:00:38. > :00:43.Sometimes I am out there and I look around me and I say this is where I
:00:44. > :00:46.want to be, it is where I have always wanted to be. I will not
:00:47. > :00:53.complain, I will just get on with it. Normally I am watching the
:00:54. > :00:59.quarterfinals back in the house, it is nice to be watching and the MM.
:01:00. > :01:06.Technically I am definitely a lot better now than ten years ago. I
:01:07. > :01:17.will be up for it. Coming here, I felt fresh. I think it showed in my
:01:18. > :01:27.first two matches. The one thing I need to do, keep my thinking, simply
:01:28. > :01:33.play the shots. A lot better appearance than two years ago, to go
:01:34. > :01:41.on here, qualify, win two matches, that is unbelievable. A big night in
:01:42. > :01:46.Sheffield with the last two rounds to be claimed. Some big names here
:01:47. > :01:49.to see it. Most notably Danny Willett, Yorkshire 's own Masters
:01:50. > :01:54.champion. The green jacket winner was here to soak up all of the drama
:01:55. > :02:01.and there was plenty of that brewing in a match that we were all keen to
:02:02. > :02:02.enjoy between the favourite Romeo Sullivan under real pressure against
:02:03. > :03:12.Barry Hawkins. -- Ronnie O'Sullivan. It is the third time that these two
:03:13. > :03:15.have met here in the last four years, Ronnie O'Sullivan has always
:03:16. > :03:20.had to his own way but for once Hawkins had the upper hand leading
:03:21. > :03:25.9-7 as the winning post came into view, the first four frames this
:03:26. > :03:31.evening for a shared so Barry is now 11-9 in front and it will quickly
:03:32. > :03:36.become at 12-9 as Hawkins made a break of 94. Barry has suffered some
:03:37. > :03:42.dumb things at the hands of Ronnie O'Sullivan, most recently at the
:03:43. > :03:45.Masters final,, he was three in front with four to play and it
:03:46. > :03:54.looked like he was on the verge of his first victory over his nemesis
:03:55. > :03:58.since 2002. Was Ronnie O'Sullivan heading out of the Championship was
:03:59. > :04:05.it time to cue another miracle comeback? Let us join them in frame
:04:06. > :04:16.22, it is being watched by Willie Thorne and Terry Griffiths. An easy
:04:17. > :04:27.pot. He was a bit lucky there. Potted much too thin. At chance, if
:04:28. > :04:35.he can pot this red. He needs to get his potting boots on.
:04:36. > :04:58.Decided it was a bit too risky to play for the black. Yellow is OK,
:04:59. > :05:08.Green is OK, but when I say OK, not guaranteed to get position.
:05:09. > :05:13.Did well to straighten that. Trying to keep the white away from the
:05:14. > :05:27.cushion. He has played the ball is twice
:05:28. > :05:33.tonight, in a situation like this and won the frame both times. He has
:05:34. > :05:40.been in and around the black spot area, a break of 93 in frame 17,
:05:41. > :05:47.apart from Matt, low 30s that has been big difference, but is why
:05:48. > :06:04.Barry Hawkins has won three of the frames -- apart from that.
:06:05. > :06:07.This looks like the most clear-cut opportunity that Ronnie O'Sullivan
:06:08. > :06:22.has had for a while. You always feel that the reds that
:06:23. > :06:30.are there that are available to pot in the centres, but he has made a
:06:31. > :06:39.mess of that. He may still pot it I get on the red. He needs to come out
:06:40. > :06:44.of three or four inches. Did not quite get enough spin, you can see
:06:45. > :06:51.the rise smile on his face. A little flick off the edge of the pack. That
:06:52. > :06:53.takes the spin out of it. This is where the unit out of play with both
:06:54. > :08:05.hands is such a big advantage. He is looking back now, in full
:08:06. > :08:10.flow. He knows he has a great challenge in front of him and he is
:08:11. > :08:27.up for it. He is not one to back off, Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:08:28. > :08:35.The facial expression tells you that he is up for the challenge. Only
:08:36. > :09:16.three more reds to make it safe. The case, playing a little flick on
:09:17. > :09:26.the red. He is still on the red -- kiss.
