:00:35. > :00:40.Already booked their place for the quarterfinals of the Betfred Snooker
:00:41. > :00:44.championship and Mark Williams, Mark Selby: Marco Fu and Alan Mannus.
:00:45. > :00:49.Second run action continued Ms start our highlights with a match that
:00:50. > :00:54.many predicted was the type of the round. After the morning session, it
:00:55. > :00:58.was Ding who held the 6-2 advantage but Trump won the first to trail by
:00:59. > :01:10.three, when we join them in frame ten, it is Ding leading 54-29 with
:01:11. > :01:15.just the colours remaining. He has left it and what is worse, the way
:01:16. > :01:19.he has left it, Judd Trump may be able to bring the black away from
:01:20. > :01:27.the cushion. You have to say John that really was a terrible shot.
:01:28. > :01:34.Don't sacrifice the pot for the cannon. But from our commentary
:01:35. > :01:45.position, it looks as though it is on. You don't want to hit this too
:01:46. > :01:54.hard. Well if you can't bring the blackout, just pot the yellow and
:01:55. > :01:57.get good on the green. And he just didn't have the angle but he has got
:01:58. > :02:09.the angle on the green to get on the brown. The black of course would be
:02:10. > :02:13.the big problem ball. There were a few frames in the first session, we
:02:14. > :02:20.were saying it could have been either way. One that Ding stole, in
:02:21. > :02:32.the fifth frame. Can Judd Trump steals this, it is made a bit harder
:02:33. > :02:38.now, wrong side of the blue. And of course, that black for a left-hander
:02:39. > :02:41.on the wrong side of the table. He will be getting concerned, he has
:02:42. > :02:49.had every chance, how many chances has he had? Four at least. I just
:02:50. > :02:56.think that Dean has played the wrong shot, Yapp the chance to put Judd in
:02:57. > :03:01.a lot of trouble, rolling the green tight onto the cushion. The snooker
:03:02. > :03:04.behind the brown, he chose to take a very difficult and missable brown on
:03:05. > :03:08.and then chose to not play across the table when he could have played
:03:09. > :03:12.a good safety shot and if the yellow had gone in it would have been a
:03:13. > :03:17.frame when and he would have been on the green. So for me he has been
:03:18. > :03:21.playing the wrong shot. For me, Judd Trump played the wrong shot, I would
:03:22. > :03:26.have been potting the blue trying to get perfect position onto the pink,
:03:27. > :03:37.not going on the black. OK he is on the pink but he cannot get close to
:03:38. > :03:43.the black. No where is the pink ball going? In the pocket! He had a bit
:03:44. > :03:50.of bad luck earlier in the frame but that was a bit of a good luck there,
:03:51. > :03:58.that was a wry smile from Ding. That get across the table? Can he get
:03:59. > :04:07.this black safe. Can he potted? Can he potted it? -- pot it. The he must
:04:08. > :04:16.have played the pink because he did not apologise for it. It is all on
:04:17. > :04:24.the black. It is a black shoot out at the Crucible. He played that
:04:25. > :04:31.well, that is the shot that a lot of the players play nowadays. I think
:04:32. > :04:35.that Judd will play the cocked hat here. There is always a chance that
:04:36. > :04:42.it could go on the 11th middle but he also needs to get a good cue
:04:43. > :04:44.ball. Top spin, side cushion, and then in the middle. He is looking at
:04:45. > :05:06.it. He has not hit this well, that is
:05:07. > :05:11.the big problem with Judd from here, I have said it before and said it
:05:12. > :05:20.again, why do you hit it so hard, you just lose complete control. This
:05:21. > :05:24.black will give Ding a four frame advantage again, and this is his
:05:25. > :05:35.fifth chance to win this frame. Can he make this one?
:05:36. > :05:43.He can! He can, and he will go back to the dressing room very, very
:05:44. > :05:49.relieved. Judd Trump had a bit of bad luck earlier on, but he did not
:05:50. > :05:57.take advantage of his luck late on. Ding after two frames, still leads
:05:58. > :06:04.by 7-3. STUDIO: So into the next frame, it is Ding at the table
:06:05. > :06:13.already in the lead by 32. COMMENTATOR: Too thin, much too
:06:14. > :06:17.thin. This frame and one more before the mid-session interval, big frames
:06:18. > :06:28.for Judd Trump, they are. Poor positional shot, Ding played.
