Day 8, Part 3

:00:36. > :00:43.Good afternoon. The second weekend in Sheffield. We are immersed in

:00:44. > :00:50.what has been a fascinating first eight days. Everybody is trying to

:00:51. > :00:54.get into the quarterfinals. Ronnie O'Sullivan went through this

:00:55. > :01:01.morning, but it was not easy up against Joe Perry. The man from

:01:02. > :01:12.Cambridgeshire had an 11-9 lead at Ronnie went on overdrive with breaks

:01:13. > :01:16.of 124 and 113. He played some utterly sublime stuff to get him

:01:17. > :01:28.through to a 16th Crucible quarterfinals. How good was he?

:01:29. > :01:31.Awesome. To produce two century breaks back-to-back on the most

:01:32. > :01:36.extreme pressure when you have not been at your best, fantastic

:01:37. > :01:42.performance. What's turned it for him? He came out after the interval

:01:43. > :01:47.and there was no stopping him. He sensed a little bit of weakness in

:01:48. > :01:56.Joe Perry. Perhaps one tactical shot. We really are splitting hairs.

:01:57. > :02:02.It was Ronnie O'Sullivan playing precious snooker when he had to. I

:02:03. > :02:10.think he is the best pleasure player I have ever seen. That was huge

:02:11. > :02:18.pressure. He plays like he is in the club. It is 11-11. In most aspects

:02:19. > :02:23.he has been outplayed. To produce that when you have to do it is

:02:24. > :02:31.phenomenal. That is his 12th victory in a row. He has not been beaten

:02:32. > :02:34.since the quarterfinals in 2011. The trouble is, where the other players

:02:35. > :02:39.are going to have a problem for the rest of this tournament and for the

:02:40. > :02:43.foreseeable future, is that Ronnie O'Sullivan does not have any

:02:44. > :02:51.weaknesses in his game. If you are playing top Trumps, he would be

:02:52. > :02:55.better in every department. It is not like anybody can get a grip on

:02:56. > :02:59.him in any shape or form so they have to play well above their

:03:00. > :03:03.standard, because it is not as FE does not play good safety, or years

:03:04. > :03:09.a front runner and crumbles when he is behind, every department is so

:03:10. > :03:14.strong, it puts a lot of pressure on his opponent. So they come in and it

:03:15. > :03:21.is very hard for them not to commence in a negative state of

:03:22. > :03:25.mind. You have to give credit to Joe Perry because he stood up to

:03:26. > :03:32.Ronnie, not just today. One of the best performances we have ever seen

:03:33. > :03:38.from Joe. The best. He took it to him the first session. He stood up

:03:39. > :03:43.to him. He said a marker and said he was going to take some beating.

:03:44. > :03:48.Unfortunately he ran into a genius at the end of it. He can be very

:03:49. > :03:50.proud of his performance. The world number three would have been

:03:51. > :03:54.watching and watching the other match this morning because Mark

:03:55. > :04:01.Selby was the first man through to the quarterfinals last night. He was

:04:02. > :04:10.watching a match between Ken Doherty and Alan McManus. The veteran

:04:11. > :04:16.couple, the oldest guys in the draw. This was a very interesting start to

:04:17. > :04:20.the match. They only managed to complete seven of the eight frames

:04:21. > :04:32.yesterday and it was Alan McManus who led 4-3. Alan McManus streaking

:04:33. > :04:52.ahead this morning, five in a row. This is the 13th frame.

:04:53. > :05:51.That is halfway for Alan. He has left the red into the middle.

:05:52. > :06:02.Let us see if he can get a break to get himself going. Not that he

:06:03. > :06:09.played that shot, but he will take it. He was saying last night the

:06:10. > :06:24.table is so fast. Sometimes if you stay out a little

:06:25. > :06:34.bit later and have a glass of wine, you find you cannot pot a ball if

:06:35. > :06:41.you do not have a drink and if you have a couple of gin and tonics you

:06:42. > :06:43.cannot miss a ball. Sometimes if you go to bed early you do not sleep

:06:44. > :06:52.properly. There is such excitement playing

:06:53. > :07:42.here in the World Championship. He needs to get on the half ball

:07:43. > :07:52.like in order to bring a couple of other reds into play.

:07:53. > :08:04.Can you believe it? This is so frustrating for Ken. Just put it

:08:05. > :08:20.onto the near jaw again. It gets to a stage when you do not

:08:21. > :08:28.even want to be in the room when things are going so badly. He has

:08:29. > :08:33.not made a break above 30 in the whole match. I think Ken is one of

:08:34. > :09:00.the best players of all time. That was delightful, because he had

:09:01. > :09:05.so much side it could have just cannoned into the red. Look at it

:09:06. > :09:25.spinning between the two reds. He did well. He could have held for

:09:26. > :09:52.the Black the other side, but the reds are perfect from this side.

:09:53. > :10:07.He can't pot this, I am sure. -- can.

:10:08. > :10:17.He is gradually closing in on the quarterfinal place. It is 2005 since

:10:18. > :10:30.he got to the quarterfinal, Alan. He lost that year to one of my old

:10:31. > :10:34.practice partners. He was a great player and got to the semifinal but

:10:35. > :11:04.he had a bad shoulder injury and never recovered and had to retire.

:11:05. > :11:14.Just when he had the frame in his mercy, he misses a black off the

:11:15. > :11:26.spot. A tricky little red in the middle, but he can hold for the

:11:27. > :11:28.paint. -- pink. If I was not sitting here watching this, I would not

:11:29. > :12:04.believe what is happening. He is a firm favourite with the

:12:05. > :12:14.crowd, Ken, as is Alan. You have to feel for Ken, definitely.

:12:15. > :12:27.He is sitting there and he just does not know what to do at the moment.

:12:28. > :12:34.Alan has to keep going and get this much over as soon as possible. --

:12:35. > :13:40.match. He needs three reds, three colours.

:13:41. > :13:44.He cannot win the match in this session. They are only going to play

:13:45. > :14:45.eight frames. It should not really be a problem,

:14:46. > :14:46.although the two reds are they either -- are either side of the

:14:47. > :14:57.pink, they are both pottable. See how he forced the angle. It

:14:58. > :15:27.looks fairly straight. This is frame ball. Ken had two

:15:28. > :15:57.glorious chances in this frame. That puts the frame beyond

:15:58. > :16:17.reasonable doubt. X in a row for Alan McManus. -- six.

:16:18. > :16:47.Ken cannot get a frame on the board. A little exhibition shot,

:16:48. > :17:10.beautifully played. That sums up his name, Angles

:17:11. > :17:16.McManus. A lovely break of 54 Boots Alan McManus further clear.

:17:17. > :17:29.It is not looking so good for Ken Doherty. His biggest break of the

:17:30. > :17:35.Championship so far came next. His top break had been 26. He is very

:17:36. > :17:59.happy about that, and he should be. That case has left a chance for Ken.

:18:00. > :18:09.If he pot this, he is going over towards the two reds. Let us see if

:18:10. > :18:27.his luck has changed. Thank you. Thumbs up from Ken as

:18:28. > :19:12.somebody in the crowd said, yes! When you think of how many easy

:19:13. > :19:21.blacks he has missed, and he gets this difficult one.

:19:22. > :21:28.A good start, four reds and four blacks. There is ?25,000 for a

:21:29. > :21:53.maximum. He has done it before here. The one I saw he would have won a

:21:54. > :22:15.?70,000 sports car, and he missed the black.

:22:16. > :22:26.He is looking at playing the cannon. If this works, he is still on the

:22:27. > :22:33.black. There are a couple of reds that seemed to be available into the

:22:34. > :22:37.right-hand corner. If he can get back onto those, at least one of

:22:38. > :22:52.them will go. This would be the greatest

:22:53. > :22:59.performance of all time, the way he has played in this match, if you can

:23:00. > :23:07.get close to getting a maximum. He will be thinking about that. You

:23:08. > :23:26.always want to secure the frame. He looks like a completely different

:23:27. > :23:35.player. That is OK, he could go into the reds if he wanted.

:23:36. > :23:52.There may be two of them that will go. There is two, at least.

:23:53. > :24:16.It was always going to be tough to get high on that red, he has done,

:24:17. > :24:18.well played. He needs an angle on the next black to get into the five

:24:19. > :24:33.reds. It was in the European tour event

:24:34. > :24:43.that he made his only maximum break. This is the key shot. If he gets the

:24:44. > :24:51.cannon and opens the five reds, he will have a chance. He did not get

:24:52. > :25:00.into them as he intended. He needed more topspin.

:25:01. > :25:52.He hit the wrong one. The only chance he has is to pot the long red

:25:53. > :26:05.and screw back up. Maybe if the left of the three will go, he is now

:26:06. > :26:16.looking at the plant. Is there an angle on the red?

:26:17. > :26:36.I do not think he can make the plant from there.

:26:37. > :26:49.He did not even hit the red. Fabulous effort from Ken Doherty. He

:26:50. > :26:54.closes the gap by winning the last two frames, but he is still behind.

:26:55. > :27:05.We have seen four blogs over the age of 35 this morning. 13 of the 16 men

:27:06. > :27:14.who started over 30, although three of them in their 20s. It is not a

:27:15. > :27:18.young man's game when it comes to the Crucible. You could argue you

:27:19. > :27:26.have far too much time on your hands. Snooker, like golf, is a game

:27:27. > :27:33.of experience, but you have to hold your nerve as well. The argument is,

:27:34. > :27:37.how old can you become before the nerve goes? It seems like 40 is

:27:38. > :27:41.tricky. Stephen Hendry started to go off a bit, so did I. There is

:27:42. > :27:47.nothing wrong with playing pass that time. There might be a case to be

:27:48. > :27:52.made that there has been a drop in the amount of clubs in the UK and

:27:53. > :27:56.the game has moved more worldwide and we are missing a generation of

:27:57. > :28:01.players that are coming through and it may be time to worry about the

:28:02. > :28:08.future. Hopefully we can somehow get new players, new blood, into the

:28:09. > :28:15.game in this country, otherwise it might be that the hotshots are going

:28:16. > :28:23.to come from overseas. Maybe not too much time on my hands, just a

:28:24. > :29:10.Crucible bubble. It is all a bit of a fog. Let us clear that.

