:00:44. > :01:19.Good evening. We started the day with four former champions and one
:01:20. > :01:24.rising Welsh star among the eight men loping to make the final --
:01:25. > :01:30.semifinals. Let's start the quarterfinal round with two men who
:01:31. > :01:35.have lifted the trophy before, the 2007 champion Neil Robertson against
:01:36. > :01:44.2012 champion gin -- Ding Junhui. Ding levelled up at 1-1. Ding was
:01:45. > :01:49.kept in his chair in the third frame as Robertson come peopled a break of
:01:50. > :01:52.140 for a 2-1 lead over the world number 12. Robertson has won two
:01:53. > :01:59.major titles this season and he's looked in good form throughout the
:02:00. > :02:03.week here in Cardiff. The Australian went on to take a 4-1
:02:04. > :02:09.lead over Ding before this happened in frame six.
:02:10. > :02:24.Oh, these balls are absolutely perfect. Like, freely available into
:02:25. > :02:29.both corners. Obviously Ding Junhui won't be thinking of going for a
:02:30. > :02:31.147. Ronnie would be, straightaway thinking 147 here but it's more
:02:32. > :02:36.important for Ding to stay in the match.
:02:37. > :02:50.Maybe Ronnie would go for a 145 instead. Already had the 146. Eight.
:02:51. > :03:11.How funny would it be if someone did come along this week, no-one make a
:03:12. > :03:17.147? Might do it himself, Ronnie. He's still in.
:03:18. > :03:24.I read an article that one of the leading makers was offering 60,000
:03:25. > :03:29.to Ronnie if he got one so he could give some of it to charity. I don't
:03:30. > :03:32.know if that's a true story. Anyway, it's key for Ding to get a
:03:33. > :03:38.frame-winning break so it takes a lot of pressure off him. He doesn't
:03:39. > :03:42.want any nitty-gritty frames at the minute, like to win frames easy to
:03:43. > :03:48.get into it. Has plenty to do. If you can win it in one, there's not
:03:49. > :03:52.as much pressure. It's when you have 40 points each, playing the colour
:03:53. > :03:54.ngs -- colours, it puts pressure on you. If you can win it one visit,
:03:55. > :04:20.there's no pressure. You probably saw the queue ball
:04:21. > :04:24.bounce. It's not too bad. Thought it wasn't going to get there. As the
:04:25. > :04:30.queue ball travelled watch how the white ball bounced F the cue ball
:04:31. > :04:33.had ran one or two more inches. I think he's pok OK to go around the
:04:34. > :04:41.back of the black with the black into the same pocket. Yes, he is.
:04:42. > :04:49.So much so he can hold it for the opposite corner. A little cannon
:04:50. > :04:58.here and he may start thinking about the 147. If it goes well.
:04:59. > :05:06.As long as he hits some ball. The two that are touching just above the
:05:07. > :05:11.black. Doesn't have to play this pace normally when you go into a
:05:12. > :05:16.bunch like this. You play them quite pacy. But because they're split
:05:17. > :05:21.apart, you don't have to be bouncy. Bound to go in the opposite corner.
:05:22. > :05:26.Going a different way to what I was thinking but he's still on a red.
:05:27. > :05:36.Can he get on to a black now? But I don't think so. 32. Yes, and I think
:05:37. > :05:40.if he was 4-1 up in this match and not 4-1 down, he'd be playing the
:05:41. > :05:45.right corn were a lot of right-hand side to swing it back down for the
:05:46. > :05:48.black. I think the fact he's 4-1 down, I'll be very surprised if he
:05:49. > :05:58.doesn't play up for pink or the blue. Well, he has. He's played the
:05:59. > :06:00.side shot back for the black. So I think it's fair to say he's got the
:06:01. > :06:29.maximum. On his minds. -- mind. Ding one of the few players that's
:06:30. > :06:33.more 147 in tournament play. He's had five already in tournament play.
:06:34. > :06:37.I think all told it's 13 now. Once again he could play a cannon here or
:06:38. > :06:45.one of the Reds or just play for the loose one. Doesn't matter which.
:06:46. > :06:52.48. Just might be the - might still go
:06:53. > :06:55.on to lose this match but a little bit of a confidence booster to get
:06:56. > :06:59.Ding's season back on track should he go on to make a 147. You always
:07:00. > :07:06.need something to knock yourself into gear.
