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A welcome to the last quarter-final match at this year's BetFair

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Masters. There is a decent crowd here despite the all weather and

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they are here to see Mark Selby and Mark Williams battle for the one

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remaining spot in the semi-finals. Both men will feel fortunate to be

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here having looked as if they would make their exit in the last round

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but they both produced a stunning Would you believe that?! Mark

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Williams, still with a lot to think That was a fantastic pot. Up

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beautifully played, and perfect on And a two-time champion booked his

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That is another good pot. He's having a ball at the moment! Stuart

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Bingham takes the frame and goes into a 5-1 lead. He has just gone

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off the ball in the last couple of He says, I told you I could do it!

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He was 5-1 down, he has won a five in a row to get himself into the

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The buzz word of this tournament has been comeback. A I don't think

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we have ever seen so many 6-5 results in the tournament's history,

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and so many top-class players pulling it out of the fire. And two

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players who will perhaps feel they have a second chance tonight.

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Because of the chance there is no real track record, there is no way

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of predicting he will be the winner of this match. If you were looking

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for a clue, perhaps the fact is that Mark Selby is the UK champion

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and has more career momentum as we speak, but Mark Williams has the

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Williams has a better head-to-head record against the man from

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So we're all set for what promises Thank you for. It is freezing cold

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outside but it is warming up nicely here, because it is Friday night,

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we are in Alexandra Palace and this is the very last session of snooker

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before semi- final Saturday here at the BetFair Masters. What a way to

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round off a Friday night! Please welcome, a player who first raised

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this tournament 18 years ago. Twice a winner in 1998 and 2003, a double

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world champion, a prolific ranking event winner, one of the best his

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country has ever produced. Ladies and gentlemen, here comes the Welsh

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potting machine, here comes Mark You have been around at the top for

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such a long time now. A gritty comeback against Matthew Stevens,

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you have got to be in it to win it? Yes, I didn't play very well in the

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first game, but it is a great crowd in tonight and I'm playing the

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number-one player in the world. If you can't get up for this, then you

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are struggling. Best of luck, ladies and gentlemen, Mark

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And his opponent, a player who has enjoyed some of his finest moments

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at the Masters. Twice a winner at Wembley. He produced a comeback

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worthy of a champion from 5-1 down on Wednesday. The reigning UK

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champion, the current world number one, he is at the the Jester from

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There is almost nothing to lose tonight, because of 5-1 down

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against Stuart, many people were thinking you're campaign was over.

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Yes go about to be fair, I didn't do much wrong, he played great, but

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from 5-1 I hit the next couple of frames and then I played well.

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was the mark of a champion, best of So here we go, the world No. 1 and

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two-time Masters champion, Mark Selby, against and another a two-

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time Masters winner, Mark Williams. A pair of fine Irishman awaiting do

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COMMENTATOR: A good evening to everyone watching the atmosphere in

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here, it is fantastic. A great So with the snow doesn't stop the

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And what a match which could be in for here. Yes, I must say I'm

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looking forward to this. A great atmosphere in here, they got a

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grade welcome as they came down that beautiful stairs. -- there is

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This is going close to the corner A bit of a loose one from Mark

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Williams to start off. Both players didn't really play well, it has to

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be said, in their first round matches. But both had great

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comebacks in the end. We commentated on the match between

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Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham, he made that remarkable comeback from

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a 5-1 down. And of course Mark I'm sure both players will not want

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to get off to the same start they got off to in their first round

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matches. You feel they could relax a bit now, because both of them

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could have been back home watching I suppose Mark Selby would be the

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firm favourite, but it is Mark Williams who has one -- won are

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five times against Mark Selby's three wins. As he said in his

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interview, if you can't get up for this match against the current UK

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I think they are two great players but they are also two players who

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can win with their B game, they still know how to win when they're

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not playing at their best. Absolutely, it is the mark of a top

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player. Mark Selby is already at the top of the tree, world number

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one, but Mark Williams has been Sometimes when you play in a

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tournament, and you have a match like both players did in the first

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round, it does inspire you. It gives you that little bit of a lift.

