:00:32. > :00:44.Here he comes, ready to dig deep once again, Barry Hawkins! A
:00:45. > :00:53.magnetic talent, simply irresistible to watch, blink and you will miss
:00:54. > :01:03.him, the Rocket! Ronnie O'Sullivan! Another Ronnie special.
:01:04. > :01:10.Good evening, I hope you will be spending Friday night with us here
:01:11. > :01:15.at the Crucible Theatre for our run which is a smash hit once again, the
:01:16. > :01:25.2014 Dafabet World Championship. This does not win to tee finish
:01:26. > :01:29.until Monday night. This evening, are cheaper tackiness are due out,
:01:30. > :01:35.we have Ronnie O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins. -- our sheep protagonists
:01:36. > :01:46.are due out. Century number eight for Ronnie
:01:47. > :02:27.O'Sullivan. Back-to-back centuries. The Rocket
:02:28. > :02:41.is on fire at the moment. Well played, Barry Hawkins. He has got a
:02:42. > :02:48.smile on his face, he has 10-3. This green for the 100. A well played by
:02:49. > :02:56.Barry Hawkins. He still trails Ronnie O'Sullivan. We're here with
:02:57. > :02:59.Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne, always a great era of anticipation
:03:00. > :03:07.with Ronnie O'Sullivan coming into the arena. Yes, even at 10am, and
:03:08. > :03:14.the way that he played, years so focused. Every credit to Barry
:03:15. > :03:21.Hawkins. He came back in that last frame and that has kept him in. It
:03:22. > :03:29.is very easy to throw your toys out of the pram. Yes, all of a sudden,
:03:30. > :03:32.he is now 10-2 behind, so that 15 minute interval must've felt like
:03:33. > :03:42.half an hour so he has now pinched more frames. If he wins this 3-1, he
:03:43. > :03:57.is back in the match? , yes, he has been in the practice room with Terry
:03:58. > :04:02.Griffiths, and he is determined. If he wins this with a session to
:04:03. > :04:15.spare, it would be a dream! Yes, it would be a dream! Now, over to Rob
:04:16. > :04:19.Walker. Hello, good evening, this is act three in this fascinating
:04:20. > :04:24.drama, two world-class players, but there is only room for one in
:04:25. > :04:35.Sunday's 2014 Dafabet World Championship file. -- finals.
:04:36. > :04:42.Please welcome first of all, a player who has come of age in the
:04:43. > :04:47.last two seasons, the winner of the Australian open in 2012, he was at
:04:48. > :04:53.the final here last year, he battled back against Ricky Walden and
:04:54. > :04:57.Dominic Dale and battled through this morning to give himself a final
:04:58. > :05:20.chance, give it up for Barry Hawkins! CHEERING
:05:21. > :05:29.And his opponent, the most exciting player ever to grace the modern
:05:30. > :05:34.game, 21 years after his Crucible debut, here he is bidding for his
:05:35. > :05:39.sixth appearance in a Crucible final which saw just how much it still
:05:40. > :05:43.means to him with that amazing comeback against Joe Perry. He is
:05:44. > :05:47.the winner of the Champion of champions, the Masters this season
:05:48. > :05:51.also, is he about to take one step closer to one more title, here comes
:05:52. > :05:58.the defending world champion, blink and you will miss him, the Rocket,
:05:59. > :06:05.Ronnie O'Sullivan! CHEERING
:06:06. > :06:12.It is quite boisterous in there tonight, it is conceivable that this
:06:13. > :06:18.match could end this evening, this is the third of four sessions
:06:19. > :06:21.scheduled. Can Barry Hawkins slow the express train that is Ronnie
:06:22. > :06:40.O'Sullivan? Over to Dennis Taylor. Thank you, Hazel, what a great
:06:41. > :06:43.reception for both players. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, frame 17,
:06:44. > :06:57.Barry Hawkins to break. Barry Hawkins gets the first frame
:06:58. > :07:00.under way. Can he continue from where he left off with that
:07:01. > :07:05.magnificent century break in the final frame of the last session. It
:07:06. > :07:10.truly did keep them in this year's World Championship, you have to say.
:07:11. > :07:25.The part success rate has dropped slightly. -- pot success rate. 74%
:07:26. > :07:30.long pot success rate is very good. And Ronnie O'Sullivan is ahead in
:07:31. > :08:33.the safety department also. And just ahead in the highest break.
:08:34. > :08:39.Pretty good, and he is back this evening, Doctor Steve Peters, a
:08:40. > :08:43.sports psychiatrist, not psychologist, and what ever it is,
:08:44. > :08:47.he has worked wonders with Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last few seasons
:08:48. > :09:16.and has not done too badly with the Liverpool football club.
:09:17. > :09:28.It looks like he is taking the pot on here.
:09:29. > :09:46.Straight into the heart of the pocket.
:09:47. > :09:50.You can see that his long game is better than Barry Hawkins, and he is
:09:51. > :10:05.very consistent with his long game. That baffled Ronnie little bit. He
:10:06. > :10:08.was thinking more about the cue ball and took his eye off the pot, but it
:10:09. > :10:22.did get very good position. We were chatting with John Parrott
:10:23. > :10:26.just before the players came out, and we said that Barry would be
:10:27. > :10:28.looking for 3-1 in this little mini-session. He has got the chance
:10:29. > :10:54.in this opening frame. This is the Department of Barry
:10:55. > :10:55.Hawkins is better than most, he scores very heavily when he gets in
:10:56. > :11:14.here normally. What a battle he had against Dominic
:11:15. > :11:19.Dale in the quarterfinal. He knows more than most that it is possible
:11:20. > :11:27.to make a comeback, but Ronnie O'Sullivan is a different
:11:28. > :11:31.proposition. That is horrendous. He would have been perfect on the red.
:11:32. > :11:38.He got the kick and look at where the white finishes up. It comes back
:11:39. > :11:49.off the cushion, hits the red, so unlucky. The white should have
:11:50. > :11:54.finished leaving the red into the right corner, but look at he
:11:55. > :12:03.finished up. I would still be tempted to take one on, but Barry
:12:04. > :12:08.doesn't look like he wants to. Look at where the white finished with the
:12:09. > :12:20.kick, without that kick, it would been perfect. Looks like it can get
:12:21. > :12:24.to the one on the back cushion. He decided to play a safety. Needs to
:12:25. > :12:30.make sure he misses the blue in the safety. Which he has done. It is a
:12:31. > :13:18.shame. That is a very good length with the
:13:19. > :13:33.safety shot. There is a possible pot in the right corner.