:07:07. > :07:12.He's undoubtedly one of the game's great billers and I don't say that
:07:13. > :07:13.lightly. There's only four or five great, great builders in the game.
:07:14. > :07:25.He's within of them. -- one of them. Yes. Without giving him
:07:26. > :07:28.commentator's curse, the balls are absolutely perfect. There's nothing
:07:29. > :07:43.on the side cushions. Obviously once he's potted enough so
:07:44. > :07:45.as Neil Robertson can't win this frame, Neil Robertson will be in his
:07:46. > :08:00.chair cheering him on. Needs to be high on this, and he is.
:08:01. > :08:06.That's a great shot. If he had been low that would have been end of
:08:07. > :08:11.maximum but he's got high. 64. I think there's two of these Reds to
:08:12. > :08:15.pot. Can he get through the gap to pot the red which in turn will open
:08:16. > :08:18.the two Reds. He'd love to get the one through the gap because it will
:08:19. > :08:24.open the other two Reds. But heel take that one. It's OK for the
:08:25. > :08:26.black. Doesn't want to risk anything yet. He's not over the winning line
:08:27. > :08:37.yet, with this frame. More red to frak the frame safe.
:08:38. > :08:48.Then he can play a risky shot if necessary to get on to the black.
:08:49. > :08:53.A little bounce, he's on the one in the middle.
:08:54. > :09:02.72. The art of break building m always
:09:03. > :09:08.get the right angle on the next ball. Make it easy to get on to the
:09:09. > :09:15.black in this case. Now, ideally he'd love to get on two Reds here
:09:16. > :09:19.but on and off the cushion. If he can get the gap between the red
:09:20. > :09:22.that's between the other two treads he'll take that first. That's what
:09:23. > :09:26.he's played for. That's opened the other two Reds and now he doesn't
:09:27. > :09:30.have to play any kiss, doesn't have to play any cannon now to make a
:09:31. > :09:37.147. That was brilliant the way he played that shot. 81.
:09:38. > :09:40.Yes, if anything Neil will be cheering him only now. He knows he's
:09:41. > :09:50.lost the frame. Landed a little straighter on that
:09:51. > :09:56.black. He would have liked but he's played it ever so well. He's back in
:09:57. > :09:59.perfect position. 88. This is now turning into a real great chance.
:10:00. > :10:06.89. He's short this time. He can play
:10:07. > :10:11.for the red. Tore two Reds in at the left centre or he can may -- play
:10:12. > :10:15.the more trickier shot, play with the tracer down right-hand side and
:10:16. > :10:17.swing past the two Reds. But it's not a nice shot to play and
:10:18. > :10:35.definitely not at this stage. Now, opted for the easier option,
:10:36. > :10:41.making the black easier but it's made the red a little more tricky.
:10:42. > :10:43.He's back in perfect position once again.
:10:44. > :11:00.APPLAUSE A little bounce. That's a poor shot.
:11:01. > :11:06.Goodness me. OK, he's on the one in the middle but it's not the right
:11:07. > :11:10.angle. 104. Yes, his face tells the story there. He's got to dig down on
:11:11. > :11:19.this, go round the back of the black probably. Come on, Ding!
:11:20. > :11:23.It's there! Well played. APPLAUSE
:11:24. > :11:27.that's the first difficult shot he's had to play in this break. That's
:11:28. > :11:28.how good this break has been. That's the first time he wasn't perfect on
:11:29. > :11:44.a ball. This Cardiff crowd, they may feel
:11:45. > :11:50.they've been slightly cheat ud ot of a 147 earlier in the -- chatted out
:11:51. > :11:54.of a 147 earlier in the week thchlt now is an unbelievable chance. Don't
:11:55. > :11:58.--. This now is an unbelievable chance. Don't be straight. A little
:11:59. > :12:01.shake of the head. He's got a slight angle. He can't get close to the
:12:02. > :12:09.yellow but needs to get loads of side on this to widen the angle.
:12:10. > :12:15.Spin. Yeah, couldn't get close to the yellow. Kiss!
:12:16. > :12:21.APPLAUSE 120. If he had plotted -- potted the
:12:22. > :12:22.black on the left-hand side it would have gone wide were the queue ball.
:12:23. > :12:39.Come on! Well done.
