Day 16, Part 2 Snooker: World Championship

that, slightly. Well, he's looking at the balls and he knows that he's

left the lot here. Has he got the angle? He needs to

get near the circle to roll the yellow in and get on the green. He

can't screw directly there, so he's going to have to be a bit careful.

A little bit further up the table, he could have just screwed the blue

in and got nicely on that. I mean, he could go between the

brown and pink, but how accurate would that have to be?

That's what he's done and he has hit the brown. It was the previous shot

that was the poor one. He'll have to get the snooker in now between the

green and brown. There's a little bit sticking out

and, I am just wondering, if he hits this thin enough and misses the

black, he would head back up the table.

Off the cushion and this a pretty good.

Oh, he is close. He is in. But I wonder, could it be a free ball? Now

then, Brendan Orr will put the white right at the edge of the D. Just to

check that he can hit both sides of it. No free ball. Great to see

Brendan doing his first world final. One of the best referees we have in

the game. And he is delighted. He has been talking about it for a

while. Looks like he is playing the snooker

the way he is cueing. I don't blame him for that at all. This wis the

green being where it is, I think Ronnie can get through the gap of

the green and the brown. Not bound to go right this one. So

Selby has a chance now the win the frame.

If he has the angle to screw this in anywhere near the white line or just

short of it and he would be perfect on the green.

He will be mighty relieved. And the parents delighted there.

It was so important for Mark Selby to take this frame. He lost the

first three and now he has won two in a row, but he still trails by one

frame. It is 3-2 to Ronnie. A reminder of the situation in the

world rankings now. Snooker is changing to a money list this season

coming from a points list. So it is Ding Junhui, Neil Robertson having

lost in the semi final last night gives up the number one shot to Ding

Junhui. But he could be overhauled were Mark Selby to win this final.

He would go back to world number one. Ronnie O'Sullivan can go up to

number three and he would be ?132 behind Neil Robertson. They have

already added the ?125,000 for Mark and Ronnie for having to got to this

final. You can see, Ronnie was world ranked number 33, shooting up this

new system. This will make a massive difference to the way players pick

and choose your events. Yes, It suits players like Ronnie, they can

play in the bigger events without having a lot of pressure to go to

the smaller vents. That will help the players down the list, because

what happens is those players that are struggling for money won't be

running into people like Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round. It

has a knock on effect. So it is good for everyone. Do you think it is a

good move? I think it is brilliant. For the top players they can pick

and choose what they do. You can see from that money list what a

brilliant job they have done, there is plenty of players making a lots

of money. Well done, it is a proper circuit now. A few years ago we only

had six ranking tournaments. Now there will be almost 30. It is a

full-time job now. They have done a remarkable job. The next move will

be make it a one year list that comes in line with other sports.

That could well happen. Mark Selby breaking off in frame

six. A chance to get it back to 3-3. The key thing is he has now got a

foot hold in the match. He could have done without the kiss

on the green. He has left Ronnie a possible pot to the middle and he

can get himself up on to the black. Just looking at the situation.

In two shots time, as we show you this terrific pot, but look how he

controlled the cue ball. The red at the back of the bunch is available.

If he gets on that in such a way he can pot it and go into the bunch.

He has to make sure he doesn't finish on the cushion when he splits

the reds. Only really developed one red. One

black, two reds. Oh, this red goes at the left of the

bunch. And he is going to go into them again here.

He has left himself a delicate one here. He hadn't got the angle to

push through them, Willie, because he would have stuck on the reds on

that occasion. No, stretching, he was stretching a

bit there. And Mark's left with a situation here, as we show you the

stretch and put it on the near jaw. If he gets on the black here, if

Mark Selby gets on the black in such a way he can pot the black and then

scatter those reds. He is a bit unlucky for the white.

It is checked back as well. It was coming towards the blue and then

with all the side it took off the baulk cushion and checked back. That

is very unlucky. Just watch this. He gets so much side it has hit this

cushion and the natural angle, well, the side I just brought it towards

the green. I think he has played a good safety

shot there. I don't think he can get through to the potting angle of any

red and he has covered the right-hand side. The middle one will

pot. But he can't avoid the cannon on the black.

That is one of the best alternatives I have ever seen. What a shot he has

pulled out there! OK, look where the cue ball's finished, but talk about

a shot to nothing. What a pot. But if he had have missed it, look where

the white was. He needs to get to grips with this

match again. If he is straight he can run through for the black.

