Day 2

:01:09. > :01:16.Yes, the fast cars, the flamboyant fashion sense and the fabulous

:01:17. > :01:26.shotmaking. We can only be talking about Judd Trump. He is in Alexandra

:01:27. > :01:29.Palace today. We will see his first-round match against Marco Fu

:01:30. > :01:35.live on the second day of the Dafabet Masters. Opening day was a

:01:36. > :01:39.surprise. Defending champion Mark Selby went from cruise control to

:01:40. > :01:52.full blown scramble against Mark Davis. This is what happened.

:01:53. > :02:18.He would look elegant in a bin liner. That looks good to me. Mark

:02:19. > :02:23.Selby has won all four frames. I took my chance well. I seemed to

:02:24. > :02:35.control the match to go in front, which I was happy with.

:02:36. > :02:45.Well done, Mark Davis. He keeps his hopes alive.

:02:46. > :02:53.The first century in the UK Masters this year. A fabulous clearance from

:02:54. > :02:59.the likeable Mark Davis. He is still behind.

:03:00. > :03:06.I was proud of myself for coming back the way I did. From 4-0 down is

:03:07. > :03:12.a long way back. It is a mountain to climb against Mark.

:03:13. > :03:19.What a comeback for Mark Davis. We have got a one frame shoot out.

:03:20. > :03:22.The tension seems to reverse and the pressure seems to reverse a little

:03:23. > :03:26.bit. At one stage I was looking as though I was coasting. Then Mark

:03:27. > :03:37.came back and then he had a chance to win.

:03:38. > :03:44.It will be a very relieved Mark Selby. A great opening first-round

:03:45. > :03:50.match. At the end of the day you either win

:03:51. > :03:54.or you lose. To go out in the first round would

:03:55. > :03:57.have been disappointing, especially being 4-0 in front. But I am through

:03:58. > :04:09.to the next round. Dare I say it, but that was a game

:04:10. > :04:14.of two halves? It was! It nearly went into extra time. It so often

:04:15. > :04:20.happens. You are leading 4-0 at the interval, the other guy gets a new

:04:21. > :04:28.lease of life and suddenly you are on the back foot. Perhaps Mark Davis

:04:29. > :04:32.relaxed a bit after the interval? When you are that far behind,

:04:33. > :04:35.sometimes you loosen up a little bit. You start to play quicker. You

:04:36. > :04:42.feel like the game has gone from you. You sort of throw caution to

:04:43. > :04:46.the wind a little bit. He made that wonderful 136 break and that got him

:04:47. > :04:54.going. The pressure got to Mark Selby. It was quite exciting. Mark

:04:55. > :05:00.Selby had to restart the engines and he did it well? He did. He has great

:05:01. > :05:05.survival instinct. He has a great match player. He just about scraped

:05:06. > :05:09.over the line. Last night, John Higgins took

:05:10. > :05:15.control of his match against Stuart Bingham. For breaks over 50. He has

:05:16. > :05:21.been tinkering with queues in turmoil over the last six months.

:05:22. > :05:29.Using his third cue of the season, definite signs of improvement.

:05:30. > :05:32.When you have not won any decent matters, you begin to get the nerves

:05:33. > :05:37.a little bit. I'm happy enough. I played a lot better -- a lot better

:05:38. > :05:42.than I have been doing in recent months. That is the pleasing thing.

:05:43. > :05:50.Maybe I over tried. I have been playing well in the ranking events.

:05:51. > :05:55.I came into this on a bit of form. Maybe the Christmas break did me no

:05:56. > :06:03.good, really. My Nan was in the crowd tonight and she couldn't beat

:06:04. > :06:07.me! If you were to win, you would

:06:08. > :06:12.probably have to beat Selby and then another strong favourite. I have

:06:13. > :06:13.only won one match. A long way to go.

:06:14. > :06:55.The draw looks like this. We are positively bounding into our

:06:56. > :07:00.second afternoon here at Ally Pally. A venue that has proved so popular

:07:01. > :07:04.among all of the players and the spectators in the last couple of

:07:05. > :07:09.years. Not that Marco Fu would know something about that. We have not

:07:10. > :07:13.seen Marco in the Masters since he reached the final in 2011. The

:07:14. > :07:24.mercurial Marco remains something of an enigma.

:07:25. > :07:29.Marco probably lacks a little bit of self belief. He burst onto the scene

:07:30. > :07:32.in his first season and got into the final of the UK Championship.

:07:33. > :07:36.Everybody thought he was a rising star from the East who would go to

:07:37. > :07:40.the top. Then he suddenly disappeared for a while. He has got

:07:41. > :07:45.to get that self belief because he has certainly got the talent. Marco

:07:46. > :07:50.is blessed with exceptional temperament. Not got the greatest of

:07:51. > :07:55.ability. He has hot streaks. When he is hot, he is very hard. When he is

:07:56. > :08:01.not, you get speed very consistently. I have great respect

:08:02. > :08:04.for the overseas players. To live out of a suitcase, and Marco has

:08:05. > :08:09.been doing that for many, many years, it is not easy. But now he is

:08:10. > :08:16.married, he is settled, he is living in England, and I think is game will

:08:17. > :08:23.improve. Marco Fu has a very unique technique. There is no real cue

:08:24. > :08:31.action. He points out the cue ball. He does not federate. His head moves

:08:32. > :08:35.slightly. When he delivers the queue, it goes through in a straight

:08:36. > :08:40.line. It is certainly a technique all of his own. The reason he goes

:08:41. > :08:46.in and out of form is because of the cue action. He must pass to further

:08:47. > :08:52.the ball a few more times and then he can be more consistent. One of

:08:53. > :08:58.the nicest players on the circuit. Always there to sign an autograph.

:08:59. > :09:02.He is one of nature's nice guys. He deserves every credit. He is an

:09:03. > :09:10.absolute credit to the game. And on parade with me very shortly,

:09:11. > :09:12.I will be talking to the likes of two former world champions. Judd

:09:13. > :09:18.Trump would love to be a world champion. He has largely had a

:09:19. > :09:24.season to forget so far. The oath the New Year will bring him some

:09:25. > :09:29.fresh impetus. -- he is hoping the New Year will bring him some fresh

:09:30. > :09:35.impetus. I have got to world champions here. Ken Doherty and

:09:36. > :09:40.Steve Davis. Ken, a pretty average season for Judd Trump so far. He has

:09:41. > :09:48.not been beyond the top 16 stage in any major event. Quite incredible,

:09:49. > :09:51.that statistic. We have all gone through confidence breaches.

:09:52. > :09:55.Certainly his confidence is pretty low. He does not seem to be scoring

:09:56. > :09:58.as much as he has done in previous years. He was a whisker away from

:09:59. > :10:07.winning the world championship. That would have changed from completely.

:10:08. > :10:11.He has done well in recent seasons. He needs a kick-start. He is like a

:10:12. > :10:16.few players in the top 16. He needs a really good run in a tournament

:10:17. > :10:19.like this. These are the type of tournaments that appeal to Judd

:10:20. > :10:25.Trump. Big crowds, TV, lots of attention. He loves the limelight.

:10:26. > :10:28.He loves to shine in this type of arena. Hopefully that will inspire

:10:29. > :10:33.him. We would love to see him return to the way he played. He is a great

:10:34. > :10:38.entertainer with fantastic ability and always plays entertaining shots

:10:39. > :10:44.for the crowd. He warmed up well in Essex last week. He made for big

:10:45. > :10:49.centuries. You just feel he is may be due a good run? Yes. It doesn't

:10:50. > :10:55.take much for a player to turn the corner. Judd Trump's style, when he

:10:56. > :11:03.came first of all, was pretty daredevil stuff. That is a tightrope

:11:04. > :11:09.to walk. One minute is very attacking and the next minute it is

:11:10. > :11:15.almost suicidal. It is easy to be the style of Marco Fu to have a more

:11:16. > :11:20.consistent season. Judd Trump will somewhere down the line mature into

:11:21. > :11:25.the winner that we know we will be. He is the best of his era in his age

:11:26. > :11:31.group. Somewhere down the line everything will fall into place.

:11:32. > :11:34.Marco Fu, winner of the Australian Open earlier this season. A

:11:35. > :11:39.fantastic achievement for him. Another two finals within ten

:11:40. > :11:43.months. He has a great 2013. It was topped off by that really

:11:44. > :11:51.embarrassing victory to an amateur in the UK Championship. That is the

:11:52. > :11:54.funny thing about Marco. Sometimes he can win a tournament and in the

:11:55. > :12:00.next tournament he can go out in the first round. The two styles of play

:12:01. > :12:05.here, poles apart. That is what will make today a fascinating contest.

:12:06. > :12:10.Which Marco Fu will turn up? We don't know. When he is honoured, he

:12:11. > :12:18.is a handful for anybody. He has a fantastic all-round game. A dominant

:12:19. > :12:23.record for Judd Trump against Marco Fu. After a couple of weeks at the

:12:24. > :12:29.darts, it is about snooker at last for our MC, Rob Walker.

:12:30. > :12:32.Thank you. What a way to spend a Monday afternoon in January. Forget

:12:33. > :12:39.about work, sit back, relax and enjoy! This is the Dafabet Masters.

:12:40. > :12:47.We have two of the best players in the world ready to entertain you.

:12:48. > :12:52.Please welcome a player whose rise back up the ranking brings his first

:12:53. > :12:57.appearance at the UK Masters for three years. Runner-up at Wembley in

:12:58. > :13:00.2011, Australian open champion, back among the word's top ten. From Hong

:13:01. > :13:33.Kong, Marco Fu! Marco, a warm reception. Your first

:13:34. > :13:39.appearance at Ally Pally and a fresh stage to perform on tee Yes, it is

:13:40. > :13:44.nice to be back. It is sad to have to miss two years in a row. Really

:13:45. > :13:46.looking forward to this year's championship. He is back. Ladies and

:13:47. > :14:00.gentlemen, Marco Fu! And his opponent, one of the most

:14:01. > :14:06.exciting young players on the circuit. Winner of the China open

:14:07. > :14:11.and the UK Championship in 2011. Semifinalist here two years ago,

:14:12. > :14:15.Heery comes with his own brand of naughty snooker, the pride of

:14:16. > :14:37.Bristol, the ace in the pack, Judd Trump!

:14:38. > :14:42.Jud, another great round of applause for you. You have been involved in

:14:43. > :14:50.some epic Masters matches and this could be another? I hope so. A man

:14:51. > :14:58.of few words. He is clearly ready, Judd Trump!

:14:59. > :15:02.So everybody is ready. It is time to join our commentators on the 13th of

:15:03. > :15:07.January, a significant day for the man alongside John Virgo. Yes,

:15:08. > :15:09.Stephen Hendry is another year older today. I will say no more than that

:15:10. > :15:14.except to say happy birthday, Stephen.

:15:15. > :15:30.Yes, he is trying to keep it quiet. So, Judd Trump gets this first-round

:15:31. > :15:39.match underway. And a good length with the cue ball. He has got to

:15:40. > :15:52.start producing now, Judd. He is the best of his era. He has got to start

:15:53. > :15:55.proving it on the table. When he lost in the World Championship final

:15:56. > :16:00.two John Higgins, you thought it was going to be the start of something

:16:01. > :16:03.big but it has not materialised. He has got one of the toughest

:16:04. > :16:14.competitors on the circuit, when he is on his game, in Marco Fu?

:16:15. > :16:21.Absolutely. As the boys were saying in the studio, he is either a world

:16:22. > :16:26.beater or you just do not from him. Tremendous scorer when he is playing

:16:27. > :16:35.well, Marco Fu. Fantastic in among the pink and the black. I agree with

:16:36. > :16:38.you talking about Judd. This is one of the tournaments you have to win

:16:39. > :16:44.if you think you are among the best in the world. He did not play the

:16:45. > :17:02.best safety shot there, Judd Trump. Marco Fu has left a red to the far

:17:03. > :17:06.right corner. He would not have to do much with the cue ball to get

:17:07. > :17:32.position on the black. The first frame, the first points,

:17:33. > :17:37.always a secular. -- always good to settle. He played it nicely. He did

:17:38. > :17:41.not have to do anything with the cue ball. What can he make of this

:17:42. > :18:12.opportunity? Is amazing, the red that Marco

:18:13. > :18:16.missed. It is amazing how its dense the confidence a little bit. These

:18:17. > :18:23.are parts that professionals expect to get.

:18:24. > :18:35.Yes, you can bet your life that on the practice table he was practising

:18:36. > :18:38.that type of shot. But he missed it on the big stage. It could be very

:18:39. > :18:53.costly. Very soon Judd will be thinking of a

:18:54. > :18:56.way to get an angle on the collar. -- the collar. The banks but is not

:18:57. > :19:16.available. Judd is looking for an angle on the

:19:17. > :19:20.blue. He will be disappointed. He will have to play for the one open

:19:21. > :19:34.red now. He should have had more angle on the blue than this. He is a

:19:35. > :19:35.bit straight on this red. It will not be easy to get a good angle on

:19:36. > :20:18.the blue. Top spin on the cue ball. He has

:20:19. > :20:27.gone into the red is absolutely superbly. They could not have opened

:20:28. > :20:38.any better. A good shot. It is important to miss the pink

:20:39. > :21:31.when he went into the pack. Oh, so careless. So very, very

:21:32. > :21:35.careless. He was absolutely perfect on the red. He must've been thinking

:21:36. > :21:47.about the next shot. I was going to say, John, how

:21:48. > :21:59.composed it looks around the table. And then he does that. If you do not

:22:00. > :22:32.focus on the shot, you put a tiny bit of side on. It is easily done.

:22:33. > :22:45.I can't believe he actually played for this. He will be just glad to be

:22:46. > :22:49.at the table, Marco. I am sure when Judd broke the balls as he did, he

:22:50. > :23:26.would have thought, frame over. He played that well.

:23:27. > :23:51.Back-up for the blue. No problem. Absolutely perfect.

:23:52. > :24:12.I don't know if the pink pots to the corner. I don't think it does.

:24:13. > :24:59.He has just let that cue ball drift a few inches too far.

:25:00. > :25:08.He dropped that in dead weight. But once again, he is not perfect. So

:25:09. > :25:17.Judd Trump may see a chance to get back to the table.

:25:18. > :25:25.Not there. Now, has he covered the red over the corner? That is what

:25:26. > :25:35.Marco will be looking at. I don't think he has. No. Judd can clearly

:25:36. > :25:48.get through to this red. So he has still got a 13 point lead, has Judd.

:25:49. > :25:53.It is straight and he is just a bit concerned. The one thing he does not

:25:54. > :25:57.want to do here is pinch a little bit of the pocket and missed the

:25:58. > :26:02.red. He can screw back. He has got plenty of few power. -- plenty of

:26:03. > :26:54.cute power. Do not miss the pot. The lead is 28 points, 35 leading.

:26:55. > :27:22.-- remaining. Frame ball missed! He will be disappointed to miss

:27:23. > :27:41.that. He played it nicely. Absolutely inch

:27:42. > :27:42.perfect on the black. Marco Fu is the new favourite for this frame

:27:43. > :28:04.now. He has overhead that. Can he get

:28:05. > :28:14.past the brown? -- he has overheated.

:28:15. > :28:23.He played that nicely. Just chose to make sure the pot was a little bit

:28:24. > :28:43.further away from the green. Four remaining colour is needed.

:28:44. > :28:52.This will be a bit of a blow to the confidence of Judd Trump. He has had

:28:53. > :28:57.two good chances to win this first frame. That is perfect on the blue.

:28:58. > :29:15.He could not have put it better with his hand. Inch perfect on the pink.

