Day 4

:00:35. > :00:40.Welcome to the Betfair Masters from Alexandria Palace in London. Today

:00:40. > :00:45.is the last two years of the first round of the tournament. First up,

:00:45. > :00:50.and all Welsh affair between Matthew Stevens and Mark Williams.

:00:50. > :00:54.Williams is one of the game's great players. At the age of 37, have --

:00:54. > :01:04.some have suggested he is at the crossroads of his career. Here is

:01:04. > :01:09.

:01:09. > :01:14.When Mark Williams acquitted after the UK Championships, he wasn't

:01:14. > :01:18.being serious. He is at a different stage of his career. I wasn't

:01:18. > :01:28.winning any more and I wasn't competitive. He is still top eight,

:01:28. > :01:32.

:01:32. > :01:37.he is capable of winning My standard is going down. The

:01:38. > :01:42.standard is very high. There is nothing to worry about because if

:01:42. > :01:46.you can play well, you can play tournaments but it is taking it

:01:46. > :01:55.from the practice to the match table. And I haven't been doing

:01:55. > :01:58.that for a while now. What gets harder as you get older is you lose

:01:58. > :02:02.the desire to put the hours in required to get to the top of the

:02:02. > :02:06.game and to keep you competitive. With there being so many

:02:06. > :02:16.tournaments, it becomes hard to leave home, especially in his case

:02:16. > :02:31.

:02:31. > :02:34.as he has a family. It is difficult Nobody knows better than me the

:02:34. > :02:37.ability of Mark Williams and he is as good as anybody out there and

:02:37. > :02:42.well capable of winning the tournament this week. He has won

:02:42. > :02:51.the Masters twice and he will be desperate to win this, despite the

:02:51. > :02:58.image she portrays that he doesn't care. -- he portrays.

:02:58. > :03:03.So, 2003, what sort of snooker animal was Mark Williams back them?

:03:03. > :03:07.He was very competitive. He potted the most pressure balls and that

:03:07. > :03:10.was the most important part of that. Difficult ones down the rail, he

:03:10. > :03:16.was immune to any of the tensions the other players were getting.

:03:16. > :03:22.Other strengths? He has a very quick snooker brain. He was always

:03:22. > :03:27.very clever tactically. He invented shot to nothings, what look like a

:03:27. > :03:32.risky pot but he could get the white ball into an area that was

:03:32. > :03:37.saved. Very clever. Moving onwards a decade, what type of player is he

:03:37. > :03:42.now? Heat is the same play in many respects other than the fact that

:03:42. > :03:46.there are more battle scars, he is older, and it is difficult not to

:03:46. > :03:50.doubt yourself after you have lost a few times a silly comes with

:03:50. > :03:54.baggage and matters about the only difference. Can he still went?

:03:54. > :03:59.is down to whether he can truly turn the clock back and be the

:04:00. > :04:04.animal he was back then. Mark's opponent is Matthew Stevens, his

:04:04. > :04:08.great friends, who has also won this title, 13 years ago when it

:04:08. > :04:13.seemed he had the snooker world at his feet. In eight appearances

:04:13. > :04:22.since, he has made his master's exit in the last 16, a record he

:04:22. > :04:32.will want to change. This is the tale of the tape. Williams has won

:04:32. > :04:33.

:04:33. > :04:37.in the final of the UK Championship in 1999 and the final of the World

:04:37. > :04:46.Championship the following year. They've met once in the Masters

:04:46. > :04:51.back in 2004 and it was Mark John Virgo and Stephen Hendry with

:04:51. > :04:56.me now. When he won this title 13 years ago, it looked like he could

:04:56. > :05:01.achieve so much more, Matthew Stevens. What happened? He lost

:05:01. > :05:05.dedication and focus. It is no secret he enjoyed the life of the

:05:05. > :05:11.table too much. Now he has got his dedication back, the talent has not

:05:11. > :05:17.been in doubt. He is one of those under-achievers. John, this is a

:05:17. > :05:21.match with two seniors on a tour. Is there enough time for Matthew

:05:21. > :05:26.Stevens to start achieving what he should have done a? He is running

:05:26. > :05:33.out of time, but in my day they used to say you didn't peak until

:05:33. > :05:37.your mid-30s. Stephen changed all that! It has always been a hotbed

:05:37. > :05:41.of snooker, Wales, and these are the two main protagonists. Could be

:05:42. > :05:46.a great match. Has he got enough time? He has got enough time to win

:05:46. > :05:50.a big tournament, Matthew Stevens, because he has the ability. Well,

:05:50. > :05:54.it should be a great match. Rob Walker is ready to get things

:05:54. > :05:58.rolling. Good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen,

:05:58. > :06:06.today we complete the line-up for the quarter-finals of this year's

:06:06. > :06:15.Betfair Masters and once again it is a cracking for a place in the

:06:15. > :06:19.next round. Please welcome a player of firmly back among the top 16,

:06:19. > :06:29.twice a World Championship finalist, he reached the semi his last season,

:06:29. > :06:53.

:06:53. > :06:56.a UK champion, a Masters champion, Matthew, generous applause as we

:06:56. > :07:03.would have expected and you are back in a tournament that provided

:07:03. > :07:09.one of the great highlights of your career and you up to ring well.

:07:09. > :07:19.won it in 2000. My record has been very bad since then. We will see if

:07:19. > :07:21.

:07:22. > :07:27.it were a change. Ladies and And his opponent, one of the finest

:07:27. > :07:31.players of the modern era. Twice a world champion, twice a Masters

:07:31. > :07:38.champion. His victory in 1990 it was one of the best in this

:07:38. > :07:48.tournament's history. -- 1998. Whisper it quietly, here comes the

:07:48. > :08:05.

:08:05. > :08:09.Welsh potting machine, Mark Marker, never easy when you're

:08:09. > :08:14.drawn against one of your best mates for a place in the quarter-

:08:14. > :08:18.finals. I'm knackered getting down the stairs, to be honest! We were

:08:18. > :08:21.wondering whether you would climb over the barrier this time. It is

:08:21. > :08:26.difficult to playing somebody a have grown up with. It was

:08:26. > :08:36.difficult playing each other always, but I want to beat him, it is the

:08:36. > :08:46.week it goes. Let's get it on. The very best of luck. -- it is the way

:08:46. > :08:48.

:08:48. > :08:52.The first frame, Ladies and Gentlemen. Mark Williams to break.

:08:52. > :08:58.Mark Williams must have won the toss and he has decided to break.

:08:58. > :09:05.There is the trophy they are playing for. And very interesting

:09:05. > :09:10.match this. Both players fell off the radar for a while but they are

:09:10. > :09:19.slowly climbing up the rankings. Mark Williams, ranked seven,

:09:19. > :09:29.Matthew Stevens, 15. Interesting match. Two of the most gifted

:09:29. > :09:43.

:09:43. > :09:50.I always find it tricky playing somebody I am friendly with. It is

:09:50. > :09:57.indeed. You need that competitive instinct. I always remember the

:09:57. > :10:06.World Championship final in 2000 when Matthew looked certain to beat

:10:06. > :10:13.He had a good lead and could not get over the line. Now, whereas the

:10:13. > :10:17.cue ball going? -- where it is the cue ball going? No harm done, but

:10:17. > :10:27.when you look at the record of the two players playing each other,

:10:27. > :10:27.

:10:27. > :10:33.they played each other 14 times. Mark Williams is just ahead. Now,

:10:33. > :10:40.that cue ball, it was careless. This is an easy safety shot. It

:10:40. > :10:50.should have been anyway. It is in those head-to-heads, Mark Williams

:10:50. > :10:51.

:10:51. > :11:01.The big one was in 2000, when it looked like Matthew was going to be

:11:01. > :11:15.

:11:15. > :11:24.Mark Williams will be determined to have a good tournament and a good

:11:24. > :11:34.Masters. a think he played very poorly in the December Championship.

:11:34. > :11:55.

:11:55. > :12:05.He just managed to find that red and play it well. He rolled it in.

:12:05. > :12:26.

:12:26. > :12:36.He was always going to finish up on That was a nice confident pot in

:12:36. > :13:02.

:13:03. > :13:09.the heart of the pocket. He is OK, He has made an effort to get up for

:13:09. > :13:19.the blue but being hampered, he needed a trace of sight and the

:13:19. > :13:24.

:13:24. > :13:34.pink does not go. He could have got He was concerned about the pot. He

:13:34. > :13:59.

:13:59. > :14:04.didn't make the most of that The reds are pretty well spread. He

:14:04. > :14:14.is not guaranteed to leave it safe. He may have to play at two Russian

:14:14. > :14:21.

:14:21. > :14:31.That was a good effort. I don't know what he has leapt but... Could

:14:31. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:58.He pleaded with an element of safety but he didn't play it for a

:14:58. > :15:34.

:15:34. > :15:39.colour. It shows a slight lack of It will please him that he found

:15:39. > :15:47.the heart of the pocket. It is always a good feeling when you can

:15:47. > :15:52.do one of those. It means you're pushing the cue straight. In any

:15:52. > :16:02.match, apart from really easy pots, if you can pot your first one, you

:16:02. > :16:02.

:16:02. > :16:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:16:54. > :17:00.He is looking to cover the left That is pretty good. Yes, all the

:17:00. > :17:10.roads on the right half of the table. I cannot see at first glance

:17:10. > :17:27.

:17:27. > :17:33.back to the baulk end. He is in a That could be a possibility. He may

:17:33. > :17:43.feel the black is in the way of that line. I dunno. He is looking

:17:43. > :17:48.

:17:48. > :17:58.at something else. This is fraught with danger. Well, he will be

:17:58. > :17:58.

:17:58. > :18:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:18:59. > :19:09.pleased with that outcome. A little These type of frames will suit Mark

:19:09. > :19:18.

:19:18. > :19:28.Matthew Stevens likes to get in there and when the frames. -- wind

:19:28. > :19:47.

:19:47. > :19:53.The reason he is in a spot of bother, he cannot get back to the

:19:53. > :19:57.baulk End, and the red on the left- hand side of the cushion is so

:19:58. > :20:07.close, you couldn't play across double back up because you would

:20:07. > :20:11.get a double kiss. So he has got a problem. He could come off the side

:20:11. > :20:21.cushion and Nestle to the red near the top cushion, the one I

:20:21. > :20:29.

:20:29. > :20:34.suggested earlier from Mark There is the view he has got. There

:20:34. > :20:44.is nothing there to get him back to baulk. With the red on the right

:20:44. > :20:46.

:20:46. > :20:52.hand side as we look tight against He tried to pot his way out of

:20:52. > :21:02.trouble but that was asking a lot. Sometimes if you don't feel there

:21:02. > :21:04.

:21:04. > :21:14.is a safety, go out fighting, if The main thing is to try to get

:21:14. > :21:20.

:21:20. > :21:30.Well, would you believe that? Thought about everything but the

:21:30. > :21:48.

:21:48. > :21:51.He wouldn't want to watch this shot We were talking just before this

:21:51. > :21:59.match started, the age of the players, that is the one thing, the

:21:59. > :22:04.first thing to go his concentration. That is not down to nerves or

:22:04. > :22:14.anything else, he was just thinking would ball to play on, which, was

:22:14. > :22:16.

:22:16. > :22:26.going to follow the red and forgot It seemed to me... The longer you

:22:26. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:38.play, the more times you slip into I must admit I found that near the

:22:38. > :22:47.end. You are always looking at where you want to put the cue ball,

:22:47. > :22:57.but then you realise you have It is a real shock to the system as

:22:57. > :23:04.

:23:05. > :23:14.well. Invariably, the pots car so So, this is a decent chance, if he

:23:15. > :23:31.

:23:31. > :23:41.He had to be careful not to over screw that. Because this cloth is

:23:41. > :23:49.

:23:49. > :23:59.very reactive. And there you go. A lot of reaction on a cue ball. He

:23:59. > :24:19.

:24:19. > :24:29.is on nothing now. Just as safety Mark Williams will be delighted

:24:29. > :25:06.

:25:06. > :25:16.That was much too thick. That is This is his third chance. Can he

:25:16. > :25:30.

:25:30. > :25:40.That is three excellent opportunities. He has not made the

:25:40. > :25:55.

:25:55. > :26:05.most of them. What a chance for He would do well to win the frame.

:26:05. > :26:05.

:26:05. > :27:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:27:49. > :27:59.Only one colour on its spot right Nice angle on the black to stun off

:27:59. > :28:08.

:28:08. > :28:17.I am surprised he played for that red. I thought he had an excellent

:28:17. > :28:22.angle. I was just about to say after that easy readiness earlier

:28:22. > :28:29.in the frame, he was sauntering around the table no problem and

:28:29. > :28:35.then he misses the black off the spot by a long way. He needs the

:28:35. > :28:45.red on the right cushion anyway, so I don't see the point of playing

:28:45. > :29:02.

:29:02. > :29:11.He has potted Allen But he is not perfect, really. -- he has spotted

:29:11. > :29:21.the red. He is possibly playing for the blue. Maybe the yellow will

:29:21. > :29:44.

:29:44. > :29:54.give him position on the awkward If he doesn't play for the brown,

:29:54. > :30:11.

:30:11. > :30:21.playing the colours will not be as He'd say it cannon on the ground.

:30:21. > :30:53.

:30:53. > :31:03.He overscrewed it a little bit. He is one of the few players, he tells

:31:03. > :31:13.me he does not using the rest. He is one of the for -- few players

:31:13. > :31:13.

:31:13. > :32:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:32:17. > :32:27.There has been tension in this Yes, Matthew Stevens has had four

:32:27. > :32:44.

:32:44. > :32:54.chances. Mark Williams could take a That was a strange choice of shot

:32:54. > :33:09.

:33:09. > :33:19.for me. You can see how the brown Surely, he will not miss this one.

:33:19. > :33:20.

:33:20. > :34:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:34:11. > :34:21.Now he has an angle on the blue, it A chance to get his reputation back.

:34:21. > :34:24.

