:00:42. > :01:00.In true world champion style... The World Snooker Championship 1982,
:01:01. > :01:05.Alex Higgins. World Snooker Championship to and 89, Steve
:01:06. > :01:13.Davis. It is a magnificent seven times for a Stephen Hendry in the
:01:14. > :01:28.1990s. John Higgins takes the world title. Ronnie O'Sullivan is the 2013
:01:29. > :01:34.World Snooker Championship. -- champion.
:01:35. > :01:42.Hello, after 16 days and 572 frames of snooker we have arrived at one of
:01:43. > :01:47.the great showpiece occasions. It is the Crucible final in the 2014
:01:48. > :01:51.Dafabet World Championship. Coming up, a two day, four part drama
:01:52. > :01:54.featuring the greatest art, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Selby, the man
:01:55. > :02:00.who do is not want to play understudy to him any more. --
:02:01. > :02:07.greatest star. Ronnie O'Sullivan going for three in a row. Accel be
:02:08. > :02:15.aiming to land his first. -- Mark Selby aiming to land his first. The
:02:16. > :02:20.defending champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan, he returns to the
:02:21. > :02:25.Crucible to a standing ovation. His opponent, Robin Hull from Finland,
:02:26. > :02:37.in the end, straightforward for Ronnie O'Sullivan. Not so
:02:38. > :02:47.comfortable for Mark Selby. He was unable to shake off Michael White.
:02:48. > :02:48.It went to a decider. What a great match, Michael White deserves every
:02:49. > :03:00.round of applause he gets. Anything but straightforward for the
:03:01. > :03:04.defending champion in the second-round match against Joe
:03:05. > :03:08.Perry, her very, very tight match but Ronnie O'Sullivan rallied in the
:03:09. > :03:15.end with a wonderful century to finish. Magnificent! The Rocket was
:03:16. > :03:25.superb! You can see what it meant to him.
:03:26. > :03:29.He had a very tough second-round draw, Mark Selby, against Ali
:03:30. > :03:44.Carter. He managed to stay ahead. Ronnie O'Sullivan faced the 2005
:03:45. > :03:49.world champion Shaun Murphy and looked a little bit in trouble,
:03:50. > :04:00.however, 13 of the next four frames, Ronnie was the convincing winner
:04:01. > :04:04.with a session to spare. There was a similar situation for Mark, after a
:04:05. > :04:09.tight situation with Alan McManus, he was able to pull away a
:04:10. > :04:22.comfortable winner. In the semifinal, the defending
:04:23. > :04:26.champion faced Barry Hawkins, a repeat of last's final. Nothing in
:04:27. > :04:32.the tank for Barry Hawkins, Ronnie wins with a session to spare and has
:04:33. > :04:42.the day off before the big final. Ronnie O'Sullivan is into the final
:04:43. > :04:46.for three years in a row. Mark Wood had been expecting a huge battle
:04:47. > :04:55.against Neil Robertson, and that is what he got. -- Mark Selby were to
:04:56. > :05:03.been expecting. What a fantastic match, Mark Selby, he gets to his
:05:04. > :05:07.second Crucible final. And who have the company of two further world
:05:08. > :05:12.champions with Steve Davis and John Parrott, how'd you like the look of
:05:13. > :05:17.this line-up? This will be a fantastic contest, they have got
:05:18. > :05:22.previous, they have beaten each other in the finals. Ronnie
:05:23. > :05:30.O'Sullivan hell will have the utmost respect for Mark Selby. Mark Selby
:05:31. > :05:36.has been involved in a classic semifinal last night, one that went
:05:37. > :05:45.down to the wire, worthy of a final, what bearing would that have? A lot
:05:46. > :05:48.has been made that Ronnie O'Sullivan had a day off, but you could still
:05:49. > :05:54.have a sleepless night even if you had a day off, but Ronnie
:05:55. > :06:00.O'Sullivan, he is up against Mark Selby, Mark Selby looks like he was
:06:01. > :06:05.comfortable when he won last night. Mark Selby is eight years Ronnie's
:06:06. > :06:10.Junior, a decent record against O'Sullivan. Ronnie has prevailed in
:06:11. > :06:15.several occasions. They have a habit of meeting and finals. Three wins
:06:16. > :06:19.apiece. They squared up against the Masters final in January and
:06:20. > :06:24.surprisingly one-sided it was, Ronnie was 7-1 up after the first
:06:25. > :06:29.session and a ten - four winner. How much better do you feel that Mark
:06:30. > :06:33.Selby is playing four months on from that final? Your form comes and
:06:34. > :06:37.goes. He is better place this season than earlier in the season. He
:06:38. > :06:44.cannot judge when you will hit form, but it is nice when it coincides
:06:45. > :06:48.with the World Championship. A very long match, four long sessions, how
:06:49. > :06:53.important with this first session be in the overall context of the match?
:06:54. > :06:57.It will be crucial. To get a good start against Ronnie O'Sullivan is
:06:58. > :07:07.imperative. He does not want a repeat of the Masters. He will be
:07:08. > :07:10.looking for a foothold and playing on from there. OK, gentlemen, Rob
:07:11. > :07:15.Walker is raring to go, it is all yours.
:07:16. > :07:21.The last June, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 2014 Dafabet World
:07:22. > :07:25.Championship, the final, the stage is set for an epic confrontation,
:07:26. > :07:31.so, let's on the baize without further ado! -- let's get the boys
:07:32. > :08:02.on the baize. CHEERING Please welcome, a player who was
:08:03. > :08:06.magnificent last night in one of the all-time great Crucible semifinals,
:08:07. > :08:10.once again, proving he has the talent and the nerve for the biggest
:08:11. > :08:14.stage of all. It is his second appearance in a Crucible final and
:08:15. > :08:19.since 2007, he has won six major titles, proving to be one of the
:08:20. > :08:22.world's very best. A brilliant ambassador for snooker, what a
:08:23. > :08:34.moment it is for him and all of his family, here comes the Jester from
:08:35. > :08:39.last, here comes Mark Selby! -- the Jester from Leicester!