:13:34. > :13:42.Not too bad, there is a red to the middle, but the cue ball is tight on
:13:43. > :13:47.the side cushion. Not guaranteed to get on a colour even if he should
:13:48. > :13:55.pot this. He would have to play to drop on the yellow or the brown.
:13:56. > :14:05.That was never easy. Where will the red finish? Some supporters getting
:14:06. > :14:29.a little excited. The number of times that you think
:14:30. > :14:33.the blue is on its part, you play a positional shot and suddenly you are
:14:34. > :15:04.out of position. But he is OK. He does have the ankle to still get
:15:05. > :15:19.here. He needs to be quite low on the blue. -- he does have the ankle
:15:20. > :15:27.to get here. -- angle. That is what is looking for, a full-ball contact.
:15:28. > :15:31.Oh, no, he has got the red as well. That is quite unlucky. I am sure he
:15:32. > :15:44.had a look around. He got the split is perfect. Was there a possible
:15:45. > :16:17.plant on? That was very unlucky. At least he can smile.
:16:18. > :16:30.That is a real bonus, because now the pink and the black are in play.
:16:31. > :16:41.You do not mind losing a frame if you play a bad shot, but if you play
:16:42. > :16:46.a good chat! He is perfect on the balls, then he breaks the pack.
:16:47. > :16:52.There is no way he could have seen that going in-off that read, so
:16:53. > :18:17.perfect chances and lockers come to the rescue from Ronnie. -- that red.
:18:18. > :18:24.It is almost impossible now for Ronnie O'Sullivan not to get three
:18:25. > :18:41.more reds and some colours which would put him past the winning frame
:18:42. > :18:45.in this frame. You cannot do anything when this happens when
:18:46. > :18:54.you're playing somebody like Ronnie O'Sullivan, because you know that he
:18:55. > :19:02.will dish up. Just taking a little glance at the scoreboard. He has not
:19:03. > :19:08.settled yet this evening, amazingly enough, there had been a couple at
:19:09. > :19:19.he have missed, a couple have gone close to the jaw.
:19:20. > :19:38.He just has to get himself ready for the next frame now.
:19:39. > :19:46.He just rolled that in, did not try to get out on the black. A deep
:19:47. > :19:49.black. But that doesn't matter, because the frame is well and Chuli
:19:50. > :20:16.over. -- truly over. He wants to pot the Latics -- the
:20:17. > :20:40.loft! Doesn't matter about the blue, Barry
:20:41. > :20:44.Hawkins, very unlucky in that frame, but nothing unlucky about
:20:45. > :20:46.that clearance, Ronnie O'Sullivan made that 76 break and he is
:20:47. > :20:57.extending his lead, it is now 12-5. I know many of you would be getting
:20:58. > :21:01.out into the garden this weekend, but these kinds of plants, this is
:21:02. > :21:09.not what Barry Hawkins would have wanted! There was no way he could
:21:10. > :21:14.have known where that was going to go. He has been very unlucky. He had
:21:15. > :21:21.a couple of bad kick today and in the first session, and then he got
:21:22. > :21:27.the double whammy. He is playing through the gap to get on the pink.
:21:28. > :21:31.He clicks it through, it runs, straight on the black, and then he
:21:32. > :21:39.parts the black on the corner which is a good shot. What is your
:21:40. > :21:42.attitude coming into a match like this knowing that there is a danger
:21:43. > :21:49.it could finish early? How do you stay positive and channelled? You
:21:50. > :21:52.have to not panic. You have to wipe the slate clean when the frame is
:21:53. > :21:57.over, there is nothing you can do about the bad luck and everything
:21:58. > :21:59.that has gone, you just have to approach each frame like it is the
:22:00. > :22:20.first. Back to frame 18. Ronnie O'Sullivan, certainly at the
:22:21. > :22:25.top of his game at the moment. Nobody so far has put him under
:22:26. > :22:33.pressure apart from Joe Perry. He produced two the finest friends we
:22:34. > :23:00.have seen at 11-11 to take it 11-13. -- two of the finest frames.
:23:01. > :23:06.Throughout this year's World Championships, there is one thing
:23:07. > :23:09.about Ronnie O'Sullivan, he has not played a wrong shot and when things
:23:10. > :23:19.have gone wrong he has not pushed the boat out. He has played the
:23:20. > :23:27.correct shot each time. He is not taking any risks. He is giving Barry
:23:28. > :23:31.Hawkins the utmost respect. That is what you have got to do. You just do
:23:32. > :23:39.not let your opponent in if you possibly can help it. Still looking
:23:40. > :23:49.at that tip, he has had another tip on, but it is certainly working
:23:50. > :23:59.well, I would say. Barry needs the brown to come to his rescue heroes
:24:00. > :24:05.far as the red in pork is concerned. -- come to his rescue here as far as
:24:06. > :25:08.the red in the baulk area is concerned.
:25:09. > :25:15.Black and pink, once again, slightly out of commission, so a bit of work
:25:16. > :25:31.to be done from Barry. But the reds are nice.
:25:32. > :25:37.He needs to get the pink and play, really. You might play for the red
:25:38. > :25:58.at the bottom of the black spot. He is scratching his head, that
:25:59. > :26:06.white did come off the cushion quite fast, and he is out of position
:26:07. > :26:21.already. Let us have a look in see doesn't hit the cash on? A nice
:26:22. > :26:29.pace. It kept on rolling. -- letters have a look and see if it does hit
:26:30. > :26:33.the cushion? It seems to have quickened right up, the pace. It has
:26:34. > :26:44.bedded in stop the clause is dried out now. -- the cloth is dried out
:26:45. > :27:43.now. He may have a red to go out. The
:27:44. > :28:10.luck of the blue is gone. That needed to slow down, and it
:28:11. > :28:15.has. Has he gone too far? He might have to take the green now, but that
:28:16. > :28:21.is what he would like to do, because there is not much available. But the
:28:22. > :28:39.green is a much easier pot and there are a couple of reds he can get on.
:28:40. > :28:53.A great shot. Look what's happening when he goes into the bunch. All of
:28:54. > :29:06.a sudden, the black is not available. The think is. Would be a
:29:07. > :29:09.lot easier with the black in play. The pink was available into the
:29:10. > :29:15.middle pocket but he did not have the angle on the red, so having to
:29:16. > :29:19.work really hard, but still in position. Another good positional
:29:20. > :29:39.shot and he can keep this break going.
