Day 5, Part 1 Snooker: World Championship

Hello, a very good morning and welcome to the Crucible Theatre in

Sheffield, another top day of snow go ahead at the 2014 Dafabet World

Championship, --snooker ahead. Another big-name through to the last

16. Last year's beaten semifinalist Ricky Walden made it through. This

morning, the man who beat him in the semifinal last year, Barry Hawkins,

looking to set up a place in the second round and another showdown

with Ricky Walden. He takes on Dave Gilbert. But this morning, we are

concentrating on Judd Trump. Judd Trump's technique is absolutely

superb. I don't know what it is about left-handed players, they

appear to get through the ball better than some players. He plays

like only Jimmy White could play. When he is under pressure he tends

to throw the old cue at it, and that is down to temperament. And Judd, if

he works hard enough on it, we'll get him back to number one. I

sometimes think he goes for that one shot too many, as a crowd-pleaser.

You have to forget the crowd. I am in favour of people playing

entertaining snooker, but don't press the boundaries too far and

don't be true to yourself. There has was been a slight question mark over

Judd Trump's dedication. We know he likes fast cars, going out late at

night, and to be number one in the world and win consistently and be

world champion, I think his dedication has to be a little

better. He plays some of the most fantastic shots, one of the best

part is I have ever seen, but occasionally his shot selection

leaves a little bit to be desired. He could have been world champion in

2011, he spent two minutes over a shot on the blue and the meek, took

the wrong choice. When the pot, missed it, John Higgins one frame.

Judd Trump would have been four frames ahead and would have been

world champion. Why he hasn't won more tournaments could be down to

shot selection, could be because he goes for that one shot too many. I

think he needs to play better safety. That will create the

chances. And if he does get the chances, we know how good he is and

his record will improve. JASON MOHAMMED: And Judd Trump

against Tom Ford is the live match this morning. They were pulled off

yesterday after playing eight frames of the scheduled nine. On the other

table, last year's beaten finalist Barry Hawkins leads Dave Gilbert,

all very tight in that one. The players are standing by, good

morning to Rob Walker. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. They priv will

keep the dream alive for four more players -- day five. This morning,

both games played to what we hope will be a dramatic conclusion.

First of all, please welcome a player who has a habit of being

inspired by the big stage here. Two years ago, he made the last 16,

having been forced to regain his place on tour through cue School. He

is still right in touch in this match and will believe he can win

this game. He calls himself the angry farmer. Please welcome David

Gilbert! MUSIC: "On A Ragga Tip".

And his opponent, a player who has discovered the best form of his

career since he turned 30. He stormed to the final here last year,

having never previously been past the second round. Winner of the

Australian open, snooker's shoot out and the players' championships, here

comes the Hawk, Harry Hawkins. -- Barry Hawkins.

MUSIC: "My Love" by Kele Le Roc. And here on table two, please

welcome up their grazing the big stage for the second time. He built

double Crucible finalist Matthew Stevens in the last round of

qualifying, semifinalist in snooker's shoot shoot out and the

PDC finals. Give it up for the man from Leicester, Tom Ford.

And his opponent, the most exciting player of his generation. His bold

attacking game has won him an army of fans over the last three years.

World Championships runner-up, winner of three ranking titles,

including the UK crown and this season, his first official 147 in

Bristol. From Bristol, the ace in the pack, please welcome Judd Trump.

MUSIC: "Animals" by Martin Garrix. Judd Trump on and Tom Ford, this is

their first meeting since 2011. Good morning to Willie Thorne and a man

already through to the second round, Ken Doherty. No practice this

morning? The practice is on hold, I'm going to watch some snooker and

try and learn something. It should be a fascinating second session

between the man from Leicester, Tom Ford, one of the hot favourites for

the tournament, Judd Trump. Always exciting to watch, Judd Trump,

Willie. I was surprised these guys were taken off after only eight

frames. You couldn't have got a bet on that. You would have thought it

would have been the quickest of the first-round matches. That is a nice

way to start. It was disappointing, the first session. Neither player

got a grip of their game and job trump -- Judd Trump was giving Tom

as many chances as he was Judd. Tom had unsettled, if you watched

yesterday. He was struggling with his cue action. The highest break up

the whole match was 62, Tom Ford only with 48. They are both very

attacking players. Decided to take the brown arm, it

was risky, but an excellent shot. A very difficult job.

Can he get an angle? Not on the blue but maybe on the pink. The black

It is certainly a lot easier to go into the pack from the pink, because

the blue, if he went in from the blue, the pink is just that little

bit away from the pack, it is not straightforward.

