:00:17. > :00:43.Good evening. You might have dabbled a bit with the World Championship
:00:44. > :00:48.over the last ten days, that I know that many of you watching at home
:00:49. > :00:54.only get seriously obsessed in the second week. We only have two more
:00:55. > :01:00.places to be filled in the quarterfinal line-up. But let's
:01:01. > :01:43.remind you of how round two has been developing here.
:01:44. > :01:54.With me, the seven times champion of the world. And invitation last week
:01:55. > :02:04.coming your way about perhaps be joining the tour. What is the deal?
:02:05. > :02:09.Standing here in this atmosphere, no one could say they would not want to
:02:10. > :02:20.play. If the invitation comes, I would probably have to accept it.
:02:21. > :02:32.But not ruled out? No. What about the full-time players, Judd Trump
:02:33. > :02:35.and Ryan Day. Judd Trump didn't play well in his first round, but he
:02:36. > :02:43.looks like he is starting to recover his form. Shaun Murphy, 9-7 up on
:02:44. > :02:49.Marco Fu. He just has to play his natural game, attack. Those two
:02:50. > :03:00.matches will be sorted out right here, right now. Rob Walker.
:03:01. > :03:06.Good evening. We started ten days ago with 32 of the very best in the
:03:07. > :03:12.world. By the end of tonight, only eight shall remain. We are expecting
:03:13. > :03:25.a fantastic night of action. The two sports left up for grabs, they will
:03:26. > :03:31.be facing Ronnie O'Sullivan or Neil Robertson.
:03:32. > :03:39.Please welcome first of all, a player undoubtedly back to his very
:03:40. > :03:49.best. He has injured some tough years, he won the Australian open at
:03:50. > :03:58.the start of this season. He is back in the world's top eight, heading
:03:59. > :04:14.for his first Crucible quarterfinal in eight years, Marco Fu!
:04:15. > :04:28.And his opponent. A player who has worked so hard on and off the table
:04:29. > :04:32.to take his game to the next level. He is fitter than he was a year ago,
:04:33. > :04:37.he is thinner than he was a year ago, he is determined to taste
:04:38. > :04:43.success on the big stage once again. Here he comes, with a cue rather
:04:44. > :05:04.than a cape, the magician, Shaun Murphy.
:05:05. > :05:10.And here on table two, please welcome a Welshman, once again on
:05:11. > :05:17.the verge of a place in the world's top 20. He knocked out Stephen
:05:18. > :05:25.Maguire in the first round. He is a three-time ranking event finalist,
:05:26. > :05:41.he is applied of Wales, Ryan Day. -- he is the pride.
:05:42. > :05:51.And finally, arguably the most exciting player of his generation,
:05:52. > :05:57.bidding for a third appearance in a Crucible quarterfinal, we have
:05:58. > :06:07.marvelled at his shot and style. Hewlett comes, with his own brand of
:06:08. > :06:18.knotty snooker, the ace in the pack, Judd Trump.
:06:19. > :06:30.Pretty lively in here tonight. Both games are available to you all
:06:31. > :06:33.night. We are going to start with their Judd Trump and Ryan Day match.
:06:34. > :06:45.Over to Ken Doherty and John Virgo. Good evening everybody. The final
:06:46. > :06:51.session. Judd Trump gets it underway. If you could put your
:06:52. > :06:59.finger on one thing about this match, Judd Trump has given the
:07:00. > :07:07.safety side of the match but more respect. Absolutely. He has been
:07:08. > :07:20.capitalising on Ryan Day's mistakes as well. He missed four flame balls
:07:21. > :07:27.in this match. -- frame. That anything could happen in this last
:07:28. > :07:28.session as we have seen many times. But Judd Trump is playing an awful
:07:29. > :07:38.lot better. So many frames that players can find
:07:39. > :08:03.their form. Yes, it's a marathon of the mind.
:08:04. > :08:09.It's not all about one day. He has got the bomb. A mistake. First one.
:08:10. > :08:21.That is the last thing Ryan Day needed. Has he left anything? I
:08:22. > :08:26.think he has got away with it. The two reds to the left pocket are
:08:27. > :08:38.covering each other. No plot to go out there.
:08:39. > :08:53.If you have got the natural angle to the first red, play it. But just
:08:54. > :09:06.playing safety. When you are playing catch up, as
:09:07. > :09:10.Ryan Day is, you need a little help from your opponent and a good run of
:09:11. > :09:44.the ball. And Ryan Day had it there. The average dreamtime, just under 15
:09:45. > :10:12.minutes. -- frame time. That is pretty quick.
