Quarter-Final: Match 3

:00:32. > :00:39.Hello. Good afternoon to you, welcome back to Alexandra Palace and

:00:40. > :00:42.the 2017 Masters. We at the quarter-finals stage. Big crowd in

:00:43. > :00:46.here today. Always a special atmosphere on a Friday afternoon.

:00:47. > :00:51.Ronnie O'Sullivan safely through to the semifinals. He will meet Marco

:00:52. > :00:52.Fu, who at the age of 39 is showing the type of form that could land him

:00:53. > :01:08.his first ever Masters title. The longer he looks at this, the

:01:09. > :01:15.more it's on. It's on! It's guaranteed, as well.

:01:16. > :01:29.He has apologised, I don't know why. No attempt to get the right side of

:01:30. > :01:41.the blue there. Just wants to get on with it. He can get 140 with the

:01:42. > :01:47.pink. He is asking. He is asking somebody else. He played it to the

:01:48. > :01:53.top! Hello! Superb.

:01:54. > :01:58.Absolutely superb. It gives him a 5-2 lead with the highest break made

:01:59. > :02:05.in the Masters this year so far. 140.

:02:06. > :02:13.Marco has been the star of the tournament so far. Ronnie O'Sullivan

:02:14. > :02:16.beat Neil Robertson yesterday. Marco was sparkling last night as you have

:02:17. > :02:23.seen. Tomorrow afternoon will be a cracker. Today our live match for

:02:24. > :02:26.you here on BBC Two, world champion Mark Selby taking on Barry Hawkins.

:02:27. > :02:31.Tonight it's Ding Junhui taking on Joe Perry.

:02:32. > :02:35.Good afternoon to you, Steve Davis alongside me this afternoon. Great

:02:36. > :02:39.to see you. Marco Fu, last night you were in commentary, a brilliant

:02:40. > :02:42.performance. Yes and the form of a player is always changing and it's

:02:43. > :02:46.obvious that Marco Fu is in great form but what is fascinating with

:02:47. > :02:50.Marco Fu is he has been around in the game long enough you would think

:02:51. > :02:53.we have already seen what escapable of, but somehow he seems to have

:02:54. > :02:56.generated another level. He is walking around the table with an air

:02:57. > :02:59.of confidence I don't think I have seen. He looks relaxed and

:03:00. > :03:03.comfortable and confident and he doesn't seem to be worried about

:03:04. > :03:08.winning or losing, he is just playing. He gave himself so much to

:03:09. > :03:11.do in that opening match against Judd Trump that he won. He was 3-0

:03:12. > :03:16.down at one stage. Never was there any sense of panic at all in that

:03:17. > :03:19.match? . That's the sign of somebody superconfident about his game. Has

:03:20. > :03:24.Marco Fu regenerated himself and gone to another level? Can he win

:03:25. > :03:28.this event? Can he win the big ones? That's the question then. Can he

:03:29. > :03:34.win? Yeah, he can. He is well capable of it. Obviously the

:03:35. > :03:37.standard of players around is so strong and he anything can happen,

:03:38. > :03:41.you need to get off to a good start is to help but he is in the form of

:03:42. > :03:46.his life. Absolutely. At the moment Marco Fu is going to be ?10,000

:03:47. > :03:50.richer because he has the top break of 140. We have been treated to some

:03:51. > :03:59.magnificent snooker this week. Great noise inside the venue last night

:04:00. > :04:05.when he made that 140. Mark Selby, you expect him to get

:04:06. > :04:08.more centuries. In the format of this Masters 28 is the record, we

:04:09. > :04:14.are on 18 so far. It could be broken.

:04:15. > :04:21.Our live match this afternoon here on BBC Two sees Barry Hawkins, last

:04:22. > :04:37.year's runner-up taking on the main man, Mark Selby.

:04:38. > :05:11.Mark Selby going for the triple Crown. Marks out of ten for his

:05:12. > :05:15.performances so far? I think he probably say five after the first

:05:16. > :05:19.round against Mark Williams. Talking about form, I am not sure you can

:05:20. > :05:22.judge the absolute counterform like you can judge form over a season. If

:05:23. > :05:27.you are looking at the performances of Barry Hawkins and Mark Selby in

:05:28. > :05:31.the first round, yeah, Barry Hawkins is in good, Mark a bit dodgy. But

:05:32. > :05:35.every match is different. Do you find, I have just seen Mark and he

:05:36. > :05:40.looks relaxed, do you think given the fact he is the world champion as

:05:41. > :05:44.well that he relishes big moments, big crowds here today, quarter-final

:05:45. > :05:49.match? Yeah, he is a big occasion player. Barry Hawkins is also,

:05:50. > :05:53.perhaps not regarded in the same way but he should be. Perhaps the X

:05:54. > :05:57.Factor is there extra pressure on Mark trying to get this triple

:05:58. > :06:02.Crown? If he feels any more pressure it's a tougher job for him. He was

:06:03. > :06:06.in that position in 2013 in the World Championship and Barry Hawkins

:06:07. > :06:09.beat him in the second round so there is added pressure. Barry has a

:06:10. > :06:13.good record against Mark, they're close in matches. So expect a tough

:06:14. > :06:17.match today. Don't expect Barry Hawkins to fold either. OK, thank

:06:18. > :06:20.you very much. Let's have a chat with JP in the commentary box with

:06:21. > :06:26.our boys this afternoon. I am and this is a cracking match.

:06:27. > :06:29.As for Mark, if you are building a snooker player and add all those

:06:30. > :06:34.qualities together he is pretty much it. He is one of probably the best,

:06:35. > :06:37.he is up there as one of of the best match players of all time. So hard

:06:38. > :06:41.to beat. He has won tournaments playing his B game and that's very

:06:42. > :06:45.difficult. Every part of his game is so good and even when he is not at

:06:46. > :06:49.the top of his game he can still beat you. He is going for this Grand

:06:50. > :06:53.Slam, he will be trying to put that to the back of his mind, he will

:06:54. > :06:57.keep getting reminded of that with the press, is that bringing extra

:06:58. > :07:01.pressure? Certainly think he brought extra pressure in his first round

:07:02. > :07:07.match against Mark Williams, to be taken to a decider. One significant

:07:08. > :07:11.thing, we all remember Mark Williams getting a kick on the blue. He said

:07:12. > :07:15.after, I still thought I was going to get another shot. What a

:07:16. > :07:19.clearance it was to win frame and match. He can do it under pressure.

:07:20. > :07:25.He is the man to beat. Thank you very much. Let's see how Mark Selby

:07:26. > :07:31.can do this afternoon. Can he keep up his brilliant form?

:07:32. > :07:50.Ken, the smartest dressed man in commentary!

:07:51. > :07:54.Steve, I remember Barry Hawkins saying that's the greatest result of

:07:55. > :07:59.his career, will he think about that today as he walks out here? I don't

:08:00. > :08:02.know. Every match is another day. You get yourself ready for it. Mark

:08:03. > :08:09.will be considered the favourite for this, but when you look at Barry's

:08:10. > :08:12.CV, finalist here at the Masters and the World Championship, it's a good

:08:13. > :08:17.pedigree. If Barry is going to win does he have to get off to a good

:08:18. > :08:20.start just hanging on in there? It's nice to get a lead because you put

:08:21. > :08:24.your opponent under pressure. But you have to go with the employee.

:08:25. > :08:29.Barry can play as well from behind as in front. It's always nicer to

:08:30. > :08:35.get off to a good start. Am I able to put you on the spoz as I have

:08:36. > :08:38.been doing all week and say who is going to win? You can but you will

:08:39. > :08:41.be left hanging for the answer! Thank you very much, I will ask you

:08:42. > :08:45.again throughout the afternoon. When you look at Barry and the way he is

:08:46. > :08:49.playing and he has made this final and knows this venue very well. Does

:08:50. > :08:54.he walk in with added confidence? Yeah, and he has proven to himself

:08:55. > :08:58.that he can play in the one table set-up at the Masters, some players

:08:59. > :09:02.struggle to do that. The other thing that occurred to me this week is the

:09:03. > :09:06.standard we have seen is always of a high standard, the fact we have had

:09:07. > :09:10.lots of 6-5s in the afternoon, are you surprised by that? I didn't see

:09:11. > :09:14.the script but apparently the night-time matches are quick so we

:09:15. > :09:18.can all go home and the afternoon matches are comfortable. I just

:09:19. > :09:22.think that perhaps there is a little bit more fire in the room in the

:09:23. > :09:29.afternoon sessions when it's live on BBC. The night-time sessions, once

:09:30. > :09:33.were the big occasions, somehow seem to be more flat. That's just an

:09:34. > :09:37.observation. The afternoon sessions, massive. Let's hope we have another

:09:38. > :09:42.cracking afternoon of snooker live here on BBC Two. It's Barry Hawkins

:09:43. > :09:47.and Mark Selby. Good afternoon to our MC, Rob Walker. Good afternoon,

:09:48. > :09:51.ladies and gentlemen. We are edging closer to the Crowning of the 2017

:09:52. > :09:54.Masters champion. Today we complete the line-up for the semifinals with

:09:55. > :09:59.a match between a three-time champion and one of last year's

:10:00. > :10:03.finalists. We are ready to go again here at Alexandra Palace!

:10:04. > :10:22.APPLAUSE AND CHEERING Please welcome a player who has

:10:23. > :10:27.really found his form at the Masters in the last two visits. Runner-up 12

:10:28. > :10:33.months ago and on Wednesday night he beat former Masters champion Shaun

:10:34. > :10:38.Murphy 6-1 with a cracking first round win, a two-time ranking event

:10:39. > :10:53.winner, he is poised, he is ready, here comes The Hawk, Barry Hawkins!

:10:54. > :11:14.And his opponent, a laidback man who has an iron will to win on the

:11:15. > :11:18.table. Coming through yet another final frame decider against Mark

:11:19. > :11:22.Williams in the first round, he has spent more than 100 consecutive

:11:23. > :11:26.weeks as world number one, he is your reigning world and UK champion,

:11:27. > :11:38.the Jester from Leicester, he is Mark Selby!

:11:39. > :11:59.Your sporting weekend starts here on BBC Two live for you. Mark Selby and

:12:00. > :12:04.Barry Hawkins. Good afternoon again to John and Ken.

:12:05. > :12:13.Good afternoon, Jason. Good afternoon everybody. Very

:12:14. > :12:18.interesting match-up this. Barry Hawkins to break. The world number

:12:19. > :12:22.one, world champion, UK champion, but the form that Barry Hawkins has

:12:23. > :12:25.shown in his last match when disposing of Shaun Murphy in double

:12:26. > :12:30.quick time, he will be coming into this match with lots of confidence,

:12:31. > :12:34.Ken. Yeah, absolutely. I spoke to him afterwards and he was delighted.

:12:35. > :12:40.Of course he got to the final last year so he has bags of experience,

:12:41. > :12:47.Barry Hawkins. Loves playing here at the Masters. It's going to be facing

:12:48. > :12:51.a different proposition today. Mark Selby a man in form as you said. I

:12:52. > :12:56.am wondering whether a little bit of added pressure of trying to hold all

:12:57. > :13:01.three majors at the same time, whether it will have any effect, he

:13:02. > :13:06.is not that type of individual to let it affect him too much, John? I

:13:07. > :13:10.wouldn't have thought so. He has gone through periods where he's

:13:11. > :13:14.openly admitted that he has doubted himself and his ability.

:13:15. > :13:15.But I think he is at one with himself now.

:13:16. > :13:24.World number one for 100 weeks. Caught that a bit too thick.

:13:25. > :13:56.So the first chance goes to Barry. Quite some way away from that pot.

:13:57. > :14:13.That will unnerve him slightly. Yeah, no matter how much practice

:14:14. > :14:16.you do on the practice table, I saw Barry with his mentor, Terry

:14:17. > :14:24.Griffiths, nothing like when you come out here and the atmosphere.

:14:25. > :14:39.So Mark will be relieved to get this opportunity.

:14:40. > :14:45.He has a nice angle on the yellow. I don't think he will be going into

:14:46. > :15:17.the pack of reds. He may try to get to the red to the right of the pink.

:15:18. > :15:23.I am wondering whether he is drop the red in and try and take the

:15:24. > :15:26.black next, John. He would have a nice angle on the black, if he left

:15:27. > :15:31.the cue ball below the pack of reds and got a nice angle on the black

:15:32. > :15:36.and he could go into the pack of reds from the black. Sounds like a

:15:37. > :15:42.good idea to me. He can run this through and bounce

:15:43. > :15:48.off the top cushion. Oh! He got a kick.

:15:49. > :15:51.He has took all the pace out of the cue ball. I don't think the black is

:15:52. > :16:00.on now. Got a heavy contact. Struggled to go in the pocket.

:16:01. > :16:23.Can he cut the black in? I think that was the plan, the one

:16:24. > :16:27.you suggested, Ken. Once he finished there and couldn't pot the black, he

:16:28. > :16:31.will be frustrated with that. I have been speaking to a few players, the

:16:32. > :16:36.table has been playing magnificently all week. Haven't seen many bounces

:16:37. > :16:41.off the cushions or many kicks. That is one of the few occasions where a

:16:42. > :16:45.kick has really stopped a player in his tracks. Haven't seen many of

:16:46. > :16:53.these this week. Look at it again. Watch the red leave the table.

:16:54. > :16:59.By and large, over the week - that's probably one of the reasons we have

:17:00. > :17:03.seen so many century breaks, 18 so far in the tournament.

:17:04. > :17:11.Well on the way to beat the Masters record.

:17:12. > :17:17.I think the record is 31 centuries. That's when we had a couple of

:17:18. > :17:22.wildcard matches, we had extra matches. I think 28 may be the

:17:23. > :17:33.record without the wildcard matches. We are well on the way to beat that.

:17:34. > :17:39.Yeah, the standard seems to get higher.

:17:40. > :17:43.When you get to the nitty gritty of a tournament, as we are now, playing

:17:44. > :17:59.for a place in the semifinal, tension does build.

:18:00. > :18:44.A quick glance at it. He will play the easier safety shot.

:18:45. > :18:56.That red closest to the baulk cushion is the problem red here.

:18:57. > :19:00.Could be a little while rolling into reds and trying to get the cue ball

:19:01. > :19:07.back on the cushion. You are not going to get much change from these

:19:08. > :19:12.two guyses, John. No, the referee, from Malta, has declared a touching

:19:13. > :19:17.ball, but that's not going to ease the situation because as Ken said,

:19:18. > :19:26.you can't play safe to the baulk end.

:19:27. > :19:32.Another attempter left here, the one to the left of the pink, to the

:19:33. > :19:37.right middle. That's why players don't like this

:19:38. > :19:40.type of situation, because you keep leaving attempts and eventually

:19:41. > :19:44.someone goes and gets it and it can be a frame-winner.

:19:45. > :19:52.He is thinking about it. He is looking at the potting angle.

:19:53. > :20:01.But deciding against it. We shouldn't be in a position where

:20:02. > :20:41.we have a rerack here. There may be a gap to this red, into

:20:42. > :20:45.the green pocket but it's fraught with a lot of danger, particularly

:20:46. > :20:50.where the cue ball is, tight to the top cushion. Again just rolling into

:20:51. > :21:03.the red may leave a touching ball here again.

:21:04. > :21:08.If Barry can nudge one of these reds away, because the fact they're so

:21:09. > :21:13.close together it's easy for Mark just to keep dropping into those

:21:14. > :21:15.two, but when he gets one away it will make his next shot more

:21:16. > :21:20.difficult and that's what Barry is doing here.

:21:21. > :21:24.Yeah, the essential part of this is to get a good cue ball tight to the

:21:25. > :21:32.top cushion and he has not done that.

:21:33. > :21:41.Is this the time when Mark Selby pushes the boat out?

:21:42. > :21:54.As you say, now there is no easy roll-up, Ken.

:21:55. > :22:03.The tighter he gets to this cushion the more advantage he will gain.

