Day 10, Part 1

:00:43. > :00:48.Good afternoon and welcome to the 2013 Betfair World Championship. We

:00:48. > :00:53.are getting very close to the quarter-finals and it this

:00:53. > :01:03.afternoon, two more players will make it into the final eight. In

:01:03. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:32.the bottom half of the draw, at the I just cannot believe how bad some

:01:32. > :01:37.of the top players have played in that bottom half of the draw. The

:01:37. > :01:47.way that Stephen Maguire played, that was so poor. He will be

:01:47. > :01:50.

:01:50. > :01:57.kicking himself at having missed All of the sudden, Mark Selby has

:01:57. > :02:03.gone to sleep. I do not think that Mark Selby looked anything like his

:02:03. > :02:13.best. Neil Robertson also look rather tired. These guys have

:02:13. > :02:16.

:02:16. > :02:20.played about 19 matches this season. -- 90. As it is, there is going to

:02:20. > :02:27.be someone in the bottom half of the draw in the semi-finals who has

:02:27. > :02:35.never been there before. I do not know how that is going to effect

:02:35. > :02:45.the bigger name players. It is very hard to actually get better at this

:02:45. > :02:48.

:02:48. > :02:55.point. The semi-final and final 10 to be something of the marathon.

:02:55. > :03:03.Ding Junhui is the only one of them who can ring of six or seven frames

:03:03. > :03:08.on the trot with major breaks. A lot of players can string together

:03:08. > :03:18.two or three frames any one, but very few of them can do that for

:03:18. > :03:19.

:03:19. > :03:28.six or seven frames. I am not sure that Robert Milkins can do that and

:03:28. > :03:32.I am not sure that Michael White can do that. I think any of them

:03:32. > :03:37.could win in the bottom half of the draw if they play well, but could

:03:37. > :03:44.any of them when when they do not play so well? I am not so sure they

:03:44. > :03:54.are capable of that. I think that in two or three years' time, he is

:03:54. > :04:04.the very likely winner of this title. Unlike a lot of the others,

:04:04. > :04:07.who are in their Thirties now, Michael White is a bit younger.

:04:07. > :04:13.the is a lot of players and this part of the draw that this is their

:04:13. > :04:21.chance to shine. It is important that they are not too frightened of

:04:21. > :04:26.been here. This is possibly life- changing for them. It did not

:04:26. > :04:30.happen to me, sadly. But it would be a wonderful experience. There

:04:30. > :04:39.are two ways this can go, they are going to grab the chance to get in

:04:39. > :04:42.the final on it is going to affect them in a negative way. At the

:04:42. > :04:49.start of the tournament, John Parrott said that the bottom half

:04:49. > :04:59.of the jaw was the half of the jot of doom. For at the opposite

:04:59. > :05:00.

:05:00. > :05:04.reasons, it has become just that. Yes, you looked at me or Robertson

:05:05. > :05:13.and Stephen Maguire, who had found his form in the Welsh Open and won

:05:13. > :05:20.that. And then, you had Mark Allen, who also went out. And then, Mark

:05:20. > :05:24.Selby, the number one in the world, he has also gone. Is it just a case

:05:25. > :05:34.that the top players at changing and some of those who have under-

:05:35. > :05:36.

:05:36. > :05:39.achieved in the past are now coming to the fore? Yes, I think that a

:05:39. > :05:43.lot of the top players have been at the business end of a lot of

:05:43. > :05:51.tournaments this season and the likes of Neil Robertson are Mark

:05:51. > :05:57.Selby certainly looked very flat here. A it is also a great chance

:05:57. > :06:06.for players who are in are uncharted territory to progress to

:06:06. > :06:14.the big-time. This is what is coming up this afternoon. The

:06:14. > :06:19.number rate in the world, Ding Junhui from China will complete his

:06:19. > :06:29.second round match against Mark King. Mark King had led all the way

:06:29. > :06:32.

:06:32. > :06:41.but now he trails. Can he comeback against Ding Junhui this afternoon?

:06:42. > :06:47.It is all square between Stuart Bingham and Mark Davis. They are 8-

:06:47. > :06:53.8. Be looked back at the history of snooker once again and today we

:06:53. > :07:01.tell the story of the snooker ball. We will also have a little bit of

:07:01. > :07:05.fun with Impressionist James Howard, who will provide a bit of comedy.

:07:05. > :07:13.And the great British Paralympics stars had been in Sheffield this

:07:13. > :07:18.afternoon and we will have a word with them this afternoon. Before we

:07:18. > :07:28.welcome the players into the arena, let us remind you how it Ding

:07:28. > :07:35.

:07:35. > :07:45.Junhui against Mark King is looking That is not too bad. Absolutely

:07:45. > :07:48.

:07:48. > :07:58.What a fabulous shot. That was absolutely beautiful. This is the

:07:58. > :08:06.

:08:06. > :08:15.key shot in this frame. He has Mark concedes the frame and Ding is

:08:15. > :08:25.in front for the first time. score in the matches 7-7 and

:08:25. > :08:26.

:08:26. > :08:36.everything to play for with only While! That was as good a shot as

:08:36. > :08:41.

:08:41. > :08:50.What an excellent shot. Ding Junhui now goes into the final session

:08:50. > :08:55.leading by nine frames to seven. Mark King has to haul ourselves

:08:55. > :09:03.back in this one, taking on Ding Junhui. Let us say good afternoon

:09:04. > :09:12.to Rob Walker. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we are into

:09:12. > :09:19.the 10th day of action here at the We are getting towards the business

:09:19. > :09:26.end of proceedings. Please welcome, a player who is absolutely

:09:26. > :09:32.flourishing in his mid-forties. He is now in the top 16 and the winner

:09:32. > :09:42.of the Thailand Open. He is looking to finish this campaign on a hide,

:09:42. > :09:56.

:09:56. > :10:01.His opponent, bidding for his first quarter-final at the Crucible

:10:01. > :10:06.Theatre, he is in the top eight for the first time in his career.

:10:06. > :10:16.Winner of the Premier League in November and all the way from

:10:16. > :10:32.

:10:32. > :10:36.Basildon in Essex, here is Stuart Here on the second table, another

:10:36. > :10:41.player bidding for the first appearance in the quarter-final in

:10:42. > :10:46.his 14th year here in Sheffield. He knocked out Mark Allen in the

:10:46. > :10:56.first-round, he came under the cosh yesterday but is right in this

:10:56. > :11:14.

:11:14. > :11:19.And finally, a player who has carried the flag for Chinese

:11:19. > :11:25.snooker for the past decade. The winner of six ranking events and

:11:25. > :11:35.the Masters, he won that seven of the eight frames yesterday to get

:11:35. > :11:48.

:11:48. > :11:54.right back in action, sort here he So, it here on BBC2 it is live

:11:54. > :12:00.coverage of Ding Junhui against Mark King. You can watch the other

:12:00. > :12:10.matches on the red button. Welcome to our committee team of John Virgo

:12:10. > :12:44.

:12:44. > :12:48.It was a big surprise that Ding Junhui found himself 6-2 down after

:12:48. > :12:58.the first session and it was clear that he was getting rather

:12:58. > :13:09.

:13:09. > :13:15.But it is always nice to get the Yes, this was beautifully played

:13:15. > :13:25.and right in the heart of the pocket. It leaves himself on a blue

:13:25. > :13:31.

:13:31. > :13:35.He is any strange position at the moment Mark King. All the top seeds

:13:35. > :13:42.in his part of the draw have now disappeared and he is now the

:13:42. > :13:46.favourite to really get into the final. But it is very important

:13:46. > :13:55.that he just concentrates on the match that he is playing, rather

:13:55. > :14:00.than thinking of the opportunities that may lie ahead. Yes, he simply

:14:00. > :14:05.has to take one match at a time and when he lost that first session 6-2,

:14:05. > :14:09.it was looking like another year that may have been wasted for him,

:14:09. > :14:17.but he played absolutely beautifully yesterday. He really

:14:17. > :14:23.stamp his authority on the match. I always take my hat off to the

:14:23. > :14:33.overseas players. It is not easy for them coming here will we from

:14:33. > :14:44.

:14:44. > :14:54.Another may spot. He is likely all on the black, but this does that

:14:54. > :15:07.

:15:07. > :15:13.give them an opportunity to call That was beautifully played. He is

:15:13. > :15:22.without doubt one of the best break-builders and the game today.

:15:22. > :15:31.He has got a lovely touch in and around the black spot. And that is

:15:31. > :15:41.why he is one of the favourites. Yes, in my opinion, he never plays

:15:41. > :15:42.

:15:42. > :15:47.the wrong shot once he is in no Maybe it is his temperament which

:15:47. > :15:55.is perhaps Ket and back this far and we saw a bit of that in the

:15:55. > :16:05.first session when things were not But on his game, he will take some

:16:05. > :16:06.

:16:06. > :16:16.stopping. That has gone a little bit awkward. Did not quite get the

:16:16. > :16:41.

:16:41. > :16:44.Now, can he develop the black? Yes, he just had the angle to do it.

:16:45. > :16:54.Anything else and he would have been struggling to get on the

:16:54. > :16:59.colour. But he has played that very I do not think anything goes into

:16:59. > :17:05.the right hand corner, so he will maybe go for the choice of reds

:17:05. > :17:15.into he left a middle pocket. He just has to be careful when the

:17:15. > :17:21.

:17:21. > :17:31.I think he has overscrewed that. But he does still have the red to

:17:31. > :17:38.

:17:39. > :17:48.Yes, I do not think he played for that, but he is lucky that he does

:17:49. > :17:57.

:17:57. > :18:05.not have to do a lot with the cue As we see that go in, he now has

:18:06. > :18:15.got the angle to get on this. Yes, he probably had to hit it rather

:18:16. > :18:22.

:18:22. > :18:27.harder than he would have liked, Yes, the shots are a lot -- a

:18:27. > :18:31.little bit easier now would be on these superfine cloth is that the

:18:31. > :18:41.players play on. Back in my day, you would really have struggled to

:18:41. > :19:09.

:19:09. > :19:19.get beat you ball back that far He has skewed as well. In fact, he

:19:19. > :19:25.

:19:25. > :19:35.You can see top spin taking effect on the cue below their as it

:19:35. > :19:43.

:19:43. > :19:53.He could not have hit that any better. Now, is he actually looking

:19:53. > :20:08.

:20:08. > :20:15.at the pot? This is a big shot to Yes, he was playing in such a way

:20:15. > :20:25.that if he missed it, he would hate it all for the pocket with the pack

:20:25. > :20:44.

:20:44. > :20:54.Yes, you can see where the cue ball It means he can play just for that

:20:54. > :20:54.

:20:54. > :21:04.one red sticking out. I do not think he can avoid going into the

:21:04. > :21:22.

:21:22. > :21:32.main pack of Fred's. But think he I thought if he had played that at

:21:32. > :21:33.

:21:33. > :21:38.normal plate pace, he would have got the cannon. Yes, as you said,

:21:38. > :21:48.he played it with infra-red and that now looks like the end of the

:21:48. > :21:56.

:21:56. > :22:06.I suppose he could have played the yellow I tried to put it on the

:22:06. > :22:07.

:22:07. > :22:10.side cushion, just for a bit of insurance. In fact, he was not even

:22:10. > :22:20.trying to pot the black, he was tried to simply put it out of

:22:20. > :22:26.

:22:26. > :22:32.commission. Not the start that Mark King wanted. Noel, all he has done

:22:32. > :22:42.so far is break off to start Ephraim and now he finds himself 49

:22:42. > :22:51.

:22:51. > :23:00.But that will help. That was an ace Tessa and he has now spread all the

:23:00. > :23:08.It did not look very good when it was going to hit the yellow, but it

:23:08. > :23:18.just managed to nestle behind the brown. He is having to play this

:23:18. > :23:22.

:23:22. > :23:26.with a lot of right hand side. That OK, he has not yet red to the left-

:23:26. > :23:36.hand corner, but that is similarly shot could not have been played any

:23:36. > :23:40.

:23:40. > :23:46.Yes, he judged the angle and the pace absolutely perfectly. That was

:23:46. > :23:54.a fantastic shot. I think that Mark King thought that he had the Ding

:23:54. > :24:04.in trouble when he left the table. He was not the only one who thought

:24:04. > :24:11.

:24:11. > :24:18.that. Now, how it does he possibly That is one week, but it is very

:24:18. > :24:24.difficult to judge when you hit the first Russian very quickly. As they

:24:24. > :24:34.say, that is the problem. Judging angles when you are very close to

:24:34. > :24:35.

:24:35. > :24:40.the first cushion is much more difficult. The referee did call the

:24:40. > :24:50.mess, but I would have been very surprised if Ding Junhui had taken

:24:50. > :24:58.

:24:58. > :25:06.I know this is only be first frame, but it is clear that Ding Junhui is

:25:06. > :25:16.hitting the ball very well. Yes, it is the very crisp not least when

:25:16. > :25:20.

:25:20. > :25:30.the ball is hitting the back of the There are still 75 points remaining,

:25:30. > :25:43.

:25:43. > :25:50.so he needs a red, a colour and one He will probably play the green.

:25:50. > :26:00.That is a lot more easily than the black. One more red after this

:26:00. > :26:25.

:26:25. > :26:35.That Britain's 64 points ahead now with only 15 gained remaining on

:26:35. > :26:45.

:26:45. > :26:55.Mark King sitting in his year, just concentrating. Once again, you see

:26:55. > :27:00.

:27:00. > :27:08.this disadvantage of breaking off. End of fairness, he played a

:27:08. > :27:13.terrific safety shot, but when he next came to the table, the white

:27:13. > :27:23.ball was right up against the black. He has not done anything wrong. He

:27:23. > :27:24.

:27:24. > :27:33.simply has not had a chance to do so. Actually, a lot of the Gary's

:27:33. > :27:37.quite like to put the other guy in to break off a fee when the coin

:27:37. > :27:47.toss so that the feel that there will always be chance of them

:27:47. > :27:48.

:27:48. > :27:55.getting a long red to start the game. My thinking behind it was

:27:55. > :27:59.that if you were in a tight match, maybe four-43 in siege, then the

:27:59. > :28:09.other person would break off first and you would it be opening

:28:09. > :28:44.

:28:44. > :28:54.This is definitely the best I have seen Ding time at the ball in this

:28:54. > :29:14.