:08:40. > :08:58.CHEERING And his opponent, the most exciting
:08:59. > :09:04.player ever to grace the modern game, 21 years since his Crucible
:09:05. > :09:07.debut, he is here contesting his sixth World Championship final,
:09:08. > :09:12.winner of three major titles this season alone, here he is, ready to
:09:13. > :09:15.entertain once again in his own inimitable style, please welcome the
:09:16. > :09:23.defending world champion, blink and you will miss him, the Rocket,
:09:24. > :09:38.Ronnie O'Sullivan! CHEERING
:09:39. > :09:44.What a sense of anticipation, I am sure you are feeling it at home, if
:09:45. > :09:49.you want to share your views on the action, you can comment on the BBC
:09:50. > :09:56.Facebook page or also you can get in touch on Twitter. Ronnie O'Sullivan,
:09:57. > :10:00.looking to equal the feet of Ray Reardon and Steve Davis, and in the
:10:01. > :10:02.commentary box, a world champion, Stephen Hendry and John Virgo,
:10:03. > :10:16.already to go, gentlemen. Absolutely, Hazel, what a match we
:10:17. > :10:21.have got ahead. The picture being taken with a fee. That of course the
:10:22. > :10:27.next two days would be all about. -- the picture being taken with the
:10:28. > :10:36.World Championship Trophy. Ronnie O'Sullivan to break. Ronnie
:10:37. > :10:46.O'Sullivan will get this final underway. Since I retired, many
:10:47. > :10:57.people ask, did I miss the game, I certainly miss this? This is the
:10:58. > :12:00.ultimate, John. A good handshake between the two.
:12:01. > :12:11.A big day for the referee, Brendan Moore, Sheffield born and bred,
:12:12. > :12:19.first World Championship final. His father, Derek, his wife Sharon, and
:12:20. > :12:27.Cajun and Sophie here to witness, either they are very proud. -- and
:12:28. > :12:31.they are very proud. He needs to keep his wits about him. You need
:12:32. > :12:36.just as much concentration as the players. That is about all that Mark
:12:37. > :12:48.Selby could do with that shot. Early days, it is usually a bit
:12:49. > :13:25.cagey at the start. A little bit thin, little bit pacey.
:13:26. > :13:31.Maybe nothing to tempt Ronnie O'Sullivan. As we say, 38 used this
:13:32. > :13:36.World Championship has been, this is when he was introduced, he got a
:13:37. > :14:16.standing ovation, look what it meant to him. Emotional.
:14:17. > :14:24.John Parrott mentioned how he lost the first session in the semifinals,
:14:25. > :14:51.Mark Selby, the first session is crucial.
:14:52. > :14:57.Once again, a thick safety, he got away with the last one. It doesn't
:14:58. > :15:10.appear that he has left one on here either. The table had a new cover
:15:11. > :15:17.after the quarterfinals, new covers, new clause, new cautions. -- new
:15:18. > :15:42.cloth, new cushions. The table fitters hard at work,
:15:43. > :15:57.getting the table already. -- all ready. A little bit too thin, years
:15:58. > :16:01.just not settled yet. -- he has just not settled. I do not think he will
:16:02. > :16:06.be really comfortable in this match until he gets that first frame under
:16:07. > :16:17.his belt, and he would love it to be the first frame. That is way
:16:18. > :16:20.Ronnie's two previous matches, 6-2 up against Barry Hawkins when I
:16:21. > :16:26.commentated, the match was virtually over. He just does not lose many
:16:27. > :16:29.sessions. The only time he was really put under any pressure was
:16:30. > :16:37.Joe Perry, and Joe Perry, funny enough, he won the first session. It
:16:38. > :16:52.took a bit of time for Ronnie O'Sullivan to get the deficit back.
:16:53. > :16:56.He has not left anything here, but Ronnie O'Sullivan is having a close
:16:57. > :17:10.look. Obviously, no pot, coming up to six
:17:11. > :17:21.and a half minutes. As I say, it is usual, this, just a cagey start, it
:17:22. > :17:29.gets your cue arm going. At the moment, Ronnie's safety play is
:17:30. > :17:34.absolutely inch perfect. Playing safe office red, close to the
:17:35. > :17:40.right-hand cushion, it is very, very dangerous if he tries to get back
:17:41. > :17:44.into baulk. He did get a slight double-kiss which is why he is
:17:45. > :18:31.catching the blue. First chance to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:18:32. > :18:45.An excellent shot. Still has a bit of work to do here. Needs to avoid
:18:46. > :19:09.or judge the case of the second red. -- the kiss off the second red.
:19:10. > :19:23.He made it look so easy, well played.
:19:24. > :19:36.The pink is a little bit tougher this time. Yes, I do not think the
:19:37. > :19:37.position is automatic. He might have to play this with some pace which
:19:38. > :20:18.makes it even more difficult. The few pots he has played so far,
:20:19. > :20:55.he looks sharp already. Still quite a few awkward balls
:20:56. > :20:59.before we could consider this a frame-winning opportunity, but he
:21:00. > :21:02.has got such a quick brain that he can seize opportunities to bring
:21:03. > :21:15.balls into play. He earned himself this chance by
:21:16. > :21:18.playing an excellent safety shot. A bit disappointed there. Did not want
:21:19. > :22:50.the cue ball tight against the cushion.
:22:51. > :22:57.Another excellent shot, and this next one could be the key to the
:22:58. > :23:03.frame, because in this red, you will have to screw into the three reds,
:23:04. > :23:08.and these reds will be in play. Only one of them, but he will settle for
:23:09. > :23:12.that, nicely on the black. A quick glance at the scoreboard and this
:23:13. > :23:20.black will put him 65 points in front with just 75 remaining. This
:23:21. > :23:35.black, one more red and a colour, what a start!
:23:36. > :23:43.As long as he has got a slight angle on the one in the baulk pocket, then
:23:44. > :23:50.any colour will put him in the snooker required stage. You cannot
:23:51. > :23:58.search much better than this, Stephen, can you? No, when he first
:23:59. > :24:01.came to the table at the start of this break, Mark Selby did not look
:24:02. > :24:08.like it was a frame-winning opportunity on, but a couple of nice
:24:09. > :24:16.flicks, but apart from that, it has been amazing cueing. Just a little
:24:17. > :24:20.grimace, because if he does not catch the pink you were to being on
:24:21. > :24:29.one of these reds on the top cushion. Just playing the safety.
:24:30. > :24:36.Does not want to give his opponent any table time, what a break that
:24:37. > :25:18.was! 69 points the lead, 67 remaining.
:25:19. > :25:25.He's determined not to play any silly shots and give Mark Selby any
:25:26. > :25:30.thing easy to get his arm going and start potting some balls. Keeping
:25:31. > :25:47.the arm cold. A chance for Ronnie O'Sullivan to
:25:48. > :26:17.give Mark Selby in seat. -- to keep. I do not think Mark Selby will
:26:18. > :26:25.bother coming back to the table unless it is for some practice.
