:00:31. > :00:38.Good evening. What a week it's been at the Welsh Open, with shocks, wild
:00:39. > :00:43.cards and outsiders upsetting the odds. Would the trend continue
:00:44. > :00:53.quarterfinals day? A the very few have expected. We saw 19-year-old
:00:54. > :00:59.Rocky take on Scotland's Scott Donaldson. World number four Judd
:01:00. > :01:05.Trump was against number eight, Barry Hawkins. The two Stewarts,
:01:06. > :01:13.former world champion and second seed Bingham versus former world
:01:14. > :01:16.number five Carrington. And two men never won a ranking title, Robert
:01:17. > :01:25.Milkins against Norwegian Kurt Maflin. We will star with the former
:01:26. > :01:28.world champion, Stuart Bingham against Stuart Carrington who is
:01:29. > :01:31.enjoying his best ever performance at a ranking event that a crushing
:01:32. > :01:37.start for Carrington as Bingham bounced into a 4-0 lead before
:01:38. > :01:41.Carrington pulls two back and made it 4-2. This is frame five
:01:42. > :02:14.Carrington at the table trailing by ten points.
:02:15. > :02:22.Darren, I you surprised at how nervy Stuart Bingham has got in this
:02:23. > :02:28.match? Definitely, especially with the way he has played the first four
:02:29. > :02:31.frames. There has been quite a few strange shots played by both players
:02:32. > :02:36.so it tells you how much it means to the pair of them out here. It is as
:02:37. > :02:40.if Stewart now is trying not to lose, instead of the way he was
:02:41. > :02:44.playing, playing to win. All of a sudden he is trying to be cagey. He
:02:45. > :02:48.refused the black and he played the blue with a corner pocket instead of
:02:49. > :02:54.the middle pocket which he would do nine times out of ten. Then we have
:02:55. > :02:57.seen it as well with Stuart Carrington, he has played a couple
:02:58. > :03:01.of negative shots where he has put himself into a winning position. It
:03:02. > :03:05.has been a good contest, to be fair. It looked as though it would be
:03:06. > :03:10.totally one-sided and all over in a flash but he has made a match of it.
:03:11. > :03:14.He has got Stuart playing -- feeling very uncomfortable. He has got a
:03:15. > :03:21.good cue ball but he hasn't got the blue. This is now an opportunity for
:03:22. > :03:24.Stuart Carrington, albeit there is ten foot between both balls, but he
:03:25. > :03:28.has got to put a good cue action on this. Plain-ball, top of the cue
:03:29. > :03:33.ball, Pogba blew off one commissioner back down for the pink.
:03:34. > :03:35.He has to, just make sure of the port. This is all about the delivery
:03:36. > :04:06.of the cue. What a shot. The cue ball is not
:04:07. > :04:10.where he wants it to be but, as Darren Morgan said, that was all
:04:11. > :04:16.about the five points on the board, and in that regard he did
:04:17. > :04:24.brilliantly to keep this frame, and therefore the match, alive.
:04:25. > :04:31.The shot really to win the game, he has two options, he can either play
:04:32. > :04:35.pink to the left corner which means swinging the ball right around the
:04:36. > :04:38.table, and I think that is the way he's going to go. He had the other
:04:39. > :04:44.option of playing the pink left-centre but he is going the
:04:45. > :04:49.corner. He has got the pink. That cue ball is coming through. That is
:04:50. > :05:04.a terrific shot. Well played, young man. Well, this is incredible. This
:05:05. > :05:12.black to go for- three. And he has done it. From being dead and buried,
:05:13. > :05:16.suddenly he is right back in the match and it is the former world
:05:17. > :05:21.champion who is rattled. Stuart Bingham leads that Carrington is on
:05:22. > :05:25.the way back. So, could Carrington complete the
:05:26. > :05:28.perfect comeback. Into frame eight with Bing at the table, and he is
:05:29. > :05:44.leading by four points. Superb from the world number two.
:05:45. > :05:54.Under pressure and confidence dropping. That was an excellent
:05:55. > :05:56.snooker. If he does win this match it will be fascinating to hear his
:05:57. > :06:15.thoughts afterwards. Two hours and 55 minutes now in this
:06:16. > :06:17.match. Apparently in the early stages it looks like it would last
:06:18. > :06:42.half this long. Foul. Yes, you could see he was
:06:43. > :06:46.reluctant to play that. He knew he would always give a foul ball a few
:06:47. > :06:50.mystic, which he has done. Still, it is nicely on the yellow and I still
:06:51. > :06:57.think there is a lot of play left in this frame. The green on the side
:06:58. > :07:00.commission, obviously if Stewart can put this colour, red colour, yellow,
:07:01. > :07:29.he has got the perfect opportunity to lay snooker behind the black.