:29:14. > :29:24.championship. It is just perfection You will not see a better frame

:29:24. > :29:33.from anybody than this. Angle is the black and breaks of 69 and 49.

:29:33. > :29:43.Mark King leaves the arena and Ding Junhui as 19 of the last 10 frames

:29:43. > :30:07.

:30:07. > :30:15.Do it looks like this earmarking is having obeyed a nice time. -- this

:30:15. > :30:25.young man is having a very nice time. It is all about getting

:30:25. > :30:30.

:30:30. > :30:35.children involved. I had a 147 their last week! Deng Junhui is off

:30:35. > :30:40.their last week! Deng Junhui is off to a flyer. K fascinating to see

:30:40. > :30:48.how the game turned around after the first session. I would like to

:30:48. > :30:58.get Mark King's take. It was not guaranteed that he did that much

:30:58. > :31:05.wrong. But Ding Junhui took the game by the scruff of the net.

:31:05. > :31:12.happens our lot in professional snooker. His overall safety play

:31:12. > :31:22.was superb in that session. But then a total tournament, Ding

:31:22. > :31:23.

:31:23. > :31:33.Junhui in authority. -- time around. Stephen Hendry described it as

:31:33. > :31:34.

:31:35. > :31:44.perfection. He is a machine when he plays like that. Stephen was one of

:31:45. > :31:47.

:31:47. > :31:57.the best positional players ever, After that game, Ding Junhui has

:31:57. > :32:01.

:32:01. > :32:11.broken. He has left a long red. 41 minutes since Mark King potted a

:32:11. > :32:37.

:32:37. > :32:47.He may have just got away with that, I don't think he can get through to

:32:47. > :33:20.

:33:20. > :33:30.He has not left a pot on, but that is about all you can say about that

:33:30. > :33:50.

:33:51. > :33:59.shot really. No advantage Ding Junhui will attempt to stunt

:33:59. > :34:09.this a little. He could put it into the left, but I would be trying to

:34:09. > :34:21.

:34:21. > :34:31.When you come off the side cushion you can clearly at reds. But that

:34:31. > :34:32.

:34:32. > :34:42.looks like touching ball. If it is, but if the will nominate it. -- the

:34:42. > :34:42.

:34:42. > :36:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:36:05. > :36:13.Is he claimed pot? -- playing the. The murder lined up a moment ago,

:36:13. > :36:23.that looks like the middle pocket - - the red, that is dangerous, if

:36:23. > :36:33.

:36:33. > :36:43.you catch it fact. He has to watch He had to be very thin to avoid the

:36:43. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:15.jaws of the middle pocket. And he The refrain flew by. -- forced

:37:15. > :37:15.

:37:15. > :38:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:38:25. > :38:35.frame. But no two frames of snooker Cannae get through to a red? The

:38:35. > :38:40.

:38:40. > :38:49.left middle? -- can he? I think he can just see enough of it. It is a

:38:49. > :38:57.difficult pot. But if it went in he would be on the black. I think he

:38:57. > :39:07.wants to play. But BA is a danger of leading a couple calleds to the

:39:07. > :39:40.

:39:40. > :39:50.The red that his dream cue ball and pink can can walk to the right hand

:39:50. > :40:19.

:40:19. > :40:29.side. -- that is between. That is a It looks like he is just coming

:40:29. > :40:38.

:40:39. > :40:46.Both wheels are vying for an opening. When Ding Junhui refused

:40:46. > :40:51.that red it showed me that he is Gipping Mark King every respect. He

:40:51. > :41:01.is saying, if you are going to get back in it, you will have to work

:41:01. > :41:14.

:41:14. > :41:24.A little thin, and that has gone past the green. Both men are

:41:24. > :41:26.

:41:26. > :41:36.looking. Very close. Can you get through to a north of the green? --

:41:36. > :41:54.

:41:54. > :42:04.That was an excellent short. Absolutely tremendous reaction on

:42:04. > :42:14.the cue ball. Exactly what he wanted it to do. It is dancing for

:42:14. > :42:28.

:42:28. > :42:32.Would you believe that? I didn't see it coming. He appeared to be

:42:32. > :42:38.striking the ball so well. But it just goes to show, that extra bit

:42:38. > :42:48.of pace, not finding the middle of the cue ball, it pushed it into the

:42:48. > :43:01.

:43:01. > :43:11.You could say, unlucky. But he should may have realised it could

:43:11. > :43:25.

:43:25. > :43:35.happen, playing at that pace. -- I will try to give you a clue. This

:43:35. > :44:13.

:44:13. > :44:23.Cub or please? -- culture. Anything it strikes! Yellow. They always say

:44:23. > :44:31.

:44:31. > :44:41.yellow! Foul and amassed. -- a miss. I thought there was a line for the

:44:41. > :44:41.

:44:41. > :45:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:45:24. > :45:33.green. I am leaving my line and. He Cover up these? -- colour please?

:45:34. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:50.Give me a chance! Foul and a nurse. I don't think the shot is on.

:45:50. > :45:58.problem is if he's to makes it too hard and comes past the green. But

:45:58. > :46:08.the line is perfect. If he can, or one cushion in all these the it is

:46:08. > :46:08.

:46:08. > :46:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:46:54. > :47:01.That turned out very nicely, thank It was a nice cup, but he was

:47:01. > :47:07.always depending on Locke, Weir the cue ball would end up. There is a

:47:07. > :47:15.blue, left centre, but you would not want to be playing that. I

:47:15. > :47:25.imagine some sort of safety shot. It looks like the black, off the

:47:25. > :47:35.cushion. You would not want to risk rolling up to the black. That is a

:47:35. > :47:46.

:47:46. > :47:56.This red does not offer up any It is hard to see where the pot is

:47:56. > :48:03.

:48:03. > :48:13.coming from here unless he takes a -- belong one to the bottom pockets.

:48:13. > :48:13.

:48:13. > :48:23.At some stage he will have to take a pot on. Yes, if he waits for Ding

:48:23. > :48:25.

:48:26. > :48:33.Junhui to make mistakes, I don't think he will force to many air off.

:48:33. > :48:43.-- mistakes. But there is always a chance. This red can deported, but

:48:43. > :48:44.

:48:44. > :48:51.it is risky. -- be potted. He is going for it. Just playing it up

:48:51. > :49:01.the side cushion. He did not hit it as full as he would have liked. Is

:49:01. > :49:11.there anything here to tempt mark? The pink off its position here to

:49:11. > :49:17.

:49:17. > :49:27.the left centre. Just little red to the green pocket. It was half a

:49:27. > :49:27.

:49:27. > :50:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:50:41. > :50:51.chance. He has to start taking them. A little bit short of pace but I

:50:51. > :51:19.

:51:19. > :51:26.think the brown has stalked the When Ding Junhui lost the first

:51:26. > :51:34.session, the two claims that he won, he meets century breaks. -- frames.

:51:34. > :51:41.But now that he has his nose in front he is prepared to make at

:51:41. > :51:48.playing Mark King at his own game, really. He will not push the boat

:51:48. > :51:57.out. He is in the comfort zone. He has a three frame advantage. To can

:51:57. > :52:04.be it to his want to take chances. -- he can leave it to his opponents.

:52:04. > :52:09.He has shown his opponents and the World Championship a lot of respect.

:52:09. > :52:19.He would have taken on some of the sport's other ways but he knows the

:52:19. > :52:19.

:52:19. > :52:29.importance of this match, this tournament. -- these courts. --

:52:29. > :52:56.

:52:56. > :53:02.ports. It is all about learning and Excellent length, with the cue ball.

:53:02. > :53:12.That has put Mark King in a spot of bother. No guarantee this can be

:53:12. > :53:16.

:53:16. > :53:24.I know that you visit China quite a lot now, Stephen, the expectancy

:53:24. > :53:30.over there for Ding Junhui, perhaps that weighs on his shoulders?

:53:30. > :53:39.mentioned how difficult it is for the Chinese players, be-all it in

:53:39. > :53:48.the UK, which get him away from that pressure. -- they all love. It

:53:48. > :53:53.is a massive expectation. Something else he does quite a lot of, I have

:53:53. > :53:59.noticed, he has developed his own type of character. He will have a

:53:59. > :54:05.smile with his opponent. The reason that he was smiling is because Mark

:54:05. > :54:12.King asked him, do you fancy a rematch? But that was a very good

:54:12. > :54:22.short! He was in a spot of bother. He has done well to get as safe as

:54:22. > :54:57.

:54:57. > :55:02.The Chinese are desperate for a snooker world champion. Ding Junhui

:55:02. > :55:12.would be truly mastered the in that country. You would see his face in

:55:12. > :55:15.

:55:15. > :55:23.at the Belle pour are at the City. -- every billboard in every city.

:55:23. > :55:30.No pressure! But he has got the talent, at the King it takes. --

:55:30. > :55:37.everything. But he has still got to do it. And Mark King is a real

:55:37. > :55:44.competitor, he will not make life easy for him. But he needs to some

:55:44. > :55:50.who create an opportunity. He now has a chance that this red to the

:55:50. > :56:00.right corner. Usually a very good at this type of shot. He could

:56:00. > :56:05.bring the cue ball back up to bulk. Stock that beautifully. An element

:56:05. > :56:15.of safety. But he would always been something and that is not a bad

:56:15. > :56:21.

:56:21. > :56:28.The black is tricky. But I feel that it is the right shot. Being a

:56:28. > :56:38.left-hander, he can reach it without using the rest. A chance

:56:38. > :57:00.

:57:00. > :57:10.The slight premise. He does not have the ideal angle on the black.

:57:10. > :57:23.

:57:23. > :57:33.He tried to take out of the cushion. Problem is it used to write it took

:57:33. > :57:36.

:57:36. > :57:46.little beauty all the pace out it. He has got to go for the blue. If

:57:46. > :57:46.

:57:46. > :57:56.the blue does not pass the green, well, he is looking closely.

:57:56. > :58:07.

:58:07. > :58:17.Perhaps it does. The brown is an The red just below the pink coats,

:58:17. > :58:21.

:58:21. > :58:31.to write centre, so that is very He just got down and played that

:58:31. > :58:31.

:58:31. > :58:41.very quickly. If he is straight enough, just roll this in. A choice

:58:41. > :58:42.

:58:42. > :58:50.of reds to the left corner. It just did not have the right angle. He

:58:50. > :58:57.did not want to be using the rest. His report success is 71% in this

:58:57. > :59:07.match with it. -- potting. So he has been known to miss with this

:59:07. > :59:11.

:59:11. > :59:21.implement. Needs this one. He has potted it. What is he on the pink?

:59:21. > :59:22.

:59:22. > :59:32.-- but. No, he is not. He just concentrated so much on the pot

:59:32. > :59:57.

:59:57. > :00:07.He will be disappointed. I thought he was bound to go back at least

:00:07. > :00:23.

:00:23. > :00:33.one inch to be on the pink. He will But that is the poor safety shot

:00:33. > :01:12.

:01:12. > :01:18.He has played that well. He seems to have the perfect angle on the

:01:18. > :01:28.pink. Even if he was straight, he could just screw the ball back a

:01:28. > :01:34.

:01:34. > :01:44.couple of inches and have be red He does not want to be hampered by

:01:44. > :01:48.

:01:48. > :01:57.the pink. I would rather have screwed back a couple more inches.

:01:57. > :02:03.Or is there an alternative? Yes, there was. He picks his hand up and

:02:03. > :02:10.apologises to Ding. It is obviously he did not pay eight play for that

:02:10. > :02:20.red. He did not realise initially that he was born it. And now he has

:02:20. > :02:47.

:02:47. > :02:57.This black boots and at 43 points ahead and he can just concentrate

:02:57. > :03:06.

:03:06. > :03:16.on the two reds which are open many I think Ding will be a little bit

:03:16. > :03:17.

:03:17. > :03:21.frustrated. He got in first and I am sure he would have wanted to get

:03:21. > :03:31.this match finished as quickly as possible. I do not think it is

:03:31. > :03:36.

:03:36. > :03:41.going to work out like that. If but that is the poor shot. He could

:03:41. > :03:48.have run that the cue ball up another couple of feet up the table.

:03:48. > :03:56.It would have given him a much better chance. He may actually be

:03:56. > :04:05.able to cut it in there, but it should have been a lot easier. No,

:04:05. > :04:15.he played at the double. Well, what a chance he had the ear. Or kick,

:04:15. > :04:34.

:04:34. > :04:43.he is 50 points in front, but there I am surprised he is playing this.

:04:43. > :04:53.His intention was to get the browned off the cushion. I don't

:04:53. > :04:54.

:04:54. > :04:59.know, I think I would have played off these to red us down here. But

:04:59. > :05:09.it is his choice and I suppose he does now have the brown ball in

:05:09. > :05:28.

:05:28. > :05:36.Well, that is one way to pit a red Now, he has got the blue into play.

:05:36. > :05:46.But he will not be winning refrain in one visit, with that red sitting

:05:46. > :05:46.

:05:46. > :06:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:06:59. > :07:08.Watch the ground! The snooker is You can see now that Mark Kenya's

:07:09. > :07:42.

:07:42. > :07:50.54 points ahead, with only 51 This has been a good performance

:07:50. > :08:00.from Mark King. As you said, Ding Junhui got the first chance, but

:08:00. > :08:04.

:08:04. > :08:14.Mark King battle it out. After the first frame, this is a good

:08:14. > :08:14.

:08:14. > :09:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:09:02. > :09:08.performance. He is hanging on in The blue is not end, but refrain

:09:08. > :09:13.was over long before that. Well- played Mark King after the first

:09:14. > :09:23.frame which sot Ding Junhui in top form. But he is still two frames

:09:24. > :09:26.

:09:26. > :09:32.behind. Now, with Ding Junhui having won nine of the last 10

:09:32. > :09:38.frames, that was the bedframe there for Mark King? Yes, it would have

:09:38. > :09:46.been easy for him to panic and to try and force the issue. Once he

:09:46. > :09:51.got in among stable staff, he just steady enough. Ding only needs

:09:51. > :10:01.three more frames, so it is important that Mark King simply

:10:01. > :10:01.

