Day Two - Part 1

:01:00. > :01:07.... Bit stupid really, a long way away, but he's one of the players

:01:08. > :01:12.that looks for it from the start. This will tell us whether he's

:01:13. > :01:18.thinking of the 147. There's your answer.

:01:19. > :01:20.He's looking at me in the commentary box there, thinking, should I go for

:01:21. > :01:34.the max or not? ! He's played it. How's the cue ball?

:01:35. > :01:35.It's not too bad. Well played. Couldn't believe he's asking how

:01:36. > :01:53.much it is for the max. I can tell Ronnie that it's ?10,000

:01:54. > :01:56.plus ?2,000 highest break. He's just had a look in the

:01:57. > :02:01.commentary box. I've put ten fingers up to say it's ?10,000. Sometimes he

:02:02. > :02:05.doesn't try hard enough if it's not enough. I think he might try this

:02:06. > :02:07.time. Didn't look too impressed when you said it was only ?10,000 as

:02:08. > :02:24.well. Such a genius, he really is. He's not even going for it now. He

:02:25. > :02:29.felt it's not enough money. Amazing. I thought it was absolutely

:02:30. > :02:33.disgraceful. People play good money to watch sportsmen give it their

:02:34. > :02:37.best at all times. Ronnie O'Sullivan didn't give it his best in not

:02:38. > :02:43.making a 147. There must have been lots of people in the crowd that had

:02:44. > :02:47.never seen a 147 and he had every opportunity to make the 147 for them

:02:48. > :02:49.and he should have given them, he should have given them their money

:02:50. > :02:58.back. He's just looked at the commentary

:02:59. > :03:06.box and smiled. Bless him, you have to love him, I have to be honest.

:03:07. > :03:09.Could have given me that ?10,000. Could have done something decent

:03:10. > :03:14.with it, you know, charity or something, you know.

:03:15. > :03:24.?10,000 is a lot of money. Most players, I'm sure, 99.9% would be

:03:25. > :03:29.trying for a maximum there, but he's probably done too many. He's just

:03:30. > :03:35.giving somebody else a chance. I don't think it's disrespectful. It's

:03:36. > :03:38.genius. He doesn't have to go for it, he is not compelled. He was

:03:39. > :03:42.trying to make a point I think. I myself would go for it, of course I

:03:43. > :03:51.would, ?10,000 to anybody is quite a lot of money.

:03:52. > :04:03.He's pleased with it and sometimes it's nice to have a 146 instead of a

:04:04. > :04:07.147. Probably a bit mischievous, but I can't help it, I get a little

:04:08. > :04:12.buzz. It's like when you watch a film, it's a sequel, you've had the

:04:13. > :04:17.first, is it a better ending at the next one?

:04:18. > :04:21.Always a sequel with Ronnie. He's box office whatever you think of

:04:22. > :04:25.this. A very good afternoon to Willie Thorn, you were commentating

:04:26. > :04:29.on this one yesterday, we heard you telling Ronnie there was only

:04:30. > :04:32.?10,000 in it for that 147 and we all had a chuckle at the time but in

:04:33. > :04:38.the cold light of day this morning did your tone change, did you think,

:04:39. > :04:42.he might have been out of order? I got involved in the emotion when the

:04:43. > :04:46.game was going on. I've made a few notes here, a lot of the players

:04:47. > :04:54.have made 147s but not on the TV, Judd Trump never on TV, Hawkins,

:04:55. > :05:00.Alan, perry, Gold, Ebdon, Docherty, Davis only made one on TV back in 8

:05:01. > :05:04.#2rks John Parrot never, Alex Higgins. That's how difficulties.

:05:05. > :05:07.I'm sitting on the fence because from the players' point of view and

:05:08. > :05:12.the public. Obviously the public will feel cheated, one joining man

:05:13. > :05:18.had a ?4 bet at 25-1 that he'd make a 147 in that match so he's been

:05:19. > :05:22.cheated. Until he got to 64, he wasn't aware of what the prize money

:05:23. > :05:27.was and played a couple of shots there that are just exhibition shots

:05:28. > :05:31.and he just loves making the 147. He feels a 147 sometimes means more to

:05:32. > :05:34.him than a tournament win. It was a difficult one, taking apart the

:05:35. > :05:37.argument, the spirit of whether he should have been saying how much,

:05:38. > :05:40.how much, ?10,000 is not enough, but it was a difficult pot though wasn't

:05:41. > :05:45.it, let's be honest? Difficult to get on that black? Well, the 14th

:05:46. > :05:48.red, he would have left himself a quarter or half ball black, he could

:05:49. > :05:53.haven't got close to the black so the black would have been missable.

:05:54. > :05:58.Ronnie used the word mischievous and that's what he is and he wanted to

:05:59. > :06:04.make a point. Plenty of people having their say on this today.

:06:05. > :06:09.Earlier on, the chairman of world snooker, Barry Herarne spoke on BBC

:06:10. > :06:12.Five Live. They say there's a thin borderline between genius and

:06:13. > :06:17.madness and Ronnie seems to have lived that life. What did I think of

:06:18. > :06:23.it, I thought it was thoroughly entertaining as usual with Ronnie. I

:06:24. > :06:27.think it was a shame because, 147 is a wonderful achievement but let's

:06:28. > :06:32.not get carried away, there is quite a lot of them these days. World

:06:33. > :06:35.snooker have a ?5,000 every ewent roll-up if you like, so that if it

:06:36. > :06:39.does take a long time to make one, there's a significant amount of

:06:40. > :06:44.money, but these days, with the standard of play, it doesn't take

:06:45. > :06:47.very long. Neil Robertson won ?40,000 in the UK Championships

:06:48. > :06:53.because that was the role-up 147 prize, if you like. There hassenn't

:06:54. > :07:01.been one for one event and this is the second, so the prize is ?10,000.

:07:02. > :07:04.-- hasn't been won. We used to pay a prize for darts. Currently on the

:07:05. > :07:07.European Tour there is no prize money at all for a nine-darter

:07:08. > :07:12.because there are so many of them. So it's a statement of the prize

:07:13. > :07:15.fund that it's out of our hands, the players are just very good, but I

:07:16. > :07:19.think the bigger issue is the paying public and the millions watching on

:07:20. > :07:22.TV, some of them perhaps have never seen a 147 and if you are a

:07:23. > :07:27.youngster going to your first tournament it's a thrill that it's

:07:28. > :07:31.very special within the sport. He also said that there is no such

:07:32. > :07:35.thing as bad publicity. What do you think of what Barry had to say? I

:07:36. > :07:39.agree. The fact that obviously he doesn't realise quite how hard it is

:07:40. > :07:43.to make it. Of the 50 or so that have been made on TV, about 25 have

:07:44. > :07:48.been made by the same three players and a lot of players have never had

:07:49. > :07:52.one in tournament play. A lot have never had one in practise. It's easy

:07:53. > :07:55.to get that, but it's not as easy as Barry is trying to make out it is.

:07:56. > :08:01.He's got form on this as well Ronnie. Six years back, this was

:08:02. > :08:06.2010 and the world Open in Glasgow where he has a chance here to get a

:08:07. > :08:12.147 maximum. So he takes the pink. He's not going to go for the black

:08:13. > :08:17.until the referee says pot it. He says, you are perfect on the black,

:08:18. > :08:21.the audience have never seen it so pot it. He was making a stand.

:08:22. > :08:25.Because there was no money for a 147, ?4,000 for the highst break in

:08:26. > :08:30.that tournament. But do you subscribe to that theory that all

:08:31. > :08:35.publicity is good or has this damaged the sport to an extent?

:08:36. > :08:39.I don't think so, geniuses have flaws and we can look at the

:08:40. > :08:45.McEnroes, the George Bests or the Bothams or whatever. They do

:08:46. > :08:49.something sill write. Ronnie made a stand, has it backfired, remains to

:08:50. > :08:53.be seen -- they do something silly. He'll probably do a 147 in the next

:08:54. > :08:57.game to make us happy. Interesting chat with Ronnie later if he wins

:08:58. > :09:01.his second round match. Before the rocket returns, quietly going about

:09:02. > :09:22.his business, is the man they call the ace in the pack, Judd Trump.

:09:23. > :09:42.# Feel my heartbeating # You make me feel

:09:43. > :09:47.# Like I'm alive again... # This is the man he's up against,

:09:48. > :09:52.Rory McLeod in round two, the 44-year-old who turned professional

:09:53. > :09:57.in 1991, 58th in the world at the moment, he's recorded 70 clear

:09:58. > :10:01.centuries and did make a 147 break in 2010 in Prague, though I can't

:10:02. > :10:05.confirm whether that was on TV or not!

:10:06. > :10:07.Certainly was. And Judd Trump hasn't made one on TV so maybe today they

:10:08. > :10:13.will! OK. We'll find out whether Judd

:10:14. > :10:18.Trump can possibly take a step closer to his first world ranking

:10:19. > :10:22.title in a couple of years. Here they come out on to the table. How

:10:23. > :10:28.do you feel that Judd is looking right now, Willie? In fairness, he's

:10:29. > :10:32.kind of waiting to happen isn't he, we all expect him to do great

:10:33. > :10:36.things, he's won tournaments, what I like about him, is he tries to

:10:37. > :10:40.please the crowd, no way he would have refused a 147 because he loves

:10:41. > :10:45.them. Judd will be too strong for Rory this afternoon I think.

:10:46. > :10:49.Judd trump v Rory McLeod in round two of the 2016 Wales Open. Let's

:10:50. > :10:55.join the commentary team, Darren Morgan and Dominic Dale.

:10:56. > :11:01.Welcome all to this very intriguing encounter between, you would have to

:11:02. > :11:05.say, probably the second most exciting player at the moment in the

:11:06. > :11:09.game Judd Trump. I think the only one you would maybe put in front of

:11:10. > :11:14.him would be Ronnie O'Sullivan which obviously there's a lot of debate

:11:15. > :11:19.going on about what he did yesterday with his 146, playing someone that

:11:20. > :11:28.seems to be come into his prime at the ripe old age of 44, Rory McLeod.

:11:29. > :11:35.Won his first ranking event this year very late, most people's career

:11:36. > :11:39.is earlier, but he seems to be playing his best snooker. I don't

:11:40. > :11:42.think Judd Trump will have it all his on way this afternoon but it's

:11:43. > :11:50.imperative Rory gets off to a good start. Which way are you going with

:11:51. > :11:55.this, Dominic? It's only a short sprint, best of seven.

:11:56. > :12:02.I think from Rory's point of view, he'd be happy to share the first two

:12:03. > :12:06.frames and get a foothold into the match. If Judd Trump starts well,

:12:07. > :12:09.he's one of those players who can win three or four frames very

:12:10. > :12:15.quickly. He'll be looking to do that.

:12:16. > :12:22.He will be well aware of Rory's ability as a snooker player. Rory's

:12:23. > :12:25.beaten Judd twice in the seven meetings.

:12:26. > :12:40.So Rory will know that Judd is far from invincible.

:12:41. > :12:50.I concur. By Judd's standards, it's been a quiet season for him. He has

:12:51. > :12:54.reached a couple of finals, but last season I think he reached half a

:12:55. > :13:04.dozen or so. He looked like he was in much better form.

:13:05. > :13:48.When he's in full flow, very exciting to watch.

:13:49. > :13:56.Good shot from Judd. Tried to get in behind the brown, very nearly did.

:13:57. > :13:59.He's tried to assemblitering in what his aggressive shot selection and

:14:00. > :14:04.become more of an all-round player. But he does give you chances, Judd.

:14:05. > :14:07.Probably gives players more opportunities than he'd like to

:14:08. > :14:11.himself, but every now and again, he will come up against somebody who

:14:12. > :14:14.takes those opportunities and he does lose, but, as you say, a very

:14:15. > :14:18.exciting player to watch. Certainly one of my favourites to watch, sad

:14:19. > :14:22.Ronnie and other players as well, but you never know what you are

:14:23. > :14:35.going to get with Judd. That's what makes him exciting.

:14:36. > :14:42.Must have thought he potted that one. He done everything for it to

:14:43. > :15:28.find its way into the pocket. Not the best he's played. Could have

:15:29. > :15:32.done another three or four inches there.

:15:33. > :15:35.He's looking, this is going to be tight, whether he can get through

:15:36. > :15:40.the potting angle. It's going to be very, very close.

:15:41. > :15:56.Indeed. Especially given the margin of error he had to play with there.

:15:57. > :16:05.He could have been six or eight inches further up the table and

:16:06. > :16:09.would have been nicely on the black. Just having to look to see if he can

:16:10. > :16:13.bend the cue ball and straighten the red up a bit and make the potting

:16:14. > :16:18.angle. Look at that angle, it doesn't look on. The problem here

:16:19. > :16:21.for Rory is, when he plays a safety shot, there is a red in balk

:16:22. > :16:25.virtually and that will cause him problems. If he can just leave the

:16:26. > :16:32.cue ball in the yellow pocket jaws, he'll be OK here. Good shot but of

:16:33. > :16:36.course he'll be desperately disappointed not to have made a good

:16:37. > :17:55.break from there and even maybe won the frame from that sort of chance.

