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Hello, welcome to the Masters at the magnificent Alexandra Palace.

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For the first few days, players, crowds, the BBC crew, have been

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wandering around the amazing venue in all of its history. Since it

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opened 130 years ago it has been home to a racetrack, cricket ground

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and recently the World Darts Championship. What about its

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relationship with snooker? Here is Steve Davis and John Parrott.

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The first thing that strikes you about the venue is its fast nature.

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It is like nothing I have seen in snooker.

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I have not seen bigger plastic plants in my life! Horace went room

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-- Horace played Willie Smith. I assume it was Horace who won. It

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was 1936. Did you have a good seat? I got knocked out in the semi-

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finals. Horace beat me in. The table was really slow. Please, let

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it go. This is the players' lounge. The players can relax here and have

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a nice cup of tea. Last year, the BBC crew had their 75th reunion

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here, which was very nice. There is some memorabilia for the snooker.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ding Junhui. Willie Smith. And Horace. The dress

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code was different in those days. Where have you brought me to?

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We are playing in the West Paul next door. This is the Great Hall.

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Over the years, great things have happened here. You do not great --

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get a great hall without a great organ. Look at that. We are

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standing in the centre circle. There is a plaque. There was a

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caption when the great fire happened in 1980.

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How do you know that? It says so. At the weekend there

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will be a model railway exposition. Fantastic.

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That is just a little bit of history, but as you heard, for BBC

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Television, this is where it began in 1936. One of the first

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presenters introduce the early transmissions with the words, this

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is direct television from Alexandra Palace. So this is what is coming

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direct to your television this afternoon. Two time Masters

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champion at Wembley Mark Selby hopes to continue his love affair

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with this tournament. One of those victories was over Stephen Lee in

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the 2008 final. He is now back in the top 16. We will hear from

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Graeme Dott, who has battled depression to become one of the top

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players. You can be a millionaire and be as happy as you think you

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should be, but you still can be depressed. It is a mental illness.

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Until people realise that, there are still ignorant people who think,

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how can you be depressed? And now that his war of words with Barry

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Hearn has mellowed, we will see how Mark Allen got on against Neil

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Robertson last night. It is time to get today's show on the road. The

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world number one Mark Selby and Stephen Lee. Rob Walker welcomed

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the players earlier. Please welcome a player whose

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cueing action is described as smooth as silk. The winner of four

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ranking event titles, a three times Masters semi-finalist, he reached a

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final in 2008, it is the talent from Trowbridge. Stephen Lee!

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APPLAUSE And his opponent, one of the most colourful characters on

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the circuit. He has been in three of the last

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four Masters finals. Twice a winner. He won his second ranking event in

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China this season. He is the world number one, he is the Jester from

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Leicester, Mark Selby. APPLAUSE MUSIC: "Underdog" by

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A great reception for the players. This is the repeat of the final

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four years ago. Mark Selby has a good record. He lost to Ronnie

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O'Sullivan in 2009, but took his revenge a year later. Stephen Lee

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made his Masters debut in 1988 -- 1998. His best performance was in

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2008 when he lost to Mark Selby. He dropped out of the top 16 and

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missed the last three years but he is back in the big time. Stephen

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Lee has lost to Mark Selby on two occasions since that final. We will

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join the match in the first frame. Commentators are John Virgo and

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JOHN VIRGO: Is still not a formality to win the frame at this

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If the black goes... There may be a And it does.

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STEPHEN HENDRY: I thought he had a decent angle on the pink. Obviously,

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choosing to do it a different way. He chose to split the reds from a

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red, which never guarantees position. A Eddie Charlton said he

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would never played to remove reds off a red. The reason being is that

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you are not guaranteed to be on a Sorry about the Australian accent.

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I am certainly not going to try one, Scottish two Australian does not

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This will be more difficult to get say. -- safe. I suggested nestling

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on the red below the black spot, Maybe three cushions and hit the

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He misjudged that badly. That is Stephen Lee looked at the first

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cushion he hit. He was not expecting the reaction he got. He

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expected it to slide. If it does not slide, it comes off at a more

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square angle. It looked all right for me. It came of square of the

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second cushion. It might not be too bad because this red is tricky.

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What makes it more difficult is he has work to do with the cue ball.

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This is why he is refusing it. The best you can hope for in that

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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situation is not to leave anything This frame has already gone over 22

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minutes. I do not think we will see many long frames in this match.

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Both players are capable when they get in amongst the balls. Sometimes,

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it is the way the balls grant that dictates how the frame will be

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played. This is an example -- the The red balls are coming away from

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a safe positions. The first mistake could cost this frame. The black

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may just have come to his rescue. That was a dangerous shot, nudging

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the red towards the corner. I think the black has just come to his

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This time, he will hope to on the red into another red to keep it on

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the top cushion. He did not do that quite. What will rescue him this

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time? The hamper on the green! Again, a smile from Mark Selby.