:09:27. > :09:32.In the blink of an eye, five minutes of playing time in this frame, he
:09:33. > :10:22.may have secured the frame. Ronnie O'Sullivan is one behind John
:10:23. > :10:24.Higgins in the century apartment. This would be his fifth century of
:10:25. > :10:57.the tournament. -- department. Just the blue for his fifth century
:10:58. > :11:03.and the 58 of this Championship. Very, very good and that ties his
:11:04. > :11:09.total from two years ago when there were only 58 tournament centuries.
:11:10. > :11:30.We could not get 100, could we, Terry?
:11:31. > :11:43.This is a master at work, poetry in motion to set and watch this. Facing
:11:44. > :11:47.elimination from the tournament. Just needed one frame. At the start
:11:48. > :11:58.of this. He has certainly come out with the
:11:59. > :12:14.best form he has showed so far in this match.
:12:15. > :12:24.124 from Ronnie O'Sullivan. He will be happy he has pulled one back.
:12:25. > :12:30.Then down against Barry Hawkins. Hawkins needed one, Ronnie
:12:31. > :12:35.O'Sullivan needed three. It is worth remembering that Ronnie O'Sullivan
:12:36. > :12:40.won four in a row in a similar position to beat Joe Perry at this
:12:41. > :12:45.stage. He knows how it is done and I am sure Barry Hawkins will remember
:12:46. > :12:53.that, a real test of character and cueing as we go into frame 23.
:12:54. > :13:07.That is very unlucky. Crossed on the green on the cushion. Ball-in-hand.
:13:08. > :13:13.It makes such a difference to the players. He can play this as a shot
:13:14. > :13:28.to nothing, ball colour. APPLAUSE. All of a sudden, he is
:13:29. > :13:34.feeling confident enough to play for at the black. That took some bottle!
:13:35. > :13:46.As you can see, very hampered. Do not know if he can play it slow
:13:47. > :13:47.enough if he can roll it in, the remaining reds either side of the
:13:48. > :14:27.black. But he has. Barry Hawkins will be sitting in his
:14:28. > :14:35.chair and starting to feel the pressure now. Ronnie O'Sullivan has
:14:36. > :14:42.started to play really well. He was unfortunate to go in, if he had not
:14:43. > :14:46.wobbled on that red, he would be OK. Just looks as if Ronnie O'Sullivan
:14:47. > :15:23.has gone up quite a few years from earlier on. -- years. -- gears.
:15:24. > :15:30.If this was earlier in the match, you would suggest that Ronnie
:15:31. > :15:32.O'Sullivan is going to go for a 147 here, but this is too important to
:15:33. > :16:01.risk. Unless it presents itself. Three times he made a 147 prior to
:16:02. > :16:05.the Championship. Exhibition matches are different from Championship
:16:06. > :16:27.snooker. His back is firmly against the wall.
:16:28. > :16:45.He is quick, isn't he? The other thing is that he is dominating table
:16:46. > :16:50.time. Barry Hawkins has been sitting for 15 minutes, without having
:16:51. > :16:54.potted the ball. He is watching Ronnie O'Sullivan doing so well,
:16:55. > :17:00.that will have an affect. The kiss on the right-hand red, he is going
:17:01. > :17:08.to have to push through it, a pacey kiss here, but he got it nicely. He
:17:09. > :17:09.might go for 147 now, because he only needs two more reds to make the
:17:10. > :17:47.frame safe. I think the one just below the pink
:17:48. > :17:55.may pot into the corner so he may not have to play a kiss. Pot the
:17:56. > :17:59.individual reds which will move them into play. After this shot, he may
:18:00. > :18:04.feel he can get onto the one next to the pink. Needs a bit of help. I
:18:05. > :18:21.think he is OK. He thought it was then. Ronnie
:18:22. > :18:26.O'Sullivan is still in the match, Barry Hawkins did nothing wrong, but
:18:27. > :18:30.Ronnie O'Sullivan has pulled one back, it is 12-11. This is a quite
:18:31. > :18:37.superlative effort from Ronnie O'Sullivan following that one to
:18:38. > :18:42.four from the previous frame. Importantly, he is right on the tail
:18:43. > :18:46.of Hawkins and Barry is reaching desperately for the line trying very
:18:47. > :18:57.hard to make the most of this chance in frame 24.