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It is something Mark Williams will hope will kick-start his season, he

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has been struggling of late. But talking to his friends last night,

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he has been playing superbly in practice. Just struggling Ronnie

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get out on the table, but I'm sure it is there, it is just a question

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Well, he caught that all wrong. He has done well to get the white back

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that far, because he wanted a far And nice, smooth pot there. The

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blue is off its spot so he is OK, he has got a red off its corner,

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the red goes straight in the centre The pink is tied up, he has got a

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bit of angle with this red but he still has a bit of work to do to

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get out for the black or blue as you can see from that angle. He

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might be able to cut the black in, but he is running away from the

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reds here, so that wasn't the best So in theory he would only get an

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He will be disappointed he is not going to make more from this

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opportunity. It looks like a very Looks as though he is taking this

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one on. I tell you what, he might be rather lucky here. Once he got

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the cannon he could have left a lot on. He might just be able to get

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through to cut the one into the middle pocket, but once he missed

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the pot and cannoned into the reds comedy would have thought he was

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going to put Mark Williams right in He was a little fortunate there,

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This was the attempt at the difficult pot but once he can and

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that red and the other reds, and freed the black, he could have left

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

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Just got to be careful of those two reds on the left-hand side of the

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Got to be careful that he does not He needs the green to come to his

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And it has. He held his hand up to apologise. He's trying to get the

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white tight on the baulk cushion and that was a bonus here. Yes, he

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was always afraid of four playing that red. It may go over this

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This is a bit risky. He could be leaving a red into this pocket here

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if he does not connect properly, Both are very, very clever players.

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You can't see a lot of evidence of that tonight and it's going to be

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hard for both players to carve out openings. They're big game is so

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good but there safety game, their knowledge of the angles around a

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table, it's going to be hard. To carve out an opening against each

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other. That last little shot Mark Selby played, he had to be

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absolutely spot-on with it because he could have left a red, but he

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played it beautifully. Let's show you it again. Look how he judged it,

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Might be able to take this pot on. There is a gap between the two reds

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near the black spot. If he pots He could not played that much

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better. I bet his heart skipped a few beats before that cue ball

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Has he got enough pace on that? I don't think it is going to reach

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but it is the escape, the sort of shot you know the angles

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automatically there. Just needs to Better pace this time. This looks

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 59 seconds

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Well, he's got a couple of half chances here. Straight red. The

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second red down from the pink does pot. Yes, the one in the circle is

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a free shot, isn't it? He is so good with a particular shot, isn't

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He got a little kiss off the red Nice friendly game, this is. Not as

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easy, this time, because the escape route the last time, the pack was

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intact. Now it is spread out so he has got to try to get to the red

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closest to the cushions. He's: offer four questions possibly.

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There is one. But there is two. There is three, there is four.

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There is the hit on the red for sub not what he intended but he will

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take that. If he might have left the pot but is there a colour

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available? He can get the potting angle to the left middle but if the

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black was near the pocket, he would take it on. I don't know if he can

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pot this and miss the cannon on the pink. If he could do, he could run

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up towards the blue and find that little gap there. He has done. Well

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played. So that last shot, Mark Selby didn't get away with it. He

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So plenty of reds available. But only the blue in a good spot at the

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He did not get into that, did he? He needed to get into that a little

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bit more. More top on the blue. I suppose, being a left-hander, if

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he drops the blue and has the one to the right of the little group of

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It might come down the right-hand side of the table, to the right of

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the pink. It is in open play. He would love to get on that. This

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looks just about perfect. I'm almost sure this pink goes into the

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He is one of the best in the business, when the balls are a

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little awkward. He seems to keep pulling pots out and can make

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breaks from positions where it just does not look on. He might just try

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to free the pink here with a little cannon. He wanted to hit it full

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ball. He has lost height. He could still pot one to the right of the

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That is the one I thought he could pot but he has taken the one near

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He would have loved to have been straighter on the blue. If you are

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a left-hander, it is more straightforward. The black is not

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That is a poor shot. He will be disappointed. A good chance for

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Yes, I expected him to get that. And that would have, more or less,

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given him the frame, you would have And now the chance is there for

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Mark Selby to get right back into this opening frame. The only colour

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He has not played the best shot. This black is quite tricky on the

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cushion. He has got to inject a bit He has played it well. Played it

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very well. That was a really good Both players making mistakes. That

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was a much easier pot than there one Mark missed. I think he took

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his eye off the pot there, concentrating getting on the black.

