Day 3 Snooker: World Championship Highlights

Good evening. Another terrific engine were called Action at the

2013 World Snooker Championships and plenty of late night drama

coming up. It is worth staying up for. First, news of another high-

profile first round exit - John Mark Davies gets this second

section under way. He has a three frame advantage but he knows that

the opposition is not for lying down. That was a terrific port. --

pot. That is what he wanted - the first frame on the scoreboard. He

missed it, would you believe it? Right in the heart of the pocket

and perfect on the black. John Higgins Mr Black of the sport. And

it has cost him the frame. John Higgins now has got his three frame

Could pot, for John Higgins, are the proverbial mountain to climb.

That is enough for John Higgins. Mark Davies is looking good and

he's just one frame away from a round. Beats the legend that is John

Higgins by ten frames to six. I am happy with how I played. Today,

you know, John had no run on the ball, I was having a few nudges and

everything went wrong for him, he was go go the pack and knocking reds

in, it didn't run for him and it's a big part of the game. Fortunately I

was making the most of it. complaint, Mark punished me at every

miss I made, and, he was by far the better player. He played well. I

said if you keep doing that, he would have a chance, definitely.

Many congratulations to Mark Davis. A fine performance here. Last night

the Northern Irish man Mark Allen said he couldn't wait to get his

campaign under way and today it My dad played a bit in the local

leagues. He used to take myself and my brother down the social club, and

played for a couple of hours there and developed there. I wasn't very

good, as you imagine, I had a keen interest for the game and because my

dad was a pretty good players a the time. It is good to follow in your

dad's footsteps. Once a week wasn't enough for me. I used to go down

after school, and after the football matches on a Saturday. It developed

into something I enjoyed. I enjoyed, and I put a lot of work on my own. I

didn't know many people, I managed to pick it up quickly. I had my

first century after about eight months. I still love playing the

game. Sometimes practise comes a bit boring, especially where I am, there

is not a lot of players to practise which at a similar standard, so a

lot of the time it is practising on your own, it is not something I

enjoy doing but I know I have to do it because there is a lot of people

practising harder than me. I wouldn't be naive enough to think it

is just a passion, it is a job at the end of the day, and I have to

win matches to pay my bills but it is something I love doing. Nothing

beats walking out there and in a big match in front of a big crowd and

one of the best players in the world you are playing against. You know

you have to perform your get beat. That is the most satisfying thing

when you go out under pressure and perform. I was off a few years ago

with depressure, it was in the back of my mind do I need to play

snooker? At that stage I could have walked away, and found something I

could have done nine-to-five, that wouldn't have paid as well but hat

time it would have been the right decision for me, because snooker

among other things were getting me down and happily to say, those days

are long behind me and I am enjoying the game much more now.

Well a big challenge formal mall. His opponent is Mark King. It is his

14th Crucible appearance. The last time he made the second round was in

2009. He never made it past the last 16. His highest Crucible break 108

in 2011. It is what is between the two. We join it at 8-8. Willie

Thorne and Terry Griffiths watched of game, that was first class, that

shot. He has got the balls in perfect

position, OKer Terry mentioned the highest break has been 31 in the

last four frames. Now he won't get another chance. That was only down

to concentration. That is very poor. He must have been delighted to be

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perfect on this red, and as you can If that red doesn't pass, the one

under the pink, he may have to go into his reds.

-- these reds. That is a good chance for him to get something on in the

Mark Allen won the first three frames to go 7-5. It looks like Mark

King is going to win three frames on the trot to go 9-8. And what a

crucial time to do it P 30 points in front.

Two reds, two colours after this black.

And he goes one up, with two to Well played.

38 in front then, 58 remaining. Ooh, I thought he missed that for a

minute. Because of that he is a bit short on the black.

It is all he needs is this black. Think the pace he hit the ball

helped it push through the corner. And he is missing very little in the

For the first time he is looking like the winner this match.