An excellent camera angle there. The problem here is he has got to win

the side of the pack -- hit the side of the pack. Anything other than

full ball and he will not split the pack. He needs a lot of power, as

well. He played it well, he went into the

side of the pack. But he was never bringing many reds into play, was

he? As you rightly say, the pink being of its spot. I thought he

could have played that shot on the red and still been on the pink. He

is slightly hampered with the cue. The pink will go into the middle but

he needs left-hand side to get close to it. It looks like the only shot

he can play. I wonder if he will take a chance and part the red,

coming off the side cushion. -- pot the red. Maybe going into the pack.

This is a possibility, try and hit it as hard as he can, come off the

side of the pack and bring some reds into play and the cue ball up the

table. Probably thought it was too

difficult. He will probably try and bring the black into play here.

Good effort, but unlucky. Still on the red, though.

A bit aside from Tom when he potted the red, not a nice angle on the

blue. -- of a sigh. Just couldn't generate enough speed

on the cue ball. So end up That has been the story of this

match so far. The highest break has only been 62 from Judd Trump. No

photographs in the arena, please. Everybody talks about the

first-round nerves and I just went into Tom's dressing room before the

match started and he said he felt like the cue didn't belong to him,

like he couldn't push it through at all and he was jabbing at

everything. We said, just go out and enjoy yourselves, you could have one

that session yesterday. And with the kisses and the flukes so far, things

are going pretty well this morning! Excellent break-builder, Tom Ford.

He has made a couple of maximums in tournament play, so he knows his way

around a table. A little bit like Judd, his shot selection is

sometimes reckless, but goodness me, he pots balls.

That was an excellent shot, wasn't it? He played two shots in one, if

he didn't get into the cue ball enough, he was going into the reds.

He has got a red into the right centre. He has done all the hard

work now, he is 45 points in front and faces a tricky red. So if he

misses it, that lead can disappear. Very good, well done. Should win the

frame now. Well, Willie's words of wisdom in

the dressing room may have had some resonance with Tom Ford. He looks

much more relaxed this morning than he did yesterday. When you are 6-2

behind, OK, it is an uphill battle, but you can't freeze out there. You

have to loosen up and have a go. Absolutely.

Of course, you get a couple of frames on the board and a lot can

happen, coming into this first mini-session. If you set a target of

winning three of the first four frames, he is well back in the

match. I think the good thing for Tom yesterday was getting taken off

a frame early, because the way things were going, it would have

been 7-2. A little bit more time than normal, having only played

eight frames. All of the frames will be played in this session, if there

is time. A little bit fortunate with the first red, and one thing, but

apart from that, he has hit every ball beautifully. Cueing beautifully

this morning. Judd Trump says he is not going to

come to the table. A nice 57 break from Tom Ford gives him the opening

frame. It cuts the deficit, he is only three behind, Judd Trump leads

6-3. It all started with a lovely fluke and you need better to settle

your nerve. We can show you this now. He is playing along pot in the

corner, trying to get a good cue ball at the same time. Catches the

jaws, not a bad effort, but look at the kiss on the red. The white

almost caught it up. He didn't win the frame at that visit, but the

next time, playing for a baulk colour, not any kind of kiss, but

these are the kind of things you need to happen when you are in a

tight match. Look at those two cases. Kisses.

I have known Tom since he was ten, he is to come -- used to come in a

club with his parents. Write a little cheeky monkey he was. My late

mother used to take him under her wing -- a right little cheeky

monkey, he was. Yes, a lovely lad on the circuit. Sir Tom Ford will be

feeling a little bit better with his morning's work so far.

Hasn't had a chance, Judd Trump, in the opening exchanges.

They are the type of pots that he likes to go for, Judd Trump

specials, we sometimes call them, but he was a long way away from that

one and he has gifted Tom Ford and other easy opportunity, with plenty

of reds in the open. That is a wonderful statistic to

have, 100% success at the long pot attempts.

Pot the red, nice angle on the blue and try and get down and take some

of these reds in and around the black spot.

We have done well in Leicester, as far as snooker is concerned. Mark

Selby, Tom Ford, several others, all played at my club in Leicester. We

are very lucky with the amount of talent we have had at the club. Tom

is one of the best. A little bit too hard. A touch of

right-hand side, just to kiss the red nearest the cue ball. A little

hair on the ball. Even the referees can get a little bit nervous when

they come to the Crucible. I sought Michaela in the players' room

getting a Lucozade. She suddenly so I was watching, bad move, her secret

wasn't safe. -- saw I was. Played an excellent cannon. Just

gone astray, the cue ball. He knows this is a great chance to

get right back into the match. Ken has put that line-up, he will do

well to hold it. That is unlucky. He played that as well as he could have

done. Any harder, he couldn't get the case. All of a sudden it was

perfect, then it's just travelled an extra inch. And no shot on.

