:00:00. > :01:09.Neil Robertson one of the highlights of the day.
:01:10. > :01:16.Judge John had been in control for most of this match and with the
:01:17. > :01:23.score at 11-10, Judd Trump is at the table, but there is no score.
:01:24. > :01:32.If he holds for the brown it might be worth taking on. How is it
:01:33. > :01:39.looking? How is that not gone in? -- how has that. At that case, how has
:01:40. > :02:07.that not gone in? - that pace. I don't think there is anyway out
:02:08. > :02:14.here, he's going to have to play an aggressive shot, maybe the long
:02:15. > :02:21.plant. He can get onto the pink or black from that.
:02:22. > :02:28.You could possibly move the red of the corner with another raid but the
:02:29. > :02:32.problem is that red to the centre pocket. If he does not get the cue
:02:33. > :02:44.ball to the right-hand side of the table he be leaving it on. -- he
:02:45. > :02:47.will be. The cut down the cushion on the left-hand side, he could play
:02:48. > :02:50.that red on the left-hand side, you could play that bread onto the other
:02:51. > :02:56.red and still get a good white, but he is in trouble. Looking at the
:02:57. > :03:00.shot now. He has got to get into the cue ball to Mr Cannon onto the blend
:03:01. > :03:17.green when he plays the shot, he has to have lots of screw and side to Mr
:03:18. > :03:23.blue and green. -- to miss that. I think is linked to have to play this
:03:24. > :03:27.long pot to the right-hand corner. -- he is going to have to
:03:28. > :03:37.can you miss the blue and green? You have got to take your hat off to
:03:38. > :03:42.him. It was always going to be difficult to Mr blue and green, but
:03:43. > :03:52.lucky for him, it went in. -- to miss the blue and green.
:03:53. > :04:12.It doesn't matter if the red goes in, though.
:04:13. > :04:21.The first time for the past four or five frames he has had everything in
:04:22. > :04:23.open play. Look at the ball is now. What time this would be to make a
:04:24. > :05:09.sizeable break. -- the balls. If this was earlier in the match you
:05:10. > :05:16.would say he could win the frame, but at this stage, with the pressure
:05:17. > :05:22.that is on, anything is possible. There was a noise in the crowd that
:05:23. > :05:35.could have put him off the shot, but no problem.
:05:36. > :05:44.He is just investing in the small collars, waiting to get up to the
:05:45. > :05:55.big stuff, pink and black. -- colours. He will be feeling very
:05:56. > :06:03.confident. Hold on a minute. Just about OK.
:06:04. > :06:08.It looked difficult to make a mess of that shot, but he has, he has
:06:09. > :06:20.hampered during. -- cueing. One good positional shot, he needs
:06:21. > :06:40.to get up on these reds and blacks. Judd Trump has not altered the ball
:06:41. > :06:56.for 26 minutes. That is a long time out there, when you get to the
:06:57. > :07:03.business end of a match. Just wondering whether that pink pots. If
:07:04. > :07:06.it doesn't, he is in trouble. There might be a chance of getting the gap
:07:07. > :07:11.through those raids on to the black but that ink is very close to being
:07:12. > :07:20.portable, I think it may pot. -- the pink is close to being pottable. And
:07:21. > :07:57.now, he has a chance, a big chance. business end of a match. Just
:07:58. > :07:58.wondering whether that pink business end of a match. Just
:07:59. > :07:58.through those raids business end of a match. Just
:07:59. > :08:15.pink is close to being pottable. And now, he has a chance, a big chance.
:08:16. > :08:25.There looked like there was an opportunity then to go for the
:08:26. > :08:37.black, but he prefers the pink, obviously. He would have liked to
:08:38. > :08:39.have been an inch or two further down the table with the cue ball. He
:08:40. > :08:48.is OK, it is not too thin to hold down the table with the cue ball. He
:08:49. > :09:02.things more difficult. He is just one good pot away from
:09:03. > :09:07.being in a perfect position. Now, he has got the chance because he is not
:09:08. > :09:22.straightish on the black. It is good to see him walking round
:09:23. > :09:31.the table when he is making breaks. It suits his style, he is taking
:09:32. > :09:32.longer on the safety shots, which you can understand, but he is
:09:33. > :09:54.keeping a nice rhythm. He just can't get pinpoint at the
:09:55. > :09:59.moment, can he? It has been hard work for 38. I don't know what the
:10:00. > :10:07.colour sequence has been, work for 38. I don't know what the
:10:08. > :10:17.have been a few low ones. You can see, yellows, Greens, browns, he
:10:18. > :10:27.hasn't got the blue. This could be good. The red at the top of the pack
:10:28. > :10:33.is available. What a lovely shot. Perfect angle
:10:34. > :10:37.is available. What a lovely shot. black. He deserves what he gets from
:10:38. > :10:43.this. And hopefully, if he does go on to win the frame, it will be with
:10:44. > :11:01.a century. This was perfectly played.
