Day 5

:00:40. > :00:43.Sometimes at major sporting events fate plays its part in bringing

:00:43. > :00:47.together two opponents in direct competition that excites the senses

:00:47. > :00:50.of supporters like no other. Today is one such day, and snooker fans

:00:50. > :00:54.have been desperate to grab a vantage point for today's play at

:00:54. > :01:04.the Masters. I wonder which two players could have created such

:01:04. > :01:31.

:01:31. > :01:36.Yes, indeed, we have a great crowd here for the sizzling quarter-final

:01:36. > :01:42.clash between four time title- holder Ronnie O'Sullivan and UK

:01:42. > :01:46.champion Judd Trump. When Ronnie first won this title end 1995, Judd

:01:46. > :01:48.Trump was just five years old, so they are at very stages -- given

:01:48. > :01:54.stages of their career, but their desire to prove themselves the best

:01:54. > :01:59.is still the same. I think it will bring the best out of both of them.

:01:59. > :02:04.It is a fantastic match-up. Ronnie's strengths are just

:02:04. > :02:07.exceptionally good in everything he does. His match play is of the

:02:07. > :02:15.highest quality. When he wants to play the safety game, he is as good

:02:15. > :02:22.as everybody. As an all-round player, As Good As It gets. Ronnie,

:02:22. > :02:25.I was very impressed with his attitude in a match against Ding,

:02:25. > :02:33.and he played some very good snooker, and he is going to be a

:02:33. > :02:35.handful. He has always had a great long game, but he has struggled of

:02:35. > :02:45.confidence over the past few years, and now he seems to be enjoying

:02:45. > :02:46.

:02:46. > :02:51.snooker again. Is the best player at there, but when his attitude is

:02:51. > :03:01.not good, anyone can beat him, because the loses interest. When

:03:01. > :03:04.

:03:04. > :03:10.his mind is on the job, more often Judd Trump is the new Ronnie

:03:10. > :03:13.O'Sullivan in regard to box office. Everyone wants to see him. Judd's

:03:13. > :03:17.biggest attribute is his fearlessness. He does not think of

:03:17. > :03:21.any negative consequences of what is going to happen if he misses a

:03:21. > :03:24.shot. Is just enjoying his game, going for shots, not thinking about

:03:25. > :03:33.what happened if he misses, and that is the best feeling you can

:03:33. > :03:37.have on a cyber table. -- snooker. I do think he is blessed with a

:03:37. > :03:40.very good technique, very flat, very straight through the ball. I'm

:03:40. > :03:46.fortunate enough to be able to watch him in practice, and my long

:03:46. > :03:50.game has improved as a consequence of may be watching him play and

:03:50. > :03:54.trying to add that to my game. should be a great match, it is the

:03:54. > :03:59.one everyone wants to watch. To be honest, I do not like watching

:03:59. > :04:03.snooker, but I'll be watching as well. Toss a coin to see who will

:04:03. > :04:07.win. There is an air of anticipation, and considering what

:04:07. > :04:11.happened in the UK Championship, that is the case. Interestingly,

:04:12. > :04:18.even though neither of the players are ranked number one, it is like

:04:18. > :04:21.the king verses the young pretender. Without a shadow of a doubt. Ronnie

:04:21. > :04:26.has been the people's champion, but Judd Trump is on the precipice of

:04:26. > :04:30.taking over that mantle. This is Ronnie's home patch, particularly

:04:30. > :04:35.the Masters, but Judd is the main man at the moment, and it is going

:04:36. > :04:40.to be a tough one to call. How is it for Ronnie, when someone comes

:04:40. > :04:43.along and takes excitement away from your own game? Ronnie Lowes

:04:43. > :04:47.this tournament, he loves to play well in front of his home crowd. On

:04:47. > :04:53.the strength of the way both players have performed this week, I

:04:53. > :04:56.think Ronnie has played better, but Judd Trump is looking forward. He

:04:56. > :05:02.has thrown down the gauntlet to Ronnie. He did not play that well

:05:02. > :05:06.in the UKs, so he has thrown down the gauntlet to say, I am the one

:05:06. > :05:11.coming up, you will have to beat me. Nothing more dangerous than a young

:05:11. > :05:16.whippersnapper enjoying the crest of a wave. At our age, everybody is

:05:16. > :05:19.a whippersnapper! But yes, it is great, he is refreshing for the

:05:20. > :05:24.Graeme, great to watch, and even the players would pay to see him.

:05:24. > :05:27.He has brought a new excitement to the game of snooker, and it is

:05:27. > :05:31.great they can match up together. It is going to be fascinating, hard

:05:31. > :05:36.to call, it will go right to the wire, and it will be a great match

:05:36. > :05:41.with a great atmosphere. Over to Rob Walker. Good afternoon, ladies

:05:41. > :05:47.and gentlemen. It is quarter-final time at the BGC Masters, and this

:05:47. > :05:50.is box office every step of the way. The king of the sports entertainers

:05:50. > :06:00.against the crown prince in waiting, ladies and gentlemen, without any

:06:00. > :06:13.

:06:13. > :06:18.further ado, let's get the ball is Please welcome the most naturally

:06:18. > :06:22.gifted player ever to grace the modern game, nine times he has been

:06:22. > :06:26.in the Masters final, four times a champion, he has been winning

:06:26. > :06:36.ranking events for 19 years, the three-time champion of the world,

:06:36. > :07:01.

:07:01. > :07:06.blink and you will miss him, it is And his opponent, a young player

:07:06. > :07:10.who has been nothing short of a revelation of the last 12 months.

:07:10. > :07:14.He won the China Open last April, he reached the World Championship

:07:14. > :07:21.final in May, and he produced his famous brand of noughties snooker

:07:21. > :07:31.last month, winning the UK title. From Bristol, the case in the pack,

:07:31. > :07:58.

:07:58. > :08:03.It is definitely buzzing at Ally pally. Judd has been quoted as

:08:03. > :08:07.saying he wants to be the Mario Balotelli are snooker. I suppose

:08:08. > :08:15.Ronnie used to be the Eric Cantona of snooker. Which of these players

:08:15. > :08:19.will strike first? We can join Stephen Hendry and Dennis Taylor.

:08:19. > :08:26.DENNIS TAYLOR: Good afternoon, what an atmosphere here at the Alexandra

:08:26. > :08:30.Palace. The players are on their feet for a standing ovation. Thank

:08:30. > :08:40.you, ladies and gentlemen, the first frame. Ronnie O'Sullivan to

:08:40. > :08:50.Off we go, then, for this opening frame in what should be a very

:08:50. > :09:04.

:09:04. > :09:09.Not a bad break of shot from Ronnie. That is the type of pot that Judd

:09:09. > :09:15.would normally take on, but there was no black available, so there

:09:15. > :09:19.was no value whatsoever. Tough on to Cork, Stephen. He says, a

:09:19. > :09:24.fantastic atmosphere. I must admit, I am enjoying commentating and do

:09:24. > :09:30.my stuff for the BBC, but what I would give to be at there today,

:09:30. > :09:40.fantastic! Bullnose? You might be back there next year, the web you

:09:40. > :09:41.

:09:41. > :09:50.There is a path through for this red. He should be able to get back

:09:50. > :09:55.Just a little bit too much pace. Rolling up to a colour, not easy

:09:55. > :10:05.for that position. It is a tough brown that he will be looking at

:10:05. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :10:16.into the middle pocket. But he has That is a pretty good shot, because

:10:16. > :10:17.

:10:17. > :10:19.that is difficult to judge on these very fast flops. -- cloths. Yes,

:10:19. > :10:29.the straightforward escape his off one incursion into the left-hand

:10:29. > :10:34.

:10:34. > :10:44.side of the pack as we look at it. He is playing into the back of the

:10:44. > :11:04.

:11:04. > :11:08.Well, that is a mistake. It was quite a risky escape, that,

:11:08. > :11:18.especially when you are bridging over the reds. You tend to get a

:11:18. > :11:21.

:11:21. > :11:25.little bit of unwanted side on it. The black is only available into

:11:25. > :11:35.the right corner at the moment, but knowing Ronnie O'Sullivan, within a

:11:35. > :11:37.

:11:38. > :11:47.few shots, he could be up on those Played very well in his opening

:11:48. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:05.Not a good pink to going to full- He still went into it, but it was

:12:05. > :12:15.not easy, the way the pink was situated. I thought he might have

:12:15. > :12:18.

:12:18. > :12:28.The Ed the pink full-ball, but it was always going to hit the other

:12:28. > :12:38.

:12:38. > :12:42.Of course, these two players are practice partners, but they would

:12:42. > :12:48.not have been practising together this week, Stephen, I wouldn't have

:12:48. > :12:55.thought! No, when you know who you are playing with, you tend to stay

:12:55. > :13:05.away from them for a couple of days. I do not think these two pay too

:13:05. > :13:08.

:13:08. > :13:18.Screwing back for an angle on the blue. And he will be wanting to

:13:18. > :13:22.

:13:22. > :13:32.play into the right-hand side of It finished a little awkward for

:13:32. > :13:36.

:13:36. > :13:40.him. Pink and black are not And now that the red has gone over

:13:40. > :13:44.the pocket, that has caused quite a problem for Ronnie O'Sullivan, but

:13:44. > :13:50.the last positional shot did not quite work out for him. But what do

:13:50. > :13:53.you do now to cover that red that is over the pocket? The only ball

:13:53. > :14:03.he can play to do that is the pink and leave the white somewhere

:14:03. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:14.I mean, ate the black would go into the middle pocket, he might take it

:14:14. > :14:34.

:14:34. > :14:39.Yeah, I think he thought the safety was going to be as difficult as

:14:39. > :14:49.taking the blue one. I thought, if he was going to try to play a bit

:14:49. > :14:53.

:14:53. > :14:56.of safety today, or take Judd won Yes, I'm surprised he took the pot

:14:57. > :15:00.on the blue on, because the Blackwood go. If you are going to

:15:00. > :15:10.put all of your eggs in one basket, the black would have been easier

:15:10. > :15:14.

:15:14. > :15:18.Judd played very well against Stuart Bingham, but he did make a

:15:18. > :15:22.few mistakes. Stuart normally would have punished him, but he did not

:15:22. > :15:26.in the first round here. I think Judd knows that he cannot afford to

:15:26. > :15:35.make many mistakes against Ronnie O'Sullivan, which all adds to the

:15:35. > :15:42.I think that red at the back of the bunch is available into the same

:15:42. > :15:52.pocket that he is taking this red. You can see it there, mind you are,

:15:52. > :16:23.

:16:24. > :16:29.I do not know if he has let himself I think the problem there was,

:16:29. > :16:39.Stephen, he did not get on the black as he intended. It was a very

:16:39. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:53.careless shot on the red, but that He will probably play a little

:16:53. > :17:03.cannon into the two red directly above the black to hold for the red

:17:03. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:22.Yeah, a good chance to take this opening frame, because he will not

:17:22. > :17:24.

:17:24. > :17:28.need the difficult red near the Oh, he has over cut it! If you put

:17:28. > :17:32.it on a near jaw, they will not going. Maybe there is a little bit

:17:32. > :17:40.of tension and there, and that is the type of shot that will annoy

:17:40. > :17:50.And look at Judd immediately taking the chance to remove the only red

:17:50. > :17:50.

:17:50. > :18:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:18:30. > :18:36.It is always difficult to judge the position and the object ball is so

:18:36. > :18:42.close to the pocket. He might be able to hold for pink or blue. No,

:18:42. > :18:47.he has had to go up for the baulk colours. I think the green would be

:18:47. > :18:57.the best, looking at this angle. One more good positional shot and

:18:57. > :19:23.

:19:23. > :19:29.The natural angle on the black to drop it in a off the cushion. You

:19:29. > :19:33.will automatically be on the yellow. This will hurt Ronnie. He had the

:19:33. > :19:38.best chance to win the frame and missed the black off the spot. That

:19:38. > :19:45.is very rare. That can only give Judd confidence, to see somebody

:19:45. > :19:52.like Ronnie missing the black off the spot. Yes, I think we all

:19:52. > :20:02.expected Ronnie to finish the frame off there. It was a very rare miss

:20:02. > :20:06.

:20:06. > :20:16.off the spot on the black for He may be turned his eye off it,

:20:16. > :20:24.

:20:24. > :20:29.concentrating on cannoning into the So both players had chances in his

:20:29. > :20:35.opening frame, but that Mr black proved the one for Ronnie

:20:35. > :20:39.O'Sullivan. Judd Trump takes the opening frame, 1-0. In the studio

:20:39. > :20:43.we are enjoying what we have seen so far. Ronnie O'Sullivan, though,

:20:43. > :20:50.for my money, looks a little bit tight. He looked like he was not

:20:51. > :20:54.quite flowing yet, but's is off and running. You get the feeling that

:20:54. > :20:58.Judd is not going to shake his responsibilities today. It does

:20:58. > :21:02.cross my mind that when you get a player that is coming through, and

:21:02. > :21:06.you have got Ronnie O'Sullivan, who is excellent in the departments he

:21:06. > :21:09.is in, and thinking back to my own career, when Stephen Hendry came

:21:10. > :21:13.through, you get somebody all of a sudden challenging you in that

:21:13. > :21:17.department, whatever it may be, you do not like it. You might pretend

:21:17. > :21:22.you do not mind, but actually you do not like it and it puts more

:21:22. > :21:25.heat are new. It means you are playing with something to prove.

:21:26. > :21:30.Absolutely, there is a set and add to pressure on Ronnie O'Sullivan,

:21:30. > :21:35.and he will not like the fact that Judd Trump is stealing his thunder.

:21:35. > :21:38.-- a certain amount. But O'Sullivan is still, like, you know, the best

:21:38. > :21:42.player if his mind and his game is right, and particularly his mind

:21:43. > :21:48.more than anything, but he did look a little bit nervous. He has got

:21:48. > :21:58.more to prove now, and that puts pressure on him. A new challenge

:21:58. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :22:11.DENNIS TAYLOR: Pretty good break fait Judd Trump. I think he may

:22:11. > :22:18.

:22:18. > :22:23.have a snooker or on Wall balls. -- There was not much sticking out!

:22:23. > :22:33.And this is a free ball also. ball. If Judd is nicely on the

:22:33. > :22:34.

:22:34. > :22:38.brown, he might elect to take the See how close the why it was to the

:22:38. > :22:42.brown. The players are struggling to get behind the yellow, but you

:22:42. > :22:52.have got to hit its slightly thicker, and he made a good job of

:22:52. > :23:06.

:23:06. > :23:10.The brown counts as one point in a free ball situation, and he is back

:23:10. > :23:17.on the brown again, at one good positional shot, and what a great

:23:17. > :23:27.chance with the way the red are spread. Slightly early, but could

:23:27. > :23:28.

:23:28. > :23:31.we be seeing the first 16 red Yeah, when we talk about the

:23:31. > :23:37.highest possible break, people think the maximum is the highest,

:23:37. > :23:47.but there is a possible 155 in this situation, where you get a free

:23:47. > :23:51.ball and take the colour as an Where is that pink going to finish?

:23:51. > :24:01.What a bonus that is! He had run out of position, but the pink

:24:01. > :24:25.

:24:25. > :24:30.The black is OK, and the pink might be available into the right corner.