:34:24. > :34:34.If he has the right angle, he could He might have run too far down the

:34:34. > :34:45.

:34:45. > :34:55.table. Maybe thinking he cannot Just pink need it. Matthews had

:34:55. > :34:55.

:34:55. > :36:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:36:25. > :36:35.That was too hard. If you miss the He needs to get his pinks safe. It

:36:35. > :36:35.

:36:35. > :37:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:37:29. > :37:39.Just cop beside jaw. That stopped It is what we call playing into a

:37:39. > :37:52.

:37:52. > :38:01.Then it went! He will be delighted. He had plenty of chances. He went

:38:01. > :38:04.over the line with the blackened takes the first frame. At which you

:38:04. > :38:11.start to proceedings. We're going to break away from plate to show

:38:11. > :38:17.what they drop look like at the start of play today. -- draw.

:38:17. > :38:22.Neil Robertson is already into their last eight. He will play Mark

:38:22. > :38:29.Allen. Shaun Murphy is also through to the

:38:29. > :38:35.quarters where he will face John Higgins. Mark Selby is up against

:38:35. > :38:40.Stuart Bingham. And it is Mark Williams against Matthew Stevens.

:38:40. > :38:47.And Graeme Dott has booked his place where he will plague world No.

:38:47. > :38:57.Two Judd Trump. -- he will play. If you have any questions for the

:38:57. > :39:02.

:39:02. > :39:12.boys in the studio, get in touch We are going to go back Cubbon --

:39:12. > :39:23.

:39:23. > :39:33.After an edgy first frame, if you win it, it certainly can settle you

:39:33. > :39:33.

:39:33. > :41:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:41:22. > :41:32.down. Mark Williams missed a few I do not know if he will be tempted

:41:32. > :42:02.

:42:02. > :42:12.Looking at the stubble. I think it has too much angle on it. -- this

:42:12. > :42:12.

:42:12. > :43:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:43:25. > :43:35.Referee mackerel -- referee That was an excellent shot. Find

:43:35. > :43:59.

:43:59. > :44:09.contact. Nothing wrong with his He Glee to the top right-eyed a

:44:09. > :44:09.

:44:09. > :44:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:44:50. > :45:00.There is a wreck that has gone over the corner. He might be able to pot

:45:00. > :45:00.

:45:00. > :46:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:46:24. > :46:34.He has played it gently enough to This is worrying. He played poorly

:46:34. > :46:39.

:46:39. > :46:49.in the UK Championship. He does not He did not hit back convincingly at

:46:49. > :46:55.

:46:55. > :47:05.He has missed a lot of pots that have not been difficult. That is

:47:05. > :47:05.

:47:05. > :47:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:47:46. > :47:56.He is giving these chances to Matthew will be feeding on this.

:47:56. > :47:56.

:47:56. > :48:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:48:43. > :48:53.Particularly when you do not have You can forgive him for that, but

:48:53. > :49:00.

:49:00. > :49:10.not for that one. And this one. This one, that is one then cost to

:49:10. > :49:42.

:49:42. > :49:50.You watch some matches, many chances to win it. No two frames of

:49:50. > :50:00.Sue Carr are alike. Mark Williams is concerned at the moment. -- also

:50:00. > :50:03.

:50:03. > :50:13.You are more concerned about the way you hit it. If you are not

:50:13. > :50:18.

:50:18. > :50:28.hitting the ball correctly, that That will not win a match at this

:50:28. > :50:35.

:50:35. > :50:42.Such a talent. You know him better than me, Steven, I have noticed, he

:50:42. > :50:52.has not been talking a good game. He has been talking himself down

:50:52. > :50:55.

:50:55. > :51:05.and regards to what you will do in He seems to be resigned to playing

:51:05. > :51:05.

:51:05. > :52:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:52:33. > :52:43.He is striking Matthew down is well, He would love to win a frame in one

:52:43. > :53:11.

:53:11. > :53:18.That was too much. He didn't get He has tried to develop the roads.

:53:18. > :53:28.I don't think he has. -- the reds. He is having a look but I think he

:53:28. > :54:03.

:54:03. > :54:13.He will be very disappointed with This blue puts and 28 points in the

:54:13. > :54:44.

:54:44. > :54:48.Two reds and two Blacks would be That was tricky. Years, it was the

:54:48. > :54:56.shot from the black to good position on the red. He didn't get

:54:56. > :55:06.into it. As you say, he leapt more angled than he wanted. -- he left

:55:06. > :55:14.

:55:14. > :55:24.He will be disappointed with that. He needed more ankle. It looks as

:55:24. > :55:42.

:55:42. > :55:52.Does he have any kind of angle? It That is too much. Now, will he be

:55:52. > :56:15.

:56:15. > :56:19.tempted by the red down the That is a good pot. He made certain

:56:19. > :56:29.of the red rather than going all- out for good position on the black.

:56:29. > :56:39.It is a case of potting the black and then think about playing a

:56:39. > :57:06.

:57:06. > :57:16.So, 20 points behind. A snooker Important to get the white touching

:57:16. > :57:16.

:57:16. > :57:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:57:57. > :58:07.I was just thinking, the yellow was not safe. Now he is having it

:58:07. > :58:37.

:58:37. > :58:42.It is important he gets this in the There is no way he can win this

:58:42. > :58:52.frame without the pink. That is going to be the stumbling block if

:58:52. > :59:07.

:59:07. > :59:17.That it's Matthew 11 points behind. He needs and including the pink to

:59:17. > :59:17.

:59:17. > :00:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:00:09. > :00:15.This looks good to me. This looks inch-perfect. The only reason I

:00:15. > :00:25.won't be, he is tight against the cushion. Canny pot the pink in the

:00:25. > :00:42.

:00:42. > :00:52.middle and avoid the end off to the You can't really wind the angle

:00:52. > :01:07.

:01:07. > :01:11.Keep your eye on the cue ball. Mark Williams will be very disappointed.

:01:11. > :01:16.Matthew Stevens needed chances, and they are coming thick and fast and

:01:16. > :01:23.he is leading 2-0. My view is taking advantage of the

:01:23. > :01:26.chances. -- Mathieu. What is going on? You've got to get your engine

:01:26. > :01:29.started and that is half the problem but it is a general trend

:01:29. > :01:35.that he is missing balls he didn't used to before. That is worrying

:01:35. > :01:40.for any player. We have seen Mark Williams not get off to great start

:01:40. > :01:48.but he doesn't let that affect him. He is a very clever player but it

:01:48. > :01:53.is not always the case. He has made breaks of 41 and 52 but he missed

:01:53. > :01:58.some balls. You can play matches where you miss some balls but he

:01:58. > :02:03.has missed so many. He has over cut slightly, and then he missed the

:02:03. > :02:08.one going straight into the pocket. Then maybe back off the spot. Now

:02:08. > :02:13.this one is much more difficult, but he has looked out of sorts.

:02:14. > :02:17.That is the case of the biter being bit. If I was judging it as a

:02:17. > :02:25.player, what is happening on Ms relatively shops is that he is

:02:25. > :02:30.getting some unwanted side on. When he is playing a shot with no side,

:02:30. > :02:35.he is accidentally getting side. If he was making these mistakes five

:02:35. > :02:38.years ago, we wouldn't call it into question, but he is making it now

:02:38. > :02:43.as a 37-year-old with people talking about the future of his

:02:43. > :02:46.career. Is there additional pressure on him because of that?

:02:46. > :02:52.John mentioned it in commentary, the first thing that goes his

:02:52. > :02:58.concentration. Balls you have to pay attention to, when you played

:02:58. > :03:03.that 10 years ago, they work in without you having to look at them.

:03:03. > :03:09.It is lack of confidence. Matthew is taking advantage. Not in

:03:09. > :03:14.total style, but he has done OK. He has potted the pressure balls. He

:03:14. > :03:19.can do no more than that and if you'd asked him, would you fancy

:03:19. > :03:23.being 2-0 up against Mark Williams at the start, he couldn't have

:03:23. > :03:33.guaranteed that. It is a good springboard for Matthew even though

:03:33. > :03:36.

:03:36. > :03:46.Steve is right. Matthew Stevens hasn't perform to his best. In all

:03:46. > :03:53.

:03:53. > :04:03.He looked at the possibility of the plant, but he needed the cue ball

:04:03. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:46.There is a nice little flick. Having said that, he has run past

:04:46. > :04:56.the green, so he can pot this red but where does the colour come

:04:56. > :05:22.

:05:22. > :05:32.There is no timing in his cue If you watch his back hand, it

:05:32. > :05:38.

:05:38. > :05:48.comes out slightly. That tells me It is pure and simple lack of

:05:48. > :06:01.

:06:01. > :06:11.confidence. It is one of them when You should be concentrating but you

:06:11. > :06:24.

:06:24. > :06:34.should also be relaxed. Mark Well, these balls are everywhere.

:06:34. > :06:45.

:06:45. > :06:55.Whoever gets the first red in could Mark Williams did not have a good

:06:55. > :06:59.

:06:59. > :07:03.It doesn't make this red easy by any means. Well, it was in the

:07:03. > :07:10.heart of the pocket. So it is Matthew Stevens who gets the first

:07:10. > :07:20.chance, and it is a good one. These pots are a lot easier when you're

:07:20. > :07:37.

:07:37. > :07:47.He thinks all he needs to do is keep putting because there is bound

:07:47. > :08:03.

:08:03. > :08:08.It is easy to get tempted into playing for areas when the reds are

:08:08. > :08:18.spread like this, and then you can get into trouble. It is important

:08:18. > :08:36.

:08:36. > :08:46.He would like that one back. He may be OK. He is looking to see whether

:08:46. > :08:54.

:08:54. > :09:00.that red pots. He is having another He has got the red to the left

:09:00. > :09:05.middle. He may be OK if the ping goes to the right middle. But he

:09:05. > :09:10.would like to have the shot again. He played it thinking, I am bound

:09:10. > :09:20.to be on a red and unless you play for a position or shot, this is

:09:20. > :09:26.

:09:26. > :09:31.He thinks this pink will pot but it is tight. It is one of those if you

:09:31. > :09:41.are straight behind it, I wouldn't expect him to miss it but it is a

:09:41. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :10:16.He's OK. I am not certain... He is This red may go to the far left

:10:16. > :10:22.

:10:22. > :10:27.He played it nicely. Is he on the pink? I assume he has because he is

:10:27. > :10:37.having a look at where the next red will come from. You can see he is

:10:37. > :10:37.

:10:37. > :11:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:11:19. > :11:29.Well, he is making hard work of this. To be fair, by the sound of

:11:29. > :11:30.

:11:30. > :11:40.it, it was a heavy contact. I think he can only play for the pink. That

:11:40. > :12:02.

:12:02. > :12:06.wasn't his intended next target. That was a tough one. Anything half

:12:06. > :12:11.difficult from either player, you are not fully convinced they will

:12:12. > :12:21.get it. What a great chance Matthew Stevens let go there. A lifeline

:12:22. > :12:49.

:12:49. > :12:57.It is an hour's play so they should have warmed up. There are still

:12:57. > :13:03.scrappy. That only just went in. be fair to him, that wasn't a bad

:13:03. > :13:13.shot. That was another heavy contact. They seemed to be getting

:13:13. > :13:36.

:13:36. > :13:46.In the context of the match, Mark Not only to avoid 3-0 down, but to

:13:46. > :13:52.

:13:52. > :13:57.Well... There you go. Talk about concentration. There was another

:13:57. > :14:07.example. Just got down, he was walking around it, he didn't even

:14:07. > :14:13.

:14:14. > :14:20.look at the pot. He assumed it was He has had a few shots run-off. I

:14:20. > :14:30.don't know what happened the. It didn't ever look in. It was always

:14:30. > :14:32.

:14:32. > :14:36.It gets from bad to worse for Mark. Blessed with such a marvellous

:14:36. > :14:42.temperament, he is going to be tested to the fore this afternoon,

:14:42. > :14:46.you feel. With some of the pots he is missing, some players' heads

:14:46. > :14:54.would be down now, they'd be bright red. The shoulders would be

:14:54. > :15:04.slumping. You can never count him out. He will have to up his game

:15:04. > :15:17.

:15:17. > :15:27.But success 72%, well below what is required. Long pot success is only

:15:27. > :15:48.

:15:48. > :15:54.Know when near good enough. -- He played that very well. He is one

:15:54. > :16:04.of the few players in the world that can play that. Look at the

:16:04. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:20.distance from the Bridgend to the The red sun nicely available to win

:16:20. > :16:38.

:16:38. > :16:48.Decided to play for the red closest to the top cushion. It wouldn't be

:16:48. > :17:07.

:17:07. > :17:17.my choice but he is looking for two This red will now put him 38 points

:17:17. > :17:24.

:17:24. > :17:31.So, still nothing sparkling from Matthew Stevens, but as we said at

:17:31. > :17:36.the start of the frame, he doesn't have to produce anything sparkling.

:17:36. > :17:46.His opponent's not with it yet and the chances just keep coming and

:17:46. > :17:47.

:17:47. > :18:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:18:50. > :18:57.His opponent will not be coming This is Matthew's highest break of

:18:57. > :19:03.the match. Not bothered about the black. So, Mark Williams seems to

:19:03. > :19:13.be lacking in confidence, lacking in concentration, and he is taking

:19:13. > :19:16.

:19:16. > :19:24.Jimmy White and Stephen Hendry, I grew up watching them and they were

:19:24. > :19:32.a good inspiration for me. Especially Jimmy White. I'm not as

:19:32. > :19:36.disappointed as he is losing in the world finals, but you can see how

:19:36. > :19:44.frustrated he must be. The way he handled himself when he lost all of

:19:44. > :19:54.them finals was fantastic. Stephen Hendry, K instinct. When he sees a

:19:54. > :19:59.chance, he just goes for it. He is a winner. I've watched him in the

:19:59. > :20:08.90s. He won all of those tournaments. Then to actually play

:20:08. > :20:18.him, you know, it gets frustrating after a while. Heat is just an

:20:18. > :20:20.

