Day 2 Snooker: World Championship Highlights

Bigger fish to fry after this. This is the key shot. In it goes!

Another magical Cristobal moment by the king of the Crucible. --

Crucible moment. Absolutely fantastic - there is only one

Stephen Hendry. Who said he is not the way he was? Absolutely

fantastic. What an opening Stephen Hendry provided to the start to the

World Championships. His 147 at the perfect way to kick things off. We

start tonight's highlights with news of the first major shot - Mike

Allen losing to Liang Wenbo on his debut. This black to keep his hopes

alive. Where is the cue ball going? That extraordinary end to the frame

landed Liang Wenbo a victory. His opponent was seething, principally

about an incident that occurred earlier in the match. At 54, Paul

Collier Mr Bo a blatant push. It was obvious to me. It was a big

stage of the match considering I put him under pressure to get back

to five - four. I would have had a good chance to go 5 - 8. It was a

massive. It seems to be a bit of a trade for the Chinese players. They

have been a few incidences in the past. It needs to be corrected. He

is a good enough player, he does not have to do it. From what I have

seen and looking at it, it is inconclusive, really. The referee

calls what he sees. He cannot something he does not see.

Obviously Paul Collier did not see it. I could not call it. I could

not call it if he was a push shot or a double hit. Marquez made some

comments in his press conference -- Mike Allen. TRANSLATION: He did not

realise if he failed, he would say sorry to him. But if I did not fail,

then I would feel very upset. was one shot in the match. All

credit to him. He completely outplayed me. He thoroughly

deserved to win. But it is sickening that it has to happen

that way at such a big point in the match. If you look at the whole

course of the sad, I just did not turn up. I have been joined by

Steve Davis. What did you make of all that? It certainly looked like

questioning his opponents's integrity. Any cheating in the game

is supposed to be governed by the referee. I do not think the dust

has settled. It is a delicate situation. I'm not particularly

happy even disgusting the ins and outs of the push itself. It happens

in snooker every now and again. Obviously, when Allen goes into his

press conference, he was very aggrieved. What you think of Allen

at the moment? He criticised Barry Hearn, he said a few things about

China, even the tournament that he won for? You can say that he's very

honest when it comes to his opinions. For his sake I hope that

honesty does not getting into trouble. He's a great character.

This could end up being a very emotive subject. Hopefully, it can

be resolved somehow but this is very early days as well.

Commons that Allen has made, will not sit very comfortably? Udder not

think there is a problem with well as they can the Chinese authorities.

I am not sure what the red carpet rolled out well before Allen. Who

knows? It may keep under the raider. We do not know. It is a nasty

situation when one player thinks the other guy should have owned up

to a foul. There will be more in tomorrow's programme. Back to the

action. Hendry has an 8 - 1 overnight lead. He is now eight - 3

The red has gone tight. It makes it harder for Stephen Hendry. A lot

harder. Still expect him to clear It was a poor positional shot off

Oh aye I do not know what to make of this match so far. It is going

along but Stephen is not getting anything out of it at the moment.

His Stuart going to play the pot here? No, he's playing the safety.

It is not the best safety because the red he has played, he has left.

I think he can just about get through... I was going to say the

brown, but now he's going for the Dear me, it is a long way away.

Where is the black going? It is an interesting position. It has

violated the position of the yellow. Some tactical play to come perhaps?

Has it got enough pace on the red? He may cover behind the pink. Just

a bit shy of pace. Ken Stephen Hendry get through? I do not know

if he can pot it. Perhaps he can. Has it got an angle on the Green?

little bit too close to the cushion for comfort. A good safety shot, if

Stephen is one of those. Even if Stuart hits it, he may be hoping he

This is a nightmare. The referee is probably going, oh no. If I was the

referee I would be standing at the other end of the table. Fortunately

we have some video evidence. If they're shifted around, and he does

not heed the yellow, we can stick them all back again. -- does not

hit the yellow. Can he clip it? Looks like he thinks he can. It was

not a miss. A free ball is not to help for for Stephen Hendry. He got

away with that, Stuart. It was the finest little edge of the yellow.