Nicely played that. This is where the game can be so tough. You have

to sit in your seat and you're the one who has opened all the reds up

and you watch your opponent pot the balls you brought into play.

He opened all those reds up, but he was unfortunate for the white to go

up the other end of the table. Like all the top break builders are,

it is probably up there with the best of all time, all those kisses

they play to slow the cue ball down. The next four or five blacks don't

seem a problem. A quick glance at the score board to

see how many he needs. Another two or three pots should secure the

frame. I think an important frame for

Ronnie to stop the mini-come back. Because Mark was getting stronger.

The best thing you can do is keep your opponent in his seat when he is

hitting top form again. Yellow's the only ball he can pot

here. He is 55 in front. So if he pots the yellow, he still needs one

more red. He knew the pink or blue would leave

Mark needing a snooker. Safely in. And this looks pretty

good, unless he lands tight on this red. No, he is fine. Good shot with

the rest. Yes it was important. Waiting for the cue ball to be

cleaned. It is amazing how good Ronnie is with the rest. He plays

most of his shots left-handed. This time he has lost the cue ball.

He tried to leave an angle on the red.

Well no century this time, but Ronnie O'Sullivan has established a

two-frame lead. More than enough to take him into that two-frame lead at

4-2. So much composure and calmness. The old unpredictability of the past

seems to be a thing of the past! He just looks in control and willing to

fight when things don't go his way. He was buzzing around the table and

it was an important frame. A couple of lambses -- lapses of

concentration. He steadied the ship. The opening red, when he was in

trouble, there is no doubt. Look at this shot. He was in trouble,

because he can't see the reds on the right. He picks out the shot and the

lads in commentary were baffled. Two frames in a row where he took on

something we didn't see and wouldn't have expected him to go for. And you

have to get enough on it and not too much. He will be delighted to get

that. He should have been 4-0 at the interval and it was important to

re-establish himself. Ronnie said Mark is the best competitor on the

tour. He must be mindful of his fighting capabilities. Yes they say

when you're behind you never give up. But when you're ahead you never

let up. He is trying to enforce that every time he gets in he wants to

win the frame in one visit and keep Mark Selby under pressure. Mark

Selby is one of the toughest match players you will ever see. And not

short of self belief. He has been. He said he looked confidence. Right

now. Not at the moment now. But the difference when Ronnie is he is

scoring and winning in one visit. He is clinical so far.

Two more frames to be played in this first session.

This looks as if it could be a snooker. Not that he was playing to

get up behind the green. He was playing for the cushion.

The crowd really do get involved here at the Crucible. They were all

urging that white on. It is a fabulous theatre. We keep

saying it, but coming here since 1977. It would be a brave map who

made the decision to take snooker away from the Crucible. And if

you're a fan, once before you consider not watching any snooker,

you must come to the Crucible to see that atmosphere.

I was except Taiting on an -- commentating on an earlier match and

Mark Allen was talk about that he said he won if World Championship --

the World Championship he would want to win it here and not anywhere

else. Well tinge crowd know that was

nowhere near. -- well, I think the crowd knew that was nowhere near.

There is no point in putting this back.

He is one of the best in the game at that type of shot, isn't he? If that

shot was eight hours again it would have gone in when he was playing

Robertson. It is such a high standard of play. I think sometimes

you can probably expect to pot them a bit too much. He is on such a high

as he went to bed last night and probably didn't sleep very well. You

come back and expect to knock everything in. Well, it is a

brand-new day. Foul and a miss. Could be a free

ball this. Free ball. So if Ronnie wanted, he could pot, well you would

think the brown would be the easiest pot as his free ball. He would get

one point for that and play himself on to a colour.

He stunned it in, if he rolled the brown in he could have left the red

to the left of the pink. That was an example of how you can beat a 147

break with a free ball at the start of a frame. Jamie Burnett from

Scotland made a break of 148. That is how he achieved it.

He would have loved to have played that safety shot thicker. If he

plays it harder he would have pushed the red over the corner. That is the

why he played it very thin. He hasn't got the best of whites.

He might just have got away with this. I don't know whether that red

cuts into the middle. It is quite a thin one. Mark is looking at it, but

I think it is too thin. This what is happened. He hit it

coming back and not intended. But that red just kept on going.

It mustn't cut in, because Mark would already have played it.

From here it looks like it does. Let's have a look with Hawk-Eye. I

know it is very thin. He is not going to play it. He is looking at

an alternative safety. He has taken over a minute studying this.