:22:04. > :22:09.That's not close enough. Yeah, he will be disappointed with

:22:10. > :22:14.that, Mark. If he was tight to the top cushion here, he would have had

:22:15. > :22:18.Barry Hawkins in a bit of trouble but now he can easily dig into the

:22:19. > :22:20.cue ball here and get it back to the top cushion. Got to be careful with

:22:21. > :22:32.where he knocks the red. That's a very good shot.

:22:33. > :22:48.APPLAUSE Now the option of rolling up to a

:22:49. > :22:52.red is not there now. Mark Selby is going to have to find a different

:22:53. > :22:56.shot. He is looking to see does the green pot into the yellow pocket?

:22:57. > :23:02.Because he could possibly have a go at this red into the left centre and

:23:03. > :23:06.put the cue ball up near the top right corner and if the red goes in

:23:07. > :23:14.he may be on the green. But I am not quite sure from our angle whether

:23:15. > :23:18.that green pots, John. Looking at the way the reds are

:23:19. > :23:20.situated, the next player to pot a red could have a frame-winning

:23:21. > :23:25.opportunity. There is no doubt about that.

:23:26. > :23:31.All the reds are in the open, apart from one near the left cushion.

:23:32. > :23:37.That wouldn't stop someone winning the frame.

:23:38. > :23:44.The fact he keeps looking at the green tells me he is going to take

:23:45. > :23:49.this red on to the left centre. He thinks if he knocks it in,

:23:50. > :24:15.possibly a green. Yeah it was a clever shot. Had the

:24:16. > :24:18.red gone in he was on the green and the green must pot, obviously. But

:24:19. > :24:25.the fact where the cue ball is he has covered the red into the yellow

:24:26. > :24:29.pocket and he hasn't left Barry a straightforward pot.

:24:30. > :24:42.Red into the left middle is covered, as well.

:24:43. > :24:46.It was quite a clever shot he played there. Barry has to find a safety

:24:47. > :25:02.position now. He may be tempted which by the red

:25:03. > :25:10.closest to the cue ball, play it to the right corner pocket.

:25:11. > :25:16.It's pretty straight. I know it's the first frame and he

:25:17. > :25:22.has the memory of the last pot he played he missed. This is a bit more

:25:23. > :25:28.difficult but he is taking it on. Oh! So close. I think he thought

:25:29. > :25:32.that was in. Has he overscrewed it and left the

:25:33. > :25:34.red to the opposite corner. You can see the look on his face, he thought

:25:35. > :25:43.it was in. It looked in, as well.

:25:44. > :25:44.He has overscrewed that cue ball and left a straightforward chance now

:25:45. > :26:09.for Mark Selby. Let's look at this again.

:26:10. > :26:28.And how close it was to going into the pocket.

:26:29. > :26:34.In these situations it's easy to pot red and yellow but you want to start

:26:35. > :26:37.getting on the higher value colours and that's why he is going to play

:26:38. > :26:43.this red now to the left middle and play on the blue. He would like to

:26:44. > :27:37.get those reds around the pink. He didn't finish too good on that

:27:38. > :27:44.red. He is going to play the blue. Has to avoid the cannon on the

:27:45. > :27:49.brown. Don't think it would be a problem. Well, I said it wouldn't be

:27:50. > :27:53.a problem! He will be disappointed with that.

:27:54. > :27:57.That was the only thing he had to do, was avoid the kiss. Someone of

:27:58. > :28:14.his quality you didn't expect him to run into the brown.

:28:15. > :28:17.Didn't make the most of that opportunity.

:28:18. > :28:51.Very edgy start from both players. APPLAUSE

:28:52. > :29:03.A good shot. Certainly not a straightforward

:29:04. > :29:54.safety here. This could go wrong. Would you

:29:55. > :30:01.believe it? He might have left a path to this red. The red he played,

:30:02. > :30:07.if he doesn't kiss it, it could get back to the Balkan end. Could Barry

:30:08. > :30:23.just get back to the yellow? He certainly can. Oh, but at the

:30:24. > :30:31.moment, just a fraction out. You would have expected him to get that

:30:32. > :30:40.into the right centre. It just hit the near jaw. I did not expect the

:30:41. > :30:52.cue ball to go that far. He was trying to cover this red.

:30:53. > :30:59.The thing is he was so close to the condition, he just concentrated

:31:00. > :31:04.fully on the pot, he knew he would run into other balls, but to go in

:31:05. > :31:14.and having had the pink and the red, you have got to say it was unlucky.

:31:15. > :31:16.This is another chance for Barry. This one is a nice easy starter, you

:31:17. > :32:08.would think. That was nicely played and judged,

:32:09. > :32:12.to get top side of the blue. Just looking at the two red is planted in

:32:13. > :32:16.the centre. He is having a quick look at them now. He still has the

:32:17. > :32:35.loose red, left of the bank. That will be handy.

:32:36. > :32:47.I can only assume he is playing for the planned. If he was playing for

:32:48. > :32:51.the red to the left of the pink he would not have missed. The planned

:32:52. > :33:05.it is. He needs to be careful he does not overrun the cue ball. Well,

:33:06. > :33:10.not bad. A little bit closer to the condition than he would like. I

:33:11. > :33:14.assume the red to the left of the pink doesn't go to the right middle.

:33:15. > :33:25.If it did he should have played for it. So, maybe not as straightforward

:33:26. > :33:33.as it looks. This blue will put the points all square. So, they are all

:33:34. > :33:42.square. They might stay that way. Nothing easy here. He is trying to

:33:43. > :33:48.get a half ball kiss on the red, try to bring it into play. It is still

:33:49. > :33:59.be on the other red, the right centre. This is a difficult pot. He

:34:00. > :34:34.played it nicely. He has got an angle on the green. A nice angle.

:34:35. > :34:43.Another good solid pot there. This black will put on 12 points in

:34:44. > :34:45.front. He will only need the three remaining reds. The way they are

:34:46. > :35:02.situated, it will not be easy. Being a left-hander, it is no

:35:03. > :35:04.problem for the left-hand red a long vacation. He might be on the top red

:35:05. > :35:23.as well. This is a little test here. Never

:35:24. > :35:30.easy. If he wanted to be better on the black, he would have maybe

:35:31. > :35:35.didn't touch the side. A tough black, as you say. Rolled it in. You

:35:36. > :35:41.just saw there, the black didn't go in the middle of the pocket, it went

:35:42. > :35:45.in off the right-hand jaw. If he had got it straight in the middle he

:35:46. > :35:50.would have been on the red. It just went in the wrong side of the

:35:51. > :35:58.pocket, which meant he had the black too thick. He is 20 points in the

:35:59. > :36:20.league, but there are still 43 remaining.

:36:21. > :36:29.Well, there is always the double. He wouldn't say he is perfect on the

:36:30. > :36:31.black again, but he has given himself a chance. The crowd realised

:36:32. > :36:54.the red was in even before we did. No, no, he has missed it. Had it to

:36:55. > :37:06.the far jaw. I didn't expect him to miss that. The only saving ball for

:37:07. > :37:10.Barry might be the pink ball. I am just wondering if he has an angle on

:37:11. > :37:21.the red to try to knock the encounter. -- knock the pink pound.

:37:22. > :37:31.That is what he has tried to do, but he hasn't. He has not finished in

:37:32. > :37:36.the ideal position here. If he plays the black he will have to play it

:37:37. > :37:40.mission first to get the ball back up for the yellow. The other

:37:41. > :37:44.alternative is to play the green. The big problem will be the pink and

:37:45. > :38:00.that is why he tried to disturb it when potting the red.

:38:01. > :38:08.Well, later on in the match I wouldn't expect him to miss that. On

:38:09. > :38:11.his first frame we have seen a pupil is missed. It is the nature of the

:38:12. > :38:24.first frame in a very important match.

:38:25. > :38:38.Not on the green. The green is what he is in need of. He is in the lead,

:38:39. > :38:42.but there are 25 points remaining. He certainly will not be taking this

:38:43. > :38:46.green on. It is too difficult to cut it into the right-hand corner

:38:47. > :38:54.pocket. He will try to get the cue ball up behind the brown. That is

:38:55. > :39:05.pretty good. It looks very good indeed. An excellent shot. He is

:39:06. > :39:19.on the green, but it looks like he will have to play a thin contact. We

:39:20. > :39:27.have seen players missing the ball completely in a shot like this. That

:39:28. > :39:32.is superb. That is a superb shot. To hit it that thing to get the green

:39:33. > :39:38.and bring the pink into play, remember. This frame is all now down

:39:39. > :40:06.to two parts of the green. This was an excellent shot. Also

:40:07. > :40:12.clever. He played that in such a way that he was going to try to bring

:40:13. > :40:18.the pink into play as well. He is going to try to double this a cross

:40:19. > :40:27.and get the green somewhere. The middle of the top cushion. I think

:40:28. > :40:30.the other thing that is commendable when he played that seen in green,

:40:31. > :40:38.if he had missed the green he would have finished up needing a snooker.

:40:39. > :40:44.A tough shot but very well worked out. It is not difficult to play

:40:45. > :40:47.saviour because if you knock the green to the left corner pocket,

:40:48. > :40:53.which is blocked by the black comedy Green will be safe. Barry couldn't

:40:54. > :41:09.have played that much better in all honesty. An excellent shot. I

:41:10. > :41:13.wouldn't think you would want to risk playing it straight. You would

:41:14. > :41:18.like to come off the top cushion first, but I do not think that is an

:41:19. > :41:22.option. People have to be very delicate here, otherwise he knocks

:41:23. > :41:45.the black in. -- he will have two be. Delicate he was.

:41:46. > :44:48.He was lucky he was able to get to the cushion first. The green

:44:49. > :45:01.The question is does mark Selby? If it does cut it is a thin one. It

:45:02. > :45:13.would be a natural for the cue ball to go back to the Bocking End and

:45:14. > :45:24.get a position on the ground. Well, he doesn't think it does cut. Using

:45:25. > :45:36.the jaw, he could not have played that any better. Great shot.

:45:37. > :45:49.Straightforward for Barry to hit this green. He will be careful not

:45:50. > :45:53.to hit it too hard. He will certainly be happy with that. Mark

:45:54. > :46:09.Selby will not be taking this green on.

:46:10. > :46:21.The free time is just coming up to 34 minutes now. Didn't played the

:46:22. > :46:31.pot there. Disappointed though, he could have picked a better is than

:46:32. > :46:36.that. It is in the 35th minute now, this frame. I was expected to be the

:46:37. > :46:40.longest of the match. I know both of them have a good tactical game, but

:46:41. > :46:51.it is built around potting and brick building. It is just a typical first

:46:52. > :46:57.frame. Mark Selby is 75%, Barry is 78%. You are looking at 98%. I am

:46:58. > :47:00.sure that is what it will end up at. It is just one of these first frame

:47:01. > :47:16.encounters that get tense. I don't think that Mark Selby

:47:17. > :47:26.thought it would go. In it went. You see the little shrug. Snooker is

:47:27. > :47:30.required. Didn't think it went. Just squeezed in. Good shot. Use it. 25

:47:31. > :48:13.ahead, 22 remaining. One snooker required. Barry will not

:48:14. > :48:25.be taking this for granted. Nice balls to snooker behind.

:48:26. > :48:36.This was amazing. I never thought of this. Just about went in. Hit the

:48:37. > :48:45.edge of the pocket. I did not think it was possible, especially from

:48:46. > :48:49.that distance. An excellent report. If you don't get the snooker, you

:48:50. > :48:59.have got to get the ball safe and he has not done that. Mark knows that

:49:00. > :49:18.if Barry Potts is brown, it is frame over. Where is the brown going?

:49:19. > :49:30.Barry thought it was in. Has he played in the middle?

:49:31. > :49:36.Decided to play the brown because he didn't think he could get the

:49:37. > :49:40.snooker offered. Now it is all about Snickers. Barry was walking round

:49:41. > :49:49.because he thought it was in. Your chair is the other way. It could be

:49:50. > :49:54.costly. With the pink at one end and the black at the other, definitely a

:49:55. > :49:56.chance. They are close enough to be cushion, both balls, to lay a good

:49:57. > :50:40.snooker. That's what they say, if your

:50:41. > :50:46.opponent needs a snooker, you play one. Mark Wood get a snooker of this

:50:47. > :50:54.and less he is very lucky. He has also got to get the blue safe. He

:50:55. > :50:56.has done a bad pot well. He is still within a glimmer of a chance to win

:50:57. > :51:44.this frame. He will be lucky to get away with

:51:45. > :51:49.this. He lost control of that. If you don't think you can get a

:51:50. > :52:03.snooker, your priority is to get the object ball safe. That will keep you

:52:04. > :52:09.in the frame. He still cannot pot that belief. OK, the pink is not in

:52:10. > :52:13.a great position for a snooker now. If you could sneak the cue ball

:52:14. > :52:18.behind that it would be a very good snooker, a very tough one to escape

:52:19. > :52:25.from. He would have to be so accurate. He will not want to pot

:52:26. > :52:30.the blue. 40 minutes it has been. As he hit it hard enough? Is it hard

:52:31. > :52:40.enough? Just an inch or two. Not a bad line. It would have been a very

:52:41. > :52:44.difficult snooker to escape from. Barry will be aware, he will not be

:52:45. > :52:50.taking any liberties here to try to get the blue safe or knock it over a

:52:51. > :53:00.pocket, tried to force Mark Selby into potting the blue. As you said,

:53:01. > :53:14.he will not want to pot the blue and stage. He might have a chance here

:53:15. > :53:22.of two or three conditions. Now, can Barry pot this blue into the left

:53:23. > :53:26.centre? Is it not too risky? He might be concerned about knocking

:53:27. > :53:33.the black in, one of the black, all the negative thoughts that go

:53:34. > :53:41.through your mind. As I say, everybody is very keen watching

:53:42. > :53:48.this, but I think this will be the slowest frame of the match. It has

:53:49. > :53:58.gone in. Avoided the case on the black. No way Mark Selby will carry

:53:59. > :54:06.on. Three snooker is needed on the pink and black. An impossible task.

:54:07. > :54:15.The referee just waiting for him to call a halt. After a frame that

:54:16. > :54:21.nearly took 42 minutes it goes to Barry Hawkins. He leads the world

:54:22. > :54:24.champion by 1-0. Throughout this Masters, the afternoon session, we

:54:25. > :54:29.have had scintillating snooker and that is the largest opening frame we

:54:30. > :54:32.have had. You are right. There was one shot at the start when Mark

:54:33. > :54:37.Selby had a shock when he was dropping the ball in with the rest

:54:38. > :54:41.which makes a difference to the frame. A brilliant chance because if

:54:42. > :54:46.he drops this in, comes on the black, it is a natural angle. He

:54:47. > :54:53.could have won the frame in one visit. That one child changed the

:54:54. > :55:17.game. It is highlighted by the fact Mark Selby was in amongst the balls

:55:18. > :57:06.and got a flick Nicely on the red. I am sure the

:57:07. > :57:10.black pots into the bottom right. He will just push off the red above it.

:57:11. > :57:18.He has managed to miss it. Still, nicely on the black. It is

:57:19. > :57:23.imperative now that he gets on the red that is to the right of the

:57:24. > :57:29.black and cleared the black. He is perfect and the black. I don't know

:57:30. > :57:34.what he is thinking about here. Maybe looking a future ahead. He has

:57:35. > :57:38.to play for the red to the right of the black ear. He didn't. That does

:57:39. > :57:49.surprise me. He might not get a better chance. And a recent wife he

:57:50. > :57:53.wouldn't play for that? He was hedging his bets. He was guaranteed

:57:54. > :57:57.to be on the spread and he just wants to be on the black little

:57:58. > :58:01.straighter and so he can take the red. He was trying to play two shots

:58:02. > :58:07.in one there. If he overran that he was on this red, if the overheated

:58:08. > :58:18.he was on the red to the right of the black. Still a few options for

:58:19. > :58:23.him here. He wanted to be a bit straighter. This red is stopping the

:58:24. > :58:29.black being available to both corners. He cannot get position for

:58:30. > :58:34.the black onto the left corner. He has had to play the cannon. If it

:58:35. > :58:43.has gone wrong, he only has himself to blame. I totally agree. He didn't

:58:44. > :58:52.have the confidence a couple of shots to the red out of the way. I

:58:53. > :59:03.don't think he can bend it enough to get that bread. It might be the end

:59:04. > :59:40.of the break. Let's have a look at that black he

:59:41. > :59:44.played. He is probably playing it in such a way that if the overheads

:59:45. > :59:48.that he will always be on this red here. He was still on the red to the

:59:49. > :59:50.right of the black and probably wasn't confident enough to track it

:59:51. > :59:58.straightaway. The first time he looked perfect. He

:59:59. > :00:00.had the line. He had to hit it a little bit slower. It was essential

:00:01. > :00:09.to get that red away from the black. That's not the best safety shot from

:00:10. > :00:17.Mark unless it creeps behind the brown.