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That was pretty good to get it back to the baulk end, but he left a pot

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on. He can go for it with That was the only red he could

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leave and fun enough, that was the It sometimes happens when you have

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long bouts of safety. Your potting That was much too thin. I do not

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think he has got away with it this time. Three poor safety shots in a

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That could cost him the opening It looks like keeper Pacini played

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the cannon on the top cushion to try to bring it in the open, but he

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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APPLAUSE A few mistakes made. The most important thing for Mark, he

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has got his first frame on the scoreboard, it looks like. That is

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It did not matter about the brown. Probably, that could be the longest

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frame of the match. Mark Selby will not be too bothered, he has won the

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Mark Selby gets the second frame under way. We mentioned earlier

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there is a lot of movement with him. We saw it there when he was cueing

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Look at the movement. But he seems He chose to play the more attacking

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way. He was a long way off. He did not come off the cushion for an

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The red went close to the middle, but it has not been left. I do not

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think there is any way... He could play the pot on the red in the

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right middle. There is also a red sticking out from the main pack

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that would cut into the left corner. As long as he gets close to the

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jaws of the pocket, the red should But he needed to screw back further

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Stephen can get to the red on the right-hand side. That is a good

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That was pretty good. He has covered the path on the right-hand

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side somewhat. The left-hand side Mark Selby not happy with the

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Mark wants to make sure that the referee put the white ball in

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exactly the same place say he knows where to aim. It might be a further

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REFEREE: Foul and a miss. somebody of Mark Selby's class that

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is poor, for two attempts. He will be warned because he could hit reds

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He would forfeit the frame if he He went for a red he did not want

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to play and he has been very fortunate. That is what you call

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world number one Mark! Yes. -- luck. He was forced into playing the red.

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Otherwise he would have forfeited World number one for me! -- form.

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Stephen felt he could clip that one No such luck for Stephen. He misses

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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He just caught the wide jaw. He If he has covered himself on the

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blue he is on nothing. Look at his face. He probably has. That is

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You could not imagine that You could say it is careless. In

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all honestly, the odds of that happening, he could play it 1,000

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times and it would not happen. All he can do is... I would say cover

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the path to the red over the corner. But it would not be that difficult

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to come off the side cushion and possibly pot it. What else can he

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If he has cut off the one-cushion escape, which he might have done,

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The fact that Mark is not playing of the right-hand side cushion

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across the table, he has got tight enough to the green to cover the

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one-cushion escape. Considering he was annoyed and frustrated, that

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was an excellent shot from Stephen REFEREE: Foul and a miss. That pink

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is like a magnet! That is four escapes from snookers from that

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side and both players have been, That was a poor shot. You are not

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guaranteed to get a nice position when the red is so far into the

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jaws of the pocket, but there was It is bits and pieces. He was that?

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The Dave Clark Five. Before your He did not get his opponent into

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The reds are nicely spread. Again, you have the pink and black out of

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It is not easy to win a frame with just the baulk colours to go at.

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You can build up a need a, of course. The left-hand side of the

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reds, he might be able to screw up It is fortunate if the blue goes

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into the left corner. I am certain that is what Stephen Lee is

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thinking now in his seat! Very He has not made the best job of

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that. I think the red goes to the left middle, but it depends on the

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He had to leave himself a long blue. He will be slightly hampered. The

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reds will make cueing slightly Well, he made that look easy. It

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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Mark still has a lot to do to win He has a choice of reds, with this

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Obviously, the green is off its spot, so he has more win to take

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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There are two Bridge that are easily pottable. -- two reds. He

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has decided to play the cannon. It could go wrong. At that speed, it

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was a bit risky. That was what I was going to say, playing the

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cannon that slowly. That was a great shot. He is back in perfect

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position again. And now, with a 28. Lead, he's looking for three of

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these remaining reds -- 28 point lead. This time, absolutely perfect

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on the blue. Stephen, nothing he can do, he has just got to sit

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there. He has been sitting at his chair a few times and thought he

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was coming back to the table, but, by good luck, or could play, he has

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been kept in his seat. -- could play. -- good play. He is straight

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enough. If he plays the deep screw he has to be careful not to make

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contact with that red that is near his hand. Or the other one. Would

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you believe it? That could not have worked it better. I am not saying

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he didn't have the thought that that could happen by swinging the

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cue ball wide but to cannon the red, and finish perfect on the blue, you

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have to say that was a little fortuitous. And now the blue. This

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is the one. He is swinging up wide, but if he catches that red fully on,

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he is on nothing. And now the blue has gone in, he is 46 points in

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front with 43 remaining. And if he rolls this red in and make certain

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of it, I don't think Stephen Lee will bother coming back to the

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There is no reason to power this in. The red will clinch the frame --

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the frame. But for snookers, it should be 2-0, to Mark Selby, the

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mark -- the world No. 1. Imperative now that he gets on the black.

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Where is the cue ball going? It was a chance missed. Because, if he had

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potted that red and made for now a contract, he would have been nicer

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on the black. He's asking the referee how he is looking with

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regard to touching the pink. The referee one tell him. And now, the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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red has gone in. That dots the I's Mark's will be one frame three with

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a break of 57 and the in four with a century, the eight of the

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tournament, so far. Mark Selby leads for living 0 at the interval

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and they will be resuming shortly. It has been very professional and

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clinical from Marks will be. That is what you expect from him. We

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call him the who grew, he Hoovers things up. -- the Hoover. For

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someone of Stephen's capability, this miss was poor. We why is he

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making mistakes like that? hasn't got out of first gear, and

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against one of the top players in the world, that comes in even

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harder. Stephen Lee possibly hasn't had the experience in the last few

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years on the big stage. That comes into the equation. If you're

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playing this type of venue regularly you settled down quicker,

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and we know that Mark's will be does not need too much time to

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settle down. He looks more efficient. Once you let the other

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guy off the hook, then 4-0 becomes an obvious result. The fact is, he

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has had a couple of thumpings off of him, Stephen. Mark's will be

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totally dominating Stephen Lee at the moment and they resume shortly.

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Let's look ahead to the match tonight between Ali Carter and

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Graeme Dott. Graeme Dott has had to overcome troubles away from the

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table to prove himself one of the I have never really done that well

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in the UK and the Masters, two admits I never seemed to do well.