He would obviously like to run off the red he is closest to and get the

white in baulk. He needs the cue ball to slow down.

And it is pretty good. Excellent shot.

Couldn't do a lot there with the safety. It is a negative safety shot

and he knows he is possibly going to put himself in trouble, but he

needed to find the cushion. There is a gap, the red to the left of the

pink, two away from the pink, will pot.

He has not settled yet, Judd. Not yet had an easy opportunity, to be

fair. There is a little bit of room around

the black. He has just not settled at all. What his he thinking of at

the minute? He probably feels like Tom did yesterday.

He has got the red into the right centre, and also the one to the left

of the pink. He can pot that and screw back and possibly bring the

pink into play. He will still be on the blue if the pink didn't come

away from the cluster. But it is a lovely angle on that red just to the

left of the pink. He tried to bring the pink into play

and stay on the black. And it is not too bad. The black angle is a bit

acute, but he can just drop it in, dead weight.

It is there, and now an excellent opportunity for Tom Ford. Already 42

points in the lead. I know he has been helped by some of

Judd Trump's misses, but he's looking very relaxed today. Cueing

nice and smoothly. Both players said to the press that

there was plenty of kicks out there. That seemed to be a cake. --

kick. I think sometimes if you are not cueing well, you can make your

own kick. You can tell it wasn't a clean

strike. That is not the best shot he has

played. Wanted to be straight on this red so he could push it through

for the black in the opposite corner. He may be straight on this

red so he could push it through for the black in the opposite corner. He

it all looks pretty easy for Tom at the moment, he's cueing very nicely.

I think if he is worried about the pink not being available, he can go

for the red in the middle. Until you are absolutely sure, just play for

the red in the middle. Decided to play for the middle red

of those three behind the pink spot. Red and colour, and he will have won

the opening two frames and will have closed to within two.

A little bit careless there. Judd has decided not to have a better

practice, so Tom Ford, an opening break of 57 and a couple of 30s in

that frame. 6-4. If you haven't had a shot, a little bit of cue time,

would you have had ten minutes there? He had a couple of easy

opportunities and I would try to get Mike cue I'm going, no doubt. He

looks a bit tired, doesn't he? It is good to get your cue I'm going, just

get the pace of the table. -- cue arm. A couple of very bad misses,

particularly long pots, he was quite a long way away. You don't mind

missing them but certainly the margin would be of concern, no

doubt. Not the best break off. He's got to

play it a bit more powerfully to go round the back of the black.

Very hard to generate the spin to get round. Is the pink on? That

would be a bonus. I'm not sure he knew that was available.

In the entire match he's only had ten long pots and potted everyone.

Two inches up and he could have potted the pink and brought reds

into the table. He left the cue ball at a nice angle

to put this red into the corner pocket and come off the side of the

park. Perfect shot. Perfectly on the blue.

APPLAUSE He could have hit that as hard as he

liked because the pace was taken out of it by the bunch of reds and it's

worked out beautifully for him. With the angle he's got on the blue

he could play a stun run through and try to get to that read just above

the pink. If he hit it badly, even if he rests on the red that's in the

middle of the table on the left-hand side...

As I was saying, he could stun off the cushion and even if he rests on

that red, he will still have the red down the cushion. Otherwise he would

be on the one in the corner. He does have that angle on the blue. He

needs to get close because he needs pink and black in play very quickly.

He didn't play that shot. He played with bottom for a loose red.

APPLAUSE Where does the black go when it's

potted? That's the problem for Tom. It could go directly behind the pink

and then the black would still be available.

He's just having a closer look. Looks like the pink is almost on the

black spot, which means the black will go directly behind it which

should make it available. It's almost in line. The black will still

pot. That's what Tom has worked out. The

pink spot was not available so the black will go directly behind the

pink but it should still be pottable into the left-hand corner pocket.

That's why he left the angle on the red into the bottom right-hand

corner. Nice angle to put it back on for the black.

REFEREE: There is an earpiece or two that is too loud so please adjust

the volume. He wants to finish lower on the

black. He would like to finish anywhere on

the line of that cue ball and just nudged the pink away. A bit pacey to

get the pink well a way. He risked playing it hard to get

that pink away. Not on the desired red but one more good positional

shot and you'd fancy him winning the frame.