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And because it was a little bit tighter there, he had to get the

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white in the correct position to Doesn't want to land behind the

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green here. Just about OK. Brown will get him up to the reds. The

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blue is an easier pot but he has got a lot further to travel from

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the blue. Brown is much better. He has missed it again. Can you

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believe it? So both players looking a little anxious here in this

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opening frame. That is two clear- cut chances that Mark Williams has

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thrown away. I don't know if he got a heavy contact there. The cue ball

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is being cleaned. Well, maybe he It usually would straighten up and

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go the other side of the pocket if He has got a chance to get back in

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He did have a little look earlier. He would love to leave the cue ball

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potting the pink in the same position it's in now because it

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would give him a lovely angle on the red to take out the next red

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which is not really close but it There is still plenty of room

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behind the red, but he did have a look at leaving that possible angle.

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Yes, he has got a margin for error here, if he stands in behind the

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red he can leave it for the middle awful the corner, so he has got a

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But he wants an angle on the colour to be able to get up for the

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difficult yellow. If he doesn't get far enough up the table, look at

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the brown and blue, he would be So it is a thin black to get him

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back up to the yellow. So he can go off a couple of cushions or

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straight up and down the table, depends how he feels. The only

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problem is, if he comes off top cushion and right hand side cushion,

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he has got to avoid the contact on the green. He's may be better off

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coming off one cushion. That is what he is looking at now. If he

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comes straight up, off the top cushion, he has got to come up

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almost in a straight line. He's just going to play a snooker, this

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He could have potted the black and gone right up that line and left

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the yellow, but decided to play the Not sure if he has got enough angle

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to pot this, screw across it to spin it towards the green. Looks as

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We have had lots of misses in this tense opening tussle between these

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It is a bit of a nervy start from both players. Though important to

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get that first frame on the board, the first frame of the match. Not

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sure if he can play it half ball. Bring the yellow up. Trend get the

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cue ball behind the black. -- try A big target now behind the black

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He didn't want to risk it. The only problem with that shot is you're

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giving the advantage to your opponent. He could be in a lot of

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As I said, a huge target behind the But he has gone the other way and

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put the cue ball in a perfect position. That is a great shot.

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That was the only problem, playing a containing safety shot, in his

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Even if he swerves this, he still And the one cushion get out order

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to cushion get that -- get out that he is looking at, they are all

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He's going to have to bend it quite a bit to get round both the black

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and the -- brown and the blue. No matter how good you wire at

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escaping from snookers, you need a bit of good fortune to knock this

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You just go to hit it and hope for the best. -- you have just got to.

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That is a little bit straight, so he can't leave the green for the

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And the pot, no use to Mark Selby here, because the green will not

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pass the blue. He tried to leave the green for the middle, or corner

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pocket, but... Just wondering, trying to pot this yellow into the

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top right-hand corner pocket, try and screw back into the opposite

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I wonder if he will play cushion first here. Trend leave the cue

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ball exactly where the yellow was. He played the same type of shot

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previously, but it was a little bit easier. He still can do that, he

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This frame, coming up to the half Is that going to reach? I don't

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think so. A because he wants to just land on it, if he clipped it

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on the left-hand side, as we look He has got the line right, but he

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doesn't want to hit it with any pace, so quick light at the

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scoreboard. -- a quick glance. 19, It is one of those situations where

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the extra eight. Doesn't really make much of a different, because

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of the position of the balls, you would expect either player to win

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the frame. Another good shot from This is just the evidence... He

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knows his way around the table. there is enough room to slip round