:17:56. > :18:00.Well controlled shot. His main priority was to get up to the cue

:18:01. > :18:13.ball. Left the pink. A couple of shots he can play, the

:18:14. > :18:15.two below the pink to the left corner. Again, it's all about the

:18:16. > :18:23.cue ball. Too good now. The green is on to the

:18:24. > :20:13.centre but it's a very thin snick. Just shows how Judd Trump has

:20:14. > :20:18.changed. Showed restraint there, he'd have been dieing to go for one

:20:19. > :20:23.of these reds and a couple of years ago he wouldn't have hesitated,

:20:24. > :20:29.would have been straight down, bang. To win at this level now, can't pot

:20:30. > :20:30.all the balls on the table. No matter how well you play, you have

:20:31. > :21:02.got to have a second game. Caught that too thinly, Rory, can't

:21:03. > :21:06.help but think that must have drifted a little bit, the player

:21:07. > :21:11.wants to hit a shot four ball, he's going to hit it four ball and he's

:21:12. > :21:17.led Judd into the centre which he's potted very well. Choice of green or

:21:18. > :21:31.brown here, probably the green. Brown's a bit thin.

:21:32. > :21:38.Knowing Judd as I do, he would have purposely played to cannon the blue

:21:39. > :21:48.out there. This is the sort of position Judd's so very dangerous

:21:49. > :21:52.in. His mentality is to win the frame from this and he'll be harsh

:21:53. > :22:56.if he doesn't. There are a few reds in awkward positions.

:22:57. > :23:08.He'll be very disappointed with that last one. Got into the cue ball a

:23:09. > :23:36.little too much. Speaking about a foot, there we are

:23:37. > :23:40.with a perfect example of the strangest pair of shoes you've ever

:23:41. > :23:42.seen! I don't think I'd want to be kicked

:23:43. > :23:45.with them. I don't think they'd be any good for

:23:46. > :24:12.playing football in, would they? Does like the old shoes, doesn't he,

:24:13. > :24:18.remember he was playing last year similar to shoes like that, they

:24:19. > :24:23.were flatter but more diamond-crystal looking. I don't

:24:24. > :24:29.even know what we'd call them, but he does like the old footwear to say

:24:30. > :24:34.the least. It's the way he expresses himself out at the table. Everybody

:24:35. > :25:21.to their own. Rory's in a spot of bother there.

:25:22. > :25:33.Had to play the spot carefully. This for Judd is a good opportunity.

:25:34. > :26:50.Hasn't found his range or timing. He's gotten away with one there.

:26:51. > :26:58.A little disappointed with that. Into the middle his previous shot.

:26:59. > :28:19.Just didn't cue that smooth at all. Great opening red from Judd that's

:28:20. > :28:23.afforded him this opportunity and that little cannon on the black's

:28:24. > :28:33.served him well as well. He can get through to the red, I believe. Very

:28:34. > :28:35.tight. Thought he was in prime position for a moment but obviously

:28:36. > :28:53.not. Useful lead in this frame.

:28:54. > :28:59.Particularly given the position of the reds.

:29:00. > :29:05.He was unfortunate there, he just caught the middle knuckle, otherwise

:29:06. > :29:12.he'd have been a lot closer to this red.

:29:13. > :29:15.What a terrific shot this was, especially after the previous red,

:29:16. > :29:27.he missed by a very long way. Didn't hold back with that one

:29:28. > :29:35.either. Used the cue ball to slow down. Still on the brown. Couple of

:29:36. > :29:44.reds out in the open. As Dominic said, he's building a nice little

:29:45. > :30:09.lead in this open frame. Very well played.

:30:10. > :30:13.Swapped hands to the right hand, showing Ronnie anything he can do,

:30:14. > :30:30.he can do as well. It is a good thing tapping your

:30:31. > :30:34.armoury, that you can swap hands. More players are doing it these days

:30:35. > :30:43.as well, instead of using the rest. You can't blame them. I couldn't put

:30:44. > :30:58.a ball with my other hand. I wasn't that good with the rest! That was

:30:59. > :31:02.very quick, awkward cueing. An unusual miss, but it was awkward

:31:03. > :31:13.cueing, just push the cue ball to the right. It made him hit the black

:31:14. > :31:15.bit thick. But you would have to say he has been a bit edgy, Judd Trump.

:31:16. > :31:42.He has had a couple of chances. What a pot that was from Rory,

:31:43. > :31:48.played other shot-to-nothing but it was very thin. One of the shots of

:31:49. > :31:53.the tournament so far, surely. You would expect a pot one out of ten of

:31:54. > :31:54.those. A helpful bomb of the middle pocket jaw has given him position on

:31:55. > :32:12.the pink. -- a helpful bump. The lead that Judd Trump has will be

:32:13. > :32:24.an advantage, it will be difficult for glory to make inroads to that.

:32:25. > :32:29.-- full Rory. Oh, you cannot miss that. Oh, Rory. That should have

:32:30. > :32:32.been rudimentary. Will it cost him the frame? Judd need read, colour,

:32:33. > :32:48.red, colour. Pushed the red into the cushion

:32:49. > :33:12.first. Always play those to the far jaw.

:33:13. > :33:27.The pink will leave of all re-leading a stupid.

:33:28. > :33:54.Again, that is the Mitchell Judd Trump for you, playing a good

:33:55. > :33:55.safety. -- the match Judd Trump. Shows he means business, he will not

:33:56. > :35:05.give any easy opportunities. A good long red. Definitely the end

:35:06. > :35:16.of the first frame now, even if Judd was to miss.

:35:17. > :35:22.Identity it has been the start that joke was looking for, he will be

:35:23. > :35:25.happy that he has got the first frame on the board but I don't think

:35:26. > :35:36.you will be too happy with the way he has cued it.

:35:37. > :35:44.Showing everybody it is all there, waiting to come out. That was an

:35:45. > :35:52.unbelievable strike of the brown, a real exhibitionist, Judd Trump. Very

:35:53. > :35:57.exciting to watch. The pink haven't gone in, tried a couple of

:35:58. > :36:00.exhibition shots to try to please the crowd here in Cardiff. Rory

:36:01. > :36:06.McLeod have had a lot to think about, had his chances, they didn't

:36:07. > :36:08.materialise, Judd Trump leads 1-4 you read.

:36:09. > :36:14.Great finish by Judd Trump there. Another start, though. He has got to

:36:15. > :36:17.be careful he does not get involved in the wake Rory plays, he is one of

:36:18. > :36:25.the slowest players, not the quickest, and Judd can get bogged

:36:26. > :36:30.down. Rory has beaten Judd on some of the six occasions they have met.

:36:31. > :36:36.A straightforward ring in the first round last night, 4-0 --

:36:37. > :36:40.straightforward win. Where is he right now? We spoke about this

:36:41. > :36:44.before the match, it has been a couple of years since he won the

:36:45. > :36:50.world ranking title, about time we saw something special? I'm a big

:36:51. > :36:55.Judd fan, it surprises me he is not dominating the game. The standard is

:36:56. > :37:01.so good, there is a nucleus of ten or 12 players capable of winning

:37:02. > :37:06.every tournament, and another set of players who could pinch anything. I

:37:07. > :37:09.have commentated on Judd so many times and I cannot quite pin what is

:37:10. > :37:13.wrong with him. He is one of the best part is, one of the best

:37:14. > :37:17.break-builders, safety play was not as good as it should have been but

:37:18. > :37:21.he has improved. I have to presume there is something in his

:37:22. > :37:26.temperament, he must get nervous, without showing in his face that he

:37:27. > :37:32.is nervous. He must miss easy shots under pressure. When that brain, he

:37:33. > :37:37.was getting a bit annoyed with himself -- that frame. Like Ronnie,

:37:38. > :37:41.he does not realise how difficult the game is, if he's not making a 70

:37:42. > :37:46.break every time he thinks he is not doing well. I think Ronnie and Judd

:37:47. > :37:51.have got to realise it is a tough game and now want then you have to

:37:52. > :37:56.struggle. Stuart Bingham yesterday struggled terribly. He was awful,

:37:57. > :38:00.and it happens, you get under pressure sometimes. Ronnie even

:38:01. > :38:04.creeping into this conversation! What about Rory McLeod, we have seen

:38:05. > :38:08.him practising a lot here in the last few days. If you are Rory

:38:09. > :38:13.McLeod and you have seen lower ranked players beat the likes of

:38:14. > :38:19.Maguire and Bingham, you have to think, that could be me? He has won

:38:20. > :38:22.a PTC event, he is capable of winning anything, and he used to

:38:23. > :38:25.practice with Peter Ebdon who told us that in practice he is

:38:26. > :38:30.unbelievable. When it comes to the match table, he tries to be too

:38:31. > :38:36.careful. Sometimes he tries not to lose, rather than to win. I'm a fan

:38:37. > :38:38.of Rory McLeod, not a fan of the pace he tries not to lose, rather

:38:39. > :38:43.than to win. I'm a fan of Rory McLeod, not a fan of the pacey

:38:44. > :38:48.plays, and he has gone for a comfort break here and it will be on his

:38:49. > :38:51.mind, I will slow Judd down. If you played Judd Trump or Ronnie

:38:52. > :38:55.O'Sullivan, you have got is there than down, that is what he is doing.

:38:56. > :39:00.A bit of psychology? Judd Trump wondering where he is, their years,

:39:01. > :39:05.back out, Rory McLeod, ready to try to take this back to 1-4. Judd Trump

:39:06. > :39:12.as the lead, let's see what happens in frame two.

:39:13. > :39:19.COMMENTATOR: Thank you, some interesting comments from Willie.

:39:20. > :39:24.These two are vastly contrasted in their styles of play, and there is

:39:25. > :39:31.no way that Judd Trump will want to be in failed into a tactical bout

:39:32. > :39:33.with Rory McLeod. He will want to spoil or blunt Judd Trump's potting

:39:34. > :40:15.ability, if he can. He is having a good look at the

:40:16. > :40:36.reds, see if he can find a safety. Normally you can drop the cue ball

:40:37. > :40:37.onto the back question but he will be leaving the reds to the right

:40:38. > :40:49.corner. Nearly pulled out a terrific pot.

:40:50. > :40:59.Add a similar shot in the first frame, did everything but go in.

:41:00. > :41:05.Found the gap, very well played shot. Unfortunately, he has left

:41:06. > :41:19.Judd the red to the right corner. I think he played to go into the

:41:20. > :41:21.pack. He has hit the red team meant to miss on the stops the cue ball

:41:22. > :41:45.dead, nicely on the black. I'm amazed to see Judd miss such an

:41:46. > :41:57.easy black, by his standards. He had one eye on the cannon to the red.

:41:58. > :42:03.This is easily Rory's best opportunity, though he had one

:42:04. > :42:06.similar to this in the first frame, didn't rebound the cue ball far

:42:07. > :42:50.enough off the top cushion for the position on the black.

:42:51. > :43:07.I think we might see him try to storm into the pink.

:43:08. > :43:20.He could try to find the gap, there is not much of a gap there.

:43:21. > :43:30.He will be happy with that. For a minute it looked like he would knock

:43:31. > :43:36.the red into the corner pocket. Played it with a lot more pace than

:43:37. > :43:39.I thought you would. If he had not got the double-kiss there with the

:43:40. > :43:51.reds, one would have found its way into that pocket. The balls are now

:43:52. > :43:53.placed perfectly. This is similar to what he would be setting up in

:43:54. > :44:17.practice. I'm really amazed to see he is not

:44:18. > :44:23.playing the red to the right-centre for easy position on the blue to the

:44:24. > :44:26.same pocket. I don't know why he is hell-bent on playing the one over

:44:27. > :44:29.the corner pocket. Maybe he wants to clear the black pocket, I can

:44:30. > :44:37.understand that, but he has to get on a corner from this and it go

:44:38. > :44:40.wrong. -- get on a colour. It has. Why did he want to play that red? I

:44:41. > :44:59.can't understand that. There are players that reads the

:45:00. > :45:03.game very quickly, and Judd is one of those, as is Ronnie O'Sullivan,

:45:04. > :45:07.Jimmy White, the natural players, they read the game quickly and see

:45:08. > :45:18.the shot. For me, Rory didn't see the way forward there. Plenty of

:45:19. > :45:20.time and opportunity to pop that red, and he could have got on the,

:45:21. > :46:07.very easily. -- got on the colour. Wasn't easy, the pink into the

:46:08. > :46:15.left-centre. Rory McLeod knows he had a fantastic chance in the first

:46:16. > :46:19.frame, it didn't take it. Had one great chance in the second brain,

:46:20. > :46:37.made 15, and he has been gifted another one.