:00:18. > :00:51.He is a bit fortunate there. He could well have left the red...

:00:52. > :01:06.APPLAUSE That was a good pot, not perfect on

:01:07. > :01:10.the yellow or brown, but a lot of the players now would screw this

:01:11. > :01:16.brown into the right middle and screw off the baulk cushion but he

:01:17. > :01:23.doesn't want anything to do with that.

:01:24. > :01:31.Just looking there at Barry's expression, pulled his face a little

:01:32. > :01:35.bit. He wanted to be tight to this yellow to cut out the one-cushion

:01:36. > :01:42.escape. He has hit it a little bit too hard.

:01:43. > :01:47.Yeah, there is the escape. A little bit of side, just to widen the

:01:48. > :02:09.angle. Just overhit the cue ball slightly.

:02:10. > :02:47.Wanted to be nestled tightly to that bunch of reds.

:02:48. > :02:52.You can tell from Mark's body language he thought he had hit that

:02:53. > :03:02.red too thick. This red is on to the right corner

:03:03. > :03:19.and I think the black is available to the opposite corner.

:03:20. > :03:44.It's across slightly. It just decelerated. So a chance here.

:03:45. > :03:57.If you just half quit on the shot, the cue ball doesn't go... The only

:03:58. > :03:57.downside for Mark is he is tight on to the cushion.

:03:58. > :06:15.A good shot. A little bit surprising, but

:06:16. > :06:21.obviously part of his game plan. He doesn't take too many undue risks.

:06:22. > :06:24.He's playing the world champion, the world number one, UK champion, so he

:06:25. > :07:33.will give him every respect. Good attacking safety. And Mark

:07:34. > :07:37.Selby is in a real spot of bother here. If it doesn't get this safe,

:07:38. > :07:43.then Barry Hawkins, you would think, would win this frame.

:07:44. > :07:52.Sensational. Helen lucky to catch the blue. What a tremendous hit that

:07:53. > :07:59.was. Unlucky, as I say, to make contact with the blue, which stopped

:08:00. > :08:05.the White in its tracks. Yes, that was the great escape. Let's have a

:08:06. > :08:10.look at this again. Got a perfect contact on the red, just so unlucky

:08:11. > :08:14.to hit the blue full ball. Chance again for Barry Hawkins.

:08:15. > :08:26.Just overran the cue ball slightly. Going into the red just above the

:08:27. > :08:39.black ear and... Has to just be careful. Just had a quick look at

:08:40. > :08:45.the red to the right centre. No. No. Still a bit edgy, both players.

:08:46. > :08:49.Didn't expect him to miss that. Neither did I, he set up the frame

:08:50. > :08:56.winning opportunity and didn't take it. And when you miss those few

:08:57. > :09:18.chances, it can really hurt if you lose the frame.

:09:19. > :09:34.It wasn't the cleanest hotpots, but it has gone in -- of pots. And it

:09:35. > :09:38.has given a chance to Mark Selby. The three reds around the pink spot

:09:39. > :09:42.area, certainly one is available into the right middle. Maybe the

:09:43. > :09:43.bottom one, the one nearest the blackspot, is available to the right

:09:44. > :10:07.corner. He has played for that read you

:10:08. > :10:19.spoke about into the right centre. -- that red. Doesn't look like it is

:10:20. > :10:26.touching ball, it may pot. Good part, back, into the centre. Now the

:10:27. > :10:29.two reds above the black, I think the top one will pot. Not sure about

:10:30. > :10:39.the bottom one. If he pots this read, try and get on

:10:40. > :11:22.the pink here. -- this red. He's so good in these type of

:11:23. > :11:29.situations, John, the back is against the wall a little bit, a

:11:30. > :11:35.little bit nervy, but when he gets a chance to win the frame, he is so

:11:36. > :11:42.deadly, his positional play is always very, very good. But he has

:11:43. > :11:47.great bottle, as we say. Yes, and as you say, the positional side of it,

:11:48. > :11:50.the cue ball control... It is or was made a little bit easier towards the

:11:51. > :12:00.end of the frame because there is not the congestion of the Reds, you

:12:01. > :12:06.don't have to play Canons. Although he ended up playing one there. If he

:12:07. > :12:11.had been on the practice table, he would have played that with a lot

:12:12. > :12:15.more left-hand side and played for the opposite corner, but a little

:12:16. > :12:19.more tension in the arm, you don't want to risk playing with a lot of

:12:20. > :12:25.side. Could have been better on this red. No problem. No the cue ball is

:12:26. > :12:32.having to travel up and down the table. I think he is just about OK

:12:33. > :12:56.on this Brown, deep screw on the -- off the cushion.

:12:57. > :13:05.Looking at his body language there, I think he played the cannon on the

:13:06. > :13:10.red, to hold for the pink. I am not sure there was any need to, plenty

:13:11. > :13:12.of room around the red. He is going to need a good part on this blue

:13:13. > :13:33.now. -- a good pot. Nicely on the red. And he can pop

:13:34. > :13:40.this red and leave the cue ball somewhere in the vicinity where the

:13:41. > :13:51.red is now and have a nice angle to get up for the yellow.

:13:52. > :14:01.Is he a little bit straight? I think he may be. He didn't want to play

:14:02. > :14:06.the yellow. He didn't want to be playing the yellow into the far left

:14:07. > :14:09.corner, wants to be playing it in the far right corner because there

:14:10. > :14:13.is always a possibility that if you don't screw back far enough, you

:14:14. > :14:18.could snooker yourself with the brown coming down the other side of

:14:19. > :14:25.the table -- and coming down the other side of the table, it wouldn't

:14:26. > :14:31.be a danger. You can overdo it but he looks to have played this

:14:32. > :14:37.absolutely inch perfect. Yellow, green and brown required.

:14:38. > :14:51.Good angle on the green. If he pots it, bound to be on the brown.

:14:52. > :14:57.In it goes and nicely on the brown and this brown will take him 23 in

:14:58. > :15:12.front with only 18 remaining. So the disappointed Barry Hawkins

:15:13. > :15:17.there. Yes, that Mr Black, a good opportunity. He has had a couple of

:15:18. > :15:20.opportunities in this frame, Barry Hawkins, but Mark Selby showing a

:15:21. > :15:24.lot of character here. He did it in his last match in the last frame

:15:25. > :15:28.against Mark Williams. He is so good when his back is against the wall

:15:29. > :15:35.and if you give him a chance, that is what -- he will take it and that

:15:36. > :15:42.is what you're up against in this man. A 76 break, Mark Selby the

:15:43. > :15:45.match. 1-1, that is more like it from the

:15:46. > :15:49.world champion, but when will we see the Mark Selby we are used to seeing

:15:50. > :15:53.at this tournament? It goes to show that when you are number one and

:15:54. > :15:58.fancied to win, you can be nervous and make poor decisions. In the

:15:59. > :16:01.beginning of the frame, he had a red in the corner off the far cushion

:16:02. > :16:06.and you know the middle pocket is there, you know it is not moving,

:16:07. > :16:09.but why play it at that place where you can bring the middle pocket into

:16:10. > :16:13.play? He has looked a bit nervous in his chair and that break was a lot

:16:14. > :16:17.better than it looked because he lost the cue ball a few times. You

:16:18. > :16:22.don't expect Mark Selby to be nervous in an event like this, do

:16:23. > :16:25.you? You would think not but I suppose every tournament, every

:16:26. > :16:29.situation you come into on the day, if you don't get off to a wonderful

:16:30. > :16:33.start, you don't settle down. I do think the start of a match, you

:16:34. > :16:37.can't make yourself play well first frame but if you are in the zone,

:16:38. > :16:41.sometimes you get off to a good start. But your form will always go

:16:42. > :16:48.up and down, so perhaps he is not in the best of form, perhaps he hasn't

:16:49. > :16:51.been practising well over Christmas and has lost a bit. On the other

:16:52. > :16:58.hand, it may be the way the games have started. If I was Barry, I

:16:59. > :17:03.would be kicking myself, in with good chances, the Black off the

:17:04. > :17:06.spot, he should be 2-0 up. If you flick through the newspapers, when

:17:07. > :17:10.they talk about Mark Selby, they talk about the triple Crown, he has

:17:11. > :17:16.won the world championship, UK Championship. Does that help or we

:17:17. > :17:20.don't know, we are not inside his brain but we don't know how much he

:17:21. > :17:27.is carrying around with him as excess luggage, if you like, but

:17:28. > :17:30.maybe it is having a bearing. What do you think, boys?

:17:31. > :17:37.JOHN VIRGO: Just nice to be in a position to win the triple Crown!

:17:38. > :17:43.KEN DOHERTY: we wouldn't know what it feels like. But I would like to

:17:44. > :17:53.have been there. And embrace it. Maybe it is wearing a little bit, he

:17:54. > :17:58.hasn't looked at his normal imperious best. Showed great form in

:17:59. > :18:03.the UK championship, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, but didn't

:18:04. > :18:08.play particularly well against Mark Williams, although he made that

:18:09. > :18:12.wonderful break in the last frame. Has looked a bit nervy in the

:18:13. > :18:19.opening exchanges of this match, but maybe that last break will settle

:18:20. > :18:22.him down a little bit. Yes, you have got to agree with JP in the studio,

:18:23. > :18:28.Barry will be absolutely kicking himself. He played a terrific safety

:18:29. > :18:34.shot, put Mark in trouble and then didn't take advantage.

:18:35. > :18:51.Where has the cue ball gone? First time today, John. It is amazing how

:18:52. > :18:55.many times that can happen. You have got a slight angle, you think you

:18:56. > :19:00.can run through and you just catch it that little too full and bang,

:19:01. > :19:05.you go in with it. And he had to force it back of the table because

:19:06. > :19:06.you can see the black's tied up. Mark Selby will have do do the same

:19:07. > :19:22.here. He knocks it in. And there is

:19:23. > :19:26.probably value here in playing the blue and playing the cannon into the

:19:27. > :19:30.king. The reason I say that is because the pink is tied up at the

:19:31. > :19:33.moment and if he does hit the pink full ball with pace, there is a

:19:34. > :19:42.chance the red could release the black. He has to hit this pink full

:19:43. > :19:47.ball, lots of pace in it, screw. Well, it's not too bad. He didn't

:19:48. > :19:52.get the screw but he is still on this red to the left corner pocket.

:19:53. > :19:58.The only problem there is he hasn't brought the pink into play but he

:19:59. > :20:04.will get another chance at it. It's amazing, when the red are just

:20:05. > :20:05.slightly loose, he hit that pink absolutely perfect and hardly

:20:06. > :20:15.anything moved. But they are just slightly loose, so

:20:16. > :20:19.they are all going into one another and stopping one another from

:20:20. > :20:24.moving. As Ken said, he has another chance to play the same shot. I see

:20:25. > :20:30.no reason why he wouldn't, it is hard to win a frame with only the

:20:31. > :20:35.blue and baulk colours available. There is definitely value going in

:20:36. > :20:43.between the red and the pink into that little gap. He's a little

:20:44. > :20:49.hesitant in case he may block that red but he should be OK. He needs

:20:50. > :20:59.that pink into play. Didn't hit into the gap. And again, not on the red.

:21:00. > :21:07.Just wanted to hit into the gap, but he cut the pink first -- caught the

:21:08. > :21:17.pink first. Is this red on up into the green pocket?

:21:18. > :21:22.Well, just about passes the blue but he will be more concerned where the

:21:23. > :21:27.cue ball finishes, because there is a red ball over this right corner.

:21:28. > :21:31.He doesn't want to leave that one, because this is a tough pot. It is

:21:32. > :21:44.not there. A little bit surprised. I was

:21:45. > :21:47.talking earlier about Barry Hawkins's game plan, I don't think

:21:48. > :21:56.he would have been playing that red. It was a very risky shot to go for.

:21:57. > :22:01.Just felt it was more out of frustration that he went through it,

:22:02. > :23:35.he had an easy safety shot on. Pushed the boat out there.

:23:36. > :23:43.Doesn't matter that he is the wrong side of the blue, that red on the

:23:44. > :23:50.baulk cushion, he can play that easily enough. Points now all

:23:51. > :23:55.square. It is not going to be the easiest to

:23:56. > :24:11.win this frame in this visit. But there are more chances of you

:24:12. > :24:23.winning it when you are at the table than when you are sat in your seat.

:24:24. > :24:26.Yeah, well, not that last red, the second last red, has opened the path

:24:27. > :24:32.of the pink into that bottom right-hand corner pocket, so have

:24:33. > :24:40.got to wreck it on the brown and try and get the pink back on its spot.

:24:41. > :25:17.It is a little straight but he can either screw for blue or pink.

:25:18. > :26:53.He is coming around to have a look at the pink.

:26:54. > :27:00.25 points, the lead now. So these three raids in the opener, with

:27:01. > :27:05.pinks, would be enough to get into the snooker is required stage. So he

:27:06. > :27:08.doesn't have to be concerned about bringing the black into play. Just

:27:09. > :27:16.needs to keep close control of the cue ball.

:27:17. > :27:26.He has become a very solid, reliable player over the last few seasons. He

:27:27. > :27:36.certainly has. His all-round game is very good.

:27:37. > :27:46.I think getting to the final of the World Championships certainly helped

:27:47. > :27:50.him. And of course, he has got Terry Griffiths in his corner. He will be

:27:51. > :27:58.giving him all the words that give relief to a player. -- belief to a

:27:59. > :28:06.player. Sometimes you do doubt your ability when you are not getting

:28:07. > :28:10.results. Yeah, he has been to, of course, the world final and won a

:28:11. > :28:15.couple of ranking tournaments as well and was a finalist here last

:28:16. > :28:23.year. That was a great experience -- wasn't a great experience, he only

:28:24. > :28:29.won the one frame. But he has become very consistent over the last few

:28:30. > :28:32.years and, of course, when you win those first ranking tournaments, it

:28:33. > :28:38.gives you that extra little bit of confidence for the bigger stage.

:28:39. > :28:44.Incurs the pink, nice can. Mark Selby won't be getting back to the

:28:45. > :28:52.table here, I don't think -- in those the pink, nice cannon.

:28:53. > :29:00.It is one of those situations, you might as well make certain of the

:29:01. > :29:07.red because if he does that, Mark Selby won't be going back to the

:29:08. > :29:08.table, you would think. So just make sure of this red, don't worry too

:29:09. > :29:33.much about position. Well, it's not there, but as I say,

:29:34. > :29:44.doubtful that Mark... Yes, another concession. So Mark Selby was all

:29:45. > :29:47.guns blazing and no Barry Hawkins in a 2-1 lead.

:29:48. > :29:51.Shia Barry Hawkins was very disappointing in the UK

:29:52. > :29:56.Championships, but promising signs. Yes and from Mark Selby's position,

:29:57. > :30:02.perhaps a few decisions he has made wrong. I hesitate to criticise the

:30:03. > :30:05.world champion and UK number one, but I thought he was in trouble

:30:06. > :30:10.playing this softer, he could have played it harder and this one, this

:30:11. > :30:14.is eggs and baskets, I don't know how he was trying to get out of

:30:15. > :30:18.jail, committing to a shot where he is guaranteed to stick his opponent

:30:19. > :30:23.up. Very strange choice, he could be sitting there and will has knocked

:30:24. > :30:26.it in but that's not the point. Percentage-wise, you go to the pack

:30:27. > :30:30.and your disappointed you're not on one and force yourself to take one

:30:31. > :30:34.but not Mark Selby, his shot selection is usually sorted out. Not

:30:35. > :30:41.desperation but a little bit like trying to push the boat out.

