Day 16, Part 4

:00:00. > :00:00.Selby won't mind. His has his first frame on the board this evening but

:00:00. > :00:00.still, Ronnie O'Sullivan leads by four frames now, -4.

:00:00. > :00:09.? STUDIO: He has his first frame on

:00:10. > :00:15.the board and top break of 55. Those four frames have taken nearly two

:00:16. > :00:21.hours to complete. Not often you say that in a match involving Ronnie owe

:00:22. > :00:24.you will have van. He has been showing concentration and respect

:00:25. > :00:33.for Mark Selby in the way he has gone about his business tonight. .

:00:34. > :00:38.He is not disrespectful in his shot selection. You have to admire his

:00:39. > :00:42.patience. But for Mark Selby, the scoring. Well done him. We can all

:00:43. > :00:45.play when it is easy. Everyone can play when the sun is out. It is when

:00:46. > :00:52.there is a include over your head. He has dug 55 from nothing. He

:00:53. > :00:56.hasn't been scoring great all day. And still having a joke in the

:00:57. > :01:02.crowd. He turned around and said - I will be all right with this one. So,

:01:03. > :01:06.he has a sevens humour. He did really well. Observations from Steve

:01:07. > :01:09.Davis in the practice room. General objections and since the

:01:10. > :01:13.advancements in camera technology, we have discovered that snooker

:01:14. > :01:17.isn't the two dimensional game we once thought it was. The balls are

:01:18. > :01:21.bouncing when you hit the cue ball it is bouncing, when it hits the

:01:22. > :01:24.object ball it is bouncing and afterwards, the balls are bouncing.

:01:25. > :01:45.The players can use this to their advantage. See this shot from Ronnie

:01:46. > :01:49.O'Sullivan. He deliberate deliberately bounces the cue ball to

:01:50. > :01:53.widen the angle. The while ball bounces in the air. Once it stops

:01:54. > :01:57.bouncing, it will spin forwards, speed up. It hits the cushion and

:01:58. > :02:05.then he goes into the reds. Let's watch that shot. He bounces it.

:02:06. > :02:11.Speeds up and breaks the reds open. You can use that to your advantage.

:02:12. > :02:17.The other one is when you are trying to split open a pack of reds using

:02:18. > :02:22.topspin. You jump the ball in the air t starts to go into the reds. It

:02:23. > :02:27.still has the topspin but you land on reds and pushing the reds out of

:02:28. > :02:31.the way. When it is in the air the cue ball cannot have any influence

:02:32. > :02:35.on the cloth but once it finds the cloth, it starts to grip on the

:02:36. > :02:39.cloth and it uses the spin you put on, as well as the bouncing to drive

:02:40. > :02:43.through the ball and now you see, it is gripping on the cloth. It is

:02:44. > :02:46.starting pushing with lots of topspin. It is pushing its way

:02:47. > :02:50.through the reds. You can open the pack of reds that way using a lot of

:02:51. > :02:55.topspin. Let's stop the action there. Going back to Ronnie

:02:56. > :03:00.O'Sullivan's shot, another angle. Remember he is bouncing the cue ball

:03:01. > :03:10.and widens the angle. When the ball stops bouncing, then it spins

:03:11. > :03:14.forward. Here we go: As it grips, it is fast and goes through the ball.

:03:15. > :03:22.We will see Ronnie O'Sullivan's shot. He plays this, bouncing the

:03:23. > :03:26.ball. Opening the reds up. Be aware, the balls are bouncing, you have

:03:27. > :03:30.spins on them and hopefully you can control the balls by using different

:03:31. > :03:34.amounts of raising but a fraction you up in the air, bouncing the

:03:35. > :03:40.balls when you need to. Is he pushing for a PhD? Ronnie

:03:41. > :03:44.O'Sullivan has been pushed at the Crucible this year, particularly by

:03:45. > :03:47.Joe Perry in the second round but in the quarter-final and semifinal he

:03:48. > :03:53.came through with the minimum of fuss and real pin ash. So much so,

:03:54. > :03:57.he cleared both matches with a session to spare, earning a day off

:03:58. > :04:04.yesterday, some of which he spent with Steve.

:04:05. > :04:10.Another final. Does it feel any different to previous years? Yes, I

:04:11. > :04:14.think this one has been much more relaxed. I've felt for the fist time

:04:15. > :04:21.when I went to the two table to the one table, I felt much more at home,

:04:22. > :04:26.much more quickly. Normally it takes one-and-a-half sessions to get used

:04:27. > :04:30.to the space but this time I felt OK from the off, really. How do you

:04:31. > :04:35.judge your own game, compared it five years ago? I'm much more

:04:36. > :04:40.consistent now. I'm much more able to put away any thoughts of - you

:04:41. > :04:46.know, during the match when I'm sort of maybe things aren't going my way

:04:47. > :04:51.and I'm not getting the fluency and potting and accuracy that we all

:04:52. > :04:54.strive for. Whereas before, if I wasn't playing well going into a

:04:55. > :05:00.tournament I would think - it is not going to be my tournament. Now I

:05:01. > :05:06.cannot worry so much if I'm in the playing so well, so when I get to

:05:07. > :05:11.the tournament I'm not panicking so much. Steve Peters instrumental in

:05:12. > :05:15.helping you. Absolutely. When you are playing well you don't panic but

:05:16. > :05:19.when you are not playing well, you know the panic sets in. Steve has

:05:20. > :05:23.helped me kind of try and get in that frame of mind - as if you are

:05:24. > :05:27.playing well, although you are not and to enjoy the process a lot more.

:05:28. > :05:31.Accepting that if I want to be successful and want to win titles,

:05:32. > :05:35.part of the package is you can't play well every day. I thought I

:05:36. > :05:40.could. You have Mark Selby in the final. He's caused you problems

:05:41. > :05:44.before. Tell me about him. Yes, I mean, I think he has caused

:05:45. > :05:50.everybody problems. He is that type of guy that never gives in. He has a

:05:51. > :05:54.great tactical game. He can contain you. You can be waiting a long time

:05:55. > :05:56.before you get an opportunity. If you don't score from that

:05:57. > :06:01.opportunity, you can wait another long time before you get another

:06:02. > :06:04.opportunity. I think that, you know, since working with Steve and that, I

:06:05. > :06:10.have kind of learned to admire Mark more now. I know it is not easy when

:06:11. > :06:13.the balls ain't flowing in well and you are not scoring as well and you

:06:14. > :06:18.are kind of having to graft matches out and Mark does a lot of that. To

:06:19. > :06:23.hold it will together, like he does, it shows what a great player,

:06:24. > :06:29.champion and competitor he S and his desire to want to win -- he is. And

:06:30. > :06:33.his desire to want to win makes him a formidable opponent. Tell me about

:06:34. > :06:37.something I'm very interested in - not because I'm worried about my

:06:38. > :06:41.record, I have no record, Stephen Hendry has the record. But are you

:06:42. > :06:45.relishing the challenge of the chance of being in the record books?

:06:46. > :06:48.Wouldn't it be nice to be eight times World Champion? I would be

:06:49. > :06:53.lying to say I haven't thought about it, but every time I think about it,

:06:54. > :06:58.I just think - you know, that's too far to look ahead. So, for me, it is

:06:59. > :07:03.just kind of, just to having got four was great, five is fantastic.

:07:04. > :07:08.And to be in another final with a chance to equal yourself and Ray

:07:09. > :07:14.Reardon, I would have to pinch myself, really. I'm content with

:07:15. > :07:18.fie. Don't get me wrong, I want more -- I'm content with five. Don't get

:07:19. > :07:22.me wrong, I will not be stopping. The only time I will stop is when I

:07:23. > :07:26.feel I don't want to do it. If the record comes, it is great. I have

:07:27. > :07:30.had great success here, and, you know, who wouldn't want to be a

:07:31. > :07:36.world record holder of eight world titles? Another record that not

:07:37. > :07:41.exactly the same type but longevity within the game. You are coming up

:07:42. > :07:46.to, at some stage, to 40 years old. People, in the past, have seemed to

:07:47. > :07:51.have hit a brick wall at 40. Is it in your mind to push the barriers

:07:52. > :07:54.back, to be the oldest champion? The person that actually forces the

:07:55. > :07:59.expectations of people as to what they can achieve older in theirs

:08:00. > :08:04.lives? Yeah, when I was first working with Steve Peters we kind of

:08:05. > :08:08.tried to set myself like long-term goals, if you like or a dream goal,

:08:09. > :08:14.if you like. One of mine was to say - well, rather than try to win World

:08:15. > :08:20.Champions in the here and now, saying maybe a much more healthier

:08:21. > :08:26.ambition would be to say I want to win woorld champion in my 40s. If --

:08:27. > :08:31.World Champion. So if I wasn't winning them now, the main targeted

:08:32. > :08:38.was to win one in my 40s. I'm 38, 39 this year. Everyone else doing well

:08:39. > :08:43.are like 30, and 301, like Neil and Mark Selby and then you have the

:08:44. > :08:49.younger ones like ding and Trumpy and I kind of feel blessed to be

:08:50. > :08:54.able to be mixing it with this era of snooker players. I don't know

:08:55. > :08:58.what it is down to. I think a lot of it is that I'm enjoying playing. If

:08:59. > :09:02.you are enjoying playing, it helps, it makes you feel young. Do you

:09:03. > :09:08.think this will mean more to you than some other World Championship

:09:09. > :09:12.victories if you were to win it? No, my biggest one was 2012, without a

:09:13. > :09:17.doubt. I didn't intend to come back to playing. It was only that I found

:09:18. > :09:20.a new love for the game and just to have my boy there with me. I never

:09:21. > :09:26.thought that was going top ha. I really didn't. -- to happen. I

:09:27. > :09:32.really didn't but when I was clearing up against Ally Carter I

:09:33. > :09:38.was having to hold it back. It was such a special emotion. It felt like

:09:39. > :09:43.me and little Ronnie, after everything I have gone through,

:09:44. > :09:47.separating - I don't want to go into it, it was emotionally charged and I

:09:48. > :09:58.was like, you know what, money can't buy this feeling. For me that was

:09:59. > :10:03.it, the icing on the cake. R I'm enjoying it for a change. -- I'm

:10:04. > :10:07.enjoying it for a chavenlingt I have had so many times when I had to

:10:08. > :10:11.battle around it. Now if I'm not happy I have to deal with it and

:10:12. > :10:15.accept it is part and parcel of the game and not beat myself up. It was

:10:16. > :10:20.hard. I was hard on myself for a long time. This is me going to work,

:10:21. > :10:26.doing what I do and basically feeling like I'm living the dream.