:24:30. > :24:40.Meanwhile, he has got to negotiate the baulk colours here. With the

:24:40. > :24:50.yellow off its spot, it was He might just be able to cut this

:24:50. > :24:52.

:24:52. > :25:02.one back into the corner. The one That was not the one he played to

:25:02. > :25:02.

:25:02. > :25:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:25:55. > :25:58.He has settled into his rhythm He is pretty laid-back, Judd Trump.

:25:58. > :26:05.He was up in the players' room with his friends from Bristol, and his

:26:05. > :26:10.brother Jake is with them. And he was still in his casual clothes 10

:26:10. > :26:20.or 15 s before play started, so he is a pretty laid-back character. --

:26:20. > :26:23.

:26:23. > :26:29.We are looking at a terrific amount He has been a professional now for

:26:29. > :26:39.six years. It took him a while to get established, but he is one of

:26:39. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :26:55.the biggest box-office players we I bet he is thinking about that 16

:26:55. > :26:58.bought clearance, Dennis. The way he plays the game, the buzz he gets

:26:58. > :27:04.from playing his type of snooker, that is the sort of thing that

:27:04. > :27:14.would give him a kick, to do it might have happened, I'm not

:27:14. > :27:28.

:27:28. > :27:34.sure if Kirk Stevens might have Believe it or not, there is a

:27:34. > :27:44.possible 148 break on at the moment if he were to stay on the black! He

:27:44. > :27:50.

:27:50. > :27:56.did not anticipate cannoning the He needs another red, and he has

:27:56. > :28:06.got a colour to negotiate first tour. -- first of all. It looks as

:28:06. > :28:20.

:28:21. > :28:25.Not a bad shot to play under the I cannot believe he never took the

:28:25. > :28:29.black or the blue honour. It is incredible! I think he is learning

:28:29. > :28:33.all the time, and is trying to play the right shot. He might have

:28:33. > :28:41.thought putting the brown safe was the right shot, but he would have

:28:41. > :28:47.taken the blue or black. Two fairly safe red on the right cushion. --

:28:47. > :28:57.reds. I would have needed a gun at my head not to take the pot one,

:28:57. > :28:57.

:28:57. > :29:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:29:37. > :29:47.Well, he has more or less to run the gauntlet Stanyer. Ronnie might

:29:47. > :30:27.

:30:27. > :30:31.The frame is safe now. The best possible start for Judd Trump. That

:30:31. > :30:37.first frame was important in the context of the match. When it is

:30:37. > :30:43.the best of 11, it is always nice to get off to a good start. And

:30:43. > :30:53.with Ronnie O'Sullivan missing the black off its spot, it adds to how

:30:53. > :30:59.

:30:59. > :31:09.It will be a quick match, At the moment, Judd Trump has got

:31:09. > :31:16.

:31:17. > :31:26.Always likes to play some entertaining snooker at the end of

:31:27. > :31:55.

:31:55. > :32:00.a frame. Especially if the frame is He could not do much better than

:32:00. > :32:07.star like that. Judd Trump has taken the first two frames and got

:32:07. > :32:11.himself 2-0 in the lead. That has thrown down the gauntlet to Ronnie

:32:11. > :32:15.O'Sullivan. He looked relaxed and comfortable in his opening match

:32:15. > :32:21.against a Ding Junhui, but even with all the experience, the black

:32:21. > :32:26.off the spot hangs around in your mind. It is difficult to get out of

:32:26. > :32:31.your mind. It is an easy shot. You would have thought you were winning

:32:31. > :32:37.the frame. He knows he has to make a cannon on the blue. He slightly

:32:37. > :32:43.took his eye off it. It is a shot you took for granted. The fact that

:32:43. > :32:47.he has not had an opportunity in the second frame, Judd Trump can

:32:48. > :32:51.win frames so quickly, he must not let Judd Trump run away with the

:32:52. > :33:01.match. We know that Ronnie O'Sullivan can win a couple of

:33:02. > :33:21.

:33:21. > :33:31.He managed to get the wind over there, probably too far. There is a

:33:31. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:43.That is the only problem, if it does not go in. You stick your

:33:43. > :34:08.

:34:08. > :34:18.opponent up. Is the black If he leaves the white where the

:34:18. > :34:21.

:34:21. > :34:31.bread is, it would be an easy pink. It is important for Ronnie

:34:31. > :34:32.

:34:32. > :34:35.O'Sullivan, Stephen, to knock in a He will not be panicking at this

:34:35. > :34:45.stage. He will know that Judd Trump will get better the more confident

:34:45. > :35:04.

:35:04. > :35:14.he gets. He will want to make a The black does not pot, otherwise

:35:14. > :35:45.

:35:45. > :35:50.Ronnie would have played it on the Not the best shot in the world. If

:35:50. > :36:00.it had been easier he would have cannoned into the pink and reds. He

:36:00. > :36:09.

:36:09. > :36:19.could do with the cannon on the He played it with side to head

:36:19. > :36:28.

:36:28. > :36:38.APPLAUSE I think it was good thinking.

:36:38. > :36:45.

:36:45. > :36:55.You do not want to take risky shots He has an angle to go into the pack.

:36:55. > :37:21.

:37:21. > :37:31.The reason he did not go into the pack is because there is a loose

:37:31. > :37:50.

:37:50. > :38:00.That is a tough plaque to split when they are situated like that. -

:38:00. > :38:03.

:38:03. > :38:13.He has not played the best safety shot in the world. That was a nice

:38:13. > :38:15.

:38:15. > :38:25.break. The split did not work when This is the one as Stephen said he

:38:25. > :38:33.

:38:33. > :38:43.Well, that was an attacking shot! Look how the reds have spread.

:38:43. > :38:58.

:38:58. > :39:08.was a shot to nothing. He has It is not that if it finishes tight

:39:08. > :39:26.

:39:26. > :39:30.It is a very tough black. The natural angle would take the white

:39:30. > :39:40.ball into the middle pocket. The pink might go past the reds, which

:39:40. > :39:50.

:39:50. > :39:56.Suddenly, Judd Trump his in amongst them. He was the one who opened

:39:56. > :40:06.them up with the amazing attempt to pot the red and split the remaining

:40:06. > :40:22.

:40:22. > :40:26.He plays it the right way. This is That is what makes that shot in the

:40:26. > :40:30.last frame, when he turned down the blue, I could not believe that. It

:40:30. > :40:39.is the only way to play snooker these days. I always thought that

:40:40. > :40:49.safety was overrated. You were not too bad at the safety game. If you

:40:49. > :40:59.are an attacking player, you need a It is intimidating when your

:40:59. > :40:59.

:41:00. > :41:09.Even the great Ronnie O'Sullivan, he looks a little bit intimidated

:41:10. > :41:10.

:41:10. > :41:14.Watching this young player doing this in the Masters, one of the

:41:14. > :41:22.biggest events in the game, what would it be like watching him in

:41:22. > :41:32.I definitely wouldn't want to practise with him. You would not

:41:32. > :41:37.

:41:37. > :41:47.get many shots. You would be He did not quite stun that through

:41:47. > :41:50.

:41:50. > :42:00.as he intended and got to the wrong It means he is further away from

:42:00. > :42:06.

:42:06. > :42:11.his next shot, but the way he pots, The red is on the wrong side of the

:42:11. > :42:18.table because Judd Trump is a left- hander. He has not quite got the

:42:18. > :42:22.angle on the pink to get in behind the red to leave it for the corner.

:42:22. > :42:32.It looks like he might cannon into the black. I am not sure of the

:42:32. > :42:44.

:42:44. > :42:54.angle. No, he can do it. That was He potted the pink in slightly the

:42:54. > :43:01.

:43:01. > :43:06.right half of the pocket. He judged You have the chance to see the cue

:43:06. > :43:15.power of this young player. He had to screw back with reverse side to

:43:16. > :43:25.get to the yellow. He is looking the angle on the pink. It looks as

:43:26. > :43:27.

:43:27. > :43:37.He would have to get a lot of reverse side to swing it up past

:43:37. > :44:17.

:44:17. > :44:22.Striking right down. He could have Not absolutely dead straight. A

:44:22. > :44:32.tricky shot to judge the angle when you are close. That was right in

:44:32. > :44:42.

:44:42. > :44:52.He needs the blue to make absolutely certain of the third

:44:52. > :45:15.

:45:15. > :45:20.It is all Judd Trump at the moment. Trying a trick shot there. Ronnie

:45:20. > :45:27.O'Sullivan did not split the reds. Unlucky. But Judd Trump is on fire

:45:27. > :45:31.at the moment. Judd Trump in total control and

:45:31. > :45:39.Ronnie O'Sullivan cannot get off the ground.

:45:39. > :45:44.He had a chance. Stephen said he could have gone into the pack there.

:45:44. > :45:50.That loose red was always going to be on. Steve and I were

:45:50. > :45:53.flabbergasted here. He is perfect on the blue. The top red is on. But

:45:53. > :45:59.look at the opportunity. If he goes into the right-hand side of the

:45:59. > :46:03.pack with a lot of screw, avoid the first red, he is OK. He could have

:46:03. > :46:09.split the pack and won the frame from that position. A few years ago,

:46:09. > :46:13.he would have gone into the pack. It is unusual to see Ronnie

:46:13. > :46:19.O'Sullivan not opening them up aggressively, perhaps there was a

:46:19. > :46:24.plant on, but he gave himself the chance to fall foul of not coming

:46:24. > :46:28.to a frame-winning conclusion. That is very unlike him. What a great

:46:28. > :46:33.performance from Judd Trump to win that frame. Ronnie O'Sullivan is in

:46:33. > :46:37.all sorts of trouble. Nobody could have predicted this scoreline so

:46:37. > :46:47.early. Ronnie O'Sullivan needs to get on the scoreboard. And fast.

:46:47. > :47:14.

:47:14. > :47:19.He has caught the brown again. Against Judd Trump, you cannot

:47:19. > :47:24.afford to do that. You have to get the cue ball close to the cushion.

:47:24. > :47:34.This is the last frame before the mid-session interval. The first

:47:34. > :47:37.

:47:37. > :47:47.chance to Judd Trump. Ronnie O'Sullivan might be sitting

:47:47. > :47:59.

:47:59. > :48:08.there for a while. Because this We are looking at natural ability

:48:08. > :48:15.Years of practice, but, this young left-handed player was born to play

:48:15. > :48:25.snooker. As he overscrews his positional side of the shot. That

:48:25. > :48:32.

:48:32. > :48:38.is the red he should have been on. He was unlucky to cover the black.

:48:38. > :48:48.The pink goes, but he will have to go in and out of baulk to get on to

:48:48. > :49:09.

:49:09. > :49:16.STEPHEN HENDRY: The feeling Ronnie O'Sullivan has, which is what I had

:49:16. > :49:26.when he came on the scene. You are seeing someone do what you have

:49:26. > :49:28.

:49:28. > :49:32.DENNIS TAYLOR: I think the fact that he practices with Ronnie

:49:32. > :49:36.O'Sullivan. I do not think he would have fear if he did not practise

:49:36. > :49:41.with him. It is like your situation when you played with John Higgins

:49:41. > :49:47.and Stephen Maguire. I think that helped them tremendously on the big

:49:47. > :49:53.occasion. You still have to do it out in the, as Cliff for Bourne

:49:54. > :49:59.said, -- as Cliff Thorburn said, you have to do it out there in the

:49:59. > :50:09.bear-pit. This looks like a practice session for Judd Trump. He

:50:09. > :50:09.

:50:09. > :50:19.is very relaxed. He does not look To be fair, he has not been put

:50:19. > :50:21.

:50:21. > :50:25.Every chance now it will be 4-0. It could easily have been 2-2. Ronnie

:50:25. > :50:33.O'Sullivan missed that black off the spot and he did not get the

:50:33. > :50:39.reds open when he had the 49 break. It looks for all the world it will

:50:39. > :50:44.be 4-0. It could easily have been 2-2. But this young man is

:50:44. > :50:54.fantastic to watch. You heard Graeme Dott saying he does not

:50:54. > :51:22.

:51:22. > :51:32.watch much snooker, but he wants to A couple more pots and we will be

:51:32. > :51:46.

:51:46. > :51:50.It is like a stroll in the park at the moment for Judd Trump. We have

:51:50. > :51:59.been having a stroll in the park this week down through Alexandra

:51:59. > :52:09.Park. This magnificent venue, hosting the Masters this year. The

:52:09. > :52:10.

:52:11. > :52:20.crowds have been fantastic right There will be some shot spectators.

:52:21. > :52:38.

:52:38. > :52:43.They would not have expected 4-0 to This young player has had 143

:52:43. > :52:53.centuries and he has been professional for six years. 33

:52:53. > :53:06.

:53:06. > :53:16.centuries already this year. He is He will know the highest break is

:53:16. > :53:22.

:53:22. > :53:32.Trust you, Stephen Hendry, to think about that. There is �15,000 for

:53:32. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:43.the highest break. You always like This is the 10th century in this

:53:43. > :53:54.

:53:54. > :54:01.year's Masters. 140 would take some What is going through Ronnie's

:54:01. > :54:11.mind? He has a lot of respect and admiration for Judd Trump. This is

:54:11. > :54:35.

:54:35. > :54:40.the sort of thing he has done on CHEERING Absolutely incredible.

:54:40. > :54:48.He has made the highest break in this year's Masters. That puts him

:54:48. > :54:52.forward for the �15,000 break prize. But, he leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-0.

:54:52. > :54:57.Stunning from Judd Trump. Equally stunning in its own sense from

:54:57. > :55:02.Ronnie O'Sullivan. He has played nothing like what he is capable of.

:55:02. > :55:06.Is that because a Judd Trump? Absolutely. The last couple of

:55:06. > :55:12.frames he has not taken his opportunity. This is the standard

:55:12. > :55:16.that has been set. Ronnie O'Sullivan is shell-shocked. I

:55:16. > :55:23.think the black he missed of that cost him the second frame, that has

:55:23. > :55:28.slowed him down. He looks very shaky. You cannot leave half

:55:29. > :55:32.chances for Judd Trump. Once he gets the a sniff of a long ball it

:55:32. > :55:38.has gone into the pocket and he will try to win the frame at one

:55:38. > :55:42.visit. What do you think of Ronnie O'Sullivan so far? From the

:55:42. > :55:47.commentator's perspective, not going to the pack in the third

:55:47. > :55:52.frame was a shock. We are used to seeing Ronnie aggressive opening

:55:52. > :55:57.them up. The rest of it has been Judd Trump. What a fantastic

:55:57. > :56:03.clearance in the third frame. And to follow it up. He is keeping the

:56:03. > :56:08.heat on him. He is much during all the time. It is a fantastic session

:56:08. > :56:14.for Judd Trump. He has to convert it. Ronnie O'Sullivan is not your

:56:14. > :56:17.normal animal. Some players will world. Do not be surprised if the

:56:17. > :56:23.Ronnie O'Sullivan who comes out turns it around. He is a special

:56:23. > :56:30.character. If he does not turn it around, it will be amazing feeling.

:56:30. > :56:37.Stay tuned for that. He looks as if he is not here. He is shell shot.