He's cursing his luck a little there. The red isn't hampered. He

has a nice easy shot for the black but it makes the red a bit more

tricky. The pink popped into the bottom

right-hand corner. A nice little cannon onto the three

reds. He could have hit that with a lot more pace. He was very tentative

on that. I don't know why because the cue ball wasn't going to go

anywhere. Those laces are a bit long! He had

to tuck them in! There is no reason to play them that slowly. I don't

think he can get to the black here unless he runs almost through the

jaws of the pocket. APPLAUSE

Is he on it? Wow, he's done well there. Whenever you're cueing down

over a ball, usually the white bounces. That bounced just took that

inch of pace out of the cue ball. What a chance this is now for the

first three frames of the morning and to close within just one.

That was the first pressure shot he had to play and he'll be very

disappointed. Not to let anything straightforward for Judd, though. --

not left anything. Almost 32 minutes since Judd Trump

last potted a ball and this could have been much easier. Tom Ford very

fortunate. Yeah, it was difficult. Wasn't easy,

that shot. I'm sure if the blue wasn't there,

he would have potted that red. Tom is certainly having the rub of

the green so far this morning. At the moment, he's taking advantage of

it. A bit of pressure on this pot. Has he got away with it this time? I

don't think so. Red on the pink spot goes into the left centre. The first

long pot he's missed, Ken. Well, if anything needs to give a

player confidence, it is your opponent missing. At the moment,

Judd is missing everything. That's not good enough, really, for

either player. You have to have 90% at this standard to get a guarantee

of winning a match or getting close to winning a match. Anything above

90, you're looking very close to winning. All of a sudden, Tom is

seen he's got Judd on the rack a little bit and is getting a little

bit anxious. Yeah, but still hasn't left anything

easy. It's almost 34 minutes now since his last pot. He's got a

straightforward snooker here, stun the red up as tight as possible.

Dogear Tee There is a possibility of an escape here. He's got to try and

rest on the red where his Q-Tip is. If he can rest on that, it may be

OK. Not leaving anything easy for Judge Trump, that's for sure.

REFEREE: Foul and a miss. He should have had one more Weetabix this

morning and he might have reached that.

Very healthy, Ken, eating that cereal. I am a toast and peanut

butter man! Well done. Excellent.

APPLAUSE To be honest, Ken, how many times

would you pot that out of ten? Maybe one.

There was a bit of panic attached to that shot, wasn't there? He hasn't

potted a ball for almost 40 minutes. Still, should be a bit more patient.

Tom hasn't capitalised on it. It is poor. He'll be disappointed. He

knows he has Judd Trump on the rack at the moment.

At the moment, quite worrying for Judd Trump and his fans. He looks

quite at sea at the moment. I can't believe he's not just

rolling up to the green and risking Judd leaving him a smoker.

Just over four hours of play in this match now.

You would expect it to be quite quick but it's been slow enough.

Between these two very fast players, quick scores, the frame time tends

to be considerably less. He's not only missing, Willie, but

he's missing by quite some margin. Tom went to be too displeased to see

that red going right to the top of the baulk ocean. The red in the

middle must be dead straight otherwise you would just get down

and roll it in. Well done. Good shot.

APPLAUSE Excellent shot.

APPLAUSE This is certainly not what the crowd

were expecting this morning. Trump hasn't potted one ball yet since he

started to play this morning. That is quite a concern for him. He needs

to get going very quickly. Not the easiest of pots to play to

guarantee winning a frame. Well done.

Black available so just one more red needed.

A lot of viewers haven't seen much of Tom on the TV but he is a very

good player. He beat Matthew Stevens in the last

qualifying round and you have to be good to beat him.

A different Tom Ford we are seeing today than yesterday. I spoke to

Mark Selby earlier and he said Tom was very nervous yesterday. This is

more like what he can do. He is floating around the table at the

moment, enjoying it. Relaxed cueing. APPLAUSE

A little exhibition shot. APPLAUSE

A beautiful break of 65 for Tom Ford. He is feeling an awful lot

more comfortable out there now and his water is tasting nicer as well!

He trails Judd Trump 5-6 now. A lot of misses from Judd Trump. Nothing

easy, though. We have a compilation of some of the misses he's played

and none of them have been easy. You may say this is reckless but to get

the case into the reds was unfortunate. He's not even getting

close to the jaws at the moment. He is missing them by inches. He's

missing them by a long way. This wasn't as easy.

That was a very strange shot to take on.

The signature shots that we would be used to seeing Judd Trump not in,

those long pot, he is very accomplished that but he is missing

them by some way. Ill at ease with himself at the moment and needs to

get a frame on the board very quickly and start porting some

balls. Tom is not killing the frames off in one visit but he is scoring

very, very heavily with two frames above 50.