:26:26. > :26:30.bother coming back to the table does concede, so Ronnie did not
:26:31. > :26:34.allow Mark Selby to pot a ball, at what a marvellous break that was,
:26:35. > :26:37.created by his good safety. Mark Selby will have to do better in that
:26:38. > :26:49.department. Box office! How about that for an
:26:50. > :26:53.opening break? Marvellous. An incredible start from Ronnie
:26:54. > :26:57.O'Sullivan. We spoke about a good start for Mark Selby, but what a
:26:58. > :27:02.start from Ronnie O'Sullivan. That is top drawer. He made a lot of
:27:03. > :27:07.centuries, but that is one of the best breaks you have ever seen. He
:27:08. > :27:13.has got a pink in the middle pocket, you think, he might skim out and
:27:14. > :27:17.play safe, but look at this, this is so difficult, he has got to pot
:27:18. > :27:24.this, come across and move the reds, he deserved everything he got
:27:25. > :27:28.from this. Mark Selby, he did not score a point did not have much
:27:29. > :27:33.table time at all! And also at the end, a really good safety shot to
:27:34. > :27:35.keep him cold. He knows how important these first few exchanges
:27:36. > :28:12.would be. Back we go. Ronnie is having a look at this red
:28:13. > :28:18.the right-hand side of the table, just thinking, if you played the pot
:28:19. > :28:57.and left it alone, he could be on the black.
:28:58. > :29:26.I think he just swerved that slightly which is why it was a
:29:27. > :29:31.fraction too thin. I do not think he has left anything. Mark Selby is
:29:32. > :29:37.having a look at this red near the black. It is a thin one. Maybe he
:29:38. > :29:50.fears he could get on a baulk colours should it go in. He is off
:29:51. > :30:21.the mark. Unfortunately, he has got two good cue ball.
:30:22. > :30:25.That's the line. He could leave something and that is a careless
:30:26. > :30:33.mistake. I bet Ronnie can't believe he found
:30:34. > :30:42.that gap! . That was a poor shot. A huge target there.
:30:43. > :30:44.Maybe the new cloth and cushion caught him out slightly, slid more
:30:45. > :31:35.than he was expecting. He can get into the reds.
:31:36. > :31:39.Oh, but don't miss the black. Has that come to his rescue? I don't
:31:40. > :31:45.think so. It still goes to the middle. I was going to say Stephen,
:31:46. > :31:57.one thing you have to avoid doing, and particularly early on, is miss
:31:58. > :32:01.easy balls when you are in. He cannot be giving Ronnie more
:32:02. > :32:06.confidence obviously than he already has. Nothing gives you op popts when
:32:07. > :33:13.your opponent misses easy balls. Absolutely inch-perfect.
:33:14. > :33:42.Coming round the two cushions. As I say, to the inch.
:33:43. > :33:51.Immediately he has spotted this plant. A that's what they say about
:33:52. > :33:56.Ronnie - he has everything. He keeps looking, seeing what is available,
:33:57. > :34:04.trying to make things easier for himself.
:34:05. > :34:11.But even for the maestro, when you go into a cluster, you always need a
:34:12. > :34:36.bit of luck and that one has not worked out.
:34:37. > :34:44.Might be disapointed with this split he played. He would have kicked a
:34:45. > :34:50.few open and released the cue ball. Unlike Ronnie, in this tournament so
:34:51. > :34:55.far, when he's run out and not had an easy safety shot to play, he's
:34:56. > :34:57.made it count. He's not let this one count. He's left a pot to the
:34:58. > :35:01.corner. Le There is a bit of pressure on
:35:02. > :35:25.this. Just worrying signs at the minute. I
:35:26. > :35:28.know it is very early, but he cannot allow Ronnie to dictate these first
:35:29. > :35:55.four frames. It is hard for him not to let his
:35:56. > :36:03.mind drift back to that Mast er Masters' final. That is right.
:36:04. > :36:07.Sometimes you feel you have to play your absolute best - pressure not to
:36:08. > :36:12.miss a ball and even that can have an effect on you. As I say, I don't
:36:13. > :36:19.think he'll really relax, Mark Selby, until he gets that score mark
:36:20. > :36:23.on the score board. I get the feeling this second fwram has gone.
:36:24. > :36:26.I would be -- frame has gone. I would be surprised if Ronnie didn't
:36:27. > :37:23.get enough here. The referee is convinced it does go
:37:24. > :37:27.on. There's two reds in potable position positions.
:37:28. > :37:34.LAUGHTER 23.
:37:35. > :37:41.So, Ronnie a little bit surprised. I am not certain what was going on
:37:42. > :37:47.there. He's still got two reds in the open
:37:48. > :37:50.and these two reds, high value colours, will put him in the require
:37:51. > :38:19.required stage. So this blue and it will put him 54
:38:20. > :38:29.points in front, with just 51 remaining.
:38:30. > :38:37.A plant to the left corner, so it didn't matter about the pink going
:38:38. > :38:42.on its spot. Oh, well! He'll kick himself there! He will be kicking
:38:43. > :38:47.himself! It looked a dead-set plan. I don't know why he needed to play
:38:48. > :38:51.it so hard, but Mark Selby now - just a bit of a bounce, trying to
:38:52. > :39:17.force the cue ball over. One snooker needed. It's not impossible.
:39:18. > :39:26.You play on the left-hand side, follow a black and play a snooker
:39:27. > :39:28.behind the pink, the red just below the pink. Is that still a
:39:29. > :40:05.possibility? He's going to pot the black in the
:40:06. > :40:15.middle pocket. Ronnie made a mistake there.
:40:16. > :40:22.Good shot! APPLAUSE
:40:23. > :40:27.Unfortunately the easy snooker behind the pink is not on. That cue
:40:28. > :40:46.ball needed to be on the right-hand side of the table.
:40:47. > :40:52.Mark puts his hand up and says that is enough for me. He gave him half a
:40:53. > :40:55.chance there, but couldn't control the cue ball. 2-1, Ronnie
:40:56. > :41:04.O'Sullivan. Well, it whats been a fascinating --
:41:05. > :41:10.it's been a fascinating two frames there. Just a thing for club
:41:11. > :41:14.players, if you are interested in the game - look at this shot from
:41:15. > :41:21.Mark Selby. How high he is with the arm there. High newspaper the air.
