Day 6

:00:37. > :00:41.Good afternoon. Welcome to the Crucible in Sheffield. When you

:00:41. > :00:46.stage a major sporting event in a working theatre like this, there is

:00:46. > :00:50.always the danger that things will not go to script. That has been the

:00:50. > :00:56.case in this World Snooker Championship. No fewer than eight

:00:56. > :00:59.of the top 16 seats in the event have been shown the exit door. That

:00:59. > :01:09.equals the record -- record set 20 years ago for a first round

:01:09. > :01:11.

:01:11. > :01:15.casualties. Must be something in This was the year that snooker went

:01:15. > :01:18.This was the year that snooker went back to work. The players started

:01:18. > :01:24.playing proper tournament and we've seen the standard increase along

:01:24. > :01:34.the way as well. Looks like another seed is going to bite the dust... A

:01:34. > :01:37.

:01:37. > :01:47.famous victory for the Welsh man! Andrew Higginson to go all that was

:01:47. > :01:50.

:01:50. > :01:54.thrown at him. Where is the cue ball going? What a way to lose!

:01:54. > :02:04.came here with high hopes of playing well. He put me under

:02:04. > :02:09.

:02:09. > :02:12.pressure. Jamie Jones it goes through to the last 16. I saw two

:02:12. > :02:17.reds that I would get every day of the week. I have never felt

:02:17. > :02:21.pressure like it. I thought he handled his debut remarkably well

:02:21. > :02:29.and for a better than I did 10 years ago when I played Hendry and

:02:29. > :02:39.got beaten. Rain continues to miss balls by quite some margin... --

:02:39. > :02:39.

:02:39. > :02:47.Graeme. Joe Perry marches on. players -- we see players the game

:02:47. > :02:57.without knocking out big seats. -- we see players knocking out the big

:02:57. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:04.seeds. That is it now. David Gilbert's biggest win of his career.

:03:04. > :03:12.When you finally get to play them, you probably lose 3 excitement.

:03:12. > :03:22.That probably takes away the fear factor. There is only one Stephen

:03:22. > :03:32.Hendry! Stephen Hendry comes out and what a fine player he's delays.

:03:32. > :03:35.

:03:35. > :03:45.What is your take on plenty of seeds being out? There are a couple

:03:45. > :03:47.

:03:47. > :03:51.of reasons. All of these qualifiers are playing top seeds in the top 16.

:03:51. > :03:57.They are coming up against them and beating them. The fear factor is

:03:57. > :04:03.not as great as it used to be. Also, when the top 16 play here it is

:04:03. > :04:06.very nervous. Also take into consideration, there may be a

:04:06. > :04:11.possibility that they are playing a lot of matches. Some of these guys

:04:11. > :04:14.could have played up to 100 matches before be get to the Crucible.

:04:14. > :04:18.Sometimes they might have been playing too much and they are not

:04:18. > :04:25.as fresh as they should be coming into the World Championship. We

:04:25. > :04:32.will have to wait and see. Ryan Day made a point that qualifiers are so

:04:32. > :04:36.close and that is making them short. Before you ask, 1992, when it seeds

:04:36. > :04:41.went out in the first round, that was a record situation. John

:04:41. > :04:47.Parrott was not one of them. He reached the quarter finals that

:04:47. > :04:54.year. It was Steve Davis who went out early in the first round.

:04:55. > :05:02.went out to Peter Ebdon. He sent the home in the first week. -- he

:05:02. > :05:06.sent me home. We are going to concentrate on today's action.

:05:06. > :05:14.Today combines the last of the first round action with the start

:05:14. > :05:24.of the second round matches. This is Howard the draw is shaping up.

:05:24. > :05:24.

:05:24. > :06:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:06:05. > :06:15.Joe Perry should be fresh after It has been five years since

:06:15. > :06:18.

:06:18. > :06:28.Matthew Stevens last made it this We have still to find out who will

:06:28. > :06:36.

:06:36. > :06:43.Exciting times. At least two qualifiers guaranteed to be in the

:06:43. > :06:48.quarter finals this year. Now, we come to the second round. The first

:06:48. > :06:53.round, some of the favourites are not out. They are always fearful of

:06:53. > :07:00.going home early. We are now into the phase where they are predators

:07:00. > :07:05.come to the forefront. -- where the predators. Everybody is looking

:07:05. > :07:09.forward to the Scottish legends match. It is incredible that in 16

:07:09. > :07:14.years they have never faced one another in here. They are big names

:07:14. > :07:19.and one is going to go wide. Also, the potential for Mark Williams if

:07:19. > :07:24.he wins this afternoon to play Ronnie O'Sullivan, another big name.

:07:24. > :07:33.They have got 16 World Championships between them. The

:07:33. > :07:42.opportunity for some of the lower ranked players to go a long way.

:07:42. > :07:49.This is the afternoon then you... - - the menu.

:07:49. > :07:58.We begin with the a Gilberto. into the last 16 and facing Neil

:07:58. > :08:04.Robertson. He has looked menacingly confidence so far. After a rotten

:08:04. > :08:09.season, Ali Carter looks to have rediscovered some zest. He is

:08:09. > :08:15.aiming to finish things off against Mark Davis. He has a battle on his

:08:16. > :08:20.hands if he is to overturn his deficit this afternoon.

:08:20. > :08:28.We are back down to the local later for a quiz and some banter with the

:08:28. > :08:33.boys. We will meet a budding schoolboy

:08:33. > :08:39.artist whose snooker themed exhibition was opened last night by

:08:39. > :08:44.a World Championship. What a turnaround in fortunes for

:08:44. > :08:48.it David Gilbert. He had a bit of a hard time the last 12 months. He

:08:48. > :08:52.freely admits he took it for granted and dropped off the main

:08:52. > :08:57.tour this time last year. That was the kick up the backside he needed,

:08:57. > :09:07.he says, and he went to the qualifying school, we gained his

:09:07. > :09:17.card and has not looked back since. -- re-gained. He is back in the

:09:17. > :09:18.

:09:18. > :09:22.last 16 at the Crucible. Getting through to the second round of the

:09:22. > :09:31.tournament means a lot to me. I really wanted to win the first game

:09:31. > :09:36.and be part of the tournament proper. The World Championship so

:09:36. > :09:42.far has been a roller-coaster ride. At the qualifiers I could have lost

:09:42. > :09:52.my first two games. You could see the excitement at the end. That was

:09:52. > :09:53.

:09:53. > :09:57.the best balls I have had. -- the best buns. Last time I qualified I

:09:57. > :10:01.was probably a bit excited. I have been on telly a few times and I'm

:10:01. > :10:05.getting used to the cameras. I am trying not provide about them and

:10:05. > :10:13.what is going on around me so much. I think I qualified and probably

:10:13. > :10:21.did not play for another six weeks. In between, I was helping my dad

:10:21. > :10:26.who is a farming contractor. That was good fun. I call myself a

:10:26. > :10:31.professional snooker player now. Five years ago, I was in the top 40

:10:31. > :10:40.and looking like going up. I never told anybody but I played snooker

:10:40. > :10:45.or called myself a professional. I was doing all right. I would spend

:10:45. > :10:51.more time working and playing snooker. Now, it is just complete

:10:51. > :10:56.snooker. I do not do any work at all. My next opponent is the

:10:56. > :11:01.Robertson from Down Under. I have never played him before. Obviously

:11:01. > :11:07.he is a favourite and has probably played his best snooker this season.

:11:07. > :11:11.His record is second to none. I know I am a massive underdog. I am

:11:11. > :11:16.certainly not bothered by that. I hope to play well in the first

:11:16. > :11:23.session and stick with its and as long as the match goes on, you

:11:23. > :11:27.never know. -- stick with it. David is waiting back stage for his

:11:27. > :11:33.big moment, as are the other three players. Let's get on with it.

:11:33. > :11:38.There is the only one man for the job, Rob Walker.

:11:38. > :11:41.Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It goes up and not today

:11:41. > :11:47.as the first round match is finished and the battle for the

:11:47. > :11:57.quarter finals begin in our midst. -- earnest. Let's get on with it,

:11:57. > :11:59.

:11:59. > :12:05.shall we? APPLAUSE.

:12:05. > :12:09.Please welcome a player who first appeared in 1994. He is on the

:12:09. > :12:15.verge of rejoining the top 16. Wisely has been to the second round.

:12:15. > :12:25.He is also the winner of the Masters qualifying events, Mark

:12:25. > :12:33.

:12:33. > :12:40.APPLAUSE. And his opponents, the player

:12:40. > :12:44.making his 10th consecutive appearance at the Crucible. His

:12:44. > :12:54.most memorable campaign with a 147 on route to the final. They call

:12:54. > :12:55.

:12:55. > :13:05.him their captain, Ali Carter! -- The Captain.

:13:05. > :13:08.

:13:08. > :13:12.On table number two, please welcome a player in uncharted territory. In

:13:12. > :13:20.his second appearance at the Crucible, his first time through to

:13:20. > :13:30.the last 16. Beating Martin Gould on Sunday after qualifying through

:13:30. > :13:43.

:13:43. > :13:48.APPLAUSE. And his opponents, making his

:13:48. > :13:54.eighth appearance at the Crucible for a 4th quarter final, a player

:13:54. > :13:59.with a superb Championship record. He took the big one here two years

:13:59. > :14:09.ago, the reigning Masters champion, the thunder from Down Under, Neil

:14:09. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:23.Robertson. -- Thunder from Down APPLAUSE.

:14:23. > :14:28.We will be diving between tables this afternoon. Right now we will

:14:28. > :14:34.concentrate on this one, the first of the second round matches. It is

:14:34. > :14:43.the best-of- 25 frames and it is the first of recessions. -- three

:14:43. > :14:50.sessions. Good afternoon. Neil Robertson,

:14:50. > :15:00.playing a little tune as he rubs his damp cough -- Clough down his

:15:00. > :15:04.cue. A big day for Gilbert. He knows he is playing one of the best

:15:05. > :15:14.players in the world. The most important thing in these situations,

:15:15. > :15:15.

:15:15. > :15:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:15:56. > :16:06.REFEREE: Foul and a miss. I think David Gilbert has found some pride

:16:06. > :16:06.

:16:06. > :16:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:16:57. > :17:07.in his game, to call himself a Not easy to get into the pack. He

:17:07. > :17:20.

:17:20. > :17:26.He may have snookered himself on all of the reds. When you have to

:17:26. > :17:36.go off two cushions there is not a lot of 4th left off the cue ball. -

:17:36. > :18:02.

:18:02. > :18:12.Good line and length on that safety shot. When Robertson comes to the

:18:12. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:26.table he will find himself Potential banana-skin of an escape

:18:26. > :18:32.here... Even if he just laze on to the pack of reds, there is the

:18:32. > :18:42.opportunity to just leave one on. Taking time to work out the best

:18:42. > :18:51.

:18:51. > :18:54.If you hit the wrong red, you can't get through and eight is a case of

:18:54. > :19:04.whether you try and play it safe down the right hand side or left-

:19:04. > :19:06.

:19:06. > :19:16.hand side. -- it is the case. You are not guaranteed to not leave a

:19:16. > :19:27.

:19:27. > :19:37.REFEREE: Foul and a miss. With that shot, if you are close to

:19:37. > :20:06.

:20:06. > :20:15.the kitchen you cannot play it with You could not get much closer than

:20:15. > :20:25.that without hitting it. He does not want to hit the red it too

:20:25. > :20:49.

:20:49. > :20:55.thick. OK, I do not think he has He will not be pleased with that.

:20:55. > :21:05.He should have been able to judge the rebound over the corner. This

:21:05. > :21:24.

:21:24. > :21:30.For all of a young players, 2000, 2002, he fell off the tour and had

:21:30. > :21:38.a difficult start to his career. The first time I ever saw him he

:21:38. > :21:44.was just a potter, he had nothing else. In the years since that he is

:21:44. > :21:54.one of the best all-round players in the game at the moment. If at

:21:54. > :22:17.

:22:17. > :22:23.first you don't succeed, keep The white still had backspin soap

:22:23. > :22:33.span through the back of the pack. -- so it. Very thin cut if he

:22:33. > :22:43.

:22:43. > :22:53.decides to take this on. He might In it goes. Is he on a colour? Not

:22:53. > :22:53.

:22:53. > :24:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:24:04. > :24:14.In the old days, that was called a REFEREE: Foul and a miss.

:24:14. > :24:26.

:24:26. > :24:36.The player can use the first Adjusted well, he looks to have

:24:36. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :24:49.Any shot from Robertson to try and pot a ball here is a risk. But then

:24:50. > :24:58.cut into the right hand corner, apart from being not guaranteed,

:24:58. > :25:08.you do not know where the cue ball is going. -- the thin cut. It is

:25:08. > :25:29.

:25:29. > :25:33.He could have done a better job of that. That is not a good shot. He

:25:33. > :25:43.was so concerned about the red he played, knocking it over from the

:25:43. > :26:02.

:26:02. > :26:12.left corner, he has not played a He did not get the pot. You feel

:26:12. > :26:27.

:26:27. > :26:37.like Gilbert needs to take those Gilbert has got to get position on

:26:37. > :26:37.

:26:37. > :27:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:27:38. > :27:48.the black. He has got to hit this He needs a good position on the

:27:48. > :27:49.

:27:49. > :27:59.blue from us, that would help. -- from this. That looks inch-perfect

:27:59. > :27:59.

:27:59. > :29:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:29:20. > :29:27.That is right, just compose yourself. He nearly missed this and

:29:27. > :29:37.he knows it. That is why he is taking some time over the next shot.

:29:37. > :29:37.

:29:37. > :30:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:30:34. > :30:44.He now has a realistic winning Gilbert is keeping himself under

:30:44. > :30:47.

:30:47. > :30:55.control. He is very quick. A little

:30:55. > :31:05.straighter on this black than I would have liked. That was the

:31:05. > :31:14.

:31:14. > :31:19.He has played that well, just a cannon nicely to finish on the pink.

:31:19. > :31:29.This pink and one more red and me Robertson, world number three, will

:31:29. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:49.Would you believe it? I cannot believe that entered his mind but

:31:49. > :31:53.he cannot afford to miss shots like that. What a pity! This is that

:31:53. > :32:01.most high profile match of Dave Gilbert's professional career and

:32:01. > :32:11.he will not be feeling so good. You know with a player might Robertson,

:32:11. > :32:29.

:32:29. > :32:39.every chance he will clear up. -- a Just seeing where he wants to leave

:32:39. > :32:40.

:32:40. > :32:47.the cue ball. He has got to remove the pink. This will be a body blow,

:32:47. > :32:52.even early on, for Dave Gilbert. If he wins the frame you can maybe

:32:52. > :33:02.forget about the missed pink. If he loses it, it will be very hard to

:33:02. > :33:06.

:33:06. > :33:12.The only saving grace I can see is that Roberts and his left handed

:33:12. > :33:22.and will have to play the red down the cushion. It is pretty close so

:33:22. > :33:37.

:33:37. > :33:47.There is probably a police work Robertson can't reach over and

:33:47. > :34:06.

:34:06. > :34:16.leave himself a cut on the cushion. I would not say that is inch-

:34:16. > :34:18.

:34:18. > :34:28.He had to guarantee the angle on the blue, of course, but he could

:34:28. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:46.And that is what made it missable. He played it with a bit of side,

:34:46. > :34:56.which made it more difficult. This will cut, I think, into the right

:34:56. > :34:59.