:12:40. > :12:43.APPLAUSE The white is not hard enough,
:12:44. > :12:48.though. He's gonna have to be faced with another shot. Doesn't have to
:12:49. > :12:52.do anything with the cue ball, just pot it plain ball. You'll come down
:12:53. > :12:56.two cushions and naturally be on the brown. The crowd, as you can see,
:12:57. > :12:57.are smiling and hoping. Those two Chinese girls in the front row have
:12:58. > :13:13.all fingers crossed. Get in! Well played, Ding! Didn't
:13:14. > :13:16.have to do anything with the queue ball.
:13:17. > :13:26.APPLAUSE . 125.
:13:27. > :13:39.Down white. Needs the white to slow down. Slow down! 129. Oh, dear! It's
:13:40. > :13:42.never easy, this game. In and out of ball, not guaranteed to be perfect
:13:43. > :13:47.but it will have some sort of shot on the pink. Oh, Ding, get close to
:13:48. > :14:06.it. Do you play in and out or do you
:14:07. > :14:15.just roll it in? That's the choice he's got.
:14:16. > :14:24.Oh, dear. 134. This pink for ? 12,000. And a 147.
:14:25. > :14:44.If the pink goes in, I'm sure he'll pot the black.
:14:45. > :14:56.It's there! It's there! What a fantastic shot on the pink! Ding
:14:57. > :14:57.Junhui had every chance of making his sixth maximum many competitive
:14:58. > :15:07.play. Absolutely wonderful! What a
:15:08. > :15:11.fantastic break! Neil Robertson offers his hand in grass. The crowd
:15:12. > :15:15.are standing. They love it here in Cardiff. Ding Junhui back in the
:15:16. > :15:19.match with a 147. He still trails, though, by four frames to two. What
:15:20. > :15:21.an amazing break and he wouldn't lose position in that break. First
:15:22. > :15:27.class. APPLAUSE
:15:28. > :15:36.Yes, Ding giving the crowd what they wanted and that 147 putting him
:15:37. > :15:39.joint third on the all-time list of tournament maximums thachl's level
:15:40. > :15:47.with last year's champion John Higgins. But it was a bittersweet
:15:48. > :15:50.experience really for the tournament because -- China man because the
:15:51. > :15:55.world number three Robertson took the next frame to secure a 5-2 win
:15:56. > :16:02.and a place in the semifinals and Ding's disappointing season
:16:03. > :16:06.continuing in Cardiff. First frame we both missed a couple of trickyish
:16:07. > :16:12.pots but after that both settled down really well. He made a flawless
:16:13. > :16:16.break of 120. Which I thought was actually a better break than the 147
:16:17. > :16:21.he made in terms of the queue ball and everything. And I responded var
:16:22. > :16:28.well with a total clearance myself, 140. Won the next dram with a 07-odd
:16:29. > :16:31.as well. 3-1 up and pretty much playing flawless snooker really.
:16:32. > :16:37.Yeah, just controlled the match after that, 4-1, and obviously he's
:16:38. > :16:40.made a wonderful 147 to go 4-2 there, and it's quite dangerous
:16:41. > :16:43.because he would have had the crowd on his side then and it was
:16:44. > :16:49.important I could shut out the match in the following round. For me make
:16:50. > :16:56.147 doesn't mean money. While players make money for their lives
:16:57. > :17:03.and I think I do the happiness. It's bitter record. Yellow, big
:17:04. > :17:05.pressures. Green was OK, brown OK, blue, pink is big pressures. Last
:17:06. > :17:13.black. Easy. Let's take you to the match that
:17:14. > :17:17.Wales was watching with interesting. Michael White, the new rising star
:17:18. > :17:21.of the game here was facing the world number 9 Jared Allen for a
:17:22. > :17:26.place in the semifinals. Allen took the first frame, let's go into the
:17:27. > :17:27.second with White at the table leading 61-29 and Allen needing a
:17:28. > :17:45.snooker. Well, you just cannot believe that.
:17:46. > :17:48.Cannot believe that. He's not only given the foul. It will now be a
:17:49. > :17:53.free ball. Free ball. Just cannot believe that's happened.
:17:54. > :17:59.Obviously he's gone for the pot on the red. He's missed it by a long
:18:00. > :18:04.way, but he can play that shot 100 times again and get a different
:18:05. > :18:13.result. It's not so much the foul. It's he's left the free ball. Well,
:18:14. > :18:21.Jared Allen, he might just elect to play this brown off this back
:18:22. > :18:41.cushion. Know heg can now win. -- knowing he can now win. Brown.