:41:22. > :41:21.You are told as an amateur, keep the cue as parallel as possible to avoid
:41:22. > :41:29.any spin on the shot. Here is Ronnie - he is higher at the back than you
:41:30. > :41:33.would think. He's not got the cue as low as possible. He drops the cue
:41:34. > :41:38.through the shot. Take you over to the table - when I have watched
:41:39. > :41:42.Ronnie O'Sullivan in the practise room playing, just a little tip,
:41:43. > :41:46.when you play a screw back, you try and get as low as possible with the
:41:47. > :41:50.cue. See the butt of the cue there. You get as low as possible. That is
:41:51. > :41:56.not how the top players are playing, they are high up with the back. They
:41:57. > :42:00.have their cue roughly. You see this - the line of the camera is where
:42:01. > :42:05.they are at the back. They play the shot and then they drop through the
:42:06. > :42:07.shot like that. Not so good. I have miscued. Perhaps I should have put
:42:08. > :42:14.some chalk on! You would have thought they would
:42:15. > :42:39.have given him a piece of chalk! It surprises me he breaks off
:42:40. > :42:46.left-handed. Why can't he break off right-handed? He explains whe plays
:42:47. > :42:51.it right-hand side. He says, I just feel when I play it left-handed, I
:42:52. > :42:55.seem to get a better reaction. He believes that you've got to be a
:42:56. > :43:02.foot this side of the balk line to find the balk cushion and use --
:43:03. > :43:05.baulk cushion and use it as a buffer.
:43:06. > :43:13.A weak safety shot from Mark. This will not do!
:43:14. > :44:30.And you probably noticed there was every chance of it - released the
:44:31. > :44:34.black as well. That's why he played it with such
:44:35. > :45:36.pace. You couldn't have played it any better than that.
:45:37. > :45:45.APPLAUSE Well, beautifully controlled again!
:45:46. > :45:55.That cue ball is on a piece of string at the moment.
:45:56. > :46:01.He could play for a red into the right corner. In doing that he would
:46:02. > :46:05.play for the black and the black at the moment doesn't go on its own
:46:06. > :46:09.spot. He would like to play the red occupying the black spot before he
:46:10. > :46:12.thinks about potting the black. Sometimes it is the way the balls
:46:13. > :46:56.are that dictates how you play. He's had a look at the blue, but
:46:57. > :47:09.this pink is a much easier pot. He could play for the black this
:47:10. > :48:58.time. 83 remaining.
:48:59. > :49:05.Looks like that poor safety shot from Mark Selby is going to cost him
:49:06. > :49:12.this third frame. Not settled yet. Hardly played a
:49:13. > :49:19.decent safety and this was the one. Caught it much too thick. Jip steed
:49:20. > :49:24.of reaching the baulk cushion rereached the line and of course
:49:25. > :49:54.left a red on. -- instead.
:49:55. > :50:02.Just 59 remaining. Another frame has slipped by.
:50:03. > :50:11.He's introduced Ronnie by Rob Walker, blink and you'll miss it.
:50:12. > :51:20.This is a sensational start. Absolutely sensational. It really
:51:21. > :51:26.is. That is Ronnie's 11th century of the tournament. The 55th of the
:51:27. > :51:30.championship. And they wouldn't be played much better than that. Misses
:51:31. > :51:35.the yellow. It doesn't matter. He gave the #c0u6d what they came to
:51:36. > :51:39.see - a Ronnie O'Sullivan century in style. He leads 3-0.
:51:40. > :51:50.He's not hanging about. This is a mesmerise mesmerising start. That is
:51:51. > :51:55.what Mark Selby looks like. It is like holding a tiger by the tail.
:51:56. > :52:00.There was a shot there, he played off the blue. He sussed out the red,
:52:01. > :52:04.if he could play this hard, there was a good chance the black would
:52:05. > :52:10.get moved and put into play. It is what happens and the rest is
:52:11. > :52:15.history. This makes it even more hard for him. He looks nervous.
:52:16. > :52:20.There's no doubt about. That safety shots. A long way from some long
:52:21. > :52:26.pots. He needs to get a frame on the board and very quickly. Otherwise, a
:52:27. > :52:29.sdeven said, he could lose the -- Stephen said, he would lose the
:52:30. > :52:36.final. It is something we talked about before we got under way. I am
:52:37. > :52:40.sure Mark was aware of that as everyone else is and clearly that is
:52:41. > :52:47.making things more difficult for him.
:52:48. > :52:52.A mid-session interval after this frame. He would love to take
:52:53. > :53:00.something positive back to the dressing room, Mark Selby.
:53:01. > :53:11.We show you this wonderful arena. It really is a theatre.
:53:12. > :53:27.That's what they are playing for. The world cham World Championship
:53:28. > :54:27.trophy. Tremendous pot from Ronnie.
:54:28. > :55:26.He may play for a baulk colour here. Needs a good angle on the yellow.
:55:27. > :55:36.He's not got it. I don't see how he can bring reds
:55:37. > :55:54.into play here. When you all are full of confidence
:55:55. > :56:02.it just comes naturally. This is a good effort though. Well, he
:56:03. > :56:14.deserves it. He hit them absolutely perfect.
:56:15. > :56:23.He got a lovely hien here just to catch the edge of the reds. If he
:56:24. > :56:47.caught the middle nothing would have developed. Just enough pace.
:56:48. > :56:54.That was the red he would have hoped to have been on. That other red
:56:55. > :56:59.blocked the path to the pocket and the fact he's looking at the baulk
:57:00. > :57:03.cushion for safety... Hit them very well.
:57:04. > :57:08.That's always the problem, when you play that screw and it releases and
:57:09. > :57:10.comes away from the red. A little unlucky not to have the red to the
:57:11. > :57:28.far right corner. At least he's got a foot hole in the
:57:29. > :57:55.frame. We've not been able to say that before!
:57:56. > :58:04.Is there a gap through the middle of these reds? No. He can't get through
:58:05. > :58:06.that. Wouldn't expect Ronnie to fall for something like that. He knew the
:58:07. > :58:12.red wouldn't pass the yellow. It's not the most telling of safety
:58:13. > :59:00.shots. Well, I was going to say Mark Selby
:59:01. > :59:06.can slow it down a bit, but not after a pot like that!
:59:07. > :59:16.Yes, I suppose he was a little bit unlucky there, Mark.
:59:17. > :59:26.You would say it's not a clear-cut frame and a chance. In a couple of
:59:27. > :59:31.shots' time that could all change. Think, brown, red, a nice angle on
:59:32. > :00:33.green or yellow and come off one cushion and go into a bunch.
:00:34. > :00:38.It must be a great feeling for Ronnie O'Sullivan coming out knowing
:00:39. > :00:46.that you're full of confidence like this. We talked about the
:00:47. > :00:50.intimidation that he has got over other players. It is a great feeling
:00:51. > :01:06.when you think that they cannot beat you.
