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Our first semi-final started this afternoon. They only seem to meet

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these days on the grandest occasions. Their last three have all

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been finals, most notably right here 12 months ago. Since then the

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Shanghai Masters Ding Junhui claimed. But then he was swamped by

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Mark Selby. Now, they cross cues again under the Crucible's

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Spotlight. They got under way at One and ding Junhui has forced in front

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and we join them in the opening session. It's frame three being

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watched by Ken Doherty. Danny Willet here with his manager.

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Always lovely to see Danny about. He looks as thrilled as anyone when he

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put the green jacket on, Sergio Garcia. Wonderful moment.

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That is ok. He's got a red into the right corner pocket. That was his

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thousandth ball potted. He's 101 behind Ding Junhui but, as we said

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earlier, Ding Junhui's played a few more frames.

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Potting this red, he'll open the part of the black into both pockets.

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Prime position now on the red. That's below the pack of reds, open

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into the same pocket where the black has gone. He wants to get on that

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red. If he leaves it at a nice angle, which he has done, he can pot

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this red now and bring some more reds into play from the pack.

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Wonderful shot. That's the way to play or break build. Neckache red to

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the edge of the cluster goes and it has. It's been played inch perfect.

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Another 25 points required. He'll be at the snooker required stage.

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Played the red to the right middle. Nice angle. Stung down for the black

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once again. I don't know whether he can roll it through and play for the

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pink. He's playing this other one here. He'll be running into another

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red. He's got to be careful where the cue ball finishes. Watch the

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middle pocket. Played it confidently. Hitting that red, as he

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did, sent it back to the same end that the cue ball was travelling.

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Looks very straight on this blue. Under-screwed slightly. Shouldn't

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cause a problem. It's perfect. Blue will put him 63 points in front.

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Still 75 remaining. Excellent stuff. This blue to go 69

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points in front with just 67 remaining.

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Yellow. Three blues, six blacks and now a pink.

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We could see Mark make a century here. He's played it well.

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Hasn't been out of position once. The way they're potting, you don't

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expect them to miss easy balls. It's all about controlling the cue ball.

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Already made four centuries. He gets on this red, you can see number five

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coming up. Red for the century. Oh, just a

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fraction off! Well, he can't be too disappointed. That break was

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exemplary. A treat for four frames. All square. Two apiece. That was the

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champion's response to having gone behind in any match for the first

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time in the Championship. After the interval, Ding took two of the next

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three to lead 4-3 as we head into what was their last frame of the

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opening session. Back we go. Well, would you believe that. That's

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amazing. Never expected him to miss the big

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target. Hit the pink and leave this red on.

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He's going to have to sit there now and wonder how many points that

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mistake's cost him. Straight into them. Straight into them. Nicely on

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one to the right corner. That was very positive. And boy did he play

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that well. Yes, didn't want to hit the pink that time, wanted to hit

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the red to the left of the pink. Played it to perfection.

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The pink and blue available. And of course the black is available into

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the right corner pocket. Could free up the black into both

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corner pockets. He's played it. He's played it. Yes.

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That's the beauty of break-building, you give yourselves options.

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His cue ball control is just that little bit better than Mark Selby in

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these opening exchanges. 48 points from that position to get

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to the snookers required stage and take a two-frame advantage into the

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second session tomorrow. Has the angle to go into the two

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reds. Right above the black. That is what he's looking at. I'm sure the

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top red of those two goes into this bottom right hand corner pocket.

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Just got a wonderful touch. Makes the breaks look so easy because of

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his position on the cue ball. When you watch where he puts the cue

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ball, it's no more than six or eight inches from the next ball.

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They say the best breaks are the ones where people say, well I could

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have potted that! Well, the reason is, because he keeps leaving himself

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inch perfect. Nice angles on every ball.

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This is a big frame. Two-frame advantage.

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A good afternoon afternoon's work. It all came from that split. He hit

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the blue, couldn't go into the pink, had to hit the red full ball. Just

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look at the reds that he opened up beautifully. Excellent shot.