:46:38. > :46:43.You can normally count on one hand in a match the amount of chances you

:46:44. > :46:50.would get off the likes of Judd Trump.

:46:51. > :47:45.At the moment, he is not to settle out there. -- not too settled.

:47:46. > :47:51.He must take the opportunity to level this match. The only way you

:47:52. > :47:52.can beat the top players is to keep them under pressure, make it

:47:53. > :48:08.difficult for them. We have not seen Judd Trump come out

:48:09. > :48:09.so poorly for a while, it is a great opportunity for Rory to put some

:48:10. > :49:25.pressure on him. That was a very well struck shot,

:49:26. > :49:33.back in position. The main thing if he is still going.

:49:34. > :49:43.Getting ever closer to the winning line in this second frame.

:49:44. > :49:49.Short match, really important to win a frame and get yourself on the

:49:50. > :50:38.board. He goes to 52 points, so just this

:50:39. > :51:03.green, red, colour, red to open his account in the match.

:51:04. > :51:25.Just the red and a colour will be enough for Rory.

:51:26. > :51:48.Rory will have eyes on making a century break now. Possibility of

:51:49. > :52:24.106 on. Break ends at 55, rather prematurely

:52:25. > :52:27.from Rory's point of view, but he has done more than enough, get his

:52:28. > :52:33.first frame on the board and level the match at one frame all.

:52:34. > :52:37.STUDIO: All square now, let's bring you up-to-date with some of the

:52:38. > :52:41.results from earlier today in Cardiff. Good news for Wales with

:52:42. > :52:47.Michael White, the Welshman, through to round three with a 4-3 win over

:52:48. > :52:52.Tom Ford. Shaun Murphy through, the world number four. Went out early

:52:53. > :53:00.last year but said through after a 4-3 win over Mitchell Mann. You do

:53:01. > :53:06.Luhansk beaten Ricky Walden. Liang Wenbo also through to round three,

:53:07. > :53:15.Ken Doherty three after a 4-3 win over David Gilbert. Dechawat

:53:16. > :53:27.Poomjaeng, 43rd in the world, beating Robert Milkins, a top 20

:53:28. > :53:32.race -- top 25 player will. We spoke earlier about Judd making a

:53:33. > :53:37.nervous start. He will be feeling jittery now, won't he? The problem

:53:38. > :53:42.is he played the most awful safety shot you have ever seen. This is the

:53:43. > :53:45.first mistake he made and I can't understand quite white Rory played

:53:46. > :53:52.this shot, as Dominic alluded to in commentary. Only Rory will know why

:53:53. > :53:59.he played this shot. But the key was, but it got to the safety shot,

:54:00. > :54:05.he played a dreadful safety shot which let Rory window frame. He

:54:06. > :54:13.letting them, it is 1-1, back to the commentary team -- he let him in.

:54:14. > :54:19.COMMENTATOR: Yes, I agree, it was a poor safety and it cost him the

:54:20. > :54:25.second frame. Rory McLeod will be feeling so much better, and nice

:54:26. > :54:27.effort of 55, lost possession a couple of times but soon we gained

:54:28. > :54:44.it. -- soon regained it. Players much prefer longer

:54:45. > :54:55.distances, gives them a bit more chance to settle down. The short

:54:56. > :55:00.formats, keeps it exciting and keeps everything on edge. Another very,

:55:01. > :55:07.very poor safety shot from Judd Trump. If he can get past the green,

:55:08. > :56:45.which I suspect he can, it is an easy starter again.

:56:46. > :58:08.He was dead straight down the line, Judd, way off the pot, which is

:58:09. > :58:16.quite unbelievable really. Looked like he was way off line with it. I

:58:17. > :58:21.see that a lot when I'm watching snooker on TV. I wonder whether it's

:58:22. > :58:26.the trick of the camera or actually, whether it's real truth where the

:58:27. > :58:30.player looks like they are missing something. Looks like it's going to

:58:31. > :58:35.hit that thin to the top cushion. You're absolutely right, I didn't

:58:36. > :58:40.spot that, Darren. So, in other words, it would appear that Judd

:58:41. > :58:47.sort of cues around the corner, as Steve Davis terms it. Cue backwards

:58:48. > :58:49.and forwards in a straight line, but more rather in a curved ark, comes

:58:50. > :59:51.through straight on impact. Got a couple of loose reds before

:59:52. > :00:03.he's got to look at the pack. It's all about this next shot now.

:00:04. > :00:05.Probably preferred to be low on the black to swing the cue ball into the

:00:06. > :00:33.cluster. Six or seven inches into that. The

:00:34. > :00:42.red has gone in. I think he's just OK on this.

:00:43. > :01:04.Little bit thinner. Hits it too hard.

:01:05. > :01:15.I don't think he thought he could get into that. Going to be a safety

:01:16. > :02:40.now. Right down the line of this, I think

:02:41. > :02:44.Rory can see the edge of this pack of reds. Just got to be careful he

:02:45. > :03:22.doesn't knock a Road on into the left corner.

:03:23. > :03:31.And Judd's left this right-to-left corner. Just off straight so he can

:03:32. > :03:57.choose to run through with pink or blue or he can just stop the white.

:03:58. > :04:03.Doesn't come much better than that. If anything, probably a little too

:04:04. > :04:18.good. Left himself slightly hampered.

:04:19. > :04:25.Really got hold of the cue ball to control it for the black. Just had a

:04:26. > :04:38.look to see if there are any plants, Rory did there.

:04:39. > :04:43.Probably one into the left centre. To the left of that little group of

:04:44. > :05:19.four. Absolute bonus for him. In potting

:05:20. > :06:28.this, he'll open the three reds. I don't quite know why he hit it as

:06:29. > :06:34.hard as he's done. As long as the black goes the left corner, he's OK.

:06:35. > :06:38.That was a close call. He blocked both pockets.

:06:39. > :06:52.But now, you would have to say it's an absolute gifting opportunity.

:06:53. > :06:57.He's got one awkward red on his back cushion and the yellow on the side

:06:58. > :07:08.cushion. Good effort by Rory McLeod.

:07:09. > :07:32.Takes his time on every shot. Does the same drill.

:07:33. > :08:08.Oh, dear. Didn't really get ideally on the red.

:08:09. > :08:12.Let's do well to hold it for one of the balk colours. Disappointed there

:08:13. > :08:33.not to have gone on to have won the frame from that opportunity.

:08:34. > :09:17.Tried to cut the red in there, Judd. He's left a similar cut back on his

:09:18. > :09:25.opponent here. Sure Roy will be taking this on. Ought to be playing

:09:26. > :09:27.for a choice of green or brown from this, I would imagine. He'll be

:09:28. > :10:08.lucky to pot it on for his opponent. What a great shot that was. Played

:10:09. > :10:18.that down the right hand side. Check the cue ball. Very clever.

:10:19. > :10:22.At the moment you would have to say it's Rory McLeod getting the upper

:10:23. > :10:37.hand in this safety bout. Just not with it at the moment Judd

:10:38. > :10:44.Trump. Played that as a pot to nothing, last couple of shots he's

:10:45. > :10:46.had, he's missed them bay long way. The balk colours on the way down.

:10:47. > :10:54.Safety putt. Massive frame now. In the context of this match,

:10:55. > :11:09.massive frame. Judd avoiding playing the two reds

:11:10. > :11:11.together because he knows the right hand one of those two would find its

:11:12. > :11:26.way very near the corner pocket. Tricky shots to execute, but it's

:11:27. > :11:31.played very well if that yellow stops. This is a shot Rory has to be

:11:32. > :12:45.very careful with. Very easy to knock a red on to the corner here.

:12:46. > :12:54.Would have gone but there wasn't much room there at all.

:12:55. > :13:12.It's amazing in this format. So many of them at it. Another good pot.

:13:13. > :13:19.He's landed very straight. Could have done with being half ball to

:13:20. > :13:23.disturb the reds. He's not going to be doing much there. Maybe just pop

:13:24. > :13:26.the black and take the seven. He has the option with the yellow on the

:13:27. > :13:31.pocket. He could try a fancy shot off the yellow to disturb the two

:13:32. > :13:32.reds, but... Very unlikely he's going to play

:13:33. > :13:39.that. He's going to take the seven and a

:13:40. > :14:06.good safety. Great chance here for Rory to swing

:14:07. > :14:10.the cue ball round. Difficult shot, you might think, but he'll be

:14:11. > :14:16.disappointed here if he can snooker Judd. Just depends where the red

:14:17. > :14:18.goes after he's played the shot. Controlled this really well. Surely

:14:19. > :16:08.that's a snooker. Left Rory an attempt at left corner.

:16:09. > :16:28.He's winning the safety battle at the minute.

:16:29. > :16:40.He always knew the yellow was the saving grace on the pocket and he's

:16:41. > :16:45.finished nicely on green. Turning into a very good performance from

:16:46. > :16:53.Rory McLeod. Commentator's curse there!

:16:54. > :17:04.Needed to miss the blue with the cue ball.

:17:05. > :17:15.This is certainly a different Judd Trump from last night. Commentating

:17:16. > :17:16.on my match earlier, he was on the table next door flying around the

:17:17. > :17:41.table and potting everything. Not quite the snooker that Rory was

:17:42. > :17:47.intending it to be. It's right what you say Darren about Judd, he only

:17:48. > :17:55.managed to break a 39 so far. Rory himself only managed a #45 40 and a

:17:56. > :18:00.55. Where's this red going? Is it going in? What a fluke that is.

:18:01. > :18:06.Would have been a good safety shot anyway.

:18:07. > :18:11.Don't mean to be disparaging in any way, but he's known for a good run

:18:12. > :18:14.of ball, probably because he plays such an attacking game and that

:18:15. > :18:18.could win him the frame if he's careful here.

:18:19. > :18:27.To be fair, he had a good cue ball, so if the yellow, the red I should

:18:28. > :18:31.say, hadn't gone in, looks like Rory would have been foul ball snookered

:18:32. > :18:37.anyway. Rory would have obviously preferred that option. This will

:18:38. > :18:40.hurt because McLeod's been in total control of this frame. He's

:18:41. > :18:56.outplayed Judd in all departments. We were on about turning points. In

:18:57. > :19:09.the context of this frame and match, this is massive.

:19:10. > :19:29.The only solace Rory McLeod's going to have I think. Getting on to it

:19:30. > :19:30.from a dead straight pink. I can't see him potting the black from

:19:31. > :19:37.there. Great effort. Cue power, Judd Trump. Probably a

:19:38. > :19:56.little disappointed. Got to be a good safety. Surely he

:19:57. > :20:05.can't be thinking about the double. Can't be thinking.

:20:06. > :20:27.That's the right shot and he's played it very, very well.

:20:28. > :20:37.That's about as good as he could have played that. Very good indeed.

:20:38. > :20:44.Most players like sticking the black in the white, obviously you just

:20:45. > :20:50.leave your opponent if you don't do it quite right.

:20:51. > :20:56.Going for the double on black. Hit the black hard enough that if it

:20:57. > :21:02.misses the pocket, it travels back up the table. Always a chance, all

:21:03. > :21:13.depends on how you feel, really. Straight up and down shot. That's

:21:14. > :21:14.the thing of the past now. Super fine cloth, cue ball always seems to

:21:15. > :21:34.swing in and you double kiss. And it hasn't paid off and he's left

:21:35. > :21:40.this black over the middle so you would have to say it's going to be a

:21:41. > :21:48.very disappointed Rory McLeod, Judd Trump's had a bit of a run and he

:21:49. > :21:50.will go 2-1 behind. As it happens, he's taken his chances, trump now

:21:51. > :23:04.leads 2-1. Judd Trump is sat there. He doesn't

:23:05. > :23:09.look too happy does he, looks bewildered. He'll be thinking,

:23:10. > :23:23.what's gone wrong in the first three frames even though he's 2-1 up.

:23:24. > :23:38.He had a bit of good fortune after that frame. 2-1 ahead.

:23:39. > :24:08.Struggled in this match. In this studio earlier, can't always play at

:24:09. > :24:15.your best. Might just become very scrap pill

:24:16. > :24:34.and sometimes you have to win when you're not at your best.

:24:35. > :24:37.Of all the disappointment, Rory McLeod will be thinking about this

:24:38. > :24:42.pot in. Judd will take it. Wasn't an easy

:24:43. > :25:09.pot. Can't play well all the time. The

:25:10. > :25:13.most successful players in the game are the ones that have learnt to win

:25:14. > :25:20.when they are not at their very best.

:25:21. > :25:25.When they are all good and playing at their best, they can all win.

:25:26. > :25:31.It's when they're bad and who's got the best bad. That makes the big

:25:32. > :27:11.difference. Potted the blue. Just a frustration

:27:12. > :27:17.shot in going for that red. That was the thinnest, the thinnest of cuts.