:29:16. > :29:27.Black for the first frame. And in eight goes! That will be a blow for

:29:28. > :29:32.Judd Trump. It looked as though he was going to win the frame. Marco

:29:33. > :29:37.had a chance, missed, Judd Trump was in again. But he missed a vital

:29:38. > :29:43.frame ball red. Marco Fu takes the first frame. And Marco looks as if

:29:44. > :29:50.he is in position to take advantage of any mistakes. Very unusual we

:29:51. > :29:56.have seen two cracking mistakes from Judd Trump? Yes, it could be

:29:57. > :30:03.carelessness. Every now and again you mishit a ball. He looked so

:30:04. > :30:10.good, didn't eat Ken? Yes. That was the frame ball. You're concentrating

:30:11. > :30:13.just on the red. He should not be thinking of position. You don't

:30:14. > :30:21.expect him to miss that. As the lads in commentary said, they are solar

:30:22. > :30:27.plexus blows to your confidence. He had the frame at his mercy twice. I

:30:28. > :30:31.guess it is how it affects him. He is quoted this week as saying that

:30:32. > :30:35.he admires somebody like Mark Selby you can put mistakes behind him and

:30:36. > :30:40.crack on with things. He does not seem to be able to achieve that? No.

:30:41. > :30:46.If that is the case, he should not make mistakes. He has got himself up

:30:47. > :30:50.for the match. He has got off to a flying start. He built himself a

:30:51. > :30:54.frame winning opportunity. It looked as if he had done the hard work. You

:30:55. > :31:01.still have to concentrate on the easy ones. That in itself is an art

:31:02. > :31:26.form. It is indeed. He starts from one behind now.

:31:27. > :32:00.A little bit unfortunate. Hoping to be on a ball colour there.

:32:01. > :32:08.Judd has taken a blow there. He used to go for everything, but he's

:32:09. > :32:14.certainly learnt a few lessons over the last season or two, that us just

:32:15. > :32:18.can't pot everything. The two balls he's missed in there, it cost him

:32:19. > :32:51.the first frame. This is definitely one he would have

:32:52. > :33:04.taken on even last season, but he's giving it thought.

:33:05. > :33:19.He went for it and missed it. To me, that red was more difficult than the

:33:20. > :33:21.blue. The blue was on the table. It was a shot that few would expect to

:33:22. > :33:40.get. You are striking down like that, and

:33:41. > :33:42.particularly it's a very acute angle, then you've got to be so

:33:43. > :34:22.accurate. Here's the shot. I know it's risky,

:34:23. > :34:26.but the natural game is to attack. If he makes himself play defensive I

:34:27. > :34:31.think it affects his confidence and his game.

:34:32. > :34:37.Fair comment and maybe if he had won the first frame, like he should have

:34:38. > :34:51.done, maybe he would have thought about the blue.

:34:52. > :34:57.He couldn't have played that any better than that. One in there in

:34:58. > :35:01.the corner. He would have been you cannily why if he didn't. -- unlucky

:35:02. > :35:16.if he didn't. What a chance this is. One of the arts is mentioned in the

:35:17. > :35:21.studio as we watch that split again, it's don't miss easy shots.

:35:22. > :35:25.If you don't miss the easy pots, particularly when you're in, you

:35:26. > :35:40.won't lose many frames. I can't believe he missed that. I

:35:41. > :35:46.don't know why he's hit that. That wasn't in -- was into a blind

:35:47. > :35:50.pocket. Possibly forgivable, but one we expected him to get. He needs to

:35:51. > :35:53.make the most of this opportunity. Clear leer straightaway, he's missed

:35:54. > :36:46.the cannon that he played. He does need to win this though, to

:36:47. > :36:53.erase the memory of the first frame. Won't be happy with that positional

:36:54. > :36:57.shot. Ham pered by the red near the cushion -- hampered by the red near

:36:58. > :37:29.the cushion, so it makes it more awkward. Striking down.

:37:30. > :37:36.Was he trying to pinch a bit of the pocket there to avoid the cannon on

:37:37. > :37:38.the red? I don't know. Whatever happened, he maybe just hit across

:37:39. > :37:45.it slightly. He has a bit of body movement there

:37:46. > :38:09.and tremendous cue power, so doesn't need to use the body.

:38:10. > :38:20.Let's look at that shot again. He just had a slight move on the head,

:38:21. > :38:22.but probably brought on by the first frame. He's had a couple of misses

:38:23. > :39:26.and it sticks in your head and... He has a short cue action and

:39:27. > :39:29.doesn't possess a lot of cue power, so having to run the cue ball up and

:39:30. > :39:32.down the table, it's not the easiest thing for him.

:39:33. > :40:19.It's the perfect cue action if you wanted one, from when you're in and

:40:20. > :40:20.around the black and pink areas, like Stephen mentioned at the start

:40:21. > :40:32.of this match. It's very economical. Nothing can go

:40:33. > :40:36.wrong, really. It's just the long game that's perhaps his weakness,

:40:37. > :41:01.consistently missing long balls probably.

:41:02. > :41:07.This black will put him one in front, so he's going to need the

:41:08. > :41:08.four remaining reds, so it's not going to be easy to win the frame at

:41:09. > :41:18.this visit. If he's dead straight on this red,

:41:19. > :41:57.tradition going to be awkward. He certainly played that one with

:41:58. > :41:58.plenty of action on the cue ball. All he needs is another good shot

:41:59. > :42:33.now to keep it going. He did play the red on the far left.

:42:34. > :42:37.It's the only one he can play, the one he's leaving, so if he fancied

:42:38. > :42:59.the long, straight red, I won't blame him.

:43:00. > :44:58.Sometimes in these type of situations patience is what can

:44:59. > :45:10.stand you in good stead and of the two, I favour Marco more than Judd.

:45:11. > :45:15.An important facet of this match is how trump copes with the tactical

:45:16. > :45:49.side and that's an excellent shot. That's what they do on mast of the

:45:50. > :45:55.day. Look at all that space in the shaded area. There you go, he's

:45:56. > :46:01.snookered on all reds -- Match of the Day. Look at the space in the

:46:02. > :46:04.shaded area. There you go, he's snookered on all reds.

:46:05. > :46:12.Oh, well, that's unlucky. He wanted to hit the red and send it up the

:46:13. > :46:15.table, but to catch it that thin and going off, he can consider himself

:46:16. > :46:21.very unfortunate there. You could have a thousand attempts

:46:22. > :47:00.on that and you wouldn't do it again.

:47:01. > :47:07.I think it's value trying to move the red away from the cushion. He's

:47:08. > :47:11.need it to win the frame. Tsh he'll need it to win -- he'll need it to

:47:12. > :47:13.win the frame. Couldn't have played it any better than that. A chance to

:47:14. > :47:50.win the frame. He can go ten in front and then the

:47:51. > :47:55.yellow, green and brown. One of them with a colour.

:47:56. > :48:04.Then the three ball colours and he won't need the blue to finish the

:48:05. > :48:31.frame. He'll be well past the number of snookers required.

:48:32. > :49:02.That would leave his opponent needing a snooker to tie.

:49:03. > :49:22.There you see it, 23 ahead. 18 remaining.

:49:23. > :49:33.It must be said, Marco Fu is unlucky when he got out of the snooker, but

:49:34. > :49:39.he had his chance earlier to maybe clinch the frame.

:49:40. > :49:46.One snooker, not the tallest order and has done quite well there. At

:49:47. > :49:47.this level, it's not only the snooker, but you have to make it

:49:48. > :50:11.very difficult to hit. He'll want to get in off two

:50:12. > :50:17.cushions here and get right in behind the blue. Knocking it over

:50:18. > :50:21.the corner. I think that's end of frame. It will be a relieved Judd

:50:22. > :50:51.Trump. Well, just a little bit of an

:50:52. > :50:57.exhibition shot. He'll be mightily relieved. Still not without a

:50:58. > :51:04.mistake or two, but Marco Fu unlucky when it went in off the red. It's

:51:05. > :51:08.one apiece. There was a time in that frame, Stephen, when Marco was on 39

:51:09. > :51:13.and I said at the time, it's difficult, but there was a red on

:51:14. > :51:18.the Baulk Line, which if you could just explain the value in going for

:51:19. > :51:24.it. As you say, it's the only red he can leave, but he's made 39, so he's

:51:25. > :51:29.feeling comfortable, so why not take it on? It's difficult if Judd's just

:51:30. > :51:32.missed, but you pot that red and you stun the white. If you pot it,

:51:33. > :51:37.you're perfect on the yellow to cannon the brown and it's a free

:51:38. > :51:43.opportunity. Very surprised. In the end, he decided to, if you like,

:51:44. > :51:48.take the easy way out. OK, good safety. But sometimes you just have

:51:49. > :51:58.to grasp the nettle and you got the feeling there that Marco just ducked

:51:59. > :52:01.the issue and if pots the red then you're automatically on the yellow

:52:02. > :52:06.and then he was unlucky, but Judd played a marvellous shot. Off the

:52:07. > :52:10.green. This green here. Got to be very careful with the cannons,

:52:11. > :52:14.because you can knock the red away in the cushion, but he hit it

:52:15. > :52:19.absolutely perfect and knocked it on to the middle. Perfect timing on the

:52:20. > :52:24.green, because even if he missed the cannon on the red, he would have the

:52:25. > :52:30.other red. A lot of times you can knock the red past the middle

:52:31. > :52:46.pocket. Again, as you say, he'll be relieved it's one each.

:52:47. > :52:52.I always believe that to player really settles until he gets his

:52:53. > :52:55.first frame on the scoreboard. They've both had one and both

:52:56. > :53:00.missed. Probably Judd has missed more than Marco at the moment. But

:53:01. > :53:48.all set fair now for a good match. Shouldn't be a problem for Marco to

:53:49. > :54:13.rest into the bunch here. Well, he put too much weight in

:54:14. > :54:20.there? Has he left the red for the middle? He has.

:54:21. > :54:45.Heavy contact to stop the cue ball going throw as he would have liked.

:54:46. > :54:47.He can't play the pink. He will able to hold nicely for the red, same

:54:48. > :55:31.pocket as the blue. It's one of those. You would like to

:55:32. > :55:36.run through for the black, but if you don't get the kiss you could

:55:37. > :55:40.finish up with nothing. We'll see how he plays it. Didn't want to take

:55:41. > :56:07.that risk, so played it for the pink and played it nicely.

:56:08. > :56:11.Just checking what's available. Probably seeing if the pink goes to

:56:12. > :56:12.the right corner. It looks as though it does from

:56:13. > :56:23.that. He's on the black. Didn't expect to

:56:24. > :56:52.kiss that red as far as he did. Not the perfect angle, but forced

:56:53. > :57:03.it. Without any effort, really. Absolutely inch perfect on this red.

:57:04. > :57:07.There is one loose red, but time to go into it, do you think? It's an

:57:08. > :57:26.awkward pack and angle on the black. He couldn't catch the bunch full

:57:27. > :57:33.there. Here here That's why he puts on a stun shot.

:57:34. > :57:41.It worked out nicely. He's loosening the red slightly. They'll be a lot

:57:42. > :58:05.better to go into next time around. He could go in off the pink.

:58:06. > :58:10.He played it really well. This is a really good opportunity now to

:58:11. > :58:42.clinch this third frame. Possibly that easy red that he

:58:43. > :58:44.missed in the first round will sharpen him up now, because he won't

:58:45. > :58:54.let that happen again. He doesn't strike the white

:58:55. > :58:59.properly. Edon't think he'll do that again

:59:00. > :59:10.after doing it the once. Yeah, he would consider that red

:59:11. > :59:14.that we saw that he missed as unmisable, but we although, we have

:59:15. > :59:20.played this game, there's nothing unmisable, so as you say, it

:59:21. > :59:44.sharpens the mind and this red is the frame clincher.

:59:45. > :59:52.He's in the snookers required stage. If he pots that red, he wouldn't

:59:53. > :00:36.expect Marco Fu to come back to the stable.

:00:37. > :00:43.Just thinking back to how Judd got into this frame, it was a little

:00:44. > :00:50.snooker. Marco just overhit it by an inch or two. Missed a red to the

:00:51. > :00:57.middle. He has been sat down ever since. An excellent break of 87 and

:00:58. > :01:04.Judd Trump puts the first frame defeat behind him.

:01:05. > :01:07.We have seen a couple of errors from Judd Trump along the way. We have

:01:08. > :01:12.also seen flashes of the brilliant player he is capable of? You would

:01:13. > :01:18.have two say that it is a really good performance since that first

:01:19. > :01:22.frame. Sometimes you can get unnerved for a couple of frames. He

:01:23. > :01:29.has settled back in and shown good composure. He plays some fantastic

:01:30. > :01:36.shots. He has got such good cue power that he can split the pack

:01:37. > :01:42.from virtually no angle. He scores very quickly. That is always a great

:01:43. > :01:45.asset. He has always said that all like Mark Selby, who can really

:01:46. > :01:52.graph and work hard, mentally as well, his assets have got to be the

:01:53. > :01:57.speed at which he can blow you away with big breaks? Yes. If that is the

:01:58. > :02:08.style that you play, you must play to your strengths. Another strength

:02:09. > :02:12.he has got is that he has proven that he is not found wanting in

:02:13. > :02:18.these big venues. You would imagine that they won table set up at the

:02:19. > :02:20.Masters -- the one table set up at the Masters, if you're going to get

:02:21. > :02:35.a break, it could be here. Not the best break of shot. Not bad

:02:36. > :02:47.at all. A good long part, it has to be said. Catching the brown half

:02:48. > :02:51.ball has left him in nice position. Yes, that was almost a carbon copy

:02:52. > :02:58.of the one he knocked in in the previous frame. You have to sharpen

:02:59. > :03:10.up his break off. -- he will have to sharpen up his break off.

:03:11. > :03:24.He was willing that to stop. A good kiss on the brown to keep it going.

:03:25. > :04:16.The cue ball just pulled up in time. Strader on the red would have been

:04:17. > :04:54.ideal but he has played a nice shot. -- straighter.

:04:55. > :05:10.He will have to do something new with his break off. In the meantime,

:05:11. > :05:16.Judd has been a bit unlucky. Potted the red and tried to open the other

:05:17. > :05:30.reds. The only ball he can pot is this black. And this is tricky. Not

:05:31. > :05:37.quite. He just over cut it. But he may not have left much. Maybe the

:05:38. > :05:46.red closest to the cue ball is the one that can be cut into the right

:05:47. > :05:54.corner. Tough for a right-hand player, never mind a left-handed

:05:55. > :06:06.player. Just a fraction out. I am sure this red can cut. He does not

:06:07. > :06:22.have to do anything with position. Right in the heart of the pocket. He

:06:23. > :06:26.is on the black. We always say, it is very difficult when the ball is

:06:27. > :06:30.in the jaws of the pocket to absolutely be certain where the cue

:06:31. > :06:36.ball is going to finish. Yes, the worst thing that could happen is if

:06:37. > :06:50.he pot the black -- the cue ball thick. That was pretty good. If he

:06:51. > :06:52.potted the black thick, the cue ball would have died. That was a better

:06:53. > :07:45.shot than it looked. He is a little bit betwixt and

:07:46. > :07:51.between here. He is not perfect on any of the Reds. That just

:07:52. > :07:56.illustrated the difference in cue power between the two players. I

:07:57. > :08:02.don't think Judd would have had any problem finding that gap and getting

:08:03. > :08:03.the red to the right corner. He just did not get any pace on the cue

:08:04. > :08:21.ball. That poor positional shot cost him

:08:22. > :08:30.in the end. He will be very disappointed. The positional shot

:08:31. > :09:12.prior to that red has put him back in his seat.

:09:13. > :09:20.It was always going to be difficult to swing it around of the two

:09:21. > :09:26.cushions. He has not done it. This is not an easy part. He will take it

:09:27. > :09:45.on. -- NEC pot. This is a good chance now. His long

:09:46. > :10:03.potting has been excellent so far in this matter. -- in this match. A

:10:04. > :10:06.very high standard. Absolutely. I always think mid-60s for 70% is very

:10:07. > :10:28.good. But 86%, that is exceptional. He just needs that one good pot to

:10:29. > :10:29.keep this break going. He has got a choice. Read to the right middle or

:10:30. > :10:46.the left middle. -- red. He knows that just one good pot now

:10:47. > :10:51.and the frame is at his mercy. The mid-session interval after this

:10:52. > :10:59.frame. After losing the first frame in the way he did, he will be over

:11:00. > :11:11.the moon with a 3-1 lead. But not at this visit.

:11:12. > :12:41.He will be disappointed with that. Having said that, it was very

:12:42. > :12:43.important he covered the red near the balk line. He has left a pot

:12:44. > :13:19.here. Just aiming to the left-hand Joel.