:29:40. > :29:45.He has overrun slightly. You need to have an alternative in case you
:29:46. > :30:02.overhead for you underhit. He is one of the best dressed
:30:03. > :30:11.players I have ever seen. He really is up there with the great rest
:30:12. > :30:14.players. Jimmy White won. But I would put Barry Wright up there. He
:30:15. > :30:37.has potted 13 or 15 with the rest. I am glad that those stats were not
:30:38. > :30:43.around when I was playing with a rest. I would have had none out of
:30:44. > :30:46.15. He can't get perfect. He is nicely on the red, but he is
:30:47. > :30:53.hampered because he's cueing on the red. You can see he is having to
:30:54. > :31:01.jack up a little bit to get up onto it.
:31:02. > :31:04.This red in the middle would be in a better position, but this is
:31:05. > :31:16.dangerous. He is showing real character here,
:31:17. > :32:10.is Irish. -- Barry. Purposely holding the spot. It is
:32:11. > :32:16.much easier to get on this red, withholding the pink spot. He has to
:32:17. > :32:18.be careful he does not snooker himself with the red to the left of
:32:19. > :32:30.the pink. He is a little concerned that it is
:32:31. > :32:43.not overscrew this. It is all about this cannon here.
:32:44. > :32:49.This could develop the black as well as the red. It could be the key to
:32:50. > :32:57.the frame, if this works. A little flick off the black, with
:32:58. > :33:19.the red along the cushion. Once again, he is cueing over a
:33:20. > :33:27.ball. That is there, well done. He had to
:33:28. > :33:51.work hard, but he is still going. Amazing. He has done all the hard
:33:52. > :33:58.work, I mean, there was very little on when he came to the table and
:33:59. > :34:02.suddenly he has put... Well, it was almost in the pockets. After all
:34:03. > :34:10.that hard work, he has missed the pink.
:34:11. > :34:16.Look at the reverse side he had on that. Look where the White has
:34:17. > :34:23.finished up. He has finished rather awkward. He wants the pink back on
:34:24. > :34:28.its spot. He can just about cue past the yellow.
:34:29. > :34:34.Look at the action he has got on that as well. He may not be on a
:34:35. > :34:36.red, but to get the white up there from the straight pink, I mean, talk
:34:37. > :34:53.about cueing well. It is his turn to be fortunate with
:34:54. > :35:37.the position. APPLAUSE
:35:38. > :36:06.Ronnie bringing them back into play, he needs the high value colours in
:36:07. > :36:15.the open -- bringing the black interplay. Barry has got a few balls
:36:16. > :36:20.that are in good positions from his point of view. Blue, a couple of
:36:21. > :36:28.Reds either side of the cushion. Great cueing.
:36:29. > :36:42.APPLAUSE Well, under the circumstances this
:36:43. > :36:48.is a fabulous pot. If he has enough angle, he can get onto the red. It
:36:49. > :36:54.is absolutely straight. When you are struggling, everything goes wrong.
:36:55. > :37:19.The pink is half-ball, he does not want to be playing that.
:37:20. > :37:26.Can he reached this? He has got himself into a position. He only
:37:27. > :37:35.needs a red and colour. I think this is the right choice, a
:37:36. > :38:10.good safety shot. I think after what happened to him
:38:11. > :38:12.in the first frame, it would have been justice to win this frame
:38:13. > :38:37.because he has been in the balls. He has got such a quick brain. He
:38:38. > :38:40.thought, I have a go here, I have a chance. What a pot he has knocked in
:38:41. > :38:45.there. At the pace he has played it, as
:38:46. > :38:57.well, to get on the black. Coming up a long way short on this
:38:58. > :39:07.one. He can cut this down the cushion,
:39:08. > :39:13.but it would have been so much easier.
:39:14. > :39:43.There is no weaknesses. We see the left-hand coming into action here.
:39:44. > :40:23.He is checking the scoreboard. He has played for the blue.
:40:24. > :40:30.Well, that is the first pressure ball I have seen Ronnie miss in this
:40:31. > :40:33.match really. He knew it was frame ball if he got it and he was
:40:34. > :40:41.gesticulating his arm went into the shot a little bit. Barry Hawkins now
:40:42. > :40:46.to secure the frame. 26 points in front, perfect on the green and
:40:47. > :40:47.justice may have been done, because he was an fortunate in the first
:40:48. > :41:15.frame. -- unfortunate. Barry Hawkins only made 36. He
:41:16. > :42:25.mist-macro the blue, but Barry Hawkins pulled one back and trails.
:42:26. > :42:36.That players tour championship he won, he picked up ?100,000 for that.
:42:37. > :42:39.That was a nice little price. REFEREE:
:42:40. > :42:49.Thank you, frame 19, Barry Hawkins to break.
:42:50. > :42:56.The first to 17 that goes through to the final. There is still quite a
:42:57. > :43:00.way to go. For Ronnie O'Sullivan, but even a lot further way to go for
:43:01. > :43:17.Barry Hawkins. That is pretty good, because he had
:43:18. > :43:20.to swerve that a little bit to create the angle for the safety. It
:43:21. > :43:47.wasn't straightforward. He found the gap, he tried the pot
:43:48. > :43:56.but he made sure he got the gap there.
:43:57. > :44:08.That was easier than the previous one he played.
:44:09. > :44:24.APPLAUSE It appears there is no easy way back
:44:25. > :44:30.into Borg here. He has the long run on the right-hand side. Just coming
:44:31. > :44:32.to look to see what happens if he leaves the White at the end of this
:44:33. > :44:44.table. It looks like you will have to do
:44:45. > :44:49.that, hope that money does not knock the warning on the top rail there.
:44:50. > :44:55.If he doesn't find the cushion, may have gone in-off, but he has played
:44:56. > :44:57.well to finish that close to the cushion. Ronnie might be taking this
:44:58. > :45:55.on. Oh, that is going to be unlucky if
:45:56. > :45:59.it goes over the middle. He appeared to wobble that in the jaws of the
:46:00. > :46:02.top pocket, he tried to screw back for safety but when he did not get
:46:03. > :46:04.it in the jaws it was running loose and it hit the yellow and finished
:46:05. > :46:18.near the middle pocket. But once again, the black, so many
:46:19. > :46:21.times off the break-off shot there is a red that goes to the left of
:46:22. > :46:23.the black and puts it out of commission. I think the pink is
:46:24. > :46:32.available. He will have to concentrate on the
:46:33. > :46:52.blue for a couple of shots. I wonder if he will risk trying to
:46:53. > :46:55.get onto the red just above the black spot, so he can nudge away
:46:56. > :47:10.from the black. This red was in the way of the
:47:11. > :47:23.previous shot on the blue. He thinks so quick, Ronnie.
:47:24. > :47:36.He could stun to the left-hand side and try and finish high on the red.