:27:18. > :27:25.You do well to play that and pot that in practise, never mind in an

:27:26. > :27:27.event live on the TV. That's what makes him so exciting. That's why we

:27:28. > :27:35.love him. We'll see Rory pot this red. He

:27:36. > :27:45.looks like he's dead straight. Obviously to get back up for either

:27:46. > :28:34.the blue or a balk colour. Hasn't come out too badly this for

:28:35. > :28:36.Rory. He is suffering a bit of confidence. Not as straightforward

:28:37. > :29:47.as they sometimes are. Creating chances for himself, Rory,

:29:48. > :29:54.just doesn't seem to be able to get in perfect control.

:29:55. > :30:02.Played it well. Lot of movement there in the top half of his body.

:30:03. > :30:12.Bit of a snatch there. Forcing the cue ball. Just watch and see the

:30:13. > :30:15.movement there. Trying to help it into the pocket.

:30:16. > :32:39.The main thing is, it's gone in, still nicely in position.

:32:40. > :32:46.This is also shaping up to be another friend that Rory McLeod

:32:47. > :32:50.would be disappointed to lose, and lead of 13 points, still two more

:32:51. > :33:00.loose threads he can play on. He will need one or both of those two

:33:01. > :33:03.remaining difficult reds. Depends what colours he takes as to whether

:33:04. > :33:19.he gets the opportunity of putting them. -- potting them.

:33:20. > :33:28.Sometimes when you play a shot with your cue, it can rip off your logo!

:33:29. > :33:34.They don't add here as well as some of the players would like. That was

:33:35. > :33:39.a good effort from Rory, tried to Cannes and read off the question

:33:40. > :34:38.while he had the opportunity. -- tried to cannon the red.

:34:39. > :34:49.It was difficult cueing but he will be relieved that the red did not

:34:50. > :34:57.rebound off the cushion. The good thing from Judd point of view is

:34:58. > :35:50.that he could develop one of the reds.

:35:51. > :35:57.Again, made a mistake with his 60. Fortunate that he hasn't left this

:35:58. > :36:03.any easier than it is the back row one -- made a mistake with his

:36:04. > :36:26.safety. He has played by far the better

:36:27. > :36:32.snooker out of the two players, even though he is currently one frame

:36:33. > :36:49.behind. Should have definitely won the last frame.

:36:50. > :36:55.Like Willie said during his interview in the studio, sometimes

:36:56. > :37:03.Rory find problems that are not there and tries to make sure of

:37:04. > :37:12.everything. You can be a bit too careful sometimes.

:37:13. > :37:23.He is a very capable player, having the best year of his career.

:37:24. > :37:32.He put all of his eggs in Mombasa get there. Won't be enough Judd

:37:33. > :37:37.Trump to pinch this frame -- put all of his eggs in one basket. If he

:37:38. > :37:43.does go on to pinch the frame, it would be a massive body blow for

:37:44. > :37:49.Rory McLeod. Like all great players, when they need to step up to the

:37:50. > :37:50.mark and not in something a bit special, they normally find

:37:51. > :38:07.something from somewhere. The reds are not in a great

:38:08. > :38:09.position, the yellows and -- the yellow and green not in a great

:38:10. > :38:29.position, but he has a chance. This is a very acute angle for the

:38:30. > :38:32.red in the right to centre. I think it may be on but he would

:38:33. > :38:33.automatically be the wrong side of the blue, which could cause

:38:34. > :38:46.problems. Didn't go in. I still thought, in

:38:47. > :38:51.spite of clipping the mere jaw, it would fall in. That is a reprieve

:38:52. > :38:57.for Rory, who finds himself coming to the table 21 points ahead. Just a

:38:58. > :39:11.red and high value colour to leave his opponent needing a snooker.

:39:12. > :39:26.Just catches the mere jaw, I still thought it was going in.

:39:27. > :39:36.Barring a snooker from Judd Trump, that will be two frames all.

:39:37. > :39:42.Rory will need to be careful, Judd would only need one snooker. The

:39:43. > :40:24.colours are favourably placed for Judd.

:40:25. > :40:27.I get quite know what Rory played there but he has put itself in

:40:28. > :40:47.trouble. -- I don't quite know. Rory is in a little bit of trouble

:40:48. > :40:52.here, I don't know if he can get high enough on the side cushion to

:40:53. > :41:01.get directly to the yellow. He might have to pay this off two questions.

:41:02. > :41:24.Most players would prefer to play this off two questions. -- cushions.

:41:25. > :41:33.He has slipped past. I don't like the one cushion escape. I think he

:41:34. > :41:51.is in trouble. REFEREE: Frame ball.

:41:52. > :41:57.It was a free ball, he has tried to play a harder snooker than Rory was

:41:58. > :42:08.in and I think you have achieved that. -- I think he has achieved

:42:09. > :42:12.that. Judd was lucky to obtain the snooker previously, tried to stun in

:42:13. > :42:15.behind the blue, overheated by 45 inches but the yellow landed right

:42:16. > :42:22.in front of the brown, where it is now -- overhit it by four or five

:42:23. > :42:29.in front of the brown, where it is inches. Rory ought not to have left

:42:30. > :42:33.a free ball. It is not going to be easy to hit this yellow, he will

:42:34. > :42:39.have to play off probably two cautions. He has to play with side

:42:40. > :42:51.spin and Mr Cannon on the black. He is lucky. It is not on, that is

:42:52. > :43:49.what Rory was concerned about. He went further yellow, which would

:43:50. > :43:53.have been a frame-winner, and he missed it by a long way. He has been

:43:54. > :44:39.a bit fortunate but Rory McLeod will be happy.

:44:40. > :44:53.The smallest of gaps. I think he has you could Rory. That is absolutely

:44:54. > :45:00.incredible. -- I think he has snookered Rory. If the green was a

:45:01. > :45:08.quarter of an inch to the left, Rory could pop the yellow. I think he has

:45:09. > :45:12.just snookered it. Cannot see him getting the yellow from there, and

:45:13. > :45:21.if he can it will be the thinnest of edges.

:45:22. > :45:26.Played it well, now he needs to be lucky. You cannot begrudge him a bit

:45:27. > :45:55.of run. As the frame has gone on I have

:45:56. > :45:57.wondered whether Rory McLeod is fated to lose this as he did in the

:45:58. > :47:02.last. He did get through. What bravery to

:47:03. > :47:04.play such a speed. If that cue ball had drifted just a fraction it would

:47:05. > :47:13.have left the yellow over the pocket.

:47:14. > :47:21.Surely Rory will not lose this frame like you did the last? Again, the

:47:22. > :47:31.black ball is a problem for Judd like it was in the previous frame.

:47:32. > :47:41.Exciting stuff! I think Judd has landed in the only place he did not

:47:42. > :48:36.want to be. He has done it off one! Oh, how good

:48:37. > :48:37.was that?! That would have been the shot of the championship, the shot

:48:38. > :48:52.of the year! That is why we all love watching

:48:53. > :48:54.Judd Trump, he play shots you would not consider risking. What a

:48:55. > :49:18.wonderful shot that was, so unlucky. How much pressure now on Rory McLeod

:49:19. > :49:52.in these safety exchanges? Played that well.

:49:53. > :49:55.You must not leave on a double in the middle pocket when you play this

:49:56. > :50:28.type of shot. I think this is an instance where

:50:29. > :50:43.you would attempt the double. Rory could not have played that much

:50:44. > :51:59.better, excellent effort. He has potted it, a great Sport Prom

:52:00. > :52:02.Judd. Rory McLeod made the biggest break, but it wasn't enough and Judd

:52:03. > :52:13.Trump pulls clear at 3-1. That is why we love snooker, because

:52:14. > :52:17.things can change in an instant. Rory McLeod is not smiling, he has

:52:18. > :52:21.thrown away the frame and possibly the match. He will be kicking

:52:22. > :52:25.himself, the frame previously which was a black ball game, he played the

:52:26. > :52:29.long 22 hard and it left Judd and easy part. He played that double

:52:30. > :52:34.perfectly but unfortunately left a fine coat on. Going back to the

:52:35. > :52:39.safety shot on the yellow, he played a cross double when he was 29 in

:52:40. > :52:44.front, Judd needed a snookered. He played it far too hard again, so he

:52:45. > :52:53.is trying to get over the line sometimes too quick. Rory McLeod

:52:54. > :52:59.should be leading 3-1 and he is 3-1 behind. You say he is trying to play

:53:00. > :53:04.certain shots too quickly but you made the point earlier, as did

:53:05. > :53:09.Darren in commentary, that he is to conservative? Once he gets a

:53:10. > :53:15.frame-winning opportunity he tries to just go for it, but early on in

:53:16. > :53:21.the frame he plays shot-to-nothings all the time, he is good in the

:53:22. > :53:25.balls but gets tangled up in safety and tries to make things look more

:53:26. > :53:28.difficult than it should be. Rory McLeod has been around a long time

:53:29. > :53:32.and is capable of beating any player in the world, but to beat people

:53:33. > :53:36.like Judd you have to compete in all departments. He has competed in the

:53:37. > :53:40.safety but not necessarily the break-building, albeit having the

:53:41. > :53:45.highest break in that frame. He is just not clinching the frame, he

:53:46. > :53:51.should be 3-1 in front but he is 3-1 behind. Earlier we saw Rory McLeod

:53:52. > :53:56.going out for a long comfort break, now it is Judd Trump's turned to do

:53:57. > :54:01.it. I think a lot of players do that when it is one friend to go. You go

:54:02. > :54:06.into the toilet and look at yourself in the mirror and say, just one more

:54:07. > :54:10.frame. Self belief, that is what it is about. We'll Judd Trump see this

:54:11. > :54:14.one out or has MacLeod still got it within him to get himself back in?

:54:15. > :54:28.Trump leads 3-1. COMMENTATOR: Judd Trump breaking

:54:29. > :54:37.off, hoping this will be the final frame that he will have to play.

:54:38. > :54:41.Rory McLeod knows, three frames left, if he wants to continue in

:54:42. > :54:49.this year's Welsh Open, he will have to win all three. I agree, Willie,

:54:50. > :54:56.he should be 3-1 up, he is 3-1 behind. He has been ever so lucky.

:54:57. > :54:58.But he has just knocked in a great long red so he is not going to give

:54:59. > :55:17.up just yet. I wouldn't necessarily say he has

:55:18. > :55:23.been outplayed in the last two frames he had lost, just had a bit

:55:24. > :55:25.of a run go against him. Trump flipped the ball in the previous

:55:26. > :55:47.frame that cost him -- fluked. But Rory has had his chances. If he

:55:48. > :55:54.was to lose this match, I think he will go away and ponder on a couple

:55:55. > :55:55.of loose shots that he played that he maybe should have elected to play

:55:56. > :56:32.different ones. Good pot from Rory but, as we said

:56:33. > :56:36.in the studio, he does tend to hit the ball much harder than other

:56:37. > :56:44.players. You really have to be cueing well to not miss pots because

:56:45. > :56:50.of that. Judd is 3-1 ahead with the highest breaks of 35 and 39, his

:56:51. > :57:01.opponent has made a 40, 51, and 50 five. -- 55. From Rory's point of

:57:02. > :57:05.view, he should be holding the 3-1 advantage. I wonder how losing those

:57:06. > :57:08.last two frames in the manner he has will affect in? He has certainly

:57:09. > :57:14.come out in a positive manner in this frame. Easily done when you

:57:15. > :57:39.feel you are out of the match, nothing to lose.

:57:40. > :57:48.Just overrun by a couple of inches for the blue.

:57:49. > :59:05.But plenty of loose threads before things get difficult. -- loose reds.

:59:06. > :59:18.REFEREE: Touching ball. That wasn't a great positional shot from Rory,

:59:19. > :59:29.he will be disappointed with that, awkward giving. Over the reds,

:59:30. > :59:31.striking down on the cue ball. Good job the pot was easy otherwise that

:59:32. > :59:38.would have been a real miscalculation.

:59:39. > :00:12.Just having a look to see if the pink will spot on its own spot.

:00:13. > :00:24.A nice angle here to push through the pack of reds. He hasn't really

:00:25. > :00:28.given it enough on that shot. He needed to play that with a lot more

:00:29. > :00:36.top, he played it like a done run-through, really. I think that'll

:00:37. > :00:40.be the end of break. Again, putting yourself in a good position in this

:00:41. > :01:51.frame but still nowhere near safe. -- put himself.

:01:52. > :01:59.Bad miss from Rory just at the wrong time for him. Just the sort of

:02:00. > :02:11.chance he likes to close out a match with.

:02:12. > :02:16.Judd will be ordinarily expecting to win frame and match from here, but

:02:17. > :03:00.he hasn't made a break up of 0 in this match so far.

:03:01. > :03:07.A very well struck, well controlled shot that Judd played then at the

:03:08. > :03:10.bottom right hand side. He had a little bit of a kick on that last

:03:11. > :03:27.shot. As long as this red goes past the

:03:28. > :03:33.other one, he's still in business. If it doesn't... Things could come

:03:34. > :03:49.to an abrupt end. That's really tight.