:13:20. > :13:37.-- job. There is a possibility this red will pot. And in it goes. That

:13:38. > :13:44.is absolutely perfect. That was the problem with Judd's choice of shot.

:13:45. > :13:49.He yet as an opponent -- he gave his opponent have a chance. It was not

:13:50. > :13:50.an easy shot. Have a chance sometimes is what can win or lose

:13:51. > :14:33.friends at this level. -- frames. A little bit short of what he

:14:34. > :14:38.intended. The red below the pink may be available into the right corner.

:14:39. > :14:49.He does not have to do a lot with the cue ball. In potting this one he

:14:50. > :14:53.releases the other red. This red, when he parts it, will put the

:14:54. > :15:02.points all level. -- when he pot said. When you look at the

:15:03. > :15:06.situation, he will need the remaining four reds to clinch the

:15:07. > :15:08.frame at this visit. It is not a formality by any means. A bit of

:15:09. > :15:39.work to be done. He wanted to avoid the pink there.

:15:40. > :16:19.That is why he has lost the cue ball a little bit.

:16:20. > :16:26.It looks as though he has got a good angle here. Sometimes people prefer

:16:27. > :16:37.to stun them in rather than roll them in. He's playing it just below

:16:38. > :16:43.centre. He was going back for the blue. I don't understand that. It

:16:44. > :16:53.looked perfect. The more pace you play in those kind of shots, the

:16:54. > :16:54.more accurate you have to be. Yes, pink or black looked easier options

:16:55. > :17:24.than screwing back for the blue. He is looking at the red on the

:17:25. > :17:30.left-hand side cushion. I can only assume that it must be tied to the

:17:31. > :17:37.cushion. Is he thinking of taking the pot on? I think he is. It is

:17:38. > :17:44.tight to the cushion. It would not be the biggest surprise if he

:17:45. > :17:58.knocked this in. Over one minute of thinking time but this is a big

:17:59. > :18:06.shot. No. Hit the red first. But he will be very pleased with the

:18:07. > :18:10.outcome. I remember the days they used to put their hand up and

:18:11. > :18:23.apologise, you know. They don't do that any more. Why say sorry if you

:18:24. > :18:33.are not? Fair comment. Say sorry and then clear of. -- clear up. Marco is

:18:34. > :18:35.in a spot of bother here. It is the same old story. He will need some

:18:36. > :19:06.luck on his side. I think if he can come off the side

:19:07. > :19:12.and the baulk cushion, he will be OK. Yes, absolutely. I don't think

:19:13. > :19:17.you want to be playing this too hard. If you miss that red, you will

:19:18. > :19:21.possibly miss the other one. It is made a little bit more difficult by

:19:22. > :19:27.the fact that he has to use the spider. Try to come off the two

:19:28. > :19:33.cushions, hit the red fall in the face and knocked towards the baulk

:19:34. > :19:38.cushion or the baulk line. He has played it dead weight. That was the

:19:39. > :19:42.problem playing it dead weight. If you did not hit it full in the face,

:19:43. > :19:53.you are more than likely going to leave it. That is exactly what he

:19:54. > :19:54.has done. Yes, if you have got your hand on the table it is much easier

:19:55. > :20:18.to play that shot. On the face of it, the red near the

:20:19. > :20:19.baulk line is perfect. Two straight on the Brown. A little bit too much

:20:20. > :20:32.angle on the green. He managed to hold it well. It will

:20:33. > :20:59.all come down to what will be the awkward last red.

:21:00. > :21:10.He got the Canon. But I always called Eddie Charlton. Never try to

:21:11. > :21:15.move a red off a red because if you do, you are never certain to be on

:21:16. > :21:29.the colour. Old steady Eddie was right.

:21:30. > :21:41.Excellent cue ball but he missed the part. -- pot. It was a great

:21:42. > :21:47.attempt. Just a fraction and with the black. Excellent cue ball, as

:21:48. > :21:58.you say. Now it is his opponent who can reap the benefits.

:21:59. > :22:09.A quick glance at the scoreboard for a Marco. He is seven points in the

:22:10. > :22:16.lead. This is not going to be a formality to win the frame. I think

:22:17. > :22:20.he is playing the snooker. Yes, he just has not got that shot in his

:22:21. > :22:33.armoury, her seat? Judd Trump would have played it. Absolutely. Fair

:22:34. > :22:44.play. He knows his limitations. This is not the most difficult of hits.

:22:45. > :22:46.It depends how he wants to play it. He decided to play it off one

:22:47. > :23:23.caution. He had a bit of luck. It is not a snooker but this is not

:23:24. > :23:34.the easiest safety shot by any means. The double kiss is on. I

:23:35. > :23:39.don't think you can get to the left-hand side of the yellow. And if

:23:40. > :23:43.he can only get to the right-hand side of the yellow, and tries to

:23:44. > :23:52.play it up and down the table, it could run into the green. He will do

:23:53. > :24:03.well to get this safe. Well, he tried the thin one. In a way he was

:24:04. > :24:11.a little bit lucky that he missed the bump in the middle pocket. He

:24:12. > :24:19.could have left a free ball. Michaela said to him there that he

:24:20. > :24:31.would have do help her out. What do you want to borrow? A fiver? ! That

:24:32. > :24:38.is where it was. And that is where it is now. He is still playing the

:24:39. > :24:44.thin one. He has missed it again. Now I am not certain whether he can

:24:45. > :24:52.be warned here. I am not certain he can see all of the yellow. Let's see

:24:53. > :24:59.what Michaela says. She has warned him. I thought the

:25:00. > :25:03.rule was that you could hit both sides of the ball.

:25:04. > :25:31.REFEREE: full contact. It puts more pressure on the safety

:25:32. > :25:36.shot now. Just playing it have ball on the right-hand side, there is a

:25:37. > :25:40.danger it could run the green. Listen, hit the yellow and hope for

:25:41. > :25:42.the best. You would not want to lose the frame by missing it for the

:25:43. > :26:05.third time. Surely not. His interpretation of the rule was

:26:06. > :26:09.that he had to see both sides. I did. I thought it was a free ball

:26:10. > :26:17.situation. Anyway, he has had a result. He has not the brand safe.

:26:18. > :26:23.That is a little bit of extra insurance for Marco. -- the Brown.

:26:24. > :26:34.Maybe not. Marco needs the Brown as well. So this frame has turned on

:26:35. > :26:41.hit bed completely now. -- on its head. That is not the best shot.

:26:42. > :26:49.Kenny get through to pot this yellow? I think he can, just. In the

:26:50. > :27:01.end he decided not to play the pot. Maybe he could not see enough.

:27:02. > :27:05.We all love the potting and break building, but there is nothing like

:27:06. > :27:24.a close finish to a frame. Good hit. You would have two say that Marco is

:27:25. > :28:02.slight favourite. -- to say. Excellent safety shot. Yes, and

:28:03. > :28:03.Marco cannot get through it. So coming off the cushion, lots of

:28:04. > :28:23.right-hand side. That was an excellent escape. A

:28:24. > :28:30.controlled escape. A chance for Judd. He can double the yellow to

:28:31. > :28:31.dislodge the Brown here. He would be unlucky to stick the yellow in the

:28:32. > :29:25.middle. Well short of pace there. He has not

:29:26. > :29:39.really left anything for Judd to have a go at here.

:29:40. > :30:40.Just a fraction too hard there. But it is safe enough.

:30:41. > :30:44.He thought better off it and I can't blame him and he's played that

:30:45. > :31:14.really well. Good shot. If you can hear some noise, that is

:31:15. > :31:28.the rain we are getting outside the Alexandra Palace.

:31:29. > :33:01.I think the one-cushion escape across the table, the blue might

:33:02. > :33:27.just be blocking that. He has to be careful about the

:33:28. > :33:29.speed, maybe bringing the brown into play. If he plays a dead weight

:33:30. > :34:06.he'll be snookered again. Judd just having a think whether he

:34:07. > :34:14.should have him playing it again. I see no reason why not, to be honest

:34:15. > :34:16.with you. That's the line and just a little bit short of pace.

:34:17. > :34:23.Even if he hits the yellow, it leaves the cue ball close to the

:34:24. > :34:31.yellow and Judd could possibly gain another advantage.

:34:32. > :34:34.If he leaves it like that then Judd could play the snooker behind the

:34:35. > :34:58.brown. He's got the line. These four points really add up

:34:59. > :35:11.particularly at the end of a frame. I've got to be honest, I would play

:35:12. > :35:32.this with a bit more pace. Has he got the line? He has, but he

:35:33. > :35:38.could be in trouble again here. Just a little screw back. Get the

:35:39. > :36:06.cue ball back behind the brown. He was always leaving himself open

:36:07. > :36:29.to be snookered again. That was a good hit, but it's not

:36:30. > :36:33.getting out of the snookers, can you get them safe? That brown always

:36:34. > :36:35.looked like it would be the key ball in this game.

:36:36. > :37:06.It certainly looks as though it's going to be now.

:37:07. > :37:12.Because he had that in his mind that's why he played that little

:37:13. > :37:17.extra pace and he's snookered himself, I think. I don't think he

:37:18. > :37:22.can get through the directly to the green -- get through directly to the

:37:23. > :37:34.green. Just five points in it. This frame still in the balance.

:37:35. > :38:29.Purposely playing that with pace and go knee the pocket and bounce off

:38:30. > :38:32.the top cushion. He was maybe thinking of a snooker behind the

:38:33. > :38:34.brown, but the most important thing is to get the green safe and he's

:38:35. > :39:50.done that. Cue ball. Oh. It's going to have to

:39:51. > :39:56.be a good clearance if smin gets in. Absolutely. I was thinking just

:39:57. > :40:02.before Marco went in off, that he was the favourite, because he didn't

:40:03. > :40:06.need the pink. Now, having gone in off, he'll need the pink. He can't

:40:07. > :40:23.win it with just green, brown and blue.

:40:24. > :40:30.Both players putting an aust lot of effort into this frame. -- awful lot

:40:31. > :40:35.of effort into this frame. That makes it all the more important. If

:40:36. > :40:41.you put the effort in then you want the reward of winning, but it's hard

:40:42. > :40:56.to say who's going to win it at the moment.

:40:57. > :41:05.We always say on many occasions, no two frames of snooker are alike,

:41:06. > :41:08.after the first two or three, I never saw a frame like this coming,

:41:09. > :41:17.a long, drawn-out affair. Judd Trump doesn't play many a frame

:41:18. > :41:27.and takes this long. He either wins it or his opponent

:41:28. > :41:45.wins it. It's fair to say that Marco hasn't

:41:46. > :41:49.really left Judd an opportunity at this green. I'm certain if he had

:41:50. > :41:51.half a chance he'd be going for it, but he won't be playing it off this.

:41:52. > :42:11.It's just too tough. It looks a nice target behind the

:42:12. > :42:13.brown, to come off the ball cushion, with you you'll have to play quite a

:42:14. > :42:40.bit of pace on the green. You would think he would possibly

:42:41. > :42:42.try to get the snooker behind the black, but it depends how he sees

:42:43. > :43:27.it. A lot of choice here for Judd. He

:43:28. > :43:34.misses being caught, but it's an easy snooker to lay behind the brown

:43:35. > :43:38.here. I could see value in Judd playing this and just rolling the

:43:39. > :43:41.green on and off the cushion. Snooker behind the brown surely is a

:43:42. > :44:29.formality? It's by the pocket where the green

:44:30. > :44:33.is. A chance of flipping the green, of

:44:34. > :44:57.course, but... Perhaps trying to push the green to

:44:58. > :45:01.the ball cushion. A bit of pace. If Judd could have got his hand on the

:45:02. > :45:04.table he wouldn't have accepted the miss, but Marco has been

:45:05. > :45:09.disappointing on the way he's getting out. If you've got a

:45:10. > :45:11.one-cushion escape you would expect to hit it. He's trying to hit it off

:45:12. > :45:36.two. I think he may have the angle to

:45:37. > :45:39.screw into the brown and bring the brown into play.

:45:40. > :45:43.Green, brown and blue needed for a 3-1 lead at the mid-session

:45:44. > :45:51.interval. Oh, well. And you could see if he

:45:52. > :45:59.had hit that green in the middle of the pocket he would have brought the

:46:00. > :46:03.brown into play. But he's missed it. He hit it in the wrong side. If he

:46:04. > :46:07.had hit it in the middle he would have definitely got the cannon. He

:46:08. > :46:23.seems to have overhit that to me. When it comes to potting something,

:46:24. > :47:29.the time has left you. Yeah, fair comment. Disappointed.

:47:30. > :47:57.All square to level at the mid-session interval.

:47:58. > :48:03.The biggest chance of getting the pot is if you play it dead weight to

:48:04. > :48:07.give it every chance of dropping. If you miss it, you've lost the frame.

:48:08. > :48:34.Five points the difference, so if Judd did miss the pink on this

:48:35. > :48:43.attempt, it wouldn't cost him the frame. Trn

:48:44. > :48:53.A miss will be called. Obviously, it will be accepted. He's got to hit it

:48:54. > :49:17.this time. If he doesn't hit it this time, he'll need a snooker.

:49:18. > :49:40.Well, he did. Where's the cue ball going? Where's the cue ball going?

:49:41. > :49:48.I don't want to be harsh, but if it had gone in off there, it would have

:49:49. > :49:53.been his own fault. I can't believe he's refused the pink. I would say I

:49:54. > :49:59.wouldn't have sympathy. It's a half-ball pot. How can you refuse

:50:00. > :50:02.it? I agree he shouldn't have ever gone for that cross pink, but this.

:50:03. > :50:07.It's unbelievable that he turned that down.

:50:08. > :50:13.Can Judd get it safe? It needs to run past the middle. Good shot.

:50:14. > :51:05.The cue ball is close to the corner again. This time it's in.

:51:06. > :51:14.If you don't go in and you get close, they stay in the jaws. What a

:51:15. > :51:17.thriller this frame's been. We've had everything.

:51:18. > :51:27.But not a result as yet as he come into the 50th minute.

:51:28. > :52:10.He has to be careful with the double kiss.

:52:11. > :52:21.Once again, as we mentioned before, if he's playing the pink up and down

:52:22. > :52:24.the table, he's got to be very careful of the double kiss.

:52:25. > :52:31.I don't think it's one he can play cushion as you can't get right in

:52:32. > :52:36.behind it. He needs to be careful here.

:52:37. > :52:47.Needs a good length for the pink. It's not a bad length. I don't think

:52:48. > :53:24.it will be tempting Marco Fu to play the cut. It's cuttable.

:53:25. > :53:30.He went all out for the snooker and that's a risky thing to do. Because,

:53:31. > :53:35.what you do in that respect, is going to make the cue ball as object

:53:36. > :53:40.ball close together. It makes it easier for the opponent. He may be

:53:41. > :53:53.thinking will he play the double. Maybe too risky. The double is on.

:53:54. > :54:20.He played the snooker, but just not there.

:54:21. > :54:27.That's excellent. He won't be able to get in behind this one. The up

:54:28. > :54:29.and down, as we have said a few times, always be wary of the double

:54:30. > :54:51.kiss. Played it well. Been impressed with

:54:52. > :54:59.trump's safety and patience in the frap. Yes, hes competed with Marco.

:55:00. > :55:06.-- patience in the frame. Yes, he's competed with Marco. This is a bit

:55:07. > :55:15.pacey. This is a little bit pace y, is it? -- pacey, is it? It shouldn't

:55:16. > :55:16.cause a trouble for Marco to maybe play a better safety. Possibly get a

:55:17. > :56:12.snooker. The big problem here is the double

:56:13. > :56:40.kiss, whatever way you play this. It's safe enough not to tempt Judd

:56:41. > :56:53.for going for the pot. Coming up to 55 minutes. It needs to

:56:54. > :57:03.run past the black if it's going to be any good. It hasn't. But after a

:57:04. > :57:07.couple of half chances Marco has refused, I don't think he'll be

:57:08. > :57:13.taking this one on. It looks quite an easy shot to play thin off the

:57:14. > :57:24.left-hand side of the pink, put the pink off to the side cushion.

