Day 10, Part 1 Snooker: World Championship

Good afternoon and welcome to the 2013 Betfair World Championship. We

are getting very close to the quarter-finals and it this

afternoon, two more players will make it into the final eight. In

the bottom half of the draw, at the I just cannot believe how bad some

of the top players have played in that bottom half of the draw. The

way that Stephen Maguire played, that was so poor. He will be

kicking himself at having missed All of the sudden, Mark Selby has

gone to sleep. I do not think that Mark Selby looked anything like his

best. Neil Robertson also look rather tired. These guys have

played about 19 matches this season. -- 90. As it is, there is going to

be someone in the bottom half of the draw in the semi-finals who has

never been there before. I do not know how that is going to effect

the bigger name players. It is very hard to actually get better at this

point. The semi-final and final 10 to be something of the marathon.

Ding Junhui is the only one of them who can ring of six or seven frames

on the trot with major breaks. A lot of players can string together

two or three frames any one, but very few of them can do that for

six or seven frames. I am not sure that Robert Milkins can do that and

I am not sure that Michael White can do that. I think any of them

could win in the bottom half of the draw if they play well, but could

any of them when when they do not play so well? I am not so sure they

are capable of that. I think that in two or three years' time, he is

the very likely winner of this title. Unlike a lot of the others,

who are in their Thirties now, Michael White is a bit younger.

the is a lot of players and this part of the draw that this is their

chance to shine. It is important that they are not too frightened of

been here. This is possibly life- changing for them. It did not

happen to me, sadly. But it would be a wonderful experience. There

are two ways this can go, they are going to grab the chance to get in

the final on it is going to affect them in a negative way. At the

start of the tournament, John Parrott said that the bottom half

of the jaw was the half of the jot of doom. For at the opposite

reasons, it has become just that. Yes, you looked at me or Robertson

and Stephen Maguire, who had found his form in the Welsh Open and won

that. And then, you had Mark Allen, who also went out. And then, Mark

Selby, the number one in the world, he has also gone. Is it just a case

that the top players at changing and some of those who have under-

achieved in the past are now coming to the fore? Yes, I think that a

lot of the top players have been at the business end of a lot of

tournaments this season and the likes of Neil Robertson are Mark

Selby certainly looked very flat here. A it is also a great chance

for players who are in are uncharted territory to progress to

the big-time. This is what is coming up this afternoon. The

number rate in the world, Ding Junhui from China will complete his

second round match against Mark King. Mark King had led all the way

but now he trails. Can he comeback against Ding Junhui this afternoon?

It is all square between Stuart Bingham and Mark Davis. They are 8-

8. Be looked back at the history of snooker once again and today we

tell the story of the snooker ball. We will also have a little bit of

fun with Impressionist James Howard, who will provide a bit of comedy.

And the great British Paralympics stars had been in Sheffield this

afternoon and we will have a word with them this afternoon. Before we

welcome the players into the arena, let us remind you how it Ding

Junhui against Mark King is looking That is not too bad. Absolutely

What a fabulous shot. That was absolutely beautiful. This is the

key shot in this frame. He has Mark concedes the frame and Ding is

in front for the first time. score in the matches 7-7 and

everything to play for with only While! That was as good a shot as

What an excellent shot. Ding Junhui now goes into the final session

leading by nine frames to seven. Mark King has to haul ourselves

back in this one, taking on Ding Junhui. Let us say good afternoon

to Rob Walker. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, we are into

the 10th day of action here at the We are getting towards the business

end of proceedings. Please welcome, a player who is absolutely

flourishing in his mid-forties. He is now in the top 16 and the winner

of the Thailand Open. He is looking to finish this campaign on a hide,

His opponent, bidding for his first quarter-final at the Crucible

Theatre, he is in the top eight for the first time in his career.

Winner of the Premier League in November and all the way from

Basildon in Essex, here is Stuart Here on the second table, another

player bidding for the first appearance in the quarter-final in

his 14th year here in Sheffield. He knocked out Mark Allen in the

first-round, he came under the cosh yesterday but is right in this

And finally, a player who has carried the flag for Chinese

snooker for the past decade. The winner of six ranking events and

the Masters, he won that seven of the eight frames yesterday to get

right back in action, sort here he So, it here on BBC2 it is live

coverage of Ding Junhui against Mark King. You can watch the other

matches on the red button. Welcome to our committee team of John Virgo

It was a big surprise that Ding Junhui found himself 6-2 down after

the first session and it was clear that he was getting rather

But it is always nice to get the Yes, this was beautifully played

and right in the heart of the pocket. It leaves himself on a blue

He is any strange position at the moment Mark King. All the top seeds

in his part of the draw have now disappeared and he is now the

favourite to really get into the final. But it is very important

that he just concentrates on the match that he is playing, rather

than thinking of the opportunities that may lie ahead. Yes, he simply

has to take one match at a time and when he lost that first session 6-2,

it was looking like another year that may have been wasted for him,

but he played absolutely beautifully yesterday. He really

stamp his authority on the match. I always take my hat off to the

overseas players. It is not easy for them coming here will we from

Another may spot. He is likely all on the black, but this does that

give them an opportunity to call That was beautifully played. He is

without doubt one of the best break-builders and the game today.

He has got a lovely touch in and around the black spot. And that is

why he is one of the favourites. Yes, in my opinion, he never plays

the wrong shot once he is in no Maybe it is his temperament which

is perhaps Ket and back this far and we saw a bit of that in the

first session when things were not But on his game, he will take some

stopping. That has gone a little bit awkward. Did not quite get the

Now, can he develop the black? Yes, he just had the angle to do it.