:07:30. > :07:36.You might see him play of this pink to leave an angle of the red to
:07:37. > :07:39.leave the green. He will have already worked out in his mind
:07:40. > :07:44.exactly how weird is going to go about this clearance now and whether
:07:45. > :07:49.he is going to play to pop the green or just leave the snooker and leave
:07:50. > :08:00.the ball, he is already got that planned out. It is just executing
:08:01. > :08:07.the plan now. A little bit short on the pink, but he is still OK. We
:08:08. > :08:16.will soon know. Think to yellow, and does he play to move the green? Or
:08:17. > :08:25.Labour snooker? -- or lay the snooker. I would say he is probably
:08:26. > :08:27.just out to make sure the yellow punched the green around the table,
:08:28. > :08:48.set the cue ball behind the black. Well, he has got way into that. We
:08:49. > :08:51.wanted to be a lot closer to the green and further over to the
:08:52. > :08:56.cushion. He has now only got half the green ball to play with and this
:08:57. > :09:04.is a twitchy little shot. He has just over done that. He is very
:09:05. > :09:10.close again in this frame to being safe. One ball away.
:09:11. > :09:27.Stuart Bingham, 16. Stuart Carrington may get through to this
:09:28. > :09:33.green, I can't imagine him get through to a full ball, but if you
:09:34. > :09:35.could, no, Stuart Bingham must be so relieved. A little nod, this has
:09:36. > :10:03.been hard work since the interval. One thing is for certain, which ever
:10:04. > :10:08.way this match goes, both stuart will remember it, from a different
:10:09. > :10:24.perspective, for a very long time. He is looking at a very clever shot
:10:25. > :10:27.here and he is going to come off the Cushman tried it the green fall in
:10:28. > :10:39.the face and Lisa Whiting behind the black. If it goes right this will be
:10:40. > :10:44.a very, very clever shot. It hasn't. It was a really good idea. I think
:10:45. > :10:53.Stewart can just get to the potting angle of this green.
:10:54. > :11:05.Three hours, are we about to see the key moment in this frame? Yes, he
:11:06. > :11:09.has got it. Stuart Carrington now requires two four points Leuchars.
:11:10. > :11:41.-- snookers. Well, it was incredibly tense and
:11:42. > :11:45.tight end to the frame with the two men going toe to toe with being
:11:46. > :11:49.tried to get over the line of characters struggling to square it
:11:50. > :11:51.out for - four. They needed snookers amid played on for another nine
:11:52. > :12:00.minutes or so before Stuart Carrington conceded in the end.
:12:01. > :12:08.Victory and huge relief for the world number two, securing his place
:12:09. > :12:13.in the world semifinals. At the moment I am still a bit puzzled as
:12:14. > :12:19.to how I got through that but, yes, as semifinal against Rob McInnes, it
:12:20. > :12:23.is going to be tough. He is great to watch and he gets on with it and he
:12:24. > :12:30.is a great lad and I think we turned pro the same year, so he is probably
:12:31. > :12:36.one of the players that underachieved. When he is on one he
:12:37. > :12:40.can steam-roll anyone, so I will have two play like I did before the
:12:41. > :12:46.interval tonight to try and stand a chance. I am looking forward to it.
:12:47. > :12:50.As Bingham says he has Robert Milkins in the semifinal after the
:12:51. > :12:56.world number 42 saw off Kurt Maflin in the other last eight tie. It is
:12:57. > :12:59.the first time Elkins has one in 3/4-finals at the Welsh Open and
:13:00. > :13:05.this was a victory over the Norwegian as he faces a first
:13:06. > :13:10.ranking title. Tonight I came out and Kurt got off to a good start,
:13:11. > :13:15.like he normally does. The scores Woody gets in. I made a cracking
:13:16. > :13:21.break the second frame and it settled me and then I think I got on
:13:22. > :13:25.top of him a bit really. A big turning point in the fourth frame
:13:26. > :13:31.and he missed one or two in the third but he was 50 up in the fourth
:13:32. > :13:37.and I think I cleared up so it gave me the opportunity to kick on. Said
:13:38. > :13:42.to the quarterfinal between two of the worlds top ten, Judd Trump
:13:43. > :13:47.against Barry Hawkins. It was all square at 3-3 after six frames.