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If it was moved to the Crucible I might do a bit better, but it is

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not, so I will have to go there and He's not in a good place might just

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now, but that can change with a good performance. Sometimes it can

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be hard to play someone like that a cause they just click, and it is

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back to normal. You can be a millionaire and have everything you

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want and be depressed. It is nothing to do with it, it is an

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illness, a mental illness. And there are still ignorant people who

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think, how can you be depressed? I don't think people realise that.

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You still get idiots who come up and say things, it cannot be that

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bad, cheer up. But if you tell somebody they have got something

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wrong with them, Alzheimer saw something, it is looked at

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differently, but depression is a mental illness, and people need to

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It is a hard sport to play in, you are away from home all the time,

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away from Kitson family, living out of a suit case. People do not see

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that. They tune in and see us on TV, but you're stuck in a hotel room

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for three days before that, and it can be hard, sometimes, if you are

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not feeling great. I understand why snooker players get it. It is not

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like a team sport, you have to battle on, yourself. It is

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something that has annoyed me for years. Hopefully, I will do better

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now. It is a tournament that I have never done well in. I don't know if

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it is horses for courses but I never seemed to play well, here.

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Korean Dott against Ali Carter is available on the red button and on

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line from 7 o'clock tonight. Highlights on BBC Two from 11:20pm.

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We are hearing a lot from players about the difficulties of

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travelling away from home. We have from Ronnie O'Sullivan who spoke to

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Hazel Irvine, saying how difficult it is to have a proper season on

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the snooker tour now and maintain family life. Yes, I think the

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future for snooker that is going to become full-time, not just six or

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seven tournaments each season becomes a single man's sport. It is

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something that you have to consider and the choice you have to make.

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There are times when you are on the road and not much is happening and

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you can get feeling lonely. The rewards are break, when it all was

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right, you are the centre of attention, and that can make up for

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it. Talking about the difference between you were at your peak and

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when family life became more important to you. We're all

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different as individuals. I still think there is some leeway and the

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format, just to say, have so many of your best results in so many

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tournaments, so that people can have a week off now and again. Take

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the best built results from 16 tournaments, whichever way you want

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to do it. -- the best 12 results. Then, you get a balance. We wish

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Graeme Dott good luck in his match against Ali Carter. Let's find out

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more about the world number one, I never get angry or up tight. The

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worst thing for me is that if I lose a match I will feel a little

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bit gutted. I have started getting into running and it knows, but I

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find it difficult doing the exercise and fitness regime and

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trying to cut out all the rubbish as well. -- fit this. I would like

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to see how they lived in the 18 hundreds. It would be like luxury

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Co -- luxury, to them, living how we live now. It would be an

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experience. My biggest strength is that I never know when I am beaten.

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Until the final ball was potted, I never give in. I am always trying.

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My father passed away when I was 16, just before I turned professional.

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That was the biggest one for me, because he had watched me growing

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up and playing in junior tournaments and he never got to see

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me play as a professional, so I Mark's will be is in complete

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control against Stephen Lee. 4-0, the first to six frames goes

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through to the semi-final. But Stephen Lee have a fight back in

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him? We are about to find out in the company of John Virgo and

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Stephen Hendry. It goes without saying that we need a unproved

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performance from Stephen Lee if used to get back into this match.

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He has got to cut out every mistake and get all the statistics up.

:44:33.:44:43.
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Everything has got to improve. That He has got to attack more. His

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safety has been quite good, but not very positive safetys, punishing

:45:02.:45:08.

Mark Selby. And the long balls he has been playing, he has had an

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element of safety to them. At 4-0 down, you have got to go, all-out

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attack. There is a little bit of There is the table time statistic.

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Two-thirds of it for Mark Selby and just about one third for Stephen

:45:39.:45:49.
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In four frames, Stephen Lee has only scored 76 points. For Mark

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Selby, his highest break is more than that. Touching ball has been

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called so he has to play a Almost got to be a little bit wary

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with these. Is he playing safe or is he playing the pot? He played

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the pop, so maybe he is when to take your advice, Stephen, and

:47:18.:47:28.

attacked a bit more. -- he is going to. He wasn't going to leave Ilott

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He could have left it, but he Where is the red going? It is near

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the pocket. I think he may be able to get past the brown, and if he

:48:29.:48:35.

can... He will just have to bend the slightly, with a little bit of

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left-hand side. Problem is, if he was to catch it to thickly with all

:48:42.:48:46.

that side, it could take the cue ball into the bunch of reds and he

:48:46.:48:54.

could be on nothing. He maybe doesn't have to bend it that much,

:48:54.:49:04.

to be honest. That was the problem. With that amount of side. It was

:49:04.:49:08.

always win to swing the cue ball wide. He is looking to see if he

:49:08.:49:13.

can get through to the black. If he can, it wouldn't be the easiest of

:49:14.:49:22.

shots. It would help, if he was to play safe, if he wants to flick off

:49:22.:49:32.
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the black. He must feel as though he can hit it. If he can hit it, he

:49:33.:49:43.
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It was almost like a guide. Little unlucky that he has not finished up

:50:02.:50:12.
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For that was in a loose safety. There was a good target their

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behind green and brown. He has left Just not happening, I'm afraid, for

:50:47.:50:57.
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That is a shot he is normally so good at, Stephen Lee. He is lower

:51:02.:51:12.

in confidence at the moment. Yet again, it is Mark Selby who has got

:51:12.:51:22.
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If well, that is unlucky. It could always happen, of course, going

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into the reds with such pace. You couldn't really envisage that

:52:37.:52:46.

happening. Is this the lifeline that Stephen Lee was looking for? I

:52:46.:52:53.