Anything else and he would have been struggling to get on the

colour. But he has played that very I do not think anything goes into

the right hand corner, so he will maybe go for the choice of reds

into he left a middle pocket. He just has to be careful when the

I think he has overscrewed that. But he does still have the red to

Yes, I do not think he played for that, but he is lucky that he does

not have to do a lot with the cue As we see that go in, he now has

got the angle to get on this. Yes, he probably had to hit it rather

harder than he would have liked, Yes, the shots are a lot -- a

little bit easier now would be on these superfine cloth is that the

players play on. Back in my day, you would really have struggled to

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

You can see top spin taking effect on the cue below their as it

He could not have hit that any better. Now, is he actually looking

at the pot? This is a big shot to Yes, he was playing in such a way

that if he missed it, he would hate it all for the pocket with the pack

Yes, you can see where the cue ball It means he can play just for that

one red sticking out. I do not think he can avoid going into the

main pack of Fred's. But think he I thought if he had played that at

normal plate pace, he would have got the cannon. Yes, as you said,

he played it with infra-red and that now looks like the end of the

I suppose he could have played the yellow I tried to put it on the

side cushion, just for a bit of insurance. In fact, he was not even

trying to pot the black, he was tried to simply put it out of

commission. Not the start that Mark King wanted. Noel, all he has done

so far is break off to start Ephraim and now he finds himself 49

But that will help. That was an ace Tessa and he has now spread all the

It did not look very good when it was going to hit the yellow, but it

just managed to nestle behind the brown. He is having to play this

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

hand corner, but that is similarly shot could not have been played any

Yes, he judged the angle and the pace absolutely perfectly. That was

a fantastic shot. I think that Mark King thought that he had the Ding

in trouble when he left the table. He was not the only one who thought

that. Now, how it does he possibly That is one week, but it is very

difficult to judge when you hit the first Russian very quickly. As they

say, that is the problem. Judging angles when you are very close to

the first cushion is much more difficult. The referee did call the

mess, but I would have been very surprised if Ding Junhui had taken

I know this is only be first frame, but it is clear that Ding Junhui is

hitting the ball very well. Yes, it is the very crisp not least when

the ball is hitting the back of the There are still 75 points remaining,

so he needs a red, a colour and one He will probably play the green.

That is a lot more easily than the black. One more red after this

That Britain's 64 points ahead now with only 15 gained remaining on

Mark King sitting in his year, just concentrating. Once again, you see

this disadvantage of breaking off. End of fairness, he played a

terrific safety shot, but when he next came to the table, the white

ball was right up against the black. He has not done anything wrong. He

simply has not had a chance to do so. Actually, a lot of the Gary's

quite like to put the other guy in to break off a fee when the coin

toss so that the feel that there will always be chance of them

getting a long red to start the game. My thinking behind it was

that if you were in a tight match, maybe four-43 in siege, then the

other person would break off first and you would it be opening

This is definitely the best I have seen Ding time at the ball in this

championship. It is just perfection You will not see a better frame

from anybody than this. Angle is the black and breaks of 69 and 49.

Mark King leaves the arena and Ding Junhui as 19 of the last 10 frames

Do it looks like this earmarking is having obeyed a nice time. -- this

young man is having a very nice time. It is all about getting

children involved. I had a 147 their last week! Deng Junhui is off

their last week! Deng Junhui is off to a flyer. K fascinating to see

how the game turned around after the first session. I would like to

get Mark King's take. It was not guaranteed that he did that much

wrong. But Ding Junhui took the game by the scruff of the net.

happens our lot in professional snooker. His overall safety play

was superb in that session. But then a total tournament, Ding

Junhui in authority. -- time around. Stephen Hendry described it as

perfection. He is a machine when he plays like that. Stephen was one of

the best positional players ever, After that game, Ding Junhui has

broken. He has left a long red. 41 minutes since Mark King potted a

He may have just got away with that, I don't think he can get through to

He has not left a pot on, but that is about all you can say about that

shot really. No advantage Ding Junhui will attempt to stunt

this a little. He could put it into the left, but I would be trying to

When you come off the side cushion you can clearly at reds. But that

looks like touching ball. If it is, but if the will nominate it. -- the

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Is he claimed pot? -- playing the. The murder lined up a moment ago,

that looks like the middle pocket - - the red, that is dangerous, if

you catch it fact. He has to watch He had to be very thin to avoid the

jaws of the middle pocket. And he The refrain flew by. -- forced

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frame. But no two frames of snooker Cannae get through to a red? The

left middle? -- can he? I think he can just see enough of it. It is a

difficult pot. But if it went in he would be on the black. I think he

wants to play. But BA is a danger of leading a couple calleds to the

The red that his dream cue ball and pink can can walk to the right hand

side. -- that is between. That is a It looks like he is just coming

Both wheels are vying for an opening. When Ding Junhui refused

that red it showed me that he is Gipping Mark King every respect. He

is saying, if you are going to get back in it, you will have to work

A little thin, and that has gone past the green. Both men are

looking. Very close. Can you get through to a north of the green? --

That was an excellent short. Absolutely tremendous reaction on

the cue ball. Exactly what he wanted it to do. It is dancing for

Would you believe that? I didn't see it coming. He appeared to be

striking the ball so well. But it just goes to show, that extra bit

of pace, not finding the middle of the cue ball, it pushed it into the

You could say, unlucky. But he should may have realised it could

happen, playing at that pace. -- I will try to give you a clue. This

Cub or please? -- culture. Anything it strikes! Yellow. They always say

yellow! Foul and amassed. -- a miss. I thought there was a line for the

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green. I am leaving my line and. He Cover up these? -- colour please?

Give me a chance! Foul and a nurse. I don't think the shot is on.

problem is if he's to makes it too hard and comes past the green. But

the line is perfect. If he can, or one cushion in all these the it is

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That turned out very nicely, thank It was a nice cup, but he was

always depending on Locke, Weir the cue ball would end up. There is a

blue, left centre, but you would not want to be playing that. I

imagine some sort of safety shot. It looks like the black, off the

cushion. You would not want to risk rolling up to the black. That is a

This red does not offer up any It is hard to see where the pot is

coming from here unless he takes a -- belong one to the bottom pockets.

At some stage he will have to take a pot on. Yes, if he waits for Ding

Junhui to make mistakes, I don't think he will force to many air off.

-- mistakes. But there is always a chance. This red can deported, but

it is risky. -- be potted. He is going for it. Just playing it up

the side cushion. He did not hit it as full as he would have liked. Is

there anything here to tempt mark? The pink off its position here to

the left centre. Just little red to the green pocket. It was half a

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chance. He has to start taking them. A little bit short of pace but I

think the brown has stalked the When Ding Junhui lost the first

session, the two claims that he won, he meets century breaks. -- frames.

But now that he has his nose in front he is prepared to make at

playing Mark King at his own game, really. He will not push the boat

out. He is in the comfort zone. He has a three frame advantage. To can

be it to his want to take chances. -- he can leave it to his opponents.

He has shown his opponents and the World Championship a lot of respect.

He would have taken on some of the sport's other ways but he knows the

importance of this match, this tournament. -- these courts. --

ports. It is all about learning and Excellent length, with the cue ball.