:10:27. > :10:31.It is truly remarkable. It was only three years ago that he started to

:10:32. > :10:35.work with Dr Steve Peters. He got to the quarter-finals. He had only been

:10:36. > :10:43.working with him for about a month before that and suddenly on the cows

:10:44. > :10:49.of of three in a row -- on the cusp. It has been written that it is an

:10:50. > :10:53.alliance of imperfection. An ability to accept you are not be perfect all

:10:54. > :10:57.the time. Is that the key It is the key. We are all perfectionist. He

:10:58. > :11:01.has been a massive influence on him. His attitude has changed completely.

:11:02. > :11:05.I think we are seeing more than signs of it in the final. I think he

:11:06. > :11:08.is applying himself here better than he has ever done and because of

:11:09. > :11:12.that, he is probably going to win again. Do you recognise that need to

:11:13. > :11:18.be perfect and how debilitating it was in perhaps your later years in

:11:19. > :11:23.the sport? Absolutely. I remember in my last World Championship making a

:11:24. > :11:28.maximum against Bingham and going to Chris Hendry working with him, and

:11:29. > :11:34.he was saying - the maximum is unbelieval and I just wanted to talk

:11:35. > :11:39.about how I butchered other shots. I can remember the balls that I missed

:11:40. > :11:43.that cost me tournaments. I cannot remember half the ones, I won. I

:11:44. > :11:47.haven't got a clue. You always remember the ones you made the

:11:48. > :11:51.mistakes on. Ronnie's friend, Damien Hirst, the artist, who is with him

:11:52. > :11:55.in his corner, says he feels this campaign is crucial if he is to

:11:56. > :11:59.catch your seven world titles do you agree? I said that to a couple of

:12:00. > :12:04.people. I said - if he doesn't win it this year - and obviously I'm

:12:05. > :12:09.protecting my record, but I said if he doesn't win this, I think he will

:12:10. > :12:13.find it tough but if he does, he will probably go on to win it. Do

:12:14. > :12:20.you think that could incentivise him? He does. And he is better

:12:21. > :12:25.equipped. He is incredibly fit. We know how much he runs. He has

:12:26. > :12:28.bundles of talent He is only playing when he wants to. Nobody is forcing

:12:29. > :12:33.him to. You are going to be playing when you want to now. In the last

:12:34. > :12:37.week or so, there was an announcement here that made Stephen

:12:38. > :12:41.Hendry and Steve Davis, an invitation it play on the tour next

:12:42. > :12:45.year. How much or how little they do is up to them. But there was another

:12:46. > :12:49.part to the announcement which said all previous Kings of the Crucible,

:12:50. > :12:53.all the previous World Champions will be able to get into the

:12:54. > :13:00.qualifying round to get into this great event. So who will play and

:13:01. > :13:05.who will stay away? We do accept that the World Championships is a

:13:06. > :13:09.very special event. Our blue riband event. We have decided to increase

:13:10. > :13:16.the number of players in the world snooker Championships from 128 to

:13:17. > :13:21.144. The extra 16 players will be drawn by inviting any player who has

:13:22. > :13:34.won the World Snooker Championship in the past and it will include play

:13:35. > :13:38.players from virgin countries. I'm a bit upset you have not seeded me

:13:39. > :13:42.through to the final seeing as I am your mate but I suppose the last one

:13:43. > :13:46.to eight is OK. I think it is great idea. I think it is something they

:13:47. > :13:50.do in other sports. Obviously golf, past champions. I don't think the

:13:51. > :13:57.young gun also feel threatened by us, but it gives us a chance to

:13:58. > :14:01.relive old glories, I suppose. I think I might just maybe even get

:14:02. > :14:06.myself a new cue, start putting practice in and I'll give it a go

:14:07. > :14:10.next year. And very little chance of getting back to the Crucible

:14:11. > :14:22.Theatre. But who knows, it might just happen. . I'm seriously

:14:23. > :14:26.thinking about doing it. I'm a lot older nowadays. I'm practice. If my

:14:27. > :14:31.practice game is good, I may enter. I think for some of the players who

:14:32. > :14:33.are ex-champions it is a good idea. Obviously they have to go through

:14:34. > :14:37.the qualifying which is the correct thing and if they come through and

:14:38. > :14:41.qualify that way, brilliant. A great buzz for the tournament and well

:14:42. > :14:46.done. Unfortunately, I will not be one of them. ! For me, personally,

:14:47. > :14:52.well hopefully I won't have to use it for a few years yet but if I do,

:14:53. > :14:56.I would obviously like to play in the world champion at some stage. If

:14:57. > :15:03.I believe I'm able it compete for me I still get angry when I play baddie

:15:04. > :15:10.in exhibitions. I would have to feel I was going to do myself justice. .

:15:11. > :15:13.I think it is great fun idea and it will be very interesting to see how

:15:14. > :15:18.many players take up the option. It sure will. It will be a bit like the

:15:19. > :15:22.Masters at Augusta, about how many of the former champions will make

:15:23. > :15:26.the cut. You will have to win three best of 19 frames to make it here.

:15:27. > :15:30.People think it is an invitation straight to the Crucible but there

:15:31. > :15:35.is hard work to do to get through the mine field of the qualifiers.

:15:36. > :15:39.What appeals to you? This. This atmosphere is special. This is the

:15:40. > :15:43.only place to play snooker and to get the chance to possibly play here

:15:44. > :15:48.again would be fantastic but as I said, I wouldn't just do it for the

:15:49. > :15:52.occasion, I want to play well. Are you happy to sit where you are?

:15:53. > :15:59.While there is golf courses in the world I will not be getting the cue

:16:00. > :16:03.out. I packed in five years ago I had my fill. For all the boy who is

:16:04. > :16:08.want to come through, fantastic but I'm getting my clubs out. We have

:16:09. > :16:14.heard from Ronnie O'Sullivan but what about Mark Selby. He has made

:16:15. > :16:18.for the practice room. That's his friend Bobby who has come across

:16:19. > :16:22.from Hong Kong to help him. Mark paid for his ticket for him to be

:16:23. > :16:28.here, to support him. A great gesture from a great guy. The Jester

:16:29. > :16:34.from Leicester, great fun. A lot of nick names, stickability Selby and

:16:35. > :16:39.sat-nav Selby and the one that Ronny wrote about, the Torturer because at

:16:40. > :16:46.the table this man is hard as nails. We spoke to him after his victory.

:16:47. > :16:50.My biggest one was 200012. I didn't intend coming back. I can't believe

:16:51. > :16:54.it. Obviously such a tough game. Neil is one of the best players in

:16:55. > :16:58.the world. I knew it was going to be a tough match. I was never going to

:16:59. > :17:03.win easy either way. I was never going to give in even if I did get

:17:04. > :17:11.beat but I managed to get over the line. Seven years since he reach

:17:12. > :17:15.your last final. What is the difference in your game now I have

:17:16. > :17:18.more belief. When I was going through, I had no expectations. Now

:17:19. > :17:20.I have won tournaments I have the belief coming into the big

:17:21. > :17:24.tournaments like the World Championships. So probably just

:17:25. > :17:27.confidence, really. Why do you think it has taken you so long to get to

:17:28. > :17:33.another final. It looked like that was the springboard for you to

:17:34. > :17:38.continually be in the final. The standard is so tough. It is such a

:17:39. > :17:41.hard tournament to win. You know you are going to have bad sessions here

:17:42. > :17:45.and there, it is a matter of how bad they are. Thankfully for this week,

:17:46. > :17:51.when I have had a bad session, it has only been 5-3 or 3-4. Much has

:17:52. > :17:58.been said of the fact that Ronnie has won with a session to spare. #

:17:59. > :18:02.It is obviously the way Ronnie has played. He has played two matches

:18:03. > :18:06.with sessions to spare. At the speed he plays, obviously, it still seems

:18:07. > :18:10.to not take much out of him. You have had epic battles with him over

:18:11. > :18:14.the years but you seem better prepared than most to cope with

:18:15. > :18:18.that. Why? I play the table and believe in my own ability. If it

:18:19. > :18:22.goes scrappy I'm tolling stay out there as long possible. -- I'm

:18:23. > :18:26.willing to. If it is open I'm willing to stay.

:18:27. > :18:29.What is your approach to the final? It is much documented you had

:18:30. > :18:35.confidence issues. It is not like that now, is it? Not at all. Even

:18:36. > :18:37.before coming to the World Championships about a

:18:38. > :18:41.week-and-a-half before, something clicked on the practice table. Even

:18:42. > :18:46.though I have got to four finals, I have not felt I played fantastic to

:18:47. > :18:52.get there. I have dug in and obviously play my B game but coming

:18:53. > :18:58.to the World I was confident T clicked in practice. Ronnie has

:18:59. > :19:03.mentioned he has learned respect for your mental toughness. Do you think

:19:04. > :19:09.that is one of your assets I think it is one of them. Like I say, my B

:19:10. > :19:14.game if I'm in the playing at my best, I win on it. -- I can win on

:19:15. > :19:18.it. You have won the Masters and the UK. What would the World

:19:19. > :19:22.Championship mean it Mark Selby? Everything. That's my childhood

:19:23. > :19:29.dream. That's what you play snooker for, to be a World Champion and lift

:19:30. > :19:35.that trophy end of it. He talked about his levels of belief having

:19:36. > :19:39.risen considerably since he appeared here against John Higgins. This is a

:19:40. > :19:45.real test of his self-belief against this man who has played brilliant

:19:46. > :19:50.snrooker. He has played -- snooker. He's played calm stuff here. We have

:19:51. > :19:55.five more frames this evening and we'll share them now in the company

:19:56. > :20:01.of Denis Taylor and John Virgo. There they are.