:01:07. > :01:19.Has he let it slip? Mark Selby has a light at the end of the tunnel. That
:01:20. > :01:23.is very rare. A little careless shot from Ronnie O'Sullivan. That will
:01:24. > :01:50.annoy him. Apparently it wasn't touching when
:01:51. > :01:58.he went to the table, but Ronnie did say to the referee, I know I cannot
:01:59. > :02:02.get through to the red. If it was touching, it would favour Ronnie, it
:02:03. > :02:10.would make the safety shot are a lot easier, so he is being very sporting
:02:11. > :02:15.year. He will be disappointed he didn't make the most of this
:02:16. > :02:51.opportunity. And Mark Selby, for once, will be very relieved.
:02:52. > :03:02.A long way out, it has to be said. That is just purely the pressure
:03:03. > :04:40.that is being put on him. Just didn't catch that red as he
:04:41. > :04:50.would have liked. He is not perfect on the red to the right corner.
:04:51. > :05:21.Looks like it might just go. It is very tight.
:05:22. > :05:32.Two cannons that have gone the other way, not worked out as planned. The
:05:33. > :05:36.first one that he missed, maybe just overcompensating a little bit. The
:05:37. > :05:39.cue ball drifted a bit further left than he wanted. Another chance from
:05:40. > :06:24.Mark Selby. This is as good a chance as he has
:06:25. > :06:46.had. He played that well. This visit is
:06:47. > :07:06.so important, just for his own self confidence and belief.
:07:07. > :07:46.His heart must have been in his mouth.
:07:47. > :07:52.Needs the cue ball to just bounced a little. Would have liked it to
:07:53. > :08:32.bounce a little bit more. Pressure on everything at the
:08:33. > :08:47.moment. That was well played. Had to rely a little bit on Ronnie's
:08:48. > :08:55.mistakes, but two snookers needed now offer Ronnie. That means that
:08:56. > :08:58.Ronnie will not now returned to the table. That means that Mark Selby
:08:59. > :09:02.will now go to the mid-session interval with a frame on the
:09:03. > :09:08.scoreboard. It will not matter about the green, I'm sure. Ronnie is
:09:09. > :09:13.having a look at the situation. It is not like him to play on in these
:09:14. > :09:27.situations, three snooker is needed. -- snookers needed. He will
:09:28. > :09:28.be a little bit annoyed. He has had three opportunities in this frame
:09:29. > :10:07.and did not make the most of them. And that will be enough. Ronnie nods
:10:08. > :10:09.to the referee. That is the first frame on the scoreboard for Mark
:10:10. > :10:13.Selby, frame on the scoreboard for Mark
:10:14. > :10:17.his dressing room, but Ronnie O'Sullivan in fine form. He may be a
:10:18. > :10:22.little bit disappointed that it is only 3-1.
:10:23. > :10:30.Yes, a couple of cannons went wrong. Fans of Mark Selby will be relieved.
:10:31. > :10:37.We have got Ken and John had we can breathe a sigh of relief and we can
:10:38. > :10:40.talk with a bit more volume now! Your impression of the first four
:10:41. > :10:44.frames? Ronnie in imperious form. You will be annoyed going into the
:10:45. > :10:48.dressing room. Mark Selby will be relieved to get that frame on the
:10:49. > :10:53.board. It was all Ronnie, but Mark Selby showed a lot of character with
:10:54. > :10:58.a few difficult pots, he was rocking, but he has pulled himself
:10:59. > :11:04.together and the match is on. How difficult is it to settle in A
:11:05. > :11:09.final, particularly when you played so well to get here, many people
:11:10. > :11:15.would suggest that you just roll on, not like that? Not against Ronnie
:11:16. > :11:23.O'Sullivan in that form. Ronnie has had two simple cannons, he missed
:11:24. > :11:27.the two reds, it was frame over. He got out of position. To be only two
:11:28. > :11:33.behind after the way that session went, Mark Selby will be delighted.
:11:34. > :11:37.I am sure you have many questions produce gentlemen and four Steve
:11:38. > :11:48.Davis, and Steve will be doing a masterclass. You can treat him, sent
:11:49. > :11:55.your questions. -- you can get him on Twitter, send your questions. It
:11:56. > :11:59.has been a week of teasing and tormenting us from Richard Osman, as
:12:00. > :12:04.this is the key moment, it is the final killer question in our quiz.
:12:05. > :12:07.The final league table will shortly be unveiled, but not before you have
:12:08. > :12:18.had a go also. It is the day of the final here at
:12:19. > :12:22.the Crucible, so that means it is time for your final question.
:12:23. > :12:25.Everybody has been doing well, who would be crowned the champ in this
:12:26. > :12:35.afternoon? This is your final question. We gave 100 people 147
:12:36. > :12:40.seconds to name anybody who has ever beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan here at the
:12:41. > :12:51.Crucible. The best of luck to you all. Has anybody ever beaten him at
:12:52. > :12:59.the Crucible? I'm flying solo, do I get double points? I want
:13:00. > :13:12.half-point! David Gray. Alan McManus, I'm sure? Has Marco beaten
:13:13. > :13:29.him? David Gray? John Parrott beat him. I beat him! I don't even
:13:30. > :13:42.believe that! David Brady. Nigel Bond. I am liking Nigel Bond. We
:13:43. > :13:47.will go with John Parrott. One of the first ones that I did, Ronnie
:13:48. > :13:55.made a maximum against Marco Fu and still lost. If it is wrong, I take
:13:56. > :13:58.no responsibility. I'm going to say David Gray. David Grace certainly
:13:59. > :14:14.the final answer, and not the singer! -- David Gray is the final
:14:15. > :14:20.answer. If it is right, I think it is a tournament winner. It is right.
:14:21. > :14:29.It is to amend this. Shall we go? Darren Morgan. You have heard what
:14:30. > :14:35.our religions have said, what do you think? Get in touch. We will reveal
:14:36. > :14:39.the answers at the end of this interval and we will find out to the
:14:40. > :14:42.champions are going to be. Join us shortly to find out to the champions
:14:43. > :14:51.are going to be. Good luck. The reason I'm flying solo is
:14:52. > :14:57.because Jason has gone off to do the football. Hello, Jason, I am sure
:14:58. > :15:00.you are enjoying this final. Let's get to the station at Sheffield
:15:01. > :15:14.because the trick shot expresses waiting for no one! -- express is
:15:15. > :15:15.waiting for no one! I am a three-time world trick shot
:15:16. > :15:28.champion. I put videos online, on YouTube, I
:15:29. > :15:32.have about 10 million viewers. I have about 100 million viewers on
:15:33. > :15:45.Chinese YouTube. I started doing trick shots when I was seven, I got
:15:46. > :15:50.a pool table as a gift. I do not allowed to play. I go online and if
:15:51. > :15:57.you can learn, you find a lot of trick shots. So, I saw some videos
:15:58. > :16:01.and I started copying this. After a year, I was like, I know all of the
:16:02. > :16:07.shots together, and they keep doing it, 60 years, they keep doing the
:16:08. > :16:12.same shots. I started doing my own versions, and I put up my own
:16:13. > :16:17.videos, and 60 videos later, I am still here, and I have created more
:16:18. > :19:31.than a thousand new shots. We are so envious of that cue action
:19:32. > :19:36.and we're envious of this man's brain! It is the size of a planet!