:56:37. > :56:46.The interval will come at a good time -- shell shot. O'Sullivan is

:56:46. > :56:50.capable of winning frames in ten minutes. He does not want to lose

:56:50. > :56:55.6-0. There is pride at stake. can he do in the break to shake

:56:56. > :57:02.this off? It would be worth going to the practice table. He is

:57:02. > :57:06.unusual. I remember in the final against Graeme Dott, he was 5-0

:57:06. > :57:10.down. Ronnie O'Sullivan did not bother and he got back into the

:57:10. > :57:16.game quickly. He always has the confidence in his ability, he might

:57:16. > :57:21.talk it down, but he knows he can win frame after frame. The biggest

:57:21. > :57:28.problem would be how many chances he will get. And Judd Trump does

:57:28. > :57:32.not look like he will falter. He might keep the four frame advantage.

:57:32. > :57:42.That is the difficult bit. problem for Ronnie O'Sullivan is

:57:42. > :57:45.

:57:45. > :57:50.that he is end under pressure -- under pressure. You expect him to

:57:50. > :57:54.get shots all the time. Judd Trump is doing to the Rocket what the

:57:54. > :58:00.Rocket do to almost every other player. We are now going to look

:58:00. > :58:05.back on yesterday's match between world number one Mark Selby and a

:58:05. > :58:10.determined Stephen Lee. Mark Selby led 4-0 at the interval. That

:58:10. > :58:20.became 5-1 before a fight back from Stephen Lee to bring the score to

:58:20. > :58:43.

:58:43. > :58:53.JOHN VIRGO: He needed a good cue STEPHEN HENDRY: I think he will

:58:53. > :58:56.

:58:56. > :59:05.take the red on. It is the only one STEPHEN HENDRY: That was a nice

:59:05. > :59:15.JOHN VIRGO: That was a tremendous shot. Stephen Lee could not have

:59:15. > :59:37.

:59:37. > :59:44.done much more. You cannot cater It was a great pot. It was not a

:59:44. > :59:54.great positional shot after the black. What is he on? I thought he

:59:54. > :59:57.

:59:57. > :00:02.He did not feel comfortable playing the black at a dead weight,

:00:02. > :00:12.obviously. Maybe he was looking for something easier after the black.

:00:12. > :00:17.

:00:17. > :00:26.He is playing this red to the left But he has played it well, every

:00:26. > :00:36.A couple of good pots he has pulled out now, and he is under pressure,

:00:36. > :00:42.Handy as played that well as off. He could not have played that any

:00:42. > :00:46.better if he had put it there with his hand. This match has taken some

:00:46. > :00:52.twists and turns in the last few frames, but I would say that shot

:00:52. > :01:00.there is the match-winning shot. I will be very surprised if Selby

:01:00. > :01:10.does not win the match from here. Yes, a tremendous opening red, and

:01:10. > :01:12.

:01:12. > :01:19.then that tremendous red into the The cannon has given him that

:01:19. > :01:29.opportunity... Well, we do not feel he needed a while ago. But things

:01:29. > :01:34.

:01:34. > :01:42.conspired to open his macho. -- He flicked the near jaw, but it was

:01:42. > :01:47.well inside the pocket. He is plotting a lot cleaner now. --

:01:47. > :01:54.potting. But with what has happened before, Stephen, I am not going to

:01:54. > :02:00.count my chickens just yet. Twists and turns, you cannot believe it.

:02:00. > :02:07.Will Stephen get back to the table? It is looking doubtful, but

:02:07. > :02:15.stranger things have happened, and in this match! Yes, even this shot

:02:15. > :02:25.with the rest, he has not gone past You would have liked to have gone

:02:25. > :02:25.

:02:25. > :03:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:03:17. > :03:24.That puts in 51 points in the lead, but he has underhit that by a long

:03:24. > :03:28.way. He has played for the red to the right corner, but it is a

:03:28. > :03:38.quarter-ball pot. Stephen Lee may be thinking he could be getting

:03:38. > :03:54.

:03:54. > :03:59.But he has recovered the situation. OK, it is going to be a little bit

:03:59. > :04:09.more difficult off a baulk colour to get position on the red, because

:04:09. > :04:10.

:04:10. > :04:20.This yellow, I assume he will play the yellow, even the brown, it

:04:20. > :04:29.would not make any difference, he Does he have to disturb something?

:04:29. > :04:39.That has worked out nice, and that will make Mark Selby mightily

:04:39. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:49.He has put an tsar through the wringer this afternoon. -- he has

:04:49. > :04:53.put himself. A little wry smile there from Stephen Lee. It looked

:04:53. > :04:57.for all the world as though he was going to come back and create one

:04:57. > :05:07.of the biggest upsets I have ever seen on a snooker table, but it was

:05:07. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:22.The jester is not laughing and joking now, is he? No, certainly

:05:22. > :05:25.not. The rest does not going, but it should not matter. Stephen Lee

:05:25. > :05:31.shakes his hand and says well played, good luck in the rest of

:05:31. > :05:35.the tournament. I can only say, Mark Selby put himself through the

:05:35. > :05:42.wringer, but he scrapes through in the end, and he is in the quarter-

:05:42. > :05:46.final, 6-4, phew! That match, in patches, I showed some good form,

:05:46. > :05:50.and then towards the end I started to fade away a little bit. If I am

:05:51. > :05:54.going to go on and win the tournament, I need to be stronger

:05:54. > :05:58.and be more clinical and finish the match better. It is early days, I

:05:58. > :06:03.have got through the first round, which is the main thing. I can just

:06:03. > :06:06.go back to the practice table and work on my game. Work on his game

:06:06. > :06:10.ahead of the quarter-finals, and some players are saying the

:06:10. > :06:16.quarter-final line-up here is as good as they can remember. We have

:06:16. > :06:22.seen the start of one, Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan, up but that

:06:22. > :06:26.would be a cracker. A mouth- watering encounter, with two heavy

:06:26. > :06:31.weights. There are so many great players, great time to be a snooker

:06:31. > :06:36.player, in that you have as many counters, they are so good that

:06:36. > :06:39.when they clash against each other, there is potential fireworks.

:06:39. > :06:45.Selby started brilliantly, but in fairness to Stephen Lee, he took

:06:45. > :06:51.his chances when he got them. pushed him all the way, and Selby

:06:51. > :06:55.was 4-0 up, just like Judd Trump is here... It is possible, I'm trying

:06:55. > :07:00.to recall when someone came back from 4-0 down, and it has been

:07:00. > :07:06.quite a while, but when you have that extra frame, best of 11, there

:07:06. > :07:09.is a little bit more room. Even if you are 4-0 up, you need the two

:07:09. > :07:13.more frames, but I do not think Mark Selby will be happy with how

:07:13. > :07:17.we played. He was relieved, but like Judd Trump in his first match,

:07:17. > :07:22.he did enough to win, and then he has up his game. There's more to

:07:22. > :07:28.come from him. So the, you talk about the different approach these

:07:28. > :07:32.days, playing tournaments from the old days. You do not get any easy

:07:32. > :07:36.first-round game. Mark Selby will be pleased he did not play to his

:07:36. > :07:42.best yesterday but he is still true. Pretty philosophical, how he viewed

:07:42. > :07:46.it. There is so much analysis now of the players' performances, that

:07:46. > :07:49.you could be kidded in your own mind to be upset with that, but he

:07:49. > :07:55.got it right, he got through, bread-and-butter snooker that you

:07:55. > :07:59.sometimes have to play. Nobody likes it to be so close when it is

:07:59. > :08:03.a runaway victory, but he is in the next round and everything can

:08:03. > :08:07.change. You are never delighted when you do not play as well as you

:08:07. > :08:10.would like, but you have got to say, it is a tough game, you cannot

:08:10. > :08:16.always be perfect, but they are more perfect now than they have

:08:16. > :08:20.ever been. Mark Selby, his game is very good, he's a bit like John

:08:20. > :08:25.Higgins in that respect. Even when he is not on form, he is very

:08:25. > :08:29.consistent, he always plays the right shots. This safety is always

:08:29. > :08:33.top-quality, always very hard to beat. He is the world number 1, but

:08:33. > :08:36.is he the best player in the world? I don't think so. He has been

:08:37. > :08:41.consistent, but I do not think he is the best player. We have seen

:08:41. > :08:46.the best player in the world today, Judd Trump, and Mark Selby's

:08:46. > :08:51.results have been very consistent, and good luck to him, but probably

:08:51. > :08:54.could say Higgins or O'Sullivan is better than Selby. It is a tough

:08:55. > :08:59.one. There are a lot of players who could lay claim to being world

:08:59. > :09:04.number 1, and in a way it will lay testament to whether the ranking

:09:04. > :09:09.system is accurate enough to be able to pick to his world number 1,

:09:09. > :09:13.or it just maybe they are too close to call. The thing about rankings,

:09:13. > :09:17.it is just consistency, do you know What I Mean? It is how good you

:09:17. > :09:22.really are at the top. I do not think there is ever going to be a

:09:22. > :09:26.prolific winner like Steve in the 80s, Hendry in the 90s, possibly

:09:26. > :09:31.Ronnie O'Sullivan. I do not think you will see a player winning five

:09:31. > :09:35.of six Big ranking tournaments. The game is just too hard. When, at the

:09:35. > :09:40.end of the season, Judd Trump has won the Grand Slam... I hope I'm

:09:40. > :09:44.wrong, but I cannot see it. I don't think so. The standard is so high

:09:44. > :09:47.down the list, but it is very hard to keep winning all the time.

:09:47. > :09:51.one player who was threatening to delay the game at the moment is

:09:51. > :09:55.Judd Trump, and he is up against Ronnie O'Sullivan. He leads 4-0.

:09:55. > :10:05.What we are going to do now is have a look with our experts at the

:10:05. > :10:11.

:10:11. > :10:16.current state of Ronnie Remember the 1980s, that golden

:10:16. > :10:21.period of time. You said in an interview, Ronnie O'Sullivan will

:10:21. > :10:27.be the one that takes over your Mantel. Yes, I think he beat me in

:10:27. > :10:32.the final of the UK when he was 17, and you can see that he had the

:10:32. > :10:35.game to take it a stage further. At he has not, and he has said it

:10:35. > :10:41.himself, won the tournaments he should have done, but in terms of

:10:41. > :10:45.talent there is no talent greater. Is it all about Ronnie on the

:10:45. > :10:49.circuit? He does draw the people in. Yeah, he does, he always draws a

:10:49. > :10:53.crowd, which is great for the sport, to play in tournaments with a great

:10:53. > :10:57.crowd is what we thrive on, but it is not all that Ronnie. Obviously

:10:57. > :11:00.there is a great standard of snooker at the moment, but he is a

:11:00. > :11:06.great talent, in my eyes probably the greatest player to have played

:11:06. > :11:11.the game. We do not agree, Stephen? Yes! I think, in terms of raw

:11:11. > :11:14.talent, there is no one better, there is no one I have played, I

:11:15. > :11:19.have played yourself, Jimmy or through the years, and in terms of

:11:19. > :11:22.talent there is no one better. He would admit that he has under-

:11:22. > :11:27.achieved, but that adds to the appeal are watching him. You never

:11:27. > :11:33.know which Ronnie is going to turn up. What fascinates me as a player,

:11:34. > :11:37.we can all play the game to such a high level, but more than any other

:11:37. > :11:42.player, he seems to get the crowd gasping for breath. But his shots

:11:42. > :11:48.are no different to any others, are they? No, I think it was probably

:11:48. > :11:54.early in his career when he used to play a rapidly quick. Now he is

:11:54. > :11:58.still the fastest player in the balls, but back to how he was in

:11:58. > :12:04.the mid- to late 1990s, that 147 break, five minutes 20 seconds,

:12:04. > :12:08.incredible. I think that Ronnie is probably the only player who has

:12:08. > :12:12.mastered all aspects of the game. I watched him in the final of the

:12:12. > :12:17.Masters when he beat John Higgins, he destroyed him, his long potting,

:12:17. > :12:20.safety, break-building was perfect. I think probably no-one has played

:12:20. > :12:26.all aspects of the game as well as running has. Right or wrong,

:12:26. > :12:30.pulling out of tournaments? I do not think it is good. It is each to

:12:30. > :12:35.their own, but I do not think I would do it unless there was

:12:35. > :12:38.something healthWhy's really wrong with me. I think for snooker, it

:12:38. > :12:47.really needs Ronnie. He does attract a big crowd, which is why

:12:48. > :12:51.it is important for snooker at his And despite all that under-

:12:51. > :12:56.achievement, Ronnie still has a tremendous record. Nine Masters

:12:56. > :13:01.finals, four times the champion. The simple question is, can he come

:13:01. > :13:05.from 4-0 down against Judd Trump? It is possible, but he has to win

:13:05. > :13:09.the next couple of frames at least to have any chance. So often we

:13:09. > :13:12.have seen the interval changed the course of a match, and for Ronnie

:13:13. > :13:17.O'Sullivan fans and for Ronnie, is hoping it will have done that.

:13:17. > :13:21.are about to find out, Ronnie O'Sullivan has a mountain to climb.

:13:21. > :13:31.Let's rejoin our commentators and say happy birthday to Dennis

:13:31. > :13:35.

:13:35. > :13:38.Taylor! Thank you, 37 today, I Yes, as Steve Davis says, sometimes

:13:38. > :13:43.the interval can change things around, and Ronnie O'Sullivan and

:13:43. > :13:47.his fans will be hoping that is the case, but Judd Trump was backstage

:13:47. > :13:57.there, we were chatting to him, he was tweeting away in the midsession

:13:57. > :14:02.interval, he is so relaxed. If he carries on as he did before the

:14:02. > :14:12.midsession interval, it is going to be a famous victory. Ronnie

:14:12. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:22.O'Sullivan has never ever been a Well, the simple fact is that

:14:22. > :14:32.Ronnie has got to play near-perfect snooker now to come back and win

:14:32. > :14:43.

:14:43. > :14:49.Now, he has mishit that. He played it with a touch of right hand side

:14:49. > :14:59.to leave himself an easy pink to the middle pocket, and he hit the

:14:59. > :15:00.

:15:00. > :15:09.red much fuller than he intended. Oh, this is tough! Now, that is a

:15:09. > :15:14.From the jaws of the pocket, you cannot cure a ball any better than

:15:14. > :15:19.that. The pink is tied up, the black is tied up, but what a great

:15:19. > :15:27.effort that was. If the red above the black is available, he can play

:15:27. > :15:37.on the blue and get on that. It looks a bit tight, so that might

:15:37. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:45.Well, I say it is too tight. Did he play to get on to it, orders the

:15:45. > :15:55.one go in the middle pocket? Yes, the one to the left of the pig will

:15:55. > :15:58.

:15:58. > :16:00.clear the pink. That is good Well, you said it, Stephen, he has

:16:00. > :16:10.to play near perfect snooker to get back into the match, and this could

:16:10. > :16:33.

:16:33. > :16:43.He is OK, the red at the back of I think he still feels that one

:16:43. > :16:49.

:16:49. > :16:54.near the black is on. But that Oh, that will do!, and off de red

:16:54. > :17:04.near the commission will do, and he has brought the black into play. --

:17:04. > :17:10.

:17:10. > :17:13.coming off the red near the cushion He queued that one too well. He

:17:13. > :17:19.played for the Red Duke talked about earlier. You still got the

:17:19. > :17:27.one to the left. -- the ready you talked about earlier. Now he is in

:17:27. > :17:37.He would have his say this is a chance to get his first frame on

:17:37. > :17:43.the board. -- you would have to He started with that magnificent

:17:43. > :17:53.pink into the middle. 4-0 down, he could easily have been deflated by

:17:53. > :17:54.