:18:42. > :18:49.Well, can Michael get the edge of this red? If he can, that's a bonus.
:18:50. > :18:55.I think he can. That wasn't a great shot by Jared Allen but neither was
:18:56. > :18:59.that by Michael White. -- Mark Allen but neither was that by Michael
:19:00. > :19:23.White. Now, this is a thin snick in the middle but it is on.
:19:24. > :19:32.Had a pot black, pink or blue then to be able to win the frame. Brown
:19:33. > :19:41.would have tied but the queue ball well left of the black.
:19:42. > :19:47.These balls are pretty well set. A little short there. Had -- little
:19:48. > :20:07.closer to the yellow. It was again a little bit short. You
:20:08. > :20:18.can cut it in to the middle or take it in the corner.
:20:19. > :20:24.Corner it is. It's a little more difficult pot.
:20:25. > :20:52.So, this was the game for all intents and purposes, looked like it
:20:53. > :20:55.was going to go to Michael White. Mark Allen is three pots away from
:20:56. > :21:00.pinching this frame and extending his lead. This will be a right body
:21:01. > :21:12.blow for Michael White. 22.
:21:13. > :21:18.He played that positively. He's just lost the cue ball a little bit so
:21:19. > :21:23.this pink's gonna - he'll have to take it and pot it and pace and take
:21:24. > :21:31.the white ball off three cushions. In goes the pink. Off the three
:21:32. > :21:33.cushions. The cue ball travels. APPLAUSE
:21:34. > :21:49.Can't play it much better than that. Steadied himself on the black and
:21:50. > :21:53.you could see how much it meant to him with a little fist pump at the
:21:54. > :21:58.end. Michael White will be devastated. He should have levelled
:21:59. > :22:03.up and didn't. Mark Allen leads 3-0. It turned into disastrous evening
:22:04. > :22:05.for White was Allen went 4-0 up. We'll join frame five with Allen at
:22:06. > :22:28.the table trailing 6-0. Unlucky there. He's put it on the
:22:29. > :22:32.centre. Pot's OK, but position's not gonna be simple with those three
:22:33. > :22:47.ball killers on the spots, got to avoid all them.
:22:48. > :22:52.Well, it's the last thing he wanteds cast one of those ball killers, more
:22:53. > :23:30.or less full ball. Eight. Good shot there. That covered the
:23:31. > :23:40.pot and angle, with the Reds on the right-hand side of the table. Plng
:23:41. > :23:48.He's caught that much too thick, but he's - I don't think he's left
:23:49. > :23:54.anything on. He can get past the blue. He'll be taking this pot on.
:23:55. > :24:01.APPLAUSE One.
:24:02. > :24:18.Yes, it was struck to perfection, the long pot success of both
:24:19. > :24:27.players. Michael's is still above 50, so isn't too bad but Mark
:24:28. > :24:33.Allen's is quite good. 78%. He'll be looking at this - this is now his
:24:34. > :24:35.frame and match-winning opportunity. To have a little cannon there,
:24:36. > :24:43.disturbing them three reds. It's all about keeping tight control
:24:44. > :25:00.and keeping his nerve. Yes, he won't be happy until he
:25:01. > :25:04.moves that red away from the right-hand corner pocket and black
:25:05. > :25:15.then go in both pockets. Then there'll certainly will -- be a good
:25:16. > :25:18.chance. Just checking for the spots. 30.
:25:19. > :25:37.... Perhaps the only one available. I don't know about you Darren but I
:25:38. > :25:42.always found in tournament if you get four in front, the next -- 4-0
:25:43. > :25:45.in front the next fwram is so important. It doesn't seem as though
:25:46. > :25:50.it should be. But you know what I mean. All of a sudden the guy could
:25:51. > :26:00.get a second wind by winning a frame and all of a -- of a sudden it's
:26:01. > :26:05.4-3. Yes, they start pegging you back one by one. There is a lot to
:26:06. > :26:08.be said about this interval. Most of the players would be more than happy
:26:09. > :26:13.to play best of nines with no interval. 28. It can work against
:26:14. > :26:52.you, and it can also work for you. Care to say Michael hasn't had a
:26:53. > :27:03.good run on the balls but he hasn't played his best snooker either.
