:01:09. > :01:12.The good evening. We have had another terrific day here at the
:01:12. > :01:17.Pet faire World Snooker Championship. Coming up, all the
:01:17. > :01:22.main action from the second round matches. We will see Ricky Walden
:01:22. > :01:32.sticking on Robert Milkins data. First Mark Davis against Stuart
:01:32. > :01:42.
:01:42. > :01:47.It is taken me a while. It is hard to get to the top. I maybe have
:01:47. > :01:53.five or 10 years left in me. It is my time now, so I'm taking it with
:01:53. > :01:57.both hands. People used to say that Steve Davis
:01:57. > :02:02.is boring, but he is brilliant behind the scenes. He is one of the
:02:02. > :02:06.best characters we have got. You can't really have a much fun on the
:02:06. > :02:13.job. When we had six tournaments, it was
:02:13. > :02:23.a part-time job. Now we have 25 plus. Ask my misses if it is a
:02:23. > :02:25.
:02:25. > :02:35.I am competitive what ever I do. Even my nine-year-old stepdaughter,
:02:35. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:41.we have games and I want to deter! I love practising. I love playing.
:02:41. > :02:51.Even a day after a good beating in the final I will be practising the
:02:51. > :02:52.
:02:53. > :02:57.next day. That is rubbish. That could be true! I am trying. I
:02:57. > :03:05.have got a friend to is a trainer and he has trying to get me into
:03:05. > :03:10.gear. We had three seasons -- it recess and she -- or three sessions
:03:10. > :03:14.last week comes on trying. I have got the fire in me that I
:03:14. > :03:22.want to win as much as the next person. You have got to be nice and
:03:22. > :03:27.treat everyone with respect. That is how I have been brought up.
:03:27. > :03:32.A brave man to say that. There has only one win here a year. We have
:03:32. > :03:35.had the like of Stephen Hendry, Ronnie over the last couple of
:03:35. > :03:40.years and a new breed coming through, but you can never say
:03:40. > :03:44.never. His opponent knocked John Higgins
:03:44. > :03:49.out in the first round and has played some great snooker this
:03:49. > :03:59.season reaching the semi-finals of the UK Championship. It was 4-4
:03:59. > :04:09.
:04:09. > :04:15.after the morning session. Into That is very speedy. Very, very
:04:15. > :04:22.speedy indeed. That is not a good shot from Mark Davis. He may have
:04:22. > :04:27.been a little bit cross but he did not get a good shot after a bad
:04:27. > :04:36.safety, but to follow it up with one is not a good thing to do. It
:04:36. > :04:46.will be very costly if you can pop this and get on a colour. He may
:04:46. > :05:08.
:05:08. > :05:12.It just shows you, he didn't think it worth risking, the pot. The red
:05:12. > :05:22.scarf macro or in the middle of the table, maybe and a don't think he
:05:22. > :05:24.
:05:24. > :05:29.has a middle -- an easy way of laying upon a red. Mark Davis has a
:05:29. > :05:39.big problem here. It is one of those situations, it is almost
:05:39. > :05:50.
:05:50. > :05:58.impossible to get at sea. -- it see Not what he hoped for. The amount
:05:58. > :06:06.of times those hit and hope short play as get lucky. There was no
:06:06. > :06:11.luck at all there. The other thing that sometimes happens is if you
:06:11. > :06:21.don't sleep your opponent or Ord, it can make it hard for the
:06:21. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :07:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:07:25. > :07:35.clearance. This is a wonderful This could be the key shock to the
:07:35. > :07:35.
:07:35. > :07:40.frame. In the end, he decided to play for the Open read macro -- the
:07:40. > :07:44.Open reds. The first few frames at this match were very slow. 27
:07:44. > :07:51.minutes for the first frame, 46 minutes for the second frame this
:07:51. > :08:00.morning. That is a nice recovery. He has finished absolutely plumb on
:08:00. > :08:07.the blue. I am sure one of these reds will go into the right corner.
