Final: Stuart Bingham v Judd Trump - Part 1

:01:20. > :01:29.So many big names going home early, and yet two of the game 's biggest

:01:30. > :01:37.stars are in the final, here is how they made the final. Had a real

:01:38. > :01:41.fight in the end to get over the line against Stuart Carrington. A

:01:42. > :01:47.whitewash over Robert Milkins last night. Judd Trump's victims included

:01:48. > :01:54.Jackson Page, in a row quarterfinal win over Barry Hawkins, and his

:01:55. > :02:00.class shone through in the end. Two players desperate to win another

:02:01. > :02:05.ranking title. This venue has been kind to me over the years, the first

:02:06. > :02:12.venue I ever qualified foresaw to be in the final is great. This is my

:02:13. > :02:16.word final this season. Two other semifinals, probably one of the most

:02:17. > :02:20.consistent of the season so far which is a little bit different for

:02:21. > :02:30.me, normally I am a bit up and down but this year I have managed to stay

:02:31. > :02:34.in good condition. I put it down to practice and consistency comes if

:02:35. > :02:42.you keep practising. Whenever I lose, get back to the practice table

:02:43. > :02:45.and eventually things pay off. The last thing, winning the World

:02:46. > :02:50.Championships, it would be nice to get to the finals, but it's the

:02:51. > :02:55.ultimate thing, to get your hands on another trophy. I have got every

:02:56. > :02:58.chance tonight. He is a great player, he has improved over the

:02:59. > :03:04.past five seasons, he has been the model champion and has nothing more

:03:05. > :03:08.to prove. Did everything he wanted to do in snooker. He is under no

:03:09. > :03:13.real pressure, go out and enjoy it and take it as it comes. Always

:03:14. > :03:18.going to get results the style he plays, very attacking when he is on

:03:19. > :03:28.song he can beat anyone. Can make anyone look stupid as well. How

:03:29. > :03:33.attacking he plays, INAUDIBLE . It would be great to win this

:03:34. > :03:39.trophy, it would bring prestige with it. It is still close to home that

:03:40. > :03:44.it probably is as close to home as I'm going to get, 45 minutes from

:03:45. > :03:50.home. To win this one would be extra special. You want to do good for the

:03:51. > :03:58.people around you and your friends and family, to get your hands on the

:03:59. > :04:02.trophy would be special? At some point this evening one of them get

:04:03. > :04:07.their hands on the trophy and a cheque for ?70,000. Not bad for a

:04:08. > :04:11.week 's work. We have only had three of the top 16 left, I was a bit

:04:12. > :04:16.worried that it might not be a great final but we have two of the top

:04:17. > :04:21.five. Tough one to call but it could be special. I think it well, Judd

:04:22. > :04:26.Trump is breaking down a little bit too often at 40 and 50 and will have

:04:27. > :04:32.to improve on that but I think it will be a close game. This crowded

:04:33. > :04:36.deserve a good final. We have seen some top snooker from both players

:04:37. > :04:42.this week. Who has impressed you most, this anyone have the edge?

:04:43. > :04:45.Judd Trump is scoring better if that makes sense, but has had a

:04:46. > :04:54.reasonably comfort free route to the final. I think both players deserve

:04:55. > :05:34.to be really are. Four breaks over 142 already.

:05:35. > :05:39.Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, after a brilliant week in Cardiff

:05:40. > :05:46.it's time for the big one, welcome to the final of the Welsh Open, two

:05:47. > :05:51.of the very best in the sport ready and waiting to go toe to toe, let's

:05:52. > :06:04.get the boys on the baize. CHEERING APPLAUSE

:06:05. > :06:13.Please welcome the most exciting player of his generation. Winner of

:06:14. > :06:18.six ranking event titles, including the UK championship, and this

:06:19. > :06:21.season's European Masters. With all of his friends and family making the

:06:22. > :06:26.short journey here from Bristol, this is a massive day for the ace in

:06:27. > :06:53.the pack, Judd Trump! APPLAUSE

:06:54. > :07:00.And his opponent, appearing in his second Welsh Open final, his first

:07:01. > :07:05.ranking title came in Australia 2011 and he hasn't looked back since.

:07:06. > :07:08.Winner of the world title in spectacular fashion in 2015, he is

:07:09. > :07:15.here to prove he still belongs at the top, he is the world number two,

:07:16. > :07:44.he is Stuart Bingham. APPLAUSE

:07:45. > :07:56.It is the 2017 Welsh Open final. Overdue commentators. -- over to

:07:57. > :08:10.your commentators. Ready to get started for the first

:08:11. > :08:18.frame of the Welsh Open 2017. If I had any hell my head I'm sure it

:08:19. > :08:22.would have stood up. -- hair on my head. Very interesting so far, both

:08:23. > :08:31.players, both Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham. I've seen Stuart Bingham in

:08:32. > :08:38.three finals and three semifinals. Judd Trump, his third final of the

:08:39. > :08:47.year, got into a couple of semifinals. Very interesting in the

:08:48. > :08:53.head-to-head, five apiece. So I think this packed house in Cardiff

:08:54. > :08:59.are in for a cracker. How do you see it going, Dominic? Good afternoon,

:09:00. > :09:02.everybody. Yes, I'm looking forward to this match between these two

:09:03. > :09:12.macro players. As you say, nothing to choose between them on the

:09:13. > :09:20.head-to-heads. -- two players. This will be anything but a tight

:09:21. > :09:24.encounter. I have to agree with Willie come his talk at the top of

:09:25. > :09:31.the show with Ian Hunter, I can see it being 9-6, either way, really. --

:09:32. > :09:40.with Willie, his talk. Both players on similar paths to the final.

:09:41. > :09:46.Stuart Bingham against Robert Wilkins, he started things off with

:09:47. > :09:55.a nice flick and a total clearance. Judd Trump is just on the same. --

:09:56. > :10:12.fluke. Stuart Bingham has been put into a snooker early on.

:10:13. > :10:23.Perfect weight. We started the week with 128 players. A lot of shocks in

:10:24. > :10:31.the earlier rounds. A lot of top players leaving the event. It is

:10:32. > :10:37.amazing how many times this happens. Down to the final. Top two in the

:10:38. > :10:43.world. It is amazing they are top of the rankings. Stuart Bingham was

:10:44. > :10:53.very clinical in the summer -- semifinal. He had a lot of long

:10:54. > :10:58.pots. Every time he made them, his opponent was far from the table. He

:10:59. > :11:07.has missed that one. There must be butterflies. It is impossible not to

:11:08. > :11:10.have butterflies. To start this, after the way they were received

:11:11. > :11:15.with the full house, and the music for the walk ons, I think it will

:11:16. > :11:17.take a moment for the players to settle down and feel at home out

:11:18. > :11:29.there. If I were to guess we would settle

:11:30. > :11:37.down quickest, I would hedge my bets on Judd Trump. Nothing more than an

:11:38. > :11:47.intuitive thought. But he does play with a confident air. He is such a

:11:48. > :11:54.great potter. But he is a momentum player. When things start flying in

:11:55. > :11:59.he is impossible to stop. And I don't think we've seen the best of

:12:00. > :12:01.him here this week. Stuart Bingham in the semifinal yesterday,

:12:02. > :12:07.definitely the best we have seen from him all week playing. He was

:12:08. > :12:11.very, very good and clinical. Judd Trump had shown signs, but I don't

:12:12. > :12:14.think he has put it all together. A couple of his matches, his long game

:12:15. > :12:21.has been brilliant. His break-building hasn't been quite as

:12:22. > :12:25.good. In other matches is long potting hasn't been great. He is

:12:26. > :12:30.always very astute in the safety department. That is something he has

:12:31. > :12:36.developed over the last three, four years. He has realised you couldn't

:12:37. > :12:39.pot everything on the table. And you had to develop a second game if he

:12:40. > :12:44.wanted to compete and win at this level. It is all about the

:12:45. > :12:46.tournaments they can put on their CV. This is a very positive start

:12:47. > :13:09.from Judd Trump. That one kept running and running.

:13:10. > :13:14.The choice of red balls between the two pockets. Bit of a touch on the

:13:15. > :13:23.pink, so I don't think he can get to them. Fortunately for Judd Trump,

:13:24. > :13:28.the red went to the right centre which offers the perfect black ball

:13:29. > :13:31.position. Just the sort of start judge would have been looking for --

:13:32. > :13:45.Judd would have been looking for. Again, it has gone a little bit

:13:46. > :13:54.astray for him. He still has this red ball to the right corner. It

:13:55. > :14:02.will become poor cueing -- it will be ample cueing. The table has

:14:03. > :14:03.played fast. You think the cue ball will stop at it travels on a couple

:14:04. > :14:16.more inches -- and it travels. None of these shots are easy. Just

:14:17. > :14:20.cue ball to either case the red a little bit with a bit more pace, or

:14:21. > :14:30.just sort of stop two inches shorter. -- kiss the red. I think

:14:31. > :14:34.you might cannon into the black. He might be able to miss the cannon.

:14:35. > :14:38.Well, that was a nervous one, and that is all due to losing the cue

:14:39. > :14:48.ball in that a relatively straightforward position on the

:14:49. > :14:53.black. He just pulled it wide on the follow-through. I'm surprised he did

:14:54. > :15:01.not try and play around a couple of cushions onto the blue in the

:15:02. > :15:07.centre. A couple of easy reds in the black corner. But he might have this

:15:08. > :15:13.one on pocket. I think he has been fortunate. But the red has covered

:15:14. > :15:16.the black. I'm sure we will see Stuart Bingham take this round. --

:15:17. > :15:46.take this one out. That was a crisp pot. That will be a

:15:47. > :15:51.confidence booster and a settler down. They won't come much better

:15:52. > :15:59.than that. Could have done with being a little bit straighter on the

:16:00. > :16:05.red. But what a confident brown. Quite interesting, again, talking

:16:06. > :16:09.about Judd Trump. He has had 44. He has broken down again. That is what

:16:10. > :16:13.he has been doing all tournament, bar a couple, and he will have to

:16:14. > :16:22.score heavier than that in this match. Yes, that's absolutely right,

:16:23. > :16:27.Darren. He did get punished, breaking down in the 40s in a couple

:16:28. > :16:33.of his matches. But you would expect somebody with Stuart's pedigree to

:16:34. > :17:26.maybe punish him more severely and win frames.

:17:27. > :17:35.Nice, straight position on the red, which should run through for the

:17:36. > :17:41.black. The rest that has nestled against the pink, it should pot if

:17:42. > :17:57.done properly. From Stuart's point of view, an obvious interest into a

:17:58. > :18:17.frame clearance. -- the red that has nestled.

:18:18. > :18:35.Yes, last night he was very, very clinical in positions like this. He

:18:36. > :18:39.made very few mistakes. As Dominic said, if that read nearest the pink

:18:40. > :18:49.is going into the right corner he has got to do nothing. Just keep

:18:50. > :18:55.tight control of the cue ball. And if it doesn't go, he will play to

:18:56. > :19:02.move it. As long as he gets up on the red it will go to that corner.

:19:03. > :19:12.That is what he has played for. That is just about perfect. It looks --

:19:13. > :19:18.looked like this first frame was going the way of Judd Trump due to

:19:19. > :19:22.that mishap on the positional side of the shot. It looks like Stuart is

:19:23. > :20:19.going to pinch this opening frame. A little bit of a kick. A note from

:20:20. > :20:28.his head. -- nod. Never in doubt, though. Just needed to be a bit

:20:29. > :20:37.thinner. On his way to win this first frame. He will be feeling a

:20:38. > :20:48.lot better inside. Good effort. He went for the long pot, obviously,

:20:49. > :20:55.and gave Judd his chance. He knows that all of these could have been

:20:56. > :20:59.his. Well, he has missed the pink. I cannot imagine Judd Trump will come

:21:00. > :21:05.to the table. He doesn't. He stays in his chair. He got a 44, broke

:21:06. > :22:08.down, Stuart Bingham takes the first frame will -- first frame.