:18:58. > :19:04.Played the positive shot. Right at the back of the pack. He is
:19:05. > :19:17.guaranteed to be on the one into the right-hand corner.
:19:18. > :19:26.He is still on the one in the right corner. He will need a long rest,
:19:27. > :19:30.the spider, this is not a nice one, he is not sure he can get to the
:19:31. > :19:36.potting angle and even if they could, it is a difficult pot.
:19:37. > :19:43.Bridging over and red, this is very missable.
:19:44. > :19:54.It is not there. He has had lots of good shots to keep the break going,
:19:55. > :20:21.but the good news is, he has not left anything easy.
:20:22. > :20:43.That was a lot more difficult than it looked!
:20:44. > :21:02.Straightaway from that shot, he is going to get an a red by the black.
:21:03. > :21:07.Superb down that side of the table. The reds are in really good
:21:08. > :21:13.positions. There is pressure on him, but he loves it.
:21:14. > :21:17.Ronnie plays a lot better sometimes when he is in these types of
:21:18. > :21:41.positions in the big matches. Not perfect. Just two of the four
:21:42. > :21:46.reds to pot, but they are all a bit awkward, trying to get from the blue
:21:47. > :21:51.to the right-hand side of the table, the red, in the middle pocket, it is
:21:52. > :21:55.very tight. That is the reason he has played the cannon, he has taken
:21:56. > :22:40.a chance and it turned out to be perfect. That was a risk.
:22:41. > :22:49.He takes these three remaining loose reds, some 28 points in front, so he
:22:50. > :22:53.needs that red that looks to be out of commission, if he can get
:22:54. > :22:59.directly behind it, he might be able to pot the red in the middle. This
:23:00. > :23:09.Crucible crowd are witnessing a classic encounter.
:23:10. > :23:27.That looked to be a little wide, but it went in.
:23:28. > :23:33.He has a perfect hand on the pink to play in this time if he wants to,
:23:34. > :23:38.but if he feels it is dangerous, he will leave it to the last, because
:23:39. > :23:44.he will be 28 points in front and he might only need the red to win the
:23:45. > :23:47.frame. He needs a bounce, he has played for it. This from this angle,
:23:48. > :24:01.funny enough, it is missable. APPLAUSE. In it goes, Ronnie
:24:02. > :24:11.O'Sullivan now favourite to win the frame.
:24:12. > :24:22.Only the real champions can come from 12-9 behind. Barry Hawkins has
:24:23. > :24:29.been a little bit unlucky, to be honest, the shot he played into the
:24:30. > :24:35.bunch was Balint, but to not get onto the red was unlucky. It has
:24:36. > :24:46.cost him this frame, to be honest -- brilliant. Well played. He still has
:24:47. > :25:04.to look at what Ronnie O'Sullivan is doing here, it is excellent stuff.
:25:05. > :25:13.Incredible performance. Every time he has got in, he has scored
:25:14. > :25:17.heavily. It does not seem five minutes ago that we were saying he
:25:18. > :25:25.has to win the remaining four. It goes in so quickly.