:47:37. > :47:44.I think the MIGHT have helped him there. He would not have been on it
:47:45. > :47:48.like this and it did help. That is amazing.
:47:49. > :47:54.That shot would not have been available to Ronnie without the
:47:55. > :47:55.little flick he had previously. He would not have had the angle to do
:47:56. > :48:16.that. Have a look at this coming through,
:48:17. > :48:19.right? If he misses this red, he will be the wrong side of it and
:48:20. > :48:37.suddenly he glances off it and it finished perfect.
:48:38. > :48:57.Ronnie immediately tries to win the frame.
:48:58. > :49:01.He might have to go on to the yellow spot. No problem with the black
:49:02. > :49:14.being available. He break builds so perfectly well
:49:15. > :49:39.every time he gets to the table. The key to the frame coming up, this
:49:40. > :49:52.shot, if he gets this split right. It is wrong, awkward, amazing how
:49:53. > :50:02.that can happen. He is completely out of position. He played the shot
:50:03. > :50:10.well enough. Unlucky to stick, red. -- unlucky to stick on that red. Can
:50:11. > :50:12.he see enough of that red to get the white behind the pink near the baulk
:50:13. > :50:27.cushion? He has played this well.
:50:28. > :50:31.APPLAUSE He is enjoying his safety play. When
:50:32. > :50:35.he was working with Ray Reardon a few years ago, he was really taking
:50:36. > :50:39.his time with every safety shot and he appears to be in that frame of
:50:40. > :50:58.mind now, when he is enjoyed playing safe.
:50:59. > :51:13.A little smile from Barry. Just going back to the safety game, there
:51:14. > :51:16.is never, ever been a player that has won World Championship just by
:51:17. > :51:21.purely potting balls. You have to have a good tactical game as well,
:51:22. > :51:25.to give yourself the chance to get into pot the balls. When Ronnie
:51:26. > :51:26.wants to be, he is as good a tactical player is anyone we have
:51:27. > :52:06.ever had in the game. Do you know, Willie, I did the match
:52:07. > :52:07.this morning and he knocked a few like this in, a few unbelievable
:52:08. > :52:28.pots. He has to mist-macro the pink,
:52:29. > :52:38.otherwise he might not be on that red. He would love to take the brown
:52:39. > :52:43.on and get himself on that red to the left of the yellow. It looks
:52:44. > :52:52.unnatural to cannon the pink, so let's see how he plays it.
:52:53. > :53:10.That was the best he could do in that situation. A little stun shot.
:53:11. > :53:17.He might have made a mistake here, I think the pink would have gone on
:53:18. > :53:22.the black spot. That is a mistake from the referee.
:53:23. > :53:43.He realises it now, everybody is entitled to make a mistake. I am
:53:44. > :53:52.sure he would not make a mistake like that, he is a top referee.
:53:53. > :53:54.Maybe the spot was covered. Anyway, he is 70 ahead, so the frame is
:53:55. > :54:02.over. I am sure he would not have made
:54:03. > :54:23.that mistake. REFEREE:
:54:24. > :54:26.File. Barry is looking to see how many is in it, now he has gone
:54:27. > :54:44.in-off, he might come back to the table.
:54:45. > :55:54.These colours are well placed for smokers. -- snookers.
:55:55. > :56:01.I think Ronnie thought the frame was over when he hammered the back. He
:56:02. > :56:02.thought Barry would have considered. He will concede now, after that
:56:03. > :56:09.shot. A little wry smile on Barry's face.
:56:10. > :57:41.He thought, he won't knock this in. No exhibition stuff from Ronnie. He
:57:42. > :58:10.just clears the colours up, as he normally would do.
:58:11. > :58:16.Look at the side he had on that ball!
:58:17. > :58:23.Well, he had an early break of 49 and then he cleared the lot with
:58:24. > :58:29.that break of 55 and Ronnie O'Sullivan extends his lead. It is
:58:30. > :58:34.now 13 frames, to six. HAZEL IRVINE: And he needs four of
:58:35. > :58:38.the next five to have the day off tomorrow, if he was to have the day
:58:39. > :58:42.off. How great is the temptation is to it to push things and go for
:58:43. > :58:45.things, a fine line to get right? I think he has woken up in this
:58:46. > :58:48.championship. Some of the stuff in there, there was a brown in the
:58:49. > :58:54.middle pocket that was the wrong angle. He stunned it, honestly, past
:58:55. > :59:00.the pink to get it. Some of the touch shots and the deafness of his
:59:01. > :59:05.play and cue action is fantastic to watch. Do you sense with a session
:59:06. > :59:10.to spare, this target he has in mind? He looks focused. There is no
:59:11. > :59:14.doubt he wants to finish the match tonight. Any player would. He looks
:59:15. > :59:20.focused, walking around the table. We are eulogising here in the box,
:59:21. > :59:24.in our bubble, just watching him float around the table, floating
:59:25. > :59:29.those long red zone, his safety is spot on. He is making all the right
:59:30. > :59:32.decisions, not pushing the boat out. He is so confident and comfortable
:59:33. > :59:36.and comfortable in his own ability. As John said, that brown, so many
:59:37. > :59:39.players in the game and at the top of the game would have rolled up to
:59:40. > :59:43.the green there because that brown is so difficult, to stun it in, to
:59:44. > :59:47.widen the angle and get on the red, a lot of players would have taken
:59:48. > :59:55.the easy way out and try to keep it tight but O'Sullivan in that mode is
:59:56. > :00:03.incredible. Every aspect of his game is finally to and. Let's go back. --
:00:04. > :00:23.finely tuned. Ronnie O'Sullivan is looking very,
:00:24. > :00:57.very good this evening and totally focused.
:00:58. > :01:20.The normal escape into the side of the pack. He could leave a couple of
:01:21. > :02:24.pots on. He's trying to be precise. One of them few mistakes that Ronnie
:02:25. > :03:01.O'Sullivan has made. Not enough side on that.
:03:02. > :03:07.This is an important shot coming up here, because it has to go right
:03:08. > :03:21.into the reds and hope to get on the black. Is he on the pink? ! That
:03:22. > :03:23.would be a bonus! He never dreamt he could get on the pink, but there is
:03:24. > :03:41.a gap. Well done. He has had a little bit
:03:42. > :03:52.of bad luck in this match, but he was playing to get on the black, and
:03:53. > :04:00.look, that little gap appeared. I was watching Ronnie's face, you
:04:01. > :04:05.never flinched. -- he never flinched. He's totally focused. Just
:04:06. > :04:46.bothered about his own game. A beautiful shot. Could not have
:04:47. > :05:12.played that any better. Just having the white cleaned after
:05:13. > :05:50.a slightly heavy contacts. -- contact. It was a very slight one.
