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Good evening. If you have up used to star-gazing this week, we can

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all we can do that now with a bit of bees gazing. If snooker has just

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popped up on your radar, will come to Alexander Palace and the BGC

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Masters. This is the second of or quarter finals in the premier

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Invitational event of the season. We have put two world champions,

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John Higgins and Graeme Dott, in action. All the chat has been

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dominated by the first of four quarter-finals, featuring Judd

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Trump and the perennial crowd favourite, Ronnie O'Sullivan.

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I think Ronnie O'Sullivan looks a What a fabulous clearance from

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young Judd Trump. He leads Ronnie O'Sullivan by four frames to nil.

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That is the sensational pot. Eggett, He has conceded the frame. Judd

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What an effort from Rory was all of them. His back was right against a

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wall, 5-1 down. What does he do? He makes the biggest break of this

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That is care less. Judd it was looking for one chance to close

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this match out. It has been a fabulous display from this young

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man. He is the new star of snooker. He is through to the semi-final. He

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has beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2. think, when I go one or two frames

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ahead, I have the confidence to keep on going and carry on with my

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game. Today, I did that the first couple of frames. Even in the

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second session, I hardly miss the ball. He played a great game.

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Credit has to go for him. It was a tremendous 60 break in the last

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frame under pressure. It was a really good match. If there was a

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great watcher and Steve Davis, some people would say that is the

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significant afternoon for snooker. Is it a thumping? Yes, I have

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really seen Ronnie was a long and outplayed in that manner. Whether

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that means it is the changing of the Guard they do not know. But

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that does happen overnight and maybe we are St Judd Trump raising

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the bar. It's there something missing from Ronnie O'Sullivan's

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game? He failed to make a couple of frame-winning breaks, but I think

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it is just that really does someone dominate the table when the play

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Ronnie O'Sullivan. If Judd Trump is going to dominate like that, it may

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be that Ronnie O'Sullivan will have to play second fiddle. To be honest,

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Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins have been at the top of the game

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for so long, I do not see it happening any time soon. We are now

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concentrating on what should be an intriguing match between two canny

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Scots. It is going to be I have never settled here at the

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Wembley Conference and Ena and then I have never done a well in the you

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it is just a tournament I have never done well. We do not know

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what that is just horses for courses. I hope the changes this

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Coming here, it may be more like the original venue. I hope I do a

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lot better. In a new venue, hopefully it will be a new start

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for me. I think this is the best that Graeme has started the season.

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He has been very consistent. He is playing good stuff. He it is going

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to be a really tough match. know that every time you play John.

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And we have got two people called John in the commentary box. John

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Virgo and John Parrott. John Higgins thinks their Graeme Dott is

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made the best start he has ever made to a professional season. What

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sort of threat does he pauses? know each other's games very well.

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They are often practice partners. Graeme Dott has only been in the

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quarter-finals, never got beyond that. The Masters used to be funny.

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Particularly at the conference table, the players were a long way

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away from the crowd. I thought Graeme Dott played very well

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against Ali Carter and they think he will push John Higgins close.

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John Higgins has only once lost a quarter-final match in 18

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appearances. It is the remarkable record. Is this going to be a

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marathon or East Brent? sometimes get long-drawn-out

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matches with these two and I think it could be no way. We will now

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Good evening, there are just three days left in the BGC Masters. One

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of the quarter-final places tonight it is up for grabs a place in the

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semi-final and it is going to be taken by a Scot. First up, the

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former world champion of 2006 and beat Ali Carter 6-3 last night,

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bidding for his first BGC Masters semi-final appearance, please

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welcome the "Pocket Dynamo", Graeme Dott!.

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MUSIC: "Two Tribes" by Frankie Goes And his opponent, one of the finest

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Scottish players are ever to grace the game. The winner of 24 ranking

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event titles and twice the Masters champion. Beating Matthew Stevens

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in the first round, here is the reigning world champion, please

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will come the "Wizard of Wishaw", The JOHN VIRGO: the the

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introductions are over and we are under way. John Higgins is ranked

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number three in the world and Graeme Dott, number seven. So not a

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lot in it in the rankings States. They know each other's game so well.