:06:29. > :06:37.Another terrific pot. He hit it much too hard. I think he is just about
:06:38. > :06:42.on the brown, luckily. A fantastic pot, from Judd Trump, that was a
:06:43. > :06:50.very difficult pot, he knocked it in as if it was over the pocket,
:06:51. > :06:54.incredible cueing. And that one, wiped his feet, using all of the
:06:55. > :07:07.pocket, and it is a wonderful positional shot.
:07:08. > :07:14.The fact that he has given this a bit of thought tells me that he is
:07:15. > :07:19.not happy with the angle on his red, should he hope for the black can go
:07:20. > :07:26.for the blue all the pink? He has to sided to play for the black but he
:07:27. > :07:29.needs to slow up, just about. He played that with a touch of
:07:30. > :07:37.right-hand side just to play the cue ball, he doesn't want to be straight
:07:38. > :07:49.on this black. And he is not. Just about got there. He has got to take
:07:50. > :07:55.his chances now, Judd, staying with Ding, every top player I have ever
:07:56. > :07:59.seen, wants to get in front, and they are very hard to stop. They
:08:00. > :08:10.don't look behind for danger, they just look for winning line. He
:08:11. > :08:12.purposefully played that cannon. He has got the red to the right middle
:08:13. > :08:34.so no problem. He decided that he couldn't
:08:35. > :08:41.guarantee to get a good position on the pink all the blue, he thought
:08:42. > :08:50.that was the safest bet. He has just got to screw that shot right though.
:08:51. > :08:58.And you were mentioning Purdy on about his timing. He has got so much
:08:59. > :09:07.to power, and he always skews a lot of the balls for me. Good pot. Good
:09:08. > :09:08.recovery, but you can't keep recovering. Just finishing straight
:09:09. > :09:32.on this blue. He forced an angle, with the hard
:09:33. > :09:37.stunning shot to play it very well. And he scores so quickly when he is
:09:38. > :09:42.playing well, the frames can be over in the blink of an high. I'm not
:09:43. > :09:47.certain about the availability of these three reds, we can see that's
:09:48. > :09:51.the bottom one of the three pots, so no need to cannon here, eventually
:09:52. > :10:04.into the right corner it will release the other two. Straight up
:10:05. > :10:08.on this pink would have been better. If he can't hole from one of these
:10:09. > :10:15.three reds, he has always got this red, you would like to play for the
:10:16. > :10:25.bottom one of the three reds now. Can he play it off the pink? He has
:10:26. > :10:27.decided that he could. This is to say, him potting this red releases
:10:28. > :10:49.the other two. This time, inch perfect on the
:10:50. > :10:57.green. He has taken these very well. He has run out of position a few
:10:58. > :11:07.times. He has pulled out good pots to keep it going as you usually
:11:08. > :11:13.expect from Judd. This pink to go 26 points in front, so he will still
:11:14. > :11:18.need that two remaining reds. It looks like a formality, but let us
:11:19. > :11:22.not take anything for granted. We have seen so many twists and turns
:11:23. > :11:30.in matches so far in this Betfred World Championship. And if he is
:11:31. > :11:35.straight on the blue, that is not the best shot, OK he can find a gap
:11:36. > :11:38.between the green and the brown but he should have had a better angle
:11:39. > :11:51.than this, just the blue and the red required. So, 32 ahead, 35
:11:52. > :12:00.remaining. He will be 33 in front with just 27 remaining. Inc it goes.
:12:01. > :12:07.It needs to be a colour to clinch the frame. But he didn't. He is now
:12:08. > :12:10.in a situation where his opponent needs toss snookers. But he should
:12:11. > :12:28.have been on a colour there. Well, that is a good hot on the
:12:29. > :12:29.blue, that means that Ding, will not be bringing anything back on the
:12:30. > :12:48.table -- good pot. Well, 38 points in France, 27
:12:49. > :12:55.remaining. That equates to three snookers required. He did not get
:12:56. > :13:00.them so Ding got the next two frames before Trump came back to take frame
:13:01. > :13:11.14. We will pick them up on the 15th. It is trumped with a break of
:13:12. > :13:14.46. It was a poor positional shot off the black, if he was playing for
:13:15. > :13:23.the top one he should have been further up the table, he had a
:13:24. > :13:33.perfect angle on the black, no excuse for it. So Ding, a chance to
:13:34. > :13:47.get right back in the frame, a win at this visit? Highly unlikely.