would suggest he needs to win the frame at this visit, not only for

:52:53.:52:58.

the confidence boost, but just to get some rhythm going. He has got

:52:58.:53:08.
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Probably the best chance he's had and the match. He doesn't have to

:53:34.:53:39.

disturb anything. Just keep his mind and a job, one shot at that

:53:39.:53:49.
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time. -- keep his mind on the job, It is amazing. When you're 4-0

:54:13.:54:18.

behind, Andy see the reds sector almost like a practice routine, and

:54:18.:54:24.

you see problems, and they are not really there. You want that frame

:54:24.:54:31.

to be over as quickly as possible. Just need to hold your

:54:31.:54:39.

concentration. One ball at a time. He has overhit that slightly, this

:54:39.:54:49.
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red, although, he should get it. Good recovery, though. He might

:54:49.:54:54.

choose to play a cannon year. Plea it off the cushion, the three Ritz

:54:54.:54:59.

to the right, because the two reds to the left don't pot to the right

:54:59.:55:09.
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corner. -- three reds. He has caught that, but he is OK, I think,

:55:13.:55:20.

just. He needed to stun that with a little bit more side. He played it,

:55:20.:55:28.

plain ball. He is just about on this red, but lucky to have it. I

:55:28.:55:32.

was thinking red to the right corner, not the red to the far left

:55:32.:55:42.
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corner. The only thing is, he is close to the red and, using the

:55:43.:55:53.
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extension, it is a tricky one to Gravity took over. Any more pace,

:56:30.:56:40.
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and it wouldn't have dropped. Now, a contract for a 27. Lead -- back

:56:43.:56:53.
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He does strike the cue ball so well. As well as anybody in the game.

:57:13.:57:18.

This is the first chance we've had to see it in this match. He will

:57:18.:57:25.

feel a lot better here, winning the frame in one visit. Just this red

:57:25.:57:35.
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to go 4-1 in front with 35 remaining. And so, the dreaded

:57:35.:57:45.
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Mark's will be was unfortunate when he potted the black, cannon the

:57:50.:57:55.

reds, and knock a red into the middle, but on the balance of the

:57:55.:58:01.

first four frames, they say you deserve what you get, and that one

:58:01.:58:11.
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of the balls did favour Mark. -- Two blues, three pink's, 5 blacks,

:58:23.:58:33.

he has stayed on the high value colours for this break. If he

:58:33.:58:39.

clears these five remaining cholera has, it will be 100. -- these five

:58:39.:58:49.
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The 9th century break of the tournament and it could not come at

:59:20.:59:23.

a better time for the man from Trowbridge. Still has a mountain to

:59:23.:59:29.

climb but he has his first frame on the scoresheet. He trails 4-1. Good

:59:29.:59:34.

character from Stephen Lee. Century number nine. We had said that he

:59:34.:59:39.

hadn't got in in the first four frames, but he has now. You need a

:59:39.:59:44.

little bit of help sometimes. He got it when Mark knocked that red

:59:44.:59:49.

into the middle pocket. If you give them enough chances he will get

:59:49.:59:55.

back in the game. You can see why he is in the top 16 now. He is back

:59:55.:00:01.

in the top 16. He missed out for three years. Rob Walker said that

:00:01.:00:04.

Stephen Lee has a smooth as silk cueing action and everybody talks

:00:04.:00:10.

about him in such high regard, but his record, is one, sadly not quite

:00:10.:00:15.

up to that. He has won four ranking events which is very good, but it

:00:15.:00:21.

should be better, with the way that he hits the ball. Even though Mark

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Selby knock one in, there were still pressure, because you have

:00:25.:00:29.

got to make the frame clearance there. The balls are lovely but you

:00:29.:00:32.

still got to clear them. A little bit of pressure on him, but that

:00:32.:00:40.

was more like it from hem. He looks up at the scoreboard and sees 4-0,

:00:40.:00:50.
:00:50.:00:53.

but he's going to be feeling a lot Sometimes with Stephen Lee, against

:00:53.:00:58.

the big names in the game, he time's up a fraction. He fancies

:00:58.:01:06.

the game against lower-ranked players. He annihilated me recently.

:01:06.:01:16.
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But against the big players, he John -- JOHN VIRGO: That is a

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There are two reds above the black. If he leaves a nice angle on the

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black he could carry into the right hand one of those two. He could

:01:54.:02:04.
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open more with a little bit of pace Coming off the top cushion, it can

:02:11.:02:21.
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He caught that thin. I am looking at his face to see if he is on the

:02:34.:02:44.
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He had such a good angle, I thought he would play with more power into

:02:47.:02:57.
:02:57.:03:09.

That was well played. He could not have played that better. He could

:03:09.:03:19.
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not have got through to it plain He is not perfect on the black. He

:03:20.:03:24.

is desperately looking to see if there is a ball that is pot able

:03:24.:03:34.
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macro without having to disturb In potting that, he will be running

:03:55.:04:01.

into other reds. It is the shot again. You prefer to screw the he's

:04:01.:04:10.

back. This one I would prefer to run through. If you screw back on

:04:10.:04:15.

this one I do not see... Unless the pink is available. And it was. But

:04:15.:04:21.

where does the next red come from? Yes. That was slightly negative to

:04:21.:04:27.

play for the pink. You trust to fortune when you follow through the

:04:27.:04:34.

pack, but with his cue action, it is a comfortable shot for him, I

:04:34.:04:39.

would have thought. The only shot I can see is to pot the pink with a

:04:39.:04:49.
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lot of top. Come off the side He might be able to make the angle

:04:57.:05:02.

unless he has to force an angle. He did not think he could. That is all

:05:02.:05:12.
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he is going to get. An extra six.. It should have been a better one

:05:30.:05:35.

than that. I know there was a nice target he was thinking behind green

:05:35.:05:44.

and blue. But it is basic inputting your eggs in one basket. He has not

:05:44.:05:54.
:05:54.:06:07.