:17:54. > :18:04.the shot he played before that, but Yeah, it is worth another look at

:18:04. > :18:07.

:18:07. > :18:17.And of course Ronnie O'Sullivan takes a lot of pride in his game,

:18:17. > :18:21.4-0 down, his pride would have There's not many players who could

:18:21. > :18:25.come back from 4-0 down against Judd Trump in a form, but this is

:18:25. > :18:35.one player who could do it. As the boys in the studio said, a long way

:18:35. > :18:37.

:18:37. > :18:41.Yeah, and the fact we are best of 11, not best-of-nine, as we

:18:41. > :18:51.normally play in ranking events, it gives you a bit more room to

:18:51. > :19:00.

:19:00. > :19:10.manoeuvre. Judd needs two more He has finished a little hampered

:19:10. > :19:14.

:19:14. > :19:20.on the pink here. He is looking at Taking the blue means he need one

:19:20. > :19:30.more red, still a possible 67 on the table. This red next to the

:19:30. > :19:36.

:19:36. > :19:46.Why bid it so hard, Ronnie? You only needed the red, Y Hamad it?! -

:19:46. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :19:55.I think Ronnie prefers to hit down on the white, that is why he played

:19:55. > :19:59.it so hard. You could see them bouncing around on the slow motion

:19:59. > :20:09.when he struck down slightly. Meanwhile, Judd has played a pretty

:20:09. > :20:36.

:20:36. > :20:44.I would not like to think what the And this match has just been going

:20:44. > :20:54.50 minutes, just over the 15 minutes mark. -- 15. It is fast, it

:20:54. > :21:13.

:21:13. > :21:18.It does not matter about the pink. Just over 80 minutes, and Ronnie

:21:18. > :21:24.O'Sullivan gets his first frame on the board. -- 8. That is the start

:21:24. > :21:29.of the comeback, is there more to come? He is is more like it, Ronnie

:21:29. > :21:33.O'Sullivan back in the Graeme, and the crowd are really up for it. --

:21:33. > :21:38.this is more like it, Ronnie O'Sullivan back in the game. He did

:21:38. > :21:43.not play a good shot on a red, but look at this pink, we would not

:21:43. > :21:49.have even look at that! It would have been green, up behind the

:21:49. > :21:52.yellow, but it was a really courageous shot to take on. It was

:21:52. > :21:57.a potential match loser, capitulation in some respects, but

:21:57. > :22:01.the situation Ronnie finds himself in, he cannot afford to be throwing

:22:01. > :22:05.away any type of chance. Fortunately for Ronnie O'Sullivan,

:22:05. > :22:10.he asked us so much ability, he made that look easy. That was such

:22:10. > :22:15.a hard shot! Is a different animal to someone else being 4-0 down. If

:22:15. > :22:20.he wins this frame, suddenly Judd Trump, the feelings swap over.

:22:20. > :22:30.Particularly because he has got the crowd going. They need to get them

:22:30. > :22:31.

:22:31. > :22:36.going. This frame is a big frame as DENNIS TAYLOR: Yes, he cannot

:22:36. > :22:46.afford to miss much, and he is faced with a long red, and the

:22:46. > :22:54.

:22:54. > :23:02.black is awkward. He refuses very And the crowd, well, that is what

:23:02. > :23:11.they think of that long pot! And does the pink go? A terrific long

:23:11. > :23:21.The paint might have to go in behind the reds here, so Ronnie

:23:21. > :23:25.

:23:25. > :23:30.will play for the blue and then You were mentioning earlier, Dennis,

:23:30. > :23:40.Judd knows what Ronnie is capable of. If he can string two or three

:23:40. > :23:42.

:23:42. > :23:52.frames together quickly, this match That is perfect. Do you know, I am

:23:52. > :23:54.

:23:54. > :24:01.just looking at them, and he could Well, there you go, but he is

:24:01. > :24:11.unlucky. How has he finished there, tight on the black? He just caught

:24:11. > :24:32.

:24:32. > :24:36.the red slightly thin, the first Well, that was a terrific effort. I

:24:36. > :24:41.mean, it was not a risk Ewshot, because he knew he was putting the

:24:41. > :24:51.cue ball in a position where it was a shot to nothing, but he was on

:24:51. > :25:24.

:25:24. > :25:28.the black if he had spotted that Of course, Stephen, this is a whole

:25:28. > :25:34.new experience for Judd Trump. He has played Ronnie before, but not

:25:34. > :25:44.in the Masters, and it is totally different to any other event.

:25:44. > :25:54.I remember... Playing Jimmy in front of 3,000 people, as much as

:25:54. > :25:55.

:25:55. > :25:58.you think the crowd is not going to Yeah, they have their favourites in

:25:58. > :26:03.London, Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan, but they are a very

:26:03. > :26:08.fair crowd. If the opposing player is producing the goods, they would

:26:08. > :26:15.get a terrific response from them as well. They were not there to me

:26:15. > :26:25.when I was playing Jimmy! They kept on saying, miss! It might have been

:26:25. > :26:33.

:26:33. > :26:37.something to do with England versus It is the norm nowadays, a lot of

:26:38. > :26:44.people have earpieces to listen to the commentary. They are used to

:26:44. > :26:50.watching the snooker back home, and occasionally we do say the odd

:26:51. > :27:00.thing where people might laugh, and hopefully it won't put the players

:27:01. > :27:12.

:27:12. > :27:17.They still need a little bit of sorting out here, it is slightly

:27:17. > :27:27.congested at the pink and the reds as they are, but this clears the

:27:27. > :27:27.

:27:27. > :27:36.But it was always going to be difficult to get on to a colour

:27:36. > :27:46.Oh! He looked at the black, he looked at cutting it in, cannoning

:27:46. > :28:08.

:28:09. > :28:18.into the red and pink. What a shot That is OK. I think he can get past

:28:19. > :28:22.

:28:22. > :28:32.the brown to the black. But it is He has got a little bit of work to

:28:32. > :28:34.

:28:34. > :28:38.Because if he canons that red that is to the right of the black, he is

:28:38. > :28:48.not guaranteed to be on one. If he misses it, he is still not

:28:48. > :28:49.

:28:49. > :28:59.It needs to keep going. He is going to have to cut this one into the

:28:59. > :28:59.

:29:00. > :29:09.Well, that is a bit ambitious, the distance between those two reds!

:29:10. > :29:21.

:29:21. > :29:27.The one I mentioned is a better If he is straight and a yellow, it

:29:27. > :29:37.is a case of screwing back directly for a red into the left corner. --

:29:37. > :29:54.

:29:54. > :29:58.Not the best kiss. If he misses the blue, he is perfect to cannon into

:29:58. > :30:02.the five reds, but now he has got to go in and out of baulk, and he

:30:02. > :30:12.has got a long way to travel and play this with a touch of right

:30:12. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:51.He may be can just see the red to We have not seen much tactical play.

:30:51. > :31:01.It has been potting and break- building. Ronnie O'Sullivan can

:31:01. > :31:07.

:31:07. > :31:17.It is amazing the number of times he has caught that brown. If he

:31:17. > :31:42.

:31:42. > :31:48.slide past it, he has Judd Trump in Look where he has got the cue ball.

:31:48. > :31:53.He has hardly hit that. His timing is unbelievable. How many players

:31:53. > :32:03.would have taken that last shot on? I do not think he anticipated the

:32:03. > :32:13.

:32:13. > :32:18.cue ball finishing up on the baulk That was unlucky. If Judd Trump

:32:18. > :32:28.played with an element of safety, he was fortunate to land tight on

:32:28. > :32:30.

:32:30. > :32:34.We showed you what can happen with the run of the ball. Ronnie took

:32:34. > :32:44.the red on to the middle and played it as a shot to nothing, and until

:32:44. > :32:47.

:32:47. > :32:55.he got a cannon, he would have That is the way he plays the game.

:32:55. > :33:02.Very few players would have taken on the shot he did. This was a

:33:02. > :33:12.must-win frame a for Ronnie. -- frame for Ronnie. Will he get

:33:12. > :33:12.

:33:12. > :33:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:33:55. > :34:05.He would have to do something They are there for the taking. 4-1

:34:05. > :34:08.

:34:08. > :34:18.He may make it look so easy, but even these players, and little bit

:34:18. > :34:26.

:34:26. > :34:36.It did not matter what side of the blue he got because of the red up

:34:36. > :34:58.

:34:58. > :35:08.He looks to be dead straight. Look at the cue power. He did not mean

:35:08. > :35:26.

:35:26. > :35:36.Tucking up is the shot. Keep the He will be disappointed not to have

:35:36. > :35:36.

:35:36. > :35:41.won the frame at that visit. It is difficult to hit the red, but

:35:41. > :35:51.keeping it safe is even more difficult. He could easily hit the

:35:51. > :36:03.

:36:03. > :36:13.-- swerving this. Well played. Has He cannot see enough to potted to

:36:13. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :36:26.the middle pocket. But he is such a He has covered it. There is every

:36:26. > :36:30.chance that Ronnie O'Sullivan could get the snooker. He has the black,

:36:30. > :36:36.the blue and the green to cover the one that is over the pocket. If he

:36:36. > :36:46.can get the white somewhere in where he has the tip of the cue,

:36:46. > :37:09.

:37:09. > :37:19.Very well played. He knocked the yellow on to the cushion. Judd

:37:19. > :37:26.

:37:26. > :37:33.Trump is not guaranteed to get this Ronnie can get the white back up

:37:33. > :37:43.again behind the black off the red in the D area. He could get him

:37:43. > :38:08.

:38:08. > :38:14.And there is the great Patsy Fagan. He his here for all sessions. It

:38:14. > :38:20.was his birthday a few days ago. Many happy returns. You do not have

:38:20. > :38:30.your earpiece in! Probably has not got it turned on. Does not want to

:38:30. > :38:48.

:38:48. > :38:58.I have to apologise. He looked very like Patsy Fagan, but it was not

:38:58. > :39:16.

:39:16. > :39:26.Patsy Fagan. He has his double in I do not know whether it is dead

:39:26. > :39:29.

:39:29. > :39:39.straight, a deep screw to create He will probably play the green

:39:39. > :39:56.

:39:56. > :40:06.here. Follow-through off the baulk To judge the pace that well was

:40:06. > :40:15.

:40:15. > :40:25.Attempted to screw and take the yellow off the cushion. Looks to be

:40:25. > :40:31.

:40:31. > :40:41.dead straight on the blue. The If he takes the blue, he would just

:40:41. > :40:44.

:40:44. > :40:49.needs the yellow. The green would Even if he does not get on the

:40:49. > :40:54.yellow, potting the black means that he Ronnie O'Sullivan can only

:40:54. > :40:59.tie, so he sacrificed that a little bit. That was interesting to see.

:40:59. > :41:09.You would probably have potted the green and taken the yellow on.

:41:09. > :41:16.

:41:16. > :41:26.be fair, I did not look at the He will be lucky to get away with

:41:26. > :41:53.

:41:53. > :41:58.He is worried about pushing the yellow to the right corner pocket.

:41:58. > :42:08.That was beautifully played. Kissing the brown, that is even

:42:08. > :42:08.

:42:08. > :42:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:42:49. > :42:59.Just a little bit sticking out. It is nice to see this tactical

:42:59. > :43:30.

:43:30. > :43:36.battle after watching the break- And it is tough out there. Sir any

:43:36. > :43:46.for Ronnie, at the moment. But, he knows the importance of this frame

:43:46. > :43:57.

:43:57. > :44:02.and that is why he is putting so Has he got a snooker? He had the

:44:02. > :44:12.cannon on the brown. It worked in Judd Trump's favour. That was a

:44:12. > :44:12.

:44:12. > :44:19.nice run of the ball, it has to be said. Where is the air going? --

:44:19. > :44:29.yellow. It was going to go in-off for the brown. Well Judd Trump take

:44:29. > :45:05.

:45:05. > :45:09.the double on? He only needs the I think he can cue at the side of

:45:09. > :45:16.the blue and cut this in. I am surprised that Ronnie played that

:45:16. > :45:23.last shot so hard. The trouble playing it slowly, was taking it

:45:23. > :45:30.from the green. A little bit of desperation in the last shot for

:45:30. > :45:40.Ronnie. Just from switch hands and tried the safety shot. I thought he

:45:40. > :45:49.

:45:49. > :45:53.could cue at the side of the blue - This is tough. Up into the corner,

:45:53. > :46:03.screw back, leave the white near the cushion. This will bring the

:46:03. > :46:25.

:46:25. > :46:35.He tried to pot that by the looks And a chance of a snooker here. He

:46:35. > :46:38.

:46:38. > :46:48.could put the green on the baulk Has it gone too far? Has he missed

:46:48. > :46:58.

:46:58. > :47:08.I am not sure if he can get tight in behind the brown. If not he

:47:08. > :47:18.There was a possibility of doubling the green and leaving it safe and

:47:18. > :47:18.

:47:18. > :48:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:48:03. > :48:13.That was a good shot. You cannot leave the balls further

:48:13. > :48:22.

:48:22. > :48:32.apart than that. Look at the green Believe it or not, he looked at the

:48:32. > :48:35.

:48:35. > :48:45.possibility of doubling the green It was not far away! It is a pretty

:48:45. > :48:59.

:48:59. > :49:04.good shot. This green does cut. By far the

:49:04. > :49:14.longest frame of the match, coming up to 27 minutes. Fascinating

:49:14. > :49:22.

:49:22. > :49:27.You would think Ronnie would have the advantage in this situation. He

:49:27. > :49:36.is the better tactical player of the two. Judd Trump is still in

:49:36. > :49:43.experience. He will get better very quickly. -- been experienced. -- in

:49:43. > :49:46.experienced. He needed that to come away from the jaws. I think he

:49:46. > :49:52.thought he mite have got the snooker behind the blue if he took

:49:52. > :49:57.that on, but he has handed the frame to Judd Trump. He changed his

:49:57. > :50:04.mind on the shot. He was going to play and will turn a safety shot.

:50:04. > :50:11.He has conceded. Judd Trump, that is a big frame for the young man.

:50:11. > :50:16.Just one more frame away from a place in the semi-finals.

:50:16. > :50:22.Things are precarious for Ronnie O'Sullivan. That was a fascinating

:50:22. > :50:28.safety exchange. Both players were desperate to get to a situation to

:50:28. > :50:33.win the frame and get the green down or play a good safety. Ronnie

:50:33. > :50:38.played a speculative long double in the end. It wobbled in the jaws and

:50:38. > :50:47.the worse thing was the speed of the shot. It was an easy win in the

:50:47. > :50:52.end. I would say that Judd Trump held his nerve, but he did appear

:50:52. > :51:02.nervous. He played some rash shocks. It looked like they were desperate

:51:02. > :51:06.

:51:06. > :51:09.to get that frame -- rash shots. It put more daylight between them. It

:51:09. > :51:15.would have kept Ronnie O'Sullivan in the match and it would have kept

:51:15. > :51:19.the heat on Judd Trump. It seems ominous. I would not roll Ronnie

:51:19. > :51:24.O'Sullivan coming back out, but it seems ominous. That last frame

:51:24. > :51:29.break the back of it from the perspective of the Judd Trump. It

:51:29. > :51:35.is just one to get over the line. It made an enormous difference,

:51:35. > :51:44.that frame. Ronnie O'Sullivan cannot afford any more mistakes. We

:51:44. > :51:54.can join an ageing Dennis Taylor. DENNIS TAYLOR: By the minute! A

:51:54. > :51:59.