:22:09. > :22:16.The first blood goes to Stuart Bingham. We said it would be a tough

:22:17. > :22:20.one to call. Tight opening frame, a game of two halves. Similar to the

:22:21. > :22:23.pattern all week. He lost from 40 in front a couple of times against

:22:24. > :22:31.Hawkins. In the first frame here this afternoon, again. I don't know

:22:32. > :22:34.if you get into a position where he thinks I'm definitely going to win

:22:35. > :22:38.the frame and he relaxes a little bit. There was something in his mind

:22:39. > :22:43.around the 50, 60 mark, which is missing. If he plays like that all

:22:44. > :22:50.afternoon then Stuart Bingham is going to take it. That could

:22:51. > :22:55.jeopardise his chances. He should have won more titles than he has.

:22:56. > :22:58.But we love the way he plays. I'm not saying do not change the way you

:22:59. > :23:02.play, but I'm saying be a bit more careful. When you're in the of

:23:03. > :23:07.getting to the 40 mark, be a bit more careful in the middle of a

:23:08. > :23:11.break, you only need to get 20, 30 more. He said that Stuart Bingham

:23:12. > :23:18.has nothing to prove any more. He won recently. What do you reckon? He

:23:19. > :23:22.doesn't want to go to his grave only having won one major tournament. The

:23:23. > :23:30.other tournaments he has won we do not necessarily refer to as majors.

:23:31. > :23:35.I'm sure Dominic and Darren will have their thoughts on that. Frame

:23:36. > :23:49.two now with Stuart Bingham leading. The first 29 frames will lift the

:23:50. > :23:56.beautiful trophy this evening. Early days, of course.

:23:57. > :24:04.APPLAUSE -- the first to 9 frames. He

:24:05. > :24:07.probably expects to get those. Kept very still on the shot, which is

:24:08. > :24:20.very important. Particularly on the long ones. Now, yellow or brown.

:24:21. > :24:30.First yellow. Just by the black, that red. I do know if it is

:24:31. > :24:34.blocking the corner pocket. If it is, he should get onto the red as

:24:35. > :24:42.soon as he can to free up the black ball. It will pot, that black.

:24:43. > :24:57.Missing the other red ball to the right of the black is masking the

:24:58. > :25:01.angle slightly. You called it. He has got onto the bed. Straightaway.

:25:02. > :25:08.-- he has got onto that Red -- he has got onto that red

:25:09. > :25:25.straightaway. It is a big day for the referee.

:25:26. > :25:31.They spend all that time travelling around to try and get some major

:25:32. > :25:38.finals under their belts. I have seen in the past, the referees can

:25:39. > :25:44.get nervous, they can drop the ball, and the other ones go everywhere.

:25:45. > :25:49.Not on this one, very steady hands. He sounds a bit like Darth Vader,

:25:50. > :25:57.doesn't he? You can hear him breathing. He does not live that far

:25:58. > :26:01.away. He is a Scouser. Living in Southport, Merseyside. Seem quite a

:26:02. > :26:03.lot on the tour. Very experienced referee. -- he has seen quite a lot

:26:04. > :26:27.on the tour. Nicely on this black. Two reds open

:26:28. > :26:31.which you can play on. He will need to decide which shot he will play on

:26:32. > :26:38.to develop that pack. You feel if he got on that black, in a way, later

:26:39. > :26:45.on, he will probably play the blue and then this red just to the left

:26:46. > :26:56.at the top of the pack. I don't think we will see him get into the

:26:57. > :27:04.pack of reds yet. OK, we will. And I think he is just about OK. It wasn't

:27:05. > :27:14.a good cluster to go into from the top. As long as he makes his next

:27:15. > :27:22.pot, no damage done. This red could run into two. It has worked out OK,

:27:23. > :27:29.because the pink and black are in open play. Judd Trump will be pretty

:27:30. > :27:36.harsh on himself, I'm sure, if he does not go on to win this frame

:27:37. > :27:39.from here and level things up. I'm pretty sure, from our comments and

:27:40. > :27:45.his own observations, that he has broken down many times on 40 and not

:27:46. > :27:46.gone on to win frames in one scoring visit. He will be wanting to make

:27:47. > :28:17.amends for that here. Just wiped its feet as it went in.

:28:18. > :28:22.But he has equalled his break in the first frame, 44, and he isn't

:28:23. > :28:31.perfect in this position. Had a bit of a kick there. He ported the black

:28:32. > :28:36.very thick into the pocket. -- potted. Good cueing. Easy pot this

:28:37. > :28:43.time. Just needed to be on the right-hand side of the blue ball.

:28:44. > :28:50.And that looks very straight. Slightest of angles. He has got to

:28:51. > :28:54.be able to get off one or more cushions. He has connected the two

:28:55. > :29:06.and he could not have played it much better than that. Very well played.

:29:07. > :29:15.It is amazing how much of an angle you can create when it is almost

:29:16. > :29:31.straight. You can play it with a trace of stun. No problem for Judd.

:29:32. > :29:43.He goes to 57. Just a couple of reds and colours required to start this

:29:44. > :29:54.final off in the perfect way for the spectators, at least. It keeps it

:29:55. > :30:02.nice and close at one frame all. A little bit of pressure on that for

:30:03. > :30:10.Judd. It is permissible. But just this red ball required to get his

:30:11. > :30:20.side of the scoreboard rolling. Would you believe it? I wouldn't.

:30:21. > :30:24.You just cannot believe it, can you? Game ball. We talked about his

:30:25. > :30:29.scoring, not putting the frame away in one visit. It looks like he has

:30:30. > :30:35.overcome all of that in this frame. What a lifeline he has given Stuart

:30:36. > :30:38.Bingham now. This would be a massive body blow early in this match. It

:30:39. > :30:42.doesn't matter what standard you are at, until you get that frame on the

:30:43. > :31:00.board, the longer it goes, the harder it gets. Big miss, that one.

:31:01. > :31:05.Definitely Judd Trump did not keep his mind on the job. He didn't keep

:31:06. > :31:11.his mind on the present. Expecting this match to be level at 1-1. He

:31:12. > :31:15.saw the winning line too quickly. He did not play the shot on its own

:31:16. > :31:20.merit. Stuart Bingham, as all champions do, recognise these

:31:21. > :31:22.weaknesses in opponents. And he will know that he can capitalise on that

:31:23. > :31:50.mistake from Judd Trump. These remaining two reds, one

:31:51. > :31:54.teapots this one of course, in very awkward positions. -- once teapots

:31:55. > :32:09.this one of course. I think the red near that side

:32:10. > :32:13.cushion, has not tried to move it. Does not want to be dead straight,

:32:14. > :32:44.that looks perfect. This is going to be very tight to

:32:45. > :32:48.get the rest incomparably. -- in comfortably. If he plays it from

:32:49. > :32:56.here this really makes the shot more difficult. You can see the head of

:32:57. > :33:00.the rest rocking on the cushion. He is having to put it so close to the

:33:01. > :33:09.cue ball for the cue to get to the angle of the red that it is making

:33:10. > :33:17.it awkward. This is a new one. This is a different way, I cannot imagine

:33:18. > :33:24.he will play that either. Suddenly from being very straight forward

:33:25. > :33:27.this has gotten very difficult. I am surprised he cannot stretch over the

:33:28. > :33:35.side of the table and plate without the rest but I don't think it is as

:33:36. > :33:44.difficult as it looks. Simple in the end. Lovely angle on the black to

:33:45. > :33:54.play a semi-punch shot to create the angle. Oh dear, did I hear a mobile

:33:55. > :34:19.phone? Could not possibly play that any

:34:20. > :34:23.better and I can assure you Judd Trump will not think he's getting

:34:24. > :34:28.back to this table in the second frame. And this will be a blow. If

:34:29. > :34:31.there is every time you think a match could be a closer fair but

:34:32. > :34:39.isn't, it's because of incidents like this. When a player ought to

:34:40. > :34:43.win afraid, has no reason not to name from the point of view of Judd

:34:44. > :34:51.Trump, throws it away by missing very simple red. Just makes it all

:34:52. > :34:53.the more difficult to win your first frame when you know he should have

:34:54. > :35:44.won one already. Needs both pink and black to win

:35:45. > :35:48.frame by single point. Judd Trump caught in the early with a break of

:35:49. > :35:55.64, looked like winning it comfortable that missed an easy red.

:35:56. > :36:01.Gave Stuart Bingham this lifeline and he has taken it with both hands.

:36:02. > :36:05.Wins frame by a single point to take a 2-0 lead.

:36:06. > :36:14.STUDIO: An impressive clearance, Willie Thorne applauding here in the

:36:15. > :36:20.studio, in another crisis from Judd Trump in the middle of a frame, not

:36:21. > :36:23.the 40s this time but the 60s. Breaking off against him you cannot

:36:24. > :36:29.afford to leave the sort of things, he's the best in the world at this

:36:30. > :36:37.particular shot, he, that shot, right into the heart of the pocket,

:36:38. > :36:41.look at the cue ball. We have talked about him breaking down on 40 and

:36:42. > :36:45.50, this time breaking down on 64, tell me any amateur player in the

:36:46. > :36:51.world that could miss this red. It's a lack of concentration when he has

:36:52. > :36:56.got close to the winning post. It's so strange. That is probably the

:36:57. > :37:02.eighth or ninth time he has missed when he has the frame won. Can he be

:37:03. > :37:07.filling nervous? A player of his stature? The beauty is we know he

:37:08. > :37:11.has to play well, if somebody could tell me Stuart Bingham was going to

:37:12. > :37:15.kill the clay bowl from there I would have given him by gods, the

:37:16. > :37:29.beauty of what he did was he played every shot pinpoint, he knows now he

:37:30. > :37:34.has Judd Trump on the rack, that Judd Trump will be doubting himself

:37:35. > :37:38.and that's the beauty. That the beauty when you are in a big final

:37:39. > :37:45.like this, you are looking for evidence of flaws in your opponent

:37:46. > :37:53.to give you extra belief. He saw Judd break down twice on 44 and 64,

:37:54. > :37:56.both relatively easy shots, that miss will haunt him. Might have

:37:57. > :38:02.trouble forgetting that for a couple of frames. Trump scratches his head

:38:03. > :38:08.and wonders what I have to do to stop this happening. I am not sure

:38:09. > :38:13.he realises himself he has done it so often this week. But people

:38:14. > :38:15.around him, his management team, family and friends, when he goes

:38:16. > :38:20.away from this tournament he is going to add to work on that, almost

:38:21. > :38:24.as if it's the first ball, get past 40 and think you are starting again

:38:25. > :38:27.rather than thinking I am about to win in the frame. It is unnerving

:38:28. > :38:41.watching him play like this. COMMENTATOR: Some very good points

:38:42. > :38:50.made. I am not saying I agree with all of them, but some of them. Put a

:38:51. > :38:53.top amateur down, any kind of amateur, still a bit different

:38:54. > :38:59.potting that ball in the club. But what I will say the red and he

:39:00. > :39:05.missed was unforgivable. Potted a much better pink the shot before.

:39:06. > :39:12.And the thing I also agree with is that he has done it all week, making

:39:13. > :39:15.40s and 50s and breaking down. You can see with Stuart Bingham, he has

:39:16. > :39:22.come in here and is firing on all cylinders. He will be very pleased

:39:23. > :39:29.with himself. But Judd Trump knows he must cut the unforced errors.

:39:30. > :39:41.Must cut them out. 2-0 down when he could be 2-0 up.

:39:42. > :39:51.The part that all we are Judd keeps seemingly breaking down, can

:39:52. > :39:54.actually work on that. It's more the mental side of the game during

:39:55. > :39:59.matches. I don't think it would happen on the practice table. It's

:40:00. > :40:04.the thought process in the mind, maybe thinking too far ahead,

:40:05. > :40:09.thinking you have won the frame, or should do. Not keeping your mind in

:40:10. > :40:16.the present. That is why I thought he missed that rather simple red.

:40:17. > :40:21.Not surprisingly the confidence of Stuart Bingham will have grown from

:40:22. > :40:32.that. Superb break to steel it by a point. Pretty straight on this blue.

