Day 8 Snooker: World Championship Highlights

He is one of snooker's Hottest Daz. The fans would love to see Judd

Trump win the title in Sheffield. But he has a difficult match taking

on Marco Fu from Hong Kong. He is still in front but was made to work

hard this morning, and won the opening frame. Before Judd Trump

and knock down 94 to re-establish his lead at 7-3. But in frame 11 it

was Marco Fu's Returned. He scored 83, including some fine positional

play. They traded the next two frames, a highlight of which is

Marco Fu's Break of 117. That seemed to give him the confidence

he needed to get back into the match and with breaks of 66 and 70,

found himself within one frame at 87. Judd Trump ended strongly

committed take a two frame advantage going into this evening's

Session. Judd Trump want the first three frames of the final session

and in frame 20, this happens. Judd Trump is at the table going for a

red, but hit the blue, so it is a foul. There are lots of laughter

because the balls had to be replaced. She then said go right.

Over there. Marco Fu in the meantime says, four minutes of this,

can I go to the toilet? Off he goes. The referee is still laughing. He

Judd Trump says he has had enough and smash the red it's all over the

place. Marco Fu took full advantage, establishing a 53 point lead and

He had the angle on the pink. Don't but it past him and the way he has

He is debating whether to risk bringing out the black into play.

He took the risk. He is still on the pink. I don't think he can get

to a red, it all depends on the angle. He has developed a red. That

It wasn't a natural angle. He had to play it with side to spin it

into the red. Is he too straight on the pink to get to the final red?

He is going to try to do it from Can he play the snooker in behind

the black? Then all of a sudden, he He does not want the red to go in!

It is not. All of a sudden, what a turnaround in this frame. Judd

Trump has a chance to clinch the match. Difficult to pick out the

angle from here. He would have to go between the green and the blue.

I think that is the only shot available to him. He cannot go past

the other side of the green off a couple of cushions. He is so close

to this side cushion, it is He is going to try some shot here.

If he hits this, it will be That was a horrible snooker and he

made a gallant effort to get out of Only 28 points in it. Six colours

will be enough. What a turnaround. Judd Trump is really an explosive

player. He is going to be the man Look where the cue ball has

finished! It's absolutely flew off the side cushion. It makes you look

silly because he played the shot He played to drop it in and play

the cannon and played it It really has been a fabulous

display this evening. At 9-7, it looked like Marco Fu was in with a

great chance. But the The Juddernaut has done this job this

He is not perfect on this pink. He played with lots of side. Look at

Marco Fu battled his way back into the match. Got to just one frame

behind, but this evening it was Judd Trump, he was too strong. Well

played Marco Fu come a but even better played Judd Trump, is

through to the quarter-finals. A comfortable victory in the end.

Started well in the first session, and then the second session was a

struggle. The last frame I did well in the end to keep my cool and end

up nicking it. I did not want to go to the interval 4 stop I feel like

I played well. You'll always have bad patches over such a long

distance. I did not expect Mark King to win it, I thought Ding

Junhui was favourite. They are finding the pressure too much, the

bottom half is all open. But I am going under the radar, doing my

business. Judd Trump it is safely through. Mark Selby looking to win

the Triple Crown. But fellow Englishman, Barry Hawkins is making

life very tough. It is 12-10, to Hawkins when are we pick it up in

frame 23. Barry Hawkins just needs one frame to win, Mark Selby is at

Is he saved by the black? I don't It was always about the red that he

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played. Barry was very quickly out He is perfect on this red to run

through to the black in the This black will take it to 32

The reason Barry is in his because of this shot. He will be wondering

if that is his last shot. Good positional shot from Barry. Yes,

there was talk about a Mark Selby to do what we call in snooker, at

the Triple Crown. The UK Championship, which he has won this

season. The Masters and the World Championship. But, at the final

hurdle looks as though it may be And solid pots, nicely on the ball,

he intended. Two reds, and two reasonably high value colours. Just

A little bits of work to do, but could not have struck that any

Now, a red and a black would put him 52 points in front. It with 51

remaining. A glance at the scoreboard tells in that. He needs

one more red to be safe. He has got He has to work out the best option.

He does not fancy it. He has played for the black. I don't blame him.

As you say, if he goes up for the blue come other blue could have

been an easier pot than this black. But this is frame ball. This will

leave his opponent needing a snooker. You have to play to the

scoreboard way you can, this is match snooker. Does he play the

cannon on the two red's? He might be able to pot one of the reds. The

if Mark Selby is going to stay in this tournament, he will need

snookers. He will be very disappointment -- disappointed with

his performance. He will be fearing the worst. No matter what your

reputation is, you have to produce it on the day. He has not done that.

Given Barry Hawkins too many chances. But he will come back to

the table needing one snooker. If he does not get it, then Barry

Hawkins is through to the quarter final.

STUDIO: Mark Selby carried on, he potted a terrific read. Quarter-

finals here we come. Mark Selby came back to the table, but it was

all over. Barry Hawkins through to the last eight for the first time

and his second consecutive victory over Mark Selby at the Crucible

Theatre. Well played Barry Hawkins. Difficult was an understatement. I

have been here so many times and has had so many close matches. I

just kept trying hard the whole way through, hoping to find some rhythm.