:11:02. > :11:18.What colour angle does he have won this red? Can he pot the red and
:11:19. > :11:21.What colour angle does he have won could bring another three reds into
:11:22. > :11:23.play here. And now then, the century is a definite possibility, the 100th
:11:24. > :11:37.century. A little bit careless there, he did
:11:38. > :11:48.not quite get the desired angle, but he is OK for the black, still.
:11:49. > :12:01.The difficult red on the site cushion is the one that is going to
:12:02. > :12:11.be a really big problem. And to make the 100 he will need four reds and
:12:12. > :12:18.four blacks. That red to get onto any other, could be a problem. Now
:12:19. > :12:26.you have won the frame, Neil, you deserve the 100 century. -- 100th.
:12:27. > :12:34.It could be a monkey on his back that could affect him for the next
:12:35. > :12:43.few frames. It is hard to say, really. Judd Trump is looking a
:12:44. > :12:49.little bit forlorn, he has lost three frames on the trot and he has
:12:50. > :12:49.not done a lot wrong, he has just three frames on the trot and he has
:12:50. > :12:55.lost the safety battles. You wonder three frames on the trot and he has
:12:56. > :12:55.whether he will risk getting onto three frames on the trot and he has
:12:56. > :12:59.the difficult red now. There three frames on the trot and he has
:13:00. > :13:01.answer. He has risked it. Needs to move the yellow to make the
:13:02. > :13:44.century. Not guaranteed to get the perfect on
:13:45. > :13:46.this red. I would rather that he played for a baulk colour here, I
:13:47. > :13:55.really would. Still a nice angle, he has the nice
:13:56. > :14:18.angle. Surely, now, he is Still a nice angle, he has the nice
:14:19. > :14:18.get it. Two pots From an unbelievable record that might never
:14:19. > :14:35.get beaten again. He is -- Judd Trump is going to have
:14:36. > :14:39.the honour to be the first to congratulate him if the screen goes
:14:40. > :14:44.in. -- if this green. At this stage of the match, absolutely
:14:45. > :14:52.un-believable. What a monkey off his back. He certainly deserves that.
:14:53. > :14:56.Absolutely brilliant, at this stage of the game, producing that
:14:57. > :15:00.fantastic break. Quite incredible. Congratulations to Neil Robertson
:15:01. > :15:05.not only on the century but to have Congratulations to Neil Robertson
:15:06. > :15:10.levelled the match at 11-11. You would think he had won the World
:15:11. > :15:10.Championship. What a fantastic break.
:15:11. > :15:18.Great achievement, 100 century breaks in a single season. No
:15:19. > :15:27.handshake and no congratulations from Judd Trump. Robertson was 11-8
:15:28. > :15:32.down, and now we have Judd Trump at the table trailing by 25 points.
:15:33. > :15:50.Looking at the plant, here, those two below the pink. Maybe available.
:15:51. > :16:03.The tension. He is going to have a go at this. We knew this was going
:16:04. > :16:09.to happen if it didn't go in. The only good thing at the moment is the
:16:10. > :16:12.to happen if it didn't go in. The fact that black is on the cushion,
:16:13. > :16:12.so he is not guaranteed to win a fact that black is on the cushion,
:16:13. > :16:18.frame at this fact that black is on the cushion,
:16:19. > :16:26.to be very tough to get onto a colour. He could just roll through
:16:27. > :16:56.and play the pink in the middle. I good pot again. This is just
:16:57. > :17:48.amazing. Every ball is going right in the middle of
:17:49. > :17:57.The pot success rate has gone to 90%, Judd Trump's is still at 89%
:17:58. > :18:08.and he has hardly had a shot for three frames. He has made 315 out of
:18:09. > :18:19.349 Pozzi he has taken on in eight hours. -- pots he has taken on.