:03:50. > :04:16.He has pots that are not easy, they are all in-between.

:04:17. > :04:31.He did play that with a little bit of ease.

:04:32. > :04:39.This is now becoming a frame-winning opportunity. This will be a very

:04:40. > :04:48.relieved Judd Trump if he does go on to win it with this effort. Rory

:04:49. > :04:54.McLeod's played very well. He just hasn't made enough of his chances

:04:55. > :05:00.when he's got in. He's had four breaks over 40, but he's managed to

:05:01. > :05:16.lose two of the frames and this could be his third.

:05:17. > :05:26.Just checking if he can finish this match with this effort. He has time

:05:27. > :05:32.to prepare before his next round. You do feel if he wants to win this

:05:33. > :05:33.event, he's going to have to play a lot better than what he's done this

:05:34. > :05:51.afternoon. The main thing is to play your best

:05:52. > :06:02.snooker towards the end of the tournament.

:06:03. > :06:21.By far his biggest break. Just a couple of pots away now.

:06:22. > :06:33.This will be a very relieved Judd Trump. He'll be first to say this

:06:34. > :06:37.was a bit of struggle and Rory's led him off a little bit. Last three

:06:38. > :06:40.frames, to be fair, Judd Trump should have lost. Like all true

:06:41. > :06:44.champions, he's found a which to win. Rory McLeod is going to be very

:06:45. > :06:48.disappointed with the way this match has gone and he's played well but

:06:49. > :06:55.not good enough. Judd Trump will be over the moon, he moves to the next

:06:56. > :06:58.round with a comfortable 4-1 win. You get the sense that neither of

:06:59. > :07:02.those two players will be particularly happy after that. Of

:07:03. > :07:07.course, Trump pleased to be through to round three, but by no means a

:07:08. > :07:13.perfect match for him. Very disappointing for Rory McLeod. How

:07:14. > :07:16.do you sum that up? Is it the mark of a champion or a top player to go

:07:17. > :07:21.through when you are not playing near your best? You have to have a B

:07:22. > :07:25.game and Judd Trump is finding his, albeit Rory McLeod will be

:07:26. > :07:28.horrified, he should have won the last three frames soit should be a

:07:29. > :07:34.4-1 victory. This happens in top class sport. You can sometimes miss

:07:35. > :07:39.the odd one or two balls. I was disappointed with Rory's safety

:07:40. > :07:46.shots when it came to the colours, but overall, Rory was the best

:07:47. > :07:51.player and he lost 4-1, that is sport for you. In terms of Rory, you

:07:52. > :07:59.said he'll be disappointed tonight, what does he learn from that? The

:08:00. > :08:03.thing is, if he can get a tape of that game and study two or three of

:08:04. > :08:06.the shots he played, that match was there for him to win, he was about

:08:07. > :08:11.outplayed by Trump in any department. In the last frame, Judd

:08:12. > :08:17.made his highest break of the match so far but Rory competed early on.

:08:18. > :08:20.He was favoured to win both the frames and he was in with a lead and

:08:21. > :08:23.Judd did that amazing clearance to pinch it.

:08:24. > :08:27.And Trump goes through to round three and perhaps for him a little

:08:28. > :08:31.bit of a wake-up call? I think so. Now he's had his scare, he'll

:08:32. > :08:36.probably realise he didn't play at his best today but still won. That's

:08:37. > :08:40.the beauty of being a top class player, you have to win with your B

:08:41. > :08:45.game and Judd joins us now. Nice to see you. Well done.

:08:46. > :08:49.Congratulations, you are through to round three. A wake-up call for you,

:08:50. > :08:53.not at your best today but you are through? Yes, so many games in these

:08:54. > :08:58.tournaments now that you are not going to play well every game.

:08:59. > :09:03.Anyone in the tournament seems to have a bad game, anyone who seen

:09:04. > :09:06.Ronnie play bad yesterday in would have been frame and everyone is

:09:07. > :09:12.talking to him because he seems to have played amazing but Ronnie

:09:13. > :09:15.played and just scraped through. I've played brilliant a few times

:09:16. > :09:19.this year and the next game come unstuck. It's just about getting

:09:20. > :09:23.through when you are playing badly. Rumour has it you put a lot of work

:09:24. > :09:30.in, still practising as much as you do normally? Yes. I'm playing a lot

:09:31. > :09:33.more. My whole practise sequence is more dedicated to what I'm not good

:09:34. > :09:38.at and it's all about my concentration levels. What do you

:09:39. > :09:41.feel you are not good at and what do you feel you have to improve on?

:09:42. > :09:47.It's hard now because I think I'm good at everything and it's just

:09:48. > :09:51.inconsistency. Yesterday I played on table TV, which isn't the TV table

:09:52. > :09:56.and it's so easy playing on that table, and then whereas Ronnie's

:09:57. > :10:00.used to playing on table one every single time, when you're moving

:10:01. > :10:03.around, it's so hard to keep getting back straight to it on the TV

:10:04. > :10:10.because the light and everything is so different. So unless you have

:10:11. > :10:15.that consistency which only Ronnie has, it's much harder for the other

:10:16. > :10:21.players and I think it kind of shows when you get on to the TV table. A

:10:22. > :10:25.couple of years since you won a world ranking title, does the

:10:26. > :10:29.pressure build? No, no, not at all. I know my game is up there with

:10:30. > :10:35.anyone and it's just about consistency. I'm losing these games

:10:36. > :10:40.5-4, 4-3, and if that wasn't happening, I would be winning the

:10:41. > :10:44.title. I think it proved it against Martin Gold. You just need that

:10:45. > :10:48.little bit of luck and everyone gets it, Ronnie had it at the Masters,

:10:49. > :10:52.got luck twroi win six fave and goes on to storm the tournament. Are you

:10:53. > :10:56.a fan of the best of seven format or do you think the game should be best

:10:57. > :10:59.of 11s, things like that, which normally the better players will

:11:00. > :11:03.come through those? I think everyone's probably happier with the

:11:04. > :11:07.longer distance, but I looked at the winners of this event the other day

:11:08. > :11:10.and it seems to be a top class player every time so I don't really

:11:11. > :11:13.think it does make a difference. Obviously you would like a longer

:11:14. > :11:17.run but I think the best mayer does come through in any best of five,

:11:18. > :11:22.best of seven, they still seem to win it. You mentioned Ronnie, we

:11:23. > :11:26.have asked everyone else, what do you make of yesterday and him not

:11:27. > :11:30.going for the 147? From my point of view, he wasn't perfect at all in

:11:31. > :11:37.the second last red and rather than trying to force his way down, he

:11:38. > :11:41.just took the easier shot. He would have taken a good -- it would have

:11:42. > :11:47.take an good shot to get on the red so from where I was looking, I don't

:11:48. > :11:53.think it was as easy as he made out. The best he could have done would

:11:54. > :11:58.have been to leave one up? Yes, the white above the red which is a hard

:11:59. > :12:03.shot and then rather than miss, he'd rather put debate on and pretend

:12:04. > :12:09.that he was perfect. So good for snooker. The first time I've seen

:12:10. > :12:12.snooker in the headlines! And whether you would have turned down

:12:13. > :12:17.?10,000, that is another question. See you in round three, thank you

:12:18. > :12:22.very much for joining us. There is at least one Welshman joining Judd

:12:23. > :12:29.in round three, let's show you how Michael White, the 24-year-old from

:12:30. > :12:33.Neath made it through against Tom Ford. Ford was leading 43-17 here in

:12:34. > :13:38.the deciding frame. What a good shot. He was all going

:13:39. > :13:41.to go for that shot. He knew he'd be on the black and he wasn't so

:13:42. > :13:53.certain it would beat the red on if he missed it, but still...

:13:54. > :14:00.Great pot. Bit of pressure out there, but Michael White is one of

:14:01. > :14:05.the better ones under pressure. He gets inspired when he gets to

:14:06. > :14:13.these positions. Just raises his game another notch.

:14:14. > :14:20.That long red from Michael White was absolutely fantastic. Just the sort

:14:21. > :14:25.of thing that champions do. I can show you the black he potted

:14:26. > :14:31.afterwards, fantastic shot also because it had to go in. It would

:14:32. > :14:33.have left Tom Ford the match if it didn't and now he's giving himself a

:14:34. > :15:39.chance to go through to the last 32. Never been more than one frame

:15:40. > :15:42.between these two. In a tight match, never a certain winner. At the

:15:43. > :16:24.moment though, there is. Just the brown to be safe then in

:16:25. > :16:29.this deciding frame. This match has swayed back-and-forth throughout

:16:30. > :16:34.really. Lots of quality. And quite a number of mistakes from both

:16:35. > :16:38.players. Excellent match to watch. I'm sure the crowd's enjoyed it. A

:16:39. > :16:42.lot of them are Welsh, so they'll be pleased that Michael White has won,

:16:43. > :16:56.but Tom Ford played his part in this match as well.

:16:57. > :17:12.Michael White's finally gotten through and beaten Tom Ford 4-3. At

:17:13. > :17:16.3-3 in the last frame, I thought, he was about 20-odd points in front.

:17:17. > :17:20.I'd one chance and I took it so over the moon, yes. I was very pleased

:17:21. > :17:24.with my form. It's only going to give me confidence for the rest of

:17:25. > :17:30.the tournament. So one match at a time, one shot at a time and see how

:17:31. > :17:35.it goes. Quite relaxed. Good day for Michael White and he plays Q enbo

:17:36. > :17:41.who is just above him in the world rankings in round three. He had a

:17:42. > :17:46.breakthrough year last year, won the shoot-out then got his title, the

:17:47. > :17:51.Indian Open? Whatever tournaments you win, it kicks you on. The same

:17:52. > :17:54.happened with Barry Hawkins. The same happened with Michael White

:17:55. > :18:02.there, he's been very good for a long time. Obviously it's 1-0 to the

:18:03. > :18:11.Welsh as far as they're concerned. He can beat anybody on day, like

:18:12. > :18:14.Judd. His shot selection would need to be improving if he wants to be a

:18:15. > :18:18.regular tour winner. His ability is very, very good. He said it was

:18:19. > :18:24.about time a Welshman won this competition. Realistic chance?

:18:25. > :18:28.Absolutely. Best of seven format. We saw Ben get to the final last year

:18:29. > :18:35.and Higgins reasonably close but anyone can win over this format and

:18:36. > :18:39.Michael's a contender. Michael and Judd going through to round three

:18:40. > :18:51.then. Coming up shortly it will be a certain Ronnie O'Sullivan coming out

:18:52. > :18:55.for his second round match. Now, he is facing Pengfei who he hasn't ever

:18:56. > :19:01.beaten. It's a 2-0 lead for the Chinaman? That shows you the

:19:02. > :19:04.strength and depth of the game. People coming here to watch the

:19:05. > :19:09.match probably wouldn't have heard of him and now you mention the fact

:19:10. > :19:13.he's beaten him twice. Will he be favourite today, certainly not.

:19:14. > :19:18.Ronnie will be strong favourite and I expect Ronnie to come through.

:19:19. > :19:22.Yes. Obviously the whole furore yesterday over the 147 that he

:19:23. > :19:26.didn't go for, that's not going to affect him is it? Ronnie would not

:19:27. > :19:30.look at the press today, he'll be switched off, he gets himself in the

:19:31. > :19:35.zone, arrives at the venue very late, doesn't mix with the players,

:19:36. > :19:39.keeps himself to himself, normally has his friends with him all the

:19:40. > :19:43.time and keeps himself to himself. He'll get himself up for this match

:19:44. > :19:49.and he'll know in fairness what he is more likely to do is to try and

:19:50. > :19:54.make a 147 today. Barry Hearn had a few things to say. Ronnie hasn't

:19:55. > :19:59.bitten, he's stayed away from im. This is how he is, he's got about

:20:00. > :20:04.150,000 followers or something and he's not following anybody he

:20:05. > :20:08.wouldn't know about what Barry Hearn is saying. How do you see this

:20:09. > :20:12.going? He'll win 4-1 at least I think. Time to find out whether

:20:13. > :20:16.Ronnie makes it through to round three, he's been in the Spotlight

:20:17. > :20:24.over the past 24 hours. Here he is back under the lites once more for

:20:25. > :20:29.his second round match Benns Tian Pengfai.

:20:30. > :20:36.Darren Morgan and Terry Griffiths in the commentary box.

:20:37. > :20:47.Ronnie O'Sullivan back on. Looked in good spirits when he was upstairs

:20:48. > :20:52.earlier on. His opponent, of course, is Tian Pengfei. Hasn't really

:20:53. > :20:58.fulfilled his early promise, but still a strong competitor. Beat

:20:59. > :21:25.Ronnie twice. Plenty to look forward to.

:21:26. > :21:43.He struck it well. It was only the pace I think that kept that one out.