One more frame before the mid-session interval and every

chance Tom could level. Another of Judd Trump's specials. I

expect him to get this. Goodness me! He's played to stop that on the

black into the left-hand pocket. He's trying to stop it just there

and it went on another 3/4-macro feet. Just not getting through the

ball at all at the moment. I know who will be in the practice

room on the interval. You can be sure about that. He decelerated into

it a little bit and that's why he didn't get any stop on the cue ball

whatsoever. That's worrying. From Tom's point of view, he will sense

weakness in Judd Trump's game. He's got to be a bit more com posed and

patient because he knows he's going to get chances. With his opponent

under pressure, he's got to try and keep it that way. He doesn't want to

give Judd Trump any opportunity. He could play this red sheer with

the rest and get the cue ball somewhere near where his waistcoat

is as long as he misses the kiss on the yellow.

Tom's and not the tallest. I wonder whether he's going to need

scaffolding to this! Decided he's not going to attempt that one. A

stepladder would be handy! That's so careless, Ken, isn't it?

About as bad a safety shot as he could have played there. Why not

just rest on the red at this end of the table? No need to risk anything

careless. Well, Judd, another chance to get a pot, your first of the day.

It's just not happening at the moment.

The good thing for Judd is that there's going to be an interval

after this because he is unlucky at the moment. It will do him a favour,

having that 15 minute break. He may have played that quite

nicely, really, in the way that he wasn't going to leave anything easy

for Judd. This may have run a fraction too

far. The red is on but he will can then

into the black so he won't play that red. -- can then into.

Goodness me! It was nearer to me in the commentary box, that one!

Just over 50 minutes, Judd Trump finally off the launch pad. And it

wasn't the easiest read by the delete red to play. He played quite

slowly. -- it wasn't the easiest red to play.

No matter how good a player you are, you have got to play safety

properly. And at this stage, playing an aggressive safety shot is not the

way forward. A thin safety shot would have been better there.

Ken, a very aggressive safety shot to play that thick, wasn't it? It

certainly was. You really need to play those as thin as possible and

not bring any reds out into the open. Try and keep it at a minimum.

Straightforward pot but not straightforward position. He has

played it with a lot of left-hand side to straighten up the cue ball

and bat has worked out OK. He has got a virtually straight blue into

the same pocket as the red. Then it is a case of running through for a

couple of reds, below the pink and just to the left of it.

But to win this frame, he needs that black back on its spot.

He will try and get back on it maybe after this red. The bottom red does

pot and then just stone down and go for the black -- stun down.

If this goes in, there is every chance it could be 6-6, but it is a

very tough pot. He played it very, very well, and

very confidently. He didn't drop it in, didn't quit on it. Nicely on

this red as well into the same pocket.

A little bit straight on the one he is closest to but he has the

insurance of the one closest to the pocket. Excellent opportunity now

for Tom Ford. These are the opportunities, if he

has the ambition to beat Judd Trump, this is where he really has

two capitalised. He has Judd Trump on the rack. -- has to capitalise.

When he runs through, he will be hampered on the two reds to the left

of the black. He doesn't want to end up over the top of them.

He will be slightly cueing over this red as well.

It is always missable. Needs to be straight again. Not quite.

If he can screw back and not go in ov, he might play for the blue,

because he has got the same problem.

Just never got on a red right there, did he? Three chances to get on a

straight red and every time, he left an angle. Yes, has Heathrow and Judd

Trump a lifeline here? Attack has Heathrow. It is OK, it is not too

bad. The red just below the pink pot has

-- as well. He may be able to bring the pink into play.

He really needs to make something of this opportunity, Judd.

The red above the pink make pot into the right centre. You may elect to

go for that. He has judged that perfectly. And

this will certainly help his cause when he pops this red.

Still six points behind, but the pleasing thing for Judd Trump and

his supporters is he is getting his cueing arm going now.

He wanted a bit more of an angle on the pink so he could get closer to

these reds. He is going to have to just drop the pink in. He should put

this red but I'm not sure whether he will take the opportunity to try and

bring the red above this into play. Being a left-hander, the reds on

that side of the table, it doesn't cause too much of a problem.

That was a nice shot, screwing into the red and bringing that into play.

And still being on the pink and the blue.

He has missed it. Well, he has felt he got a heavy contact. Let's have a

look. Yes, it looks like the blue straighten up. That is unfortunate.