:51:59. > :52:07.Ageing, but still going to play the game. I will tell you about a

:52:07. > :52:12.legend' Cup match in May, the 12th and 13th May after the World

:52:12. > :52:20.Championship in the Bedworth Civic Hall. I will captain a team with

:52:20. > :52:23.Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jimmy White, John Parrott against a team led by

:52:23. > :52:28.Cliff Thorburn with Stephen Hendry, Tony Drago and Ken Doherty. That

:52:28. > :52:35.will be fun. He is definitely getting the run of the ball. Look

:52:35. > :52:42.at where the cue ball has finished. He hit completely the wrong side of

:52:42. > :52:49.the red. I thought it 5-1 up, he would have taken a chance to drop

:52:49. > :52:59.it. He played with an element of safety and he has got it safe.

:52:59. > :53:16.

:53:16. > :53:21.You always need a run at the ball in this game. It is usually the

:53:21. > :53:29.player who is playing better. When you have a go at a shot and miss it,

:53:29. > :53:34.it is amazing how many times you get away with it. Ronnie O'Sullivan.

:53:34. > :53:44.It is amazing the number of times he has caught the brown when he has

:53:44. > :53:57.

:53:57. > :54:07.played that particular safety shot. I think the red passes the pink. I

:54:07. > :54:16.

:54:16. > :54:21.Things like that. When things are not going right for you. He is

:54:21. > :54:31.hampered on the pink. He is having to take the blue. Can he drop on

:54:31. > :54:32.

:54:32. > :54:35.He has come up for the one close to the middle pocket. If he could get

:54:35. > :54:44.on the one above the black, he could open the scoring end of the

:54:44. > :54:54.table are up. -- table up. He has the perfect angle to drop on that

:54:54. > :54:54.

:54:54. > :55:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:55:37. > :55:47.He has gone a little bit too far It can always go wrong when you

:55:47. > :56:09.

:56:09. > :56:15.have to play a cannon, but he is OK. I think the crowd take it for

:56:15. > :56:25.granted. He potted that last shot left-handed. I am sure people do

:56:25. > :56:34.

:56:34. > :56:44.not notice he does it. He looks He could not have the reds in a

:56:44. > :56:45.

:56:45. > :56:55.You will not see Ronnie using the cushion a lot. His positional play

:56:55. > :57:07.

:57:07. > :57:17.This is what he needs. He needs to get in first every frame. Just over

:57:17. > :57:18.

:57:18. > :58:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:58:07. > :58:12.three minutes, and the frame is The round of applause tells you

:58:12. > :58:18.that the frame is secure. Not many players in the game could do this

:58:18. > :58:24.with their back against the wall. He has kept his focus. He has a lot

:58:24. > :58:32.of respect for Judd Trump. He wants to show the crowd what he can do.

:58:32. > :58:38.You could never write him off. Every chance that he might get to

:58:38. > :58:48.get the highest break. Shaun Murphy's 139 was beaten by Judd

:58:48. > :58:49.

:58:49. > :58:59.Make no mistake, Ronnie O'Sullivan will know if he takes blacks he

:58:59. > :59:05.

:59:05. > :59:15.could be Judd Trump's break by one And what a way that would be to

:59:15. > :59:21.

:59:21. > :59:31.keep yourself in the Masters. To CHEERING And there is the century.

:59:31. > :59:41.

:59:41. > :59:49.Ronnie has made 662 centuries. Only one player ahead of him and he is

:59:49. > :59:59.sitting in the commentary box, Stephen Hendry. This has been

:59:59. > :00:37.

:00:37. > :00:43.Just a little bit too much pace. He Ronnie O'Sullivan with his back

:00:43. > :00:47.right up against the wall, 5-1 down and what does he do? He makes the

:00:47. > :00:57.highest break at the Masters this year with a medicine break of 141.

:00:57. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:13.It is not over just yet. -- with a I thrive on proving people wrong

:01:13. > :01:22.and being written off. I find that a great motivational tool. I cannot

:01:22. > :01:31.ever be defeated, in that way. I am pretty reliant on my own Adrian and

:01:31. > :01:37.believe you are in control of your own destiny. I was no the most

:01:37. > :01:43.politically correct guy, and I kind of believe and what he believed in.

:01:43. > :01:47.I never feel really guilty. Sometimes I wish that I hadn't

:01:47. > :01:52.eaten that trip and not bar, but I know that I am getting up to train

:01:52. > :02:00.the next day, so it doesn't matter. I am just doing what I like to do.

:02:00. > :02:08.I have still got a few more major tournament wins in me. I am quite

:02:08. > :02:14.proud of my determination. My dedication, my will to succeed, my

:02:14. > :02:23.ability to get back from adversity. I am quite proud of having those

:02:23. > :02:26.qualities, I suppose. Ronnie O'Sullivan, very much in this match

:02:26. > :02:29.was up Judd Trump with the during the interval that it is quick to be

:02:30. > :02:34.tough from here, need to keep it tight, he can turn it on anything.

:02:34. > :02:42.Incidentally, Judd Trump is trending on Twitter at the moment

:02:42. > :02:47.in the UK. This was a fantastic response from Ronnie. Sublime,

:02:47. > :02:53.Ronnie O'Sullivan in freefall. It is good to see. He is hanging on by

:02:53. > :02:57.his fingertips. He is never going to throw in the towel, but he

:02:57. > :03:01.cannot afford to give a Judd Trump even just a half chance, because if

:03:01. > :03:07.there is a red sticking out, he's going to take it on and possibly

:03:07. > :03:17.make a frame-winning break. Steve Davis? Ronnie is one of the few

:03:17. > :03:18.

:03:18. > :03:22.people who could turn this around, As Ken Doherty mentioned, Judd

:03:22. > :03:26.Trump just needs that one chance, and he is quite capable of closing

:03:26. > :03:36.the match out. Can he Ronnie prevent him from getting that

:03:36. > :03:37.

:03:37. > :03:46.I wonder how irritated Judd Trump will be. He has just had 15 Grand

:03:46. > :03:51.pinched from his pocket. Because 141 is going to take a little bit

:03:51. > :04:01.of beating. Hawker I can assure you what Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking

:04:01. > :04:07.

:04:07. > :04:17.at. -- Hawkeye. He did well to miss that red. At this time, he does not

:04:17. > :04:19.

:04:19. > :04:24.cannon into one of the bulk colours. -- baulk. I think he can get past

:04:24. > :04:29.the brown to the one at the right side of the table, but if he took

:04:29. > :04:39.this on, OK, there is a slight angle. He refuses very little, does

:04:39. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:51.Judd Trump. If he has got away with this, I think this red is going to

:04:51. > :04:56.come up and be comfortable. That was a long way off the pot. Is that

:04:56. > :05:02.telling a little story? He could have chosen to play for the black,

:05:02. > :05:10.could have made the pot easier. He does feel better, hitting the balls

:05:10. > :05:20.harder. But he doesn't want to give Ronnie O'Sullivan too many chances.

:05:20. > :05:24.

:05:24. > :05:28.Again, Ronnie has got the first As Steve says, not only is he

:05:28. > :05:38.capable of coming back in this match, he is capable of doing it in

:05:38. > :05:49.

:05:49. > :05:56.great style minus one-visit snooker - one visit snooker. He might

:05:56. > :06:01.choose to play for the red below the black here. There is a lot of

:06:01. > :06:11.cue between the bridge hand and the cue ball, but fortunately it was a

:06:11. > :06:14.

:06:14. > :06:24.He could do with getting that red to the left of the black poet of

:06:24. > :06:26.

:06:26. > :06:36.the way in a couple of shots Tyne - - out of the way in a couple of

:06:36. > :06:40.

:06:40. > :06:50.shots' time. Removing it just The last frame lasted just under

:06:50. > :06:52.

:06:52. > :07:02.Judd Trump is fantastic to watch when he his break-building. But

:07:02. > :07:33.

:07:33. > :07:36.this man, it is a dream, watching It doesn't get any better than this,

:07:36. > :07:46.watching one of the greatest players the game has ever produced,

:07:46. > :07:49.

:07:49. > :07:58.fighting back, in the way that he Took on a long pot, didn't get

:07:58. > :08:03.anywhere near it, and now he has got to sit and watch. That came off

:08:03. > :08:08.the cushion quite fast. I think he played for that red to the right of

:08:08. > :08:12.the pink. Still might be able to get it, but it is a little bit of a

:08:12. > :08:22.stretch. The white seemed to come off the back cushion with quite a

:08:22. > :08:24.

:08:24. > :08:31.bit of pace. That was the problem. Just when he was a few pots

:08:31. > :08:35.somewhere, he seemed to get a bounce off the back cushion. He

:08:35. > :08:41.played for the one closest to the pink, and it just seemed to pick up

:08:41. > :08:50.pace, there. Because he had checked side, it brought him more into the

:08:50. > :09:00.middle of the table, as well. Unlucky, there. Still, keeps the

:09:00. > :09:10.

:09:10. > :09:14.heat on Judd Trump. For a 24 point lead. -- 34 point lead. That is a

:09:14. > :09:24.little bit of insurance, but a Judd Trump was trying to bring that red

:09:24. > :09:29.

:09:29. > :09:39.into play. That is careless. To catch the blue. It is like the

:09:39. > :09:45.

:09:45. > :09:52.break-off shot, whatever you do, Comes to the table 54-0 down, great

:09:53. > :10:02.first red. At least 30 points available, without having to play

:10:03. > :10:08.

:10:08. > :10:18.We did say Judd Trump was looking for one chance to close this match

:10:18. > :10:33.

:10:33. > :10:38.out. It is a chance. He is a long He is playing position for these

:10:38. > :10:43.open reds. Looking for angles and opportunities to take these two

:10:43. > :10:47.reds of the left side cushion, into pottable possessions. If the pink

:10:47. > :10:57.goes on the blue spot, he may choose to play the top red and take

:10:57. > :10:57.

:10:57. > :11:07.the red off the cushion nearest the middle pocket. He has missed the

:11:07. > :11:34.

:11:34. > :11:39.Being left-handed, one of the reds that is safe on a wet cushion is

:11:39. > :11:45.not too badly placed for Judd Trump. He can drop in behind it. It is the

:11:45. > :11:49.other one, near the middle pocket that is the bigger problem. Looking

:11:49. > :11:55.at the angle potting this red and screwing back, taking the red

:11:55. > :11:59.closest to the middle pocket of the cushion. The only problem is if the

:11:59. > :12:08.white sticks on the side cushion, it is going to be tough potting a

:12:08. > :12:18.colour. I think the shot is to follow through for the black. He's

:12:18. > :12:24.

:12:24. > :12:29.Well, maybe he should have taken your advice there, Stephen. We will

:12:29. > :12:34.find out shortly. That is the shot he plays so well. He hardly hits

:12:34. > :12:41.that, and the reaction he gets from the cue ball, it is effortless.

:12:41. > :12:45.Looking right down the cue, stop, and then spin back. Now, he can

:12:46. > :12:54.take the more difficult red off, if he drops the black in, it is a

:12:54. > :12:58.natural angle just to flick that red out. The previous shot, I

:12:58. > :13:06.didn't play it, because I do not have the cueing power of Judd

:13:06. > :13:13.Trump! The one that he has moved does not go past the green. If this

:13:13. > :13:23.shot at the cushion goes in, it could put Judd Trump into the semi-

:13:23. > :13:26.

:13:26. > :13:31.final. This is key. And it is there. Up a couple of reds safe, Ronnie

:13:31. > :13:38.thought there might have been a little bit of insurance. But, when

:13:38. > :13:48.you have got this young man's talent, even the blue, for a left-

:13:48. > :13:55.

:13:55. > :14:02.Showing a lot of character here. He watched Ronnie O'Sullivan make a

:14:02. > :14:08.break of 141 and then start this frame with a break of 54. I like

:14:08. > :14:13.the way he is taking this trick. Great career instinct. Two suit

:14:13. > :14:23.reds, half a chance, to start off with, but that was a chance to win

:14:23. > :14:29.

:14:29. > :14:34.He has just been outplayed to do. He made a great effort. A couple of

:14:34. > :14:40.frames that he could have won, at 4-up zero down at the mid-session

:14:40. > :14:45.interval, could have gone to do-to, but you cannot take anything away

:14:45. > :14:53.from this sensational player, from Bristol, who is based in Romford,

:14:53. > :14:57.and practises with Ronnie O'Sullivan. Looks like the end of

:14:57. > :15:03.this year's masters for Ronnie O'Sullivan. It was a spirited

:15:03. > :15:07.fightback with a magnificent break of 141 to keep him in it, but it is

:15:07. > :15:13.Judd Trump who is the more consistent player. It has been a

:15:13. > :15:19.fabulous display of snooker from this young man, the rising star

:15:19. > :15:24.snooker, gets himself into the semi-final of this you's Masters,

:15:24. > :15:29.beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-2. Ronnie O'Sullivan bows out of the

:15:29. > :15:35.tournament in which he has a tremendous record, and Judd Trump

:15:35. > :15:40.continues his rise to the top of World Snooker. He has improved so

:15:40. > :15:43.much from his first match. Over the last season he has a lot to do with

:15:43. > :15:48.the World Championship which gave him a lot of experience and

:15:48. > :15:55.confidence. He has carried on this season, winning the UK Championship,

:15:55. > :15:59.which lifted him on to the crest of a wave. He has disposed of Ronnie

:15:59. > :16:02.O'Sullivan with consummate ease, you would say, in the end. Ronnie

:16:02. > :16:08.O'Sullivan rallied a little in the end but there was never really any

:16:08. > :16:12.doubt. Fantastic way to finish of the match. Ken has been suggesting

:16:12. > :16:18.that maybe the best player in the world as Judd Trump. If you are,

:16:18. > :16:23.then you have a certain air about you. Does Judd Trump have that?

:16:23. > :16:28.Congratulations. I will not try to embarrass you too much! When you

:16:28. > :16:32.see Judd Trump playing so accurately and enjoying it, the

:16:32. > :16:37.enjoyment is a great fun, that you go into the game. You are loving

:16:37. > :16:42.every minute. You have got to enjoy that. It was a brilliant atmosphere,

:16:42. > :16:48.even though they were giving Ronnie a lot of support, I just went out

:16:48. > :16:53.there and played my game. Do you block the crowd out? No, I think

:16:53. > :16:58.you have just got to enjoy it. Ronnie is from London, he's going

:16:58. > :17:02.to have the majority of the support. He has done what few in the game

:17:02. > :17:07.have done before May. You have just got to go out there and if you

:17:07. > :17:12.cannot enjoy that there there is no point in playing. You said you got

:17:12. > :17:17.you played OK but could play better after the first round. How does

:17:17. > :17:22.today compare? Probably at about seven or eight out of 10. I did not

:17:22. > :17:26.miss many balls. Ronnie was forcing me towards the end, forcing

:17:26. > :17:32.mistakes, and I was getting impatient and trying to get over

:17:32. > :17:41.the winning line. Ronnie must if you and ran out of position.