:20:02. > :20:05.JOHN VIRGO: Good evening. I thought before the mid-session interval that

:20:06. > :20:09.Mark Selby seemed to be in the mood to be a little bit more aggressive,

:20:10. > :20:19.Denis and take a few more pots on, maybe things happen. DENIS TAYLOR:

:20:20. > :20:28.Ye, I'm with you on that one, John. He did quicken up, quite a bit. It

:20:29. > :20:32.was such an important frame to win. Straight away he may have an early

:20:33. > :20:36.chance if that green doesn't come to Ronnie's rescue. Well it has, it

:20:37. > :20:40.wasn't the best break-off shot but the green, that little smile from

:20:41. > :20:42.Mark, is telling you there what he thinks of not being able to pot the

:20:43. > :21:06.red. Oh, that's the pink. Ref rf foul and

:21:07. > :21:12.miss. Ron -- REFEREE: Foul and mi,s Ronny O'Sullivan four.

:21:13. > :21:16.Ronnie is a bit reluctant to put it back but he has no shots sow might

:21:17. > :21:22.as well. I think Mark was coming into the table and thinking - I have

:21:23. > :21:26.to have a red in the middle pocket. This game never changes. When you

:21:27. > :21:34.are lined and need a it about of luck, it never seems to go your way.

:21:35. > :21:38.-- need a bit of luck. Ronnie just making certain that the cue ball is

:21:39. > :21:39.back where it was. I don't think he could get through to any part of

:21:40. > :21:50.this red. This is where it was. It is only the

:21:51. > :21:58.cue ball that needs doing. It doesn't look too bad now.

:21:59. > :22:16.Same shot but just a touch more left-handside, and pace.

:22:17. > :22:22.Touching ball, declares the referee so an easy path back to the baulk

:22:23. > :23:03.for Ronnie. He is going the other side of the

:23:04. > :23:18.table now, into the reds. It should be OK.

:23:19. > :23:26.I don't know if he can see enough of that red. Obviously not. But he has

:23:27. > :23:31.purposely left Mark a shot at that red. Or did he purposely leave him a

:23:32. > :23:38.shot at the red? Because Mark can have a go at this. OK, he may have a

:23:39. > :23:43.little bit of an awkward bridge to make.

:23:44. > :23:50.Well there is certainly a gap for the cue but is he touching the pink?

:23:51. > :23:56.The referee wouldn't declare this touching the pink.

:23:57. > :24:03.Just not but can he get it? No, just couldn't get to the potting angle,

:24:04. > :24:08.so just a containing safety but if he has not covered that red for the

:24:09. > :24:12.yellow, a good chance for Ronnie to play a lot better safety than that.

:24:13. > :24:22.I wonder if he will send it into the reds. He has.

:24:23. > :24:29.The danger with that is you never know where they are going to go. He

:24:30. > :24:32.has a good cue ball. He hasn't covered the one to the right. You

:24:33. > :24:38.are never sure where they are going, but it was a good attacking shot.

:24:39. > :24:39.One good pot and he might miss the cannon into the reds. He could give

:24:40. > :24:59.himself a chance here. He needed a good kiss on the brown.

:25:00. > :25:05.He didn't get it, so up to the yellow. He think he has just hit

:25:06. > :25:07.that yellow a little bit too hard. He is walking back to his seat. You

:25:08. > :25:30.saw that disappointment on his face. Is Good hit from Ronnie. What has

:25:31. > :25:38.been impressive for me is we go on about which Ronnie has turned up. We

:25:39. > :25:42.have put that behind us. Even the frames this evening which have been

:25:43. > :25:47.slow, Ronnie has not lost his focus, has he?

:25:48. > :25:57.Well, while we are talking they are having a re-rack. Listen, Listen JV,

:25:58. > :26:10.nothing wrong with a re-rack every now and again, does you the world of

:26:11. > :26:15.good. Brendan Moore who are refereeing his first-ever World

:26:16. > :26:22.Championship final is enjoying every minute of this. It is great to see

:26:23. > :26:27.him there. That's what they are playing for, that magnificent World

:26:28. > :26:58.Championship trophy. And a lovely little lady on the top there.

:26:59. > :27:05.So, Ronnie gets this frame started again. Not the best break-off shot.

:27:06. > :27:10.The cue ball off the baulk line and there is a chance for red for Mark.

:27:11. > :27:19.These are the types of reds you feel he has to start knocking in. Good

:27:20. > :27:32.pot. And controlled it nicely to be on a baulk colour.

:27:33. > :27:40.He nicely found the gap there and controlled the cue ball well.

:27:41. > :27:48.You had the perfect picture there of where he was hitting that cue ball

:27:49. > :27:51.to screw back right down in the bottom. Look at, that right down at

:27:52. > :28:05.the bottom of the white. So, as Hazel mentioned, there are

:28:06. > :28:21.five frames to be played to finish this session of.

:28:22. > :28:34.He is hitting the white right down at 6.00 if you imagine the ball

:28:35. > :29:03.being a clock face. It stops and then keeps on spinning.

:29:04. > :29:10.The last of the easy reds. He will have to go into this cluster off the

:29:11. > :29:15.black. It is the type of cluster you would like to go into off the blue

:29:16. > :29:21.but that's not an option here. Just about got the angle. I was wondering

:29:22. > :29:25.if he stunned it rather than screwed it, he play this is shot so well. It

:29:26. > :29:31.looks like he is going to screw it but he does play it so well. Now,

:29:32. > :29:36.you see, the red is in as well. REFEREE: Foul. He normally stun that

:29:37. > :29:40.is type of shot from that angle and could have stunned it past the

:29:41. > :29:45.middle of the back. You see the two reds, well if he had played that

:29:46. > :29:46.with a stun he would have pushed them open better. Unlucky to knock

:29:47. > :30:16.that red in. As you say, there is five more

:30:17. > :30:27.frames. Four after this one and very big frames these are for Mark Selby.

:30:28. > :30:37.You think if he wants to win at least three of the five. Yes, that

:30:38. > :31:05.would be Mark's target. But you have got to play them frame at a time.

:31:06. > :31:14.If he plays down this red the left side, he can send it over to the

:31:15. > :31:21.other red. So he has changed his mind.

:31:22. > :31:38.This is a much better choice, this one. Nicely played. He has improved

:31:39. > :31:43.his safety play. He needed to. In the first session today, his safety

:31:44. > :31:48.play, I don't think this safety success is a fair reflection of some

:31:49. > :32:32.of the safety shots. He was catching a lot too thick.

:32:33. > :32:42.That's opened a few more reds up. The next shot might even o' open a

:32:43. > :33:05.few more That's turned out OK in the end, but

:33:06. > :33:08.boy he just went past that red on the left-hand side of the table. If

:33:09. > :33:15.he had caught it thicker, the cue ball wouldn't have finished there.

:33:16. > :33:21.Look at that - just feathered that red and that helped it find the gap

:33:22. > :33:43.between yellow and brown. Well, not the best safety. I don't

:33:44. > :33:48.know if it goes to to far right corner past the pink. That is the

:33:49. > :33:49.one you would want to play if you had the choice. It must be very

:33:50. > :34:19.close to being pottable. He is keeping the discipline. I

:34:20. > :34:24.think Ronnie a couple of seasons a go would maybe have had a go at

:34:25. > :34:32.that. But he is playing all the correct shots.

:34:33. > :34:40.I can't think of too many times that Ronnie has pushed the boat out as we

:34:41. > :34:45.say. Well, that has opened them up. If he drops in behind the green, it

:34:46. > :34:49.is a bonus. Not quite. He can get through to this red. If he missed

:34:50. > :34:58.the green he would have had him snookered on all the reds. Just keep

:34:59. > :35:04.an eye on the you ball here. There is a bit of a gap.

:35:05. > :35:13.He could catch the red that is near the cushion. We had so much side on

:35:14. > :35:18.that. He played that with so much right-hand side to avoid cannoning

:35:19. > :35:33.into that red. That makes the pot so much more difficult.

:35:34. > :35:39.As Dennis said, just to check it to miss that red. But he has not played

:35:40. > :35:59.the best positional shot there. He has got to avoid the kiss on the

:36:00. > :36:06.second red. And where is the cue ball? Where is the cue ball going?

:36:07. > :36:10.It is OK. Well, he will be so disa appointed with his shot when he

:36:11. > :36:18.cannoned the blue, because he had a great chance. This was the screw

:36:19. > :36:24.back. He didn't want to be anywhere near the blue. And once he hit it

:36:25. > :36:26.half ball, it is amazing how one little cannon can put you right out

:36:27. > :36:46.of position. Thin on that. That is why the cue

:36:47. > :36:50.ball's coming in and out of baulk. Well, there is a few reds he could

:36:51. > :37:01.have a go at. Not guaranteed position on the colour.

:37:02. > :37:28.Well, he wasn't expecting a cannon there, he thought he could take a

:37:29. > :37:32.pot on and miss that cannon. When you have got a four-frame advantage,

:37:33. > :37:36.as we show you this attempt at the cut, maybe if he had potted that, he

:37:37. > :37:41.wouldn't have cannoned the red. If you have a four-frame advantage, you

:37:42. > :37:49.just want to share the little mini-sessions.