:13:48. > :13:52.Purposefully played cushion first. The left-hand red at the three, is
:13:53. > :14:05.definitely pottable, to the left corner pocket. He would like to
:14:06. > :14:18.flick the extreme right hand red if he could. He played it perfectly.
:14:19. > :14:19.The yellow is going to be the big problem ball, if he has any idea
:14:20. > :15:09.about this visit. The scoreboard, 23 points behind. 51
:15:10. > :15:19.maiming, so plenty of points to play with -- 51 remaining. But the
:15:20. > :15:50.yellow, could be the big stumbling block here.
:15:51. > :16:05.So now, we roll the black in. To pot it, and try and cannon the yellow of
:16:06. > :16:13.the cushion. No. Trying to leave it on the black toucan and the yellow.
:16:14. > :16:18.I think it will be worth taking a chance because if he had played the
:16:19. > :16:26.cannon, he has played it for the pink. Has he got the angle on the
:16:27. > :16:29.pink. He hasn't. That is another reason why perhaps he should have
:16:30. > :16:35.taken the chance earlier because if he had played the cannon on the
:16:36. > :16:40.yellow previously, it would have been for the pink onto the green
:16:41. > :16:50.pockets. That is a great effort. What a shot that is. He has just
:16:51. > :17:00.managed to make the angle. He has just managed to force the angle, to
:17:01. > :17:10.disturb the yellow. And now, we have just got to think that he is called
:17:11. > :17:15.on to win this frame. He looked too straight, forced it over, he can do
:17:16. > :17:25.that on the superfine crops, flicking the yellow to perfection.
:17:26. > :17:31.-- superfine cloth. This will really hurt Judd Trump, an opportunity but
:17:32. > :17:40.he has really struggled this evening. And it just shows you, Ding
:17:41. > :17:45.Junhui has been struggling the same with Judd Trump all evening. But
:17:46. > :17:52.now, he just needs this blue and he will be 14 points in front, with 13
:17:53. > :18:03.remaining. And he has dug deep to make this break, it is a good
:18:04. > :18:10.performance from Ding Junhui. He missed the pink. One Snooker needed.
:18:11. > :18:19.But, if Judd does not get that one Snooker, Ding Junhui will have that
:18:20. > :18:30.five Snooker -- that 5-point advantage. He got the Snooker. He
:18:31. > :18:33.could have done with that pink coming a little bit away from that
:18:34. > :18:37.side cushion, then there would have been room around it, but you
:18:38. > :18:42.wouldn't expect dinked to miss this, just coming off the question. Plenty
:18:43. > :18:58.of margin for error here. -- Ding to miss this, just coming
:18:59. > :19:25.off the it looks like it is an easy swerve.
:19:26. > :19:32.Well, are there any easy swerve is? Judd Trump is back in the frame. He
:19:33. > :19:38.is back in the frame. I had to say what a clever shot that was from
:19:39. > :19:44.Judd Trump, Labour Snooker. Meaning that Ding had to swerve around
:19:45. > :19:56.the black, he played it with too much pace and the swerve did not
:19:57. > :20:02.come on in time. Obviously, a miss was not called, Darcy Ward to take
:20:03. > :20:13.this pink on with pace, to go in and out for the black? He could put
:20:14. > :20:16.being back into play, can he trust himself. -- could play
:20:17. > :20:32.Ding Junhui back into play. What a choice, do you play safe, do you put
:20:33. > :20:40.jaw opponent back in? He is going for the cut. He has got to get it.
:20:41. > :20:49.It is a rattle, but the pink has gone over the corner anyway. How
:20:50. > :20:54.many chances is he going to gift to Ding this evening? This is another
:20:55. > :20:59.one wrapped up, and in it goes, so Ding Junhui will mighty relieved.