:19:37. > :19:40.You have been testing as always. We will reveal the final answer
:19:41. > :19:46.shortly, but firstly, I saw you watching the final session last
:19:47. > :19:53.night of the semifinal, what did you make of it? Terrific, it went on a
:19:54. > :19:58.while, nobody making any mistakes, Mark Selby was to reflect! What was
:19:59. > :20:04.the fascination for you of snooker at the early days? I have always
:20:05. > :20:09.loved it, it is so intriguing, one guy is having to sit there and take
:20:10. > :20:13.it while one person does his thing, and it must be very difficult,
:20:14. > :20:21.psychologically. The psychology is furry fascinating. 3-1 to Ronnie,
:20:22. > :20:25.what do you think? I love Ronnie O'Sullivan, but after ripping Mark
:20:26. > :20:30.Selby has done, I would love him to win a world title. It is a long
:20:31. > :20:38.game. I saw somebody come back from it - zero down once. We will not go
:20:39. > :20:41.there and! That is to be! We will leave him to cry in the corner. We
:20:42. > :20:44.were talking about you has beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Crucible,
:20:45. > :20:52.people have been getting in touch, you went for Marco Fu. You went for
:20:53. > :20:54.Darren Morgan. John Parrott went for himself. Letters have a look at the
:20:55. > :21:11.scoreboard. Alan McManus would have scored you
:21:12. > :21:15.seven. Mark Allen would have scored you ten. Mark Selby, 24. You never
:21:16. > :21:21.know. Shall be reveal the final winners? Before we look at the
:21:22. > :21:25.winners, let's take a look at the losers, easily in fifth place was
:21:26. > :21:30.Willie and John Virgo, by quite a long way. Then in fourth place,
:21:31. > :21:36.almost on the podium, that was yourself and Jason. In third place,
:21:37. > :21:42.it was JP and Ken. Between yourself and Stephen and Dennis and Terry,
:21:43. > :21:51.let us take a look at the winners. It is Dennis and Terry, I'm afraid!
:21:52. > :21:57.Mark King was the problem. I thought he was in the top 16. Very well but
:21:58. > :22:01.if you got any of those clever answers and very well done if you
:22:02. > :22:09.beat 71 across the week. I am not sure who beat 71 across the week.
:22:10. > :22:13.Lots of people got those seven points. You have been torturing us
:22:14. > :22:22.as always, is there anything you would like to ask this man regarding
:22:23. > :22:27.cue action? The one thing about playing, if you have a dead straight
:22:28. > :22:32.pot this should be easy, but the second you are over it, your arm is
:22:33. > :22:37.everywhere, should there be any easy, simple routine to knocking a
:22:38. > :22:42.dead straight pot? The problem with messing up a shot as if you are not
:22:43. > :22:47.lined up perfectly, you will miss the shot. The only real way to do it
:22:48. > :22:54.is to come down into my office, so to speak. One way that you can
:22:55. > :23:05.improve the straight hitting is to try to hit the ball up and down the
:23:06. > :23:14.spots. Try your best. You need to try and hit it firm, not soft,
:23:15. > :23:19.because it is easy soft. That is as absolutely perfect as you can get.
:23:20. > :23:24.Do it again. You need to do at a more than once to prove it is not
:23:25. > :23:29.luck. Hit it up and down over the spots. Once again, that is very,
:23:30. > :23:33.very good. If you can head and get the ball to come back down over the
:23:34. > :23:38.spots, so accurately, that you are doing it ten out of ten that it
:23:39. > :23:42.comes back and hit the tip, then you can use that every time there is a
:23:43. > :23:47.straight ball. But you have to be lined up on that shot. You look
:23:48. > :23:55.pretty good in that apartment. Thank you. That is the right way to do it.
:23:56. > :24:01.You will see on some club tables, there is a line-up for the spots.
:24:02. > :24:11.Are you forgiving me for mocking? Yes! It has been great to see you.
:24:12. > :24:14.Thank you very much. There has been unprecedented demand for tickets at
:24:15. > :24:17.the Crucible this year, you have got to get in very quickly to get them
:24:18. > :24:24.and you need to show a huge degree of commitments to get these tickets
:24:25. > :24:27.and there is a couple in the audience today who have shown a
:24:28. > :24:36.greater amount of that than anyone we have ever met. We are held and
:24:37. > :24:51.Tony from New Zealand. -- Hilda and Tony. It has been magic.
:24:52. > :24:58.I have lived in New Zealand now for 35 years. For me, it is one of the
:24:59. > :25:04.things I always wanted to see, Ronnie O'Sullivan playing at the
:25:05. > :25:15.Crucible. Bring Edu will miss it! The Rocket! Ronnie O'Sullivan! --
:25:16. > :25:19.blink and you will miss it. We watch it so often on television, you just
:25:20. > :25:23.get that one little picture, and when you come here, you get the
:25:24. > :25:29.bigger picture and the vibrations and the feel of it. It puts a ten
:25:30. > :25:33.goal into it. It is really exciting. I actually came to the Crucible for
:25:34. > :25:37.a day trip and I found that the tickets were on sale and so, I
:25:38. > :25:42.thought, I would just have to buy some tickets, so I bought tickets
:25:43. > :25:45.for about half of the sessions and then I went home that night and I
:25:46. > :25:55.scribe Tony hand I said, look at what I have got! A wonderful
:25:56. > :25:59.surprise. I said, do you want to go, you said yes, so I went and bought
:26:00. > :26:07.the rest of the tickets, but the only ones I could not get was the
:26:08. > :26:16.once for the final. -- the ones for the finals. It is a marathon of
:26:17. > :26:20.sitting. The first few days, it was difficult to sitting down, but we're
:26:21. > :26:33.getting used to it now. We're not big sitters, boast of us. -- most of
:26:34. > :26:37.us. And you have to keep still! It has been a lifelong thing for me,
:26:38. > :26:41.playing the game. My mother is 85 and she knows that I love playing
:26:42. > :26:47.snooker, but she thought I was coming here to play and... She was
:26:48. > :26:54.asking how he was doing and Tony was saying, we're just here to watch!