:37:50. > :38:08.He has left himself a very tricky pot here. This needs good cueing.

:38:09. > :38:20.Tough with your hand on the cushion there. Oh, he has played it nicely.

:38:21. > :38:23.The problem was it was going away from the reds. But as you say, a

:38:24. > :38:41.good pot. He needs another one now. He will put everything into this

:38:42. > :39:39.chance here. He didn't get that well, he just

:39:40. > :39:47.stunned it a bit too. Should have been straight on this pink. This

:39:48. > :39:57.pink will put him 40 points in front with 67 remaining.

:39:58. > :40:06.Just able to use that red to hold the cue ball.

:40:07. > :40:14.He will need the little extension there. Slightly out of position

:40:15. > :40:54.there previously. 46 ahead, 59 remaining. He is

:40:55. > :41:00.looking at the score board. Red, blue, red, pink, red, blashg would

:41:01. > :41:04.put him in the snookers required stage.

:41:05. > :41:15.Anything less and he will need another red. He is nicely on blue or

:41:16. > :41:25.pink. The blue is unmissable, so it will probably be the blue.

:41:26. > :41:45.The blue will put him 52 points ahead with 51 remaining.

:41:46. > :41:55.It's not there. So one snooker required for Ronnie as he comes to

:41:56. > :42:05.the table, 52 points behind, 51 remaining.

:42:06. > :42:12.He will play for the red the right side of the table.

:42:13. > :42:20.Because the one at the back is in an ideal place to get a snooker. Mark

:42:21. > :42:28.knows he could be snookered behind the black.

:42:29. > :42:33.Yeah, that's pretty good. Ronnie just coming around to see where he

:42:34. > :42:47.would like to leave the cue ball. If he sends the red up near one of

:42:48. > :42:50.the baulk colours and gets it close to it and gets behind the black. He

:42:51. > :42:57.is right back in this frame. He would like to be tight up behind

:42:58. > :43:18.the black. I think he has got the snooker and

:43:19. > :43:27.cut out the one cushion escape. So this frame could be back on. There

:43:28. > :43:34.is a possible one-cushion escape. But that's difficult. I don't think

:43:35. > :43:39.he can swerve around the black, he is too close to that. This way, he

:43:40. > :44:09.is going to have to be very precise. Nonchts, help has -- no, he has

:44:10. > :44:19.missed it. REFEREE: Foul. Frame on again. So now 32 behind, 35

:44:20. > :44:23.remaining. He knew when he missed that red that would have kept Ronnie

:44:24. > :44:27.in his seat that he was asking for trouble, because he left the red on

:44:28. > :44:37.and Ronnie could get the blacks he needed and play the snooker.

:44:38. > :44:54.If this runs past the black, we could have a new favourite for the

:44:55. > :45:00.frame. Well, it has. Ronnie anxiously looking the other side of

:45:01. > :45:04.the table. Because he is so close to the cushion, to get the bit of side

:45:05. > :45:11.that is needed to come off the cushion, miss the plaque and hit the

:45:12. > :45:24.red -- black and hit the red, he might have to swerve this and hope

:45:25. > :45:29.for the best. He is looking at off the side cushion.

:45:30. > :45:37.This will have to be absolutely spot on. REFEREE: Foul and a miss. It was

:45:38. > :45:43.always there. That is why I thought he might just swerve around it.

:45:44. > :45:47.Ronnie's, it's a free ball as well. So that will give him a free shot,

:45:48. > :45:52.if he wants. But Ronnie having a look at the score board, the thing

:45:53. > :45:58.is he will need the black and the black is now safe. That is why he

:45:59. > :46:02.has had it put back. If he didn't need the black, I'm certain he would

:46:03. > :46:12.have played the green as the free ball. Yes, the shot he is

:46:13. > :46:15.attempting, he has to be so precise to miss the black and just flick the

:46:16. > :46:49.red. REFEREE: Foul and a miss. He's done

:46:50. > :46:56.it again. Ronnie having a think, because he won't need the black. 18

:46:57. > :47:05.points the difference. If he was to get off this last red, blue or pink.

:47:06. > :47:13.But he thinks well, this is a difficult snooker to hit. I'm

:47:14. > :47:18.surprised he hit the black so thick second time. Especially someone like

:47:19. > :47:29.Mark who is so good at getting out of snookers. He is hoping to knock

:47:30. > :47:33.the red on to the side cushion. But he is hitting the black almost

:47:34. > :47:38.quarter ball. I think it is just a plain ball shot. Well there is less

:47:39. > :47:48.than half ball of the red sticking out.

:47:49. > :48:01.I tell you what, he has done well here. Yes, no luck there. He knew if

:48:02. > :48:11.he caught that red he would send it over on to the side cushion.

:48:12. > :48:28.Well, there is a gap here. It is a tough pot though from where the cue

:48:29. > :48:36.ball is sitting. I think you look at this type of shot, is it easier to

:48:37. > :48:41.play the safety? If he played half ball on the right-hand side on the

:48:42. > :48:57.red as he looking and bring the cue ball behind the black.

:48:58. > :49:06.He played it the other way. Well, I think he has left this red. I think

:49:07. > :49:11.you're way was the best way, John. Sending the red back up and trying

:49:12. > :49:14.to get over behind the black. So one good pot here and one decent cannon

:49:15. > :49:20.on the green. Well is the green going? Where is

:49:21. > :49:37.that green? REFEREE: Foul. Would you Well is the green going? Where is

:49:38. > :49:41.it's a free ball. Well the cannon was always on, Ronnie never dreamt

:49:42. > :49:48.he could cannon the green into the pocket.

:49:49. > :49:55.I think he was hoping he could push the green towards the pocket and

:49:56. > :50:00.have it there. He never envisaged putting it in. The green never

:50:01. > :50:02.touched the side and I think Ronnie knew as soon as he saw the green

:50:03. > :50:08.over the pocket. In it goes. And Mark nicely on the

:50:09. > :50:28.green. And boy, will he be relieved. We do

:50:29. > :50:34.have different turning points in a long match. That is going to be one.

:50:35. > :51:00.Because he would have opened up a five-frame advantage.

:51:01. > :51:13.So a frame that could have gone either way. Mark Selby now relieved

:51:14. > :51:21.to be only three behind at 8-5. STUDIO: Two in a row and John is in

:51:22. > :51:25.our exhibition area and in has come Steve Davis. What do you think of

:51:26. > :51:30.that frame. Mark Selby seems to be very struggling to get over the line

:51:31. > :51:34.in these frames. Yes and Ronnie O'Sullivan potted an excellent red

:51:35. > :51:37.and knocked the green in. Things happen like that in snooker. He

:51:38. > :51:43.didn't expect the green to get to the pocket. But what happens I think

:51:44. > :51:46.in long session matches, multisession matches that doesn't

:51:47. > :51:49.happen in the short sessions, if a player who has the advantage,

:51:50. > :51:56.doesn't keep on pushing the advantage and the o'er player hangs

:51:57. > :52:00.on in there, at some stage the player behind may get some

:52:01. > :52:05.enthusiasm and stage a come back. So you have to keep on pushing if

:52:06. > :52:10.you're in front. It is not as easy from in front. So there a danger

:52:11. > :52:17.would you say of frustration creeping into Ronnie O'Sullivan's

:52:18. > :52:21.game? We talk about how good his patience is. But at some stage

:52:22. > :52:26.Ronnie will become frustrated and his rhythm is not great. He got in

:52:27. > :52:32.earlier in the frame and put a bad shot off the green. He is looking a

:52:33. > :52:36.bit ragged Ronnie in terms of his positional play. It is a long match.

:52:37. > :52:42.We are well over four and a half hours. Yes and there have been

:52:43. > :52:49.bhachs - matches where people have had big leads and been hauled back.

:52:50. > :52:53.A person. Don't need to, it has happened. The situation you find

:52:54. > :52:58.yourself in front, I can say from experience you still have to keep

:52:59. > :53:05.on. You have to keep that guy under it and all the time under it. When

:53:06. > :53:10.you're in the first day of a two-day final, how important is it to have a

:53:11. > :53:14.big lead and have a breathing space? It is important the first frame the

:53:15. > :53:20.other guy is under pressure to win. He is chasing. I think Ronnie needs

:53:21. > :53:28.to just play his natural game. In some ways Ronnie likes to out play

:53:29. > :53:41.his opponent on his game. When Mark Selby was last in the final he was

:53:42. > :53:52.four frames behind against John Higgins. So he is well capable.

:53:53. > :53:58.DENNIS TAYLOR: What a good start, cue ball tight on the cushion.

:53:59. > :54:30.Ronnie is playing at Mark's pace. I have seen him down to 15 in this

:54:31. > :54:38.year's Championship, but not when the balls are like this and you have

:54:39. > :54:43.got tactical play. Ronnie's as good a tactical player as anybody in the

:54:44. > :54:56.game. But he is up against one of best in Mark Selby.

:54:57. > :55:12.A great pot it was. What is the kiss like on the blue? Not bad. It was

:55:13. > :55:17.brilliant cueing this. Tight on the cushion and to knock that in. I

:55:18. > :55:21.think Ronnie left the auditorium and went back just to settle himself

:55:22. > :55:30.down. What a way to start. That was a bit

:55:31. > :55:35.tricky. Played with the left hand. Now he needs to pull another good

:55:36. > :55:45.pot out. He could play to get on the the black here.

:55:46. > :56:14.Yeah, great shot. One good pot on the black and he has given himself a

:56:15. > :56:19.terrific chance. Yes, it was interested what Steve and Stephen

:56:20. > :56:37.were saying, he should play his own game and that was a positive shot.