Whichever way Tom pops this, he will not get ideal position unless he

plays for the yellow. -- pots. The blue... It is very difficult to

judge, because if he hits this blue he has to judge it off the side

cushion onto the top cushion and we know how quick these tables are. A

little bit unlucky, if he misses the cannon, he is on the red to the

middle. He would loved to have put it where you said, but he couldn't

get it quick enough. It was clever, but unfortunately it has not worked.

But he is back in the frame, every chance to get in between green and

brown here. Played it the other way around. I am

surprised, it looked on, that safety. Yes, it looked pretty

straightforward, he thought he could get tight enough behind the black.

Had he have done, it would have been a very difficult snooker to get out

of. As it turns out... Well, does he take this pot on, the red into the

yellow pocket? Very, very difficult. He may attempt a cross double. The

red that is close to the left centre pocket. Again, very, very tricky.

Does he have an angle on the yellow? If he does, he will take the pot on

and move down for the red. He has a nice angle, he can get very

close to this red. I don't think the green will pot,

not sure from the commentary position. But this is an excellent

opportunity to screw back for the blue. Bit more difficult using the

rest. Just needed to be two or three

inches further back and he wouldn't have needed the rest.

He is not at the races, is he? Just not at the races at the moment. What

an opportunity. Tom Ford can win the opening four frames.

Well, Tom, that was your opportunity. Will you get another in

this frame? What a massive frame this is. In the context of the whole

match, this is huge. Judd just having a look to see if the green

pots. It is very, very tight. There you see it. Well, I think it

does pot, with a bit of left-hand side.

He is unsure of it. And if it doesn't pot, he is going to need an

angle for the yellow. Such a margin for error, it is very

disappointing for Judd Trump. He had a chance here are playing it

very thin and getting the white up the table. But that is as good as

anything. If he puts this, good luck to him. -- pots.

Might be worth having a little pop at this yellow, because he knows he

is guaranteed to get the snooker if it doesn't go in. If there -- not,

there is every chance the cue ball could go between... It is a little

too thin to get in behind green and brown.

Maybe it wasn't. Look where the white has gone.

Disappointed with the safety. They have both had a good look at this

green and it must be very close to being pottable. The angle he has got

on the yellow is OK, he can come past the blue and get on the green,

if it pops. -- pots. Looks pretty good safety shot. Not

too sure it is easy to get this sake. -- safe. He really doesn't

want to bring the pink into play. He has an 8-point lead, if Tom Ford

gets a chance, he will need the pink to win this frame.

It is an easy hit on the green, but the problem is trying to keep it

safe. He has played it well. Excellent shot. Just got the outside

edge. With the pink coming slightly off

the cushion, you would suggest whoever puts the green has a pretty

good chance of winning the frame. This is the chance for Tom Ford to

get all square. He can just stun down on this for

the blue in the middle. This Tom apologises for his good fortune,

but that was the pot that got away. He should be happy with himself, not

depressed. Did this leave the brand for the right centre -- the brown?

It might be worth the risk. He has overcut it. Hitting the

local, he has left the brown in play. If he misses the knuckle, you

can't pot the brown. What an opportunity for Tom Ford, brown over

the middle, blue over them corner -- the corner.

I am sure he can play one cushion to get onto the pink. Decided to play

it off three. It looks easy but it is a half ball cut into a blind

pocket. From this angle, it is tough. Tom

knows the importance of this frame and it is getting to him.

It is getting tense. This would be some shot to get on the black.

The line is good. It needs to run. It is running. What are shot. --

what a shot. Judd Trump has missed a lot of pots, but he may not play a

better pot than that in this championship. It is there. What a

shot from Judd Trump. He gets out of jail. Tom sits in his chair, he is

very, very disappointed, but it is Judd Trump who takes the lead, 7-5,

over Tom Ford, as they go into the session. Tom Ford kicking himself

after missing that, but what a great shot from Judd Trump on the pink,

that is a very important frame for Judd Trump. The players are running

mid-session interval and the winner of the match plays Wales' Ryan Day

in the second round. We will now turn our attention to events on

table one. Last year's runner-up Barry Hawkins, celebrating his

birthday today, taking on world number 31 Dave Gilbert. I am

treating it as a job now, whereas I perhaps wasn't then. I was more

part-time. Now I don't do anything else but play snooker. So it is

definitely a full-time job. I am too busy to do anything else, really.

Practising hard. I think my temperament has improved a little

bit. There is still plenty to work on but, all of these tournaments we

have now, you have to treated professionally and I am trying to

get better with it as we go. Every match plays the balls, so you have

to dig in, even if you are not feeling it, try your best in every

game. I feel fresh and ready and, like I say, I have been practising

really hard and I am ready to go. I don't know what will happen until I

walk out there. I hope I can get a frame on board early, chill out and

just enjoy it. If I play well, I feel like I can certainly win.