:21:00. > :21:07.Judd Trump being in a Snooker. In the end he got it but once again, he
:21:08. > :21:13.has missed a vital ball, and Ding is five frames clear. This evening
:21:14. > :21:17.comedy leads 10-5. Soak into a very important last frame of the session,
:21:18. > :21:29.being his at the table, with one maiming. Stashed in week is at the
:21:30. > :21:34.table. I'm not sure about playing it that way, John. He has played it all
:21:35. > :21:39.wrong, he has a chance to win the final frame of the session and go
:21:40. > :21:48.into the final session just for frames behind. Every chance now that
:21:49. > :22:00.he will do, he needs to be nicely on the brown, just about on it. So that
:22:01. > :22:07.brown, that puts in nine points in front. With him being left-handed,
:22:08. > :22:14.it won't be too much of a problem. He needs up to and including the
:22:15. > :22:17.blue, to win the frame. I cannot believe the shot that Ding Junhui
:22:18. > :22:22.left, it was a straightforward shot, to play side cushion hand side
:22:23. > :22:30.cushion and put it into the middle of the ball cushion, so for me, as I
:22:31. > :22:34.mentioned a couple of frames ago, Ding Junhui is starting to look
:22:35. > :22:37.tired and fatigued and I think that was just an example of him not
:22:38. > :22:47.thinking clearly. He has struggled all week. It looks certain now, see
:22:48. > :22:54.is going to come out with a four frame advantage, excellent
:22:55. > :22:57.positional shot, from Judd. But when you are getting lots and lots of
:22:58. > :23:02.chances, not taking them I would have thought that Ding Junhui will
:23:03. > :23:06.be to light it to have that four frame advantage. Judd Trump is still
:23:07. > :23:10.hanging on in there and that is the end of the session. Judd Trump with
:23:11. > :23:15.opportunities to make it a lot closer. Ding Junhui will be very
:23:16. > :23:20.happy to still have a four frame advantage with the way he has
:23:21. > :23:23.played, it is all to play for tomorrow, Ding Junhui is still
:23:24. > :23:33.favourite but Judd Trump could come back and be a juggernaut, he will
:23:34. > :23:37.have to you be. STUDIO: What a funny session that was? I think that Judd
:23:38. > :23:42.Trump will be disappointed with some of his shot selection is, perhaps he
:23:43. > :23:47.can be the better pleased of the two because he got 4-4 because he was
:23:48. > :23:51.not playing well. Marco Fu was in the bottom half of the draw, waiting
:23:52. > :23:57.for the winner of Ronnie O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins. Barry Hawkins was
:23:58. > :24:02.winning 4-3 and they resume. COMMENTATOR: The second session is
:24:03. > :24:09.always the big one in my eyes. He has missed it. Now is he going to
:24:10. > :24:18.leave a free ball? He probably is. Free ball. New favourite for the
:24:19. > :24:23.frame, what a turnaround. Ronnie will be wondering how he lost that
:24:24. > :24:33.one, he is three behind Barry Hawkins. 6-3. And now it is closed
:24:34. > :24:45.to two again. 6-4 Barry Hawkins. Wonderful, wonderful visit. Very
:24:46. > :24:53.positive from Barry Hawkins. 8-5 now, Barry Hawkins. He has reduced
:24:54. > :25:01.his arrears to one, with one more frame to play in this session. He
:25:02. > :25:07.has stood up to anything that Ronnie has thrown at him this afternoon.
:25:08. > :25:11.Ronnie will shake his hand saying well played, Barry Hawkins will be
:25:12. > :25:17.very pleased, he will take a two frame advantage in the important
:25:18. > :25:22.third session, cannot wait for that. And the final session resumes at
:25:23. > :25:27.7pm. And in the top half of the draw, John Higgins held a 5-3 at
:25:28. > :25:34.Wantage Road Ricky Walden, going into this afternoon session. So John
:25:35. > :25:49.Higgins breaks off in this second session of the second round match.
:25:50. > :26:03.Excellent short. John Higgins leads Ricky Walden by 6-3. Great shot. It
:26:04. > :26:09.is a fantastic break of 90 from John Higgins and he extends is lead, it
:26:10. > :26:15.is now 7-3 for the Scot. That is fabulous, maybe that blue has given
:26:16. > :26:25.him a bit of confidence now. Good Snooker from Ricky Walden, but he
:26:26. > :26:36.leads by 7-5. Well, that is a wonderful shot. Really is a very
:26:37. > :26:45.good shot. John Higgins extends is leapt to 9-5. That is a good pot.