:18:20. > :18:28.Once again in the middle of the pocket, perfect position. The pink
:18:29. > :18:42.on, three reds, three colours, he is one away from victory.
:18:43. > :18:50.That young man is now going to have to do dig deeper than he has ever
:18:51. > :18:54.before in his life. Somehow, he has got to try and make something
:18:55. > :19:06.happen. At the minute it has just been flawless look. -- snooker. You
:19:07. > :19:15.do not feel part of the match when you're being kept out of it and you
:19:16. > :19:22.are in that chair. Such a big audience, watching this match and
:19:23. > :19:27.enjoying every minute, and Judd Trump is the only one in the room
:19:28. > :19:33.who feels so lonely. Does the middle red of those five. Into the right
:19:34. > :19:41.corner? If it does, he does not have to play the cannon. It is really
:19:42. > :19:45.tight. Probably goes, just. He doesn't feel that it does, that is
:19:46. > :19:54.why he has played for the slightly more difficult red. Once again, he
:19:55. > :20:01.is absolutely inch perfect. He played three frames to win the match
:20:02. > :20:05.against Mark Allen when he was winning 10-7, and played three
:20:06. > :20:06.frames on the trot where he never missed a ball. This, I think is
:20:07. > :20:30.actually better than that. Well, Judd Trump has decided not to
:20:31. > :20:36.continue playing snickers, so Neil Robertson takes the lead for the
:20:37. > :20:44.first time in the match at 12-11. What a story this is turning out to
:20:45. > :20:52.be. Judd Trump trailing by 31 points.
:20:53. > :21:00.That looked really bad because he has caught the other red early on.
:21:01. > :21:05.You can still understand why Judd Trump has gone for the shot, because
:21:06. > :21:08.he is just not getting opportunities and he feels that he has to go out
:21:09. > :21:21.there and grasp them rather than waiting for them.
:21:22. > :21:23.I have seen a lot of performances from the
:21:24. > :21:29.I have seen a lot of performances years, from Stephen Hendry, Ronnie
:21:30. > :21:33.O'Sullivan, but from the position that he was in, Neil Robertson in
:21:34. > :21:37.the last five that he was in, Neil Robertson in
:21:38. > :21:41.the best I have ever seen. All of the frames have been scrappy stop he
:21:42. > :21:49.has never had pink and black on the spot, he has had to grasp all the
:21:50. > :21:56.time. At 11-8 behind he did not look as if he had it in him, but he has
:21:57. > :22:06.just turned around. -- turned it around. The cue ball is running
:22:07. > :22:14.loose. Just when you thought it was over.
:22:15. > :22:40.Well, you will not believe an hour and four minutes at the business end
:22:41. > :22:45.of the match. It has been stuck on 11 frames for all that time. It's
:22:46. > :22:50.normally difficult to stop Judd Trump potting at all. Even for five
:22:51. > :22:53.minutes. He has a pot on here though.
:22:54. > :23:07.Starting to get near that point now and one bad shot could cost him it.
:23:08. > :23:14.Very well done, sir. Very well done. He will have to take the risk. This
:23:15. > :23:18.was an excellent pot, after an hour's play. I was going to say he
:23:19. > :23:22.would take the risk of playing the blue into the pink. He will win this
:23:23. > :23:27.frame to get it back to 12-12, he needs to make it happen. Right here,
:23:28. > :23:36.right now. He has missed the pink. Still OK, luckily enough.
:23:37. > :23:41.He looked at the black there. He can play for the black. It will be a
:23:42. > :23:49.thin cut. He could also go up for the blue. See what he thinks of it.
:23:50. > :24:04.Can he pot the black and cannon into the two reds and pink. He is bound
:24:05. > :24:10.to be on the other red. If he misses the cannon, he's nowhere.
:24:11. > :24:20.He has played the cannon. He's got the position. Well played.
:24:21. > :24:27.This would be a momentual mental task, having been off the table all
:24:28. > :24:32.that length of time, to produce a break to get back into the frame.
:24:33. > :24:39.He commits all the time, doesn't he, when he gets in the balls. That is
:24:40. > :24:44.what everybody likes about him. He tries to make things happen all the
:24:45. > :24:45.time. He's very refreshing to watch. Not many like him in the game
:24:46. > :24:59.really. The red on that right hand side is
:25:00. > :25:02.horrible for a left handed player as well.