:30:42. > :30:46.It is easy setting up your end criticising. You do play the shot

:30:47. > :30:52.you see. On another Day he would have taken different shots. Barry

:30:53. > :30:57.Hawkins took his chance and he will keep taking them. He was nervous at

:30:58. > :31:06.the start but that was an excellent break. It was very well constructed.

:31:07. > :31:13.He had great shoot control. Barry immediately comes to the table. He

:31:14. > :31:18.has a party to the left corner. It looks like a potting angle where he

:31:19. > :31:31.could find a path back to the baulk and -- book end. He will be going

:31:32. > :31:38.all out for this. A good opening red. He purposefully left the cue

:31:39. > :31:54.ball short of the bold colours. Attacking the red just above the

:31:55. > :31:59.black and it is absolutely inch perfect. He has a nice angle on this

:32:00. > :33:13.red. He can push the red out of the way.

:33:14. > :33:22.Just tidying up a few loose red Sea. Before he contemplates going into

:33:23. > :33:26.the pack. He has a couple of choices here. They couple of reds to the

:33:27. > :33:39.left corner. He has wandered to the right centre. -- he has won to the

:33:40. > :34:19.right centre. The rate at the bottom of the pack is also available.

:34:20. > :34:26.A little bit low. A little shake of the hit. He can pot this. There is

:34:27. > :34:33.an alternative to the right middle that he has not look that yet. You

:34:34. > :34:38.want to be on position where if you pocket you are guaranteed the next

:34:39. > :34:47.ball. The red he is playing now, it is not guaranteed. Keep your eye on

:34:48. > :34:52.the cue ball. Well, he just managed to get enough on it. That was a good

:34:53. > :34:57.shot. When you play that type of back spin shot, the harder you

:34:58. > :34:59.headed, the less chance you give it for the back spin to take effect. He

:35:00. > :35:19.did that nicely. Obviously the pink spot is

:35:20. > :35:24.available. He will have to get as close to his own spot as he can. It

:35:25. > :35:31.looks to me as though it will be just above the black. For the red is

:35:32. > :35:34.just above the black. Not touching. The direct line between the black,

:35:35. > :35:59.the blue and the red. Pretty good. On the blue and I wouldn't think he

:36:00. > :36:04.would risk playing a cannon here. From what we have seen so far, he is

:36:05. > :36:09.quite prepared to take loose red balls early on in the break. The top

:36:10. > :36:18.red of the cluster does go to the left corner. He undertook that a

:36:19. > :36:22.fraction, but it shouldn't be a problem. If he gets a good angle on

:36:23. > :36:28.the blue he might consider playing a little cannon. He has got to loose

:36:29. > :36:32.red and he will be thinking he would be unlucky not to be on one of them.

:36:33. > :36:39.He cannot win this frame without opening that little cluster of six.

:36:40. > :36:44.He could play a little cannon, as you said. Just not the blue game. He

:36:45. > :36:49.will always be on the red to the right centre if he gets a full ball.

:36:50. > :36:56.He will have to get it from though at the apex red. And he didn't hit

:36:57. > :37:09.the red at the top of the pack. Is he unlucky? Look at his body

:37:10. > :37:13.language. He is not on it. I am surprised he played with so much

:37:14. > :37:19.place. I did not think it was necessary. If he could've ended at

:37:20. > :37:25.the top of the red he didn't need it. It is the end of the break. He

:37:26. > :37:35.could be considered a little bit unlucky, but you always take a

:37:36. > :37:39.chance when you play a cannon. A nice safety shot to finish with. A

:37:40. > :38:25.44 point lead. Still 91 available. This is a big shock. He is more

:38:26. > :38:31.intent on getting the cue ball back to the Balkans. He thought the red

:38:32. > :38:51.might ruffle the jaws at this end, not at the other end.

:38:52. > :39:05.This could be the frame-winner. Put it in a delightfully. He only has

:39:06. > :39:13.two drop the blue in. He doesn't have to do anything with the cue

:39:14. > :39:22.ball. That looks for my money likely will have a two frame advantage, the

:39:23. > :39:30.interval. It has to be said, Mark Selby has still not found his best

:39:31. > :39:34.form. No. The devoted could be coming at a good time for him to

:39:35. > :39:38.gather himself, his thoughts, clear his hit a little bit, because he

:39:39. > :40:00.looks a little bit nervous at the moment.

:40:01. > :40:12.I think he is OK. I think you can avoid the kiss on the thing. He

:40:13. > :40:22.couldn't. It has gone slightly wrong. What looked a formality is

:40:23. > :40:40.not only more. On this the red is available. It looks as though it is.

:40:41. > :40:45.Lucky to have this. He didn't have to do anything with the cue ball,

:40:46. > :40:57.just roll the blinking. Just a red needed. He will go 64 ahead with 59

:40:58. > :41:04.remaining. Well, it looked for all the world he could pot that red.

:41:05. > :41:12.Maybe he couldn't. I would like to see that won the game. How did he

:41:13. > :41:46.miss that? He has left a half chance here for

:41:47. > :41:51.Mark Selby. 63 points behind, 67 remaining. This would be a blow to

:41:52. > :41:57.Barry Hawkins, but this is the big shock. Not there. He won't be

:41:58. > :42:26.getting another chance. It could have been a different game.

:42:27. > :42:29.When Barry missed that red. Sometimes if you are having a bad

:42:30. > :42:36.Day you give your opponent an easy start. That was a difficult shot he

:42:37. > :42:48.left for Mark. Very difficult. He is trying to hold for the black as

:42:49. > :42:53.well. Just came across it slightly. It has been pretty decent stuff

:42:54. > :42:56.after the break Mark Selby in the second frame. It looked like he

:42:57. > :43:04.would get going, but Barry rallied in the last two. I think Barry has

:43:05. > :43:08.got a plan. I am not certain what Mark is planning. You can never

:43:09. > :43:13.addicted what will happen, but in the last frame when he pushed the

:43:14. > :43:19.ball out, played the very difficult rate, it is not something Barry

:43:20. > :43:27.Hawkins would have played. We had a 42 minute first frame. We had a 20

:43:28. > :43:30.minute frame and then one that only lasted 12 minutes. It has not been

:43:31. > :44:53.slow since the first frame. He is taking these nicely. A break

:44:54. > :44:59.of 63. His tea will taste nice during the mid-session interval. He

:45:00. > :45:02.leads the world champion by 3-1. Initiative to Barry Hawkins. We will

:45:03. > :45:08.talk about in a moment. Something is happening with Mark Selby. He does

:45:09. > :45:13.look happy. That last chance was difficult. It was a difficult shot.

:45:14. > :45:20.I don't know, he just looks so nervous. He is not imposing himself

:45:21. > :45:26.at all. He is just not right at all. It is a two horse race but only one

:45:27. > :45:32.is galloping. When I said, if you are giving marks out of ten for Mark

:45:33. > :45:38.Selby you would give him a five. As we also said at the start, at any

:45:39. > :45:43.one time in a game of snooker, there are players in form and going out of

:45:44. > :45:46.form. We are so used to sing Mark Selby in good form, whether it is

:45:47. > :45:50.imperious or great fighting form, it is a shock to see him a bit

:45:51. > :45:55.underpowered. If he has come into some bad form, the fascination is

:45:56. > :45:59.how does he dig himself out of this hole. Every time you go to the table

:46:00. > :46:06.it is a new test. It is only snooker, it is not football that is

:46:07. > :46:10.so energetic, but how much did the Mike Williams much to him mentally.

:46:11. > :46:16.He went through the ringer. Has left a little sky. Barry Hawkins has the

:46:17. > :46:19.lead and he has been talking to Ken Doherty because Barry was knocked

:46:20. > :46:24.out quite surprisingly in the early stages of the UK championship in

:46:25. > :46:32.York. Now he is keen to do well here and at the Crucible in April.

:46:33. > :46:41.Welcome. Congratulations on your first round win. Six when -- 6-1

:46:42. > :46:47.win. Not a bad start, beating John Murphy. Easier than you would have

:46:48. > :46:53.expected. It a lot easier. To play pretty solid was quite pleasing. I

:46:54. > :46:58.didn't expect to beat him with such an easy scoreline. He made a few

:46:59. > :47:05.uncharacteristic mistakes, a couple of easy safety shot the giving me an

:47:06. > :47:08.opportunity. I was delighted. You look very comfortable. Even from the

:47:09. > :47:17.first ball. I felt pretty comfortable. I was very nervous. I

:47:18. > :47:21.settled pretty quick and having the run last year helped me to settle a

:47:22. > :47:27.bit quicker. Let's talk about last year. We have a lot in common

:47:28. > :47:36.because Ronnie Beeney in a final. I was lucky to get one. I spoke to you

:47:37. > :47:42.afterwards and he said I was embarrassed. Sometimes you get like

:47:43. > :47:46.that. It hasn't affected you, is it? No, I was disappointed straight

:47:47. > :47:51.after. You want to put a good show one for yourself. You want to win,

:47:52. > :47:57.that is why you are there. To get battered 10-1 is demoralising. When

:47:58. > :48:06.you are sitting out there, you just want to go home. Overall I can't be

:48:07. > :48:14.too hard on myself. It was the final of the Masters. When you reflect on

:48:15. > :48:19.it, easy it was a good run, a good experience. The next time, which he

:48:20. > :48:24.did in the would championship, you got your revenge. Is that what you

:48:25. > :48:29.reflect on? I think I did. I definitely worried about him more

:48:30. > :48:35.than myself in the final. I didn't play my game at all. Taking nothing

:48:36. > :48:39.away from Ronnie, when he starts steam-rolling, it is hard to stop

:48:40. > :48:44.him. I was definitely worried about him. I did learn from the final and

:48:45. > :48:49.tried to use that in the World Championship and not worry about him

:48:50. > :48:53.as much. It worked out well for me. Was that one of the best

:48:54. > :49:01.performances you have had on TV? To beat Ronnie was a love in as well?

:49:02. > :49:04.Definitely one of the biggest wins of my career. To be Ronnie was

:49:05. > :49:10.living in his own backyard, especially because he didn't play

:49:11. > :49:16.badly at all cost of it was a great standard. Coming through that much

:49:17. > :49:18.give me a little more confidence. We have won a couple of ranking

:49:19. > :49:25.tournaments as well. The next stage is one of these majors. You have

:49:26. > :49:29.been right at the business end of the would championship and the

:49:30. > :49:35.Masters. It is good. You want to keep doing well. If I can win one of

:49:36. > :49:40.the big ones, that would be great, because they are the majors. They

:49:41. > :49:45.are the ones you watch on TV all the time. If I can win one of the big

:49:46. > :49:51.ones by the time I am finished, that would be great. What about the

:49:52. > :49:56.influence of Terry Griffiths, what influence has he had? Since you have

:49:57. > :50:00.been with them you have gone up the levels. He has definitely help me. I

:50:01. > :50:04.have been with them for maybe six years or something like that. As

:50:05. > :50:09.soon as I started working with him I've noticed a change straightaway.

:50:10. > :50:13.He covered a couple of technical things I was doing wrong that I

:50:14. > :50:17.didn't notice. Sometimes it takes somebody like that to point them out

:50:18. > :50:23.for you to realise you are doing something wrong. The only help you

:50:24. > :50:27.can get is that. It can get a bit lonely out there. I listen to him

:50:28. > :50:36.and I have been working with him for quite a while. He has definitely

:50:37. > :50:41.made my game improve a bit. I would have known you for a long time on

:50:42. > :50:45.the circuit. People watching you on TV as well. They don't know anything

:50:46. > :50:50.about Barry Hawkins, away from the secretive. You keep your private

:50:51. > :50:54.life private, but what do you do, what do you like doing, what other

:50:55. > :51:00.sports do you do? Nothing. I just play snooker. I love going down the

:51:01. > :51:05.social club and having a drink with my friends. When you are playing

:51:06. > :51:10.snooker, it is serious. You are planning for your living. I try to

:51:11. > :51:14.provide for my family and win tournaments and all that sort of

:51:15. > :51:23.stuff. Behind the scenes I love having a laugh and joke and a few

:51:24. > :51:28.beers with boys. I suppose, it has changed since the old days. It is

:51:29. > :51:36.more professional manner. I am not but boring. As being a family Mann

:51:37. > :51:42.changed a bit? Yes. Having a son, it is a cliche, but you look at things

:51:43. > :51:48.differently. My life revolves around him and the wife. A term I get some

:51:49. > :51:53.spirits and we do stuff together. It is so busy now, the jerk. You don't

:51:54. > :52:00.get that much time at home. What about your next opponent? He is

:52:01. > :52:05.going for the triple Crown. Only four other people have held the UK,

:52:06. > :52:09.the world and the Masters in the same year. Mark Selby will be a

:52:10. > :52:15.tough opponent. He is the best player by far in the world. So

:52:16. > :52:19.consistent. He wins tournament with his second game. That shows you how

:52:20. > :52:27.good he is. We have a similar game, a similar style. Not as well as him.

:52:28. > :52:32.It is something that needs to improve a little bit more, my second

:52:33. > :52:37.game. He inspires me. He works really hard on his game and I think

:52:38. > :52:41.I am one of those players as well. If I am not of the time then I

:52:42. > :52:48.notice the difference. I try to put the hours in when I can. He is

:52:49. > :52:55.someone to the property and I keep working hard and he shows you what

:52:56. > :52:59.you can achieve. Best of luck. What a lovely gentleman. What a nice

:53:00. > :53:04.little watch that was. He is a lovely lad. I was chatting to him.

:53:05. > :53:09.We were having a laugh and he is a good lad to have around. Have you

:53:10. > :53:14.seen an improvement in his game when he has been working with Terry? We

:53:15. > :53:19.have seen an improvement in his game over time. His stature is growing in

:53:20. > :53:23.the game. There was a time when he was disregarded as a potential

:53:24. > :53:27.champion in defence but he has got rid of that now. He is genuinely

:53:28. > :53:34.guaranteed a top 16 players and has produced astonishing stuff. I am not

:53:35. > :53:38.sure of the time frame from Terry Griffiths, if you do with Terry as a

:53:39. > :53:43.coach, you have someone who is committed to you, not just your

:53:44. > :53:49.technique, but mental well-being. Also someone who has been in the

:53:50. > :53:57.pit. It is easy to live with someone when they have been there. Did you

:53:58. > :54:04.expect Barry to push on? He unexpectedly made the final in 2013,

:54:05. > :54:09.losing to Ronnie or southern. Did you expect him to push on after

:54:10. > :54:12.that? It is difficult to push and because of how many players there

:54:13. > :54:18.are cueing up with in the win tournaments. All you Kunduz put

:54:19. > :54:23.yourself in the frame that you are now one of the elite. He has done

:54:24. > :54:28.that. The next phase is can he have a period of time dominating the

:54:29. > :54:32.game. It is so hard to do. Especially when there are so many

:54:33. > :54:37.top players. The other players will look at the draw and see him and say

:54:38. > :54:42.I am glad he is in my section. He is a great matchplay. Very confident,

:54:43. > :54:48.thinks the game, works hard. You know you are in for a match with

:54:49. > :54:53.them. He is 3-1 up against the world champion, a Mann he has trouble

:54:54. > :54:58.against. I don't feel that in the situation today that if he gets the

:54:59. > :55:05.chances he will baulk at them. After his first-round match, which him

:55:06. > :55:08.well, it is not necessarily a yardstick. He might be in these and

:55:09. > :55:12.a bit quicker mid-to-late than Mark Selby who struggled in his first

:55:13. > :55:19.round match. The last three matches he played, he hasn't won a free over

:55:20. > :55:28.Mark Selby. He has lost 4-0 and 3-0. Now he has a lead at the interval.

:55:29. > :55:33.He can put the things that have gone before him behind and he is doing

:55:34. > :55:38.that today. This is our first quarterfinal for you today. The

:55:39. > :55:44.other is Joe Perry digging on Ding Junhui. Better a look at the hit to

:55:45. > :55:54.hit here. They have played 14 matches. They first met in the

:55:55. > :55:57.Masters in 2004, but Perry won the last meeting here two years ago.

