:00:53. > :01:08.Good evening and welcome to the 2014 Snooker World Championships. We have
:01:09. > :01:21.had a lot of drama here at Crucible. We pick it up with Perry at the
:01:22. > :01:37.table. That was always a danger. He just
:01:38. > :01:57.tried to screw and miss the pink. It was always on.
:01:58. > :02:19.He seemed to play the double. You can see why he played it. If he had
:02:20. > :02:26.got it, it would have rolled up. Perry had the safety. These shots
:02:27. > :02:38.become difficult when you are defending a lead. A bit short of
:02:39. > :02:44.pace. Caught the pink. Bit short on the red. It will be tough if he goes
:02:45. > :03:12.for it. Where is the red going? It has
:03:13. > :04:12.bounced. There is a red on the right middle.
:04:13. > :04:25.He is just asking for the cue ball to be cleaned. Perry was going to
:04:26. > :04:41.play that into the corner. It had a shot that had a lot going for it. He
:04:42. > :04:52.didn't want him to go for it. He was lucky to get the kiss on the red. 18
:04:53. > :05:08.points the different. Ronnie is behind. Purse is not a
:05:09. > :05:29.straightforward chance. -- this is not. It is not a certainty to win
:05:30. > :05:46.this. It won't necessarily pot. Ronnie is trying to bring it into
:05:47. > :05:54.play. He just missed the cannon. Perry 's eyes are darting to the
:05:55. > :06:05.table. He is trying to see if he is happy with the situation. That is
:06:06. > :06:27.what you do, you try to get a clue from your opponent. Can he get the
:06:28. > :06:37.canon and develop the red? If he didn't get it, he had the chance for
:06:38. > :06:56.a pot. The points are all square now. This is a good chance. There it
:06:57. > :07:07.goes. He had to leave that cushion, which wasn't ideal. He didn't like
:07:08. > :07:19.the angle. He had to underhit it slightly.
:07:20. > :07:32.It is not easy once you have lost position. Perry is sitting there
:07:33. > :07:40.thinking that it may have gone now. We have talked about the pressure of
:07:41. > :07:49.the situation. The way that he floated that yellow in, you wouldn't
:07:50. > :08:12.think there was any pressure. Just the blue to level the match. The
:08:13. > :08:18.crowd are really involved in this. There was a wonderful atmosphere. We
:08:19. > :09:10.are back to the table. If he is going to play it, he has to
:09:11. > :09:15.run back up the table for the pink, which looks to be available, or
:09:16. > :09:36.blue. That is the red. He has a nice angle. You have two -- to cue it
:09:37. > :09:45.properly, though. He has a nice angle. He has to drop the blue in,
:09:46. > :10:04.and find a nice position for the red. 92% pot success. Perry is
:10:05. > :10:14.dropping to 71%. That is just from this session. That wasn't an easy
:10:15. > :10:24.shot. The blue will be the order of the day. The pink is available. He
:10:25. > :10:37.will have to forget about the black for the time being. He has a choice
:10:38. > :10:46.of yellow or green here. He is just giving it an extra bet on these
:10:47. > :10:57.shots. -- beat. He knows we're getting to the distance and. --
:10:58. > :11:13.business end. He has hard some scary moments. He won two frames earlier.
:11:14. > :11:23.Apart from that, he has been behind. They say that the best time to be in
:11:24. > :11:40.front is on the last frame. He has played for this red. In dislodging
:11:41. > :11:51.about, he will play for the black. -- dislodging that. He might be
:11:52. > :11:57.putting all his eggs in one basket. You don't want to risk playing for
:11:58. > :12:10.the black. At least he brings it into play. The table is nicely
:12:11. > :12:21.open. He just needs a good positional shot. Somewhere near the
:12:22. > :12:29.circle would be perfect. He played it nicely. If anything, it overran a
:12:30. > :12:44.fraction, but he will settle for that. He wants to get this red out
:12:45. > :12:56.of the way. He is playing near to the black. Pretty straight. He
:12:57. > :13:07.didn't get anything on that, so he is a little low on this round. He
:13:08. > :13:15.wants to remain on the black. He played it perfectly. He seems to be
:13:16. > :13:31.gathering a head of steam, but take nothing for granted.
