22:45you'd have to say he has every chance that this will be a 4-1, once
0:22:45 > 0:22:51he's finished at the table.
0:23:02 > 0:23:08I think the think pots into the bottom left-hand corner pocket. He's
0:23:08 > 0:23:23just coming around to have a look at that. -- I think the pink pops.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25that. -- I think the pink pops. He can leave the cue ball somewhere
0:23:25 > 0:23:33where the link is, now. The think out of the way slightly, beyond two
0:23:33 > 0:23:41reds into this corner pocket. -- where the pink is now.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53You can't really see him making a mistake from here. A quick glance at
0:23:53 > 0:24:00the scores.
0:24:04 > 0:24:09Another couple of reds things following this pink.And the frame
0:24:09 > 0:24:14will be secure.
0:24:37 > 0:24:45He's not playing at the top of his game, but he's very solid. His B
0:24:45 > 0:24:51Game is still so good.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Game is still so good.He started the match with a 43 break, then a
0:24:56 > 0:25:02couple of 60 breaks, 61 and 63 in the two previous frames, so doing
0:25:02 > 0:25:11enough at the moment.His long ball game hasn't been the best tonight
0:25:11 > 0:25:22but his safety has been pretty good.
0:25:22 > 0:25:30Safety success, 82% from John Higgins, long pot success, 82%.He
0:25:30 > 0:25:37had his chances, Ryan, and he played a careless positional shot. This was
0:25:37 > 0:25:42the one, potting the think, and he left the white little bit lost,
0:25:42 > 0:25:55really. -- potting the pinch. -- the pink.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15The black's not in but that doesn't matter. Brian stays in his seat and
0:26:15 > 0:26:19John King -- John Higgins continues they left off before the mid-session
0:26:19 > 0:26:22interval and then taking that frame, he extends his lead
0:26:22 > 0:26:27interval and then taking that frame, he extends his lead to 4-1.Into
0:26:27 > 0:26:37frame six and it is Ryan Day at the table leading by one point to nil.
0:26:39 > 0:26:46Oh, just hit a linear jaw, that was close. It just cut the near jaw, and
0:26:46 > 0:26:53the pace, of course, as well.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59That was all that kept that are red out, and now John Higgins with a
0:26:59 > 0:27:04delicate little cannon onto the middle of the three reds, he will be
0:27:04 > 0:27:09right in amongst them and it was him that opened up the reds with an
0:27:09 > 0:27:13attacking safety shot, so this is a great shot, early in this sixth
0:27:13 > 0:27:25brain. -- frame.
0:28:06 > 0:28:12I tell you what is amazing, Ken, it's six years since John has been
0:28:12 > 0:28:22in the semifinals of the Masters. That's incredible.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25That's incredible.Yes, for all the records that he holds, that does
0:28:25 > 0:28:30surprise me.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40It just shows you how tough this Masters is. The top 16 players in
0:28:40 > 0:28:48the world in every match could be a final. We have got an intruder back
0:28:48 > 0:28:55again, but John is trying to keep focused. Just flying around, another
0:28:55 > 0:28:58wasp.
0:28:58 > 0:29:05focused. Just flying around, another wasp.Yes, you can see the
0:29:05 > 0:29:15determination in John 's face, he knows the importance of this break.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20Putting everything into this break. He doesn't have to do much with the
0:29:20 > 0:29:27cue ball.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30cue ball. It is just a matter of keeping the cue ball on a tight
0:29:30 > 0:29:40leash.
0:30:08 > 0:30:15Is there enough room for the pink to go on its own spot? He checked it
0:30:15 > 0:30:19with the ball marker and there is enough enough just Mac there is just
0:30:19 > 0:30:26enough room. It puts the pink out of cushion but that does not really
0:30:26 > 0:30:36matter. He has enough loose breads there without taking blues all
0:30:36 > 0:30:45blacks.
0:31:16 > 0:31:26He left that a little short of where he wanted it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28he wanted it. He is just looking to see if the pink might possibly still
0:31:28 > 0:31:38popped.
0:31:40 > 0:31:52He feels he can see enough of this pink.
0:31:56 > 0:32:05A bit tight, isn't it? As I mentioned, he has made 360 plus
0:32:05 > 0:32:08breaks on the three previous frames and he is on a bit of a roll now,
0:32:08 > 0:32:20John, and he can do this to you when we get going.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25we get going. I mentioned it the other day when I was in Poland and
0:32:25 > 0:32:28he was playing Stuart Bingham in an invitational tournament in China and
0:32:28 > 0:32:34I was watching it on the television and he was 8-6 behind and he made
0:32:34 > 0:32:45three consecutive centuries to win the match.