:17:41. > :17:44.much confidence as winning the UK champion should give you? I came

:17:44. > :17:49.into it with the confidence, thinking I could win it. The

:17:49. > :17:53.players are more under pressure playing me now than I am playing

:17:53. > :17:59.them and they all really want to beat me now. You said you have been

:17:59. > :18:05.practising with Ronnie, much? have been practising in the same

:18:05. > :18:10.place, but not against each other. I would not have thought it is a

:18:10. > :18:14.great idea for Ronnie to practise against you. I always loved to play

:18:14. > :18:22.him. But we have been meeting each other quite a lot recently so it is

:18:22. > :18:27.better if we save that for the tables. Is there anything that you

:18:27. > :18:31.might fear out there, players or situations? Not at the moment. It

:18:31. > :18:36.would be different, I have controlled all my games, since the

:18:36. > :18:45.first round of the UK, apart from that I have got in front and they

:18:45. > :18:52.have not had to come back against anyone yet. Steve, do you remember

:18:52. > :19:02.it being like that? My memory is like Dennis Taylor's, it was so

:19:02. > :19:03.

:19:03. > :19:07.long ago. You have been compared to Mario Balotelli and Muhammad Ali.

:19:07. > :19:12.He would call us all before the event. Is it the sort of thing you

:19:12. > :19:17.would do? In snooker that would be a little bit cocky, but some people

:19:17. > :19:23.like that and some people don't. It is not something I would do, but in

:19:23. > :19:31.other sports, it has a place might. Apparently you are treading on

:19:31. > :19:35.Twitter. Do you want to explain what that means? I think it is one

:19:35. > :19:45.of the most popular search has on clipper. One of the top 10 searches

:19:45. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :19:55.on Twitter. -- searches on to ago - Over to Ronnie O'Sullivan's Pearce

:19:55. > :20:03.-- press conference now. He played some fantastic snooker, potted some

:20:03. > :20:07.fantastic balls and I was under pressure. All credit to Judd Trump

:20:07. > :20:12.because he deserved his victory. You will have to put that down to

:20:12. > :20:15.experience? All you can do is sit there and hope that you get your

:20:15. > :20:20.chance but when somebody is playing as well as he is an scoring as well

:20:20. > :20:23.as he is, full of confidence, it is very difficult to stop Judd Trump.

:20:23. > :20:31.Are you confident you have made the highest break of the tournament, so

:20:31. > :20:39.far with that 141? You never know. All you can do is do your best. And

:20:39. > :20:46.that is all I can do. I have given it 100%, and that is all you can do.

:20:46. > :20:50.The result was the result, but he played better on that day. We can

:20:50. > :20:54.talk all we want about how well Ronnie assault and play. If he

:20:54. > :20:59.played his best and Judd Trump played his best, who would come out

:20:59. > :21:06.on top? For me, it is a difficult question but Ronnie at his best,

:21:06. > :21:10.not many players could ever beat him. At the same time, Judd Trump

:21:10. > :21:14.still has potential to fulfil. There was a lot of potential there

:21:14. > :21:18.which she has not fulfilled yet, but he is about to. Ronnie

:21:18. > :21:23.O'Sullivan, at his best there are very few players who could ever

:21:23. > :21:26.beat him. Going on from here, the future for all the players is how

:21:26. > :21:31.much they are prepared to commit to the game now that it is more or

:21:31. > :21:35.less 11 months of the year. That can play its part, as well. If you

:21:35. > :21:40.are up for that, then you are looking to move on. If you're

:21:40. > :21:44.looking at other reasons why you don't want to play, you are on the

:21:44. > :21:48.back foot. But a player like Ronnie was will then probably can opt out

:21:48. > :21:52.of a few events and still play. Given what we have fared from

:21:52. > :21:58.Ronnie O'Sullivan this past week, are we saying that we will never

:21:58. > :22:04.see him up to the level that he used to be? I think that he would

:22:05. > :22:10.never get to the level when he was making 147s in five minutes and 20

:22:10. > :22:14.seconds, but he is more a complete player now. But, in flashes, he can

:22:14. > :22:18.still produce his best. It will difficult -- it will be difficult

:22:18. > :22:22.for Ronnie to get on the sort of roll that he was on. All the

:22:22. > :22:26.players are going to have to fight hard for slices of the cake, but to

:22:26. > :22:33.dominate is going to be even harder. For Ronnie O'Sullivan, perhaps the

:22:33. > :22:37.fear factor has slightly gone. Judd Trump's point of view, if he

:22:37. > :22:42.keeps playing in everything, come the World Championships, he could

:22:42. > :22:45.be drained, he could be overplayed. And maybe the likes of Ronnie

:22:45. > :22:50.O'Sullivan, his philosophy that is going to save himself for

:22:50. > :22:56.tournaments, it might be something to look at. Even at the age of 22,

:22:56. > :23:02.Judd Trump? If you are playing week-in, week-out, at the top level,

:23:02. > :23:06.you cannot do it, you look at all from us. At certain times you have

:23:06. > :23:11.to rest and you prepare and you relax. And that is what it has to

:23:12. > :23:17.be like. A couple of years ago we did not have that worry, but now,

:23:17. > :23:21.we do. Players have got to come to terms with it and set out their

:23:21. > :23:27.stall. We're giving ranking points for everything so players are

:23:27. > :23:31.police to play in everything. That will not always be the case.

:23:31. > :23:37.Somewhere down the line, it will become more like golf and then

:23:37. > :23:40.players will have to take a view on things. Judd Trump is certainly on

:23:40. > :23:45.a roll at the moment. We're going to look back at the match last

:23:45. > :23:54.night between Ali Carter and Graeme Dott, and Graeme Dott is a player

:23:54. > :24:01.who has overcome illness of the table to succeed on it. -- off the

:24:01. > :24:05.table to succeed on it. -- off the table. I have never really done

:24:05. > :24:09.that well in the UK and the Masters, two of the biggest tournaments. I

:24:09. > :24:14.do well in the Worlds, but never do well in them. If they mood the

:24:14. > :24:24.Masters to the Crucible I might do better, but it is not, so I will

:24:24. > :24:24.

:24:24. > :24:30.have to just go there, and attack and hopefully, the balls going mad.

:24:30. > :24:35.-- the balls go in. He's obviously not in a good place might just now,

:24:35. > :24:39.but that can change with a good performance. You can just clipped

:24:39. > :24:43.and play well, and he could be back to normal again. You can be a

:24:43. > :24:47.millionaire, and you can have everything you want, number one in

:24:47. > :24:51.the world, and as happy as you think you should be, but you can

:24:51. > :24:58.still get depressed, it has nothing to do with that, it is an illness,

:24:58. > :25:03.mental illness, and people should not think, how can he be depressed?

:25:03. > :25:10.I don't think people realise that. You still get Eddie is that come up

:25:10. > :25:15.and say, you cannot be that bad. -- you still get Eddie its. If you

:25:15. > :25:20.tell people you have something wrong with you, Alzheimer's or

:25:20. > :25:25.something like that, but depression is a mental illness, and will peak

:25:25. > :25:30.-- until people realise that, they will have no idea. It is a hard

:25:30. > :25:34.sport. You are away from home all the time, away from the kids and

:25:34. > :25:41.family, living out of a suitcase. It is things like that, that people

:25:41. > :25:45.do not see. People watched us playing on TV, but do not see the

:25:45. > :25:50.three you mights before that when you are stuck in a hotel, and it

:25:50. > :25:54.can be hard, sometimes, if you are not cueing right. It is not like a

:25:54. > :26:04.team sport where you have got someone to battle of, but you can

:26:04. > :26:08.get sick. It's it is something that has annoyed me for years. Hopefully,

:26:08. > :26:12.I can do better. It is a tournament that I have never done well in. I

:26:12. > :26:22.don't know if it is horses for courses but I never seemed to play

:26:22. > :26:24.

:26:24. > :26:28.Neither one of these players have got past the quarter finals in this

:26:28. > :26:33.tournament. The match of the opening two frames, so it is 1-1 as

:26:33. > :26:43.we join it in the third frame. Denis and Ken are commentating on

:26:43. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :27:00.He is on a straight blue now, and if it goes in, it could pave the

:27:00. > :27:09.

:27:09. > :27:19.way for Ali Carter to take this He struck it well, with plenty of

:27:19. > :27:19.

:27:19. > :28:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:28:06. > :28:15.This red is closest to the cue ball. After the black it clears the path

:28:15. > :28:21.for the two reds into the opposite corner. That is so careless. How

:28:21. > :28:31.costly will that prove to be? The frame should have been his. The

:28:31. > :28:32.

:28:32. > :28:42.And, just occasionally, Ali Carter's temperament can be a

:28:42. > :28:52.little bit suspect. He has got to He has had a couple of chances in

:28:52. > :28:53.

:28:53. > :29:03.this frame. That will upset him Missing easy pots like that to

:29:03. > :29:07.

:29:07. > :29:17.close at the frame, particularly if Graham should come back -- Graeme.

:29:17. > :29:17.

:29:17. > :29:24.If he can take advantage now, this would certainly how Ali Carter. --

:29:24. > :29:29.hurt. He is one of those players who shows emotion, and he does let

:29:29. > :29:36.things like that affect them. Some players have the ability just to

:29:36. > :29:46.eradicate it from memory, but it is probably one of Ali Carter's

:29:46. > :29:51.

:29:51. > :29:56.We have seen Graeme Dott look at that difficult red, couple of shots

:29:56. > :30:01.ago. It is quite an acute angle to leave it like that. He would have

:30:01. > :30:11.to get pretty close to it, otherwise it is going to be a very

:30:11. > :30:14.You want to get pretty close. If he was in the circle, there, then he

:30:14. > :30:24.could just dropping in. I don't know if he can get to somewhere

:30:24. > :30:39.

:30:39. > :30:49.I think he intended to hit that belittle but her order. Now, he has

:30:49. > :30:59.

:30:59. > :31:09.to just make sure he does not stay He just had to sacrifice a little

:31:09. > :31:11.

:31:11. > :31:21.bit of the position. He had to just drop Latin to make sure of the pot.

:31:21. > :31:38.

:31:38. > :31:42.There is no problem potting the yellow and the green. Once again,

:31:42. > :31:52.he will want to get quite close to the ground, to give himself a

:31:52. > :32:08.

:32:08. > :32:18.chance of screwing back from the The angle is very important here.

:32:18. > :32:35.

:32:35. > :32:41.The angle does not look right. That I think he was just trying to leave

:32:41. > :32:51.himself the snooker. I would have just dropped it in to leave myself

:32:51. > :33:00.

:33:00. > :33:10.on the ground. That would have been I think this is a much bigger frame

:33:10. > :33:13.

:33:13. > :33:20.for away. And Graeme has fought to that. That is very fortunate indeed.

:33:20. > :33:30.OK, he is not on the brown, but had he left it over the pocket, Ali

:33:30. > :33:35.

:33:35. > :33:45.would have had that chance of There are a few problems now for

:33:45. > :33:53.

:33:53. > :33:57.If he doubles the brown back up the table, he could leave it on. That

:33:57. > :34:07.double-kiss, he has got away with it, but he could find himself in

:34:07. > :34:13.

:34:14. > :34:23.If he had missed the black, he would have had Ali in all sorts of

:34:24. > :34:24.

:34:24. > :35:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:35:10. > :35:20.APPLAUSE. That was an excellent That was a good hit and I think the

:35:20. > :35:43.

:35:43. > :35:48.brown has gone far enough so we He just hit it a bit too thick.

:35:48. > :35:58.Graeme is attempting the same shot that awaited, but he has also

:35:58. > :36:29.

:36:29. > :36:38.The first priority is to get the Very well played. He might have to

:36:38. > :36:43.risk doubling the brown up into this top left-hand pocket. That is

:36:43. > :36:53.what he would like to do, and if it does not going, he me get this

:36:53. > :36:58.

:36:58. > :37:08.That is close to the pocket. But as I mentioned, the blue and pink are

:37:08. > :37:08.

:37:08. > :37:18.any good spot and surely there is not a gap. There is a gap, but not

:37:18. > :37:27.

:37:28. > :37:37.quite enough of a gap. What is all Nor, surely he cannot get through

:37:38. > :37:42.

:37:42. > :37:52.that? It is one of those, where you could end up cutting the blue into

:37:52. > :38:10.

:38:10. > :38:20.Here we go. Well, that was the smallest gap I have ever seen. How

:38:20. > :38:45.

:38:45. > :38:55.There is a bit of more been going on out there. Watch the cue ball on

:38:55. > :39:09.

:39:09. > :39:18.the way back down. Lookout close That is a super shot. Excellent

:39:18. > :39:27.shot. There has been a number of good shots in this match, but he

:39:27. > :39:37.has not played one as good as mmac. Under the circumstances, that is as

:39:37. > :39:40.

:39:40. > :39:49.good a pot as you will ever see. It was a fascinating frame. No big

:39:49. > :39:55.breaks, but a fascinating finish and Ali Carter takes the 2-1 lead.

:39:55. > :40:05.So, Ali Carter, who has gone out of the Masters in the first round and

:40:05. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:40:56. > :41:05.five out of six appearances takes a He probably deserved that did

:41:06. > :41:11.

:41:11. > :41:17.little bit of good fortune, to be He does not have to do a lot with

:41:17. > :41:27.the cue ball, just make sure of the pink. There are a couple of easy

:41:27. > :41:35.

:41:35. > :41:45.He is coming round to look to see if the pink goes into the bottom

:41:45. > :42:04.

:42:04. > :42:10.He would probably like to leave the red it is close to the right centre,

:42:10. > :42:20.because if he goes into the pack at a future., and it does not work out,

:42:20. > :42:25.

:42:25. > :42:34.it would be sitting there. But he has decided to take it. He has

:42:34. > :42:44.decided to just get the points on the board. There is a red in the

:42:44. > :43:00.

:43:01. > :43:06.middle of the pack that will pot Red, with the black to forelock and

:43:06. > :43:12.I think that red does spot in the middle of the pack. He was not

:43:12. > :43:22.happy with the contact. He is asking the referee to clean the cue

:43:22. > :43:33.

:43:33. > :43:43.ball. You can see there, it just He has got to be careful about this

:43:43. > :43:44.

:43:44. > :43:50.cannon he is planning to play. This could slip away from the reds. Yes,

:43:50. > :43:55.he had enough on it to screw it on to that one. This will open up a

:43:55. > :44:03.few more red. He changed his mind, which ended up been the right thing

:44:03. > :44:13.to do. Now, he has brought three more reds into play. This is a very

:44:13. > :44:19.

:44:19. > :44:29.The mid-session interval coming up, after four frames. Every chance now

:44:29. > :44:49.

:44:49. > :44:59.Before he gets to the three reds next to the pink, he would not need

:44:59. > :45:02.

:45:02. > :45:10.any of them. He would have enough points. He has actually got the

:45:10. > :45:20.perfect angle to do it. That is a terrible shot. He did not try to

:45:20. > :45:24.

:45:24. > :45:30.spot the next -- split the red. He just tried to set on to this open

:45:30. > :45:40.one. I am not sure exactly what he tried to play. I do not think he

:45:40. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:51.He may take a chance of the red into the green pocket. No, he is

:45:51. > :46:00.playing his safety shot instead. He will be very disappointed. He

:46:00. > :46:04.should have won the frame at that visit. He tried to put the red safe,

:46:04. > :46:14.but of course, Ali Carter will simply try and bring it back into

:46:14. > :46:17.

