:00:35. > :00:45.Good evening. Welcome to do Newport Centre for the Welsh Open. Quarter-
:00:45. > :00:52.
:00:52. > :00:58.final day today and the last four It is important to have somebody
:00:58. > :01:03.like Judd Trump, who can appeal to different audiences, he is young,
:01:03. > :01:08.trendy, attractive, all of those things. One of the most exciting
:01:08. > :01:13.play years we have ever seen, one of the most naturally gifted I have
:01:13. > :01:23.ever seen, and he pots balls like I have never seen anybody else.
:01:23. > :01:28.
:01:28. > :01:34.Totally fearless. The best thing to happen to snooker for many years.
:01:34. > :01:44.hope it carries on playing the same way for the next 10 to 15 years, I
:01:44. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:52.He has got away about him and I like it. He is a bit arrogant, he
:01:52. > :02:02.don't really care. But he is a nice kid as well. He is probably the one
:02:02. > :02:03.
:02:03. > :02:08.to take the game forward in the He is a breath of fresh air. He is
:02:08. > :02:18.playing a game that not a lot of us know and he is playing it
:02:18. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:33.Indian to make it into the finals of the ranking event. Pankaj Advani
:02:33. > :02:43.had never played the Englishman before. We join them in the second
:02:43. > :02:54.
:02:54. > :03:04.Judd Trump does not meet any tempting into safety shots, he just
:03:04. > :03:20.
:03:20. > :03:26.has a go at them any way! -- need We used to call it dangling a
:03:26. > :03:29.carrot in front of them, the safety play in the years gone by. If they
:03:29. > :03:36.felt they opponent was struggling, they would leave them something
:03:36. > :03:46.Albert was difficult and they couldn't resist it -- something
:03:46. > :04:00.
:04:00. > :04:05.Modern players, at the way they pot Look at the green Jimmy White, Neil
:04:05. > :04:10.Robertson, they were all left- handed players. I don't know why it
:04:10. > :04:20.should be that they are good potters but it is certainly the
:04:20. > :04:29.
:04:29. > :04:39.I know plenty of left-handed players to cannot pot a ball! -- he
:04:39. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:06.cannot! But you are right. There is Everything a bit scrappy at this
:05:06. > :05:10.end of the table. The black is available, the pink is just about
:05:10. > :05:19.available, but he does not have a really good chance to win the frame
:05:19. > :05:29.at this visit. But no been him, he will work something out. -- knowing
:05:29. > :05:34.
:05:34. > :05:44.him. That was an excellent And he had to avoid the reds as
:05:44. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:55.What a clever shot that is. He knew he was going to be pushing the
:05:55. > :05:59.black towards the corner. He played it at such a pace that he knew the
:05:59. > :06:09.white would stay in the middle of the table as well. An excellent
:06:09. > :06:38.
:06:38. > :06:48.shot. He will have to play one more I didn't think he could see that
:06:48. > :06:50.
:06:50. > :07:00.Nobody else would have looked at that probably. Unmissable for Judd
:07:00. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:38.This has been a big break. The The at has freed the pink so this
:07:38. > :07:38.
:07:38. > :08:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:08:32. > :08:36.has been an excellent break. -- This an excellent chance to get
:08:36. > :08:46.back into this frame. But it is a lot more difficult than the chance
:08:46. > :08:46.
:08:46. > :09:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:09:43. > :09:53.That was a poor positional shot. He has just lost his rhythm with the
:09:53. > :09:55.
:09:55. > :09:59.cue. His temper has gone and he is miss hitting the ball -- tempo.
:09:59. > :10:09.These places do visualise the shot before they play it. When it goes
:10:09. > :10:11.
:10:11. > :10:21.wrong, you get a bit mixed up in Just 14 points. He will have to do
:10:21. > :10:53.
:10:53. > :11:03.Why do you want to play safe when you can pot shots like that? Tight
:11:03. > :11:14.
:11:14. > :11:18.on the cushion. Head straight, just Look at Judd Trump's hit when he
:11:19. > :11:24.plays his shot. He moves a little bit as he delivers the cue, it is
:11:24. > :11:34.very unusual. Mark Selby also does that, he moves his head as his
:11:34. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:18.strikes the ball. And they are Is he taking the yellow on? Watch
:12:18. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:32.You thought I was joking... Closer the second time. Advani is too far
:12:32. > :12:37.behind so Judd Trump wins the The world number two looking very
:12:37. > :12:47.good. Into frame three. Advani is at the table and is trailing by 14
:12:47. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:05.This third frame is going at a slower pace and that will suit
:13:05. > :13:09.Advani. Get a few safety shots under his belt to settle him down.
:13:09. > :13:19.You could say he is lucky to be on the blue but when you pot a ball
:13:19. > :13:20.
:13:20. > :14:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:14:12. > :14:22.like that, you deserve to be on a Our referee is from China, she is
:14:22. > :14:26.