:05:51. > :06:02.Lined up perfectly. The black is available into both pockets. If
:06:03. > :06:13.Ronnie O'Sullivan wins all four after the interval, it could take is
:06:14. > :06:19.to a situation where there is no session tomorrow. He is playing his
:06:20. > :06:27.heart out. I think Barry Hawkins would like to come back tomorrow,
:06:28. > :06:29.spend more time at the Crucible. Needs to flick on the pink. That is
:06:30. > :06:43.awkward. At a red is slightly in the way of
:06:44. > :06:59.his left-handed, so he's back at the pink. -- that red.
:07:00. > :07:34.A good recovery. The pink on the blue spot is much better for Barry.
:07:35. > :07:45.He had a break of 106 in the last frame of the session which gave him
:07:46. > :07:47.a bit of a chance in the semifinal. And this one coming just before the
:07:48. > :08:10.mid-session interval. An awkward kick. He throws the chalk
:08:11. > :08:17.in the area. Virtually one more red and the black and the frame is over
:08:18. > :08:24.and he has just ran slightly out of position. I think he played to
:08:25. > :08:30.cannon the other red. Why risk it? You play it or you don't, you played
:08:31. > :08:36.so nothing can go wrong, and nothing can go wrong. Not over the winning
:08:37. > :08:38.line in this frame yet. It is on like him to not think that something
:08:39. > :09:00.could go wrong there. -- unlike him. What about this for an awkward shot?
:09:01. > :09:06.! It is the extended spider, an extension on the cue, and even if he
:09:07. > :09:15.was to pot this red, he might cannon the black, because he needs to get
:09:16. > :09:19.onto the black. It is awkward to see the cue ball when you have to look
:09:20. > :09:30.down the cue like that. I do not think you like that at all.
:09:31. > :09:44.The only problem here is, look at the way that the reds are.
:09:45. > :10:07.There is a shot on for Ronnie O'Sullivan here if he takes that red
:10:08. > :10:13.and screws from the side cushion onto the black. It would give him a
:10:14. > :10:22.great chance. I think that angle might be there. He forgot to pot the
:10:23. > :10:28.red. Not an easy pot, but the position was perfect. He was
:10:29. > :11:25.disgusted that he missed that shot. It was not easy.
:11:26. > :11:35.There is no easy red available. That was worth taking the risk.
:11:36. > :11:45.Now, he needs a red, a colour and one more red to secure this. This is
:11:46. > :12:01.the final frame before the mid-session interval.
:12:02. > :12:09.If he was behind by the same score, he would probably try to cut the red
:12:10. > :12:16.between the yellow and brown. But he could not risk that with the reds as
:12:17. > :12:24.they are, because he knows what Ronnie O'Sullivan is capable of.
:12:25. > :12:59.He has screwed an offer! He has screwed in offer! -- in-off! When he
:13:00. > :13:16.conceded? He says, you can if you want! Nice to see them both smiling!
:13:17. > :13:23.It is Jimmy White's 52nd birthday today. He is on the main tour next
:13:24. > :13:30.year because Dominic Dale beat Michael Wasley and that meant that
:13:31. > :13:35.Jimmy stays on the main tour. Who knows, we might see him at the
:13:36. > :14:07.televised stages next season. All the best to you, anyway, Jimmy.
:14:08. > :14:11.One-year O'Sullivan walks out, very well done, Barry Hawkins. -- Ronnie
:14:12. > :14:21.O'Sullivan walks out. Both of them head back to their
:14:22. > :14:27.dressing rooms, it is always fascinating to see backstage at the
:14:28. > :14:31.Crucible will stop they are heading off to the tournament office, at the
:14:32. > :14:35.bottom of the corridor, that is the temporary home of Barry Hawkins. He
:14:36. > :14:42.has performed so well in the last year or so and has shot up the
:14:43. > :14:46.rankings. This match has been characterised by some bad luck from
:14:47. > :14:49.Barry Hawkins and also some absolutely brilliant moments from
:14:50. > :14:54.Ronnie O'Sullivan. Which of these are your favourite? So much to pick
:14:55. > :15:06.from, a fantastic screw shot. He heads this too well, he doesn't
:15:07. > :15:11.get on the red. It shows you how he gets through and how his timing is.
:15:12. > :15:20.The way that he plays those shots so effortlessly. The research many
:15:21. > :15:25.great shots. This is my favourite, a wonderful piece of cueing. Such a
:15:26. > :15:33.difficult shot. I nearly jumped out of my chair! Another great charge to
:15:34. > :15:39.keep the break going, tough with the rest. Perfect on the black. So many
:15:40. > :15:43.examples, some delicate play, the power that he has come he makes it
:15:44. > :15:47.look almost casual, the way that he goes about things. When someone is
:15:48. > :15:57.at the top, they make it look simple. His long pot, this is
:15:58. > :16:01.another one, into a blind pocket. Fantastic. And this is the man that
:16:02. > :16:06.a few years ago, we said perhaps his game is on the decline, particularly
:16:07. > :16:14.when we looked at the long potting, but it has completely changed now.
:16:15. > :16:19.Perfect Barry Hawkins, he has kept his composure, he is not giving up.
:16:20. > :16:24.Was a wonderful break. Every time he gets in, he looks to be cueing
:16:25. > :16:27.really, really well, but he is not killing off the frame is as much as
:16:28. > :16:33.Ronnie O'Sullivan is when he gets his chances. He has had kicks, he
:16:34. > :16:39.has had plants, he has committed that session 2-2, so every credits
:16:40. > :16:45.to him. And he has kept his sense of humour. He looks nice and relaxed.
:16:46. > :16:48.You have to have that philosophy, you have to enjoy it and face the
:16:49. > :16:56.challenge and enjoy those challenges will stop we will cap up on the
:16:57. > :17:01.other semifinal. It is between Neil Robertson who has had a brilliant
:17:02. > :17:09.season, he has joined the triple Crown with his last century, he has
:17:10. > :17:15.become one of only eight players to win the Masters, the UK and the
:17:16. > :17:21.world titles. He is playing Mark Selby who was very close to joining
:17:22. > :17:28.that exclusive team, all that is in his way is winning this exclusive
:17:29. > :17:32.World Championship trophy. Mark Selby has worked so hard on his
:17:33. > :17:37.technique. In the early part of his career, he had a lot to be but with
:17:38. > :17:40.his head and was very far away with his bridge and from the cue ball and
:17:41. > :17:44.he has worked very, very hard on those two departments of his game.