:26:46. > :26:55.And he has closed the gap now, still John Higgins who leads. Yes, nicely
:26:56. > :27:00.played. And Ricky puts his hand out to John, and once again the master
:27:01. > :27:07.tactician wins this session, and he leads by 10-6. Many people tipped
:27:08. > :27:13.Mark Allen to go far in this tournament but it is the 24-year-old
:27:14. > :27:15.who raced to a 7-1 lead. We are going to pick it up in frame 12, it
:27:16. > :27:24.is Wilson at the table He struck that one nicely, it will
:27:25. > :29:05.give him a bit of confidence. A pot but not quite hard enough.
:29:06. > :29:10.That is what happens when you have no table time, things don't go quite
:29:11. > :29:14.right, it could be that he is itching to play the blue. Trying to
:29:15. > :29:25.pot the green. Not sure about that one. Don't push
:29:26. > :30:31.the boat out too much, my friend. Just a little bit of noise coming
:30:32. > :30:49.from the end of frame on the other table.
:30:50. > :31:11.The reds are a lot better. It was awkward.
:31:12. > :31:20.Now getting the green away from the reds at this end of the table makes
:31:21. > :31:24.this a framing opportunity. Not too worried about getting the black back
:31:25. > :31:27.onto the spot just yet, play for the pink for a couple of shots, gets rid
:31:28. > :31:42.of the reds just below the black. A little bit further away from the
:31:43. > :31:44.pink than I thought he would. That is why he is having to take the
:31:45. > :32:07.black, to get into a good position. He does like a pot when it does go
:32:08. > :32:13.on. He is an exceptional potter, a great backswing, such a contrast,
:32:14. > :32:16.unlike Kyren Wilson who plays with the wrong backswing. There is
:32:17. > :32:20.nothing wrong with either of them but it is strange to see it on the
:32:21. > :32:30.same table, both are excellent players, obviously. Mark has had a
:32:31. > :32:34.bit more success than Wilson, but I think Kyren Wilson will push through
:32:35. > :32:36.to the top 16 and on from it by the looks of it. He has got all the
:32:37. > :32:40.tools. The kick there, he was lucky it did
:32:41. > :33:13.not go too straight. Does not appear to be a difficult
:33:14. > :33:18.red on the table, the one on the left, with him being left, he will
:33:19. > :33:23.deal with that nicely. Just the result he was looking for,, 7-0 and
:33:24. > :33:58.then won five on the trot. Just wonder what is going through
:33:59. > :34:01.that young man's mind. I think the interval has come at the right time
:34:02. > :34:08.for Kyren Wilson, should he go on to lose this frame, he will need a few
:34:09. > :34:12.minutes with his coach to say, you're still 7-5 in front, you would
:34:13. > :34:34.have taken that at the start of the day.
:34:35. > :35:03.That puts the frame beyond any doubt.
:35:04. > :35:16.What a scintillating first four frames, but that kind of
:35:17. > :35:20.break-building against anyone, Kyren Wilson going back to take the
:35:21. > :35:26.interval early and Mark Allen has done what he wanted to do, get back
:35:27. > :35:33.into the game. He will be delighted with 4-0 but still trails by 7-5.
:35:34. > :35:39.Kyren Wilson won frame 13 with a break of 82 and secured the next bed
:35:40. > :35:42.to keep the four Franklin and picked up an action frame and with Mark
:35:43. > :36:04.Allen 849 break. I did not spot anything, Mark Allen
:36:05. > :36:13.did not feel anything. I would liked to see that again. Let us have a
:36:14. > :36:27.little look. It did just rock slightly. It rocked slightly.
:36:28. > :36:35.We will have another look, this is it, Terry. I think it is when he
:36:36. > :36:46.brought the cue back, it rocked the reds slightly. -- red. Definitely a
:36:47. > :36:48.foul and he is 40 points in front and what a body blow this would be
:36:49. > :37:06.if Wilson cleared. After all that good work that he put
:37:07. > :37:14.in, there is no doubt that the red moved.
:37:15. > :37:22.I have to be honest, the referee did well to spot it. We had to look
:37:23. > :37:26.three times in slow mode to see it move and the referee spotted it, I
:37:27. > :37:28.was critical of some of his decisions before, but that was out
:37:29. > :37:42.of the top drawer, that decision. You will not get a referee that over
:37:43. > :38:32.a period of time will not make mistakes.