:40:33. > :40:35.Can play for red into the corner, black available but unfortunately

:40:36. > :41:31.when it is re-spotted it will be tied up.

:41:32. > :41:38.He was very straight on the last ball but he is not on that one.

:41:39. > :41:43.Would love to move that red away from the black spot. If the red goes

:41:44. > :41:47.to the pocket it's an easy positional shot, but if it does not

:41:48. > :41:56.it is a bit more tricky. Goes to the left corner. All of a sudden this is

:41:57. > :42:03.becoming a very good chance again. First thing to get himself and

:42:04. > :42:12.running. -- for Stuart Binny to get himself up and running. -- for

:42:13. > :42:17.Stuart Bingham to get himself up and running. Is already sensing he has

:42:18. > :42:29.got a chance to build himself a lead. Has got his opponent slightly

:42:30. > :42:35.on the ropes. He has to ponder the mistakes which have cost him the

:42:36. > :42:44.previous two frames. The longer he's in the cheer the more he is thinking

:42:45. > :43:50.it. -- the longer he is in the cheer the more he is thinking about it.

:43:51. > :44:02.Perfectly judged cannon from Stuart. The pot success very good from both

:44:03. > :44:08.players. 94% from Judd Trump. Breaks of 44 and 64 in the first two

:44:09. > :44:22.frames. Ordinarily you think he might be 2-0 up. I'm sure Stuart

:44:23. > :44:24.Bingham will be hoping he can make a frame-winning break from here

:44:25. > :44:32.because there is no reason to suggest that he cannot. Still free

:44:33. > :44:36.open reds, take those with blacks and the frame is virtually won. --

:44:37. > :45:08.still free open Nice to know that the tips that

:45:09. > :45:18.Stuart uses on his cues, they are an earlier version of another kind of

:45:19. > :45:22.kept, and I actually sold him that box of tips. I should have been

:45:23. > :45:47.charging commission. I know a lot of the top players have

:45:48. > :45:56.gone away from traditional tips. It's getting harder to find a good

:45:57. > :46:04.one. You go through the box and they have gone to talismans and Phoenix.

:46:05. > :46:12.A whole bunch of different names products there now. It's because a

:46:13. > :46:24.lot of the professional players started off in their youth, I found

:46:25. > :46:32.in a box of 50 you would get eight or ten tips that were consistent.

:46:33. > :46:39.But they have brought out new ones, which are very expensive but are

:46:40. > :46:40.very consistent and it enables a lot of the players to stick with their

:46:41. > :46:58.original brand. APPLAUSE Good red to the left centre. I

:46:59. > :47:03.imagine Judd Trump will be fully aware, needs at the moment just one

:47:04. > :47:21.snooker, that if he can get back to the table.

:47:22. > :47:46.Clever shot, pushing the black onto the top cushion. This has been a

:47:47. > :48:01.great start for Stuart, not so great for Judd. Still early on in this

:48:02. > :48:05.match, a long way to go. First to 9. But in the event that Stuart does

:48:06. > :49:02.win this frame he is a third of the way there.

:49:03. > :49:08.That was clever as well, moving the red away from the pink. Would have

:49:09. > :49:19.liked it a bit further away than it is.

:49:20. > :49:33.Another good long pot. No trouble with Judd Trump's long potting, I

:49:34. > :49:38.have remarked on it all week. That one hasn't gone in, pushes the cue

:49:39. > :50:01.ball. It's not going to plan. Muhammad Ali. Golf, tennis,

:50:02. > :50:05.football. Darts. Darts is pretty up there. Me winning the World

:50:06. > :50:19.Championships. I remember losing a tennis final. I fulfilled that, last

:50:20. > :50:25.year. Coventry. Conditions there are always played pretty good. I am into

:50:26. > :50:29.gadgets and computers, so I think I would be something like that. Lose

:50:30. > :50:39.yourself by Eminem. If you listen to the words it's from his film eight

:50:40. > :50:45.mile. I get all goose pimply thinking about it. When, when,

:50:46. > :50:50.chicken dinner comes to mind. I remember missing my flight when I

:50:51. > :50:54.won the world amateur in 96. I got the dates wrong, I loved that the

:50:55. > :50:59.arrival day instead of the take of a. I asked what the weight limit

:51:00. > :51:09.was, I said I was at home and they said you should be on the flight.

:51:10. > :51:16.COMMENTATOR: We have all had problems with flights nowadays

:51:17. > :51:27.especially when so many tournaments are held abroad. But Stuart is very

:51:28. > :51:32.much like me, loves to play in everything that he can play N. And I

:51:33. > :51:42.am sure he is like me, loves travelling. It is tough for a lot of

:51:43. > :51:50.the players these days, away from their families. For a significant

:51:51. > :51:59.part of the year. Also loves modern technology so is able to keep in

:52:00. > :52:03.touch with his family whilst abroad. Yes, little one arrived for him a

:52:04. > :52:08.couple of months ago. He has played a lot of snooker over the last four

:52:09. > :52:14.or five weeks which is not given him much home life. I think now in the

:52:15. > :52:25.modern game when you get on a run you have to make the most of it.

:52:26. > :52:30.It'll be interesting, in his last two matches Stuart Bingham has gone

:52:31. > :52:35.into a 4-0 lead before the interval. This frame would make it three in a

:52:36. > :52:40.row. But I am sure Judd Trump will have something to say about it. But

:52:41. > :52:55.again, another great long pot. Absolutely. Does not seem to have

:52:56. > :53:00.lost too much confidence. As a result of losing the first three

:53:01. > :53:08.frames. Has been in first in at least two of them. Now this. Force

:53:09. > :53:15.the brown into the centre pocket. That's a wonderful shot. It is, only

:53:16. > :53:21.a couple of players in the game would attempt to play that and he's

:53:22. > :53:31.one of them. Absolutely unbelievable pot.

:53:32. > :53:40.You feel he needs to win a frame with a big break. Total clearance of

:53:41. > :53:47.some sort. Just to settle himself down and reaffirm that he is still

:53:48. > :53:58.scoring and he can score and win a frame in one visit.

:53:59. > :54:07.Yes, needs top-quality cue control really so he does not have any issue

:54:08. > :54:15.with positional play. The referee will just need to check the spot of

:54:16. > :54:21.the pink. Those already it is occupied so will replace it on a

:54:22. > :54:28.direct line between its own spot and the top cushion. Must not touch any

:54:29. > :54:44.of the reds. Yet be as close as possible without touching.

:54:45. > :54:57.He's asking for the long tackle. Mr red not too dissimilar to this on

:54:58. > :55:10.the first frame. The black last summer.

:55:11. > :55:23.Back on the blue. You just feel he's going to try to go into this pack of

:55:24. > :55:31.reds, has that red, that is a great angle. Hold onto your hats, these

:55:32. > :55:36.could go everywhere. Needs the red to slow down. What happens when

:55:37. > :55:46.things are going wrong, really unlucky. Really unlucky.

:55:47. > :56:04.I was looking for any potential plants in that pack of reds. But

:56:05. > :56:08.that red that went into the left-hand corner, I don't think you

:56:09. > :56:13.could have forecast that going in. It is the 9-ball pull element of

:56:14. > :56:24.snooker, crash into the pack to develop them but you never quite

:56:25. > :56:29.know where they are going to finish. Very important frame for Judd Trump

:56:30. > :56:34.to win, this. Could never have forecast either playing taking a 4-0

:56:35. > :56:45.interval lead. But you certainly can now.

:56:46. > :56:56.Obviously a long way to go in this frame but if Stuart was to make it

:56:57. > :57:00.4-0 I think Judd Trump will be gratefully interval has come. Will

:57:01. > :57:04.have 15-20 minutes to gather his thoughts. It's amazing how many

:57:05. > :57:09.times after the interval matches change, stops the momentum. The look

:57:10. > :58:00.of That's exactly what Judd Trump

:58:01. > :58:06.needs, a reprieve from Stuart Bingham. Has not missed much in

:58:07. > :58:14.these first four frames. Did just overscrew position lately for it.

:58:15. > :58:19.And Judd Trump has missed that one. Got down and played that very

:58:20. > :58:31.quickly. Why he has gone up for the blue and played it at that pace, I

:58:32. > :58:37.don't know. I was just about to say Stuart Bingham had a wry smile going

:58:38. > :58:40.back to his chair as if he had missed a trick, certainly would not

:58:41. > :58:52.have thought he was coming back to the table so soon.

:58:53. > :58:57.Probably just checking to see if the pink spot is available here because

:58:58. > :59:01.if it is not it will go on the black spot and he needs to make sure he

:59:02. > :59:09.leaves the cue ball well clear of it so he does not snooker his next red.

:59:10. > :59:54.I would say the pink spot is just occupied.

:59:55. > :00:14.Just have to be a little bit careful, he will play to move the

:00:15. > :00:26.reds, probably to the left of the cluster. Is that a plant? Looks like

:00:27. > :00:33.it. You can see two of them not quite on, this one seems to be the

:00:34. > :00:38.favourite out of the two. APPLAUSE This becomes a frame-winning chance.

:00:39. > :00:42.For all intents and purposes it looks like Judd Trump had a chance

:00:43. > :00:48.to get back into this frame and to cut the deficit down. But the way

:00:49. > :00:51.Stuart Bingham has been playing, the form he showed us in the opening

:00:52. > :00:59.three, cannot imagine he'll make any mistakes with this effort. Worrying

:01:00. > :01:11.times for Judd Trump's fans who have come here to cheer him on.

:01:12. > :01:22.Yes, although the black is out of commission, the reds and the pink

:01:23. > :01:27.would mean that Stuart Bingham will be comfortable. He will not need the

:01:28. > :01:33.tricky red ball on the right-hand cushion. Cannot avoid getting a

:01:34. > :01:36.cannon onto the other reds before potting this. He won't want to knock

:01:37. > :01:49.one of those rates onto the cushion, either. He actually looked at the

:01:50. > :01:57.plant. -- those reds. He looks like he will have to play the red onto

:01:58. > :02:01.the other red. Big risk, but the plant looks easy. I think he played

:02:02. > :02:07.the right shot. He couldn't guarantee the position. That has

:02:08. > :02:19.helped Judd Trump with the red coming across to the blue. But he

:02:20. > :02:25.will have to get a good pot of this -- off this.

:02:26. > :02:34.APPLAUSE He just isn't missing anything at

:02:35. > :02:52.the moment. How straight to the pocket. Beautiful cueing.

:02:53. > :03:02.He must be full of confidence, Stuart Bingham. He has missed

:03:03. > :03:08.preciousness -- precious little in these first few frames. Judd Trump

:03:09. > :03:11.should have won two of these first four friend this afternoon.

:03:12. > :03:23.Purposely levered himself on the red because it will go past the blue. --

:03:24. > :03:34.four frames. Would you believe it, 4-0 interval lead for Stuart

:03:35. > :03:41.Bingham? Well, any colour will do. 35 ahead, 35 still remain. Let's run

:03:42. > :03:48.you through some of the breaks we've already seen this afternoon. Breaks

:03:49. > :03:57.of 65, 69 and 74 for Stuart Bingham. It has been a very, very high-class

:03:58. > :04:01.opening four frames from a break point of view. Haven't seen much

:04:02. > :04:15.safety. Turning the screw on him further. But Judd Trump is still in

:04:16. > :04:28.this fourth frame. APPLAUSE

:04:29. > :04:37.The difficulty, of course, for Judd Trump, he could tie. That would mean

:04:38. > :04:41.he would need the black off this final red ball. And it isn't in a

:04:42. > :05:10.great position. Although, Stuart Bingham has rather helped his cause.

:05:11. > :05:22.Well, he tried to co-opt the red in. Steve

:05:23. > :05:41.He has judged it perfectly. That is most certainly will be the fourth

:05:42. > :05:46.frame -- that most certainly will be the fourth frame for Stuart Bingham.

:05:47. > :05:51.I don't see Judd Trump coming back to the table in this fourth frame.