:10:01. > :10:09.hangs in there. Yes, he always takes some beating. You used to

:10:10. > :10:13.practise with them? Yes, I used to always practise with them. He

:10:13. > :10:19.always comes back for more punishment day after day. He has

:10:19. > :10:25.never given up. By his own admission, he has never set the

:10:25. > :10:32.world alight, but he has his own expectations. He had a fantastic

:10:32. > :10:38.winning the first round over Mark Allen. He is one of these players

:10:38. > :10:47.that never takes a bad beating, nobody ever goes in there and beat

:10:47. > :10:53.San 10-1. The one thing you notice that Mark is always in their early

:10:53. > :10:57.at the practice table. He puts a lot of work in. Yes, a lot of the

:10:57. > :11:04.players think they have done the work by the time the get here and

:11:04. > :11:11.simply take over. But Mark is different. He likes to practise a

:11:11. > :11:16.lot. That is may be down to his individual technique. But in

:11:16. > :11:25.between, when you have days off, why she why she due not be

:11:25. > :11:32.practising hard? This is the biggest tournament in the world,

:11:32. > :11:42.with big prize money. You have to make the best of it when you are

:11:42. > :11:43.

:11:43. > :11:48.here. Has he got enough in his game to beat Ding? Yes, but in the form

:11:48. > :11:58.that he has, Ding Junhui and suddenly Roelof two or three frames

:11:58. > :12:08.very quickly. The funny thing is, he will have to improve his break.

:12:08. > :12:21.

:12:21. > :12:31.JOHN VIRGO: Yes, that is the break- off shot once again leaving this

:12:31. > :12:39.

:12:39. > :12:49.red into the corner. How costly He missed that one. Got it much too

:12:49. > :12:57.

:12:57. > :13:06.STEPHEN HENDRY: Yes, he seemed rather cagey about that. He was

:13:06. > :13:16.down a long time before he played it. I was thinking exactly the same.

:13:16. > :13:42.

:13:42. > :13:47.He was maybe a bit frustrated still He has got to catch this very thin

:13:47. > :13:53.it if he wants to have any chance of 18 been white back to the baulk

:13:53. > :14:03.end. In the end, he did not play that and simply played a containing

:14:03. > :14:03.

:14:03. > :14:53.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:14:53. > :15:03.A bit thick and the kiss on the blue has left this warned. -- has

:15:03. > :15:40.

:15:40. > :15:46.You can see by his expression that He has got a nice angle on the

:15:46. > :15:56.green. If he cannot pick anything out, he could play it a cannon into

:15:56. > :16:06.them. He has got into that a little bit too much and it needed to slow

:16:06. > :16:10.

:16:10. > :16:20.Yes, I do not think he was planning to be that close to the object ball.

:16:20. > :16:25.

:16:25. > :16:29.He just needs to keep the cue ball I think already he has landed

:16:29. > :16:37.rather a bit straight on the black, but it should not be a major

:16:37. > :16:47.problem. It just makes winning frames much easier if you can keep

:16:47. > :16:47.

:16:47. > :17:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:17:30. > :17:37.Humbert I be red on the cushion, He was having to put it left her

:17:37. > :17:43.and side on the cue ball and that is what caused him to miss. That

:17:43. > :17:53.was all caused by a careless shot from black to red, which left him

:17:53. > :17:59.

:17:59. > :18:04.having to bridge over that raid on He is one of these kind of players

:18:04. > :18:14.Mark King who will put that behind him. He does not spend too much

:18:14. > :18:21.time thinking about it. That any is also one of his great strength. You

:18:21. > :18:28.miss a comparatively easy shot like this. But as you said, this was the

:18:28. > :18:38.one. And even a shot before that where he left himself straight on

:18:38. > :18:55.

:18:55. > :19:05.the black. These sort of problems Well, Ding went into them gently. I

:19:05. > :19:15.

:19:15. > :19:19.do not think he can do a lot with He may be able to stun it in. Not,

:19:19. > :19:26.at just put him off and made the shot just that little bit more

:19:26. > :19:36.difficult. So, that missed the black has not cost Mark King as

:19:36. > :19:36.

:19:36. > :20:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:20:16. > :20:20.Ding Junhui having a look at the possibility of the plant. He is

:20:20. > :20:30.more concerned about that red sitting out in the middle of the

:20:30. > :20:33.

:20:33. > :20:43.If he feels he is going to not less towards the pocket, he will have to

:20:43. > :20:52.

:20:52. > :21:00.pay it left a little bit more pace Well, shot of the baulk cushion.

:21:00. > :21:06.Yes, these are not the type of three inns that Ding wants to get

:21:06. > :21:16.involved in - long battles. He does not want to be any team in which

:21:16. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:38.only two or three balls are getting Now, can at Ding get on to this one

:21:38. > :21:39.

:21:39. > :21:49.into the left and centre. I think Yes, obviously he can get through

:21:49. > :22:11.

:22:11. > :22:21.Well, if you are going to miss, then that is the side to miss on,

:22:21. > :22:41.

:22:41. > :22:51.because the object ball and the cue Where is the cue ball going? That

:22:51. > :22:57.was the little unlucky. Now, he red that I thought had run safe at the

:22:57. > :23:07.bottom right-hand corner is now pottable, because Ding can place

:23:07. > :23:37.

:23:37. > :23:45.It took its time to drop, but I do not know if he has the correct

:23:45. > :23:50.angle on the yellow to be able to go into the bunch. He never

:23:50. > :24:00.normally refuses a chance to go into them and it is quite a big

:24:00. > :24:07.target. He just needs to miss the pink if he is going to achieve that.

:24:07. > :24:17.But he has just played for the single red. Well, I think he played

:24:17. > :24:24.

:24:24. > :24:30.for it on the right hand side. Is He can get through to the one to be

:24:30. > :24:40.left corner, but he does not have as much control over the cue ball.

:24:40. > :24:58.

:24:58. > :25:08.That was a misjudgment. He had Snooker at all and all of the

:25:08. > :25:18.

:25:18. > :25:28.He obviously thought he was going to kiss the second of these red a

:25:28. > :25:28.

:25:28. > :26:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:26:16. > :26:26.Well, that to red so that I thought could possibly be a plant. I think

:26:26. > :26:51.

:26:51. > :27:00.that could be made. They are close I really do believe that these two

:27:00. > :27:10.reds could be made it into a plant into the bottom left-hand corner.

:27:10. > :27:21.

:27:21. > :27:31.They are close enough. But he is Whichever one he plays, he will be

:27:31. > :27:31.

:27:31. > :28:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:28:19. > :28:24.trying to get the cue ball back in 17-17 and his frame. Mark King has

:28:24. > :28:31.to be very careful. You have to think that if he leaves and one

:28:31. > :28:41.more chance, with the way that the reds are spread, that Ding could

:28:41. > :28:41.

:28:41. > :29:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:29:27. > :29:37.Playing off the side and top cushion, but this looks rather

:29:37. > :29:49.

:29:49. > :29:54.He has got one red it into the top left-hand pocket, but I do not

:29:54. > :30:04.think he will take that on because the cue ball would then be heading

:30:04. > :30:09.to be right hand side of the table. I think he will get it put back. He

:30:09. > :30:19.needs to change both his line and the strength that he hits it, Mark

:30:19. > :30:34.

:30:34. > :30:44.He has just about got to the red. He has got it safe, so that was

:30:44. > :31:15.

:31:15. > :31:25.Normally you would expect to play to the red on the left-hand side

:31:25. > :31:29.

:31:29. > :31:39.cushion. You have to be careful, He avoided the double-kiss, but

:31:39. > :31:39.

:31:39. > :32:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:32:41. > :32:51.If it hadn't kissed the yellow it would have been a decent shot. Ding

:32:51. > :33:01.

:33:01. > :33:09.Junhui may be tempted with a pot. He could stand across there and pot

:33:09. > :33:19.that red. He could calm and the red near the top cushion and be on the

:33:19. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:36.A long way away from the pot. It is funny, isn't it? The first rain

:33:36. > :33:41.this afternoon it looked as if he was striking the ball beautifully,

:33:42. > :33:49.but he has gone off the boil a little bit. A big change in his

:33:49. > :33:59.play from the first frame. I think the edginess has come from missing

:33:59. > :34:12.

:34:12. > :34:22.that lack in the second frame. Mark He couldn't wish for a much better

:34:22. > :34:22.

:34:22. > :35:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:35:03. > :35:13.chance than this. This is a golden I think the pink will have to go on

:35:13. > :35:25.

:35:25. > :35:35.It should not be too much of a problem for Mark King to make a

:35:35. > :35:35.

:35:35. > :36:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:36:19. > :36:24.The he is on a red to the Right Centre. He has just made things a

:36:24. > :36:34.bit more difficult than it should have been. They should be a

:36:34. > :36:34.

:36:34. > :37:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:37:40. > :37:48.Good recovery. Back in prime Here you see again, he has finished

:37:48. > :37:52.great on the pink. These are just elementary positional shots he is

:37:52. > :37:59.getting wrong here. He is concentrating so hard on the pots

:37:59. > :38:09.he is getting the position wrong. You can rest your case! He is on

:38:09. > :38:09.

:38:09. > :38:15.nothing easy. Once you don't have the perfect angle on a ball, you

:38:15. > :38:23.have to try and make the angle. That is twice he has done its and

:38:23. > :38:33.twice he has failed. I have no doubt he can cut this into the left

:38:33. > :38:44.

:38:44. > :38:51.corner, but it should have been When you are in Ding Junhui's seat,

:38:51. > :39:01.this can be frustrating. You keep thinking you have a half chance to

:39:01. > :39:10.

:39:10. > :39:17.What should have been a comfortable frame-winning opportunity, he has

:39:17. > :39:27.just given him at 29 point lead and given him a snooker. But, the frame

:39:27. > :39:55.

:39:55. > :40:00.I think the right hand of these reds pots. He is having it replaced.

:40:01. > :40:10.If he makes a minor adjustment, Mark King may reject it in him back

:40:11. > :40:11.

:40:11. > :40:21.in. Of course, he may think he can get enough points from this snooker

:40:21. > :40:28.

:40:28. > :40:37.to be passed the winning line in He got it right that time. Perfect!

:40:37. > :40:41.Excellent shot. I think Mark King should have taken that red on.

:40:41. > :40:51.Sometimes players take the easy option. This doors cut to the left

:40:51. > :41:10.

:41:10. > :41:18.Ding Junhui may be able to get past the blue to pot the red on the

:41:18. > :41:28.right-hand side of the table. He had a quick look. It looks as

:41:28. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:52.Surely he has not won to take this I don't see that has been the right

:41:52. > :41:57.

:41:57. > :42:06.shot at all. Eight don't get that one. When you are 33 points behind,

:42:06. > :42:14.why put a red up on the top cushion? That was a strange choice

:42:14. > :42:21.for me. Particularly when your opponent is in a position where he

:42:21. > :42:28.just needs one red and the colour to get to that smokers required

:42:28. > :42:37.stage. There was one more frame after this before the interval.

:42:37. > :42:46.This is a pivotal part of the match for me. This red does go to the

:42:46. > :42:56.left middle. Right in the heart of the pockets and perfect on the

:42:56. > :42:56.

:42:56. > :43:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:43:39. > :43:44.He has missed it. 39. The He has looked at Mark King to say

:43:44. > :43:49.that is enough. Ding Junhui has had a great start to this session, but

:43:49. > :43:59.he has gone a little bit down hills cents. Mark King closes the gap to

:43:59. > :44:04.

:44:04. > :44:10.Another good player. Of the table we have a lot of banter at venues.

:44:10. > :44:16.He likes a wind-up. He is so hard. He just doesn't let you go. You

:44:16. > :44:19.think you're pulling away and he comes back you. He always gives a

:44:19. > :44:29.hundred percent and has always ready and well prepared. On his day

:44:29. > :44:37.

:44:37. > :44:47.coming out with his cockney slang so. I rate him quite highly. He

:44:47. > :44:53.does play some shots better than anyone else.

:44:53. > :44:58.His positional play is not the best, but as a player the grit he has got,

:44:59. > :45:08.he is very underestimated. He is not the heaviest of scores, but he

:45:08. > :45:13.has got a lot of bottle. That is what makes the top level. A bit

:45:13. > :45:19.like myself, probably hasn't won what he wanted to win in his career.

:45:19. > :45:29.Good enough to have won things, but hasn't quite made it. A carbon-copy

:45:29. > :45:31.

:45:31. > :45:35.of myself. We just keep plugging Pat after his first-round win, Mark

:45:35. > :45:40.King said he has come to the Cristobal not putting any pressure

:45:40. > :45:44.on himself, just relaxing. Interesting John Murphy saying that

:45:44. > :45:52.he doesn't let you go. At the moment, Ding Junhui has to just get

:45:52. > :45:58.back to the level he had in the first print today. It is the type

:45:58. > :46:01.of snooker that Mark King excels at, the messy frames. That is not to

:46:01. > :46:07.say he can't play could open attacking snooker. When frames get

:46:07. > :46:12.bogged down with a bit of tactics, he is in his element to some degree.

:46:12. > :46:20.It is not a style that Ding Junhui likes to play. If it continues like

:46:20. > :46:30.this, Mark King might keeper tight and tricky. Ding Junhui's Last King

:46:30. > :46:32.

:46:32. > :46:42.against -- Ding Junhui's last win against Mark King was back in

:46:42. > :46:52.

:46:52. > :47:02.The plaque is not available, so he will have to Nicosia a path with

:47:02. > :47:23.

:47:24. > :47:28.He was just having a laugh they're There is a red '' to the right

:47:28. > :47:35.corner, the one closest to the cue ball. We were having a conversation

:47:36. > :47:42.the other night about how it bakes -- about how much an odds-on player

:47:42. > :47:52.Ding Junhui was in this match, but if it goes to 10-10, then it is

:47:52. > :48:02.

:48:02. > :48:07.Exactly, form goes out the window. St best-of-three to get into the

:48:07. > :48:13.next round, the pressure will be immense, and most of all be on Ding

:48:14. > :48:19.Junhui. Yes, because, as I say, he has been a big favourites. When he

:48:19. > :48:24.went back to 9-7 in front, everybody said, I told you so. If

:48:24. > :48:34.Mark King can win this frame and go into the mid-session interval tide,

:48:34. > :49:01.

:49:01. > :49:11.they will be no big fear for them. The red closest to the brown can go

:49:11. > :49:26.

:49:26. > :49:36.The Prime stop it going in. He would have been nicely on the black.

:49:36. > :49:36.

:49:36. > :50:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:50:46. > :50:55.I don't think all the pocket was you don't get the cue ball clean to

:50:56. > :51:10.

:51:10. > :51:14.Ding Junhui would certainly be hoping to get in first and win the

:51:14. > :51:24.frame at this visit. He doesn't like it when the frame gets into

:51:24. > :51:44.