:08:07. > :08:09.That blue has given him at 31 point lead, so just throw Red's and to
:08:09. > :08:19.either the black or the pink will leave it at the snookers required
:08:19. > :08:42.
:08:42. > :08:48.That is a bit careless. That is so careless. OK, he is 30 to head and
:08:48. > :08:58.there was once look required, but Mark Davis will get the chance to
:08:58. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:11.go for its because he is not on If Mark Davis does not get the
:09:11. > :09:15.snooker, it should be 65 to Stuart Bingham.
:09:15. > :09:19.So Stuart Bingham won that frame and took the next to go to frames
:09:19. > :09:23.here for the first time in the match. Mark Davis won frame 13, as
:09:23. > :09:33.we pick it up in frame 14. Stuart Bingham is at the table and there
:09:33. > :09:40.
:09:40. > :09:50.So close. That is how accurate you have to be. Maybe a little less
:09:50. > :09:50.
:09:50. > :11:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:11:53. > :12:03.speedy and it might have just Well he did not go directly into
:12:03. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:14.the pack. It was to read that hit the other reds. I don't think he is
:12:14. > :12:14.
:12:14. > :14:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:14:16. > :14:24.too bad you. He has a straight one Kick looked like he hit it well,
:14:24. > :14:34.but he is not easily on one. The shot he has to continue the break
:14:34. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :15:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:15:25. > :15:35.It is getting a little bit tougher with the blue and pink not easy to
:15:35. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :16:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:16:16. > :16:20.There is another example of just not getting on perfect position.
:16:20. > :16:30.You assume you would have thought he could have held the cue ball
:16:30. > :16:46.
:16:46. > :16:51.Interesting, this. He can get the pink, but in doing that he has the
:16:51. > :17:01.chance to cannon into the five reds. Can he avoid the cannon on the
:17:01. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:11.blue? He could. If he has got nothing, but is very unlucky. --
:17:11. > :17:18.but that is very unlucky. A lot of them went into the right corner. He
:17:18. > :17:26.could have thought about playing the green. My first thought was
:17:27. > :17:32.don't play the green. I suppose you have got to say he is unfortunate
:17:32. > :17:42.not to be on one. He is looking very hard at it plants. It won't
:17:42. > :18:15.
:18:15. > :18:25.take a lot of making. Can he get to From this angle it does not look on.
:18:25. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:49.Maybe there is a gap. He is That should be the frame winner.
:18:49. > :18:52.
:18:52. > :19:02.He did go a couple of frames down for the first time in the match,
:19:02. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:09.but it looks like he's going to get Stuart Bingham has not played
:19:09. > :19:15.particularly well tonight. He did have the chance to press on. Since
:19:15. > :19:20.the interval he has been struggling even more, a think. He will be
:19:20. > :19:27.thinking he might get back to the table because that is a very bad
:19:27. > :19:37.positional shot. He was perfect on that red. To not be on the pinks
:19:37. > :19:47.
:19:48. > :19:57.All he needs is the red to go 62 points in front with just 59
:19:58. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:20.The whole break has been a struggle. He has a good temperament to not
:20:20. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:44.let it worry him that he has made He can get a century break you. --
:20:44. > :20:54.here. Every time he plays a shot like that he ends up short of were
:20:54. > :21:01.
:21:01. > :21:07.He has never had a century here. He first qualified in 1994. 10 matches,
:21:08. > :21:16.no century. Still no century! Enough to win the frame pretty
:21:16. > :21:20.comfortably. These two players are now locked at 7-7. Davies went into
:21:20. > :21:25.the lead for the first time in the match in from 15, the longer so far
:21:25. > :21:35.this evening. Could he end the session in front? We pick up the
:21:35. > :21:45.
:21:45. > :21:53.What an opportunity. It is not a frame winning chance, but he can
:21:53. > :21:58.get right back in the frame. What a good read that walls. -- red that
:21:58. > :22:08.was. Well, it was. Can you believe that after that terrific read he
:22:08. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :22:30.It has been a curious session of This will be a mightily relieved
:22:30. > :22:40.Stuart Bingham to be back at the table. He dodged a bullet, slightly.