:13:32. > :13:49.A couple of loose reds. Maybe only one. He might decide to play the
:13:50. > :14:00.canon. He is just about on one. A thin cut. This is the only one that
:14:01. > :14:13.is available. He just had to bounce it off the cushion. There is nothing
:14:14. > :14:28.that Joe Perry can do. The frame is at his mercy.
:14:29. > :14:42.This is the measure of O'Sullivan. When the red was tied up, he thought
:14:43. > :14:51.he would get a sizeable contribution. Now it looks like this
:14:52. > :15:01.red is going to win him the frame. He just overcooked that. He is going
:15:02. > :15:11.to play another canon. They can go wrong when you are doing that. He
:15:12. > :15:26.has landed it. Three rates required. -- reds. Perry has not had a chance.
:15:27. > :15:35.We look at his face. He wanted to see if O'Sullivan had any reaction.
:15:36. > :15:52.Perfect. He has got that cueball on a string. This will make 67 to
:15:53. > :16:11.lead. -- the lead. Great response under the utmost pressure. That was
:16:12. > :16:17.perfect. It was beautiful to watch. We talk about his ability in his
:16:18. > :16:25.all-round game, but when he is in the right frame of mind, it seems as
:16:26. > :16:33.if the pressure flies right over his head. In the last frame, he had a
:16:34. > :16:48.tricky yellow to play, but he floated it right in. He deserves a
:16:49. > :16:58.century here. He is a wizard. He needs this. There are only two
:16:59. > :17:14.possible left. He won't be counting his chickens. He has gone a little
:17:15. > :17:24.bit low on this black. Can he avoid this kiss on the pink? Yes.
:17:25. > :17:31.Beautifully played. He doesn't look like missing.
:17:32. > :17:49.What a time to start producing your best speaker of the match. -- best
:17:50. > :17:56.snooker. He was down when he came out, but these last three frames
:17:57. > :18:08.have been absolutely superb. He found the extra gear that was
:18:09. > :18:15.needed. He makes a marvellous break. O'Sullivan takes the lead for the
:18:16. > :18:22.first time in the match. He wants one frame in the second round. A
:18:23. > :18:32.magnificent round. Can he finish it off in style? Perry is at the table,
:18:33. > :18:44.waiting to finish. He has overhead that. -- overhit. Careless. He is at
:18:45. > :18:55.a point where he can't make mistakes. If he can pot this, this
:18:56. > :19:05.is a gift of an opportunity. It looked like a formality, but this
:19:06. > :19:25.red can go. Then it goes. A careless safety. What a mistake. Perry has
:19:26. > :19:39.had quite a long time in his seat. He has not plotted a ball in 22
:19:40. > :19:42.minutes. -- potted. If not for the kiss, he might not have finished on
:19:43. > :19:55.anything good. This is a straightforward blue. This is a good
:19:56. > :20:05.chance for Ronnie. It was an opportunity that was gifted to them.
:20:06. > :20:15.He rolled into the reds. You don't even think about leaving anything.
:20:16. > :20:22.He pushed it too hard. Could this be his last shot in this Snooker World
:20:23. > :20:26.Championships? It is not beyond possibility because of the weight
:20:27. > :20:41.Ronnie has played the last few frames. -- the way. He is someone
:20:42. > :20:49.that starts to find his best form when he is at his worst. He finds
:20:50. > :21:04.the right time when he is at the end. When you get close to the line,
:21:05. > :21:13.the more tense it becomes. O'Sullivan doesn't show that he is
:21:14. > :21:26.stressed. Other players do. His pot success has been good. Perry is
:21:27. > :21:34.sitting there, hoping. That is all he can do now. That has changed
:21:35. > :22:06.completely, the pot success. That was a good shot. You could tell
:22:07. > :22:17.it was a good shot because of the time he took to play it. He has
:22:18. > :22:23.found another gear. A few people were beginning to doubt him when he
:22:24. > :22:30.couldn't close the gap on Perry. He struggled in the first session. I
:22:31. > :22:39.thought that was one of those times when the balls were winning, if you
:22:40. > :22:46.know what I mean. In the second session, I thought he lost some
:22:47. > :22:57.discipline. When he went 11-9 behind, his head could have dropped.