:13:48. > :14:02.Let's go into frame seven, with Trump at the table, leading 61-15.
:14:03. > :14:08.Oh, the last thing Judd wanted was that double-kiss. It wasn't an easy
:14:09. > :14:13.safety shot he was faced with that, it has to be said. It was a
:14:14. > :14:23.catastrophe of a double-kiss for Judd. Barry is right a month from
:14:24. > :14:26.now. -- ) amongst them now. Can he produced one of his great
:14:27. > :14:30.clearances? A little careful there with the pot and it didn't quite get
:14:31. > :14:46.the side of the blue that you wanted to be.
:14:47. > :15:00.Three of these four reds are nice and opened the Barry. What a visit
:15:01. > :15:06.this would be if he were able to make this frame, when it looked, for
:15:07. > :15:17.all the world, as though Judd was going to be the one moving within
:15:18. > :15:23.one of the winner. I'm lucky with the in-off in the case from Trump.
:15:24. > :15:38.It is these mistakes that are allowing Barry back to the table.
:15:39. > :15:46.Two or three potential pitfalls if Barry. One be that red there which
:15:47. > :15:52.is near the top cushion which Barry is going to attempt to pop now. It
:15:53. > :15:55.is a little straight on it. Brown seems to be masking the green
:15:56. > :16:00.slightly and the pink is fairly near the cushion that it could only be
:16:01. > :16:11.played at a slow pace into that pocket. The pots that Barry is going
:16:12. > :16:13.to need to make in the course for winning clearance here. He is going
:16:14. > :16:30.to need all the remaining balls. He probably won't need the final
:16:31. > :16:39.black. He could take a high value colour here.
:16:40. > :16:52.He has got to get a good angle here on the yellow so he can get a
:16:53. > :16:59.position on the green, which is slightly awkward with the brand so
:17:00. > :17:40.close to it. -- with the brown so close to it.
:17:41. > :17:53.43. Well, Judd Trump being forced to sit and watch here. He was so close.
:17:54. > :18:11.He could have moved 4-3 ahead. Assuming Barry Hawkins does make the
:18:12. > :18:16.most of the opportunity, Judd has to win the last two frames, if he is to
:18:17. > :18:30.advance to a second Welsh Open semifinal. Ho. A little wobble on
:18:31. > :18:34.the way in, but it was good. He didn't play great Green, Barry, he
:18:35. > :18:39.potted it is likely to thickly and it didn't come across the table for
:18:40. > :18:44.the brand now. This is not great, Barry, he is faced with unmissable
:18:45. > :18:51.blue under pressure, but to try and get reasonably well on the pink, it
:18:52. > :18:55.is a failure to cut back into the centre. It doesn't need the black,
:18:56. > :19:02.which will help him, just blue and pink required to take the lead for
:19:03. > :19:05.the first time in this match. That is a great pot from Barry, he got
:19:06. > :19:16.the cue ball across the table nicely. You don't want to kick on
:19:17. > :19:19.this kind of shot, I can assure you. You can easily miss these so just
:19:20. > :19:25.one good pot, clean contact required. Oh, it is income of the
:19:26. > :19:28.near Chalk. A great performance from Barry Hawkins and a wonderful
:19:29. > :19:30.clearance from that mistake by Judd Trump ante goes into the lead at a
:19:31. > :19:41.crucial stage at 4-3. So, the momentum had swung towards
:19:42. > :19:43.Barry Hawkins and so let's go into frame eight, what would happen then?
:19:44. > :19:54.Trumpet the table and no score. It looks like he's going for this.
:19:55. > :20:04.What a declaration of intent, at the start of what could be the last
:20:05. > :20:09.frame the match. His long pots have certainly not let him down today. It
:20:10. > :20:19.has been the fact that he has broken down when I'm 49, 50, 40, and in the
:20:20. > :20:28.last frame 45. Six out of seven on the long ones for Judd. Can he force
:20:29. > :20:42.this match into what would be a mouthwatering decider?