:22:40. > :22:54.
:22:54. > :23:02.9-7 down would have been Red, pink, red and any colour and
:23:02. > :23:11.he will be absolutely fine. Both players will be disappointed. Mark
:23:11. > :23:19.is shaking his head. It is all right. There is everything to play
:23:19. > :23:26.for in this match. Looking at it from a certain perspective, to play
:23:26. > :23:36.the way he has an get out of the session 4-4, Mark Davis will be
:23:36. > :24:07.
:24:07. > :24:13.This is as big a match as either of these two players have ever been
:24:13. > :24:23.involved in. The chance to get to the quarter finals on a very open
:24:23. > :24:23.
:24:23. > :25:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:25:23. > :25:29.World Championship. Tomorrow is So, it becomes eight T it overnight.
:25:29. > :25:33.Everything is up to grabs for these two. -- up for grabs.
:25:33. > :25:38.It is set up beautifully for the final session tomorrow afternoon.
:25:38. > :25:48.Let's bring you right up to date with the second session action. We
:25:48. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:03.start with the repeat of last Delicately played!
:26:03. > :26:11.That is a great shot. He is now just one frame behind Ronnie
:26:12. > :26:16.O'Sullivan. That is a good shot.
:26:16. > :26:26.Ronnie O'Sullivan goes to the mid- session interval with honours
:26:26. > :26:35.
:26:35. > :26:43.What a clearance! He is just one behind at 7-6.
:26:43. > :26:51.Ali Carter has got himself all- square. It is 7-7.
:26:51. > :27:01.That is a winner. It is a double, and it is there! Ronnie O'Sullivan
:27:01. > :27:11.has shared the session and he still got that two-frame advantage.
:27:11. > :27:19.
:27:19. > :27:24.That is not too bad at all. Absolutely perfect.
:27:24. > :27:30.What a fabulous shot. Absolutely beautiful shot.
:27:30. > :27:40.This is the key shot in this frame. Good shot! He has levelled the
:27:40. > :27:44.
:27:44. > :27:53.Mark concedes the frame. In June we is now in front for the first time
:27:53. > :28:03.in this match. -- Ding Junhui. Brilliant. The score in the match
:28:03. > :28:29.
:28:29. > :28:39.Her that is as good a shot as he The of the second round match saw
:28:39. > :28:49.two Englishman go head-to-head. Robert Milkins was taking on Ricky
:28:49. > :28:54.Walden. I was nine years old and my dad was getting in to meet --
:28:54. > :29:00.getting me into different sports. I fell in love with snooker. I used
:29:00. > :29:05.to play from turned in the morning until 5pm. It started from there.
:29:05. > :29:11.You can see the table and how big it is compared to what you play on.
:29:11. > :29:15.It makes you feel more grown-up playing with the older men. It was
:29:15. > :29:20.a good experience to get the first chance to play. From nine years old
:29:20. > :29:29.to maybe 13, I was living on the table. Too many things to remember,
:29:29. > :29:36.but I remember my first century at the snooker club. Every week I get
:29:36. > :29:40.a bit fed up and I think... But so many good things to come out of the
:29:40. > :29:47.game that you will never lose the interest for it and lose the desire
:29:47. > :29:52.to play. It jammers you in a place you don't want to be sometimes. You
:29:52. > :29:57.have chosen that path and you are trying your hardest to make your
:29:57. > :30:01.way but things aren't going away, you are not playing too good and
:30:01. > :30:04.you are not hitting the ball like you want. It does make you want to
:30:04. > :30:09.knock the game on the head sometimes. But you'll never do that
:30:09. > :30:14.because your love for the game is too strong. The cash you're playing
:30:14. > :30:18.for, the titles and everything else is a massive. Everybody has their
:30:18. > :30:27.own goals they are working for and I still think the love I have for
:30:27. > :30:32.the game I have is the same as when I was nine years old. It was 5-3 to
:30:32. > :30:37.Ricky Walden. He won the first three of the evening session. We
:30:37. > :30:47.pick it up at frame 12 and Walden is at the table trailing by 25
:30:47. > :30:47.
