13/02/2013 Snooker: Welsh Open Highlights

Hello and good evening, welcome to the Newport centre where we have

had some superb snookered on day three of the Welsh Open. One

Welshman, Matthew Stevens, safely through to the last 16, another of

looking to join him tonight. played a lot better than I have

been playing for the last few months and been training and

fingers crossed I am going to keep playing a lot better than I am

playing. I have been practising, just trying to speed my pace up a

bit and hit the ball a bit harder, trying not to drag myself down and

get on with it. I only live the 25 minutes away, so I can sleep in my

own bed, but that carries extra pressure when your family and

friends come down and I managed to get them all in again. On Thursday

morning something happens it might be a bit later, so if I manage to

get to the quarters on Thursday, I hope to get drawn in the morning.

Ranked 26 in the world Robert has never beaten Mark. We pick up the

I think the analogy of this is going to be a long frame with all

I think he thought he had potted that, Mark. A bit unfortunate the

red has come back on to the white. He knew that was a real opportunity.

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Mark could not have asked for an I am sure mark will feel he could

have done a bit better than that. Goodness me, how it that not go in?

It transpired he was not on a colour anyway. That was a wonderful

opportunity to extend his lead in this match. It did everything but

When the black was so close on the corner pocket he has dragged it in

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He is nicely on the red. This You cannot imagine he will make any

It looks as plain sailing as it could be in this frame for Robert.

Obviously, he could have a thunderous kick or something like

that that could cause problems. He has got a lead already of 37 points.

I cannot believe he has just played the red in the middle. He has

landed the wrong side of the blue with a dodgy pink. He could have

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played that two towards the corner To all intents and purposes it

It has not been a bad frame for The book does not go end, but it is

not going to matter. Mike Williams stays in his chair. -- Mark

Williams. A fantastic start by the world No. 26. Can Mark Williams

Hall his way back into this match? He caught that one a little bit

That looks just about perfect. APPLAUSE. I am very impressed but

this from Robert. And I do not like that one from Mark. It is touching

ball, would you believe it? The angle is no good. They have got the

pace of the table now. He got that It has not run. He really needs to

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get the line of this short He has left Robert a shot to the

green pocket. At the moment everything is looking pottable to

him. That red was superb. He can All of a sudden this now becomes a

great chance of getting a good few points on the board. He has been

He is going to be hindered if he takes the red on to the left corner.

He could run through for the blue with this. Just a few inches short

APPLAUSE. Another great pot. It is not that Mark Williams has not

played very well tonight, he has made a couple of mistakes, but it

is just for the fact that Robert I think he will take his hat off to

Robert. Oh, I have given him the He is going to have a shot on the

Well, that was a valiant attempt Oh, goodness me. He can get through

to the red on the right side That is the problem when you are

not having much to table time. This Do you think he should have gone

for that, Darren? You have to pot It could be the remaining Welsh

hopes rest on the shoulders of Look at the way these rents are

placed. It will be easy from That was match ball. The Welsh

audience recognise that that was It's been a very good performance

tonight from Robert Milkins. I'm sure Mark Williams in his

interviews will give him great He could just about make a century

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He deserves a century break, the way he has played this evening. If

Wonderful break for Robert Milkins he defeats Mark Williams by 4-12.

he defeats Mark Williams by 4-12. - 4-1. Playing Mark is difficult.

He doesn't give you much. Even though he is not on form at the

moment, I knew I started to play really well to beat him. I made a

good 50 break, which settled me. I might have looked a bit relaxed, I

weren't. It's very difficult out there. That 50 break, sort of, set

the tone for the match, if you know what I mean? I didn't really miss

anything easy. I missed a couple of balls that I probably should have

got. Another long one in the last frame, but missed it. Every time I

missed he made good breaks an potted long balls. I can't be too

disappointed than that. He played a lot better than me. Disappointing

night for Mark Williams and Robert Milkins will play Sam Baird in the

last 16. We can round up the rest of the day's action for you right

now. Ding Junhui breezed past Mark King to set up a clash with Mark

Allen, the world number nine looking terrific today with two

century breaks. I played well today. I had a little bit of luck in the

first frame. I'm feeling good. Not much pressure to me. The man Ding

beat in the final last year, Mark Selby, out, losing 4-0 to Joe Perry.

Only his second career win over Selby. He is a player I like

playing, which is daft because he is the World Number 1, he wins

tournments for fun much I like the the way Mark plays. -- tournaments.

He plays a good all round game. That is how I play my snooker. If I

do play really well, I have a chance of beating them.

Congratulations to Graeme Dott, through to the last 16 after seeing

off Fergal O'Brien. He has a tight turn around. He will meet Pankaj

Advani tomorrow morning at 10.30 am. I was cueing OK, but I made a lot

of silly mistakes. I lost a bad frame and Fergal cleared up to go

2-2. I had so many chances to go 3 up. It was scrappy. Happy to be

through. Dominic Dale had never beaten Judd Trump. He had a

fantastic chance to do so today. Dominic Dale lead 2-0 and 3-1

before Trump levelled. We pick this up with Dominic Dale at the table

Both -- Whoever loses this match He doesn't have to do anything with

the cue ball here, it naturally Hopes to get on the pink. He has

That was more like, it wasn't? He is a gun slinger. He will take

chances, he is high-risk low margin. That is an excellent potional shot.