:22:58. > :23:09.No such thing. A good positional shot and you could see it being
:23:10. > :23:20.over. A great response from Ronnie. 90 remaining. A great effort from
:23:21. > :23:23.Perry. He missed a few balls that could have given him a bigger
:23:24. > :23:37.advantage at certain times in the match. It may all be coming home to
:23:38. > :23:46.roost now. He is out of position. 57 points is the lead. The red he is
:23:47. > :23:52.closest to will go to the far left corner, but he was looking for
:23:53. > :24:11.something easier. Nothing looks difficult at the moment for
:24:12. > :24:16.O'Sullivan. He was looking at Joe. There was an air of resignation.
:24:17. > :24:41.Perry will need two snookers. Superb. Absolutely superb. The
:24:42. > :24:47.short-price favourite to win the tournament. People were beginning to
:24:48. > :24:55.wonder whether this was a hurdle he was not going to get over. Boy, has
:24:56. > :25:07.he produced some snooker and the last four frames. -- in the. He
:25:08. > :25:14.never looked like missing. When he went into the session 11-9 behind,
:25:15. > :25:25.it could have knocked his confidence. Does he want to finish
:25:26. > :25:34.with another century? He doesn't look like missing. Perry has given
:25:35. > :25:46.it his all. He is not mean mood for missing. -- not in the mood. We
:25:47. > :26:02.thought he was going to improve in the second. He struggled a bit. This
:26:03. > :26:12.is why he is the favourite. This is the kind of snooker that only a
:26:13. > :26:28.genius can produce. Don't let everyone down. Get the century.
:26:29. > :26:43.Absolutely perfect. That is his 26th century. Back-to-back centuries in
:26:44. > :26:54.the heat of battle. When you are 11 -9 down, it doesn't get better than
:26:55. > :26:59.this. It has to be said that Perry did nothing wrong in the last three
:27:00. > :27:06.frames. That is what happens when you are playing against someone like
:27:07. > :27:16.O'Sullivan. You don't have to make a mistake. He makes things happen. He
:27:17. > :27:28.has done it in style. That was superb. You gave it your all, but
:27:29. > :27:37.that magic from the reigning champion was too much. He will be
:27:38. > :27:45.relieved, O'Sullivan. He has made it to the quarter-final.
:27:46. > :27:54.It's the closest match I've had in a few years. I didn't believe it, to
:27:55. > :28:02.be honest. To come from behind the whole match... He just kept putting
:28:03. > :28:08.away. But I just found something from somewhere. I just kept telling
:28:09. > :28:12.myself, you've won him many times before. Maybe that's the difference
:28:13. > :28:21.at this stage in the match. I've got that pool of experience. I said to
:28:22. > :28:27.myself, I showed fighting qualities there. I was proud of myself. I
:28:28. > :28:38.would have won at another world tour to the Steve Peters. -- if it wasn't
:28:39. > :28:46.for. Steve has kind of helped me clear my mind and coal focus. I
:28:47. > :28:59.wouldn't be here in 2012 but wasn't wasn't him. At all my life to him
:29:00. > :29:04.really. -- if it wasn't for him. It's a nice way to show people what
:29:05. > :29:07.you're capable of. It was good for the fans to see a little display of
:29:08. > :29:11.emotion from you at the end. We don't often get that in the early
:29:12. > :29:21.rounds. Little fit pomp as you came off. -- fist pump. Yes, I pretty
:29:22. > :29:27.good first match, I competed as hard as they could, no regrets. To get
:29:28. > :29:33.through was a relief for me, I did feel emotional. Like asset, I was
:29:34. > :29:38.just really proud I was able to stick in there and make a game of
:29:39. > :29:47.it. Winning was a bonus for me. -- like I said. Ronnie O'Sullivan
:29:48. > :29:51.singing the praises of Doctor Steve Peters, the sports psychiatrist was
:29:52. > :29:53.currently working his magic with Liverpool football club in the
:29:54. > :29:57.Premier League. The man who while beat in last year 's final, Barry
:29:58. > :30:02.Hawkins, has been involved in a castle in his second round match.