People say I have nothing to lose but I certainly have. I am not here

for a day out, I am here to try and win as many matches as I can. It is

a massive challenge, he has got the final, he won the last tournament he

played in, the PTC and I am sure he is as excited as me to be back,

after the run last year. I will be proud, as I am in every match I play

here and it doesn't faze me, I am looking forward to it. Barry Hawkins

had a very slender lead over Dave Gilbert after yesterday's first

session, Hawkins leading 5-4. We will show you what happened in frame

ten, Gilbert is at the table, leading 19-3.

JOHN VIRGO: He has not woken up yet. More concerned with trying to find

the path of the cue ball, forgot about the pot.

So this is playing right into Barry Hawkins' hands.

Sometimes it's quite tricky to get decent position but that wasn't bad.

The first frame of any session is always very important.

The fact he's having a look round must mean he's come very straight on

this pink. But he was just able to screw back

and inch and lay it on to the right middle and play the pink for the

left-centre. He certainly came of age last season

when he reached the final of the World Championship. He lost out to

Ronnie O'Sullivan but at one time, he looked as though he was going to

be run over by Bonnie but he's stuck in there. There were times when you

felt that he was maybe going to turn the match around.

He finished up losing the final 18-12. He's become one of the more

consistent and solid players on the circuit. He's up in the heady ranks

of number four in the world now. Without a doubt over the last two or

three seasons, one of the most improved players in the game. From

being a player that used to hover around the top 16, as you say, now

firmly established as one of the best players in the game.

I've always said... I mean, not obviously, all the players who come

in and get through to the Crucible Theatre, nobody doubts their

ability. It's just about temperament, really. Can you do it

on the big stage? Can you hold yourself together when it really

matters? Barry's proved that and he's proved it to himself and that's

why he's a very, very tough competitor.

That was all he could do now. A slightly tricky pink. Didn't have to

do a lot with the cue ball. That helps.

33 points, the lead. Two reds, two colours would see him home in this

first frame. And you could say a bonus,

particularly with the three good opportunities that David Gilbert

had. He's just having to sit and suffer.

He knows he's had three opportunities that could, and maybe

should, have won him his first frame, an important first frame,

particularly as he started one frame behind. So if he wanted to level,

this frame was very important to David. But he won't be getting the

chance now. This pink to go 47 in front, with just 43 remaining.

APPLAUSE Obviously feels by dropping to the

top cushion he can just get past the black and, of course, if he pots

this red, it will mean David Gilbert will not be coming for smokers. --

snookers. He's taken these really well but on the other hand, lucky to

get an opportunity. He does strike the cue ball with

authority. He hits the ball well. Our sponsors Dafabet are giving ?100

to a children's hospice in Sheffield for every century break that is made

at the Crucible. A lovely gesture and a very worthy cause.

These three colours for the century. And the ?100 for the charity.

I'm sure the players are aware, so no exhibition shots here, Barry,

just make certain this black... Oh! Well! What a shame. But David

Gilbert had three chances and could only accrue 19 points. One chance

for Barry Hawkins, a break of 93. Six - for.

JASON MOHAMMAD: Barry Hawkins on his way to victory. Into the next we go,

Gilbert on the table, 14 points behind.

I don't think that plant was on when Barry Hawkins was at the table. It

was probably on but couldn't go because of the red that he missed

into the left corner. Awkward rows near the side cushion.

-- awkward red. The yellow tight to the baulk cushion. A big ask to win

the frame at this visit. Trying to screw the cue ball and

disturb the red on the left cushion. If he pots the red, the problem is

going to be the yellow. No, too thick. And playing at that

pace, if he missed it, he was bound to leave it. But that yellow near

the baulk cushion is going to be just as much a problem for Barry

Hawkins, although David, you can see from his reaction, couldn't believe

he missed that red. It isn't inch perfect, this. OK,

he's on the green. But to get near the baulk cushion, you have to play

with a lot of left-hand side. APPLAUSE

He just had enough angle so that was a good shot from Barry Hawkins, who

is now one point in front. He needs up to and including the pink to win

the third frame of this morning's session.

He's overdone not slightly. Didn't want to be using the rest.