That has put Mark King in a spot of bother. No guarantee this can be

I know that you visit China quite a lot now, Stephen, the expectancy

over there for Ding Junhui, perhaps that weighs on his shoulders?

mentioned how difficult it is for the Chinese players, be-all it in

the UK, which get him away from that pressure. -- they all love. It

is a massive expectation. Something else he does quite a lot of, I have

noticed, he has developed his own type of character. He will have a

smile with his opponent. The reason that he was smiling is because Mark

King asked him, do you fancy a rematch? But that was a very good

short! He was in a spot of bother. He has done well to get as safe as

The Chinese are desperate for a snooker world champion. Ding Junhui

would be truly mastered the in that country. You would see his face in

at the Belle pour are at the City. -- every billboard in every city.

No pressure! But he has got the talent, at the King it takes. --

everything. But he has still got to do it. And Mark King is a real

competitor, he will not make life easy for him. But he needs to some

who create an opportunity. He now has a chance that this red to the

right corner. Usually a very good at this type of shot. He could

bring the cue ball back up to bulk. Stock that beautifully. An element

of safety. But he would always been something and that is not a bad

The black is tricky. But I feel that it is the right shot. Being a

left-hander, he can reach it without using the rest. A chance

The slight premise. He does not have the ideal angle on the black.

He tried to take out of the cushion. Problem is it used to write it took

little beauty all the pace out it. He has got to go for the blue. If

the blue does not pass the green, well, he is looking closely.

Perhaps it does. The brown is an The red just below the pink coats,

to write centre, so that is very He just got down and played that

very quickly. If he is straight enough, just roll this in. A choice

of reds to the left corner. It just did not have the right angle. He

did not want to be using the rest. His report success is 71% in this

match with it. -- potting. So he has been known to miss with this

implement. Needs this one. He has potted it. What is he on the pink?

-- but. No, he is not. He just concentrated so much on the pot

He will be disappointed. I thought he was bound to go back at least

one inch to be on the pink. He will But that is the poor safety shot

He has played that well. He seems to have the perfect angle on the

pink. Even if he was straight, he could just screw the ball back a

couple of inches and have be red He does not want to be hampered by

the pink. I would rather have screwed back a couple more inches.

Or is there an alternative? Yes, there was. He picks his hand up and

apologises to Ding. It is obviously he did not pay eight play for that

red. He did not realise initially that he was born it. And now he has

This black boots and at 43 points ahead and he can just concentrate

on the two reds which are open many I think Ding will be a little bit

frustrated. He got in first and I am sure he would have wanted to get

this match finished as quickly as possible. I do not think it is

going to work out like that. If but that is the poor shot. He could

have run that the cue ball up another couple of feet up the table.

It would have given him a much better chance. He may actually be

able to cut it in there, but it should have been a lot easier. No,

he played at the double. Well, what a chance he had the ear. Or kick,

he is 50 points in front, but there I am surprised he is playing this.

His intention was to get the browned off the cushion. I don't

know, I think I would have played off these to red us down here. But

it is his choice and I suppose he does now have the brown ball in

Well, that is one way to pit a red Now, he has got the blue into play.

But he will not be winning refrain in one visit, with that red sitting

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Watch the ground! The snooker is You can see now that Mark Kenya's

54 points ahead, with only 51 This has been a good performance

from Mark King. As you said, Ding Junhui got the first chance, but

Mark King battle it out. After the first frame, this is a good

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performance. He is hanging on in The blue is not end, but refrain

was over long before that. Well- played Mark King after the first

frame which sot Ding Junhui in top form. But he is still two frames

behind. Now, with Ding Junhui having won nine of the last 10

frames, that was the bedframe there for Mark King? Yes, it would have

been easy for him to panic and to try and force the issue. Once he

got in among stable staff, he just steady enough. Ding only needs

three more frames, so it is important that Mark King simply

hangs in there. Yes, he always takes some beating. You used to

practise with them? Yes, I used to always practise with them. He

always comes back for more punishment day after day. He has

never given up. By his own admission, he has never set the

world alight, but he has his own expectations. He had a fantastic

winning the first round over Mark Allen. He is one of these players

that never takes a bad beating, nobody ever goes in there and beat

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

at the practice table. He puts a lot of work in. Yes, a lot of the

players think they have done the work by the time the get here and

simply take over. But Mark is different. He likes to practise a

lot. That is may be down to his individual technique. But in

between, when you have days off, why she why she due not be

practising hard? This is the biggest tournament in the world,

with big prize money. You have to make the best of it when you are

here. Has he got enough in his game to beat Ding? Yes, but in the form

that he has, Ding Junhui and suddenly Roelof two or three frames

very quickly. The funny thing is, he will have to improve his break.

JOHN VIRGO: Yes, that is the break- off shot once again leaving this

red into the corner. How costly He missed that one. Got it much too

STEPHEN HENDRY: Yes, he seemed rather cagey about that. He was

down a long time before he played it. I was thinking exactly the same.

He was maybe a bit frustrated still He has got to catch this very thin

it if he wants to have any chance of 18 been white back to the baulk

end. In the end, he did not play that and simply played a containing

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A bit thick and the kiss on the blue has left this warned. -- has

You can see by his expression that He has got a nice angle on the

green. If he cannot pick anything out, he could play it a cannon into

them. He has got into that a little bit too much and it needed to slow

Yes, I do not think he was planning to be that close to the object ball.

He just needs to keep the cue ball I think already he has landed

rather a bit straight on the black, but it should not be a major

problem. It just makes winning frames much easier if you can keep

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Humbert I be red on the cushion, He was having to put it left her

and side on the cue ball and that is what caused him to miss. That

was all caused by a careless shot from black to red, which left him

having to bridge over that raid on He is one of these kind of players

Mark King who will put that behind him. He does not spend too much

time thinking about it. That any is also one of his great strength. You

miss a comparatively easy shot like this. But as you said, this was the

one. And even a shot before that where he left himself straight on

the black. These sort of problems Well, Ding went into them gently. I

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

at just put him off and made the shot just that little bit more

difficult. So, that missed the black has not cost Mark King as

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Ding Junhui having a look at the possibility of the plant. He is

more concerned about that red sitting out in the middle of the

If he feels he is going to not less towards the pocket, he will have to

pay it left a little bit more pace Well, shot of the baulk cushion.

Yes, these are not the type of three inns that Ding wants to get

involved in - long battles. He does not want to be any team in which

only two or three balls are getting Now, can at Ding get on to this one

into the left and centre. I think Yes, obviously he can get through

Well, if you are going to miss, then that is the side to miss on,

because the object ball and the cue Where is the cue ball going? That

was the little unlucky. Now, he red that I thought had run safe at the

bottom right-hand corner is now pottable, because Ding can place

It took its time to drop, but I do not know if he has the correct

angle on the yellow to be able to go into the bunch. He never

normally refuses a chance to go into them and it is quite a big

target. He just needs to miss the pink if he is going to achieve that.