:35:00. > :35:02.He just needs this red and a colour to clinch the frame. It is much

:35:02. > :35:12.more difficult than the pink, but he will be pleased to get another

:35:12. > :35:30.

:35:30. > :35:36.You would be wondering why he did not play it to the far-right, but

:35:36. > :35:44.if you have one like that, hit it as thin as you can. You must pot it.

:35:44. > :35:54.It did not go in and he was not far away. He was probably fearful of

:35:54. > :36:08.

:36:08. > :36:18.That looked like a good safety shot from Neil Robertson. That slowed up

:36:18. > :36:22.

:36:22. > :36:32.more than I thought. I think the Last night, it was definitely

:36:32. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:09.difficult to judge. Hopefully, they He did not play that. I am not sure

:37:09. > :37:19.whether he will settle for that or not. He has given Neil Robertson a

:37:19. > :37:47.

:37:47. > :37:57.I think the path for the cue ball Dave Gilbert has a 26 point lead,

:37:57. > :38:20.

:38:20. > :38:28.but you would feel it is a one It is always risky to send it

:38:28. > :38:38.towards a pocket. He felt confident he would get the yellow. Covering

:38:38. > :38:52.

:38:52. > :39:02.That was a nice flick on three blue. This is a good chance for Dave

:39:02. > :39:12.Gilbert to try to use the brown, blue, pink and black and stun in

:39:12. > :39:12.

:39:12. > :39:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:39:55. > :40:05.behind the baulk colours. He has The red is over the middle, but can

:40:05. > :40:15.

:40:15. > :40:19.Dave Gilbert get past the yellow? He will not be winning the frame,

:40:19. > :40:29.if you like, in style, because he missed opportunities, but he can

:40:29. > :40:40.

:40:40. > :40:44.Apart from the pink he has missed, he has cued smoothly. If you hit it

:40:44. > :40:48.too hard, you give less chance for the balls to go in the pocket and

:40:48. > :40:58.they do start bouncing. If you hit smoothly, it keeps the cue ball on

:40:58. > :41:18.

:41:18. > :41:21.There is a long way to go. You So the world number three, Neil

:41:21. > :41:29.Robertson, loses the first frame. David Gilbert, apart from missing

:41:29. > :41:33.the pink, did not do a lot wrong. HAZEL IRVINE: A confident booster

:41:33. > :41:40.for Dave Gilbert. This is the biggest day of his career. What do

:41:40. > :41:47.you know about in? I played him once as a professional. In the

:41:47. > :41:54.qualifiers, he dropped off the tour and got back on. He is very capable.

:41:54. > :41:58.He beat Fergal O'Brien, and I heard from him he was probably among the

:41:58. > :42:03.top five performances as he has been a professional and he has

:42:03. > :42:06.played against top players so that his great words the Dave Gilbert. I

:42:07. > :42:11.have not seen much of him but he is a capable player. He gets on with

:42:11. > :42:17.it when he gets in. He will be loving it today. A mistake that

:42:17. > :42:23.John Virgo picked up on, but very encouraging for him he can put it

:42:23. > :42:31.behind him. He will be nervous. As much as he will enjoy it. If you

:42:31. > :42:34.can cut down the misses, it is important for Neil Robertson --

:42:34. > :42:44.Dave Gilbert not to let Neil Robertson run away with the match.

:42:44. > :42:57.

:42:57. > :43:02.Get some frames under his belt and JOHN VIRGO: Neil Robertson breaks

:43:02. > :43:09.off in frame two. He did not have much of a chance in the first frame.

:43:09. > :43:19.He had one decent chance. But he was unable to develop the reds into

:43:19. > :43:27.

:43:27. > :43:36.a frame-winning position. He will If you miss that shot, hit it on

:43:36. > :43:46.the thin side. On the thick side, it means the cue ball does not go

:43:46. > :43:53.

:43:53. > :43:59.A little bit careless to kiss the brown. If he has a nice angle, he

:43:59. > :44:02.can still bring the cue ball to this end. He is checking to see if

:44:02. > :44:12.the red to the right of the black will go to the left corner. If it

:44:12. > :44:20.

:44:20. > :44:30.That was very nicely judged. That was all about pace. Until you have

:44:30. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :44:39.settled down in a match, those The red to the right will go, I

:44:39. > :44:44.think. The reason he did not play at that time, it is one of those

:44:44. > :44:54.you want to be nicely behind it. I thank it will go. He has an angle

:44:54. > :45:01.

:45:01. > :45:11.on the blue and he could go into He played the cannon. Well, that

:45:11. > :45:12.

:45:12. > :45:21.worked out nicely. He has removed That could not have worked out

:45:21. > :45:28.I think at the moment the black is not available to I've the pocket.

:45:28. > :45:36.Until he clears those corner pockets, not the best chance just

:45:36. > :45:46.yet. -- the pocket. He will try to generate enough power while

:45:46. > :45:54.

:45:54. > :46:04.bridging over the reds to get up He might be able to sneak this red

:46:04. > :46:25.

:46:25. > :46:35.Well, he took more time than I Steady Eddie Charlton would not

:46:35. > :46:52.

:46:52. > :47:02.That was a clever shot. Guaranteeing position on a red into

:47:02. > :47:06.

:47:06. > :47:10.the corner, which will open up the That was a nice judgement of pace

:47:10. > :47:20.and the correct side of the blue. That takes the aggravation out of a

:47:20. > :47:44.

:47:44. > :47:47.break, not having to go in and out Many different ways to go about

:47:47. > :47:57.break-building. In a situation like this, some are slightly more

:47:57. > :48:23.

:48:23. > :48:29.So far, Neil Robertson has not put That was not quite as played, but

:48:29. > :48:39.he still has a choice of reds. He has work to do with the cue ball to

:48:39. > :49:06.

:49:06. > :49:16.guarantee a nice position on a He could not have played that

:49:16. > :49:23.better. You would expect him to -- to win the frame at this visit. No

:49:23. > :49:28.doubt he has arrived in Sheffield with the game in order. Plenty of

:49:28. > :49:34.practice. He is the type of player, it appears to me, that builds

:49:34. > :49:44.himself up for the bigger and longer events. It suits his game,

:49:44. > :49:46.

:49:46. > :49:50.as well. He won the Masters. That was a tremendous performance. One

:49:50. > :49:56.of the great matches when he beat Judd Trump in the semi-finals. He

:49:56. > :50:01.came here last year as defending champion. He lost out to Judd Trump.

:50:01. > :50:11.At the time, it seemed like a surprise. But the way Judd carried

:50:11. > :50:11.

:50:11. > :50:21.on throughout the tournament, he has scores to settle. The

:50:21. > :50:21.

:50:21. > :51:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:51:02. > :51:12.Australian mentality, they do not The pink will put him 68 in front

:51:12. > :51:12.

:51:12. > :51:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:51:52. > :51:57.A pity, not to see a century, but that was more than enough. Neil

:51:57. > :52:07.Robertson has showing Dave Gilbert that he is given a chance and he

:52:07. > :52:07.

:52:07. > :53:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:53:01. > :53:11.We had some nice music there. It had us rocking and rolling in the

:53:11. > :53:22.

:53:22. > :53:30.That was a decent break-off shot. Anything that does not leave the

:53:30. > :53:40.pot on nowadays is regarded as aid decent break off. -- a decent break

:53:40. > :53:43.

:53:43. > :53:48.That was an excellent reply. That is what you get with Neil Robertson.

:53:48. > :53:58.You get the full package. 80 he is a good break-builder and tactician

:53:58. > :54:02.

:54:02. > :54:08.That was a good shot from Dave Gilbert. He knows that is the type

:54:08. > :54:18.of safety he will have to produce to keep Neil Robertson at bay. He

:54:18. > :54:29.

:54:29. > :54:39.Hawkeye is showing us... Well, there is a chance of a pot. He is

:54:39. > :54:39.

:54:39. > :55:33.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:55:33. > :55:43.not playing it, just up and down. 80 amateur into the middle pocket -

:55:43. > :56:00.

:56:00. > :56:10.Neil Robertson has the possibility of long reds into the corner. At

:56:10. > :56:28.

:56:28. > :56:38.least one. I am not too sure he As long as he left the cue ball

:56:38. > :56:43.

:56:43. > :56:53.tight under the baulk cushion, you cannot just play the red. He is

:56:53. > :57:05.

:57:05. > :57:15.Reverse psychology. Play safe up to Neil Robertson is having a look to

:57:15. > :57:29.

:57:29. > :57:35.see if there is a path past the Now, has he left it? The fact that

:57:35. > :57:45.Dave Gilbert is coming round means it is on. Very close to the pot.

:57:45. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :58:00.Running the loose, you never know Those are never certain, for some

:58:00. > :58:07.reason. You think it would be an easier shot than potting the ball,

:58:07. > :58:11.but it is not. It did not really look lined up. It was amazing. If

:58:11. > :58:18.that ball had not been over the pocket and he was playing the pot,

:58:18. > :58:26.I am sure he would have got closer. Rattling the jaws, enough to knock

:58:26. > :58:36.it in. I am sure the striking area is the same. The margin of error is

:58:36. > :58:41.

:58:41. > :58:45.roughly the same. You do not feel The black goes on the spot and then

:58:45. > :58:55.covers itself with the reds, so Neil Robertson is trying to clear

:58:55. > :59:07.

:59:07. > :59:14.He could not play for the red you mentioned a few moments ago, but I

:59:14. > :59:24.agree with you, the first chance he gets, get the red to the left of

:59:24. > :59:25.

:59:25. > :59:35.the black. He needs a good angle on If the black is potted, it will be

:59:35. > :59:46.

:59:46. > :59:52.He feels that something put him off slightly. A bit of noise coming

:59:52. > :00:02.from somewhere. Some squeaking, apparently. It is not a pocket, is

:00:02. > :00:14.

:00:14. > :00:19.it?! If I had been quicker, I would It is 16 minutes since Dave Gilbert

:00:19. > :00:23.potted a ball and it will be a bit longer. But, a decent safety. That

:00:23. > :00:33.is the thing about this game, if the other man is potting balls, you

:00:33. > :01:08.

:01:08. > :01:13.It looks like a spot of bother for Neil Robertson, suddenly, is he

:01:13. > :01:19.honestly lining up the two ball plant and screwing back to the

:01:19. > :01:29.baulk area?! Is that really an option? Certainly not for me. But

:01:29. > :01:39.

:01:39. > :01:45.he has as much if not more cue That is what he was trying to do

:01:45. > :01:55.with top spin, getting the cue ball back down the table, but the red

:01:55. > :01:55.

:01:55. > :02:00.stopped that. I do not think he has The first red just stayed there.

:02:00. > :02:07.That is what he caught on the way back. Lucky not to leave anything.

:02:07. > :02:17.Just a safety left for Dave Gilbert. That was a big slice of luck. Dave

:02:17. > :02:37.

:02:38. > :02:47.Gilbert has and particularly played A mid-range shot for Dave Gilbert

:02:48. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:04.That was a nice pot. He is on the blue. He looked at the yellow, but

:03:04. > :03:08.maybe the blue is the best shot to play. He could cannon into the pink

:03:08. > :03:18.and maybe bring it into play. He needs a high value colour other

:03:18. > :03:21.

:03:21. > :03:31.There is always the chance you get the black into play. I would

:03:31. > :03:36.

:03:37. > :03:42.Just as he was about to hit the ball, a big cheer came from the

:03:42. > :03:52.other side of the Crucible and, well, and betting money on that

:03:52. > :03:55.

:03:55. > :03:58.I remember once I played here, I think it was Cliff Thorburn, signed

:03:58. > :04:05.-- and the other side of the war Terry Griffiths was playing Alex

:04:05. > :04:10.Higgins. Alex made three centuries. He must have played a shot that

:04:10. > :04:16.thrilled everybody and I swear, I was stretching over for an

:04:16. > :04:22.important shot and my heart stopped beating for a split second. It is a

:04:22. > :04:27.shock. You are not expecting it. You concentrate on your shot, and

:04:27. > :04:32.Alex Higgins could create atmosphere in this venue. You are

:04:32. > :04:36.aware of what is happening on the other table, but you cannot see it.

:04:36. > :04:41.We had an experiment in the UK Championship this year which most

:04:41. > :04:51.players thought was OK, and that was to have a partition, but not a

:04:51. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :04:55.low one, -- but a low one, so you could see the other players. The

:04:55. > :05:05.Barbican in York has more floorspace. It is a bit intimate

:05:05. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:18.here for having no real partition. You still have the noise but you

:05:18. > :05:28.might have awareness of where they were in the frame. Looks like a

:05:28. > :05:44.

:05:44. > :05:54.stalemate here. This is going Robinson does want to keep going. -

:05:54. > :06:01.

:06:01. > :06:06.- Robert SEN. It is going to be a There was no solution to that. When

:06:06. > :06:09.you get a red at the baulk end, you're not going to resolve it. The

:06:09. > :06:16.applause that we heard from the other side of the table meant that

:06:16. > :06:24.that session finished, so it is a chance for the wall to be lifted

:06:24. > :06:34.and the two players will have their concentration are not affected by

:06:34. > :06:39.

:06:39. > :06:47.noise. Certainly, the crowd on the other side will be able to see this.

:06:47. > :06:57.The Crucible Theatre does change as an venue. -- a venue. We have two

:06:57. > :06:57.

:06:57. > :08:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:08:21. > :08:26.tables it is cramped, but once it That is a tough shot. When you miss

:08:26. > :08:36.it by bad for you get the double- kiss and you lose the red. -- by

:08:36. > :08:58.

:08:58. > :09:08.Well, he just played that right shot and it just went off line by

:09:08. > :09:13.

:09:13. > :09:18.the time he reached the red and He totally committed himself to the

:09:18. > :09:28.positional pot as well as the shot. There is now a chance for a Gilbert

:09:28. > :09:43.

:09:43. > :09:53.If you can get the correct position on the black from this red he might

:09:53. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:22.Normally you think off the blue is the best way to go into the perk --

:10:22. > :10:30.the pack but the pink just makes it a little bit more difficult. First

:10:30. > :10:35.of all, you need a good angle on the blue. Maybe, that red that has

:10:35. > :10:45.just separated will be available. Precise positional shot will be

:10:45. > :10:58.

:10:58. > :11:08.needed, though. He has played it Once again, not the ideal angle to

:11:08. > :11:15.

:11:15. > :11:25.It would be nice for Dave Gilbert's confidence if he could make a break

:11:25. > :11:40.

:11:40. > :11:50.He has got enough of an angle to go into the reds but he needs some

:11:50. > :12:03.

:12:03. > :12:08.Because he was having to force it, he probably did not get into the

:12:08. > :12:18.reds he would have liked. He did not release many but he can keep it

:12:18. > :12:22.

:12:22. > :12:32.going with the red to the right Good shot! That was an excellent

:12:32. > :12:54.

:12:54. > :13:04.I think he is just low enough done the table to keep position on the

:13:04. > :13:34.

:13:34. > :13:40.Those three reds on the left hand side, I know it might seem negative

:13:40. > :13:45.to say, but this is the biggest match he has ever played in his

:13:45. > :13:51.life so every single bet that takes a bit of pressure off is an

:13:51. > :14:01.advantage. -- every single thing. He can win with the four reds in

:14:01. > :14:05.