:25:03. > :25:11.He has an angle on this next red. He might bring the red off the cushion
:25:12. > :25:14.with the shot. He may dry and bring the red up. You don't want to play
:25:15. > :25:19.this red down the cushion with the rest, do you?
:25:20. > :25:31.Maybe a little too straight to do that, Neil Robertson looks on.
:25:32. > :25:38.He's played it! Well played, Judd Trump, a fantastic shot. At that
:25:39. > :25:52.stage of the match, brilliant. If he run it in he has to choose the
:25:53. > :26:06.pace to perfection. He is so unlucky there to have left
:26:07. > :26:10.such a difficult pot. It was a brilliant shot to bring the red into
:26:11. > :26:14.play. What a shame the match will possibly end like that. Having a
:26:15. > :26:20.look at the score board. Green of course, Neil needs that. He was so
:26:21. > :26:33.concentrating, Terry, just drifting past the pink.
:26:34. > :26:37.Well, he needs the brown as well. There may be a little bit of life
:26:38. > :26:46.left in this frame yet. Well, this isn't straight-forward.
:26:47. > :26:50.He needs a nice angle on the yellow to pot it into the corner pocket and
:26:51. > :26:57.have a nice angle to get on the green. This is a key shot here now.
:26:58. > :27:03.From a match that was looking pedestrian early on in the evening,
:27:04. > :27:05.it's now turned out to be one of the most exciting matches of the
:27:06. > :27:22.tournament. Somebody cough badly in the back.
:27:23. > :27:28.It's just disturbing Neil. That's awful. That's awful. That's enough,
:27:29. > :27:41.please. Thank you. I'm so glad he potted that. If he
:27:42. > :27:46.missed it and disturbed by the crowd, it would have been a
:27:47. > :27:51.disaster. Judd Trump can only hope this is two straights where they get
:27:52. > :27:55.close to the brown. If he has to leave the white anywhere in baulk,
:27:56. > :27:58.the brown will be tricky. He needs to get close to the brown. It
:27:59. > :28:08.obviously is straight otherwise it would have been down.
:28:09. > :28:16.Don't try to hit it too hard and force an angle out of it. It would
:28:17. > :28:23.miss the green. There is not a certainty of power. That is what
:28:24. > :28:25.he's doing. What a shot that was. That's unbelievable. That, honestly,
:28:26. > :28:47.is unbelievable. Well there have been plenty of
:28:48. > :28:49.comebacks at the Crucible over the years. This has been up there with
:28:50. > :28:55.the very, very best. Absolutely brilliant. I feel so
:28:56. > :28:58.sorry for Judd Trump. He hasn't hardly had a shot until that last
:28:59. > :29:06.frame. Well, Neil Robertson, you have to
:29:07. > :29:09.take your hat off to him. Judd Trump shakes his hand. What a tremendous
:29:10. > :29:16.evening, a have seen something very special
:29:17. > :29:20.this evening. 100 centuries and also a comeback that will be up there
:29:21. > :29:25.with the very best comebacks of all-time. Neil Robertson goes into
:29:26. > :29:32.the semi-final winning 13-11. Boy, is he pleased.
:29:33. > :29:39.An amazing sort of set of emotions to take grasp of. That last sort of
:29:40. > :29:43.half an hour of the match, making the century of centuries, yeah,
:29:44. > :29:49.unbelievable reception from the crowd. I was just so happy to do it
:29:50. > :29:52.with how close I got against Mark Allen. Through most of the match,
:29:53. > :29:59.you know, it wasn't going my way. It looked like I could get beat and be
:30:00. > :30:03.stuck on 99. It's probably why it led to such celebrations and relief,
:30:04. > :30:08.you know. Boy, the crowd really enjoyed it. It was like I made
:30:09. > :30:12.three, 147s in a row at the Crucible. It was that electric.