You have to give Mark congratulations. Oh, thifs is

rolling up -- this is rolling up a bit! Well, how costly is that going

to be, he is on the the red at the back of the bunch. Let's look at

this again. It looks OK there. Maybe just drifted a fraction. But maybe

he got a slight bit of unwanted side.

That is nicely controlled. The only thing is does the black go on its

spot. He is looking there. If not. I don't think the pink spot's

available. That is a bit tight. The referee will have to get his ball

marker out and check that. You can't have it checked before you

pot the colour. You have to use your discretion. He will be hoping it

won't go on the spot. There is loads of room.

Similar to Ronnie a few frames ago, he will be looking at getting the

angle on the blue and there is a plant on the two reds to the back of

the pack. Wouldn't mind this going on the

brown spot and he can take an extra seven points where it being up

there. Just looking at that pack, he

already glanced at it a few shots ago.

There might be a red that will hit another red and go towards this

right corner pocket. That is what he is looking at now. If I hit this

hard, would it plant a red off. Those three reds.

Well, he didn't quite get that as he intended.

A bit unlucky to finish there once he hit the cannon. He hit it full-on

but it seemed to just stick on that red.

REFEREE: Foul. Mark Selby, four. Mark just getting the better of the

tactical exchanges at the moment. He had to play that with a lot of side

but just caught it a bit thicker than he intended.

I think if we get a few tactical frames, I think Mark may come out on

top on those. I know Ronnie is one of the best safety players in the

game but he likes to get in amongst the balls and get on with it but at

the moment Mark's quite content for the games to be a little awkward.

Yes, just before that mistake in the previous frame I was about to say

you have to give credit to Mark Selby, struggling out there at the

moment and having that high break earlier of 37, a slight chance now,

a chance of getting back to 3-4. -- 4-3. He needs to play this a bit

powerfully T only pots off the left-hand jaw. -- it only pots off

the left-hand jaw. Not a lot of room there. He is probably not guaranteed

getting the right side of the blue. I tell you what, Willie, that shot

he potted in the pocket, there was very little room for it to go. We

see the cue ball head on to the cushion, the last place he wanted

it. That would only just go and he

hammered it in. Great judgment but this is difficult.

Very difficult. It was the shot before, Denis, the blue. Somebody of

Mark's class, he would have been distraught to see that cue ball

glued to the cushion. This is the blue Willie was talking

about. He played it with topspin. A lot of margin for error. The last

place he wanted to see it finish. Meanwhile Ronnie is having it take

the more difficult pink. -- to take the more difficult pink.

Now, then, a little ragged this frame. Only one colour on its spot,

the black. Is this a plant? No, no plant. Well, that's even tighter

than the previous one, Willie. I was was going to say exactly that. It

looks identical. Obviously a different place but he can certainly

see as much of the pocket as he did on the previous one. He hammered

that in but this is further away from the cue ball. Where is the

position? He will have to screw back off the reds and get up towards the

pink. It was all about the pot. Another

cracking pot. A lot of people in the Crucible here couldn't see how tight

that was. They may have looked at the television screens. Almost

identical to the previous pot, wasn't it?

If he was straight on the red he could drop it in and leave the pink.

That's one instance where the kick probably helped it slightly. It took

the pace out of the cue ball. You don't mind. Not often you say that.

I have never seen a good kick before but that was one. Not too sure

whether he has a good angle on the pink. He can screw back off the two

cushions to get to the red that's nearest his hand. That's what he has

played. Watch the cue ball. He wanted to go around the back of

it and he did. This is why I call him sat-nav Selby. Look at that,

finding the way around the back of that red.

Well, he was intending to kiss the black away there. If that had worked

it might have been a way to win the frame. A thin clip on the brown,

that's probably a good a choice as anything, isn't it? it? P good to

me. This is the shot where he was trying

that delicate cannon there. Is old Hawk-Eye again. One of these days he

will mess up. Well, look at that for a pot. What a

great pot it was. He knew if he knocked this in, he would get Ronnie

in all sorts of trouble. He needed to get as close as

possible leaving Ronnie no cushions. . He will play the one directly

behind the black off the three curbs but if he kisses it half ball he'll

leave the red along the cushion. Didn't go anywhere near where he

wanted it to then. REFEREE: Foul and a miss. Mark Selby, four.

