:00:31. > :00:37.Hello, good evening, welcome to highlights of the 2014 World Snooker
:00:38. > :00:41.Championship, another terrific's day play at the Crucible. All the big
:00:42. > :00:44.names are still here, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby and the
:00:45. > :00:50.defending Champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan looking to lift snooker's
:00:51. > :00:52.most prestigious prize. We have reached the quarter-finals. This is
:00:53. > :01:21.they line up. -- how they line up. We start tonight with Ronnie
:01:22. > :01:26.O'Sullivan v Shaun Murphy. The 2005 World Champion Murphy got off to a
:01:27. > :01:30.fantastic start taking the first two frames. Ronnie roared back taking
:01:31. > :01:44.the third. Beautiful shot. I think he can see
:01:45. > :01:51.enough of the cue ball to make this black easy.
:01:52. > :02:10.So this is a decent chance, at the start of this frame.
:02:11. > :02:24.I suppose you could argue a loose safety shot from Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:02:25. > :02:35.Yes. When Ronnie played safe he should have found the baulk cushion
:02:36. > :02:38.but maybe had it in his mind that he was aggrieved that Shaun didn't
:02:39. > :02:43.leave him anything. It's amazing how it affects your shot. It shouldn't.
:02:44. > :02:48.Ronnie would be down thinking - why am I playing safe here, I should
:02:49. > :02:51.have an easy red to pot. You can't, as I say, take your eye off the ball
:02:52. > :03:14.for a second. A chance to do some damage to the
:03:15. > :03:21.pack, with that loose red, as an insurance policy.
:03:22. > :03:27.Wonderful cueing. Yeah, couldn't have played it better. He didn't
:03:28. > :03:34.play it with as much pace as he could have done. He was concerned
:03:35. > :03:37.the cue ball might get buried in the cluster and not beyond this red.
:03:38. > :03:59.Could play the same shot again. Repeat performance.
:04:00. > :04:03.Seemed to get a bit of a funny contact there. It went in. He
:04:04. > :04:10.finished up nicely on the red. He is ideally placed now to make a
:04:11. > :04:15.frame-winning break. Playing for the pink, perhaps in the
:04:16. > :04:24.middle pocket. We'd have to think that he's going
:04:25. > :04:31.to get over the line here. I know it's early in the break,
:04:32. > :05:20.but... Well, amaze! At this level, if you
:05:21. > :05:28.miss blacks off the spot it can cost you the frame in the blink of an eye
:05:29. > :05:33.-- amacing. Every encouragement for Ronnie O'Sullivan now.
:05:34. > :05:50.But this was Shaun Murphy's Achilles heel quite a few times in his last
:05:51. > :05:55.match against Marco Fu. He got away with it with Marco. I say, get away
:05:56. > :05:57.with it, he won the match and he played well.
:05:58. > :06:27.He can't afford to be making those errors against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:06:28. > :06:39.Considering that Shaun Murphy was on the brink of 3-0 up in this match,
:06:40. > :06:40.but for a brilliant snooker by Ronnie O'Sullivan, the tables have
:06:41. > :06:47.completely turned. It's now Ronnie O'Sullivan with a
:06:48. > :07:02.chance to force the initiative. Not guaranteed with that red on the
:07:03. > :07:15.top cushion, and black not on-the-spot. He's looking much more
:07:16. > :07:20.supposed. And getting a bit of fluency going.