:21:44. > :22:25.Very close. He hasn't quite got the angle he was

:22:26. > :22:58.looking for there. He always brings something different

:22:59. > :23:02.into the arena when he plays. One thing you're going to get is ball

:23:03. > :23:37.strike, you know, of the very highest standard.

:23:38. > :23:50.I don't know whether I'm liking the hair clip that he's got. My

:23:51. > :23:54.daughters stick a couple of those in, but they are normally not seen.

:23:55. > :24:07.You can't help but admire Ronnie O'Sullivan. He is an absolute

:24:08. > :24:13.special one-off. He has had some right hair styles over the years, it

:24:14. > :24:20.has to be said. I can't have too much of a pop because I've got no

:24:21. > :24:37.hair. I'm just jealous I can't stick a hair clip in mine!

:24:38. > :24:52.Not a ripple of applause for that shot but he did very well. Nice

:24:53. > :25:01.angle there. There wasn't much to go for here with O'Sullivan, just had

:25:02. > :25:06.the skill to bring balls into play. His position and may is so gad. --

:25:07. > :25:40.position and play is so good. Hold on, he's missed position. Going

:25:41. > :26:08.for the green. Doesn't mess about. Absolute pleasure to watch.

:26:09. > :26:12.Tell you what, if he wins this frame from this opening, they should just

:26:13. > :26:46.give him the toe frill! -- trophy. Playing the slow roll into the

:26:47. > :27:07.yellow pocket. Well, he did. He's carrying on the way he finished

:27:08. > :27:18.off. That's gone a little bit astray for him. No problem. Perfect

:27:19. > :27:36.control. On fire. One of the boys in the studio was

:27:37. > :27:37.saying, will it effect him what happened yesterday when he comes out

:27:38. > :28:53.to play today. Well, there you go. Ronnie's had a little bit of

:28:54. > :28:59.criticism over his 147. But the truth of it is, how much pleasure's

:29:00. > :29:07.this man giving to millions of people around the world. And

:29:08. > :29:08.continues to do so. He's one of the very special sportsmen that people

:29:09. > :29:29.like watching. Another BAFTA drop! Wonderful start

:29:30. > :29:36.from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Tian Pengfei sitting there thinking, what is

:29:37. > :29:43.happening here? Terry was absolutely right, daft question would he be

:29:44. > :29:47.affected by the whole 147, 146 few rowry, absolutely not. When you

:29:48. > :29:54.consider pink or black, virtually past the winning post, his

:29:55. > :29:57.positional play there, he got the right side all the time. His

:29:58. > :30:02.position there was probably one of the best breaks we have ever seen,

:30:03. > :30:07.at this Welsh Open. That is what he brings to the table. The fact that

:30:08. > :30:10.Terry said would it affect him certainly we know it's not affected

:30:11. > :30:15.him. In complete contrast to yesterday when we saw him come out

:30:16. > :30:19.and make a slow start in round one, and as you said in commentary, he

:30:20. > :30:25.looked indifferent, disinterested, he looks like he wants this one over

:30:26. > :30:27.with as soon as possible? He's not the most attacking player in the

:30:28. > :30:31.world and Rory said in his post-match interview the fact that

:30:32. > :30:34.he wanted to play quickly, he didn't want to get involved in a four-hour

:30:35. > :30:39.match, the same can be said about Tian Pengfei, because he's not the

:30:40. > :30:44.biggest player in the world, very big cuist, beaten Ronnie twice, but

:30:45. > :30:47.as we see, Ronnie is up for it today and every player will be getting a

:30:48. > :30:51.couple of hair grips now, that must be the key to making a century

:30:52. > :31:02.break. Interesting hair style today greased back. Ronnie 1-0 up.

:31:03. > :31:14.So, Tian Pengfei knows what he's up against this afternoon. He knew it

:31:15. > :31:19.obviously before he came in but he has a 100% record against Ronnie,

:31:20. > :31:22.two out of two. Something is telling me that might change this afternoon,

:31:23. > :31:31.I would not want to write him off too soon. But he will have to pull

:31:32. > :31:34.out something special, I don't think he will get much help from Ronnie.

:31:35. > :31:42.He is on absolute fire. Saying that... He really gave that

:31:43. > :32:06.brown is back -- a whack. He would have expected to pop

:32:07. > :32:17.that, he was playing with a lot of force.

:32:18. > :32:50.Let's see how much the last frame has affected Tien.

:32:51. > :33:01.He had no side on that. Should have been playing with left-hand side.

:33:02. > :34:22.REFEREE: Green ball. Having a look about. I think there

:34:23. > :34:49.is something on there. Goes easily. I'm afraid, Tian, one thing you

:34:50. > :34:53.cannot do, when you lose position in the balls, when you don't get any

:34:54. > :34:55.pot to go for, you have got to play a good safety. So important to keep

:34:56. > :35:08.your opponent off the table. I am asked so many times by people,

:35:09. > :35:12.wide of the top players get intimidated by playing against

:35:13. > :35:14.Ronnie O'Sullivan? I hope they watched the first frame! They won't

:35:15. > :37:01.ask again! If Ronnie was to go on and clear

:37:02. > :37:08.work here, he could make another century. Long way to go, mind. But

:37:09. > :37:21.it would be three on the trot -- and clear up here.

:37:22. > :37:29.He is now in full flow. In his previous match there was a little

:37:30. > :37:33.time against Barry Pinches in the third frame, should have gone 2-1

:37:34. > :37:41.behind, but managed to take the frame and go 2-1 up, played a couple

:37:42. > :37:49.of wild whacks. Looked a bit disinterested. Had a big kick there,

:37:50. > :37:53.that is why he is short on position. But take that away from his first

:37:54. > :38:05.two matches and he has played absolutely flawless snooker.

:38:06. > :38:11.One thing you notice about Ronnie O'Sullivan, a bad kick their left

:38:12. > :38:16.him a slightly awkward shot. He doesn't flinch if he gets a kick or

:38:17. > :38:21.about or somebody has a fluke, doesn't show anything. No emotions,

:38:22. > :38:27.no nothing, no movement. That in itself gets his opponents down a

:38:28. > :39:28.little bit. A good thing to do, though.

:39:29. > :39:32.You feel the only ball that. Him making a century in this game will

:39:33. > :39:56.be the green. -- that will stop him. Tried to move the green and missed

:39:57. > :40:00.it, so he will have to play the yellow. He parted the yellow, I

:40:01. > :40:07.should say he will have to play the double. It wasn't to be. That was by

:40:08. > :40:12.his third century on the trot but he will not be too worried. Tian

:40:13. > :41:18.Pengfei has a real task now. Ronnie O'Sullivan leads 2-0.

:41:19. > :41:25.Well, Ronnie is sitting there, I'm sure he will be quite happy with the

:41:26. > :41:30.way things have gone so far this afternoon. Love him or hate him, you

:41:31. > :41:39.would have to say he is such an exciting player to watch. Off the

:41:40. > :41:43.table he has a certain way about him, some people love it, other

:41:44. > :41:49.people don't. Ronnie just gets on with what he wants to do. Knows what

:41:50. > :41:56.he wants, and when you are as good as him, I suppose he has earned the

:41:57. > :42:04.right to call the shots and a bit. -- a little bit. But you do feel

:42:05. > :43:35.that, without him the snooker world would be a poorer place.

:43:36. > :43:49.I think Ronnie can sneak this end, as in cut but I think he can get the

:43:50. > :43:53.potting angle. -- snick this one in. A poor shot that Tian Pengfei

:43:54. > :44:03.played. Kept good control of the cue ball. The only thing Tian can hope

:44:04. > :44:14.for is Ronnie missing the green. If he pots the green, two reds on the

:44:15. > :44:23.right centre, everything out in the open, in five minutes he could be

:44:24. > :44:30.3-0 down. That is the thing with Ronnie, doesn't taking long. 8.5

:44:31. > :44:43.minutes for the first frame, nine for the second, doesn't hang about.

:44:44. > :44:49.There are two reasons for that, one is that he sees the shot very

:44:50. > :44:53.quickly, and secondly his positioning is so good that he is

:44:54. > :44:58.not walking that far, he's always close to the next ball. Very

:44:59. > :45:07.difficult to play against when he is at his best.

:45:08. > :45:13.Many times he has forced his opponent to go for too many shots

:45:14. > :45:18.that he didn't want to play to try to get back into the game, and that

:45:19. > :45:23.in itself is playing against the grain for a lot of players. But you

:45:24. > :45:24.feel when you get a chance you have to go with Ronnie otherwise you're

:45:25. > :45:43.going to lose. And most people do. We have only played two friends,

:45:44. > :45:55.already 200 points ahead in the scoring. -- two frames. As Tammy

:45:56. > :45:58.said, always in total control of the cue ball, nice and tight. -- as

:45:59. > :50:23.Henry said. A big crowd in here today, it is

:50:24. > :50:31.like watching an artist at his best. This is really special stuff. The

:50:32. > :50:32.people viewing at home, please don't think this game is very easy,

:50:33. > :51:17.because it is not. Oh, well! It is wonderful, wonderful

:51:18. > :51:19.stuff will -- wonderful stuff. Burn thing at the crowd, so many people

:51:20. > :51:49.smiling. -- glancing at the crowd. REFEREE: Foul. Absolutely wonderful

:51:50. > :51:53.stuff from Ronnie O'Sullivan! Two centuries and 90.

:51:54. > :52:05.Says it all that he has won three frames in less than an hour. The

:52:06. > :52:08.beauty there was his cue ball control. He only went in and out of

:52:09. > :52:12.baulk once in those three frames such was his positioning with the

:52:13. > :52:16.cue ball. He played that exhibition shot, trying to pot the pink, catch

:52:17. > :52:20.the jaws of the middle pocket and come back for the black. Tian

:52:21. > :52:24.Pengfei must be wondering what has hit him. It is like shooting

:52:25. > :52:30.practice, it is amazing how good he is playing. It is. Does it come down

:52:31. > :52:35.to playing on television, the lack of experience? Playing the man, not

:52:36. > :52:43.the table? He has not had a chance to show us otherwise. Ronnie get the

:52:44. > :52:47.buzz from playing on television. Whenever Ronnie O'Sullivan plays, it

:52:48. > :52:52.is a packed audience. The only thing that worries me, now and again, like

:52:53. > :52:55.against Barry Pinches, he can go into his shell. When he is playing

:52:56. > :53:02.like this, he is unbeatable, but he does not play like this all the

:53:03. > :53:09.time. Frame four, one frame away from a whitewash.

:53:10. > :53:17.COMMENTATOR: Tian Pengfei breaking off, he will be hoping this. The

:53:18. > :53:25.onslaught from Ronnie O'Sullivan. As Willie said, he has only really had

:53:26. > :55:18.one opportunity. Ronnie has played absolutely faultless this afternoon.

:55:19. > :55:26.He just lost the cue ball there, pot it a bit thin, the red to the right

:55:27. > :55:51.corner. Showing us he is still quite

:55:52. > :56:01.positive. All he can do is pot what is in front of him at play-the-ball

:56:02. > :56:20.'s that are there. -- and play the balls.

:56:21. > :56:26.It is tough out there for him, he has not had much table time,

:56:27. > :56:27.obviously, sitting down watching a O'Sullivan give an exhibition of

:56:28. > :57:37.matchplay. The red has gone near to the black

:57:38. > :57:42.spot but he is on the black of course. Ronnie O'Sullivan always

:57:43. > :58:01.looking to get that black spot clear.

:58:02. > :58:10.That is handy, he has bought the pink interplay, or a bit looser, at

:58:11. > :58:23.least, away from the reds -- bought the pink into play.

:58:24. > :59:30.Not as good as normal, tried to avoid the green, obviously.

:59:31. > :59:41.A couple of options, read to the right centre, read to the left

:59:42. > :59:49.centre. -- red. If this goes on, you feel the end is very near four Tian

:59:50. > :59:54.Pengfei. He has not done a lot wrong, his chances have been very

:59:55. > :00:48.few and far between. Just come up against the Rocket. Full power.

:00:49. > :00:51.break. Interesting hair style today greased back. Ronnie 1-0 up.

:00:52. > :01:10.Remember Stephen Hendry telling me once that he had many battles with

:01:11. > :01:14.Ronnie O'Sullivan and the difference between winning and losing was who

:01:15. > :01:18.had the good splits because both players were excellent at moving the

:01:19. > :01:23.balls about and going into the pack. If you had a bad split and the other

:01:24. > :01:27.player was having a good split, that was the difference, not much between

:01:28. > :01:38.them. Hendry was dominating the game at that time.

:01:39. > :02:16.Missed the cannon on the green. Needs another good pot. It's coming

:02:17. > :03:15.very easy to him. Very comfortable out there. Unbelievable performance.

:03:16. > :03:21.I'm sure this crowd would love him to get 20100. He's moved the red and

:03:22. > :03:35.needs one good shot. And in goes the red. This is quite

:03:36. > :03:39.unbelievable. If he clears up for another century here, it will be in

:03:40. > :03:48.the last five frames he's played in this year's Welsh Open, four

:03:49. > :04:00.centuries made. Obviously, that controversial 146 included in those.