:46:17. > :46:27.At this level, a 53 point lead, with five reds remaining, is simply

:46:27. > :46:31.

:46:31. > :46:41.There is not much sticking out there. That is a good pace. Have a

:46:41. > :46:43.

:46:43. > :46:51.look at the cue ball. What about that for a beauty? Alley mate have

:46:51. > :47:01.to go twice across the table to try and rest on this red all right on

:47:01. > :47:03.

:47:03. > :47:12.top of the cushion at the top end of the table. He is going to slip

:47:12. > :47:22.past it. There is also a little bit of Anglo for Graeme to get out on

:47:22. > :47:24.

:47:24. > :47:34.to the black. -- a little bit of angle. He is going to need the

:47:34. > :47:39.

:47:39. > :47:49.colour. He cannot just bought the I am sure they can get enough piece

:47:49. > :48:06.

:48:06. > :48:16.We said at the start of a match that there was very little to pick

:48:16. > :48:26.between these two players. There are no really big breaks just yet.

:48:26. > :48:40.

:48:40. > :48:49.There are two breaks in the Sixties, He is not really bothered about

:48:49. > :48:54.that miss. Nothing to pick between both players. It is a fair result

:48:54. > :49:04.thus far. We got for the interval and the players are all square at

:49:04. > :49:06.

:49:06. > :49:10.2-2. Earlier today, we saw that Mark Selby won his quarter-final

:49:11. > :49:17.and will play Shaun Murphy. He is currently down in the cues own with

:49:17. > :49:27.Steve Davis. Sean, an excellent win for you over Martin Gould in the

:49:27. > :49:34.first round. I had the great day yesterday. I got a tour round the

:49:34. > :49:39.Mercedes Benz place. Thank you to the people down there. Last night,

:49:39. > :49:49.I met a friend in town and we had a wonderful time. We went to see the

:49:49. > :49:50.

:49:50. > :50:00.stage version of sheet ago. I hear you're running the London Marathon

:50:00. > :50:01.

:50:01. > :50:10.for the Paul Hunter Foundation? we are doing it for a fantastic

:50:10. > :50:17.colours. We have got a few questions. Have you played with the

:50:17. > :50:24.same cue action since you started or do you change it all the time?

:50:24. > :50:31.It is pretty similar to when I first started. I think I first met

:50:31. > :50:35.you when I was about eleven years old. I think I have may be

:50:35. > :50:45.shortened the backswing since I came to play on these professional

:50:45. > :50:46.

:50:46. > :50:56.cloths, which a lot faster. Apart from that, it has stayed pretty

:50:56. > :50:56.

:50:56. > :51:06.much the same. Another, what do you think of Judd Trump's chances in

:51:06. > :51:07.

:51:07. > :51:14.this tournament. Is he ruthless or care less? I think he is ruthless.

:51:14. > :51:20.But look at the way he plays. I watched him last week up close and

:51:20. > :51:28.he has such a good style. He is very good to watch, very easy on

:51:28. > :51:36.the Annie. It seemed like you used to be going for everything and it

:51:36. > :51:40.seems that that is what Judd is doing at the moment? Yes, I have

:51:40. > :51:46.actually changed my game in light of what Judd has been doing in the

:51:46. > :51:56.last few months. I felt I was going and playing a bit too much safety

:51:56. > :52:04.play and not going for my shots there where I used to. What if

:52:04. > :52:13.anything does Sean think he needs to improve in his game? I would go

:52:13. > :52:17.back to my first love, which was bought making an break-building.

:52:17. > :52:22.When you watch the likes of judge, the pot first and then play safe

:52:22. > :52:26.when they have to. I think I have seen the game evolve over the past

:52:26. > :52:32.couple of years and if you want to challenge for titles, you have

:52:32. > :52:42.simply got to outscore these players. Who is the hardest player

:52:42. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:48.you have ever played against? Higgins has got to be up there. I

:52:48. > :52:58.would throw Ronnie O'Sullivan in there too. There is always agree in

:52:58. > :53:08.crowd involvement when you play him. And your next opponent will be

:53:08. > :53:09.

:53:09. > :53:17.tough, Mark Selby? We are very close of the table, we are good

:53:17. > :53:23.mates. We spend a lot of time together and it is always difficult.

:53:23. > :53:30.But the French it will stop when we're out there. He did not get to

:53:30. > :53:36.number one in the world for nothing. How much practising a week do you

:53:36. > :53:46.do? Let us take the week building up to the World Championship. What

:53:46. > :53:54.were due to the week before? would be in there every day from

:53:54. > :54:02.Kuala morning until 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Do you work on set

:54:02. > :54:12.routines? I have the number of set routines. The Reardon showed me a

:54:12. > :54:14.

:54:14. > :54:22.few very good routines. Liam says Which player out of the current

:54:23. > :54:32.players do you fear the most? you any competitor, fear or is not

:54:32. > :54:37.a word you want to use. With the way the rankings are no with so

:54:37. > :54:40.many events, some of the early matches feel like finals. I think

:54:40. > :54:48.you have to forget about your opponents and simply get on with

:54:48. > :54:57.your own game. Lastly, if you had the chance to play a classic player

:54:57. > :55:01.from yester year, who would it be? I think the legends, really. George

:55:01. > :55:08.Davies started it all and it would have been great to have a chance to

:55:08. > :55:15.meet him. I would have liked to have played John Pulman as well.

:55:15. > :55:23.One of my first amateur games was against John Pulman. It would have

:55:23. > :55:29.been amazing to play the likes of Alex Higgins as well. And to have

:55:29. > :55:39.played Germany were unbeatable would have been good. It would have

:55:39. > :55:40.

:55:40. > :55:49.been a waste of time! Have a good week. It sounded like he had a

:55:49. > :55:58.great couple of days off. A couple here for you Ken. Who of the top

:55:58. > :56:05.players were due least like to play against? Yes, Shaun Murphy said,

:56:05. > :56:11.playing the likes of Ronnie in London is very difficult. And

:56:11. > :56:18.Stephen Hendry, he scored seven centuries in the space of 10 frames

:56:18. > :56:24.against be in the UK Championship. And John Higgins is one of the

:56:24. > :56:33.hardest players I have ever played against. And and what about Judd

:56:33. > :56:39.Trump? Yes, he would scare the life out of you. If I saw the cue ball,

:56:40. > :56:46.I would try and hide it in my pocket! They are fascinating to

:56:46. > :56:53.watch. Even when you are sitting in your chair, you would admire the

:56:53. > :57:00.way it these other guys play. It is lovely to watch. When you are

:57:00. > :57:07.playing the likes of these guys, you can just sit there and enjoy it.

:57:07. > :57:14.Judd Trump would scare the life out of me. On the subject of break

:57:14. > :57:24.coughs, is the break-off shot more dangerous than ever with the likes

:57:24. > :57:25.

:57:25. > :57:30.of Judd Trump around? Yes, and it has been made more difficult with

:57:30. > :57:36.the fast cloths. Neil Robertson was telling me that if he wins the toss,

:57:37. > :57:44.he now puts the other player in to break, which never used to happen.

:57:44. > :57:50.But the long potting is so prolific that any half chance is almost a

:57:50. > :58:00.certainty. We are going to return now to the match between Graeme

:58:00. > :58:08.

:58:08. > :58:18.Dott and Ali Carter. We left it at If he can get on to the cushion and

:58:18. > :58:23.

:58:23. > :58:33.that ball pot, he will not have to What about that for position?

:58:33. > :58:40.

:58:40. > :58:50.has got a lovely angle on this red We saw him miss a black similar to

:58:50. > :58:53.

:58:53. > :59:03.this in the previous frame. These are not easy. Well played. It

:59:03. > :59:10.

:59:10. > :59:20.Yes, he has missed the few. But, a good chance now. He is only ten

:59:20. > :59:26.

:59:26. > :59:36.The pink is the only ball which is slightly awkward. But he has hit

:59:36. > :59:37.

:59:37. > :59:47.that far too hard. Yes, a little bit of adrenalin creeping into his

:59:47. > :59:57.cue arm there. But you would still expect him to pot this. Yes, an

:59:57. > :00:11.

:00:11. > :00:21.In a few shots time, where they put the two circles is where he would

:00:21. > :00:32.

:00:32. > :00:38.like to land the cue ball for that He may have to leave the pink into

:00:38. > :00:42.the corner. I don't know if he can get there. That would be easier

:00:42. > :00:52.position. He would be unlucky not to finish on the pink, but does he

:00:52. > :00:53.

:00:53. > :01:01.have the angle on the blue, to do that? He has tried to get it there.

:01:01. > :01:08.How is his pace? That does not buy it. He has finished in between the

:01:08. > :01:13.circles, just a fraction, which makes it slightly more difficult.

:01:13. > :01:23.Just look where he has finished. Just a little bit either way, and

:01:23. > :01:33.

:01:34. > :01:41.No, and look where the pink is coming. It is not bad. It shows you,

:01:42. > :01:47.this game is all about fractions. The cue ball finished just a little

:01:47. > :01:57.awkward. It was as if he played the pink to get a good cue ball in case

:01:57. > :02:25.

:02:25. > :02:35.he missed the pot. He was so Good shot, perfect. Didn't bounce

:02:35. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :02:58.too much off the cushion. The pink needs to slow up. Just about.

:02:58. > :03:08.heart skipped a beat or two! He came powerless we close to that

:03:08. > :03:10.

:03:10. > :03:20.middle pocket. -- perilously. That was about all that Graeme Dott

:03:20. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :03:39.Good shot, but there is enough of a gap between pink and cushion,

:03:39. > :03:44.possibly he could come to the top cushion first, with a little bit of

:03:44. > :03:54.side. He has played a short similar to Ali Carter, and he has played

:03:54. > :04:02.

:04:02. > :04:06.Ali Carter is looking at the possibility of the double. He might

:04:06. > :04:12.played in such a way that the pink would head right round the angles

:04:12. > :04:22.on to the baulk cushion. He has played it well. He has pleaded very

:04:22. > :04:36.

:04:36. > :04:42.He is coming round to have him look at it. If you were playing an

:04:42. > :04:48.exhibition match, you would take it on, but it is too far from the

:04:48. > :04:54.cushion to play the shot that 10 suggested previously. He would try

:04:54. > :04:59.to send the pink back up towards the black. Well. He did play to hit

:04:59. > :05:03.the cushion first, and what there is all t has had. He has just flip

:05:03. > :05:13.the pink. You could stand there for another 15 years and not get that

:05:13. > :05:19.

:05:19. > :05:27.It is a fascinating finish to this fifth frame. The already, the

:05:27. > :05:35.longest frame of the match, coming up to 32 minutes. Believe it or not,

:05:35. > :05:42.it is the longest frame of the tournament. Can he get back behind

:05:42. > :05:52.the black here? If he can see enough of this he can get the white

:05:52. > :05:55.

:05:55. > :06:05.back in behind the black. That is in a poor shot. He under it that by

:06:05. > :06:11.

:06:11. > :06:17.a considerable margin. -- under-hit. He needs to miss the black. No, we

:06:17. > :06:21.want a bit more excitement in this frame! This is good stuff. We all

:06:21. > :06:27.like to see century breaks, but there is nothing like a black ball

:06:27. > :06:34.finish. You have had one or two of those in your time, Dennis.

:06:34. > :06:39.cannot beat a black balls finish, but look at the situation now. It

:06:39. > :06:44.is one of those where you better trying to double the black into a

:06:44. > :06:50.corner pocket. Into the right corner pocket, similar to the shot

:06:50. > :06:58.he played on the pink. He has double-kiss that, but look at this

:06:58. > :07:03.for a double-kiss. What a result he has had there! That looks to be a

:07:03. > :07:07.very good shot, but it was the very fortunate. He held his hand up to

:07:07. > :07:11.apologise. Now, Graeme Dott Mike attempt to double up into the

:07:11. > :07:16.corner pocket. I would always have a go at the shot, as long as you

:07:16. > :07:26.get the white near the cushion it is worth trying to double the black.

:07:26. > :07:32.

:07:32. > :07:37.Is it there? No. Is it going to A round the houses again to try to

:07:37. > :07:47.get the black behind the black spot, if he hits it correctly. This looks

:07:47. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:06.This is good stuff. Some good shots from both players. This is close,

:08:06. > :08:23.

:08:23. > :08:28.A fascinating end, he looked comfortable early in a frame, but

:08:28. > :08:32.Ali Carter will be delighted to have taken three frames to two of a

:08:32. > :08:38.lead. Ali Carter regain the lead in a match other highest break has

:08:38. > :08:48.been 61 by Graeme Dott. Frame six, Ali Carter is at the table, leading

:08:48. > :08:57.

:08:57. > :09:03.Well, what was that? It was a tactical pot into that yellow

:09:03. > :09:07.pocket, but he didn't even get his intended position. He wanted to

:09:07. > :09:11.bring the cue ball back to somewhere closer to this baulk

:09:11. > :09:21.cushion. Just have a look what he has left for Graeme Dott. It is a

:09:21. > :09:46.

:09:46. > :09:51.You cannot do that against a player like Graeme Dott. He is so

:09:51. > :09:56.determined. Ali Carter has missed the boat, there. Getting himself 3-

:09:56. > :10:06.2 in front after that last, very exciting frame, and he has thrown

:10:06. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :11:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:11:36. > :11:46.them all away, here. He might be That must have kicked on him,

:11:46. > :11:52.

:11:52. > :12:02.because it has left it slightly Should be able to manoeuvre himself

:12:02. > :12:32.

:12:32. > :12:35.It is frustrating when you when a close frame like Ali Carter did in

:12:35. > :12:43.the previous frame and then give you opportune -- give your opponent

:12:43. > :12:48.an easy opportunity like this in an excellent. He has held his hand up

:12:48. > :12:53.that he did not play that as intended, but ha look at this gap.

:12:53. > :13:03.It must be on, because he apologised to Ali Carter. It will

:13:03. > :13:06.

:13:06. > :13:11.not make Ali Carter feel any better, but have a look at that. I think he

:13:11. > :13:18.must have been playing a cannon onto the pink. And just got into it

:13:18. > :13:26.too well, and then found the gap. If he slays on past them, the reds

:13:26. > :13:36.will not go. -- slides on. Let's have a look. He must have tried to

:13:36. > :13:47.

:13:47. > :13:56.If he takes the easier pink, he has a long way to travel with the cue

:13:56. > :14:06.ball to get the red just above the blue. Beautifully played. It really

:14:06. > :14:13.

:14:13. > :14:22.Just show you that shot again. It was worth looking at. Very good

:14:22. > :14:32.position. He needs one more of the difficult reds after this red and,.

:14:32. > :14:43.

:14:43. > :14:53.Good time to make the highest break of the match. His previous highest

:14:53. > :15:04.

:15:04. > :15:14.The last frame was the slowest frame of the tournament. And this

:15:14. > :15:27.

:15:27. > :15:32.one is the quickest frame of this So, barring snookers, that break of

:15:32. > :15:37.71 has caught Graeme Dott level at 3-3. There were no snookers for Ali

:15:37. > :15:41.Carter, so all square again, but Graeme Dott took the lead by

:15:41. > :15:51.winning frame seven, which was rather scrappy. We will rejoin it

:15:51. > :16:14.