:55:58. > :56:13.Ding Junhui has been talking to Steve. Looking back at 2016, here is

:56:14. > :56:20.a question, this moment? Winning the Shanghai Masters or final in the

:56:21. > :56:36.World Championship? That is a big question. You want me to pick it?

:56:37. > :56:42.What do you think? Winning is good. They would championship is still the

:56:43. > :56:49.biggest event. I don't know. I think it is the final. This has always

:56:50. > :56:55.been my dream, to get in the final first and then think about winning a

:56:56. > :56:59.tournament. I've had one Shanghai before, this is the second time.

:57:00. > :57:06.This is a good moment to win the second time, but they weren't final,

:57:07. > :57:12.it was my first time. It is massive. You were very emotional when he won

:57:13. > :57:21.in Shanghai. The few tears. Yes. I was so excited. That was your 12th

:57:22. > :57:25.ranking event victory and only five players have won more than 12

:57:26. > :57:38.events. You have a good record in building up. I hope I can do more. I

:57:39. > :57:42.tried my best. I cannot stay in my best form of year, all season, all

:57:43. > :57:48.of my career. I do however much I can because when I get older, I will

:57:49. > :57:55.maybe not be as good. I want to win more. I wanted to try my best in

:57:56. > :57:59.every tournament. If I can do better and better, when I am looking back

:58:00. > :58:06.when I get older, I think I will have nothing to regret. I think I

:58:07. > :58:11.have done a good jaw. There is nothing to think about, I missed

:58:12. > :58:14.this or that. The only thing that really, and everybody talks about

:58:15. > :58:20.it, the only thing left for the record it for you is the World

:58:21. > :58:26.Championship. This last year he got to the final, it is another step

:58:27. > :58:33.further forward. It is a big help. Mark Selby told me a lot. To do it

:58:34. > :58:39.in a word final is a massive experience. You need to learn of the

:58:40. > :58:45.tables, the different styles, because it is a different compared

:58:46. > :58:52.to the semifinals. This is a new stage. And regularly practice

:58:53. > :58:56.routines, you are just doing exactly the same, you are not changing

:58:57. > :59:07.anything, you are not trying to get something else? I don't want to put

:59:08. > :59:15.myself thinking too much, overthinking. I wanted to play

:59:16. > :59:19.naturally. I try to play my regular game every shot. I want to be the

:59:20. > :59:25.same in the match. Turning our attention to the Masters. You have

:59:26. > :59:30.won the Masters in 2011. If you are back to the time of the famous match

:59:31. > :59:34.with Ronnie, a long time back, you look at yourself now. DEV a

:59:35. > :59:48.different person? Yes. I feel more relaxed. The crowd like you. Yes.

:59:49. > :59:59.The one thing I will do good in is my jaw. If people come to watch.

:00:00. > :00:05.Good luck today. Thank you. One of the first men through to the

:00:06. > :00:08.quarter-finals and in many ways he has gone under the radar. We have

:00:09. > :00:13.not spent much time talking about him. No, I don't think he is back to

:00:14. > :00:16.his best. He did enough to win the other day. It's an interesting

:00:17. > :00:21.match-up with Joe Perry. Originally he had a good record against him but

:00:22. > :00:25.the last two occasions it's been Perry beat him 6-4 and 4-1, I think.

:00:26. > :00:30.He has knocked him out in a couple of events. That's an interesting

:00:31. > :00:37.match tonight. You sat opposite him, did you detect a more relaxed Ding

:00:38. > :00:40.Junhui? We all do, it may be he has a better command of the English

:00:41. > :00:44.language and you can have more chat with him, I think he has matured as

:00:45. > :00:47.a person and player. He knows he can't win every match. He is a

:00:48. > :00:51.little bit more philosophical I think because of that and probably a

:00:52. > :00:54.better player. Yet the fact he got to the final of the World

:00:55. > :00:57.Championship last year, even if there is no too much more room for

:00:58. > :01:02.improvement he is still improving. You have to wonder as well whether

:01:03. > :01:06.in many ways it goes back to what we were saying about Mark Selby and

:01:07. > :01:09.talking about the triple Crown. We were always talking about Ding

:01:10. > :01:13.Junhui and the world Crown and when is he going to win it? You wonder

:01:14. > :01:17.whether he has come to terms with that added pressure? He has been

:01:18. > :01:21.close. The semifinal before one year when he should have got through. He

:01:22. > :01:25.is knocking on the door. It's so hard, so many good players about and

:01:26. > :01:29.you have to hope it's your year. Maybe it's Joe Perry's year after

:01:30. > :01:33.all he beat Joe Bingham. There's plenty of people that fancy the job

:01:34. > :01:37.here. They know full well that every best of 11 matches is a winnable

:01:38. > :01:41.experience these days. ' All fancy they're good enough. Every player

:01:42. > :01:44.that comes to this tournament has won events, therefore, they have

:01:45. > :01:47.inner confidence in some shape or form, even if they're not

:01:48. > :01:51.necessarily totally in current form, they've won.

:01:52. > :01:55.Yeah, Joe's going to be a dangerous opponent. The other day he was

:01:56. > :01:59.saying he wasn't really enjoying his snooker and had been on a bad run

:02:00. > :02:08.but nothing like winning a match to give you confidence. You can watch

:02:09. > :02:12.it live on enBBC Two tonight. Then you will need to press your red

:02:13. > :02:17.button and Hazel will have highlights on BBC Two.

:02:18. > :02:25.Let's bring you up to date with this afternoon's quarter-final. Mark

:02:26. > :02:31.Selby and Barry Hawkins. The world number one slightly

:02:32. > :02:34.nervous as he walked out to the Alexandra Palace today.

:02:35. > :02:42.Hawkins took the first frame with a fantastic pot. Mark didn't really

:02:43. > :02:51.like that. Mark roared back in the second frame. With a break of 76.

:02:52. > :02:56.Then this misread from Mark Selby allowed Barry Hawkins to get back

:02:57. > :03:00.into it. He followed up with a break of 63 to lead 2-1.

:03:01. > :03:04.Barry much more relaxed, move comfortable in frame four.

:03:05. > :03:14.He leads at the mid session interval by 3-1.

:03:15. > :03:18.Many a time the interval has changed the match. For him he will have to

:03:19. > :03:21.hope it's happened today. If he plays like before he is in big

:03:22. > :03:26.trouble in this match. We analyse these pictures a lot, Steve, when we

:03:27. > :03:31.look at Mark there, there is something today that is affecting

:03:32. > :03:34.him. Doesn't look content at all. I think once again he hasn't got a

:03:35. > :03:41.good start. Every player would love to get off to a flyer. It hasn't

:03:42. > :03:44.happened, so he is playing catch-up, hopefully from his perspective he

:03:45. > :03:50.got a bit of rhythm going on the practice table. Can Barry Hawkins

:03:51. > :03:54.seal a place in the semifinal? Let's join John.

:03:55. > :04:01.Yes, a question to ask now for Mark Selby. When we talk about games like

:04:02. > :04:04.this and I said before the interval, Ken, it's hard to have a game plan,

:04:05. > :04:09.but there is certain shots you are going to take on and certain shots

:04:10. > :04:16.you are going to refuse. At the moment I think that Barry Hawkins

:04:17. > :04:21.seems more comfortable in his skin than Mark Selby. Yeah and

:04:22. > :04:26.particularly in that frame where he took that risky red up into the

:04:27. > :04:30.green pocket and left Barry a chance to win the Graham. It's amazing how

:04:31. > :04:34.intervals can sometimes -- to win the frame. It's amazing how

:04:35. > :04:44.intervals can sometimes win matches. He has left the pot here.

:04:45. > :04:52.I didn't see him in the players' room or the press room in the

:04:53. > :05:00.interval, Mark. Barry was in there talking with Terry. I assume Mark

:05:01. > :05:06.went to the practice table. I did see him in the practice room. I

:05:07. > :05:10.think he has to dig in now. You have to say there is not many

:05:11. > :05:15.better players at digging in than Mark Selby. That's a mistake from

:05:16. > :05:20.Barry. Left a chance for this red.

:05:21. > :05:27.OK, it's not easy being close to the baulk cushion but it's a chance.

:05:28. > :05:34.You can tell from the angle there it's not straightforward. Would have

:05:35. > :05:40.liked to have been straighter on that red. The cue ball looks to be

:05:41. > :05:46.going towards the blue. Again this is a tough pot.

:05:47. > :05:50.If he misses it he will be leaving... Digging down into the cue

:05:51. > :05:58.ball. Oh!

:05:59. > :06:02.Well, thought he was going to get away with it there when the cue ball

:06:03. > :06:06.careered into the red and black. Would have made it more difficult

:06:07. > :06:10.playing it that way, John. As you say, if he rolled it in he would

:06:11. > :06:14.have probably finished up not on a colour, trying to force the angle to

:06:15. > :06:18.get on a colour. If this red goes to the right middle

:06:19. > :06:21.he doesn't have a lot to do, Barry. He is bound to be on the black and

:06:22. > :06:37.it definitely goes to the right middle.

:06:38. > :07:01.APPLAUSE Played it very nicely.

:07:02. > :07:12.A few reds in the open. He will be already contemplating about going

:07:13. > :07:20.into the pack of reds. And working out how he is going to develop them.

:07:21. > :07:29.Yeah, it's one of those situations, there is a red above the black which

:07:30. > :07:32.is available sometime, if he could come low on that red, that's

:07:33. > :07:34.separated from the bunch, he could pot that and bring other reds into

:07:35. > :07:37.play. He has played on it almost

:07:38. > :07:42.immediately. In potting this he can bring things

:07:43. > :07:46.into play. Two ways of playing this, the run through or the screwback.

:07:47. > :07:49.You felt as if you had more control with the screwback. Sometimes you

:07:50. > :07:53.play with top spin it runs through too far.

:07:54. > :07:58.How will he play it? Above centre or below centre?

:07:59. > :08:04.Above centre. Keep your eye on the cue ball.

:08:05. > :08:08.Controlled it lovely. Didn't play with too much pace so he

:08:09. > :08:09.wasn't going to open too many reds but still brought in another couple

:08:10. > :08:31.of reds into play. The red at the bottom of the pack to

:08:32. > :09:06.the left pots, as well. He is not lacking in the cue power

:09:07. > :09:10.department. He can play this both ways around the angles, or deep

:09:11. > :09:14.screw it. He played it very nicely indeed.

:09:15. > :09:21.Excellent shot. APPLAUSE

:09:22. > :09:28.A similar situation, he could go up for the blue here, if he wishes.

:09:29. > :09:32.Four reds, four blacks. But I am sure his main priority is winning

:09:33. > :09:39.the frame. Will he stay on the black here?

:09:40. > :09:45.Looks like he is going to. As I said, that red just above the

:09:46. > :09:48.black to the left will pot into the bottom right corner pocket.

:09:49. > :10:22.If he goes too far he always has the red into the left centre.

:10:23. > :10:29.I don't think he will have maximum on his mind just yet. The obvious

:10:30. > :10:32.shot here seems to be to play for the red to the left middle, leave a

:10:33. > :10:36.nice angle on the blue to play the split.

:10:37. > :10:43.He has not got a great angle on the black here to go into the reds.

:10:44. > :10:51.The frame is more important than the maximum.

:10:52. > :10:53.He didn't get op the red in the left middle to be able to play for the

:10:54. > :11:03.blue. So it's back for the black. Needs a good angle on the black,

:11:04. > :11:11.though. That's not it.

:11:12. > :11:14.Too straight. More of an angle he could have

:11:15. > :11:19.stunned off the top cushion into the reds. Now he is looking to see

:11:20. > :11:28.anything is pottable by dropping the black in.

:11:29. > :11:33.Maybe the outside red? Yeah, this red is the only one you

:11:34. > :11:38.would say. Two reds at the bottom to the right and maybe a plant that he

:11:39. > :11:41.could make into the right centre. But the obvious red is that one, the

:11:42. > :11:53.extreme left of the bunch. That's not good, he is going to be

:11:54. > :11:58.hampered by the black. Wanted to take that red on up into the yellow

:11:59. > :12:01.pocket. He has looked at the two reds right of the pack.

:12:02. > :12:07.Is is he going to have another look? No, he is going to take this up into

:12:08. > :12:13.the yellow pocket. He won't be holding for the black this time.

:12:14. > :12:24.Excellent shot! APPLAUSE

:12:25. > :12:30.OK, wrong side of the blue but a nice angle - we watch that again. It

:12:31. > :12:36.was a superb pot. Didn't go all out for good position.

:12:37. > :12:42.He has got into the pack. What is he on?

:12:43. > :12:57.Head down tells me nothing. You have to say a little bit unlucky

:12:58. > :13:02.there. OK, could have hit it harder, but still it was a very good shot.

:13:03. > :13:06.You would expect into a pack of seven reds and a pink something is

:13:07. > :13:19.going to come out. Have to concentrate on getting that

:13:20. > :13:25.cue ball tight to the baulk cushion. Yes, he will finish with a 62-point

:13:26. > :13:29.lead, but still 83 remaining. In this situation you like to put a red

:13:30. > :13:33.against the cushion, but don't do that and sacrifice a good safety.

:13:34. > :14:13.Don't see the point in that. Mark Selby coming down this end of

:14:14. > :14:18.the table, it must be pretty tight. There is a lot of distance between

:14:19. > :14:23.cue ball and red, so he could swerve it.

:14:24. > :14:28.It's a big shot. He knows if he makes a mess of it and leaves Barry

:14:29. > :14:35.one more chance it will be end of frame.

:14:36. > :14:44.But it's a terrific pot. APPLAUSE

:14:45. > :14:52.A good pot this. Yeah, fantastic, wasn't it? As you said, John,

:14:53. > :14:59.pressure on it, as well. Now, what can he do?

:15:00. > :15:07.In a way it is unfortunate, I mean, he can play the brown, but the green

:15:08. > :15:11.looks the obvious ball and the yellow is slightly hampering him.

:15:12. > :15:19.Well, not really. Just about judging the pace of the shot.

:15:20. > :15:36.He has played that very well. This would be a steal.

:15:37. > :15:43.He has had a look at the red above the black.

:15:44. > :15:50.That 62 point lead could soon evaporate with the position of the

:15:51. > :15:57.balls at the moment. But again a bit of pressure on Mark Selby here. He

:15:58. > :16:08.produced a good break in the second frame when he was behind. But since

:16:09. > :16:14.then he's looked a little bit nervous, John. Yeah, doesn't look

:16:15. > :16:16.comfortable with his game so far. But this could really be giving him

:16:17. > :16:40.a big boost of confidence. 44 points behind and 59 remaining so

:16:41. > :16:44.plenty of points to spare. That's the red he would like to get

:16:45. > :16:52.on, the one to the left of the black.

:16:53. > :17:01.I don't think the black pots. I think the red just above it does.

:17:02. > :17:22.He will have to clear all these rip maining balls to win the frame at

:17:23. > :17:27.this lift. -- remaining. He will be just happy to have the opportunity.

:17:28. > :17:40.Yeah. A little awkward on this pink.

:17:41. > :17:58.Wanted to be higher with the cue ball. He doesn't have the angle now.

:17:59. > :18:05.Having a quick look at the blue. The problem is he if plays the pink

:18:06. > :18:09.he will have to run around the two cushions. I don't think he is

:18:10. > :18:12.straight enough to hold the spot. If he plays the pink he will have to

:18:13. > :18:22.really cue this well to run around off two cushions.

:18:23. > :18:26.He is leaving himself a red that he knows he will have to use the rest

:18:27. > :18:42.with the extension. It's not perfect. He needs a good

:18:43. > :19:03.angle on pink or blue here to get on the awkward last red.

:19:04. > :19:08.Decided to go up for the blue and he's not quite far enough.

:19:09. > :19:23.He is too straight. The pink is no good. He is looking

:19:24. > :19:34.at the brown, swinging it round off two cushions. A tough pot.