:29:11. > :29:19.This afternoon we will have Judd Trump. His first round match he has

:29:20. > :29:25.to improve, a match he admitted he got a little bit bored. He will have

:29:26. > :29:31.to improve sharpish and get the concentration head on today because

:29:32. > :29:39.he is up against Ryan Day, who has had a quietly impressive season so

:29:40. > :29:44.far. I was not really playing well at the

:29:45. > :29:47.start of the season. I changed something with my technique around

:29:48. > :29:53.Christmas and I worked really hard for about three weeks up to a month

:29:54. > :30:01.constantly practising until that change became second nature. It is

:30:02. > :30:06.important to hit the ball well and timing is so important. It is

:30:07. > :30:14.important to get into a rhythm early and rely on your technique. If your

:30:15. > :30:20.game is in shape and you are feeling pretty confident, then you sort of

:30:21. > :30:23.care less about to your playing against, you just want to

:30:24. > :30:31.concentrate on getting your own game in shape and just worry about

:30:32. > :30:38.yourself, really. The pride of Bristol! The ace in the pack! He is

:30:39. > :30:41.a great player, I am looking forward to the match, I have been

:30:42. > :30:46.practising, just looking forward to getting started. It is likely to be

:30:47. > :30:50.pretty open, we are both likely to get on with it with not too much

:30:51. > :30:55.safety and just hope it doesn't go to the side again. Hopefully I will

:30:56. > :31:04.win this time, but more convincingly! I have got two young

:31:05. > :31:08.children, so I have not been able to put as much time in quality practice

:31:09. > :31:12.as I should have. Anyone that knows, having children, it is a

:31:13. > :31:18.massive change and now they are starting to grow up, and now they

:31:19. > :31:21.are in school, it is a bit easier on myself and my wife and I have

:31:22. > :31:26.started to practice properly and the results are slowly starting to come.

:31:27. > :31:30.Ryan Day and Judd Trump, and Judd Trump 16 months ago was at the top

:31:31. > :31:33.of the game, the world number one, and his form this season has left a

:31:34. > :31:38.lot of people scratching their heads. He did not make it past the

:31:39. > :31:42.last 16 in any of the major tournaments until the German Masters

:31:43. > :31:45.in February when he was runner-up to Ding Junhui. He made to the

:31:46. > :31:48.semifinals of the Players Championship a month ago when he was

:31:49. > :31:52.beaten by Barry Hawkins, but overall, he has dropped to world

:31:53. > :32:11.number eight. Clues about this match? Not many, because when you

:32:12. > :32:14.think about it, there has only been one match between them which was a

:32:15. > :32:17.couple of years ago at a minor event. Ryan Day had the last word on

:32:18. > :32:18.it. It should be a very watchable match.

:32:19. > :32:25.This should be a really attractive match? It should be, both like to

:32:26. > :32:35.score and over the shots, I am looking forward to it. Judd Trump

:32:36. > :32:41.needs to up it in the first round? Yes, he had some trouble, he has got

:32:42. > :32:47.a new tip on the cue, it would be interesting to see how it goes

:32:48. > :32:52.today. Ryan Day, wedding hell he did with Stephen Maguire, that should

:32:53. > :32:59.stand him in good stead. -- winning the way he did. It showed great

:33:00. > :33:05.character, Judd Trump needs to improve a lot. These are heavy

:33:06. > :33:11.scorers, but that be the key to this today? Yes, they are not great

:33:12. > :33:21.safety players or tactician, but they pot as well as anyone in the

:33:22. > :33:32.competition. Who do you fancy? Ryan Day. Judd Trump. Rob Walker, down to

:33:33. > :33:35.you. Thank you. We have got our breath back from the drama this

:33:36. > :33:39.morning, now we get to do it all over again, because there are still

:33:40. > :33:48.six places up for grabs in the quarterfinals of this 2014 Dafabet

:33:49. > :33:52.World Championship APPLAUSE . An atmospheric Crucible here.

:33:53. > :34:04.CHEERING Please welcome, first of all, a

:34:05. > :34:06.player bidding for his second successive Crucible quarterfinal,

:34:07. > :34:12.twice a ranking event winner in China, he showed that class

:34:13. > :34:13.yesterday, semifinalist in this year's UK Championship, from

:34:14. > :34:36.Chester, Ricky Walden! CHEERING And his opponent, a player who has

:34:37. > :34:41.reached another level since winning the Aussie two years ago, now

:34:42. > :34:46.undoubtedly playing the best snooker of his 18 year career, a magnificent

:34:47. > :34:52.run to the final here 12 months ago, the winner of last year's

:34:53. > :35:09.Players Championship, here comes Barry Hawkins! APPLAUSE

:35:10. > :35:15.Here on table number two, please welcome a research and Welshman,

:35:16. > :35:19.once again going in the right directions on the world rankings,

:35:20. > :35:23.his victory over Stephen Maguire in the first round decider, arguably

:35:24. > :35:28.one of his best performances in recent years, the semifinalist in

:35:29. > :35:34.this season's German Masters, he is dynamite, he is Ryan Day!

:35:35. > :35:53.APPLAUSE And his opponent, one of the most

:35:54. > :35:57.exciting players of his generation, since reaching the final here is

:35:58. > :36:02.three years ago, his bold, attacking style has won him an army of fans,

:36:03. > :36:07.twice a ranking event winner in China, if former UK champion, and

:36:08. > :36:13.this year he had an official 147 in Belgium, he is the pride of Bristol,

:36:14. > :36:29.the ace in the pack, Judd Trump! APPLAUSE

:36:30. > :36:42.We will keep an eye on the Barry Hawkins, Ricky Walden match, but

:36:43. > :36:52.first, we will go to table two, Steve, Willie, it is all yours.

:36:53. > :36:58.This could be an amazing match, Judd Trump will have to improve greatly

:36:59. > :37:02.on his first-round match, but it shows how good he is now, any body

:37:03. > :37:11.else would have gotten beaten in that match against Tom Ford. Yes, he

:37:12. > :37:15.had some help from his opponent to on the day could not get over the

:37:16. > :37:25.line, but it would be interesting to see how Judd Trump performed in this

:37:26. > :37:29.match. A lot of expectation on him. He had that win in China, that

:37:30. > :37:35.winning the UK, you would have thought he would kick on from there,

:37:36. > :37:36.but he just has not done it. It is about time that he started

:37:37. > :37:49.producing. He had some tip trouble in his

:37:50. > :37:58.recent round, he changed his tip, then he had a few days to knock it

:37:59. > :38:04.in. Ronnie O'Sullivan also has troubles with the tip, you would

:38:05. > :38:13.think that they would have a decent tip by the time they get to the

:38:14. > :38:17.World Championship. Yes, Ronnie O'Sullivan has done it many, many

:38:18. > :38:28.times. Between matches, the changes it sometimes. -- he changes.

:38:29. > :38:40.The aggressive safety shot, coming off three cushions, but the first

:38:41. > :39:06.chance of a Ryan Day. -- the first towns of a pot for Ryan Day.

:39:07. > :39:14.The only case there would not have left a pot on. A thin kiss or a

:39:15. > :40:28.half-ball contact would have been fine.

:40:29. > :40:36.Second potting opportunity for Ryan Day.

:40:37. > :40:57.In practice, that is the shot you would play.

:40:58. > :41:35.Both long shots have been a long way off. Perhaps he has not settled yet.

:41:36. > :41:45.He has got his dazzling shoes on again, that allegedly Costerg couple

:41:46. > :41:56.of grand! -- cost a couple of grand. Would you fancy those? ! Never

:41:57. > :42:02.thought I would see a snooker player wearing those. We're getting too old

:42:03. > :42:18.for those, Willie! The balls are in a perfect position,

:42:19. > :42:23.the black is still unavailable to the right-hand corner.

:42:24. > :42:55.Great advantage to have that cue power. No problem at all. Cueing up

:42:56. > :43:03.for that bore colour. -- baulk colour.

:43:04. > :43:14.He tried to bring the black into play, he has got a breezy bonus, the

:43:15. > :43:21.pink is now available. He got into the cue ball a fraction too much,

:43:22. > :43:26.but that turned out to be perfect. The cue power is such an advantage,

:43:27. > :43:27.so many players in the game do not have that shot in their arsenal. It

:43:28. > :43:43.truly hampers them. You can tell already that the tippee

:43:44. > :43:51.has got on is much more responsive. Any time he played the screw shot in

:43:52. > :44:47.the previous matches, he did not get the position, but he is now.

:44:48. > :44:55.It's very good contribution, considering black and blue have been

:44:56. > :45:00.out of play. He needs to screw back about another inch. There is no gap.

:45:01. > :45:11.He has taken this on. This is dangerous. What a brilliant shot.

:45:12. > :45:24.Very, very unlucky not to be on a ball. All of a sudden, he is

:45:25. > :45:33.nothing. What a clever shot to screw off the black, Stephen? Yes, a

:45:34. > :45:37.example of his cue power and timing. To be able to get yourself out of

:45:38. > :45:55.trouble with these shots, few players could do that.