:27:04. > :27:05.Possibly might -- possibly a lot of disappointed spectators up here,
:27:06. > :27:13.hoping the Welshman will get through to the semifinal. The last Welshman
:27:14. > :27:20.standing on his own one leg at the moment.
:27:21. > :28:38.64. This is his highest break. Hasn't
:28:39. > :28:42.been many big breaks in this match. Table hasn't played at his best, as
:28:43. > :28:52.spin not taking part on to the cue ball. Everything has gone well in
:28:53. > :28:56.this one for Mark Allen. So disappointing for Michael. He missed
:28:57. > :28:59.earlier in the year with expectations. Played so well against
:29:00. > :29:05.John Higgins and others in this tournament. We would have -- we
:29:06. > :29:12.would have loved him to have won the Welsh Open. He's got plenty of time,
:29:13. > :29:17.though. But at the moment it's disappointment for Michael White.
:29:18. > :29:18.Mark Allen would be delighted. Beating Michael White by five frames
:29:19. > :29:27.to nil. Yes, a great night for Mark Allen a
:29:28. > :29:35.disastrous one for Michael White in the end. In his post-match press
:29:36. > :29:38.conferences, he raised his objections to the fist punch we saw
:29:39. > :29:44.from Mark Allen at the end of the second frame. Michael white said he
:29:45. > :29:48.didn't like it, it was over the top, something he wouldn't forget for a
:29:49. > :29:50.long time and he apologised for his performance for all those who came
:29:51. > :29:56.to support him. Let's get the thoughts this of the man who did the
:29:57. > :30:01.demolition job on Michael White Mark Allen. He was very unlucky to knock
:30:02. > :30:06.the pink in. But you can't foresee it. It was great for me. He knocked
:30:07. > :30:11.the pink in, I could win and left the red on the pocket. Deliberately
:30:12. > :30:15.give it the fist, not directed at Michael just for myself to say to
:30:16. > :30:19.him sort of thing, "You're under it now. I'm here to stay." Sort of
:30:20. > :30:23.thing. He didn't handle it at all well. I think he's said in these
:30:24. > :30:26.interview. I heave been there before, played in a semifinal at
:30:27. > :30:30.Belfast, think it was one of my first semifinals and I crumbled. I
:30:31. > :30:33.missed everything. One of the -- wanted the ground to swallow me up
:30:34. > :30:39.and felt the crowd were disappointed in me. I'm sure Michael felt the
:30:40. > :30:43.same but such a good player. He has nothing to worry about as long as he
:30:44. > :30:47.doesn't dwell on the match. He'll be back very soon. Possibly bit of a
:30:48. > :30:53.grudge match the next time those two meet. Let's take you to a real clash
:30:54. > :30:57.of the tights -- tie tans, the world number one Mark Selby against the
:30:58. > :31:01.man who has been making all the headlines this week, Ronnie
:31:02. > :31:02.O'Sullivan. We'll join it 1-1, Selby at the table in the third frame,
:31:03. > :31:03.just needing the black for a 2-1 at the table in the third frame,
:31:04. > :31:10.just needing the black for a 2-1 lead.
:31:11. > :31:17.That was a good save. 63. APPLAUSE
:31:18. > :31:22.Selby then put his finger to his head. He realised he'd made a
:31:23. > :31:26.mistake there in that break. He realised he shouldn't have needed
:31:27. > :31:29.that black. Ronnie's not played this very well. Given he played the
:31:30. > :31:35.double but to get the black right back at the table, he mis-hit it.
:31:36. > :31:49.Mind you, what a pressure shot this is, dead straight.
:31:50. > :32:00.Has he fluked it? He'll still be kicking himself. When he put his
:32:01. > :32:06.finger to his head, he realised he'd made a mistake in counting.
:32:07. > :32:17.I think Ronnie's gonna have to take this on.
:32:18. > :32:23.What a remarkable pot on the back, and his opponent will be kicking
:32:24. > :32:28.himself. Ronnie O'Sullivan would have been kicking himself for a
:32:29. > :32:31.maximum but in the end Ronnie wins the game and leads 2-1.