That was a chance for Mark Selby, He is on the completely wrong side

:06:07.:06:16.

of the red. If you miss that far, it is a shock to the system. A lot

:06:16.:06:22.

of unintentional left-hand side which pushed it to the right. I

:06:22.:06:32.
:06:32.:06:43.

have not seen Mark hit a ball that That was a tough shot. Whenever you

:06:43.:06:50.

are close to the side cushion, it will always be tough. He probably

:06:50.:06:56.

thought the only red is the one I am playing but he nudged two reds

:06:56.:07:06.
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He did not have the best angle on the pink to play the cannon. He may

:07:36.:07:41.

be wishing he had played something else now. It was always going to be

:07:41.:07:45.

difficult to develop too many reds and be certain of where the cue

:07:46.:07:55.
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It has turned out OK. Tighter to the top cushion would have been

:08:46.:08:56.
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And he has misjudged that. He would be lucky for it to go in! Digby. --

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dear me. Stephen Lee, who was at this end of the table, has gone

:09:12.:09:22.
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back, thinking, what is going on? If it had rattled in the jaws,

:09:26.:09:31.

Stephen Lee would have had an easy opener. Now, look at the position

:09:31.:09:36.

he is in. He tried to run the red into the yellow. He misjudged it

:09:37.:09:44.

completely. Did he apologise? I do not know whether he did. He did

:09:44.:09:54.
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apologise, I am hearing. Not much of an apology. You would apologise.

:09:55.:10:05.
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There is no point. Are you sorry? No, you are relieved. The man with

:10:06.:10:11.

ginger hair in the studio never apologised. Yes. What were we

:10:11.:10:21.
:10:21.:10:21.

saying? World number one's luck. That was a stroke of luck. He

:10:21.:10:31.
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played a good snooker. But I am not He has not taken advantage of it.

:10:36.:10:40.

Stephen Lee is still in the frame and still, you would think, if he

:10:40.:10:50.
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He will play it with bottom check side. Right-hand side to square it

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APPLAUSE He played that nicely. He got a kiss off the red. It was a

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helpful kiss. He would have liked to have been straighter. There are

:11:39.:11:46.

reds in the baulk end he can play for. Possibly a red below the pink.

:11:46.:11:56.
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That made him inch-perfect on the Oh, Stephen, Stephen! How has he

:12:04.:12:14.
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That was carelessness. It was not a twitch or nerves. He completely

:12:20.:12:30.
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He will be disappointed. That was a great chance to get this frame and

:12:30.:12:40.

go to 4-2. It was the point I was making earlier. I was probably

:12:40.:12:43.

behind him match is more than you were. Sometimes, you think I have

:12:43.:12:49.

the chance, get this frame over, 4- 2, and you are looking ahead

:12:49.:12:59.
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instead of staying in the moment. It is all about pace, this. It is

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OK. He can get his hand on the He knew he had a choice to play for

:15:14.:15:19.

the one to the middle. It has overrun -- if it has, you would

:15:19.:15:27.

have the one left. This is the one he wanted out of the way. A little

:15:27.:15:32.

bit surprised he played for the paper. I would have played for one

:15:32.:15:38.

of the balls in the baulk end. would have chosen to play the red

:15:38.:15:44.

close to the corner pocket and keep the white up that end of the table.

:15:44.:15:53.

I'm sure he could have health. -- man held. It is now not a formality

:15:53.:15:58.

to get position. He needs a good shot. He has a slight angle to

:15:59.:16:08.
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Maybe that red will go to the far Obviously landed too straight on

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the yellow and so will play the The green spot is not available. It

:17:00.:17:10.
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should not make any difference If he pots the blue, it will go on

:17:21.:17:26.

the green spot. But he is down quickly on the brown so he liked

:17:26.:17:36.
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The green will put him 23 points in front with 22 remaining. Stephen

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Lee must be sitting in his seat very disappointed. He missed a

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straightforward red. I think the problem was he was thinking the

:18:09.:18:19.
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In the fifth frame, Stephen Lee was handed a lifeline and he did not

:18:43.:18:48.

take it. Mark Selby is one frame away from a place in the quarter

:18:49.:18:55.

final. You get those days, Stephen. You did not have many, but Stephen

:18:55.:19:00.

Lee is having a horrendous day. We will look at the mistakes he has

:19:00.:19:08.

made. The first four frames, he did not get a lot of chances. These are

:19:08.:19:12.

shots that you must get at this level. He played that as a sort of

:19:12.:19:20.

shot to nothing. He needed snookers, but you expected him to get this.

:19:20.:19:27.