:20:20. > :20:29.legend. -- he is just a legend. Well, we've got one of Matthew's

:20:29. > :20:35.heroes in the box. Did you have a good record against him, Stephen?

:20:35. > :20:45.had a few battles with Matthew in the Championship. Towards the end,

:20:45. > :21:13.

:21:13. > :21:21.Mark trying to pot that long red The way Mark is playing so far, you

:21:21. > :21:27.don't fancy him winning from 3-0 down, and from 40 down -- 4-0 down,

:21:27. > :21:33.it would be a lost cause. There will be a midsession interval after

:21:33. > :21:43.this frame, so if he went down, two frames behind, he could get into

:21:43. > :21:51.

:21:51. > :21:56.the practice room and start potting I agree with you, Stephen, if he

:21:56. > :22:01.loses this frame, it will be very difficult to get back. You can

:22:01. > :22:11.always see a way back if he has not done much wrong, but he has done a

:22:11. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :22:55.If he doesn't win this frame, he So, first chance falls to Matthew.

:22:55. > :23:04.

:23:04. > :23:09.Nice angle on the blue. There is a So he will be playing this one to

:23:09. > :23:19.the left middle. Even this early on, he will be looking for an angle on

:23:19. > :23:27.

:23:27. > :23:32.It is best to try to get into the Paquin you've got a few loose reds.

:23:32. > :23:42.To have that little bit of insurance if the split doesn't work

:23:42. > :23:45.

:23:45. > :23:49.He couldn't have struck that much better, he was lucky the way the

:23:49. > :23:59.cue ball has gone straight back in a straight line across the table.

:23:59. > :24:25.

:24:25. > :24:33.It is amazing!. The red it stuck to Always difficult. The more pace,

:24:33. > :24:43.the harder they are. As I say, he was unlucky not to be on an easier

:24:43. > :24:43.

:24:43. > :24:53.red than that. And this red is It is tricky when you're playing

:24:53. > :25:05.

:25:05. > :25:09.Having to roll it in deadweight, not the type of opening shot Mark

:25:09. > :25:19.needs at the moment. He needs something easier than that at the

:25:19. > :25:30.

:25:30. > :25:35.That was a poor shot. Last thing he wanted to do was to kiss the yellow.

:25:35. > :25:45.He can just about cut this green in, but it should have been easier than

:25:45. > :26:14.

:26:14. > :26:18.He used the red to cut the pace of the cue ball. If he had potted the

:26:18. > :26:24.green, there would have been a different cannon and he would have

:26:24. > :26:34.been on the red. Heat over cut the green, and the cue ball took a

:26:34. > :26:34.

:26:34. > :27:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:27:14. > :27:24.That was a good recovery. He has got to make the most of this, you

:27:24. > :27:42.

:27:42. > :27:52.He will play some sort of cannon, I He is more comfortable stunning

:27:52. > :28:19.

:28:19. > :28:25.balls in. So you have to play a This didn't go into the middle of

:28:25. > :28:35.the pocket which is why he is not perfect on the pink or the blue. He

:28:35. > :28:53.

:28:53. > :29:03.As soon as a loose red is Has he gone far enough? These two

:29:03. > :29:40.

:29:40. > :29:50.I think he played for the one just off the bunch. He has not confident

:29:50. > :29:59.

:29:59. > :30:09.Oh! Gravity took over in the end. How did that drop? This black will

:30:09. > :30:09.

:30:09. > :31:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:31:38. > :31:48.Mr cannon. So this frame not over Never easy to judge these. It will

:31:48. > :32:16.

:32:16. > :32:25.take a good shot to get get -- good At good recovery. He is not too bad

:32:25. > :32:30.on the green. 35 points behind. There is a possible 43 remaining,

:32:30. > :32:40.so he has points to play with. He does not need high value colours of

:32:40. > :32:52.

:32:52. > :33:02.It is all going to be down to that hoc work RAST -- awkward last red.

:33:02. > :33:16.

:33:16. > :33:26.The brown is close to the baulk cushion. It is all down to potting

:33:26. > :33:52.

:33:52. > :33:59.Nicely played. Let himself just enough angle. To be able to hold

:33:59. > :34:09.for the yellow. The key shot is going TB the position from green to

:34:09. > :34:35.

:34:35. > :34:44.He doesn't want to be too straight on the screen. He needs a slight

:34:44. > :34:54.angle so you can stun I grope towards the brown. -- stun towards

:34:54. > :35:21.

:35:21. > :35:31.The cue ball is being cleaned. This is an important shot. He is playing

:35:31. > :35:39.

:35:39. > :35:49.What a reprieve for Mark Williams. Considering he is 3 to nil in front,

:35:49. > :36:00.

:36:00. > :36:10.that was very edgy. The way he He has got his first frame on the

:36:10. > :36:11.

:36:11. > :36:16.scoreboard. It was a gift from At least Mark Williams can go into

:36:16. > :36:26.the lead in this session with a positive thought, not many. That

:36:26. > :36:34.

:36:34. > :36:39.was gifted to him and he knows that. Have we seen a big moment? We could

:36:39. > :36:47.have done. Matthew was playing their knowing that Mark was

:36:47. > :36:53.struggling. The way he has played the brown there, look as if he had

:36:53. > :36:59.got there -- nervous. I could not see him missing this. There you go,

:36:59. > :37:03.he has done it. What a reprieve for our Mark Williams. He had put some

:37:03. > :37:11.side spin on as well to get away from the cushion. There was tension

:37:11. > :37:21.in that shot. He knew the significance of that if he had got

:37:21. > :37:22.

:37:22. > :37:27.a bigger lead. You cannot keep them down and all that time. There was

:37:27. > :37:33.significance and that moment. first four frames have had strange

:37:33. > :37:38.Mrs. I looked at this match before and thought it was difficult to

:37:38. > :37:46.pick a winner. Mark is not playing as good as the use do. I thought it

:37:46. > :37:51.was a difficult match, it is about how they play today. Today it has

:37:51. > :37:57.been, a game of bizarre Mrs. Bad positional play and not what you

:37:57. > :38:06.would expect. -- misses. standard of play is not what we had

:38:06. > :38:10.expected. What do they do now in the short break? They can go on the

:38:10. > :38:15.practice table. It is more for comfort than anything else. If you

:38:15. > :38:20.have a fault in your technique, you are unlikely to cure that in 15

:38:20. > :38:26.minutes. The positions these two players come to, Matthew has not

:38:26. > :38:33.been in the limelight for long. Markets struggling to try and

:38:33. > :38:37.recapture form. Wondering what people are saying, it is not the

:38:37. > :38:41.type of thing Mark will normally do. Trying to analyse yourself as you

:38:41. > :38:47.play is a dangerous thing to do instead of just letting yourself

:38:47. > :38:53.play. Matthew is just playing. we look at this course, he has made

:38:53. > :39:00.some 50 breaks. There are some inexplicable ones in the middle of

:39:00. > :39:05.it. It is a strange performance so far. A standard may improve. This

:39:05. > :39:12.is the penultimate match. One more to go this afternoon -- evening.

:39:12. > :39:17.That is between Mark Selby up against Stuart Bingham. Mark Selby

:39:17. > :39:27.features in today's classic match. It is the final of the Masters in

:39:27. > :39:41.

:39:41. > :39:46.2010. Mark Selby against Ronnie Ronnie had appeared N eight Masters

:39:46. > :39:56.finals, winning format of them. This was a rematch of the previous

:39:56. > :40:02.

:40:02. > :40:12.year's final in which Ronnie had won. Mark Selby, he won a once and

:40:12. > :40:12.

:40:12. > :41:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:41:02. > :41:12.This is that, he will not a holding Here we go again with Ronnie

:41:12. > :41:20.

:41:20. > :41:30.This would be a good shot left- handed. Just to get on the last red.

:41:30. > :41:35.

:41:35. > :41:45.Mark Selby now knows this is a good chance. You have to take your

:41:45. > :42:08.

:42:08. > :42:18.We have had 122. 121. This is 74 There are a lot of players to have

:42:18. > :42:48.

:42:48. > :42:57.If we are in for an absolute belter My goodness me, what a shot that

:42:57. > :43:05.was. Absolutely fantastic. Astonishing. This has been another

:43:05. > :43:15.classic break from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Both players making it

:43:15. > :43:48.

:43:48. > :43:57.look very simple. Just doesn't get He was always going to leave

:43:57. > :44:02.himself a pot. What a sparkling encounter. 14 breaks over 50. Still

:44:02. > :44:12.mark found themselves behind. He had to dig deep to get something

:44:12. > :44:24.

:44:24. > :44:34.out of this. Dig deep, he did. Well played. He made that look very

:44:34. > :44:44.simple. The quality in this final has been breathtaking. Well done,

:44:44. > :44:54.

:44:54. > :45:01.Just a couple of pots away from winning this frame. And he missed a

:45:01. > :45:11.sitter. Has he got away with it? This, their first chance he has had

:45:11. > :45:33.

:45:33. > :45:38.been three frames. Surely he cannot It is they're. -- there. That was

:45:38. > :45:48.asking a little too much. I cannot believe he has taken that on. We

:45:48. > :45:58.have a last frame shoot-out. The easiest black in the world to level

:45:58. > :46:14.

:46:14. > :46:24.at 9-9. Mark Selby has performed a What do you think, more pressure

:46:24. > :46:30.

:46:30. > :46:39.out in the arena year than saying? He needs some help. He has some Alp.

:46:39. > :46:49.What a comeback this has been. She must be delighted with Hearn.

:46:49. > :46:52.

:46:52. > :47:02.Ronnie has finished his water. What does that tell us? That tension, he

:47:02. > :47:09.

:47:09. > :47:18.It is all day, he was never going to leave anything. -- all right. He

:47:18. > :47:28.may attempt the double to clinch Her it is right in the middle of

:47:28. > :47:34.

:47:34. > :47:39.Ronnie comes forward and shakes and hand of Mark Selby. It has been a

:47:39. > :47:49.remarkable final. He has been a remarkable comeback from the Jester

:47:49. > :47:59.from Leicester. Well done to both Players. Ronnie were shell-shocked

:47:59. > :48:04.

:48:04. > :48:14.by this defeat. He made a swift Mark had every right to savour this

:48:14. > :48:19.

:48:19. > :48:25.fabulous victory. Two Masters What a final that was, Mark Selby

:48:25. > :48:30.winning it for the second time in 2010. Can you win it for the third

:48:30. > :48:35.time this year? Someone who has won it three times his Cliff Thorburn

:48:35. > :48:40.from Canada. Three-times Masters champion and today he is

:48:40. > :48:47.celebrating his 65th birthday. We send them our very best wishes.

:48:47. > :48:52.Back to Mark Williams against Matthew Stevens. Mark Williams,

:48:52. > :49:02.some people are suggesting is that a crossroads of his career. He is

:49:02. > :49:18.

:49:18. > :49:23.I am talking to my old friend, Mark Williams. Last time I saw you,

:49:23. > :49:30.you're not playing very well, you were going to retire. A cannot

:49:30. > :49:33.retire yet. You must have been hurting? Honestly, know. You said

:49:33. > :49:40.you were going to retire. because you were in there, that is

:49:40. > :49:50.the only reason I said it. I daren't say it like that. It is a

:49:50. > :49:51.

:49:51. > :49:58.long way back. It is disappointing losing in the first round. What did

:49:58. > :50:08.you get up to? We went to the caravan. We spend a lot of time

:50:08. > :50:10.

:50:10. > :50:20.down there now. We stayed over New Year and Christmas. You should come

:50:20. > :50:21.

:50:21. > :50:29.down, you would enjoy it. How is the game? The game is good at the

:50:29. > :50:37.minute. Playing quite well in practice. Looking forward to it.

:50:37. > :50:43.used to play, we used to play lots of matches. You're playing Matthew

:50:43. > :50:53.Stevens. A Matthew is a proper friend. It is awkward playing him

:50:53. > :50:55.

:50:55. > :51:00.back you get on with it. What is your best memory of the Masters?

:51:00. > :51:04.You have admitted it, I said you touch the black for 15 years. You

:51:04. > :51:14.admitted that on the television the other day. I was quite proud of you

:51:14. > :51:16.

:51:16. > :51:22.coming out. You were about five stone in weight later. This is one

:51:22. > :51:29.of the major tournaments, you haven't won any of them since 2003.

:51:29. > :51:35.When was the last time you won any of them? I am retired. Have you

:51:35. > :51:43.still got it in you? I don't know, you tell me. Her in fact is you

:51:43. > :51:49.always look very good. How many hours a day have you been fitting

:51:49. > :51:54.into his set at right? Mind your own business. I think I have a

:51:54. > :51:58.couple of tournaments left in May. Do you think the standards have

:51:58. > :52:08.gone up or do you think your standard as gone down? My standard

:52:08. > :52:14.has gone down. The standard is very high. It is not anything to worry

:52:14. > :52:19.about, it is taking it from the practice table to the match table.

:52:19. > :52:29.I am not going to say it is going to happen tomorrow. All these

:52:29. > :52:31.

:52:31. > :52:41.tournaments, do you enjoy them? Explain, why not? I think we should

:52:41. > :52:43.

:52:43. > :52:53.all be around one -- in round one. You cannot play any Sheffield in

:52:53. > :52:56.

:52:56. > :53:04.one match. It is not there. You have to have the same in every

:53:04. > :53:10.venue. The Alexander Palace, delight this venue? Nothing will

:53:10. > :53:18.ever beat the conference centre. That was an unbelievable place. The

:53:18. > :53:23.crowds were good. It is really good. It is a One table venue. You're

:53:23. > :53:33.playing the top 16 players. It is a good one to win. It is one of the

:53:33. > :53:40.few with the one-table set-up. There is no ranking point. Does

:53:40. > :53:44.that take the pressure off? No, not really. It does not matter where

:53:44. > :53:54.you end up, you start in the same round. I know nothing about the

:53:54. > :53:55.