:30:03. > :30:11.Like O'Sullivan, Berlocq had to battle all the wake of the man from
:30:12. > :30:20.Chaston. He is now set up for that quarter-final with either Dominic
:30:21. > :30:24.Dale or qualifier Michael . It always ends up going scrappy. It was
:30:25. > :30:30.such a tough game from start to finish. It's a hard place out there
:30:31. > :30:38.when you feel like you feel like you're not doing well. But she had
:30:39. > :30:45.determination got me through in the end. In the Dominic Dale match, the
:30:46. > :30:59.world who holds the advantage, making two century Cross points plus
:31:00. > :31:11.106 on his way to a 7-1 lead. Judd Trump 14 frames on the spin. That
:31:12. > :31:21.match resumes at 2:30pm. To see Michael Wasley there, he was just
:31:22. > :31:24.one back in 1991. They play in the second round. Alan McManus has held
:31:25. > :31:29.the lead by ten frames to five at the end of the second session. We
:31:30. > :31:38.pick up the action with McManus at the table leading by 26 points to
:31:39. > :31:41.three. We've said this was a good chance a
:31:42. > :33:25.few times in the last frame. He is just about on it, perfect.
:33:26. > :33:28.Again, for such a simple shot, it's still a cake, but he just let it run
:33:29. > :33:41.a couple of inches too far from comfort. -- OK. It just means you're
:33:42. > :33:44.another two or three inches too far for the next shot and it's hard to
:33:45. > :34:11.get that position back quickly. It multiplies. Now it's back in perfect
:34:12. > :34:16.position again. Looks a bit more composed around the table now, Alan.
:34:17. > :34:24.Very shaky in the first two frames. Was getting frustrated, didn't look
:34:25. > :34:33.happy at all. I don't suppose you could blame him, really. 53 points
:34:34. > :34:51.ahead, a rat and the colour is all that's needed. I don't know why he
:34:52. > :35:22.is not playing the roads. -- reds. This pink and put him in front.
:35:23. > :35:31.61 points in front now. 59 remaining. I think that Black going
:35:32. > :35:46.in means Dougherty will not be coming back to the table. -- Ken
:35:47. > :37:11.Doherty. Ken was always on the end of the safety exchange.
:37:12. > :37:23.Wow. It didn't matter about the yellow. He's gone through a run of
:37:24. > :37:31.losing frame after frame, but now winning that one, he is four frames
:37:32. > :37:37.clear again. He then won the next frame to make
:37:38. > :37:44.it 11-8, but he responded by winning the next one, needing just one more
:37:45. > :38:12.to make it to the quarter-finals. Canny finished on a colour? -- can
:38:13. > :38:37.he finish. Yes, he is on the pink. This pink is not a gimme. It may
:38:38. > :38:51.even take the green. Where did it go? I don't think he hit the first
:38:52. > :38:55.read properly. What he lacked? They used to say in my day, if you hit
:38:56. > :39:10.the ball hard enough, there are six problems on the table. That was
:39:11. > :39:13.amazing. You wouldn't fancy the referee at replacing the balls in
:39:14. > :39:24.the right place there if there was a foul strikes, you? -- would you.