I think he is just looking to see if he could hit. He definitely could

hit the line. Maybe my first line is a little bit out.

He is looking at the spot where he hit. My first part of the line is

slightly out but that's what he is after and as Willie said, if he

doesn't catch the red correctly, he'll leave the other red. So he

will have to be absolutely spot-on. REFEREE: Foul and miss. If he misses

it next time, he'll need snookers. Can he make the adjustment. Let's

have a look. Somewhere there with a little bit more side would get him

there? He has done the same again, I think. If it runs on - oh, it is

going to be the black, if it reaches. As you said, Willy, and it

is a free ball, by the looks of it. REFEREE: Foul. Mark Selby four. Not

even a free ball. Maybe not. Maybe he can hit the red closest to the

corner pocket but... He couldn't have the balls replaced,

because he now needs snookers. He has taken the option of putting

Ronnie back into play from there. I am I'm surprised Mark put it back

into bat there. Should Mark go on to win this frame,

it would be 4-3 and he still hasn't made a break-up of 37. Amazing. He

hasn't won this frame yet because he could be snookered here.

It's OK, but he wanted to get tight in behind the green and yellow.

There is an easy escape route for Mark Selby. Although looking at

things, he has to be careful he doesn't leave Ronnie in amongst the

reds because if he can take three reds, three blacks, he is right back

in this frame, he only needs one snooker. I mean there is no way he

is going to not escape from this. 'S concerned he doesn't leave Ronnie

the chance to pot the three reds and blacks .

He doesn't necessarily have to get all blacks. He could take a pink

with one of these reds which is what he has played for.

I have a funny feeling he tried to bring the black into play there.

48 behind. 43 on the table. That means he now needs two snookers.

That was why it was so important that he got the black into play when

he tried to just flick it out. Just reckoning the score up but he

definitely needs two snookers, if he pots the pink. The frame is over if

he misses this. And as has been said - "There's

always a gap." And because of that gap, Denis, he can possibly get the

white in behind green and yellow, here.

No, he couldn't see all of t the right-handside of it. Ronnie

reluctant to pot the red because it is not easy to get safe from there.

Two snookers needed and he with a like to keep the red on.

He needs to get right up close to the yellow if he takes the red on.

He is' decided to do that, it doesn't matter if he takes the pink,

he still only needs two snookers. So important he gets the cue ball where

he wants to here. Well a little wry smile as he walked

away, he knew he mis-hit it. But they weren't in a perfect position,

the yellow and green, as they were. APPLAUSE

It's been a rather awkward frame this. A lot of tactical play because

of the play the balls were. Ronnie is just having a think but you would

expect him to concede. REFEREE: And the frame. Mark Selby's highest

break is still only 37 but he is playing good match snooker out

there. He is just one behind, 4-3 to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

? STUDIO: A very important last frame

coming up of this session. I can assure you, it won't be a slow

frame. One of the reasons why it won't, Ronnie O'Sullivan is a

catalyst in making frames quick. If we look at this bit of analysis of

Ronnie O'Sullivan playing a safety shot from earlier on in that frame

and that was a scrappy frame. If you remember going back in the frame,

Mark Selby tried to come off the side Cousin and left the cue ball

short a foul and a miss. What can Ronnie O'Sullivan do? Well, he can

put him back again, that slows things down, or, what he could do is

play the thin safety shot off the side of the pack. Cue ball down the

table into that area. Also, just shifting a few reds, not too far t

wouldn't disturb the pack that much. But what Ronnie O'Sullivan did, was

an aggressive safety shot, trying it make something happen, splitting the

reds as quickly as he could. In this instance, he left Mark Selby a pot.

But it forces the issue, makes his opponents go for shots, opens the

reds up and makes the game more attacking.

I couldn't agree with Steve more, that's the way Ronnie O'Sullivan

likes to play. But to win three frames with a high break of 37,

shows you what a great match player Mark Selby is. We know he has a

chance to level at 4-4. Can you imagine that, O'Sullivan has

dominated the session and Selby could come out 4-4. It might happen.

He had to play that with quite a bit of right-handside. It probably

caused him to miss the pot but he had to make sure he got around the

back of the black and reds. They are the ones he was potting

virtually every time last night. He knows the red above the black pots.

That was a good pot. 9'3" the total length and right into

that pocket. Too hard. End of break. I think he

thought he might just cannon that red there, the way he was looking

and he would have been on that red that you mentioned, to the right of

the black. But it slipped past the red he was hoping to cannon.