But he has just played for the single red. Well, I think he played

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

left corner, but he does not have as much control over the cue ball.

That was a misjudgment. He had Snooker at all and all of the

He obviously thought he was going to kiss the second of these red a

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Well, that to red so that I thought could possibly be a plant. I think

that could be made. They are close I really do believe that these two

reds could be made it into a plant into the bottom left-hand corner.

They are close enough. But he is Whichever one he plays, he will be

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trying to get the cue ball back in 17-17 and his frame. Mark King has

to be very careful. You have to think that if he leaves and one

more chance, with the way that the reds are spread, that Ding could

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Playing off the side and top cushion, but this looks rather

He has got one red it into the top left-hand pocket, but I do not

think he will take that on because the cue ball would then be heading

to be right hand side of the table. I think he will get it put back. He

needs to change both his line and the strength that he hits it, Mark

He has just about got to the red. He has got it safe, so that was

Normally you would expect to play to the red on the left-hand side

cushion. You have to be careful, He avoided the double-kiss, but

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If it hadn't kissed the yellow it would have been a decent shot. Ding

Junhui may be tempted with a pot. He could stand across there and pot

that red. He could calm and the red near the top cushion and be on the

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

this afternoon it looked as if he was striking the ball beautifully,

but he has gone off the boil a little bit. A big change in his

play from the first frame. I think the edginess has come from missing

that lack in the second frame. Mark He couldn't wish for a much better

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chance than this. This is a golden I think the pink will have to go on

It should not be too much of a problem for Mark King to make a

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The he is on a red to the Right Centre. He has just made things a

bit more difficult than it should have been. They should be a

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Good recovery. Back in prime Here you see again, he has finished

great on the pink. These are just elementary positional shots he is

getting wrong here. He is concentrating so hard on the pots

he is getting the position wrong. You can rest your case! He is on

nothing easy. Once you don't have the perfect angle on a ball, you

have to try and make the angle. That is twice he has done its and

twice he has failed. I have no doubt he can cut this into the left

corner, but it should have been When you are in Ding Junhui's seat,

this can be frustrating. You keep thinking you have a half chance to

What should have been a comfortable frame-winning opportunity, he has

just given him at 29 point lead and given him a snooker. But, the frame

I think the right hand of these reds pots. He is having it replaced.

If he makes a minor adjustment, Mark King may reject it in him back

in. Of course, he may think he can get enough points from this snooker

to be passed the winning line in He got it right that time. Perfect!

Excellent shot. I think Mark King should have taken that red on.

Sometimes players take the easy option. This doors cut to the left

Ding Junhui may be able to get past the blue to pot the red on the

right-hand side of the table. He had a quick look. It looks as

Surely he has not won to take this I don't see that has been the right

shot at all. Eight don't get that one. When you are 33 points behind,

why put a red up on the top cushion? That was a strange choice

for me. Particularly when your opponent is in a position where he

just needs one red and the colour to get to that smokers required

stage. There was one more frame after this before the interval.

This is a pivotal part of the match for me. This red does go to the

left middle. Right in the heart of the pockets and perfect on the

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He has missed it. 39. The He has looked at Mark King to say

that is enough. Ding Junhui has had a great start to this session, but

he has gone a little bit down hills cents. Mark King closes the gap to

Another good player. Of the table we have a lot of banter at venues.

He likes a wind-up. He is so hard. He just doesn't let you go. You

think you're pulling away and he comes back you. He always gives a

hundred percent and has always ready and well prepared. On his day

coming out with his cockney slang so. I rate him quite highly. He

does play some shots better than anyone else.

His positional play is not the best, but as a player the grit he has got,

he is very underestimated. He is not the heaviest of scores, but he

has got a lot of bottle. That is what makes the top level. A bit

like myself, probably hasn't won what he wanted to win in his career.

Good enough to have won things, but hasn't quite made it. A carbon-copy

of myself. We just keep plugging Pat after his first-round win, Mark

King said he has come to the Cristobal not putting any pressure

on himself, just relaxing. Interesting John Murphy saying that

he doesn't let you go. At the moment, Ding Junhui has to just get

back to the level he had in the first print today. It is the type

of snooker that Mark King excels at, the messy frames. That is not to

say he can't play could open attacking snooker. When frames get

bogged down with a bit of tactics, he is in his element to some degree.

It is not a style that Ding Junhui likes to play. If it continues like

this, Mark King might keeper tight and tricky. Ding Junhui's Last King

against -- Ding Junhui's last win against Mark King was back in

The plaque is not available, so he will have to Nicosia a path with

He was just having a laugh they're There is a red '' to the right

corner, the one closest to the cue ball. We were having a conversation

the other night about how it bakes -- about how much an odds-on player

Ding Junhui was in this match, but if it goes to 10-10, then it is

Exactly, form goes out the window. St best-of-three to get into the

next round, the pressure will be immense, and most of all be on Ding

Junhui. Yes, because, as I say, he has been a big favourites. When he

went back to 9-7 in front, everybody said, I told you so. If

Mark King can win this frame and go into the mid-session interval tide,

they will be no big fear for them. The red closest to the brown can go

The Prime stop it going in. He would have been nicely on the black.

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I don't think all the pocket was you don't get the cue ball clean to

Ding Junhui would certainly be hoping to get in first and win the

frame at this visit. He doesn't like it when the frame gets into

He has a little bit of work to do with the cue ball in potting this

red. I think he has concerns that He might not be happy with that if

the blue spots. He will be badly hampered for this red near the

ground. He is disgusted with He will settle for that. That is a

lovely angle on the brown to get He will have to be careful playing

to brown, it looks easy enough, but he will have to play it quite hard

Unusually for Ding Junhui, he did not really commit to that shot. He

did not play that at anywhere near He will have to bite the bullet

here and just nestle into them. There was no easy return to the

He thought it was the referee telling him to play again. He said,

no, it was Ding Junhui who wanted it and to play it again, Sam! He

has not got quite behind the brown. There is a pot on, but is it worth

the risk? He has just started missing these, in the last couple

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of frames. In fact, he is playing There is the view from Hokkaido. It

appears there is no pat back to the It was always risky to play at that.

He will pay the price. He thought the only red he could lead was the

He would lock to be able to store on their red near the black spot.