:45:56. > :46:02.Once again has two play an aggressive shots to get to pink or

:46:03. > :46:22.black. Just a bit worried about getting in front of the black.

:46:23. > :46:31.Mostly controlled. Pity impressive so far, Judd Trump. He looks focused

:46:32. > :46:37.and composed. Relaxed. Everything that you need to be.

:46:38. > :46:46.He looks to be up for it. Because he played so poorly in the first earned

:46:47. > :46:49.much against Tom, people have not even been talking about him winning

:46:50. > :46:55.this tournament, but in this kind of form, he has got to be a runner. He

:46:56. > :47:03.is one of only maybe three players that will fancy having a go at

:47:04. > :47:07.Ronnie O'Sullivan. And he will not be scared of playing Ronnie

:47:08. > :47:09.O'Sullivan. There are only two three players left in this tournament

:47:10. > :47:49.where that is the case. Now the frame is safe, he can

:47:50. > :47:55.concentrate on maybe making a century at this visit. In the first

:47:56. > :47:59.round, his highest break was 72, and it is still 72, but Ryan Day coming

:48:00. > :48:15.back for some practice. The first frame, did you come back

:48:16. > :48:23.to the table in that situation, Stephen? I don't think I would come

:48:24. > :48:29.back in this situation, because the reds are awkward, but if the reds

:48:30. > :48:33.were different, then yes, maybe. Especially the first two he

:48:34. > :48:35.attempted, he missed them by a mile, but wants to get his arm

:48:36. > :48:46.going. Most players would spend half an

:48:47. > :48:50.hour in the practice room before they come out and then go to the

:48:51. > :48:54.dressing room to wash their hands and then straight on. All the hard

:48:55. > :48:59.work should be done in the practice room, but I am sure that Ryan Day

:49:00. > :49:00.will concede now will stop that fabulous break of 70 has taken Judd

:49:01. > :49:12.Trump to the first frame. His long potting let him down in the

:49:13. > :49:17.first match that he played against Tom Ford, a match where he said, I

:49:18. > :49:21.just got bored and started to take everything on, Tom was playing quite

:49:22. > :49:25.slowly, is match was not on the job on that opening match, compare it

:49:26. > :49:32.with these opening exchanges? The first round is a funny rent to play

:49:33. > :49:35.in. It is strange to say that you are bored. If that is what is

:49:36. > :49:38.happening out there or if that is what he said in the press

:49:39. > :49:45.conference, I don't know. Players cue do the talking, but to some

:49:46. > :49:57.extent, the form guide is that the window. A good start? He looked

:49:58. > :50:02.close to disinterested, if Tom Ford had opted, you would have knocked

:50:03. > :50:08.him out. If he has gone and had a bit of practice and change the tip

:50:09. > :50:12.on his cue, then he looks much, much better on the table already. OK,

:50:13. > :50:20.that is the opening thought as we head into frame two.

:50:21. > :50:29.No real chance in that first frame, a couple of long pots. You always

:50:30. > :50:35.want to get your first frame under way as quickly as possible, Willie,

:50:36. > :50:41.even in a 25 frame match? You never settle until you get the frame on

:50:42. > :50:59.the board, but the best of 25, lots of chances.

:51:00. > :51:05.It would be interesting to see in this match how many power shot these

:51:06. > :51:10.players play. Another long part, he has not got

:51:11. > :51:38.close. -- long pot. Almost looks like it would stop on

:51:39. > :51:47.the jaws but turned at the last second. What a difference that made.

:51:48. > :51:56.Judd Trump is a good opportunity here to score a few points. Split

:51:57. > :52:00.open again. That is the thing with attacking players, they play an

:52:01. > :52:06.attacking safety shot, so you cannot afford to make a mistake. It puts

:52:07. > :52:09.pressure on your safety and your long game. He let that positional

:52:10. > :52:29.shot go. The tables are very, very fast. To

:52:30. > :52:32.avoid the kiss on the brown. Screwed it in to make sure there was no sort

:52:33. > :53:12.of kiss, a very good shot. He has got a nice enough angle to

:53:13. > :53:26.bring the cue ball in and out of baulk. The yellow is the danger.

:53:27. > :53:58.This is excellent. Looks a different player than he did the other day.

:53:59. > :54:02.All of the talent of the world, but the little positional shots can let

:54:03. > :54:18.things slip. In a long frame match, you just

:54:19. > :54:20.cannot keep getting out of position. Not nicely on the yellow, not nicely

:54:21. > :54:34.on the blue. He needed to get the pace right, he

:54:35. > :55:09.has generated just about enough. Getting more difficult because

:55:10. > :55:39.nothing is available from the blue on the right hand corner.

:55:40. > :55:44.That is the first time he has missed this shot by a long way in this

:55:45. > :56:40.match so far. That is all you need, when you

:56:41. > :56:45.haven't had an easy shot, then the cub Leblanc ones that he misses. He

:56:46. > :57:09.is faced with a tough safety shot. 37 points behind.

:57:10. > :57:19.An excellent safety shot from Ryan Day. Well played. The key against

:57:20. > :57:27.playing Judd Trump is that you cannot leave a long part on. He will

:57:28. > :57:45.go for them. -- leave a long pot one.

:57:46. > :58:01.Forgoes at a long pot, not potted one of them. This is a difficult one

:58:02. > :58:08.to go. He works beautifully with the cue. Should get the upper hand

:58:09. > :58:12.behind the green. Tight as possible, try to cut out the side cushion, but

:58:13. > :58:20.it is hard on the fine cloth to touch ball now. You hardly see them

:58:21. > :58:22.roll-up and touch ever. Especially in Ryan's situation, you want to

:58:23. > :58:49.make sure that you get the snooker. Straight on the red, I think that is

:58:50. > :58:55.the shot to play. He has not looked at it, he fancies this, the black is

:58:56. > :59:17.available. This is Ryan Day's first real chance at this match.

:59:18. > :59:21.He did not hit that as well as he was hoping, but he is still on the

:59:22. > :59:38.black. A decent chance to get back into

:59:39. > :59:39.this frame. He is making it awkward, because the black will only pot to

:59:40. > :00:29.one corner. Played a good shot to screw in

:00:30. > :00:34.between the two reds. It is amazing the red that is three away from the

:00:35. > :00:43.black has caused this problem all this frame.

:00:44. > :01:17.The last shot I thought he may have played a cannon on the red.

:01:18. > :01:35.He is a great talent, he was once up to number six in the world.

:01:36. > :02:08.Both players have been in and that red has never moved this all frame,

:02:09. > :02:16.the problem red to the right of the black.

:02:17. > :02:20.Again can't get on that red. May have to go around the table in

:02:21. > :03:08.between the yellow and pink. He had better hopes the blue will

:03:09. > :03:23.come to his rescue. A wry smile from Judd. He thought he had mishit it.

:03:24. > :03:31.He did miss hit it. Didn't get into the cue ball.

:03:32. > :03:40.Might be worth risking the swerve to hit the red. Because playing this

:03:41. > :03:48.safety shot will have to get in between green and pink.

:03:49. > :04:35.Quietly please! He has taken every long pot on so far. This one is a

:04:36. > :04:51.bit more difficult. Where is the red going to end up?

:04:52. > :05:26.There is your answer - got away with it.

:05:27. > :05:45.Foul. Decision time for Ryan. Up and down would be best.

:05:46. > :06:14.That is a bit careless to hit the green.

:06:15. > :06:22.Generates a lot of cue power there with not hitting it too hard. Ryan

:06:23. > :06:33.knows he should play for the blue in the middle.

:06:34. > :06:41.Looks like he is taking the right centre, the element of safety. No,

:06:42. > :06:51.didn't go for the pot. If he had got away with that, that is a result.

:06:52. > :07:11.The shot was so miss-hit. It was a chance to win the frame.

:07:12. > :07:16.I think Ryan is snookered from the red that is next to the yellow. This

:07:17. > :08:01.isn't easy to get safe. I bet he wish he took on the red now

:08:02. > :08:06.on the last visit to the table. If you lose a frame from a safety shot

:08:07. > :08:14.it hurts more than if you have gone for a pot.

:08:15. > :08:29.Well that will help! He had to take the green out. Yeah, I didn't spot

:08:30. > :08:38.that one. Still not ourt of the woods -- out of the woods yet. You

:08:39. > :09:39.would rather be near the middle pocket.

:09:40. > :10:06.Just yellow and green needed to level the scores.

:10:07. > :10:13.This is going to be an interesting match. Both players appear to be

:10:14. > :10:38.cueing well. The blue's not gone in. But a braet

:10:39. > :11:40.of 47 -- break of 47. We are all square at 1-1.

:11:41. > :11:51.It is interesting to see he has played Shaun Murphy 15 times and

:11:52. > :11:54.played Judd Trump once. It is amazing they have only met once. Yes

:11:55. > :12:09.it is an unusual stat. Both players sharing the first two

:12:10. > :12:15.frames. So both will be, or they should be pretty relaxed now and

:12:16. > :13:11.ready to get on with the rest of the six frames in this session.

:13:12. > :13:20.Long way away with that pot. The blue has disappeared as well. It is

:13:21. > :14:15.a good chance for Judd to get a few points on the board.

:14:16. > :14:26.He was dead straight on that red and couldn't play for the blue.

:14:27. > :14:32.He will be looking to leave himself high on the black to go into the

:14:33. > :14:57.pack. That was a great shot. Where is the

:14:58. > :15:02.green going? Foul. Having seen the green go in, he will be reasonably

:15:03. > :15:05.pleased that the cue ball's finished near the cushion. He will be

:15:06. > :15:09.disappointed if the green had stayed up that is near the cushion. But

:15:10. > :15:19.this red just passes the other red into the corner. But he would have

:15:20. > :15:26.to play it at pace to get near the black. He may just play a safety

:15:27. > :16:08.shot here. The red clearly pots in the corner.