Even in the first session, he led by one frame, it seemed that Mark Allen

may have the best of it, but, not now.

There is never a bad time to go into the lead, but close to the end, just

one frame, 9-8 in front, there is not many opportunities for your

opponent to get back at you. A strong favourite now? He looks so

much better. I know his a they have is where Mark, if he can explain how

much a better player he is when he is playing a bit more aggressive.

Play safe when you have to, but when you in the ball, get among them. Win

or lose, he has done really well to stay in this match and now he is

playing his best snooker of the playing his best snooker of the

81 in the last frame. He goes 9-8 in front. One up, two to play.

So Mark Allen right up against it. King need one more frame to win it.

He is back at the table. Just one He is only on the blue pink and

black. Yes, a little bit fortunate to be on

the black. When you are playing into the reds and put them all over the

place you would be lucky not to be on something.

Eup UKly. Eup UKly.

Amazing, the last three frames have been played, 28, 30, and 15 minutes.

It has all been Mark King. There is every chance he could win frame and

match. Because black is available into one

corner, he can get on to two reds off this pink if he wants to. Once

gets the black free, what a chance That's OK. Can he screw back for the

pink? Pink and black, unless he can play the one nearest the black now.

I don't know what angle he has on this. We will look at it in a

It is not a great angle to be honest.

The top red obviously pots. He could The fact yellow is off its spot

helps. He can swing it round two cushions and play to the right of

the pink. There is three reds to the right of the pink. So swing it over

reason that is dangerous, you could kiss the brown and he could snooker

himself on the blue. He really is playing well at the

moment. The previous three frames he has had breaks of 76 -- 74, 48 and

91. It is high quality stuff, by any It is just not a chance to win frame

and match at this moment, because he can't get on to the black or pink

and obviously having to work on the here. He may play on and off the

cushion and flick away from the black. It will be tough to get on

the blue from here. He does have an angle op this red,

if he could play a stun run through, off the top cushion, kiss the red

away from next to the black. -- on. Not, he could finish touching

ball on the black if he doesn't hit it right. He is not playing, he is

playing a deep screw. ?LINEBREAK yes, that is OK isn't it. Took the

yes, that is OK isn't it. Took the This is just as good a chance as you

could ask for now. He has to hold his nerve and keep it going.

Some would say he has had a bit of rub with the ball the last few

frame, especially with the plant he was left, others may say he has

earned that right, with the quality of his play in the last

He has played very well the last four frame, and the two reds below

the pink available as well, so a series of stun shots, another three

reds and pinks would put him close Oh your kidding. That was pressure.

That is all that was. He had won the match if that went in and the

pressure just told. The very last moment.

-- you're kidding. Yes, that horrible feeling when you get down

to the shot and you think to yourself, "well I will pot this and

it is all over. " That is what we do out there sometimes.

Just can't stop the demons popping Just can't stop the demons popping

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Precious little table time because of Mark King's excellent play, it

will be a monument monumental feat to clear up from here but at least

he has a chance, until Mark King missed the pink in the myle he had

no chance. It is amazing how long that red has

been next to the black. He can possibly get op the two reds nearest

the pocket, if he finishes somewhere on the line of the pink and red that

is cuttable. He is coming round to look to see if it is worth playing

the slow canon into the ping, which slows the white and he is bound to

be on the red in the middle if the canon doesn't work quite right.

He is still playing the same line. This is the key shot.

Can you believe it? I didn't see Mark King missing the pink in the

middle and I didn't see Mark Allen middle and I didn't see Mark Allen

Funny enough it is not straight forward to get on to a colour from

here. He has just hit it hard enough. Well

played. played.

You can see him puffing and blowing, there is immense pressure on this

game now, Mark King of course, a Mind you, what has he done there? He

Oh, he will have to play the screw shot off the black and try to get on

to pink or blue because it is too risky to roll it in, it is bound to

kiss the black. If he is not sure of knocking the black on the hole, he

will have to play for pink or blue. Certainly breathing heavy, isn't he.