:57:25. > :57:31.He did go to it and he knocked it. It just shows you sometimes it's the

:57:32. > :57:37.shot that you fancy determines what you go for. Excellent pot on the

:57:38. > :57:40.pink. What a frame that was! And Marco Fu will be well pleased to go

:57:41. > :57:46.to the mid-session interval all square. 2-2. All 55 minutes and 22

:57:47. > :57:51.seconds longer than the previous three frames put together. What a

:57:52. > :57:55.frame. Ironically, he went for that one, which was the more difficult

:57:56. > :57:59.shot than the one he turned out? Much more difficult than the one he

:58:00. > :58:03.refused. It's hard to believe, to be honest. Sometimes, it comes back to

:58:04. > :58:06.you. When you have this shot - it's not a very difficult shot, because

:58:07. > :58:10.it's just a half-ball shot into the green pocket. You stun it off the

:58:11. > :58:14.side cushion. You'll leave the cue ball on the ball cushion and it's

:58:15. > :58:17.it's a straightforward shot. I couldn't believe he would refuse

:58:18. > :58:20.that. Sometimes when you refuse balls like that we have a saying in

:58:21. > :58:24.snooker that balls never forgive you. It could have easily lost that

:58:25. > :58:28.frame. He would be kicking himself in the dressing room if he had have

:58:29. > :58:32.lost. Then he takes on that pink that you wouldn't. John Virgo didn't

:58:33. > :58:37.expect him to take that one on. Rightly so. Difficult shot. He cued

:58:38. > :58:40.it in. I think we asked the question about Marco, his highs and lows, he

:58:41. > :58:45.might win and then out in the first round. If he was a lot more positive

:58:46. > :58:48.and I think he would win a lot more matches and be at the business end

:58:49. > :58:52.of a lot more tournaments. The fact he goes into his shell a lot more,

:58:53. > :58:55.that he doesn't have the elusive confidence that some of the other

:58:56. > :58:59.top players do, belief and confidence in themselves, to go for

:59:00. > :59:03.those type of shots and be more positive and take more on, because

:59:04. > :59:07.when he gets in among the balls he's really good. We know that from the

:59:08. > :59:10.amount of centuries he has, but he's not just positive. He doesn't look

:59:11. > :59:16.like he has the belief. There's a fine line, though, because Stephen

:59:17. > :59:19.and John were saying that Marco knows his limitations and knows how

:59:20. > :59:22.to play in a conservative manner, because he didn't have the cue

:59:23. > :59:29.power, so clearly you think he's airing on the side of caution rather

:59:30. > :59:33.than going for it? I have refused a lot of balls in my time and when I

:59:34. > :59:36.look back, I would kick myself and thought, "I should have been more

:59:37. > :59:40.positive." I would say to him that it's good to know your limitations

:59:41. > :59:44.and good to know he doesn't have the cue power that Judd Trump has, so

:59:45. > :59:48.because of that and sometimes because you're out there and not

:59:49. > :59:52.confident and because of that just in that certain shot that you don't

:59:53. > :59:56.like, OK, you have to say, "I don't like this shot." Others may find it

:59:57. > :00:02.easier, but sometimes it just has to be a little more positive and

:00:03. > :00:06.believe in himself. When you look at him going around the table he looks

:00:07. > :00:10.relaxed and assured, but he doesn't give off the air of confidence like

:00:11. > :00:13.Judd and O'Sullivan and the likes of Selby and Robertson, when they're

:00:14. > :00:20.walking around the table he command the table, as if they own it. Marco

:00:21. > :00:23.doesn't command that sort of confidence or breathe that

:00:24. > :00:34.confidence or give off the great vibes that some of the others do.

:00:35. > :00:43.It was a long frame but it was worth the wait in the end for the closing

:00:44. > :00:49.pink. As for tonight's offering, it pits Scotland's world number five

:00:50. > :00:56.Stephen Maguire against Cambridge's Joe Perry. This is not an easy one

:00:57. > :01:00.to call. We will hear how the Scot feels about it. Can coddle with him

:01:01. > :01:04.earlier. It is a wonderful title. It is

:01:05. > :01:11.steeped in history. We would have grown up on images of the UK Masters

:01:12. > :01:16.over the years. It holds a lot of nostalgia and prestige for a lot of

:01:17. > :01:23.players? Yes. I remember watching it on TV when it on TV when a Borders

:01:24. > :01:27.at Wembley. -- when it was on TV at Wembley. That is the best venue I

:01:28. > :01:36.have ever played in. All of the players were gutted when the final

:01:37. > :01:39.left it. Behind the World Championship, that was the

:01:40. > :01:45.tournament to probably watched the most. You have only been to the

:01:46. > :01:49.semifinal in this event only twice. For someone of your stature and

:01:50. > :01:52.experience, and a multiple winner on the tournament schedule, this is one

:01:53. > :02:02.tournament you really want? Definitely. Two semifinals but I

:02:03. > :02:09.have been trying! It is a tough school out there. I don't beat

:02:10. > :02:15.myself up. I think Ronnie beat me in my first semifinal. Mark Selby beat

:02:16. > :02:19.me in the other. He seems to win this every second year! No

:02:20. > :02:23.complaints about how I have played. When people look at you on the TV,

:02:24. > :02:32.sometimes you are one of those players who does not hide your

:02:33. > :02:36.emotions. When you wrap the table, is that an expression of frustration

:02:37. > :02:46.is it to get your juices going, to get yourself going? I don't really

:02:47. > :02:52.know! I cant keep it down inside. I have tried that. Anybody can sit

:02:53. > :02:57.there and not show emotion but inside they are boiling. I feel it

:02:58. > :03:04.is easier for me to let it out. I honestly don't think it affects me

:03:05. > :03:08.sometimes. I let it go. I still get embarrassed when I do it. But after

:03:09. > :03:13.that I feel, it was just a release. I have seen myself playing better

:03:14. > :03:19.straightaway. It helps you a little bit? I think so. I don't mean to do

:03:20. > :03:25.it on purpose because I think it looks terrible. I do think it looks

:03:26. > :03:32.bad. It is one way of intimidating your opponent. You looked like a

:03:33. > :03:39.caged animal sometimes. That is why I have got so much bigger! Like I

:03:40. > :03:42.say, it is not nice. Snooker is a gentleman's game. It does not look

:03:43. > :03:52.good on TV and it does not feel good. But of I think it helps and I

:03:53. > :03:55.think it is putting you off...! You are certainly a character. Your

:03:56. > :04:03.opponent, Joe Perry, how do you rate him? He has crept into the top 16.

:04:04. > :04:07.Good performances in recent years. We have spoken about him many times.

:04:08. > :04:12.He has benefited from familiarising himself with a lot of the top

:04:13. > :04:18.players. Having a good season. Yes. He has won and Asian PTC at the

:04:19. > :04:27.start of the year. It has kick-started his season. He won a

:04:28. > :04:32.group of the weekend against six other great players. He is cueing

:04:33. > :04:35.well. He is one of the players who has been helped by the changing of

:04:36. > :04:43.the system. I don't think he misses many tournaments. He is always hard.

:04:44. > :04:48.He is in and out of the top 16. What would it mean to Stephen Maguire to

:04:49. > :04:56.not only beat Joe Perry, but to go on and be Masters champion along

:04:57. > :04:58.with the UK Championship? Yellow it would be fantastic. The UK

:04:59. > :05:05.Championship is like 100 years ago. I cannot really remember it.

:05:06. > :05:10.Although I have been one of the top players, top eight or whatever, I

:05:11. > :05:15.have not been one of those players who has won a lot of tournaments

:05:16. > :05:19.compared to some of the other guys. For me, winning a major just now,

:05:20. > :05:27.especially this week, would be better than winning the UK. All the

:05:28. > :05:31.very best. Thank you. Maguire's winning record against Joe

:05:32. > :05:35.Perry is pretty dominant. Significantly, they faced each other

:05:36. > :05:40.three times at the Crucible in the World Championship, and it was Joe

:05:41. > :05:44.Perry who prevailed in a crucible quarterfinal before narrowly missing

:05:45. > :05:54.out on the final. That was in 2008. They have a bit of history. When we

:05:55. > :06:00.assess Joe Perry's season, Stephen Maguire referred to Asia and that

:06:01. > :06:04.was the first time he won an event. What has changed for him in recent

:06:05. > :06:10.months? Winning the tournament will have given him great confidence. He

:06:11. > :06:15.has always been a perennial quarterfinalist, semifinalist. He is

:06:16. > :06:19.a very consistent performer. He has got a very good all-round game. He

:06:20. > :06:27.practices with Neil Robertson quite a lot. Until you get that first win

:06:28. > :06:30.under your belt, you have that feeling that you can do it against

:06:31. > :06:38.the big guys. That is what he needed more than anything. He has done it

:06:39. > :06:43.against some of the big guys. He beat Judd Trump 3-0 in 30 minutes in

:06:44. > :06:50.the league last week, having beaten Neil Robertson in the semifinal. You

:06:51. > :06:54.said that was a minor event and this is where it counts? Yes, it is a big

:06:55. > :06:59.difference playing there when there is nobody watching. OK, you still

:07:00. > :07:04.have to perform but it is a world apart from playing in front of a

:07:05. > :07:08.thousand people, the BBC are there. Because of the prestige of the

:07:09. > :07:12.Masters as well, it is a different scenario. Joe Perry, in fairness,

:07:13. > :07:17.has got a lot of experience and has been around a long time. He will not

:07:18. > :07:24.be fazed. Sometimes even the top players can be unnerved going out

:07:25. > :07:33.there. We are not calling it then? No! Splinters! Sitting on the fence.

:07:34. > :07:37.It is time for a Masters class. Yesterday afternoon you will have

:07:38. > :07:40.seen John Parrott beautifully carrying out an exhibition of safety

:07:41. > :07:47.play. It was inventive and impressive. What has Steve Davis got

:07:48. > :07:51.up his sleeve? This week we have decided to give

:07:52. > :07:53.you an insight into the practice routines the top players

:07:54. > :07:59.incorporate, that can be of use to the proficient intermediate players,

:08:00. > :08:05.players who can make a 30 break and want to improve. There is a proviso.

:08:06. > :08:10.I will tell you about the concepts involved, not about whether I get

:08:11. > :08:15.the shots right. It is nothing to do with that whatsoever. Let's take two

:08:16. > :08:18.players of illegal technical, mechanical ability. What separates

:08:19. > :08:24.them is their understanding of positional play. Let's look at a

:08:25. > :08:30.typical example of an easy situation. Two Reds and a colour on

:08:31. > :08:36.the table. Here is a typical situation of what people do wrong.

:08:37. > :08:40.They pot the red. They think too much about potting the black and not

:08:41. > :08:47.enough about positional play. They pot the black. And they leave

:08:48. > :08:51.themselves the wrong side of the red. To pot the red and get back on

:08:52. > :08:57.the black, the cue ball has to go all the rate around the table -- all

:08:58. > :09:01.the way. If they were on the right side, it would make it simpler.

:09:02. > :09:06.Positional play is making sure you are the right side of the ball. Take

:09:07. > :09:11.this situation here. You need a blue and a black. You part the red, you

:09:12. > :09:15.leave the cue ball short of the blue rather than the other side. Now you

:09:16. > :09:21.are assured of the blue. The cue ball has to do more mileage. How do

:09:22. > :09:27.you try to encourage yourself to make the right decisions when it

:09:28. > :09:32.comes to positional play? The one thing, if there is one thing you

:09:33. > :09:37.should think of, before you play the shot, decide what side of the next

:09:38. > :09:43.ball you want to be on. Let's take a way of trying to train your brain to

:09:44. > :09:46.do this properly. Here is a setup we see lots of the top players

:09:47. > :09:55.incorporate into their game. It is not the line-up. It is a staggered

:09:56. > :09:59.line-up. All of these raids only part into one corner pocket. If you

:10:00. > :10:05.part that read into that corner pocket, it releases that red into

:10:06. > :10:10.that pocket. Start off with four raids or three reds. Pot the red.

:10:11. > :10:16.Think where you want to put the white ball for the black. Think what

:10:17. > :10:21.you want to put the white ball for the following red. This is where it

:10:22. > :10:27.could go wrong. Pot the red. Get an angle on the black. Successfully got

:10:28. > :10:33.an angle on the black. I would like to be here. Let's put it here. I

:10:34. > :10:39.have now got to get the cue ball that side of the red. If I get low I

:10:40. > :10:50.fail. I have to get the white ball high and off of the table. -- high

:10:51. > :10:53.enough up the table. Concentrate on getting the right side. Even though

:10:54. > :10:59.I am further than I would like, I still have a chance of potting this

:11:00. > :11:03.red and getting back on the black. Make sure I get an angle on the

:11:04. > :11:08.black. Once again, they have got to pot this black and get the right

:11:09. > :11:15.side of this red. The wrong side is no good at all. When you can do this

:11:16. > :11:20.proficiently, increase the amount of raids. And in the end, once you can

:11:21. > :11:26.do the 15 you are at professional level. Back to you, Hazel!

:11:27. > :11:38.This game is a lot more complicated than you think. A lot of thinking

:11:39. > :11:43.required. How do I follow that? ! We are returning to the Judd Trump and

:11:44. > :11:47.Marco Fu match shortly. There have been worrying signs creeping into

:11:48. > :11:51.Judd Trump's game in recent years, in essence of snatching defeat from

:11:52. > :11:57.the jaws of victory in a couple of matches. It is something I spoke to

:11:58. > :12:05.about. -- to him about. We know about your

:12:06. > :12:08.strengths as a player but you would probably acknowledge some of your

:12:09. > :12:14.weaknesses as well. You are accused of losing focus and in fact, even a

:12:15. > :12:20.lack of respect for your opponents. How do you respond to that? The

:12:21. > :12:23.Times I have lost with a big lead, I have never really thrown it away in

:12:24. > :12:28.my opinion. The other players played some good stuff to come back,

:12:29. > :12:36.especially last season against John in Shanghai. I had a big lead and he

:12:37. > :12:42.played faultless snooker. I am quite good at just forgetting what

:12:43. > :12:46.happened and moving on. I have had a lot of criticism towards respect for

:12:47. > :12:56.other players. In my opinion, I give everyone the same respect. If I play

:12:57. > :13:00.well and practice well, I going to play my best and win. You have to

:13:01. > :13:04.have that self-confidence. You cannot fear anybody. If you start

:13:05. > :13:08.thinking like that, you would get beat every time. I am probably

:13:09. > :13:16.thinking about that match against Mark Joyce. There was a five ball

:13:17. > :13:19.plant and you took it on. You are immediately accused of a lack of

:13:20. > :13:27.respect. You took a lot of flak, didn't you? Yes, there was quite a

:13:28. > :13:32.lot of criticism after that might -- after that match. I would have taken

:13:33. > :13:41.it on against anyone. I don't play the name. I just play who is put in

:13:42. > :13:44.front of me. I don't put any respect because I have played players like

:13:45. > :13:48.Ronnie in the past and he has played badly. Then you play somebody you

:13:49. > :13:55.have never heard of and they play the best they have overplayed. Does

:13:56. > :14:02.your mind wander? Do you lose concentration? Yes, I go into some

:14:03. > :14:06.tournaments and I am so plugged into what I have to do, and in other

:14:07. > :14:13.tournaments I find it hard being set in the chair with my mind wandering.

:14:14. > :14:20.If, for some reason, I don't think the crowd is loud and is not getting

:14:21. > :14:22.involved, I find it hard to get motivated and lose concentration.

:14:23. > :14:33.What have you done to try to remedy that?

:14:34. > :14:42.I think, for me, if I lose important frames, I normally stay in my seat.

:14:43. > :14:48.I need to leave the arena and get my motivation back. In a lot of the

:14:49. > :14:56.games I lose, I lose a lot of frames in succession. For me, I need to

:14:57. > :15:01.sort that out this year and just completely refocus and have a little

:15:02. > :15:06.chat to myself. I shouldn't be doing what I am doing and just get back in

:15:07. > :15:12.there and get motivated again. Dare I say, Steve Peters? Sport

:15:13. > :15:19.psychology. Would you ever go down that route? I would never say never.