:56:38. > :56:43.He has got the red that is closest to the black, but I think there is

:56:44. > :56:48.one at the back that is also available.

:56:49. > :56:52.It will be available into the right corner. That is what he is looking

:56:53. > :57:12.at now. That is the one he has played for.

:57:13. > :57:25.But they're not a good bunch to go into.

:57:26. > :57:33.That's why he played for the pink. A better pack to go into from that. If

:57:34. > :57:36.he has the correct angle he can play this with a lot of top spin. All

:57:37. > :57:44.depends on the angle. He doesn't want it to go between that gap.

:57:45. > :58:05.He has gone through that gap. I'm surprised he never looked at that.

:58:06. > :58:16.Well, what a recovery pot that is. And he is on the yellow. And he can

:58:17. > :58:26.get back to the reds. This was just a fabulous pot.

:58:27. > :58:35.Yes, for one of the few times this evening he has decided to make

:58:36. > :58:38.things happen. I think after the first session he could see Mark

:58:39. > :58:41.hadn't settled. He was content to be patient and pabg up the -- pick up

:58:42. > :59:16.the pieces. Nicely on it. I think there is a red

:59:17. > :59:55.available to the left corner. He's picked these off very nicely

:59:56. > :00:01.indeed. He hasn't taken any risks with cannoning into them at the

:00:02. > :00:03.wrong time. Even there, he didn't bother cannoning into the reds and

:00:04. > :00:19.risking it. # This red and the black will put him

:00:20. > :00:26.68 in front with just 67 remaining. Ye, all done in a matter of, well,

:00:27. > :00:38.under seven minutes this frame has been going.

:00:39. > :01:00.68. Now a chance to go on and make a century break here.

:01:01. > :01:08.The record in a World Championship is by the man in the studio, I think

:01:09. > :01:19.15 centuries. He holds a lot of records does Stephen Hendry. Ronnie

:01:20. > :01:21.has made 746 centuries. He is closing in on Stephen Hendry's

:01:22. > :01:51.record. I think it is 775. The people come to see Ronnie play

:01:52. > :01:56.like this and he has turned it on in this frame And this, if he gets a

:01:57. > :02:02.century is going to be this last year, 55 centuries. And a few people

:02:03. > :02:07.would have had a bet on that. And they'll be getting paid out.

:02:08. > :02:16.They certainly will. A magnificent century break from Ronnie

:02:17. > :02:19.O'Sullivan. APPLAUSE.

:02:20. > :02:23.He has done exactly what Stephen Hendry suggested. Get out there and

:02:24. > :02:46.play your own game and this is Ronnie's game.

:02:47. > :03:10.APPLAUSE Well, he enjoyed every moment of

:03:11. > :03:15.that, did Ronnie O'Sullivan and so did the Crucible crowd. What a

:03:16. > :03:24.spectacular break. He is back to four frames in front. It is now 9-5.

:03:25. > :03:29.Well, as you said JV, that's what the crowd came to see and that was a

:03:30. > :03:34.superbreak. The graphic - there are the centuries, the Crucible,

:03:35. > :03:40.Sheffield. 20005. 63. The record wool was in 2009 - 83 centuries but

:03:41. > :03:46.as I say, John, a few people will have had a bet on the 55 centuries

:03:47. > :03:50.being beaten and they will be picking up their winnings, I would

:03:51. > :03:55.say. That's a bit more like it. It has created a buzz in the Crucible

:03:56. > :04:00.Theatre. It's been a bit pedestrian this evening but Ronnie came out and

:04:01. > :04:06.we can look at a few of these shots. There was no holding back. This was

:04:07. > :04:11.cracking. That was the best shot of it. But look at this where he

:04:12. > :04:16.decided to get the black back on the spot. I thought that was the key in

:04:17. > :04:20.the frame. That one to get himself out of trouble. Well, that was the

:04:21. > :04:22.type he had been playing safe earlier on in the evening but he has

:04:23. > :04:38.decided to change his approach. So, Ron yi breaks off, and still

:04:39. > :04:46.four more frames to play this evening. -- Ronnie breaks off. It

:04:47. > :04:54.has certainly warmed up the audience that last frame. Sorry, there is

:04:55. > :04:59.only three more to play. I'm getting ahead of myself but he has stepped

:05:00. > :05:58.up. Now Mark Selby has to do the same.

:05:59. > :06:06.! Well, Mark Selby would love to get both these remaining two frames.

:06:07. > :06:08.There's three frames to be played. If he could get two of the three, he

:06:09. > :06:18.would be more than Well, I thought it had stopped once

:06:19. > :06:39.and it just kept rolling. It looked certain to stop short of

:06:40. > :06:44.the baulk line and it just went on and on and you know, after the last

:06:45. > :06:45.frame, that Ronnie wants to start making things happen but if he takes

:06:46. > :07:02.the blue on, it's going to be risky. Is it looked like it was certain to

:07:03. > :07:07.stop at the baulk line but kept rolling. A great pot.

:07:08. > :07:13.Isn't it great, Denis, to have that ability, and just change the flow of

:07:14. > :07:23.a match? Yes, he has just moved up a couple

:07:24. > :07:54.of gears, hasn't he? Quite a thin cut this and he is

:07:55. > :08:07.heading up towards the baulk colours.

:08:08. > :08:14.A nice angle on the green should he so wish to come off the side cushion

:08:15. > :08:21.and into that cluster. The pink is probably only available into one

:08:22. > :08:26.pocket. The black tied up. It may be worth the risk. No, decided to play

:08:27. > :08:29.for the loose reds. The cue ball needs to slow up a touch. He has

:08:30. > :08:57.overrun it a fraction. He can't cannon into the bunch of

:08:58. > :09:04.reds because of the red above the pink spot.

:09:05. > :09:12.Well, he tried to get on that red, I mentioned. He knew he would always

:09:13. > :09:14.have the other one here into the left corner T ran on a fraction more

:09:15. > :09:25.than he intended there. That's a bonus, if the black will

:09:26. > :09:38.go. It doesn't look like it would pot from this angle.

:09:39. > :09:49.The red at the top of the cluster will go past the pink into the right

:09:50. > :10:16.corner. Now he has got the red away and the

:10:17. > :10:25.angle on the blue. He still has one more red he can play for.

:10:26. > :10:35.He will play for it this time. Can he get back on to the blue? That's

:10:36. > :10:40.the question, though? That's going to be difficult from there. If he

:10:41. > :10:44.screws back, he is back into the middle pocket. He is back looking at

:10:45. > :10:49.that black. It must be very, very tight. Looking at his facial

:10:50. > :10:53.expressions, a little bit annoyed with himself. I like you, thought

:10:54. > :10:57.after the last blue, he would go into the reds. You leave it until

:10:58. > :11:02.the last minute and you get the wrong angle. Watch the middle

:11:03. > :11:07.pocket. Just managed to avoid it and he has landed nicely on the blue to

:11:08. > :11:13.play that cannon. I don't see any plants if he goes into these reds.

:11:14. > :11:17.There might be one if he cannons the left of the reds. He is going to

:11:18. > :11:23.make a little plant. Certainly one red will head over towards the left,

:11:24. > :11:34.corner pocket, depending on the pace.

:11:35. > :11:50.Well, he has them all open now. Well, Mark, you cannot do anything

:11:51. > :12:05.about this. I mean, he wouldn't have played that

:12:06. > :12:34.any better. Well, he was at full stretch there,

:12:35. > :12:38.although it was inch perfect. Although a shake of the head so

:12:39. > :12:42.maybe not the angle he wanted. You wouldn't have thought it would cause

:12:43. > :12:48.a problem. He has the angle to stun down.

:12:49. > :12:53.55 ahead, 75 remaining. Two reds, two colours and that will be the

:12:54. > :13:26.frame safe. Well, he really is turning it on

:13:27. > :13:32.now, is, Ronnie O'Sullivan, it has to be said.

:13:33. > :13:39.It wouldn't matter who he is playing. Up to 1,000 points in the

:13:40. > :14:00.final. Now a possible chance to make

:14:01. > :14:02.back-to-back centuries. Still trying to convince himself he can pot that

:14:03. > :14:18.black. Well the referee dashing round to

:14:19. > :14:24.make certain he hits the black first. Can he bend it round? He

:14:25. > :14:32.could, you know! APPLAUSE

:14:33. > :14:38.We had a couple of frames that lasted just over 24 minutes but the

:14:39. > :14:41.last two frames have just been awesome.

:14:42. > :14:48.He just overstuned that. He will be annoyed with himself. The way he is

:14:49. > :14:54.playing at the moment, though, you fancy him knocking anything in.

:14:55. > :15:05.Well, maybe not in that case. It wasn't 100 but it kept Mark Selby in

:15:06. > :15:11.his seat and Ronnie is going out of the arena but boy he will be feeling

:15:12. > :15:14.good because he leads now by 10-5. ?