:19:35. > :19:42.Excellent pot. APPLAUSE

:19:43. > :19:45.Yeah, it's OK. Would have loved to have been straighter on this red

:19:46. > :19:49.because the cue ball is going into the black. Doesn't want to knock the

:19:50. > :20:06.black safe. That's OK. Did that red go in off

:20:07. > :20:15.the black or the cue ball? I think the cue ball just hit it on the way

:20:16. > :20:20.around. Just have another look. Anyway, it went in. That's all you

:20:21. > :20:22.are bothered about now. One good positional shot from pink to yellow

:20:23. > :20:30.now. What a steal this would be.

:20:31. > :20:36.He has played for it in the right middle. It needs to run.

:20:37. > :20:56.Just about perfect, I think. Wouldn't fancy him missing now. Just

:20:57. > :21:01.so good in these positions when he is behind and just enough points on

:21:02. > :21:06.the table. He did it in frame two when he was behind. Yeah, it's like

:21:07. > :21:20.his concentration goes up a notch. This could be a massive turning

:21:21. > :21:27.point in this match. Barry Hawkins had a 62-point lead and went into

:21:28. > :21:33.the pack of reds off the blue and nothing came available.

:21:34. > :21:38.Well, just hold on a minute. Hold on a second. He has hit that much too

:21:39. > :21:41.hard. With the black not being on its spot

:21:42. > :21:49.and close to the pocket, you would think he would be able to get in and

:21:50. > :22:04.out of baulk. Should have been easier than this.

:22:05. > :22:13.It's OK. But it still needs due care and

:22:14. > :22:33.attention. Superb! He leaves the arena. He knew

:22:34. > :22:45.how big a frame that was. Barry Hawkins made a break of 62.

:22:46. > :22:52.Matches and moments like this can turn on pivotal moments in sport and

:22:53. > :22:55.that could be potentially be one. It's a tremendous clearance,

:22:56. > :23:00.considering he has looked nervous and out of sorts. His cue ball

:23:01. > :23:04.hasn't been great. Barry Hawkins, you are cursed. He has played a

:23:05. > :23:08.brilliant shot off the blue, couldn't hit it any better. For all

:23:09. > :23:12.those balls to split up like that, for all the world you think you are

:23:13. > :23:17.going to be on one. Game over. To finish there He drops his head, so

:23:18. > :23:21.unlucky. It's taken nothing away from the clearance. You couldn't hit

:23:22. > :23:26.that harder, he controlled it as well as he could have done. He got

:23:27. > :23:33.into that area of the pack. That's the way it goes in snooker, but from

:23:34. > :23:37.there on in Mark Selby proves why, he may be a different style to

:23:38. > :23:42.others in the game, he is still huge box office because the tightrope

:23:43. > :23:45.walk he produces sometimes. We saw it in the World Championship against

:23:46. > :23:48.Ronnie O'Sullivan under pressure. He is producing under pressure, where

:23:49. > :23:52.other players would crumble and he is doing it on the table. That's why

:23:53. > :23:59.he has great admiration amongst players and also the fans. John made

:24:00. > :24:02.a good point in commentary, as if his concentration level goes up a

:24:03. > :24:07.notch. It's like they need a challenge to get them going, it

:24:08. > :24:13.might be the challenge that kicks him on, because he has been second

:24:14. > :24:19.best. Your back is against the wall and sometimes you can think clearer.

:24:20. > :24:23.At that point he is not woring about being champion, he has to clear the

:24:24. > :24:27.balls. It probably focussed his mind. We have said this the mid

:24:28. > :24:30.session interval comes at the wrong time for Barry, he is playing well.

:24:31. > :24:36.Suddenly Mark has this opportunity to go back. There was a moment as

:24:37. > :24:40.Mark was clearing up there, a moment our cameras caught Harry Hawkins. A

:24:41. > :24:45.raised eyebrow. He knew what was going on. -- Barry. When you have

:24:46. > :24:49.had a shot like Barry had and you know sitting in the chair the player

:24:50. > :24:51.you are playing against is going to get the first long red, you just

:24:52. > :24:55.know that. That was your chance to win the frame t didn't work out. A

:24:56. > :24:59.funny thing and you are sitting there thinking he is going to make

:25:00. > :25:04.this and it's the realisation he is going to clear up. Very much so.

:25:05. > :25:10.It's all to play for. Barry Hawkins leads 3-2. Back to John and Ken.

:25:11. > :25:52.Wondering will he take this red on? He could leave the cue ball in such

:25:53. > :25:55.a way it would only leave the red should he miss, but a difficult pot.

:25:56. > :25:59.He decided against it. He could have played that a little

:26:00. > :26:03.bit better. He wanted that cue ball tight to this top cushion. He has

:26:04. > :26:09.left a chance here for Mark Selby. Not sure he is on the red closest to

:26:10. > :26:17.the black but he is on a red up into the green pocket.

:26:18. > :26:22.Yeah, obviously can't get through to the red just to the right of the

:26:23. > :26:31.black but he has this one to the far right.

:26:32. > :26:40.No, so still not firing on all cylinders.

:26:41. > :26:51.Here is the black in the last frame. A bit of a reaction here as well

:26:52. > :26:55.from Mark Selby. Geeing himself up. He knew how important that break

:26:56. > :27:03.could turn out to be. It only wins one frame.

:27:04. > :27:10.Barry with a chance here. APPLAUSE

:27:11. > :28:28.He is on the pink. He gets the first good chance.

:28:29. > :28:34.The red above the black is the one I am sure he will be trying to get on

:28:35. > :28:41.next because he can use that to open up some more reds. He has to stay

:28:42. > :29:03.low on this, get the cue ball somewhere where it is now.

:29:04. > :29:11.Could go into the pack here because he has a wonderful angle.

:29:12. > :29:15.Normally he likes to mop up the open reds before he goes into the pack.

:29:16. > :29:21.Certainly has a lovely angle here, John. Plenty of value going into the

:29:22. > :29:26.pack because of the loose red. I was surprised when he potted the last

:29:27. > :29:31.red he didn't try to screw off the bottom of the cluster and bring a

:29:32. > :29:36.few into play. Once again decided against it. I

:29:37. > :29:41.think he's come out, don't know whether he discussed it with Terry

:29:42. > :29:50.before the match, not to take undue risks. Feeling that Mark may be

:29:51. > :29:51.under pressure with this thought of winning the three majors and don't

:29:52. > :30:03.push the boat out too far. So far, it's been working. You have

:30:04. > :30:08.to say, as the guys in the studio said, in the last frame when he got

:30:09. > :30:11.62 unlucky not to be on one of the reds. If he had been on one that

:30:12. > :30:16.would have been the end of frame. He played that well.

:30:17. > :30:21.He has landed perfect on the blue to play the cannon. He has to avoid the

:30:22. > :30:23.loose one. That line of four, he wants to hit that one full in the

:30:24. > :30:38.face. No, catch the loose one, or you're

:30:39. > :30:49.likely to finish on nothing, and that's the case.

:30:50. > :30:54.There's no need to miss this red. It just shows you he had a couple of

:30:55. > :31:01.opportunities to bring the reds into play. He decided to play for the

:31:02. > :31:05.loose reds, now he needs a good pot to keep this play going. He'll take

:31:06. > :31:18.it on. But they are difficult, those.

:31:19. > :31:21.Now, has he got away with it? P APPLAUSE

:31:22. > :31:24.He can go back to his seat, now, Barry. He will be thinking he should

:31:25. > :31:29.have made more of the chance, and he should.

:31:30. > :31:31.He had a wonderful angle to go into the pack.

:31:32. > :31:40.. Maybe he should have taken the opportunity then.

:31:41. > :31:49.This is certainly no gimme, this red, into this pocket.

:31:50. > :31:55.No. Overcut it! It wasn't straightforward. The cue ball in the

:31:56. > :32:00.pocket... It make it is that much easier for Barry Hawkins. Cue

:32:01. > :32:06.ball-in-hand, a choice of reds to play for. He's still got the problem

:32:07. > :32:10.of bringing the reds, the main bunch of reds into the main play if he is

:32:11. > :32:17.going to win the frame at this visit. But it's a chance. You would

:32:18. > :32:22.think you'd want to do it now, Ken? Get a nice angle on this red.

:32:23. > :32:26.Knowing you have the red in the far right-hand corner if it doesn't go

:32:27. > :32:31.well. That's the reason he is taking this

:32:32. > :32:36.on. Leaving the red as insurance. He doesn't have to go into the pack

:32:37. > :32:48.with full pace here but he's got to try to hit that red right up the

:32:49. > :32:54.pink spot for the ball, if he can. APPLAUSE

:32:55. > :32:59.It's OK. It's OK. You know, when I looked at that

:33:00. > :33:04.cluster, I thought, if that red were going off the pink into the pocket?

:33:05. > :33:10.It was close enough. That would have deterred me from hitting it, it was

:33:11. > :33:22.so much pace. But as you say, Ken, it's turned out all right.

:33:23. > :33:24.It's a little thicker than was needed.

:33:25. > :33:56.It dropped. Obviously the red in the middle of

:33:57. > :34:01.the table will go. And he's landed on it absolutely plum. There was a

:34:02. > :34:04.little shake of his head there, I don't know if that was a red he

:34:05. > :34:08.would play for but he'll be happy with it.

:34:09. > :34:13.I don't think it was but he'll certainly take it. This is a good

:34:14. > :34:32.response from Barry Hawkins. Just a couple of pots away now to

:34:33. > :34:57.reassert his two-frame advantage. That equates to just this red and

:34:58. > :35:03.sexual abuse sexual abuse, as we have said, be two frames behind

:35:04. > :35:12.again. Snookers required.

:35:13. > :35:19.APPLAUSE It's always nice to win a frame when

:35:20. > :35:25.your opponent has stolen a frame from you in the manner had did in

:35:26. > :35:40.the last game. When you talk about turning points

:35:41. > :35:43.in matches, you felt it would have been a turning point had Mark Selby

:35:44. > :35:49.won this frame. . Yes.

:35:50. > :36:22.But you could say that Barry's now steadied the ship somewhat.

:36:23. > :36:34.Well, he won't be too bothered about missing the red.

:36:35. > :36:39.A nod to the referee, on and Barry Hawkins reasserts that two-frame

:36:40. > :36:43.lead at 4-2. What are we thinking chaps, one of the upsets of the

:36:44. > :36:48.Masters? I don't think so. Barry Hawkins, by his nature is a top 16

:36:49. > :36:55.player but at the moment he's in better form. The two players are

:36:56. > :37:03.top-class. Mark is not firing on all cylinders and he's gone about his

:37:04. > :37:08.game very well, Barry Hawkins. And a good temperament there, he had to

:37:09. > :37:14.watch Mark Selby go ahead, and then there was a good response.

:37:15. > :37:20.And there is a frustration for the player, you have some problems, and

:37:21. > :37:26.it's not happening at the moment but he's running out of time.

:37:27. > :37:43.And how much is it down to Barry catching Mark on an off day? It's an

:37:44. > :37:46.advantage he has got. There are many times you catch a top player on an

:37:47. > :37:48.off day and you crack at the chance of beating them. It is strength of

:37:49. > :37:50.character. And talking about centuries earlier, 18 so far in the

:37:51. > :37:57.tournament but yet to have one this afternoon.

:37:58. > :38:05.Back to Ken. The obligatory red is being left on here.

:38:06. > :38:19.Mark will take this on. He would love to knock this in.

:38:20. > :38:21.Oh, at the moment he has a touch of the nearlyis and the kiss on brown

:38:22. > :38:24.has not helped. As a player, Ken, that type of red

:38:25. > :38:31.that Mark's played, halfway there, you would have thought he would have

:38:32. > :40:01.potted it? He got so close, that's why he's left it.

:40:02. > :40:09.His body language will tell us he might take this red on into the

:40:10. > :40:11.bottom left-hand corner pocket, leaving the cue ball down on the

:40:12. > :40:29.right-hand side. Pot a black. I think he was more concerned

:40:30. > :40:39.leaving the cue ball near the top cushion.

:40:40. > :40:43.If this has the pace, he could tie it behind the yellow here.

:40:44. > :41:17.Just a fraction short, that was all. He doesn't have the edge of the

:41:18. > :41:22.reds, then this could go wrong this safety shot. He could not the red

:41:23. > :41:27.out of the right-hand corner pocket here. He's got to be careful.

:41:28. > :41:34.He needs a cover. I think he may have got one. Fair play. He's got an

:41:35. > :41:40.excellent cue ball but he hasn't got the cover. But the red being so

:41:41. > :41:48.close to the side cushion is no gimme.

:41:49. > :42:15.But... It begs the question, what's the alternative?

:42:16. > :42:22.This is a possibility. A line up that red.

:42:23. > :42:27.Trying to come back down the left-hand side of the table and try

:42:28. > :42:30.to cover the red that's closest to the bottom right-hand corner pocket.

:42:31. > :42:36.He could be knocking this red over the hol eas well.

:42:37. > :42:45.Yeah, he needs a good cue ball, though, doesn't he? Oh, and he's got

:42:46. > :43:22.one. That's an excellent shot. Top drawer.

:43:23. > :43:32.Well, I can't see a pot-on. Well, not one that could get you on a

:43:33. > :43:37.colour. He will have to be very accurate

:43:38. > :43:48.with his contact on the red. So accurate.

:43:49. > :43:57.He's got to catch that red just so. He's playing in another red but it's

:43:58. > :44:03.a similar sort of line. Too thick. Too thick. So here's a

:44:04. > :44:05.chance for Barry. I'm not certain of the availability of the black to the

:44:06. > :44:16.left corner. a red to the left corner, that

:44:17. > :44:23.wouldn't give him position on the black. Maybe that blacks just a

:44:24. > :44:28.little too tight to go. He can still look for the blue. One

:44:29. > :44:45.good pot and it will give him a great chance.

:44:46. > :44:59.Excellent pot, right in the heart of the pock E

:45:00. > :45:02.He's got an angle on the blue. Back up for the red close to the cue

:45:03. > :45:07.ball here. The fact that the yellow and brown

:45:08. > :45:11.weren't on the spots made it a simple shot. It's all about judging

:45:12. > :45:17.the pace and he's done that perfectly. Let's have a look to see

:45:18. > :45:29.if the pink is available... Not for now, I'm sure he'll play for the

:45:30. > :45:32.blue but yes, that pink goes. Is he going to play for it now or

:45:33. > :45:50.play this red with the rest? Head love the pink spot to be

:45:51. > :46:02.available. I'm not sure whether it is or not. Where is the pink spot?

:46:03. > :46:05.It's hidden! There it is. Pink won't go in its own spot but the highest

:46:06. > :46:09.available, which would be the brown spot. He's going to have to

:46:10. > :46:16.concentrate on the blue for the time being.

:46:17. > :46:22.Yeah, this is the red that he'd love to get rid of. Thinking, a few shots

:46:23. > :46:27.ahead here, he could get the top side of the blue and then try to get

:46:28. > :46:33.on to that red to the left of the black. That's the one he's looking

:46:34. > :46:38.at. If you can put the cue ball into a position to get on that red it

:46:39. > :46:42.would be perfect to try to win the frame from this position, it would

:46:43. > :46:45.open the black to both pockets. He has to be precise with this

:46:46. > :46:51.positional shot. This is a good bit of key shot to

:46:52. > :46:56.the frame. It looks inch-perfect. It looks

:46:57. > :47:02.absolutely inch-perfect. Well, as long as he can pot this red and not

:47:03. > :47:09.disturb the black... Nice little shot.

:47:10. > :47:43.The chance is there now. Well, this game never creases to

:47:44. > :47:48.amaze you. He looked as if he had done all the hard work. And maybe

:47:49. > :47:52.that's what he thought. He just took the plaque for granted. You cannot

:47:53. > :48:14.drop your guard for a second! What a miss.

:48:15. > :48:21.He wants to play the red that's in the open. If he's straight enough, I

:48:22. > :48:24.know he's close to the red but he's only got to dab it in, so to speak,

:48:25. > :48:50.and he will be on the black. It was a good dab! It was a

:48:51. > :48:58.dab-a-dab-doo! Now, what can Mark Selby do here? If ever he needed

:48:59. > :49:09.another good frame-winning break, it's here.