:38:33. > :38:40.It is a shame we have had controversy because Mark Allen felt
:38:41. > :39:34.it was a fair foul and he would have been 9-6 and the win -- the chance
:39:35. > :40:03.-- but you can sling. to win the session to close at 9-7.
:40:04. > :40:16.In the pink, thinking, what am I doing here. What a result that is,
:40:17. > :40:22.goodness me! That will not make Mark Allen feel any better! He is so
:40:23. > :40:26.close to the black he cannot hit this very hard or else he will miss
:40:27. > :41:00.the pink. That is what happens, I am afraid.
:41:01. > :41:06.Not too sure if he can screw that directly to get onto the black, he
:41:07. > :41:12.might have to come off the cushion which makes it more difficult.
:41:13. > :41:24.Where is the cue ball going? This is going close if it lands.
:41:25. > :41:52.There was a very topsy-turvy, Mike Allen made 49 and Kyren Wilson made
:41:53. > :41:59.30 will stop he pinched the frame and he leads by 10-5. Into the final
:42:00. > :42:02.frame, Kyren Wilson is at the table, we are down to the colours and he
:42:03. > :42:33.needs a snooker. He is looking down the line to see
:42:34. > :42:48.if he can get a chance to make a swerve. Will it go in? Kyren Wilson,
:42:49. > :42:54.four. He could try that another million times and it would never go
:42:55. > :43:00.off back to their! That is amazing, isn't it? Amazing the way the last
:43:01. > :43:05.two frames have gone. It now looks like he is possibly losing them
:43:06. > :43:19.both. Incredible. It could easily have been 9-7, the clearance, 11-5.
:43:20. > :43:27.I suppose he could question the pace he played out, the distance with the
:43:28. > :43:41.cue ball, the way they played piano but to get a double case, it cannot
:43:42. > :43:50.happen. -- the way he played -- to get a double-kiss.
:43:51. > :43:59.This has been a remarkable session of snooker, Mark Allen completely
:44:00. > :44:04.dominated the first four but somehow Kyren Wilson has dug deep and with a
:44:05. > :44:14.bit of good fortune has won the next four. If he pots the last pink and
:44:15. > :44:19.black. This is slightly more difficult than he would have wanted.
:44:20. > :44:22.He does not have to do anything with the cue ball, just make sure he pots
:44:23. > :44:49.the pink. A straightforward shot from the blue
:44:50. > :44:57.but he was screen that, he did not have a lot to do. -- screwing. --
:44:58. > :45:17.screwing back. I do not know whether he can get
:45:18. > :45:23.through, I do not think he can. It just shows you how important this
:45:24. > :45:26.frame is, Mark Allen will feel at 10-6 he may have missed the boat at
:45:27. > :45:43.11-5. He has got to be careful, playing
:45:44. > :45:50.the cushion, if he gets too far over, it could go in off the pink.
:45:51. > :46:01.He played it well. Played it very well.
:46:02. > :46:16.Amazing frames, these last two frames have been.
:46:17. > :46:34.Foul and diverse, Wilson, six. -- and a miss -- Kyren Wilson. The
:46:35. > :46:42.swerve will not take, that is what happened in the first attempt. Those
:46:43. > :46:44.six points were important but he cannot afford to miss it again or he
:46:45. > :47:02.will miss the black as well. If Kyren Wilson thinks it is
:47:03. > :47:09.kissable, he will take it on. He does not refuse much, this young
:47:10. > :47:13.man. He needs to play this with drag and a lot of side spin. Down the
:47:14. > :48:03.table, possibly. It has been a very interesting match
:48:04. > :48:09.so far, Kyren Wilson will be the happier of the two, he goes into the
:48:10. > :48:14.final session leading by 11-5. Well played to Kyren Wilson but that
:48:15. > :48:22.final frame, that is a sore one from a gallon. So one lucky. It was the
:48:23. > :48:26.difference between him winning the session which is what he had to do.
:48:27. > :48:32.It will be tough to get back from 11-5. Snooker extra is coming up
:48:33. > :48:36.followed by Crucible classics and tomorrow you can join us from one
:48:37. > :49:02.o'clock as we follow the conclusion of the second round matches.
:49:03. > :49:07.You're asking where I was when Lindsay Denton was murdered?