:16:09. > :16:15.He just played the safety shot. I don't blame him. He was in a bit of

:16:16. > :16:29.trouble there. But a cue ball there. It was a better shot than it looked

:16:30. > :17:03.from Ryan Day. At first glance it looked careless

:17:04. > :17:15.to leave the white so far off the cushion.

:17:16. > :17:20.He needed the cue ball to be nearer the cushion. Then that shot wouldn't

:17:21. > :17:51.have been on. What a clever shot this is. That is

:17:52. > :17:56.as good as he could have done. He has left the pot in the middle. If

:17:57. > :18:00.he hits the red thinner, this red wouldn't have been on. He played it

:18:01. > :19:11.perfectly. Very unlucky. If you get a kick there, the cue

:19:12. > :19:16.ball goes nowhere. The angle he has here you can see, just run through

:19:17. > :19:17.and get on to the black in the opposite corner. This is now a

:19:18. > :19:43.chance to go 2-1 in front. He just played for the loose red. So

:19:44. > :19:46.he will go for ball, ball, colour. It opens up the two reds into the

:19:47. > :19:53.corner pocket. But he imparted too much side. Poor

:19:54. > :20:26.shot. A decent pot on the yellow. He can

:20:27. > :20:47.start to feel more confident. Oh, nice bounce! Nice bounce! The

:20:48. > :20:54.cue ball has travelled about a foot more than it was supposed to. It

:20:55. > :20:56.seeps that table, that side of the black, when it hits the cushion, it

:20:57. > :21:17.is the same shot all the time. He has lost the cue ball a little

:21:18. > :21:38.bit there. That was just as easy as anything

:21:39. > :22:08.else. He played the cannon. Not nice, but

:22:09. > :23:04.he still has some sort of pot on. Now just a couple of pots from

:23:05. > :23:21.taking a 2-1 lead. He didn't get into the cue ball

:23:22. > :23:23.there as he wanted. He would have liked to have been straighter on

:23:24. > :23:38.this. If you're straight on it, you can't

:23:39. > :23:46.miss it. So 44 in it, 59 on. The frame is still alive. I won'ter if

:23:47. > :23:51.Judd will -- wonder if Judd will play an attacking shot and take the

:23:52. > :23:53.reds away from the cushion? That is what he has played and it is not

:23:54. > :24:16.bad. The fact that he is left-handed,

:24:17. > :24:39.these two reds are tricky on the right hand side.

:24:40. > :24:52.I think he will have to play it with a trace of left-hand side.

:24:53. > :25:02.That was unlucky. Played to use the top spin, almost bananaed the cue

:25:03. > :25:06.ball to take the red out. He has got a nice angle on the brown. He can

:25:07. > :25:31.basically do what he wants. He is going to have to screw into it

:25:32. > :25:35.now. I don't think the black or the pink ice any good. But he has an

:25:36. > :25:52.angle on the black. He can get in behind that red. Does

:25:53. > :25:56.the red pass the yellow. You get so many psychological times in a match

:25:57. > :26:02.where you need to pinch frames. This is the chance for the first A he was

:26:03. > :26:08.he was a long way off second prize. A long way off the pot. The red

:26:09. > :26:12.clearly potted past the yellow. I kpt believe he didn't get -- can't

:26:13. > :26:20.believe he didn't get close to the jaws.

:26:21. > :26:28.There was a chance to deliver the first blow in the match - pinching a

:26:29. > :26:31.frame he should have lost. A very poor safety shot and he has given

:26:32. > :26:47.Judd a lifeline. If he gets on a killer, he looks

:26:48. > :26:49.certain to lose it. But didn't play for the blue in the corn e but that

:26:50. > :27:45.is what he will take. -- corner. Stephen mentioned although it is the

:27:46. > :27:51.best of #25shgs when you throw -- 25, when you throw away a frame you

:27:52. > :28:06.should have won. Then you're playing catch up.

:28:07. > :28:15.Stays down on the pink. Stays down on the black.

:28:16. > :28:26.A very topsy-turvy frame. He missed the second chance and it cost him

:28:27. > :28:33.the frame. Judd Trump pouncing on that mistake by Ryan Day. Ryan

:28:34. > :28:36.played well and potted a lot of tricky balls. He showed a lot of

:28:37. > :28:43.confidence and then he missed the red in the mittle -- middle. It was

:28:44. > :28:48.inexplicable. You can't do that. We were chatting about the feature we

:28:49. > :28:52.saw with Ryan and he said he had a change to his technique. Werp not

:28:53. > :28:57.sure what -- we are not sure what that is. But it has changed the way

:28:58. > :29:01.he is thinking. It is not obvious what the change is. Perhaps he wants

:29:02. > :29:06.to keep that to himself. A lot of players in the snooker world, as

:29:07. > :29:11.opposed to golfers, who are more open about it, but Ronnie O'Sullivan

:29:12. > :29:16.is looking to get his mind right. But the other way to get confidence

:29:17. > :29:21.is from getting your technique right and getting your confidence from the

:29:22. > :29:29.practice table. You could argue they have both got their place. It has

:29:30. > :29:37.shown, Ryan Day has beaten some good playest like -- players like Mark

:29:38. > :29:43.Selby and Judd Trump after a couple of years going backwards. Yes he can

:29:44. > :29:46.do well, because he scores. If you don't score, you're up against it.

:29:47. > :29:53.That is why going back to that red in the sceptre -- centre pocket.

:29:54. > :30:00.Just stamping your authority on it, missing a pot like that doesn't do

:30:01. > :30:05.you any good. How much better is the match up with a guy who is

:30:06. > :30:14.like-minded and likes to go for big breaks. Is this good for Trump? It

:30:15. > :30:18.can be, but we saw Judd miss a shot, the red into the yellow pocket.

:30:19. > :30:26.Sometimes players just start missing balls and they start going for too

:30:27. > :30:34.many. You don't know until they get out there. Sometimes the session can

:30:35. > :30:39.can dictate the style of play. If one plays well, it can spur his

:30:40. > :31:09.opponent on. So back we are go. He didn't have a go at it in the

:31:10. > :31:16.end. You get frames like this, you always have a heart that things when

:31:17. > :31:25.you see the lack there. -- the black there.

:31:26. > :31:33.Well, I haven't got a clue what he played there. I'm sorry. Did he play

:31:34. > :31:36.the cut and completely miss it? It must have done. He hit it off ball.

:31:37. > :31:49.Let's have another look at that. That is the only shot he could have

:31:50. > :32:45.been playing. It certainly wasn't a safety. Great shot.

:32:46. > :32:52.The black isn't available to either corner. Maybe the pink might be

:32:53. > :33:00.available. If he finishes low on the pink, that might help. He is not

:33:01. > :33:17.playing at this time but he may played in a couple of shots time.

:33:18. > :33:24.Too much pace on the cue ball. He still has the red to left centre.

:33:25. > :33:42.These are tough. He hit those so well. You don't see

:33:43. > :33:47.Judd Trump played dead role in. He always likes to lay them with a bit

:33:48. > :33:55.of pace. He did play for the blue there. But he was too far on the

:33:56. > :34:01.table. He's got the wrong angle on the blue to stun over from the left

:34:02. > :34:06.to the red to the black. He has to get the pace exactly right. And

:34:07. > :34:10.also, he have to put the blue. Once he has missed the pot, you would

:34:11. > :34:15.think he would go on the red but I don't think he has. I didn't expect

:34:16. > :34:31.to miss this blue. It was dead straight. He is more comfortable

:34:32. > :34:33.punching balls in mental condemning. -- punching balls in van dropping

:34:34. > :34:36.them in. It looked as though it was tight but

:34:37. > :34:53.he hit it too thick. The choice of 2/2 chances here, Rich

:34:54. > :35:01.left-centre or read up to the green pocket. If he puts it, he will have

:35:02. > :35:04.a lovely angle on the blue, to snatch it into the pack. -- to smash

:35:05. > :35:24.it. It is a good pot but it is not so

:35:25. > :35:29.easy to control the direction of the cue ball. He still can play the

:35:30. > :35:41.shot. Play the bluefin on the right-hand side of it. He left the

:35:42. > :35:49.cue ball fraction. There is the angle. There was a plant in the

:35:50. > :35:54.middle. He missed it by a fraction. If the cue ball is away from the

:35:55. > :36:05.safe cushion, it is unmissable, the cannon on the pack. Still, to find

:36:06. > :36:11.that gap, Cukor played in a hundred times and you wouldn't find it. A

:36:12. > :36:20.very aggressive safety shop. He needs to get a good wide. This red

:36:21. > :36:23.is still on. But the cue ball path going back up to the other end of

:36:24. > :36:26.the table is blocked by a few reds. If you placed the pot, he is going

:36:27. > :36:36.to have to get it. Well, it looked very tough. That was

:36:37. > :37:10.excellent pot. The red that he is looking up now,

:37:11. > :37:13.he is looking to get it in in such a way that he can drop back onto the

:37:14. > :37:19.black. Yes, that is what he has played, he

:37:20. > :38:28.is playing for the black here. The red at the top of the bunch pots

:38:29. > :38:37.to the right corner. He would like to land straight on that red so he

:38:38. > :38:39.can follow through on to the black. Putting all your eggs into one

:38:40. > :39:05.basket, playing for this one. A good recovery. He needs to get

:39:06. > :39:11.into this blue for the site to take, he needs to get a kiss on this one.

