Day 12 Snooker: World Championship

Good evening and welcome! We start tonight with another former

champion, Shaun Murphy and his quarter-final match with Judd Trump.

But went into the final session He is looking at the potting angle

but, boy, is that they need! He has an easy safety of the left side of

This frame for a place in the quarter final, almost certainly

against Ronnie O'Sullivan. Who will it be? Judd Trump or the magician,

It looks as if he is taking it on. He has changed his mind. I like the

shot. I like it a lot. I like this shot very much indeed! He thought

about trying to cut buddying, but Where is the red? It looks as if it

might cuts. So, the chances there, 17 points the difference. Can he

He has dropped nicely on the pink, and it could be the end of this

He has the players' safety behind the black. He can take this on,

surely. Surely, he has got to play the snooker? He seemed to play that

too hard. I think he did try to move it. He didn't want to have the

risky one along the cushion. This would be the bravest pot if he took

well, he could have played it a lot better than that. I think he got

himself a little bit confused and could not make his mind up. That is

Can Shaun Murphy, with his magic wands -- weave his magic wand one

more time? Not quite. Where is the She needs a good safety shot here

if he is going to try and get as snooker behind the pink and black.

He has got to make sure he doesn't The not the best. One good pot from

is see on a colour, though? He is faced with a long black. She is 25

Put the pressure on your opponent! He had the opportunity to a pot the

black into the green pocket and screwed back to the top cushion. He

went for the more conservative option. One lucky shot from Shaun

Is it a lucky shot? He is smiling! He has left enough room for Shaun

Murphy to go round the back of the yellow. It is a must hit snooker

He might be snookered again, but all this sudden it is a yellow ball

fight. Turn the phone off please! That is three or four of those we

Excellent. APPLAUSE.

Well, Shaun on two occasions has got out of the snooker and left it

Enrique goes! He did not play to get on the green! Well, what does -

- what a quarter final we have had Well, we have had so much drama in

this deciding frame, surely there is not more to come? Can Shaun

Murphy get the snooker? He will APPLAUSE.

I must admit, I have enjoyed every single frame of this match. These

boys have put on a show at the Crucible this afternoon. It is now

just evening, and Judd Trump has It doesn't matter whether the book

goes in or Notts, Shaun Murphy is a gentleman so he comes forward to

cook and -- to congratulate Judd Trump. Judd Trump raises his fist.

It has been a fabulous match, well done to both players. Judd Trump

runs out a winner 13-12. relieved, really. A couple of times

in the last round it looked like I was going out. I stayed calm and

just did not miss anything. It was a real test for me to come back

from 7-2 behind. A lot of people wrote me off. I seem to perform my

best when that happens and people don't expect stuff off me. I was

only a cat's whisker away from getting in the semi-finals. If I

was talking to you have been thrown away the match it would be a

different story. I thought he won it, not that I lost it. Dramatic

stuff. An epic quarter-final. So, Judd Trump will play the winner up

the match between Stuart Bingham and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The

defending champion raced into a 7-1 lead into a morning session. He won

the next four frames. He was closing in on the highest ever

margin of victory here at the Crucible. We joined them with

Ronnie O'Sullivan making just two frames to win. -- needing just too

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That was miserable, so a chance for She could have won three of the

four frames this morning. -- Stuarts. What a difference that

would have made. It could quite easily be only four frames the

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Not in an ideal position. Does he It is so hard to keep your

concentration when nothing is going right. I think he has had just

about enough of this match. That The way Ronnie O'Sullivan has been

playing in this match, it is tough to see him not making 50 or 60 here.

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This could be another red -- this It doesn't matter where he puts the

cue ball, there will always be a red available. Make no mistake,

Ronnie O'Sullivan will want to get this match over as soon as possible

and getting in the right frame of mind for the semi-final when the

Crucible comes into its own and you have just got the one table in the

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Another break of 50 or above for Ronnie. He has not been at his

vintage best this morning, but Stewart has played poorly. Still at

their at 96 %, that will take some beating! -- up there. Have a look

at his tournament pot success rate! I'm sure in the history of snooker,

but has not happened. -- in that has not happened. Steve Davis am

sure, the way he used to play he would have been right up there. You

made one mistake again Steve Davis she went and sat in your seat and

got ready for the next game. He is good to watch. You have got to give

him credit for it is due. He has produced some scintillating snooker.

To do a job like this on one of the most consistent players of the

season, Stuart Bingham... look at that with their left hands! Down

the cushion. He has pulled off a couple of pots in this match,

another one down the cushion. Which you are correct and that would have

been tough! -- with you're correct hands, that would have been tough!

I think Stuart Bingham just wants to get out of the Crucible Theatre.