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Be used to be practice partners. I think John Higgins certainly

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A great opening pot. This will let us know how Graeme is feeling. This

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A good pot and it is one thing that Graeme Dott is good at. He is the

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very good single ball potter. Excellent pot. There are quite a

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few blows reds and he may decide to play on a few of them. Having said

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that, he has got a perfect angle on He played at Troon in the year, but

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missed that. That is why the cue ball has finished so close to the

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cushion. Yes, a thought he had to put a bit of stunt on the ball for

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that to work. That was tricky. you're playing across the table you

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expect them to drop and that is why he may be hit it to full. He will

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds

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be disappointed not to make more of One of the interested spectators is

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Where you want for watching opponents saw potential opponents,

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John? I think a game like this, watching John Higgins, you could

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always learn something, particularly about his tactical

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game. Some people say he is the best all-round player to have

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played the game. I would not It is different to Judd Trump, who

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just pots the first red and then sees what else will go. John is

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slightly different in their respect. I think he is talking can just get

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to the one over the middle. Of course, it would be remiss of us to

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say that Mark Selby still has to get past Shaun Murphy before he

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That will be a cracking match He has got a nice angle on this red

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There is at least one red that will going the same pocket as the black.

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But I think this is the last of the last red balls. He needs to

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This could be the key to the frame. He will probably stone into the

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middle red with pace. Nor, he played for the other one, of which

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tells me that the red I was suggesting goes to the right-hand

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corner. Yes, it clearly does. just has to be a little bit careful

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with this one. It is hard to control the cue ball with that shot.

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I think he will settle for that. The few inches shorter and it would

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have been in no man's land, but you would not expect him to miss this.

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It should be the first frame or over. That is what happens at this

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level. Graeme Dott got a good opening red and black, but missed

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the red in the middle. At this level, only one mistake can cost to

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Having said that, he would have wanted to be better on the black

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than this. If this was on the practice table, he would just

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bought this with left-hand side. In match conditions, a bit more

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difficult. If this red pots, he has been very fortunate. It looks like

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He opted out of playing the good positional shot. It has cost them.

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Never take anything for granted, I suppose. Yes, he was just trying to

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be a bit careful and he has over done it. It might be tight to get

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through to this back red. problem he has got is that the

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yellow is covering the other red in It was not the one shot. It has

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John Higgins may consider it is worth taking on the pot. He could

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stand back, not to even really play Good pot. He was not too bothered

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about the position. Now, can he roll-up hate behind the black? --

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An excellent long pot. Graeme must have thought he had played the good

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safety shot. As ever, with those, it is not about hitting them, but

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getting them safe. Well, that is All of a sudden, we could have an

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That was really well played. Perfect angle on the pink. They're

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very couple of ways of playing this. 30 points behind, so he cannot we

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red and in yellow. He needs to take at least the green. If he pots the

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green and the six remaining colours, he will win the first frame by one

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point. Who would have thought that a few minutes ago? Not, he got a

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bit of luck, but John will be kicking him self about missing at

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I always feel in a clearance, this is all with the key shot. If you

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get on the right side of the blue, it is the formality. If it goes

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slightly wrong, it is not. And he has run too far. I always preferred

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to play them off the side cushion. It just about guarantees you been

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on the blue. He is not as close as they would like to be to this pink

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and he needs both balls. Good pot. Excellent pot. What a frame that

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That is the game of snooker for you. I think he put his hand up and

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apologised to John Higgins format It is interesting to compare the

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record of these two. John Higgins leads by a 12-6. The last match

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they played was in the Masters last year and Graeme Dott won the day.

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There was plenty of intrigue in the first frame. Yes, it looked as if

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John Higgins was going to get over the line. Then, Graeme Dott gutty

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fantastic fluke. He has got to try and hit this red, but when it is

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going is anybody's guess. But most importantly, take advantage and

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clear up. Either one of them is capable of pouncing on mistakes

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like that or strokes of good fortune? Yes, one of them has a

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reputation for Matt and the other is underrated, but you do not get

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to three World Championship finals if you do not have that in Europe

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team. Graeme Dott will be disappointed with that break off

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shot. He has left the red on to the He knew it would hit into the bunch

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but was just hoping for a glance off them. He just caught that

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bottom red far too full. So, without having to do anything, John

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Higgins has an early chance. kick yourself when you do that. You

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have just won a framed which you probably didn't deserve to and you

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have let your opponent back in John is having a look at the to red

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some of the black spot. He is wanting to get on a one-off the

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right who inside of these, so it will then open up the black. It is

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Just screwed a little bit too far. As be see so many times, when you

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try and spot the pack at pace, there is the possibility that one

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of the red or even the pink can He did not play it with much pace

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and Queen is the cue ball going? -- where is the cue ball going? Yes,

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he was just having to play the ball and too thin to get any sort of

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Good pot. He needs a good case. That'll do nicely. He has developed

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the yellow. There is not many better players than Graeme Dott at

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Mark Williams is another player is He would like that one again. I am

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surprised he has left the cue ball so close to the right cushion.

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you straight on, he can do we get good, close position on the pink,

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and if you try to force it into the middle of the table, it would make

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the pot certainly missable. Good pot. Writer and art of the pocket.