:05:52. > :05:55.It has been a great performance so far this afternoon from Stuart

:05:56. > :06:00.Bingham. Judd Trump will certainly go into the interval thinking he

:06:01. > :06:12.should be at least 2-2. It has been down to him. Stuart's going to be

:06:13. > :06:18.4-0 ahead. 4-0 it will be. Both of the players will leave the arena to

:06:19. > :06:26.take their mid-session cup of tea. A great afternoon so far for Stuart

:06:27. > :06:31.Bingham. He leads Judd Trump 4-0 in the Coral Welsh Open 2017. A very

:06:32. > :06:35.happy Stuart Bingham making his way out for the interval. Judd Trump

:06:36. > :06:40.with a lot of thinking to do. 4-0 down in the final of the Welsh Open.

:06:41. > :06:45.What hope is there for him? Nightmare scenario. We never saw it

:06:46. > :06:53.coming. He should have been 2-0 in front. He has to realise that Stuart

:06:54. > :06:59.Bingham cannot win in this session. He has got to make it respectable.

:07:00. > :07:02.6-2 is almost, you know, back in the game, but he needs to tighten up a

:07:03. > :07:10.little bit. He is potting beautifully. His long game is better

:07:11. > :07:16.than Stuart 's. He had a 6-0 win in his previous match. The key thing is

:07:17. > :07:21.he is starting the match so well. His last four matches, he has been

:07:22. > :07:25.4-0 ahead at the interval. Incredible momentum, 11 frames. And

:07:26. > :07:31.you are playing against the best players in the world arena. Against

:07:32. > :07:35.Judd Trump, taking the opening four he will be buzzing. What will be

:07:36. > :07:40.going through Trump 's mind? He won't be doubting himself. Saying

:07:41. > :07:46.that, I am sure he will come back and have a knock for ten minutes.

:07:47. > :07:51.Dominated the first two frames and lost them both. That is what hurts.

:07:52. > :07:55.If a player knocks a long red you don't worry about it, but when you

:07:56. > :08:02.lose the games he has lost there you start to worry and think, I should

:08:03. > :08:09.have won that and this. Just put it better than Stuart and he is 4-0

:08:10. > :08:14.behind. -- potted. He is putting them in. Under pressure, the tricky

:08:15. > :08:27.ones he is getting them in. Absolutely. Stuart must be floating

:08:28. > :08:31.on air. He has got one foot into winning this championship. He was a

:08:32. > :08:36.finalist in a few years ago. Stuart Bingham looking to get his hands on

:08:37. > :08:39.the trophy and he is looking in good shape as it is. Talking about Trump

:08:40. > :08:44.and the flaws in his game. Interesting to hear what he has to

:08:45. > :08:45.say about where his game is at the moment. Before this final he sat

:08:46. > :08:53.down for a chat with Rob Walker. What a great week this has turned

:08:54. > :08:58.out to be. You have had a spring in your step around the Motorpoint

:08:59. > :09:02.Arena over the last six days. It's always been an enjoyable tournament.

:09:03. > :09:07.It's nice to be back on home ground. It is close to my friends and

:09:08. > :09:11.family. I always enjoy coming here. Don't always play my best snooker.

:09:12. > :09:17.But I feel comfortable here. I feel at home. I like being around

:09:18. > :09:19.Cardiff. There is a lot to do here, we are close to everything, it is

:09:20. > :09:24.just a tournament I've always enjoyed. How important is it, when

:09:25. > :09:29.you get to the top of your game as you are now, that you are enjoying

:09:30. > :09:36.the local environment where a tournament is taking place? Does it

:09:37. > :09:38.make a difference? Over the past one or two seasons, I've stopped going

:09:39. > :09:43.to tournaments that I don't really enjoy so much. I used to play every

:09:44. > :09:48.event. Even if I did not enjoy myself when I was there. Whereas

:09:49. > :09:51.now, I've skipped a few tournaments. There are lots of snooker fans here.

:09:52. > :09:58.Apart from Sheffield, there is probably more, I am being recognised

:09:59. > :10:02.and people enjoy their snigger. From day one the crowds have been

:10:03. > :10:09.exceptional here. It is just an exceptional place to play snooker.

:10:10. > :10:15.-- enjoy their snooker. Does it still matter to you that you want to

:10:16. > :10:19.put on a show? Yes. It is important for me to help snooker along the

:10:20. > :10:25.way. Snooker has gone three transitional period, I think. --

:10:26. > :10:29.gone through. You see some games that track. Some players just want

:10:30. > :10:36.to win so badly. They forget that you need some entertainment for it

:10:37. > :10:42.to drive and move forward. -- some games that drag. The character I

:10:43. > :10:46.want to be is the player that plays a bit of both, kind of gets on with

:10:47. > :10:51.it because that is how I enjoy it, and, I think, for me, if I was

:10:52. > :10:56.having to play slower then I would probably give up. Because it and

:10:57. > :10:59.enjoy it. I enjoy clearing frames up in five, six minutes, and smashing

:11:00. > :11:06.the ball is at the end of the frames will stop you have developed as a

:11:07. > :11:09.player. -- at the end of the frames. You have immaturity to your game.

:11:10. > :11:14.You have developed a mental strength. Maybe when you started it

:11:15. > :11:18.possibly wasn't there. A lot of aspects to my game are better than

:11:19. > :11:24.they used to be. I feel I've improved over the last couple of

:11:25. > :11:27.seasons. I've given it my best shot. Especially this season, practice

:11:28. > :11:33.wise, I have knuckled down and given it my all. In snooker labels stick

:11:34. > :11:39.throughout your career. Maybe that will stick with me, being a long

:11:40. > :11:43.potter, hitting the ball too hard, those things stick around. But for

:11:44. > :11:48.anybody who knows the game I think they can see the improvement I have

:11:49. > :11:52.put in. When you look at the list of all-time greats. The fact you are a

:11:53. > :11:56.six time ranking event winner. There are not many ahead of you. Is it

:11:57. > :12:00.important to you that you are working your way up the list of

:12:01. > :12:04.all-time greats, the more of these events you can win? All of the

:12:05. > :12:11.records are important. I look at the ranking events. The sentry breaks.

:12:12. > :12:14.And even 147s. Stuff like that means a lot because if you want to be

:12:15. > :12:22.remembered as a great you need to be up there as competing in those

:12:23. > :12:29.things. -- the centrury breaks. Centrury Breaks, I am getting up

:12:30. > :12:36.there with Ronnie O'Sullivan. I'm not that far away if I can keep

:12:37. > :12:43.plugging on and doing what I am doing. It will soon come around. At

:12:44. > :12:47.27, do you feel as though you are approaching the best years of your

:12:48. > :12:53.career? I definitely think so. When I turned professional. You look at

:12:54. > :12:59.Stephen Hendrie, you think your primers around 26, 27, but that

:13:00. > :13:04.isn't the case these days. -- of your prime is. We've seen people

:13:05. > :13:09.like Mark Selby peak around 34. It gives you hope to see players doing

:13:10. > :13:14.well in their 40s. It has gone from being a 15 year career to a sort of

:13:15. > :13:20.25 year career for me. I have a lot of time on my hands to keep

:13:21. > :13:25.improving. From now, being 27 to maybe 33, 34, over the next six,

:13:26. > :13:30.seven years, this is when I think I should be winning a tournament every

:13:31. > :13:31.season, and try to get to more ranking events by the time I turned

:13:32. > :13:40.34. Interesting interview with Judd

:13:41. > :13:43.Trump. And as you predicted, he is having a practice in the interval. I

:13:44. > :13:50.like that interview. Three things that stood out. He isn't playing in

:13:51. > :13:53.every tournament. He is getting himself ready for the big events.

:13:54. > :14:00.Second, he is making it entertaining. Making sure he has

:14:01. > :14:04.high up on the maximums and the centrury breaks. He said if he only

:14:05. > :14:08.wins two a year for the next ten years he would be up there with

:14:09. > :14:13.about 20, 30. He wants to be one of the all-time greats. I think he will

:14:14. > :14:19.be. The starts can happen when you are outplayed in the first opening

:14:20. > :14:23.three frames. Do you agree with what he says, from your experience, that

:14:24. > :14:27.at the age of 27 you have not reached your peak in the modern

:14:28. > :14:31.game? I don't think he has reached its peak yet. Once he gets his mind

:14:32. > :14:35.right, not to lose silly frames, maybe go for the extra one, he has

:14:36. > :14:40.an unbelievable player to watch. I looked at him and Jimmy White in the

:14:41. > :14:52.same aspect. Jimmy White has won 30 tournaments, whatever it is, and I'm

:14:53. > :14:56.sure he will get there. People you have never heard of making high

:14:57. > :15:01.breaks. The conditions are so much better than they were in the olden

:15:02. > :15:07.days. The platform now, the amount of tournaments. If you are playing

:15:08. > :15:12.well you will win. But there are so many people who can beat you. The

:15:13. > :15:15.tournament now is tough. Best of sevens. You will get strange

:15:16. > :15:20.results. Had this been a best-of-7, best of nine event, Judd Trump would

:15:21. > :15:25.not have had a chance. He just needs to win the next session. Get a

:15:26. > :15:29.couple of drawers. He will be back in the game. To be considered one of

:15:30. > :15:33.the all-time greats you have to win a World Championship, what does he

:15:34. > :15:38.need to do to do that? Given the breakdowns this week. I think he

:15:39. > :15:42.needs to sort out the difference between an exhibition player and a

:15:43. > :15:45.match player. At his best he is wonderful. When you are not playing

:15:46. > :15:49.at your best you need to get something. I'm not sure he has that.

:15:50. > :15:54.He can certainly beat most players with his league game. He is an

:15:55. > :15:59.amazing break-builder, and a crowd pleaser, and I like the fact he

:16:00. > :16:06.wants to get the public to get the enjoyment out of the game. --

:16:07. > :16:09.certainly beat most players with his B game. Stuart Bingham has also been

:16:10. > :16:21.chatting to Rob. Your career has been fascinating and

:16:22. > :16:26.inspirational. Unlike some players were success fell on them at the age

:16:27. > :16:30.of 19, 21, you have really had to work for this and it has taken a

:16:31. > :16:34.long time, but I guess that is what has made it more satisfying getting

:16:35. > :16:41.towards the top. Definitely. When you turn pro, in 1995, you thought

:16:42. > :16:44.you were the business. You went and you saw the likes of Matthew Stevens

:16:45. > :16:47.and Paul Hunter and a load of others, then you realise that you

:16:48. > :16:57.are not that good. You are not that special. It took a while. I won a

:16:58. > :17:00.lot of programmes. I won the world amateur, English amateur, world

:17:01. > :17:05.amateur, things like that, and then obviously a couple of Masters

:17:06. > :17:12.qualifiers, back to back. I suppose I should have pushed on there. It

:17:13. > :17:17.took me a few more years. I suppose I've always had that game. I've

:17:18. > :17:20.always had that believe I could do something eventually. And, yeah,

:17:21. > :17:26.obviously it has been a bit of a roller-coaster since late 2011. Or

:17:27. > :17:30.is there a stage when you thought the titles and the great moments

:17:31. > :17:37.would actually dilute you forever, and you wouldn't quite make the step

:17:38. > :17:44.up? -- elude. You see it at the top of the game. You see the likes of

:17:45. > :17:47.Steve Davies, Hendry, Williams, all winning tournaments and you think

:17:48. > :17:52.you've got to beat maybe a few of them to have any chance of winning.

:17:53. > :18:00.It was really difficult. Obviously a few of them retired. They're

:18:01. > :18:01.obviously more tournaments. I have definitely benefited from that. --

:18:02. > :18:08.bear bar. It is not about building too much

:18:09. > :18:12.pressure on one tournament. Because it seemed like every six weeks there

:18:13. > :18:16.was a tournament. Now, if you get beat in one tournament you need to

:18:17. > :18:22.get back to it because there was one next week. It has suited me and a

:18:23. > :18:26.lot of people on tour. Did it simply click into place. You realised you

:18:27. > :18:32.were a winner after you got across the line in Australia in 2011. I

:18:33. > :18:36.think a lot of players, including myself, you always think you are

:18:37. > :18:41.good enough until the door opens, until you have that winning ball to

:18:42. > :18:47.lift that trophy, you have always got that, maybe, self-doubt, as

:18:48. > :18:53.well. Until the door opens. It took me a year after that to accept that

:18:54. > :18:59.I was a ranking event winner. And learn of the stuff that goes on.