:14:26. > :14:36.having to clean the white. She tells the lads to call her Ivy. A
:14:36. > :14:45.
:14:45. > :14:55.very nice young lady and a very He is moving the cue ball so far he
:14:55. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:22.You have to be exact with that touch shot. He needed to kiss the
:15:22. > :15:32.red before the black. Then he would have been on the black in the
:15:32. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:46.What a shot! An absolutely ridiculous narrow angle. The look
:15:46. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:59.He is such a talent, he really is. I think I will report him to the
:15:59. > :16:02.
:16:02. > :16:12.disciplinary Committee for that Purposefully playing to get onto
:16:12. > :16:22.
:16:22. > :16:32.the black of course, which will He is 41 points in front. Two reds
:16:32. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :17:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:17:24. > :17:28.Should he go on to win this frame, Not really easy, was it! You can
:17:28. > :17:38.see why the crowd come to watch this young man. He is so exciting
:17:38. > :17:44.
:17:44. > :17:51.I wonder whether he will try to cannon into the green for a bit of
:17:51. > :18:01.exhibition! Or drop onto the yellow. You never know. He tried to cannon
:18:01. > :18:07.into the green! Another super break. He is improving every frame. The 52
:18:07. > :18:17.takes into a 3-0 lead. Advani cannot get into this match.
:18:17. > :18:18.
:18:18. > :19:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 53 seconds
:19:31. > :19:36.Let's go into frame four. Here is This is probably his third good
:19:36. > :19:45.chance in the match. He will be disappointed if he does not make it
:19:45. > :19:51.count. He is desperate to get a frame, going into the interval. If
:19:51. > :20:01.you go in 3-1 down, you are disappointed, but 3-0 down, you are
:20:01. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:21.pleased to get a frame on the board He is struggling to reach that. He
:20:21. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:09.The white did not go through very Ken Doherty is playing on the next
:21:09. > :21:15.table. What is he doing here?! It is good to see him. Alan McManus is
:21:15. > :21:23.also through. Very good. It is nice to see the young players getting
:21:23. > :21:29.through, but it is also nice to see the last generation. That is a
:21:29. > :21:39.picture of Ken Doherty on the other table. The audience are able to see
:21:39. > :21:43.
:21:43. > :21:50.I think the audience has increased because of that. There was
:21:50. > :21:57.criticism when it was started by Barry Hearn. That is a lovely
:21:57. > :22:06.picture of the arena. It is a lovely place to play, we have been
:22:06. > :22:16.coming here for 25 years. A terrible shot. Trying to bring reds
:22:16. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:26.When you play shot like that, you go back to your chair and say to
:22:27. > :22:36.yourself it is there were shot you have played in your life, and
:22:37. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:55.actually it is just a bad shot. That was an excellent safety shot.
:22:55. > :23:03.
:23:03. > :23:13.The pace of the cue ball. Make that He will have to be careful. He has
:23:13. > :23:23.a lead for the first time in the He does not want to protect it just
:23:23. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :23:36.yet, which is easy to do when you Again, he got into the cue ball.
:23:36. > :23:45.But the pace, it was almost like playing a blue off its spot the
:23:45. > :23:53.power he put into it. Incredible. We will have a chance to see how it
:23:53. > :23:58.works, it is the timing of his grip and the wrist releasing. It is a
:23:58. > :24:08.special skill. Not many can do it. If it were easy, everybody would do
:24:08. > :24:13.
:24:13. > :24:23.it. Tough to get on to the colour Even using the rest, he played a
:24:23. > :24:56.
:24:56. > :25:00.The release and when it comes back, it is the actual time it comes back
:25:00. > :25:10.on in relation to the delivery of the cue. If it is too early, too
:25:10. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:24.He is so quick. He has got back into the frame in the best part of
:25:25. > :25:30.a minute. The beauty and pace of the cue ball. Absolutely perfect.
:25:30. > :25:40.We talk about getting top side of the blue. The last two shots, to
:25:40. > :25:54.
:25:54. > :26:02.Barring accidents, this is end of It is beautiful to watch the skill
:26:02. > :26:06.of a top player. I would defy anybody to go into a room with
:26:06. > :26:16.themselves with nobody else in there and they will always hit the
:26:16. > :26:21.
:26:21. > :26:31.balls, even if you have never That is the basic side of things.
:26:31. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:53.At this standard, it is different. Both were available. This break has
:26:53. > :26:58.
:26:58. > :27:04.been superb. He has the cue ball on This is a baptism of fire for
:27:04. > :27:10.Pankaj Advani. We had chances in three of the four frames. He could
:27:10. > :27:20.have won two of them. He had good chances. The balls were in open
:27:20. > :27:31.
:27:31. > :27:41.play. He will be a lot better for He has managed to halt the yellow.
:27:41. > :27:47.