:15:15. > :15:19.STUDIO: We wonder if he has a hotline to Stephen Hendry. And

:15:20. > :15:25.listening to his commends. What you said, take things into his

:15:26. > :15:31.own hands and play his own ga. He was getting into a game he wasn't

:15:32. > :15:36.enjoying, you could tell. Not that frame but the red o to come up for

:15:37. > :15:39.the black for the blue, the red in the middle where he was playing

:15:40. > :15:43.safe, in that frame he landed a touch on the build up and took the

:15:44. > :15:50.long green but he wants to attack now. He has picked up the pace. Yes,

:15:51. > :15:56.like letting a Doberman off the leash. He is beating him 2 frames to

:15:57. > :16:00.1 and I don't see Mark Selby turning that around and therefore, not that

:16:01. > :16:04.he can coast in, it is getting to the stage, you know, the next couple

:16:05. > :16:09.of frames, it is getting to the stage where it is... Too big a gap,

:16:10. > :16:14.perhaps. But there are still frames to go. From Mark Selby's point of

:16:15. > :16:17.view now, what is critical over the next couple of friends frames? We

:16:18. > :16:22.have been talking the whole match, he has not scored. The frames he has

:16:23. > :16:25.won, he has scrapped out. He has won frame ball and not won it properly

:16:26. > :16:29.and Ronnie has come back it the table. Needs to win frames in one

:16:30. > :16:33.visit for his own confidence and self-belief. Tomorrow, after he has

:16:34. > :16:38.had the proverbial good sleep and rest, can you sense he might be able

:16:39. > :16:42.to pick up the pace himself more tomorrow I think he could. You can

:16:43. > :16:48.always regroup. But you would like to think it was 10-7 if that was

:16:49. > :16:52.going to happen. 11-6 is still tough. It is going to be and the

:16:53. > :16:55.next couple of frames, as Steve Davis says, could be pivotal in the

:16:56. > :17:10.outcome and the destiny of this Championship.

:17:11. > :17:18.DENIS TAYLOR: Yes, Mark could definitely do with the two remaining

:17:19. > :17:22.frames but will he get the chance? The way Ronnie has played in the

:17:23. > :17:27.last couple of frames, he knows if he makes one mistake he will be

:17:28. > :17:32.sitting down and watching Ronnie carry on.

:17:33. > :17:48.We will see how he plays this safety shot. He has a chance to open the

:17:49. > :17:54.reds, get back down the table. Or he can play the one next to the black.

:17:55. > :18:12.Let's see if he is going to open them up somewhat here.

:18:13. > :18:19.Catching the green. I don't think the black or Olympic will go and

:18:20. > :18:23.this red looks a bit straight to me. If he has a slight angle he can try

:18:24. > :18:30.to get up for the blue but there is only just a slight angle. When he is

:18:31. > :18:48.cueing well, well, there you see, not even considering that one.

:18:49. > :18:56.Well, like Mark before him, catching a baulk colour. A dangerous thing to

:18:57. > :19:00.do at this level. Well, look at the angle he has on this. It is not a

:19:01. > :19:02.natural to roll this in and finish on the black and play it as a sort

:19:03. > :19:17.of shot to nothing. Look, coming up to 22 minutes and 30

:19:18. > :19:21.seconds since his last pot. He could do with getting in behind the yellow

:19:22. > :19:35.and brown here. If he misses the green he might get there.

:19:36. > :19:42.He has missed his chance and Ronnie looking at the be possibility of a

:19:43. > :19:44.three ball plant here. I tell you what, it is knotted far away and it

:19:45. > :19:56.is the path back to baulk. -- it is not far away. In the end he

:19:57. > :20:02.didn't see it as a good path balk to baulk in a risky plant and he has

:20:03. > :20:09.found that area behind yellow and brown, as played.

:20:10. > :20:31.So, it has been a tough couple of days for Mark Selby. That

:20:32. > :20:38.fascinating semi-ifiable against the world number one, Neil Robertson,

:20:39. > :20:44.with just over 12 hours. -- fascinating semifinal. It does take

:20:45. > :20:46.it out of you meantly. He has to hang in to see what he can get out

:20:47. > :21:11.of the last two frames. Believe it or not he has been

:21:12. > :21:14.playing 13 hours longer than Ronnie O'Sullivan, belief it or in the

:21:15. > :21:19.because of the way the matches have gone. That does take tout of you. --

:21:20. > :21:29.believe it or not. -- that does take it out of you.

:21:30. > :21:33.Ronnie looking for the path to get in behind the yellow and brown but

:21:34. > :21:53.the red slightly in the way. He is debating whether to miss that

:21:54. > :21:55.red and take it up towards the green. I think it is worth the thin

:21:56. > :22:12.one. He can miss that red. That could have been in the pocket.

:22:13. > :22:17.He's OK. Well, not exactly as planned. This red that is cuttable

:22:18. > :22:21.to the right, middle, the one on the other half of the table, it is not a

:22:22. > :22:25.red you would want it take on, really a tough pot. You are not

:22:26. > :22:45.certain to get it safe. He played that very well. There is a

:22:46. > :22:50.danger if you catch it wrong a red could come up to the baulk end. Good

:22:51. > :22:55.think, well-played, in a spot of bother but he has reversed the roles

:22:56. > :23:26.and Ronnie now has something to think of.

:23:27. > :23:36.Well, that was a brave shot he cook on. He nearly took it off -- that

:23:37. > :23:41.was a brave shot he took on there. He nearly finished it off. He wasn't

:23:42. > :23:44.far away but once it came across there, he got a decent little kiss

:23:45. > :24:17.to leave it safe. The red wobbled and came across. He

:24:18. > :24:39.could quite easily have pushed one on there.

:24:40. > :24:47.Just a bit pacy and hand on the table. But there is definitely an

:24:48. > :24:50.opportunity here for Mark, feck pot the red, come around off two

:24:51. > :24:57.cushions and he would be on the black to the opposite corner. OK, if

:24:58. > :25:03.he missed it he may leave -- Mark if he can pot a red, come around off

:25:04. > :25:07.two cushions and he would be on the black to the opposite corner.

:25:08. > :25:14.Ronnie did it, you feel he has to do it. He edged his bets. A great pot.

:25:15. > :25:23.But is he on a colour? Well, unless he has a good angle on

:25:24. > :25:32.the brown, it is only a snooker to play.

:25:33. > :25:38.He could come off the baulk cushion and snooker behind the green. The

:25:39. > :25:50.one thing he wants to do is cut out the simple one-cushion escape.

:25:51. > :25:58.There is a way, he has to hit, let's see, one, two, three cushions to

:25:59. > :26:02.land on the red to the left of the two on the cushion. Keep your eye on

:26:03. > :26:25.this cue ball this. Will be some escape.

:26:26. > :26:31.Well, esmiles. Can he remember the line, that's the thing? Can he

:26:32. > :26:38.remember where he hit, because he had it absolutely spot-on. Yes, he

:26:39. > :26:40.played it absolutely perfectly at the line and what was t a millimetre

:26:41. > :26:52.short of pace. -- what was it? I don't know if I

:26:53. > :27:05.can get as good a line as Ronnie but somewhere near there, I think.

:27:06. > :27:13.Er He is coming up short again. He might have left this one on. And

:27:14. > :27:17.Mark, well, as Stephen Hendry was saying and as you said, John, he has

:27:18. > :28:10.to make something happen. This might just be the chance.

:28:11. > :28:21.All the reds are nicely spread now. It is just a case of producing your

:28:22. > :28:23.best snooker. This is an opportunity. You just feel he can

:28:24. > :28:33.not turn down. And it has gone wrong almost

:28:34. > :28:38.immediately. He got a kiss on the second red he wasn't expecting and

:28:39. > :28:41.that has been his problem, Denis, throughout this match. It was the

:28:42. > :28:45.shot when he screwed into the bunch to leave the white there. He was a

:28:46. > :28:48.bit unlucky to leave it at that angle. Normally he would have

:28:49. > :28:53.finished straight to be able to stay on the black. He thought there was a

:28:54. > :28:54.way past there and he just misjudged that and he is totally out of

:28:55. > :29:21.position now. Just watch the split when he potted

:29:22. > :29:26.the black. It came back two or three inches further than he intended and

:29:27. > :29:32.he just cannoned into the red. He will know he should have known he

:29:33. > :29:34.was going to kiss the second red. But he is not scoring and he is not

:29:35. > :30:22.winning frames in one visit. Well he has got it. Just have a look

:30:23. > :30:27.where the cue ball's finished. If that red doesn't go in and that red

:30:28. > :30:33.he played went safe, he wouldn't have left anything. For me, that was

:30:34. > :30:36.the shot of the final so far. It really was to roll it in like that

:30:37. > :30:40.and get around the back of the black.

:30:41. > :31:10.He saw all the options and he thought the best way to go for this

:31:11. > :31:34.is to go for it full-blooded. Even that was well judged, because

:31:35. > :31:50.he wasn't straight on that. One of the fibres from the tip in

:31:51. > :31:56.his eye line when he goes down to strike.

:31:57. > :32:05.Well, it just put him off enough to lose his concentration. Didn't

:32:06. > :32:23.expect that. Well, what a gift this is. But he

:32:24. > :32:31.did seem to lose a little focus when he was messing around with the tip.

:32:32. > :32:37.Mark Selby, you've got to take full advantage as Ronnie still looks at

:32:38. > :32:46.the tip there. He has had a couple of tips on this year. It is most

:32:47. > :32:49.unusual. There is very few players would change their tip during a

:32:50. > :33:08.World Championship, unless it was damaged.

:33:09. > :33:45.What a lifeline he has been handed here and he has got to take it.

:33:46. > :33:58.Brendan Moore checking to see if the blue will spot. It won't. So there

:33:59. > :34:01.is three easy reds available. I'm not sure about the two to the right

:34:02. > :34:39.of pink and blue. Two reds, two colours would be more

:34:40. > :34:42.than enough. It has bounced nicely enough. He may have to play a little

:34:43. > :35:06.cannon here. He is looking at the other red into

:35:07. > :35:10.the middle pocket now. Because this one looks a bit tight and he is

:35:11. > :35:14.going to have to bridge slightly over the blue. That is if the other

:35:15. > :35:18.one doesn't go, the one to the right as he is looking at it. That would

:35:19. > :35:34.have been very tight. The cannon on the blue didn't quite

:35:35. > :35:36.work out. He is back looking to the one to the middle pocket. This is

:35:37. > :35:51.missable. It is there. Only the red needed.

:35:52. > :35:53.The unexpected missed black from Ronnie O'Sullivan gave Mark a

:35:54. > :36:06.lifeline and he has taken it. He can dig deep this young man and

:36:07. > :36:15.he is having to dig deep, because he has not been at his best.