:19:00. > :19:05.But, yeah, since then, I won three, four tournaments, and it has been a

:19:06. > :19:10.great life since then. We must all about your crowning moment so far,

:19:11. > :19:15.winning the worlds, are you hungrier than you might have been to win a

:19:16. > :19:24.big one having done the worlds two years ago? Of course. I suppose I am

:19:25. > :19:28.as hungry as anybody else. It is really weird, because, say, last

:19:29. > :19:35.week, at the Grand Prix, I felt really sorry for myself. I gave

:19:36. > :19:40.myself a stiff talking to. I talked to my wife, my manager, we all sat

:19:41. > :19:46.down and had a chat. Something clicked inside me to put the hours

:19:47. > :19:53.in and... I have had a chat with Alan Taylor, as well, he said a

:19:54. > :19:57.couple of things. It just, sort of, to say something has clicked, I've

:19:58. > :20:02.come here, I didn't know what could have happened in my first match

:20:03. > :20:06.against Matthew, obviously. But I settle down straightaway. I made 100

:20:07. > :20:09.in that first frame of that first match. And I've gone from strength

:20:10. > :20:14.to strength. A really modest, down to earth guy.

:20:15. > :20:19.Where do you think he is compared to where he was when he won the World

:20:20. > :20:25.Championship in 2011? He played very poorly in the Grand Prix. The

:20:26. > :20:33.celebrated every shot. Bereft of confidence. -- he decelerated. He

:20:34. > :20:38.wants to pick his tournaments, the ones who likes to go-to, Judd Trump.

:20:39. > :20:42.Stuart Bingham says it helps him to know there is another tournament

:20:43. > :20:46.next week. When he first turned pro, once you had a bad loss you now have

:20:47. > :20:51.six weeks to get ready for the next one. You lose interest for a little

:20:52. > :20:55.bit. But Stuart likes to practice and loves to play. He hasn't done

:20:56. > :20:58.the work on the practice table. And after he had a bad result in the

:20:59. > :21:02.Grand Prix he went back to the practice table, spoke to Alan Taylor

:21:03. > :21:07.and his manager, who is a lovely fella, and he realised he had to put

:21:08. > :21:12.more work in. Juggling the demands of snooker with the demands of being

:21:13. > :21:16.a new dad, as well. Absolutely. I think he is getting some rest on the

:21:17. > :21:21.circuit. Five frames away from getting his hands on the Welsh Open,

:21:22. > :21:27.how do you see it, 4-0, what a lead? If he could win all four, I don't

:21:28. > :21:31.think it would happen, but I think it is essential to win one of the

:21:32. > :21:36.remaining four to go into the lead into tonight's session. He would

:21:37. > :21:40.like to win it 3-1 but that won't necessarily happen. Judd Trump has

:21:41. > :21:46.to come out and do something. He needs to win at least three to have

:21:47. > :21:51.a chance. It needs to be a big, solid start for Judd Trump, but it

:21:52. > :21:56.is a very healthy lead for Stuart Bingham in the 2017 Welsh Open final

:21:57. > :22:04.here on BBC Two Wales. It is time to take you back to the arena for the

:22:05. > :22:14.second session and we join Rob Walker -- rejoin.

:22:15. > :22:17.Please welcome your players back into the arena, Judd Trump and

:22:18. > :22:38.Stuart Bingham. Terry Griffiths now alongside Darren

:22:39. > :22:44.Morgan in the commentary box for this second session...

:22:45. > :22:55.COMMENTATOR: Judd Trump breaking off in this fifth frame. He isn't

:22:56. > :23:00.desperate at the moment. But another few frames, if he loses them, he

:23:01. > :23:07.will be. He has played OK, but he has just missed the odd few shots.

:23:08. > :23:08.This is the best I've seen Stuart Bingham play for quite a while. Very

:23:09. > :24:14.high standard. Very, very important now for Judd

:24:15. > :24:23.Trump to get onto the board early in the second mini-session. I said

:24:24. > :24:26.earlier in the first couple of frames, it does not matter how good

:24:27. > :24:31.you are, until you get a frame on the board you are never quite

:24:32. > :24:37.settled. The longer it takes the harder it gets. Stuart Bingham would

:24:38. > :24:41.have been quite saddened that the interval came along when it did

:24:42. > :24:58.because he played beautiful snooker before that. What a terrific red

:24:59. > :25:02.that was. Full of confidence now. Yes, he is stroking it at the

:25:03. > :25:16.moment. Obviously quite confident. It only just went in in the middle

:25:17. > :25:42.of the pocket. Normally very strong on that, Judd

:25:43. > :25:47.Trump. He has not missed a lot right the way through this tournament. All

:25:48. > :25:53.he would need right now would be for his long game to leave him. It

:25:54. > :26:04.wasn't easy. The pocket on these match tables are very tight. That is

:26:05. > :26:09.the pot success. Not too shabby. The long pot success is very good for

:26:10. > :26:14.Stuart Bingham on 83%. And it is not bad for Judd Trump, either. But I

:26:15. > :26:18.would have thought Judd Trump's statistic would have been higher

:26:19. > :26:25.than that. Obviously the way the statistics are compiled, it has

:26:26. > :26:32.showed up like that. I think it goes on the number of wrong pots. It

:26:33. > :26:40.gives a good clue of what is happening out there.

:26:41. > :26:50.APPLAUSE Got better. -- that is better. As

:26:51. > :26:56.usual, when you get a good snooker like that, the red is set. And it

:26:57. > :27:01.looks like he could come off two cushions. Go slowly. You've got to

:27:02. > :27:43.judge the angle right and the pace. He might be looking for a plant

:27:44. > :27:49.here. I think he is. It looks as if the first red he is playing might

:27:50. > :27:57.not get past the second red. To get to the angle to pot the second one

:27:58. > :28:08.is a big ask. Yes, looking very close. Bit of desperation there. No

:28:09. > :28:16.need to. He will just have to bide his time, try and make an easier

:28:17. > :29:11.opening for himself. Easier said than done at the moment.

:29:12. > :29:21.Obviously played ten times throughout their careers. Five

:29:22. > :29:31.apiece. Stuart Bingham won their last encounter, 2016, the world

:29:32. > :29:42.Grand Prix. The last time Judd Trump beat Stuart was 2015 at the Shanghai

:29:43. > :31:21.Masters. And at the moment it is all Stuart Bingham.

:31:22. > :31:30.He has been getting on the blue perfectly earlier on in the first

:31:31. > :31:35.four frames. Bit short of pace. He's got the green by putting too much

:31:36. > :31:42.spin on the cue ball and he's left himself a tough long one. If he does

:31:43. > :31:48.not he will probably leave Judd Trump and in. So just that bit more

:31:49. > :32:18.of difficulty on the shot. Not technically, but mentally.

:32:19. > :32:27.Certainly could have left something easier than that for Judd Trump. Has

:32:28. > :32:32.not potted a ball for 20 minutes, Judd. I thought I would never say

:32:33. > :32:48.that. One good positional shot on the

:32:49. > :33:21.yellow back to the reds and he's back into it.

:33:22. > :33:31.Still not straight forward. Awkward cueing. Making sure he doesn't touch

:33:32. > :33:40.the green. Again he is the wrong side of the blue.

:33:41. > :33:54.Might just see a little role through. Again he's going to be, I'm

:33:55. > :33:57.not good to say hampered, but the green on the side cushion, well,

:33:58. > :34:09.he's a long way away from it, so he's OK this time. Just about OK.

:34:10. > :34:14.Always imperative to get the right side of the blue, makes life a lot

:34:15. > :34:29.easier. Has just enough angle to work with.

:34:30. > :34:56.You know we just get the feeling if he had been able to play that shot

:34:57. > :35:01.it would have dropped in. The game comes up and batters you. Had to put

:35:02. > :35:07.a lot on site. Dunn to do try to change the angle and it was so

:35:08. > :35:16.close. -- had to put a lot on the side of it to try and change the

:35:17. > :35:23.angle. I don't think he played for this aside, he played for the other

:35:24. > :35:30.side. First time he's been a little bit unsettled. Mr good chance the

:35:31. > :35:43.previous visit. Cannot play perfect snooker all the time however.

:35:44. > :36:05.If you would have cannoned the other red on the way up would probably

:36:06. > :36:16.still have something in the middle. Giving this a bit of thought.

:36:17. > :36:24.The way the players minds work is the obviously, the use, a lot of

:36:25. > :36:30.players use imagery to see the shot. As they go down to the shot it's a

:36:31. > :36:33.natural thing they do. Also they see imagery of where the fight will go

:36:34. > :36:40.for the next ball, the positional play. -- where the white will go.

:36:41. > :36:44.That's Joy on the spin know that if they don't get prime position they

:36:45. > :36:45.have to reset the mind and see a different shot and that in itself

:36:46. > :37:09.makes admissible. You cannot help feeling Judd Trump

:37:10. > :37:28.really needs to make the most of this.

:37:29. > :37:37.Went through a little period which was very uncomfortable. Don't we

:37:38. > :38:27.all? Just crept into the lead in this

:38:28. > :38:35.fifth frame. Still a lot to do to win the frame. That's the thing with

:38:36. > :38:41.Judd Trump, looks like he is out of sorts, all he needs is a spark of

:38:42. > :38:49.brilliance. Then everything come straight back to him. Very much a

:38:50. > :39:29.momentum player. Looked as if he was getting up

:39:30. > :39:56.there. That there, he played the ball and

:39:57. > :39:59.then got up. He hit that nicely. We are seeing more balls missed by both

:40:00. > :40:06.players in this frame than the first four.

:40:07. > :40:18.Judd Trump making mistakes in the first frame and no Stuart is missing

:40:19. > :40:25.a few as well. Happened against Stuart Carrington as well. When you

:40:26. > :40:27.are out there and 4-0 in front, sometimes, especially if you have

:40:28. > :40:32.lost from well in front before which I am sure these players have, you

:40:33. > :40:37.start to think about it. Is he going to come back at me? Instead of just

:40:38. > :40:47.letting it flow like Stuart Bingham did in the first four frames. Maybe

:40:48. > :41:18.going behind the green here. Keep the Browning play.

:41:19. > :41:27.I think at the moment that is summing up the day of Judd Trump. A

:41:28. > :41:34.great hit to get out of that snooker. If the red had missed the

:41:35. > :41:41.blue you feel you would have got away with this. But as it is Stuart

:41:42. > :41:45.Bingham now has a chance to get right back in this fifth frame.

:41:46. > :41:54.Going to be a lot of work, green to brown and then brown to blue. A lot

:41:55. > :41:59.of table to be covered. He has quit on the yellow, come straight across

:42:00. > :42:03.it. Positive signs for Judd Trump. Stuart Bingham has missed more balls

:42:04. > :42:08.in this frame than he has the previous four. The only thing I can

:42:09. > :42:15.think of is that he is trying to pinch an angle into the pocket. So a

:42:16. > :42:53.lot of play left in this fifth frame.

:42:54. > :43:07.Looks like the yellow has gone just a bit too far past the centre

:43:08. > :43:09.pocket. Can see why he played it but about unfortunate for it to come

:43:10. > :43:48.back on. 18 points behind. From where he is he's going to have

:43:49. > :43:58.to hit this with a lot of pace. That was the problem, not easy. Think

:43:59. > :44:03.he's been a bit fortunate. That's what happens when you are playing

:44:04. > :44:28.well. It's been a funny sort of games so far. Good to see.

:44:29. > :44:43.It does bounce about more than normal. Did not go in the pocket.

:44:44. > :44:49.Hit that a little bit too hard but had to try to get the green onto the

:44:50. > :45:17.cushion rather than where it is now. Good chance for Stuart.