He is playing the other red as well, the clip.

Very dangerous but played very well. OK, he is not on the pink but once

again the fact the yellow is not on Looks good.

Well he would prefer to be dead straight but he is still on the red.

21 points in front. Mark King is three balls away from

This red puts him 29 in front, with Very disappointed Mark Allen, he had

every chance to win that frame when Mark King missed the pink in the

middle. But when an excellent performance,

four frames on the trot from 8-6 behind.

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And played his best snooker in that Of course Mark Allen won the one of

the earlier frames, the 12th frame when he required three foobgers.

They say lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place. This is

dead straight. If it goes in. It would be bedtime

for Mark King and a very happy one it will be.

This is dead straight. If it goes in. It would be bedtime

for Mark King and a very happy one it will be.

Place. If he misses the kiss he he played it behind the black. Same

thing, though. But should be a snooker.

Easy to hit off one cushion with a Easy to hit off one cushion with a

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Mark Allen is still giving it a go. You can't blame him for that. I am

sure if the scores were different he sure if the scores were different he

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Almost behind the pink. That will clinch it. And thoroughly

That will clinch it. And thoroughly deserved.

Five at the last six frames. Come from 8-6 behind, against one of the

favourites for the title here at The favourites for the title here at The

Well done. The last four frames and he goes through into the second

round. Beating Mark Allen by ten It was a good safety battle and it

got a little bit scrappy at times. I am just over the moon to win. And

I will be back ready for the next game. And it will be a very well

deserved kiss. Now, to a match that has kept us all gripped for the

The opening frame of the second session was littered with errors

from both players. This missed a black from Graeme Dott allowed

So, have to Peter Ebdon took the tenth frame the English wins at

about frustrating his opponent with a succession of safety shots. It

seemed to do the trick as the Scotsman unleashed this rash

attempt, gifting the frame to Peter Ebdon. Then things got worse for

Graeme Dott. This fluke on the yellow would not have unproved the

scores when's mood, with the scores are level at 6-6. -- the Scotsman's

me. Graeme Dott got back on the scoreboard when frame 13, and the

King yet by one point, on the final black. He then recorded a break of

50 which was enough to open up a two frame lead before the players

were taken off once again without finishing the set. So, 8-6-Graeme

Dott, it is Peter Ebdon to play, Strange shot white from Peter. He

tried to put some swerve on that 17 the difference, another straight

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forward one to the winning post in He would love to knock the pink

into a pottable position as well but he has got it dead straight

He knows full well he is going to be leaving that red next to the

He didn't have to hit it that heart, did he? -- that hard. In normal

circumstances he would have just drop it in, but as the match comes

22 points ahead, so brown, red and colour, Graeme Dott needs to secure

And he's got a nice angle on the blue, so he can play for the yellow,

Peter Ebdon had a couple of chances in this frame but didn't take them.

So, after losing four frames in a road this morning, Graeme Dott is

going to win his third frame in succession. Doesn't matter about

missing that blue. He takes this opening frame of an extended

session, and he now leads 9-6, just one frame away from a place in the

second round. It is a late night for the players and the Crucible

crowd - they a move on to their first session with Graeme Dott back

at the table. -- their third What a shock mac from Graeme Dott.

-- what a shot. He wants to get this match finished hours quickly

as possible, as we show you that pot into the corner pocket. When

they battled it out in 2006 and the final of the World Championship, it

finished just before 1 o'clock in the morning. If Peter Ebdon could

battle his way back in, it could be a similar time, but it is Graeme

Dott at the table and have the cannon works out, he could open up

a few more. -- if the cannon works out. He has got to play another

He has got to use a lot of force, This has worked out quite well. I

think he is on the pink to the left The black is also available. That

This is good stuff from Graeme Dott. It really is, because this morning,

at 6-6, he looked all over the place. Peter Ebdon was not playing

well but he was doing what he had to do, grinding his way back into

the match, and, at 6-6, Peter was starting to look the better player,

so the last two frames were big frames for Graeme Dott, and he

started well in this extended session here. Yes, he won that 13th

frame, 66-65, he won on the black. He has gone a little straight on

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this black, though. He needs a bit Because he is so close to the red,