:07:21. > :07:37.He won't need the black, of course, if he can get these remaining reds,
:07:38. > :07:45.with colours and a few of the other colours. But, as Steve suggested,
:07:46. > :07:50.the hurdle, it's quite a big one, is that red that is close to the top
:07:51. > :07:57.cushion. Because, with the black not being on its spot, he will have to
:07:58. > :08:01.play it with a little bit of pace. We know that playing them with pace,
:08:02. > :08:04.they are very missable. Won't leave it until last. He will try to play
:08:05. > :08:20.it as the second last red. I thought he would do, unless he
:08:21. > :08:21.got... He underscrewed that shot. He will now have to make it the last
:08:22. > :08:32.red. I'm with you, Steve, I think he
:08:33. > :08:36.underscrewed that. Sometimes you get that extension, you don't get the
:08:37. > :08:41.same feel of the cue. So this is the key shot. Needs an angle. He'd like
:08:42. > :08:44.to get very close to this red, but the pink is stopping him getting as
:08:45. > :08:50.close as he would like. It's all about this red. 15 ahead
:08:51. > :09:08.now. The more pace you play it, the more
:09:09. > :09:14.chance of missing it. Well, he could have played a shot...
:09:15. > :09:18.APPLAUSE With less pace, for the pink in the
:09:19. > :09:29.middle pocket. He wanted to guarantee good position.
:09:30. > :09:36.Shaun just trying to work out if he can win this frame.
:09:37. > :09:44.Without needing the black, and he can. He is not ideal on the blue.
:09:45. > :09:54.Ran a fraction too far. Has he an angle? That would help him. I think
:09:55. > :09:59.he has? . He has lost the white Bala bit. 10-points behind. Up to and
:10:00. > :10:11.including the pink. For the frame. You could say, one against the head.
:10:12. > :10:16.I thought mistake when he missed the black off the spot was going to cost
:10:17. > :10:20.him. He has come too far with this. He has to use the rest, because the
:10:21. > :10:27.black is in the way for his waist coat.
:10:28. > :10:34.Great pot. APPLAUSE
:10:35. > :10:43.He has twisted and turned this frame.
:10:44. > :10:47.He has not been totally in control of the cue ball during this break.
:10:48. > :11:03.He is showing great character. Well, he was up quickly, as though
:11:04. > :11:09.he got a heavy and thick contact. I think he thought, for a moment, that
:11:10. > :11:13.he missed the blue. Funnily enough, if you look at that again, super
:11:14. > :11:19.slow, the cue ball was bouncing before it got to the blue. So it
:11:20. > :11:22.only needs the pink, but he wanted something easier than this.
:11:23. > :11:30.You see the cue ball? Pink for the frame.
:11:31. > :11:42.That has cost him. That chance, will he get another? Of course, Ronnie,
:11:43. > :12:06.needs pink and the difficult black. APPLAUSE
:12:07. > :12:07.Well one of the best straight Potters in the game. There is a lot
:12:08. > :12:18.of pressure on this one. Missed it. He doesn't want to bring
:12:19. > :12:22.the black into play, and he has done. Where is this black going? Is
:12:23. > :12:32.it going to be over the middle? It is! So that missed pink, unlucky to
:12:33. > :12:39.bring the black into play. Now, surely, Ronnie has only got to pot
:12:40. > :12:47.the pink, then the black and frame and his mercy.
:12:48. > :12:54.Well, as you say, Steve, twists and turns. I didn't see this one. Shaun
:12:55. > :12:58.can consider himself a little bit unfortunate. He didn't get the best
:12:59. > :13:01.contact on the blue. This black, for the frame.
:13:02. > :13:11.Another one for Ronnie. He has stole really. Shaun Murphy, what a chance
:13:12. > :13:17.he missed there. Ronnie from being 2-0 behind is now 4-2 in front. Is
:13:18. > :13:24.The Rocket took off by grabbing frame seven with a break of 94. Then
:13:25. > :13:30.he knocked in a 136 in the final frame of the session to take a 6-2
:13:31. > :13:35.lead overnight. They resume at 10.00am in the morning.