:16:14. > :16:22.in frame eight, with Ali Carter at There must be a gap through to the

:16:22. > :16:27.middle for this one. Look at that. I bet Ali Carter is sitting in his

:16:27. > :16:36.seat, and cannot believe there was a gap. He played a straight forward

:16:36. > :16:43.little safety shot, and all of a sudden, a gap appeared. And, what a

:16:43. > :16:53.chance. Look at the grit and determination, you can see in his

:16:53. > :17:13.

:17:13. > :17:18.What an excellent opportunity this is. Lots of reds out in the open.

:17:18. > :17:28.Just a matter of keeping control the cue ball. And that was a good

:17:28. > :17:30.

:17:30. > :17:36.That last shot was better than it looked, because it had so much

:17:36. > :17:46.reverse side on it, to get to the black. It looked a straightforward

:17:46. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:50.shot, but there was a lot of side We were just show you that again.

:17:50. > :17:55.Have a look. Normally the white would come back and hit one of

:17:55. > :18:02.those reds, but have a look at that - reverse side, played to

:18:02. > :18:10.perfection. That wasn't played to perfection. Watch the to put your

:18:10. > :18:16.cue. Don't hit the ground too far. You can -- too hard. He is

:18:16. > :18:26.absolutely disgusted with himself. Play the cannon on to that right

:18:26. > :18:43.

:18:43. > :18:49.It has been quite prevalent in this match. Both players have had

:18:49. > :18:56.opportunities to seal the frame with the reds out in the open, and

:18:56. > :19:01.have run out of position, a little bit. Ali Carter will not be happy

:19:01. > :19:08.with that, even though it was good length with the cue ball. He has

:19:08. > :19:18.left that red open to the bottom left-hand corner. There is a bit of

:19:18. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:24.pressure on it, though. He has also got to find the gap again. That was

:19:24. > :19:34.always the problem. Taking the chance, running into those reds.

:19:34. > :19:34.

:19:34. > :21:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:21:13. > :21:17.REFEREE: file, -- Basle, Graeme Dott, four. -- Foul. He has left

:21:17. > :21:27.that over this corner pocket, that red. It is an easy opener, for

:21:27. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:34.Graeme Dott. Managed to avoid all the reds. A bit close to the

:21:34. > :21:44.cushion for comfort. Potting the blue, he would be running into the

:21:44. > :21:50.

:21:50. > :22:00.red just below it, so he has got to That's OK. A second good

:22:00. > :22:24.

:22:25. > :22:28.opportunity for Graeme Dott, here, Not quite as he intended. He wanted

:22:28. > :22:35.to be further it into the table and then have a straight forward

:22:35. > :22:45.positional shot. He has just got to avoid the bold colours and I. --

:22:45. > :22:55.

:22:55. > :23:05.There are couple of reds he can go for. The one to the left of the

:23:05. > :23:18.

:23:18. > :23:23.Back in prime position again. Great chance now, to extend his lead. It

:23:23. > :23:31.has been so tight between these two players, but suddenly, the

:23:31. > :23:38.determine Scot looks as if he's going to open up a two frame the

:23:38. > :23:43.advantage, just at the right time, although not from Ali Carter's

:23:43. > :23:53.point of view. It has been a tough, competitive night of match play

:23:53. > :23:53.

:23:53. > :24:02.Ali Carter opened with a break of 56. It is still his highest break

:24:03. > :24:12.of the match. His only other effort was a break of 35, when he went

:24:13. > :24:21.

:24:21. > :24:30.into a 3-2 lead. Graeme Dott has It is 3-2, to Ali Carter, India

:24:30. > :24:36.meetings -- in their meetings. He has wandered on that, slightly. He

:24:36. > :24:46.has not got the cue ball in prime position. He is having to work hard

:24:46. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :25:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:25:33. > :25:43.56 ahead, so one more red. This match is slipping away from Ali

:25:43. > :26:21.

:26:21. > :26:31.Carter. He has got a lot to think He took on the double. The pressure

:26:31. > :27:07.

:27:07. > :27:12.You don't mind the odd double, Close, but not in. But it doesn't

:27:12. > :27:18.really matter. That effort of 56 was more than enough to take Graeme

:27:18. > :27:23.Dott into a 5-3 lead. He only needs one for a place in the quarter-

:27:23. > :27:25.final. Graeme Dott was only one frame away what would be his to a

:27:25. > :27:35.quarter-final appearance in 10 times he has come here to the

:27:35. > :27:35.

:27:35. > :28:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 40 seconds

:28:17. > :28:26.Masters. Frame nine, Ali Carter at I think Ali Carter thought he had

:28:27. > :28:55.

:28:55. > :29:05.got away with that, but that one He could have played that better

:29:05. > :29:15.and got a little closer to these Still a bit of work to do, to win

:29:15. > :29:28.

:29:28. > :29:33.The top red, when the pink spot, does pot, so, the blue into the

:29:33. > :29:41.middle, just avoiding the green on the way down. And avoid the green

:29:41. > :29:48.on the way back. I think he thought he had missed the blue, because he

:29:48. > :29:56.has not got the cue ball exactly where he wanted. He's fodder away

:29:56. > :30:06.from those reds than he intended. Another power shot needed. And

:30:06. > :30:10.

:30:10. > :30:20.another power shot got! Just look at what that second red that. --

:30:20. > :30:33.

:30:33. > :30:43.did. Brought those other reds into How is his luck. He played it

:30:43. > :30:47.

:30:47. > :30:52.beautifully. He is having to work so hard for these. Once again, he

:30:52. > :31:02.has just got enough wrinkle to force the blower in and get back

:31:02. > :31:25.

:31:25. > :31:35.Let us have a look at. He has got a This looks pretty good. He can play

:31:35. > :31:37.

:31:37. > :31:43.for the gap and take the yellow after this. He opted for the blue.

:31:43. > :31:51.He will now have to take it up into the corner, but the angle is on to

:31:51. > :32:01.get this final red that he needs. It has been a tough night for Ali

:32:01. > :32:02.

:32:02. > :32:07.Carter. It look good for him earlier on. He led 3-2. And Graeme

:32:07. > :32:15.has not quite got into this, so this is the toff red. He may be

:32:15. > :32:25.tempted to just play the snooker. He should have been near to this,

:32:25. > :32:42.

:32:42. > :32:52.It would not be an easy escape. But he wants to take on the red. Yes,

:32:52. > :32:53.

:32:53. > :33:03.he was always going to be able to cover it with the yellow. That

:33:03. > :33:07.

:33:07. > :33:17.could not have worked out better. It is not too difficult to hit off

:33:17. > :33:18.

:33:18. > :33:26.this right hand cushion. But it is difficult to hit and get seen.

:33:26. > :33:36.think that is the only possible escape route. I think the green is

:33:36. > :33:47.

:33:47. > :33:57.in the way other ways. They us is He could not do it and it is now a

:33:57. > :34:01.

:34:01. > :34:07.straight forward pot. Ali Carter is getting his extension and various

:34:07. > :34:11.bits and pieces together. At 3-2 ahead, it looked like he was in

:34:11. > :34:21.with the good chance, but Graeme Dott has been the more consistent

:34:21. > :34:27.player of the two. They shake hands. It has been a tough match for both

:34:27. > :34:33.players. In the end, it is Graeme Dott who gets himself into his

:34:33. > :34:40.third Masters quarter-final. He runs out a fairly comfortable 6-2

:34:40. > :34:48.winner. It turned into a scrappy affair. In those situations, Graeme

:34:48. > :34:53.Dott has proved particularly adept? Yes, I do nothing Graeme Dott would

:34:53. > :35:01.have been pleased with his performance. But as you are saying,

:35:01. > :35:08.he is that type of player. He is very gritty and determined. He is

:35:08. > :35:18.very hard to break down. Even when the balls call scrappy, he revels

:35:18. > :35:19.

:35:19. > :35:27.in that. We were talking about their respective records and it is

:35:27. > :35:34.amazing how many top players actually struggle here? Yes, I

:35:35. > :35:39.think this one-table set-up his unusual for the start of the

:35:39. > :35:43.tournament. In other tournaments, if you're at the one table stage,

:35:43. > :35:52.you have probably ease yourself into the semi-finals of the

:35:52. > :36:00.tournament. Graeme Dott has been in the final of the World

:36:00. > :36:04.Championships three times. If you were to mention all the top

:36:04. > :36:14.categories, he would not feature in any of them. But he may be should

:36:14. > :36:15.

:36:15. > :36:20.be. Ali Carter seems to have lost the momentum with his game. Graeme

:36:20. > :36:28.Dott is the only player to have been in the World Championship

:36:28. > :36:38.final for three years since 2002. It is a tremendous record. Now,

:36:38. > :36:40.

:36:40. > :36:50.back to the match earlier. We saw some sensational snooker from Judd

:36:50. > :37:13.

:37:13. > :37:23.That is careless. He just did not get into the cue ball. So, Judd

:37:23. > :37:24.

:37:24. > :37:29.Trump comes to the table 54 points down. That is the great first red.

:37:29. > :37:37.He will be able to accumulate quite a few points before he has to

:37:37. > :37:43.tackle the difficult red. We did say that Judd Trump was looking for

:37:43. > :37:53.one chance to close this match out. This is a chance. He is a long way

:37:53. > :38:06.

:38:06. > :38:10.The way he explained the position for the open reds, he will be

:38:10. > :38:18.thinking all the time about an opportunity to try and move these

:38:18. > :38:24.two difficult ones on the left-hand side of the table. He may choose to

:38:24. > :38:34.actually take be red off the cushion here. If he does so, he is

:38:34. > :38:36.

:38:36. > :38:46.sure to be on the pink. No, it he must the cannon. -- missed the

:38:46. > :39:09.

:39:09. > :39:13.Being a left-hander, one of these reds on the left-hand side is not

:39:13. > :39:23.too bad for him. It is the one near the middle pocket which is the

:39:23. > :39:33.

:39:33. > :39:38.bigger problem. He is a be tempted to try and take this and move it

:39:38. > :39:41.off this red. The problem is, if you do that all for a red, if the

:39:41. > :39:51.white specks on the side cushion, the court then becomes very

:39:51. > :39:57.

:39:57. > :40:01.difficult. -- the colour becomes very difficult. That is the shot he

:40:01. > :40:11.plays very well. He hardly seems to hit it and the action that he gets

:40:11. > :40:17.

:40:17. > :40:27.Now he can take the more difficult red off the side cushion. He looks

:40:27. > :40:28.

:40:28. > :40:38.to have the perfect angle off the black to do that. Yes, I did not

:40:38. > :40:40.

:40:40. > :40:49.suggest that shop because I do not Now, if the shot up the cushion

:40:49. > :40:59.goes in, it could put Judd Trump into the semi-final. This is key.

:40:59. > :41:00.

:41:00. > :41:08.It is there. Ronnie thought there might have been of little but of

:41:08. > :41:18.insurance with these reds, but this young man's talent and even the

:41:18. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:28.blue now for a left-hander is not He is showing a lot of character

:41:28. > :41:38.here. He watched Ronnie O'Sullivan putting a break of 141 in the

:41:38. > :41:38.

:41:38. > :41:44.previous frame. I like the way he has taken this break. He has got

:41:44. > :41:54.the killer instinct. He only got half a chance to start with, but he

:41:54. > :42:00.

:42:00. > :42:07.knew it was a chance. And he has He has been outplayed today. There

:42:07. > :42:15.where a couple of key frames which she could have won. But you cannot

:42:16. > :42:22.take anything away from the sensational player. The Bristol

:42:22. > :42:27.player, who lives in Romford and practices sometimes with the Ronnie

:42:27. > :42:37.O'Sullivan. This is the end of this year's Masters for Ronnie of

:42:37. > :42:45.

:42:45. > :42:48.In the end, it was Judd Trump who was the more consistent player. The

:42:48. > :42:58.rising star of snooker gets himself into the semi-final of this year's

:42:58. > :43:04.tournament. He wins 6-2. It is very important to get off to a good

:43:04. > :43:10.start against Ronnie and put him under pressure. I do not think I

:43:10. > :43:16.have had the crowd against me that much before. I had to just try and

:43:16. > :43:24.win the first couple of frames. When he does score heavily and the

:43:24. > :43:29.crowd is celebrating a bit, it is hard sat in your seat. I did what I

:43:29. > :43:34.had to do today and got in front air let anything that was the key

:43:34. > :43:43.to the game. I know Ronnie has enjoyed himself over the years and

:43:43. > :43:46.had a brilliant career, but I want to enjoy it along the way and play

:43:46. > :43:53.interesting snooker that will bring people into snooker who might not

:43:53. > :44:02.have bothered about it before. Steve, in your opinion how good was

:44:02. > :44:09.he today? Yes, it is very rare that we see Ronnie O'Sullivan was

:44:09. > :44:15.completely outplayed, but that is basically what happened. Judd Trump

:44:15. > :44:22.just took over control. Do you think Ronnie felt under pressure

:44:22. > :44:28.that if he made the mistake he was going to pay? Absolutely. The way

:44:28. > :44:31.that Judd Trump closed out the match. He was talking about the

:44:32. > :44:40.crowd there been against him. They will certainly not be against him

:44:40. > :44:49.the rest of this tournament. He is going to take over the mantle as

:44:49. > :44:59.the people's champion. But Ronnie still has a big part to play in

:44:59. > :45:03.

:45:03. > :45:11.snooker. But it is down to Ronnie to see how quickly he can slowdown

:45:11. > :45:16.his demise and not to the likes of Judd Trump to try and accelerated.

:45:16. > :45:25.Yes, Judd Trump is letting other players be afraid of him now. He is

:45:25. > :45:30.loving it. Confirmation that Judd Trump is through and Ronnie

:45:30. > :45:35.O'Sullivan is out. He will either play Mark Williams on Neil

:45:35. > :45:45.Robertson. Mark Selby will play Shaun Murphy and it is an all-

:45:45. > :46:05.

:46:05. > :46:15.Scottish affair tonight between I have never settled. I just could

:46:15. > :46:23.

:46:23. > :46:30.I have never done that well in the UK Championship or the Masters. It

:46:30. > :46:40.is just tournaments I have never done well. Hopefully, I can change

:46:40. > :46:47.

:46:47. > :46:57.Coming here, it may obviously be a bit more like the Wembley

:46:57. > :47:04.conference arena. I have never brought my best game here, so off

:47:04. > :47:13.we can put that right. I think this is probably the best the Graeme

:47:13. > :47:19.Dott has started the season. He has been very consistent. He is plain

:47:19. > :47:29.good stuff. It is going to be a really tough match. You know that

:47:29. > :47:38.

:47:38. > :47:43.every time you play John. This is a tough one to predict on form.

:47:43. > :47:53.may come down to the news, but I think this may be the best one we

:47:53. > :47:59.

:47:59. > :48:09.have had. Everyone has a good view. The commentary box is a long way

:48:09. > :48:18.

:48:18. > :48:24.away. I think it is going to be very close. Tough one to call. It

:48:24. > :48:30.was 6-4 the last time they met and it maybe the same again. Think you

:48:30. > :48:39.very much to both of you. You can see that second quarter-final clash