:49:10. > :49:21.He needs this start. He's done it on a couple of frames.

:49:22. > :49:31.Well, Barry will be sat there, bemused and bewildered at missing

:49:32. > :49:37.that black. Just thinking maybe he went too

:49:38. > :49:40.straight on the red. Mark is in perfect position. Barry

:49:41. > :50:02.will be sitting there and suffering. Just the angle to run around off two

:50:03. > :50:12.cushions. He now takes the lead. He's got a

:50:13. > :50:19.four-point advantage. Make that 11 points. So the red's in

:50:20. > :50:21.the open. The one close to the right corner, he'll save that as a reserve

:50:22. > :50:44.if he does run out of position. Just a matter of keeping your

:50:45. > :50:59.concentration now, and not playing a careless shot as he opponent did.

:51:00. > :51:07.Yes, and here's the black again. He got himself into a prime position

:51:08. > :51:10.and then took his eye off the black, concentrating on the little cannon

:51:11. > :51:19.into the reds. And we saw when Barry missed it, you

:51:20. > :51:29.saw him stand up - it's a real shock to the system, isn't it? Shock

:51:30. > :51:36.horror, it really is. Yes, this will probably hurt him a

:51:37. > :51:41.lot more than the 62-point lead he had a couple of frames ago. And as

:51:42. > :51:54.you said, John, it's the shock of missing it. It really unnerves you.

:51:55. > :51:59.As you say, when he made the 62 break he could consider himself as

:52:00. > :52:05.unlucky. And you can put that behind you, then.

:52:06. > :52:16.But that wasn't the case here, 33 points to lead, red cover, red

:52:17. > :52:21.required. He's hanging in there, Mark, no

:52:22. > :52:29.doubt about it. He's been thrown a life line and he's Dooley taking it

:52:30. > :52:35.so far. Just the blue and the red required.

:52:36. > :52:39.He's got to be careful he doesn't cover the pocket with the other red

:52:40. > :52:46.when he's screwing back to the side cushion. But no danger of that so.

:52:47. > :53:00.This red to go 40 points ahead with just 35 remaining.

:53:01. > :53:11.APPLAUSE So the miss on the black has cost

:53:12. > :53:18.him the frame. And it's cost him not only the

:53:19. > :53:24.frame, John but a 5-2 lead. One frame away from victory, it would

:53:25. > :53:29.have been. Now all those negative thoughts will

:53:30. > :53:41.be running through Barry's mind now. If he can get the pink, he can make

:53:42. > :53:43.a century. He's got the red. He can make the century with the

:53:44. > :54:02.black and the six remaining colours. Quite funny, Jason Mohammed in the

:54:03. > :54:07.studio, said there hadn't been a century break in this match so far

:54:08. > :54:15.but we might get to see one now. We've had 18 in the tournament so

:54:16. > :54:19.far. This is again, John, it's been a

:54:20. > :54:34.wonderful break under the pressure that he has been put under by his

:54:35. > :54:42.opponent. Well not the right side of the blue but, the century's only for

:54:43. > :54:46.record purposes. As far as he's concerned he's already made 452

:54:47. > :54:51.centuries, which is amazing in the time he's been a pro. He played it

:54:52. > :55:04.solid. Beautiful shot.

:55:05. > :55:13.Took the gift that Barry hawkins offered him up. Easy, the black off

:55:14. > :55:20.the spot. He's still one behind but he'll be

:55:21. > :55:25.feeling a lot better now. We could be in for a long afternoon. That was

:55:26. > :55:33.sheer class from Mark Selby. Yes, is the ultimate predator of the

:55:34. > :55:37.game going to whoop in on the Hawk. But it is ominous, isn't it? All of

:55:38. > :55:46.a sudden you get the feeling he is tuning in. It's a funny thing in

:55:47. > :55:52.this game. He missed a spot on the black. He can't believe he's done it

:55:53. > :55:55.himself. I'm not saying this is the reason for it but sometimes it

:55:56. > :55:59.happens, after you have played a shot that is really good the one

:56:00. > :56:03.before, because this is class. He is stunning this, not cannon the black

:56:04. > :56:09.and miss the flick on the red. He is so happy with the shot he made, put

:56:10. > :56:14.all of the cons station to that one and missed the next one.

:56:15. > :56:22.And a they get into the comfort zone, and all of a sudden a lapse in

:56:23. > :56:26.concentration? Yes, so glad to get that one done, and don't concentrate

:56:27. > :56:30.on the next one. And sometimes, you put a fraction

:56:31. > :56:38.more pressure on yourself. You could see the shock on his face. The hand

:56:39. > :56:43.went like that, "oh, my God" And we read so much into the body language

:56:44. > :56:47.from here. What I have to say is, where does he keep finding the

:56:48. > :56:53.clearances from? He is second best, and when he comes to a clearance, he

:56:54. > :56:57.keeps making them. And Mark Selby, he revels in all

:56:58. > :57:01.different types of snooker. He enjoys the game. Everything's a

:57:02. > :57:10.challenge and he rises to the challenge. 19 centuries. Very good

:57:11. > :57:15.standards as you expect. The tables have been playing lovely. It will be

:57:16. > :57:20.reclothed, the tables, they are only two days old. But it will be done

:57:21. > :57:24.tomorrow night before the final. Steve, can you see us getting more

:57:25. > :57:34.in the current stage as to where we are now? Could that record of

:57:35. > :57:41.centuries be beaten? I think, from the current stage, I think that

:57:42. > :57:46.record might be beaten. Not the best break off, Mark Selby. As I said,

:57:47. > :57:53.when he stalled frame five, he's within one. He needs to get to make

:57:54. > :58:00.the frames, turning points to get level. But he's given Barry a chance

:58:01. > :58:08.here. And fair play to Barry. He is getting the disappointments

:58:09. > :58:14.but it doesn't knock him off. On the next frame, he's potting.

:58:15. > :58:19.Excellent pot. A little kiss on the red and it would have been top side

:58:20. > :58:25.of the blue. But he's still OK. He can pot the blue and get down to the

:58:26. > :58:30.two reds and the black spot. Especially the one to the right of

:58:31. > :58:33.it. That's pretty good. He's on that red

:58:34. > :59:02.perfectly. An excellent shot. Yes, he played for the red to the

:59:03. > :59:11.left of the black now. Clearing the black for the corner pockets.

:59:12. > :59:18.He won't be taking anything for granted, though. He looked as if he

:59:19. > :59:21.was to win the last frame and missed the black off its spot, so that will

:59:22. > :59:56.sharpen his senses somewhat. You could say he stalled all three

:59:57. > :00:05.of them really. He's never really been first in and built up a lead in

:00:06. > :00:18.any frame. He's always been playing catch-up in frames.

:00:19. > :00:27.It's like he's been hanging on to Barry's coat tails. He will be

:00:28. > :00:33.disappointed with that break, Mark Selby, to leave this opening red. It

:00:34. > :00:38.was an excellent pot, nonetheless. He has plenty of options here,

:00:39. > :00:47.Barry. This red will pot and when he pots this the one to the right of it

:00:48. > :00:52.will be pottable, as well. Just kissed it into the pack. Certainly

:00:53. > :01:10.to the right centre. He has a nice angle, as we see

:01:11. > :01:15.Mark's break-off. Look at this. He has done this a couple of times,

:01:16. > :01:25.just not swinging it in behind that yellow.

:01:26. > :01:32.Yeah, you have - maybe a foot this side of the baulk line to get behind

:01:33. > :01:37.the yellow. If you don't get behind the yellow

:01:38. > :01:38.you are always going to - not perfect here but you wouldn't expect

:01:39. > :01:49.Barry to miss this. Solid. I don't think the red at the

:01:50. > :01:54.top of the cluster is available. We saw him nudge it into the cluster.

:01:55. > :01:59.Ken mentioned it. He is going to have to play - there you see it

:02:00. > :02:05.doesn't go. If he plays to the right of the pink he will cannon into the

:02:06. > :02:10.pink. He may favour the one down the right side of the table.

:02:11. > :02:14.If you can't avoid the pink, positional side could go wrong. Oh,

:02:15. > :02:19.well, he could avoid it, so no problem.

:02:20. > :02:39.Maybe a little bit more angle than he would like.

:02:40. > :02:44.To win the frame at this visit he's got to bring some reds into play in

:02:45. > :03:00.that cluster. Won't be happy with this. Won't be

:03:01. > :03:07.happy with that. Yeah. Certainly won't. He was

:03:08. > :03:10.stretching a little bit there. Didn't get the follow through and

:03:11. > :03:19.the back swing. Should have got the little extension.

:03:20. > :03:22.Schoolboy error there from Barry. A good chance to win the frame from

:03:23. > :03:26.that position or put himself in a position where Mark would have

:03:27. > :03:49.needed snookers. Now he is going to try and get green or yellow safe.

:03:50. > :04:00.That was a golden opportunity, as you say, all because he didn't put

:04:01. > :04:04.the little extension on to his cue. He was overstretching. It's little

:04:05. > :04:09.things like that, just drop your guard as we have seen in a couple of

:04:10. > :04:17.frames so far this afternoon, it can cost you frames. OK, Mark Selby has

:04:18. > :04:21.the problem of getting this safe. Just overstretching.

:04:22. > :04:33.A good safety shot needed here. He is going to leave a pot on here.

:04:34. > :04:41.Needs the cover, hasn't got it. So Barry Hawkins is going to get

:04:42. > :04:43.another chance immediately. He's been solid with these

:04:44. > :04:49.particular pots. Got one at the beginning of this

:04:50. > :04:57.frame. He has been knocking these in throughout the match.

:04:58. > :05:07.Yeah, very solid and secure on that particular type of shot. It's not

:05:08. > :05:28.too bad. Excellent pot. Got to avoid the kiss on the yellow.

:05:29. > :05:34.This looks to be absolutely inch perfect. Two reds, two colours,

:05:35. > :05:40.would be more than enough to put him one frame away from a place in the

:05:41. > :05:41.semifinal. And the world champion firmly on the

:05:42. > :05:54.ropes. Can't see a problem now.

:05:55. > :06:23.The black and the red will be enough.

:06:24. > :06:32.That takes him 62 points ahead with only 59 remaining.

:06:33. > :06:41.And Mark Selby has only had two shots. Poor break-off and couldn't

:06:42. > :06:49.get the next one safe that he had. That's how quickly and easily a

:06:50. > :06:55.frame can slip away. No matter how good you are.

:06:56. > :06:56.And that will mean Mark Selby will not be getting back to the table.

:06:57. > :07:28.Really up against it now. Every time Mark Selby got himself

:07:29. > :07:38.back into the match Barry Hawkins has responded. Just when you think

:07:39. > :07:41.he might see the winning post, he's definitely responded in superb

:07:42. > :07:44.fashion. Yeah, you know, a lesser player

:07:45. > :07:49.losing the type of frames he did you thought it would affect his

:07:50. > :08:02.confidence, but he's knocked in good long balls.

:08:03. > :08:10.Doesn't matter about the red. He took the chances that Mark Selby

:08:11. > :08:12.gifted him. Now with one frame away from a place in the semifinal. The

:08:13. > :08:19.world champion with it all to do. If successful he will play either

:08:20. > :08:24.Ding Junhui or Joe Perry, that match is live on Dean two tonight at 7pm.

:08:25. > :08:28.He is one frame away. On the evidence of what we have seen today

:08:29. > :08:33.thoroughly deserved, John. It's the right scoreline, probably should be

:08:34. > :08:37.all over if we are honest. A couple of chances he has had, he has been

:08:38. > :08:41.the best player in every department. His safety and score something bet

:08:42. > :08:45.every -- better. He deserves to be in front. I don't sense Barry is

:08:46. > :08:50.going to throw it away. Mark has to steal it from him. That requires a

:08:51. > :08:55.massive upturn in his form. And he has left it late if that's going to

:08:56. > :08:58.be the case. The boys in commentary said in many ways Mark Selby stolen

:08:59. > :09:03.the frames from Barry. Is that a fair assessment? It seems to be, the

:09:04. > :09:07.only time he gets his concentration levels up is when those clearances

:09:08. > :09:11.can be made. The rest of the game his safety has been poor. Even the

:09:12. > :09:15.safety shot off the side of the pack there that Barry knocked a long red

:09:16. > :09:18.in, he is trying to hide the white but he hit it too thin. He has been

:09:19. > :09:22.out of sorts. It's unusual to see the world number one like that. If

:09:23. > :09:28.Barry Hawkins holds himself together he has won this match. One more

:09:29. > :09:29.frame. Barry Hawkins needs to make the last four of this year's

:09:30. > :09:39.Masters. Excellent break-off shot there from

:09:40. > :09:47.Barry. I agree with the guys in the studio,

:09:48. > :09:54.Ken, been the more solid player in this match this afternoon. Yeah, and

:09:55. > :09:57.there is a good break-off, as well. The cue ball hiding behind the

:09:58. > :10:16.green. Well, turned out he played it very

:10:17. > :10:21.well. APPLAUSE

:10:22. > :10:44.Needs a few more of those to keep Barry Hawkins at bay.

:10:45. > :10:54.Left a chance for this red. There is an interesting couple.

:10:55. > :11:00.Elaine and Mick, good afternoon. They met 50 years ago at a roler

:11:01. > :11:06.disco here at the Ally Pally. Mick is 72 today.

:11:07. > :11:14.You look well, bud! 50 years, eh! Roler disco.

:11:15. > :11:20.That was a lovely pot from Mark Selby.

:11:21. > :11:29.Great pot. The stage of the match now where he

:11:30. > :12:33.has to play don't-miss snooker. Leaving the cue ball low on this

:12:34. > :12:39.black, now needs a good split on the reds.

:12:40. > :12:45.It's not an ideal pack the way they're situated to go in. That red

:12:46. > :12:50.to the right - doesn't want to be hitting that full ball. Has to hit

:12:51. > :12:54.the one directly above the black, almost like half-ball. He is blessed

:12:55. > :12:57.with a lot of cue power. Maybe the gap of those two reds might help, as

:12:58. > :13:00.well. The one thing you don't want to do is for the cue ball to stick

:13:01. > :13:12.in them. Unless it's obvious if you nudge one

:13:13. > :13:18.red you are going to be on another. In these situations you always rely

:13:19. > :13:23.a little bit on luck. He found the gap.

:13:24. > :13:33.He's just about on a red to the right corner.

:13:34. > :13:35.And maybe one to the right middle. It may timent him even more.

:13:36. > :13:46.-- tempt him even more. A bonus that the pink is available

:13:47. > :14:03.to this left centre. The referee just checking to see the

:14:04. > :14:27.pink spot. He has had a look at the two reds

:14:28. > :14:32.above the black. Are they a plant into this bottom right corner

:14:33. > :14:40.pocket? Doesn't look like it from that camera angle.

:14:41. > :14:43.He will try and take these loose reds and look at a better

:14:44. > :15:47.opportunity. If this red wasn't here he just

:15:48. > :15:51.rolls the green. He has to put the cue ball on the right side of the

:15:52. > :15:55.table. But that's not good. Particularly if Barry can get past

:15:56. > :16:03.the yellow to play safe off the red near the baulk line.

:16:04. > :16:04.Mark will be kicking himself there. He had a good chance. Poor

:16:05. > :16:37.positional shot. He certainly knows his way around

:16:38. > :16:38.the snooker table, Mark Selby. But he is not guaranteed to get this

:16:39. > :16:51.safe. There is the player's view.

:16:52. > :16:55.Easy to hit a red, but as I say, the main object is not to leave your

:16:56. > :17:00.opponent the chance. Of course he will be thinking if he does leave

:17:01. > :17:20.his opponent the chance, it could be end of match.

:17:21. > :17:30.Foul and a miss. He turns away in disgust.

:17:31. > :18:08.That was nowhere near. A miss? Could have been called a wide!