:30:47. > :31:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:31:28. > :31:38.This is a little awkward with the black so close to the pocket, to
:31:38. > :31:50.
:31:50. > :31:56.A I have just been told Robert Milkins has broken up off in the
:31:56. > :32:00.last two frames. I don't think he realises, he does not realise, and
:32:00. > :32:07.the referee does not realise. I have never known that before. It is
:32:07. > :32:11.not a foul or anything, but it is so unusual. He is the wrong side of
:32:11. > :32:21.the blue, but there are reds to the right of the pink that will be
:32:21. > :32:33.
:32:33. > :32:38.I think it will mean he will break off again. I have never known it,
:32:38. > :32:48.and I have been coming here since 1977! It is amazing both players
:32:48. > :32:54.
:32:54. > :33:03.He looks comfortable now, it doesn't he? Ricky Walden looks very
:33:03. > :33:13.comfortable with his cue action. Yes. It is nice to have a lead with
:33:13. > :33:17.
:33:17. > :33:25.this many frames. It is a great place to have a lead as well. You
:33:25. > :33:35.are playing at the best of your ability on the greater stage of all.
:33:35. > :33:46.
:33:46. > :33:53.Stephen mentioned earlier he had one two ranking titles. He seems to
:33:53. > :33:57.like playing in China and one the Shanghai Masters in 2008. And the
:33:57. > :34:03.classic in 2012. He would dearly love to get through to his first
:34:03. > :34:08.quarter final at the Crucible, with a chance to get to the semi-final.
:34:08. > :34:15.And that is everybody's dream to play at the Crucible when there is
:34:15. > :34:20.one table. And that happens at the semi-final stages. He is well on
:34:20. > :34:25.his way here, in this match. If he takes this frame and goes to the
:34:25. > :34:35.mid-session interval having won all frames, what a position he has put
:34:35. > :34:47.
:34:47. > :34:57.Just the wrong side of the pink here. The referee is a former
:34:57. > :35:19.
:35:19. > :35:24.Great shot! Job nearly done for Ricky Walden. 17 points and 18
:35:24. > :35:30.points, more than that, 23 points in front! But that is what is
:35:30. > :35:39.happening when you are cueing well. You get for flicks when you are
:35:39. > :35:49.cueing well. You get the run of the ball. One of the double macro
:35:49. > :35:49.
:35:49. > :36:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:36:49. > :36:54.difficult reds and he is over the It was a 63 break that paved the
:36:54. > :37:04.way by Ricky to take the previous frame. He is on 63 here. Robert
:37:04. > :37:04.
:37:04. > :37:14.cannot get going, can he? He had chances in that frame, but he
:37:14. > :37:19.
:37:19. > :37:28.missed when he was in a pretty good Sadly for Robert Milkins, he has
:37:28. > :37:38.not made a 30 break tonight. He has not helped his own cause by missing
:37:38. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :38:00.No century break, but he won't be too concerned. Ricky Walden is
:38:00. > :38:06.riding high at the moment and he leads Robert Milkins nine frames to
:38:06. > :38:12.three. Ricky Walden on a roll, but Milkins
:38:12. > :38:22.won a frame. We are heading into frame 14. Milkins at the table and
:38:22. > :38:46.
:38:46. > :38:52.He has got a good cue ball. Is it a It has got to be based swerve. He
:38:52. > :38:58.does not need the pink, he does not need the black. It has changed the
:38:58. > :39:03.complexion completely. That is amazing, to swerve around and pot
:39:03. > :39:13.both balls. All of a sudden, Ricky Walden knows this frame could be
:39:13. > :39:16.