:17:45. > :17:49.Still moves his head slightly but he's still working on that, but to
:17:50. > :17:52.get your World Snooker one, what a player. When you talk about
:17:53. > :17:58.temperament, Mark Selby is the one to watch, when some people go into
:17:59. > :18:03.their shell, Mark Selby is one of the best of all time, he is up there
:18:04. > :18:08.with the very best of them. He has a lot of problems with his neck, and
:18:09. > :18:12.as someone that had his career curtailed with a neck problem, it is
:18:13. > :18:16.very hard to put in practice and hard work nowadays but considering
:18:17. > :18:24.all of that, to have had the seasons that he had recently, I think there
:18:25. > :18:29.are certainly a lot more to come. He's one of the best match players
:18:30. > :18:33.you will ever see. I have seen him outplay Ronnie O'Sullivan, and not
:18:34. > :18:38.many people can do that in the game. He is such a solid, all-round match
:18:39. > :18:43.player, and a treat to watch. He has been coming into my club since a
:18:44. > :18:52.four-year-old boy playing from 7am, 8am in the morning up until
:18:53. > :18:54.midnight, he has not been always the best player, but now he is one of
:18:55. > :18:58.the greatest players of all time. You might think his record at
:18:59. > :19:01.ranking event is a bit disappointed, only one file of the World
:19:02. > :19:06.Championship, he wants that on his CV. That would be his goal this
:19:07. > :19:10.season and four seasons to come. -- one final of the World
:19:11. > :19:15.Championships. Believe me, he is capable of becoming a world
:19:16. > :19:19.champion. A superb first session, they were back this afternoon with
:19:20. > :19:24.the second session, it began with Neil Robertson two friends behind.
:19:25. > :19:29.He slipped further adrift going into the last frame of this session,
:19:30. > :19:31.trailing 6-9. -- two friends behind. This was watched by Willie
:19:32. > :19:52.Thorne and John Virgo. He thought wasn't a lot of danger in
:19:53. > :19:56.that red, but you can take nothing for granted in this game and that
:19:57. > :20:07.red has somehow found its way over the middle pocket.
:20:08. > :20:16.He was able to control it so nicely on you would think the green. It
:20:17. > :20:23.gives you a better angle to get the cue ball back to this end.
:20:24. > :20:37.This looks into perfect. -- inch perfect. Not a great pack to go into
:20:38. > :20:43.from the black but he possesses a wonderful amount of cue power. You
:20:44. > :20:56.will see the arc of the cue ball, it leaves a half ball case, not a
:20:57. > :20:58.football is on these group of reds. -- not a full ball case on this
:20:59. > :21:31.group of reds. Once again, nicely on the green. He
:21:32. > :21:39.will know the magnitude of this frame. He has won the first session
:21:40. > :21:46.5-3, if he can win this frame, then he will have won this session five -
:21:47. > :21:49.three, and that 93% pot success is exactly the type of pot success that
:21:50. > :21:56.Ronnie O'Sullivan is producing in the other semifinal. It doesn't
:21:57. > :22:05.appear like that watching it, and whenever he has played safe, he is
:22:06. > :22:10.obviously not taking a pot on. I don't think he has missed many easy
:22:11. > :22:15.balls. It is justly has run out of position a few times and when run
:22:16. > :22:33.out of position, it is not a missed pot if you play safe.
:22:34. > :23:01.It is there. Did not have to do a lot with the cue ball, but the pot
:23:02. > :23:11.was difficult. A frame-winning chance. Has not done it in one frame
:23:12. > :23:13.all afternoon. There is every chance he could do it in one visit here,
:23:14. > :23:35.right at the right time. What a kick that was, luckily for
:23:36. > :23:47.Mark Selby, it is not too bad if he does pot the blue.
:23:48. > :23:54.Sometimes, you get those kicks, and it could be and a break, but he will
:23:55. > :23:59.just drop in this blue and does not have to do anything with the cue
:24:00. > :24:07.ball. -- it could be end of break. Was able to do that, so still on
:24:08. > :24:15.track. Still on track to have a four frame advantage at the end of this
:24:16. > :24:21.second session. And a night off to recuperate, because this has been a
:24:22. > :24:34.tough battle. This has been hard matched Luker. -- match snooker. And
:24:35. > :24:40.spare a thought for the referee, our referee, he has got to concentrate
:24:41. > :24:45.on every shot. He doesn't have time sitting down, and I was talking to
:24:46. > :24:48.him mathematician break and he said that he really has to have his wits
:24:49. > :24:52.about him because there is a lot of safety and a lot of things that he
:24:53. > :25:15.has to keep his eye on. And he has done well this afternoon.
:25:16. > :25:32.Did not see that one coming! Didn't see that! Think he changed his mind.
:25:33. > :25:38.If he pots the black, get on the loose red-macro... What has he got
:25:39. > :26:00.left? He has got a choice of reds. Could
:26:01. > :26:10.get easy position on the pink. Plenty of points to play with.
:26:11. > :26:20.Does not need the black off any of these reds. To win it at this
:26:21. > :26:30.visit, he needs the black to win the frame, if he gets that far. That has
:26:31. > :26:36.been Mark Selby's Achilles heel this season, even when he is playing
:26:37. > :26:46.great snooker, when he gets to frame ball, he just gets a bit of doubt.
:26:47. > :27:24.He knew it was such an important frame.
:27:25. > :27:27.He wants to get through the gap. He doesn't want to miss any kisses
:27:28. > :27:37.here. Somebody must have been moving in
:27:38. > :27:43.the crowd. Can you please sit still? Readers noticed this a lot
:27:44. > :27:57.more than any other players, Neil Robertson. -- he does notice this a
:27:58. > :27:59.lot more. There was a lady putting something in her handbag, that was
:28:00. > :28:09.the problem, but she has stopped now.
:28:10. > :28:16.Yes, that is what creates the atmosphere of theatre, the snooker,
:28:17. > :28:24.you have got to be very careful and frightened to breathe sometimes! But
:28:25. > :28:30.it all adds to the atmosphere and there is no place like the Crucible.
:28:31. > :28:45.The semifinal of the World Championship, one table.
:28:46. > :29:07.Would have liked another two inches of pace to get close to the pink.
:29:08. > :29:21.32 points behind. He can win this frame without the black. If he was
:29:22. > :30:22.to take the pinks with these reds, he would not need the black.