Again, he has not looked comfortable today. This red, it was

:19:27.:19:31.

an unforgivable miss. He was fortunate to get good position and

:19:31.:19:37.

must have thought, I have my chance. But as you said, he took his mind

:19:37.:19:43.

of the job. You can see the look on his face. As a player, it is a

:19:43.:19:49.

shock to the system, it makes the heart pound, when you get down to a

:19:49.:19:52.

red you cannot possibly miss and you look up and it is still on the

:19:52.:19:57.

table. Sometimes you cannot believe it. You are just looking for the

:19:57.:20:03.

next shot. There is the trophy. It is looking a long way out of reach

:20:03.:20:13.
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That was a decent break off. He has not left the possibility of a red

:20:24.:20:34.
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to one of the corners, which is a It did not look to be the best of

:20:42.:20:49.

safety shots but the fluke on the green has made it good now. --

:20:49.:20:59.
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He just caught that a bit too thick. He cannot afford to make any

:21:24.:21:34.
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mistakes now, Stephen, because the That is one safety shot. It would

:22:09.:22:13.

not leave much. The black is covering one red and the other two

:22:13.:22:23.
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reds are covering each other. You He caught it slightly thicker than

:22:27.:22:32.

he attended which is why he has only reached the baulk line rather

:22:32.:22:37.

than the baulk cushion. It is a mistake. How costly it will be, I

:22:37.:22:47.
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 82 seconds

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APPLAUSE That was a terrific pot. He is just far enough away from the

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cushion. Not much you can do about Two-thirds success rate for the

:24:14.:24:22.

long pot in is a good rate. He was away from the cushion enough to

:24:23.:24:32.
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make that easy enough to get the As with all top players, when Mark

:24:51.:24:57.

Selby sees a chance to get over the winning line, he rarely does not

:24:57.:25:07.
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Looking to play for the black as soon as possible. Possibly screw

:25:10.:25:19.
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back for the black in the same Looking to see if it pots in the

:25:35.:25:45.
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I think he played for that there. No, he is going to play for the red

:25:52.:25:56.

to the right corner. I think the black is available into both corner

:25:56.:26:03.

pockets. That tells that it is definitely have bailable into the

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With the black available into both corner pockets, he will be thinking

:26:45.:26:55.
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The match time is less than two hours. The first frame was slow.

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Just over 28 minutes. We said at the time we did not think it would

:27:04.:27:14.
:27:14.:27:25.

get any longer than that. Just the He took that opportunity to bring

:27:25.:27:35.
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He might have thought for a second he missed that. When you catch the

:27:54.:28:04.
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near jaws, invariably, they stay That could probably have been

:28:05.:28:15.
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Stephen Lee's last chance of You usually find when you get away

:28:18.:28:23.

with a shot like that, it works up your concentration and you think, I

:28:23.:28:31.

will not let that happen again. When it hits the first jaw,

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normally they do not go in. I have seen a few this week that have hit

:28:36.:28:42.

the jaws and gone in. I sometimes say if they are not played with too

:28:42.:28:47.

much pace, gravity takes over, but there was enough pace in that to

:28:48.:28:52.

keep it out. He did not played the best positional shot on the pink.

:28:52.:28:58.

He has recovered it. He does not have a lot to do. He might get the

:28:58.:29:08.
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extension out, unless he plays the Although he is using the extension,

:29:11.:29:17.

he does not have to do a lot. If he gets position on the black, surely,

:29:17.:29:27.
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Well! There was something about it. I am like you, you think the top

:29:41.:29:44.

players will not be frightened when they get close to the winning line,

:29:44.:29:49.

but the last three shots, he has looked shaky for some reason. He

:29:49.:29:59.
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should not be. The black he almost missed, he got down and obviously

:30:00.:30:05.

it was a shot he would not expect to miss. It was as if it put him

:30:05.:30:13.

back a little bit. When you almost miss a shot, you think, I will not

:30:13.:30:18.

let that happen again. Is this the last chance for Stephen Lee to get

:30:18.:30:26.

back into the match? We see in sport so many times how things can

:30:26.:30:34.

turn around on just one shot. I am not for one big it thinking that,

:30:34.:30:43.

but, he has certainly let his opponent off the hook. This match

:30:43.:30:53.
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Still 40 points behind. That is what it is going to take to pull

:31:26.:31:29.

this frame out of the fire. It is an opportunity Stephen would never

:31:29.:31:37.

have expected. Whatever colour as he takes, he is going to need them

:31:37.:31:47.
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all. -- whatever colours. So, just concentrate. Pot all the balls and

:31:53.:32:03.
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Just a little bit more angle than he would like on the black to

:32:14.:32:21.

comfortably drop on these two reds. That is why he has had to play for

:32:21.:32:31.
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the red by the pink. Needs to make sure he has an angle if he wants to

:32:35.:32:44.

play for the pink, here. He could play for pink or black. He may be

:32:44.:32:49.

able to run through year and avoid the kiss on the pink. If he does

:32:49.:32:55.

play for the pink, he does not want to finish straight. Decided to one

:32:55.:33:00.

true for the black. Once again, the only sure-fire way to be on the red

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:33:10.:33:16.

is to play a cannon, which can Delicate little shot needed now.

:33:16.:33:22.

And then the position he is, he knows, if he misses it, he is out

:33:22.:33:32.
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of the Masters. If he can just about dropping in, -- drop it in,

:33:35.:33:45.
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with not too much pace, in case he APPLAUSE in it went, and he has

:33:51.:34:01.
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found a nice angle on the blue. Another one that just caught the

:34:03.:34:13.
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near jaw, but it was a bit further He has just come a little bit too

:34:21.:34:30.

far for the blue. I don't know why he didn't just stun that in, and no

:34:30.:34:40.
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matter which colour he played, he I think there has been more chance

:34:47.:34:51.

of her era, the way he has played it now, the straight yellow. If he

:34:51.:35:01.
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Probably cued it too well, but it I always think, if he pots the

:35:13.:35:23.
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brown and gets good on the blue, it He is good on the blue. Just got to

:35:26.:35:36.
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roll this in. Although the pink will be needed. I'm sure he was in

:35:36.:35:43.

his seat thinking he was out of the tournament. Not just yet. This pink,

:35:43.:35:49.

all that is required. And then it goes. Mark Selby will be sitting in

:35:49.:35:56.

his seat thinking, why are we playing another frame? Because he

:35:56.:36:02.

missed a very easy ball when he was in. Stephen Lee still has a

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mountain to climb but he is on his way back. 5-2,-Mark's will be.