:30:13. > :30:15.Fantastic fightback by Neil Robertson. We have a list of the top
:30:16. > :30:20.century makers this season. The world number one so far ahead of the
:30:21. > :30:28.rest. 50 clear of the man he beat this evening, Judd Trump. 38 clear
:30:29. > :30:29.of Junhui. Time to bring you up-to-date with the quarter-final
:30:30. > :30:42.matches involving two of the up-to-date with the quarter-final
:30:43. > :30:48.looks like a man determined to hang on to his world crown. Shaun Murphy
:30:49. > :30:50.out. Ronnie O'Sullivan will meet Barry Hawkins in the semi-final
:30:51. > :30:54.winning this Barry Hawkins in the semi-final
:30:55. > :31:00.ease and also with a session to spare. Very, very difficult playing
:31:01. > :31:03.O'Sullivan. I knew it would be a challenge. Nobody has beat him here
:31:04. > :31:07.for nearly three years. I don't think will is a player in the game
:31:08. > :31:12.he has not done that too at some stage. Maybe I was due a good
:31:13. > :31:16.smashing up. Very tough to take. I did have my chances in the game. All
:31:17. > :31:19.credit to Ronnie. When he got his chances he was very clinical. That
:31:20. > :31:23.is why he is the best. You never know what type of match you are
:31:24. > :31:28.going to get. You can expect a tough match, it turn out easy, like it did
:31:29. > :31:34.with Shaun. I didn't expect to kind of win it that easy, to be fair. He
:31:35. > :31:40.is a free scoring, great putter and he just missed a few balls and let,
:31:41. > :31:44.left me in quite easily. I still had to pot them. I didn't have to fight
:31:45. > :31:48.for my chances. You just never know how a match will turn out. Mark
:31:49. > :31:50.for my chances. You just never know Selby wasted no time in seeing off
:31:51. > :31:57.Alan McManus in his quarter-final match. Selby winning 13-5. The first
:31:58. > :32:01.session I mean Alan played good snooker. It got tactical. It seemed
:32:02. > :32:06.as though Alan was controlling the match. I sort of got drawn into his
:32:07. > :32:07.way of playing in the first session. Second session I thought I would
:32:08. > :32:11.come out and attack Second session I thought I would
:32:12. > :32:13.the balls up more. That seemed to work to my advantage. It was four
:32:14. > :32:17.years ago since I work to my advantage. It was four
:32:18. > :32:21.semi-final before. It seems like forever. It is only half way there
:32:22. > :32:26.really. First to 17 and first to 18 still to go. It will be tough. I
:32:27. > :32:33.know that I am capable. One more match to show you. That is between
:32:34. > :32:39.the world number four, Barry Hawkins and the Welsh qualifier Dominic
:32:40. > :32:44.Dale. Hawkins led 11-5. Dominic Dale won seven frames on a bounce to take
:32:45. > :32:51.12-11 lead. Hawkins squared it at 12 a piece, into the deciding frame we
:32:52. > :32:56.go. Your commentators are Terry Griffiths and John Virgo.
:32:57. > :33:26.COMMENTATOR: He has taken this red on. Very brave.
:33:27. > :33:32.He is going for it. I think he has made his decision, whatever comes
:33:33. > :33:40.out here, he's going to have a go at it. Nothing wrong in that.
:33:41. > :33:44.APPLAUSE I can't tell you how difficult that
:33:45. > :34:17.shot was, in the circumstances. He has got the first chance.
:34:18. > :34:24.Just overrun it slightly. Just about on this red to the left middle.
:34:25. > :34:33.It's a little bit awkward. Awkward cueing. You just feel, in these
:34:34. > :34:35.situations, you make one mistake and it could be your last. You don't
:34:36. > :35:13.want to take any undue risks. Didn't feel as though he wanted to
:35:14. > :35:17.take the risk. He had the first chance.
:35:18. > :35:46.Well, much too thick on the safety. Switch your phones off, please. Come
:35:47. > :35:52.on! Switch the phone off. This is a deciding frame in the World
:35:53. > :35:56.Championship. These two lads are playing one of the biggest frames of
:35:57. > :35:58.their life. Barry didn't make the most of his first chance. He's
:35:59. > :36:11.quickly got another one. Yeah, the pot is easy enough. The
:36:12. > :36:16.position certainly isn't. He has played the right way. He has come
:36:17. > :36:19.across. He's not on the pink. He's not on the black. Couldn't have
:36:20. > :36:23.played that shot much better. He played for that sort of gap he found
:36:24. > :36:29.there, hoping to stay on the black. It's not available. He has been
:36:30. > :36:32.potting everything. He's got a big choice here. At this stage, I would
:36:33. > :36:41.say he should play a safety. I would agree. I think the blue.