:51:44. > :51:54.He has a little bit of work to do with the cue ball in potting this

:51:54. > :52:26.

:52:26. > :52:31.red. I think he has concerns that He might not be happy with that if

:52:31. > :52:41.the blue spots. He will be badly hampered for this red near the

:52:41. > :52:54.

:52:54. > :53:04.ground. He is disgusted with He will settle for that. That is a

:53:04. > :53:10.

:53:10. > :53:17.lovely angle on the brown to get He will have to be careful playing

:53:17. > :53:27.to brown, it looks easy enough, but he will have to play it quite hard

:53:27. > :53:32.

:53:32. > :53:42.Unusually for Ding Junhui, he did not really commit to that shot. He

:53:42. > :54:07.

:54:07. > :54:11.did not play that at anywhere near He will have to bite the bullet

:54:11. > :54:21.here and just nestle into them. There was no easy return to the

:54:21. > :54:54.

:54:54. > :55:02.He thought it was the referee telling him to play again. He said,

:55:02. > :55:12.no, it was Ding Junhui who wanted it and to play it again, Sam! He

:55:12. > :55:15.

:55:16. > :55:20.has not got quite behind the brown. There is a pot on, but is it worth

:55:20. > :55:30.the risk? He has just started missing these, in the last couple

:55:30. > :55:30.

:55:30. > :58:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:58:46. > :58:56.of frames. In fact, he is playing There is the view from Hokkaido. It

:58:56. > :59:05.

:59:05. > :59:10.appears there is no pat back to the It was always risky to play at that.

:59:10. > :59:20.He will pay the price. He thought the only red he could lead was the

:59:20. > :59:57.

:59:57. > :00:04.He would lock to be able to store on their red near the black spot.

:00:04. > :00:11.It looks like he has played for it. That is the red he would have

:00:11. > :00:18.wanted to get rid of. If he can stay on the black here, this is a

:00:18. > :00:27.good chance. Thought that was risky for Mark King beer. But he felt it

:00:27. > :00:37.was the only one he could leave. Asking the referee to place the

:00:37. > :00:47.black back on its sport. Which she is quite entitled to do. -- back on

:00:47. > :00:57.its sport. The cue ball is being cleaned. 42 points, the lead,

:00:57. > :01:00.

:01:00. > :01:07.albeit eight. -- already. He needs could cue ball control. -- good.

:01:07. > :01:17.Not bad. I don't think he can play off the black without using another

:01:17. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:45.Back up for the blue. Has he got an We have certainly got every angle

:01:45. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :02:06.this year. I hope you are enjoying There is red at their age of the

:02:06. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:22.bunch that will pot to the right He did not seem to play that what a

:02:22. > :02:41.

:02:41. > :02:51.lot of conviction. -- worth. Just You would not expect him to make

:02:51. > :03:00.

:03:00. > :03:10.mistakes but actually have been The clock, to close 71 points in

:03:10. > :03:13.

:03:13. > :03:23.front. -- double act, to go 71 Her he will be mightily relieved.

:03:23. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:34.He still has the two-frame advantage into the act. -- intact.

:03:34. > :03:51.

:03:51. > :04:01.It means that Mark King now has to I am not quite sure what he was

:04:01. > :04:11.looking at their. Me a whip and putting the extension on he was

:04:11. > :04:27.

:04:27. > :04:35.looking for his line. -- may were He is looking online upgrading at

:04:35. > :04:43.the time he plays the sport. -- he is looking for back line of green

:04:43. > :04:53.at the time he plays the short. Are you - or make a will? I started off

:04:53. > :05:08.

:05:08. > :05:18.To it's it's easier to change to a meter will cue than an ash cue. You

:05:18. > :05:39.

:05:39. > :05:49.wear make-up, we knew? -- were In denies two finished us what a

:05:49. > :05:52.

:05:52. > :06:01.He will be absolutely delighted. He has had to tough it out against

:06:01. > :06:10.Mark King in these three frames. Beautifully played. Mark King is

:06:10. > :06:20.still in this and will not care of out a fight. -- give up. But Abu

:06:20. > :06:21.

:06:21. > :06:28.double break of 104. -- a beautiful break. The man who has won six

:06:28. > :06:37.ranking titles showing his class but he has been made to work.

:06:37. > :06:45.but he is prepared to work. He is up against a decent player. It

:06:45. > :06:48.looks as if his experience will get no will line. -- get him over or

:06:48. > :06:58.the line. It looked like he was teetering but he has pulled himself

:06:58. > :06:58.

:06:58. > :07:07.together. He was so ducal with that break. -- so magical. He will be

:07:07. > :07:17.glad to have his two-frame advantage. It was only then that he

:07:17. > :07:17.

:07:17. > :07:27.got into full flow. Yes, but he can continue in the same vein. You go

:07:27. > :07:29.

:07:29. > :07:36.back to the dressing room, thinking, Mark King is running out of time.

:07:36. > :07:46.Ding Junhui is probably on practice table. He has kept that two frame

:07:46. > :07:47.

:07:47. > :07:56.advantage. An important theme coming up. -- frame. Are you

:07:56. > :08:04.enjoying a history CDs? Co it has been marvellous. And Steve was good

:08:04. > :08:14.as well! Yes, Steve has done a magnificent job and today he is

:08:14. > :08:23.

:08:23. > :08:33.looking at a history of the snooker To back in old days the locked

:08:33. > :08:33.

:08:33. > :08:43.sound of to ask on to ask. We're not sure when I very was introduced.

:08:43. > :08:52.-- ivory. The advantage was probably to do with the fact that

:08:52. > :09:02.ABT in the shape better and the weight makes for up her response.

:09:02. > :09:03.

:09:03. > :09:08.But it does have its own problems. Consistency, I would have thought.

:09:08. > :09:18.Kiss said it you can probably only get the decent balls out of want to

:09:18. > :09:29.

:09:29. > :09:39.ask. -- one task. And then there we get larger. On a standard belly-up

:09:39. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :09:53.all the at lacked what is actually Did they go out at she? Not because

:09:53. > :10:01.have been bashed around but because the team at the end room. And I

:10:01. > :10:11.have heard that they had to be tightened. Mainly because columns

:10:11. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:25.such as heat and humidity. -- of problems. They hit limit and

:10:25. > :10:32.

:10:32. > :10:42.control the thighs. This is the ball cage. Larger than you what we

:10:42. > :10:50.

:10:50. > :10:59.were these days. So we play what minimum size dolls? You want to

:10:59. > :11:06.make sure that you not just trusting the referee. So no self-

:11:06. > :11:16.respecting player would be whipped one of these. This is from

:11:16. > :11:16.

:11:16. > :11:26.Leicester Square. The players themselves would check the balls.

:11:26. > :11:28.

:11:29. > :11:38.You would agree, this is deceptive play with. And this is a thumbscrew.

:11:38. > :11:47.Once again for testing size. As you pass it through, if it catches at

:11:47. > :11:54.any point, it will not go through. Everything is improving, they must

:11:54. > :12:04.at some stage have looked or other materials. What reason was to

:12:04. > :12:09.improve it. Another was the shortage of ivory. Back in late

:12:09. > :12:19.1860s a prize of 10 pits and Dolls was off to see if somebody could be

:12:19. > :12:28.

:12:28. > :12:33.placed ivory. -- $10,000. This is from 19 tell him. -- 1911. A

:12:33. > :12:41.gentleman sitting on 20 isn't really up walls. 2000 elephants.

:12:41. > :12:51.Fight them. -- frightening. The it was not the theme can Thurnby her

:12:51. > :12:53.

:12:53. > :13:03.these days at night watching. So a prize was or would have $10,000.

:13:03. > :13:04.

:13:04. > :13:13.Could a replacement for the ivory balls was invented. I think he

:13:13. > :13:21.thought he would make more money. It was actually in 1869 that a

:13:21. > :13:31.chemist and inventor coated some wooden balls are at a new Material

:13:31. > :13:31.

:13:31. > :13:40.to attempt to recreate the feel of Highbury. -- ivory. Here, the

:13:40. > :13:50.original solution is re created. The Ed Balls certainly looked the

:13:50. > :13:50.

:13:50. > :13:58.part, was at rock back. Fire. It seems hard to believe that it would

:13:58. > :14:07.ignite, but there has an impressive flame. Finally, celluloid was

:14:07. > :14:17.developed. The beginning of modern plastic. Eliot's was responsible

:14:17. > :14:18.

:14:18. > :14:28.for saving elephants and Scott and plastics. Not bad! Celluloid

:14:28. > :14:35.nitrate cellulose. The theme as film. Very flammable. Could be

:14:35. > :14:42.really catch fire? There is to a lot of talk about being a fraction

:14:42. > :14:52.on the ball creating fire. Since Jimmy White would not allowed

:14:52. > :15:02.anywhere near these! It was replaced by a mixture of sale

:15:02. > :15:10.

:15:10. > :15:19.yields and ground up bone. To a powder form? These witnessed late.

:15:19. > :15:29.But it took a lot of development. A famous player went on promotion

:15:29. > :15:32.

:15:32. > :15:40.tour. In 1928 the ball was accepted as a championship ball. A few years

:15:40. > :15:47.later the professionals agreed. Which is a very important point.

:15:47. > :15:54.This became the pall of choice. What happened was the improved the

:15:54. > :16:04.process to get a more accurate ball. Better weight distribution,

:16:04. > :16:08.

:16:08. > :16:18.etcetera. How did it progress? There was progress in the plastics

:16:18. > :16:21.

:16:21. > :16:26.field. Raisin was poured into an empty like all. -- resin. Still in

:16:26. > :16:36.this mould, it would break off, and you would be left with the

:16:36. > :16:43.equivalent of that. Ready to be ground to the required shape. The

:16:43. > :16:52.angles would be different. That is when the likes of Alex Higgins was

:16:52. > :17:02.screwing the balls back. But it has moved on again. Everything has

:17:02. > :17:05.

:17:05. > :17:15.changed. This is the set that would be used at the championships. Every

:17:15. > :17:15.

:17:15. > :17:19.ball to within one gram of the other. Very tight tolerances.

:17:19. > :17:28.from the beginning of my professional career, we now play

:17:29. > :17:38.with the most accurate ball ever? Yes. So why am I slipping down the

:17:39. > :17:42.

:17:42. > :17:46.rankings? I cannot answer that! is something we take for granted.

:17:46. > :17:51.Yes, as a youngster in the snooker club, you have no knowledge of that.

:17:51. > :18:01.To think about how many elephants died, that is frightening to think

:18:01. > :18:01.

:18:01. > :18:11.back. 12,000 elephants slaughtered every year at the peak of demand.

:18:11. > :18:14.

:18:14. > :18:18.Incredible. Unbelievable. But it wasn't us! We didn't do it! They

:18:18. > :18:26.were like playing with cannonballs. Thankfully we have progressed and

:18:26. > :18:35.the ones that used nowadays are fantastic. I notice you stayed out

:18:35. > :18:41.of the laboratory. Too dangerous! But fascinating stuff. It has been

:18:41. > :18:50.an eye opener. Very enjoyable. Where you surprised by the

:18:50. > :18:55.reaction? We do not know where the future of the game will end up. But

:18:55. > :19:01.in this country we have the history of the game. And will always have

:19:01. > :19:08.the history of the game. Nothing can change that. Be as a great

:19:08. > :19:18.atmosphere here at the World Championships. -- there is. We will

:19:18. > :19:27.

:19:27. > :19:31.reflect some of that you can't now. I would watch at my grandmother's.

:19:31. > :19:41.It was one of the picked things up the 1980s. All the old classic

:19:41. > :19:44.

:19:44. > :19:51.claims. I did impressions from around eight or nine-year-old. We

:19:51. > :20:01.did impersonation competitions, me and my brother. Anyone on

:20:01. > :20:03.

:20:03. > :20:13.television, I would try doing him. The whispering voice of Ted law.

:20:13. > :20:13.

:20:13. > :20:23.Them Willie Thorne. His catchphrase is where, betwixt and between, in

:20:23. > :20:24.

:20:24. > :20:29.fairness. Impressionists dream. Steve Davis, not a typical accent.

:20:29. > :20:34.Enjoys his catchphrases but probably doesn't know he has said

:20:34. > :20:44.them. Has the gene fault of the bike? Has there we will come off

:20:44. > :20:45.

:20:45. > :20:55.the car? Very interesting. Just seeing all these famous faces.

:20:55. > :21:09.

:21:09. > :21:18.Stephen Hendry, Terry Griffiths, it Thousands of matches. Millions of

:21:18. > :21:28.ports. Over the years, many have called the shots. But just one

:21:28. > :21:29.

:21:29. > :21:38.voice, the whispering Ted Lowe. By 90s, it on its we have flowing.

:21:38. > :21:45.Including John Virgo, where is the cue ball going. Then an Irish voice

:21:45. > :21:51.became Major, the distinctive sound of Dennis Taylor. Another of voice

:21:51. > :21:55.took over from Ted were a miss - and up all a head. With expert

:21:55. > :22:05.analysis to see it through, Willie Thorne is not based in the world,

:22:05. > :22:07.

:22:07. > :22:15.but he's in the top two. Griffiths, Doherty, and Stephen Hendry. Not a

:22:15. > :22:20.mention of Steve Davis? Who wrote this home. Certainly not me. OK,

:22:20. > :22:27.the show would not run without John Parrott of Steve Davis. They are

:22:27. > :22:37.second to none. And there was me thinking I was interesting. Wait

:22:37. > :22:39.

:22:39. > :22:49.till I tell Hazel about this! good. Your reaction? I saw lower

:22:49. > :22:56.

:22:56. > :23:04.than that! You got away with it, just! You think so! We had Allister

:23:04. > :23:14.McGowan on, but he struggled to do me! The reason that they don't do

:23:14. > :23:14.

:23:14. > :23:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:23:57. > :24:07.Both players are back. This will be late to a finish. Deng Junhui needs

:24:07. > :24:28.

:24:28. > :24:37.A smile from Mark King. Leaving the red on again. Funnily enough I saw

:24:37. > :24:47.Marco Fu in his match and he decided not to play that three-

:24:47. > :25:18.

:25:18. > :25:28.He did not get on the, this time. - -,. -- colour. The cue ball, he

:25:28. > :25:59.

:25:59. > :26:07.just at a player saved a shot, is He was just a fraction off.