:20:43. > :20:48.From nothing he has given himself a wonderful opportunity to amass quite
:20:49. > :20:55.a few points here. It must be said that both players pot success in the
:20:56. > :20:58.course of this match is at 86% each and that is pretty low for both of
:20:59. > :21:07.these players, and particularly Judd Trump. And then both of these
:21:08. > :21:08.players are at their best, and their pot success could be in the mid-90s,
:21:09. > :21:25.that is how good they are. Both players have attempted a
:21:26. > :21:33.similar number of pots. Barry Hawkins has missed 16 pots out of
:21:34. > :21:38.117 while Judd has played 111 pots during the course of this match and
:21:39. > :21:52.he has missed 15 of them. That is quite a lot really.
:21:53. > :22:15.He has lost the last three frames, Judd Trump. He had the opportunity
:22:16. > :22:27.there to split the pack, but he wants to use the remaining reds that
:22:28. > :22:33.are away from the main group. Twice they have gone all the way to a
:22:34. > :23:04.decider before. Not this season. They have each won one of those.
:23:05. > :23:07.There would be a lot of people in the crowd here who would absolutely
:23:08. > :23:24.love to see this go all the way. It was Judd 's attempted split,
:23:25. > :23:34.three reds came away from the main group.
:23:35. > :23:41.Broke down on 45 in the preceding frame and that allowed Barry to get
:23:42. > :23:50.back in. It put all the pressure on the world number four.
:23:51. > :24:00.The crowd applauded there but there was a little wince from Judd.
:24:01. > :24:13.Such a big visit to the table, this. No! He made it difficult for
:24:14. > :24:19.himself. And once again whilst at the table on a break of 40 plus he
:24:20. > :24:29.has broken down. 45 in the last frame and 41 on this occasion. Well,
:24:30. > :24:40.Barry Hawkins has one foot in the semifinals.
:24:41. > :24:52.That was a massive pot from Barry. A tremendous pot on the red. It has
:24:53. > :24:56.gone into the pack, and these reds could not have fanned out in the
:24:57. > :24:59.better for Barry Hawkins. As one might go in front of the other to
:25:00. > :25:07.prevent him from rolling a simple wedding here into the left corner? I
:25:08. > :25:13.don't think that pots, you know. Now, then, option two. Does he not
:25:14. > :25:20.one read on to the other make a plant here? Does this just go... ?
:25:21. > :25:24.Plant it was. He's just missed it. Well, that just goes to show what
:25:25. > :25:27.fine margins are involved in winning and losing matches because if Barry
:25:28. > :25:31.could have got through to that read, that simple read, I would have
:25:32. > :25:42.fancied him to clear in the match. As it is we are looking well set now
:25:43. > :25:47.for a deciding frame. From the point of view of the neutrals watching,
:25:48. > :25:54.and here in the arena, maybe they will get what they want.
:25:55. > :26:01.Judd will not have a better chance, having broken down at 41, to get
:26:02. > :26:06.right back in here, with Barry having split the reds, this is a
:26:07. > :26:15.wonderful opportunity to take us all the way. Yes, I think most people
:26:16. > :26:21.found this a difficult match to call, and it has proven to be so.
:26:22. > :26:27.Once again Judd is not ideally positioned on his colour. I think
:26:28. > :26:34.quite rightly just rolling the blue in playing the simple read to the
:26:35. > :26:46.right corner. Sit on the pink if you can hear to stay close to the next
:26:47. > :26:50.read. -- red. That is about perfect. Just two or three more pots away now
:26:51. > :27:10.and taking this into a deciding frame.
:27:11. > :27:30.Red and pink Barry will be left requiring snookers.
:27:31. > :27:34.So, barring a problem here for Judd, he will be coming out for a night
:27:35. > :27:57.frame. -- ninth frame. Now it is Barry 's turn to sit in
:27:58. > :28:10.the chair and ponder what might have been.