:39:12. > :39:16.It may be a bit thin for that. Looking at the deep screw yellow,

:39:17. > :39:24.both these players are blessed with an abundance of cue power. Look how

:39:25. > :39:28.good he hit that. You just cannot strike a ball better than that. To

:39:29. > :39:34.hit it so smoothly. That was effortless. That is just pure

:39:35. > :40:01.timing. Oh, can you believe it? He played

:40:02. > :40:09.the most great shot from yellow to red and then gets a kick on the

:40:10. > :40:15.black like that. That is up there, amps and a see-through OFCOM bounced

:40:16. > :40:22.100 miles high. It is amazing how many times you do get that kick. If

:40:23. > :40:30.you don't time that absolutely perfectly, you seem to always get a

:40:31. > :40:34.kick. I just wonder when you're playing, but what is going to

:40:35. > :40:36.possibly leave the bed anyway, maybe that has something to do with it. It

:40:37. > :40:56.happens an awful lot. I just hope it hasn't cost him the

:40:57. > :41:06.frame of this visit. If Judd Trump clears up here, it would hurt. The

:41:07. > :41:33.black has landed in an awkward place here.

:41:34. > :41:37.He has only got a safety shop now. He cannot get back to baulk off the

:41:38. > :42:08.red. He can put this but how does he get

:42:09. > :42:12.the cue ball into play? He has to hit this very thing to have any

:42:13. > :42:24.chance of getting topside on the blue. He is looking to play read on

:42:25. > :42:30.to read over the whole. -- red on to red. He is thinking about playing

:42:31. > :42:36.the red to the right-hand side over the pack as the plant to the red

:42:37. > :42:40.over the other pocket. He knows whether White is going to end up but

:42:41. > :42:42.he still has to make the plant. But he has done. And it could be on the

:42:43. > :43:19.black. A brilliant shot. One good pot now from Ryan and he

:43:20. > :43:27.will forget about the kick on the black. It is still not guaranteed,

:43:28. > :43:32.this red. He could do with the cue ball being another for oranges into

:43:33. > :43:47.the middle of the table. -- another four inches.

:43:48. > :44:09.The back red of the 3-ball pot so he doesn't have to worry about getting

:44:10. > :44:10.the perfect angle on the black. Just making sure that he can bring the

:44:11. > :44:33.two reds into play. He is going to have to play the case

:44:34. > :44:57.out, he has finished a bit low. -- played the case now.

:44:58. > :45:07.Not the best split, is it? He has already missed one of those shots.

:45:08. > :45:32.He got that one, though. 17 points in front. Both reds needed.

:45:33. > :45:40.Just last red needed if he gets on the black nicely. Goodness me, that

:45:41. > :45:53.is a bit of tension in the arm. That is all that was. That was virtually

:45:54. > :45:57.frame ball, he has done it again. Not good for your confidence when

:45:58. > :45:59.you keep missing pressure shots. There will be a lot more pressure

:46:00. > :46:30.shots to come. The angle has come into this red. He

:46:31. > :46:37.has to be a bit careful here. He just managed to miss a double-kiss.

:46:38. > :46:58.Not as good as he could have done from there.

:46:59. > :47:18.He doesn't want it to hit the jaws and stay in the pocket, does he? He

:47:19. > :47:27.would do well not to leave the pot on here. He plays down the left-hand

:47:28. > :47:28.side, he has two make sure he doesn't hit too thick and kissed the

:47:29. > :47:36.brown. It was hard to see that red being

:47:37. > :48:17.made into a plant and that will cut. Amazing. Hitting the pink was in his

:48:18. > :48:24.favour but all of a sudden, the head -- the case has not worked at all. I

:48:25. > :48:42.think you can pot the pink to the right centre.

:48:43. > :48:49.The pink was on but I think he thought it was a bit too risky to

:48:50. > :49:26.play. Missed it by two inches the first

:49:27. > :49:30.time, missed it by an inch that time. I would like a pound when he

:49:31. > :50:08.hits it this time. He should have gained the upper hand

:50:09. > :51:11.with the safety there and he hasn't. He got mighty close. Where will it

:51:12. > :51:21.end up? Not too bad. He got very close.

:51:22. > :51:34.It is just's turn to have a go at a long one. There is a shock. What a

:51:35. > :52:17.good safety shop he has played as well. Well done.

:52:18. > :52:38.I think he can just see the end of the red. The red will be going round

:52:39. > :52:44.the left-hand corner. He needs to cover the red up. He has played the

:52:45. > :53:35.red hard enough to go on the cushion. Good shot.

:53:36. > :53:48.That was a poor shot, Stephen. He has left a pot on.

:53:49. > :53:58.Ryan Day has had every chance to check a 3-1 lead but there is a

:53:59. > :54:03.chance he could be 3-1 behind. The green is not too bad for

:54:04. > :54:14.left-handers so he doesn't have to worry about that one for the moment.

:54:15. > :54:22.It is natural to go round the back of the green. I think that is why he

:54:23. > :54:28.has played the yellow. He knew exactly where the cue ball would be.

:54:29. > :54:35.This is perfect. Having hit it hard enough? There is a lot of margin for

:54:36. > :54:37.error there. Anything too hard was always going to leave some sort of

:54:38. > :54:59.pot. Ryan Day blew his cheeks out there

:55:00. > :55:02.when he saw the green going close to the pocket. A strange choice of shot

:55:03. > :55:54.from Judd Trump. Ryan Day needed three chances to win

:55:55. > :56:00.that frame, he took the third one. They go to the interval all square

:56:01. > :56:03.at 2-2. If there is one thing that is the bane of the snooker player,

:56:04. > :56:08.it is the dreaded kick. We have a situation, wonderful positional play

:56:09. > :56:12.by Ryan Day and the blue man through and look at it, have a look at this

:56:13. > :56:16.for a kick, it is an absolute monster. Probably the worst we have

:56:17. > :56:22.seen in the championship. You can see from his reaction. Absolutely

:56:23. > :56:29.sick. This man has a theory about a kick. What I am going to try and do

:56:30. > :56:33.is recreate a kick here in the cue zone. I have one here in the oven I

:56:34. > :56:40.prepared earlier. Let the claim what a kick is. It is earning crease in

:56:41. > :56:43.friction when a spinning ball hits a stationary ball. If there is an

:56:44. > :56:47.increase in friction, this can cause the spin to transfer too much onto

:56:48. > :56:52.the other ball and it lifts off the table. Imagine the situation, you

:56:53. > :56:55.are on the black, and you put a lot of chalk on for the back spin

:56:56. > :56:59.because you want to play at deep screw back with reverse side and the

:57:00. > :57:04.chalk, one revolution later or half a revolution, gets trapped between

:57:05. > :57:07.the cue ball and the black. I cannot guarantee getting the chalk from the

:57:08. > :57:12.cue ball into a trap position on the black so I have loaded up the black

:57:13. > :57:16.ball with lots of chalk. The contact point has lots of chalk on it. I

:57:17. > :57:20.want to play a spinning shot with side as well which will quit the

:57:21. > :57:31.black off course. I played firm, which will increase the grip. Let's

:57:32. > :57:37.see if I can replicate the kick. The black ball jumps off the table and

:57:38. > :57:41.you miss it. I tell you who is getting a kick out of the snooker,

:57:42. > :57:45.it is Barry Hawkins. He has transformed his image and reputation

:57:46. > :57:49.within the game in the last 18 months from a kind of genuine

:57:50. > :57:56.challenger to approve an challenger. He has won two big

:57:57. > :58:00.titles. He has also left up to world number four in the rankings and

:58:01. > :58:06.expectations are high again this year.

:58:07. > :58:16.I feel pretty confident. I have had a decent months, I won a tournament

:58:17. > :58:20.last month. Obviously, that gave me confidence leading up to this

:58:21. > :58:23.tournament so, yeah, I feel quite good about my form and I am looking

:58:24. > :58:30.forward to the rest of the tournament. It was quite a long

:58:31. > :58:33.week. I got home at 30 -- 3:30am in the morning and I was due to fly to

:58:34. > :58:38.China that evening and after winning the tournament on such a high, I got

:58:39. > :58:42.home and I was knackered and to be honest with you, I couldn't face the

:58:43. > :58:45.journey. I would have been going out there in the right frame of mind. I

:58:46. > :58:50.would have probably got beaten because I was not looking forward to

:58:51. > :58:52.it. All of a sudden, I am coming home disappointed where as the

:58:53. > :58:59.preparation for this tournament, I could turn up knowing the last match

:59:00. > :59:09.I played, I wondered big tournament. -- I won a big tournament. I want to

:59:10. > :59:12.try and play as well as I can and if I can keep winning matches and

:59:13. > :59:18.getting far into tournaments, that is all that matters to me, really.

:59:19. > :59:23.Snooker takes up most of my time. Any time I do get is spent with my

:59:24. > :59:28.wife and my little boy. We try to do as much as I can between moments but

:59:29. > :59:32.it is off because we are always so much now. Any spare time I do get is

:59:33. > :59:38.time to involve them as much as I can. I think we both like to get on

:59:39. > :59:43.with it to a certain extent. Ricky is quite fluent in the balls. I

:59:44. > :59:47.don't think he enjoyed the tactical side as much. I figure lies to get

:59:48. > :59:52.on and make the breaks and things like that. Sometimes, you can only

:59:53. > :59:56.say what is in front of you. I just concentrate on keep doing what I am

:59:57. > :00:01.doing and if I get a chance, hopefully I can take it well.

:00:02. > :00:06.Especially after last year, getting to the final, getting close to

:00:07. > :00:11.picking up the trophy. I am desperate to get back to it. This is

:00:12. > :00:16.an unbelievable atmosphere. It is what you dream about when you first

:00:17. > :00:19.start laying snooker. To pick up the trophy and to be crowned world

:00:20. > :00:29.champion would be a dream come true for me. Barry's match with Ricky

:00:30. > :00:39.Walden is a repeat of an epic semi final last year. Walden was miles

:00:40. > :00:47.ahead and ran out of gas and haw -- Hawkins won eight frames in a row.