:26:07. > :26:16.Certainly are read to the right middled, here. He is too close to

:26:16. > :26:25.the right corner. But to the right middle, although we can quite see

:26:25. > :26:35.were the colour comes from. He is electing to play safe. This looks

:26:35. > :26:55.

:26:55. > :27:05.Mark King can play the shot which he puts the Ritz up to Paul and

:27:05. > :27:15.leaves the white all on the black cushion. As you can see. Spot of

:27:15. > :27:15.

:27:15. > :28:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:28:03. > :28:13.If he is thinking of a plant this They say that fortune favours the

:28:13. > :28:14.

:28:14. > :29:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:29:09. > :29:19.Always a tough shot, that. If you don't catch them been enough the

:29:19. > :29:19.

:29:19. > :29:24.cue ball will not get anywhere near the cushion. Just got to avoid - as

:29:24. > :29:32.we watch again, he got that too thick - you just have to manoeuvre

:29:32. > :29:42.the cue ball. But that loose safety shot will not cost them. Unless

:29:42. > :29:54.

:29:54. > :30:01.He was hoping to develop the black, but he has not made two good job of

:30:01. > :30:09.it. As I always say, if you pop the red at least you get to play the

:30:09. > :30:19.next shot. It was a very positive shots, but it was never a

:30:19. > :30:19.

:30:19. > :31:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:31:17. > :31:23.That was a nice pot. He may have a I have been quite impressed with

:31:23. > :31:28.some of his safety play. It is not his type of game, normally. It is

:31:28. > :31:35.what serves the situation. He is taking care of the safety shots,

:31:35. > :31:41.that is the impressive thing. Sometimes, even if you don't enjoy

:31:41. > :31:51.playing them, you just get down and play them. He is looking to put

:31:51. > :32:19.

:32:19. > :32:27.Mark King in trouble, which is good. Not the best of safety shots, but

:32:27. > :32:32.it is OK. That red went very close to the left corner, but close

:32:32. > :32:42.enough to the cushion, you would think, not to tempt Mark King into

:32:42. > :32:42.

:32:42. > :33:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:33:35. > :33:44.He was giving that a lot of thought. The green of was stop -- was

:33:45. > :33:45.

:33:45. > :34:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:34:29. > :34:35.stopping him from coming of the He knew he had hit that too thick.

:34:35. > :34:45.Mark King has asked for permission to leave the arena. I don't know

:34:45. > :34:54.exactly where he has gone. I could have a guess! Ding Junhui is

:34:54. > :34:58.leaving as well. Maybe we should leave and see what John Parris --

:34:58. > :35:02.John Parrott and Steve Davis at the save.

:35:02. > :35:09.One can only presume what has happened. When you have got to go,

:35:09. > :35:13.you have got to go! There is not much else to say, really. The worst

:35:13. > :35:17.was back in the 1980s when Bill Werbeniuk was involved and he used

:35:17. > :35:24.to drink huge quantities of lager when he played for a medical

:35:24. > :35:32.complaint, apparently. I paid him once in the first round and I beat

:35:32. > :35:37.him 10-3, but he beat me 11-5 on visits to the toilets! Palace's

:35:37. > :35:43.speciality. Have you ever had to disrupt the match like that? Not in

:35:43. > :35:50.the middle of a frame. It is very unusual. I can remember three times

:35:50. > :35:55.it has happened this week already. It is unusual. The period of time

:35:55. > :35:59.but a frame could last would be long enough but you could be caught

:35:59. > :36:03.short, but you would expect you would have some sort of idea while

:36:03. > :36:12.the referee was setting up a bold as to how you felt. Maybe it is the

:36:12. > :36:22.pressure, who knows? Delighted to say that Mark King is back!

:36:22. > :36:32.Bill Werbeniuk, there was a legend. We just had a 15 minute interval,

:36:32. > :36:48.

:36:48. > :36:56.it is strange you have to leave so There was the possibility of

:36:57. > :37:01.playing the pot on that red. That tells me his game plan could be no

:37:01. > :37:11.chance snooker. Whether that will get him back in this match, I don't

:37:11. > :37:14.

:37:14. > :37:24.At some point in this match will have to take risks. Simmonds seems

:37:24. > :37:49.

:37:49. > :37:59.quite prepared to play this type of The winner of this match is back on

:37:59. > :38:20.

:38:20. > :38:25.Good line, but just short. It is amazing the amount of sticker you

:38:25. > :38:28.have to play in the second week. Normally in the first week you have

:38:28. > :38:35.four or five days off. If you're involved in the second week you

:38:35. > :38:45.play every single day. That is why they have always refer to it as a

:38:45. > :38:45.

:38:45. > :39:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:39:40. > :39:50.The referee will always say if it Quite an easy trickle of fear

:39:50. > :39:54.

:39:55. > :40:04.towards the top cushion. A certain He didn't want to risk leaving Mark

:40:05. > :40:40.

:40:40. > :40:50.King an easy run up to the baulk Up she just didn't hit it. -- he

:40:50. > :41:18.

:41:18. > :41:25.He just be a sticky give Ding Junhui four points for nothing. He

:41:25. > :41:35.might be thinking, what about racking them up again? There may be

:41:35. > :41:39.

:41:39. > :41:46.a chance here for Mark King to play good safety shot. I am surprised

:41:46. > :41:56.Ding Junhui didn't play a similar shot, to be fair. Ding Junhui had a

:41:56. > :41:57.

:41:57. > :42:03.more comfortable shot and Mark King had. I think King is maybe too

:42:03. > :42:13.cautious. I think he just wants to get the job done and doesn't want

:42:13. > :42:15.

:42:15. > :42:21.to take any risks. You can't assume that by playing negative snooker

:42:21. > :42:31.you'll get frame-winning opportunities. That is a good

:42:31. > :42:31.

:42:31. > :43:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:43:24. > :43:34.He was probably more concerned about whether cue ball was going to

:43:34. > :43:34.

:43:34. > :45:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:45:22. > :45:28.The cannon into the pink and red His heart was in his might there

:45:28. > :45:38.for a second! It looked like it was not going to going. It flicked the

:45:38. > :45:49.

:45:49. > :45:59.near jaw, but the speed of the shot He has overcut the blue. That could

:45:59. > :46:12.

:46:12. > :46:22.What a chance now for Ding Junhui to go within one frame of the place

:46:22. > :46:38.

:46:38. > :46:48.It is not quite as straightforward as it would normally be as the pink

:46:48. > :46:50.

:46:50. > :46:55.and black had tied up the moment. - - are tied up at the moment. He

:46:55. > :47:05.would like to play a cannon on the pink and rates here and bring the

:47:05. > :47:20.

:47:20. > :47:25.If the pink doors go -- if it tinkles go, that is just what he

:47:25. > :47:35.needs. If it goes, you would think this is definitely a frame-winning

:47:35. > :47:41.

:47:41. > :47:51.chance. If it doesn't, then he has to go back up for the blue. The

:47:51. > :48:26.

:48:26. > :48:34.pink must go, it goes! What a He has let himself a bit to do here.

:48:34. > :48:44.I can't believe you played for the black. -- he played for the black.

:48:44. > :49:05.

:49:05. > :49:13.A lot of pressure on this. Nicely What makes those shots were

:49:13. > :49:23.difficult, if it wasn't the one you were playing for. He didn't intend

:49:23. > :49:28.it to be so tricky. So, 45 points the Leeds, two reds and two colours

:49:28. > :49:38.and he will be passed the winning line and within one frame of a

:49:38. > :49:57.

:49:57. > :50:07.quarter-final place. He will play He has had his chances, but missed

:50:07. > :50:08.

:50:08. > :50:15.that easy blue in the middle. Never had good control of the cue ball.

:50:15. > :50:25.That is the frame winner. 53 points in front, just 51 remaining and the

:50:25. > :50:44.

:50:44. > :50:54.Mark King will not be getting back to the table. He will be preparing

:50:54. > :51:08.

:51:08. > :51:18.He will need to need -- he will need to win all the remaining

:51:18. > :51:32.

:51:32. > :51:42.frames. That is a big ask again He would need to take more chances,

:51:42. > :51:43.

:51:43. > :51:53.but he does not look in the mood to do that, Dulcie? -- Dos he? Well,

:51:53. > :52:03.it is always the way, the frame is over. Even Mark King can see the

:52:03. > :52:20.

:52:20. > :52:30.He made a break of 104 in the last The pink and black for a break of

:52:30. > :52:36.

:52:36. > :52:42.So, Mark King had a chance but he missed the blue into the middle.

:52:42. > :52:48.That was very costly. Ding Junhui is now one frame away from a place

:52:48. > :52:53.in the quarter final. He stretched his lead to three. 12-9.

:52:53. > :52:58.Bear in mind, Ding Junhui was 6-2 behind after the first session, but

:52:58. > :53:03.he has played incredibly well since then. That frame just before the

:53:03. > :53:11.interval was hugely important. He got himself settled. Mark King

:53:11. > :53:16.missed his chance. It is always that or you don't know exactly

:53:16. > :53:23.where the cue ball was going to go. You have got to pot the ball you're

:53:23. > :53:29.playing. As well as Ding Junhui has played, Mark King was also putting

:53:29. > :53:33.does Bolton the first session. that second session worse Ding

:53:33. > :53:37.Junhui to control of the game, I don't know what that was Mark King

:53:37. > :53:41.playing under par, or Ding Junhui King very strong that led to that

:53:41. > :53:45.seven to one session. If we look back at Ding Junhui's history, we

:53:45. > :53:48.could argue that he has been a better front runner and not so good

:53:49. > :53:58.from behind. When he has got behind it is because he has been having a

:53:59. > :53:59.

:53:59. > :54:06.bad day. From 6-2 behind its, a couple of years ago Ding Junhui's

:54:06. > :54:10.it would have dropped. He now has more resolve than he had in the

:54:10. > :54:15.past and it now becomes a realistic proposition that because the World

:54:15. > :54:20.Championship. It really is last- chance saloon for Mark King. At 11

:54:21. > :54:26.you have some leeway, but no mistakes now. Abbas talking to

:54:26. > :54:30.Terry Griffiths last night about Ding Junhui. He said he always felt

:54:30. > :54:34.Ding Junhui Woodruffe consult back into the match. I thought the

:54:34. > :54:40.writing was on the wall because Mark King was playing exceptional

:54:40. > :54:50.snooker and Ding Junhui was off form. It is a disappointment coming

:54:50. > :54:53.

:54:53. > :54:58.for all of the Chinese fans, but he turned it around. Mark King has

:54:58. > :55:01.been going out of the room and a number of occasions. Perhaps a bit

:55:01. > :55:09.of a stomach upset or something like that. Perhaps it doesn't feel

:55:09. > :55:19.a hundred percent, but he is not showing it in his face. Is Ding

:55:19. > :55:22.

:55:22. > :55:26.Junhui about to book his place in He will not be pleased with that.

:55:27. > :55:36.He has left an absolute sitter. Mark King has got to start taking

:55:37. > :56:11.

:56:11. > :56:19.I don't think he will be going into Let's have a look at his break got

:56:19. > :56:29.shot. He caught it much too thick. That is why the cue ball only just

:56:29. > :56:30.

:56:30. > :57:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:57:10. > :57:20.Well, that is a mistake. He has got to leave himself a better angle

:57:20. > :57:33.

:57:33. > :57:43.Well, he has recovered the situation, just. He needs to find

:57:43. > :57:50.

:57:50. > :58:00.an angle on the blue cue to get I feel he has to take this

:58:00. > :58:06.

:58:06. > :58:14.He has refused again. He is not guaranteed a good angle here.

:58:14. > :58:21.Perhaps he can leave insult high on the black to go into the pack. He

:58:21. > :58:31.could also go up for the blue, it just depends which is more

:58:31. > :58:31.

:58:31. > :59:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:59:39. > :59:43.She had a great contact on the pack She should get the cue ball going

:59:43. > :59:53.up the table and could still be on the pink or blue. Just don't miss

:59:53. > :00:03.

:00:03. > :00:13.Don't miss the Rev -- don't miss the red! He was a bit unlucky there.

:00:13. > :00:28.

:00:28. > :00:35.An excellent shot to split up the Now, Mark King is going to have to

:00:35. > :00:45.sit there wondering whether he has Piat played his last shot in it

:00:45. > :01:19.

:01:19. > :01:27.this year's Betfair World There is Mark, just before he

:01:27. > :01:36.played that very important shot. Maybe he felt a little twinge in

:01:36. > :01:41.the back there as he was trying to But he will not need to stretch

:01:41. > :01:51.over the table any more or if Ding Junhui does not make any mistakes

:01:51. > :01:55.

:01:55. > :02:05.But Ding has not played the best shot there. This is a finer cut and

:02:05. > :02:12.

:02:12. > :02:16.he was expecting. Yes, it right in He held the cue ball nicely. You

:02:16. > :02:25.could not ask for a better opportunity than this to win a

:02:25. > :02:34.match. Yes, he did not a red on to that left-hand side cushion, but he

:02:34. > :02:44.can win the match without needing that, so long as he stays on the

:02:44. > :02:52.

:02:52. > :03:02.That pink put some four points into the lead. If he is not careful, he

:03:02. > :03:14.

:03:14. > :03:19.could end up needing that awkward This puts them at eleven points in

:03:19. > :03:25.front, but he is now going to need that awkward red it on the side

:03:25. > :03:34.cushion. So, Mark King may just have a chance to get back to the

:03:34. > :03:44.table. Ding Junhui is going to require the remaining three reds to

:03:44. > :03:56.

:03:56. > :04:03.Ding just had the look at the scoreboard. Maybe he should have

:04:03. > :04:12.done so a couple of minutes ago. Yes, I think it just dawned on him

:04:12. > :04:16.there that he actually needed the He was trying for the cannon there

:04:16. > :04:26.and really it was a poor shot that he did not get it. It was easy

:04:26. > :04:32.

:04:32. > :04:42.And that was all caused by her not looking at the scoreboard. Yes, but

:04:42. > :04:51.

:04:51. > :04:57.this is the last chance saloon it It is not the easiest opportunity.

:04:57. > :05:05.I am not sure whether he would want to try and knock this other red

:05:05. > :05:15.into play off this one. He has played it. Now, he wants to be on

:05:15. > :05:41.

:05:41. > :05:51.the brown. Is he on debt? It looks Well, that was the strange way to

:05:51. > :05:52.