:28:11. > :28:18.So, having split the pack, and left it open, this is what Barry was
:28:19. > :28:30.hoping would continue working for him. And after looking out of sorts
:28:31. > :28:38.for most of the match after the interval, Judd is a couple of breaks
:28:39. > :28:48.here have ensured that we will go to a decider. The first break in this
:28:49. > :29:06.frame, 41, now on 48. He looks absolutely focused. The
:29:07. > :29:07.subtle shifts in psychological advantage in snooker are
:29:08. > :29:27.fascinating. Latter one stays, Barry gives a
:29:28. > :29:33.little Lord, and we are going all the way between two of the very best
:29:34. > :29:47.in the world. -- Barry gives a little nod. Barry has made the final
:29:48. > :29:52.here in Wales on three previous occasions, twice losing out to
:29:53. > :29:58.Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump has also come within one win of a Welsh
:29:59. > :30:10.Open final just been beaten by Stephen Maguire when the Scot took
:30:11. > :30:15.his crown in Newport in 2013. Difficult moments for the friends
:30:16. > :30:21.and family of the players, but from the neutral point of view, this is
:30:22. > :30:30.where we hoped this match would take us. 3-1 up at the interval, Judd
:30:31. > :30:39.Trump making the most of the mistakes from Barry Hawkins. Barry
:30:40. > :30:47.Roux was 4-3 ahead. But it is trump -- Barry moves. It is Trump has the
:30:48. > :30:57.advantage in this deciding frame. He is up for this. Brilliant pot. Barry
:30:58. > :31:03.will be ever so disappointed that the shot he played previously didn't
:31:04. > :31:12.take that opportunity. The black is available into the right corner.
:31:13. > :31:18.That will do Judd for now. Looking to get the red above the black to
:31:19. > :31:22.the left-hand side of it, the pot that leaving the black for potting
:31:23. > :31:29.the other red, next to the black. The high side of the blue, just
:31:30. > :31:35.about right. A choice of rates to play for you, really. He could play
:31:36. > :31:41.for the red to the left of the pack. -- a choice of reds. That is a
:31:42. > :32:11.really good position. The third match between these two
:32:12. > :32:15.that has gone all the way. We haven't seen flawless snooker from
:32:16. > :32:23.these two men this afternoon, but it has been thoroughly absorbing. And a
:32:24. > :32:33.real display of character by Judd Trump in the preceding frame to
:32:34. > :32:38.force this to go all the way. Will Barry Hawkins' adrenaline get him
:32:39. > :32:44.over the line or will he start to feel the effects of fatigue after
:32:45. > :32:51.his title winning performance in Preston on Sunday? This is his tenth
:32:52. > :33:04.match in 11 days and Judd is asking questions of him in this decider.
:33:05. > :33:10.Two more loose reds available to Judd before he has to go into the
:33:11. > :33:14.pack of reds although there are two reds behind the pink that could go
:33:15. > :33:24.into this left-hand corner pocket. Just having a look at them now.
:33:25. > :33:30.Definitely set slightly to the top jaw, but that would be a problem to
:33:31. > :33:45.Judd. He can make that quite easily. He is just a bit high on this black.
:33:46. > :33:51.You did say that Judd Trump would come out and be aggressive in this
:33:52. > :33:58.decider, Dominic Ball stop there is another demonstration. How's your
:33:59. > :34:08.luck? One has gone straight back. That is awkward. The cue ball goes
:34:09. > :34:13.to the blue. The blue would have to be a dead straight pot for it to be
:34:14. > :34:20.makeable from such close range. I think the green is a favourite. Goes
:34:21. > :34:35.for the yellow instead. Both very similar box. -- pots. So, Gary --
:34:36. > :34:37.Barry does get back to the table and there is a red behind the pink that
:34:38. > :34:52.could go. Judd Trump breaking down on 32.
:34:53. > :34:59.Looked so good when he was at the table. Is that going to be the
:35:00. > :35:05.definitive mistake which allows Barry Hawkins to move into the
:35:06. > :36:02.semifinals? APPLAUSE
:36:03. > :36:10.You can argue he was slightly unlucky with where the cue ball
:36:11. > :36:19.ended up, right beside the blue, but that was a mistake and it could lead
:36:20. > :36:22.to the end of the road as far as the Welsh Open as concern for Judd
:36:23. > :36:30.Trump. The reds, separated nicely for Barry Hawkins. A really
:36:31. > :36:43.positive, aggressive start to this frame from Judd Trump, but if Barry
:36:44. > :36:49.Hawkins manages to get over the line here it will continue a run of
:36:50. > :36:56.victorious matches which stretches back to the world Grand Prix in
:36:57. > :37:03.Preston. He really is in a rich vein of form. They say winning is a
:37:04. > :37:09.habit. It looks as though that is the case for Barry Hawkins, here.