It looks like he has played for it. That is the red he would have

wanted to get rid of. If he can stay on the black here, this is a

good chance. Thought that was risky for Mark King beer. But he felt it

was the only one he could leave. Asking the referee to place the

black back on its sport. Which she is quite entitled to do. -- back on

its sport. The cue ball is being cleaned. 42 points, the lead,

albeit eight. -- already. He needs could cue ball control. -- good.

Not bad. I don't think he can play off the black without using another

Back up for the blue. Has he got an We have certainly got every angle

this year. I hope you are enjoying There is red at their age of the

bunch that will pot to the right He did not seem to play that what a

lot of conviction. -- worth. Just You would not expect him to make

mistakes but actually have been The clock, to close 71 points in

front. -- double act, to go 71 Her he will be mightily relieved.

He still has the two-frame advantage into the act. -- intact.

It means that Mark King now has to I am not quite sure what he was

looking at their. Me a whip and putting the extension on he was

looking for his line. -- may were He is looking online upgrading at

the time he plays the sport. -- he is looking for back line of green

at the time he plays the short. Are you - or make a will? I started off

To it's it's easier to change to a meter will cue than an ash cue. You

wear make-up, we knew? -- were In denies two finished us what a

He will be absolutely delighted. He has had to tough it out against

Mark King in these three frames. Beautifully played. Mark King is

still in this and will not care of out a fight. -- give up. But Abu

double break of 104. -- a beautiful break. The man who has won six

ranking titles showing his class but he has been made to work.

but he is prepared to work. He is up against a decent player. It

looks as if his experience will get no will line. -- get him over or

the line. It looked like he was teetering but he has pulled himself

together. He was so ducal with that break. -- so magical. He will be

glad to have his two-frame advantage. It was only then that he

got into full flow. Yes, but he can continue in the same vein. You go

back to the dressing room, thinking, Mark King is running out of time.

Ding Junhui is probably on practice table. He has kept that two frame

advantage. An important theme coming up. -- frame. Are you

enjoying a history CDs? Co it has been marvellous. And Steve was good

as well! Yes, Steve has done a magnificent job and today he is

looking at a history of the snooker To back in old days the locked

sound of to ask on to ask. We're not sure when I very was introduced.

-- ivory. The advantage was probably to do with the fact that

ABT in the shape better and the weight makes for up her response.

But it does have its own problems. Consistency, I would have thought.

Kiss said it you can probably only get the decent balls out of want to

ask. -- one task. And then there we get larger. On a standard belly-up

all the at lacked what is actually Did they go out at she? Not because

have been bashed around but because the team at the end room. And I

have heard that they had to be tightened. Mainly because columns

such as heat and humidity. -- of problems. They hit limit and

control the thighs. This is the ball cage. Larger than you what we

were these days. So we play what minimum size dolls? You want to

make sure that you not just trusting the referee. So no self-

respecting player would be whipped one of these. This is from

Leicester Square. The players themselves would check the balls.

You would agree, this is deceptive play with. And this is a thumbscrew.

Once again for testing size. As you pass it through, if it catches at

any point, it will not go through. Everything is improving, they must

at some stage have looked or other materials. What reason was to

improve it. Another was the shortage of ivory. Back in late

1860s a prize of 10 pits and Dolls was off to see if somebody could be

placed ivory. -- $10,000. This is from 19 tell him. -- 1911. A

gentleman sitting on 20 isn't really up walls. 2000 elephants.

Fight them. -- frightening. The it was not the theme can Thurnby her

these days at night watching. So a prize was or would have $10,000.

Could a replacement for the ivory balls was invented. I think he

thought he would make more money. It was actually in 1869 that a

chemist and inventor coated some wooden balls are at a new Material

to attempt to recreate the feel of Highbury. -- ivory. Here, the

original solution is re created. The Ed Balls certainly looked the

part, was at rock back. Fire. It seems hard to believe that it would

ignite, but there has an impressive flame. Finally, celluloid was

developed. The beginning of modern plastic. Eliot's was responsible

for saving elephants and Scott and plastics. Not bad! Celluloid

nitrate cellulose. The theme as film. Very flammable. Could be

really catch fire? There is to a lot of talk about being a fraction

on the ball creating fire. Since Jimmy White would not allowed

anywhere near these! It was replaced by a mixture of sale

yields and ground up bone. To a powder form? These witnessed late.

But it took a lot of development. A famous player went on promotion

tour. In 1928 the ball was accepted as a championship ball. A few years

later the professionals agreed. Which is a very important point.

This became the pall of choice. What happened was the improved the

process to get a more accurate ball. Better weight distribution,

etcetera. How did it progress? There was progress in the plastics

field. Raisin was poured into an empty like all. -- resin. Still in

this mould, it would break off, and you would be left with the

equivalent of that. Ready to be ground to the required shape. The

angles would be different. That is when the likes of Alex Higgins was

screwing the balls back. But it has moved on again. Everything has

changed. This is the set that would be used at the championships. Every

ball to within one gram of the other. Very tight tolerances.

from the beginning of my professional career, we now play

with the most accurate ball ever? Yes. So why am I slipping down the

rankings? I cannot answer that! is something we take for granted.

Yes, as a youngster in the snooker club, you have no knowledge of that.

To think about how many elephants died, that is frightening to think

back. 12,000 elephants slaughtered every year at the peak of demand.

Incredible. Unbelievable. But it wasn't us! We didn't do it! They

were like playing with cannonballs. Thankfully we have progressed and

the ones that used nowadays are fantastic. I notice you stayed out

of the laboratory. Too dangerous! But fascinating stuff. It has been

an eye opener. Very enjoyable. Where you surprised by the

reaction? We do not know where the future of the game will end up. But

in this country we have the history of the game. And will always have

the history of the game. Nothing can change that. Be as a great

atmosphere here at the World Championships. -- there is. We will

reflect some of that you can't now. I would watch at my grandmother's.

It was one of the picked things up the 1980s. All the old classic

claims. I did impressions from around eight or nine-year-old. We

did impersonation competitions, me and my brother. Anyone on

television, I would try doing him. The whispering voice of Ted law.

Them Willie Thorne. His catchphrase is where, betwixt and between, in

fairness. Impressionists dream. Steve Davis, not a typical accent.

Enjoys his catchphrases but probably doesn't know he has said

them. Has the gene fault of the bike? Has there we will come off

the car? Very interesting. Just seeing all these famous faces.

Stephen Hendry, Terry Griffiths, it Thousands of matches. Millions of

ports. Over the years, many have called the shots. But just one

voice, the whispering Ted Lowe. By 90s, it on its we have flowing.