I just gave 100% and it is so tough when you play him, his safety is so

good. I don't think I played it nowhere near as good as I am

capable of. But I managed to get through. Apart from a couple of

frames here and there, I did not play good enough to win and Barry

took his chances. The first frame was massive, and this the black and

the pink. My timing just went. It was a battle and I feel drained, I

have such a long way to go, I cannot believe it. I am over the

moon. Many congratulations. Mark Selby

out, is it opening up the Ronnie O'Sullivan question mark he started

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against the man he beat last year, Mark King ll dumped Mark Allen out

in the first round at the Crucible. Now he faces Ding Junhui. It is

Mark King APPLAUSE 14 The Crucible appearance. They have only played

each other three times. In the most recent meetings, Ding Junhui

thrashed the Englishman 4-0 at the Welsh Open in February. Kamal took

the third. Ding Junhui is at the table and needs a bit of magic. --

That kiss on the yellow to look a He has lost a couple of frames he

should have won already. He feels he cannot get onto a red without

playing the cannon just below the Not nicely on the one in the middle,

and not nicely on the one in the Cue power needed. A little bit of

side. Not too sure if the pink will He had a chance in the first two

frames. He has an excellent chance in this frame. What ever happened

to the contact he got, it just made the cue ball run-through too far.

He didn't make -- meant to stun this. Doesn't have to be a huge

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Still not guaranteed to score enough points at this visit for the

This is the part of the game Ding Junhui is in the top players.

love to see him playing at his best. He will feel a bit better if he can

win this frame in one visit. We know it is a long match, but to

lose the first three... Similar pattern it took like this. Broke

Not too sure if he played to flip fat red a wave. -- flick that red

away. Clearly pots into the right hand corner. Depends what angle he

has on this blue. There is the red, next to the pink that it will pot.

He is a bit too straight on the blue so is playing for the

difficult one of the five. It is quite amazing how many times he had

Not too bad with the yellow away Needs to land on the bottom red, if

he can of the four. It has been notice the one next to the pink

would pot as well. You can see it from this next camera angle. I was

the like you, thinking the only one This is better. You would think he

would play a cannon on to the red. With the extension, it is an extra

couple of bouncers in weight on Judged it perfectly. Now it is a

question whether he will go on to make a century or not. Perfectly

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He is looking for a career century. He was a very pleased with that

That is another century. His 54th of the season. A little bit of

determination. It has gone in. Ben was almost back in his dressing

room there. -- Ding Junhui. Great it to see him smiling there.

We have had an evening of fun at the Crucible. We pick it up in

That is unbelievable. Bare is laughing at that. -- Ding Junhui. I

I do not think there are many balls it to worry about here. I think he

is going to play the same shot. I have not seen him smile like that

I think it will be the same sort of I would much rather play the shot

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I enjoyed that. He is grinning. Getting the black into play. Trying

to get Mark into trouble. He wasn't all kinds of trouble on that

previous shot. -- he was iin. is the kind of psychology that

Ding Junhui ball be wondering why A very good of pot. A little bit of

You can clearly see that the blue passes the red. There is a good

chance to get back up the table. If he plays it with top spin, he will

do well to miss the kiss. His long He has done that. You deserve what

you get off a shot like that. That Yes, a great chance for to stem the

flow. In the context of the match, even though he is already in front,

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That is a clever shot. Use of the blue to slow the cue ball down. He

has played it pretty well. This is When he was snookered it tight

behind the yellow, who would of thought he would be back of the

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table with a chance to win the He will be reluctant to get on the

black at the moment when the balls are like this. He has decided to

take a few little stun shots with the pink. This is top draw, really.

That underlines what he was see him. The standard has been high. 94%. --

saying. But it has been a good He would like to get on the black

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off this red, but he has not left a If Ding Junhui does want to carry

on, he will want plenty of snookers. Still a chance for Mark to continue

He has always been the same, a very streetwise player. He plays the

game tough. And he is in good form. I have not seen him hit the ball as

What a shame. It looked like he might get a century. But he has

Mark King of them won the next frame. But as we head into the

final frame of the session, this is He certainly played it. If that is

not frustration, I do not know what is. What do you make of that? That

is what happens if you do not get a shot for a long time. Mark King has

kept him out brilliantly. If the two reds were directly set for the

pocket, I would agree with that. But the two reds are set

differently. We know what has happened there. He is completely

frustrated by the way that the game has gone and he is trying to make

something. He cannot see where his next pot is coming from and he is

This has not been the quickest of matches. Mark King has slowed it

down. He will have to score better if he wants to progress. But he is

Cliff Thorburn used to play this way. The first man to do it at the

Crucible. But it is not just about slowing it down, he is actually

playing great safety and he has He is on a red, actually. It is not

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He has got to play. He has got to Just a case of keeping the cue ball

pretty close to the pink now. This will be a massive lead going into

the second day's play. When you consider Mark King's highest break

has been 59, he has totally played He was the underdog coming into

this match. He will be on the even- money tomorrow, and some people

People would take a view one way or umol of that this is a good lead --

one way or another that this is a good lead but people will try to

work it out in their own minds at what the market should be. I think

you will still get even money on I remember you many years ago,

Stephen Hendry was here, playing Jason Ferguson. Jason Ferguson was

at 6-3 up after the first session. They made it Stephen Hendry even

money. And Stephen one the match. - - won the match. People make

mistakes, but Mark King is 6-2 up, he obviously has a very good chance

now and will make things tough tomorrow as well. There is no way

he would just let Ding Junhui dominate the session. It is all

Well, well, well. That is unbelievable. That is the last shot

he had to play of the evening, of any significance. Ding Junhui can

tie the frame. I do not know how he is going to do it with the balls

where they are. That ball just had I suppose he could take three reds,

three pinks and leave at one snooker. That is just so careless.

I think he would have liked it to We have already had Mark Selby

beaten today. What a great session for Mark King. Really well played.