:14:05. > :14:10.the middle of the table, he does In his interview at the start he

:14:10. > :14:20.intimated that he would want to keep in touch with Robertson, as if

:14:20. > :14:42.

:14:42. > :14:52.he had, or would, settle for 4-4 We are applying best of 25. Two

:14:52. > :14:55.

:14:55. > :15:05.sessions of eight and one final That will be the test of his

:15:05. > :15:08.

:15:08. > :15:18.That is this frame so not now, 75 points in front with 67 remaining.

:15:18. > :15:39.

:15:39. > :15:46.That's a pity. I thought he was going to make a century but he will

:15:46. > :15:51.be happy with 76. Robert since stays in his seat, and Gilbert

:15:51. > :15:55.leads. -- Robertson. Tell me what changes in the second

:15:55. > :15:59.round. We have had the race to 10 but the fact that we are in three

:15:59. > :16:05.sessions, how does that change the approach? It does not change it

:16:05. > :16:12.very much. What you do is look at every ball of the time and every

:16:12. > :16:17.frame. It is longer to play but it does not ensure approach. Upped as

:16:17. > :16:23.long as you do not lose anything you will be fine. If you can win,

:16:23. > :16:32.brilliant, but try not to lose. Does it suit the more experienced

:16:32. > :16:37.player? He has obviously gone through the situation. It obviously

:16:37. > :16:42.suits the more experienced player, particularly the top players.

:16:42. > :16:47.Gilbert will be completely out of his comfort zone. Bed is a new

:16:47. > :16:54.experience for him. He would never have experienced this before in a

:16:54. > :16:59.competitive match. He has got to settle him well and take each

:16:59. > :17:03.session as he will. If he can get an lead it will give him a lot of

:17:03. > :17:10.confidence. He started off very calm me. He looks very assured when

:17:10. > :17:18.he gets in amongst the balls. have played him once? I but he was

:17:18. > :17:22.very talented. When he first started he was widely inconsistent.

:17:22. > :17:26.I did not think he had an all round game when I played him meant but

:17:26. > :17:31.there is nothing better for focusing ban losing your card, then

:17:32. > :17:41.winning and coming back. -- man losing your card. He is practising

:17:42. > :17:54.

:17:54. > :18:02.and playing for a better. Robertson has not settled into it yet.

:18:02. > :18:10.Able to play the safety shot back to the baulk end. Yes, I would

:18:10. > :18:14.think it Gilbert is very pleased. - - think that Gilbert. Yes, he

:18:15. > :18:24.nearly threw one away, but apart from that, he is looking confident.

:18:25. > :18:47.

:18:47. > :18:51.I am glad he has worked the mistakes out of his memory. He did

:18:51. > :18:57.not get enough side spend and caught the blue a big thing, but he

:18:57. > :19:07.does not look to have done too much damage. -- he did not get enough

:19:07. > :19:34.

:19:34. > :19:44.side spin and caught the blue a bit That was a very good safety shot.

:19:44. > :19:54.He cannot played and the right hand side table. -- he cannot play ate

:19:54. > :20:09.

:20:09. > :20:19.Will he risk playing ace work? hard to swerve with the cue ball so

:20:19. > :20:19.

:20:19. > :21:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:21:03. > :21:13.close to the cushion. Excellent Once again, can he just get past

:21:13. > :21:18.

:21:18. > :21:23.the pink? Another terrific reply, excellent safety shot. This time

:21:23. > :21:33.there is not an easy path back to baulk. Neil Robertson may be forced

:21:33. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :22:07.Obviously, there is a pot on the red but no guarantee of any

:22:07. > :22:17.position. He would like a chance to get back down the table. I think he

:22:17. > :22:24.

:22:24. > :22:34.is looking at your mind! --! He has got! -- he has got it! What a shot

:22:34. > :23:04.

:23:04. > :23:14.And that is why Steve Davis was six There is a tempter into the middle

:23:14. > :23:38.

:23:38. > :23:46.right, I think. Or perhaps not, You would have wanted that cue ball

:23:46. > :23:53.tight against the baulk cushion. The safety shot not difficult. He

:23:53. > :23:58.is looking at the line. I do not know if this red from the pink goes

:23:58. > :24:08.to the left corner or whether he feels he can play the pot. I think

:24:08. > :24:23.

:24:23. > :24:33.he can miss the pink and get back There is a plant on here. It plant

:24:33. > :24:33.

:24:33. > :25:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:25:16. > :25:23.and a shot to nothing at the same This will be some shot from

:25:23. > :25:33.Robertson to pop this red and get on a colour. -- pot this red. He

:25:33. > :25:59.

:25:59. > :26:09.will need masses of top-spin. I do He was making certain that he

:26:09. > :26:16.

:26:16. > :26:26.Good pot on the yellow, he did not mean a kiss on the blue. That has

:26:26. > :26:31.spawned things somewhat. -- sport things. That is why he is such a

:26:31. > :26:41.dangerous player. There are not many balls on the table he cannot

:26:41. > :26:46.

:26:46. > :26:56.pot. He is looking at a long screwed back to safety. -- screw

:26:56. > :26:56.

:26:56. > :28:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:28:02. > :28:12.Still, a difficult opportunity. White might -- He will do well to

:28:12. > :28:12.

:28:12. > :28:19.make 30 points here. If the pink goes, into the left corner, he will

:28:19. > :28:27.certainly have the pink but they were. -- to play with. And it does

:28:27. > :28:37.go. He did not play at that time. It looks like the pink spot is

:28:37. > :28:41.

:28:41. > :28:51.available. He is asking for the cue ball to be cleaned, he is not happy

:28:51. > :28:52.

:28:52. > :28:58.with the reaction. Dave Gilbert has got a nice and deft touch. I have

:28:58. > :29:05.not seen him playing a great deal over the years. He strikes the ball

:29:05. > :29:12.for me. I would imagine he is very good at judging the pace of a shot.

:29:12. > :29:22.We know that from the safety he has already played. He is nicely on the

:29:22. > :29:38.

:29:38. > :29:48.It is not too bad and there are one or two loose reds. He is straight

:29:48. > :29:49.

:29:49. > :29:59.on this. If he screws back. -- if he screws back he will not have the

:29:59. > :30:28.

:30:28. > :30:38.He needs a good angle on the pink and he has not quite got it. He

:30:38. > :30:41.

:30:41. > :30:51.needed it to be another six inches I'm not certain what is available

:30:51. > :30:57.

:30:57. > :31:07.now. They seem to be covering one Trying to make something happen,

:31:07. > :31:17.using pace. That is what through the pink completely off line. It

:31:17. > :31:27.

:31:27. > :31:33.It is a very acute angle to come into the middle pocket for the red.

:31:33. > :31:43.Guaranteed to be on the black. He has to trust the at the table runs

:31:43. > :31:54.

:31:54. > :32:04.It went in. He breathed a sigh of relief, although he was -- as

:32:04. > :32:07.

:32:07. > :32:14.though he was disappointed. I He was not bad on the black. Black

:32:14. > :32:18.only available to the right corner. I do not think he is perfect on the

:32:18. > :32:25.red to stay on the black. But he has the blue in the vicinity that

:32:25. > :32:31.he could use. For a left-hander, if he can get across to the side of

:32:31. > :32:41.the table, pot the blue and smash into the reds. This is a chance to

:32:41. > :32:54.

:32:54. > :32:58.Six inches shy of pace for certain. Now a change of plan. He would have

:32:58. > :33:08.been wanting to be closer to the cushion. He could have split the

:33:08. > :33:12.

:33:12. > :33:22.I think he has spotted something. He suddenly found a spring in his

:33:22. > :33:36.

:33:36. > :33:40.No. He spotted something else that goes. Regardless, it is not an

:33:40. > :33:47.ideal situation to try to win the frame in one visit as it would have

:33:47. > :33:52.been if he were closer to the cushion. Coming up the table for

:33:52. > :33:59.the blue and using that is split open the balls. In potting this,

:33:59. > :34:05.you wonder if he opens up something else. There is not much of a gap. I

:34:06. > :34:15.think he convinced himself. Once he has cleared that red, I am sure

:34:16. > :34:23.

:34:23. > :34:33.there is one that will go to the These are horrible shots. To adjust

:34:33. > :34:40.

:34:40. > :34:47.the potting angle on the red, the Yes. He played that really well.

:34:47. > :34:52.Really, really well. He is not perfect on the blue, but he will

:34:52. > :34:58.settle for that. He has to get the cue ball in and out of the baulk

:34:58. > :35:04.end, but he is playing the green anyway. I do not blame him. He does

:35:04. > :35:14.not have to avoid anything if he pots that. Now he is playing the

:35:14. > :35:15.

:35:15. > :35:25.It was made easier by virtue of the facts about the green was not on

:35:25. > :35:26.

:35:26. > :35:36.its spot. He can consider himself unlucky by not disturbing the reds

:35:36. > :35:39.

:35:39. > :35:43.further apart. There is still some He left the cue ball closer to the

:35:43. > :35:53.cushion than he would have liked. He has to play for the red closest

:35:53. > :35:59.

:35:59. > :36:09.Always remembering that the black is only available to the right

:36:09. > :36:17.

:36:17. > :36:26.corner pocket. He has a nice angle I thought by catching the near jaw,

:36:26. > :36:31.that would have dropped. I do not think it should have dropped. There

:36:31. > :36:40.will be cries of buckets everywhere in snooker clubs! That is what they

:36:40. > :36:50.think. They were drawing towards the top cushion a bit, I cannot

:36:50. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:10.remember on which table. Perhaps It makes the table easier.

:37:10. > :37:20.Particularly when they go in of jaw. He looks as if he can snick this

:37:20. > :37:40.

:37:40. > :37:50.It looks as if it is on. Does he know about billiards!? It looks

:37:50. > :37:50.

:37:50. > :37:56.If you played it with more pace you could throw it wider. He has to

:37:56. > :38:06.play a safety shot that clears the pocket. If he does not choose to be

:38:06. > :38:21.

:38:21. > :38:28.aggressive, it is a containing And what a shot! He worked on the

:38:28. > :38:35.principle that if he dig there at the black would cover the path to

:38:35. > :38:40.the to open reds -- did that. did not even look as if he

:38:40. > :38:46.considered that option to start with. It is a great strike. A if

:38:46. > :38:55.you give it enough thought, inspiration can come into you, into

:38:55. > :39:01.your mind. The us is a marvellous chance. -- and this is. I do not

:39:01. > :39:08.suppose anybody predicted this. Just the start he would be looking

:39:08. > :39:13.for. He knows he is playing one of the best players in the world. That

:39:13. > :39:19.can relax you. You get the feeling that only your best will be good

:39:19. > :39:23.enough. That is not the point, you still have to produce, and he has

:39:23. > :39:33.done in these first four frames. The only frame Neil Robertson had a

:39:33. > :39:44.

:39:44. > :39:54.good chance that, with a break of But for a few snookers, it will be

:39:54. > :40:04.3-1. In fact, four snookers are required. Four point snookers, that

:40:04. > :40:08.

:40:08. > :40:14.Neil Robertson missed a chance in the first frame. Perhaps a

:40:14. > :40:24.positional mistake in this one. And he is staring 3-1 in the face. This

:40:24. > :40:37.

:40:37. > :40:47.That was a big target. Both players are trying to see if there is a gap.

:40:47. > :40:51.

:40:51. > :41:01.I think there is. That is amazing. How do you find a gap like that? If

:41:01. > :41:13.

:41:13. > :41:18.he past brown... He might have not Field problem, can you get it safe?

:41:18. > :41:28.I am certain if Dave Gilbert knocks the red in, we will be going to the

:41:28. > :41:33.

:41:33. > :41:37.dressing room for the mid-session interval. Very interesting. We have

:41:38. > :41:43.had good potting, good break- building and excellent safety. And

:41:43. > :41:49.a safety escape from my fellow commentator Steve Davis that will

:41:49. > :41:59.go down in the annals. It is the best shot I have played in this

:41:59. > :42:08.

:42:08. > :42:13.year's World Championship! Better A the brown did not matter. That is

:42:13. > :42:19.enough for Neil Robertson. The world number three is in a spot of

:42:19. > :42:24.bother. 3-1 Dave Gilbert. HAZEL IRVINE: There is a spring in

:42:24. > :42:30.the step of Dave Gilbert. No wonder. An excellent performance. A he has

:42:30. > :42:35.done well. It is so important to get a good start. Sometimes, when

:42:35. > :42:44.you have got played somebody, it is not a bad thing. You do not know

:42:44. > :42:49.what to expect. The when you think about how he dispatched Martin

:42:49. > :42:54.Gould, he grew in confidence. The way he punched the air, it showed a

:42:54. > :42:59.big breakthrough in the first match. The biggest match of his career.

:42:59. > :43:04.This is the second biggest. Probably bigger. He is calm and

:43:04. > :43:09.composed and he is playing great safety. He is matching Neil

:43:09. > :43:13.Robertson, who is a top-class safety player. He does not seem to

:43:13. > :43:20.be nervous. That is important for Dave Gilbert. You can look at this

:43:20. > :43:25.red. He worked it out very well. And a fantastic pot. Screwing off

:43:25. > :43:31.the cushion to finish on the black. Look at the cue ball, he was my

:43:31. > :43:36.leaving anything if he missed that. He is thinking clearly. That was a

:43:36. > :43:43.crafty Ken Doherty shot. Just in case you are wondering if Ken

:43:43. > :43:52.Doherty got dressed in the dark this morning, he has to different

:43:52. > :43:57.shoes on. It is this special day in Ireland for a charity I am involved

:43:57. > :44:04.in. It is to raise money for young adults suffering from mental

:44:04. > :44:13.illness. Everybody involved in this day, thank you for your support.

:44:13. > :44:23.You have to wear mismatched shoes or funky shoes. A lovely cause. You

:44:23. > :44:26.are looking daft for a reason! And we talk about Ali Carter lot. At

:44:26. > :44:30.the UK Championship, you might remember when he told us he was

:44:30. > :44:35.thinking about retiring. He announced this on his Twitter

:44:35. > :44:41.account. He said his health was a big issue "and with my Crohn's

:44:41. > :44:46.disease, and all the travelling and going abroad all the time, it seems

:44:46. > :44:52.to make it more difficult to control." we are not sure what his

:44:52. > :44:56.plans are, but this is what he told us recently. It is a problem I have

:44:56. > :45:03.had for ten years. The severity comes and goes. I have had it quite

:45:03. > :45:04.bad. When I habit at its worst, it bad. When I habit at its worst, it

:45:04. > :45:10.bad. When I habit at its worst, it makes me feel really tired. Anyone

:45:10. > :45:15.who has it knows. If you have not got it, you cannot explain it. I

:45:15. > :45:19.deal with it the best I can and I have never used it as an excuse. I

:45:19. > :45:25.talked about retiring because at the time it makes you feel

:45:25. > :45:30.depressed. And the travelling. It was not agreeing with me. I was

:45:30. > :45:34.going through a bad patch and thinking I did not want to do it

:45:34. > :45:44.any more. I thought nobody was forcing me to do it and so why not

:45:44. > :45:48.

:45:48. > :45:53.not do it? I want to get my health right. It was great to see Ali

:45:53. > :46:00.Carter finding form. He had not got past the last 16 until he went to

:46:00. > :46:05.China. He looked sharp in his first session against Mark Davis last

:46:05. > :46:10.night. That is a welcome return to form because he has struggled.