:04:01. > :04:03.Ronnie would be the first to say it doesn't get much better than this.

:04:04. > :04:41.Absolutely flawless. What an unbelievable performance.

:04:42. > :04:49.Tian Pengfei will be very disappointed, just didn't get into

:04:50. > :04:51.the match. But Ronnie O'Sullivan, 100, 110, 112, he must have his eyes

:04:52. > :05:02.on this Welsh Open prize once again. That crowd inside the Motorpoint

:05:03. > :05:05.Arena may have been denied a 17 yesterday from Ronnie but they were

:05:06. > :05:08.treated to an absolute master class this afternoon. Darren said it in

:05:09. > :05:15.commentary there, unbelievable stuff. Very straightforward? All the

:05:16. > :05:19.players usually play like that, well sometimes, but Ronnie does it so

:05:20. > :05:22.often. His opponent had one chance in four frame there is to put

:05:23. > :05:26.something on the board. That is as good a performance I've seen from

:05:27. > :05:30.Ronnie for a few years. He won the Masters, he didn't play great in

:05:31. > :05:40.that but still won it. Virtually unbeatable. 38 minutes in total.

:05:41. > :05:40.that but still won it. Virtually mentioned previous tournaments. It's

:05:41. > :05:45.almost the kind mentioned previous tournaments. It's

:05:46. > :05:51.which he won this tournament two years ago in sensational style? .

:05:52. > :05:54.Made a maximum in the last frame. He goes into his shell sometimes and

:05:55. > :05:58.gets involved and things like that and I think he's been very quiet

:05:59. > :06:02.coming into this tournament. He didn't play in another tournament

:06:03. > :06:06.before the Masters, he's come into this tournament very quietly, played

:06:07. > :06:09.great towards the end and that last four frames there, you just can't

:06:10. > :06:15.get better than that, you really can't. His poor opponent? Any

:06:16. > :06:19.consolation? When you consider he beat Ronnie twice, once was on the

:06:20. > :06:22.European Tour event that doesn't really count but he beat him on the

:06:23. > :06:27.China Open so he is a play they're can do the business. Here he comes,

:06:28. > :06:34.the man who is through to round three. Just a bit lax today, Ron?

:06:35. > :06:39.Was it? All the players are going to wear a hair clip now. Do you want to

:06:40. > :06:41.borrow one? He hasn't stopped talking about your hair clip this

:06:42. > :06:45.afternoon. You looked like you had a plane to catch or something, I don't

:06:46. > :06:48.know, that was what, 38 minutes straightforward for you today. You

:06:49. > :06:53.must have enjoyed that? I don't know, did you enjoy it, was it all

:06:54. > :06:58.right? Yes. Did you? Yes, it was good, yes.

:06:59. > :07:01.You've lost the last two against Tian Pengfei. Did he play that well

:07:02. > :07:07.against you or were you struck until the last two matches? No. I rate him

:07:08. > :07:11.as a player, he's tidy, compact, but he had chances against me but just

:07:12. > :07:15.didn't make the most of them, you know. Did you feel better today,

:07:16. > :07:19.more relaxed, confident than yesterday? I was fantastic

:07:20. > :07:23.yesterday, I'm fantastic today, I've been fantastic every day for quite a

:07:24. > :07:27.while really. I don't know what the furore is about. Looked at any

:07:28. > :07:32.social media lately? You get told about a few bits and pieces, but,

:07:33. > :07:37.you know, I don't know what to say. They started ringing me at 7

:07:38. > :07:40.o'clock, I've done 11 radio interviews. I'm looking out from

:07:41. > :07:45.both sides, the player and the public. I agree the prize money

:07:46. > :07:48.should be more but I'm sure you've got your own opinionsen that anyway?

:07:49. > :07:52.I was just having a bit of fun. When you get to 40 and have been doing

:07:53. > :07:56.this 25 years, you have to start to enjoy it at some point and I just,

:07:57. > :08:00.you know, wasn't taking it seriously, it was a bit of fun, a

:08:01. > :08:04.bit of a laugh and I hope everybody sees it in that way, I don't see why

:08:05. > :08:09.we have to take everything so seriously. Barry Hearn said it was

:08:10. > :08:14.disrespectful and unacceptable to the paying public who came here to

:08:15. > :08:18.gate 147? Told me I was going to make a 146, they would have probably

:08:19. > :08:23.bought the ticket off the back of that. If it's disrespectful, if

:08:24. > :08:27.anyone else can put in a performance like that, there's my chalk, my cue,

:08:28. > :08:32.waistcoat, go and do it. Absolutely. If you'd won the ?10,000 and could

:08:33. > :08:35.have given to it charity, what about that statement? When you are out

:08:36. > :08:39.there playing, you don't think about what everybody is going to say, when

:08:40. > :08:42.I go out there, it's the only time in my whole life that you drop all

:08:43. > :08:47.your problems at the door, whatever you have got going on in your life,

:08:48. > :08:51.you go into it, a wonderful zone-out, and I don't know what it's

:08:52. > :08:55.like for most players, but I start to, you know, thing goes through

:08:56. > :09:00.your head that make you want to kind of do things, you know. You go into

:09:01. > :09:04.a bit of a showman-type thing. I was trying to explain to people, getting

:09:05. > :09:07.the buzz from the 147, it's almost as big a buzz as winning a

:09:08. > :09:12.tournament and it excites you when doing it? Yes, there's nothing like

:09:13. > :09:18.it. It's the ultimate, like the nine-darter. It's a great feeling.

:09:19. > :09:21.But I just, you know, I used to make 140s in practise and deliberately

:09:22. > :09:24.not pot the black because I just, you know, it was like more

:09:25. > :09:30.impressive to do that than it was to make a 147 because everybody's used

:09:31. > :09:33.to people making maxes and I was only 16 and Stephen Hendry was

:09:34. > :09:36.watching, he was the man at the time and I thought, how do I impress this

:09:37. > :09:40.guy and he was watching me and I made a 140 and started setting the

:09:41. > :09:45.balls up. So you just kind of do little things just for a laugh and a

:09:46. > :09:48.kick and I got a kick out of doing it in practise when Stephen was

:09:49. > :09:54.watching. I'm sorry for getting a kick out of something like that. How

:09:55. > :09:59.can you turn down ?10,000 though, even for a man like yourself who's

:10:00. > :10:03.done it so many time? It's not about the money, it's about having fun and

:10:04. > :10:07.a laugh and I hope everybody sees it as that. If I'd have been out there,

:10:08. > :10:12.like when I woke up this morning, I thought it would have been a

:10:13. > :10:16.marvellous thing to go for the max and give it to charity, but I wasn't

:10:17. > :10:20.thinking. I'll try and not have fun next time. You certainly did today,

:10:21. > :10:24.you never missed a ball. I played all right. But, you know, it's just

:10:25. > :10:27.like an exhibition. Playing so many exhibitions, I feel like every time

:10:28. > :10:33.I go to the table I want to clear up so I think I need to start doing

:10:34. > :10:37.some more exhibitions if it's going to make me play like that. You are

:10:38. > :10:40.living proof that you can have an eight-month break, go away and do

:10:41. > :10:44.what it is that you enjoy dog away from snooker and you can come back,

:10:45. > :10:51.like at the Masters and appear to be doing here and be on top form? I

:10:52. > :10:56.love playing, practises and we do some exhibitions, me and Willie and

:10:57. > :11:00.JV and I enjoy them more than I do playing competitions, but I realised

:11:01. > :11:03.I couldn't just do exhibition ands and no competitions because the

:11:04. > :11:07.snooker fans, they want to see you play on TV, they want to root for

:11:08. > :11:10.you so I've got to get the balance right to play in enough competitions

:11:11. > :11:14.where I get sharp and the motivation to practise, but really I prefer

:11:15. > :11:19.playing my exhibitions. I don't want to be playing John Higgins, Neil

:11:20. > :11:24.Roberts and Selby every week, you're having a laugh! These tournaments,

:11:25. > :11:32.they're really tough. I don't really want to do that, it can be

:11:33. > :11:37.gruelling. Do you put the practise in or use the exhibitions? I do

:11:38. > :11:42.practise. We do the picketions as well. You did one with me, it's

:11:43. > :11:46.great. The pocket's a bit Joan rows, knocking in six, seven eight tonnes

:11:47. > :11:54.in eight frames. Playing guys that can't really play but that's what

:11:55. > :12:00.they come to see. I feel like I've wandered into Ronnie O'Sullivan's

:12:01. > :12:05.kitchen a bit. Take over then! I can do a 147! In terms of not wanting to

:12:06. > :12:09.play John Higgins and this type of thing... I don't mind, but I don't

:12:10. > :12:13.want to do it every day, I want to chill out, have fun on the road,

:12:14. > :12:17.have good food, chill out it's relaxed, come to the tournaments,

:12:18. > :12:21.it's pressurised very intense, you pick up on the energy around,

:12:22. > :12:25.everybody's feeling that thing, so I just want to dip in and dip out of

:12:26. > :12:31.it and just come and see if I've still got it and if I have then

:12:32. > :12:33.good. Do you find your enthusiasm's improved because you are choosing

:12:34. > :12:38.and picking tournaments? I don't know, it's about getting the balance

:12:39. > :12:44.of enjoying stuff. It's been fantastic. Next year they are going

:12:45. > :12:49.to co-do five or six tournaments, I'll be playing in those. I've been

:12:50. > :12:52.up since 8 o'clock waiting to play snooker. Killing time is a difficult

:12:53. > :12:55.thing. It's like, if you have something to do while you are at the

:12:56. > :13:00.tournament you can take your mind off it. If you can go into all the

:13:01. > :13:05.matches, whoever match it is, if you can treat it like any normal day,

:13:06. > :13:08.going down the club having a practise, you would play better. I

:13:09. > :13:12.didn't practise before today because I thought what's the point, ten

:13:13. > :13:16.minutes, you know, you ain't going to become a better player in ten

:13:17. > :13:25.minutes, have faith and trust, if you get beat so what, I wasn't going

:13:26. > :13:30.to go home until I had my Chinese though. Happy Gathering, it's great.

:13:31. > :13:33.Fantastic. Other Chinese restaurants are available. Ronnie, see you in

:13:34. > :13:38.round three, thank you very much, well done today. Smoothly through.

:13:39. > :13:43.Thank you. We are going to take you to table two, right now, where

:13:44. > :13:46.Matthew Stevens is hoping to join fellow Welshman Michael White in

:13:47. > :13:54.round three, along with Ronnie as well of course, playing Martin

:13:55. > :13:59.O'Connell who put out the world number 18 -- Martin O'Donnell.

:14:00. > :14:07.Matthew Stevens having been 2-0 down is now 3-2 up.

:14:08. > :14:15.He was looking very worried when he was 2-0 down at one stage, but to be

:14:16. > :14:19.fair, he's done well to get right back into this match. It did look

:14:20. > :14:23.like there was a chance him going two to three frames behind. He

:14:24. > :14:30.managed to pinch the frame and has played very well since. So Martin

:14:31. > :14:34.O'Donnell now. He's got a lot to ponder whilst sitting in his seat

:14:35. > :14:38.waiting for Matthew to come back into the arena. Very good young

:14:39. > :14:44.player. Had a couple of good wins last couple of weeks. Qualifies for

:14:45. > :14:45.China and had a very good win yesterday. What Communications

:14:46. > :14:59.Workers' Unioning, Terry? What do you think, Terry? He's been

:15:00. > :15:03.earning enough money to get by and doing different things. Matthew

:15:04. > :15:13.Stevens is back into the arena. One frame in front.

:15:14. > :15:24.I alwaysth always find it's better to be one frame in front when you

:15:25. > :15:26.are out for the match. It helps. A few good wins and scoring a lot

:15:27. > :17:01.better. Cushion for safety. You want the

:17:02. > :17:54.white to go in-off, obviously. Terrific shot. He knew if he missed

:17:55. > :17:58.he was going to leave a nice easy opportunity to the left corner.

:17:59. > :18:19.Very good chance. 30-40 points sitting here.

:18:20. > :18:27.Good to see Matthew Stevens back playing somewhere near his best. Too

:18:28. > :18:33.good a player to be in the doldrums like he has been the last couple of

:18:34. > :18:45.seasons. He hasn't really competed at the business end of tournaments.

:18:46. > :18:48.I thought he was certainty to become world champion a few years ago, lost

:18:49. > :19:07.in a couple of finals. Never say never. As the years roll

:19:08. > :19:12.past, it gets that much harder. Yes. Also had a few personal problems

:19:13. > :19:13.over the years and that doesn't help when you are on the circuits and

:19:14. > :19:37.things. So much talent. His two lads are with him today.