:53:55. > :54:00.rankings. I am just asking questions, badly. It is a big prize

:54:00. > :54:06.this week. He top prizes are really good. But it is difficult to win.

:54:06. > :54:16.The older you get, the harder it gets to win. What are your aims for

:54:16. > :54:25.the rest of the season? No, I have never had any targets. You do care.

:54:25. > :54:31.Is it an act? It is an act. want to when as much as anybody.

:54:31. > :54:36.do not have a target to win as many tournaments. I go out and play and

:54:36. > :54:41.a fine win, good. It makes no difference to me. Her you must be

:54:41. > :54:48.dying to win this tournament. You are as good as anybody here.

:54:48. > :54:54.that a compliment? It must be the first one you have ever given me.

:54:54. > :54:59.The prize-money is massive, I definitely know there is still a

:54:59. > :55:08.tournament or two let in May, it is about finding my practice farm and

:55:08. > :55:14.bringing it to their match table. - - left in me. Tell us you are going

:55:14. > :55:19.to win it. I am going to win it, you know that. There is a version

:55:19. > :55:25.of that which can only be shown after nine o'clock. A lot of it had

:55:25. > :55:31.to be edited out for this show. Before we talk about Mark Williams,

:55:31. > :55:36.heard him talk about the one to eight. What do you think about the

:55:37. > :55:41.changes to next season? If he had gone back to the history and that,

:55:41. > :55:48.lower-ranked players were asking for them to go back in. The top

:55:48. > :55:58.players would not have any of it. That was problems of politically in

:55:58. > :55:59.

:56:00. > :56:04.the games. Things have changed now. I would have hated it. I would not

:56:04. > :56:08.change the world are the UK. From a ticket point of view and what

:56:08. > :56:16.people want to watch, it is a nightmare tippets stardom and front

:56:16. > :56:22.of the UK. People need to book a ticket to watch a match. We will

:56:22. > :56:32.have to see for the rest of it. You do not get the top 16 position, you

:56:32. > :56:33.

:56:33. > :56:35.earn net. That is my view. On it. Let's get back to Mark Williams and

:56:35. > :56:40.Matthew Stevens. Mark Williams appears to be someone who rushes

:56:40. > :56:46.things off on the surface. You guys know them well. Deep down there is

:56:46. > :56:52.a burning desire to prove he has got it. He is a competitive animal

:56:52. > :56:57.on the table. He does not fester over it. That is the difference

:56:57. > :57:01.between some players. He was squirming in his chair earlier.

:57:01. > :57:07.Mark Williams is not the type of person to take things wrong with

:57:07. > :57:16.them. One of his virtues is his temperament and that is fantastic.

:57:16. > :57:26.I would have paid a lot of money for that myself. He has a great

:57:26. > :57:29.

:57:30. > :57:39.opportunity here. Stevens is Mark Williams gets the fifth frame

:57:40. > :57:41.

:57:41. > :57:51.underway. No more intervals. First I do not know if he went on the

:57:51. > :57:52.

:57:52. > :57:58.practice table or not. He would have been tempted to do so. Mark

:57:58. > :58:08.Williams spent the entire interval at the practice table. Trying to

:58:08. > :58:17.

:58:17. > :58:27.get his timing back. If nothing It is a good sign. He is trying to

:58:27. > :58:33.

:58:33. > :58:39.Winning that last frame which she looked certain to lose would have

:58:39. > :58:43.given him I Group's thoughts. He has not had many. -- a good thought.

:58:43. > :58:47.It is hard to have positive thoughts when you are missing the

:58:47. > :58:57.kind of balls he has been missing. He is blessed with a tremendous

:58:57. > :58:57.

:58:57. > :59:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:59:53. > :00:03.This is the view from the baulk end It might not be too bad. He can

:00:03. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :00:38.clearly get through for the right He didn't pot up the red because

:00:38. > :00:48.there was no value in it. He is looking for a good length with the

:00:48. > :00:48.

:00:48. > :01:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:01:51. > :01:58.He caught that much too thick. That hasn't reached the baulk line,

:01:58. > :02:08.never mind the baulk cushion. Matthew can knock this red into the

:02:08. > :02:19.

:02:19. > :02:29.That was the one important thing he had to do and he has missed it. Has

:02:29. > :02:55.

:02:55. > :03:05.It wasn't that difficult, it was a That red will not pass the back. It

:03:05. > :03:27.

:03:27. > :03:37.was the only red that looked like Were the black is situated, it is

:03:37. > :03:42.

:03:42. > :03:52.difficult to play the two reds It was going to have to beat her

:03:52. > :04:00.thin contact. -- it was going to have to beat a thin contact. And it

:04:00. > :04:10.has worked out absolutely perfect. He may have snookered mark on all

:04:10. > :04:12.

:04:12. > :04:22.If he can get to the red closes to the centre pocket, he can roll-on

:04:22. > :04:32.

:04:32. > :04:38.Perfection. Of course, Matthew still has the advantage in this

:04:38. > :04:48.safety exchange. The reds are nicely spread. The black is open as

:04:48. > :05:11.

:05:11. > :05:18.is the pink. Can he come off this Mark feels more confident playing

:05:18. > :05:28.safe off this red. That was half an attempt at a pot. The main concern

:05:28. > :05:32.

:05:32. > :05:36.was to get the cue-ball back to the Now this read in the corner, a lot

:05:36. > :05:46.will depend on the potting angle. It could not be much straighter,

:05:46. > :05:59.

:05:59. > :06:05.There you see the distance. It is Well, that was a tremendous pot.

:06:05. > :06:14.The type of pot that we usually expect Matthew Stevens to knock it

:06:14. > :06:24.in but he is not that many in this match so far. But that was a

:06:24. > :06:48.

:06:48. > :06:58.The black looks out of commission to both corner pockets but the pink

:06:58. > :07:12.

:07:12. > :07:22.is open and the boot is open. -- of Straight to would have been better

:07:22. > :07:30.

:07:30. > :07:40.but he is OK. He can stun across He didn't want to risk playing for

:07:40. > :08:09.

:08:09. > :08:19.That was a very nice confident pot. He thought if he had found the gap,

:08:19. > :08:23.

:08:23. > :08:26.he would get a choice of reds to Maybe losing that last frame before

:08:27. > :08:34.the midsession interval has made him concentrate a little bit more.

:08:34. > :08:44.He has been getting frames given to him, but he hasn't played his best.

:08:44. > :08:51.

:08:51. > :09:01.He was kicking himself he didn't -- We've been soaking -- focusing on

:09:01. > :09:10.

:09:10. > :09:16.Mark Williams misses but Stevens Mark Williams has been making

:09:16. > :09:22.costly mistakes. Now, he is fortunate because he didn't want to

:09:22. > :09:32.play the cannon. No way. He thought he was going to miss the reds,

:09:32. > :09:38.

:09:38. > :09:43.having kissed them, he is lucky to People say, how do you line up the

:09:44. > :09:53.pots? If you watch Matthew Stevens, he looks at the point. He would

:09:54. > :09:54.

:09:54. > :10:04.like to hit the pink. He didn't have to do much, just pot the pink

:10:04. > :10:38.

:10:38. > :10:45.Sometimes you are more focused going into the final stages in the

:10:45. > :10:50.match. 3-0 up, the Winning Line was close. He knows Williams is not

:10:50. > :11:00.playing well, so keep the pressure on. He is trying to pick out the

:11:00. > :11:06.

:11:06. > :11:11.It just about crept in and that could be the frame winner. He's got

:11:11. > :11:21.a nice angle on the blue. Any more pace, I don't think that would have

:11:21. > :11:45.

:11:45. > :11:54.He doesn't want to risk those two reds near the cushion. He doesn't

:11:54. > :12:02.really need them. But this is probably the key shot coming up. He

:12:02. > :12:12.has got a nice angle on the blue. It is a nice little cannon on the

:12:12. > :12:29.

:12:29. > :12:39.A red and the mean snooker's required stage. This is the highest

:12:39. > :12:39.

:12:39. > :13:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:13:22. > :13:30.He would have liked to have had it easier than this. It is not there...

:13:30. > :13:36.So, a 67 point lead with 67 remaining. It is a very good leader.

:13:36. > :13:46.Of course, any red that Mark Williams Potts, he's got to get on

:13:46. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:21.the back otherwise it is snooker Matthew's intention, he has got the

:14:21. > :14:31.insurance of those two reds on the side cushion which Mark Williams

:14:31. > :15:07.

:15:07. > :15:13.It might be worth taking this red I don't blame him for taking thud

:15:13. > :15:23.on. Half a chance now for Mark to start to make inroads, if he can

:15:23. > :15:59.

:15:59. > :16:09.Knocked three times, but he knew Good pot. Now, he must have the

:16:09. > :16:10.

:16:11. > :16:20.slightest angle to go for those two Every red must be followed with a

:16:21. > :16:27.

:16:27. > :16:31.He played a little bit quickly for me. I think this red is on. If

:16:31. > :16:41.Matthew Rowles this in, he will go 52 points in front with 43

:16:41. > :17:01.

:17:01. > :17:06.That confirms Mike -- Mark Williams will not get back to the table.

:17:06. > :17:12.Matthew Stevens did not when there frame in one visit, but he did make

:17:12. > :17:19.his highest break of 67. He has come out after the interval,

:17:19. > :17:29.business as usual, Mark Williams - a lot to think about. He trials, 4-

:17:29. > :17:32.

:17:32. > :17:37.He is a phenomenally talented lad. A great player. He has won the UK

:17:37. > :17:41.and the Masters. Very, very tough to beat. He has got an arrogant air

:17:41. > :17:51.about him which gives him a lot of self-belief against anybody. He

:17:51. > :17:56.

:17:56. > :18:03.He should have won the Championship before because he had the chances

:18:03. > :18:13.to do it. There is still time because he is another one flutters

:18:13. > :18:14.

:18:14. > :18:19.back to form. He is a man that Matthew Stevens has always had the

:18:19. > :18:22.potential. He's probably wasted it a little bit but he has achieved

:18:22. > :18:28.some good things in the game and he goes out there and looks relaxed

:18:28. > :18:33.all the time. People enjoy watching him, the way he goes about his

:18:33. > :18:43.business, he doesn't mess about, doesn't show much emotion. He plays

:18:43. > :18:44.

:18:44. > :18:54.I would not write him off yet. Matthew is showing signs he is

:18:54. > :19:01.

:19:01. > :19:11.So, a lot of nice thoughts about Matthew. One of the nicest lads you

:19:11. > :19:12.

:19:12. > :19:17.will meet. He really is. We say he is under-achieving, but, as we know,

:19:18. > :19:22.the man next to me, Stephen Hendry, who world were caught second to

:19:22. > :19:32.none in every department of the game, but you know as well as I do,

:19:32. > :19:37.

:19:37. > :19:44.it is not about putting balls in No. In every sport, not just

:19:44. > :19:52.snooker, there's more than just being talented and gifted. It is a

:19:52. > :19:56.thin line that separates the great from the greatest. All the hard

:19:56. > :20:01.work, we know we watch these players and marvel at their ability,

:20:01. > :20:05.but all the hard work that goes in to be able to produce these

:20:05. > :20:15.performances, I think Matthew will be the first to admit that he just

:20:15. > :20:26.

:20:26. > :20:36.stopped doing that. He didn't fully That is a lovely pot. He's got

:20:36. > :21:11.

:21:11. > :21:21.every shot on a table, plenty of Just looking to see where he can

:21:21. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:38.leave the cue ball without having Is it hard enough? He is just about

:21:38. > :22:02.

:22:02. > :22:12.Reminds me of the way Jimmy cute. Really natural flowing cue action.

:22:12. > :22:14.

:22:14. > :22:21.-- cute. Gets right through the cue When they are cueing well, like

:22:22. > :22:26.Jimmy, they can get the ball moving with no effort whatsoever. He

:22:26. > :22:36.purposely left himself below on that red so he could nudge a few

:22:36. > :22:52.

:22:52. > :22:56.He played that one well as well. Certainly since the interval, he is

:22:56. > :23:06.looking as though he is capable of scoring better than he did in the

:23:06. > :23:32.

:23:32. > :23:36.We heard a little groan because he You can sense when your opponent is

:23:36. > :23:46.not punishing your mistakes and Matthew will be thinking he can win

:23:46. > :23:53.

:23:54. > :24:03.This needs to slow up otherwise he is on nothing. Just about. He is on

:24:04. > :24:08.

:24:08. > :24:12.I think that frame he lost before the midsession interval was key.

:24:12. > :24:22.Just to make him say, hang on a minute, I'm getting plenty of

:24:22. > :24:37.

:24:37. > :24:47.chances but they cannot get to my In playing this, you may decide to

:24:47. > :24:47.

:24:47. > :24:51.nudge it and stump into the red. -- stun in to the reds. He only got

:24:52. > :24:58.one red but he finished inch- perfect on the blue. The only

:24:58. > :25:08.downside is the pink which is separated from the reds. He is

:25:08. > :25:18.

:25:18. > :25:23.He will have to play it a very precise cannon. What would you do?

:25:23. > :25:28.It becomes more important to hit the pink fall in the face because

:25:28. > :25:38.it is so far from seeing reds. He played that well. Didn't hit it

:25:38. > :25:45.

:25:45. > :25:49.hard enough. But he got the right If he did played it harder, he may

:25:49. > :25:59.not have felt he got the cannon as well on the pink and these things

:25:59. > :26:32.

:26:32. > :26:40.come into your head but it is end He just needed to keep it safe.

:26:40. > :26:50.Surely, this will be a touching ball. It is not. Referee would have

:26:50. > :26:59.

:26:59. > :27:04.declared it. Is it this time? Problem for Matthew is that if you

:27:04. > :27:14.go up to the baulk end, you've got to cover the red that is near the

:27:14. > :27:40.

:27:40. > :27:48.baulk line otherwise your opponent Now, or where is the cue ball

:27:48. > :27:54.going? Not bad. If you don't cover the red near the baulk line, you

:27:54. > :28:04.make it easy. Having said that, there is a red in the middle of the

:28:04. > :28:14.