:37:10. > :37:17.Oh, my goodness me! He cannot believe that. A little wry smile. It
:37:18. > :37:20.looked so good for Barry Hawkins. Yet more drama in this decider. Two
:37:21. > :37:41.points in it. All to play for. Dominic King, I can't believe my
:37:42. > :37:48.eyes. Yes, just pure pressure, I'm afraid. Both these players want to
:37:49. > :37:54.win this match so badly. There was not a lot of room past the green but
:37:55. > :38:03.it wasn't a problem for Judd, it was just pressure. Barry Hawkins back
:38:04. > :38:09.now and can't believe his luck. That has got the ball rolling again with
:38:10. > :38:14.that first red. The busy session of these remaining reds, there's only
:38:15. > :38:20.one of them an ideal position but he will do well to close out the match
:38:21. > :38:29.from here. He's going to have to play a lot of positional shots.
:38:30. > :38:42.That was the mess that allowed Judd Trump back in. -- miss. Surely, he
:38:43. > :38:49.didn't think he was going to get back to the table, having presented
:38:50. > :38:56.Trump with the opportunity. Syncing that red to top right. Shows you how
:38:57. > :38:59.much these two PLAYERS care about the sport, despite the fact that
:39:00. > :39:10.they have won many events and matches over the last decade, this
:39:11. > :39:14.is still so tight. This is where the work begins for Barry Hawkins. All
:39:15. > :39:24.three remaining reds are slightly tricky.
:39:25. > :39:33.And he's going to need them all. The first problem dealt with. Just going
:39:34. > :39:34.to try and stun the cue ball up between those two reds to give
:39:35. > :39:53.himself a choice of them. OK. Not bad. To the yellow pocket,
:39:54. > :39:56.the red, would be his next intention but being left-handed, it is going
:39:57. > :40:02.to be really awkward with the rest. I don't think he is straight enough
:40:03. > :40:11.on it to screw across the baulk line for the baulk covers. Probably
:40:12. > :40:19.brown, I would suggest. This, under pressure, is missable. And he gets a
:40:20. > :40:35.huge kick, as well! As soon as he was up off that shot,
:40:36. > :40:49.Barry Hawkins was asking the referee to clean the cue ball.
:40:50. > :41:01.Not a straightforward positional shot to get on this remaining red.
:41:02. > :41:07.He got some action on that cue ball. Does this red past the brown? I
:41:08. > :41:09.don't think it does. There you go. I think it is end of break. And Judd
:41:10. > :41:33.will have another opportunity. 25 behind. That one red still on. 35
:41:34. > :41:41.available. This is going right down to the wire. What a brilliant
:41:42. > :41:49.contest. We are not far off two and a half hours in this match. Judd
:41:50. > :41:55.Trump, leading 3-1, Barry, storming back to 4-3. Trump forcing the
:41:56. > :42:03.decider. We have had a little bit of everything. I'm sure that Barry is
:42:04. > :42:07.not thinking of trying to cut this red back across to the right centre
:42:08. > :42:12.pocket. It is an easy snooker to leave. I think he's going to try to
:42:13. > :42:20.put the cue ball in behind the yellow, here. No. He's frightened
:42:21. > :42:27.that if he doesn't get the snooker behind the yellow you might be
:42:28. > :42:29.leaving the pot on for the red. You can really make a hash of this if
:42:30. > :42:44.you are not really decisive. He spent a minute and a half
:42:45. > :42:52.thinking about that shot. He's still not certain. Whether it was the
:42:53. > :43:04.right choice. But he has made it awkward for Judd. Miss will be happy
:43:05. > :43:12.with that but there could be a cross double shot the nothing on here for
:43:13. > :43:20.Barry, trying to double this into the left-hand corner. Not quite. Has
:43:21. > :43:33.he got a snooker? Hassey got in behind the brown? -- has he. He has.