:45:18. > :45:29.Unbelievable relief. Stuart Bingham 4-0 up. He's looked quite edgy in

:45:30. > :45:36.this frame. It's amazing the part played by that 15 minute interval

:45:37. > :45:41.for both players. Very well struck green by Judd, nicely on the brown.

:45:42. > :45:55.This to get his first frame on the board.

:45:56. > :46:02.The crowd are recognising he is 23 points in front, just 18 left and

:46:03. > :46:04.the blue is on and they don't want a one-sided final I am sure, the crowd

:46:05. > :46:24.here today. Concession from the Stuart Bingham

:46:25. > :47:31.and Judd Trump gets his first frame. Let's see what happens now.

:47:32. > :47:38.I did some maths of my own, 73 minutes into the final and Judd

:47:39. > :47:43.Trump finally has something to feel happy about because he has a frame

:47:44. > :47:49.on the board, he is under way. Amazing how the interval can alter a

:47:50. > :47:53.match, if there had been no interval you could have seen Stuart Bingham

:47:54. > :47:58.winning the session 8-0. But Judd Trump as realised he had to change

:47:59. > :48:06.his game to get back into the match. Stuart Bingham will be thinking just

:48:07. > :48:09.win two of the next four. Different mindset, 15 minutes of thinking,

:48:10. > :48:13.that first frame after the interval was so scrappy. Judd Trump went for

:48:14. > :48:21.a couple and missed them. Stuart Bingham missed the worst shot in the

:48:22. > :48:26.match. He will just be wanting to take a lead into the final session.

:48:27. > :48:32.The first time we have seen Stuart Bingham wobble, you used the word

:48:33. > :48:34.reckless at one point for one shot. When you are a 4-0 behind you cannot

:48:35. > :48:51.afford to take Gorecka -- to take a reckless pot. I think

:48:52. > :48:57.they're the Judd Trump has got a foothold in the match we could see a

:48:58. > :49:02.different player, he could win this session 3-1 to be only 5-3 behind

:49:03. > :49:06.going into the evening session. COMMENTATOR: I think that would be

:49:07. > :49:10.the perfect scenario for Judd Trump. Obviously he would like to win all

:49:11. > :49:15.three and go into the night session all square but it's a long way to

:49:16. > :49:20.go. But he does have one frame on the board. He will be feeling a lot

:49:21. > :49:57.better. Looked like that frame was getting away from him as well.

:49:58. > :50:11.He would have liked to have made that, keep his momentum going. Such

:50:12. > :50:17.a good long potter. Four out of seven so far in this match which

:50:18. > :50:23.isn't bad. But it seems every time he misses one he gives Stuart

:50:24. > :50:31.Bingham the chance. That was a chance. Stuart has lost his way

:50:32. > :50:34.somehow, I don't know why. Both of these players can run away with

:50:35. > :50:42.frames with big breaks in short spaces of time. But it's hard to

:50:43. > :50:54.believe what playing right now. When you look at how he played in the

:50:55. > :50:59.first four. Rack yes, very similar traits to his quarterfinal as we

:51:00. > :51:06.have already talked about. Against Stuart Carrington. It is up to Judd

:51:07. > :51:11.Trump no really. Needs to make these chances count and keep Stuart

:51:12. > :51:20.Bingham in his seat for as long as possible. Try to get as many

:51:21. > :51:22.negative thoughts whilst Stuart is sitting in his seat, you can

:51:23. > :51:25.guarantee he will be thinking about the last frame and a bit. Looks deep

:51:26. > :52:01.in thought there. There is no doubt he has dropped and

:52:02. > :52:09.his form, Stuart Bingham, and that is helping Judd Trump. Has a feeling

:52:10. > :52:14.that Stuart will not knock in a big break every time he goes up, that

:52:15. > :52:15.gives you more comfort and you start knocking in more balls and bigger

:52:16. > :52:28.breaks. He is a momentum player, Judd Trump.

:52:29. > :52:30.Once he starts potting long balls and getting in and splitting the

:52:31. > :53:01.pack, he's very hard to stop. Played for the red to the right of

:53:02. > :53:04.the black. There are a couple of loose reds, but the angle on the

:53:05. > :53:12.black, he might go into the cluster of reds. Play this with a lot of

:53:13. > :53:25.force. Played a clever shot. Played the stun run-through. The reds have

:53:26. > :53:33.gone very nice. This is probably the best chance he has had in a frame.

:53:34. > :53:39.In quite a while. Certainly since the first or second frame. Had a

:53:40. > :53:45.couple of breaks in the first, 44 and then 64 in the second but lost

:53:46. > :54:07.both frames. But hasn't seen much since then.

:54:08. > :54:11.Very impressive when he is in full flow, does not take long, plays the

:54:12. > :54:29.aggressive shots. Goes back to his seat, looks exactly

:54:30. > :54:31.the same as if he has just done a 100 break. Which is very good, like

:54:32. > :54:59.to see those things. Is he going to win the frame with

:55:00. > :55:05.this effort? Keys around about the place he has been breaking down all

:55:06. > :55:09.week. Again, the wrong side of the blue, will leave himself a lot

:55:10. > :55:15.further away than he will have liked. He is on 55, the blue will be

:55:16. > :55:29.60. This is the kind of territory he has been all week and faltered. Do

:55:30. > :55:38.feel that if this red goes in, it could be the end of this frame. I

:55:39. > :55:39.think he has forgotten he is left-handed and has left himself

:55:40. > :55:58.awkward cueing. APPLAUSE

:55:59. > :56:27.That went in through the back door. But nicely on black.

:56:28. > :56:36.Having a nice look to see if it slides past the little cluster.

:56:37. > :56:40.Touching ball, sometimes it looks like it will go and it just pushes

:56:41. > :56:49.it one way. This red would make certain in this frame. The other red

:56:50. > :56:59.does not gore, closest to the cue ball. Might be value in having a go

:57:00. > :57:09.at this red into the right corner. He is going to play safe, taking no

:57:10. > :57:17.chances. You cannot blame him. APPLAUSE

:57:18. > :57:25.Yes, if that red next to the one that was touching was back a little

:57:26. > :57:40.bit I think it would have gone but it was the opposite way.

:57:41. > :57:51.Have to see the wheels are coming off a little bit for Stuart Bingham.

:57:52. > :57:55.I am sure a lot of people here today might not be able to understand why

:57:56. > :58:01.he was so good in the early part of this match and is now missing so

:58:02. > :58:03.much. But the interval as usual can turn things around and it certainly

:58:04. > :58:20.has here. Again, very well struck. It was all

:58:21. > :58:35.plain sailing 30 minutes ago. Leading 4-0. 30 minutes later for -

:58:36. > :58:40.two, game back on. -- 4-2. Two frames left in the session. I think

:58:41. > :58:44.Judd Trump will be pleased if he takes both but so long as he takes

:58:45. > :59:00.one of them he is still in contention for the night session.

:59:01. > :59:07.Looked for all intents and purposes that it was going to be totally

:59:08. > :59:12.one-sided, this match. If it had continued in the sea whereas the

:59:13. > :59:37.previous. Exhibition time. That's what the

:59:38. > :59:41.crowd loves to see. When he wins a frame, he plays a lot of exhibition

:59:42. > :59:46.shots on the colours, I am sure will see one on the brown. He has let me

:59:47. > :59:54.down there. He has let me down big style. Had the perfect opportunity

:59:55. > :00:07.to give us an exhibition shots. He is getting boring, folks.

:00:08. > :00:14.OK... OK... So he's not getting boring! Now we will see an excellent

:00:15. > :00:20.shot at the black committee still has a wry smile, a different class.

:00:21. > :00:26.Come on, find the pocket somewhere. No pockets. But he's not going to be

:00:27. > :00:36.too worried. 58 and 68. He takes another frame. That's his deficit.

:00:37. > :00:41.He now trails 4-2. Well, we didn't want it to be boring, and it is

:00:42. > :00:45.anything but that, this final in Cardiff. Let's have a look at the

:00:46. > :00:49.provisional world rankings. This is how it will stand after this

:00:50. > :00:53.tournament's concluded. Whatever happens here in the final, Judd

:00:54. > :00:59.Trump is going to move up one place to fourth, Stuart Bingham will stay

:01:00. > :01:03.second, sorry, Trump up to second from fourth, Bingham will stay

:01:04. > :01:08.second. The leading Welshman hanging onto his place in the world top 16

:01:09. > :01:14.ahead of the World Championships of course in April. He is only ?16,000

:01:15. > :01:20.ahead in terms of prize money. He has a bit to do to hang onto his

:01:21. > :01:23.place. The interesting thing is that the top 16 qualify for the world,

:01:24. > :01:27.the rest have to go through three qualifying rounds commit huge

:01:28. > :01:32.difference. Massive difference, up until last year they just had to

:01:33. > :01:37.play the one game, which was great. But now people outside the top 16

:01:38. > :01:41.have to play six matches. But people like the Maguires of this world,

:01:42. > :01:47.that is huge, it you know, it is such a bonus being the top 16. It

:01:48. > :01:51.used to be a bonus to be 17 and 32 because UN had the one match, a

:01:52. > :01:56.massive difference now. Absolutely. Trump back on it having won the two

:01:57. > :02:01.frames. Last year we saw a big comeback from one years old and he

:02:02. > :02:08.was 5-2 down and won seven frames -- from Ronnie O'Sullivan. And am now,

:02:09. > :02:13.why is he playing so well, and after 15 minutes... I go back to the point

:02:14. > :02:17.I made at our last time in the studio. Bingham had 15 minutes to

:02:18. > :02:22.make sure that you take a lead into the final. He leads great, but I

:02:23. > :02:28.would expect it to be at least 6-2, now it is for- two. You will be

:02:29. > :02:32.thinking, don't let this 4-0 lead disappear. You have so many negative

:02:33. > :02:36.thoughts, the hardest thing is to get a positive thought when things

:02:37. > :02:39.are going bad. Things are going bad at the minute, but you have to

:02:40. > :02:43.remain positive. He looks thoughtful, Stuart Bingham, not too

:02:44. > :02:48.perturbed. Trump looking happier than he was, no surprise, he has

:02:49. > :02:50.just won in a row. Bingham is for- two up, very intriguing -- he has

:02:51. > :03:06.just won two in a row. The excitement. Everything was

:03:07. > :03:14.required. We aren't long way from that yet. -- we are a long way. It

:03:15. > :03:26.did look earlier on like it would be an early finish to light. --

:03:27. > :03:35.tonight. Well done to him. He has missed a few red floral by Tara, --

:03:36. > :04:06.if you reads that are a lot easier than that.

:04:07. > :04:16.Well, he's left himself a bit to do on this red, but the good part of it

:04:17. > :04:24.is that it splits the reds out. Look, he's running through. Really

:04:25. > :04:29.nicely. If it looks very easy now, but I tell you, when you're out

:04:30. > :04:32.there, it can get thicker or thinner, and he looked a bit of a

:04:33. > :04:40.mug down the side cushion, on back division. -- you look. It is a part

:04:41. > :04:44.of the game I think a lot of the audience enjoyed watch, the movement

:04:45. > :04:47.of the cue ball, how they get it there, peas they get it there with.

:04:48. > :05:10.-- fees. Well, this crowd, I'm sure they are

:05:11. > :05:13.enjoying this. Especially now Judd Trump has started making a bit of a

:05:14. > :05:20.comeback. Nobody wants to see it one-sided. He has got right back

:05:21. > :05:25.into this match. Still, Bingham has got a couple of options here. He can

:05:26. > :05:32.play for the most red down towards the blue, and play it back into

:05:33. > :05:39.them. Played for the loose red, the blue. Might even be a red just below

:05:40. > :05:43.the pink that goes into the corner. If it does, that will open things up

:05:44. > :05:50.a little bit. And that's very tight birth. He'd have to be on the other

:05:51. > :05:56.side playing that red to get to the potting angle. He just lost addition

:05:57. > :06:11.a little bit. This pot is not quite as straightforward as it should be.

:06:12. > :06:19.That is very nicely played. It is the type of shock that can go wrong,

:06:20. > :06:24.as you get the prime position. -- the type of shot.