You think he got away with it? I thought it was a bit lucky to knock

the Green in. Now, he has two choices, he can play this shot

himself or he can put Stephen Bigham -- Stuart began back in.

Personally, I would put Stuart back in. The reason I say that, if he

can hit the left-hand side of the yellow fine, but it can't. I would

put Stuart back in. Sound choice to You take the risk that Stuart could

got the snooker but I would rather my opponent play that they may.

Stephen Hendry can see enough of the yellow, he doesn't fancy

potting it, which I doubt he does, he could well get it behind the

He tried to pot. He did. I think he has left the yellow. Not too sure

the exact path of the white ball. Whether it goes close to the middle

pocket. He could play off three cushions and come into play. There

are lots of ways to try and get this. He played it slowly and that

is an excellent shot. Great control. Superb control. Putting it slower

He could not have played that better. Stephen will have to wait

to get his first frame on the ball. I do not thank you will get another

Stuart Bingham seal trials and eight - four but is there a light

at the end of the tunnel? They may be a light at the end of the tunnel.

That is free in a row for Stuart Bingham who battles to stay in this

match. BM is 11 points behind. -- Bingham. Decided to play in the

middle. He's just about on the I think Stuart Bingham has just

Does she tried to pop the red along the top cushion or does he play the

Staker the old fashioned way? As a matter of course behind the black?

A lot will depend on what sort of run he gets. He will take the

opportunity to try and win the frame in one visit by with the

knowledge of that red Bull, you can play the snooker. -- red. The red

not ideally placed to shift from the black. For the pink, that is

another matter. He could play the counter. I would not blame him.

Wait dependent but if he plays his at the right pace he is more or

less guaranteed to be on the red somehow. And somehow is about it. A

horrible little cut back. A total judgement shot. His playing into a

blind pocket, you need to pick up a spot on the red and trust you got

the right angle. He's not playing He has over and done it. He has

overdone it. He will be disappointed they are not to get

this Necker. He is 16 points in front. Disappointed he did not win

That could be the big turning point in this match. I had the feeling,

if it would have been eight - five, Stuart would have all the momentum

with him. That he misjudged the cannoned off the peak. He did not

get the red say. -- off the pink. Stephen will be breathing a big

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A very disappointed and Stuart Bingham. It looked as though the

comeback might have been on. It might still be but it will be hard

now. Stephen Hendry's one frame away from a place in the second

round. Frame 14 next. Bingham at the table. It looks a lot easier on

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It affects the shot when you are Not by any means a clear-cut

opportunity here. He has to do well to get a nice position. On in the

If these red goes to the top of the black, that is an absolutely

fantastic shot. What control that was. It is inch-perfect to bring

the black into play. That is lucky. I think he still may have the pink.

It will be lucky if he is not on the black. Can he get past the red?

He's looking at the pink. No, he cannot get through to the black but

The pink goes on the yellow spot. So, how does he go about keeping

this break going. Get the right side of the blue and split the reds

up? A lot of it will be with the availability of the red at the

right of the black. If it does pot the black in to the left corner but

if not, I am with you, play the No-one plays it better than him and

he played it absolutely superbly. He has still got the blue and with

the pink being on the yellow spot, he has the pink he can play for and

get it back down this end of the He landed it perfect to play the

cannon and landed on the black. This is a frame and match winning

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The highest available is the pink, A spirited recovery by Stuart

Bingham and looks to have been flawed and -- fought heard. Just a

few good positional shot. Stephen He missed a few balls, this evening

but he has to be delighted with this first round performance.