:10:13. > :10:43.The problem here is he is careering into the link, -- oink.
:10:44. > :11:24.He is giving it plenty of thought. What to report it was -- what a
:11:25. > :11:35.he took the opportunity of going into the reds. He has a couple of
:11:36. > :11:38.options here. He would love to get on the black, but he is so close to
:11:39. > :12:44.the red. He is giving it a bit of thinking
:12:45. > :12:56.time. We must mention Sheila, who every year gives us a big bag of
:12:57. > :13:13.rock cakes and parkin. Everybody has enjoyed it. Thank you very much.
:13:14. > :13:23.Judd Trump was looking to see if he had got the cue ball up into the
:13:24. > :13:37.jaws of the pocket. That may be a possible pot.
:13:38. > :13:48.Trying to get in behind the green. That is a very good line. I think he
:13:49. > :13:55.has covered the reds in the left corner. He may just be forced into
:13:56. > :14:14.playing this red to the right corner.
:14:15. > :14:51.You can see it is very straight. But I think he is forced into it.
:14:52. > :15:02.This led to the right of the black, I wonder if Judd Trump thinks it
:15:03. > :15:08.could go to the other end. Can he get past.
:15:09. > :15:27.Ryan was forced into playing that led. He must have known he would be
:15:28. > :16:29.leaving that red. Beautifully played.
:16:30. > :16:41.He is blessed with tremendous cue power. Trying to get a red into this
:16:42. > :16:59.bottom left-hand corner pocket. It is a good effort.
:17:00. > :17:15.The one at the bottom of the cluster goes, but it is a missable pot. This
:17:16. > :17:35.is a risky shot. Look at the way he has left the
:17:36. > :17:46.reds. If there is an easy starter, what a chance this is for Ryan Day.
:17:47. > :17:57.But he doesn't think there is anything easy to go out. -- go at.
:17:58. > :18:06.Red to the far right corner. A clear path for that one. Quite a bit of
:18:07. > :18:13.pressure on this as well. I'm sure he thought he would have it easier
:18:14. > :18:41.than this. This is tough. But he has played it well. Excellent shot.
:18:42. > :18:44.Excellent opportunity here. Just look at the way the reds are
:18:45. > :19:05.spread. All the way through this match, Ryan
:19:06. > :19:31.Day has looked good. He looks very confident. He has got
:19:32. > :19:43.a nice pace about him around the table.
:19:44. > :19:57.You know as well as I do, it is the frames you don't think you can win,
:19:58. > :20:07.someone makes a mistake, and you clear up, they can be real body
:20:08. > :20:12.blows to the one who has lost it. He is taking extra care here. He
:20:13. > :20:54.desperately needed this first frame. He is undecided. If this one clears
:20:55. > :20:58.the pink spot, but he still can't make his mind up. You can give it
:20:59. > :21:25.too much thought sometimes. He has played it nicely. No perfect
:21:26. > :21:57.on the blue. We are seeing this first frame of
:21:58. > :22:41.this session safe. It should have been an awful lot
:22:42. > :22:51.easier than this. Just red and high value colour required here. And
:22:52. > :23:00.again, as we have seen before, just gets it to that point, that frame
:23:01. > :23:04.ball. And possibly remembering some of the other frames that have gone
:23:05. > :23:11.this way. It does stick in your mind.
:23:12. > :23:24.Judd Trump couldn't put that red. Ryan Day gets another chance. But he
:23:25. > :23:27.has missed the easy one. 59 points remaining. Red and a colour
:23:28. > :23:51.required. The added pressure on him now is he
:23:52. > :23:55.knows this frame should have been over.
:23:56. > :24:08.In it goes. But he has just overscrewed it slightly. 49 points
:24:09. > :24:13.in front, 51 remaining. Pot the green would be enough. But the
:24:14. > :24:38.screen is tricky. In it goes. 52 points in the lead.
:24:39. > :24:53.51 remaining. He will be breathing a sigh of relief.
:24:54. > :25:17.This is good stuff from Ryan Day. You do matches like this, you take
:25:18. > :25:25.each session as it comes along. This is a perfect start for him. Yes, he
:25:26. > :25:38.has come from a long line of great Welsh snooker players. Ray Reardon,
:25:39. > :25:48.Terry Griffiths, Doug Mountjoy. Fancy calling that quiz not
:25:49. > :26:05.Pointless, but Potless. The yellow did not go in.