:32:32. > :32:37.Ronnie didn't stop there. He won frame four as well with a break of
:32:38. > :32:40.61 and frame five with a 75 break to lead 4-1. We're going to join frame
:32:41. > :32:46.6 from the beginning with Selby to break. Frame six, Mark Selby to
:32:47. > :33:00.break. I always find it interesting to
:33:01. > :33:03.watch the break. With all the players, you know, are different,
:33:04. > :33:07.where they put the white. Some put it between the yellow and brown,
:33:08. > :33:11.others between the green and brown, or closer to one of those colours.
:33:12. > :33:16.They all like to play it differently. I think the key is
:33:17. > :33:20.really you don't particularly want the ball to be tight behind a colour
:33:21. > :33:24.because you know they'll regulation on the cushions and behind the back.
:33:25. > :33:28.Ronnie was snookered on a couple of balls so had to play that. Much
:33:29. > :33:31.rather break off and leave a safety shot off the pack to open the reds.
:33:32. > :33:36.And -- And of course at this stage of the
:33:37. > :33:40.tournament the players, you know, as we can see, you make one mistake now
:33:41. > :33:45.and you're losing the frame whereas earlier in the tournament it suspect
:33:46. > :33:49.quite like that. You know, you haven't warmed up properly but like
:33:50. > :33:54.in any sport it's not about how good you are, it's how many mistakes you
:33:55. > :33:59.don't make, not what you do make. Oh! Well, that looked in, Mark. Mark
:34:00. > :34:05.Selby's starting to walk round then. Mmm.
:34:06. > :34:10.That's the trouble if you get too close to the pocket, it will stay
:34:11. > :34:13.there. And he played to the pace whereas normally they would come
:34:14. > :34:15.away from the pocket. Don't know ow why it's not gone in, Ronnie's
:34:16. > :34:24.played a poor shot. One. Blchk --. He's taken the green on by the look
:34:25. > :35:00.of it into the middle. Needs the cue ball to slow down.
:35:01. > :35:04.Five. He stroked that beautiful and it
:35:05. > :35:08.still went too far. Taking the blue on now. He wouldn't have done this
:35:09. > :35:22.early on. Oh! Only just within the middle of
:35:23. > :35:26.the pocket. Beautiful. 10. Tell me one player that would have taken
:35:27. > :35:29.that on. OK, he's 4-1 in front, so it gives him a little bit of room
:35:30. > :35:33.but, boy, that was giving your opponent a chance to get back into
:35:34. > :35:37.the match if he had missed it. He just wants to get out for another
:35:38. > :35:43.Chinese, I think. He's had a few this week. I actually went in the
:35:44. > :35:46.same restaurant last night. I won't mention their name because it's not
:35:47. > :35:49.fair to other restaurants but Ronnie went in twice in the same day - for
:35:50. > :36:14.afternoon tea and back in after the match.
:36:15. > :36:58.25. There are some great players left in
:36:59. > :37:05.the tournament that can beat O'Sullivan. But, boy, he's had some
:37:06. > :37:08.sort of form this week, hadn't he? He really is -- hitting the ball as
:37:09. > :37:12.sweet as I see it. When you consider he doesn't play many things now, and
:37:13. > :37:19.allegedly talks about his exhibition play as practice. Even tried to say
:37:20. > :37:27.he talks about his match play exhibitions as practice for this.
:37:28. > :37:28.Just so mischievous, isn't he? You just never know what's going to
:37:29. > :37:50.happen next. Well, it goes without saying after
:37:51. > :37:54.that wonderful pot on the blue, this is now a frame of match-winning
:37:55. > :37:59.situation, and Mark Selby has hardly done anything wrong in this match
:38:00. > :38:05.and there's a chance that he could lose 5-16789 he's missed, I think,
:38:06. > :38:09.two long balls. That's it. That's how good you've got to be to play
:38:10. > :38:11.this game. The top-class players are playing. No mistakes snooker you've
:38:12. > :38:58.got to try and do. 39. 40. 53.
:38:59. > :39:02.Glances at the scoreboard to find out exactly what he needs to get
:39:03. > :39:08.past the winning line. This will decide whether he plays into the
:39:09. > :39:13.bunch or plays for the loose red. Probably play a slow canyon into the
:39:14. > :39:15.bunch. -- cannon into the bunch. That's probably the end of the
:39:16. > :39:21.match. 59. APPLAUSE
:39:22. > :39:51.68. APPLAUSE
:39:52. > :39:56.Round of applause from the crowd. 75.