:30:23. > :30:25.Well, this will be a body blow for Mark Selby. He was right in the
:30:26. > :30:35.balls. He did it last night from 5-2
:30:36. > :30:51.behind, won the last frame. Yes, I usually say position from
:30:52. > :30:53.brown to blue is important but he only needs up to and including the
:30:54. > :31:04.pink. Straight on this blue must have been
:31:05. > :31:17.ideal, but he is down straightaway so he must have been happy with it.
:31:18. > :31:29.APPLAUSE A very easy black, 61 to close
:31:30. > :31:34.within two, he is delighted, Selby disappointed.
:31:35. > :31:40.HAZEL IRVINE: You can see what it meant to Robertson. It was in the UK
:31:41. > :31:46.championship title a few months ago, Selby led 5-1 and was
:31:47. > :31:54.overhauled 10-7. But what a match this is turning out to be. It is, it
:31:55. > :31:58.has all the whole markings of going late into tomorrow night. It is
:31:59. > :32:01.fascinating from both players, great matchplay snooker. A fantastic
:32:02. > :32:05.clearance from Neil Robertson. Let off the hook by Mark Selby. He will
:32:06. > :32:11.be kicking himself and won't sleep as comfortably as he should be. It
:32:12. > :32:14.is finally in the balance. What is your view? They have only just begun
:32:15. > :32:21.to lock antlers! It hasn't started yet. This has not gotten into it
:32:22. > :32:25.yet. I can see this going right down to the wire. Two superb match
:32:26. > :32:29.players, both incredibly difficult to beat. Mark Selby, no matter how
:32:30. > :32:34.he is playing, finds a way to win, and so does Neil Robertson. This is
:32:35. > :32:37.going all the way. They have two more sessions to play, one in the
:32:38. > :32:42.morning tomorrow and one in the evening. Whoever wins that and
:32:43. > :32:47.whoever he goes on to phase in that final, how much is it going to take
:32:48. > :32:53.out of the two of them? That remains to be seen. It is a valid point. If
:32:54. > :32:55.it goes to the wire and Ronnie finishes this match off early, it is
:32:56. > :33:01.an advantage straightaway. You never know. It is hard to separate these
:33:02. > :33:07.two great players. They have every part of the game is top quality and
:33:08. > :33:11.that makes them so difficult to beat. I don't think Neil Robertson
:33:12. > :33:16.has played like he can in that match and Mark has not got away from him,
:33:17. > :33:20.but I am not surprised. Ten o'clock in the morning, we will be on air
:33:21. > :33:29.and you can see it withers here on the BBC. We have about 25 minutes to
:33:30. > :33:34.enjoy here on BBC Two. We are off air at 9pm, and you can follow on
:33:35. > :33:40.the red button. Let's sit back for the next 25 minutes and four fourth
:33:41. > :33:41.-- and four more frames possibly to play and Ronnie needs four more for
:33:42. > :33:58.the victory. Barry's turned to break off. That
:33:59. > :34:01.was a terrific break of 67 in the frame before the mid-session
:34:02. > :34:07.interval, to keep himself in this year's Dafydd World Championship. --
:34:08. > :34:23.Dafabet World Championship. That will come up past the green and
:34:24. > :34:29.the brown, so a chance for Barry for a long red. It would not leave a
:34:30. > :34:33.great deal. Only the red, he will have a go at. Can he continue here,
:34:34. > :34:47.from where he left off? Where is the red going to finish?
:34:48. > :35:18.The brown has come to his rescue. There may be a gap in the pack of
:35:19. > :35:23.reds, and there was. It was a shot to nothing and once he covered the
:35:24. > :35:41.red he played with the brown, he thought he had got away with it.
:35:42. > :35:53.The audience knew the blue was in before Ronnie did. You could hear
:35:54. > :36:17.them saying, "good shot. " another chance for a long pot, for
:36:18. > :36:29.Barry to have a go at. Can he get a little closer to this one?
:36:30. > :36:52.What a great pot. An excellent chance.
:36:53. > :37:03.There is a red that pots at the left-hand side of the pack.
:37:04. > :37:10.What has happened? Anything any good? At first glance, I am not
:37:11. > :37:15.sure. He is very unlucky, looking at it. They'll all covering each other
:37:16. > :37:18.into the left corner. There is one red that is blocking the path, the
:37:19. > :37:28.one into the middle is not very inviting. This is far from easy. If
:37:29. > :37:33.he could kiss the red, probably could have played it a bit firmer to
:37:34. > :37:38.be fair. The red he begged -- the red he's thinking about in the
:37:39. > :37:47.middle, he could play at party can't kiss its full-ball. It can't stay on
:37:48. > :37:50.the pink. He could, if the red was not in his way, that is the only
:37:51. > :38:04.reason he is not taking that shot that Willie was talking about there.
:38:05. > :38:44.The cue ball has closed, not close enough. A good safety shot from
:38:45. > :39:13.Ronnie. There was precious little room to go through the gap.
:39:14. > :39:20.He hit it too thick. He might have got away with this. There might be a
:39:21. > :39:23.plant on, that is the only thing I can possibly see. Two reds that may
:39:24. > :39:29.be in line for the pocket. He can hit the other want to cut it
:39:30. > :39:44.in. He did not get away with it. Just
:39:45. > :39:47.hit the shot too thick, Barry, that is why it can and into the other
:39:48. > :40:19.red. -- cannoned into. One more good positional shot, he
:40:20. > :40:30.can then get himself onto the black, which would help.
:40:31. > :40:36.That has quite a big bounce. It ran too far, he may not be on a red into
:40:37. > :40:54.the far corner. I am not sure if he can get enough
:40:55. > :41:03.action on this to go round the back of the black.
:41:04. > :41:10.It was the preview shot that was the poor one.
:41:11. > :42:11.Where is the red going? How -- can he get through, he may be able to
:42:12. > :42:17.plan to ball onto it. He has covered everything up. There is one at the
:42:18. > :42:24.edge of the pack that he may be able to send over onto the red and player
:42:25. > :42:27.safety shot. The extreme one, if he cuts that onto, he will be playing
:42:28. > :42:30.to move this red and player safety shot. It will be a bonus if he
:42:31. > :42:58.manages to make the plant. And this time, he has an angle on
:42:59. > :43:02.the colour. He played this as if he was trying to pot wit and he knew if
:43:03. > :43:03.he got the angle right every chance of getting that in. A super shot
:43:04. > :43:17.there. He concentrated so hard on getting
:43:18. > :43:29.the gap, he has got the gap, but forgot the yellow.
:43:30. > :43:32.I am just wondering if he can hold this for the black, somewhere near
:43:33. > :43:47.there. He will probably be able to do it
:43:48. > :44:06.this time. And with the black back on its
:44:07. > :44:11.spot, that is a great chance for Ronnie.