:00:48. > :00:53.Hawkins made a great starters 3-0 up. Then Walden on a roll, five

:00:54. > :00:58.frames on the bounce, including a second century of the Championship

:00:59. > :01:03.and he looked good. But back came Hawkins, 7-9. That is where we will

:01:04. > :01:08.pick it up and we do so in the company of George Riley of BBC Radio

:01:09. > :01:27.five live with Dennis Taylor. He didn't get anywhere close to that

:01:28. > :01:34.and I thought he had got away with it for a moment. But he hasn't.

:01:35. > :01:41.Barry is hampered here. He has little to do with the cue ball.

:01:42. > :02:00.He might need the spider to reach that.

:02:01. > :02:15.A wobbly old start from Ricky Walden, who absolutely dominated the

:02:16. > :02:27.second session yesterday. With those five frames in a row.

:02:28. > :02:37.A great chance for bare to strike - Barry to strike first today. Yes it

:02:38. > :02:50.is always nice to get off to a good start and Ricky had the half chance.

:02:51. > :03:14.There are still four or five loose reds. So it is a good opportunity.

:03:15. > :03:22.The first frame today always looked like being key after Hawkins took

:03:23. > :03:47.the final two yesterday with an 87 and a 63.

:03:48. > :03:59.If you go back to their semi final clash last year, Ricky led by four

:04:00. > :04:05.frames. 12-8. And Barry got stronger and stronger.

:04:06. > :04:12.But they're very evenly matched. In fact Ricky has won five out of their

:04:13. > :04:45.nine meetings. It is all about the little cannon

:04:46. > :05:02.here on the left of the two reds just to nudge it out of the way.

:05:03. > :05:09.It was a bad miss from Ricky Walden, but Barry Hawkins has taken these

:05:10. > :05:13.very well and this is beginning to look like a frame-winning

:05:14. > :05:28.opportunity for the world number four.

:05:29. > :05:47.It is a shot that he is usually very good at. He just overcut it there.

:05:48. > :05:55.Just the one century in this match so far, 112 by Ricky Walden. Barry's

:05:56. > :06:26.highest break 87. He has got the one into the left

:06:27. > :06:42.middle pocket. Could have worked out better that, but should be OK.

:06:43. > :06:51.He will try and get on to the pink, looking at the way he is cueing

:06:52. > :06:55.this. Ooh! He did well there, because playing on to the pink, he

:06:56. > :06:58.almost missed the red. Just have a look at this. Nearly came out of the

:06:59. > :07:14.pocket there. He seems to be back in control of

:07:15. > :07:17.this break. When Hawkins ran out of position, Ricky perked up in his

:07:18. > :07:24.seat and thought I could be back in business here.

:07:25. > :07:33.He is back to the look of anguish now though. He knows that Barry's

:07:34. > :07:41.only a few pots from securing this opening frame of this sex. --

:07:42. > :07:45.oeching frame of -- opening frame of this session. I think that is

:07:46. > :07:49.perfect. Even if he is touching, he still might be OK. He got the cannon

:07:50. > :08:23.has he intended. We have had 26 krints so far in this

:08:24. > :08:28.-- centuries so far in this year's World Championship. And there was

:08:29. > :08:32.that little mannerism. When he was on the cushion, he can you remembers

:08:33. > :08:38.his finger up. The frame well and truly over. So it would be nice to

:08:39. > :08:57.make a century. He has made 21 centuries this season, Barry.

:08:58. > :09:24.He has made Walden pay for an uncharacteristic error.

:09:25. > :09:55.Great start for Barry Hawkins. The 27th century here this year.

:09:56. > :10:15.Doesn't matter about that. Just means he doesn't get the complete

:10:16. > :10:20.clearance. But what a start from Barry Hawkins. That was a superb

:10:21. > :10:30.effort and that century puts him just one behind. It is now 9-8 to

:10:31. > :10:33.Walden. Once again just the one frame in it. It is nip and tuck.

:10:34. > :10:55.This is frame 20. Barry may be able to take a pot on

:10:56. > :10:58.and get back around the table also. Yes, he will have a go at this, I

:10:59. > :11:22.think. Played beautifully. He does play

:11:23. > :11:27.that particular shot so well, Barry Hawkins, and he made sure he stayed

:11:28. > :11:30.on the green or brown. As we show you that terrific long pot. That

:11:31. > :11:53.might just give him this frame. The Two magnificently clean long

:11:54. > :12:04.reds from Barry Hawkins. What an opportunity.

:12:05. > :12:12.Stretching a bit for this pink, but he is OK. A penny for them, Ricky

:12:13. > :12:27.Walden? The match started off the best of

:12:28. > :12:32.25. In a couple of more pots and it will be off to the mid session

:12:33. > :12:43.interval and back for the best of five.

:12:44. > :12:49.Oh, he wobbled that one! He knew that was virtually frame ball and

:12:50. > :13:05.have a look at this. Well, they all count, don't they?

:13:06. > :13:40.But he certainly tightened up on that one.

:13:41. > :13:44.We said at the start we felt it would go all the way. It certainly

:13:45. > :13:59.looks like it at the moment. I think I will put the kettle on

:14:00. > :14:01.during the interval, I think they're going the distance. How do you take

:14:02. > :14:19.it? Just in a cup would be nice! Hawkins has plugged away. And he has

:14:20. > :14:50.levelled the match at 10-10. Well it doesn't land, but a terrific

:14:51. > :14:55.opening session today. Barry Hawkins trailed 9-5 and now we are all

:14:56. > :15:00.square. You're right up to date with that one. They're in their interval.

:15:01. > :15:12.When they return you can watch it or on a connected TV. Reflections on a

:15:13. > :15:16.topsy tufby match. You -- topsy-turvy match. Yes Ricky's

:15:17. > :15:22.situation was the same in the semi final last year. It shows how

:15:23. > :15:28.tenacious Barry haw Kipps -- Hawkins is. He is the type of player, even

:15:29. > :15:35.if he goes a long way behind doesn't change his game. That is a great

:15:36. > :15:43.thing. He doesn't change and just plays frame by frame. Ricky's blown

:15:44. > :15:48.hot and cold. We know he can be very fluent. How deep do you think the

:15:49. > :15:52.scar is from that semi final last year? Ping he will have got over

:15:53. > :16:01.that now. I think it was at the time. I think he thought he was in

:16:02. > :16:04.better form and should have won. This is always going to be close. It

:16:05. > :16:09.goes down to the last frame every time they have a match up. The

:16:10. > :16:14.styles seem to suit each other for long games. We are back into the

:16:15. > :16:25.arena and the match that we very enjoying the first couple of frames

:16:26. > :16:35.of. It is 2-2 at the interval. Judd Trump and Ryan Day. COMMENTATOR: It

:16:36. > :16:53.couldn't be more even. Perhaps Ryan Day could have led 3-1.

:16:54. > :17:16.Ryan Day getting a faster bounce off this cushion than he was expecting.

:17:17. > :17:30.That is a nice confident pot and a nice position on this red.

:17:31. > :17:37.He wants to get rid of the red to the right of the black. He was a bit

:17:38. > :17:52.low. He is will be disappointed with that low shot there.

:17:53. > :17:59.He showed phenomenal cue power. It comes out of can cushion -- cushion

:18:00. > :18:20.and it has right hand side on it. Well that was the plan. He wasn't

:18:21. > :18:35.expecting to hit the bump in the middle pocket.

:18:36. > :18:41.Played that well, the little bounce off the cushion gives him the chance

:18:42. > :19:04.to play the cannon off the pink. Well he has missed the blue. Didn't

:19:05. > :19:09.see that one coming. The only good thing for Judd, he hit the red he

:19:10. > :19:11.wanted to. I'm surprised more reds haven't become available in the left

:19:12. > :20:39.hand corner. I can't see how he is going to get

:20:40. > :21:46.to the red in the corner. Judd had the opportunity of a red to

:21:47. > :21:49.the left corner. Two or three years ago he wouldn't have hesitated in

:21:50. > :22:13.taking it on. Foul and a miss. He is itching to

:22:14. > :22:20.take it on, but even if he hits the red he will have to hit it quarter

:22:21. > :22:30.ball to not leave an even easier ball than this.

:22:31. > :22:41.He has hit it quarter ball. Foul. In fairness that might not be a bad

:22:42. > :23:30.result with the way the red has gone over the pocket.

:23:31. > :23:40.If he plays it hard, it is tough. Well there is your answer, he has

:23:41. > :23:46.played it hard. And it has left a pot red on. I can understand him

:23:47. > :23:52.taking the red on, I can't understand him leaving where it was.

:23:53. > :23:57.When Ryan missed the snooker the first time he left Judd a medium

:23:58. > :24:40.range pot to the corner. Did well to get that reaction off

:24:41. > :24:47.the cue ball. Always hard to screw back when you're cueing over the top

:24:48. > :24:51.of the ball. A very good shot. If he can get on to the pink nicely, he

:24:52. > :25:12.has the chance to take a sizeable lead in this frame.

:25:13. > :26:17.There is a red available in the middle. That was dangerous. I think

:26:18. > :26:23.when he had the shot of the red with the rest, it was easy to play for

:26:24. > :26:27.the pink. But there was a better shot to go for the blue.

:26:28. > :27:23.He is going to get another chance at it. That is a let off.

:27:24. > :27:27.That is the unlucky. Played into the side of the pack. He still has a pot

:27:28. > :27:53.on, but it is very difficult. He decided to play for baulk colour.