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There is still life left in this match. There have been moments when

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Stephen Lee is not under pressure and he does not perform, but in a

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situation like that he's under enormous pressure and he does

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perform. Yes, no where else to going that situation, but he has

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got some fight in him. Looking at the Forums, Stephen Lee is probably

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one of the biggest under achievers in the game. You wonder what, it is

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still not too late for him, he is a great player. The funny thing is,

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if you are Mark Selby, just trying to get over the line, you know that

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when you have made that mistake, the you -- your upon it is going to

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clear up. Sometimes matches change. -- your opponent. Mark's will be

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warned not be showing too much pressure, at this stage. -- Mark

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Selby will not be. It is just a case of him having enough prize at

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getting over the line. -- enough tries. When you look at the way

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that frames pan out, and you look at the sixth frame when Stephen Lee

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missed that straightforward red to the corner, it could have been 4-3

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now. Mark Selby will be mildly irritated rather than too bothered

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by that last frame. He could have done his press conferences and

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signed his autographs, and been in Yes, he would have missed the

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There is a path back to the baulk end but the red in the middle of

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the table, you have to catch it just right, otherwise you leave the

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He does not like the thought of playing off that red that is third

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in, if you like. Can he get back to baulk? It is a thin one. Not quite

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certain what he has played there. That it this way. He would like to

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Can only assume he was trying to put that red into the pack and

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leave the white on the top cushion. He misjudged it by a long way. He

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can get this red and screw back for the black into the same pocket.

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beautifully played. The back spin comes when you hit the second red.

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He played it beautifully. Now, has The bottom red will go, but can he

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hit enough of it? He is giving it the one I'd faster -- one-eyed

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If he could get enough of that red, From behind the pocket it looked as

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if he could hit enough of it, but cut it too thin. There are is a red

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available, the one in the middle of the table to left middle. Has to

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Now, I don't think he has left anything apart from the red that is

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near the baulk cushion. We will see Stephen Lee is going to play this

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red that is in the baulk area, and try to bring the white back to the

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baulk cushion. Has to just be careful where the red ends up. He

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The red he played has just come down for enough so that Mark can

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just come down past the yellow, and Got a good cue ball, no. -- though.

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He is in a spot of bother, you, He may just be on the black, here.

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Looking at his body language, he is either not on it or he doesn't

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fancy it. He was in so much trouble, you see players forced into playing

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a pot. And he knocks it in. He just can't get through to the potting

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angle on the black. It is imperative that he gets the cue

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ball tight against that baulk cushion. He would like to cover the

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right hand side of the pack for the easy escape back to ball. Which I

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If not for the first time, much too A couple of the reds are pottable.

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Maybe he's finished that shocked, - - short that he will be hampered

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for the reds in the left corner. Big shot, this. It was one that you

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felt he needed to get. With the reds as open as they are, any miss

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at this end of the table could cost him. It is amazing. Sometimes a bad

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safety shot forces you're a poignant to take on a red that they

:47:24.:47:28.

are not entirely comfortable lost. He gets the chance, but he has not

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He may have been a little bit fortunate here. Stephen is looking

:47:43.:47:53.
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at this red. Certainly not all the If he knocks it in, he is

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automatically on the black. Three- quarters of a pocket he has got to

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go at, and teenage to get it. Good shot, good shot! And on the black -

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Fully committed. There was not all the pocket, but he slaughtered it

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in, lovely. Terrific chance now to put the score line at of his mind.

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Just one ball at a time. And who's to say where that could take him? I

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agree with you, Stephen, at the start of this frame, was in the

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last one, Mark Selby would be slightly irritated, but if he was

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to lose this one, he may be getting a little bit concerned. Every

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mistake he makes now, his mind goes back to that red that he missed

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with the rest, that should have been game over. It is quite tough

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to put these things out of your mind when your opponent starts

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creeping back up on you, like This was the red that Stephen is

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referring to. If he rolls up in Mike he needs the black and one

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more red for a place in the quarter final. He has made a few mistakes

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in this frame as well. Doubts will start to come into his head. And

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this trophy does not look as far away from Stephen Lee as it did a

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few frames ago. He has got to hold himself together, of course, but he

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has got every chance in this frame now. I am not certain that is the

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red he played to cannon, but I think he's OK. There is the one on

:50:57.:51:07.
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the right hand side, which he has just won by. -- run by. Went up to

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the blue, left himself a nice angle, where he can hold the cue ball and

:51:14.:51:24.
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When Stephen Lee missed that red a couple of frames ago, he looked

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There's a few things you need when you are playing catch-up. You need

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to start raising your game. You need a bit of luck. And the that of

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help from your opponent. He has certainly had that in the last

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Decided to play for the red along the top cushion. Many people

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spondees, but if he knocks it in, which he has done, just a little

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bit too much pace, just looking at what sort of angle he has caught on

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these -- on this black. Needs to be an inch law, that's all. -- lower.

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Looks like screwing back for one of those reds, that pair of reds, into

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the same pocket. One of these should going to the right centre. -

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- should go, into. Just the pink needed to go 62 points in front

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with 59 remaining. This match seems Mark can't have a little bit of a

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laugh about that, what a fluke that was, but the frame was well and

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truly over. That is what he has always been capable of, Mark Selby.

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Having a sense of humour. He will need it, if Stephen Lee wins the

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next rain. -- frame. Stephen Lee has already made a 100 break in

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frame five. Which was the 9th of the tournament. This could be the

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10th. He could have done without It is all happening now, though,

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isn't it? He is starting to get that silky, smooth cue action going.