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Just a little hampered by the pink. I think he only has to roll the red

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in to get position on the black. Didn't have to do too much with the

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cue ball. We were talking at the start of the

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match with Hazel in the commentary box about how he'd feel after

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beating Ronnie O'Sullivan and Gary Baldry, remember he used to go

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around with Ding Junhui a lot, in China it was always looked upon,

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could he beat Ronnie O'Sullivan and, you know, I mean we looked at the

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head-to-heads before he beat him yesterday and it was 10-2 to Ronnie.

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The fact he's now beat Ronnie has proven to everybody that he's

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capable of beating anyone in the game. I think he's taken that

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confidence into this. APPLAUSE.

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The applause tells you that he's past the point where Mark Selby

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needs snookers. Not only beating Ronnie but beating him at the World

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Championship as well, over the best of 25 frames. And Ronnie playing

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well. Let's not forget that. Yes. We were a little bit concerned, would

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he have a slight hangover from that win.

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There's another wonderful positional shot.

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It's had no effect on him. If anything it's given him that air of

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confidence. This is going to be a cracking semi-final. Ding's going to

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have the slight initiative. I'm sure Mark Selby will be coming back at

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him. I'm sure we are in for a great match with both players playing at

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the top of their game. Nine century breaks so far in the

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tournament. Three in each match. The only thing we've missed this

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afternoon is a century. Wonderful play by Ding Junhui.

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His 63rd century break of the tournament so far. Remember, 86 was

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the record. Lovely shot. He's not on the yellow. He's going to end on

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110. He'll be very pleased with his afternoon's work.

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He leads the defending champion. Mark Selby with a bit to think

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about. Didn't Ding Junhui do well? He sure did. That was Ding's tenth

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century of the Championship as you heard so far and it underscores his

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lead as well. He'll take a two-frame advantage into the second session at

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10am tomorrow. The defending champion joins us now, chasing the

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game a little bit Mark and had a problem with the tip of the cue.

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What is the latest? I managed to get a new tip on. Anything over distance

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six foot and beyond, I didn't have any confidence the get any reaction

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out of it. When playing safety shots, I felt as though there was no

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throw-off, no life left in the tip. I thought if I was to go on and win

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that match, the tip would get worse, so I thought I'm better making an

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early decision. Brand-new one or another one in the bag with you?

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Yes, brand-new one. I should have probably had an old one bedded in

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but I didn't so my friend put a brand-new one on and I've been

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playing a few hours with that tonight trying to get used to it.

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How long do you normally take to bed in a new tip? Normally not too bad.

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I'm not one of them after a few shots I take it off and put another

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on, I try and grin and bear it and play through it. A lot of the time

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with the new tip, it's when you are playing shots with slide. What we

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are playing on tomorrow, for instance, the throw-off is going to

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be different. So that is something I'll have to get used to. I'm more

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confident now in the tip than I was before. I was going to ask if this

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will help your confidence, rather than worrying about what it was

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before? At least now I know I can have the confidence playing with the

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shots. It's not an excuse why I'm 5-3 down, it's just a problem with

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the tip. Similar circumstances with the tip last time. Fingers crossed

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it will work again. We'll see in the morning. Thank you very much. Thank

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you. We are going to take you to the second semi-final which began this

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evening between John Higgins, the four-time champion and Barry Hawkins

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who's made a habit of reaching this final four in the last five years or

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so. If you were watching earlier on BBC Two, you will know that John

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Higgins took a 2-0 lead. It went 3-0 and, for all the world it looked

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like John was going to go in at the mid session interval four up.

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You don't start thinking about a century break until you have made

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enough to win the frame and he's not too far away from doing that. Just

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this red. Oh, missed it. Can you believe that. That was frame ball.

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All of a sudden, you miss an easy ball. He hasn't done that for ageing

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and that was a lapse in concentration there -- for ages.