He knows now this is a chance of pinching this match at this visit.

I would like a closup of his eyes now. Have you seen his eyes when

they change in these positions? Excitement of seeing a match-

winning opportunity? Fight. That is what in his eyes. They change.

Whether he is behind or in front in these positions. He looks more

determined. A different look in his eye. A little shake of his head.

She feeling nervous. If we get a chance to show you again there. We

will show you after this shot. There was shaking going on. That is

how important he feels this match is to get himself back in the big

Everybody suffers from the pressure. Has he seen the train go by? He

knows he has had every chance in Win or lose, you have to take your

hat off to Judd Trump, the way things were going when he was 2-0

behind and looked like going 3-0 behind. He pinched that third frame,

had to sit out a century break from He still possibly needs one more

good pot. The red just below the You play like this against Hawkins

in the Masters. He was well behind, was out of touch. All of a sudden

He is an exceptional talent. He has one in the corner. He will have to

. He has got that in him, hasn't he? When he sees the winning post,

there are four or five players in the game at the moment, when they

see the winning post, boy, they very rarely miss. They're called

winners! Absolutely. Dominic has had the same two chances to win,

If you enjoyed it that much, you don't have to take your fee for the

Oh, bad contact. Oh, there could be life in this match now for Dominic.

I don't even think the pink is any value at all in playing pot. Jabd

at it a little bit. -- jabed at it This is the deciding frame. Give me

55 points in front all day and play a good safety rather than take a

risk at this stage. No point for me in taking the pink on. I'm look...

The only thing to do is put the green on the right cushion. They

would leave the long red for Dominic. He might have to leave the

green in play, but get the white tight on the top cushion. You can

put the blue south. He could put the blue safe. On either side. He

has a few options off the blue. he miss the kiss on the green with

the cue ball if he puts the blue safe? Yes. The thing with it, what

he has to do here is get it safe. It doesn't matter if he is putting

one of the colours safe, he has not to leave Dominic a pot on. Never

He has the green safe. He is leaving this long red on for

Dominic now. At this stage of the match, 55 in front, I couldn't

blame Dominic for taking this red on. He caught the green too thin.

He was shaking his head on the way back. He wanted that white tight on

If you focus on this and think, I'm going to go for this red, and fully

commit. What would you say the odds are on potting that red? How many

times out of 10? At least five, 50/50 when you are 55 behind, you

are entitled to take it on. have to commit. As of yet he hasn't

really looked at. It he has not given it a serious look, has he?

He's not going to go for it. He is up again! It's one of those

where you can run it in-off two cushion or stun it in. You have to

He doesn't like the shot. Even if he misses it, he is not certain to

lose from here if he misses the red, as long as he doesn't leave the red

on. Mitt if he gets it, it's a Would you have played that the same

way? You have to give the pocket a chance. Yeah. He committed himself

to it. Didn't turn it down, fair Oh! That was a poor shot. Oh, dear,

He's missed it. Oh, no, it's rolled back. It's gone up... It must be

finger marks on the table. Wow! you are right. They are showing it.

It caught the near knuckle as well. He is still not out of the woods

yet. Oh, dear! It's one of those matches. Everything is happening

here. Wonderful entertainment, whoever you are supporting in this

It has had everything in this game that makes snooker such an

He is in trouble. After potting that difficult red, he has put

himself in an awkward position. He doesn't want to go for, this but he

63 points remember. He hasn't too many points to play with. He needs

to get on the pink or black from Wants to avoid the brown. The brown,

red and the green he's going to avoid, isn't he? I don't see how he

can avoid, brown, red or green or one of them. What he done then, he

played to make sure he didn't get one of the cannons and forgot about

the pot. It wasn't that difficult a pot, was it? He played it a little

It's all over now. I don't know how he has done it. He has. Judd Trump

has been out of form these last few tournaments. People have been

questioning the way he is playing. There is one thing you can't say,

It's been a really enjoyable match. Dominic, he really has had two

excellent chances to win it. You feel he will go home tonight and

probably won't sleep. That is the thing you lose a match when you

should win. You end up wondering what should have been, might have

Dominic has proved to himself he can still compete at this level. We

know what a great player he has I don't know how he has done it

Judd Trump. You always fancied him. Dominic, when he got in, only

looked like he would only get 40 or 50 at times apart from the 114 he

got, which was superb. Never really wanted to get in the balls and kill

it off in one finish. An excellent match. A lot of people are standing

match. A lot of people are standing up. Judd Trump goes into the next

round a 4-3 winner. I felt good out. There I felt better first game, but

just pleased to get through. Dominic, his safety was the best I

have played against for a long time much I found it hard to get amongst

the balls. I went out there knowing I could beat him. In fact, really

thinking I would beat him. 3-1 up, a short sprint first to four.

Nothing for top players to win two or three frames in a row against

each other. I have to be honest, Judd Trump got a hell of a lot

stronger being 3-1 down. I have a lot of support here. Even the Welsh

give me a lot of support, that is good. I haven't got into the kind

of final weekend here yet. That will be nice. Decent crowds here,

it has been pleasing. Excellent overall tournament. The Spaceman

coming crashing down-to-earth. This coming crashing down-to-earth. This

The last Welshman, Matthew Stevens looking for revenge. That is it for

tonight. Do join us, once again, at 1.00pm on BBC Two Wales tomorrow