:19:38. > :19:44.They've grown a bit. Time goes by, as they say. They're handsome, the

:19:45. > :19:46.pair of them! They won't be struggling to find a wife when they

:19:47. > :21:15.get older, I can tell you! He's got the class to win

:21:16. > :21:47.tournaments still. Bringing a few reds into play.

:21:48. > :22:20.Didn't want to remove the reds. Into the balk now off the blue.

:22:21. > :22:29.Amazing when you lose your position on the blue, it plays tricks on your

:22:30. > :22:36.Palestined. -- on your mind. Doesn't put you off a great deal.

:22:37. > :23:03.Very well played. That could be a clincher there. Go into the pack

:23:04. > :23:37.here and it could be all over. Clash he's been a little unfortunate

:23:38. > :23:41.here. Looking to see if he could get through to the left centre red. That

:23:42. > :23:47.wasnd kind, the split on the red was good but the cue ball is stuck to

:23:48. > :23:55.one of them. He thinks he can get through to it. Well, he could and

:23:56. > :24:17.he's made the pot. Great shot. Very close. Couple more

:24:18. > :24:22.reds and colours. One more good shot. Good positional play.

:24:23. > :24:28.Needs this red to go in. Probably off two cushions for the black.

:24:29. > :24:38.A lot higher on this black than he would have liked, but just got to

:24:39. > :24:55.make sure of the pot. I think he can just about miss this

:24:56. > :25:26.red. No problem there. This is it, frame ball.

:25:27. > :25:36.Good time to start playing well, isn't it? He's looked very

:25:37. > :25:40.impressive here, Matthew. Wasn't a great chance to play, few awkward

:25:41. > :25:50.positioned shots that he got himself into. He'll be delighted. He hasn't

:25:51. > :26:38.been at his best. Matthew Stevens wins this match

:26:39. > :26:58.against Martin O'Donnell by 4-3. What a comeback from Matthew

:26:59. > :27:04.Stevens, 2-0 down at one point if that game ah 4-2 win to take him

:27:05. > :27:08.into round three, so he joins Michael White in making it through

:27:09. > :27:11.to the last 32 tomorrow and we'll grab a quick word, we hope, with

:27:12. > :27:16.Matthew Stevens very shortly before we go off air here on BBC Two Wales

:27:17. > :27:20.this afternoon. That, Willie, is the sort of thing that'll give you that

:27:21. > :27:24.extra bit of confidence when you are 2-0 down and wrap it up like that?

:27:25. > :27:29.Matthew is undoubtedly a great, great player. Anyone who's won the

:27:30. > :27:33.Masters is a very, very good player. He's been missing for four or five

:27:34. > :27:37.years, looks like he's slimmed himself down, he's been a bit more

:27:38. > :27:41.dedicated now. I don't know how much he's practising but to come back

:27:42. > :27:45.through that match, as you say, from 2-0 behind, then make the wonderful

:27:46. > :27:49.break shows you he's somewhere near his best again. At his age, he's not

:27:50. > :27:53.going to play the snooker he did ten years ago but he can be a match for

:27:54. > :27:59.anyone on his day. We are seeing Ronnie, John Higgins of course who

:28:00. > :28:02.is doing very, very well, and Mark Williams, albeit playing poorly

:28:03. > :28:05.yesterday doing well at the age of 40, do you think we can see Matthew

:28:06. > :28:10.getting back to where he was ten years ago? Absolutely. If thing is

:28:11. > :28:15.with this game, you cannot take the game lightly. If you don't practise,

:28:16. > :28:20.you won't get the results. Even two or three hours a day, keep yourself

:28:21. > :28:24.cueing well, making 100s. Don't be frightened of a shot. If you don't

:28:25. > :28:27.practise, you play shots that sometimes you are anxious on and

:28:28. > :28:32.you've got to put the work in. Mark Selby is here again now, he's not

:28:33. > :28:35.playing until 8 o'clock tonight but he's been there all day. If you want

:28:36. > :28:40.to be in the top 16 of the world, you have to practise and hopefully

:28:41. > :28:45.Matthew is doing that now. Different approaches isn't it, we have Mr

:28:46. > :28:49.Selby practising behind us and Ronnie O'Sullivan admitting he

:28:50. > :28:53.didn't practise at all before his whitewash earlier on. Matthew

:28:54. > :28:57.Stevens will come in in a second, he's through to the third round,

:28:58. > :29:04.we've got Michael White as well through to round three, so it's a

:29:05. > :29:07.good tournament. You meventioned the older ones, Michael White is going

:29:08. > :29:12.through and it's nice to see him playing well again. Where've you

:29:13. > :29:17.been? Just praying. -- playing. That is a question that

:29:18. > :29:20.Willie was asking, where have you been over the last few years, do you

:29:21. > :29:26.feel you are getting back to somewhere near your best kind of

:29:27. > :29:34.form? I've been really inconsistent. I play a good match, like in

:29:35. > :29:40.Sheffield last year, I played Mark Williams, won 10-2, then I go

:29:41. > :29:45.missing for a bit. But I've been working hard on my training and

:29:46. > :29:49.obviously playing a lot of snrooker, but I'm feeling good so hopefully I

:29:50. > :29:54.can keep playing like that. You look like you've lost a bit of weight?

:29:55. > :29:58.Yes, I've been training for the last eight or nine months, four or five

:29:59. > :30:03.times a week. And you are enjoying playing again because that's the key

:30:04. > :30:06.with this game isn't it? We saw Stuart Bingham yesterday, the world

:30:07. > :30:08.was on his shoulders for some reason, you have got to enjoy it

:30:09. > :30:20.haven't you? Yes, Danny Wells has just moved to

:30:21. > :30:23.the club and got me motivated again, we're on a level par now so

:30:24. > :30:33.hopefully he can do well week as well. Yes, I'm enjoying it. Jamie

:30:34. > :30:36.another Welshman, says he is doing yoga and running, you said you are

:30:37. > :30:42.training, what sort of things are you doing to keep in shape? A of

:30:43. > :30:46.everything, running, I've got a personal trainer as well, so I'm

:30:47. > :30:52.enjoying that. Just a bit of everything. Keeping me fit and I

:30:53. > :30:56.feel a lot better for it as well. When you say you have gone missing,

:30:57. > :31:01.what do you put it down to, those little lapses? It doesn't take much

:31:02. > :31:06.these days, you lose a few matches, close ones, then you are fighting

:31:07. > :31:13.for the win again. Hopefully this week now, I was 2-0 down there, I

:31:14. > :31:21.played great the last three frames. A few good long ones as well to get

:31:22. > :31:26.in. The confidence is there, so hopefully I can keep it going. As

:31:27. > :31:29.you know, Matthew is one of the game's great players, came along

:31:30. > :31:33.with the late great Paul Hunter, they were unbelievable young

:31:34. > :31:38.players. You don't lose knowing how to play but it is just finding it

:31:39. > :31:41.sometimes. As Matthew said, sometimes it is the frame of mind,

:31:42. > :31:45.if you are in a bad frame of mind like Stuart Bingham yesterday, you

:31:46. > :31:53.will not win. It is unpredictable right now, the whole thing? Yes,

:31:54. > :31:59.especially best-of-7s, it is tough. The European Tour as well, bests. It

:32:00. > :32:04.doesn't take much for your confidence to be low -- best-of-7s.

:32:05. > :32:12.You look at the ranking something, what is happening here? It is more

:32:13. > :32:16.mental than anything, I think. My fitness will hopefully keep my

:32:17. > :32:19.mental strength good, so I'm enjoying it again. You had a good

:32:20. > :32:24.win over Ronnie O'Sullivan last year in the Welsh Open to get through to

:32:25. > :32:32.the last 16. I hope I'm not playing him again, the way you played today!

:32:33. > :32:35.Were you on the next table? Yes! He played four frames, never went in

:32:36. > :32:42.and out of baulk in those, that is how good he was. I saw him play at

:32:43. > :32:47.blue in baulk. That was probably the exhibition shot at the end! Well

:32:48. > :32:50.done today, we will see you in the next round.

:32:51. > :32:58.Let's update you with a few selected round two results.

:32:59. > :33:08.Anthony Hamilton put out the world champion Stuart Bingham, and he has

:33:09. > :33:14.also beaten Allan Taylor. John Higgins is having a good tournament

:33:15. > :33:18.so far. Luca Brecel, the surprise package of last year's tournament,

:33:19. > :33:35.one of them, a 4-3 this afternoon over Mark King.

:33:36. > :33:40.We saw Matthew Stevens there, we have another Welshman for you

:33:41. > :33:44.tonight, Mark Williams against Rod Lawler. We will see whether Mark

:33:45. > :33:47.Karren Brady 's game to get through to round three and joined Matthew

:33:48. > :33:52.Stevens and Michael White, who are already three.

:33:53. > :34:00.Let's get some expert views on Mark Williams from Messer 's mercy,

:34:01. > :34:07.Hendry and Doherty with their views on the world number one -- Messers

:34:08. > :34:13.Murphy. Twice a Masters champion, UK

:34:14. > :34:17.Champion, world champion. While spotting machine, Mark Williams,

:34:18. > :34:21.went through a phase of being the Welsh wobbling in the jaws machine,

:34:22. > :34:25.then did something about it, went back to the practice table and has

:34:26. > :34:30.gone back to form. Great potter, supremely confident, looks like he

:34:31. > :34:35.could not give a monkeys when he comes around the table! Never looks

:34:36. > :34:39.under pressure at any time, and that would wind you up! You would think

:34:40. > :34:44.you have him at one stage then he would dribble in a long ball, and

:34:45. > :34:48.other frame gone. You could pull him in all sorts of positions and he

:34:49. > :34:54.would find a way out or a great long pot and drop it in most of the time

:34:55. > :34:58.dead weight. You can get 100%. If you missed it, it could have been

:34:59. > :35:04.game over, but more times than not he got the bigshot and that is why

:35:05. > :35:09.he has been at the top of the game for so long. A wonderful player over

:35:10. > :35:12.many, many years and one of the still remaining standing order

:35:13. > :35:17.generation of players, if you know what I mean. In his prime, I reckon

:35:18. > :35:23.he was as good as it got under pressure. Nobody, I think, was as

:35:24. > :35:27.good as him from in front and behind, didn't seem to make a

:35:28. > :35:30.difference where he was. He could still pot the frame ball and he's

:35:31. > :35:35.doing a good job of keeping those pressure shots together even now. It

:35:36. > :35:39.gets harder as you get older, he is doing a great job of that. When his

:35:40. > :35:46.back is against the wall and he has his opponent in trouble. And he is

:35:47. > :35:51.not afraid to turn down at Digby thinks it is dangerous. As a poker

:35:52. > :35:56.player, he would know when there was a chance it could go wrong. I'm

:35:57. > :36:00.going to look forward to this bit, lets rip him to pieces! What is

:36:01. > :36:05.wrong with him, apart from the haircut now? I've got more than him!

:36:06. > :36:10.No, what is it about him that could be better now? Messed around with

:36:11. > :36:16.his cue is a bit, I didn't like that. I think it was in vogue for

:36:17. > :36:21.players to start messing with their cues. The problem with Smart is he

:36:22. > :36:26.still thinks and plays the way he played 15 years ago. Every now and

:36:27. > :36:30.then the balls don't go in like they did, he still hangs his hat on going

:36:31. > :36:34.for the long red, leaving the white in the balls, but now sometimes they

:36:35. > :36:39.don't go in with the frequency that they used to, perhaps takes on a bit

:36:40. > :36:44.more damage than he ever did. But when he is on, he is one of the most

:36:45. > :36:47.dangerous players we have got. The only thing I think you made a bad

:36:48. > :36:55.decision on was messing around with cues. Other than that, he has been

:36:56. > :37:03.fantastic in his career. Does anyone know why he did it? No!

:37:04. > :37:06.That is the experts' view on Mark Williams, and he will certainly need

:37:07. > :37:11.to be on because I think you said Willie that you have not seen him

:37:12. > :37:16.play as bad as last night? He is one of my top five all-time players, but

:37:17. > :37:19.he had a bad day at the office yesterday and still won. Sometimes

:37:20. > :37:25.your B game has to come through, I would make it his Obama game

:37:26. > :37:36.yesterday but he got through, his opponent did not punish -- I would

:37:37. > :37:41.make it his gene that G game. Rod Lawler, you would have to say he is

:37:42. > :37:43.a journeyman, but he will be a hard man to beat, though Mark Williams

:37:44. > :37:47.should come through. It has been quite an afternoon with

:37:48. > :37:51.one thing then another, we have seen Judd Trump go through, a snooker

:37:52. > :37:56.masterclass from Ronnie O'Sullivan. I wonder what is in store to night?

:37:57. > :38:01.Can Mark Williams raise his game to join Matthew Stevens and Michael

:38:02. > :38:09.White in round three? We will see later on. See it live with us at 7pm

:38:10. > :38:16.on BBC Two Wales. For now, thank you for your company, goodbye for now.