That angle he did take, if he play was more pace he can come off the

cushion to that. He must have slightly misjudged the cannon there,

or the angle it took. Once again a very poor safety from Mark. He

hasn't got anywhere near the baulk cushion. He found the baulk cushion

nearly every shot as did Robertson yesterday. All of a sudden Ronnie

has now gone to sleep a little. Concerned about pushing a red over,

as you can see, you can see what happens. Steve was talking about the

way Ronnie plays thick safety shots. Ronnie would be playing the red at

the top of the pack. Mark is taking the thin one on, which, of course,

hardly moves anything into play. Once again, he has caught a baulk

colour much this is very unlike Selby. It really is.

He has done so well to win three frames, the way he has played.

Well, he is looking at a shot, if he takes it on, there is a pot but such

a small gap to go through. I think he'll settle for the safety but

sometimes when he gets in a mood, he is lacking at it now. No, he is

playing a thin safety, I think, surely.

But, he did look at a very, very difficult shot. I think that's a

better choice. His focus throughout throughout this

year's World Championship, I can't remember him playing a bad shot.

Sometimes he takes shots he shouldn't really have taken on, he

hasn't done that and that's why he is here going for his hat-trick of

world titles. That's not the best, much too thick

on that one. It might be another awkward frame. Look at the back with

those four reds there. If he takes this up into the corner,

this will be a test of his cueing. It looks to be just off straight. He

needs to push that cue through in a fairly straight line.

No! Maybe somebody upstairs in the champions lounge, watching that

shot. If that red had of went across the cushion and in, that was how the

first maximum shot was made at the Crucible by Cilff Thorburn. He

created history after that. Maybe lost a bit of focus at the moment.

This is the last frame of this session. As we said earlier, if Mark

Selby gets out of this 4-4, he will be absolutely over the moon. Yes, if

he can pot this, he will play into the bunch of reds. OK, there is no

need to bring reds into play. But play it firm, bring them into play.

The play has had a commission, there is every chance it hit on a pink or

baulk colour. If he plays it with side to get a gap, he makes the pot

harder. Playing side, it is straight into that bunch. That's what he has

done and it is unlucky. It was worth the risk. It really was and he knows

it. But now, Denis, how does he get safe? Well, I think he is going to

have to just play - well, the red has gone up the other end of the

table. It's the worst-possible outcome. To

land on a colour with the red up the other end of the table makes it

difficult and if he played to land on the blue, he would leave a pot to

the right, corner pocket. He could maybe run to the black but he would

need a lot of help to reach it, to bridge over those four reds. That's

what he is thinking about now. If he tries to come off the side

cushion and hit the yellow, he has the red up the other end of the

table he can leave. What a situation that Mark Selby is faced with, here

. If anyone can find his way out of a

situation like this, you would have to say it is Mark Selby, but how is

he going to do it? If he could land full ball on the

green, he could do that. So he is going to have to play this with lots

of side. If he slips past it, he leaves the red.

It's a great attempt. He has still left a possible pot, though. He was

trying to get it right on top of the green there, full ball and this red

wouldn't have been available for Ronnie. The same scenario, he had no

option but to play into the bunch of reds into the pink, Ronnie, if he

takes this on, has no option but to play into the three reds near the

black. Testy moments for him, he has not

been doing well. Has he got good fortune? Not this time.

I think ECU at the yellow. The red won't be in his way. -- he can cue

at the yellow. -- this is just as difficult as the red he has knocked

in. At first glance, where he has

finished is not that bad. A red to the right of the black cuts in. The

one near the left corner is difficult with the rest. He had a

bit of a result there, had Ronnie. This is the result that Denis was

talking about. Once you miss a yellow, you are entitled to miss the

red on but Ronnie has just gone into his shot at the moment, struggling.

. I can only presume Mark Selby can stun this in and finish on the pink.

A tough pot. The cut looks as easy as this one.

Where is the red going? Right over the hole. He has left it.

Not a straightforward positional shot as we show you that red almost

go into the pot he attempted. To get away from that angle with the cue

ball, he has to get mrentedive action on this.

He has -- plenty of action on this. And he has, I can tell you. To get

that white up there after that was excellent.

The pause and then delivering the cue, there is not a great deal of

players that can create that amount of cue power to play that shot.

He will concentrate on pink and blue for a few shots. He is going through

a spell where he has not got complete control of the cue ball.