:46:10. > :46:15.spoke to him this morning. He said he has been in good health for a

:46:15. > :46:21.change. He has worked hard and practised before he came here and

:46:22. > :46:28.feels happy with his game. What do you make of the way he has handled

:46:29. > :46:33.this condition? He has never used it as an excuse. That is admirable.

:46:33. > :46:39.It is easy to use something like that as an excuse. He has tried to

:46:39. > :46:48.cope with it as best as possible. Friends of mine suffer from the

:46:48. > :46:53.same disease and it is tiring, particularly when you -- when you

:46:53. > :46:59.are travelling. But hats off, he has never complained about it. He

:46:59. > :47:08.has got on with it and tried to deal with it. We saw a good return

:47:08. > :47:14.to form in the opening session against Mark -- Mark Davis. He came

:47:14. > :47:20.back this afternoon needing two more frames. It went 9-2 in Ali

:47:20. > :47:30.Carter's favour. Now we will see Carter's favour. Now we will see

:47:30. > :47:33.

:47:33. > :47:43.number 12 with Willie Thorne and DENNIS TAYLOR: The pink is out of

:47:43. > :47:46.

:47:46. > :47:52.WILLIE THORNE: The black will be available to both corners. He'd

:47:52. > :48:02.like to get on to the one left of his hand. He will probably have to

:48:02. > :48:02.

:48:02. > :49:32.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:49:32. > :49:38.He is one shot away from making this nice, once he gets on to the

:49:39. > :49:48.black. Play the cannon on any of those three reds above the black.

:49:49. > :49:57.

:49:57. > :50:07.Then he is in a position where he In five minutes' time, Ali Carter

:50:07. > :50:14.

:50:14. > :50:19.It is a nice position to be in, leading 9-2 and being in amongst

:50:19. > :50:29.the balls. Not a lot of pressure on you. You can keep control of the

:50:29. > :51:06.

:51:06. > :51:12.He enjoys playing at the Crucible. He did not get to the Crucible for

:51:12. > :51:22.the first six years. But his record over the last five or six years,

:51:22. > :51:26.

:51:26. > :51:31.second round, semi-final, losing to A final against Ronnie O'Sullivan

:51:31. > :51:36.2008. Quarter-final the year before. So, he likes to play at the

:51:36. > :51:42.Crucible. In it is one of those places. I never settled playing at

:51:42. > :51:47.the Crucible. You obviously really liked it having been in a couple of

:51:47. > :51:55.finals. It is special. It would be a retrograde step to take it away

:51:55. > :51:58.from here. Every player will tell you that when they turn

:51:58. > :52:08.professional their ambition is to become world champion and they want

:52:08. > :52:13.

:52:13. > :52:21.Can you remember your first opponent? In 1977? Off the top of

:52:21. > :52:28.my head, I cannot. I lost to Cliff Thorburn in the semi-final. I

:52:28. > :52:38.cannot remember what I did yesterday! It is an age thing.

:52:38. > :52:48.

:52:48. > :52:56.Meanwhile, he is a few pots away It is nice if you can clinch a

:52:56. > :53:06.match in style. The top players seemed to be able to do that. He

:53:06. > :53:25.

:53:25. > :53:29.I doubt whether Mark Davis would come back to the table. A tough

:53:29. > :53:36.couple of days for Mark Davis. It is a shame he was not well

:53:36. > :53:42.yesterday, but it is one of those things. And look at that. It would

:53:42. > :53:49.be wonderful to make a century and finish in style. Our sponsor

:53:49. > :53:55.Betfred.com is giving �200 to the chosen charity of the Association,

:53:55. > :54:05.it is a children's Hospice. If he had not cannoned a pink, he would

:54:05. > :54:13.

:54:13. > :54:23.almost certainly have made a He will have to take the blue. We

:54:23. > :54:39.

:54:39. > :54:49.That was a great shot. He is He has made 19 centuries at the

:54:49. > :55:03.

:55:03. > :55:12.The average for top 16 players is about 21. He is a view behind. I am

:55:12. > :55:20.sure he will catch up in this tournament. -- that is a few behind.

:55:20. > :55:30.On 139th century of his career. Coming in the deciding frame, that

:55:30. > :55:37.

:55:37. > :55:41.Very impressive. He has not been What a match we will have on

:55:42. > :55:49.Saturday evening. Ali Carter against Judd Trump, who by Saturday

:55:49. > :55:54.will be back to full health. He had food poisoning also but managed to

:55:54. > :56:01.beat Dominic Dale in those circumstances. He might have to go

:56:01. > :56:08.around the table here if he is going to make a total clearance.

:56:08. > :56:13.That is another way of doing it! I wonder if he attempted that. He is

:56:13. > :56:23.feeling pretty good. What a way to finish.

:56:23. > :56:28.APPLAUSE You have to feel sorry for Mark Davis, but a great performance

:56:28. > :56:31.from Ali Carter. 10-1.

:56:31. > :56:36.10-1. 10-1.

:56:36. > :56:41.I beg your pardon, 10-2. HAZEL IRVINE: Willie Thorne asked

:56:41. > :56:51.Dennis who he first played at the Crucible. It was Perrie Mans. We

:56:51. > :56:51.

:56:51. > :56:57.are interested in that match, Ali Carter, congratulations. You have

:56:57. > :57:06.struggled but it is good to see you back in form. That was a convincing

:57:06. > :57:12.win. What turned it around? I have been on an exclusion diet. I have

:57:12. > :57:16.cut-out eating wheat completely. That is a nightmare. It is in

:57:16. > :57:22.everything. It does not happen overnight, but it has given me a

:57:22. > :57:26.new lease of life. Health issues we have discussed. We respect you

:57:26. > :57:36.because you have never used it as an excuse. How difficult is it to

:57:36. > :57:43.manage? This season, I have had a nightmare of experience, feeling

:57:43. > :57:49.tired on a daily basis. Not getting your cue out of the case and doing

:57:49. > :57:53.-- or doing half-an-hour of practice. But this past four weeks

:57:53. > :58:00.I have practised two or three hours a day, which is enough and more

:58:00. > :58:07.than I have done for one year or so. The pressure is off. I feel I have

:58:07. > :58:13.the shackles off. My 16 spot has gone unless I win it back. I will

:58:13. > :58:18.have a crack at Judd Trump and see what happens. Before we talk about

:58:18. > :58:22.that match, we know the problems you suffered made use several times

:58:22. > :58:31.say you cannot take any more and you have had enough and you were

:58:31. > :58:37.going to retire. When he's down now? Is in December, I was in a bad

:58:37. > :58:41.place at my health -- where do you stand? I spoke to Jason Ferguson

:58:41. > :58:46.about taking a sabbatical. He said he would represent me with the

:58:46. > :58:51.board in doing that. I have been in constant touch with my consultant.

:58:51. > :58:56.He said obviously something is affecting year and you have to do

:58:56. > :59:04.the exclusion diet. It has everything under the sun you cannot

:59:04. > :59:09.eat. What do you eat? Over the last few years I found that dairy

:59:09. > :59:17.affected me. I had cut that out anyway. And now bread, that sort of

:59:17. > :59:21.thing, you cannot grab a sandwich. You have to be prepared. When you

:59:21. > :59:27.go to China and have to order food, it takes about an hour to get the

:59:27. > :59:36.order going and when it comes it is wrong. You are going down the route

:59:36. > :59:43.of Peter Ebdon, and his vegan diet? No. I like my food. I want to get

:59:43. > :59:50.myself feeling better. You say the 16 spot has gone but you played

:59:50. > :59:55.good stuff. The longer matches have suited you. You have got a thing

:59:55. > :00:01.you have a chance. I think I have a bit of a chance. I have played well.

:00:01. > :00:08.I made a century in the last frame, which I was pleased to do. I have

:00:08. > :00:13.been to the final and semi-finals here. I know what it is about. If I

:00:13. > :00:19.can use experience. A you are looking forward to playing Judd

:00:19. > :00:26.Trump. Yes. The heat is on him. I am hitting the ball reasonably well.

:00:26. > :00:32.What is your record against in? played him in a PTC this year and I

:00:32. > :00:42.beat him 4-3. But that is totally different. I think he has beaten me

:00:42. > :00:44.

:00:44. > :00:50.a couple of times. I do not think I What do you make of the way he

:00:50. > :00:57.plays? He was so exciting to watch last year. Are you aware of his

:00:57. > :01:02.potential or do you just play the balls? He plays a very open game.

:01:02. > :01:08.He is very confident and he smashes the balls everywhere. More often

:01:08. > :01:11.than not, they go in the right places. When he has a few defeats

:01:11. > :01:17.from winning positions, a few battle scars, things start to get

:01:17. > :01:20.more difficult. I have felt those things, like we all have. You start

:01:20. > :01:24.thinking more which is the worst possible thing you can do. Judd

:01:25. > :01:28.Trump, I would say he is not thinking too much about it at the

:01:28. > :01:34.moment. It would be interesting to see what happens when the run comes

:01:34. > :01:39.to an end. It might not. I hope for him it doesn't. You cannot keep

:01:39. > :01:43.knocking in the balls that he is knocking in, in my opinion. He it

:01:43. > :01:49.is absolutely to ref it to see you looking and sounding so great.

:01:49. > :01:56.are off for lunch now. What is it going to be? Bananas? Apples?

:01:56. > :02:01.the water! Thank you for coming. But we go to the first of the

:02:01. > :02:11.second round matches. It is Dave Gilbert with the surprise 3-1

:02:11. > :02:18.

:02:18. > :02:27.Dave Gilbert has just broken off He has snookered Neil Robertson on

:02:27. > :02:34.all of the reds, I think. Just a case of coming off the side cushion

:02:34. > :02:44.and rolling into the side of the cluster. Hawkeye confirms our first

:02:44. > :03:13.

:03:13. > :03:23.impression. You would not expect The reason why Dave Gilbert did not

:03:23. > :03:26.

:03:26. > :03:30.try to get down the table there, he sacrificed the tactical advantage.

:03:30. > :03:40.Not too much damage is going to be done with the pack this tight

:03:40. > :03:52.

:03:52. > :04:02.Another excellent safety shot. His safety has been absolutely

:04:02. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:14.Whenever you avoid the baulk colours, you know it will be

:04:14. > :04:24.reasonably good. He just missed the pink. He would like a touch in

:04:24. > :04:25.

:04:25. > :05:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:05:05. > :05:09.baulk here. He has got it. A nice There was a red that went towards

:05:09. > :05:15.the right corner pocket. Excellent length and direction on the cue

:05:15. > :05:25.ball. Dave cannot get through to the pottable red. The green

:05:25. > :05:27.

:05:27. > :05:36.Because the red was in such a dangerous position, he could not

:05:36. > :05:41.risk trying to get the cue ball back to the baulk end. An easy shot

:05:41. > :05:45.for Neil Robertson to clear the red from the pocket. But then he will

:05:45. > :05:50.not put his opponent under pressure. Has he seen something else? The

:05:50. > :06:00.chance of a safety shot to keep the red over the corner? But a bit of

:06:00. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:09.heat on his opponent? If he found the right spot, he would have the

:06:09. > :06:16.blue and the yellow to cover the red. So often these days, it is all

:06:16. > :06:20.about potting position. A lot of the modern-day players, for them,

:06:20. > :06:26.safety is overrated. They have not told these two today. There has

:06:26. > :06:36.been some great stuff. Absolutely. Looking at the possibility here of

:06:36. > :06:48.

:06:48. > :06:51.a three ball macro plant. Four ball It was smack on! John, if that was

:06:51. > :06:57.on the for Neil Robertson played his safety shot, it was a big

:06:57. > :07:01.mistake. My memory is not good enough for that. Was it there?

:07:01. > :07:11.think it was probably nudged into that position because he played the

:07:11. > :07:26.

:07:26. > :07:30.safety of that side of the reds. When he got the plant, he got the

:07:30. > :07:34.pump in the middle pocket. Sometimes it can be helpful. That

:07:34. > :07:44.time he would have wished he could do without it. He had enough pace

:07:44. > :08:03.

:08:04. > :08:11.in the cue ball to come in and out Once again, found the area covering

:08:11. > :08:21.the path to the right corner. You asked the question, Steve, let us

:08:21. > :08:47.

:08:47. > :08:57.have a look. That is what made the It would appear that Neil Robertson

:08:57. > :09:01.

:09:01. > :09:08.has actually got Dave Gilbert in a He is going to be leading a ball

:09:08. > :09:11.into the middle pocket. He gets the perfect kiss on the red. Still

:09:11. > :09:19.going to leave the ball macro into the middle pocket but it is a

:09:19. > :09:29.little bit more missable than if he could have got a bit more of a cue

:09:29. > :10:06.

:10:06. > :10:13.Has he got away with it?! There is a red to the right corner back goes.

:10:13. > :10:18.It has certainly opened this frame up. Up until now, Dave Gilbert has

:10:18. > :10:28.kept Neil Robertson under wraps, hasn't he, John? That does not

:10:28. > :10:41.

:10:41. > :10:46.happen often. He has played some He is just about on the green. He

:10:46. > :10:53.knew that was going to kiss off the second red. He knew the most

:10:53. > :10:58.important part of the shot was a knock to miss the pot. -- not to

:10:58. > :11:05.miss the pot. He has got a missable green here in one respect. It

:11:05. > :11:14.depends how he decides to play the positional part. If he puts power

:11:14. > :11:20.into the shot, it is missable. The pink does help. Very rarely do you

:11:20. > :11:30.see Neil Robertson role one. Very nicely struck, that was. Made that

:11:30. > :11:35.

:11:35. > :11:43.A frame-winning chance, I think. A very early call. Not wrong, surely,

:11:43. > :11:47.John? Tell me I am not wrong. We do get criticised for saying it

:11:47. > :11:52.is a frame-winning chance but we look at it from the perspective of

:11:52. > :12:02.the player at the table. Neil would be looking at this as an

:12:02. > :12:09.

:12:09. > :12:14.Can he get through to the pink? I am surprised he played it like that.

:12:14. > :12:19.I really am. He had a red to the opposite corner. I do not know what

:12:19. > :12:23.he was thinking. It is no good me trying to second-guess. Maybe he

:12:23. > :12:27.thought if he played the red to the right and played up for the pink,

:12:28. > :12:37.the pink might go on the black spot and try things up. If he can get

:12:38. > :13:06.

:13:06. > :13:12.That frame-winning chance you were talking about... Don't! He will be

:13:12. > :13:17.very happy how he has gone about this. A couple of shots that seemed

:13:17. > :13:27.to have been strained. I think he could have played the pink plain

:13:27. > :13:30.

:13:30. > :13:40.ball and come up the table. Does it It did. But he is not good on the

:13:40. > :13:44.colour. That could be end of break. He has got a very thin green. And a

:13:44. > :13:52.very missable brown into the middle pocket, should he want to continue

:13:52. > :14:02.the break. Surely the roll-up behind the pink gives it his

:14:02. > :14:42.

:14:42. > :14:46.Even though Dave Gilbert is behind the pink in trouble, he will still

:14:46. > :14:56.be quite pleased he has got back to the table. There is a chance he can

:14:56. > :15:06.

:15:06. > :15:11.get out of trouble. Where is Do you like that, do you?! OK. I

:15:11. > :15:21.think if he were to hit the red full ball, I do not think he would

:15:21. > :15:42.