:43:34. > :43:48.Can Judd swerve past the brown and Mr Cannon on the blue, to hit the
:43:49. > :43:57.red? -- miss the cannon. Is that in? Oh, my word! Water moment for Lady
:43:58. > :44:09.luck to give you a bit of assistance. Gusts from the crowd. He
:44:10. > :44:18.went white as a sheet when he saw that red going in, but does the blue
:44:19. > :44:21.pass the yellow? Fortunately for Barry, the blue will not pass the
:44:22. > :44:25.yellow soon unless Judd wants to take on a risky green he will have
:44:26. > :44:30.two roll up to the blue and get the snooker, and play another type of
:44:31. > :44:40.snooker. He is left-handed so rolling up to the blue should be
:44:41. > :44:50.easy. 24 points behind, as you see, there, but still, 27 remain, and
:44:51. > :44:57.given the position of these colours even though there is a great deal of
:44:58. > :45:03.pressure on both these players now. This is what makes snooker so great
:45:04. > :45:07.to watch. My palms are getting sweaty just sitting in the
:45:08. > :45:12.commentary box! Such a big investment of effort here from both
:45:13. > :45:26.players. APPLAUSE
:45:27. > :45:32.A dream result for Barry. That is all you want when you are escaping
:45:33. > :45:38.from a snooker. He has got to hit this yellow absolutely perfectly
:45:39. > :45:45.here. He got the double-kiss, and I think he has left the yellow aunt.
:45:46. > :45:49.But it's not as easy as it looks. I fancy Barry to get it. It's a lot
:45:50. > :46:01.harder than it looks on your screens.
:46:02. > :46:15.How did it stay out? How did the yellow stay out?! No one in the
:46:16. > :46:20.arena can believe it! Water stay of execution there, for Judd Trump. I
:46:21. > :46:27.will tell you how he missed that yellow, he played a stunned the shot
:46:28. > :46:39.and some of the spin forced the yellow slightly thin and the pace
:46:40. > :46:48.kept it out. Wow! They have really taken this all the way to the wire.
:46:49. > :47:06.Judd Trump needs everything here. What a way for this match to edge
:47:07. > :47:12.towards the climax. Two of the very best in the world. And it has come
:47:13. > :47:21.down to the black. This, for a place in the semifinals for Judd Trump.
:47:22. > :47:27.And it's there. So much drama, so many opportunities for both men. A
:47:28. > :47:31.really great contest. One or two, standing to applaud. The winning run
:47:32. > :47:38.comes to learning for Barry Hawkins and, by the skin of his steed, Judd
:47:39. > :47:44.Trump is into the open semifinals. -- skin of his teeth. Before the
:47:45. > :47:48.interval I was OK, after it I did not feel that good and he started to
:47:49. > :47:52.play quite well. And then I missed my chances in the last round to go
:47:53. > :47:57.with the rest and I was thinking that it, then he has missed, then I
:47:58. > :48:01.missed an easy ball when I got in again and I was thinking it was all
:48:02. > :48:06.over then some crazy things happened and he has ended up leaving me
:48:07. > :48:11.perfect on the yellow. Just a lot of luck involved, really. The past few
:48:12. > :48:14.tournaments I have played well and not padded and this one I have not
:48:15. > :48:19.played as well and got a bit of luck, so that has been nice. His
:48:20. > :48:26.semifinal opponent is a man that you would have tipped, world number 77
:48:27. > :48:33.Scott Donaldson, who thrashed Chinese youngster Zhou Yuelong 5-0.
:48:34. > :48:38.My safety was good all day. I didn't give him many chances. I don't know,
:48:39. > :48:46.I just won the game, I'm happy to win. Confirmation, then, of the
:48:47. > :48:50.semifinal line-up for 2017. World number for Judd Trump against Scott
:48:51. > :48:53.Donaldson in his first ever ranking event semifinal and world number two
:48:54. > :48:59.Stuart Bingham against Robert Milkins who has made the Welsh Open
:49:00. > :49:03.semifinals for the first time. They are getting ready for semifinals day
:49:04. > :49:09.here at the motor point Arena. All eyes are on the one table now. We
:49:10. > :49:12.started the week with a body outside tables have gone and the atmosphere
:49:13. > :49:18.will be pretty special when play resumes in just over 12 hours' time.
:49:19. > :49:23.Why not spend your Saturday with us? We are underway from 1p in tomorrow
:49:24. > :49:28.when he will bring you the game between Trump and Donaldson. Who can
:49:29. > :49:30.book their spot in Sunday's will open final? Thanks for watching.
:49:31. > :49:38.From all of us, very good night. I've searched the world to find
:49:39. > :50:22.these extraordinary people. I woke up and I could suddenly
:50:23. > :50:30.just play the piano. The human body is unique
:50:31. > :50:36.within nature. And the most extraordinary people
:50:37. > :50:40.on the planet