:36:16. > :36:25.That will mean Ronnie will not be getting back to the table. If he

:36:26. > :36:31.could win this last frame and come out of this 10-7 with a highest

:36:32. > :36:36.break of 55, he is in with a great shout tomorrow.

:36:37. > :36:46.Yes, I think Ronnie switched off a bit.

:36:47. > :36:58.He wasn't having to do a lot to win frames. Doesn't matter about this

:36:59. > :37:03.red. He is handed a lifeline, Ronnie missed the black and Mark Selby took

:37:04. > :37:08.it. He reduces the arrears to four and with one big frame coming up.

:37:09. > :38:18.Ronnie O'Sullivan leads 10-6. STUDIO: We have seen his highest

:38:19. > :38:23.break of the match. He has proven his defensive powers. Yes, I suppose

:38:24. > :38:30.if he wins the last he will consider it not a bad recovery. He was 4-3

:38:31. > :38:35.behind at the end of the last session, the morning session. He

:38:36. > :38:39.failed to clinch that. So this is another big ending for this session

:38:40. > :38:43.for him. How do you read his position now and what do you make of

:38:44. > :38:47.the way he has been able to respond to two beautiful frames from Ronnie

:38:48. > :38:51.O'Sullivan? Yes, it was a great performance. Although he didn't win

:38:52. > :38:55.it in the visit we thought he might. He still took two chances. Ronnie

:38:56. > :39:01.missed a black when he was in. He was looking at his tip, but it was

:39:02. > :39:09.an awkward shot. It is sort of a half-shot. They are missable. We

:39:10. > :39:16.didn't expect him to miss it. But 10-7 would be an incredible result

:39:17. > :39:20.for Selby. He did look at the tip of his cue and he has changed I once. I

:39:21. > :39:25.think he has had three tips on. Well that, we were thinking back to the

:39:26. > :39:34.time he played Graeme Dott and changed his tip six or seven times.

:39:35. > :39:39.It doesn't appear to faze him problems like that? No, he seems to

:39:40. > :39:44.be able to play with whatever is on the end of his cue. He uses a tip

:39:45. > :39:49.that is a cheap tip in the whole range of tips. You can go through a

:39:50. > :39:55.whole box and not find many good ones. You buy boxes of 50, you don't

:39:56. > :40:02.get many of them and there are the better ones out there. How much is a

:40:03. > :40:08.box of 50? I don't know, I never pay for them. You don't pay for themmer

:40:09. > :40:19.thchlt what am -- you don't pay for them either. The ones can be ?10 a

:40:20. > :40:26.tip, but the ones Ronnie uses is 50p. Very big final frame of the

:40:27. > :40:32.second session? Yes, I think the the way Ronnie played he would be

:40:33. > :40:40.disappointed. Back we go. What will it be? Rrn going for the distance or

:40:41. > :40:42.-- Ronnie O'Sullivan going for the distance or Mark Selby? or Mark

:40:43. > :40:46.distance or MarkSelby? or Mark Selby? ?

:40:47. > :40:54.Both players were out of the arena to compose themselves.

:40:55. > :41:05.Ronnie O'Sullivan breaks off with that 50 pence tip on the cue that

:41:06. > :41:10.Steve Davis said and it is a pretty good break-off. This is the shot

:41:11. > :41:12.they were talking about. He seen a little fieber in his eye line and

:41:13. > :41:37.just took his concentration away. Superbly played. What a terrific

:41:38. > :41:40.shot that was. And a little tap on the table from Ronnie in

:41:41. > :41:43.appreciation. It is a big frame and that was, he was in a spot of bother

:41:44. > :41:58.there. He has hit that so thick, but I

:41:59. > :42:08.think he is OK. That is what he thinks of that shot!

:42:09. > :42:14.For a moment I thought he had cleared the black, because the black

:42:15. > :42:16.was tied up and the two reds have gone either side of it. So it is a

:42:17. > :42:31.bit awkward again. This is the shot, watch it clears

:42:32. > :42:33.the black and knocks the red away but then a series of little kisses

:42:34. > :43:02.left it awkward again. He will be disappointed with that.

:43:03. > :43:06.You can see the look on his face. When you're that close to the reds

:43:07. > :43:13.at this level and you don't find the baulk cushion, you make it that

:43:14. > :43:18.much... REFEREE: Can you ask him to leave please. Totally unnecessary.

:43:19. > :43:29.For your opponent to play a better safety.

:43:30. > :43:39.The crowd here, they are fantastic. But occasionally you get one person

:43:40. > :43:45.shouting ow. Probably they have never been to the Crucible before.

:43:46. > :43:54.You want the enthusiasm. But it is about timing. It is such an intimate

:43:55. > :44:03.theatre here. It is a bit special. We met a few people at lunch and tea

:44:04. > :44:04.tooichl time that were here for the first time and I bet they're

:44:05. > :44:30.enjoying every minute of this. Just rolling into them. He had a

:44:31. > :44:39.good look at everything. So I assume he has left nothing. We need a

:44:40. > :44:47.touching ball here now to resolve this. They both looked at one

:44:48. > :45:00.another. I think this will be a re-rack. Both players agree. No

:45:01. > :45:04.reason why not. There is the crowd again. And this is the second

:45:05. > :45:10.re-rack we have had this evening. But I bet they're enjoying every

:45:11. > :45:15.single minute of this. Not that easy to get tickets to come to the

:45:16. > :45:19.Crucible theatre. It is nice to get a wave from them all. That is for

:45:20. > :45:31.the winner, that beautiful trophy there. REFEREE: Ronnie O'Sullivan to

:45:32. > :45:39.break. Ronnie gets ready to break off in this final frame.

:45:40. > :45:46.For the second time. I have noticed every time, or most of the time

:45:47. > :45:53.Ronnie breaks off, that red seems to come right next to the black and

:45:54. > :46:00.puts it out of commission. He is not intending to do that. But it is

:46:01. > :46:04.amazing the number of time ps it happens. He is hitting the end red

:46:05. > :46:27.with lots of side. A decent length with the cue ball.

:46:28. > :46:39.The black now has gone up the side cushion.

:46:40. > :46:50.That is going to make the frame turn a little bit awkward.

:46:51. > :47:01.This one a risky red. I'm looking at whether he can get around the back

:47:02. > :47:09.of the two reds near the black spot. He is having to punch this in.

:47:10. > :47:23.Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Well he has got a prolonged round of

:47:24. > :47:28.applause for that superb opening pot. Spl

:47:29. > :47:34.He had the butt of the cue raised and he had to punch it in. I tell

:47:35. > :48:22.you what, that was so accurate. John mentioned that black being out

:48:23. > :48:33.of the game and Mark having to work hard for these points here.

:48:34. > :48:41.Just look at this. - watch the white leave the bed. It is just bouncing

:48:42. > :48:49.all the way down. And he has caught it absolutely spot on.

:48:50. > :48:55.Not sure if the pink is available into the left corner. In a couple of

:48:56. > :49:06.shots time. I tell you what, it is available

:49:07. > :49:14.now. But he is not on a red. That was a bit unlucky. He played that

:49:15. > :49:18.with so much top spin. It was unfortunate to stick in there. That

:49:19. > :49:22.is the problem when you come off a cushion like that. Particularly as

:49:23. > :49:24.he was having to stun it. There wasn't a lot of pace left in the cue

:49:25. > :49:41.ball. I am sure Mark Selby, no matter what

:49:42. > :49:42.he has gone through today, realises the importance of this frame. This

:49:43. > :50:25.is massive in his cause. ? He has picked it out nicely. I'm

:50:26. > :50:32.just wondering if he can take a pot on to the right corer. There might

:50:33. > :50:47.be a gap between the reds. That is what he is looking at now.

:50:48. > :50:53.That is very risky. He will be aware he may kiss the red on the left-hand

:50:54. > :51:34.side of the table. A bit pacy again. Will he drop in

:51:35. > :51:38.tight behind the green? That is a bit of a result for Ronnie there.

:51:39. > :51:42.You're playing to get the white tight on the baulk cushion. If you

:51:43. > :51:56.happen to come up behind the colour, that is a bonus.

:51:57. > :52:00.He will have to try and get to the two that is near the black spot to

:52:01. > :52:18.come in bemind those. He is going for the old two-cushion

:52:19. > :52:22.escape and back down the table. Brilliant. That is such a difficult

:52:23. > :52:47.shot. Is Is there a gap to take the pot

:52:48. > :52:51.on? There is always a gap, as JB says. The amount of right-hand side

:52:52. > :52:56.he put on that, that was a sensational pot. Just watch the side

:52:57. > :53:19.when it comes off the top cushion. There was so much right-hand side.

:53:20. > :53:26.He is not certain to get this safe. There is no two-cushion escape with

:53:27. > :53:47.pace on here. Have a look at this line. Is he is

:53:48. > :53:52.going to reach? REFEREE: Foul and a miss. The same shot. A bit more

:53:53. > :54:20.pace. But he has got to get the same line.

:54:21. > :54:31.Hasn't got the line on this. Is there a red to the right middle

:54:32. > :54:43.pocket? There is, that is the one he is looking at. Is it too risk y? If

:54:44. > :54:52.it is not simple, he would have it put back.

:54:53. > :55:17.He wants to get in and get his hand on the table.

:55:18. > :55:26.Third time lucky, he has more pace on it this time. This looks

:55:27. > :55:43.brilliant. But will he push that red on? Not quite. Excellent escape.

:55:44. > :55:53.That is all he can hope for, get out of the snooker and leave it safe.

:55:54. > :55:57.Ronnie keeping the heat on and if Mark can't get past this pink, to

:55:58. > :56:02.play safe down the left-hand side of the table, which is danger Reus any

:56:03. > :56:08.way -- dangerous any way, he has a problem here.