:15:42. > :15:52.I think the red goes in the middle. Creeping around. I think we can

:15:52. > :15:59.

:15:59. > :16:08.just get enough of that red that is He does play those shots well, when

:16:08. > :16:16.he is near the cushion. Another one he plays well, the deep screw back

:16:16. > :16:26.with sides then. That widened the angle of the cushion. -- with side

:16:26. > :16:39.

:16:39. > :16:43.spend. To try to get as far up the He is OK. The green darts is not

:16:43. > :16:52.available but the only other spot is available is the yellow. That

:16:52. > :17:02.does not interfere with the reds at this end. This is a second decent

:17:02. > :17:26.

:17:26. > :17:31.He would like to be on the black. The pink spot is now in the open.

:17:31. > :17:41.The black going on the pink spot would not be a problem whatsoever.

:17:41. > :17:49.

:17:49. > :17:59.It is available into both corner It has to be said, another frame-

:17:59. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:25.It would appear that normal service has been resumed. Neil into his

:18:25. > :18:29.stride. They're very confident pace around the table. -- a very

:18:29. > :18:39.confident. I always feel that he fancies potting every ball on the

:18:39. > :18:59.

:18:59. > :19:04.table. He has a bit of a strut He thought long and hard about the

:19:04. > :19:14.angle he wanted to look on the black for off stop I assume he is

:19:14. > :19:19.

:19:19. > :19:25.exactly where he wants to be. They He did not play that kiss. But it

:19:25. > :19:33.is not too bad as it turns out. He has left himself a straight red to

:19:33. > :19:39.the left middle. He will settle for that. The problem is that... He

:19:39. > :19:45.could play for the yellow. He is 47 in front. He decided to go for the

:19:45. > :19:50.black. I said he could play for the yellow, because even though it

:19:50. > :20:00.would get tied up with the green, he can win the frame quite

:20:00. > :20:14.

:20:14. > :20:24.comfortably with these reds that 63 points in front with just 59

:20:24. > :20:32.remaining. Maybe the reason he did not play for the yellow, he did not

:20:32. > :20:42.want to tie it up two small -- to spot the chance for a century. I

:20:42. > :20:55.

:20:55. > :21:02.know that is thinking a little bit Nothing Dave macro can do here. --

:21:02. > :21:12.nothing Dave can do here. He was in trouble and trapped. He did not

:21:12. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:38.managed to escape from the snooker This needs a slight angle on the

:21:38. > :22:00.

:22:00. > :22:04.black to stun across for the red. He did not screwed back far enough

:22:04. > :22:11.on the blue. Once again, he is very good of the cushion, playing with

:22:11. > :22:17.pace. There is an example. Is it going to be hard enough? He may be

:22:17. > :22:21.snookered when the blue is respotted. He might just be able to

:22:21. > :22:26.sneak the yellow in. It is immaterial, the frame is well and

:22:26. > :22:36.truly over. But he would like to make a century, if he could. There

:22:36. > :22:39.

:22:39. > :22:49.is every chance he will. Unlucky to not miss the kiss on the pink. As I

:22:49. > :22:51.

:22:51. > :23:01.say,... It was a foul. That was an excellent contribution from Neil

:23:01. > :23:02.

:23:02. > :23:08.Robertson. Always in control of The bustle of the packets of sweets.

:23:08. > :23:13.The only time you can open them, in between the frames. I remember one

:23:13. > :23:19.time playing in a final and a lady next Jimmy opened a packet of mints.

:23:19. > :23:23.I said, give one to me. That happened yesterday. Someone came

:23:23. > :23:27.down in between friends and offered Mark Williams a sweet. That is the

:23:27. > :23:31.charm of it. Not so charming when you have to play him is Neil

:23:31. > :23:41.Robertson from a technical perspective. You did play him in

:23:41. > :23:42.

:23:42. > :23:45.the first round. Surrey. He watched him, anyway. I know you are

:23:45. > :23:49.slightly slanted in the way you viewed that match but how

:23:50. > :23:54.impressive was the? He was very impressive. He has become more of a

:23:54. > :24:00.complete player over the last few years and probably from watching

:24:00. > :24:05.the others. He has become more tactically astute. His all round

:24:05. > :24:09.game is a lot better. A few years ago before he started winning, he

:24:09. > :24:13.was an all-out potter and break- builder. Now he is more of a

:24:13. > :24:19.complete player. He has a really good safety game and takes more

:24:19. > :24:23.care and attention and time. He knows his way around the table now.

:24:23. > :24:27.I always thought he was a fantastic player and his long game is

:24:27. > :24:32.terrific. The performance in the Masters was the one for me. He was

:24:32. > :24:37.not at his best scoring wise but he never wasted a single shot. Every

:24:37. > :24:42.shot had a purpose. He was a nightmare to play against. He was

:24:42. > :24:46.very like John Higgins. That week he was going to be to ever played

:24:46. > :24:51.against him. Ironically, it was Shaun Murphy beat in the final.

:24:51. > :24:55.Shaun Murphy said exactly that. He thought he had batted the standard

:24:55. > :25:05.of the all-round play back to John Higgins had the cheek. John Higgins

:25:05. > :25:10.

:25:10. > :25:17.is as good at anyone who has ever You join us, Hazel, when I thought

:25:17. > :25:25.he had snookered with that. But he could just squeezed past the yellow.

:25:25. > :25:30.He knocked the red towards the corner. That was the only red he

:25:30. > :25:40.could hit. If the brown comes to his rescue, you have got to say

:25:40. > :25:45.that it was fortunate. Every credit for getting a good cue ball. If you

:25:45. > :25:55.get the ball on the bottom cushion, those baulk colours do cover a fair

:25:55. > :26:00.

:26:00. > :26:06.bit of the top part of the table. He did and he thought it was a

:26:06. > :26:14.biggish pocket. In all honesty, I know the pace kept it out, but how

:26:14. > :26:24.I do not know. A great attempt from Dave Gilbert. He should consider

:26:24. > :26:26.

:26:26. > :26:30.himself very unfortunate that the I think Neil Robertson suspected he

:26:31. > :26:36.would be going into the pack there and splitting them on -- splitting

:26:36. > :26:46.them up and perhaps staying on the black. As it is, he has got second

:26:46. > :27:15.

:27:15. > :27:25.best, I suppose. At least he is in Of all the places in all of the

:27:25. > :27:37.

:27:37. > :27:44.world, he had to finish up there. He will be a little bit

:27:44. > :27:54.disappointed. Just a couple of inches out on the positional side

:27:54. > :27:55.

:27:55. > :28:05.of the shot. That is what stopped A chance to play an aggressive

:28:05. > :28:11.

:28:11. > :28:21.safety off the side of the pack. He mishit that completely. The

:28:21. > :28:24.

:28:24. > :28:30.first poor safety shot he has No real excuse. Hand on the table.

:28:30. > :28:37.It just caught the first red much too thinly. That is why he cannoned

:28:37. > :28:43.the blue. As you say, Steve, you can count them on one hand, the

:28:43. > :28:53.poor safety shots he has played. It only takes one in a frame and it

:28:53. > :29:02.

:29:02. > :29:12.No guarantees of position now for Oh, dear. That is a horrible

:29:12. > :29:14.

:29:14. > :29:20.situation. Now what do you do? Red begging to be potted but a risky

:29:20. > :29:30.colour. He will go for the yellow. He is one of the players that you

:29:30. > :29:39.do not fancy mission. It is tough near the cushion. You just do not

:29:39. > :29:44.fancy him missing those! A superb shot there. So important to be able

:29:44. > :29:54.to knock those balls in. He did it positively as well. Got down very

:29:54. > :29:54.

:29:54. > :32:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:32:05. > :32:12.It was so easy for that shot to He has a nice cannon to run into

:32:12. > :32:17.the cluster. He will not do it with just the one loose red. I do not

:32:17. > :32:23.see how he can refuse the opportunity. If he catches the top

:32:23. > :32:28.red for in the face, he should be on that one. He played that with

:32:28. > :32:38.more pace than I thought he would have done and now he is left with a

:32:38. > :32:40.

:32:40. > :32:50.Against the cushion, it is not easy. I am surprised he played with so

:32:50. > :32:56.

:32:56. > :33:02.much pace. I suppose he expected to That was wonderful. Wonderful play.

:33:02. > :33:12.They are so difficult. When you are tight under the cushion like that.

:33:12. > :33:12.

:33:12. > :33:22.As we have mentioned, particularly playing with pace. Just no problem.

:33:22. > :33:43.

:33:43. > :33:51.He is an excellent striker of the I will not accuse you of after

:33:51. > :34:00.timing as he only needed one more black. All right, I lost my

:34:00. > :34:04.confidence a bit! We knew see Neil Robertson playing like this, this

:34:04. > :34:08.is what is the worry for his opponent. And Dave Gilbert knows

:34:08. > :34:12.that. He may not have played him but he would have watched him

:34:12. > :34:17.enough times and he will know how good he is at potting and break-

:34:18. > :34:23.building. You are sitting there when you leave him a chance,

:34:23. > :34:28.thinking, I have lost the frame. There are not many balls you do not

:34:28. > :34:36.expect him to pot. The initial yellow he potted to keep the break

:34:36. > :34:41.going was superb. Here is an early shout for you. Neil Robertson 2012

:34:41. > :34:49.world champion. Is that early enough for you? Yes. OK. That's

:34:49. > :34:54.your opinion. I'll lot of people fancy him, in the snooker sense.

:34:54. > :35:00.are always asked for our selections. I say if Ronnie O'Sullivan produces

:35:00. > :35:09.the goods, he will take a world of beating. Judd Trump, they made him

:35:09. > :35:13.favourite. Never discount John Higgins. The two I went for were

:35:14. > :35:23.Neil Robertson, I thought he was a big contender. My other one went

:35:24. > :35:26.

:35:26. > :35:33.out in the first round, Mark Allen. But this is a tremendous response.

:35:33. > :35:41.He was 3-1 down against an opponent playing good snooker and keeping

:35:41. > :35:51.him under wraps. He has come out after the interval and he is

:35:51. > :35:56.

:35:56. > :36:06.APPLAUSE The 28th century of this year's championship.

:36:06. > :36:13.

:36:13. > :36:23.And the 200 and the 11th of Neil Robertson's career. -- 211th.

:36:23. > :36:25.

:36:25. > :36:28.harder to pick the winner of this or the Grand National? What -- I

:36:28. > :36:34.would have to say the Grand National as I did not pick the

:36:34. > :36:41.winner on. HAZEL IRVINE: That was some break.

:36:41. > :36:46.John is shaking his head in disbelief. He went through the

:36:46. > :36:51.gearbox seriously. The yellow he potted from the side cushion, that

:36:51. > :36:57.was a test of your cueing. Another red from the side cushion. Both of

:36:57. > :37:02.them went into the heart of the pocket. If Dave Gilbert can win one

:37:02. > :37:09.of the next two, it will be good because Neil Robertson looks as if

:37:09. > :37:14.he is on a roll. That is his 52nd century of the season. Mark Selby

:37:14. > :37:20.has won 55. They reckon that is the best number of the season. It shows

:37:20. > :37:25.how well he has been scoring. Not only is he a good potter and break-

:37:25. > :37:31.builder, he made three centuries in a row in his first round match

:37:31. > :37:40.against me. He is fluent among the balls. He hit them hard, even into

:37:40. > :37:45.the middle. He punches the ball. You hear the beautiful sound when -

:37:45. > :37:51.- it hits the back of the pocket. When he is in that mode, he is

:37:51. > :38:01.tough to beat. Dave Gilbert had not really seen what he was like and he

:38:01. > :38:09.

:38:09. > :38:15.has just found out. These next JOHN VIRGO: I cannot remember when

:38:15. > :38:20.he has broken off and not left a pot off -- on in a break-off shot.

:38:20. > :38:27.Every time Dave Gilbert has played safe he has not left anything. It

:38:27. > :38:37.has caused Neil Robertson to hit that too thin. Can he get past the

:38:37. > :38:42.blue, it could have been an early Just needed another role of the cue

:38:42. > :38:52.ball and he would have been able to get through to it. The chance of a

:38:52. > :38:54.

:38:54. > :39:01.thin snick. He has to be careful he He is getting bad luck. He is

:39:01. > :39:05.getting so close. But they are staying there. It looks like he has

:39:05. > :39:10.got away with it, but he has not. Neil Robertson could come off the

:39:10. > :39:20.side cushion and pot the red. The only positional part of the shot

:39:20. > :39:33.

:39:33. > :39:41.You would think he would play one Well... Maybe that is the secret.

:39:41. > :39:51.Leave him a plant. His way was more guaranteed for position, I know

:39:51. > :40:03.

:40:03. > :40:07.That rattled, but it dropped. can get this black. He has not had

:40:07. > :40:17.much table time so he will have to play positively, screw into the

:40:17. > :40:21.

:40:21. > :40:26.He played it just as you said. Considering he has not had much

:40:26. > :40:32.table time in their two previous frames, only scoring five points,

:40:32. > :40:38.that was an excellent shot. Can he make the most of this opportunity?

:40:38. > :40:48.It is decent. The black is available to both corners. He did

:40:48. > :41:28.

:41:28. > :41:34.You could see Neil Robertson in the background as he played the shot,

:41:34. > :41:42.peering around. Were you a watcher of the other player and everything

:41:42. > :41:47.happening on the table? All the time. Me-2. -- me, too. Keep

:41:47. > :41:51.yourself involved and get an idea of what does go and what doesn't go.

:41:51. > :42:01.Other players look at the floor and try to ignore what is happening on

:42:01. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:18.If he were to win this frame, there is only one more frame to be played

:42:18. > :42:24.in the sessions. Eight frames per session now. That is until you get

:42:24. > :42:33.to the final session when you may need nine. If you can win this, you

:42:33. > :42:43.will not be behind going into the second session. A couple more of

:42:43. > :42:45.

:42:46. > :42:55.the loose reds in the pack. I'm not It is nice to have the red over the

:42:56. > :42:57.

:42:57. > :43:07.yellow pocket as a last gasp He would like to be moving the pack

:43:07. > :43:10.

:43:10. > :43:15.quite quickly. Unless there is He does not want to be straight. He

:43:15. > :43:21.did not hit that hard enough. He might have got a kick. He got up

:43:21. > :43:31.quickly. It was imperative to get a good angle on the black. Can we

:43:31. > :43:41.detect a kick? Maybe. As you say, he has the red at the far end of

:43:41. > :43:43.

:43:43. > :43:50.the table. But he is so straight on He is considering if he screws back.

:43:50. > :43:55.Could he get in behind the red at this side of the table? It is one

:43:55. > :44:05.reason why players do not like to leave a shot to smash into the pack

:44:05. > :44:06.

:44:06. > :44:16.until the last chance, just in case He courted on the way up. He still

:44:16. > :44:34.

:44:34. > :44:44.The best chances the black. -- is He had the perfect line. Just a

:44:44. > :45:02.

:45:02. > :45:12.I think the black will cut. Is The first thing he has to do is

:45:12. > :45:21.

:45:21. > :45:26.For a second, he was looking to screw into the reds. He is turning

:45:26. > :45:36.that down now. He is not over the line with 45 points. Get the

:45:36. > :45:46.colours say. Not the worst option. -- safe. He will be disappointed

:45:46. > :45:59.