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the back of this yellow, he would Mark Williams needs a yellow and he

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needs the green to leave Mark Selby needing a snooker. Not a good angle

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here to take the pot on and try and get on the green, he is looking at

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It was never going to be easy to get on the green. But I'm just

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wondering here, if he played two shots in one, he could take the

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double in the green and screw into the brown. He could play a straight

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forward snooker, but I am wondering if he will play two shots in a one

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he and attempt the double and a snooker. Might be worth the risk,

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that. This is what he has done. Hasn't got the double, but has got

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Needed to run just another six or so inches to be safe here. Maybe

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worth taking this pot on for Mark I thought he would have just rolled

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it, it is more difficult when you play it the way he did, because he

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only needed the green. As it has turned out, it is not that bad but

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he could have stuck the green up. I thought he could have played it

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plain ball, he is so good at that There was a possibility of getting

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a snooker here, he could send the green up and down the table and

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from the white up and down towards the black. He'd usually pretty good

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at that type of shot. You have got to keep the object ball safe as

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He can't really risks sending this around the angles, because if he

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plays it as if he was trying to double the green into the right

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hand pocket, he could cannon into the brown, so he has to be careful

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here. That is why he has gone the way he has and he has played it

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And there is another one. Very well Not a lot to separate these two in

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I bet they were both good at hiding Sikh! Well, he hasn't he did green

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this time. -- hit the green. He missed that pink, so a key shot

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But he has played it well. I think we could be in very long opening

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frame. Neither player wants to take a risk here, because

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psychologically, it is a good frame Good shot. Just gone past the

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middle pocket. If he's going to take it on, it's going to be into

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the corner pocket. It is a tough one. Well, he can't take this one

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on. The one he refused was easier A chance here to possibly get a

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snooker behind the brown and double He has played it well. He has

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Perfect picture there of the swerve Amazing how he got between the

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green and black into the pocket there. He can only tie now, so as

:45:26.:45:36.
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Amazing how he missed the black and the green and found the pocket.

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referee can't call a miss because he can only time now. -- tie now.

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Every possibility of starting as much now with a re- spotted black,

:45:53.:46:03.
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it's on the cards. Mark won't be Clever shot from Mark Selby. Got to

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the green in the middle of the table but the blue is blocking the

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Could be in trouble here, Mark. The green up into the middle of the

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baulk cushion. The cue ball behind Yes, you see, when you are close to

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the cushion, it a little bit more difficult. It may have been a free

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ball as well. Well, that's a double whammy. He couldn't actually have

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called a miss there because he's 25 points ahead. The referee should

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not have called a miss because this 25 points left on the table. He has

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called a free ball so he shouldn't go behind the pink but he could

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It's definitely worth taking the blue, surely, try to cut to the

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blue in, miss the middle pocket on the left-hand side and try to get

:48:04.:48:10.

up close to the green. Or get the green off the cushion. The angle is

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certainly there. It might just be a little bit short. It looks a bit

:48:18.:48:28.
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This is a big pocket, isn't it, Dennis? This is a big chance for

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Mark Selby. This blue is helping his cause here. Makes his pot a lot

:48:56.:49:06.
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Purposely didn't play the direct pot. Off the cushion was so much

:49:17.:49:27.
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OK, it's the opening frame. The best of 11. But, from a

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psychological point of view, this is going to hurt Mark Williams

:49:37.:49:47.
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because he had two or three chances This should not be a problem

:49:48.:49:58.
:49:58.:50:08.

So both players are a little bit edgy in this opening frame. Both Mr

:50:08.:50:18.
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The longest frame of this match but Mark Selby, he will be delighted to

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have taken it in the end. He leads 42.5 minutes for what opening frame.

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Although it may not have looked to be a fluent one, Steve, it was

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definitely one of great safety play. High-calibre safety, tactics and

:50:36.:50:40.

years of experience went into so many of those shots towards the end.

:50:40.:50:44.