:05:52. > :06:02.play it. Yes, he played the right shot of the last red, I just think

:06:02. > :06:05.

:06:05. > :06:10.he had it a bit hard. Where is that red going? It has stopped just shot

:06:10. > :06:20.of the centre pocket, but that is not the best safety shot, he should

:06:20. > :06:35.

:06:35. > :06:45.have really got a snooker out of It is not a tough snooker to hit,

:06:45. > :06:55.

:06:55. > :07:05.but the age old problem is, can he That looks like case snooker to me.

:07:05. > :07:24.

:07:24. > :07:34.He hit that will. That was the intention, to send the red as far

:07:34. > :07:42.

:07:42. > :07:52.I think he can be simply do what he wants. He would like to have

:07:52. > :07:59.

:07:59. > :08:09.He over het that somewhat and I think that he bump on the middle

:08:09. > :08:25.

:08:25. > :08:35.pocket helped him, because it Good shot. It would have been a lot

:08:35. > :08:43.

:08:43. > :08:53.But Mark King knows that he cannot afford one more or mistake or else

:08:53. > :09:06.

:09:06. > :09:16.That was a nice shot. Is there a gap between the pink and black? Yes,

:09:16. > :09:16.

:09:16. > :10:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:10:01. > :10:11.That full will kiss and a brown and prevented them from it snookering

:10:11. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:25.The red will cut into the left-hand corner. He could play it as a shot

:10:25. > :10:42.

:10:42. > :10:51.If you are going to miss them, you want to air on the side of hitting

:10:51. > :11:01.them tooth than that, which is what he has done. Now, can at Mark King

:11:01. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:15.He has it that bad. That could be his last shot. He could not have

:11:15. > :11:25.hit that any worse. That could be his last shot in this year's

:11:25. > :11:54.

:11:54. > :11:59.Bengalis the red, but he is not Mark King may think there is a

:11:59. > :12:04.chance he could get back to the table. When he played that bad

:12:04. > :12:14.safety shot I am sure he thought that was the end for him. But there

:12:14. > :12:41.

:12:41. > :12:51.Solid. And now, it just yellow and Automatic position or the green

:12:51. > :12:59.

:13:00. > :13:09.Considering he lost the first session 6-2, this has been a very

:13:10. > :13:16.

:13:16. > :13:23.good performance. A lot of Yes, 1.3 billion people will have

:13:23. > :13:33.been feeding the worst when he was 6-2 down, but he is going to stay

:13:33. > :13:37.

:13:37. > :13:43.That is more than enough. Mark King wishes some of the best for the

:13:43. > :13:48.next round. Mark King has had a good tournament. Those at 1.3

:13:48. > :13:53.billion people in China may have been fearing the worst after he was

:13:53. > :14:03.6-2 down. But it is a tremendous performance by eight Ding Junhui.

:14:03. > :14:04.

:14:04. > :14:08.He runs out the winner 13-nine. Yes, he is carrying the hopes of the

:14:08. > :14:18.nation. He talked about that expectancy at home before the start

:14:18. > :14:23.of the tournament. Yes, he knows that the draw has opened up for him

:14:23. > :14:31.and he has an excellent chance of reaching the final. A tremendous

:14:31. > :14:35.performance given that he was 6-2 down after that first session.

:14:35. > :14:42.this could have been a problem before, but his temperament now is

:14:42. > :14:49.much better. Congratulations, you are into the quarter-final of the

:14:49. > :14:57.championship for or lay the second time. Yes, I played well from when

:14:57. > :15:02.they were 6-2 down and concentrated well after that. How worried where

:15:02. > :15:09.you're after Mark King started the game so positively? He it was a bad

:15:10. > :15:16.start. I was not in my game. I went back to think about my game to try

:15:17. > :15:22.and make it better. If I have the problem, I was able to fix it. He

:15:22. > :15:31.yesterday, you took seven of the available eight frames. You come

:15:31. > :15:36.out with all guns blazing. Yes, Mark played very well in that first

:15:36. > :15:42.session. He takes a very little chance that was given. So I had to

:15:42. > :15:49.play well. Our you are aware how the bottom half of the draw is

:15:49. > :15:56.opening it out, with no Mark Selby or 0 Neil Robertson left. It is

:15:56. > :16:03.opening up very nicely for you. do not worry beyond the next round.

:16:03. > :16:08.Everyone here that is through his playing well. Well, you have to be

:16:08. > :16:17.in it to win it and I am sure the excitement in China is already

:16:17. > :16:20.rising. Yes, congratulations to Ding Junhui, who plays at Barry

:16:20. > :16:27.Hawkins in the quarter final, starting at 10 o'clock tomorrow

:16:28. > :16:34.morning. Yes, that will be a good game. Barry Hawkins is an excellent

:16:34. > :16:44.match player. Marking missed opportunities in this match, didn't

:16:44. > :16:50.

:16:50. > :16:55.he? -- Mark King missed chances. Yes, look at this. If he actually

:16:55. > :17:01.played this cushion first, he would have left the red in mid-table and

:17:01. > :17:08.BBC Two pot the brown and come back for it. He was a little unlucky to

:17:08. > :17:15.finish where it was. Those are the sort of things that were going for

:17:15. > :17:20.Mark King in the opening session? Yes, at this top class level, you

:17:20. > :17:24.become ultra critical of players when need this. But when you are

:17:25. > :17:31.out there, you sometimes find yourself in a difficult situation.

:17:31. > :17:41.Earlier on, he missed eight Cup on the blue into the middle pocket. On

:17:41. > :17:42.

:17:42. > :17:52.another day, you would never miss any of these. But marking is very

:17:52. > :17:56.

:17:56. > :18:00.philosophical. Mark King is very philosophical. But from Ding

:18:00. > :18:10.Junhui's point of view, he is looking at this the right way. He

:18:10. > :18:12.

:18:12. > :18:22.is simply thinking about the next match. And don't forget, Barry

:18:22. > :18:24.

:18:24. > :18:31.Hawkins Peter Ding out in China. Yes, he does not have the track

:18:31. > :18:35.record that Ding Junhui has, but he is improving all the time. He is

:18:35. > :18:41.rising up the ranking list and will be in an optimistic frame of mind.

:18:41. > :18:45.It is going to be another fascinating encounter. From now

:18:45. > :18:51.morning, the players are playing every day and this is where it

:18:51. > :18:56.becomes something of the marathon. Does it matter that Barry Hawkins

:18:56. > :19:04.Peter Mark Selby on Saturday night and has had an extra day to

:19:04. > :19:08.prepare? Not, none of the players will worry about that. All the

:19:08. > :19:12.players know that if you are going to win at this tournament it is the

:19:12. > :19:17.marathon and due are going to play every single day from the second

:19:17. > :19:24.week on words. Both players will think they can win this one. Both

:19:24. > :19:32.of them have beaten each other before. Once again, snooker has

:19:32. > :19:42.opened its arms to the city. Yesterday, some of the Great

:19:42. > :19:46.

:19:46. > :19:56.Britain Paralympian swear in town. -- where in town. In terms of last

:19:56. > :20:06.

:20:06. > :20:16.year's Paralympics, the legacy is One of the stars of the shot is

:20:16. > :20:22.Hanna, a double gold-medallist. This is fantastic. This is not

:20:22. > :20:30.about gold medals, this is about what the legacy was meant to be.

:20:30. > :20:40.Yes, and we held this event before London, we would not have had any

:20:40. > :20:41.

:20:41. > :20:48.sort of response like we have had It just shows us that people want

:20:48. > :20:58.to be the next Paralympian is. It is amazing to see on the Paralympic

:20:58. > :21:05.

:21:05. > :21:15.We have moved over to the equestrian area where we are found

:21:15. > :21:17.

:21:17. > :21:24.another medallist. The mechanical horse looks fantastic. Yes, we have

:21:24. > :21:31.got it here as part of the legacy programme. She gives children and

:21:31. > :21:37.adults a chance of riding without having to go or any real horse.

:21:37. > :21:45.They are is quite a cue forming. This is obviously one of the most

:21:45. > :21:54.popular areas. Yes, the chance to get on a horse and feel what it is

:21:54. > :22:03.like. It may encourage other people to have a go themselves. Rachel,

:22:03. > :22:13.you have brought down at your son to have a look around. What sports

:22:13. > :22:14.

:22:14. > :22:24.have you tried out? Fencing, shooting and we are going to have a

:22:24. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:37.go at table tennis, aren't we? one did you enjoy the most? I was

:22:37. > :22:42.

:22:42. > :22:52.good at fencing. I just kept on fighting someone. I got three

:22:52. > :22:54.

:22:54. > :22:59.points. Well done to you it young man and well done to Rob Walker.

:22:59. > :23:09.You saw many of the Paralympic champions there and he has come to

:23:09. > :23:21.

:23:21. > :23:29.Well joins us down here. He has brought along his silver and bronze

:23:30. > :23:39.medals from the Paralympic games. I cannot believe how heavy the are.

:23:40. > :23:40.

:23:41. > :23:50.was great to be part of the London 20 12th games. Now, I have seen you

:23:51. > :23:54.

:23:54. > :24:01.playing snooker and duet and a bit of a dab hand. Yes, at the illness

:24:01. > :24:11.makes it difficult for me to play snooker, but I try my best. I think

:24:11. > :24:13.

:24:13. > :24:20.with a bit of training, I could be all right. Is it something that you

:24:20. > :24:24.would like to see more of, more Paralympian is getting involved in

:24:24. > :24:31.playing snooker and more disabled people getting involved in the

:24:31. > :24:37.game? He is, it is a great thing to get people involved and in both a

:24:37. > :24:47.sporting and the social sense. are standing any very dangerous

:24:47. > :25:20.

:25:20. > :25:30.Ken has got a few nice table tennis We get married on 16th May. There

:25:30. > :25:39.

:25:39. > :25:44.is such a build up to it now. am very chilled out about it.

:25:44. > :25:54.remember him coming in and asking for a cup of tea. He was very

:25:54. > :26:01.

:26:01. > :26:06.polite. I remember coming back from one event and I was looking through

:26:06. > :26:16.a catalogue and I saw a Wren and they thought, this is the right

:26:16. > :26:20.

:26:21. > :26:25.time. I go down on my knee and proposed. I thought he was joking.

:26:25. > :26:35.When I found out he was serious, I went some up a little bit, but I

:26:35. > :26:41.

:26:41. > :26:45.said yes, obviously. I think I have got for Great Leighs end I -- for

:26:45. > :26:52.Great along this at my life. It would be absolutely fantastic to be

:26:52. > :26:56.married as World Snooker champion. So, Stuart Bingham and Mark Davis

:26:56. > :27:03.looking to reach the quarter-final for the first time. Nothing to

:27:03. > :27:13.choose between them after the opening session, 8-8 frames apiece.

:27:13. > :27:42.

:27:42. > :27:47.WILLIE THORNE: We are down to the They are both slightly older than

:27:47. > :27:57.many of the other players, but this match so far has not quite lived up

:27:57. > :28:08.

:28:08. > :28:13.TERRY GRIFFITHS: Yes, neither player has actually Het year top

:28:14. > :28:23.form at any point really in a match, but there is still plenty of time.

:28:24. > :28:25.

:28:25. > :28:28.It has taken just over six a pause for them to play these 16 frames.

:28:28. > :28:38.But the time of a match is also going to be much longer if people

:28:38. > :28:45.

:28:45. > :28:55.When it comes To the safety success, we know that you have to be over 90

:28:55. > :29:00.

:29:00. > :29:07.% to be really at the top of the So, that was the first mistake and

:29:07. > :29:10.Stuart Bingham takes advantage. did not quite have the angle to get

:29:11. > :29:20.perfectly honest, but I do not think he could have done that a lot

:29:21. > :29:26.

:29:26. > :29:36.Stuart Bingham is a very good break-builder. I think he is in the

:29:36. > :29:46.

:29:47. > :29:52.top seven or eight players, in that He used to be one of these players

:29:52. > :30:02.the used to struggle to find the centre of the weight, but he is

:30:02. > :30:28.

:30:28. > :30:38.working with the coach now and it Very important for both players to

:30:38. > :30:43.

:30:43. > :30:53.find some of their form early on in It is the first five frames today.

:30:53. > :31:16.

:31:16. > :31:23.13 is the winner in the second He made that look very easy.

:31:23. > :31:27.Perfect control on to the pink. What I have noticed with Stuart

:31:28. > :31:33.Bingham is when his long potting is good it is exceptionally good and

:31:33. > :31:38.he scores heavily. I think it inspires him. In this match his

:31:38. > :31:48.long potting hasn't been up to its normal standard, so he will be

:31:48. > :32:10.

:32:10. > :32:16.In the first match he was just I thought he hadn't gone quite far

:32:16. > :32:21.enough to make it to get the smash into the pack. You never know quite

:32:21. > :32:31.what these are going to end up. There is always a bit of luck

:32:31. > :32:31.

:32:31. > :33:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:33:17. > :33:21.needed. He played that very The it is coming to that stage in

:33:21. > :33:31.the frame that he is thinking about clinching it. There are too loose

:33:31. > :33:46.

:33:46. > :33:53.He got this far too thick. In the last frame of the last session, but

:33:53. > :34:03.was so important. Stuart Bingham led 7-5 and then Mark Davis ran

:34:03. > :34:12.

:34:12. > :34:19.three trains -- three frames on the That 16th frame was a big room. --

:34:19. > :34:23.a big frame. You go to sleep on that. If he would have been 97 down

:34:23. > :34:33.he would have been very disappointed. Sharing eight frames

:34:33. > :34:46.

:34:46. > :34:51.all, I think that players would This has been his highest rate

:34:51. > :35:01.since the seventh frame. But is unusual for him because he is one

:35:01. > :35:29.

:35:29. > :35:39.of the big hitters in the break This is just about framed all. --

:35:39. > :36:15.

:36:15. > :36:25.He knows that it be takes all blacks at these remaining red Sea

:36:25. > :36:28.

:36:28. > :36:34.can get 144. -- the remaining reds. He is going for it. An excellent

:36:34. > :36:44.break of 77. I am surprised that Mark Davis has a comeback for a bit

:36:44. > :36:44.

:36:44. > :36:52.of practice. Into the next, Stuart Bingham is at

:36:52. > :36:58.the table trailing by 50 points. It looks like he is risking playing

:36:58. > :37:08.the cannon. If the pink pots, that is not too bad. If it doesn't, it

:37:08. > :37:09.