:06:25. > :06:32.He needed to keep this going, because you feel now that if he

:06:33. > :06:34.misses, it gives Judd Trump a chance, and he may well take it,

:06:35. > :06:49.which she wasn't doing earlier on. Well, for a minute I thought the red

:06:50. > :06:57.was going to cover the pocket on the left there, but he's OK. See, he

:06:58. > :07:02.didn't play that with too much pace, mainly because he knew it would

:07:03. > :07:06.split at that pace. Also he didn't want to lock the pink and black,

:07:07. > :07:10.although the pink has gone safe, the black is still available. As usual

:07:11. > :07:11.with these top pros, that is where they like to play and make their

:07:12. > :07:29.breaks. He looked as if he thought he had a

:07:30. > :07:35.big bounce there. Caught the cushion. The red is still relatively

:07:36. > :07:36.easy. Having the cue ball cleaned as well because he wants to drop the

:07:37. > :07:49.red in. Didn't look like it had come of the

:07:50. > :07:55.big bounce. It was looking a little bit down the right-hand side and

:07:56. > :07:58.there. Obviously took the tube all on a closer line to this thread. --

:07:59. > :08:02.this red. No trouble at all. Mostly on the

:08:03. > :08:17.black. He is just a couple of shots away

:08:18. > :08:27.now from making sure of this seventh frame. And re-establishing himself

:08:28. > :08:32.in this match. Obviously they've had anxious moments the last couple of

:08:33. > :08:35.frames, he's had chances and failed to convert them. This was all from a

:08:36. > :09:12.superb long red right at the start. And he's found his form again, it is

:09:13. > :09:20.not as easy as it seems with Judd Trump in his chair staring you out.

:09:21. > :09:23.And knowing that you have his better form, should I say, if you give him

:09:24. > :09:40.a chance now ban earlier. He has played these well. A bit of

:09:41. > :09:45.class in this. And with the first red, the long red into the left

:09:46. > :09:48.corner, it is the corner here that he was playing. It wasn't that he

:09:49. > :09:52.popped it on the black, it was the way he struck the ball, it was

:09:53. > :09:54.perfect. That in itself can lift you, just one shot, believe it or

:09:55. > :11:41.not. He is playing for the gap there,

:11:42. > :12:09.that Tourette's. -- the two reds. He is certainly back in scoring

:12:10. > :12:12.mode. You see, this is the problem with the cushions when they bounce.

:12:13. > :12:17.You can see what happened earlier on, I thought it did, off the black,

:12:18. > :12:21.you don't want to hit it too hard in case it bounces, it could go past

:12:22. > :12:23.the booming. Of course, it didn't have a bounce off the same cushion.

:12:24. > :12:42.So will pass the blue. Look at that cue ball coming down.

:12:43. > :12:51.So fast. Judd Trump's better pace is very important on these fast cloths.

:12:52. > :12:57.Oh, well! A little bit disappointed, but not really. He needed that. He

:12:58. > :13:03.is back now. Three frames in front at 5-2.

:13:04. > :13:09.Yes, he will be feeling a lot happier. He missed a couple of

:13:10. > :13:15.frames. A couple of balls in the last couple of frames. Right at the

:13:16. > :13:21.start of this frame, Judd Trump was making his comeback, left Stuart

:13:22. > :13:25.Bingham a long red. I've got to be fair, at one stage I didn't think he

:13:26. > :13:30.was going to play this red. He just hasn't made a great pot, the way

:13:31. > :13:34.that he struck the cue ball. It is absolutely as good as he could have

:13:35. > :13:38.hit it, to get so close to the black, it was just played to

:13:39. > :13:45.absolute perfection. And we all know he has come through there with a win

:13:46. > :13:49.on the frame. Stuart Bingham sat down for a while, had a think about

:13:50. > :13:54.it, and decided he would have a break after all. I guess when your

:13:55. > :13:57.nerves are starting to jangle and you've lost two frames to your

:13:58. > :14:03.opponent in the final, that is exactly what you need to come out

:14:04. > :14:08.and do. He alluded to how big a pot that was. Stuart's frame of mind

:14:09. > :14:12.started to change from 4-0 to 4-2. He couldn't have struck the first

:14:13. > :14:16.one better than he did, perfect, deserved to win the frame from

:14:17. > :14:20.there. Stuart will settle again. He won't have settled if he lost that

:14:21. > :14:25.one, but now he can go all out and try and take a 6-2 lead. How do you

:14:26. > :14:29.look at this game generally? Would talk about the contrasting styles

:14:30. > :14:34.between these two players, how do you think this final is panning out

:14:35. > :14:39.competitor recent years Kwizera it's all about fractions. Judd Trump

:14:40. > :14:44.should have won. He got back into the match with winning the first two

:14:45. > :14:47.frames. Top class snooker is about fractions, the mindset of both

:14:48. > :14:52.players, Bingham's mindset was great, Judd Trump's wasn't very good

:14:53. > :14:56.in the first half. It changed a little bit, now Bingham has made

:14:57. > :14:59.that break and he is feeling more confident. It is all about

:15:00. > :15:04.fractions. Whoever takes it is going to be a lead going into the not so

:15:05. > :15:12.much class session. Last frame of the last session. -- it is a lead

:15:13. > :15:17.going into the last session. Let's rejoin it with being back-up table,

:15:18. > :15:21.feeling better I would imagine at 5-2 up.

:15:22. > :15:33.COMMENTATOR: So, here we go. You feel it is a bigger frame for

:15:34. > :15:37.Judd Trump than it is. But being, whatever happens. Stuart is going to

:15:38. > :15:45.have a minimum of a two frame lead going into tonight's final session.

:15:46. > :15:50.I do feel for. Judd Trump -- I do feel that for Judd Trump to have any

:15:51. > :15:56.chance in this match, this is a must win frame. Again, just walloped.

:15:57. > :15:58.Trademark all-important. He has lost the cue ball. What a red that was.

:15:59. > :16:11.Buying! You could have played a dead weight

:16:12. > :16:14.up to the arrows. That is a more difficult shot probably. What I

:16:15. > :16:46.contrasting two shots. Normally, Stuart Bingham would be

:16:47. > :16:51.looking here to off a few cushions and come to the side of the pack. As

:16:52. > :16:55.it turns out, the way the reds are set, there is quite a number of reds

:16:56. > :16:59.you could leave on. That is why he is taking a bit more time than

:17:00. > :17:01.normal. He is not touching the arrow, so he can get to the side

:17:02. > :17:23.cushion. You see the one he has placed his

:17:24. > :17:32.Huw on, if he comes in the other side, he is leaving a red in the

:17:33. > :17:34.centre, if not the two by the black. Judd Trump may turn out to give him

:17:35. > :18:11.another good chance. Well, that was a new one. Not too

:18:12. > :18:17.bad. He has left this red into the left centre, the cue ball is very

:18:18. > :18:26.close to the red. He tried to play that perfectly, this red.

:18:27. > :18:32.Well, how great a part Judd Trump is, knowing it had to be smack on.

:18:33. > :19:28.In all kinds of trouble. You'd think Stuart Bingham would be

:19:29. > :19:33.quite relieved that it only cost him three points, his miscalculation.

:19:34. > :20:26.Judd Trump just lost the cue ball with his positional shot.

:20:27. > :20:32.Well, he didn't play this. He played a very thin cut to go back up the

:20:33. > :20:43.table. I'm sure if you can pot one of those

:20:44. > :20:52.reds right at the pack, it doesn't look to go.

:20:53. > :20:59.Both these players like to open the reds up that the safety play, they

:21:00. > :21:04.like the open game and the building, you know, one fighting against the

:21:05. > :21:14.other to open the balls and getting amongst them. The game has changed

:21:15. > :21:21.since the 70s and 80s. Mainly when Stephen Hendry came along, it

:21:22. > :21:27.changed the way the game was played. He was winning so much, going for

:21:28. > :21:35.many shots, playing safety shots. It changed other people's way of

:21:36. > :21:44.playing as well. People watching him on television, he was so successful.

:21:45. > :22:04.What a chance this is now. Some would have played the safety, he

:22:05. > :22:08.tried to rate and the reds, he undercut the cue ball.

:22:09. > :22:19.The distance red, and the balls now are really open. The difficult thing

:22:20. > :22:23.is that the black is tied up, and the pink looks like it is going to

:22:24. > :22:29.be tied up. Checking to see where he is going to put it. It doesn't have

:22:30. > :22:35.its own spot. On a couple of other occasions this afternoon, he has had

:22:36. > :22:40.to put it has close to the original spot, a couple of reds. So you

:22:41. > :22:46.wouldn't say at the moment this is a great scoring opportunity. Pink and

:22:47. > :22:48.black or a little bit tied up, so he's going to have to concentrate on

:22:49. > :22:58.the blue. Until he develops. The main thing is, he is at the

:22:59. > :23:14.table. Nice, that, isn't it, the referee

:23:15. > :23:18.says thank you for waiting, you know. Well, I like to see things

:23:19. > :23:20.like that out there, you know. You don't see it in many sports, do you?

:23:21. > :23:49.The referee thanks the player. Colin Humphreys, the referee, one of

:23:50. > :24:01.the very good experienced coaches on the circuit. And of course, it's

:24:02. > :24:05.nice to see these referees getting finals of ranking events. You see

:24:06. > :24:15.different referees these days in most finals.

:24:16. > :24:22.I'm not quite sure what he is doing here. He may be dribbling the pink

:24:23. > :24:25.out, I'm not sure. You never know with Trump. He didn't get past that

:24:26. > :24:39.red. He needs to slow down. Well, it's portable, the yellow. --

:24:40. > :24:44.it is pocketable. He would have liked to have a slightly thicker pot

:24:45. > :24:48.with more spin on. Of course, he can put all of his focus into the

:24:49. > :25:28.positional side of the shot. He should get it, "Get. -- open pocket.

:25:29. > :25:38.It's getting harder and harder for Judd Trump to keep hold of this cue

:25:39. > :25:41.ball. I said it wasn't a great scoring opportunity, he has to

:25:42. > :25:45.concentrate on the blue. And obviously he has had to go down to

:25:46. > :25:50.the covers a couple of times when pink and black has been tied up. So

:25:51. > :26:02.he has been putting a lot of balls. And not making many points.

:26:03. > :26:10.My apologies to Colin, I said he was a good coach. You know, I work with

:26:11. > :26:18.so many coaches, I say, he's a good coach, but he is a referee. Perhaps

:26:19. > :26:21.he is a good coach! And this blue obviously didn't go into the right

:26:22. > :26:31.corner. Judd Trump would have been on it by now.

:26:32. > :26:36.Wow, it may get through. But he is not taking the chance. I've seen him

:26:37. > :26:42.close up then. Just the safety shot. You never know with Judd Trump, in

:26:43. > :27:03.40 years, perhaps. Judd Trump, 17.

:27:04. > :27:09.APPLAUSE Why he played that is the red on the

:27:10. > :27:13.right corner pocket, he wanted to cover that, because the one on the

:27:14. > :27:19.left, he seems to have been looking at, if he is taking the pot on, is

:27:20. > :27:24.going to come in direct. Maybe just playing the safety.

:27:25. > :29:12.That's pretty good. He'll be pleased with that one.

:29:13. > :29:27.Well, this is turning into tip and tap frame, some good safety being

:29:28. > :29:35.played. An old frame, the pink and black, has been tied up. A really

:29:36. > :29:42.important frame in the context of this match. And this full crowd.

:29:43. > :29:48.Here in Cardiff. I'm sure they are thoroughly enjoying it. Judd Trump,

:29:49. > :29:54.he'll be feeling better, even though he's still 5-2 in frames. Add 4-0

:29:55. > :30:15.down, he will have been feeling the real worst.