:39:25. > :39:41.Yes. This is a tense frame and match. I think whoever loses the
:39:42. > :39:46.scheme will be disappointed with their performance. Whoever wins it,
:39:47. > :39:55.of course, they can get better in the next round. Ken is staring into
:39:56. > :40:10.space, wondering whether that outrageous fluke... It is 82% pot
:40:11. > :40:28.success for ten. It's just not good enough. -- Ken Doherty. On these
:40:29. > :40:44.occasions, to not the snooker that you're capable of really hurts you.
:40:45. > :40:47.The joy that he had when he beat Stuart Bingham in the first round
:40:48. > :40:50.was lovely to see. He was delighted, he was enjoying it. I don't think he
:40:51. > :41:48.is enjoying this match. He wants every straight on the red
:41:49. > :42:12.from the left corner. He could just follow through on the black. He may
:42:13. > :42:23.take the pink year. -- here. Yes, he desperately wanted a good angle on
:42:24. > :42:25.the blue. He feels as though you can leave himself straight enough on
:42:26. > :42:44.this rate and he looks as though he has done. A good stroke. Johnston
:42:45. > :43:15.WinFrame and match. -- chance to win frame. Allens had comes up at every
:43:16. > :43:20.single shot. -- Alan's head. The Blackburn goes on to the right
:43:21. > :43:54.corner. He is obviously playing for the red to the left corner.
:43:55. > :44:03.He is just leaving himself a little bit high on the black so you can
:44:04. > :44:24.disturb us to read either side. -- goes -- those two reds. For cannon
:44:25. > :44:42.on the left of the black, developing it for the corner. That's a K.
:44:43. > :44:43.Enough angle on the red corner of course the red now below the black
:44:44. > :45:07.is available. He can still drop is black and
:45:08. > :45:32.leaves are just below it to the left corner. -- leave the red. He is
:45:33. > :45:37.missed a few shots, but his technique and his knowledge of the
:45:38. > :45:40.table, his all-round game... It just shows you, once you, once again
:45:41. > :45:47.those qualifying situations it's very hard to get through to the
:45:48. > :45:58.final stages of the tournament. -- once you get through to those. He
:45:59. > :46:16.took it right for this black to go 56 points in front with 51
:46:17. > :46:21.remaining. He got nothing to lose, Gnabry will be expecting him to win,
:46:22. > :46:34.so maybe we will see the best of Alan. -- nobody.
:46:35. > :46:45.Good performance to beat a young up-and-coming player. Ken Doherty
:46:46. > :46:57.was unable to replicate that performance. He didn't really get
:46:58. > :47:03.going in the first session, and then when he was 9-3 behind, and then
:47:04. > :47:10.10-3 behind, it was all over. But he did put in a little bit of a spurt,
:47:11. > :47:21.got the gas back to three. But he was just never able to raise his
:47:22. > :47:34.game enough to get right back in it. It was a battle. Alan McManus was
:47:35. > :47:38.still in it, he can get better. Ken Doherty waves goodbye to the crowd.
:47:39. > :47:43.Alan McManus is through to the quarter-final. He will be absolutely
:47:44. > :47:59.delighted. He beats Ken Doherty Bay 13 frame state. -- by 13 frames to
:48:00. > :48:07.eight. I just couldn't get going at all. I was just fortunate. I was all
:48:08. > :48:14.that better than Canon. He wasn't playing like the Ken Doherty
:48:15. > :48:22.everyone expects. I've done my job decently, not great, but hopefully I
:48:23. > :48:26.can play better next time. I hope it's my last time, but if it is, I
:48:27. > :48:32.enjoyed every minute of it. I loved all the battles, and had some great
:48:33. > :48:38.matches here. Some great memories. If it is, so be it, but I will be
:48:39. > :48:42.trying and hoping. We look forward to welcoming Ken Doherty back to a
:48:43. > :48:45.TV studio very shortly. Alan McManus, however, can look forward
:48:46. > :48:52.to a quarter-final match against Mark Selby. That's also now. Snooker
:48:53. > :49:08.extra is straight after this programme. -- all for. Goodbye for
:49:09. > :49:10.now.