Including John Virgo, where is the cue ball going. Then an Irish voice

became Major, the distinctive sound of Dennis Taylor. Another of voice

took over from Ted were a miss - and up all a head. With expert

analysis to see it through, Willie Thorne is not based in the world,

but he's in the top two. Griffiths, Doherty, and Stephen Hendry. Not a

mention of Steve Davis? Who wrote this home. Certainly not me. OK,

the show would not run without John Parrott of Steve Davis. They are

second to none. And there was me thinking I was interesting. Wait

till I tell Hazel about this! good. Your reaction? I saw lower

than that! You got away with it, just! You think so! We had Allister

McGowan on, but he struggled to do me! The reason that they don't do

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Both players are back. This will be late to a finish. Deng Junhui needs

A smile from Mark King. Leaving the red on again. Funnily enough I saw

Marco Fu in his match and he decided not to play that three-

He did not get on the, this time. - -,. -- colour. The cue ball, he

just at a player saved a shot, is He was just a fraction off.

Certainly are read to the right middled, here. He is too close to

the right corner. But to the right middle, although we can quite see

were the colour comes from. He is electing to play safe. This looks

Mark King can play the shot which he puts the Ritz up to Paul and

leaves the white all on the black cushion. As you can see. Spot of

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If he is thinking of a plant this They say that fortune favours the

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Always a tough shot, that. If you don't catch them been enough the

cue ball will not get anywhere near the cushion. Just got to avoid - as

we watch again, he got that too thick - you just have to manoeuvre

the cue ball. But that loose safety shot will not cost them. Unless

He was hoping to develop the black, but he has not made two good job of

it. As I always say, if you pop the red at least you get to play the

next shot. It was a very positive shots, but it was never a

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That was a nice pot. He may have a I have been quite impressed with

some of his safety play. It is not his type of game, normally. It is

what serves the situation. He is taking care of the safety shots,

that is the impressive thing. Sometimes, even if you don't enjoy

playing them, you just get down and play them. He is looking to put

Mark King in trouble, which is good. Not the best of safety shots, but

it is OK. That red went very close to the left corner, but close

enough to the cushion, you would think, not to tempt Mark King into

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He was giving that a lot of thought. The green of was stop -- was

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stopping him from coming of the He knew he had hit that too thick.

Mark King has asked for permission to leave the arena. I don't know

exactly where he has gone. I could have a guess! Ding Junhui is

leaving as well. Maybe we should leave and see what John Parris --

John Parrott and Steve Davis at the save.

One can only presume what has happened. When you have got to go,

you have got to go! There is not much else to say, really. The worst

was back in the 1980s when Bill Werbeniuk was involved and he used

to drink huge quantities of lager when he played for a medical

complaint, apparently. I paid him once in the first round and I beat

him 10-3, but he beat me 11-5 on visits to the toilets! Palace's

speciality. Have you ever had to disrupt the match like that? Not in

the middle of a frame. It is very unusual. I can remember three times

it has happened this week already. It is unusual. The period of time

but a frame could last would be long enough but you could be caught

short, but you would expect you would have some sort of idea while

the referee was setting up a bold as to how you felt. Maybe it is the

pressure, who knows? Delighted to say that Mark King is back!

Bill Werbeniuk, there was a legend. We just had a 15 minute interval,

it is strange you have to leave so There was the possibility of

playing the pot on that red. That tells me his game plan could be no

chance snooker. Whether that will get him back in this match, I don't

At some point in this match will have to take risks. Simmonds seems

quite prepared to play this type of The winner of this match is back on

Good line, but just short. It is amazing the amount of sticker you

have to play in the second week. Normally in the first week you have

four or five days off. If you're involved in the second week you

play every single day. That is why they have always refer to it as a

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The referee will always say if it Quite an easy trickle of fear

towards the top cushion. A certain He didn't want to risk leaving Mark

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

He just be a sticky give Ding Junhui four points for nothing. He

might be thinking, what about racking them up again? There may be

a chance here for Mark King to play good safety shot. I am surprised

Ding Junhui didn't play a similar shot, to be fair. Ding Junhui had a

more comfortable shot and Mark King had. I think King is maybe too

cautious. I think he just wants to get the job done and doesn't want

to take any risks. You can't assume that by playing negative snooker

you'll get frame-winning opportunities. That is a good

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He was probably more concerned about whether cue ball was going to

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The cannon into the pink and red His heart was in his might there

for a second! It looked like it was not going to going. It flicked the

near jaw, but the speed of the shot He has overcut the blue. That could

What a chance now for Ding Junhui to go within one frame of the place

It is not quite as straightforward as it would normally be as the pink

and black had tied up the moment. - - are tied up at the moment. He

would like to play a cannon on the pink and rates here and bring the

If the pink doors go -- if it tinkles go, that is just what he

needs. If it goes, you would think this is definitely a frame-winning

chance. If it doesn't, then he has to go back up for the blue. The

pink must go, it goes! What a He has let himself a bit to do here.

I can't believe you played for the black. -- he played for the black.

A lot of pressure on this. Nicely What makes those shots were

difficult, if it wasn't the one you were playing for. He didn't intend

it to be so tricky. So, 45 points the Leeds, two reds and two colours

and he will be passed the winning line and within one frame of a

quarter-final place. He will play He has had his chances, but missed

that easy blue in the middle. Never had good control of the cue ball.

That is the frame winner. 53 points in front, just 51 remaining and the

Mark King will not be getting back to the table. He will be preparing

He will need to need -- he will need to win all the remaining

frames. That is a big ask again He would need to take more chances,

but he does not look in the mood to do that, Dulcie? -- Dos he? Well,

it is always the way, the frame is over. Even Mark King can see the

He made a break of 104 in the last The pink and black for a break of

So, Mark King had a chance but he missed the blue into the middle.

That was very costly. Ding Junhui is now one frame away from a place

in the quarter final. He stretched his lead to three. 12-9.