That's excellent. That really is excellent. So difficult with the

rest to hit the cue ball in the middle when it dead straight shot

that. This has been a very solid performance. Don't get me wrong, you

always need a little bit of help from your opponent, and David

Gilbert, particularly in the first frame, had three chances and didn't

make the most of them. He's lost the first three frames and is now eight

- 4 behind. JASON MOHAMMAD: As they head into

the mid-session interval, Hawkins just needs one frame to book a place

in the second round and would possibly meet Ricky Walden in the

second round. The match we're focusing on right now is the one

between Judd Trump and Tom Ford. Just before the mid-session

interval, Judd Trump played a magnificent shot on the pink to seal

that frame. Tom Ford will be genuinely kicking himself during the

interval. The players are due back out and we will hand back over to

our commentary team of Ken Doherty and Willie Thorne. I'm just

wondering, Willie, whether that will play on the mind of Tom Ford.

WILLIE THORNE: Judd Trump will be very relieved, getting frame 13

under way. For all money, it looked like he was going to lose all of the

opening frames to let Tom Ford draw level. Tom Ford played a very poor

positional shot on the pink and had a pink to win the frame and missed

it and we now have the scoreline of 7-5. The match should be on now. Tom

should take a lot of positives out of that first session. The fact he

lost that last frame I just hope doesn't throw him off feeling like

he can win the match. There is a bit of mileage in

bringing the pink into play because the red impact spot is going to

cause a problem if he hits the black.

Don't blame him for that. He needs a bit of good fortune but hasn't got

it because that red has come to stop the black potting.

The red comes out of the pack and goes right to the cushion to stop

the black potting. I wonder, is the pink available to the right centre?

Maybe if it is, it's a bonus. A great angle. Perfect.

Is a possibility to bounce off the cushions and get onto the black in

the same pocket. What did he do there? The signal from Tom would

suggest that that was a bit of a twitch, as we say in the game. He

was trying to, believe it or not, get onto the black in the same

pocket. There you go. That's what happened.

Well, it was a good attempt. He tried to kill the pace of the cue

ball but he's not on that nicely. Too difficult. So a good safety

required here. I was in the practice room in the

mid-session interval and, as we said, Judd Trump was in there, it

hitting a few balls. Fellow professional Adam Duffy, his good

friend, was there. He looked pretty relaxed and he will

have been a bit more relaxed after winning that last frame before the

interval. Absolutely. It helped that Tom missed that pink.

I've never seen him, in all the years I've been watching him, miss

as many long shots as this. He's missing them by quite some way, as

well. It's such a big part of his game, his long pot. It's amazing

that he hasn't got it going today. Tom Wood love to get down to this

red on the right of the black spot. If he gets onto that, it will be

ideal for him. That looks good. What an excellent

positional shot. The good thing about this is that it frees up the

black spot. Pretty good. Will he go into the

five reds? He's got a nice angle. Anywhere down into the middle of

them would be perfect. Nice angle in the line, anywhere in the middle of

the reds. And it just worked out a treat. Excellent shot!

APPLAUSE He couldn't have played that any

better. I can only presume he's shaking his head because he's not on

the black nicely but the red that's to the right-hand corner, I'm sure

he can just wobble it off the cushion.

If he does get the black on its spot, he can certainly think about

winning the frame at this visit. He seems to be getting a little

upset and if you keep putting doubts in your mind, it's going to affect

you eventually. Maybe he's just going to catch the

red that's behind the black spot and that's why he's playing a screw

shot. Any sort of case should be good. And it is. -- any sort of

kiss. He is one of those players where you

think that he isn't on the ball but then he still comes out with the

pot. A little bit short of pace but he

may have been fortunate. If it's dead onto the blue in the corner, he

will be lucky. He's missed it! I can't believe it.

That is one of the easiest shot. The blue dead straight into the green

pocket. If Tom loses this frame, he made out

himself too much to even consider himself winning the match. Whatever

happens, he'll go home to Leicester and think about what should have

been. This is a match he definitely had every chance of winning.

He's given himself a little bit to do here with this black. And what a

horrible kick. Horrible kick. Just shows you, when you're struggling,

everything can go wrong. You play a bad positional shot, the snooker

gods sometimes don't let you off. Tom Ford back to the table. 29

points in front. Red, colour, red and he will close the gap again to

one. Well done.

APPLAUSE That is a great shot.

APPLAUSE JASON MOHAMMAD: That match continues

on the red button. Our time on BBC Two is almost up.

Before we leave you, let's just take you to see Barry Hawkins taking on

David Gilbert. A great morning's work for Hawkins. He is celebrating

his birthday today. Dave Gilbert needs a snooker but it looks like

it's all going to be over inside two hours. There was an excellent break

of 93 and a place in the second round against Ricky Walden looking

likely for Barry Hawkins. That's it from us on BBC Two for now but Hazel

will be back at one o'clock on BBC Two with live coverage of Neil

Robertson taking on Robbie Williams. Bye for now.

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