:27:54. > :29:27.That is a good shot that. Well controlled. Off the cushion

:29:28. > :29:35.with the black available into the same pocket.

:29:36. > :30:40.Break goes to 31, the lead 42. Getting a bit closer to that when

:30:41. > :30:43.in-line now, in this frame. Been a good standard, not some good pots

:30:44. > :31:06.but nobody is winning the frame first visit.

:31:07. > :31:26.Had a kick on a shot similar to this in the previous frame.

:31:27. > :31:36.Again, he has missed frame ball. That is three frames in a row. It

:31:37. > :31:42.hasn't always cost him. I wonder why he didn't play the black of the

:31:43. > :31:51.cushion. I can only presume he has placed the percentage shot. Well,

:31:52. > :31:54.that is the polar miss. -- that is a bad miss. At the World

:31:55. > :32:09.Championship, you have to take advantage of your opponents misses.

:32:10. > :32:22.That was frame ball. 51 points in front now. He can tie but he will be

:32:23. > :32:28.pushing the colour safe here. Looks perfect, to push the brown safe, but

:32:29. > :32:38.he is thinking about putting the black safe, why, I don't know. It is

:32:39. > :32:43.amazing, and times like this, players tend to outthink themselves,

:32:44. > :32:51.trying to play the perfect shot. Just push the brown on the side.

:32:52. > :33:35.The black is not safe so there is no advantage in that shot whatsoever.

:33:36. > :33:40.I'm not too sure what the judge, can miss the red on the pink spot here

:33:41. > :33:57.and take it on. Excellent shot. I bet he wishes he

:33:58. > :34:01.had a colour safe now. Because even if he hits it, he will do well not

:34:02. > :34:08.deliver pot on. We know Judd needs three reds, and three blacks. The

:34:09. > :34:10.brown being safe on the side of the cushion now would have been a real

:34:11. > :34:30.bonus. Would you risk playing this red? I

:34:31. > :34:35.think you pick an angle of two cushion. Almost impossible to miss

:34:36. > :34:50.both of them. He could leave this red on and he

:34:51. > :34:54.has done and he can get up to the black with power. It makes the red a

:34:55. > :35:11.lot tougher. Look at the angle on the red.

:35:12. > :35:42.It is tough to get on the black from the angle he has on this red.

:35:43. > :36:07.This is one of those weight you -- one of those weight you don't want

:36:08. > :36:11.to risk playing it slow. If he gets on the black office long pot, that

:36:12. > :36:15.last red near the cushion will not be a problem because the black will

:36:16. > :36:16.be back on its own spot. This could be of real turning point in this

:36:17. > :36:47.match. Needed another foot of place.

:36:48. > :36:56.Ideally, he would have liked to have gone on the black. The red on the

:36:57. > :37:00.cushion is not easy. A good pots. I wonder whether he will go for the

:37:01. > :37:05.black or the pink on the blue here. That last red, where it is, where

:37:06. > :37:09.ever you get on that, it is not easy to get onto from the pink. It is

:37:10. > :37:17.easier of the black is on its spot. Would you pay for the black? I don't

:37:18. > :37:23.know. I think the paint is OK. The red and lack, you could play the

:37:24. > :37:26.pink into the middle. It would not be difficult to get onto the yellow

:37:27. > :37:28.but if you finish straight, that will cause a problem. I think pink

:37:29. > :37:47.is not a bad ball to play for. So, this is another great

:37:48. > :37:56.opportunity. To finish this frame. Wow. Fantastic shot.

:37:57. > :38:01.That was just off straight. How on earth has he got that? That was a

:38:02. > :38:12.fabulous shot. Looking at his school, he did need a

:38:13. > :38:14.black off the final red to win the frame. It makes that shot even

:38:15. > :38:38.better. Tremendous cue power. This will hurt Ryan Day. That is a

:38:39. > :38:42.kick but it's still got the desired position. You could hear the

:38:43. > :38:50.difference in sound. Listen to the sound this makes. Lack of blood,

:38:51. > :39:11.isn't it? Still manages to screw back. -- like a thud.

:39:12. > :39:21.He has lost the cue ball there. Does he played this off two cushion is

:39:22. > :39:27.with tremendous right hand side or does he go around the table?

:39:28. > :39:47.Wow. That is an incredible shot. Absolutely incredible shot.

:39:48. > :39:55.Well, that will be a body blow to Ryan Day. He had two or three

:39:56. > :40:02.chances. It was Britain. He leads 3-2. We were applauding Ryan Day's

:40:03. > :40:08.opacity for compulsion against Stephen Maguire but he's seems to

:40:09. > :40:13.have lost this was match. He will be kicking himself. Three times he has

:40:14. > :40:18.had gained ball. How can you missed this? All he has to do is birdie the

:40:19. > :40:22.red and knock the whole and when the frame and he has missed it. After

:40:23. > :40:28.that, you know when you do that, the frame will go the wrong way. He will

:40:29. > :40:36.be kicking himself. I'm sure do will demonstrate that last pink that Judd

:40:37. > :40:39.Trump played. Perhaps not. There are very few players who can generate

:40:40. > :40:44.enough cue power and also put the back spin onto the able to play a

:40:45. > :40:48.shot like this pink and stop it from actually hitting the side cushion.

:40:49. > :40:53.So, he has to put a tremendous amount of backs Bush -- back spin

:40:54. > :40:58.and before the ball gets on the cushion, it changes course. The ball

:40:59. > :41:02.is travelling in one direction but the spin takes it in another. There

:41:03. > :41:07.are not many players in the game, more so than ever before, there

:41:08. > :41:12.aren't many players who could choose that. Most players would have played

:41:13. > :41:15.that shot, stunned just before the middle pocket. Side cushion.

:41:16. > :41:23.Backpass by the brown and yellow would be. Through the gap of that.

:41:24. > :41:28.And then back up the table. He is beginning to remind us about the

:41:29. > :41:34.kind of form he showed to get the final three years ago. Yes, there is

:41:35. > :41:38.a marked improvement against the Tom Ford the other day. But he is

:41:39. > :41:42.getting a lot of help. When you get a chance, you cannot through it

:41:43. > :41:47.away. Ryan Day is doing nothing but encouraged Judd. The matter what

:41:48. > :41:55.happens, he is not winning the frame in one visit. I do think if we go

:41:56. > :41:58.back through the history books, Ryan Day has produced and promised so

:41:59. > :42:03.much but perhaps hasn't done it on the big stage. We do know from Judd

:42:04. > :42:07.Trump's shorter career that he is able to play on the bigger stage.

:42:08. > :42:15.And perhaps on the big shots looks slightly more composed. Ryan has got

:42:16. > :42:20.very close to major titles in the past. He has never quite got crossed

:42:21. > :42:24.the line. He has obviously threatened to produce some great

:42:25. > :42:28.stuff over the years. I think he is hitting the ball great. It must be

:42:29. > :42:33.lapses in concentration, it cannot be anything else. This is a big

:42:34. > :42:43.moment in the Crucible, back to Willie and Steve.

:42:44. > :42:51.I must admit I thought that Judd had missed the chance to pinch that

:42:52. > :43:00.frame and he missed the easy red on the corner. Here is that pink again.

:43:01. > :43:11.Jimmy White used to play these shots. Yes, you wouldn't think it

:43:12. > :43:15.was possible, years ago, that shot. I agree with Steve and John in the

:43:16. > :43:20.studio when they were talking about Ryan Day. There has to be something

:43:21. > :43:26.somewhere. He has had three chances are strained ball and he has missed

:43:27. > :43:30.all of them. He must be paying too much attention to the scoreboard. I

:43:31. > :43:35.need you have to look at it that mangy -- maybe you should take the

:43:36. > :43:41.pressure off by. Looking for a while. We are saying how talented

:43:42. > :43:46.Ryan Day is and that is the reason he has gone down the rankings and he

:43:47. > :43:49.has had not -- has not have the success that his talent deserves.

:43:50. > :43:54.You have to be able to do it under pressure. Ability wise, you would

:43:55. > :43:58.put him in the top eight, Ryan Day, but just lacking that bit of killer

:43:59. > :44:32.instinct. One cushion escape into the pack is

:44:33. > :44:41.not on from the right-hand side because the red is in the way.

:44:42. > :44:49.Looking at the screen, there is no easy shot you can play a safety shot

:44:50. > :44:54.and get away with it here. Maybe just trying to wrest into the

:44:55. > :44:56.hunch, catching them thin. Anything but that. That was tough, that, he

:44:57. > :45:06.was in trouble. Nice opportunity, this, to be

:45:07. > :45:28.presented with. He would have to play a cannon on

:45:29. > :45:32.the two reds above the bread now. He does want to get rid of those two

:45:33. > :45:44.reds out. It should make the black easier. There is an example of what

:45:45. > :45:48.we were talking about, not only in the studio, but in the early part of

:45:49. > :45:53.this frame. He has a little bit of clinches disease, Ryan. When he

:45:54. > :45:57.knows he has an opportunity, he gets a bit anxious. He is such a

:45:58. > :46:07.wonderful player. Maybe, he just needs to see somebody to make him

:46:08. > :46:10.feel more confident on the shot. Perhaps he should have played the

:46:11. > :46:17.red towards the right. A more positive shot. Judd Trump isn't

:46:18. > :46:27.perfect in this blue. The park on the cue ball, when he strikes it. --

:46:28. > :46:32.the arc. You can see the cue ball going towards the brown, and all of

:46:33. > :46:39.a sudden, goes away from it. The back spin is on the cue ball. He is

:46:40. > :46:47.hitting the ball really well today. A different player completely to his

:46:48. > :46:50.first round match. Judd was so per in his first match, compared to his

:46:51. > :46:54.standards. But today, he has struck it great. A slightly bigger bounce

:46:55. > :47:05.than he wanted on top cushion. Unknown to you when you know there

:47:06. > :47:16.is a cushion that is a bit inconsistent. -- it unnerves you. In

:47:17. > :47:23.his first round match, he was playing for the about sometimes. --

:47:24. > :47:32.for the bounce. Eight frames in this tension. Judd Trump looking like he

:47:33. > :47:41.may go 4-2 in front. Ryan Day has missed so many pressure balls in

:47:42. > :47:50.this game, he could be 4-2 in front himself. I used to set myself a

:47:51. > :47:57.target in sessions. If four is the target, you know you are not going

:47:58. > :48:12.to be behind. 6-2 is the ideal target.