Absolutely. His performance yesterday would have really

delighted him because he was producing the types of forwards he

was producing on the practice table but not bringing it in to the match

table, so to speak. He would probably be a little bit

disappointed with the performance this evening but he should just

look at the positives of yesterday. Of course, he had a big lead and

no-one knows better than at you, it can take the edge of few. You

basically thank you just have to turn up and you have one. But it is

never that simple. He has taken these nicely. Just this red and a

colour to get to what he requires. For the pleasure of playing John

Higgins in the next round. What a That is certainly one to look

forward to. If these red goes in, I cannot see Stuart Bingham coming

back to the table. He would be disappointed, Stuart. He had a slow

start to the match. Maybe a bit of gnomes. He did not cue well early

on. -- maybe a bit of nerves. Like all great champions, when they get

in front, they do not start looking over their shoulder. They look

straight ahead. And every chance now that Stephen can finish this

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If he's going to make that century, A pity. But the main thing is he

won the frame, congratulations to Stuart Bingham. Disappointing for

Stewart but yesterday we saw the real Stephen Hendry. What can he

produced against the reigning champion in the next round? We will

champion in the next round? We will A lead like that is very difficult

to have the right frame of mind going into the match, it is there

kudus. -- to lose. It is hard to get up for it and Stewart started

playing better than yesterday's. Pleased to get over the line in the

end. To win in the Crucible is extra-special and to get a maximum

is even better. I was at a stage in the match when I was going for it

early on. I played three great shots in a row to keep the break

going. A cut black, a slow red and navy blue in the middle. After that

it was plain sailing, inch-perfect all the way. He plays John Higgins

in the second round. Just 11 world titles between them, it should be a

cracker. Earlier today Hendry was Youseuf as the youngest player ever

to appear at the Crucible -- was used up to. He was up against

Stephen Maguire, here's what What a fascinating match we in for

here. An early test of his cue action. -- we're in for. That's

What a bit of queuing that was. This is a lot harder than it should

have been. It has gone safely into the pocket and Stephen Maguire

pinches that frame and he now leads He still has unsettled. -- hasn't

settled. Stephen Maguire marches on. It's been a baptism of fire for the

young player from Belgium. He goes to the midsession interval 4-0 down.

A good chance, five or six reds in Very good chance here. Wow!! That

That got to heard the young player. He won't worry about missing the

black. Smiles all round. He's given a very good account of himself,

Elsewhere today to douse the fire champion Shaun Murphy began his

campaign against Crucible newcomer The 30-year-old, David Gilbert, on

his second appearance at the Crucible is through to the second

round for the first time after converting a 6-3 overnight lead

over world number 12 Martin called in to a 12 -8 victory. -- Martin

called. The way he came back, he was favourite, he was playing great

stuff. To make that break in the last, Lady Luck shone on me with a

big flew to finish it off. Sorry Gilbert will play the winner of the

last match to bring you news of from day 2, between Neil Robertson

and Ken Doherty. Robertson was in scintillating form scoring three

successive centuries. They shared the opening four frames on the

resumption and it is 9-4 to the 2010 champion from Australia. We

Just off Streak. Very clean. -- just off straight. There are signs

that Ken is playing better than he has done for a year or two.

Qualifying to get to the Crucible, only just over a week ago, so he's

pretty sharp. He's been outplayed, but I think he's played well enough.

May not be a likely tournament winner any more, but still has some

He would like to think that that Red went to the side of the black

ball, but I don't think it does somehow. He's actually having a

look at it. It must be tight. I suspect that might just go. He's

looked at it, though, and decided against it. I think it passes the

black perhaps. The shot he played was a really good one so it doesn't

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He's come in a bit close to the blue so he did not have much room

to manoeuvre. He's gone a bit too Good recovery. Screw and left-hand

side. Despite him dropping out of position a few times, he is right

back in now. A chance to pull a frame back now. This is a situation

where you feel he shouldn't really break down. The cue ball has not

been under a very tight control in this match. It's all right. Always

been a could break builder, Ken, he is one of the few competitors to

get over 200 centuries -- Goode could break builder. -- good break

builder. He looks almost certain to win this frame now. Once again, the

cue ball in the middle of nowhere. Amazing. What happens when you get

a bit old trying to get the two ball through, but you do not get

through it as much as you would like -- the cue ball through. That

is what happens when you get older, a bit more attention, you can't

release the McKeown. Of course in doing that it takes all the pace

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He shouldn't really have ended up where he did. Difficult to judge,