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And probably, for the first time in the match, he can see a light at

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Pity, pity. He will not be too unhappy with that. I don't know

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what Mark Selby is thinking, but Stephen we will be thinking that he

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The fightback continues from Stephen Lee. We promised that we

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will show you what happened between Mark Allen and Neil Robertson last

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night. For the early part of the match, Alan Clinton control,

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leading 3-1, but he was later to admit to losing interest. Neil

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Robertson won five frames in a row to book his place in the quarter

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finals, where he will play Mark Williams, next. Good performance

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last night from Neil Robertson. Did you read that Mark Allen criticised

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Neil Robertson's style play, said he did not enjoy playing against a

:56:24.:56:29.

player whose style he did not like, made it difficult to watch. Not the

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sort of mental approach you want to see from someone. I am surprised at

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him saying that because I commentated on that match. He was

:56:38.:56:44.

not particularly slow. When he got in amongst the balls, he did not

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miss. His long game was not so good, down to 4-4% at one point, but he

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was not playing slowly or slowing the match down. A couple of scrappy

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frames, and you just cannot have all the balls open all the time.

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He's very high up the rankings, Mark Allen. And the press lives, he

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gives them good column inches at the moment. We come straight off

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the table and go to the press room, and some players are more

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considered than others. He may consider that that is the way, but

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you have got to beat all types of players. You know what you're going

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to face. We almost lost interest in this match because it looked as if

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Marks will be lost through at 5-1, but it is all change. Mark's will

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be has lost his concentration. He was a better player before the

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interval. He has had one or two since he came back. That red with

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the rest is playing on his mind at the moment. It is not quite panic

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stations yet. But at 5-4, it might be. How well is Stephen Lee

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playing? He has got some inspiration and that is the hardest

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thing for Marks will be to cope with. -- for Mark Selby. He knows

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now that Stephen Lee is in a good situation, certainly a better

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is one that he would take on 90% of The only way you play it with drag,

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you feel you could hit it harder. That was careless, whatever you

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want to call it. That could be a turning point. Of course, being so

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tight the yellow, he did cut off the escaped down the left-hand side

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of the table, which I was suggesting was the way to do it. It

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is difficult to know how much he can hit here. That is a possible

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He seemed to come off very square He did come off very square. He

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expected to be at least one foot down past the middle pocket. Anyway,

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it was his own fault for not Cam Mark Selby now clinch this

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frame and match -- can? If he can leave a nice angle on the black in

:02:20.:02:25.

potting the red, he has got the red to the right corner, play the black,

:02:25.:02:29.

cannon into the cluster, still be on the red in the open. If he can

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Well, he did. The reason I suggested he would not is because

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he could end up finishing up on He just about got through. The

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danger of forcing the angle, I thought he might nestle into them,

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as he did, and finish up on no red Stephen Lee will be thinking, all

:03:46.:03:52.

the hard work to get back to 5-3, to throw it away with a careless

:03:52.:04:02.
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roll up on the yellow. He will be There are many ways to lose a frame

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He only had to roll the cue ball four inches. Instead of that, he

:04:17.:04:27.
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rolled it, what, three and 31 and 30 seconds as they used to say in

:04:27.:04:37.
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It is looking very good now for Mark Selby. He might have had a

:04:51.:04:56.

negative thought at one time, but they will be disappearing with

:04:56.:05:06.
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Maybe a few negative thoughts will come back here. I suppose he played

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the cannon because he did not want to put right-hand side on the cue

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For obviously wanting to put a red It is a decent target, the yellow

:07:02.:07:08.

being so close to the baulk cushion. Is he taking a pot on? Can he avoid

:07:08.:07:18.
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That is the last thing you need when you are behind, the black

:07:23.:07:28.

being tied up. Maybe if he had caught it at the right angle to pot

:07:28.:07:34.

it, it would not have kissed into the other red, but a risky shot to

:07:34.:07:44.
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He was so far away, I can only APPLAUSE That was good.

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He has left a nice angle on the blue. OK, sometimes he is going to

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-- some time he is going to have to bring the black into play, but if

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you are at the table, anything is If he could roll this in and leave

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a nice angle on the pink, that Is it worth the risk to play the

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cannon? The lower one of the three That pink did not go in the middle

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of the pocket. It meant he hit it too thick. That is why he is short

:09:39.:09:45.

of pace on the positional side of the shot. He is playing the cut

:09:45.:09:54.

here. Why not play safe off the red on the left-hand side? And try and

:09:54.:10:00.

get a good snooker? His choice. am with you, I would play the red

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That was an all or nothing shot in all honesty and I think he has left

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As far as Mark is concerned, he is happy with the black being tied up.

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He goes 48 points in front. Still 59 remaining. Uncertain where the

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Well, he played the cannon but missed the blue. He has got the

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cannon. Well, another term. Another twist. -- turning point. Playing

:11:21.:11:27.

out with a lot of left-hand side. That is what caused him to miss.

:11:27.:11:35.

Now, I am wondering if he stunned... Has he got the angle? Could he stun

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the other red down to open the He would have liked to have

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It would be risky if you try to bring the red away from the cushion,

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APPLAUSE I suppose that was the only advantage.

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As long as he has an angle, it is not too bad. He has got a bit of an

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angle. So Mark Selby might not be The blue needs an angle on the

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second-last red. If I felt I could get the cannon on the red and the

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black of the blue, I would definitely risky it. Because, if he

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tries to do it off the red, it He decided to play for the red. And

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he is not on it good. Another glance of the scoreboard. 30 points

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