0:32:45 > 0:32:52Yes, this is good stuff from John Higgins.
0:32:52 > 0:32:59Higgins. Ryan can only sit there and just watch on. There is that red, of
0:32:59 > 0:33:05course, to the right centre.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09course, to the right centre. It is a frame ball and it is going to be 5-1
0:33:09 > 0:33:13to John Higgins. Ryan is going to have to win all of the remaining
0:33:13 > 0:33:16frames.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24He has got better and better as the match has gone on, Ryan -- John
0:33:24 > 0:33:30Higgins.
0:33:40 > 0:33:46Of course, he was 3-0 down to Ding Junhui in the first round as he came
0:33:46 > 0:33:51back to win that one.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59back to win that one. Can we see our first century tonight? He has a bit
0:33:59 > 0:34:04of work to do.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Well, this is a tricky red that he is faced with if he is going to make
0:34:22 > 0:34:29a century. If he makes this one it is a tough one. He has hit it well.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33He has a bit of an angle on the black to get in behind that
0:34:33 > 0:34:41difficult last red.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Well, this is a key shot for the century. We have had 23 so far this
0:34:48 > 0:34:59year. The record is 31.
0:35:15 > 0:35:23Very well played, John Higgins. He's certainly enjoyed that, that is for
0:35:23 > 0:35:33sure. That is his 37th century this season. He made 50 last season, and
0:35:33 > 0:35:43in total 699 centuries. Quite amazing, isn't it?Yes, incredible.
0:35:43 > 0:35:54That is a lovely little shot, just to bring the brown interplay.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56to bring the brown interplay. I wonder, will he make the 700th
0:35:56 > 0:36:05century here at the Masters this year. I would not put it past him.
0:36:05 > 0:36:11He has missed the blue but it was a wonderful break in the end the John
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Higgins. He has another frame on the board and he is only one more away
0:36:16 > 0:36:21from a place in the semifinals. So that century from John Higgins
0:36:21 > 0:36:25was the 24th of this year 's tournament which is only two behind
0:36:25 > 0:36:30last year 's total. He is only one frame away from a berth in the
0:36:30 > 0:36:36semifinal and we pick it up with Ryan Day at the table and no score.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41He has just lost it a little bit and it is quite understandable, it has
0:36:41 > 0:36:45to be said, when he has been frozen out for the last three or four
0:36:45 > 0:36:54frames virtually.
0:37:43 > 0:37:52This would be some shot here. He has to try and make this plant.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57to try and make this plant. Of course, if you miss and bring the
0:37:57 > 0:38:02reds interplay you are bound to lose something. Pushed the boat out a
0:38:02 > 0:38:07little bit there.I think if the scoreline was different he would not
0:38:07 > 0:38:18have taken that plant on.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26It did not go cleanly in the pocket, that one. It just caught the side,
0:38:26 > 0:38:36but safely in.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44The chance is there for John Higgins, and he will try to get this
0:38:44 > 0:38:48quarterfinal match over with as quickly as possible and get himself
0:38:48 > 0:38:54ready for the semifinal.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58ready for the semifinal. That got a slight kick. It sounded like a kick
0:38:58 > 0:39:05but it has not affected things.If he pots with black and takes the red
0:39:05 > 0:39:10closest to discussion, this will open the black into both corner
0:39:10 > 0:39:21pockets now.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49The one thing about great champions if they are never scared of the
0:39:49 > 0:39:56winning line. It is almost as if they click a switch and they sense
0:39:56 > 0:40:06the need when they have two.
0:40:06 > 0:40:12the need when they have two. Well, they are so used to it, Ken. He has
0:40:12 > 0:40:2429 ranking titles so he is used to closing matches out.
0:40:42 > 0:40:51He has a bit of work to do here. He can hold for that red that is near
0:40:51 > 0:41:00the cushion there, just above the white and yellow.
0:41:10 > 0:41:15I think he just has enough angle to get out onto one of the baulk
0:41:15 > 0:41:24colours. Yes, throughout the 80s and 90s and with Stephen Hendry in the
0:41:24 > 0:41:3090s, he used to finish so many matches with a match-winning break,
0:41:30 > 0:41:37as Steve Davis did throughout the 80s.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48He has been unlucky, I think, so he is not going to clinch the match
0:41:48 > 0:41:53with this visit. He played the attacking shot there. Hang on a
0:41:53 > 0:41:58minute. Maybe he still has a pot to go. If he was right behind the red
0:41:58 > 0:42:08it would be pretty straightforward. He has to cut it back.