:27:47. > :27:52.He did not think he could at first This is a blow to Pankaj Advani. He
:27:52. > :27:58.would have been thinking he had got in front in this frame. But he
:27:58. > :28:08.played safety not up to his normal standard. That forces you into an
:28:08. > :28:39.
:28:39. > :28:49.Surely he cannot pot the black? I told you! But that is enough to win
:28:49. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:28.the fourth frame. We rejoin the He should not think after this
:29:29. > :29:34.match that his game is not good enough, it is that he did not play
:29:34. > :29:42.well enough. His safety game there has been wonderful. It has been a
:29:42. > :29:51.joy to watch him. He did not execute the shots properly so far,
:29:51. > :30:01.He would get the biggest round of applause today if he clears up from
:30:01. > :30:21.
:30:21. > :30:28.How badly did he hit that? He He could not afford to miss that.
:30:28. > :30:38.He would have been 51 behind with 51 left if it had not gone in. She
:30:38. > :30:43.
:30:44. > :30:53.is like a fish out of water today. That will have inspired him. It was
:30:54. > :31:03.
:31:03. > :31:13.a very good part and an excellent He is not timing the ball today.
:31:13. > :31:15.
:31:15. > :31:25.Not as good as it has been in If you leave shots like this with
:31:25. > :32:00.
:32:00. > :32:10.That is amazing, he played the snooker. He did not have a better
:32:10. > :32:12.
:32:12. > :32:22.chance to get on to a colour. was surprising. It is the type of
:32:22. > :32:32.
:32:32. > :32:42.shot he likes. He could have got on The referee called a miss. There is
:32:42. > :32:58.
:32:58. > :33:08.Having some help from the freeze frame. Helping them to replace the
:33:08. > :33:09.
:33:09. > :33:19.balls in the same position. It can be quite important. It is a big
:33:19. > :33:26.
:33:26. > :33:31.target for Judd Trump. You can hit There is a dispute between the
:33:31. > :33:41.referee and the scorer. They will have to get another refereeing. Jan
:33:41. > :33:46.
:33:46. > :33:51.Verhaas houses in, he is The referees sometimes asks you if
:33:51. > :34:01.you are happy with that when they have replaced the ball. He is
:34:01. > :34:02.
:34:02. > :34:09.snookered. Yes, I am happy! He hits the top cushion a fraction too far
:34:09. > :34:19.to the right on the first attempt. It is not so important the white
:34:19. > :34:36.
:34:36. > :34:46.The referee had to ask both players if they were happy and Pankaj
:34:46. > :35:09.
:35:09. > :35:12.Advani wasn't. Got it this time. He did not get a good angle. He is
:35:12. > :35:22.straight again. How many times has he stopped short of position in
:35:22. > :35:32.this match? If he had had an angle, he could have got the cannon into
:35:32. > :35:54.
:35:54. > :36:04.I will be amazed if he plays to get He does have the perfect angle to
:36:04. > :36:09.
:36:09. > :36:18.dropping behind the brown, but the Well done. He gave himself a
:36:18. > :36:28.lifeline. You asked me which odds, I would have said he jobs. It is
:36:28. > :36:42.
:36:42. > :36:52.He does not have the right angle on the blue, so he will have to leave
:36:52. > :37:05.
:37:05. > :37:10.This is one you have to roll in and He twitched at that but it went in.
:37:11. > :37:19.A remarkable frame of snooker. It was a million to one chance of
:37:19. > :37:29.winning the frame. Very, very well played. An excellent break. He
:37:29. > :37:30.
:37:30. > :37:35.Judd Trump wrapped it up in frame seven with the help of breaks of 69
:37:35. > :37:38.and 29 to book his place in the last four. The adventure is over
:37:38. > :37:45.for Pankaj Advani, or what a super for Pankaj Advani, or what a super
:37:45. > :37:49.week India has had. Credit to him. He has not played his best and he
:37:49. > :37:55.picked it up a couple of notches. I enjoyed myself thoroughly in this
:37:55. > :37:59.event. Even if I lost in the quarter-finals, there is no shame.
:37:59. > :38:06.I got a couple of frames back and I lost respectably and hope to come
:38:06. > :38:09.back a stronger player. My safety was good and my long potting. I
:38:09. > :38:12.still missed a few easy balls at the end of the last couple of
:38:12. > :38:17.frames and that has to be cut out frames and that has to be cut out
:38:17. > :38:21.if I am to win the tournament. can bring you up to date with what
:38:22. > :38:31.happened in the quarter-finals. The defending champion beating Robert
:38:31. > :38:40.Milkins. It was a great match between Stephen Maguire and Alan
:38:40. > :38:49.McManus. Beating his fellow Scot, Stephen Maguire. And what a semi-
:38:49. > :38:54.final line-up. Stuart Bingham has already seen off Neil Robertson and
:38:54. > :39:00.Ken Doherty. And the world number two taking on the world No. 6,