:15:20. > :15:23.But for me... I like self-motivation and I like teaching myself what I

:15:24. > :15:27.should be doing. I don't like being told what to do. That is probably

:15:28. > :15:33.the worst thing I could ever imagine, somebody telling me what I

:15:34. > :15:38.should be thinking. In my opinion, I think he should know that yourself.

:15:39. > :15:43.He is a very interesting man to talk to. When he has tended to lose

:15:44. > :15:47.things, he has lost a number of frames in a row. He was four - two

:15:48. > :15:53.ahead against Mark Allen and lost 6-4. That is the kind of collapsing

:15:54. > :15:58.concentration he is trying to forget about. It is pertinent in that he

:15:59. > :16:05.has only just lost that frame which took an hour? Yes, playing someone

:16:06. > :16:10.like Mark Allen will always be tough. Players of his ilk who can go

:16:11. > :16:14.on a bit of a run. It is against the other players that I would be

:16:15. > :16:20.worried about. Some of the shots he would have played. OK, he has got

:16:21. > :16:24.supreme confidence and ability. You have to say that is a great asset to

:16:25. > :16:28.have. But sometimes when they are not going in, you have do have a

:16:29. > :16:33.back-up game. His back of the game would not be up to scratch as some

:16:34. > :16:37.of the other players. -- is back-up game. Sometimes that has been his

:16:38. > :16:45.fault at times. That is why he has come unstuck. I played him recently

:16:46. > :16:50.in an event during the summer. I think his safety is excellent. When

:16:51. > :16:55.he put his mind to it. As far as sorting out why you lose frame after

:16:56. > :16:59.frame, I don't think it is as easy as sitting down and trying to work

:17:00. > :17:05.it out. It is about shot selection, getting that right. You take John

:17:06. > :17:10.Higgins, who makes the most of every shot. That is perhaps the solution.

:17:11. > :17:17.It is difficult to sort out. Plenty to talk about in the career of Judd

:17:18. > :17:20.Trump and indeed in this match. The first to six frames will reach the

:17:21. > :17:28.quarterfinal. Back to Stephen and John.

:17:29. > :17:33.Very interesting interview with Judd Trump. You always get a chance. It

:17:34. > :17:41.is very rare in a frame that you do not get a chance. When you get them,

:17:42. > :17:44.you have got to take them. And Judd has had a few opportunities

:17:45. > :17:51.in frames he has lost already in this match. But he will be happy

:17:52. > :18:28.with that break off shot. A missed call accepted by Judd.

:18:29. > :18:40.Asking Micaela to reposition the cue ball. -- Michaela. Players will

:18:41. > :18:47.never ever on this side of thickness with this kind of shot. -- will

:18:48. > :18:53.never air on the side of thickness. He has headed a bit thick. Having

:18:54. > :18:58.hinted thick, lucky not to leave easier. -- not to leave any thing

:18:59. > :19:18.easier. It was so difficult that Judd

:19:19. > :19:27.decided to play the safety. That is a good safety. It is such a fine

:19:28. > :19:29.line between attack and defence. You feel if it turns into a tactical

:19:30. > :19:49.battle, you favour Marco Fu. I don't know if this red that is

:19:50. > :20:13.sticking out will pot. If it doesn't, you will have it re-placed.

:20:14. > :20:21.Oh, I miss cue. And now the warning. He will be warned. He does not want

:20:22. > :20:31.to miss cue this time, otherwise he will lose the frame.

:20:32. > :20:33.REFEREE: I have got to warn you know that if you do not hit a ball, you

:20:34. > :20:43.will lose the frame. He hated this time. -- he hit it

:20:44. > :21:05.this time. Judd has knocked a few of these in

:21:06. > :21:15.today. But not that one. Much too thick. He may have left this read.

:21:16. > :21:19.He has. -- this red. How easy it can turn around. That was a chance. You

:21:20. > :21:55.always get a chance. He played it nicely. This is where

:21:56. > :22:19.he is at his best, Marco Fu. He will be looking for an angle on

:22:20. > :23:21.the black after this red. He is not on anything easy now. He

:23:22. > :23:28.does not get enough pace into those type of shots. We have seen Ronnie

:23:29. > :23:37.O'Sullivan play that and the cue ball keeps travelling back into the

:23:38. > :23:38.Reds. There is a possibility of a red to the right middle but it is

:23:39. > :24:12.hampered. How very good pot will stop -- a

:24:13. > :24:23.very good pot. He is just about on the black.

:24:24. > :25:30.And a good recovery. Now back in good position.

:25:31. > :25:48.A nice angle on the brown to come off one caution and into the bunch.

:25:49. > :26:01.Yes, he looks to have the perfect angle but decided to play one red.

:26:02. > :26:09.Potting it will bring a couple of more raids into play. The tank is --

:26:10. > :26:23.occupying the red spot. -- the pink is occupying the red spot.

:26:24. > :26:34.Cue ball close to the middle. The bump is OK. Both the blue and the

:26:35. > :27:31.pink will be possible because they are not touching.

:27:32. > :27:38.And now an nice angle on the blue to run through. He will probably play

:27:39. > :27:47.for this red that this closest to the corner pocket. -- that is

:27:48. > :27:52.closest. He decided to to stun down the line. He will still play for the

:27:53. > :28:30.red, which clears both corner pocket. This is an excellent chance.

:28:31. > :28:38.He should have been better on this red so he could run through for the

:28:39. > :28:45.black. He will have to go for blue or pink now. That was careless. But

:28:46. > :29:09.no harm done. And now back in perfect position.

:29:10. > :29:26.Potting this red will release the Reds just next to it. 59 points the

:29:27. > :29:31.lead. That means there are snooker is required. He is nicely on the

:29:32. > :29:38.black. Eight -- he will fancy a century here. When he does getting

:29:39. > :29:42.around the or the black... Once again, not happy with that. It

:29:43. > :30:21.should not cost him. This is a funny old game, it didn't

:30:22. > :30:24.seem so long ago that Michaela Tabb was warning him about forfeiting the

:30:25. > :30:31.frame. He finished up with a good safety shot, Judd Trump was up and

:30:32. > :31:07.he sat down her sins. -- ever since. Highest break so far in the

:31:08. > :31:28.Masters. Mark Davis with a break of 136, ?10,000 for the highest break.

:31:29. > :31:37.A clearance now would be a break of 138, that would be the highest

:31:38. > :31:41.break, and the front runner for that ?10,000 prize. The already has been

:31:42. > :31:46.three centuries, but as many as you would normally expect. But of

:31:47. > :31:55.course, we're only into the second day.

:31:56. > :32:00.Not really on the right side of the blue here, he will have to send the

:32:01. > :32:24.cue ball in and out of baulk. He needs to bounce off the top

:32:25. > :32:32.condition. -- cushion. This, for the frontrunner in the high break prize.

:32:33. > :32:38.In it goes, and that was Marco Fu at his best. He gets around the pink

:32:39. > :32:42.and the Black and that cue action is tailor-made for it, and he wins the

:32:43. > :32:50.first frame after the interval and now is leading by 3-2. Tool more

:32:51. > :32:55.contrast and ways to win a frame, you could not have seen anything

:32:56. > :33:02.like that. That is the two sides of Marco Fu for you! Yes, I have played

:33:03. > :33:06.him in the past, sometimes he doesn't seem like he is doing much,

:33:07. > :33:15.but he is very efficient and he has great big building records. For that

:33:16. > :33:20.reason, he doesn't look like the most gifted player, doesn't look

:33:21. > :33:24.like he has the most flair, but he does, he just doesn't look that way.

:33:25. > :33:29.That is how he puts you out of your stride sometimes. Yes, he has

:33:30. > :33:36.cannons and touches around the black, he has a wonderful touch, he

:33:37. > :33:40.is lacking in Kew power, but what he has in abundance is the touch on the

:33:41. > :33:46.field, and that is why he is one of the best break-builders in the

:33:47. > :33:51.game, he has got 312, 313 centuries in his career, which is a huge

:33:52. > :33:54.amount when you consider some of the other players. He is very, very

:33:55. > :34:01.good, but contrast, that is the good and the bad of Marco Fu. Ken was

:34:02. > :34:07.touching on how Marco made you feel when you played him, he said that he

:34:08. > :34:13.had a tendency to rush, you had a tendency to rush because his dial

:34:14. > :34:19.was so consistent. He saunters around the table, because he is so

:34:20. > :34:23.relaxed, Judd Trump tries to get to the table and win the frame very

:34:24. > :34:27.quickly, because he knows that if he does not, it will get dragged dead,

:34:28. > :34:31.more times than not, so if an testicle encounter. -- so a

:34:32. > :34:38.fantastic encounter. Judd Trump just below 90%, he needs

:34:39. > :35:24.to raise that. Not entirely sure what he had in

:35:25. > :35:39.mind there. He has been pretty fortunate. That red, he hit that are

:35:40. > :35:47.so thick. -- hit that so thick. Judd Trump cannot afford to miss these

:35:48. > :35:48.chances. Do not miss the easy balls, if you do, you are just asking for

:35:49. > :36:02.trouble. A little bit of frustration from

:36:03. > :36:06.Judd Trump, he came to the table, and when Marco first played that

:36:07. > :36:10.shot, he probably expect to an easy chance. Still expecting him to pot

:36:11. > :36:33.these. This red in the left corner, it will

:36:34. > :36:36.cannon into some other balls, so you have to play it with pace, and he

:36:37. > :36:53.doesn't have the most Kew power in the world. -- cue power. It seems

:36:54. > :36:55.that he has two put a little bit of shoulder in this to really get that

:36:56. > :37:27.type of pace. There really is a contrast in the

:37:28. > :37:38.cue action. The power is really phenomenal. Great cueing. Just

:37:39. > :37:42.having a look to see if he can get in and out of baulk, and a

:37:43. > :37:49.possibility, he would be thinking, that he could maybe bring the pink

:37:50. > :37:58.and the black back into play. That is the line that he is looking at.

:37:59. > :38:02.He might have gone into the cue ball a bit too much. He will be

:38:03. > :38:08.disappointed. But I do not think that was the line that he was

:38:09. > :38:12.trying, in all honesty. If he was playing into the pack, that is the

:38:13. > :38:17.wrong shot, because you will just block things up even more. He

:38:18. > :38:23.misjudged it a bit. I think he wanted to play your shot to bring

:38:24. > :38:26.the pink and the black into play. Looking at this red, he is looking

:38:27. > :38:31.to play it right-handed at the moment. He does not need to get

:38:32. > :38:38.frustrated here, he does not want to be doing that. I said earlier on in

:38:39. > :38:56.the match, patients could be the key to winning or losing. -- having

:38:57. > :39:05.patients could be the key. -- patience. He has got an easy safety

:39:06. > :39:27.shot here. He has got a plant. It is a tough one.

:39:28. > :39:34.He played that well. He is not too bad. He finished off with a slight

:39:35. > :39:40.angle on the blue, just what he was looking for. Rather that, for me,

:39:41. > :40:13.than the plant. It looking like he is just about

:40:14. > :40:17.going for this red that is closest to the right-hand corner, but can he

:40:18. > :40:29.avoid the kiss to get back up to the blue. He could quite comfortably.

:40:30. > :40:33.Just a little bit short of pace. The reason he was like that, he was a

:40:34. > :40:37.bit worried, if he played with pace, the cue ball could have connected

:40:38. > :40:43.with the red in the top cushion if it was swinging wide. The red left

:40:44. > :40:47.to the yellow is available, but he cannot just go for it. If he was

:40:48. > :40:57.straight on the blue, he could go for it.

:40:58. > :41:12.He has played that well. That is a good shot.

:41:13. > :41:17.Until he gets the pink and the black in play, it will be a big ask to win

:41:18. > :41:55.this frame in this visit. Not good. Possibly could cut this

:41:56. > :42:03.red back to the right corner, but this is a tough one.

:42:04. > :42:17.He has got it. Will he be on a colour? Not quite. Snooker it behind

:42:18. > :42:28.the brown. That is the obvious choice.

:42:29. > :42:34.If he could cut down the escape down the right-hand side of the table,

:42:35. > :42:44.which it appears that he could do, that will be quite a. Marco is not

:42:45. > :43:33.certain to get this safe. -- that will be quite a talent.

:43:34. > :43:41.He could not have played it much better than that. That was a good

:43:42. > :43:58.shot. It would be easy for Judd Trump to put him back in trouble.

:43:59. > :44:11.The brown is the target, but it looks pretty good. It looks very

:44:12. > :44:13.good. Just over run a little bit. But Marco has got to catch this

:44:14. > :44:28.safety just right. He hasn't done, there is a red

:44:29. > :44:50.available right here. That is the red here's looking at, I

:44:51. > :45:01.think he can swing around the angles for the blue-collar or the baulk

:45:02. > :45:05.colour. -- for the blue colour. His long potting is going off the boil

:45:06. > :45:19.at the moment. That is not a good sign.

:45:20. > :45:27.Judd Trump is still below what is required in the part success

:45:28. > :45:35.department. -- the pot success department. A nice rub off the

:45:36. > :45:58.brown, it gives him a better safety shot.

:45:59. > :46:02.It is not easy to play the escape route down the right-hand side of

:46:03. > :46:17.the table. That is what he attempted, I cannot

:46:18. > :46:25.believe it that he gets away with that. If he gets away with that, he

:46:26. > :46:30.is very fortunate. He did not even hit that with much conviction,

:46:31. > :46:39.Marco, there was no strike in the ball at all. You can only assume he

:46:40. > :46:44.was playing to hit the red wafer thin, and that would have got the

:46:45. > :46:47.pace, but he was much too thick. I think the red just above the pink

:46:48. > :46:55.will just about going to the corner pocket. -- go into the stop it is a

:46:56. > :47:02.dangerous shot to play. He could have left something a lot

:47:03. > :47:35.easier than this. He is second guessing himself a

:47:36. > :47:44.lot, he seems to be going up and down and up and down. He had a long,

:47:45. > :47:48.drawn-out frame before the mid-session interval, and Marco kept

:47:49. > :47:53.him off the frame, so he is airing on the side of caution, so if he is

:47:54. > :47:55.going to do that, he needs to play better safety shot than he is doing

:47:56. > :48:47.now. You can tell by Marco's reaction

:48:48. > :48:56.what he's thinking that shot. -- thinking of that shot. A much

:48:57. > :49:07.thinner cut than he was hoping for. The pink and the black are tied up

:49:08. > :49:12.again. Cue ball! No excuse for that. That middle pocket has always been

:49:13. > :49:36.there! Every table I've ever played on any way!

:49:37. > :49:48.The three reds, trying to bring the pink and black interplay. -- into

:49:49. > :49:55.play. That will be half ball on bad bread. -- on that red. Left-hand

:49:56. > :50:11.side of the two cushions. That is a good safety shot. It

:50:12. > :50:18.wasn't the most positive one he could have played. When you play

:50:19. > :50:24.safe, you try to put pressure on your opponent. It would have been a

:50:25. > :50:34.lot more pressure on Marco to get it safe. Just short of pace and UA, it

:50:35. > :50:38.doesn't look to difficult, this. The red on the left-hand side of the

:50:39. > :50:47.table, it shouldn't be a problem, you would have thought. He has it it

:50:48. > :50:55.is much too thick. -- hit it much too thick. He is unlucky that he

:50:56. > :51:07.didn't leave anything easier than he has done. Good pot. That is more

:51:08. > :51:15.like it from Judd Trump. You can see the way that the balls are situated,

:51:16. > :51:21.it is not the best opportunity. He could stun the ball off the baulk

:51:22. > :51:49.cushion. He could go for the three reds behind.

:51:50. > :52:01.Just coming around to have a look, I think he played the red on the side.

:52:02. > :52:04.He is making certain that the pink and the black are not a plant in the

:52:05. > :52:19.corner. That is a good shot. That is a good

:52:20. > :52:35.shot. There is nothing wrong with that.