But he will be back in three weeks' time, that has wiped off the

circuit these, even though he is After that, Stuart Bingham won the

next three frames. That meant they had to come back tonight. It took

just 10 minutes and 46 sessions of the session for Ronnie to reach his

10th semi-final at the Crucible. He could be the first man since 1996

for him to retain the world title. I had no intentions of coming back

playing when I finished last year. After having a year out, I have not

really missed snooker, to be fair. I just wanted to come back by

seeing if I have been away from it makes any difference. To be fair, I

have accepted it is probably not for me. I might play a few small

events if I'm bored, but I just came back because I needed a bit of

money to pay the school fees. Am being honest. Justice see if it was

going to be any different. It isn't. I have resigned whistle to probably

playing not much top-quality snooker any more. Incredible stuff

from Ronnie O'Sullivan. Let's see what frame of mind he will be in

tomorrow when he takes on Judd Trump. Don't miss it. What a

tournament Barry Hawkins is having. He has already marked out --

knocked out Mark Selby. Barry Hawkins want this -- one of the

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first two frames, so it is seven to He has left a pot on. This is a big

chance for Ding Junhui. Barry Hawkins looks for all money to have

it in his pockets. Can Ding Junhui snatch it away from him? Noise from

Is that too hard? He is OK as long as he can avoid the case on the red

on the top cushion. -- At the case. Now it gets tricky. This black

epitome 18 points behind with two He wants to leave himself high on

this black if possible to give himself the angle for the last red.

It looks tight. Beautifully played. He has left himself a nice angle.

What a frame of this would be for him to win! This could turn this

He is trying here. It is good to He controlled the cue ball nicely

A good positional shot my from pink If he gets nicely on the green he

should win this frame no problems. Barry Hawkins will be sitting there

thinking, just one more roll of that cue ball when he was on the

blue, and it would have been all over. Ding Junhui is showing great

character. He didn't look interested in his chair, he looked

down and out, but this is an Brown, pink and blue needed. Would

you believe it? Would you believe it? What a chance he has spurned

there. That is the story of the match. You keep thinking she is

getting something going, then, all this sudden, from nowhere, comes a

Blue and pink needed to go within a frame of a place in the semi-final.

Where is the pink going? No! That is the cruel nature of snooker.

Ding cannot believe it. Somehow it went in another pocket.

And Barry Hawkins then took the next. Huge disappointment for Ding

Junhui. But what a performance from the man who won the Australian Open.

Barry Hawkins through to the semi- finals for the first time here in

the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. I am lost for words. I cannot

believe it. It is not the best that I can play but I'm just fighting so

much, giving 100%. I am making up some decent breaks. I cannot

believe that, it is what everybody dreams of.

Her will Barry Hawkins meet in the semi-final? Ricky Walden or Michael

white? They went into the final session with Ricky Walden leading.

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An unexpected visit to the table this time for Michael White. Not a

great position for either player with the pink and white where they

are. The blue is off its spot. What a great pot that was. He may have

played for the red by the pink. But He has been a bit loose with his

positional play tonight. That could have been the result of that missed

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Pretty good, he is not on the back That pink goes. So a good chance

now to bring more reds into play. He got a huge slice of luck. Which

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Good effort for Michael White at 44. It is so close that the crowd in

How good was that? That was some shot from there. Right in the

middle of the pocket. He does not He played to get that red out. But

he needed to hit the cushion first there. So he will be disappointed.

Just needs one more frame to get into the semi-finals. The winner of

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He has not covered that red. He has got an easy safety at the left side

of this red. He may have to swerve to get to the edge of that red. It

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is a bit risky. He would not want Ricky Walden having a look at the

He has spread the reds. He will have to put a bit of effort into

the pot for the next colour. A good attempt by Michael White, but not

good enough. He may not be coming No real pressure on Ricky Walden.

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You would expect him to convert Just the angle he has left himself

on this red here. It looks as if he may go somewhere near that red on

the right cushion. I think he played for the blue but has

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That is a nicely played. He is very Michael White has had a tremendous

tournament. To get into the quarter-finals is an exceptional

performance. He has just gone a bit too far up with that. A bit of

adrenalin, perhaps. If it had been straight on the yellow I think the

frame and the match was all over. Getting the position on the green

is the hard part. Just getting the yellow in would not have been too

much of a problem. Just perhaps a That is as good as he could have

done there. But he still has got a tricky green. I do not think he

will be turning anything down at That is a good shot. Just the brown

and blue. And he could be in his first semi-final here at the

Crucible in the world championships. He had not won again here before he

He had not won again here before he He had not won again here before he

got on this run. He is making up It is a lovely feeling up when they

start going in and you know you have won a match. This match

belongs to Ricky Walden. So happy. It has been a long way

for me to have a run here. I'm over the moon. I have never really

played my best here. I was playing OK last year. But the BBC

tournaments have eluded me a bit. Hopefully this can be my tournament

and I'm looking forward to the semi-finals.

This is how they line up in the semi-finals. Judd Trump plank

Ronnie O'Sullivan, getting under way tomorrow. -- playing. And then

at Ricky Walden plays Barry Hawkins, who must beat so confident after

knocking out Mike Selby. That gets under way at 7 o'clock. Next we

have extended highlights of that match between Judd Trump and Shaun

Murphy. Just across the road in the Crucible Theatre they are

dismantling the tables. We're down to four players and one table