:37:09. > :37:19.is no good. I understand what Willie was saying nowt. It is a

:37:19. > :37:19.

:37:19. > :37:25.positive shot. You can see he is unlucky not to be on it. That was a

:37:25. > :37:35.really good chance for Stuart Bingham there. I thought he may

:37:35. > :37:35.

:37:35. > :41:29.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:41:29. > :41:39.I did not see the miss Cumming, If Stuart Bingham gets nicely on

:41:39. > :41:57.

:41:57. > :42:07.But that was passed the red -- does past the red, obviously. He wants

:42:07. > :42:09.

:42:09. > :42:13.to be high enough up the table to be on this red. I suppose, if you

:42:13. > :42:22.want to make things absurdity easy, you would want to get on the brown

:42:22. > :42:28.or blue of this red to get up to the yellow. He decided it was easy

:42:28. > :42:38.enough of the black. Green to brown is about the only thing they can go

:42:38. > :42:46.

:42:46. > :42:52.He is taking these well so far. OK, you can say they were all on, but

:42:52. > :43:02.it is not like that when you're out there. He did not hit that as well

:43:02. > :43:02.

:43:02. > :43:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:43:49. > :43:52.as he would have liked. Still, he That is pretty good! He has to be

:43:52. > :44:01.so careful if he plays this sort one cushion because they are a

:44:01. > :44:11.little bit lively. It would be better off two cushions. That is an

:44:11. > :44:41.

:44:41. > :44:45.77 in the first Korean, a good clearance they're under pressure.

:44:45. > :44:51.Stuart Bingham is now two frames ahead.

:44:51. > :45:01.It was a very solid start by Stuart Bingham. Into the next and Stuart

:45:01. > :45:11.

:45:11. > :45:16.Bingham is at the table, two points How confident is he here? Is he

:45:16. > :45:26.confident to hold for the black. If he swings around the table, he only

:45:26. > :45:26.

:45:26. > :46:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:46:12. > :46:18.has the will to play for. -- the I'm not sure what to play for then,

:46:18. > :46:28.but he is on MOBO. May be thinking of bringing the blue back onto its

:46:28. > :46:44.

:46:44. > :46:54.He has the second prize, the brown in the middle, unless the brown is

:46:54. > :47:05.

:47:05. > :47:15.Mark Davis has given himself a little bit to do again here. This

:47:15. > :47:29.

:47:29. > :47:39.Another good shot from Mark Davis. He is under a lot of pressure out

:47:39. > :47:48.

:47:48. > :47:58.I don't think any of these reds go, so we is going to have to pay a

:47:58. > :48:10.

:48:10. > :48:16.cannon here. He has got to be Well, well, well. He didn't take

:48:16. > :48:25.that into account. Perhaps he did too much attention on it and not

:48:25. > :48:35.enough on the pot. Disaster for Mark Davis. We didn't see it coming

:48:35. > :48:48.

:48:48. > :48:55.either, did we? We thought it was a He won't be taking on the back here,

:48:55. > :49:05.he will be playing to reds and two pinks. This will be a body blow if

:49:05. > :49:19.

:49:19. > :49:24.The good thing for Stuart Bingham is that once you have cleared up

:49:24. > :49:29.once, it comes a little easier the second time. You almost expect

:49:29. > :49:36.yourself to make the clearance. When you have missed the chance to

:49:36. > :49:46.win the frame, you are not sure if you're going to do it again. It is

:49:46. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:14.No need to play for the blue, any of the bulk colours will do. This

:50:14. > :50:29.

:50:29. > :50:37.could be the key point in this That was twitchy. He had to cross

:50:37. > :50:44.that slightly. I don't think he caught the pink as he wanted. He

:50:44. > :50:48.was fractionally awkward. With the momentum he has had in these frames,

:50:48. > :50:58.you would have expected him to make that. The point is, did he expect

:50:58. > :51:17.

:51:17. > :51:27.If he can get through between pink and black, it is quite an easy

:51:27. > :51:27.

:51:27. > :52:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:52:28. > :52:32.Mark Davis has to win it this visit, So, the chance to win his first

:52:32. > :52:42.frame is staring him in the face. It is a straightforward clearance

:52:42. > :52:55.

:52:55. > :53:05.Stuart Bingham will probably be thinking he has let something slip.

:53:05. > :53:15.He has played all sorts of bad shots, Mark Davis, but he will only

:53:15. > :53:23.

:53:23. > :53:33.be just behind. He needs the blue. He caught the green so thin it

:53:33. > :53:56.

:53:56. > :54:06.He has gone all or nothing to get What a strange frame. Mark Davis

:54:06. > :54:12.

:54:12. > :54:17.looked a certainty, then Stuart he now trails by 10 frames tonight.

:54:17. > :54:27.So will, could Mark Davis draw level? Yuri E -- Heery is at the

:54:27. > :54:57.

:54:57. > :55:07.I think he left this a little bit He found the gap. He is on the

:55:07. > :55:30.

:55:30. > :55:35.He played it well, fully committed He can screw back to get the black.

:55:35. > :55:45.The only problem is that black will go on to its own spot and probably

:55:45. > :55:51.

:55:51. > :56:01.It depends how far away the pink is from the black spot. The pink might

:56:01. > :56:29.

:56:29. > :56:39.He played for the cannon. This match has gone very strange, hasn't

:56:39. > :56:43.

:56:43. > :56:49.it, Terry? Watch his body. He just flopped down. He was so

:56:49. > :56:56.disappointed. That is just pressure. It wasn't a natural shot to play

:56:56. > :57:06.the cannon, was it? De black was unmissable if he were just done it

:57:06. > :57:42.

:57:42. > :57:48.in normally. Bass -- just stun it This is the last frame before the

:57:48. > :57:58.session in trouble. There will be a 15 minute interval coming up. It

:57:58. > :58:03.

:58:03. > :58:07.gives players the time to think about what has gone on. Well, if

:58:07. > :58:12.one of the doors on the left-hand side of the theatre was opened,

:58:12. > :58:22.that probably would have blown in! You can't really control those

:58:22. > :58:47.

:58:47. > :58:57.Not quite, but it -- but it he has a path through the colours...

:58:57. > :59:04.

:59:04. > :59:14.perhaps there isn't because he is That was a really good pot under

:59:14. > :59:14.

:59:14. > :00:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:00:19. > :00:29.That was just one of these shots that you should not miss. There was

:00:29. > :00:33.

:00:33. > :00:43.no pressure on the position. In these frames where it is low-

:00:43. > :00:49.

:00:49. > :00:55.scoring, the players are making 20 At the moment, it Mark Davis is

:00:55. > :01:03.really not doing a lot. He is hanging on in there. If he could

:01:03. > :01:13.get this back to 10-10, he would go back to the dressing room feeling

:01:13. > :01:21.

:01:21. > :01:24.It is amazing how it on for giving the players can be. When the play

:01:24. > :01:30.about shot they are very unforgiving, but they do not pat

:01:30. > :01:40.themselves on the back when the play a really good shot. It is a

:01:40. > :01:46.

:01:46. > :01:56.If there is no for giving in this world, it would not be a very nice

:01:56. > :02:34.

:02:34. > :02:40.This has been pretty much the pattern of the whole match. Both

:02:40. > :02:49.players have looked in good form and got in and then handed the

:02:49. > :02:55.initiative back to their opponent. But of the two players, Stuart

:02:55. > :03:00.Bingham will definitely feel he should be in front. He has

:03:00. > :03:10.definitely controlled the break- building element of the match. But

:03:10. > :03:24.

:03:24. > :03:29.this is going to be a very tough He played that well. These are

:03:29. > :03:39.missable. He has got be nice angle off this black for the last two

:03:39. > :03:55.

:03:55. > :04:05.reds. He just needs the black nowt to be safe in this 20th frame. He

:04:05. > :04:13.

:04:13. > :04:21.Stuart will be thinking what could have been in this session. On the

:04:21. > :04:26.evidence of today, he could have won all four frames. That is what

:04:26. > :04:36.whoever is in his corner is going to have to say. His main could be

:04:36. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:50.all over the place at the moment. Yes, but it is 2-2. In the first

:04:50. > :05:00.session, it ended up 4-4 and it could have been 6-22 other either

:05:00. > :05:04.

:05:04. > :05:13.player. That's stayed out of the pocket. But Mark Davis with the

:05:13. > :05:23.break of 58 squares the match at So, they are all square again. We

:05:23. > :05:30.

:05:30. > :05:36.joined them after the mid-session I did not think that Short was

:05:36. > :05:46.worth the risk. He could have just dropped the cue ball onto the

:05:46. > :05:56.bottom cushion. And now there is the chance. He managed to kiss the

:05:56. > :06:11.

:06:11. > :06:16.red away from the black. Well A I think that Stuart Bingham would

:06:16. > :06:26.have been pleased to see the interval after the last couple of

:06:26. > :06:31.frames, having started so well in recession, with breaks of 77 and 70.

:06:31. > :06:41.But he will have had time to reflect now and come down and come

:06:41. > :06:42.

:06:42. > :06:50.out with the different modes of Yes, no and this is just the sort

:06:50. > :06:55.of chance you want when you have heard you confidence not to back.

:06:55. > :07:01.He got these two breaks as you mentioned in the opening two frames

:07:01. > :07:11.and then was unable to put together a break of more than 30 in the next

:07:11. > :07:33.

:07:33. > :07:43.It looks like there is much more of the step of purpose about Stuart

:07:43. > :07:43.

:07:43. > :07:49.Bingham now, as there was in these opening two frames. But I would not

:07:49. > :07:57.like to say that he can win the frame at this visit, because the

:07:57. > :08:07.evidence from the previous two frames is not so good in their

:08:07. > :08:22.

:08:22. > :08:32.I think he is all right. I think there is a gap to that one in the

:08:32. > :08:37.right hand centre. He has certainly brought all of them into play now.

:08:37. > :08:47.Yes, it Stuart is one of these players who does not mess about

:08:47. > :08:52.

:08:52. > :08:59.when he gets the chance. He goes There is the cannon. He purposely

:08:59. > :09:09.played for that so that he would split the other reds. So, 54 and

:09:09. > :09:21.

:09:21. > :09:25.Yes, he is looking confident and there is no doubt that, out there,

:09:25. > :09:35.when you feel good, you can play good and when you feel bad, you are

:09:35. > :09:41.

:09:41. > :09:51.very capable of plain bad. -- This is a similar situation to the

:09:51. > :09:51.

:09:51. > :10:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:10:43. > :10:53.opening frame, where with blacks, Stuart is now obviously going for

:10:53. > :11:03.me 145, but this is not easy. He need be able to kiss their red over

:11:03. > :11:15.

:11:15. > :11:23.Well, if that chess was on, why did He is looking to see what he needs

:11:23. > :11:33.to do to beat be top rate of the tournament. He is giving up the

:11:33. > :12:06.

:12:06. > :12:16.chance of a guaranteed century by Well played again. Good shot. It is

:12:16. > :12:26.

:12:26. > :12:30.his 35th century of the season. The He needs the cue ball to have

:12:30. > :12:40.travelled a bit more. He may have to play it into the bottom left-

:12:40. > :12:55.

:12:55. > :13:05.hand corner now. That is the more No, he decided to go with the

:13:05. > :13:18.

:13:18. > :13:23.original right-hand pocket, but he What a shame. He went all out to

:13:23. > :13:31.try and beat the break, but did not quite manage it. But having lost

:13:31. > :13:41.the last two frames, he takes the lead once again, eleven-10. Into

:13:41. > :13:59.

:13:59. > :14:05.the next frame, it is Mark Davis to Stuart Bingham has certainly been

:14:05. > :14:15.the better player, but that doesn't mean anything if he does not get

:14:15. > :14:27.

:14:28. > :14:33.He is down having a look at this. It is one of these shops where he

:14:33. > :14:43.does not have to do a lot with the cue ball. He can turn it over with

:14:43. > :15:20.

:15:20. > :15:25.Well done. He picked a lot of right These are the kind of shots that

:15:25. > :15:35.Stuart Bingham used to struggle with, when he had to play these

:15:35. > :15:47.

:15:47. > :15:54.type of shots with the right hand He is looking good now. He was like

:15:54. > :16:00.this in the first two frames of this session. He scored a 77 in the

:16:00. > :16:10.opening frame and the 78 clearance in the second one. And he scores a

:16:10. > :16:19.

:16:19. > :16:29.He is blessed with the enormous hands, Stuart Bingham. Look at that.

:16:29. > :16:56.

:16:56. > :17:01.He decided to open up there to red If he was on a red, that would be

:17:01. > :17:11.perfect, because he would be playing this into the middle, but

:17:11. > :17:11.

:17:11. > :17:21.it is not so easy on the black. He tried to put it the cue ball back

:17:21. > :17:34.

:17:34. > :17:44.in the same place, but he did not I cannot really see what happened

:17:44. > :17:44.

:17:44. > :17:52.there. I do not think he got a kick. It is hard to tell. He may be just

:17:52. > :18:00.got it belittle thick. He looked as if he was in the zone, the perfect

:18:00. > :18:10.place. I think he was just concentrating on running through

:18:10. > :18:11.

:18:11. > :18:19.the red. I just wonder if he sometimes gets any position where

:18:19. > :18:28.he sees any finishing line and then relax a bit of concentration. This

:18:28. > :18:38.was simply just trying to run through the pack. Yes, but the cue

:18:38. > :18:38.

:18:38. > :19:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:19:43. > :19:51.ball did appear to slip off, as if He did not have very much angle to

:19:51. > :19:57.spot the red Sea there, he had to force it. If he had caught the

:19:57. > :20:04.bottom red half ball, he might have got on something. They are all

:20:04. > :20:12.difficult now. He must have thought that Stuart Bingham was clean to

:20:12. > :20:22.make a big break. I think that, it at this stage, if there is any pot

:20:22. > :20:29.

:20:29. > :20:32.on, he has to go for it. He has played that in such a way, very

:20:33. > :20:38.thin that if he had played at the way he wanted, even white would

:20:38. > :20:48.have come up to be black. But this has given Stuart Bingham another

:20:48. > :21:07.

:21:07. > :21:15.This is the key shot in this frame. He has to play be cannon into the

:21:15. > :21:20.two reds just above the black. He may actually adopt the easier one

:21:20. > :21:26.and go for the red ball next to the blue, but they can in is the shot

:21:26. > :21:36.he should be plain. Yes, he has played the right shot, he deserves

:21:36. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :22:11.to be on that. He could not have Now rent, let us have a look at

:22:11. > :22:14.