0:42:08 > 0:42:16He has to cut it back. He was a little bit unlucky.
0:42:16 > 0:42:27little bit unlucky. A glimmer of hope for Ryan Day.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33It is not on the red directly, I don't think you can see enough of it
0:42:33 > 0:42:38there to parted. The referee is having a look but I don't think he
0:42:38 > 0:42:47can put it straight on there, he may have two then dipped slightly. He
0:42:47 > 0:42:50may have to use the cushion but the problem about the cushion here is
0:42:50 > 0:42:56that the cue ball could end up in the pack of reds here. Oh! How did
0:42:56 > 0:43:05that stay out?I cannot believe that he has hit that red too thin. This
0:43:05 > 0:43:10is quite incredible.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14is quite incredible. No wonder he is sitting there smiling. That was
0:43:14 > 0:43:19amazing.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42He needed that second one to go in because otherwise it would have been
0:43:42 > 0:43:49over the pocket and the black would not have been portable. Look at this
0:43:49 > 0:44:00again. Two for the price of one. Anymore pace and the black would
0:44:00 > 0:44:04have stayed out.
0:44:14 > 0:44:26His second bite of the cherry to clinch this quarterfinal.
0:44:28 > 0:44:33He doesn't have to play the cannon into the four reds here. The red
0:44:33 > 0:44:40next to the pink will pot. He can just stun across the face of it and
0:44:40 > 0:44:51after potting of the red tape the pink into the corner pocket.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54pink into the corner pocket. 53 ahead and the pink will be 59. One
0:44:54 > 0:45:04more red will be 60 with 59 remaining.
0:45:04 > 0:45:17It has been a good solid performance from John Higgins.
0:45:19 > 0:45:26That should set up a cracking
0:45:26 > 0:45:30semifinal against Mark Allen who has also been playing very well this
0:45:30 > 0:45:36week.
0:45:36 > 0:45:42week. He has spotted a plant here.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58Amazingly enough Ryan Day lost at this stage last year 6-1 to Stephen
0:45:58 > 0:46:05Maguire.
0:46:06 > 0:46:13Maguire. He had a good victory over Ding Junhui. He has had his first
0:46:13 > 0:46:16ranking title win so we will be seeing an awful lot more of Ryan
0:46:16 > 0:46:22Day.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33Always a nice feeling when you are potting balls and you know you are
0:46:33 > 0:46:43in the semifinal.
0:46:54 > 0:47:01He is going to take some shopping -- stopping, isn't he? Mark Allen
0:47:01 > 0:47:08playing some great snooker this week as well. We also have Judd Trump
0:47:08 > 0:47:13against Kyren Wilson in the other semifinal. A great line-up.Yes,
0:47:13 > 0:47:17even though some of the favourites went out you're always going to have
0:47:17 > 0:47:28fantastic matches here in the Masters.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31Masters. He will have enjoyed this performance because he knows Ryan
0:47:31 > 0:47:42Day is a tough opponent. He made an 83 break in the second frame.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57John Higgins in the end go straight to the semifinal, comfortable win by
0:47:57 > 0:47:596-1.
0:47:59 > 0:48:04to the semifinal, comfortable win by 6-1.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07If he can claim like that most of the time then he will be happy. I
0:48:07 > 0:48:12was happy with how I played and to get 6-1 against Ryan when he has
0:48:12 > 0:48:16been playing very well this season, delighted. I have not really done
0:48:16 > 0:48:21great year so I am buzzing. A great crowd. I think this is the best
0:48:21 > 0:48:26venue that we play in. It is a packed house almost every match and
0:48:26 > 0:48:31that is fabulous. I look forward to it.The semifinal line-up is
0:48:31 > 0:48:35complete. Tomorrow afternoon world number three Judd Trump takes on
0:48:35 > 0:48:40Kyren Wilson who is appearing in only his second Masters.In the
0:48:40 > 0:48:43evening Mark Allen in his third semifinal is against John Higgins
0:48:43 > 0:48:48who won the title here in 99 and 2006. These two always have cracking
0:48:48 > 0:48:53matches.Yes, John Higgins is a great form and you cannot argue with
0:48:53 > 0:48:56what Mark Allen has done so far. The tactics will be very eye and the
0:48:56 > 0:49:04scoring very high as well.Thank you very much. We will be back tomorrow
0:49:04 > 0:49:08here at 1:15pm for the first semifinal between Judd Trump and
0:49:08 > 0:49:13Kyren Wilson.