:13:36. > :13:41.There was a real heavyweight clash on the other table, Judd Trump
:13:42. > :13:46.taking on Neil Robertson, the world number one looking to make a century
:13:47. > :13:48.of centuries this season. Judd took a 3-1 lead. That changed to 5-2. We
:13:49. > :14:00.pick it up in frame eight. COMMENTATOR: Caught that one a
:14:01. > :14:20.little thin. Now this is a Neil Robertson
:14:21. > :14:29.special. He is normally very good for these shots, coming back for a
:14:30. > :14:35.blue or a baulk colour. Wow! I like to see the speed that red went into
:14:36. > :14:39.the pocket. Amazing. Now he's coughing again, look, I don't think
:14:40. > :14:44.he is right. Tremendous shot that was. Got to ask the obvious question
:14:45. > :14:51.- would he have potted that redded if he'd lost the previous frame?
:14:52. > :14:53.Certainly wouldn't have been as can dividend as he was getting down
:14:54. > :15:04.having pinched the previous frame. 33 break to pinch the frame at the
:15:05. > :15:11.previous visit has given him his is of dense back. As John mentioned, he
:15:12. > :15:18.will do cartwheels if he wins this game and gets out of this session
:15:19. > :15:22.5-3. This has been a session for Judd Trump all day long the way the
:15:23. > :15:30.match has gone. He is still behind though. If you win two sessions you
:15:31. > :15:33.go 5-3, 10-6 going into the last session. A big lead. That is when
:15:34. > :15:47.you have to earn your money, Terry, as a coach. When your player thinks
:15:48. > :15:52.he should be further in front. He would have took 5-3 at the start.
:15:53. > :15:54.There a few things happening out there. Neil Robertson doesn't also
:15:55. > :16:11.expect them. He brought the reds into play. The
:16:12. > :16:15.cue ball is far enough off the cushion to put some sort of stun and
:16:16. > :16:33.deviate the cue ball for the next red.
:16:34. > :16:43.We don't really know if Neil Robertson is not feeling well here,
:16:44. > :16:47.but the truth of it, as the Championship is you play every day.
:16:48. > :16:54.You haven't really got any chance to recover. He has had two shots then,
:16:55. > :16:57.and didn't really get the contact he wanted, the spin.
:16:58. > :17:04.The previous one, the red to blue, he expected to be top side of the
:17:05. > :17:07.blue. That one he hit purposefully a little bit harder to make sure he
:17:08. > :17:12.got round the two cushions, to get onto these reds. If he gets nicely
:17:13. > :17:18.on the black now you'd expect him to score heavily.
:17:19. > :17:25.We have time to show you the red. It's an angle, there is no problem.
:17:26. > :17:29.You do expect to get this nine out of ten. You see there, he has left
:17:30. > :17:31.it short. This is a little bit short as well. May have to play a little
:17:32. > :17:41.cannon to slow the cue ball down. If he's not hampered, he should
:17:42. > :17:42.still be OK. There is a red available into the middle to get
:17:43. > :17:58.onto the black or the pink. Judd Trump sees the shot very early,
:17:59. > :18:07.doesn't he. He is down there and very quick. He must be a difficult
:18:08. > :18:12.opponent to play against. Very destructive, can pot them from
:18:13. > :18:21.anywhere. He went through a spell this season when we have seen
:18:22. > :18:25.flashes of his brilliance. There has been no consistency this season. We
:18:26. > :18:30.know what a fabulous talent he is, to do it at the biggest stage, that
:18:31. > :18:34.is what it's all about. That is what everybody strives for to do it here
:18:35. > :18:36.at Sheffield. Maybe he is saving saving his best for the next week
:18:37. > :19:29.that is remaining. Not too bad, but just taken the cue
:19:30. > :19:49.ball slightly out of position. Just about hold for these reds, dead
:19:50. > :20:01.weight with the black. Another contribution of above 50.
:20:02. > :20:10.A glance at the score board, tells him he is 42 in front. Two more reds
:20:11. > :20:14.and colours to be absolutely certain. He doesn't really want to
:20:15. > :20:19.play for the one behind the black. There he would rather play for the
:20:20. > :20:21.one on the cushion. The one down the cushion is easier than the one along
:20:22. > :20:30.the back cushion. The one he will play is the one
:20:31. > :20:40.along the back cushion. One more red after this one. He will go 6-2
:20:41. > :20:47.overnight. If that was any harder that would not have gone in. That
:20:48. > :20:58.was high. Just look at this red. It went right in-off the far jaw.