:36:42. > :36:51.It's tough, at the best of times, but in this situation, you'd be
:36:52. > :36:54.putting your - all your eggs in one basket. Why would you want to do
:36:55. > :36:58.that? Sometimes it's the way you feel. Particularly in the modern
:36:59. > :36:59.game now, there is the culture, if you get a chance, try and win the
:37:00. > :37:23.frame. No, he is playing safe. His main concern there, Barry
:37:24. > :37:28.Hawkins, was the red, as you can see nearer to the right corner pocket.
:37:29. > :37:30.If there is anything as straight-forward here at the moment
:37:31. > :37:39.this is not a difficult safety. That is sliebgly too thick. He has
:37:40. > :37:47.done that before. He needs the green to help. -- slightly. Not quite. He
:37:48. > :37:49.can cue past the green. This red to the right corner.
:37:50. > :37:59.He may have a chance of the red to the left corner as well, the way he
:38:00. > :38:04.is looking. And the red to the left corner, although can he cue it
:38:05. > :38:12.properly? That green will make it awkward. Because he is left handed.
:38:13. > :38:18.Right hand. You think he would be OK, but more comfortable cueing
:38:19. > :38:32.playing this red, but a bit more to do with the cue ball.
:38:33. > :38:40.He got a kiss. He could have been on something easier. Good pot. The
:38:41. > :38:44.yellow is available. The black is available with the rest. Barry
:38:45. > :38:48.Hawkins is one of the better players on the circuit with the rest.
:38:49. > :38:55.Amazing what momentum can do. Earlier on, you wouldn't have
:38:56. > :38:59.fancied him to make a 20 break. At this moment, he seems to have found
:39:00. > :39:19.a second wind, when he needed it the most.
:39:20. > :39:25.Good solid pot. APPLAUSE
:39:26. > :39:31.I think he has the red to the left middle, which he can control and
:39:32. > :39:42.possibly play for pink or black. The fact he's having
:39:43. > :39:48.red, that's to the right of the pink, into the far left corn, he's
:39:49. > :40:00.Well played! Very well played. -- pressure on this.
:40:01. > :40:45.Well played! Very well played. -- corner.
:40:46. > :40:53.It look s as though the blackspot has held. He won't mind it going on
:40:54. > :40:58.the blue spot, as long as you have the pink and black in play and the
:40:59. > :41:03.red spread as they are, he will think this is an opportunity to win
:41:04. > :41:22.frame and match. But he will take nothing for granted.
:41:23. > :41:32.He didn't play for the red on the blackspot. He's OK. He has a red in
:41:33. > :41:38.the middle. Dominic Dale is sit sitting there. He is thinking, is he
:41:39. > :41:41.going to get another chance. He played wonderful snooker in this
:41:42. > :41:44.session. He won seven frames in the spin. He has had to sit out the
:41:45. > :41:48.previous frame, and maybe this one. All the effort you make and get
:41:49. > :41:55.nothing out of this match. So much put into it. So much
:41:56. > :42:15.pressure, for both players. If the pink goes to the right
:42:16. > :42:19.middle, can he just get past the pink for the red to the right
:42:20. > :42:27.middle? He didn't play for this, but he'll take it.
:42:28. > :42:35.He played it well. Just not got the angle on the black, which would have
:42:36. > :42:59.made the next red that little bit easier.
:43:00. > :43:03.Now, has he screwed back far enough so he will not be hampered by that
:43:04. > :43:10.He was aware they were there. brown and blue?
:43:11. > :43:17.Well, you said, Terry, he is good with a rest. You wouldn't normally
:43:18. > :43:19.want to use the rest on this type of shot, but the brown and blue make it
:43:20. > :43:35.awkward cueing, so rest it is. Solid shot. Solid shot.
:43:36. > :43:37.APPLAUSE Not inch-perfect on the black, but
:43:38. > :43:55.not bad. That was as good a positional shot
:43:56. > :44:01.as he's play. He really cued that nicely. Quick glance at the score
:44:02. > :44:04.board, 48 points in front. 83 remaining, three reds, three
:44:05. > :44:28.colours, he would be in the semi-final.