:30:16. > :30:23.Obviously if Stuart Bingham goes on to win this frame, at night's

:30:24. > :30:30.session, 6-2, first of nine frames, he will be a very hard man to claw

:30:31. > :30:32.back. 5-3. Still a match on. First frame of the night. 5-4. Big

:30:33. > :32:16.difference. I wonder how long this is going to

:32:17. > :32:23.go on for before Colin says, hang ... There you are he is giving them

:32:24. > :32:32.three shots each and every nothing changes it will be a re-rack. Judd

:32:33. > :32:36.Trump instantly looking to play some kind of shot. To stop that from

:32:37. > :34:06.happening. This won't be for certain. There is

:34:07. > :34:09.nothing wrong with the eyes of Stuart Bingham, just moving the

:34:10. > :34:12.object ball for five inches to the left right, as but a couple of them

:34:13. > :34:49.in this frame. Just goes past the other red. That

:34:50. > :34:55.kiss he had on the second red I think it was will not help his

:34:56. > :35:07.position. So maybe just one point. If he had missed that good chance of

:35:08. > :35:42.him being closer to the brown. The black is, but more into the open.

:35:43. > :35:48.What they don't want of course is all the reds going to the right-hand

:35:49. > :35:55.side and no pots available and safety is only. Pretty good from

:35:56. > :36:36.there. Another one of those very thin ones.

:36:37. > :36:59.That he plays so well. Trump uses a lot of side on his

:37:00. > :37:17.safety shots, manages to swing it around cushions as he has done then.

:37:18. > :37:40.Now then. Half a chance. APPLAUSE Could have been worse. On the blue.

:37:41. > :37:44.Going for 22 minutes, the longest frame has been 23 and a bit to go in

:37:45. > :38:39.this one. I think he thought he was going to

:38:40. > :38:45.can in the red on the pink which is why he played it a bit harder than

:38:46. > :38:51.normal. He has missed the cannons so is a bit further away from the black

:38:52. > :38:55.than he would have liked. I think he thought he would have just got the

:38:56. > :39:01.edge of that red. Which would have widened the angle. Played that very

:39:02. > :39:30.well. Could have totally gone wrong. Once again a bit short I think this

:39:31. > :39:57.time. Hasn't got an angle of the black to go into the reds.

:39:58. > :40:25.Enough angle to go around the houses? He hasn't.

:40:26. > :40:37.Two hours playing time, not bad for frames. Seven and quite a long one

:40:38. > :40:47.in this frame. Would expect a quick match from these two.

:40:48. > :40:59.Very well played. Cut the line of the shot from the red. Going to have

:41:00. > :41:12.to come off the side cushion I think.

:41:13. > :41:20.No damage done other than he has given six points away. Did not waste

:41:21. > :41:41.much time in seeing the ball is back please.

:41:42. > :41:50.This is the advantage they have naughty years ago, put them back as

:41:51. > :42:00.best as you good and torpid was right, but now they have this as a

:42:01. > :42:02.massive help. The balls going back into the right place, not quite 100%

:42:03. > :42:18.with it but still very close. Looks very good on the screen.

:42:19. > :42:22.Sometimes it's very important to get it perfect for obvious reasons,

:42:23. > :42:29.cannot get past something or whatever. Trump wasn't far out then

:42:30. > :42:33.from hitting the reds, whether it would be the two behind the pink or

:42:34. > :42:47.the three behind black. But does not want to hit them with pace.

:42:48. > :43:03.Obviously not playing the two behind the pink. He is. I think that was

:43:04. > :43:10.the wrong shot myself, coming off the two cushions, a much wider

:43:11. > :43:15.target, the cue ball coming off the right-hand cushion first saw it

:43:16. > :43:21.coming into the reds rather than just being able to catch the edge of

:43:22. > :43:25.them. What is in Trump's favour is that if he keeps playing this shot

:43:26. > :43:35.you want to leave anything on, he's just giving four points away. Key

:43:36. > :43:42.has been warned, is going to have to play a different shot this time. Or

:43:43. > :43:47.he will lose this frame. Has to think of a completely different

:43:48. > :43:54.shot. Looking to see if he can go off this read them and get the ball

:43:55. > :43:55.on the banks of the cue ball will come back. Big risk if he plays

:43:56. > :44:18.that. Might be a bit fortunate. I am not

:44:19. > :44:23.sure if, when he played at the second time, that he would be worn

:44:24. > :44:35.for a miss. It's easily done, you're concentrating on the shot you want

:44:36. > :44:39.to play. He looked a bit surprised. You'll like you have done a lot more

:44:40. > :44:44.commentary than I have come at the acute angles into the middle

:44:45. > :44:47.pockets, just knocking them in as if they are over the pockets these

:44:48. > :44:54.days, that used to be the most difficult shot on the table, into

:44:55. > :45:00.the medals middle because they were so tight. I can assure you, the

:45:01. > :45:04.pockets are so tight. How they push the ball and force them in from

:45:05. > :45:09.ridiculous angles is beyond me. But you have seen a lot of it, and you

:45:10. > :45:15.are coaching players, would you say it is something that they are

:45:16. > :45:26.putting in extra practice for? To be fair the standard of the players

:45:27. > :45:32.these days has improved on those of years gone by. They're quite tight

:45:33. > :45:34.in the middle. They are just more accurate, they practice more, have a

:45:35. > :45:55.lot more competition. Running over half an hour now, this

:45:56. > :46:04.frame. Longest of the match so far. Might be finishing not before long.

:46:05. > :46:18.But that yellow up there is not going to help. If somehow Judd Trump

:46:19. > :46:22.can win this frame and go into the night session only two behind at 5-3

:46:23. > :46:27.I think he will be the happier of the two even though he is behind.

:46:28. > :46:32.Especially when you consider that before the interval he had lost the

:46:33. > :46:38.first four. Stuart Bingham playing unbelievable snooker. This is a

:46:39. > :46:43.massive frame in the context of this match as I have already said. The

:46:44. > :47:14.shot is going to be yellow to green. . Key is always looking to get the

:47:15. > :47:22.ball is open, he is looking up there, if the brown was not up there

:47:23. > :47:26.I think he would certainly play it. The way he cued up, played to land

:47:27. > :47:34.on the brown to try to move the yellow. I don't think you could have

:47:35. > :47:40.picked that cue ball up and put it down much better. If this brown goes

:47:41. > :47:46.in he will get the cannon on the yellow. Just caught the yellow. To

:47:47. > :48:13.full in the face. Wanted a much thinner connection.

:48:14. > :48:19.That is well played. Maybe he will play cushion first year but he's

:48:20. > :48:31.going to knock the yellow towards the right-hand corner he plays that.

:48:32. > :48:38.As the blue come to rescue him? I think so. A lot of distance between

:48:39. > :48:46.the balls, this is a big shot for Judd Trump. 15 in front at the

:48:47. > :48:57.moment. APPLAUSE Great pot. OK. Never in doubt with

:48:58. > :49:11.how he has been knocking in the long ones all week. Very well played.

:49:12. > :49:31.Has he covered it with the brown? Looking to the skies. He must be

:49:32. > :49:38.snookered. The way he is looking, you fancy Stuart to pot the green,

:49:39. > :49:43.it's just about slowing the cue ball down to stay on the brown. He's got

:49:44. > :49:50.the pot, knew he was going to lose the cue ball. If he'd missed the

:49:51. > :49:52.black he could have had some kind of shot on the brown. Still a bit of

:49:53. > :50:28.play left in this game. The problem for Stuart Bingham,

:50:29. > :50:32.going around the brown to try to get the green is if you go to slow it

:50:33. > :50:51.would not take and would have missed the pot so had to play it that way.

:50:52. > :51:04.I cannot believe that, had so much room to go past the middle pocket.

:51:05. > :51:10.Trying to play the snooker, putting too much into that and not enough

:51:11. > :51:16.into putting the object ball safe. This is going to cost him. Nicely

:51:17. > :51:30.played. Looks perfect, you can see Judd the

:51:31. > :51:39.there, thinking about what he has just done. Played for the pink in

:51:40. > :51:43.the middle, wisely. Got to be right behind the black. We have seen a few

:51:44. > :51:53.of those missed of late. Michael White missed one peer a lot easier

:51:54. > :51:58.than this. Shots they would not in all be at home -- shots they would

:51:59. > :52:19.knock in all day at home. Not quite sure if you can use back

:52:20. > :52:28.spin here. Going down low. That's why he's missed the shot. The

:52:29. > :52:31.problem in my opinion is that the shot would normally be played off

:52:32. > :52:37.the side cushion but a bit worried about the bounce of the cushion and

:52:38. > :52:43.has taken on a shot which is a little more difficult. Still expect

:52:44. > :52:51.him to get it. Perhaps that bad safety will not cost Judd Trump this

:52:52. > :52:56.final frame of the first session. The longest frame but in some ways

:52:57. > :53:19.the most interesting. Very well played safety. I am

:53:20. > :53:24.surprised Judd Trump did not go for the slow drop on the pink into the

:53:25. > :53:32.right centre. Might not get another opportunity like that. We'll also be

:53:33. > :53:48.thinking he should probably be out of this frame.

:53:49. > :54:34.You would fancy if Stuart Bingham was playing the shot he would fancy

:54:35. > :54:39.the thinnest of ages. Winners Judd Trump likes to send the ball all

:54:40. > :54:43.around the table. As gone for the double, it's a pot to nothing and he

:54:44. > :54:54.will be quite happy with the result. APPLAUSE

:54:55. > :54:55.Did not hit that well did he? Big decision, if you went for the

:54:56. > :55:18.double. How close was that? How close was

:55:19. > :55:46.that?, to 6-2. He is on the black. Judd Trump in the longest frame of

:55:47. > :55:49.the match, just over 40 minutes, pinching it. Now just trailing

:55:50. > :56:05.Stuart Bingham 5-3. STUDIO: After an eight frame lasting

:56:06. > :56:08.40 minutes the outcome of this 2017 final not entirely certain, still

:56:09. > :56:14.just enough to keep us guessing ahead of the evening session. The

:56:15. > :56:20.lead now for Stuart Bingham 5-3 over Trump as they head out for their

:56:21. > :56:26.break. How tense was that? It was long and very tense. Probably the

:56:27. > :56:30.most exciting frame of the game. Stuart Bingham will have do think

:56:31. > :56:36.would he have taken 5-3 at the interval before the match started?

:56:37. > :56:41.Absolutely. But will he take it from 4-0? He will be disappointed. Raced

:56:42. > :56:47.into a 4-0 lead and thinking he could see the finish line. If you

:56:48. > :56:52.look at it on the whole eight frames, he know he should have lost

:56:53. > :56:56.the first two frames but pinched them, if he can get it out of his

:56:57. > :57:00.mind and think he is still 5-3 up and the favourite then he will be

:57:01. > :57:04.fine. But Judd Trump as we have talked about, if he can come out the

:57:05. > :57:10.second session winning 3-1 he would be delighted and that's exactly what

:57:11. > :57:21.he's done. What does Trump try to do now in terms of his psychology? Just

:57:22. > :57:24.wipe it clean and start again? He will be delighted. The best he could

:57:25. > :57:31.have hoped for was a 5-3 scoreline, he could have won 4-0 but that's

:57:32. > :57:39.highly unlikely. We would not have expected a whitewash. Very rarely

:57:40. > :57:43.these days, the standard we play now when you have two top eight players

:57:44. > :57:47.in a final, very rare that a player runs away from it. In the old days

:57:48. > :57:53.when Stephen Hendry was at his best you had 9-3, 9-2, things like that

:57:54. > :57:57.but the standard is so much closer. The top 16 are getting closer and

:57:58. > :58:11.closer. So whenever you have top players in a final you expect 9-6,

:58:12. > :58:13.9-7 on most occasions. What will the players do now? Stuart Bingham will

:58:14. > :58:16.be disappointed, great shot on that last pink, an inch away from 6-2.

:58:17. > :58:23.Three hours to enjoy the rest of your Sunday but you hope you will be

:58:24. > :58:28.back with us at 7pm. Who will win the trophy? We will see you later

:58:29. > :59:17.for the second session, from all of us goodbye for now.

:59:18. > :59:21.I've searched the world to find these extraordinary people.

:59:22. > :59:30.I woke up and I could suddenly just play the piano.

:59:31. > :59:36.The human body is unique within nature.

:59:37. > :59:39.And the most extraordinary people on the planet