:28:15. > :28:24.But now he decided to play the pot, applause, but he could be in a spot

:28:25. > :28:30.

:28:30. > :28:37.That was an easy safety shot. was Matthew, I would have played

:28:37. > :28:47.that shot that Williams played. You think of problems that are not

:28:47. > :28:47.

:28:47. > :29:44.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:29:44. > :29:54.Well, a terrific pot but he is only That was unlucky. He played a very

:29:54. > :30:14.

:30:14. > :30:24.If he missed that red, it was going You have just got to be careful,

:30:24. > :30:34.the reds are All-in the open. It would be a fairly comfortable

:30:34. > :30:35.

:30:35. > :30:42.clearance if he were left in the balls here. He is only looking for

:30:42. > :30:52.a red mac and a colour. The main priority is hard to get its safe. -

:30:52. > :31:16.

:31:16. > :31:26.He has played it see per. You will not see a better safety shot this

:31:26. > :31:36.

:31:36. > :31:46.Sometimes you are tempted to take on a risky red mac. Sometimes you

:31:46. > :31:48.

:31:48. > :31:55.cannot take that chance. That was a good reply from Mark. He is

:31:55. > :32:05.battling on and hoping to force a mistake. This is not a

:32:05. > :32:43.

:32:43. > :32:48.straightforward return to the baulk That is the problem when the reds

:32:48. > :32:58.are so close. Well, it is not bad. I thought it was going to leave a

:32:58. > :32:59.

:32:59. > :33:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:33:50. > :33:53.red to the left hand corner, but Mark Williams has a pot in the

:33:53. > :34:03.right-hand corner. He will be automatically on the pink if he

:34:03. > :34:09.

:34:09. > :34:19.pots it. I feel Eddie's t shot he has to take on. -- I feel it is a

:34:19. > :34:44.

:34:44. > :34:54.Has he got it in him to pinch this frame? That is not bad, he is left-

:34:54. > :35:04.

:35:04. > :35:09.handed so the red is on the right From what we have seen so far you

:35:09. > :35:17.would not fancy him to win the frame, but this could turn the

:35:17. > :35:20.match around if he wants to make the most of this opportunity.

:35:21. > :35:30.Sometimes a chance like this can bring the true quality out of a top

:35:31. > :35:31.

:35:31. > :36:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:36:24. > :36:34.He just wanted a little ones. It But that was a good shot. We have

:36:34. > :36:58.

:36:58. > :37:01.What a pity! There was no necessity to play the screw. I thought he

:37:01. > :37:11.could have held the cue ball where the yellow was and the green is

:37:11. > :37:12.

:37:13. > :37:22.near the pocket. I agree. He did not do it smoothly. If you are

:37:23. > :37:33.

:37:33. > :37:43.struggling, you are better off just I did not expect him to miss it,

:37:43. > :37:43.

:37:43. > :38:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:38:58. > :39:01.but he has missed easier shots It was a difficult shot. It just

:39:01. > :39:08.got a rattle and it gives Matthew a chance. He is looking for the

:39:08. > :39:18.yellow and green and we know he is pretty poor fish and left hander. -

:39:18. > :39:38.

:39:38. > :39:48.REFEREE: Chaired the volume in your ear pieces, please. -- check the

:39:48. > :40:05.

:40:05. > :40:15.He has missed that by so far he has Carmened -- cannoned the brown safe

:40:15. > :40:51.

:40:51. > :41:01.That was a lot to ask. Matthew Stevens has another chance. Just as

:41:01. > :41:05.

:41:05. > :41:15.We gear believe it? Would you believe it? If Mark Williams can

:41:15. > :41:34.

:41:34. > :41:44.pinch this frame this match will be If Mark Williams takes this frame

:41:44. > :41:50.

:41:50. > :41:55.he has been gifted the frames that APPLAUSE.

:41:55. > :42:01.Somehow, he is only to married frames behind. Matthew Stevens will

:42:01. > :42:11.not be happy. There is more mileage in this match. Matthew Stevens

:42:11. > :42:17.

:42:17. > :42:22.Extraordinary. It seems like from the very first frame, what is going

:42:22. > :42:26.on? I have never seen anything more bizarre in my life. They are

:42:26. > :42:31.missing balls they would never miss. There was a moment when Williams

:42:31. > :42:36.looked like vintage and he was going to clear it. There was a

:42:36. > :42:41.moment there were he needed to just drop it in, no need to screw it,

:42:41. > :42:46.and he misses it. And then Matthew Stevens presented with an easy

:42:46. > :42:50.chance. If you were going to be critical of Matthew Stevens, you

:42:50. > :42:55.would say that perhaps the reason he has not won more in my game is

:42:55. > :43:00.because there are different types of competitiveness. One element of

:43:00. > :43:08.it is the killer instinct. Some players would never miss that shot.

:43:08. > :43:16.Others occasionally did. What causes that, a lack of focus?

:43:16. > :43:22.some ways, there is not the tension of a big clearance. There is a

:43:22. > :43:25.party the same, I should get this. You do not commit the same way as

:43:25. > :43:30.you would to other shots. You mentally he's up even though you

:43:30. > :43:35.know you should not. There are players who do not kill you off as

:43:35. > :43:41.well as others. It is interesting listening to the commentary box and

:43:41. > :43:50.both of you, with what the shots have been taken on and the amount

:43:50. > :43:58.of times we have called it wrong, it is extraordinary. Some of it is

:43:58. > :44:03.ridiculous. Mark Williams should not have missed that yellow and

:44:03. > :44:13.Stevens should not have missed the brown. How Woolwich about? In an

:44:13. > :44:27.

:44:27. > :44:35.Mark Williams gets frame seven on the way. He has had two of them

:44:35. > :44:40.presented on a plate. After Stevens missed a green, it was as though, I

:44:40. > :44:47.have played a bad shot and then I have come back and my mate has left

:44:47. > :44:57.me an easy brown. You do not think positively enough. Perhaps the

:44:57. > :45:23.

:45:24. > :45:33.It is so frustrating, this game. You just cannot buy a pot sometimes.

:45:34. > :45:47.

:45:47. > :45:53.Matthew Stevens has had so many chances. This match could have been

:45:53. > :46:03.6-0 in his favour. Sometimes, the balls do not forgive you and they

:46:03. > :46:40.

:46:40. > :46:47.Matthew is looking at the possibility of a three ball plant.

:46:47. > :46:53.This is dangerous. He has decided against it and I do not blame him.

:46:53. > :47:03.There could be a bonus nestling behind the yellow. Not quite, I

:47:03. > :47:14.

:47:14. > :47:24.don't think. I think Mark can just Beautifully played. Perfect on the

:47:24. > :47:24.

:47:24. > :49:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:49:12. > :49:17.The loose red on the left-hand side of the pack does pot to the left

:49:17. > :49:27.hand corner. He is having a good look to see where he can leave the

:49:27. > :49:44.

:49:44. > :49:50.He will be opening up the reds. I Well, I did not expect him to miss

:49:50. > :49:57.that. He has opened up the reds and it is a chance for Mark Williams.

:49:57. > :50:07.Whether or not he is playing well enough to take it is another batter.

:50:07. > :50:40.

:50:40. > :50:50.This is what happens when you do not time the ball right. It is very

:50:50. > :51:28.

:51:28. > :51:38.difficult to get position, It is bad when you have got to try

:51:38. > :52:17.

:52:17. > :52:27.hard on the easy shots. You cannot He has finished up with a nice

:52:27. > :52:27.

:52:27. > :53:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:53:49. > :53:58.Well, he has won the frame on his own for the first time! The

:53:58. > :54:08.previous ones have been gifted when Matthew has missed the brown. Well,

:54:08. > :54:19.

:54:19. > :54:29.he ms that badly has got a 64 point There is a bit of snooker left in

:54:29. > :54:34.

:54:34. > :54:39.The only hero I really had growing up was bristly. I used to love his

:54:39. > :54:48.films and karate and all that stuff. He is the only one I have ever had

:54:48. > :54:53.out of everything pictures of or my wall, I never had anything else. I

:54:53. > :54:57.had all of the ones from enter the dragon. I just like everything

:54:57. > :55:02.about him. Mainly his films and stuff like that. Even now, are you

:55:02. > :55:06.get different documentaries about what happened and how he died. It

:55:06. > :55:16.has always interested me. Fitting he is probably a lot of people's

:55:16. > :55:49.

:55:49. > :55:59.It is going to get him eventually, Matthew, that he has not won the

:55:59. > :56:09.match by now. Definitely it will be in his mind how badly Mark Williams

:56:09. > :56:37.

:56:37. > :56:47.has played and it is only 43. -- He has hit it too thick, that is

:56:47. > :56:47.

:56:47. > :58:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:58:08. > :58:14.where the cue ball stayed in the In the last frame when he made the

:58:14. > :58:24.break of 59, that was his highest of the match. It was high for both

:58:24. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :59:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:59:24. > :59:34.He wants to play it a cannon here and catch the left hand side of the

:59:34. > :59:44.triangle of reds. He has just called them too thin, that is why

:59:44. > :59:54.he has lost the cue ball. He wanted to be figure on the age of the pack.

:59:54. > :59:54.

:59:54. > :00:47.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:00:48. > :00:52.He could have done without the kiss on the yellow, but now he has

:00:52. > :01:02.flicked it in such a way, the cue ball is tight on the baulk cushion.

:01:02. > :01:03.

:01:03. > :02:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:02:02. > :02:06.I can't see a path back to baulk here. A little containing safety,

:02:06. > :02:16.probably the red just above the pink and drop down to the jaws of

:02:16. > :02:49.

:02:49. > :02:56.this pocket. But I am not certain He tried to bend that with right

:02:56. > :03:02.hand side. Well, that little flicked on the green has helped

:03:03. > :03:10.slightly. If this red is straight, the one on the left-hand side of

:03:10. > :03:20.the table, with the black not being available, no value in going for

:03:20. > :03:20.

:03:21. > :03:25.the pot. A slight angle, but very risky. Of course, in not taking

:03:25. > :03:33.that red on, he leaves it for Matthew if he doesn't play a good

:03:33. > :03:43.safety. This looks pretty good. He has pushed another red over the

:03:43. > :03:44.

:03:44. > :03:48.The way Matthew is looking... Yes, he can get through to pot it. He

:03:48. > :03:58.still has the problem of avoiding the kiss on the second red. That

:03:58. > :04:19.

:04:19. > :04:29.could stop him from getting good This cue ball needs to slow down. A

:04:29. > :04:33.

:04:33. > :04:41.REFEREE: Foul. A good pot. I think he might have

:04:41. > :04:51.tried to play a cannon on that A good pot from mark and it looks

:04:51. > :05:12.

:05:12. > :05:18.as though he has finished nicely on Well... I'm a little bit surprised

:05:18. > :05:23.he didn't play the blue. Having said that, you would never expect

:05:23. > :05:33.him to miss the brown under normal circumstances. But these haven't

:05:33. > :05:33.

:05:33. > :06:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:06:40. > :06:50.been normal circumstances today, it Getting to pink back on its spot is

:06:50. > :06:57.

:06:57. > :07:07.going to make this break a lot Mark Williams will be so frustrated.

:07:07. > :07:08.

:07:08. > :07:18.He has battled to get back to 4-3. A really good chance to make it 4-4.

:07:18. > :07:52.

:07:52. > :07:59.Is he's straight enough on this red to play for the pink in the middle?

:07:59. > :08:09.Yes, no problem. He can just roll this pink into the left centre and

:08:09. > :08:14.

:08:14. > :08:22.have two reds available into the He is 16 points behind now. Reds

:08:22. > :08:32.are in the open, four of them. He will need the awkward red near the

:08:32. > :09:11.

:09:11. > :09:20.black. He will not be able to win A chance to possibly screw the

:09:20. > :09:30.white to cannons the red and black He would have left himself on this

:09:30. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:35.red he's going to play if he had Glancing at the scoreboard, still

:09:35. > :09:40.two points in arrears. It is only going to get more difficult from

:09:40. > :09:50.now. He has the one close to the black, which he needs, and the one

:09:50. > :09:53.

:09:53. > :10:03.It looks as though he has a nice angle on the pink to run through

:10:03. > :10:03.

:10:03. > :10:12.and maybe disturb the red near the But he decided to just play for the

:10:12. > :10:18.loose red. I do feel that if you keep refusing these opportunities

:10:18. > :10:28.to bring the red you need into play, When you get a better chance? --

:10:28. > :10:28.

:10:28. > :11:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:11:10. > :11:15.In goes the blue. I don't think there will be any heroics with this

:11:15. > :11:21.red along the top cushion. If he does play the pot, he will just

:11:21. > :11:31.roll it in and try to get the snooker. To play it with a lot of

:11:31. > :11:36.

:11:36. > :11:44.pace to get on the pink would be Who it was foolhardy? It was such a

:11:44. > :11:54.tough pot. He was only ever going to get a colour after it, he was

:11:54. > :11:59.

:11:59. > :12:06.never going to get an angle to He has not got the angle on the

:12:06. > :12:16.pink to disturb the red. He will just pot the pink. And then play a

:12:16. > :12:26.good safety. A possible snooker. At a glance at the score board, four

:12:26. > :12:42.

:12:43. > :12:46.points behind. Right back into He is just looking to see if he can

:12:46. > :12:56.stunned the red full in the face and leave Matthew hampered by the

:12:56. > :13:00.

:13:00. > :13:06.He doesn't want to knock the red Well, he is just about hampered

:13:06. > :13:12.enough to make this red difficult, but it is a pot and he shouldn't

:13:12. > :13:19.have left one. No, Mark Williams is the last player you would expect to

:13:19. > :13:28.make an elementary error like that. A lot of margin for error to get

:13:28. > :13:32.This is one of the most difficult shot. If you can imagine, you are

:13:32. > :13:42.looking down to stroke the cue ball and then the red is not in your eye

:13:42. > :13:44.