:25:26. > :25:36.He will be happy enough. Barry Hawkins is still having a goal here,
:25:37. > :25:41.but you feel at this stage, Ronnie O'Sullivan, 34 points in front, 25
:25:42. > :25:49.left on the table, he is going to draw things level at 12 all. And he
:25:50. > :25:51.did, from 9-12 behind, he has forged a final frame decider of the
:25:52. > :26:05.Championship and here it is. Very well done, the cue ball, it is
:26:06. > :26:07.perfect. Ronnie is going to be at least 40 or 50 points behind in a
:26:08. > :26:30.few moments time. That is all you can ask for in a
:26:31. > :26:35.final frame, to get a chance. Can he hold himself together? And beat
:26:36. > :26:37.Ronnie O'Sullivan for the first time in 14 years on the bigger stage of
:26:38. > :27:06.all? -- biggest. If he clears up from the other end,
:27:07. > :27:10.you could give him the title. Tremendous pressure, you can just
:27:11. > :27:15.feel it, it is so quiet, so important.
:27:16. > :27:24.Bit of a bounce in his step, he knows, when he does eventually break
:27:25. > :27:38.down, he will have such a big lead where the reds are.
:27:39. > :27:43.This is the first pressure shot, looking a bit too straight on the
:27:44. > :27:56.black. They are all precious shots here,
:27:57. > :28:05.even the easiest shot is pressure here.
:28:06. > :28:17.What Barry Hawkins cannot do... The pressure gets to you, you try too
:28:18. > :28:25.hard on every shot. Takes special players to be cam out there in this
:28:26. > :28:31.type of circumstance. They have been all there and done this type of
:28:32. > :28:43.thing before but it is tough. -- calm.
:28:44. > :28:49.Very, very good. He has potted 16 out of 17 with the rest, that was
:28:50. > :29:09.the most important one. This is remarkable, he has been kept
:29:10. > :29:18.off the table for the last three frames. Now he is producing an
:29:19. > :29:52.excellent break just at the right time.
:29:53. > :30:19.47 points in front, 48... He needs at least two of the remaining tied
:30:20. > :30:29.up reds. Play for the one nearest the
:30:30. > :30:45.left-hand pocket. Needs to be able to come back for the blue and brown.
:30:46. > :30:51.Doesn't want to rest in between them. Ronnie is going to come back
:30:52. > :30:56.to the table, albeit in an almost impossible situation to win.
:30:57. > :31:05.Touching ball. That would get it behind the black. But I would
:31:06. > :31:08.imagine he will try and push a colour safe, just the pink safe on
:31:09. > :31:19.the side cushion. Just double-checking that it is
:31:20. > :31:27.touching... Quite the left-hand side cushion.
:31:28. > :31:29.Ronnie O'Sullivan is in big, big trouble.
:31:30. > :31:58.APPLAUSE touching... Quite the left-hand side
:31:59. > :32:26.cushion. Barry does not want to bring reds
:32:27. > :32:36.off the cushion. Could play a really thin one. Bring the fight up near
:32:37. > :32:44.the pink. It looks like that is what he is going to play.
:32:45. > :32:58.This is a bit strange, I would not playing this thing. Surprised at
:32:59. > :33:05.that. I thought he would have cut the one to the left of the brown,
:33:06. > :33:25.near this end of the table. APPLAUSE
:33:26. > :33:29.He is on the black. He is perfect. If Ronnie O'Sullivan gets back into
:33:30. > :33:33.the strain and wins it, it will be a miracle, given where the balls. --
:33:34. > :33:51.into this frame. He will be trying to get big
:33:52. > :33:58.colours. Getting down to the nitty-gritty, the safe reds, he will
:33:59. > :34:04.not need to get a big colour. Worth the risk, he thought but where is
:34:05. > :34:12.the yellow going? It is still in play.
:34:13. > :34:46.Barry Hawkins sitting there, wondering.
:34:47. > :34:57.That should be the end of the match... Amazing. Did not get the
:34:58. > :35:02.spin. I thought it was going to be a good chance because the brown, as it
:35:03. > :35:09.was, do could have brought another read into play. Already knocked one
:35:10. > :35:13.read out, next to the yellow. Barry needs red and brown to leave Ronnie
:35:14. > :35:19.needing a snooker. APPLAUSE
:35:20. > :35:23.What a marvellous much this has been. Barry Hawkins, as we
:35:24. > :35:35.mentioned, hasn't beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan for 14 years.