:26:06. > :26:13.A quick reflection on events this afternoon on the match between the
:26:14. > :26:18.old Robertson and Mark Allen. The primary target was a win and a place
:26:19. > :26:22.in the quarterfinals, but there was a fascinating subplot. Neil
:26:23. > :26:37.Robertson is on 99 centuries for this season and tried to get to the
:26:38. > :26:43.town of tonnes. -- tonne of tonnes. Just the black to get. And it was in
:26:44. > :26:50.the jaws. He missed on 92 in the next frame so he will have to wait a
:26:51. > :26:53.bit longer. I had a pretty bad shot.
:26:54. > :27:01.I just rattled it. I actually thought it was in and was about to
:27:02. > :27:15.celebrate. I think it will happen naturally. I am on 90 -- 99 now, so
:27:16. > :27:20.there will be other opportunities. Mark Allen said he was awesome in
:27:21. > :27:26.that session. But the pressure is building on him.
:27:27. > :27:34.You could sense it. He was breathing deeper and deeper. It was incredible
:27:35. > :27:40.to witness. To what extent has it become a distraction? He has been
:27:41. > :27:45.focused on whether the frame has been won, but now there is something
:27:46. > :27:52.else in his mind. I think that is why he was disappointed, he would
:27:53. > :27:57.love to get that out of the way. But it will come. And he will play the
:27:58. > :28:05.winner of this match. Let's get back.
:28:06. > :28:15.Just a word on real Robertson, he played some good snooker this
:28:16. > :28:30.afternoon. -- Neil Robertson. It was impeccable, flawless. Neil Robertson
:28:31. > :28:37.looked in sublime form. He is waiting on the winner of this match.
:28:38. > :28:52.What a mouthwatering prospect we have in there. Butt to reach that
:28:53. > :29:04.milestone, 100 centuries in a single season, it is just amazing.
:29:05. > :29:10.To have someone striving to achieve his hundred century, it is quite
:29:11. > :29:22.special. He will be a little disappointed he
:29:23. > :29:37.did not win the last frame. Ryan Day through his chalk in the
:29:38. > :30:02.air and was really annoyed that he had left a long pot Judd Trump.
:30:03. > :30:09.I like this more measured approach from Judd Trump. He is giving his
:30:10. > :30:15.ability a chance. He just doesn't give his talent the opportunity it
:30:16. > :30:19.deserves. Do not criticise him for the shot he played in the first
:30:20. > :30:25.frame, that is the way he plays the game. At least he didn't bash it. He
:30:26. > :30:31.tries to play a controlled shot. Has he run too far? Looking at his body
:30:32. > :31:18.language, he has. That is not only a myth, but
:31:19. > :31:27.extremely careless from Ryan Day. He would be kicking himself. To lead
:31:28. > :31:36.this opportunity for Judd Trump... -- leave this opportunity.
:31:37. > :31:46.Not enough zip on the cue ball, as we say. It was like as if he thought
:31:47. > :31:52.he would be on the pink, so he didn't need to play it any harder.
:31:53. > :32:07.Now, he has got eight of blue to go out here. -- a tough blue.
:32:08. > :32:11.He was always going to leave something for Ryan Day if he missed
:32:12. > :32:48.that pot. A nice cannon red. Four. Shot it
:32:49. > :33:20.perfectly. He will not bother going into the
:33:21. > :33:29.packet, will concentrate on the red closest to the black. Did not
:33:30. > :33:40.disturb many red. Just one came out. Another good position here.
:33:41. > :33:47.If he is low on the black, he can play the cannon again, knowing that
:33:48. > :34:03.he would be low on that red. That has worked out OK. You can see
:34:04. > :34:08.the cue ball, look at the cue ball, when it hits the red, you can see
:34:09. > :34:24.the power that he can generate. An excellent opportunity now. This
:34:25. > :34:29.black will take him two points behind.
:34:30. > :34:39.He is OK, he certainly has got one to the left middle. I assume he can
:34:40. > :35:19.get past the pain. -- pink. That wasn't the best contact. That
:35:20. > :35:21.took all of the pace out of the cue ball. He wasn't bothered about the
:35:22. > :35:34.blue, because he can win these frames with remaining red. It is a
:35:35. > :35:39.little bit more difficult now. He can just about chip this read into
:35:40. > :35:46.the left-hand side pocket, but he needs to watch the cue ball. -- this
:35:47. > :35:49.red. The table is very, very quick. Sometimes there is a spring from the
:35:50. > :36:05.top cushion. Would you believe it! He has touched
:36:06. > :36:11.the blue with his waistcoat. Just as he played the shot, he summed a
:36:12. > :36:23.little bit lower. The referee was eagle eyed, he was looking for it.