:13:44. > :13:48.There you go. I was thinking he had to get down a bit more than that

:13:48. > :13:54.and he was making it look as though he didn't have to strike down. That

:13:54. > :13:58.is why he has miscued. He has gone over the top of the white. Why was

:13:58. > :14:07.he hitting it so hard? It looked like he was playing that with a lot

:14:07. > :14:17.of pace. Why not just pot the red? To the points are all square. The

:14:17. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:31.This was for a few from Hawk-Eye. He definitely had to lift his

:14:32. > :14:39.bridge hand higher to get to the middle of the cue ball and he

:14:39. > :14:49.didn't go that high. I think that is why he didn't... He tried to dig

:14:49. > :14:53.at the end. He just went over the top. That was a terrific top -- pot

:14:53. > :15:03.on the yellow. One good positional shot from green to brown and he

:15:03. > :15:09.

:15:09. > :15:19.Not bad for a left-hander. Brown and blue needed to square the match.

:15:19. > :15:28.

:15:28. > :15:38.I didn't think I would be saying But that is going to be the case.

:15:38. > :15:38.

:15:38. > :15:48.Remarkable. Absolutely remarkable what has happened here. We may have

:15:48. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :15:55.He trailed 3-0, looked like going 4-0 behind, Stevens missed any easy

:15:55. > :16:00.brown and then he looked like going brown and then he looked like going

:16:00. > :16:05.5-1 behind, and now, unbelievably, it is all square.

:16:05. > :16:10.Car STUDIO:. Unbelievably we have a 4-4 stew --

:16:10. > :16:19.scoreline, but we've seen more mistakes. Arthur C Clarke in one of

:16:19. > :16:23.his mysteries hasn't had... This has been unbelievable. Very good.

:16:23. > :16:28.The most ridiculous session of snooker I think I've ever seen. I

:16:28. > :16:36.don't think Matthew has ever missed so many pots. Mark looks lacking in

:16:36. > :16:41.confidence and it's all square. degree shift in momentum. Yes. You

:16:41. > :16:44.don't necessarily get time to settle in the Masters. While you

:16:44. > :16:48.perhaps don't get so far is because you are playing against another

:16:48. > :16:52.great player and if you have a bad day, you're out of the tournament

:16:52. > :16:57.before you start. Mark Williams has got away with it to some degree.

:16:57. > :17:05.He's had a terrible start of this match and on another day he would

:17:05. > :17:08.be going back to Wales. But he can turn it around. He now has a chance.

:17:08. > :17:13.He was looking politely was out of the tournament, does the pressure

:17:13. > :17:18.come back? The process in the mind must be extraordinary. Matthew

:17:18. > :17:20.Stevens must feel like he is Stevens must feel like he is

:17:20. > :17:25.wobbling. Yes. Mark has probably settled any nerves from the early

:17:25. > :17:29.part. He has probably forgotten about that. Any player capable of

:17:29. > :17:39.turning it around like Mark Williams always has a chance.

:17:39. > :17:42.

:17:42. > :17:49.you expect the unexpected now? Yes, but his pot success of 81%,

:17:49. > :17:58.Mark Williams, still has to improve for him to win the match, I think.

:17:58. > :18:03.But he is still in it and he can still win it. Long pot success, 37%.

:18:03. > :18:13.Well below what it should be. But if Matthew Stevens keeps making

:18:13. > :18:40.

:18:40. > :18:43.mistakes, as he has started to do, It seems very simple to say, but

:18:43. > :18:53.the player that can stop missing easy balls is the player that will

:18:53. > :18:54.

:18:54. > :18:59.That is what they used to say in the old amateur days. If you

:18:59. > :19:04.stopped missing easy balls, you wouldn't lose many matches. The way

:19:04. > :19:14.the game is now, you miss one ball and normally that is end of frame.

:19:14. > :19:15.

:19:15. > :19:23.You have to admire Mark Williams still being in this match, the way

:19:23. > :19:32.he has played today. Yes. Great attitude. A lot of players missing

:19:33. > :19:35.the balls he had done... He would have seen them sat in the chair,

:19:35. > :19:45.squirming, red faced, shoulders drooped gone up a lot of head-

:19:45. > :20:01.

:20:01. > :20:06.shaking going on. But we've not had Went down with lots of left-hand

:20:06. > :20:12.side to help the pace of the cue ball. He made the right contact on

:20:12. > :20:21.the pack, but unfortunately it was end of break. He is looking more

:20:21. > :20:27.Yes. When you go back to your seat and you've played the right shot,

:20:27. > :20:33.it you don't feel too bad. It is when you go back Teale sit after --

:20:33. > :20:38.back to your seat after you've missed a sitter... He knows now

:20:38. > :20:48.that he is right back in this match. I think there might be a gap here

:20:48. > :21:02.

:21:02. > :21:06.to this red. Yes, there is. It just shows you, if he hadn't

:21:06. > :21:13.been hampered by the green, I don't think he would have had any problem

:21:13. > :21:23.with that red. He tried to widen the angle with a stun shot. He made

:21:23. > :21:32.

:21:32. > :21:42.it more difficult because he had to What is happening? What is

:21:42. > :22:15.

:22:15. > :22:20.Williams definitely looks the stronger now. I think Matthew can't

:22:20. > :22:27.get over the fact that he has an won this match already, John.

:22:28. > :22:35.would agree. It has just taken away his confidence. The two browns he

:22:35. > :22:45.has missed that could have given him a 6-0 victory. I think he is

:22:45. > :22:45.

:22:45. > :22:55.just a bit bemused by what has Mark Williams is now two points

:22:55. > :23:05.

:23:05. > :23:10.He can't believe he has finished straight on the blue. Either side

:23:10. > :23:17.of the blue would have been fined - - find because there's a red at the

:23:17. > :23:23.baulk end. Maybe he can forced a slight angle. The problem with that

:23:23. > :23:27.is you take all of the pace out of the cue ball. I think he might just

:23:27. > :23:37.have a red, but I don't think this is the one he played for. He needs

:23:37. > :23:41.

:23:41. > :23:51.He did. As you say, Stephen, starting to look for a stronger of

:23:51. > :23:58.

:23:58. > :24:08.I don't think mark will think that was a good shot. The cue ball

:24:08. > :24:11.

:24:12. > :24:17.shouldn't have been this close to Straight enough on the red to be

:24:17. > :24:23.able to come for -- control the cue ball. This black isn't comfortable,

:24:23. > :24:33.though. The red below it is in his way a little bit for position. He

:24:33. > :24:33.

:24:33. > :25:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:25:20. > :25:27.had to just settle for a red into Just this black... And one more red

:25:27. > :25:34.and it looks a formality now. He will go 5-4 in front and just one

:25:34. > :25:44.frame away from a place in the quarter-final. The things you never

:25:44. > :25:58.

:25:59. > :26:08.A fierce game is certainly looking a lot easier to Mark Williams now.

:26:09. > :26:22.

:26:22. > :26:27.This is the highest break of the match, it supersedes the 67 that

:26:27. > :26:32.Matthew Stevens made in frame five. He got a bad contact, but it won't

:26:33. > :26:42.He got a bad contact, but it won't matter. How Matthew Stevens is

:26:43. > :26:51.

:26:51. > :26:55.bemused to say the least. He is now As we keep saying, the turnaround

:26:55. > :27:00.of epic proportions. I just can't believe Mark Williams is 5-4 in

:27:00. > :27:05.front. Incredible. If he wins this match, it is one of the best

:27:05. > :27:10.performances of his career. He couldn't Pot 2 balls in a row. I

:27:10. > :27:12.couldn't see him winning this match. Matthew missed the easy brown to go

:27:12. > :27:18.Matthew missed the easy brown to go 5-1 up, and although you think it

:27:18. > :27:24.hasn't affected you badly, this is the one he missed to go 4-0...

:27:24. > :27:31.Subconsciously it does affect you. This was unforgivable. Since then

:27:31. > :27:35.his timing has gone. And that was another one where I thought he just

:27:35. > :27:39.rolled that in, he could have played a snooker, make certain. All

:27:39. > :27:44.of a sudden he is missing balls that Mark Williams was missing in

:27:44. > :27:54.the first part of the match. What is going to happen next? I don't

:27:54. > :28:07.

:28:07. > :28:17.Not a bad break off shot, I don't know whether this red will cut into

:28:17. > :28:54.

:28:54. > :28:58.An attacking safety shot by Matthew Stevens. There's always a risk in

:28:58. > :29:08.that shot off putting red balls over the corner pockets. He hasn't

:29:08. > :29:23.

:29:23. > :29:33.potted a lot of these today. Can he Not like Mark Williams. 9 ft 6

:29:33. > :29:37.

:29:37. > :29:47.between cue ball and object ball. What can Matthew Stevens made of

:29:47. > :29:49.

:29:49. > :29:59.this chance? Can he focus on the shot so head? And it doesn't look

:29:59. > :29:59.

:29:59. > :30:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:30:53. > :30:58.This will really hurt him, if he There is always a little bit of

:30:58. > :31:08.competitiveness when these two made. More or less a who is the bells --

:31:08. > :31:09.

:31:09. > :31:19.best Welsh player, if you like. For Matthew to have let it slip away,

:31:19. > :31:19.

:31:19. > :33:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:33:17. > :33:27.Position is not an issue as he has got the pink to the left. This is a

:33:27. > :33:41.

:33:41. > :33:45.He has just got to go in and out of baulk now. He has got the line

:33:45. > :33:55.between yellow and brown. I have seen him play this before with

:33:55. > :33:57.

:33:57. > :34:03.left-hand side. Does it run past the cluster or stick? It sticks on

:34:03. > :34:13.them. He played it off two cushions, he just did not get enough side on

:34:13. > :34:23.the cue ball. He has got a nice lead, 47 points. Possible 83

:34:23. > :34:44.

:34:44. > :34:54.He wanted to cover the left hand side of the pack, I think. That was

:34:54. > :34:59.a good shot. It looks like he can get to the edge of this red, but he

:34:59. > :35:09.may be knocking one of the left corner. He can afford to leave

:35:09. > :35:17.

:35:17. > :35:24.This is the type of shot you would expect Mark Williams to invariably

:35:24. > :35:34.Knockin. I am sure he will take it on. If it goes in, it could be the

:35:34. > :36:04.

:36:04. > :36:09.He needs to play a good safety or snookered to force a mistake. Mark

:36:09. > :36:19.Williams knows his way around the table and with a 47. Lead, he knows

:36:19. > :36:27.

:36:27. > :36:37.how to hold on to that. -- with a He is trying to sneak behind the

:36:37. > :37:02.

:37:02. > :37:12.brown. It would not have been my Mark Williams has now scored 101.

:37:12. > :37:21.

:37:21. > :37:27.More than Matthew Stevens. -- has I do not think this red cuts into

:37:27. > :37:37.the left middle. That is not to say it will not going to the left

:37:37. > :37:41.

:37:41. > :37:51.He played a deep screw to get the cue ball back to the baulk my again.

:37:51. > :38:11.

:38:11. > :38:14.He is very good at protecting, Mark Much too thick. The two reds on the

:38:14. > :38:20.right-hand side have covered one another but there is a red

:38:20. > :38:28.underneath the pink spot that will cut to the right-hand corner. And

:38:28. > :38:38.it is in. But now, he is army yellow and on the green. This is a

:38:38. > :38:38.

:38:38. > :39:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:39:20. > :39:30.This pink and one more red required for an amazing result. One more red

:39:30. > :39:38.

:39:38. > :39:48.and a colour. If he pots the red he This will really heard Matthew

:39:48. > :39:51.

:39:51. > :40:01.Stevens. -- hurt. The yellow, to go 61 in front with 59 remaining.

:40:01. > :40:03.

:40:03. > :40:10.APPLAUSE. All, so close to the middle pocket!

:40:10. > :40:20.Ha has Matthew Stevens lost this? He has lost it for certain. He will

:40:20. > :40:29.

:40:29. > :40:36.not be coming back to the table. Incredible victory. 4-1 down. One

:40:36. > :40:41.of the best victories of his career, I would suggest. Particularly

:40:41. > :40:51.because he has not played really, has the? He has played the last

:40:51. > :41:14.

:41:14. > :41:18.As you say, every credit to him. OK, he had quite a lot of help from his

:41:18. > :41:24.opponent, but you have still got to pot the balls and in the last few

:41:24. > :41:28.frames he has really come on strong. There is probably not another

:41:28. > :41:38.player in the world who could have turned this match around the way he

:41:38. > :41:38.

:41:38. > :41:46.was playing. I could not agree with you more. Doesn't matter about the

:41:46. > :41:54.green. Matthew Stevens shakes his hand, they have a laugh. He will be

:41:54. > :42:00.saying, how have you beaten me? This goal-line, Matthew Stevens was

:42:00. > :42:10.in a lead 3-1, it should have been 5-1, but he has lost 6-4. The two-

:42:10. > :42:11.

:42:11. > :42:16.times champion has a place in the You have been saying, Steve,

:42:16. > :42:21.unbelievable. At one stage in this match did you think that Mark

:42:21. > :42:29.Williams was going to get back in? When Matthew Stevens missed that

:42:30. > :42:35.second relatively easy brown. From thereon, you could spell that --

:42:35. > :42:41.smell a possibility. If given enough chances, a player like Mark

:42:41. > :42:46.Williams will recover. Matthew Stevens, it is the back -- the type

:42:46. > :42:51.of match we want to go back to the dressing room and smash your cue

:42:51. > :42:56.into a million pieces. That would be one in 1,000 matches you would

:42:56. > :43:04.win, being so out of form and have your opponent gave you frame after

:43:04. > :43:11.frame. The last two, very good. What happened in that match, up to

:43:11. > :43:17.the last two frames, it is very, very store. -- saw.

:43:17. > :43:27.You were saying earlier about the lack of care instinct. Is that what

:43:27. > :43:32.

:43:32. > :43:39.manifested today? Here is Mark coming into dare -- in it now.