:26:55. > :26:57.Because we do play snooker, it is interesting to see what a really
:26:58. > :27:01.good table is like and compare it to the ones that we play on at the
:27:02. > :27:09.club. I cannot remember a professional playing on the table is
:27:10. > :27:14.that we play on. It is just a great privilege to be here. It is such a
:27:15. > :27:17.great theatre. It is not too big, it is nice and intimate. But standing
:27:18. > :27:22.on the floor with the table, it would be quite daunting if you are
:27:23. > :27:28.new to this theatre. It is just magic to be here. It really is. To
:27:29. > :27:33.look comfortable? We go back home to the hotel and we put on the
:27:34. > :27:37.television and we watch the snooker again. The one thing we would like
:27:38. > :27:44.to solve is the fact we do not have tickets for the final. What a
:27:45. > :27:47.wonderful story! We could not let their experience pass without
:27:48. > :27:57.letting them onto the side of the hallowed carpet, please welcome
:27:58. > :28:03.them! CHEERING Hilda, just briefly, what is it like
:28:04. > :28:08.to be on this side of the arena, what a great experience?
:28:09. > :28:15.It is beyond belief. It is amazing, just incredible. Lots more good
:28:16. > :28:18.snooker to come, and a little birdie tells me that you have a soft spot
:28:19. > :28:22.for a six time world champion, so he would like to come out and say
:28:23. > :28:29.hello, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Steve Davis! APPLAUSE
:28:30. > :28:41.Hello! I did not think I would ever feel like Cilla Black, but here we
:28:42. > :28:45.are! As a special memento, we thought we would like to present to
:28:46. > :28:50.you, I have signed the programme, it may not seem like much to you, but I
:28:51. > :28:58.have signed a programme for you and outside a programme for you, so it
:28:59. > :29:05.is on the inside, just open up the first bit. ! The significance of
:29:06. > :29:08.this is, they had tickets for every session at every match apart from
:29:09. > :29:13.the big climax tomorrow evening, that is no longer a problem, you
:29:14. > :29:18.will be seeing them here in the arena late tomorrow night! Enjoy the
:29:19. > :29:27.rest of the match and please come back next year! APPLAUSE
:29:28. > :29:38.A fantastic story, and if anyone can, a Kiwi can, they are just
:29:39. > :29:42.passing us by year! What is the allure of this place that makes Iya
:29:43. > :29:47.Gavrilova wants to come here and sit here for 12 hours a day for 17
:29:48. > :29:52.days? It is the venue, the electricity at the place, it is
:29:53. > :30:01.electric, I came here as a young lad and sadder but they're watching and
:30:02. > :30:03.I loved it from day one. As a spectator, you will not get a better
:30:04. > :30:13.venue. Their experience started with you at the train station! Yes, we
:30:14. > :30:20.were playing at the train station! Everybody beats me! You managed to
:30:21. > :30:23.get to the second round, let's get back to business, serious business
:30:24. > :30:28.for Mark Selby, after regrouping, one would think, what must his
:30:29. > :30:37.attitude be coming into this session?
:30:38. > :30:42.If he can come back - he's got a foot-hold now. He settled in. That
:30:43. > :30:50.frame will give him great confidence. Anything more than that
:30:51. > :31:20.is a bonus. OK, he's off and running and evidently so is the Rocket.
:31:21. > :31:29.They haven't been play playing even for an hour and there's the average
:31:30. > :31:35.frame time - under 14 minutes. It is so important for Mark Selby to take
:31:36. > :31:43.-- it was so important for Mark Selby to take that last frame.
:31:44. > :31:49.Ronnie at 94%. He's just been under-hitting some of
:31:50. > :31:55.his safety shots in the first four frames. He's not been finding the
:31:56. > :32:01.baulk cushion. He normally does that.
:32:02. > :32:05.The success rate at 84%. Over the four sessions against Robertson, who
:32:06. > :32:11.was over 90% for the whole match. He's missed a few pots, as you say.
:32:12. > :32:43.His safety's not been at a great length. He's left it well short.
:32:44. > :32:51.We all thought that semi-final would take a lot out of Mark. He is a fit
:32:52. > :32:54.lad. He was around the hotel this morning and looked fresh after that
:32:55. > :34:13.terrific win against Neil Robertson. Perhaps just can't see enough... So
:34:14. > :34:29.long as he get gets... That's not what he wanted!
:34:30. > :34:55.He might be OK though. Could possibleably take this on as a
:34:56. > :35:03.shot to nothing. -- possibly.
:35:04. > :35:07.He's caught the jaws of the -- possibly.
:35:08. > :35:10.pocket again. Instead of it being a shot to nothing, he's left Ronnie
:35:11. > :35:17.in. He risked that because the black was
:35:18. > :35:22.over the pocket. He thought, if I can pot this and get a safety shot
:35:23. > :35:26.at the same time, I'll have a chance of the black. He got pretty close to
:35:27. > :35:29.the pot. That is why it stayed in the jaws of the pocket. It is still
:35:30. > :35:44.not straightforward. Probably would like to get the pink
:35:45. > :36:07.first rather than tie the black up. I think the black will be tied up.
:36:08. > :36:08.In a couple of shots' time, he could get himself into the position to
:36:09. > :36:14.bring it back into play. It is not going to be easy for him
:36:15. > :36:34.here. That was not going to be easy! Faced
:36:35. > :36:52.Faced with a tricky pink. You see the red above the black pots
:36:53. > :36:56.into the right corner, but he cannot get himself into position to get
:36:57. > :37:00.that and nudged away from the black. That is what his plan was but he's
:37:01. > :37:11.not in the correct position to get on that red.
:37:12. > :37:30.The pink spot is not available, so the highest available spot on this
:37:31. > :37:38.occasion is the yellow. There is a red to the middle. If he can hit it
:37:39. > :37:46.straight he can take it on. He's running into the other reds.
:37:47. > :37:48.With the red at the other end of the table, it's not an easy situation
:37:49. > :38:03.this. Very little available for Ronnie
:38:04. > :38:31.here. I am not sure as he... If he hits
:38:32. > :38:35.the cushion first and catches it correctly, he'll send the red back
:38:36. > :38:39.up the table. A chance to get in behind the yellow but he would have
:38:40. > :38:43.to be very precise with that. If he doesn't catch it correct he could
:38:44. > :38:46.sevenld the red into the brown or the yellow and pink. Look where he's
:38:47. > :39:58.hitting the cue ball. There's plenty of rom around the
:39:59. > :40:19.black here. -- room around the black here.
:40:20. > :40:35.Has it gone too much? It may have done.