:20:59. > :21:06.Didn't risk going into them. I thought he would. He played it to to
:21:07. > :21:32.the inch. This is inch-perfect as JD would say.
:21:33. > :21:44.That's the important red. Pot the black as well. The end of session.
:21:45. > :21:50.Still went for the big split on the last three reds though. He likes to
:21:51. > :21:53.entertain, Judd Trump. Just checked the score. 65 in front with just 51
:21:54. > :22:18.left. Neil Robertson obviously resigned to
:22:19. > :22:22.the fact now he will be 6-2 behind. He has it to do now, hasn't he? He
:22:23. > :22:24.was one of the favourites for this tournament. Have to win the next
:22:25. > :22:30.session to get back into the match. But this is really nice to see Judd
:22:31. > :22:40.Trump playing like we know he can. Yes, he has certainly been the most
:22:41. > :23:01.impressive out of the two today. I'm sure we were all thinking at the
:23:02. > :23:05.start of this match it would be a cracker, go all the way, it may
:23:06. > :23:18.still do. Nobody expected a 6-2 result for either player.
:23:19. > :23:24.APPLAUSE They all like 100 here, a few
:23:25. > :23:28.exhibition shots here now. Those in the front row better watch
:23:29. > :24:03.out! Not quite! It's been a wonderful
:24:04. > :24:07.potting and break building examiner countries here for -- examiner
:24:08. > :24:12.countries here for Judd Trump. Now to the man who lost to Ronnie
:24:13. > :24:16.O'Sullivan in last year's final, Hawk High he is taking on Dominic
:24:17. > :24:23.Dale. Hawk High led 6-2 at the end of the first session. Stretch that
:24:24. > :24:39.to 9-4 this season. We pick it up in frame 14. Dale to play -- Hawkin.
:24:40. > :24:48.COMMENTATOR: He hit it well. A nudge on the green. It makes this green
:24:49. > :25:07.cuttable. Nice anning toll play for the red, just above the black. --
:25:08. > :25:11.angle to play for the red, just above the black. A cut to the left
:25:12. > :25:24.corner. That is not the red he was playing for.
:25:25. > :25:29.As you said, that is the red he'd love to be on, the one just above
:25:30. > :25:31.the black. He has the perfect angle to play on
:25:32. > :25:43.it. Just needs to slow down a bit. That
:25:44. > :26:32.looks perfect. He stunned that in. He has left
:26:33. > :26:38.himself straight, that is very careless. Well, he shouldn't have
:26:39. > :26:43.left himself this straight. That is so careless. He wanted that cue ball
:26:44. > :26:45.to run another half inch, so he had the anning toll stun up for the red
:26:46. > :27:10.into the opposite corner. -- angle to. The problem is with
:27:11. > :27:12.this, you try to pinch a bit to force the cue ball, the black is
:27:13. > :27:17.missable, believe it or not. Just managed to get something out of
:27:18. > :27:25.it. Not recovered the situation fully
:27:26. > :27:45.yet though. Well, he stunned into those reds. I
:27:46. > :27:50.thought he'd have screwed into them and then the cue ball would come off
:27:51. > :27:55.them. Getting the bounce and power, you don't know where the cue ball
:27:56. > :27:56.will finish. A little trickle up behind the black. That is all that
:27:57. > :29:01.is left to him. Delicate this. That is the problem with Dominic not
:29:02. > :29:03.snookering on the reds. Not getting up tight enough on the black. You
:29:04. > :29:26.have to hit the right red. It's OK. Dominic doing the referee's
:29:27. > :29:34.job there. It's not touching. They are all having a look!