especially with the long queue, you can hit them full on like he did

there. He will be annoyed he did not go on and win the frame at

that's it. Having got out of position a couple of times he got

back in. He has had a couple of looks at the plant, but the reds

are a couple of inches apart, very dangerous. It looks like he can

just roll it in and play for the black. Reluctant to Raw balls in at

He's just having a little look, if he can nudge the red away from that

other red, if not he can play for the loose red. The trouble with the

canon, the speed he wanted to play it Attwood have thrown the White

even wider. He can play it even wider here, though. It is not often

you see a player tried to knock a red out. If he had got the half

ball contact he was looking for he would have been on the black. He

hasn't done either. Tried to slip in an important safety shot. --

time to. The EC safety shot is hit the black thin and swing the cue

ball around behind the green and The safety shot is easy off the

black very very thin. He's thinking about rolling it up to the pink and

playing the snooker just behind there. Doesn't like that thought

either. Going behind green and brown? Answers on a postcard what

he played there. He was developing the pink as if he was 40 points

behind. Was an absolutely essential that he did that. He has given

Kevin an awkward shot -- Ken. He has not left anything easy. But he

did not even play a threatening shot by the same token, did he.

did not gain any advantage. It is more likely Ken will be playing a

good safety shock. He has got to be careful if he plays that Top red --

That is a good shot. He wrist playing that red thin and

disturbing the other one -- he I suppose he felt he would not do a

lot of damage if he did not pop the ball. -- pot. In an exhibition you

knock the double in here. But professionals very rarely play them.

You can expect the cue-ball tight on the cushion behind the black. To

heart. He should have played the double as we suggested -- too hard.

He can now get on to that red nicely. Prof points in front. -- 12

Obviously the red does pass the YELLOW. A chance for framed and

ball again. -- 4th frame. -- for He will be really annoyed. It was a

good idea to play the shot in the way he did. Once he found out the

red passes the YELLOW, you would have thought he would win the frame

Something of a cliff. It is never straightforward but this is a

wonderful chance, it is a fair chance that Ken has played his last

shot. -- something of a gift. angle of the YELLOW is obviously

not straightforward because he is having a good look here. It does

not appear to pass the ground. Where does he get on the yellow? --

past the brown. Go for it in the middle. -- pass the ground. How is

the angle on the low? Can he rolled it in and get on the green? -- on

the yellow. Cash roll it in. He can. So this looks like former world

champion Neil Robertson has just got to hold himself together for a

very comprehensive victory over Ken Doherty, 10-4. In fairness to Ken,

the scoreline does not read what it should do. The old Ken Doherty

would have been a lot closer in this match. But Neil Robertson has

played really well. His success rate is 90%, and he loses 10-4, I

don't think I have ever seen that Just the black for Neil Robertson.

Three century breaks from the Australian during this match, Ken

Doherty played his part, an excellent match but Neil Robertson

It was definitely one of the toughest draws that you could get.

When you're playing somebody like Ken, you're still playing a world-

class player, but perhaps he's not playing as well as he used to. But

he is still a world-class player. He has so much experience. It was a

case of me having to play well and I think overall during the match I

did. I didn't miss anything silly. My shot selection was great and I

thought my safety was really good as well. And also three centuries

in a row. Overall I would give myself an eight/10. Neil Robertson

looking good as he makes it through to the second round. That's it for

day 2 of the tournament. A reminder that snooker extra is up later on

BBC Two and that features the closing session of the match

between David Gilbert and Martin cooled. We are back at 10am

tomorrow for the conclusion of the Stephen Maguire match. We are on