:35:36. > :35:40.We have had all the top seeds disappears so far apart from the
:35:41. > :35:44.world number one, Mark Selby. APPLAUSE
:35:45. > :35:49.That is the end of this match and what an unbelievable much it has
:35:50. > :35:50.been. Ronnie O'Sullivan will be so disappointed to have got himself
:35:51. > :35:59.back into it. A bad shot... Undoubtedly the match of the
:36:00. > :36:28.championship so far. And at the handshake, Barry Hopkins
:36:29. > :36:30.has done for what he has not done for 14 years, beating Ronnie
:36:31. > :36:38.O'Sullivan on the biggest stage of all, Crucible in Sheffield. He might
:36:39. > :36:44.even when the championship this year.
:36:45. > :36:49.That was tough, really tough, he threw everything at me today. I
:36:50. > :36:52.don't know how he thought he played. The first two sessions, he did not
:36:53. > :36:57.miss anything and I was still pleased to be in front. I felt good,
:36:58. > :37:04.I did not miss much at all and my safety was good, creating chances.
:37:05. > :37:08.To finally get one over on him after about 14 years or whatever it has
:37:09. > :37:14.been... After my last couple of performances against, so pleasing. I
:37:15. > :37:17.want to wish Barry... He played a fantastic match and he deserved his
:37:18. > :37:22.wing and I wish him all the best for the rest of the tournament. But,
:37:23. > :37:27.yes... It was hard because I felt like I was getting beaten to the
:37:28. > :37:34.punch a lot of the time, unless I won it in one visit, you know... I
:37:35. > :37:37.was losing all of them friends. You know, if I could have pinched a few
:37:38. > :37:43.of them, maybe it would have the a different story. As you remember,
:37:44. > :37:46.Ronnie did not do any interviews after his first-round victory and he
:37:47. > :37:49.was warned about bad for World Snooker but this is what he said
:37:50. > :37:56.about that... I am not going to tell you, go into detail but let's say
:37:57. > :38:00.out of something negative I feel something positive has come and I
:38:01. > :38:03.hope I can continue to play. To be honest I find the responsibility and
:38:04. > :38:08.pressure that I could on myself, the media put on me, the bookies, they
:38:09. > :38:11.had already decided that I was going to win it and sometimes that is it
:38:12. > :38:15.very difficult pressure to deal with, especially when you put a lot
:38:16. > :38:21.of expectation and use up as well, I don't always handle that well. He
:38:22. > :38:27.will be back, the other match this evening, another real winner in show
:38:28. > :38:31.stopping terms. Between the four time world champion John Higgins and
:38:32. > :38:38.a former semifinalist here, Ricky Walden. The Scot taking a 10-6 lead
:38:39. > :38:42.and the odds were not with Ricky, now 11-8 to Higgins and here is
:38:43. > :38:52.Walden, leading by ten points in frame 20. Commentary from Stephen
:38:53. > :38:56.Hendry and John Virgo. COMMENTATOR: John Virgo... Taking
:38:57. > :39:05.the opportunity to play attacking safety. Well... That is
:39:06. > :39:14.unforgivable. That is gifting a chance to your opponent. And you can
:39:15. > :39:23.see... As he sits down, I mean, to hit it that thing, you kiss into
:39:24. > :39:26.another red, OK, this wants some passing and John Higgins has missed
:39:27. > :39:34.a view but he will not keep missing everything. No, he has John Higgins
:39:35. > :40:12.at it at the moment but he is letting him off the hook.
:40:13. > :40:46.That has not worked out great. He may have a read to the left middle.