Bear in mind, Ding Junhui was 6-2 behind after the first session, but

he has played incredibly well since then. That frame just before the

interval was hugely important. He got himself settled. Mark King

missed his chance. It is always that or you don't know exactly

where the cue ball was going to go. You have got to pot the ball you're

playing. As well as Ding Junhui has played, Mark King was also putting

does Bolton the first session. that second session worse Ding

Junhui to control of the game, I don't know what that was Mark King

playing under par, or Ding Junhui King very strong that led to that

seven to one session. If we look back at Ding Junhui's history, we

could argue that he has been a better front runner and not so good

from behind. When he has got behind it is because he has been having a

bad day. From 6-2 behind its, a couple of years ago Ding Junhui's

it would have dropped. He now has more resolve than he had in the

past and it now becomes a realistic proposition that because the World

Championship. It really is last- chance saloon for Mark King. At 11

you have some leeway, but no mistakes now. Abbas talking to

Terry Griffiths last night about Ding Junhui. He said he always felt

Ding Junhui Woodruffe consult back into the match. I thought the

writing was on the wall because Mark King was playing exceptional

snooker and Ding Junhui was off form. It is a disappointment coming

for all of the Chinese fans, but he turned it around. Mark King has

been going out of the room and a number of occasions. Perhaps a bit

of a stomach upset or something like that. Perhaps it doesn't feel

a hundred percent, but he is not showing it in his face. Is Ding

Junhui about to book his place in He will not be pleased with that.

He has left an absolute sitter. Mark King has got to start taking

I don't think he will be going into Let's have a look at his break got

shot. He caught it much too thick. That is why the cue ball only just

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Well, that is a mistake. He has got to leave himself a better angle

Well, he has recovered the situation, just. He needs to find

an angle on the blue cue to get I feel he has to take this

He has refused again. He is not guaranteed a good angle here.

Perhaps he can leave insult high on the black to go into the pack. He

could also go up for the blue, it just depends which is more

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She had a great contact on the pack She should get the cue ball going

up the table and could still be on the pink or blue. Just don't miss

Don't miss the Rev -- don't miss the red! He was a bit unlucky there.

An excellent shot to split up the Now, Mark King is going to have to

sit there wondering whether he has Piat played his last shot in it

this year's Betfair World There is Mark, just before he

played that very important shot. Maybe he felt a little twinge in

the back there as he was trying to But he will not need to stretch

over the table any more or if Ding Junhui does not make any mistakes

But Ding has not played the best shot there. This is a finer cut and

he was expecting. Yes, it right in He held the cue ball nicely. You

could not ask for a better opportunity than this to win a

match. Yes, he did not a red on to that left-hand side cushion, but he

can win the match without needing that, so long as he stays on the

That pink put some four points into the lead. If he is not careful, he

could end up needing that awkward This puts them at eleven points in

front, but he is now going to need that awkward red it on the side

cushion. So, Mark King may just have a chance to get back to the

table. Ding Junhui is going to require the remaining three reds to

Ding just had the look at the scoreboard. Maybe he should have

done so a couple of minutes ago. Yes, I think it just dawned on him

there that he actually needed the He was trying for the cannon there

and really it was a poor shot that he did not get it. It was easy

And that was all caused by her not looking at the scoreboard. Yes, but

this is the last chance saloon it It is not the easiest opportunity.

I am not sure whether he would want to try and knock this other red

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

the brown. Is he on debt? It looks Well, that was the strange way to

play it. Yes, he played the right shot of the last red, I just think

he had it a bit hard. Where is that red going? It has stopped just shot

of the centre pocket, but that is not the best safety shot, he should

have really got a snooker out of It is not a tough snooker to hit,

but the age old problem is, can he That looks like case snooker to me.

He hit that will. That was the intention, to send the red as far

I think he can be simply do what he wants. He would like to have

He over het that somewhat and I think that he bump on the middle

pocket helped him, because it Good shot. It would have been a lot

But Mark King knows that he cannot afford one more or mistake or else

That was a nice shot. Is there a gap between the pink and black? Yes,

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That full will kiss and a brown and prevented them from it snookering

The red will cut into the left-hand corner. He could play it as a shot

If you are going to miss them, you want to air on the side of hitting

them tooth than that, which is what he has done. Now, can at Mark King

He has it that bad. That could be his last shot. He could not have

hit that any worse. That could be his last shot in this year's

Bengalis the red, but he is not Mark King may think there is a

chance he could get back to the table. When he played that bad

safety shot I am sure he thought that was the end for him. But there

Solid. And now, it just yellow and Automatic position or the green

Considering he lost the first session 6-2, this has been a very

good performance. A lot of Yes, 1.3 billion people will have

been feeding the worst when he was 6-2 down, but he is going to stay

That is more than enough. Mark King wishes some of the best for the

next round. Mark King has had a good tournament. Those at 1.3

billion people in China may have been fearing the worst after he was

6-2 down. But it is a tremendous performance by eight Ding Junhui.

He runs out the winner 13-nine. Yes, he is carrying the hopes of the

nation. He talked about that expectancy at home before the start

of the tournament. Yes, he knows that the draw has opened up for him

and he has an excellent chance of reaching the final. A tremendous

performance given that he was 6-2 down after that first session.

this could have been a problem before, but his temperament now is

much better. Congratulations, you are into the quarter-final of the

championship for or lay the second time. Yes, I played well from when

they were 6-2 down and concentrated well after that. How worried where

you're after Mark King started the game so positively? He it was a bad

start. I was not in my game. I went back to think about my game to try

and make it better. If I have the problem, I was able to fix it. He

yesterday, you took seven of the available eight frames. You come

out with all guns blazing. Yes, Mark played very well in that first

session. He takes a very little chance that was given. So I had to

play well. Our you are aware how the bottom half of the draw is

opening it out, with no Mark Selby or 0 Neil Robertson left. It is

opening up very nicely for you. do not worry beyond the next round.

Everyone here that is through his playing well. Well, you have to be

in it to win it and I am sure the excitement in China is already

rising. Yes, congratulations to Ding Junhui, who plays at Barry

Hawkins in the quarter final, starting at 10 o'clock tomorrow

morning. Yes, that will be a good game. Barry Hawkins is an excellent

match player. Marking missed opportunities in this match, didn't

he? -- Mark King missed chances. Yes, look at this. If he actually

played this cushion first, he would have left the red in mid-table and

BBC Two pot the brown and come back for it. He was a little unlucky to

finish where it was. Those are the sort of things that were going for

Mark King in the opening session? Yes, at this top class level, you

become ultra critical of players when need this. But when you are

out there, you sometimes find yourself in a difficult situation.

Earlier on, he missed eight Cup on the blue into the middle pocket. On

another day, you would never miss any of these. But marking is very

philosophical. Mark King is very philosophical. But from Ding

Junhui's point of view, he is looking at this the right way. He

is simply thinking about the next match. And don't forget, Barry

Hawkins Peter Ding out in China. Yes, he does not have the track

record that Ding Junhui has, but he is improving all the time. He is

rising up the ranking list and will be in an optimistic frame of mind.