:44:29. > :44:36.A little bit straighter on this pink would have been ideal, but he's
:44:37. > :44:40.going to play a delicate little stun run. You can see where he is
:44:41. > :44:47.pointing now on his cue. Pot the pink and leave the cue ball about
:44:48. > :44:48.there. It is not a full shot. He needs just a little stun run
:44:49. > :44:58.through. What a turn around, John. Barry
:44:59. > :45:01.Hawkins has been sitting in the chair for about three hours this
:45:02. > :45:06.afternoon. Made a lot of mistakes. All of a sudden, he's found
:45:07. > :45:10.something, from somewhere. It's obviously courage. He always has the
:45:11. > :45:11.game. The players don't lose their skill, they lose their belief
:45:12. > :45:25.sometimes out there. Yes. Dominic didn't score a point in
:45:26. > :45:31.the last frame. Chances are, he's not going to score one in this.
:45:32. > :45:33.Isn't this just some snooker. It's a cool game.
:45:34. > :45:43.So just this red needed to go 63 points in front, with 59 remaining.
:45:44. > :45:58.Every credit to Barry Hawkins, from 11-5 in front to go 12-11 behind.
:45:59. > :46:02.Then stop your opponent. There is the bang on the table. That is what
:46:03. > :46:06.it means to him. Great performance. I don't blame him showing his
:46:07. > :46:12.emotions because there must have been times in this match that he
:46:13. > :46:17.thought he'd thrown it away. Dominic smiles. I give you every credit,
:46:18. > :46:20.Dominic Dale, when you were 9-3 behind, in that second session last
:46:21. > :46:22.night, a lot of people would have dropped their heads.
:46:23. > :46:39.Now, it's all over. It's been a tremendous match. Who would ever
:46:40. > :46:45.have thought we got to a decider. Well, the black hasn't gone in.
:46:46. > :46:50.Dominic gives Barry a warm handshake. What a match. What a
:46:51. > :46:55.comeback from Dominic Dale. He con grat lates Barry warmly. Barry is
:46:56. > :47:01.absolutely delighted. More relieved than anything else. He is through to
:47:02. > :47:07.the semi-final to meet the defending Champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan. He
:47:08. > :47:13.beats Dominic Dale by 13-12. What a match. To win a match like that,
:47:14. > :47:18.especially at this place, it's unbelievable feeling. I'd have been
:47:19. > :47:24.like finding the nearest bridge if I'd lost that, obviously. Fair play
:47:25. > :47:28.to Dominic. It wasn't though I was squandering chance after chance from
:47:29. > :47:32.11-5 he played so solid. His safety was great. Scoring when he got in
:47:33. > :47:36.and making it difficult for me. It wasn't as if I was getting chance
:47:37. > :47:41.after chance and throwing it away. I didn't feel I was doing that. Snide
:47:42. > :47:45.I had to play out of my skin to mount a comeback. Which I did. I
:47:46. > :47:48.played really, really well. The last two frames he found his absolute A
:47:49. > :47:51.game. I don't think I potted anything in the last two frames. I
:47:52. > :47:55.didn't really do anything wrong. I found his A game. He won it, I
:47:56. > :48:00.didn't lose it. One minute you are up, the next minute you are down. .
:48:01. > :48:03.I was more down for most of that session until the very end. You
:48:04. > :48:08.could see how much it meant to me to go over the line and just a massive,
:48:09. > :48:14.massive release. I just wanted to get that one table set up so badly
:48:15. > :48:19.again after tasting it last year. So much emotion today. So much passion
:48:20. > :48:23.and how lovely to see Dominic Dale congratulating Barry Hawkins after
:48:24. > :48:28.an epic battle at the Crucible. We have our two semi-finals, Ronnie
:48:29. > :48:35.O'Sullivan will play Barry Hawkins a repeat of the 2013 World
:48:36. > :48:40.Championship final and Mark Selby takes on Neil Robertson. We have our
:48:41. > :48:44.semi-final venue. These are live pictures. This is happening right
:48:45. > :48:52.now in the Crucible. We move from the two table setup to the one table
:48:53. > :49:00.setup. A lot of men in hard hats to making sure the venue is set for the
:49:01. > :49:06.semi-finals. Snooker Extra is up next with highlights from The
:49:07. > :49:09.Crucible. We will be back at 1.00pm on BBC Two, live coverage of Barry
:49:10. > :49:11.Hawkins against Ronnie O'Sullivan. Do not miss it. We will see you
:49:12. > :49:15.tomorrow. Goodbye for now.