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Overrun slightly for the blue. -- He's just scratching around for

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good position at the moment. He is slightly awkward, on this blue, so

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he has not got the cue ball absolutely perfect yet. He has

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That jumped up and the air -- in the air. It definitely took a bit

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of weight out of the cue ball. cue ball was bouncing - it was like

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Dambusters on the way India -- in There's an easier shot. He has got

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to be wary, if he misses it of carrying that red on the left-hand

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Another good pot. It needs to bounce past the baulk line, and it

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has done. They are still scrambling around for good position but if you

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keep at it, you give yourself a chance. It is some break, this, so

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far. The cue ball has been in three Just the wrong side of the blue.

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Hawkeye showing you, and he's frustrated because he cannot force

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this in and out of baulk. He's not going to get too close to the next

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red, it would not appear. I short again, and the cue ball has pulled

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up, so he will not be hampered by the blue. Not an easy shot, this,

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with the rest, but the black is pottable. It is a natural angle to

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come through for it. Hopefully, after that, John, he should have

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the cue ball where he wants it. It A chance now, it looks as if he can

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get through to the black and the least these two roads above it. --

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release these two reds. The red that is going to be above the black

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will be in a pottable position. Or, he can hold for the black, or go up

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for the blue, but all of a sudden, you can see a frame-winning chance.

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Is it enough? Just caught their, perfect on the blue. -- just got

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This has been an excellent break. If you needed any more proof all

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the grit and determination of Graeme Dott, you have seen it in

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this break. He has kept going, potting good balls, that excellent

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shot he played with the rest to the middle. You get certain players

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that, if they are not in a pinpoint position all the time, their head-

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to- OPs, but that never seems to border Graeme Dott. If he runs out

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of position he just concentrates on the next pot. -- does not seem to

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bother. He is only a couple points away from seeking this second frame.

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-- taking. The two reds that are together will definitely go to the

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right corner, but I don't think he has got a good angle on this black.

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In fact, he has the worst possible angle. To be honest, the blue was a

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poor shot. Now he is slightly it opposition with this one. He has

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been like that for quite a bit of this break, and he just keeps

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knocking them in. He was trying to hit the black in a pocket that

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wasn't there. It was a tremendous, scrappy break, but it is not enough.

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29 points the lead, but still for of the one remaining -- 51

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That was very well played. On these tournament tables these are

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horrible shots. He has argued that perfectly, and perfect position. --

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he Cas cued that perfectly. You saw the look on John Higgins's face. He

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could not believe he screwed that like he did. After the opening red

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Good recovery. No, how is it -- now, This is looking like it is the Tana

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John Higgins to return the compliment. -- the turn of. Graeme

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Dott's mess of the black has given John Higgins this chance, which I

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am sure you will do his best to Just having a look now, which is

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the best way to go about this. If he pots the black, he goes ten

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points behind. And yellow, green, brown and blue, that is 14 points,

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so that is why he's not even So, up to and including the blue,

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he will be 14 points in front with I miscounted. He doesn't need the

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pink. -- he does need the pink. he wants to do here is get dead

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weight, than, on to the top cushion. He has played that well and got the

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good angle on the blue just to roll the pink in. No heroics. It is tit-

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for-tat. Graeme Dott looked certain to win this frame, as did John

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Higgins to win the first red. John Higgins didn't want to bother

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potting the black. He didn't need it. It is 1-1. John Higgins returns

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the compliment by way of another of steel. It is no banter cap the

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moment. There seems to be a small problem positionally speaking for

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both players so far. Once you get past the stage of potting the ball,

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the next major problem in the game is keeping the cue ball under

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control. And every player struggles. Some players have a better route

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around the table, tending to have a more guaranteed way of getting from

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one ball to the other without anything going wrong, but when you

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judging the weight of the shot, it can always go wrong, especially if

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there is a bit of tension in your arm. Last night Graeme Dott was

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struggling, positionally speaking. What could he have done in the

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intervening sign to alleviate the problem? Absolutely nothing. You

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either play a good position, or you do not. You can, over a period of

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time, learn to play good position, and the best in any top player or

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amateur player can do is to watch a very good break-builders, how they

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go about it. But the change overnight, using the practice table,

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usually they are the same speed as the match table, but not always

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exactly the same. Sometimes you get a tricky ones where the white ball

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could go astray. You look at the likes of Judd Trump, Ronnie

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O'Sullivan, John Higgins most of the time, they play shots where

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they give themselves a good chance to get on the next pot most of the

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time. They have got their safety game to rely on if things go wrong,

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in the positional sense. Yes, and you cannot always fly round the

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table and every ball go in, so you have to be able to cut your losses

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and get the balance right. What we have seen so far has been

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fascinating, in as much as one has pounced on the other's mistake.

