Day 2 Snooker: Welsh Open Highlights

Good evening. Great memories for Mark Selby. This was where he won

his first ranking tournament some four years ago. Tonight, his first-

round opponent seemed like something of a mismatch. He is

ranked 82 in the world and playing in his first televised tournament.

The 23-year-old from Devon held his own against his opponent. We pick

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up the action now in the 5th frame. for these young lads. They have

has totally settled in now. He has a great chance of winning this

started to speed up, which is a good sign. He is gaining in

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missed a single pot until it came -- cannon. The three reds into

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this venue. A very special awkward of breads -- reds into play.

That was brilliant, but could he close out the match and produced

the biggest shock of the tournament so far? We pick it up in the six

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-- he had to force the angle there. Can he hold themselves together? --

be too hard on him. It is a massive moment in this young man's career.

He should have been a lot easier on that bleak than he was. Was that

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is going to go into a decider. And he has played that absolutely

perfect. He has used his get out of What a match this is turning out to

be. It is all square, so we will take you to be deciding frame. Mark

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Selby already has a lead of 28 bit. And he missed that pink by a

long way again. This has been a really strange performance by Mark

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Selby. That was a strange shot off might be a little bit fortunate. He

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with a win, I'm sure he will be everyone that he can play. I am

sure he has a fantastic future ahead of him. He has had his

chances tonight and I'm sure he is feeling he should win. Mark Selby

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still has a bit to do, so it is not short on pace for the red. --

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In another good positional shot. Blackett was. -- black it was. This

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match has not been of the highest He just caught the black a bit

straight. He wanted to poppet into the right hand side pocket. But he

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It is a good shot. He is hanging on, fair play. He has had a few

disappointments. Still in with an outside chance. The only problem is

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that if you can't get on the black, The back of the cue just lift so

little bit, and you get the steeple I half expected Mark to get that

red. It has been one of those nights for Mark Selby, but it looks

like he will get away with it. He will be a very relieved man. He

knows he should be out of this year's tournament.

Yes, Mark Selby had indeed done enough to win the frame and the

match despite Sam's attempts to force his way back into the frame.

So the world number one fear is through to the second round, but

Bit of a strange game. To be fair, I was 2-1 up. I am not saying I

would have won the frame, but it was a chance to get back into the

frame. Other learn that, Sam was clearing up. I thought to myself,

if I lost at 4-2, I have not done much wrong. It is the first time I

have seen him play. He has a great all-round game. I know he is still

only young. The form he showed, he is a lot better than players who

are still on the tour. In this evening's other match, world number

12 Martin Gould faced former world champion Peter Ebdon, who has been

sliding down the rankings lately. Martin Gould got out early in this

one, eventually winning 4-2. And Stephen Hendry is also through to

the second round. He brought back memories of his glory days as he

beat Masters champion Neil Robertson with a high quality

display of break building. He finally took the match 4-1. It is

the first time I have beaten one of the real top players in a good few

years in a ranking event. I knew today was a tough draw. He was

coming fresh from winning the Masters. He is one of the most

consistent players this year. played fantastic You well. That is

how he played against me the first few times I played him six or seven

years ago. It is great to see players like that. It will be good

to continue that sort of form. know I have beaten a top player,

but I know I am into the last 16. I want to get into the quarter-finals

and semi-finals. Until I am doing that, I will not be entirely happy.

It was a great win for me today, but let's not get carried away.

today's other first-round action, world number 15 Stephen Lee beat

Now, it has not been a great week for Welsh players so far in Newport

this week. Play two, lost two was the tally on the first day. Good

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Mark Williams, Wales' best player, That is what great champions do.

They have an opportunity, and they It is just courage and bravery, and

not worrying about what will happen A little bit unlucky there. He

tried to screw the cue ball off the cushion and hope that the side ball

Just didn't get quite enough stun. Andy Hicks will be over the moon

that he is back to the table so The match could finish on a bit of

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That is the beauty of watching a class player. They can look

completely out of sorts. I was saying in commentary that Mark

Williams has missed long balls in this game than I have seen him miss

in probably two or three matches. But when it comes down to the

nitty-gritty, he produced a break of 70 in the last frame, and now I

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possible frame-winning break. Only It never rains, but it pours. Mark

Williams produces his best form when it counted. He wins the last

two frames and goes into the next It was very scrappy. I was missing

a lot of balls. He probably should have beaten me, in all fairness. He

had enough chances to beat me. He will be disappointed that he never.

He was unlucky. Screwed a red in with the rest. He was 3-2 up and on

a bit of a role. If he did not go in off, he would have won it. But

there were two excellent breaks for Tomorrow, we will play out the

remaining first-round matches with cannot an's Matthew Stevens, hoping