:18:09. > :18:17.He has the red but he hasn't got position. Now, will he have a look

:18:18. > :18:33.at these two reds. Can he make them into a plant? Needs to below on the

:18:34. > :18:38.two of them. Yeah, I think the position he has landed on the black,

:18:39. > :18:43.that's the only thing he can play is for the plant. As you say they're

:18:44. > :18:47.not dead set. But because it's a chance to win

:18:48. > :18:57.frame and match, is it worth the risk?

:18:58. > :19:02.He can certainly make it. The first red he is going to hit is going to

:19:03. > :19:06.be pushing into the other five reds and it's going to bring them all

:19:07. > :19:31.into play here. He has left this red but it's

:19:32. > :19:43.certainly no gimme. It's tight to that side cushion.

:19:44. > :20:05.He's played a decent shot. I was going to say he may force Barry to

:20:06. > :20:13.take it on but he's covered it with the blue.

:20:14. > :20:17.It's funny, I get the feeling earlier on in the match Mark Selby

:20:18. > :20:19.would have taken that red on. He is at that point where he can't afford

:20:20. > :20:44.to make any more mistakes. He has a big target, he could slide

:20:45. > :20:49.off the side of the pack here and try and get that cue ball up behind

:20:50. > :21:09.the brown again. Has he left a path to this red to

:21:10. > :21:14.the left corner? I think he may have done.

:21:15. > :21:21.He's been knocking plenty of these in.

:21:22. > :21:30.And there is another one. APPLAUSE

:21:31. > :22:03.Just about on the yellow. APPLAUSE

:22:04. > :23:09.A chance. A lovely positional shot. He can win frame and match with high

:23:10. > :23:33.value colours and just the reds. What an opportunity.

:23:34. > :23:39.Thought it was risky to play for a red into the same pocket as the

:23:40. > :23:47.black, so will play for the red to the middle. This will release one of

:23:48. > :23:48.the other reds into more open play. He is giving a little bit of

:23:49. > :24:01.thought. The one on the right may be too

:24:02. > :24:08.straight. Playing with top spin running up for the blue.

:24:09. > :24:11.Cued it beautifully. APPLAUSE

:24:12. > :24:15.It's a good sign when you can cue it as good as that under pressure.

:24:16. > :24:24.Couldn't have played it much better. He will get on that loose red now.

:24:25. > :24:34.Has he hit it hard enough? Just about maybe.

:24:35. > :24:42.The only red that may pose a problem is that one that's close to this

:24:43. > :24:47.bottom right cushion. Yes and in playing that awkward red, as you

:24:48. > :24:54.point out, Ken, he is going to need a colour off it.

:24:55. > :25:01.Another good solid shot. Seven points is the lead. Three reds,

:25:02. > :25:06.three high value colours and world number one, UK champion, world

:25:07. > :25:38.champion, will be out. Just lost the cue ball slightly.

:25:39. > :25:47.Needs an angle on the blue or pink here. Looks pretty good. Doesn't

:25:48. > :25:53.want to be potting this pink, doesn't want to be straight on the

:25:54. > :25:58.red. A slight little angle with the cue ball will be able to come off

:25:59. > :26:03.the cushion. He has a slight angle to drop behind

:26:04. > :26:06.it and closer you can get to this red on the cushion the easier the

:26:07. > :26:22.pot will be. But he will still need this red and the colour.

:26:23. > :26:28.He is going to leave himself a tricky black because he has to make

:26:29. > :26:29.certain he pots the red and he can't get the cue ball away from the

:26:30. > :26:48.cushion. No! Would you believe it! If you

:26:49. > :26:53.miss it, you leave it. I don't blame him for playing it like that.

:26:54. > :27:00.Wow! Are we going to have another twist

:27:01. > :27:07.as we see this red again? He wasn't comfortable on it. What has Mark

:27:08. > :27:19.Selby got left? Could have played that a bit better.

:27:20. > :27:23.Well, another missed opportunity from Barry Hawkins.

:27:24. > :27:27.This positional shot from blue to yellow made easier with the brown

:27:28. > :27:30.not being on its spot. But that brown being on - not being

:27:31. > :27:37.on its spot makes it a difficult clearance.

:27:38. > :27:42.It's bounced nicely. I thought it was going to be a little bit

:27:43. > :27:45.straight on that yellow. It came off the cushion nicely.

:27:46. > :27:57.The yellow is no problem now. He needs an angle on this green to

:27:58. > :28:03.get over behind the brown. He has a nice angle. This is the shot. Yeah,

:28:04. > :28:07.this is the one. Just got to judge the pace.

:28:08. > :28:16.Just wants it to bounce just a little bit off the cushion.

:28:17. > :28:24.Brown, blue, pink and black for another steal.

:28:25. > :28:30.This is a little bit awkward. Would have loved to have been another

:28:31. > :28:32.couple of inches with the cue ball off that side cushion.

:28:33. > :28:40.A big shot. Just a little bit awkward. Thank

:28:41. > :28:58.you, settle down please! Yeah, that type of shot, always

:28:59. > :29:03.prefer to play it sort of around off two or three cushions. It's run

:29:04. > :29:05.safe. All's not lost. But it was a golden opportunity

:29:06. > :29:45.that's gone. No. You always err on the side of

:29:46. > :29:47.hitting it too thin, it was such an important brown and Barry hau

:29:48. > :29:52.conditions has a chance of potting it now.

:29:53. > :29:59.If he was to pot this and get on the blue it would be the match winner.

:30:00. > :30:15.Well, in the end he decided not to play it. Will he get a better

:30:16. > :30:21.chance? Surprising he didn't take the brown on and just about fired

:30:22. > :30:29.enough past the middle pocket. Mark Selby can't pot it there but... .

:30:30. > :30:35.I'd' be careful here. If he plays the brown across off the side

:30:36. > :30:39.cushion to get it into the middle of the ball cushion, there is a

:30:40. > :30:45.possibility the brown could go towards that green pocket. If he

:30:46. > :30:47.plays to try to bring the brown back towards the black he could get a

:30:48. > :31:07.double-kiss. He needs a good length for the brown

:31:08. > :31:18.here. He needs it to run. And it hasn't.

:31:19. > :31:23.Well he's been knocking these in all day.

:31:24. > :31:35.A bit of pressure on this one, though. Yes!

:31:36. > :31:41.APPLAUSE Mark Selby, he knows it's all never

:31:42. > :31:51.now. Barry hawk yearnings well, you could

:31:52. > :31:58.say it could have been easier than this but never the less, he's played

:31:59. > :32:02.some superb snooker. Barry Hawkins, last year's beaten

:32:03. > :32:06.finalist is absolutely delighted and he's through to the Masters

:32:07. > :32:12.semi-final. He wins by 6-3. Well played! The world champion,

:32:13. > :32:19.Mark Selby is out of this year's Masters. That is Barry Hawkins'

:32:20. > :32:28.seventh career win over Mark Selby. The last time he beat him was in the

:32:29. > :32:32.Shanghai Masters, and goodness me, that was pulsating stuff.

:32:33. > :32:37.Listen, Jason, he was the best player this afternoon. It seems

:32:38. > :32:43.strange to say it but Mark Selby had breaks of 71, 76 and a century but

:32:44. > :32:48.always second best. You can see how he won it, Steve? Barry was not

:32:49. > :32:54.imperious but he did enough to win the match. Mark Selby was under par

:32:55. > :32:59.and could not dig himself out of the hole he has been able to achieve in

:33:00. > :33:03.the past. The miss on the brown, he will be disappointed with that

:33:04. > :33:08.performance. Barry, he missed that brown as well but saw no signs of

:33:09. > :33:12.being tetchy. In previous tournaments there have been brig

:33:13. > :33:16.pressure moment, John, he has admitted it himself, there was

:33:17. > :33:23.hesitation there. We didn't expect him to miss that brown? It's a

:33:24. > :33:29.massive scalp to get through. A big event. I was more impressed for him

:33:30. > :33:34.to come back on the frames he lost. Well done, Barry.

:33:35. > :33:40.Big cheer, Barry, you are through to the semi-final, how do you feel?

:33:41. > :33:49.Very good. I ain't going to feel bad, am I?! Well, you could,

:33:50. > :33:54.sometimes people say, they have won but did not play so well? Well, I

:33:55. > :33:59.have battled. You impressed us today. Obviously

:34:00. > :34:06.you can get sickened by some of the mistakes.

:34:07. > :34:12.Oh, yeah. I missed a couple but then started to feel good, then Mark

:34:13. > :34:17.would punish me, and then I had to come back strong.

:34:18. > :34:20.And on the brown, we thought you were going to get the brown. But

:34:21. > :34:26.then the massive cheer from the crowd? It is a good atmosphere. But

:34:27. > :34:29.a horrible sort of shot. You just have to play it right and drop it

:34:30. > :34:34.in. Did you sense Mark had not settled

:34:35. > :34:38.down and not firing? You were involved in your own game but he

:34:39. > :34:44.didn't seem as comfortable? No. If he got off to a better start, he

:34:45. > :34:53.might have settled quicker but the first round was a scrappy affair.

:34:54. > :35:01.It was a long one. 41 minutes and 6.seconds.

:35:02. > :35:06.And Mark Selby, with some of the shots, a kick in the pack and

:35:07. > :35:13.another story unfolds. It is weird how some things happen.

:35:14. > :35:16.And Barry, the moment at which you won the first-round match, did you

:35:17. > :35:20.come into the match feeling confident? I would not say really

:35:21. > :35:25.confident. Quietly confident in my game. I had played well against

:35:26. > :35:32.Shaun. But the last couple of times I have played against Mark, I have

:35:33. > :35:36.not settled at all. I played him and not the table.

:35:37. > :35:42.What is it like playing against Mark Selby? I remember you gave an

:35:43. > :35:46.interview after beating Ronnie, you admitted to being tetchy when Ronnie

:35:47. > :35:51.is in full flow, it is really tough. What is it out there, playing the

:35:52. > :35:56.world number one? You put the extra pressure on yourself. Not so much a

:35:57. > :36:03.couple of years ago but off late, he's been a machine. So starting to

:36:04. > :36:06.create that aura about him. Getting the way like Ronnie does, oozing

:36:07. > :36:10.confidence around the table if you like.

:36:11. > :36:14.Are you ever really comfortable playing players like that? They have

:36:15. > :36:19.a way of digging themselves out of situations, and you think it could

:36:20. > :36:26.happen to you. He is such a player, he is granite.

:36:27. > :36:32.And did you think you had thrown it away? Oh, yes, I dropped in the red.

:36:33. > :36:40.I had to drop the black, I came across it a bit. I missed it.

:36:41. > :36:46.It was never going in. And did you think he would pot the

:36:47. > :36:51.brown? I still fancied it for him even under pressure.

:36:52. > :36:57.That's exactly what he said up here! It looked a little smelly.

:36:58. > :37:04.From our angle, not totally smelly, just a little bit whiffy. A tiny

:37:05. > :37:11.bit. And the next round, Joe Perry? You

:37:12. > :37:18.don't care, do you? No, I don't care, I'm still in.

:37:19. > :37:23.Joe has played great against Bingham, and everyone nows about

:37:24. > :37:28.Ding. The crowd gave you a massive welcome

:37:29. > :37:32.but when you walked out, in the last few minutes, what Foreign Secretary

:37:33. > :37:37.does it have on you when you have the fans on your side? You are under

:37:38. > :37:40.all sorts of pressure, when they start to go mad, especially if you

:37:41. > :37:46.have had a chance, an opportunity to win. Then it can build. That is the

:37:47. > :37:52.heart of it, trying to stay as calm as you can under a lot of pressure.

:37:53. > :37:56.Well, Barry, the best of luck. And another treat, Steve Davis has

:37:57. > :38:02.been out in the car, this time with Ding Junhui.

:38:03. > :38:31.Anyone order a taxi? Right.

:38:32. > :38:39.Are you driving? I'm driving. OK.

:38:40. > :38:46.Are you a good passenger? Not sure. What it like for you in China? Me?

:38:47. > :38:52.Generally, when you go out to a bar, can you do this? Or are you so

:38:53. > :38:56.famous in China that they go crazy? What's the experience like?

:38:57. > :39:02.Actually, I never did that before, so I don't know what is going on.

:39:03. > :39:09.Every time, I am just on a tournament or between tournaments

:39:10. > :39:15.and it's big. So on a normal day I take sunglasses. I just want my life

:39:16. > :39:22.back. I live in the UK. I'm enjoying it, very relaxed. Nobody coming. No

:39:23. > :39:28.excuse... If one person is coming, maybe. Some people are too excited.

:39:29. > :39:35.They shout and then everybody hears that and it comes together. So,

:39:36. > :39:41.sometimes it is mad. I step carefully.

:39:42. > :39:46.And the equivalent of Twitter, Weebo, how many followers have you

:39:47. > :39:55.got now? Over 5 million. 5 million! That's David Beckham

:39:56. > :39:59.territory! Sorry! Surely if you go back to China, you can get a

:40:00. > :40:04.helicopter everywhere? Helicopter? I haven't.

:40:05. > :40:09.No? Why not? I haven't tried a helicopter before.

:40:10. > :40:14.Have you never been in? It's great. More fun than a plane.

:40:15. > :40:19.OK, I will take the chance. What have you got on your list of things

:40:20. > :40:26.to do? Have you heard of bucket list? Bad list? Bucket list. It's a

:40:27. > :40:31.thing, a bucket, you make a list of ten things you want to do in your

:40:32. > :40:34.life. Ten things you haven't yet done.

:40:35. > :40:41.OK. What would you say? Ten things you

:40:42. > :40:47.want to do on your list. Would you like to jump out of parachute? Yes.

:40:48. > :40:53.You want to do that? Yeah. That's number one.

:40:54. > :41:00.Bungie jump? No, not yet. Do you want to? Oh, maybe I have to

:41:01. > :41:05.take a long time to get ready! Do you think you would jump or would

:41:06. > :41:11.you have to be pushed? I think I would jump. It's the thrill seeker

:41:12. > :41:15.in you. The adrenaline rush! Sometimes I am like that, I go for

:41:16. > :41:19.it, then there's nothing to lose. You have to trust that somebody has

:41:20. > :41:25.tied the rope around your legs properly! Oh, yes, I have to trust.

:41:26. > :41:28.You want your friends to do it for you? I would like my friends to pack

:41:29. > :41:35.my parachute. Somebody you trust. Yeah, yeah,

:41:36. > :41:41.totally. Yeah, thank you very much at the last event in China, I was

:41:42. > :41:44.presented with a special tea pot from your father.

:41:45. > :41:48.Yes. He makes tea pots? Yeah, my father

:41:49. > :41:57.makes tea pots. How long has he been doing that for?

:41:58. > :42:02.He likes tea pots. He got his business about now for about four

:42:03. > :42:09.years. He loves that. He loves to fly with the pigeons.

:42:10. > :42:13.Oh, racing pigeons?! Oh, yeah? Yes. Oh, great.

:42:14. > :42:17.They are things I couldn't understand. Maybe too young for

:42:18. > :42:26.that. But I like to have a tea, Chinese tea.

:42:27. > :42:30.They are all waiting around! Where's he gone? Has he gone straight to the

:42:31. > :42:34.airport? No, back to the hotel, first.

:42:35. > :42:40.They are phoning up to find where you are! Cheer, Ding.

:42:41. > :42:53.Thank you very much. Cheers. Thank you! Yes, thank you.

:42:54. > :43:00.And Deng will be out of the car and into Alexandra Palace this evening.

:43:01. > :43:07.He takes on Joe Perry tonight. -- Diing.

:43:08. > :43:12.Ding to win tonight? I don't know. It's hard to judge. But if he gets

:43:13. > :43:22.on a roll. Maybe. So, lots to reflect on. Mark Selby,

:43:23. > :43:25.the world champion, out. Barry Hawkins deserved his win. A

:43:26. > :43:31.bad day at the office for Mark Selby.

:43:32. > :43:38.Well, that's it for today. The big story from Alexandra Palace is Barry

:43:39. > :43:50.Hawkins has knocked out the world champion. Goodbye for now.

:43:51. > :43:55.To break someone physically... Agh! ..is not a problem.