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Graeme Dott is back. REFEREE: John Higgins to break. Both players have

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got a frame on the scoreboard, so they have settled into it. What an

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answer guessing start -- interesting start. We talk about

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whether it would be spent on a marathon, and the first frame took

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just under 30 minutes, and the second frame to just over 40

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minutes. So that is good, quick- fire snooker. There was bound to be

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a scrappy frame somewhere along the line, but, so far, so good, it has

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been high quality staff. Very interesting. -- stuff. I thought it

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was interesting, the comment from John Higgins, that he felt very

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settled at Wembley. He has fond memories, of a great atmosphere.

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But he said to like this one already after playing one match in

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it. But, you do get their news sometimes that you do not quite

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like. -- venues. I remember the conference centre, you were miles

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away from the table when you were sat in your chair, and you did not

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I have Stephen Hendry talking this afternoon about playing Jimmy White

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at Wembley. That was an ordeal, in Everybody loved Jimmy, and why

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Graeme Dott needs to be a little careful, he is trying to see if he

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can drop in the pack. If he does he would leave a red to the centre, so

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he has to get right in, tight. is the sort of line he is looking

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at. Didn't hit the right red. was the one that I said to avoid

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and the has left two reds on, one through the gap, and one to the

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds

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The cue ball has been under complete control so far in this

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break. Just needs to drop this black and get on the other side of

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At some point, he is going to have to go back into that pack of five

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or six reds. If he can screw back office he can play a cannon into

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the pack and leave himself on the loose red. Cannon into the middle

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red on the left-hand side, leaving He didn't hit the red he intended

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but I think he has been fortunate. He played for the one to the right

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of the one he made a connection with. Now, does this red go to the

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right middle? Just about. It must do. Lucky to be on it. What a

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difference that makes. That would have been end of break, if that had

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No surprise, John Higgins looks in I think that is what happens when

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people play John Higgins. They no they have got to play well, because

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unless you play at your best, you are not going to win. He is such a

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In the final of the World Championship against Judd Trump, it

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looked for all the world as though Judd Trump had him on the rack,

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just given half a chance, and boy, He has gone into those those top --

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has gone into those. He can just It looked a bit wide, but in it

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went. He is not inch-perfect on The first two frames, you have

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assumed one player is going to win it, and when he gets almost over

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It has to be said, this is not There was a red up near the yellow,

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which should just go past the brown. Those three reds near the pink spot

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are not all in the open, and the one on the left-hand side is tricky,

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so there is a lot to be done. I don't know if the bottom of the

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If the bottom red does not pot, he He did play the cannon. He didn't

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get the brown in the middle of the pocket, but I don't see how, even

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if he did, that the cannon was going to be there. He played one

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like that there there, and that one, of the brown, he needed a little

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bit of stun on that to throw the He needs to missed the brown. He

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just flicked it, but not too bad. That made the difference. If it had

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slipped past that brown he would He has the chance of potting this

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red but I never liked these three- quarter ball pot shots, if you miss

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them, almost certainly, the red will go back up the table with the

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cue ball. He has taken it on. Terrific pot. Is he on a colour,

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will it bounce, is he on the brown? Knows a prizes for guessing where

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John Higgins is going. -- no surprises. Still 51 points

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remaining. The only slight problem is that I don't think the green is

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available into that pocket any more, so if he gets a chance, it will

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make it slightly awkward. He was more concerned with getting the

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tough snooker. He filed on the brand. -- fouled on the brown. Is

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it a free ball? It is worth looking for. REFEREE: I am just going to

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The pink is a visual aid for him to see if he can hit anything. I think

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he can get to the one near the top cushion. If it is a free ball, he

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will have it replaced. We will see what happened, he pushed it through,

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and he just caught the brown with his cue. But it is a hit and hope,

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this. There is no way that you can escape on this and be certain to

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John Higgins is saying that it was a bit closer to the brown. That is

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where it was before. And unless that was a free ball, that will be

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going straight back. And it is. is a certain free ball, as you can

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see. This colour will count as a red. With a colour to follow. Just

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REFEREE: and go into have to stop you there, because our scoring is

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Lead this for now,... I think what happened was that it was a foul

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five. After that foul shot, he pushed it through and hit the blue.

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I don't understand that, because surely, it is a foul on the brown.

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Absolutely. It is a foul on the brown. I know that it hit the blue,

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but that was after was. -- afterwards. I don't think the

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REFEREE: you are absolutely right, It is one of those nights. He just

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forgot that he had fouled the brand. We're going to have to go off air,

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just at this point. But I am sure things will be smoothly cruising

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