:46:00. > :46:06.not to have won the frame there and The two reds on the side cushion

:46:06. > :46:11.and a green on the side cushion. Not necessarily any heroics from

:46:11. > :46:21.Neil Robertson at the moment. He would like to change the position

:46:21. > :46:32.

:46:32. > :46:41.of the balls before he starts to go An attacking safety shot from Neil

:46:41. > :46:46.Robertson. The red just above the black will cut. It is thin. At

:46:47. > :46:56.least if he hits it thin, he will not go near the red on the left-

:46:57. > :47:05.

:47:05. > :47:11.Just a fraction too pacy. I say that, because as we have seen, he

:47:11. > :47:16.is such a good potter, Neil Robertson. It puts pressure on you

:47:16. > :47:24.to find the baulk cushion. With his hand on the table, you do not think

:47:24. > :47:31.there is any ball he cannot pot. am not too sure he has a very good

:47:31. > :47:41.safety shot. He has been presented with a long pot. He might decide to

:47:41. > :47:55.

:47:55. > :48:00.He was undecided. He was about to play the shot. There is not a good

:48:01. > :48:10.safety. The red he looked at on the left-hand side, if you play thin of

:48:11. > :48:12.

:48:12. > :48:22.He might as well go for the long ball. He does not want to, but he

:48:22. > :48:25.

:48:25. > :48:34.will have to. If you decide to go I was not looking, de rigueur in?!

:48:34. > :48:44.The sound as it hit the back of the pocket -- did it go in? Marvellous.

:48:44. > :48:58.

:48:58. > :49:03.I wonder if he can move the green It was risky. It was. It is OK, he

:49:03. > :49:13.is on the red mangrove. I thought if he hit it full he could end up

:49:13. > :49:24.

:49:24. > :49:34.They never cease to amaze us, these days, the clearances. But he would

:49:34. > :49:54.

:49:54. > :50:02.do well to win the frame from this There was a ripple of applause from

:50:02. > :50:12.the crowd. How well was that struck? A chance at the very least

:50:12. > :50:18.

:50:18. > :50:28.Unfortunately, even though he collided with the green, he did not

:50:28. > :50:43.

:50:43. > :50:50.It would be a bit of a clearance, There is a chance to remove the red

:50:50. > :50:57.from the left-hand side cushion. No guarantee to be on the next red.

:50:57. > :51:07.And he played it. And he knocked it on and that was as good as he could

:51:07. > :51:27.

:51:27. > :51:31.have hoped for. There is one So far, this is fantastic. A chance

:51:31. > :51:35.to shift the red from the side cushion and played position on the

:51:35. > :51:45.red into the middle pocket, if he so wished. What a shot that would

:51:45. > :51:49.

:51:49. > :51:53.I think it is on. Whether he plays it is another matter. Dave Gilbert

:51:53. > :51:59.is just below the 90% with pot success, he wants to improve that a

:51:59. > :52:09.little. Neil Robertson is on track. If he played that, it would have to

:52:09. > :52:11.

:52:11. > :52:15.He has got it. The only problem is that he is close to the cushion.

:52:15. > :52:25.But you see many times with Neil Robertson, being close to the

:52:25. > :52:37.

:52:37. > :52:41.He is flying now. What a monstrous The only real problem, apart from a

:52:41. > :52:47.tricky red along the top cushion, and they are the ones I consider

:52:47. > :52:57.tricky. If they are not tight, just off the cushion, they can be missed.

:52:57. > :53:03.

:53:03. > :53:13.Of course, the green is the big As John Parrott's suspected, --

:53:13. > :53:15.

:53:15. > :53:22.suddenly he has moved up a few I was commentating on the other

:53:22. > :53:32.table and they seemed tighter than A perfect shot here. Through the

:53:32. > :53:33.

:53:33. > :53:37.gap. And the kip may have helped him. -- the clip. He might not have

:53:37. > :53:47.been able to get on the green but now he's got the angle he could

:53:47. > :53:49.

:53:49. > :53:53.And he missed it. How many times do we see that? Playing the cannon,

:53:53. > :53:59.take your eyes off the pot. But it was a great break until then but it

:53:59. > :54:03.is not a frame-winner. He had the chance to pot the yellow and get

:54:03. > :54:07.behind the green and he decided on the more aggressive option of

:54:07. > :54:17.trying to clear the green from the cushion. He had to put side spin on

:54:17. > :54:29.

:54:30. > :54:39.APPLAUSE That shot was a bit of everything.

:54:40. > :54:55.

:54:55. > :55:05.I do not know. Hawkeye is looking. Perhaps it's and separation between

:55:05. > :55:16.

:55:16. > :55:21.them White and the green. -- I do not know about the swerve. If

:55:21. > :55:31.you come off the side cushion, you have to hit it half-ball, as you

:55:31. > :55:31.

:55:31. > :55:35.say, on the other side. Do not hit If you are going to hit it full,

:55:35. > :55:41.hit it harder. But we are wise after the event. Neil Robertson

:55:41. > :55:51.comes to the table with a ten-point lead, needing green, brown and the

:55:51. > :55:56.

:55:56. > :56:06.He did not draw the cue back perfectly, but he struck the shot

:56:06. > :56:14.

:56:14. > :56:24.so well. For a left-hander, this is Nicely on the blue. That will put

:56:24. > :56:30.

:56:30. > :56:40.him 22 points in front with 13 The way the players sees it, he is

:56:40. > :56:55.

:56:55. > :57:00.looking at what the break-ins. -- And that is the seventh frame him

:57:00. > :57:07.they bag. Neil Robertson came out 3-1 behind, he is now one in front.

:57:07. > :57:11.And he is playing well. It is April, it is Sheffield and

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:58:29. > :58:35.HAZEL IRVINE: A fantastic response from Neil Robertson. Just when we

:58:35. > :58:40.were complementing Dave Gilbert for getting into that frame.

:58:40. > :58:44.opening red. There are jaws on the snooker table, but you would not

:58:44. > :58:49.know at the moment. He is in trouble and he decided he had to

:58:49. > :58:53.take the pot on. He could not keep this any better. And the sound of

:58:53. > :58:59.it, straight into the middle of the pocket is beautiful. That was one

:58:59. > :59:05.of several. He also played this pink. Most players would have

:59:05. > :59:09.rolled in the black. Coming off the side rail, which is not easy.

:59:09. > :59:12.Writing to the pocket. We talked about century breaks and how could

:59:13. > :59:21.they make you feel, but that break to get back in, he missed the

:59:21. > :59:26.yellow, but he won the frame. But that break was fantastic. Taking

:59:26. > :59:36.reds of cushions. Brilliant. summed it up. John, you said

:59:36. > :59:43.

:59:43. > :59:48.everything is like a rapier. When when Dave was losing position, I

:59:49. > :59:53.said put your hand on the table. When you are playing somebody who

:59:53. > :00:00.is left-handed, put the ball on the side cushion. There is so much to

:00:00. > :00:04.think about. That is one element you have to consider. He was 3-1 up

:00:04. > :00:14.and he will not know how he got so behind. He has played so well.

:00:14. > :00:22.

:00:22. > :00:31.Against anybody else he would Dave Gilbert has got to win this

:00:31. > :00:41.frame to draw level at the end of the first session. Much too thick

:00:41. > :00:44.

:00:44. > :00:51.He has joined the big boys now at the Crucible Theatre and he has

:00:51. > :00:57.done very well so far but it is new territory for Dave Gilbert. Feeling

:00:57. > :01:07.the heat all of a sudden, even after a great session of snooker.

:01:07. > :01:09.

:01:09. > :01:12.That is what it is like out there. Of course, John, a match that is

:01:12. > :01:21.guaranteed free sessions over two days, that is a new experience if

:01:21. > :01:27.you have never got this far before -- three sessions. Once one player

:01:27. > :01:31.gets in full stride as Neil Robertson has here, you are sat in

:01:31. > :01:40.your seat for a few frames and start to get disheartened and lose

:01:41. > :01:50.a bit of rhythm. It is all with Neil Robertson at the moment. As a

:01:51. > :02:16.

:02:16. > :02:26.little aside, this will be his He has got the loose red by the

:02:26. > :02:27.

:02:28. > :02:32.blue. He can pot the black, split into the reds now. It is his choice.

:02:32. > :02:39.He will not be happy with the position there. He wanted to be

:02:39. > :02:47.very straight on the red. I thought he may have gone into them because

:02:47. > :02:51.of the red being in the middle of the table... It was all reds and

:02:51. > :02:58.black until then. He has got the perfect position you were talking

:02:58. > :03:04.about, Steve, on the blue to smash into the pink and make the reds

:03:04. > :03:14.come into play. He did not quite connect with the pack of reds

:03:14. > :03:14.

:03:14. > :03:19.perfectly. Has he got an easy one? He did not connect with the pink

:03:19. > :03:29.properly. You have got to hit the pink full in the face if you are

:03:29. > :03:37.

:03:37. > :03:43.going to get the best effect and By the pink palace pot into the

:03:43. > :03:53.right corner that would be the positive one to go for. That is the

:03:53. > :04:02.

:04:02. > :04:09.It is going to take some shot to get on the black there. Just

:04:09. > :04:14.looking at the end result of it, I thought he may get a cannon on the

:04:14. > :04:20.left-hand side of the table. The black does go but it is a thin cut

:04:20. > :04:25.and maybe not all of the pocket available. I think he is looking at

:04:25. > :04:30.the baulk end looking for a way to play a good safety. He wants to be

:04:30. > :04:36.as far over to the left as possible if he plays the safety down the

:04:36. > :04:40.bottom of the table. If he does, if he could pot, as John Parrott would

:04:40. > :04:48.say, put the brown on the side cushion, for the right hander to

:04:48. > :04:58.have a problem. That may be the shot. A risky pot on the black.

:04:58. > :05:08.Very risky. He does not need to play this shot on the black. He

:05:08. > :05:15.

:05:15. > :05:22.I was surprised he took that on. I am not surprised he got it though.

:05:22. > :05:29.Dear me. How is that for confidence?! Neil Robertson as we

:05:29. > :05:34.speak is currently 9-2 second favourite for this event. What a

:05:34. > :05:41.performance he has shown in this many session of snooker. Absolutely

:05:41. > :05:46.taken the frame and the game by the scruff and made it his. Dave

:05:46. > :05:55.Gilbert must be thinking, what has gone on here? It is the best I have

:05:55. > :06:02.played for ages! Perhaps the has -- perhaps the best he has played. He

:06:02. > :06:06.will not be displeased? No, he has got nothing to reproach himself for.

:06:06. > :06:16.The last black that Neil Robertson played, I think you would be sat

:06:16. > :06:26.

:06:26. > :06:36.there thinking, go on, take the To turn around this match from 3-1

:06:36. > :06:43.

:06:43. > :06:48.behind at the interval in the way Aggressively as well. I think that

:06:48. > :06:55.is a fair point. He has not clawed his way back into it. He has made

:06:55. > :07:05.breaks of 84, 106. Dave Gilbert got in first in the last frame with a

:07:05. > :07:13.

:07:13. > :07:23.break of 45. Neil replied with a 57. He just did not get the middle of

:07:23. > :07:27.

:07:27. > :07:37.the pocket with that black. I am You get the feeling there is a

:07:37. > :07:43.

:07:44. > :07:50.century break here. �200 going to the Children's Hospice. Company

:07:50. > :08:00.macro very kindly paying up every time a century break his mate --

:08:00. > :08:23.

:08:23. > :08:33.The commentator's curse there! That was the blue to keep the break

:08:33. > :08:43.

:08:43. > :08:47.going. It keeps us interested if he I definitely think that he and drug

:08:47. > :08:53.Trump -- Judd Trump are two of the cleanest potters in the game at the

:08:53. > :08:58.moment. And they are prepared to take on the big shot. This

:08:58. > :09:08.tournament is warming up nicely. We have got Ronnie O'Sullivan, John

:09:08. > :09:13.Higgins still in the event. Stephen Hendry still in the event. And Judd

:09:13. > :09:19.Trump and Neil Robertson in good shape. Another �200 for the charity.

:09:19. > :09:24.What a marvellous break. People are clapping and smiling. That is a

:09:24. > :09:31.smile of pleasure. He has given them some and these last four

:09:31. > :09:35.frames. This is wonderful snooker. Or you could criticise him for here

:09:35. > :09:44.is being woefully short of the highest break of the event so far.

:09:44. > :09:47.I was concerned about the yellow because in cricket it is an unlucky

:09:48. > :09:56.number for the Australians. He will be delighted with his performance

:09:56. > :10:06.today. But Dave Gilbert should not be displeased. Every session is a

:10:06. > :10:07.

:10:07. > :10:17.different one. Some spin on that! He put side on it and it reacted

:10:17. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :10:25.Wonderful snooker. I agree with you, Steve, Dave Gilbert has to take it

:10:26. > :10:30.on the chin and hope he does not play it as well this next session.

:10:30. > :10:37.He has played very well today, every credit to the young man. But

:10:37. > :10:47.he knows that whatever level he plays out, this man is going to be

:10:47. > :10:47.

:10:47. > :10:51.hard to beat. A gentle roll... Get in! Unlucky. Absolutely marvellous

:10:51. > :10:58.performance. That could have been the second highest break of the

:10:58. > :11:03.tournament. He will not play, -- he will not care, Neil Robertson. Dave

:11:03. > :11:13.Gilbert knows the standard you have got to get due to be a contender.

:11:13. > :11:14.

:11:14. > :11:18.Neil Robertson finishes the session They will come back tomorrow

:11:18. > :11:25.morning. Give me the adjective that best describes the latter part of

:11:25. > :11:31.that session. Awesome. Absolutely awesome. By far the best session

:11:31. > :11:35.played at this championship. Brilliant application. Every shot

:11:35. > :11:43.went into the middle of the pocket. Dave Gilbert can be proud. He came

:11:43. > :11:48.out of that 5-3. It was that good. Your assessment? From Dave

:11:48. > :11:53.Gilbert's point of view, he probably would be happy with 5-3.

:11:53. > :11:58.The way Neil Robertson has played, awesome stuff, as John said. He is

:11:58. > :12:02.unstoppable. You cannot hide away. When everything is going clean into

:12:02. > :12:08.the pocket. It is amazing. The best thing fought Dave Gilbert is that

:12:08. > :12:13.it has finished. Honestly. He made a good response but let us get out

:12:13. > :12:19.of there. If Neil Robertson had carried on, let us have a night off.

:12:19. > :12:23.He was warming to it. Absolutely. Robinson has played so well but he

:12:23. > :12:29.is still only two frames behind. That should give Dave Gilbert

:12:29. > :12:33.comfort. I hope you enjoyed that at home. Fantastic top quality snooker

:12:33. > :12:37.from Neil Robertson and Dave Gilbert. A great debut in the

:12:37. > :12:44.second round from Dave Gilbert. Shall we lighten the mood a little

:12:44. > :12:50.bit because our special up and see has been putting our pub quiz teams

:12:50. > :12:53.through their paces in the quiz. It is a bit of a showdown. After

:12:53. > :12:59.yesterday's excruciatingly difficult anagram round, these guys,

:12:59. > :13:03.the good, the Bad And the ugly, featuring Ken Doherty, seem to get

:13:03. > :13:13.beat bit between their teeth. How will they respond this afternoon?

:13:13. > :13:22.