:36:24. > :36:26.Do we see it move? The referee was in the perfect position. Ryan will
:36:27. > :36:32.not argue with it. He would not know, of course.
:36:33. > :36:41.Judd Trump comes to the table with a four point lead, but more
:36:42. > :37:07.importantly, he is back at the table unexpectedly.
:37:08. > :37:16.He has the option to play again, because Ryan played a foul shot, and
:37:17. > :37:22.that is what he's going to do. I do not think that is too difficult to
:37:23. > :37:25.safety shot. I think Judd Trump was a little bit worried that the red
:37:26. > :37:30.into the right-hand corner pocket, the natural anglers going into the
:37:31. > :37:35.black. The red above the pink spot to the bright, into the left-hand
:37:36. > :37:40.corner pocket, Judd thinks the natural anglers going into the red.
:37:41. > :37:54.-- angle is going. He hasn't left anything, he's such a
:37:55. > :38:02.long way away. He has been very fortunate.
:38:03. > :38:12.He would love to try to get the cue ball in behind the blue. He needs to
:38:13. > :38:17.be very wary if he goes to the baulk end. That is why he comes back to
:38:18. > :38:26.the top cushion, to try and get tied to the top cushion and use the black
:38:27. > :38:33.as a blocker. Not quite. I think he can maybe get the gap between pink
:38:34. > :38:45.and black" to the right middle, but tough shot.
:38:46. > :38:51.He caught it too thick, he missed contact in the yellow, so a safe
:38:52. > :39:27.enough. Even the black or the pink to come
:39:28. > :39:32.to his rescue. As it? -- has it? I'm sure he could come off the side
:39:33. > :39:47.cushion. That doesn't make the pot any easier.
:39:48. > :39:52.He is looking at an alternative. Surely he could play the cushion
:39:53. > :40:02.first. He cannot leave it there, surely. He may be forced into
:40:03. > :40:06.playing the cushion first. He is contemplating. He is doing his
:40:07. > :40:11.mathematics. He has a safe red on the left-hand side of the table.
:40:12. > :40:15.Should he missed this, that will come to his rescue, and that is what
:40:16. > :40:27.is going through his mind at the moment.
:40:28. > :40:36.If he was to miss this red, that red on the left-hand side of the table
:40:37. > :40:39.could be his saviour. He would pay the part, cushion first, you cannot
:40:40. > :40:49.play the red on the left-hand side of the table.
:40:50. > :41:10.He can get through to the cushion to part this red. -- pot this red.
:41:11. > :41:26.On a colour! What a great shot that was! Excellent shot! So hard to
:41:27. > :41:38.judge off the cushion. It wasn't as the red was over the pocket. That
:41:39. > :41:45.red that we spoke about, the one closest to the left-hand cushion,
:41:46. > :41:53.now, that has turned to a maybe. It may be a saviour for Judd Trump. He
:41:54. > :41:58.has got a nice angle on the black, if he wishes to try and take that
:41:59. > :42:08.red off the side cushion now. He doesn't have to.
:42:09. > :42:21.He wanted to be inside, he hit the wrong side of the red.
:42:22. > :42:27.Did that red to win the frame. You thought that was as good an
:42:28. > :42:40.opportunity as he may have. He misjudged.
:42:41. > :42:49.He thought that was in. I must admit, so did I! You could not get
:42:50. > :42:52.any closer to that without it going in. How many times did that rattle?
:42:53. > :43:22.Very unlucky. He has overhit it for the pink, he
:43:23. > :43:28.has under its bit for the green. -- underhit it for the green. Do you
:43:29. > :43:35.think the brown is possible into the right corner?
:43:36. > :43:48.I'm only thinking for a possible frame-winning clearance.
:43:49. > :44:24.I'm surprised he's not playing the pink. It is a natural angle.
:44:25. > :44:34.A good length and a good line and he has got the snooker. A very
:44:35. > :44:52.important speaker at this stage of the frame. -- important snooker.
:44:53. > :45:03.Excellent effort from Ryan Day. This red as possible, but it is not easy.
:45:04. > :45:18.-- is available. You always air on the side of if
:45:19. > :46:03.you're going to miss it, hit it too thin.
:46:04. > :46:31.You always need to beware of the double-kiss. I think he is really up
:46:32. > :46:34.for this tonight, Ryan. He got the first frame, if he could win this,
:46:35. > :47:03.he is right back in this match. That's what he was afraid of. An
:47:04. > :47:10.opportunity for Judd Trump. The yellow will be his first preference.