:29:35. > :29:42.And if it had been touching, of course, the referee gets to do the
:29:43. > :30:28.final. I'm sure he's looking forward to that. So, not touching.
:30:29. > :30:38.Well, he's thinking long and hard here, Dominic. Is there an
:30:39. > :30:47.alternative to the safety? Don't think so. There is no pot on. I
:30:48. > :30:50.think the only safety is to try to get this cue ball back to this top
:30:51. > :31:20.cushion. That's what he was bothered about. A
:31:21. > :31:24.red going into a portable position, and he's left one to the left middle
:31:25. > :31:30.and the reds are spread far and wide. The only problem with this
:31:31. > :31:36.shot for Barry is he's not certain whether cue ball's going to go. And
:31:37. > :31:43.if he misses the kiss on the yellow importing it he should be on
:31:44. > :31:55.something. -- on potting. He's found the perfect line. What a chance this
:31:56. > :32:00.is! Dominic's slightly unlucky to leave the red. That was always a
:32:01. > :32:04.danger but the real unlucky part was it left Barry with a natural angle.
:32:05. > :32:07.He didn't have to do anything with the cue ball there. As you say, what
:32:08. > :32:29.a chance. I suppose the only positive thing to
:32:30. > :32:33.come from missing an easy black in the last frame is it sharpened his
:32:34. > :32:34.concentration up for this visit. Determined not to let that happen
:32:35. > :33:33.again. This blue will put him two points in
:33:34. > :33:47.front. So if he can get these five
:33:48. > :33:49.remaining reds with colours, he would be past the winning line. But
:33:50. > :34:19.a bit of work to do. Didn't get into the cue ball as much
:34:20. > :35:00.as he would have liked. Still should get this red. But it's missable.
:35:01. > :35:08.Quick glance at the school board will tell him he's 16 points in
:35:09. > :35:10.front, so, as I said, he needs these three remaining reds with colours to
:35:11. > :36:03.clinch the frame. -- scoreboard. Decided to come up for the blue and
:36:04. > :36:07.he's played it nicely. He can't just drop behind this red because it
:36:08. > :36:18.doesn't go to the middle because the pink's in the way. Possibility of
:36:19. > :36:20.putting it in the left corner. So just got to judge the pace of this
:36:21. > :36:43.shot correctly. And it doesn't come much better than
:36:44. > :36:48.that. Terrific shot. In fact, with a 27 point lead now, just this red
:36:49. > :36:52.will get Tim to the snooker is required to stage. -- will get him.
:36:53. > :37:12.Right in the heart of the pocket. Taken full advantage. Dominic will
:37:13. > :37:18.consider himself a little unlucky that he left that red and the
:37:19. > :37:27.perfect angle to put it and get him out of baulk. Certainly been an air
:37:28. > :37:31.of inevitability about this visit. Having said that, it was in the last
:37:32. > :37:36.frame when he missed the black off the spot. But not missing this time
:37:37. > :38:25.around. Well played, Barry Hawkins! So,
:38:26. > :38:31.stops Dominic's comeback in its tracks, and he will be pleased to
:38:32. > :38:37.get that one under his belt. Now leads by six again. 10-4. And they
:38:38. > :38:47.shared the last two friends of the session, so world number four Barry
:38:48. > :38:50.Hawkins, last year's semifinalist, needs just two more friends.
:38:51. > :39:03.Looks like Dominic Dale is going out. -- frames. The last match was
:39:04. > :39:06.Mark Selby versus Alan McManus. Mark Selby took an 8-4 lead after it was
:39:07. > :40:16.4-3. Selby is in the balls. DENNIS TAYLOR: What a shot he has
:40:17. > :40:20.pulled off there. You can't get a ball better than this. The cannon on
:40:21. > :40:25.the green was a bonus but he deserved it after that shot. Super
:40:26. > :40:36.shot, wasn't it? Queued it absolutely beautifully. -- cued it.