:13:22. > :13:32.Next up, odds and pots. An odd group of factors. Number one, which

:13:32. > :13:34.

:13:34. > :13:40.Yorkshire town is at a top 10 snooker player? His surname...

:13:40. > :13:50.Yorkshire town. The wheels have come off. They peaked too soon.

:13:50. > :13:52.

:13:52. > :13:57.Christ. The answer is... Selby. Number two. Over-indulgence, never

:13:57. > :14:03.a problem for any of you! Over- indulgence in what to substances

:14:03. > :14:09.was responsible for Alex Higgins's failing to beat the wait to become

:14:09. > :14:12.a jockey? One begins with the letter G, one with the letter C.

:14:12. > :14:20.Over indulgence in the two substances were responsible for

:14:20. > :14:30.Alex Higgins failing to beat the wait to become a jockey. Beat the

:14:30. > :14:31.

:14:31. > :14:41.weight? It was Guinness and... Chocolate. Chocolate is correct.

:14:41. > :14:41.

:14:41. > :14:51.put crisps! You put cake. Who has ever sat in a pub drinking Guinness

:14:51. > :15:01.and eating chocolate? Dinners and crisps, it had to be! No. 3. Alex

:15:01. > :15:06.

:15:06. > :15:16.played in four world finals. Who did he lose too? In 1980 and 1976.

:15:16. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:29.He lost to Cliff Thorburn and re re then. Who got them both right?

:15:29. > :15:30.

:15:30. > :15:40.did! Number four. What do jobs did Ray de before coming -- before

:15:40. > :15:45.

:15:45. > :15:52.becoming a snooker professional? minor. Policeman. Correct. Well

:15:52. > :16:02.done. Number five. Who claimed his 5th Canadian Amateur Championship

:16:02. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:17.in 2008? Was it Cat Stevens, Jim White... That is a guess, isn't it?

:16:17. > :16:27.A bit too competitive. This is a bit of fun. It is only fund when

:16:27. > :16:32.

:16:32. > :16:42.you when! It was Kirk Stevens. Did you overrule? Who does he think he

:16:42. > :16:44.

:16:45. > :16:51.is?! What comes before these letters in a sequence... The letter

:16:51. > :17:00.G, the letter B, the letter B, the letter P. I would be alarmed if you

:17:00. > :17:10.do not get that right. Why don't you just give us the answer? It is

:17:10. > :17:16.

:17:16. > :17:26.just a game! It is a quiz. It was yellow,... Fight it out among

:17:26. > :17:27.

:17:27. > :17:37.yourselves. Hazel, please come. Which player once changed his name

:17:37. > :17:44.

:17:44. > :17:54.by deed poll? He changed it to James brown. I feel good. Living in

:17:54. > :18:00.

:18:00. > :18:04.America. He he was once introduced at the Masters as Jimmy Young!

:18:04. > :18:14.Jimmy White was dubbed he prefers brown sauce on his a sausage

:18:14. > :18:19.

:18:19. > :18:29.sandwich. Who won the first pot black in 1969? I was minus five.

:18:29. > :18:36.What do you keep looking at me for? Are you trying to read my mind?

:18:36. > :18:41.Steady Eddie fast but I can't remember. It was Ray Reardon.

:18:41. > :18:48.Number nine. What was special about the 1973 Pot Black tournament? It

:18:48. > :18:58.was the first time Eddie Charlton or anybody had achieved what? The

:18:58. > :19:01.

:19:01. > :19:08.first time they had ever seen this. What was it? Back-to-back 20s.

:19:08. > :19:15.Don't knock it till you have tried it! It was only one frame and it

:19:15. > :19:24.took an hour and a half faster out Eddie Charlton made a break of 101.

:19:24. > :19:31.Well done. Finally, number 10. In which year did Steve Davis...

:19:31. > :19:39.Runner up in the 1985 world a snooker tournament when it spurts

:19:39. > :19:49.personality of the air -- winner Sports personality of the year?

:19:49. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :19:59.Which here? A new player on our team, please. Do you not know?! It

:19:59. > :20:03.is next to his toilet roll holder! It is unfair. We have had two

:20:03. > :20:09.questions about the opposing team's captain. What chance have we got if

:20:09. > :20:19.he does not know? It was a slow year in the world of sports. 1988

:20:19. > :20:22.

:20:22. > :20:28.it is far 1988 it is. That is the end of the round. The DJs, 11. They

:20:28. > :20:38.are now on 38. The good, the Bad And the ugly, they only scored nine.

:20:38. > :20:45.They are now on 39. It started off as a bit of fun. It has just got

:20:45. > :20:50.nasty. Steve Davis must have been involved!

:20:50. > :20:59.As Pommie doing the bigger, I can Hoadley controlled two of them

:20:59. > :21:03.never mind six -- as Pommie doing the quiz. Stay tuned. From the

:21:03. > :21:09.sublime to the ridiculous, we are always very cultured here in

:21:09. > :21:14.Sheffield. That is one of your passions, isn't it, are out? We are

:21:14. > :21:20.always fascinated over the years to see how much artwork the sport of

:21:20. > :21:25.snooker seems to inspire. The latest offerings have come from a

:21:25. > :21:28.Sheffield schoolboy, Oliver Byne, who is very talented indeed. Last

:21:28. > :21:34.night he opened a new exhibition attended by Steve Davis among

:21:34. > :21:41.others. There is an exhibition just a deep

:21:41. > :21:46.screw back from the Crucible which is borne out of a love from snooker.

:21:46. > :21:53.A young lad called Oliver Byne has taken the art of autograph hunting

:21:53. > :21:57.to a new level. How are you doing? Good, thank you. It does not seem

:21:57. > :22:00.that long that you were standing outside the stage door of the

:22:01. > :22:08.Crucible pestering us for autographs. It has moved on very

:22:08. > :22:12.quickly. When I started just doing normal autographs and bits of Bob's

:22:12. > :22:20.and then when I did this project for the Duke of Edinburgh I thought

:22:21. > :22:26.I needed to give something back. Fantastic. A little bird tells me

:22:26. > :22:32.you are not actually an artist as such? No. What are you? I am

:22:32. > :22:38.basically just a college boy. And a footballer, runner, anything other

:22:38. > :22:42.than an artist. Basically, I have done it of my own back trying to

:22:42. > :22:48.give something back to everyone else that puts effort in for other

:22:48. > :22:53.people. It has gone pretty mental. I am going to hand over to Oliver

:22:53. > :22:58.Byne who is going to announce the cutting of the red then we shall be

:22:58. > :23:08.done by his father. Over to you. would just like to thank you all

:23:08. > :23:12.for coming tonight. For supporting me. Also, a special thanks to the

:23:12. > :23:22.Arts Foundation for providing this place to display at all. We now

:23:22. > :23:24.

:23:24. > :23:31.officially declare the exhibition opened.

:23:31. > :23:37.I would like to thank Oliver Byne for the support for the foundation

:23:37. > :23:41.and I hope he is a success and I think I will be -- i think he will

:23:41. > :23:48.be false up with many of the top players represented on the walls,

:23:48. > :23:55.one particularly good painting stood out. Tell me about this fuss

:23:55. > :24:04.stop in an abstract way through art I have tried representing how you

:24:04. > :24:10.play. Is strangled -- each triangle represents the World Championships

:24:10. > :24:13.you have won. If it had not been for the black ball I missed in the

:24:13. > :24:20.1985 World Championship final, they would have been another... They

:24:20. > :24:27.would have been a 7th one. That looks remarkably like a Dennis

:24:27. > :24:35.Taylor pose. That is the trying got I am missing. I like that. What is

:24:35. > :24:45.this? Unfortunately, that is the black ball he missed was stop you

:24:45. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :24:54.had to put that in?! What is your favourite? And this one here.

:24:54. > :24:59.have got bigger names here. Alex Higgins as well. They are all world

:24:59. > :25:09.champions? They are the 17 past world champions. Anyone can come

:25:09. > :25:10.

:25:10. > :25:19.along and bid? The starting bids is 147 and it goes up. One and 47. --

:25:19. > :25:25.�1.47. No! The world of memorabilia... A lot is being mass

:25:25. > :25:28.produced. These are the originals, the one-offs. You have made some

:25:28. > :25:34.Prince but these are the originals. I have done. But these are the

:25:34. > :25:39.originals. Right then. This is incredible. I cannot believe how

:25:39. > :25:43.many people have come. I do not know how he is feeling because I

:25:43. > :25:48.keep on looking around and thinking it is out of control, in a a nice

:25:49. > :25:53.way. He has done so much. This is just a hobby, something he does to

:25:53. > :25:57.relax. He wanted to give something to charity and do something

:25:57. > :26:03.different for the Duke of Edinburgh Award. It has become massive and I

:26:03. > :26:11.am so proud of him. Everyone here is. It is amazing. Tell me, if you

:26:11. > :26:16.make it as a footballer which is your first love, will you ever turn

:26:16. > :26:21.down an autograph hunter? I will not, no. Hand on heart. Remember

:26:21. > :26:27.those words. I will do. It is on camera now.

:26:27. > :26:34.That is absolutely brilliant. Doing something creative with the

:26:34. > :26:39.autographs. Fantastic. I used to see him outside. We have no idea it

:26:39. > :26:43.would turn out like that. Well done to him. And for the foundation, it

:26:43. > :26:48.even more well done to him. He is going to make a lot of money.

:26:49. > :26:53.is a lot of really good art there. Excellent. We have seen him for

:26:53. > :26:57.years and years grow up and now he is a young man. It is quite

:26:57. > :27:02.ingenious how he has put it all together for start in snooker, we

:27:02. > :27:07.have some contact with a certain Damien Hirst. Maybe we will have to

:27:07. > :27:11.put them in contact for stuff he might be the next Damien Hirst.

:27:11. > :27:15.Oliver Byne, remember the name. might be looking for his autograph!

:27:15. > :27:19.Let us get back to snooker at the Crucible. Yesterday you were

:27:20. > :27:23.probably with us watching Mark Williams. After a somewhat

:27:23. > :27:27.controversial comment about the venue in the last two days, there

:27:27. > :27:31.were one or two mixed reactions. One or two people booed when he

:27:31. > :27:34.came in. People of Sheffield letting him know they did not

:27:34. > :27:38.appreciate the Commons. After a while as a fair-minded lot they

:27:38. > :27:45.settled down and appreciated foley what Mark Williams can produce. He

:27:45. > :27:54.has given them and all of us much to cheer during his time at the

:27:54. > :27:58.Crucible over the years. I always remember watching Jimmy play here.

:27:58. > :28:03.When you are a young kid, you are looking and thinking that it is

:28:03. > :28:08.brilliant. It would be a dream to go there. I never one to watch as a

:28:08. > :28:13.young boy. But I managed to get there as a player. I did not get

:28:13. > :28:20.qualified, it was only when I was in the top 16 that I managed to get

:28:20. > :28:24.there. I think I remember going there and seeing the venue and to

:28:24. > :28:30.be honest probably a little disappointed. So if you can stay in

:28:30. > :28:34.the tournament long enough and it took a one-table set-up, it is an

:28:34. > :28:41.excellent venue. But not when there are two tables. It is quite cramped.

:28:41. > :28:46.It is not one of my favourite places to play. It is a really good

:28:46. > :28:52.city. There is loads of stuff to do. Over the last few years, there have

:28:52. > :28:59.been loads of places, plenty of restaurants, bars. It is probably

:28:59. > :29:04.one of these best places you can go as a city. It is something I dreamt

:29:04. > :29:10.about growing up as a kid and when I became a professional player, to

:29:10. > :29:14.get there and lift a trophy, it is what we play for and that is what

:29:15. > :29:22.all the hours of hard practice are for. Lucky enough, I have done it.

:29:22. > :29:27.It was a great feeling. I am not getting -- they are not getting any

:29:27. > :29:30.younger or better. I am not the player I was for five years ago.

:29:30. > :29:34.Lasted could have been my best chance to win another one and I

:29:34. > :29:37.lost in the semi-final. I probably should have beaten John Higgins. I

:29:37. > :29:41.have won it twice. Every time someone looks at the trophy your

:29:41. > :29:51.name is on their necks to some of the greats like Steve Davis,

:29:51. > :29:58.

:29:58. > :30:04.Stephen Hendry, all of those people. That is Mark Williams's 16th

:30:04. > :30:10.campaign and he is playing Liu Chuang. Trying Mac here for only

:30:10. > :30:20.the second time and it is the Chinese player in this frame. --

:30:20. > :30:33.

:30:33. > :30:43.Has the blue come to his rescue? It may well have done. Yes, it has.

:30:43. > :31:16.

:31:16. > :31:26.There is a red just below the pink He had a nice angle to pot that and

:31:26. > :31:26.

:31:26. > :32:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:32:09. > :32:13.I just wonder whether there was a He changed his mind. He was going

:32:13. > :32:21.to play it with top-spin but in the end just played a soft screw to

:32:21. > :32:27.make sure that it went in but it almost stayed out. He is not

:32:27. > :32:37.certain he is on the next red. If he can just get through Tourette's.

:32:37. > :32:40.

:32:40. > :32:50.He has not picked up the pace of the table at all. The ball has

:32:50. > :33:23.

:33:23. > :33:33.That was a better shot but he still not close on the next red, he still

:33:33. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :35:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:35:07. > :35:17.Williams is still not getting going. REFEREE: As quietly as possible

:35:17. > :35:51.

:35:51. > :35:58.Mark Williams is very subdued this afternoon. You can tell how hard he

:35:58. > :36:01.is trying. He had a few minutes in the practice room in the mid-

:36:01. > :36:06.session interval but that has not made a lot of difference. He is

:36:06. > :36:16.desperately trying to make things happen. He is not playing an easy

:36:16. > :36:16.

:36:16. > :37:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:37:26. > :37:36.opponent. Nugent -- Fermanagh is He is disappointed. He started off

:37:36. > :37:40.

:37:40. > :37:47.That was a good pot from Mark and he could not do a lot with the cue

:37:47. > :37:53.ball. He is looking at the car on the pink but he could be a bit wary

:37:53. > :38:03.if he hits it to fend about during off into the right corner. -- hits

:38:03. > :38:03.

:38:03. > :39:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:39:04. > :39:10.This red is close... This may give There is a bit of pressure now on

:39:10. > :39:20.the pink. It will be the pink, surely? The pink is a lot easier

:39:20. > :39:31.

:39:31. > :39:37.That now puts him 16 points in front. Depending on what colour, he

:39:37. > :39:42.would probably played for the blue, you would think. It just makes it

:39:42. > :39:52.that little bit easier to get position on the yellow. He will

:39:52. > :40:29.

:40:29. > :40:39.still need yellow and green after A lot of shots missed by both

:40:39. > :40:50.

:40:50. > :41:00.players, more so by trying Mac. -- He has got his nose in front once

:41:00. > :41:00.

:41:00. > :44:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:44:22. > :44:26.again. Still not happy but the He is a little bit concerned he may

:44:26. > :44:31.have held the black spot but even if he has he will have to get as

:44:31. > :44:41.close to the spot in a direct line. He cannot be touching so he must be

:44:41. > :44:51.

:44:51. > :44:56.on the red. It looks like it is There is now an opportunity just to

:44:56. > :45:01.nudge into the main bunch, even if he has to force the angle. This is

:45:01. > :45:11.where they are very good. The young players of today are always looking

:45:11. > :45:15.