:22:14. > :22:24.where he red her. All of them are available. He is now 33 points and

:22:24. > :22:26.

:22:26. > :22:35.in front. He played the cannon and it has worked out OK. It is hard to

:22:35. > :22:40.see how he cannot win the frame at this stage. He only needs three

:22:40. > :22:46.reds and Three colours. He just needs to make sure he does not miss

:22:46. > :22:56.any think easy. Here at the Crucible, that is easier said than

:22:56. > :23:04.

:23:04. > :23:14.The best players only think about what is in front of them. But

:23:14. > :23:18.

:23:18. > :23:26.sometimes it is not so easy. Stuart Bingham is playing well, but he has

:23:26. > :23:36.had a few mishaps out there. Mark Davis, to be fair, has been hanging

:23:36. > :23:36.

:23:37. > :23:46.on. He has not really looked at this stage as if he could call out

:23:46. > :23:53.there and grasp this. His position on this poem is not perfect. He is

:23:53. > :24:03.going to have to come in and out of the ball a rear. But he has played

:24:03. > :24:07.

:24:07. > :24:15.Another glance at the scoreboard will tell him that this is the

:24:15. > :24:25.frame ball. He had better not look at the scoreboard, the end! Both

:24:25. > :24:52.

:24:52. > :24:57.players have missed a few when they There has not been a lot of safety

:24:57. > :25:04.plea in this frame. Stuart Bingham got in the early and scored 38

:25:04. > :25:14.points. Mark Davis had a chance, but lost position and let him back

:25:14. > :25:18.

:25:18. > :25:28.He plays there shot tremendously well. That is Normie easiest shot

:25:28. > :25:52.

:25:52. > :26:02.to play. He has played a few of He is looking good out there now.

:26:02. > :26:11.

:26:11. > :26:17.few exhibition shots getting thrown Not this time, but 838 and a 57

:26:17. > :26:27.means Stuart Bingham is now two frames ahead and just wants one

:26:27. > :26:43.

:26:43. > :26:53.Now, he had a chance to pit Stuart The first chance of any type to

:26:53. > :26:54.

:26:54. > :27:04.either player in this 23rd frame. He has got an angle on this red too

:27:04. > :27:36.

:27:36. > :27:42.Amazing how much the balls leave He took the chance to try and

:27:42. > :27:47.dislodge a few of the red, but he did not want the cue ball left on

:27:47. > :27:55.this side cushion. I am not sure he has got the red that will leave him

:27:55. > :28:01.or any colour. He would have liked a better angle or fat pink after

:28:01. > :28:11.the one that he potted to get them. Sometimes, you just have to try and

:28:11. > :28:21.

:28:21. > :28:31.A few inches off the cushion and this would have been the straight

:28:31. > :28:41.forward shot with them getting back up to you blue. I am not quite sure

:28:41. > :28:46.

:28:46. > :28:56.But it is his turn to get a good bit of fortune. How on earth did he

:28:56. > :28:56.

:28:56. > :30:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:30:18. > :30:28.He is going down the right hand side of the table where this red.

:30:28. > :30:36.

:30:36. > :30:41.That was a poor shot. The three reds to the left of the black, if

:30:41. > :30:50.he goes in there, every chance of bringing the black and pink into

:30:50. > :31:00.play. It is difficult to play for the blue. Up and down is not on. I

:31:00. > :31:18.

:31:18. > :31:28.He just did not judge the cannon on that read. But he is still OK. He

:31:28. > :31:40.

:31:40. > :31:50.There are no reds apart from the That is what he has to wait for.

:31:50. > :32:03.

:32:03. > :32:13.Quite a bit to do here. Why has he Have that was a tricky one. Even

:32:13. > :32:14.

:32:14. > :32:24.though there are lots of reds on. He might play into the tank. --

:32:24. > :32:56.

:32:56. > :33:04.Nicely played, just about held for the blue. He will be annoyed if he

:33:04. > :33:14.does not bring the pink into play this time. But he decided not to.

:33:14. > :33:16.

:33:16. > :33:26.I don't see the point of fact whatsoever unless there is a red

:33:26. > :33:33.

:33:33. > :33:43.That was not a bad shot. It was the one before! He has struggled with a

:33:43. > :33:44.

:33:44. > :33:54.few of them. Quite a few reds of that type in that pocket. Whether

:33:54. > :34:00.

:34:00. > :34:05.I must say, he has struck the ball beautifully and the last few frames.

:34:05. > :34:15.Very aggressive break-building but that's what surprises me about him

:34:15. > :34:47.

:34:47. > :34:55.not going into the pink. Because The cue ball has had to move quite

:34:55. > :35:00.a distance during this effort. He did go into the pack once and was

:35:00. > :35:05.unlucky not to bring the pink or black into play. But if you keep

:35:05. > :35:09.potting, it does not make much difference. Might not look as

:35:09. > :35:19.pretty, but at this stage he would give anything just to make enough

:35:19. > :35:20.

:35:20. > :35:28.points to win the frame and the match. 74 is key. It will be hard

:35:28. > :35:38.to win off blue and pork curlers, that is for certain. -- baulk

:35:38. > :35:41.

:35:41. > :35:51.colours. He is playing for the loose red. He has to play a great

:35:51. > :35:53.

:35:53. > :36:01.shot now to get on to the cover again. -- colour. Does he risk it?

:36:01. > :36:11.He is looking at the angle. If he misses, could get the pink and the

:36:11. > :36:11.

:36:11. > :36:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 83 seconds

:36:58. > :37:08.He is having to rely on luck here. The match is just coming up to

:37:08. > :37:10.

:37:10. > :37:18.He stock that well but could not get quite enough spin on to make

:37:18. > :37:26.the next positional shot he's a. -- struck. But he has not had that

:37:26. > :37:32.many good positional shots, this is a good effort. Just goes to show

:37:32. > :37:42.how difficult it is. It can only be the tension that has made him not

:37:42. > :37:56.

:37:56. > :38:01.That is not hard enough. What he would love to put a red say. If the

:38:01. > :38:11.pink and black eye in play you do not have to rely on hitting the

:38:11. > :38:21.ball perfectly every time. -- are in play. But he is a bit short in

:38:21. > :38:38.

:38:38. > :38:45.position. You do not get that when The break ends on a 46. He is 35

:38:46. > :38:55.points in front. The pink and black are still safe at the moment. Mark

:38:56. > :38:56.

:38:56. > :39:06.Davis would like to see them a He took a risk their to bring the

:39:06. > :39:21.

:39:21. > :39:30.black into play but luckily for him Very poor. A wry smile on his face

:39:30. > :39:38.as he sits down. Yes, thick. Bringing the red back up towards

:39:38. > :39:47.the cue ball. Both running down the table at the same time. Half a

:39:47. > :39:52.chance for Mark Davis. He pulled it to the left. He has been off the

:39:52. > :39:57.table for a little while. Not potted for over 12 minutes. And in

:39:57. > :40:07.previous frames has been sitting out a lot. Time to contemplate what

:40:07. > :40:14.

:40:14. > :40:21.You never know, if he gets another chance, sometimes you can pick

:40:21. > :40:31.something up from your boots. Will he be given another chance? Worth a

:40:31. > :40:40.

:40:40. > :40:48.Did not really see the value in the way he played that. So much pace.

:40:48. > :40:58.The chances of the pot were cut down. Some defensive play in that

:40:58. > :41:02.

:41:02. > :41:12.He has to be so careful not to push the red over the corner. Luckily,

:41:12. > :41:24.

:41:24. > :41:28.Their green his car offering the ones on the right. -- the green as

:41:28. > :41:38.covering that there were none at the right. Should be OK to drop on

:41:38. > :41:48.to the three reds. Behind the black, he needs to strike it full all. Are

:41:48. > :42:16.

:42:16. > :42:22.He does not want to bring those to be reds into play. -- 3. That is

:42:22. > :42:32.why he is looking for an alternative. He can play off the

:42:32. > :42:42.

:42:43. > :42:52.left-hand side of that red. Try to He cleared it the other way around

:42:53. > :42:54.

:42:54. > :43:02.for that reason. And that is a good safety. It certainly was. With that

:43:02. > :43:09.added bonus of knocking the black out of play. The pink and black

:43:09. > :43:19.look safe. Kit will not be easy for Mark Davis even if he gets the

:43:19. > :43:22.

:43:22. > :43:29.opportunity. Cot that thin, needs a Wardle. There you go. An excellent

:43:29. > :43:39.safety shot under the circumstances. He pulled out one of the best of

:43:39. > :43:42.

:43:42. > :43:52.Bingham will try to get the cue ball into a similar place. He has

:43:52. > :43:52.

:43:52. > :44:02.hit them thick all day. Surely he has not got away with that. Is he

:44:02. > :44:03.

:44:03. > :44:13.lining it up wrong? Every time he plays the safety shot it is just

:44:13. > :44:21.pushing it fact. -- fact. Surely you would adjust during the match,

:44:21. > :44:27.offset that. Probably not, under this pressure. I don't think either

:44:27. > :44:37.player has been to a quarter-final before. They have not. And you must

:44:37. > :44:48.

:44:48. > :44:53.You just feel that Mark Davis will win a safety match at the moment.

:44:53. > :45:03.Plenty of safety battles to be played over 25 frames. And Benham

:45:03. > :45:18.

:45:18. > :45:28.The a great pot there are under Just potted it slightly on the thin

:45:28. > :45:30.

:45:30. > :45:40.side. Still on the black. Now then. A little bit of luck. And he has

:45:40. > :45:41.

:45:41. > :45:46.got it! He did not bring the red or pink into play their. Just have a

:45:46. > :45:53.look at the pace of the white. Would it have stopped? Yes, it

:45:53. > :46:03.would have done. He now has a chance to win the frame and the

:46:03. > :46:22.

:46:22. > :46:32.Just needs to screw through the gap He just has to be careful now. Red,

:46:32. > :46:54.

:46:54. > :46:58.black, and he is in his first Or, at gear. -- oh, dear. Mark

:46:58. > :47:08.Davis has to hope he misses this pink and then he gets the one

:47:08. > :47:11.

:47:12. > :47:21.In the next round his pot success rate will have to be above 90%. But

:47:21. > :47:27.this has been a good performance He would not have been feeling

:47:28. > :47:37.great at the interval. But barring snookers, he will reach the

:47:38. > :47:40.

:47:40. > :47:50.That break gave Stuart Bingham the impetus and for the first time ever

:47:50. > :47:53.

:47:53. > :48:00.he is in the quarter-finals the stop two century breaks. I am

:48:00. > :48:10.delighted to say he joins us now. That was the key moment in the

:48:10. > :48:12.

:48:12. > :48:22.match. Just as you ended the second session. Yes, from 7-5 he played

:48:22. > :48:22.

:48:22. > :48:32.stronger. I had to play a good friend to pull it back at 8-8. I am

:48:32. > :48:34.

:48:34. > :48:43.looking for two tomorrow. How long have you known Mark? 20 years. If I

:48:43. > :48:53.wasn't playing and I would want him to do well. -- playing him. On the

:48:53. > :48:54.

:48:54. > :48:59.way up here he stopped off at nine to practise, and defeated me!

:48:59. > :49:06.players mature in their twenties. You are a late developer. What

:49:06. > :49:14.hundred you? And what is the difference now? I honestly don't

:49:14. > :49:24.know. I have worked with a new coach for three years. That is all

:49:24. > :49:25.

:49:25. > :49:30.I can say, really. To tournament wins help. Yes. A couple of Masters,

:49:30. > :49:36.the qualifiers, I have done it through my career, but never on the

:49:36. > :49:44.main stage. To keep getting knocked back in your twenties - you have

:49:44. > :49:51.shown a lot of resolve. Yes, you get battle scars from losing

:49:51. > :49:59.matches. But I still love the game. Well you watch the game tonight or

:49:59. > :50:08.ignore it? I will watch it. A nice meal with a couple of friends then

:50:08. > :50:18.watch it after. We met for the first time after you lost the Welsh

:50:18. > :50:18.

:50:18. > :50:25.Open final. It losing fire you up for this? -- dead? It was a great

:50:25. > :50:33.final and it gave me confidence. But to produce when it matters, to

:50:33. > :50:43.come here, I know I can do it. are getting married soon. And nice,

:50:43. > :50:44.

:50:44. > :50:50.approachable guy. Is that what do you think? In fairness, he is

:50:50. > :50:58.always happy to chat with us. But it is said that you are too nice a

:50:58. > :51:07.guy to win the tournament. Are you? Johnny used to like me. Until I

:51:07. > :51:17.took money off him on the golf course! I am just me. I have seen

:51:17. > :51:20.

:51:20. > :51:30.worse! Nice to have a nice guy. he is a good guy. Let's bring you

:51:30. > :51:35.

:51:35. > :51:44.up to date. Ali Carter trails of Ronnie O'Sullivan. Stuart Bingham

:51:44. > :51:53.defeated Mark Davis this afternoon. Judd Trump is safely through. Ricky

:51:53. > :52:02.Walden leads 10-6. Michael White defeated Dechawat Poomjaeng. Deng

:52:02. > :52:12.Junhui went through this afternoon. He will meet Barry Hawkins. You are

:52:12. > :52:16.

:52:16. > :52:24.right up to date. Tonight, Ali Carter against Ronnie O'Sullivan.

:52:24. > :52:29.Ali Carter but all his eggs in one basket. Found himself 9-7 behind.

:52:29. > :52:35.Ronnie O'Sullivan was brilliant in the final frame. He has to maintain

:52:35. > :52:39.that level of form. Ronnie O'Sullivan was not firing on all

:52:39. > :52:45.cylinders yesterday. Still brilliant, but looked a little

:52:45. > :52:53.under the weather. The problem for Ali Carter - how do you dominate

:52:53. > :53:03.Ronnie O'Sullivan? It is an uphill battle. How do you overcome him?

:53:03. > :53:08.Dominate him? It does prey on your mind. Ronnie possmac long game is

:53:08. > :53:18.not quite there at the moment. But when he gets in amongst the balls,

:53:18. > :53:18.

:53:18. > :53:22.he is still the guv'nor. Ali has defeated me the last four or five

:53:22. > :53:32.times. Ronnie O'Sullivan I have only defeated once out of six or

:53:32. > :53:33.