:43:39. > :43:48.They were saying you were probably the only one who could have done

:43:48. > :43:58.this. I did not play it very well. Neither did Matthew. I do not think

:43:58. > :44:00.

:44:00. > :44:06.I would have come back from 5-1. I stuck in there, and was trying 100%.

:44:06. > :44:09.Perhaps that is what got me through in the end. You were making 50 and

:44:09. > :44:19.40 breaks, but there was something missing. Can you put your finger on

:44:19. > :44:24.what it was? Everything! The table is so fast. If you have just a

:44:24. > :44:28.fraction of side, it goes off so far. The table was beautiful and it

:44:28. > :44:35.was just difficult to control the white. Even though I did not play

:44:35. > :44:38.very well I can still not 20s and 30s in. They also suggested perhaps

:44:38. > :44:45.that was one of your most satisfying victories, playing the

:44:45. > :44:48.way you were. Stephen did not say that as well, did he? It is easy to

:44:48. > :44:55.win when you are playing well. It is hard to win when you are not

:44:55. > :44:59.playing well. I was getting hammered out there, really. I'm

:44:59. > :45:05.over the moon that I stuck in and tried my best and managed to turn

:45:05. > :45:10.it round. You said earlier wrong that when you were missing some

:45:10. > :45:13.relatively simple shots, you were saying five years ago, nobody

:45:13. > :45:19.thought too much of it but the older you get, the more you miss

:45:19. > :45:25.and the more people pick up on it. Is that fair? You only have to look

:45:25. > :45:29.at Steve playing these days! It is difficult because you have been

:45:29. > :45:34.there and done it and now you are trying to recreate it and get back

:45:34. > :45:39.into the top end of things. Sometimes you need help. This could

:45:39. > :45:42.be the springboard? It could be. Coming into this tournament I

:45:42. > :45:50.practised really hard and probably playing in practice the best I have

:45:50. > :45:59.played four years, I was having 147s every single day, near enough.

:45:59. > :46:07.And then I went out there and I could not make 47! I just could not

:46:08. > :46:13.do it today. Is there reason, when you practice is so good? Can you

:46:13. > :46:23.have me boys? If I was you coach I could probably give you an insight,

:46:23. > :46:29.if you were hiring me. What sort of rate we do charge? I would do it

:46:29. > :46:33.for the love of the game. When you come into the game you are not

:46:33. > :46:38.trying in the same way as when you are trying to get back into form.

:46:38. > :46:42.Sometimes you try too hard or you try to monetary you're game as you

:46:42. > :46:50.are playing. It is very hard to judge. I think maybe one of the

:46:50. > :46:59.things I am doing is trying too hard. I might just be trying too

:46:59. > :47:05.hard, instead of seeing the shots and applying them. The victory was

:47:05. > :47:09.a bonus, anything else you get in the tournament you can relax.

:47:09. > :47:15.Matthew did help me out a lot really, he missed a lot of balls he

:47:15. > :47:20.would not normally miss. Perhaps I'd write him down a bit. If you

:47:20. > :47:24.know you practice is going well but you struggling -- you are

:47:24. > :47:29.struggling around the table, what more can you do before the next

:47:29. > :47:34.game? I am going to have a chat with Stephen after and gave him 50

:47:34. > :47:39.quid and hopefully he will sort me out! Is that the secret to success?

:47:39. > :47:46.He drives a hard bargain. He did not even try to knock me down.

:47:46. > :47:56.well done, Mark. Extraordinary match. Mark Williams is through to

:47:56. > :47:59.the quarter finals to pay either -- play either Mark Selby or bring him.

:47:59. > :48:09.Yesterday's match turned out to be the match of the tournament so far

:48:09. > :48:19.between Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins.

:48:19. > :48:22.

:48:22. > :48:32.We did not expect those shoes, but Barry Hawkins took his chance,

:48:32. > :48:34.

:48:34. > :48:44.Judd Trump will be delighted to go into the mid- session interval all

:48:44. > :48:47.

:48:47. > :48:56.Barry Hawkins is really starting to cue well. In it goes, and perfect

:48:56. > :49:00.on the pink. A hot favourite to win a tournament is now at two behind.

:49:00. > :49:10.Barry Hawkins will be hoping that is the last time he has to break

:49:10. > :49:14.

:49:14. > :49:24.Well played, good pot, excellent. That was Judd Trump at his best.

:49:24. > :49:29.Can he keep it going? He has played it well, he has played it very well.

:49:29. > :49:33.It is on about Barry Hawkins keeping himself together. Judd

:49:33. > :49:43.Trump will be disappointed to be out of the best there -- Betfair

:49:43. > :49:46.

:49:46. > :49:52.Would you believe it? Pressure! Pink, to take us into the deciding

:49:52. > :50:02.frame. It is there, we are in for a decider. That is a marvellous

:50:02. > :50:08.

:50:08. > :50:18.Judd Trump absolutely delighted, their favourite is eventually

:50:18. > :50:19.

:50:19. > :50:24.through to the quarter final. If he My safety was not great. I was

:50:24. > :50:27.missing luck today. Hopefully I will get that back. Barry played

:50:27. > :50:35.well and made it a difficult game. Well I got myself in position and

:50:35. > :50:40.through the match away. I'm gutted, I had a great chance. A couple of

:50:40. > :50:45.times I thought he should clear-up and he did not. I just stayed calm

:50:46. > :50:50.and waited for my chances. Similarity in the way that the

:50:50. > :50:53.matches ended in respect with Barry Hawkins yesterday at missing the

:50:53. > :50:58.easy blue, and the way Matthew Stevens fell apart at the end of

:50:58. > :51:01.the match you today. Do you feel there is more a case of Barry

:51:01. > :51:08.Hawkins giving the match to Judd Trump or was Judd Trump taking it

:51:08. > :51:15.back? Midway through, when you could really have knocked a couple

:51:15. > :51:19.of nails into the coffin, so to speak, Barry Hawkins was in the

:51:19. > :51:26.line to clinch the match. It is a different thing. But getting over

:51:26. > :51:35.the line is what it is all about. In his interesting listening to

:51:35. > :51:41.Judd Trump after the match. I detected something in him when he

:51:41. > :51:47.was talking about what people expect him to do. It is almost as

:51:47. > :51:53.if he wants to prove it to people who died him. To be honest, heat-

:51:53. > :51:59.treated Mark Joyce with respect. He thought he had one. He found out a

:51:59. > :52:03.hard way he was not winning and got knocked out. Sometimes you have got

:52:03. > :52:10.to have a setback before you can appreciate what you have got. He

:52:10. > :52:17.finished well yesterday. I think he is top class. He is still young. He

:52:17. > :52:25.is going to learn. He is in there with Abeid shot on this tournament.

:52:25. > :52:32.-- a big shot. It is impossible to suggest he should be favourite at

:52:32. > :52:37.the moment. With the likes of John Higgins still in, and there are two

:52:37. > :52:42.players in this evening, Selby and Bingham, that could be a cracker.

:52:42. > :52:49.Mark Selby is very hard at the moment. Robertson is still end.

:52:49. > :52:57.do not think Selby is playing as well as he can. I thought in the UK

:52:57. > :53:04.he was not doing well. We have got some e-mails and tweets from the

:53:04. > :53:10.viewers. One says, do you think it is possible for someone to dominate

:53:10. > :53:16.the game at like Stephen Hendry did in the 80s and 90s? I know it has

:53:16. > :53:22.been asked quite a lot. Most people seem to suggest, know. You suggest

:53:22. > :53:32.know, but then you look at golf and someone comes through to dominate.

:53:32. > :53:34.

:53:34. > :53:38.Perhaps we have not seen the next dominating force yet. Perhaps it is

:53:38. > :53:44.going to come from China. None of the current crop can dominate at

:53:44. > :53:54.the moment. The players have so little between them but that's

:53:54. > :53:55.

:53:55. > :53:58.there is nothing between them. The other players know that when Ronnie

:53:58. > :54:03.O'Sullivan is at his best he is better than everybody else, but it

:54:03. > :54:13.is difficult. People are asking if Ronnie will come back for the World

:54:13. > :54:15.

:54:15. > :54:22.Championship. The you have any idea? -- the you have. You do not

:54:22. > :54:26.know what Ronnie is thinking at the moment.

:54:26. > :54:30.I have another, can I tell us if the pros ever practice breaking

:54:30. > :54:40.off? That seems to be the only time when the balls are ever in exactly

:54:40. > :54:41.

:54:41. > :54:49.the same place. I do practice breaking off. There are elements.

:54:49. > :54:54.You might think I have got a sad life. You do monotonous things on a

:54:54. > :55:00.practice table, similar to driving range practice. Breaking them off,

:55:00. > :55:07.no. Having said that, it is such an important shot. Every table is

:55:07. > :55:15.different. You are playing on a practice table and on a match table

:55:15. > :55:21.they are different. You cannot practice on the main table. There

:55:21. > :55:29.have been events were people have started to try all sorts of

:55:29. > :55:37.different breaks. Think about it, break them off, set them back up

:55:37. > :55:47.again, it is the recipe for madness. We were talking about Mark Williams

:55:47. > :55:47.

:55:47. > :55:52.and how players concentration wavers as they get older. Once

:55:52. > :55:57.you're is wondering, is it the ability to mop the task that

:55:57. > :56:07.diminishes rather than a lack of concentration? -- MoD the task.

:56:07. > :56:10.

:56:10. > :56:15.What was the question again? I reckon it is the opposite. I

:56:15. > :56:23.think it is the inability to focus. You have got outside things that

:56:23. > :56:27.flowed into your head. Oh, I have got to put the washing up. Did I

:56:27. > :56:35.put that bet on? When you are younger, you can absolutely focus

:56:35. > :56:39.and nothing else matters. you're also better. You would be

:56:39. > :56:44.playing in a club all day and you would never miss, all of a sudden

:56:44. > :56:50.you are playing matches and you are missing things you would never miss.

:56:50. > :57:00.When we were talking about focusing, is it easier to focus when you play

:57:00. > :57:01.

:57:01. > :57:05.regularly? As you get older, do you have to make yourself focus?

:57:05. > :57:10.think so. It is something that comes naturally. When you're

:57:10. > :57:19.younger you are so intense on the moment. As you get older you get

:57:19. > :57:29.softer inside. Effectively, you start to mellow. That mellowing,

:57:29. > :57:30.

:57:30. > :57:34.the testosterone prevent young man -- driven young man is full of fire

:57:34. > :57:41.and is the perfect sporting animal. On the snooker table it still

:57:41. > :57:48.applies. Perhaps as you get older you lose that.

:57:48. > :57:57.We are going to lead back on last night's match between Shaun Murphy

:57:57. > :58:07.and Ricky Ponting. It was a magician who made a fine start. --

:58:07. > :58:14.

:58:14. > :58:18.Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis are He has lost the cue ball but I

:58:18. > :58:27.think he will be happy with the outcome, unless he has gone for a

:58:27. > :58:37.big gap. Is that a plant? Yes, there are two reds there that

:58:37. > :58:47.possibly are a plant. He has not even looked at them. He is looking

:58:47. > :58:50.

:58:50. > :58:56.at them hour! -- now! It is a difficult shot to take but if he

:58:56. > :59:05.thinks there absolutely lined up... I'm just wondering if he takes the

:59:05. > :59:08.plant on, will he... Screw better for the black? Or try and get it

:59:08. > :59:18.safe also. You have got to fully commit and try and stay on the

:59:18. > :59:25.black. He is going for this and I guarantee he nails said. -- he

:59:25. > :59:30.kneels it. That was the only thing I was worried about. He hit it in

:59:31. > :59:36.with plenty of pace. He did not fully concentrate getting on the

:59:36. > :59:45.black and now he is faced with a tough cut back. He is bound to be

:59:45. > :59:54.He has over a carpet. He did not even get it in the jaws of the

:59:54. > :00:04.I was surprised when he played the plant. He did not have to he did

:00:04. > :00:15.

:00:15. > :00:20.just that hard. -- to hit it just It is worth another look. He just

:00:20. > :00:30.really got into it too much and didn't get on the black as he would

:00:30. > :00:38.

:00:38. > :00:42.It is one of those situations where you have so many choices, sometimes

:00:42. > :00:46.you can get yourself a bit confused! You are usually playing

:00:46. > :00:56.for one particular ball. All sorts of positional shots available to

:00:56. > :01:12.

:01:12. > :01:18.It is amazing how this match has turned right around, isn't it?

:01:18. > :01:22.but 4-2 could splits on the pack of reds, Shaun Murphy could be in the

:01:23. > :01:32.press conference at the moment saying how well he has played, a 6-

:01:33. > :01:34.

:01:34. > :01:38.OK, he missed the green in the frame before and he has missed that

:01:38. > :01:45.black off the spot, but he would consider himself a little unlucky

:01:45. > :01:52.the way things have worked out tonight. From Ricky Walden's

:01:52. > :02:02.perspective, what a great chance. He will have the momentum should he

:02:02. > :02:36.

:02:36. > :02:45.get to 4-4. Nothing to lose in one The tip was very close to the cue

:02:45. > :02:48.ball there. Some players are a bit further away than that. It looks

:02:48. > :02:58.for a second like he is touching to White. Jimmy White is a bit like

:02:58. > :03:02.

:03:02. > :03:07.that. He. The tip right down at the cloth. Occasionally you do touch it.

:03:07. > :03:17.He got himself engaged, Jimmy. Congratulations, Jimmy, if you are

:03:17. > :03:23.

:03:23. > :03:29.Never as easy to clear them up as you think when they are scattered

:03:29. > :03:39.all over the table. The cue ball has to do a bit more mileage than

:03:39. > :03:53.

:03:53. > :04:03.if they are all at the top end. He Even though he is not slow, he has

:04:03. > :04:03.

:04:03. > :04:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:04:57. > :05:06.This match started out as a best of 11. He very shortly it is going to

:05:06. > :05:12.be the best of three. He could performances from Ricky -- a good

:05:12. > :05:16.performance from Ricky. He overscrewed that. He is 59 ahead

:05:16. > :05:21.with a possible 59, so that was careless to let the white run away.