:44:12. > :44:33.If he wins all the frames, he will have the afternoon off.
:44:34. > :44:59.To win two matches with a session to spare must be so much more rest.
:45:00. > :45:03.Didn't you do it, in the quarterfinals or semifinals, in
:45:04. > :45:15.1985? Yes, it is such an advantage. You can get yourself ready for the
:45:16. > :45:40.final. He is a step closer to getting the
:45:41. > :45:59.match over tonight. This was the one, he put it on to
:46:00. > :46:01.the right corner of the pocket and he knew after that he was going to
:46:02. > :46:15.be sitting in his seat for a while. I say sitting in your seat for a
:46:16. > :46:17.while, you don't want to sit in your seat for that long when Ronnie
:46:18. > :46:25.O'Sullivan is at the table. He is so fluent.
:46:26. > :46:41.Just over three minutes for this frame-winning break.
:46:42. > :47:12.The Chancellor century here. -- a chance for a century here.
:47:13. > :47:34.He has had three centuries in this semifinal.
:47:35. > :47:43.It would be money's tense, and he would overtake Neil Robertson, who
:47:44. > :47:59.has had nine. -- it would be Ronnie's tense.
:48:00. > :48:11.Last year, 55 centuries. A brilliant clearance from Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:48:12. > :48:15.One mistake from Barry Hawkins and that is all it took. Ronnie
:48:16. > :48:18.O'Sullivan has cleared up with that magnificent 103 break and he now
:48:19. > :48:24.leads 14-7. HAZEL IRVINE: Three away from a
:48:25. > :48:31.fifth Crucible final, the third on the trot. Is there an air of
:48:32. > :48:34.inevitability? It is looking like a runaway train. Barry has to try and
:48:35. > :48:42.minimise the damage. Try and keep it, get another frame on the board
:48:43. > :48:46.to win another session. It is sublime snooker. Faultless at times.
:48:47. > :48:51.He is in total control. He is buzzing around there, made a century
:48:52. > :48:55.in a little under four minutes. It is hard to stop, no matter who you
:48:56. > :49:00.are. Especially in this kind of form. It is not unheard of for guys
:49:01. > :49:03.like you, you were six behind to Paul Hunter and came back to beat
:49:04. > :49:09.him, Ken. But it becomes harder against a man of his calibre and
:49:10. > :49:13.when he has built up ahead of momentum? Coming back from
:49:14. > :49:15.scorelines like that, you need help from
:49:16. > :49:19.get any from O'Sullivan. That get any from O'Sullivan. That
:49:20. > :49:24.century is as good as you will get. You need those two things happen and
:49:25. > :49:26.it will not. It could be about respectability for Barry Hawkins.
:49:27. > :49:32.Three more frames to play this evening.
:49:33. > :49:41.If Barry Hawkins wins the next three, we still have a match on.
:49:42. > :49:44.Ronnie will do his utmost in these next three frames to have the full
:49:45. > :49:57.day off. He will probably go for a ten or 15
:49:58. > :50:02.mile run if he gets the day off tomorrow. With a bit of luck, he
:50:03. > :50:27.might pass you, Willy. Barry Hawkins is playing some great
:50:28. > :50:48.safety. As John Parrott said, Ronnie is
:50:49. > :51:23.playing at the top of his game. You can't afford to give him anything.
:51:24. > :51:31.He has to be careful with this safety shot. There is a gap to get
:51:32. > :51:38.through to that red. I don't think so, this time.
:51:39. > :51:43.Look at this red here, he may take this pot on. There is no easy safety
:51:44. > :52:09.shot. He has knocked a high percentage of
:52:10. > :52:19.long pots in, but this would be some shot, to pot this in and screw back.
:52:20. > :52:34.Look at the distance there, to -- the cueing, effortless. Where have
:52:35. > :52:39.his long game come from? He has been struggling with his long pot. In the
:52:40. > :52:43.previous tournaments, even though he has won, his long game has been
:52:44. > :52:51.poor. His long game looks tremendous at the minute.
:52:52. > :52:58.It is confidence, he is full of confidence at the moment. 72% for
:52:59. > :53:13.the whole of the tournament with his long pot success rate.
:53:14. > :53:39.He is hampered, but whatever he sees there, he is getting it.
:53:40. > :53:49.I mean, this is just superb snooker. There is no other word for it. A lot
:53:50. > :53:53.of players could watch what Ronnie is doing here. Every of the -- every
:53:54. > :54:01.opportunity, he is looking to win the frame. Other players would be
:54:02. > :54:13.messing about with the Blues but he has them into the corners.
:54:14. > :54:34.It is a masterclass in break-building, it really is.
:54:35. > :54:39.To do this consistently, under this pressure. Everybody's aim is to
:54:40. > :54:43.bring their practice game to the table and this is almost Ronnie
:54:44. > :55:20.O'Sullivan's practice game and it is the biggest stage in the world.
:55:21. > :55:26.Phone the police, that is a mistake!
:55:27. > :55:34.He did not play the kiss on the red, he was playing the red to the pink.
:55:35. > :55:38.But it doesn't matter, does it? Just the wrong side of the blue.
:55:39. > :56:02.Never mind get position. Superb. I am not sure if he can screw past
:56:03. > :56:09.the pink to get on the black, I would not put it past him.
:56:10. > :56:19.He had to cannon the pink, he could not avoid it.
:56:20. > :56:25.Right in the middle of the pocket and another chance to get himself to
:56:26. > :56:39.15 frames. Every chance he gets, he plays the
:56:40. > :56:53.cannon to slow the cue ball down to bring the reds into play.
:56:54. > :57:25.It is amazing to think he will possibly make his fourth century
:57:26. > :57:57.this much. -- this match. Well, he has had enough, fabulous
:57:58. > :58:00.play from Ronnie O'Sullivan. He leads 15 - seven.
:58:01. > :58:05.HAZEL IRVINE: He is two away. Thank you for spending as part of your
:58:06. > :58:08.evening with us. It is the bank holiday weekend. You have to spend
:58:09. > :58:12.more time with us over the Crucible weekend, but we have come to the end
:58:13. > :58:16.of our transmission for now. My thanks to the team. We will be back.
:58:17. > :58:23.You can continue to watch the last couple of frames on the red button,
:58:24. > :58:28.or online. We will be back at 12:10am with the highlights and the
:58:29. > :58:31.rest of the news from the semifinal day here at the Dafabet World
:58:32. > :58:33.Championship. From us all in Sheffield, good night.