They were both playing cat-and- mouse to force a good opening from

:50:44.:50:47.

their opponent. It didn't come for a long period of time but the

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safety was unbelievable. In the early part of the frame, Mark

:50:51.:50:56.

Williams looked good and then he fell down. It was not clear cut who

:50:56.:51:01.

have the dominance but, in the end, so many clever shot. In the end,

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Mark Selby turn down a couple of 50-50 chances in preference for a

:51:06.:51:11.

safety shot in order to get a better leave from his opponent, and

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finally he got one. A great shot off the blue. But he still cleared

:51:18.:51:22.

up well, potted the brown. Marvellous frame of snooker. Not

:51:22.:51:27.

quick snooker, by any means, but that was fascinating. You mentioned

:51:27.:51:32.

Mark Selby and the fact he took a long time before he decided to go

:51:32.:51:36.

for it. That is the sort of thing which comes from experience and

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that's what we have got. It's also conference in your own ability

:51:41.:51:45.

because anybody can go for every 50-50 ball and Gamble but actually,

:51:45.:51:49.

you realise there's times to gamble and not to gamble, and the first

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frame against equality opponent is not the time to gamble. If both

:51:55.:51:58.

players are getting each other in snooker's, there's an element of

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luck and when you escape from the snooker, where it's going to end up

:52:03.:52:06.

but is also an element of skill playing an escape at the right

:52:06.:52:12.

speed, so you can maximise your chances of sticking your opponent

:52:12.:52:16.

up and a general, great standard. Mark Williams looking more fluent

:52:16.:52:21.

at the start of the match. Then falling apart. He struggled earlier

:52:21.:52:25.

on against Matthew Stevens. I think they both look in great form. Even

:52:25.:52:29.

though it may not be obvious from that particular frame, I think it's

:52:29.:52:39.
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COMMENTATOR: Well, let's see if he can knock this long one in. It's a

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free shot, the only one he could Nicely on the black. The red he

:53:01.:53:11.
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attended has gone into the bunch Two ways of playing the safety shot,

:53:28.:53:33.

thin of the pack or thick off all the pack, open them up a bit more,

:53:33.:53:38.

make sure you get a good cue ball. It just depends how you feel. It is

:53:38.:53:48.
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But he has not cover this red which That was a very good shot and an

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interesting choice there. He missed a similar blue in the opening frame.

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Plus the fact the yellow was there much more difficult pot in a better

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position. Purposely played for the yellow here. Trying to split the

:54:45.:54:55.
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It is a nice but, he has been a bit unlucky not to free the cue ball

:55:01.:55:11.
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Could have been a lot kinder for him, offered the yellow, knocking

:55:34.:55:44.
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Yes, he was unlucky when he tried to split the pack. Played exactly

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the same sort of shot and got a slightly different result but, on

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that occasion, it did not work out and it knocked the black safe. Very

:55:57.:56:07.
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It just ran up a little bit far, for this blue. The blue is a bit

:56:36.:56:40.

easier to go in off the bunch but the only problem is, if for the

:56:40.:56:43.

pink was tighter to the reds, this would be a lot easier from the blue.

:56:44.:56:48.

The fact that it is a few inches away from the reds makes it a

:56:48.:56:58.
:56:58.:56:58.

little bit more difficult, so Not too bad. Is that red in the

:56:58.:57:03.

middle of the bunch? Would it go? He is walking around to have a look

:57:03.:57:13.
:57:13.:57:18.

And this time, Mark knocked the pink on the other side of the table

:57:18.:57:28.
:57:28.:57:42.

so the split from both players was So, at the moment, he's only got

:57:43.:57:52.
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the blue and the baulk colours to There are two reds. I'm not sure if

:58:02.:58:06.

there is a plant. It's gone slightly to the right of the pocket.

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The red just to the left of his arm, A long way to go in this match. We

:58:20.:58:24.

could be in the saddle for while this evening, the way that opening

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RISHI PERSAD: A high quality match in progress but I'm afraid we've

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got to go for now. However, Mark Selby and Mark Williams will

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continue their quarter-final battle and you can followed online or

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