:40:36. > :40:42.He's pretty good with that type of shot.
:40:43. > :40:59.Can he get through to the potting angle of the yellow? He can.
:41:00. > :41:07.At first glance, I don't think he's done a lot of damage here.
:41:08. > :41:08.I think he took his eye off the pot, was concentrating on to this cannon
:41:09. > :41:26.on to the reds here. I think the brown is OK. It is
:41:27. > :41:30.covering the one he pushed towards the corner pocket as we can see
:41:31. > :41:34.there. That was a bit of a chance that Mark let slip. I was so
:41:35. > :41:38.impressed with him last night, watching him against Neil Robertson
:41:39. > :41:44.and the way he clinched the match was fabulous because it was very
:41:45. > :42:12.difficult to pick a winner at that semi-final.
:42:13. > :42:24.Fe he can get no worse than 5-3. He can still win the session, but 5-3,
:42:25. > :42:58.or 4-4, would be happy after losing the first frames.
:42:59. > :43:06.That is that red covered. He played it in such a way that the if he
:43:07. > :43:12.didn't get the pink, the red would cover the red. There, you can see,
:43:13. > :43:16.he played that very nicely. It's not an easy safety shot for Mark Selby
:43:17. > :43:22.here. Just looking to see if he can prop
:43:23. > :43:25.on the two reds. The brown's in the way. That is what he's faced with
:43:26. > :43:34.there. If he got the red that is close
:43:35. > :43:38.toast the pocket and got the white somewhere near the tip of his cue,
:43:39. > :43:43.that's a little dangerous because there is a red available to the
:43:44. > :43:45.right middle pocket. That's why he's having to give this
:43:46. > :44:06.plenty of thought. The reason he cannot go over the
:44:07. > :44:10.right side of the table - look where the white would hit the brown. The
:44:11. > :44:13.brown is in the way there. That is why he's not considering that
:44:14. > :44:56.escape. He thought, if he knocks it in the
:44:57. > :45:10.middle pocket, all well and good, but I couldn't do much else.
:45:11. > :45:20.His plan worked there. He thought long and hard before he
:45:21. > :45:26.planned the escape, Mark. It has worked to his advantage.
:45:27. > :45:30.Yes, and the key thing here, he knows that Ronnie will be even more
:45:31. > :45:34.disappointed if Mark goes on to win this frame. Ronnie should obviously
:45:35. > :45:38.have won the fourth frame, which Mark pinched. All of a sudden we
:45:39. > :45:40.could be looking at a score line of 3-2 and he's right back into this
:45:41. > :45:49.session. Mark be able to play now, to get on
:45:50. > :45:53.to the red now, to get on the left of the two, just in a way that he
:45:54. > :45:56.could bring the black into play and he's played it well. He can now pot
:45:57. > :46:00.that. And flick the other red out of the
:46:01. > :46:05.way. That's if that red passes the black. I mean, I was never sure that
:46:06. > :46:10.it did. If it does, it's going to open the game right up for him.
:46:11. > :46:42.There's the perfect picture over the shot you suggested.
:46:43. > :46:50.It's OK because he looked at it. He can take the blue and that red will
:46:51. > :47:05.go. That is the reason he choose not to cannon the red.
:47:06. > :47:12.That's the problem ball out of the way and now a chance to score.
:47:13. > :47:47.Will it be enough to close the gap to one?
:47:48. > :47:59.So much room. Two inches shorter, two inches longer.
:48:00. > :48:23.That is a shame! He had a good chance there. He was going to get
:48:24. > :48:35.the extra seven points there. The ideal place would be to try and
:48:36. > :48:40.get in behind the yellow. I don't know if he can do that, he'd have to
:48:41. > :48:57.morph this red. So long as he gets on the baulk cushion, but...
:48:58. > :49:04.. It could be a at thetial battle now with that over the pocket.
:49:05. > :49:06.Gradually these reds may get pushed towards that black and we could have
:49:07. > :50:06.a little bit of a stalemate. People have from New Zealand to
:50:07. > :50:20.watch this championship. Here is a gentleman who is a really
:50:21. > :50:27.good player, on the right of those two, is a Kenny called Kenny Shaay.
:50:28. > :50:33.He's a prolific century break player from Canada. I think he knows we're
:50:34. > :50:58.talking about him. It may be to do with the earpiece.
:50:59. > :51:06.Kenny will be celebrating his 80th birthday shortly. He's a great
:51:07. > :51:51.character. He's got to get the cue ball out
:51:52. > :51:56.around the pink spot area to leave that red and difficult to control
:51:57. > :51:59.the shot when the ball is so close to the pocket. Play it with a little
:52:00. > :52:23.bit of drag. He's played it nicely. Looks perfect to me. He has the
:52:24. > :52:48.choice. He can play either cannon. APPLAUSE
:52:49. > :52:52.He did exactly as you said. It has just brought the one red into
:52:53. > :52:59.play. He has to look for another anning toll get another cannon.
:53:00. > :53:00.The cannon into the three, you're better from the right side of the
:53:01. > :53:21.table. It was like a little trick shot he
:53:22. > :53:27.played there. Superb! Of course he was an eight-ball world
:53:28. > :53:33.pool champion, so he does see shots that some of the other players
:53:34. > :53:37.wouldn't see. Definitely a bonus. He obviously knew they were bringing
:53:38. > :53:40.the first out. This will be 30. Three reds, three colours. Just as
:53:41. > :53:51.we said that... Well amazing! He was probably well
:53:52. > :53:55.ahead of himself there. He was thinking about getting an angle on
:53:56. > :54:00.the blue. The three reds, tied up by the black
:54:01. > :54:13.and took his concentration off that pot.
:54:14. > :54:18.He hasn't got the angle to cannon into the reds. He'll have to play it
:54:19. > :54:40.into the single red. No good leaving the black from this
:54:41. > :54:47.side. Sdrau back for the blue here.
:54:48. > :54:54.-- screw back for the blue here. Now play the cannon on to the three reds
:54:55. > :55:33.and if this works out, the chance to maybe pinch the frame.
:55:34. > :55:48.Just didn't quite get that last shot as he intend. -- intended.
:55:49. > :55:52.Played it well. Ronnie's shot there, he's on the blue. He tried to get
:55:53. > :55:54.the white into the gap there but he probably didn't quite get into it,
:55:55. > :56:38.as he intended. Oh, he hit that so poorly that he's
:56:39. > :56:44.left the red. He would not have left the reds at all. Just of across
:56:45. > :56:47.that, slightly. Well, he's looking at the balls and he knows that he's
:56:48. > :56:51.left the lot here.