:56:09. > :56:14.He is having a long, hard look at it. There is very little of that red

:56:15. > :56:30.sticking out. He is coming around to look from the other side.

:56:31. > :56:45.I don't think he can see that red. There is a very slight bit sticking

:56:46. > :56:51.out there. With being tight on the cushion, you wouldn't fancy it. On

:56:52. > :56:55.the face of it, it is such a fine edge of the red, if you come off the

:56:56. > :57:00.top cushion and nestle into the reds. That looks easy enough. But if

:57:01. > :57:10.you just don't judge the pace right, you hit it too hard. You can leave a

:57:11. > :57:17.red on. You need a steely nerve to play this.

:57:18. > :57:22.That is what he is thinking of coming off the top cushion and

:57:23. > :57:42.nestling into the reds. A difficult way to go this for me.

:57:43. > :57:55.This is a terrific shot. An absolute beauty!

:57:56. > :58:53.Not as much pace as he wanted there. It's still OK. He had a few very

:58:54. > :58:56.quick frames. This one has been going now for, be coming to just

:58:57. > :59:11.under 14 minutes. Oh, I tell you what, Ronnie miss hit

:59:12. > :59:16.that altogether and he got through a gap there that, when he hit it too

:59:17. > :59:26.thin, he thought he was going to career into the reds. Just have a

:59:27. > :59:28.look at this. Mark Selby, that is what he knew he had miss hit that,

:59:29. > :59:49.but this is a key shot coming up. You can expect this. In this last

:59:50. > :00:15.frame. Because it is so important. Certainly from Mark's point of view.

:00:16. > :00:25.The second red went to the left-hand side. So he caught the fist red

:00:26. > :00:29.fuller than he intended. The yellow has stopped the easy return back to

:00:30. > :00:41.baulk. That would have been the red on the left hand side of the table.

:00:42. > :00:47.The red went towards the right corner. But it has gone to the

:00:48. > :00:50.cushion. That won't tempt Ronnie. The only thing with this red to the

:00:51. > :00:54.right of the black, which looks the obvious red to play safe off, there

:00:55. > :01:00.is a chance, you have to be careful that the red, if it hits the cushion

:01:01. > :01:01.might bring the black in, back into the middle of table and you could

:01:02. > :01:22.get the double-kiss. He managed to avoid the black. But

:01:23. > :01:29.he has not got a very good pace with the cue ball. Is he going to run

:01:30. > :01:37.that cue ball? It has. I had a quick glance to Mark before he got out of

:01:38. > :01:41.his seat. And he just sort of had the feeling that cue ball was going

:01:42. > :01:45.to run on and he wasn't going to be able to get to this red over the

:01:46. > :01:54.corner. Such a frustrating game sometimes.

:01:55. > :02:03.He might have to give this a bit of thought. He was looking away, he

:02:04. > :02:22.said it may have covered I. -- it. He can get past the pink to get back

:02:23. > :02:28.down the table. But how does he hide, if he hides the cue ball where

:02:29. > :02:31.the tip of the cue is he would to have been more or less tight on the

:02:32. > :02:47.cushion and near the pocket. Has he got the white where he

:02:48. > :02:54.wanted? It is a pretty good effort. He still can pot this, Ronnie. To be

:02:55. > :03:04.fair to Mark, he has left it as difficult as he could. This is no

:03:05. > :03:05.gimme. Watch the cue ball it will head towards the red to the right of

:03:06. > :03:18.the black. Now the chance is there. That wasn't

:03:19. > :03:22.an easy pot, but what a shot Mark Selby played to get that white in

:03:23. > :03:29.that position. It really was special.

:03:30. > :03:39.He took the risk. And it worked. Ronnie missed that difficult cut.

:03:40. > :03:48.This was the shot where he tried to get the white down in that corner.

:03:49. > :03:55.If he does get out of this, just three behind at 10-7, it will make

:03:56. > :04:28.it very interesting tomorrow. He still has got definitely pink and

:04:29. > :04:30.blue to play on. He would like it to go on to the brown spot. Then it

:04:31. > :05:27.doesn't tie up the reds. Mark made four century breaks in his

:05:28. > :05:35.semi final with Neil Robertson. His highest break is still 58. If he

:05:36. > :05:39.gets out of it 10-7 he would be more than pleased. He could come out

:05:40. > :05:52.fresh tomorrow. And it would be final on. He was 84% earlier. He is

:05:53. > :06:09.now up to 88% with his pot success rate.

:06:10. > :06:24.This one clears the path for the other. A bit too pacy. He would

:06:25. > :06:35.rather have been straighter on the blue. You would think he would play

:06:36. > :06:40.the blue. If he played the black he would cannon into the yellow. The

:06:41. > :06:44.green's too straight. He will have to judge this nicely. No straight

:06:45. > :06:56.forward cannon into the red. All depends on what sort of red he

:06:57. > :07:06.has got. Either red to All depends on what sort of red he

:07:07. > :07:09.pocket. He can play for the pink in the middle. He doesn't have to play

:07:10. > :07:28.pocket. He can play for the pink in the pot with too much pace.

:07:29. > :07:42.Look where he is hitting the cue ball. Has he got enough? A little

:07:43. > :07:51.flick would help here. And I think he got the flick. I think he is on

:07:52. > :07:59.the red. Ronnie, well, as Mark looks on, it must be very tight. Yes,

:08:00. > :08:08.48-point lead and he can just get through to this red.

:08:09. > :08:26.One more red. It will have to be the pink.

:08:27. > :08:47.Well as John said, just the one more red needed.

:08:48. > :09:12.I think he will sleep comfortably tonight, Mark Selby.

:09:13. > :09:17.His breaks are getting higher. This is now his highest break of the

:09:18. > :09:26.match. So signs that he is finding a bit

:09:27. > :09:31.better form. Doesn't matter about that. Ronnie comes forward to shake

:09:32. > :09:36.his hand. Mark Selby will be delighted. It looked a if Ronnie was

:09:37. > :09:43.going to walk away with the match. But Mark Selby is right back in. He

:09:44. > :09:47.trials by three frames. It is 10-7 to Ronnie.

:09:48. > :09:54.STUDIO: Mark Selby survived a turn around from his semi final. A top

:09:55. > :09:58.break of 62. And he is only three frames behind. Ronnie has made two

:09:59. > :10:04.centuries and five other 50 breaks and there is not a much daylight as

:10:05. > :10:09.I'm sure he would have liked at this stage. Steve and Stephen are

:10:10. > :10:16.watching. How dangerous could Mark Selby be for the Rocket? What a

:10:17. > :10:20.trier. You have got to stick in there times. -- sometimes. You could

:10:21. > :10:27.see he was proud of himself. And quite rightly so. Every day, every

:10:28. > :10:32.session is a different day. Come out refreshed. Not that I think he was

:10:33. > :10:36.tired throughout the last part of that. But just see what p has. What

:10:37. > :10:42.do you sense about what happened with Ronnie tonight? I think he will

:10:43. > :10:46.be a bit disappointed the first four frames he let himself get drawn into

:10:47. > :10:52.that type of snooker. We have seen him play two frames very quickly. I

:10:53. > :10:57.can't wait to see how Mark Selby comes out tomorrow. It is game on?

:10:58. > :11:06.Yes, the first frame, of the morning, of the afternoon session,

:11:07. > :11:11.it is big. But they all are. It is just fascinate fog watch. Mark

:11:12. > :11:17.Selby's highest break sois low. What happens if he starts to hit form.

:11:18. > :11:23.And we have seen him do it. He has got back to 10-7, he is still

:11:24. > :11:30.chasing. The first frame is also important for the chasing manage v

:11:31. > :11:34.-- manage. What do you think of it so far? John has been monitoring

:11:35. > :11:39.your reaction on social media. There would be a link between Parrot and

:11:40. > :11:44.tweets, but I'm not going to go for that. Thank you. Bob says. Every now

:11:45. > :11:49.and then in sport somebody comes along who is too good for everyone

:11:50. > :12:02.else. That is Ronnie O'Sullivan in snooker.

:12:03. > :12:07.That is interesting at work, that is what he will need to be tomorrow. It

:12:08. > :12:11.is a long way from over this match. We have another eight frames

:12:12. > :12:16.tomorrow afternoon and then down to the wire. But will it go down to the

:12:17. > :12:22.wire? Can you imagine the match getting very close? I couldn't at

:12:23. > :12:29.10-5. I am not absolutely sure that he can turn it around. But who

:12:30. > :12:34.knows? It is impossible to say. So many times we have been sitting here

:12:35. > :12:39.trying to analyse what is going on. A flick of a ball can change things.

:12:40. > :12:46.Usually Ronnie has a session where he blows his opponent away and he

:12:47. > :12:52.hasn't so far. What changes between day one and two? Well you have a

:12:53. > :12:55.night sleep, if you don't get a good night's sleep, because you're

:12:56. > :12:58.thinking about things and you're worrying, looking over your

:12:59. > :13:02.shoulder, that is not good. I don't think that is happening with Ronnie

:13:03. > :13:05.O'Sullivan. Mark Selby, well, I think he will be inspired for his

:13:06. > :13:16.afternoon session and come out and give it a good go. Steve? Yeah, I am

:13:17. > :13:21.waiting for Ronnie, he has been good, but I'm waiting for him to

:13:22. > :13:27.catch fire. It has been a very long day. And it has been a long 16 Tace

:13:28. > :13:34.here -- - days in Sheffield. One more to go. I hope you will be able

:13:35. > :13:39.to put off the things you can do on bank holiday Monday, because this

:13:40. > :13:42.holiday is made for the World Championship final here at the

:13:43. > :13:48.Crucible. So clear the decks, join us tomorrow at 2 o'clock. Session

:13:49. > :13:51.three, be there. See you soon.