:52:36. > :52:39.It is not going to be easy for Marco Fu to get this cue ball back to the

:52:40. > :52:59.baulk end. Just playing the containing safety

:53:00. > :53:04.shot. Just get the feeling at the moment that Marco Fu is calling the

:53:05. > :53:11.shots, so to speak. I think Judd Trump is just not imposing himself

:53:12. > :53:16.enough. The game is being played exactly the way that Marco Fu wanted

:53:17. > :53:22.to be played. Judd Trump needs to play his natural game, just let

:53:23. > :53:27.loose. I know that you have to pull the reins in a little bit, but I

:53:28. > :53:35.think he has got to play to his strengths. His average shot time is

:53:36. > :53:43.probably a little bit less than normal for Marco, but Judd Trump,

:53:44. > :53:47.usually about 19 second, 20 seconds for a shot, so, just emphasises what

:53:48. > :53:53.you are saying, it is being played at Marco's pace as the moment. -- at

:53:54. > :54:24.the moment. Tried to drop it in. He was not

:54:25. > :54:35.interested in position. He thought he would drop it in and play safe,

:54:36. > :54:40.but he got a dreaded double-kiss. This red is possible, I do not know

:54:41. > :54:45.if Judd Trump will continue to take the chance here and try to disturb

:54:46. > :54:52.the three reds below the pink and the black and possibly bring the

:54:53. > :55:03.pink and the black into play will -- interplay. -- into play. Judd Trump,

:55:04. > :55:47.he needs something a bit more positive here. That is what he did.

:55:48. > :55:57.Just about pulled up in time. But these are admissible.

:55:58. > :56:11.He just tried to make certain of the pot. He has just got no position.

:56:12. > :57:17.Disappointing. Well, a good pot. I think the pot

:57:18. > :57:26.was an afterthought. He was more concerned about getting the cue

:57:27. > :57:33.ball. The red going in was a bonus. He would like to cover the red with

:57:34. > :57:40.the brown and the blue. Is there a gap?

:57:41. > :57:50.There is always a gap. But there is not a gap that can see him hitting

:57:51. > :57:55.the edge of the red, so in other words, you cannot get the cue ball

:57:56. > :58:01.back to baulk. Judd Trump was a bit disappointed when he played the

:58:02. > :58:07.yellow, that he has left the yellow in a possible position. At the

:58:08. > :58:11.moment, he is just second guessing himself. He is trying to play

:58:12. > :58:23.hired, but it is not in his nature. -- play hard. You are forcing Marco

:58:24. > :58:27.to play safety, the are already safe. -- the Greens are already

:58:28. > :58:42.safe. That slid off the third cushion, and

:58:43. > :58:49.it has left a pot on here. It might be difficult to get on a colour. If

:58:50. > :58:59.it is, just part the red and play safe. -- pot the red. Still needs

:59:00. > :59:20.two reds and two colours to Clint this frame. -- clinch this frame.

:59:21. > :59:40.Absolutely no heroic. -- heroics. But once again, try to put that cue

:59:41. > :59:46.ball into the middle of the baulk cushion. I was like to leave the

:59:47. > :59:49.blue and the brown on the table. Find the yellow of that coercion,

:59:50. > :59:56.and you will leave your opponent in trouble. -- the yellow off that

:59:57. > :00:33.cushion. That is the shot, he played it well.

:00:34. > :00:38.Did not want to hit that read on the way up, but that is exactly what he

:00:39. > :01:05.has done. So, just taking them one at a time,

:01:06. > :01:10.but it is enough. If he puts the cue ball anywhere on the right-hand side

:01:11. > :01:24.of the table, he would get the snooker. A big favourite no, Judd.

:01:25. > :01:37.And now that Marco has missed the snooker it will surely be a free

:01:38. > :01:45.ball. So, he will probably try and pot the blue, it will count as a

:01:46. > :01:55.red. Marco is having a look, he does not think it was a free ball. He is

:01:56. > :02:00.asking the referee to check. The reason the referee has put a red

:02:01. > :02:04.next to the red, hot she is doing, can you hit the red on the left-hand

:02:05. > :02:20.side fool ball. I do not think it will make a great

:02:21. > :02:28.difference to the outcome of the frame. If he has not got this, he

:02:29. > :02:38.will simply play the snooker. Apology accepted. He is quite

:02:39. > :03:05.entitled to question the referee. And that is a snooker.

:03:06. > :03:20.That should be the end of the frame. It is not seen as gentlemanly

:03:21. > :03:26.to concede the frame home your opponent is back at the table, but

:03:27. > :03:33.having said that, he is only made you looking for one snooker. But not

:03:34. > :03:43.after this. He has said that is enough. He has conceded no. So, Judd

:03:44. > :03:53.Trump did not do it in typical fashion, but he did it in matchplay

:03:54. > :03:57.and we are now tied at 3-3. We were talking about the fighting qualities

:03:58. > :04:03.that Judd has shown and I think that will be refreshing for his

:04:04. > :04:08.supporters? Yes, I think he has learned a lot over the last couple

:04:09. > :04:15.of years. A couple of years ago, I think he meant have lost his

:04:16. > :04:22.patience and lost that frame. He has got a little more patient. It was a

:04:23. > :04:34.typical Marco Fu frame, if you want. As Stephen said, he does not

:04:35. > :04:41.want to play Marco Fu game, he wants to play his own game. But having the

:04:42. > :04:46.patience, and waiting for the right time to try and play your natural

:04:47. > :04:52.game is a better way of doing it. Then, it will come naturally, as

:04:53. > :04:59.opposed to you trying to force it. A long did it take you to learn to

:05:00. > :05:07.play like that? I suppose, we were naturally safety orientated, may be

:05:08. > :05:18.more inclined to play the cat and mouse way. The likes of players like

:05:19. > :05:25.Judd, we would want them to play into our hands by getting

:05:26. > :05:36.frustrated. Actually, he does have a great safety game. He is not far

:05:37. > :05:47.away from moving up a level. OK, back to the action, 3-3. Yes, I

:05:48. > :05:52.think we the reason we analyse Judd so much is that because he has so

:05:53. > :06:03.much talent, fight out the results not coming? When the results do not

:06:04. > :06:09.come, people obviously question why. But that was a bit careless

:06:10. > :06:18.from Marco, I think he may have left one. No, he has not had a good

:06:19. > :06:22.record in this match at getting out of snooker 's. He has had a tendency

:06:23. > :06:51.to leave something on. But I think the big difference

:06:52. > :06:59.between the two players is, a bit like myself, Judd is very concerned

:07:00. > :07:11.with the way that he achieves victory. If he does not play well,

:07:12. > :07:13.he is not happy. Yes, other players just put these matches behind them

:07:14. > :07:33.and say, well I got over the line. This is a decent opportunity for

:07:34. > :07:47.Judd. This is a very important seventh frame. Remember, it is the

:07:48. > :08:15.first to win six frames. He just missed the Canon. It just

:08:16. > :08:34.went past it. I am not certain he can retain

:08:35. > :08:56.possession on the black. It looks as if he could.

:08:57. > :09:08.Now, what sort of an angle as he left, not too bad.

:09:09. > :09:23.But once again, he is slightly straighter than he would like.

:09:24. > :09:29.He will have to either run through the cluster or play this crew shot

:09:30. > :09:50.at. Decided to play it with a lot of

:09:51. > :09:51.peace. It means there is now a little bit of pressure on this

:09:52. > :10:28.blue. He used all of the pocket the. You

:10:29. > :10:39.could see he was not happy. Slight movement there. That was one of

:10:40. > :10:49.these that you would have gone back to your seat very unhappy. But he

:10:50. > :11:03.just about got away with it. As we all know, at this game, you cannot

:11:04. > :11:13.take anything for granted. This was the one. It was maybe

:11:14. > :11:36.unintentionally, he is hitting across the ball slightly.

:11:37. > :12:36.It would be nice to see a century break. His opponent has already made

:12:37. > :12:45.one. He cannot be a tie-break of the

:12:46. > :13:31.tournament here. He played a van and a short, trying

:13:32. > :13:38.to move the red. There was no real need for it.

:13:39. > :14:01.What a pot that was. What a shame. All, he has ported it in the wrong

:14:02. > :14:22.pocket! Was the black trick shot or a

:14:23. > :14:29.complete fluke? I would hazard a guess that there are very few

:14:30. > :14:37.players who could have ported that final red at that speed. He is

:14:38. > :14:46.really beginning to show off all of his talent. This just needs to slow

:14:47. > :14:49.up slightly to be perfect. Here is another deep screw shortcoming up

:14:50. > :15:06.and down the table. What a wonderful finish. He did that

:15:07. > :15:29.in style. He now leads 4-3. This is my trainer flexion that I

:15:30. > :15:42.took two is being with me. This is a picture of my cards. This is a

:15:43. > :15:53.photograph of some work I am doing for my sponsor. This is me and Jack

:15:54. > :16:01.the other day. This is me at the ceremony at the Shanghai Masters.

:16:02. > :16:06.This is me pouring champagne over my friend in my beer. This is me and

:16:07. > :16:21.Jack Whitehall. The real Judd Trump. And we saw a

:16:22. > :16:29.bit of it there in that last frame. Look at the power. This speed of

:16:30. > :16:34.it, as well. Absolutely fantastic. It is great the way he can express

:16:35. > :16:46.himself, very similar to the way Jimmy White would do once he had the

:16:47. > :16:54.frame one. It is wonderful to watch. Yes, and a few years ago, when John

:16:55. > :17:02.and was just emerging, he was scathing the life out of players by

:17:03. > :17:11.plane like that. If he is in it and it at the final stages and has got

:17:12. > :17:13.his arm loose, he will be a big threat. He could excel in the latter

:17:14. > :17:33.stages. Marco had to sit out that last

:17:34. > :17:48.frame. He will be hoping he gets a chance. That is the strange thing

:17:49. > :17:51.about snooker. In the third frame, he got that tie-break and has never

:17:52. > :18:04.really had much of an opportunity since.

:18:05. > :18:19.He missed that, but he struck that really well.

:18:20. > :18:38.It was the cue ball which brought the fight back to the baulk and.

:18:39. > :18:45.Marco, as good a pot as he has played all day. He now has a nice

:18:46. > :18:59.angle on the blue. We saw the cue coming off the bench

:19:00. > :19:01.and a little bit, but that is what he has to do to get the required

:19:02. > :19:07.power. That was a good idea. He played the

:19:08. > :19:53.cannon into the black. He has got a nice angle on the blue

:19:54. > :20:11.to cannon into the pink. Nope, decided to just play for the red.

:20:12. > :20:15.And it is perfect, as you can see, he can just not listen and then take

:20:16. > :21:17.the black into the opposite corner. Judd would probably Mark the cue

:21:18. > :21:20.ball right into the pack. Actually, he has played that exactly the same

:21:21. > :22:19.way as I said Judd would. nearly one hour, it has been a very

:22:20. > :22:21.good standard. Yes, the frames have really picked up and saw as the pot

:22:22. > :22:40.percentage. His percentage is good enough to win

:22:41. > :23:08.most matches, but he finds himself for-3 behind.

:23:09. > :23:25.A lot will depend on the angle. He may be able to take the blue into

:23:26. > :23:32.the top right and screw right back no, decided to play for the single

:23:33. > :23:41.one. As long as he is not straight, he will be OK. But it is imperative

:23:42. > :23:53.that he now gets a good angle for the black. So, this could be the key

:23:54. > :24:06.to the frame. If the Reds break nicely, he should win this. No, he

:24:07. > :24:25.did not get into the cue ball. He did not get enough action on it.

:24:26. > :24:59.into the pack, but left it till the last minute.

:25:00. > :25:12.The referee took so long to call that that I thought that maybe he

:25:13. > :25:16.had actually made contact with it. But now, 58 Hain, he cannot afford

:25:17. > :25:37.to give too many points away. That is where it was and that is

:25:38. > :25:49.where it is now. That works pretty good to me.

:25:50. > :26:07.He will not get a warning, because he clearly cannot make fool

:26:08. > :26:25.contact. But he is now 62 points behind. Is

:26:26. > :26:38.he thinking that was rolling off slightly?

:26:39. > :26:53.Well played. It was so important. OK, he is not perfect with regard to

:26:54. > :26:58.the length of the cue ball, but what he did not want to leave was any

:26:59. > :27:08.sort of chance for Marco to win the frame here.

:27:09. > :27:19.It is one of these frames that, although Marco is 62 points in

:27:20. > :27:24.front, there is not a single colour safe. However, one of the Reds has

:27:25. > :27:58.now gone say. That was a good shot. That is handy. The only one that

:27:59. > :28:06.Marco can hit is the one that he put on the left-hand cushion, which she

:28:07. > :28:27.does not want to play. There is not much of an alternative.

:28:28. > :28:40.I do not think that is a smoker. But there's a little bit of pressure

:28:41. > :28:50.here, because Marco can clearly get through to the one on the left hand

:28:51. > :28:53.side of the table. I think he will have to play that one on the left

:28:54. > :29:01.hand cushion. He has given away 62 points in the

:29:02. > :29:24.foul short today, that is a lot. He got it right and it has worked

:29:25. > :29:35.out well. As a bonus, he has not the pink relatively safe.

:29:36. > :29:57.You would think he would be banned to be on a colour.

:29:58. > :30:09.Earlier, we were seeing that all of the colours were out in the open,

:30:10. > :30:23.but now the pink and black are slightly more court.

:30:24. > :30:35.Don't think too far ahead in these circumstances, just try to

:30:36. > :30:37.concentrate on reducing the deficit. That is always at the back of your

:30:38. > :30:55.mind, when you are at the cushion. You need to be more intent on trying

:30:56. > :31:05.to reduce the deficit here and getting back into the frame.

:31:06. > :31:13.Normally, we would say that red on the left-hand side of the table is

:31:14. > :31:16.OK for a left-handed player, but it is not going to be an easy pot, no

:31:17. > :31:24.matter what. Just playing for the other two reds

:31:25. > :31:46.in the middle of the table now. A quick glance at the scoreboard, 29

:31:47. > :31:51.points behind. He has looked at the possibility of playing the red in

:31:52. > :31:59.the middle of the table and playing that cannon onto the red.

:32:00. > :32:09.Will he be on the colour? Just about on the blue. Just about. He has

:32:10. > :32:17.released that red, he has made it easier to get to. He could possibly

:32:18. > :32:22.play for the blue, play off the two cushions to get to that other red on

:32:23. > :32:29.the right corner. The blue is just to find an angle.

:32:30. > :32:43.The top cushion, the side cushion, a touch of right-hand side.

:32:44. > :32:56.Well, whatever you do, do not miss the blue. That now means that Marco

:32:57. > :33:19.Fu comes to the table 28 points in front on the scoreboard.

:33:20. > :33:32.So, this black could leave a snooker.

:33:33. > :33:40.36 point two lead, 35 remaining, he is playing a double here, if it goes

:33:41. > :33:45.in, you would think Judd Trump would not bother coming back to the table

:33:46. > :33:51.and it would be all square. It would be for-4. -- it would be four

:33:52. > :34:10.apiece. First priority for Judd Trump is to

:34:11. > :34:18.hit this red and get it safe. Well, he can part it, get position on the

:34:19. > :34:20.black, maybe. -- pot it. He has got to pot the black, otherwise he will

:34:21. > :34:39.need more than one snooker. He would always be in-off in the

:34:40. > :34:46.middle years ago. In goes the black, one snooker needed. Could he stunned

:34:47. > :34:47.beyond the pink and sent the yellow and down the table? Does not have to

:34:48. > :35:05.send it to far? -- very far. Nearly got the double-kiss, but it

:35:06. > :35:13.has worked out well, he has got the snooker he needed. As we have seen

:35:14. > :35:26.in this match, this has not been Marco's strength today, escaping

:35:27. > :35:28.from snookers. He flicked the pink but managed to avoid the double-kiss

:35:29. > :35:50.on the yellow. The problem is, you try to get a

:35:51. > :35:57.little stunned behind the green and get to the right-hand corner. If you

:35:58. > :36:13.do not get the snooker, make certain you get the object ball safe.