Just using the reds to try and slow the cue ball down. But he is faced

with a tricky one. It still pots though.

That is good from that position. Awkward cueing and to judge that

cutback, he has given himself a great chance now.

Over two days, four sessions, you set yourself targets, you want to

win the little mini-sessions 3-1. The chance is there for Ronnie to

get out of this with a 5-3 advantage.

It is not a straight forward run to the winning line in this frame. That

little triangle of reds, well one at the back will be available

eventually. A nice little cannon here when

potting the pink will develop both these reds.

There is a 10% difference in the pot success rate, because Mark's not

been scoring heavily at all when he gets in the balls. If you said after

eight breaks you would only make one break over 30.

Can you believe that? A chance to get back level at 4-4 going into

tonight's session. I don't think anyone seen that coming.

Now he has got an angle on the pink here.

He can play for red at the back next to the black. Well, he has finished

on that one. In fact it has flicked the black out.

He could finish on the black here possibly. All of a sudden, the roles

are reversed here. Ronnie O'Sullivan can just sit and,

well, he is helping that something can go wrong.

But Mark Selby looks fully focussed. He didn't expect this chaps and he

is going -- chance and he is going to grab it here.

No problem getting on that red. That is to the right of the cue ball.

He would like to leave an angle on this red to screw up for the blue or

baulk colour off this last red and he has got that.

Has he got the correct angle to screw back? He is going to miss the

middle pocket. Watch the white hen it hits the

cushion. Oh, this is a great shot. Needs to pull up. He has maybe hit

it too well. He has hit it too well. That is amazing. Amazing. So another

twist to this final frame. I'm surprised he could pot the pink and

hit the cushion. Look at the angle on the pink. He could only get two

inches past the jaws of middle pocket.

He got too much reverse side on to that. What a shot he is faced with

here. That is the all he could do with

this one. The highest break of the match so far and it is only 38.

Could he get out of this session 4-4?

He nearly pushed that red on and left a straight pot for the middle.

How is the length with this? Looks pretty good.

There was always room around the back of that. Mark will have this

replaced. I think the green was on its spot. It might have been just

off the spot. Yeah, just below the spot there. Looks pretty good.

That red is far away enough from the cushion to make this not a straight

forward escape. Well, he will settle for the

outcome. You never really know where they're going to go, but that will

do nicely, thank you very much. It is a very difficult safety shot,

because the double-kiss is on. Why would you play this? Would you play

it thick and leave the white at this end? If he plays the thin one, he

can send it across and back over behind the black. But he would have

to be so accurate to that, because he could cannon into the ink. --

pink. I think the red is just slightly off the cushion. So he will

have to be spot on with this. Oh, he has got the double-kiss.

Where is the red going? Well, absolutely amazing. What a fluke!

You could hear the clears from the Selby supporters and the groans from

the Ronnie O'Sullivan supporters. It is amazing, the tension of a final

frame of a session, amazing. Mark maybe should have given himself a

few more seconds there. If he had been playing really great

that would have cost him the frame, he would have been more distraught.

The fact he has got out of this session, if Ronnie clears, by only

losing five frames. It is hard to put it into perspective.

He will be pleased with 5-3. Luckily the black is where it is.

Rrn started brilliantly, breaks of 69 and 102.

He will be pleased now to have won the third session by two frames.

Mark Selby got back into the match, but he still trails by 5-3. What a

first session of this year's final. And we are just drawing breath,

because for all of his brilliance early on, he only manages to come

out two frames in front. That was a fighting performance from Selby. Yes

and that is way he can beat Ronnie. He is not going to outpot him or

outbreak-build him. But he can get to him. He has called him the

torture in the past. But how crucial will that ball be? At 4 will have 4,

he would -- at 4-4, he would have been so happy to be 4 will have -4.

He will still be happy. I don't so. I said if he got out of it 5-3 he

would be happy, but he has missed a sitter. You would have offered him

5-3 and he would have gone yeah, but I think he will be kicking himself.

We naught it was a runaway, Ronnie 3-0 up, but this could be a proper

test. Well that frame swings it back into Ronnie's favour. He was out of

sorts for a couple of frames, making misses and bad safety shots. Well

that is act one. We will all draw breath and get ready for act two. We

will be back in time for a quick bite to eat at 7 o'clock. We will

have nine more frames to play this evening. I hope you have enjoyed the

first installment of this final. So much more to come. For now, it is

goodbye.