:40:37. > :40:39.In a couple of shots' time he had lost to remove that read to the
:40:40. > :41:01.right of the black. -- that red. Got into the cue ball a bit too much
:41:02. > :41:04.there. He's still OK. Would have loved to have been a bit straighter
:41:05. > :41:11.on the blue. Can still play a little cannon if he
:41:12. > :41:35.wants from the blue. An excellent shot as well. Brilliant
:41:36. > :41:45.shot. So much reaction after the cue ball, Dennis. Yeah, we've seen a
:41:46. > :41:52.couple of shots there whether cueing was extremely good. Here's another
:41:53. > :41:57.one. The pause and then he delivers the cue and it is effortless. Just
:41:58. > :42:01.that word you mentioned there - careless. Not easy to get onto it.
:42:02. > :42:10.He's having to clear reds away before getting onto that. He's going
:42:11. > :42:21.to head -- have to head up for the blue again. And then in two or three
:42:22. > :42:27.shots time, he may have that read available to him, but as long as he
:42:28. > :42:30.keeps potting reds and blues, he's in fine shape. -- that red
:42:31. > :42:40.available. He didn't want to cannon that red
:42:41. > :42:44.that time. That's a slight error. He's still got a red available to
:42:45. > :42:48.him in the left corner but not as intended there. Wanted to slip past
:42:49. > :43:03.that one. I wonder where he's going here.
:43:04. > :43:23.Tight in behind the pink. Now, there is an escape route for
:43:24. > :43:28.Alan McManus here. He's got the angle to try to land on a red and he
:43:29. > :43:34.has got an escape route. A couple of escape routes. But there is one he
:43:35. > :43:37.might try. He's looking at the left side of the table but there's an
:43:38. > :43:43.escape route down the right-hand side. Coming into the side he is
:43:44. > :43:53.looking at there, if he catches the red, he might not leave a pot on. So
:43:54. > :44:02.he's going to hit how many cushions? Four.
:44:03. > :44:12.He is misjudged it and he's going to stick the red up. Yeah, tried to
:44:13. > :44:20.come down the other side of those reds. Not straightforward here for
:44:21. > :44:26.Mark. He does have a pot on but might be running into the red just
:44:27. > :44:36.below the one he's potting. I think you can get on the blue, you know.
:44:37. > :44:40.If he gets some top spin on it. Just click off the side of that red and
:44:41. > :45:19.possibly run around for the blue. -- flick off.
:45:20. > :45:26.Well, not too bad. Actually a straight blue into the yellow pocket
:45:27. > :45:48.to screw back He may have a little angle.
:45:49. > :45:53.Absolutely perfect. Maybe you could have done with just another
:45:54. > :46:03.fraction. He will come off the caution and flick it away. --
:46:04. > :46:10.caution. He did not want to risk it, did he? I do not blame him. He
:46:11. > :46:33.can win the frame with just reds and blues. APPLAUSE. 12.
:46:34. > :47:00.This natural finish tomorrow morning -- this match will finish tomorrow
:47:01. > :47:20.morning. McManus knows only too well this
:47:21. > :47:44.frame has slipped away and his comeback has been stopped. 25.
:47:45. > :47:57.This has been five reds, blues. It has been a very well controlled
:47:58. > :48:04.break. That is why he did not take the risk earlier. That was good
:48:05. > :48:11.thinking. But of course he is way past the point where McManus would
:48:12. > :48:23.even contemplate coming back to the table. Alan Cissokho manner stays in
:48:24. > :48:33.the seat. He has had enough in this frame -- Alan McManus. Mark Selby
:48:34. > :48:43.went on to win the next three frames. That is all from us for this
:48:44. > :48:53.evening. We are back in the morning at 10am. Shaun Murphy taking on the
:48:54. > :49:24.defending champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan. Good night.
:49:25. > :49:27.Ted, I... I'm not interested in coming to see Lady Gaga, sir.