:39:16. > :39:26.gone. A before that in half, Robert would have needed the difficult
:39:26. > :39:27.
:39:27. > :39:33.black, he does not now. You just sense that this match is turning
:39:33. > :39:41.around somewhat. If he can hold himself together here. He needs to
:39:41. > :39:47.pot brown, blue and pink. Ricky Walden it was firmly in the driving
:39:47. > :39:54.seat in this frame. On the brink of throwing it away here. Robert
:39:54. > :40:01.Milkins overscrews the brown and gives himself more work to do.
:40:01. > :40:08.Looks to be in no man's land on the pink. He will be frustrated but he
:40:08. > :40:14.has to keep his composure. He is going to need the extension to
:40:14. > :40:20.reach this. He does not need to worry about the black. He does tend
:40:20. > :40:30.to shake his head a bit. If he knocks this pink in, he will put
:40:30. > :40:34.
:40:34. > :40:40.Ricky Walden under pressure. How close was that?! Look at the shot
:40:40. > :40:50.Ricky Walden is faced with. He can pot the pink, go all a way around
:40:50. > :41:04.
:41:04. > :41:12.the angles. It will be some shot if He has just about Mr it falls
:41:12. > :41:22.doghouse a bit further up the table, what a shot he is faced with here.
:41:22. > :41:38.
:41:38. > :41:47.It is not certain he can play safe. Things are turning around slightly,
:41:47. > :41:50.here. That is two in a row for Robert Milkins. 9-3, Ricky Walden
:41:50. > :41:58.it was cruising, but he has been making errors and he is paying for
:41:58. > :42:05.it.. So, two on the bounce for Robert
:42:05. > :42:13.Milkins. Into the next, Walden to play trailing by 21 points.
:42:13. > :42:23.Nowhere near the pot. Where is the red going to finish? For some
:42:23. > :42:40.
:42:40. > :42:50.reason, Ricky has got himself under I don't know whether Rikki is just
:42:50. > :42:50.
:42:50. > :43:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:43:41. > :43:51.It is an amazing turnaround, here. That is the sort of thing that can
:43:51. > :44:01.happen here at the Crucible. When a player gets on a roll. Ricky, last
:44:01. > :44:02.
:44:02. > :44:10.year lost in the final qualifying round to Jamie Jones. The year
:44:10. > :44:18.before he lost 10-6, to Rory McLeod. He has only ever got to The
:44:18. > :44:23.Crucible on two occasions. So at the moment, maybe he is trying a
:44:23. > :44:33.little bit too hard and Robert Milkins, is just letting it go, and
:44:33. > :44:35.
:44:35. > :44:45.he is enjoying himself at the moment. No reason why he shouldn't
:44:45. > :45:16.
:45:16. > :45:26.clinch this and make it three in a Looking good, now. Just needs one
:45:26. > :45:59.
:45:59. > :46:05.was me. Just in case you are wondering what that was from Steve
:46:05. > :46:11.Davis, now that the frame is over, I asked him who the other player
:46:11. > :46:21.was who lost a match against Ken Doherty. I asked the question about
:46:21. > :46:21.
:46:21. > :47:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 64 seconds
:47:02. > :47:09.Difficult to knock them in at that pace. Robert Milkins is on a roll
:47:09. > :47:14.and is putting Ricky Walden under pressure. But he is still 3 behind.
:47:14. > :47:20.STUDIO: Ricky Walden ended the session on a high note by taking
:47:20. > :47:28.the final frame of the evening. So he takes a 10-6 lead into tomorrow
:47:28. > :47:31.night's final session. It is all getting exciting. We are
:47:31. > :47:41.approaching the quarter-finals and this is how the second round is
:47:41. > :48:16.
:48:16. > :48:20.That is just about it. It you want more snooker, we are up next with
:48:20. > :48:25.extended highlights with Ding Junhui against Mark King. We are
:48:25. > :48:31.back with further live coverage from the Crucible in Sheffield at