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Still favourite for this frame but he should have been on his way to

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the dressing room now. Barry is looking at a plant here, rather than

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the one red that's loose. If he does get the plant, which it looks on,

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the one just below the pink, this will give him a chance to pinch this

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frame. 69 points behind. When you haven't made a break above

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20 in the opening three frames, to suggest you can try to clear up is

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hard to do. He knows now this would hurt John Higgins if he can do just

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that. Mind, we had a few oohs and Ahs from the crowd there, he wobbled

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that black there. And the fact that he didn't pot the

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black cleanly into the pocket has left him slightly hampered here.

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Good recovery. That was something John Parrot mentioned in the studio.

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Every time he gets in, he seems awkward. Still is now. Awkward on

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the black. I think the pink will pot. The one the bottom of the three

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does but still he can't get on the ball properly at the minute. Could

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work to his advantage because the red next to the pink is tied up.

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This, as long as he judges the cannon correctly, will free the pink

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and the red. He's got the pink but he's just

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running away. I think he can avoid the yellow, you know, and get back

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up to the reds. Another key shot coming up here. Playing ball will

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take him past the yellow when he pots this pink. This is the best of

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33 frames, but this could be a big miniturning point in this

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semi-final. John will be sitting there kicking

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himself thinking it was such an easy red for frame ball. Didn't have to

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get so close to the black, just make sure you pot the red. Now the work

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starts as far as Barry Hawkins is concerned. As Denis mentioned, being

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a left-hander is not too bad. He's got to get on that last red

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perfectly. Now, has it got the angle to get

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over and put the other white up? He'd love to get somewhere there

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being a left-hander. I think he can do that.

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If not the pink, certainly for the blue, it would be easier to get to

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the Iolo from the blue. -- yellow from the blue.

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What a frame this would be, to pinch.

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Yes, especially as he couldn't pot a ball in the opening three frames. A

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high break of only 20 before this frame. Can he pot this six remaining

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colours to pinch the frame? Not often you make a 69 break and

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lose a frame. That could happen here, how has he

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finished on the brown? Oh, it is awkward if he screws back, the white

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is going towards the middle pocket. It couldn't have finished any

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awkwarder there, just be careful of that middle pocket.

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So he stunned it in, which means he has got to go up and down the table.

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Well he is good with the rest, he will have to be here. What a roar

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from the crowd if he can pot these two colours.

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Such is the tension on the blue, you can see how he mis-hit that, he

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wanted to be two feet further left so he didn't need the rest, he will

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have to swing this round. Yes, that wasn't a bad shot, it was

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the bad shot on the blue. John Higgins will by a mazed he is coming

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back to the table with a chance to be 4-0 in front. What a strange

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frame this has been Dennis. After missing the red 245 John missed, the

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pink is not a gimme, a bit of pressure on this.

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John Higgins. He trails by four frames to nil.

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HAZEL IRVINE: It has been six years since John Higgins last finished in

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a Crucible semifinal and that score line marks a perfect return for him

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so far, Barry's highest break had only been 20, so could the Hawk find

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his feet after their interval? The English man owns a small lead going

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into frame five. He hasn't got a good cue ball.

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Not only has he not got a good cue ball, he pushed that red near the

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pocket. Black only available into one corner

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pocket. And he has played this beautifully.

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Very nicely controlled. Just got that white running loose a

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little bit at the minute. This time he is perfect on the blue,

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so Barry Hawkins should definitely win this frame from in position, he

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is 17 points in front. The three reds in open play will be more than

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enough to get frame on the board. It looks as if the mid-session

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interval is going to change things round because it came at the right

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time, because Barry should have pinched the fourth frame but he has

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plenty of time to forget about that. John was in first, but split the

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reds and didn't quite work out when he was on 30.

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He said Barry could do with the four frames left, he will be looking for

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three now he has won this one, of this little mini-session.

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Not bothered about playing for the black. He will be absolutely

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delighted he has got his first frame on the board but he still has a

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little way to go in this opening session. He still trailed John

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Higgins by four frames to one. HAZEL IRVINE: Hauss kips on the way. --

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Hawkin, the necks two frames were shared so 5-2 to Higgins as he

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rejoin the final frame of their evening. Higgins in the balls on a

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break of 24. He has to make sure he gets tops out

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of blue, he doesn't want to go into baulk to play position. He has

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played for the pin. I think the pink spot appears to be

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covered so he will lose the pink for a moment on to the green spot.