:45:15. > :45:25.for an opportunity to bring the reds into play. All of that

:45:25. > :46:03.

:46:03. > :46:06.practice their pit lane -- they put He is shaping up to go past the

:46:06. > :46:16.pack and play on the loose one in the right corner. They are a little

:46:16. > :46:19.

:46:19. > :46:24.I do not know if he is playing into them or not. I do not think he is.

:46:24. > :46:34.He is playing the run-through. He is playing for the red in the

:46:34. > :46:56.

:46:56. > :47:06.He played that nicely but there is not an angle to bring any reds into

:47:06. > :47:22.

:47:22. > :47:28.play so he will have to go for a Which red will give him better

:47:28. > :47:34.position on the,? He has got to think about giving other reds Clive.

:47:34. > :47:41.He wants to get a nice angle on the blue off this red. He is missing

:47:41. > :47:51.too many. It looks like he has not left it but you cannot keep missing

:47:51. > :47:51.

:47:51. > :47:59.like this. When you are at the level that is being produced under

:47:59. > :48:05.normal circumstances, there is a possibility... He is doing a lot of

:48:05. > :48:15.head-shaking. He has missed a few balls that would make anyone's head

:48:15. > :48:15.

:48:15. > :48:25.He definitely can played the double on this red. He is playing the

:48:25. > :48:35.double. But when you play at that slowly if you don't get it, duly

:48:35. > :48:57.

:48:57. > :49:07.did. It was made to be a shot to Liu Chuang get the second chance. -

:49:07. > :49:12.

:49:12. > :49:22.Do not know if the red on the left is in the way but he has to watch

:49:22. > :49:25.

:49:25. > :49:32.it if he goes into the pack that he Why didn't he play in the pack? Was

:49:33. > :49:42.he ever going to win it would this red and a,? -- with this red and a

:49:43. > :49:47.

:49:48. > :49:57.Now he's the wrong side of the blue. We need to look at the possibility

:49:58. > :49:58.

:49:58. > :50:02.of a plant again. He misjudged that. There was no kick or anything. The

:50:03. > :50:08.bottom red of the two, I wonder if it goes in the first place, never

:50:08. > :50:11.mind whether they are lined up. think you hit the nail on the head

:50:11. > :50:15.when you said if it had been a plant surely Mark Williams would

:50:15. > :50:22.have played it. With his experience you would think he would know if

:50:22. > :50:27.there was a plant on. He is trying to break into the reds of the blue,

:50:28. > :50:33.but that was asking a bit too much. Now, this is not a plant into the

:50:33. > :50:37.middle. He has got down and had a lick. He never really thought about

:50:37. > :50:42.this. If it was a plant in the corner it could be possibly made to

:50:42. > :50:52.the middle. It is not online but you can turn these over, head the

:50:52. > :50:55.

:50:55. > :51:02.first red on the left hand side. That was a very late discovery,

:51:02. > :51:12.because he never knew it was there. I must admit when we saw it, it

:51:12. > :51:22.

:51:22. > :51:26.Liu Chuang has accumulated 49 points but has been far from

:51:26. > :51:36.convincing in doing so. Mark Williams could easily pinch this

:51:36. > :51:43.

:51:43. > :51:53.He bred into them with a lot of pace. -- he went. There is a thin

:51:53. > :52:06.

:52:06. > :52:16.He has played the positional side of this inch perfect. This is a

:52:16. > :52:42.

:52:42. > :52:47.This is the type of frame he has had a few chances to punish Liu

:52:47. > :52:54.Chuang for his mistakes but he has not been able to do it. These are

:52:54. > :53:00.frames that can really hurt your opponent's confidence. I felt that

:53:00. > :53:06.he had made those points and had not been convincing. It could be a

:53:06. > :53:16.possible turning point, in the way that he might get some authority on

:53:16. > :53:23.

:53:23. > :53:28.Players are not finding it easy to get behind the blue perfectly. It

:53:28. > :53:34.has gone short again. He could play a little cannon. The top one will

:53:34. > :53:40.pot into the right corner. If he can get the right angle in potting

:53:40. > :53:45.it, there is the chance of bringing the other two into play but he is

:53:45. > :53:55.just not right on the red and I do not think these reds are available.

:53:55. > :54:04.

:54:04. > :54:14.Half ball either side of that red would leave it on. Very, very good.

:54:14. > :54:31.

:54:31. > :54:41.All of a sudden, Mark Williams has At last, Mark Williams has started

:54:41. > :55:12.

:55:12. > :55:15.Sometimes you just have to wait for Dear, oh dear. The cue ball didn't

:55:15. > :55:25.move and what a difference that would make if he could just have

:55:25. > :55:30.

:55:30. > :55:40.Good recovery and a sign of good temperament as he knew that below

:55:40. > :55:49.

:55:49. > :55:59.Good grief, that man is in the frame if this does not going. -- go

:55:59. > :56:21.

:56:21. > :56:31.And a fluke he inches left frame. - - clinches the frame. You could not

:56:31. > :56:32.

:56:32. > :56:42.say he has been unlucky. I think he has hit one of the cameramen! Mark

:56:42. > :56:45.

:56:45. > :56:55.REFEREE: Thank you, settle down please. Final frame of the session.

:56:55. > :57:18.

:57:18. > :57:23.Liu Chuang will be disappointed. He has not produced his best form.

:57:23. > :57:26.Mark Williams' experience has come to the for quite a few times and

:57:27. > :57:33.when he plays a bad shot he immediately put that out of his

:57:33. > :57:41.head and gets on with the next one. -- put that out. This is a big

:57:41. > :57:51.frame. His Mark Williams going to have a three frame advantage or a

:57:51. > :57:51.

:57:51. > :59:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds

:59:09. > :59:16.Liu Chuang will feel that he has He put a bit of side on that and

:59:17. > :59:26.has overrun that. Nobody seems to have control of the cue ball. That

:59:27. > :59:29.

:59:29. > :59:37.consistently. Can he still get I thought he had overrun it but

:59:37. > :59:47.once again, not perfect, but anyway, he was relieved he could get

:59:47. > :00:08.

:00:08. > :00:18.through to the red. A slight angle Played the stun run through and it

:00:18. > :00:27.

:00:28. > :00:37.looks like he has judged it nicely I don't blame him for playing the

:00:38. > :00:46.

:00:46. > :00:54.pink instead. He was not certain He played with top spin to win

:00:54. > :01:00.through. It is not a great chance yet because the reds are tightly

:01:00. > :01:06.clustered but if he can somehow start bringing balls into play this

:01:06. > :01:12.is a good opportunity. He will ideally want the black to go on the

:01:12. > :01:16.pink spot but I do not know if it will. If it does not, there are no

:01:17. > :01:26.other spots available and it will have to go as close to its own spot

:01:27. > :01:36.

:01:36. > :01:46.It is not touching the pink. It means it is available. The pink

:01:46. > :01:50.

:01:50. > :01:54.will not be available but the black He will have to go back up for the

:01:54. > :02:03.blue, I think, and that is not really what he was looking for. At

:02:03. > :02:07.the moment he is just interested in accumulating points. And making the

:02:07. > :02:17.game as simple as possible. He realises this is a very good chance

:02:17. > :02:35.

:02:35. > :02:44.As John says, the black will be pottable from there. Even though

:02:44. > :02:54.they are slightly tied up, it is not so bad. Definitely raised his

:02:54. > :02:57.

:02:57. > :03:02.Always nice to play well from the first shot of a match but it is not

:03:02. > :03:12.always possible. You have to dig in and wait for things to happen. That

:03:12. > :03:19.

:03:19. > :03:24.He gave it a bit of a chance, a kick of his leg there, that made

:03:24. > :03:34.all of the difference! I did not think it was in. How on earth did

:03:34. > :03:36.

:03:36. > :03:42.The speed allowed it to drop in, any harder and it would have

:03:42. > :03:50.rattled. A bit more like Mark Williams, scoring quickly, keeping

:03:50. > :03:55.it simple, player and lots of a slow shots. That is another way he

:03:55. > :04:05.plays Tiffany to others. He does not play a lot of stun shots but

:04:05. > :04:18.

:04:18. > :04:22.drops balls in around the pink and At last, he is finding some touch.

:04:22. > :04:27.Just this red. Liu Chuang will have a lot of missed shots to think back

:04:27. > :04:34.on. He will be disappointed with his performance. He did very well

:04:34. > :04:37.in the qualifying beating Jimmy White among others. He will find

:04:37. > :04:46.himself three frames behind. When you consider the amount of

:04:46. > :04:55.opportunities he has had, he will be disappointed. But it is the

:04:55. > :05:01.Crucible Theatre and in this World Championship nothing comes easy. 72

:05:01. > :05:05.points in front, Mark. Only 59 remaining. If this goes in, I do

:05:06. > :05:15.not think Liu Chuang world come back to the table. This match

:05:16. > :05:25.

:05:25. > :05:28.Nice to see a century to finish Mark Williams was one of those

:05:28. > :05:35.players who never really bothered much about century breaks. When he

:05:35. > :05:42.got to this stage, he would almost purposefully mess. Then he realised

:05:42. > :05:45.he was following behind all of the others. If he gets it, it will be

:05:45. > :05:48.the 25th of the tournament. There have been fewer centuries over the

:05:48. > :05:53.past couple of days. Only three were made yesterday. Generally

:05:53. > :05:57.speaking, they have not been knocking them in quite as much as

:05:57. > :06:07.that they start. We had 147 on the opening day so it was always going

:06:07. > :06:16.

:06:17. > :06:22.The pink come up all the black for No way was he going to miss that!

:06:22. > :06:29.Well-played. It took a bit of a long time coming but this is more

:06:30. > :06:34.like the Mark Williams we expect to see. Now he can entertain the crowd

:06:34. > :06:44.with a few exhibition type positional shots. He loves this

:06:44. > :07:11.

:07:11. > :07:21.The brown is in! Now, let us see what he can do on the blue to get

:07:21. > :07:22.

:07:22. > :07:27.position on the pink. The blue could be end but but but no. Mark

:07:27. > :07:31.Williams will be creased with the outcome of that. Not so, Liu Chuang.

:07:31. > :07:34.He will be disappointed. But to finish with a century and have a

:07:34. > :07:40.three frame advantage going into the final session will do nicely,

:07:40. > :07:43.thank you. Mark Williams leads 6-3. Tomorrow evening is of course

:07:43. > :07:47.tonight because that was the afternoon session yesterday that we

:07:47. > :07:57.were just reviewing. Mark Williams looking pretty brisk and

:07:57. > :07:58.

:07:58. > :08:03.It was a bit iffy when he came in. I was not actually there but it is

:08:03. > :08:07.in all the papers today. He got booed. He accepted it and said that

:08:07. > :08:14.when the match was under way, they started clapping and appreciating

:08:14. > :08:20.his shots. He was expecting it. He is the only player among the 32

:08:20. > :08:26.that are playing here over the last few days that would have said that.

:08:26. > :08:31.Farce, this is the Mecca of snooker. It always has been. -- for us. We

:08:31. > :08:36.always hope it will be. He seems to do well, regardless of whether he

:08:36. > :08:41.likes it or not. One century from him there and another three this

:08:41. > :08:46.afternoon. You raised the. About a number of century breaks we have

:08:46. > :08:52.had already. We have had 29 and we have just started the second round.

:08:52. > :08:56.That is a decent number. We are still chasing the huge total of 83

:08:56. > :09:01.in 2009. That was when John Higgins won his third title. What do you

:09:01. > :09:09.make of the way we have been knocking them in so far? I have to

:09:09. > :09:14.say, certainly with the new cloth, the top pockets are proving easier.

:09:14. > :09:24.83 centuries. What did they do? Take the cushions off?! That was

:09:24. > :09:24.

:09:24. > :09:34.unbelievable. Do you think we could get close? I think we could. Dr and

:09:34. > :09:37.

:09:37. > :09:43.pleated. -- not even the first round is completed. Because of all

:09:43. > :09:46.of these matches, a lot of players are coming into really good form.

:09:46. > :09:54.Even the qualifiers are making centuries fast up it has certainly

:09:54. > :09:59.been very entertaining. Top of the bar has been the 147 -- top of the

:09:59. > :10:05.par was the 147. Let us remind you of the draw for the second round.

:10:05. > :10:15.For 16 years they have avoided each other at the Crucible. There is no

:10:15. > :10:16.

:10:16. > :10:25.avoiding best. 11 world titles Joe Perry cantered past Graeme Dott

:10:25. > :10:33.yesterday. Two qualifiers, Andrew Higginson and Jamie Jones have more

:10:33. > :10:37.than earned their place. A great match in prospect between the well

:10:37. > :10:41.number two Judd Trump Andy Thorn number -- former world No. 2 Ali

:10:41. > :10:47.Carter. Neil Robertson has played what John Parrott called an awesome

:10:47. > :10:55.session against David Gilbert who equipped to us are pretty well. He

:10:55. > :11:01.is 5-3 behind though. The Welshman Ryan Day it got beat China men Cao

:11:01. > :11:06.Yupeng will go through. It has been a a number of years since Matthew

:11:06. > :11:12.Stevens made it this far. Twice a Annat up. Barry Hawkins dispatch

:11:12. > :11:18.Mark Selby last night. -- try say runner up. Who is going to be

:11:18. > :11:25.Ronnie O'Sullivan's next opponent? We will find out this evening. Mark

:11:25. > :11:32.Williams in the box seat for that one. Some of the stand ats, Stephen

:11:32. > :11:36.Hendry against John Higgins. It is amazing they have never played each

:11:36. > :11:41.other at the Crucible. It is unbelievable. That is the one I am

:11:41. > :11:46.looking forward to foster a what stands at for you? Judd Trump

:11:46. > :11:50.against Ali Carter. I think Ali Carter has found his form. I think

:11:51. > :11:56.the judge drums game will suit Ali Carter. I think it will be a

:11:56. > :12:01.complete bash up. The one that is fascinating this evening is Stephen

:12:01. > :12:09.Maguire against Joe Perry. It is 6- 22 Stephen Maguire in previous

:12:09. > :12:12.matches. The big match they have played in the 2008 quarter-final

:12:12. > :12:21.and Joe Perry got that. A bit of and Joe Perry got that. A bit of

:12:21. > :12:24.history. Both players have had great wins. Stephen Maguire is like

:12:24. > :12:30.the silent assassin in the tournament. He has had a really

:12:30. > :12:38.good a season. Could be a dark horse. The fact that we are

:12:38. > :12:43.guaranteed two qualifiers at least. How do you rate back? Unbelievable.

:12:43. > :12:47.Cao Yupeng could get a chance with Ryan Day. A great part of the draw

:12:47. > :12:53.and great opportunities for them. They really interesting afternoon.

:12:53. > :12:57.I enjoyed it. Robinson was awful. Berwick is that word again.

:12:57. > :13:05.favourite word. -- there is that word again. Let me just tell you

:13:05. > :13:10.what is coming up. 6pm on the red button, snooker, reflecting on Mark

:13:10. > :13:17.Selby's exit at the hands of Barry Hawkins. At 7pm on the red button,

:13:17. > :13:21.there is live coverage, and coverage online, of the remaining

:13:21. > :13:27.first-round match with Mark Williams stepping out 6-3 against

:13:27. > :13:32.Liu Chuang. Stephen Maguire and Joe Perry also stepping out. At 11:20pm,