:36:14. > :36:16.Do not go all out for the snooker and give your opponent the chance

:36:17. > :36:39.for potting the ball if you get it. He has got the snooker, you would

:36:40. > :36:43.not think it would be difficult to hit, just the one cushion to escape

:36:44. > :37:07.at this level. That leaves Marco with the

:37:08. > :37:16.advantage. Looks like a good line. It could be

:37:17. > :37:39.just a little bit narrow. Did not want tonight that pink onto

:37:40. > :37:40.the cushion. That was one of Judd Trump's best chances of winning a

:37:41. > :38:12.snooker, that pink. Not quite certain what Judd Trump to

:38:13. > :38:18.play there, but whatever it is, it has cost him this frame. -- Judd

:38:19. > :38:29.Trump played. If he popped that, his opponent

:38:30. > :38:59.comes -- concedes. He wasn't going to keep this an easy

:39:00. > :39:49.pot. He has missed out with the rest, and

:39:50. > :39:57.I think that will be enough for Judd Trump to concede. Marco Fu has

:39:58. > :40:04.pulled back. It could have gone either way, but it is four apiece.

:40:05. > :40:08.If we look back on that frame, Stephen, when Judd Trump was on the

:40:09. > :40:15.blue, in an effort to try and clear up, you said maybe he could play the

:40:16. > :40:19.blue and come off to cushions, but you also questioned if he was too

:40:20. > :40:24.thin on the blue? I would suggest the way he played it, it was too

:40:25. > :40:31.thin to play that shot. As you can see, he misses the blue fin, so if

:40:32. > :40:38.it was thicker, then the shot was on. But he did not seem to play with

:40:39. > :40:42.enough pace. If he makes contact with that red like you did, then it

:40:43. > :40:47.would always be safe, so whether it was trying to hold on the red for

:40:48. > :40:53.the opener, I do not know, but it was a strange way to play it. As you

:40:54. > :40:57.alluded to at the time, the pink had gone safe, and all of sudden, a

:40:58. > :41:02.thought, this is a frame-winning chance and you have got those

:41:03. > :41:08.awkward balls at the back of a, and you do not attack like you normally

:41:09. > :41:16.would, do you? -- at the back of your mind. Yes, as you rightly said,

:41:17. > :41:20.you need to get the point on the board first, but with the safe

:41:21. > :41:25.balls, they are always in the back of your mind, and that is annoying,

:41:26. > :41:28.because you know that you want to win the frame at one visit, and

:41:29. > :41:35.these are the kinds of things that will stop you. If he had got out in

:41:36. > :41:44.the open at the start, you would have fancied him to end the frame.

:41:45. > :41:55.This match is piling up very nicely now. Four apiece. Really hard to say

:41:56. > :41:59.who is going to win this frame, because you still feel that Marco

:42:00. > :42:04.Fu, when he gets in a month balls, he is capable of winning the frame

:42:05. > :42:12.in one visit. -- gets in amongst the balls. A lovely opening red from

:42:13. > :42:36.Marco Fu. He queued that beautifully. -- cued.

:42:37. > :42:42.The black is available at the moment. I do not know what will

:42:43. > :42:46.happen when it is re-spotted, but if he can get a nice angle on the

:42:47. > :42:57.black, then he might be able to nudge just above it.

:42:58. > :43:06.Concentrating so much on trying to come low on the back, he took his

:43:07. > :43:09.eye off the pot. -- low on the black. Will be disappointed to have

:43:10. > :44:22.missed that. The fact he is looking at this red

:44:23. > :44:26.means that he can play a safety shot down the left-hand side of the

:44:27. > :44:31.table, which is an advantage. You would just be concerned about

:44:32. > :44:55.knocking a red to the right corner. He has hit the pink. He has hit the

:44:56. > :45:15.pink. There could not have been much of a gap.

:45:16. > :45:28.Say again. Where is it going? That red, it's slightly moved, but I do

:45:29. > :45:39.not think that it will affect the shot. It is this gap here. Closer to

:45:40. > :45:45.the red. That is where it was. That red looks perfect to me. That red

:45:46. > :45:50.isn't really the important thing here. Judd Trump thought was a gap,

:45:51. > :46:03.whether he was right or wrong, he hit the pink. How does that look?

:46:04. > :46:14.Yes? That is where it was. That is for it is now. How you OK with that?

:46:15. > :46:22.Just a fraction. I think he is trying to swerve to make that gap.

:46:23. > :46:30.Now, you look at that and you can understand why he hit the pink. Are

:46:31. > :46:39.you both OK with that? Yes? Thank you. He cannot swerve it too much,

:46:40. > :46:41.because he will be hitting the blue. He has a problem here. A change of

:46:42. > :46:58.shot. The deep screw, it needs a bit of

:46:59. > :47:31.luck here. I tell you what, he has had a bit.

:47:32. > :47:39.Well, that was a brave shot to take on. I thought Judd Trump may be had

:47:40. > :47:44.got away with that. Playing its like that, it was a dangerous way to play

:47:45. > :47:58.it, but in its drops, and he is just about on the yellow.

:47:59. > :48:07.But he missed the yellow. So, the dangerous pot red which was a good

:48:08. > :48:35.one, that was all he got, the one point. He would be disappointed.

:48:36. > :48:47.The red is in the baulk line, you would love to play that for the

:48:48. > :49:04.blue. Leaving a blue there would be an easy way to go into the red.

:49:05. > :49:13.The red just above the black is available. I don't think you can get

:49:14. > :49:15.position on it on the way that he could pot it and move just to the

:49:16. > :49:22.black. Just going to play some precise

:49:23. > :49:35.positional shots here. I do not think that is one of them.

:49:36. > :49:51.I think that could be the end of rape. -- end of break.

:49:52. > :49:59.In all honesty, I am not certain if he had to run past the reds macro,

:50:00. > :50:08.he would have been just above the red above the black. It is a strange

:50:09. > :50:14.choice of shot. He has finished up on nothing, it appears. Take your

:50:15. > :50:21.medicine and just play a good safety shot. Trying to get in behind the

:50:22. > :50:23.brown if he can. I will tell you what, he made a pretty good job of

:50:24. > :52:38.that. That was well played. He is having a three place, because

:52:39. > :52:43.he has not left anything. There are a couple of frames three would have

:52:44. > :52:48.thought Judd Trump has got something that wasn't too difficult a

:52:49. > :52:52.snooker, but Marco Fu has gotten out of it, and that has been the end of

:52:53. > :53:00.the frame. He has got a good line, but he does not want to overheat

:53:01. > :53:05.this. He could hit on to the corner. Good pace, but does it leave

:53:06. > :54:52.anything? No, he has played it well. Safe enough.

:54:53. > :55:00.That is a decent safety shot. That is well played. I do not know if

:55:01. > :55:05.Marco can get through to one of the reds in the middle of the table? The

:55:06. > :55:11.problem is, if he can, once you start playing from the red off an

:55:12. > :55:16.ear cushion, and he cannot get near to the pink, and you have got the

:55:17. > :55:26.one down the right-hand side of the table. Too dangerous to play the pot

:55:27. > :55:35.here. Just playing a containing safety shot. Just stopped in his

:55:36. > :55:50.tracks there. Is the red available to the middle? No, I do not think

:55:51. > :56:02.so. No. It was the right-hand one, I would be very surprised if Marco Fu

:56:03. > :56:11.hadn't spotted that one if it was pottable.

:56:12. > :56:19.Marco now looking at the possibility of a plant. He is not far off. Not

:56:20. > :56:27.far off at all. There is enough of a gap between the two reds to make

:56:28. > :56:32.this. He did not fancy it, but playing safe, as I said, the red

:56:33. > :56:47.near the cushion, it can go up the table near the cue ball.

:56:48. > :57:05.That green makes the cueing awkward for job Trump. That's macro for --

:57:06. > :57:12.that green makes this cueing awkward for Judd Trump.

:57:13. > :57:23.There is a chance here. The red just to the left of the pink, you can get

:57:24. > :57:30.through to it and he can play it as a shot for nothing. A clear shot

:57:31. > :57:41.back to the baulk end, but he would be thinking about the pot here.

:57:42. > :57:45.He is looking down the right-hand side of the table, decided to play

:57:46. > :57:52.the pot on this, he needs to get it. Tremendous shot. And perfect on the

:57:53. > :58:11.blue. What a good shot that was. You can see, visibly, how he raises

:58:12. > :58:43.his head to get the power. The timing was there.

:58:44. > :58:53.He has done pretty well, Marco Fu. Judd Trump made that 120 with the

:58:54. > :58:58.exhibition shots. He could easily be intimidated by that, but he has come

:58:59. > :59:04.back strongly. She was a great temperament. He has impressed me in

:59:05. > :59:09.that he has parted some terrific long balls, and that is a very

:59:10. > :59:15.important aspect of this game. It is how you can get in without your

:59:16. > :59:19.opponent making much of a mistake. It is OK if your opponent makes

:59:20. > :59:24.mistakes and sleeves you in, but to get in with good, long potting which

:59:25. > :59:38.he has done in the last few frames... And imparting -- in

:59:39. > :59:39.potting this, he can get into a further lead, so he has got

:59:40. > :59:56.something to build on. Own inputting this thread, he is

:59:57. > :00:14.bound to nudge into the other two. He is thinking of Kenya with a bit

:00:15. > :00:17.more pace, so he has the possibility of maybe breaking the black out of

:00:18. > :00:55.fear. He made regret not take plainer shop

:00:56. > :01:48.with a bit more pace, to open them up.

:01:49. > :02:05.I cannot believe he played the Canon.

:02:06. > :02:24.It is not all bad. He has got a 26 point lead, but it is not enough.

:02:25. > :02:34.If he was falling through to open up the black, he should have put

:02:35. > :02:49.left-hand side on it, but it appeared to be going the other way.

:02:50. > :02:59.This is on, but very tricky, just off the cushion. They are always

:03:00. > :03:00.tricky when they are just off the cushion. When the heartache and to

:03:01. > :03:37.the cushion, they are much easier. Perfect. Just like to nudge that

:03:38. > :03:46.read away. OK, it is not perfect, because he will have to go away from

:03:47. > :04:02.the pack. So, all he is looking for is any angle on any colour.

:04:03. > :04:10.It looks as if it will have two be the year low.

:04:11. > :04:16.-- the year low. The trouble with that is that the middle pocket is

:04:17. > :04:42.slightly in the way. No, he did not have the angle for

:04:43. > :04:45.that shot. So, he has to look no for a good safety shot, because this

:04:46. > :05:12.frame is still in the balance. There is every possibility that he

:05:13. > :05:54.may have left this one. It was a good line, but just to hear

:05:55. > :06:55.the two nestle behind the green, but still, a good shot.

:06:56. > :07:01.He tried to swerve that and that was always very dangerous to play it

:07:02. > :07:35.that way. Poor choice of short. I did not think that was going to

:07:36. > :07:41.drop! So, 21 points no ahead. Just looking

:07:42. > :08:05.at the scoreboard. No, nothing that Judd can do. That

:08:06. > :08:15.was a very careless shot that he played. So, the blow and the final

:08:16. > :08:32.red will be enough. He will not need the colour.

:08:33. > :08:53.There is just a little gap between the red and the cushion. Any goes!

:08:54. > :09:01.He stayed down on that one, he knew how important that was. The black

:09:02. > :09:07.note to foul and he is now definitely in the ascendancy.

:09:08. > :09:17.There has been no two frames alike in this match. We have seen a couple

:09:18. > :09:23.of frames which have been full of fantastic break building, and then,

:09:24. > :09:34.for no apparent reason, some very scrappy frames.

:09:35. > :10:27.Kong, those with in one frame of a place in the second round. That

:10:28. > :10:35.could be a very significant victory in that frame. I read detecting

:10:36. > :10:45.little signs of that selection of short creeping back into the game of

:10:46. > :10:53.Judd? Yes, I think it shows just what a tough match player that Marco

:10:54. > :10:56.is. I do not think he is underestimated by the players, and

:10:57. > :11:02.maybe not by the hard-core snooker fans, but maybe just the casual

:11:03. > :11:11.observer may not read him so highly. But he is such a top player. When

:11:12. > :11:16.you consider the record of Marco in the last few months, he has been in

:11:17. > :11:25.three major ranking finals with an the past ten months. This is one of

:11:26. > :11:32.the best years of his career. I think that has been forgotten. Yes,

:11:33. > :11:42.I think his career has been marked it by how he's and lows. That

:11:43. > :11:52.winning the Australian was the culmination of his consistency

:11:53. > :11:57.throughout the year. But any time you are in there, if you are not at

:11:58. > :12:04.the top of your game, and Judd is not at the top of his game, you

:12:05. > :12:12.always have to be able to raise your game. Also, you cannot get

:12:13. > :12:20.frustrated. You some you sometimes simply have to play the rate shot.

:12:21. > :12:23.Judd as a tendency to want to pot everything and you simply cannot do

:12:24. > :12:31.that all the time. I am wondering what desire has in all this? He has

:12:32. > :12:37.not been beyond the last 16 in any to ornament, which is extraordinary.

:12:38. > :12:44.I believe he was practising very hard over the Christmas period. But

:12:45. > :12:54.the first-round matches never an easy one to get your snooker are

:12:55. > :13:00.going. He will have to dig deep. He has got to survive, two spins of one

:13:01. > :13:25.coin now. OK, he got the snooker there, but

:13:26. > :13:38.that is the type of red that Judd was knocking in earlier on in the

:13:39. > :14:00.match. The last couple of frames seem to have drifted along. Marco

:14:01. > :14:04.has not actually had to do a lot. In the last couple of frames, the best

:14:05. > :14:11.break that Judd has put together has been 34. OK, it is not all about big

:14:12. > :14:19.breaks, but I do think that Judd simply has to make something happen.

:14:20. > :14:33.Steve was talking about the other players having a fear factor when

:14:34. > :14:36.Judd first came on the scene. But the is no doubt that he has to go

:14:37. > :14:40.into his shell sometimes simply bit more safety. It may not be good for

:14:41. > :15:00.the image, but he has to do that. There is another escape from Marco.

:15:01. > :15:06.But once again, he has left one. OK, he is going to be slightly

:15:07. > :15:14.hampered. No, he decided against it. I do not blame him for that one.

:15:15. > :15:25.I think he has to think positively, rather than negatively from now on.

:15:26. > :15:32.Yes, I do not think we mean going for crazy shots, but I just mean, in

:15:33. > :15:44.terms of safety play, he has to tighten up.

:15:45. > :15:51.Another escape which has gone wrong.

:15:52. > :16:09.The problem is, hampered as he is, he will probably run into the

:16:10. > :16:18.black. He will not be the fruit -- refusing the shot.

:16:19. > :16:24.He played that nicely and will be lucky if he is to straight on the

:16:25. > :16:40.black. A very delicate shot that he would

:16:41. > :16:48.be hitting the black. He does not want to hit this with too much pace.

:16:49. > :16:54.Do that another is a chance you miss these.

:16:55. > :17:59.He could not have played that any better.

:18:00. > :18:06.There is one thread, but now that he has the angle, I would not be

:18:07. > :18:22.surprised if he went into the pack. Perhaps, he was just slightly too

:18:23. > :18:27.straight. He needs a good angle now. He has got plenty of angle. He will

:18:28. > :19:06.be stunning the cue ball. Tried to play that with control, but

:19:07. > :19:10.that did not work out too well. He was worried about going into them

:19:11. > :19:12.with too much pace, but it has ended with him having to play the safety

:19:13. > :19:36.shot. That is pretty good. The red on the left-hand cushion is

:19:37. > :20:18.making the safety shot back to baulk a lot more difficult.

:20:19. > :20:27.I think Judd would have been tempted into that read towards the top

:20:28. > :20:36.left-hand corner had he not been hampered by the black. He was

:20:37. > :20:40.thinking no of the safety shot, but that read up on the ball here makes

:20:41. > :20:56.things a bit more difficult. He has parted attempt at the

:20:57. > :20:59.double, the most important thing was leaving the cue ball tight on the

:21:00. > :21:50.top cushion. If he cannot get to the one that he

:21:51. > :21:54.wants, why not just simply come off the right-hand cushion and nestle

:21:55. > :22:04.gently into the bunch? Is he actually thinking of playing

:22:05. > :22:18.the part? I cannot see how you can play safe,

:22:19. > :22:31.with that read up at the top of the table. To me, that one of the

:22:32. > :22:36.right-hand cushion is the easiest one. It looks as if that is what

:22:37. > :22:38.he's going to do. I do not see why that took him two minutes to work

:22:39. > :23:28.out. I thought that Michaela Tabb was

:23:29. > :23:39.going to declare a touching ball, but she did not. OK, that is going

:23:40. > :23:46.to open things up a bit. Judd may well try and pot the read up at the

:23:47. > :24:05.top of the table, but he could also easily be safe fit and it will leave

:24:06. > :24:13.a much more conventional table. He has taken the pot, but is the cue

:24:14. > :24:23.ball running too fast? Well, just needed to stop an inch or two

:24:24. > :24:47.inches. Being left-handed, it leaves them with a possible shot.