:40:47. > :40:58.That is an excellent shot. I suppose you could say there wasn't pressure
:40:59. > :41:12.on that. A tricky black... First glance, all he has is a red
:41:13. > :41:20.ball up to the far right-hand corner. If it's straight, he may be
:41:21. > :41:28.able to screw back for the black. Maybe not... Just stunning for the
:41:29. > :41:31.green or even the blue. Just a little stunned run through the
:41:32. > :41:51.green. APPLAUSE
:41:52. > :41:58.Yes... He played the run-through... And it was perfect. To get a nice
:41:59. > :42:01.angle on the blue. Click glance at the scoreboard. Seven points in
:42:02. > :42:44.front. Watching Ricky Walden in his chair,
:42:45. > :42:48.he is still shaking his head. He knows this is a frame he should have
:42:49. > :42:55.had, keeping the pressure on. Slipping away. Because of the most
:42:56. > :43:02.careless of safety shots, the trials and tribulations of a snooker
:43:03. > :43:22.player. I think he will be thinking about more of the green...
:43:23. > :43:29.23 points to lead. Three reds, three pinks... 44 points in front with 43
:43:30. > :43:36.remaining. He is going up for the blue. Has he
:43:37. > :44:10.overheated... Came to thin on the blue, a shake of
:44:11. > :44:15.the head. There may be a thing cut on but if he hadn't have been as
:44:16. > :44:22.when on the blue, he could have held it for the two reds to the left of
:44:23. > :44:39.the pink... Does this red cut? It is a thin one.
:44:40. > :44:48.APPLAUSE It doesn't matter, he parted it. --
:44:49. > :45:07.he potted it. Looks to have a good angle on the
:45:08. > :45:12.yellow. Quiet, please, thank you. Was able to hook the sound of the
:45:13. > :45:20.referee on the other table out of his mind! I do not think the referee
:45:21. > :45:28.on the other side should shout for order. The referee on the side
:45:29. > :45:35.should, he knows who is on the shot. This black... And another red ball
:45:36. > :45:51.to get within one frame of a place in the quarterfinals.
:45:52. > :46:01.This red to go 41 ahead with 35 remaining.
:46:02. > :46:32.APPLAUSE Well played. His brother thinks so.
:46:33. > :46:39.Right in the heart of the pocket. That means there will be no return
:46:40. > :46:47.to the table for Ricky Walden and he will be brewing some of the chances
:46:48. > :46:53.he has had. The first four frames of this really important final session.
:46:54. > :47:46.Still shaking his head, as well he might.
:47:47. > :47:52.That was superb from John Higgins and he makes his way to the dressing
:47:53. > :47:57.room. Ricky Walden will be very disappointed, he did not take
:47:58. > :48:00.advantage of some of the situations. The fact is John Higgins is now four
:48:01. > :48:05.frames in front but more importantly, just a frame away from
:48:06. > :48:12.their place in the quarterfinals. Leading 12-8. And the Scott duly
:48:13. > :48:18.tied it up in the next, all set for another century... This one was to
:48:19. > :48:24.fall just short... I am sure he will not mind. The last three times he
:48:25. > :48:33.has made to the quarters he has gone on to win the title, most recently
:48:34. > :48:38.in 2011. And so at the age of 40, Higgins is into his 12th
:48:39. > :48:39.quarterfinal. And after ten days of play, this is the line-up, and all
:48:40. > :48:58.Scottish contest. There is more in snooker extra and
:48:59. > :49:04.close the book classics throughout the night but we had better get some
:49:05. > :49:07.sleep because quarterfinal day is almost upon us, 10am is the restart
:49:08. > :49:09.but what a wonderful might of sport we have had here in Sheffield. Good
:49:10. > :49:33.night. They didn't choose the thug life.
:49:34. > :49:36.It chose them. You're saying we need to go
:49:37. > :49:38.into witness protection?! SHE GASPS
:49:39. > :49:40.Get my MP on the phone. Got a BTEC in performance art, so
:49:41. > :49:45.I know all about creating character.