It is going to be another fascinating encounter. From now

morning, the players are playing every day and this is where it

becomes something of the marathon. Does it matter that Barry Hawkins

Peter Mark Selby on Saturday night and has had an extra day to

prepare? Not, none of the players will worry about that. All the

players know that if you are going to win at this tournament it is the

marathon and due are going to play every single day from the second

week on words. Both players will think they can win this one. Both

of them have beaten each other before. Once again, snooker has

opened its arms to the city. Yesterday, some of the Great

Britain Paralympian swear in town. -- where in town. In terms of last

year's Paralympics, the legacy is One of the stars of the shot is

Hanna, a double gold-medallist. This is fantastic. This is not

about gold medals, this is about what the legacy was meant to be.

Yes, and we held this event before London, we would not have had any

sort of response like we have had It just shows us that people want

to be the next Paralympian is. It is amazing to see on the Paralympic

We have moved over to the equestrian area where we are found

another medallist. The mechanical horse looks fantastic. Yes, we have

got it here as part of the legacy programme. She gives children and

adults a chance of riding without having to go or any real horse.

They are is quite a cue forming. This is obviously one of the most

popular areas. Yes, the chance to get on a horse and feel what it is

like. It may encourage other people to have a go themselves. Rachel,

you have brought down at your son to have a look around. What sports

have you tried out? Fencing, shooting and we are going to have a

go at table tennis, aren't we? one did you enjoy the most? I was

good at fencing. I just kept on fighting someone. I got three

points. Well done to you it young man and well done to Rob Walker.

You saw many of the Paralympic champions there and he has come to

Well joins us down here. He has brought along his silver and bronze

medals from the Paralympic games. I cannot believe how heavy the are.

was great to be part of the London 20 12th games. Now, I have seen you

playing snooker and duet and a bit of a dab hand. Yes, at the illness

makes it difficult for me to play snooker, but I try my best. I think

with a bit of training, I could be all right. Is it something that you

would like to see more of, more Paralympian is getting involved in

playing snooker and more disabled people getting involved in the

game? He is, it is a great thing to get people involved and in both a

sporting and the social sense. are standing any very dangerous

Ken has got a few nice table tennis We get married on 16th May. There

is such a build up to it now. am very chilled out about it.

remember him coming in and asking for a cup of tea. He was very

polite. I remember coming back from one event and I was looking through

a catalogue and I saw a Wren and they thought, this is the right

time. I go down on my knee and proposed. I thought he was joking.

When I found out he was serious, I went some up a little bit, but I

said yes, obviously. I think I have got for Great Leighs end I -- for

Great along this at my life. It would be absolutely fantastic to be

married as World Snooker champion. So, Stuart Bingham and Mark Davis

looking to reach the quarter-final for the first time. Nothing to

choose between them after the opening session, 8-8 frames apiece.

WILLIE THORNE: We are down to the They are both slightly older than

many of the other players, but this match so far has not quite lived up

TERRY GRIFFITHS: Yes, neither player has actually Het year top

form at any point really in a match, but there is still plenty of time.

It has taken just over six a pause for them to play these 16 frames.

But the time of a match is also going to be much longer if people

When it comes To the safety success, we know that you have to be over 90

% to be really at the top of the So, that was the first mistake and

Stuart Bingham takes advantage. did not quite have the angle to get

perfectly honest, but I do not think he could have done that a lot

Stuart Bingham is a very good break-builder. I think he is in the

top seven or eight players, in that He used to be one of these players

the used to struggle to find the centre of the weight, but he is

working with the coach now and it Very important for both players to

find some of their form early on in It is the first five frames today.

13 is the winner in the second He made that look very easy.

Perfect control on to the pink. What I have noticed with Stuart

Bingham is when his long potting is good it is exceptionally good and

he scores heavily. I think it inspires him. In this match his

long potting hasn't been up to its normal standard, so he will be

In the first match he was just I thought he hadn't gone quite far

enough to make it to get the smash into the pack. You never know quite

what these are going to end up. There is always a bit of luck

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needed. He played that very The it is coming to that stage in

the frame that he is thinking about clinching it. There are too loose

He got this far too thick. In the last frame of the last session, but

was so important. Stuart Bingham led 7-5 and then Mark Davis ran

three trains -- three frames on the That 16th frame was a big room. --

a big frame. You go to sleep on that. If he would have been 97 down

he would have been very disappointed. Sharing eight frames

all, I think that players would This has been his highest rate

since the seventh frame. But is unusual for him because he is one

of the big hitters in the break This is just about framed all. --

He knows that it be takes all blacks at these remaining red Sea

can get 144. -- the remaining reds. He is going for it. An excellent

break of 77. I am surprised that Mark Davis has a comeback for a bit

of practice. Into the next, Stuart Bingham is at

the table trailing by 50 points. It looks like he is risking playing

the cannon. If the pink pots, that is not too bad. If it doesn't, it

is no good. I understand what Willie was saying nowt. It is a

positive shot. You can see he is unlucky not to be on it. That was a

really good chance for Stuart Bingham there. I thought he may

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I did not see the miss Cumming, If Stuart Bingham gets nicely on

But that was passed the red -- does past the red, obviously. He wants

to be high enough up the table to be on this red. I suppose, if you

want to make things absurdity easy, you would want to get on the brown

or blue of this red to get up to the yellow. He decided it was easy

enough of the black. Green to brown is about the only thing they can go

He is taking these well so far. OK, you can say they were all on, but

it is not like that when you're out there. He did not hit that as well

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as he would have liked. Still, he That is pretty good! He has to be

so careful if he plays this sort one cushion because they are a

little bit lively. It would be better off two cushions. That is an

77 in the first Korean, a good clearance they're under pressure.

Stuart Bingham is now two frames ahead.

It was a very solid start by Stuart Bingham. Into the next and Stuart

Bingham is at the table, two points How confident is he here? Is he

confident to hold for the black. If he swings around the table, he only

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has the will to play for. -- the I'm not sure what to play for then,

but he is on MOBO. May be thinking of bringing the blue back onto its

He has the second prize, the brown in the middle, unless the brown is

Mark Davis has given himself a little bit to do again here. This

Another good shot from Mark Davis. He is under a lot of pressure out

I don't think any of these reds go, so we is going to have to pay a

cannon here. He has got to be Well, well, well. He didn't take

that into account. Perhaps he did too much attention on it and not

enough on the pot. Disaster for Mark Davis. We didn't see it coming

either, did we? We thought it was a He won't be taking on the back here,

he will be playing to reds and two pinks. This will be a body blow if