:24:48. > :25:09.He has got it! But he thought he was certain to run into another red. He

:25:10. > :25:17.only had to kiss one of the reds slightly fuller. But he is looking

:25:18. > :25:26.at the plant. It is not far off. He will have to hit the first of the

:25:27. > :25:35.red is very thin. I do not think that is on. It is a possibility, but

:25:36. > :25:43.you have to hit that first one very thin. Not, got the first one a

:25:44. > :25:59.fraction too thick. It was one of those that had he been

:26:00. > :26:10.right behind it, you could not have missed it. It works as if Marco can

:26:11. > :26:15.get beyond the blown. But he missed it.

:26:16. > :26:47.I think there is a red to the left middle for Judd to go at.

:26:48. > :26:55.That was half a chance. He will feel he should have potted that. He

:26:56. > :27:01.really needs to take these have chances now. Only a fraction out,

:27:02. > :27:28.but the scheme is all about fractions.

:27:29. > :27:37.That is a disappointing safety shot. Now, can Judd play a better

:27:38. > :27:53.one? This looks pretty good. In fact, I would say excellent.

:27:54. > :28:21.There may not be a path back to the baulk area.

:28:22. > :28:40.Another double cushion escape, with pace. But he missed that. He does

:28:41. > :28:56.not want to leave the free ball here. He has not done so.

:28:57. > :29:06.42 points adrift now, Marco. He knows that if he gives Judd one more

:29:07. > :29:16.chance, it will be the end of the frame. He tried to swerve that to

:29:17. > :29:38.get more on the cue ball, but this time, he was long way away.

:29:39. > :29:51.I have got to warn you if you do not hit a ball on, you will lose the

:29:52. > :29:57.frame. Well, there is a thing, she is warning Marco. I did not see that

:29:58. > :30:06.when we looked at Hawk-eye. She is saying it can make full-ball contact

:30:07. > :30:13.on that red at the right thing. -- right of the pink. If you look at

:30:14. > :30:20.the point of view of Hawk-eye, I suppose, you can make full contact

:30:21. > :30:29.with it. Fair play. I never thought of that one.

:30:30. > :30:33.And looking at that, Michaela Tabb is right, he can hit that red full

:30:34. > :30:45.in the face. Finally enough, it would not be the

:30:46. > :30:49.first time that a frame has been lost in the Masters by somebody

:30:50. > :31:00.having three misses. Do you know who it was? No. Ken Doherty. Stubborn.

:31:01. > :31:03.Kept playing to get out of the snooker and when he was told if you

:31:04. > :31:14.miss it this time, you lose the frame, he played the same shot, and

:31:15. > :31:18.he missed it. What a darling. There is no excuse for not hitting a red

:31:19. > :31:23.here, to be perfectly honest, but now he has been warned, he has just

:31:24. > :31:30.got to make sure that he had any red. This is a hit and hope shot for

:31:31. > :31:35.me, now, nothing precise about it. Over two minutes, he is taking, but

:31:36. > :31:39.he has just got to hit and hope. There are that many reds on, surely

:31:40. > :31:52.he cannot miss them. One question, straight into them.

:31:53. > :32:01.He has given it a lot of thought, but it is just hit and hope, this.

:32:02. > :32:11.He was trying to play the delicate one. If he can get this safe, then

:32:12. > :32:17.why did he not do it before. He has not got it safe, and now there is a

:32:18. > :32:20.chance for Judd. I said he needed one more chance and if he can get

:32:21. > :32:24.position on the black, particularly, then maybe you can run

:32:25. > :32:30.through. You can screw back for the blue. This is a chance to level the

:32:31. > :33:27.match. This is a chance to take this into a decider.

:33:28. > :33:33.60 points the lead, so still 91 remaining, he would like to have

:33:34. > :33:38.been on this red so he could play for the black. The black is only

:33:39. > :33:45.available into this corner pocket. You still looking for three reds and

:33:46. > :33:52.three colours. Playing for the black on the same pocket as the red. He

:33:53. > :33:53.needs to run. They did nicely. Another couple of rows would have

:33:54. > :34:08.been better, but he is on the black. Of course, every time you putts a

:34:09. > :34:13.red, that reduces the amount remaining by eight points, because

:34:14. > :34:18.it is a red and a black, that is the maximum. -- every time he pots a

:34:19. > :34:26.red. A snooker is required. It looks like

:34:27. > :34:54.a decider. Another colour, and you would not

:34:55. > :35:11.see Marco Fu coming back to this table.

:35:12. > :35:24.We have learned a lot about the misrule today, Stephen? Yes, it is a

:35:25. > :35:34.good job in here! If you do not know the rules are there! Full contact.

:35:35. > :35:42.He did what he had to do, Judd, he has got this frame one. -- frame

:35:43. > :36:34.won. A delightful positional shot.

:36:35. > :36:40.Already had a 120 break in this match, Judd. The chanting might make

:36:41. > :36:42.his second century. As long as you are 73 or more coming up to the

:36:43. > :37:16.colours, you can make a hundred. Obviously, Judd will be

:37:17. > :37:24.concentrating on trying to make the century. He is that crowd pleasing

:37:25. > :37:29.type of player. He will also have one I on the deciding frame, as will

:37:30. > :37:31.Marco, the deciding frame that is to come. -- you will also be keeping

:37:32. > :37:50.his eye on the deciding frame. Well, wonderful shot, absolutely

:37:51. > :38:07.inch perfect on the blue. A lovely touch.

:38:08. > :38:19.This very, very important 100 and to send us in all square at 5-5. Both

:38:20. > :38:22.players getting ready for a final frame shoot out for a place in the

:38:23. > :38:33.second round, five apiece. His second century of the match

:38:34. > :38:42.after a 120 earlier on and it has led him into a decider. For the

:38:43. > :38:47.second time today, the Masters has tended to do this, and that is the

:38:48. > :38:50.way it happens. Both good competitors, they have given

:38:51. > :38:55.everything they have got in different departments of the game,

:38:56. > :39:00.this much has had everything. Ken, who do you think is in better

:39:01. > :39:05.position to complete the job? I think if Judd Trump gets the

:39:06. > :39:09.chance, he could win it on one visit, Marco may need a few chances,

:39:10. > :39:16.and a lot open up the reds, whereas Judd Trump will try to open up the

:39:17. > :39:21.reds in one visit. It is a toss of a coin. As John Parrott would always

:39:22. > :39:25.say, you just want one chance, sometimes in the last frame you do

:39:26. > :39:30.not even get that. It has been a fascinating match and it has been

:39:31. > :39:35.really good quality. Sometimes in the last frame, in a match, you do

:39:36. > :39:39.not want a tricky safety shot were you are forced to play a shot which

:39:40. > :39:43.you can leave the other guy and opening, and that can be had the cue

:39:44. > :39:49.ball comes down the table and roles with the colours and how the ball

:39:50. > :39:54.lands. One frame shoot out, the winner goes into the quarterfinal.

:39:55. > :40:08.That is looking like a decent rake off, the fact that Marco is not

:40:09. > :40:12.having a look at this red down the right-hand side of the table means

:40:13. > :40:14.that he cannot get to it. There is the proof, so he is snooker it on

:40:15. > :40:39.all reds. -- snookered. He needs to be careful, you do not

:40:40. > :40:43.want to overheat and hit that red on.

:40:44. > :40:54.He has not hit it, Judd was not even coming down to have a look. I would

:40:55. > :40:56.be having a look at that, I will be honest with you. I would have had a

:40:57. > :41:18.look at that. Should hit it this time, with the

:41:19. > :41:23.adjustment. This time, he is not left a chance to pot, but the first

:41:24. > :42:16.time round, I would have definitely been interested.

:42:17. > :42:21.I think Judd can see this thread to the left corner. It is his first

:42:22. > :42:48.opportunity. Not a bad kiss on the blue, but he

:42:49. > :42:54.is on the wrong side of it, needs to come in and out of baulk. As Ken was

:42:55. > :43:00.saying, the final frames, you always hope to get that one chance, at

:43:01. > :43:05.least. I like the way that he played that, he did not seem anxious about

:43:06. > :43:10.it, he stroked it in. OK, he got a kiss on the blue, it is not ideal,

:43:11. > :43:16.but it could have been a lot worse. Any is to avoid the baulk colours

:43:17. > :43:21.and get the cue ball back to the business end. -- he needs to avoid.

:43:22. > :43:51.He could probably get the red behind the black year. -- here.

:43:52. > :44:04.These are difficult at the best of times. 5-5. The Masters. You have to

:44:05. > :44:58.play it. Well, Eduardo did sway in. -- well,

:44:59. > :45:04.it made its way in. That was a good roll up. If it hasn't covered the

:45:05. > :45:08.escape, down the right-hand side of the table, off one cushion, I do not

:45:09. > :45:12.think Marco will be leaving anything here. It looks like a pretty

:45:13. > :45:31.straightforward escape. Yes, that is the line. The only

:45:32. > :45:36.thing is, and we have seen it happen a few times today, Marco has played

:45:37. > :45:45.this shot and overheated slightly, and if you do, there is a chance

:45:46. > :45:55.that you can play the red into a portable position. As he slid past?

:45:56. > :45:59.-- has he slid past? He has done. Judd looks to CS there is anything

:46:00. > :46:31.available. -- see if there is. If there is no gap between green and

:46:32. > :46:37.pink, there are some lines directly in line with pink and black, then he

:46:38. > :46:40.would need a good shots to get back to baulk. He might just have the gap

:46:41. > :47:02.to play it. He has. He needs to miss the baulk colours.

:47:03. > :47:08.Catching the green, not going to be in too much trouble, but I do not

:47:09. > :47:14.think he has left an easy pot on. It is down to Judd to find a path back

:47:15. > :47:36.to the baulk end, and I'd tell you what, it is not a formality.

:47:37. > :47:46.You do not normally get the cue ball cleans to hit a safety shot. He was

:47:47. > :47:54.winding his arm up, I think something is going to happen here.

:47:55. > :47:58.It is OK playing these kind of shots, but you have got to hit them

:47:59. > :48:03.and they have to be close to the pockets to get this reaction, so

:48:04. > :48:12.here it comes, a deep screw, hold onto your hats.

:48:13. > :49:12.a mistake. A little ripple of applause, but it is not justified.

:49:13. > :49:18.He is not going to research and were the cue ball will finish a. You

:49:19. > :49:22.always say in this situation, just concentrate fully on the pot and

:49:23. > :49:26.hope that you have a bit of luck with position will stop ears cut to

:49:27. > :49:34.play the pot, there is no alternative. As I say, were the cue

:49:35. > :49:36.ball finishes, nobody knows. At least if you pot the red, you get to

:49:37. > :49:55.play the next shot. You never know what is around the

:49:56. > :49:59.corner. Now, he has developed the black, but there is a little bit of

:50:00. > :50:06.pressure on this one, close to the question, three quarters wall, good

:50:07. > :50:12.cueing needed. I do not think it is an automatic role in that you will

:50:13. > :50:17.finish on a red. You do not want to do a lot with the cue ball. Just

:50:18. > :50:21.make certain that you pot the red and see what happens, and it could

:50:22. > :50:26.not have worked out much that, just like that cue ball to be a bit

:50:27. > :50:31.further from the caution. In fact, maybe years not that good on the

:50:32. > :50:38.black, he is eyeing up the yellow. Surely not? He drops the black and

:50:39. > :50:59.the red to the left of the pink. He is taking too long for me. Yes,

:51:00. > :51:04.if that cue ball was six inches away from the cushion, he would feel as

:51:05. > :51:08.if he would part the black no problem. -- pot the black. It is not

:51:09. > :51:27.feel like you will automatically be on a red.

:51:28. > :51:31.You have got to hold your nerve. This is the shots to play. Fully

:51:32. > :51:46.commit. He took too long on that, for me. As

:51:47. > :52:09.soon as he parted the red, he was on the black.

:52:10. > :52:53.Now it is down to Marco Fu, a tricky red to start with.

:52:54. > :53:00.Well, stroked it in, did not to do too with the cue ball,

:53:01. > :53:02.automatically, on the black. This is his chance. Nothing that Judd Trump

:53:03. > :53:50.can do now. He passes the cue ball very well

:53:51. > :54:05.there. In a perfect vision. -- position.

:54:06. > :54:10.If this was in the middle of the match, you would say this was

:54:11. > :54:18.virtually a certainty as a frame-winning chance. There is

:54:19. > :54:19.massive pressure out there. But it doesn't have a lot to do with the

:54:20. > :55:31.cue ball at all. He has not absolutely inch perfect

:55:32. > :55:38.on this red, did not think it cause him much of a problem, but it is the

:55:39. > :55:42.position that could catch him out. He has played it nicely. Ideally, he

:55:43. > :55:46.would not want to be playing for one of these reds along the top cushion,

:55:47. > :55:51.you'd want to be playing for the reds in the open.

:55:52. > :56:03.He is short of pace. Playing for the red into the left corner. Not quite

:56:04. > :56:11.how he played it, the one to the left middle is a little bit tricky.

:56:12. > :56:20.He is looking at the scoreboard, I think that is just... That is just

:56:21. > :56:30.to give him some thought time. These are tricky. Well, it went and it

:56:31. > :56:38.went. And Judd Trump is now fearing the worst. Yes, this was a nice pot,

:56:39. > :57:37.back in perfect position. He has decided to play for one of

:57:38. > :57:41.those reds you mentioned, John, and he is perfect on this. Needs to give

:57:42. > :57:57.it full concentration. Just one chance, well this was

:57:58. > :58:01.Judd's second chance. OK, it might not have been ideal on the black,

:58:02. > :58:10.but the most important thing was to part it. -- pot it. That is used all

:58:11. > :58:25.of the pocket. But in it went. It looked a little bit wide. 50 points

:58:26. > :58:32.in the lead now. Red and eight colour for a place in the second

:58:33. > :58:35.round. -- a collar. This match has been toing and froing, but it looks

:58:36. > :58:45.like it is going the way of Marco Fu.

:58:46. > :58:57.And this black well put him 58 points in front with just 51 meaning

:58:58. > :59:03.and another false dawn for Judd Trump. Just cannot get the results

:59:04. > :59:13.at the moment, for one reason or another. Just not got that

:59:14. > :59:20.consistency that is required. He's blowing too hot and cold. But every

:59:21. > :59:27.credit to Marco Fu, he has stuck at his task and even when he was -- he

:59:28. > :59:31.has stuck to his task and even when he went behind, he still kept

:59:32. > :59:35.going, and even with all of the pressure on. He has made light of

:59:36. > :59:50.the pressure. We have got to the point now where

:59:51. > :59:56.Judd Trump will not bother coming back to the table. It would be a

:59:57. > :00:00.hand shake and a great disappointment from Judd Trump. But

:00:01. > :00:07.that is snooker. There can only be one winner. Judd Trump sleeve the

:00:08. > :00:13.arena very disappointed. -- leaves the arena. Marco Fu has produced

:00:14. > :00:18.when it mattered. He has got a place in the second round, well played.

:00:19. > :00:24.Lots of drama here at Alexandra Palace, and it has been worth

:00:25. > :00:29.playing for. I hope you enjoyed all of the time here with us on BBC Two,

:00:30. > :00:35.Marco Fu after a three-year absence at the Masters, he last played in

:00:36. > :00:40.2011 as a finalist, a loosing finalist, but stick and and Steve,

:00:41. > :00:43.we certainly enjoyed it, we hope that you will enjoy the rest of the

:00:44. > :00:48.snooker this evening, because there is another match in about an hours

:00:49. > :00:51.with Stephen Maguire and Jim Perry back on the red button and online

:00:52. > :02:02.with their match. From everyone here, goodbye for now.

:02:03. > :02:07.These people are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain.

:02:08. > :02:13.arguably the most formidable quiz team in the country.