:39:57. > :40:00.They know there's enough for O'Sullivan sl to win this frame and
:40:01. > :40:07.match. -- Ronnie O'Sullivan to win this frame and the match. 76.
:40:08. > :40:32.. Are we going to see the first
:40:33. > :40:36.hundred of this match? There's been a lot of big breaks and a flu
:40:37. > :40:42.maximums possible. Didn't quite come off. 92.
:40:43. > :40:49.This isn't really the most important part of this break. 98.
:40:50. > :40:53.It was the first shots he played. He took on the green in the centre,
:40:54. > :40:55.which is a tremendous shot, and then a long blue, all very risky.
:40:56. > :41:06.APPLAUSE 105.
:41:07. > :41:12.Well, that's what the crowd think of it. An exhibition of breaking from
:41:13. > :41:28.Ronnie O'Sullivan. 107. Mark Selby's played worse than this
:41:29. > :41:35.and won 5-1 in matches, but he's been outclassed a bit today. 114.
:41:36. > :41:40.That's he said, a big frame, the fourth frame, when miscounted to
:41:41. > :41:44.clear up. Mark Selby will regret that, only has regretted now -- it
:41:45. > :41:45.now I'm sure but he'll be thinking about that for a while. 119.
:41:46. > :42:01.APPLAUSE Moves the ball so easy around the
:42:02. > :42:04.ball. -- around the table. 125. He'll take that. They're all
:42:05. > :42:10.clapping. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:42:11. > :42:14.What a wonderful match, wonderful exhibition from Mark Selby. He beat
:42:15. > :42:15.-- Ronnie O'Sullivan. He beats the world number one by five frames to
:42:16. > :42:29.one. Yeah, Mark's a tough player. He's
:42:30. > :42:33.had a good, steady season, probably not at his best form when he was
:42:34. > :42:37.winning titles and that. But even when he's not at his best he's still
:42:38. > :42:42.getting good runs in tournaments. If you find some form, you know, he'll
:42:43. > :42:46.be back to win -- tournaments again soon. It's always a tough match
:42:47. > :42:50.against Mark and I'm pleased to have got the victory today. Well, one
:42:51. > :42:53.more result to give you then, and Joe Perry, the last man to book a
:42:54. > :43:01.semifinals spot and it was relatively straightforward here as
:43:02. > :43:09.well. A 5-1 win over 2015 runner-up Ben. Ben can be a real tough
:43:10. > :43:13.competitor, you know, and, yeah, I was just pretty solid tonight.
:43:14. > :43:16.Missed a couple O one scrappy frame to go 2-1 up and that swung
:43:17. > :43:20.everything in my favour. Couple of games could have gone either way,
:43:21. > :43:24.couple of good clearances again. Yeah, it's nice to win them games.
:43:25. > :43:28.Whether I have more experience than Ben I don't know but for me
:43:29. > :43:33.personally the experience of getting to a big semifinal, big crowd, I've
:43:34. > :43:39.had that a few times in my career now so I wasn't faized by it. So on
:43:40. > :43:44.my side it probably helped. Having gone from 128 to four players, this
:43:45. > :43:50.is the semifinal draw for you. Neil Robertson against Mark Allen and
:43:51. > :43:54.Ronnie O'Sullivan against Joe Perry. So, the Motorpoint Arena has seen
:43:55. > :43:58.Ronnie race on through to the semifinals, we've seen a 147 for
:43:59. > :44:02.Ding and a whitewash this evening for Michael White. Another dramatic
:44:03. > :44:06.day in Cardiff with just the one table needed now for the final two
:44:07. > :44:10.days. They don't mess about down there in the arena. So what's in
:44:11. > :44:15.store then I wonder tomorrow? Join us from one o'clock on BBC Two Wales
:44:16. > :44:18.when we will bring you the semifinal between Neil Robertson and Mark
:44:19. > :44:19.Allen. Do sleep well but for now thanks for your company. It's
:44:20. > :44:24.goodnight from all of us. I'm raising my game
:44:25. > :44:34.and I WILL come out on top. Bring it on. Bring it on.
:44:35. > :44:42.Bring it on. This time, we're aiming higher
:44:43. > :44:45.than ever before. The Sport Relief season
:44:46. > :44:48.continues with