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Maybe that little flick on the red there made the pink available.

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Gone a little bit too far here. It is is a deft little touch to

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knock that red in but should have held better for the blue.

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Key shot coming up. He is going to use the reds as a stopper here for

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the white. And that is a little awkward. He is

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stuck on that red, he has a tricky one to the middle pocket. He is

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bridges over that red. -- bridging over that red. He played

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it well. It just stuck on that one red.

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Not in ideal position just yet. If he takes the blue up into the

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corner, it's the better shot for position, and that's his choice.

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No, nowhere near. You could tell he didn't really want to play that. You

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just sensed he didn't want to be taking that shot on.

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Still he has left a chance to get the black free into corners so this

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39 point lead shoulder sap rate very quickly from this position.

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-- shoulder sap rate. He will probably need the yellow but he

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would love to get right back into the frame at this visit.

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If Barry Hawkins can take this frame, he will sleep pretty well

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tonight, being 4-0 down, OK he got a chance when he won two in a row, he

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has had a let off and he is going to make John Higgins pay.

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5-3 down after being 4-0 down wouldn't be a bad result.

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John has to hope that Barry can slip up. He knows he should have opened

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up a four frame lead. You can clearly see he has four

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easier reds, afrn the one near the middle pocket is going to be the key

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ball in this last frame of this session.

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He would like to pot the two reds either side of the pink and near the

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red fear his hand to last, he will play the red now. He could have left

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a half ball red and moved that red off the cushion. As Dennis said,

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that is going to be the key ball. He is right back in to the frame

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now. What kind of lead he has before he has to play the last red.

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He mentioned the red near the middle pocket but the yellow is also going

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to play a big part in it. Almost tight on the side cushion. If he can

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get on the pink half ball here, he will move that red now, with him

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being left handed, makes the other red OK, so he will be playing the

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cannon on that red, so frame-winner if he gets it right, or you would

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think he would have every chance of winning the frame. That is OK.

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He has a nice angle on this red to bring the yellow into play.

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He would be unlucky to knock the yellow in the pocket. He will have

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to play it quite firm, to kiss it quite hard. He doesn't want the

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white to finish on the cushion. That is very clever. OK the yellow

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is in a lot better place. Although it is on the cushion, it's a lot

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better position than it was before. He has to get himself up reasonably

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close to this last red. And that looks just about perfect. OK, he

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will have to use the rest, but if it's straight, you would screw back

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to where the white is now, if he gets on the pink in that position,

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he can get up to the difficult yellow.

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That he did move from one cushion to another.

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Well, he is screwing up and that is not a bad thing either.

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Much easier to get to the yellow from the green, but can he stretch

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over? And reach that? He, obviously yellow is going to be tricky on the

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top cushion, he has to play to get on it and leave an angle on the

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yellow to get to the green. Needs a bounce.

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That might He needs the yellow, green and

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brown. To pinch this frame. You don't want to have to be hitting

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it too hard. This the biggest shot of the match

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tonight for Barry Hawkins. We have talked about it, if gets out

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5-3 he will feel delighted. A glance at the score board, he only

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needs the brown. It is a great frame. Makes things

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very interesting, ready for tomorrow.

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It has been a strange session, it really has.

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John Higgins did all the scoring in the opening four frames. Barry

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Hawkins mostly scoring in the next four frames.

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John Higgins will be taking a two frame lead overnight.

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HAZEL IRVINE: And they will be back for their second session after a

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good night sleep's at 2.30 in tomorrow afternoon's programme on

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BBC Two. It's a big day in the other semifinal with two sessions to play,

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morning and evening, and we will be ready to rock from 10.00 in the

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morning for that. Ding Junhui returns against Mark Selby, who will

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be back with a new tip on his cue, as he plays catch up for the first

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time in the Championship. Jason is on patrol for that, in the morning.

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But from me, and the evening team, thank you very much for your

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company, and we will catch you again tomorrow.

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Good night. You are not a fun person

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to share a trishaw with.

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