:47:11. > :47:11.He could play right-handed. He is good with the snooker rest. Doesn't
:47:12. > :47:41.have to do much with the cue ball. What a massive frame this is for
:47:42. > :48:00.both players. Showing a little bit of experience
:48:01. > :48:02.there. Applause from the other side of the arena, but you just got up
:48:03. > :48:39.and got his concentration back. Just the pink, to extend the gap
:48:40. > :48:49.once again to four frames. In it goes. He is back to four frames
:48:50. > :48:53.again in the lead by 11 frames to seven.
:48:54. > :48:59.A quick update from the other table, Murphy, 10-7 ahead after a break of
:49:00. > :49:07.69 and there in a battle royal with only four chorister meaning in the
:49:08. > :49:17.18th frame. Some are scraping in four Ryan Day.
:49:18. > :49:22.There was a time on that frame where Ryan caught that blue with his
:49:23. > :49:27.waistcoat. The worst thing that could happen is getting a
:49:28. > :49:32.double-kiss on the way back. You see this year, he sticks the red up and
:49:33. > :49:39.gives a good clearance for Judd Trump. He needs to when practically
:49:40. > :49:45.every frame of this tonight. That little cushion coming in, that four
:49:46. > :49:49.frame cushion coming in, from the perspective of the guy chasing, how
:49:50. > :49:57.does that affect your mindset, what you tried for? These three session
:49:58. > :50:01.matches, when you get to the third session, it is important that you
:50:02. > :50:09.have a bit of a cushion, but you are not under pressure like the guy that
:50:10. > :50:13.is always chasing. Consequently, they are making decisions that have
:50:14. > :50:23.led to some bad mistakes. He keeps missing frame balls. Back we go,
:50:24. > :50:37.Judd Trump is two frames away from a place in the quarterfinal.
:50:38. > :50:46.I think this red on the left-hand side of the table, can he see enough
:50:47. > :50:52.of it to play the pot? He played the safety and caught it much too thick.
:50:53. > :51:01.He is very disappointed, Ryan, not to have won the last frame. A bee
:51:02. > :51:20.that is a hangover from it. -- maybe it is.
:51:21. > :52:36.A nice little cannon to hold the red into the same pocket. We saw him
:52:37. > :52:41.looking up to the ceiling has he went around, because he knew he was
:52:42. > :53:13.looking up to the ceiling has he a little bit straight on this angle.
:53:14. > :53:21.The most you can hope for when you go into the cluster is it you have a
:53:22. > :53:53.red to continue the break with, and he has got that.
:53:54. > :54:02.Just having a quick glance to see if the pink is available into the right
:54:03. > :54:08.corner and it appears to be. A big chance this, now. A big angle. Lots
:54:09. > :54:25.of top spin on the cue ball. He did not get the desired spin on
:54:26. > :54:34.the cue ball. Not enough top spin on it. He wanted to try to bounce the
:54:35. > :54:56.cue ball through the pack of bread. Looks like end of break.
:54:57. > :55:05.Did not want to catch the blue, but unfortunate to knock it. Doesn't
:55:06. > :55:11.look like he has left anything easier for Ryan. Must win frame, you
:55:12. > :55:18.would think, from Ryan. The longer you can keep your opponent away from
:55:19. > :55:23.victory, you have a bit of room for manoeuvre, but when they get within
:55:24. > :55:34.one frame, you cannot afford any mistakes. Like that.
:55:35. > :55:43.This will obviously be called. It did not look that difficult a shot.
:55:44. > :55:50.Maybe Judd might decide to play it from there it is now. This red just
:55:51. > :56:03.above the pink, I think you can see enough of it to play the pot.
:56:04. > :56:32.With that type of shot, always a on the side of hitting it too thin.
:56:33. > :56:41.A decent safety shot from Ryan Day. Judge needs to be careful here. --
:56:42. > :57:00.Judd Trump. He has underhit that a long way, 42
:57:01. > :57:04.points behind, the chance of that red, you can see the value in
:57:05. > :57:17.playing for black or for pink. He prefers to stun them in from the
:57:18. > :57:33.side cushion. Oh, what a costly error that may
:57:34. > :57:45.prove to be. Just nudged that read on the top
:57:46. > :58:12.cushion. -- that red. This programme has come to an NT BBC
:58:13. > :58:19.Two, this match will continue on the red button. The Marco Fu, Shaun
:58:20. > :58:22.Murphy match is available online. The winner of that one will play
:58:23. > :58:27.Ronnie O'Sullivan tomorrow. Otherwise, we are back at 11:20pm
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