:05:21. > :05:31.It is all about potting the red to clinch the frame and make the

:05:31. > :05:31.

:05:31. > :06:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 52 seconds

:06:12. > :06:19.Just double checking the scoreboard, but he is well and truly safe. That

:06:19. > :06:24.makes absolutely sure. He has had breaks of 55, 49, which was a very

:06:24. > :06:31.important one in the previous frame. It doesn't matter about missing the

:06:31. > :06:40.blue. That was a very fine 65 break from Ricky Walden and all of a

:06:40. > :06:45.A terrific fightback from Ricky wall back, but Murphy won the next

:06:46. > :06:55.and was just one away from and the quarter-finals. Murphy is at the

:06:56. > :07:08.

:07:08. > :07:18.He has overscrewed at a fraction, but he can always play on the blue

:07:18. > :07:19.

:07:19. > :07:26.and get into the pack. That will be But he hasn't come quite far enough

:07:26. > :07:31.to do that. He might have to leave it. With the red in the open, it

:07:31. > :07:38.would have been a little bit of insurance. He has still gone into

:07:38. > :07:42.them off two cushions. It was much more difficult, but I think... Has

:07:42. > :07:50.he gone far enough to pot this and hold for the black? He is pretty

:07:50. > :07:55.good at this type of shot, but it is a delicate one. Can he pot it?

:07:55. > :08:05.Does he have the angle to miss the reds, come off the side cushion and

:08:05. > :08:16.

:08:17. > :08:26.on to the black? He is taking the He has been devastating with the

:08:27. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:54.A couple of good positional shots A third time lucky, going into the

:08:54. > :09:11.

:09:11. > :09:21.pack. Does he go into the pack? Just about OK. He caught the red

:09:21. > :09:25.

:09:25. > :09:35.Just about OK. He may not be able to hold for the black, but he can

:09:35. > :09:57.

:09:57. > :10:01.A delicate little screw shot. It is Ricky can't do anything about this.

:10:01. > :10:08.He just has to hope that somehow Shaun can run out of position or

:10:09. > :10:18.slip up. But Shaun Murphy is not a player that would struggle to get

:10:19. > :10:40.

:10:41. > :10:44.over the winning line, that's for The red at the back of the three

:10:44. > :10:51.reds is available into the same pocket he is taking this red. It is

:10:51. > :10:57.all looking very good for Shaun Murphy. And not looking so good for

:10:57. > :11:01.Ricky Walden, who made a terrific comeback. 4-1 down, it looked like

:11:01. > :11:11.everybody would have an early night, but he stuck in there. But it is

:11:11. > :11:35.

:11:35. > :11:41.He might as well finish it off in style. Would you believe it? He has

:11:41. > :11:51.lost concentration, but barring snookers, Shaun Murphy has got

:11:51. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:24.himself into the quarter-final and As long as he does pot the black...

:12:24. > :12:34.With the green, pink and brown down there, some excellent opportunities

:12:34. > :12:36.

:12:36. > :12:41.He he only needs one. That was an unforgivable miss from Shaun Murphy.

:12:41. > :12:51.He thought the match was over. We have seen stranger things happen.

:12:51. > :13:10.

:13:10. > :13:14.You could have knocked that black It is a snooker, but I think he can

:13:14. > :13:24.come off the side cushion near the middle pocket with a little touch

:13:24. > :13:31.

:13:31. > :13:36.of side. Two cushions? Yes. He I would say... If I was Ricky

:13:36. > :13:41.Walden, I would be expecting him to hit it. A 10% chance he might miss

:13:41. > :13:45.it. Prior not saying it is nailed on to hit, but you would be hoping

:13:45. > :13:51.rather than anything. He has to get close to the middle pocket, if he

:13:51. > :13:59.goes the other side of the table it is difficult. He has to go two

:13:59. > :14:03.cushions on to the right hand side. The right hand side his best.

:14:03. > :14:13.my first line is too close to the middle pocket. He is going for more

:14:13. > :14:17.

:14:17. > :14:22.Not saying he will not get it the other way, but I think it is a bit

:14:22. > :14:28.close... There's a possibility off the left-hand side that he goes

:14:28. > :14:33.around the back of it easier than the other side, I think. It is the

:14:33. > :14:43.more difficult route he is taking. I don't know. I don't like this. I

:14:43. > :14:49.

:14:49. > :14:54.He has hit the brown, he has gone the wrong way. I think he may go

:14:54. > :15:04.wrong choice. The other was a natural angle with a touch of left-

:15:04. > :15:16.

:15:16. > :15:22.Can he get on the black? He needs to. If he is going to win. It looks

:15:22. > :15:32.as if he could avoid cannoning the green. A gap between the green and

:15:32. > :15:42.the blue. Is it a bit thin for that? Perhaps he can't screw back

:15:42. > :15:47.

:15:48. > :15:54.Just play the snooker then. never get a better chance, though!

:15:54. > :16:03.If he misses the green, he will come back -- up onto the black. He

:16:03. > :16:13.seems to be running it into the Is he playing for the pink? We

:16:13. > :16:31.

:16:31. > :16:41.could have a possible re-spot to I think for Hall audience thought

:16:41. > :17:09.

:17:09. > :17:13.he had missed that! -- the whole It could go down to a re-spotted

:17:13. > :17:23.black, but what about this black Shaun Murphy missed? What was he

:17:23. > :17:28.

:17:28. > :17:35.You have to be careful with this brown. Doesn't want to end up there.

:17:35. > :17:43.Oh dear. There were a few ways of playing that and that wasn't one of

:17:43. > :17:48.them! A bit of hope for Shaun Murphy here. He couldn't have left

:17:48. > :17:58.it in a worse position. To leave it dead straight in line with the pink

:17:58. > :17:58.

:17:58. > :18:06.and black. Dear me, a bit of Know when they're. That was a

:18:06. > :18:16.shocker of a brown. -- no where near. He might have got away with

:18:16. > :18:26.

:18:26. > :18:36.it. He was a long way out with the No heroics from Shaun. Wasn't in

:18:36. > :18:45.

:18:45. > :18:50.easy safety shot. Object ball Up and down, just past the pink is

:18:50. > :18:54.risky. He will have to play it that way, but tried to play the blue to

:18:54. > :18:59.the top cushion. If eclipse the pink, it goes towards the corner

:18:59. > :19:04.pocket. -- if it eclipse. He would like to be able to play a snooker

:19:04. > :19:14.behind the black, but in this situation, the main object is to

:19:14. > :19:34.

:19:34. > :19:41.Play straight up and down... Inside He was going to try and play it off

:19:41. > :19:50.the right side and get behind the black, but a change of plan. That

:19:50. > :19:57.is a terrible shot from Ricky. REFEREE: Foul.. He declared a foul

:19:57. > :20:03.on himself. The match is over! I didn't see what happened. Ricky did

:20:03. > :20:09.declare a foul on himself. What a way to lose the match. Absolutely

:20:09. > :20:19.amazing. What happened? It just shows you the game of snooker, the

:20:19. > :20:19.

:20:19. > :20:23.sporting conduct of the players is It was a valiant effort to fight

:20:23. > :20:33.his way back into this match from Ricky Walden, winning three frames

:20:33. > :20:34.

:20:34. > :20:44.in a row. He is coming to the table, but it is definitely all over.

:20:44. > :20:49.

:20:49. > :20:53.Yes, shaking hands. It has been a valiant effort, but just not enough.

:20:53. > :20:56.Shaun Murphy, in the end, had to Shaun Murphy, in the end, had to

:20:56. > :21:02.struggle his way through this match. He looked comfortable at 4-1, but

:21:02. > :21:08.in the end he goes through 6-4 and he is in the quarter-final. I put

:21:08. > :21:12.so much into the break leading up to that point. Concentration and

:21:12. > :21:17.adrenalin. When I potted the previous red, which took me over

:21:17. > :21:22.the line, so I thought, you just relax. And then I missed the

:21:22. > :21:28.easiest shot. I would have been sent home if I missed that as a 10-

:21:28. > :21:34.year-old. To miss it at 30 in the Masters is quite embarrassing.

:21:34. > :21:39.potted a good pink and I had the balls that my mercy. Co I ended up

:21:39. > :21:46.playing in -- I ended up in no man's land. It is my own fault. I

:21:46. > :21:50.executed a shot poorly. Devastated. I played the safety shot with the

:21:50. > :21:55.rest and as I came back I felt something brushed a calf off my

:21:55. > :22:00.shirt. I wasn't too sure what went on and I saw the black was hanging

:22:00. > :22:04.there. It was obviously a foul. There was no way I was not going to

:22:04. > :22:08.called a foul. Devastated to be that careless. There are only the

:22:08. > :22:12.best players in the world in this event. This tournament has such a

:22:12. > :22:19.history, probably second only to the World Championships. We are all

:22:19. > :22:24.trying so hard. Maybe over trying sometimes. I'm over the moon to be

:22:25. > :22:32.through. Well done to Shaun Murphy. Let's focus on the excellent

:22:32. > :22:37.sportsmanship shown by Ricky Walden. He es. -- yes. Snooker players,

:22:38. > :22:42.when they start playing, they don't cheat themselves. A bit like a game

:22:42. > :22:48.of patience. There is something to be admired in our game. If you

:22:49. > :22:55.touch something with your sleeve, you know immediately. Shaun Murphy

:22:55. > :22:59.is clearly one of the form players in the game at the moment. Yes.

:22:59. > :23:03.Wonderful scorer, great professional. What he has in the

:23:03. > :23:07.next round is somebody he has had trouble with. John Higgins is the

:23:07. > :23:15.master tactician. His Matchplay qualities a fantastic and Shaun

:23:15. > :23:20.will have to match him. What a match up. Exactly. Coming here,

:23:20. > :23:26.Shaun Murphy, having had a fantastic run in the UK

:23:26. > :23:30.Championship. Last night, it was very close to him being a 6-1 win

:23:31. > :23:36.and looking invisible. But he went into the pack a couple of times and

:23:36. > :23:40.didn't get a split. He is cueing beautifully. Ricky Walden did very

:23:40. > :23:50.well to get himself back into the match, but Shaun Murphy is through

:23:50. > :23:57.

:23:57. > :24:03.to the quarter-finals. We can have play Northern Ireland's Mark Allen.

:24:03. > :24:09.Shaun Murphy overcame Ricky Walden and will face two time champion

:24:09. > :24:13.John Higgins. Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham played this evening. Mark

:24:13. > :24:17.Williams won the all Welsh battle this afternoon. Graeme Dott

:24:18. > :24:22.overcame Stephen Maguire to face overcame Stephen Maguire to face

:24:22. > :24:25.the world number two, Judd Trump, in the last eight.

:24:25. > :24:30.One outstanding match from the first round remaining at the

:24:30. > :24:40.Masters and that features the newly crowned UK champion, Mark Selby,

:24:40. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:48.When I won the UK Championship, it was great. I had a little break

:24:49. > :24:56.after Christmas and won the PTC in Germany. I am confident. I've had a

:24:56. > :25:04.good start to the season. I've won three trophies. I've been

:25:04. > :25:08.practising and I'm up for it tonight. Stuart is a great player.

:25:08. > :25:12.I've known him for many years. I always rated him to a higher level,

:25:12. > :25:19.but he never really came through and achieved what he should have

:25:19. > :25:26.done. Over the last 18 months he has shown what a class player he is.

:25:26. > :25:32.He is the best player in the world. Back to world number one. He is

:25:32. > :25:36.probably the hardest player Al there at the moment. He every

:25:36. > :25:46.tournament we go into we want to win and the Masters is no different.

:25:46. > :25:47.

:25:47. > :25:53.It would be great to win it again. It would mean everything to me.

:25:53. > :25:57.Over the years, I've seen Hendry winning it five times on the trot.

:25:57. > :26:05.The names, Paul Hunter, up Ronnie, Higgins, only the best players have

:26:05. > :26:15.won it. It is the world number-one and two time at Masters champion

:26:15. > :26:18.

:26:18. > :26:22.Mark Selby against one of the most This match is available on the red

:26:22. > :26:25.button and on line this evening. He touched on Mark Selby at the UK

:26:26. > :26:30.Championship, he reclaimed the number-one spot, but you didn't

:26:30. > :26:35.think he played his absolute best. I thought he won with his be game

:26:35. > :26:40.and that is to his credit. We normally call him the Hoover,

:26:40. > :26:45.cleaning up. He is a fantastic match player and a brilliant

:26:45. > :26:49.competitor and his game that day, tactically, was good enough to win.

:26:49. > :26:55.One player who has benefited from the way snooker has changed in the

:26:55. > :27:00.last couple of years is Stuart Bingham. Yes. He benefited because

:27:00. > :27:03.he put in hours and hours of graft. He never stopped loving the game,

:27:03. > :27:09.even when he didn't seem to be going anywhere and looked like he

:27:09. > :27:14.would settle for his lot. Paul of a sudden, he kept on fighting and now

:27:14. > :27:19.he is in a situation where he is in the Masters, in the top seats --

:27:19. > :27:22.top 16 in the world, and he's a different animal now. Watching him

:27:22. > :27:29.wandering around the venue, he looks different in the way he

:27:29. > :27:34.carries himself. A player of enormous confident. He should have.

:27:34. > :27:38.There will not be many people with a head to head Greta -- record

:27:38. > :27:43.better than his against Mark Selby. He can have confidence tonight.

:27:43. > :27:48.What might we see this evening? expect great matches. You never can

:27:48. > :27:53.tell. From Stuart's perspective, this is an area he's not been in as

:27:53. > :27:57.much but he has had plenty of practice in the Premier League. You

:27:57. > :28:03.expect Mark Selby to come out all guns blazing and win, but it is not

:28:03. > :28:12.as clear cut as that. Who might win? Any more questions? That is

:28:12. > :28:16.really tricky. Expect the unexpected. Thank you. Don't forget,