he's just making sure he picks the Well played. And he's got a little

bit of angle on the black. I can assure you that little delicate pot

and position. -- show you. He is looking at those two reds into the

middle but he has got an angle where he could leave the other two

reds on. It depends how he feels. That's the ones to the middle that

He's always very good in the situation, just picking off the

Another good pot, into the heart of This is how he started the match,

he took control early on and build up a 6-2 advantage. He looked the

better player of the two, but he has just overrun that and got ahead

of himself slightly. I don't know if he can cannon that red to the

right of the pink, I don't think he can, so, overrunning that has

He's just going to drop the black in. Good pot. He's going to need

another good pot on this red to get Well, you can't take it away from

Graeme Dott. In fact, he took his shoe off to play that shot because

he thought he might slip. On that occasion, he did take issue off,

because he was fully stretched. Can he get the cannon this time? Of

course he can. What a chance now. This is a great chance for Graeme

Dott. As I said, who lost four frames in a row and he looked all

over the place, but he looks very comfortable at the moment and he is

going to take forerunner a row. -- four in a row. If the break goes to

s defeat, the black will be 65, so one more red and colour. This has

been a fantastic performance from Graeme Dott. -- if the break goes

to 58. And wouldn't it be a nice way to finish, if he could make a

century? He just wants enough to clinch the frame and he has made it

a little awkward for himself. That red has blocked the path to the

blue. 66 in front, as we show you this shot again, the red just

blocking the path of the blue. He scratches his head, and use 66 in

front. If he can roll the pink end, Peter Ebdon will need a snooker.

wanted to know if these two reds are a certain plant into the right

centre. Good shot. Look at his face there. He is a gritty player, and

when that pink went in it, he did not have react. He knows Peter

Ebdon has made this match very tough for him, he slowed things

down and that were up. Peter did what he had to do and, at 6-6, he

was looking the stronger of the two, and in goes the plant, and Graeme

Dott will be beating Peter red then you for the third time. -- Peter

Ebdon. Peter Ebdon will be very disappointed. He put up a great

comeback, but it was not to be. The 2006 world champion is going to go

through to the next round. It has been a good performance, it has to

be said. He has certainly produced the goods. I enjoyed the match. As

that Stephen Hendry this morning. We enjoyed watching Peter Ebdon

battling his way back into it. It was not the prettiest liquor, but

in the end, he did not play well enough. -- the prettiest snooker.

He's finishing in style, is Graeme Dott. And he is going to finish

What a fantastic positional shot, as well. The Crucible crowd love a

century. The red is not there, that is unfortunate, but Graeme Dott

will not mind. Peter Ebdon congratulates a man says, well done.

Acknowledging his friends up and the crowd, and he goes through into

the next round of the Betfair World Championships. It is Graeme Dott

who is the victor and he goes through 10-6. It is always hard

playing Peter. He plays very slowly. I get on very well with Peter, I do

like a luck, but he does play too slowly in my opinion. I personally

think that there should be something done about slow play. I

don't think there is any need to take the length of time that he

takes a some shots. You still incredibly hard to beat. It is a

good victory, but I am really looking forward to my next match.

It was a very slow match. The official time of that match, 7 hrs

and 19 minutes. The winner of the Welsh Open, Stephen Maguire is

taking on Dechawat Poomjaeng, from Thailand, is leading 5-3, and we

had great fun watching electors afternoon. He played some very good

snooker. What was pleasing about watching him was that not only was

he getting loss of applause from the against but he liked to give

himself a round of applause. Well That's it from us for tonight, but

joined us for snooker and extra, that is up next. Thank you for