:48:13. > :48:20.He went into the pack there. And he still has enough power but to power

:48:21. > :48:27.through the reds the second time. Still faced with a very tricky pot

:48:28. > :48:36.into the middle. He could play the red in the corner. He is playing for

:48:37. > :48:45.the middle. He always wants to some balls. Most players want a role

:48:46. > :49:00.that. -- most players want to stun balls.

:49:01. > :49:06.Why wouldn't you, the way he hits the ball sometimes? That is a tough

:49:07. > :49:29.shot. Keep the break going. Seeing how he plays when he is on

:49:30. > :49:36.form, it is hard to believe he has not won more than he has. He hits

:49:37. > :49:40.the ball so good. He is still a little bit raw sometimes. He is

:49:41. > :50:33.wonderful to watch when he is flying.

:50:34. > :51:07.46 point lead. Two mob reds, two more colours, and he will lead 4-2.

:51:08. > :51:17.He didn't play for the pink but it is a bonus if it goes. That is the

:51:18. > :51:56.frame beyond doubt now. It down at 76 when for a century but

:51:57. > :52:03.once again, Ryan Day has missed easy balls. Once again characterised by

:52:04. > :52:08.some mistakes from the Welshman. It strikes me that Judd Trump is very

:52:09. > :52:11.much like a Jimmy White type of player. If you don't punish him when

:52:12. > :52:21.the chances come up, he gets stronger. If you don't score early

:52:22. > :52:27.on, you can get a steam roller or new. He strikes me as a very similar

:52:28. > :52:32.type player. Ryan Day has left off the hook and he has given himself a

:52:33. > :52:38.very hard afternoon because he has not taken as opportunities earlier

:52:39. > :52:44.on. You can continue to watch that game online. All on any gadget or

:52:45. > :52:49.device that you so choose. It is all getting very anxious as we approach

:52:50. > :52:55.the finishing line on table number one out there. Ricky Walden was 9-5

:52:56. > :53:01.in front, Barry Hawkins has come storming back at him. It is now

:53:02. > :53:06.10-10. Frame 21. George Reilly alongside Dennis Taylor, what is

:53:07. > :53:10.going on? I'll tell you what is going on. Both players are missing

:53:11. > :53:19.all sorts. It is pure tension at the moment. We had two very easy Mrs

:53:20. > :53:25.just before you joined us. Ricky Walden had this red, a red he didn't

:53:26. > :53:31.think he would have a chance to get at.

:53:32. > :53:38.But I'd tell you what, it will be a very relieved to Barry Hawkins

:53:39. > :53:40.because he missed a sitter also. This was the brown that Barry

:53:41. > :53:54.missed. Well, Ricky was coming out of his

:53:55. > :54:06.seat but now that he has flipped that, he have to sit back down into

:54:07. > :54:22.it. -- fluked. If the green goes in, the frame is over.

:54:23. > :54:31.Well, I am not surprised that Ricky Walden is going to leave the arena.

:54:32. > :54:34.That was such a tense affair. Both players missed very easy chances and

:54:35. > :54:40.Barry Hawkins must be absolutely delighted, he now leads 11 frames to

:54:41. > :54:44.ten. You get the feeling perhaps Ricky Walden could be thinking this

:54:45. > :54:50.is deja vu. This is what happened in the semifinal last year. How do you

:54:51. > :54:54.break this one so far? They will be keeping an eye on it. From Ricky

:54:55. > :54:58.Walden's perspective, it properly did come as a bit of a shock last

:54:59. > :55:01.year, getting to the semifinal. He must have thought there was

:55:02. > :55:06.something wrong because the following season, the start of this

:55:07. > :55:10.season, he had a new cue. He tried a maple cue. He's not playing with one

:55:11. > :55:15.now, I don't know if he has gone back to his original one or an ash

:55:16. > :55:19.cue. At the start of the season, that had affected him. He has had a

:55:20. > :55:23.good season in many other departments. But the trouble is,

:55:24. > :55:28.playing the same player probably magnifies the problem. Just the fact

:55:29. > :55:33.that you have low -- throwing away a lead, but against the same player,

:55:34. > :55:39.are you thinking he is your bogey player? There is so much

:55:40. > :55:44.expectation, Barry Hawkins must be expecting to get the latest stage is

:55:45. > :55:48.now? And that comes with added pressure. Turning up at the

:55:49. > :55:53.tournament thinking, I might have a good run at it and then thinking

:55:54. > :56:01.maybe I can get to the final, a different outlook. Jury -- Judy the

:56:02. > :56:06.numbers -- wonders of technology, we have in keeping an eye. I think it

:56:07. > :56:12.is quite right that Ricky has gone out to compose himself. He is

:56:13. > :56:18.getting a bit frustrated. He was so far ahead. Barry Hawkins came back.

:56:19. > :56:21.I remember speaking to Ricky afterwards last year, and he said he

:56:22. > :56:27.had nothing left. The rigours of the Crucible Curse had taken so much out

:56:28. > :56:33.of it. He was eating armours, bananas, anything to get a bit of

:56:34. > :56:41.protein, jumping back into his body. The tournament is a gruelling test.

:56:42. > :56:44.The other scenario that raises ugly head is the burn-out scenario of

:56:45. > :56:51.players having very full seasons these days. China, the Beijing

:56:52. > :56:54.tournament wasn't that long before this event. A lot of players were

:56:55. > :57:02.discussing whether they should pull out of it. Is there any validity in

:57:03. > :57:05.that? I don't really know but good competition is something you cannot

:57:06. > :57:08.buy. But if you get too much of it and you want some space before the

:57:09. > :57:15.main event, I don't know. I'm not even sure where Ricky was.

:57:16. > :57:19.Ironically, Barry Hawkins decided not to go to China so his last

:57:20. > :57:25.memory of coming into competition is winning as a champion so he carries

:57:26. > :57:37.a rest and confidence. Let's get back there. Twitchy! Debris, but

:57:38. > :57:46.every twitchy indeed. Barry Hawkins 11, Ricky Walden, ten. Barry Hawkins

:57:47. > :57:53.is on fun now. As the guys in the studio alluded to. Memory perhaps of

:57:54. > :57:58.Ricky Walden and how Barry finished off in the semifinals last year.

:57:59. > :58:04.Barry Hawkins reappeared into the arena roundabout the 30 or 40

:58:05. > :58:10.seconds before the Ricky Walden. Before, he had become very animated.

:58:11. > :58:11.A little bit too passionate. He pushed his chair, he hid himself on

:58:12. > :58:24.the head. That was the bit premature when he

:58:25. > :58:28.was back in his seat because all of a sudden Arie missed a sitter and

:58:29. > :58:36.Ricky had got himself on the wrong frame of mind. -- Barry. He thought

:58:37. > :58:39.Barry was going to clinch the frame and then he missed an easy pink so

:58:40. > :58:43.when he came back to the table after doing that, he was not really in the

:58:44. > :58:50.right frame of mind. But it has all gone, there is no need -- one frame

:58:51. > :58:56.of difference. To get about the lead you had a 9-5. It doesn't make any

:58:57. > :59:03.difference now. -- forget about the lead you had. Put that at the back

:59:04. > :59:07.of your mind. He leads a couple of good safety shots. Ricky has played

:59:08. > :59:12.a few safeties where he has been catching other reds. He is one of

:59:13. > :59:17.the nicest lads you could ever wish to make. Well, both of these lads

:59:18. > :59:18.are fantastic. It just shows you what it means to them, this World

:59:19. > :59:38.Championship. That is more like it. Having said

:59:39. > :59:43.that, there was a path through to the red for the left corner. That is

:59:44. > :59:46.the one you can see, the black not available. The pink is awkward. So,

:59:47. > :00:01.not straightforward here. Well, it is just a bundle of telling

:00:02. > :00:10.and nervous out there at the moment. Both players really under it. Some

:00:11. > :00:15.fabulous flourishing pots and break-building early running this

:00:16. > :00:19.contest. But it has been a little bit error strewn over the last few

:00:20. > :00:27.frames. Hawkins has just nudged back ahead. I think he was to have a go

:00:28. > :00:32.at this, Dennis. The two opening frames, what a start. A century from

:00:33. > :00:37.Barry and then a 93 from Ricky. Then, we had to frames that went

:00:38. > :00:47.very awkward indeed. Look at whether reds are spread here. So, he needs a

:00:48. > :00:52.good during. He may be able to get himself onto the pink. Just off

:00:53. > :01:06.straight. That was the tension creeping in

:01:07. > :01:21.again. What a chance for Ricky Walden. He has got an easy starter.

:01:22. > :01:38.An opportunity to bounce straight back.

:01:39. > :01:45.The pink's blocked into the left pocket. But that is available to him

:01:46. > :01:52.in a couple of shots time if he needs it.

:01:53. > :02:09.But that first shot he didn't leave a good angle.

:02:10. > :02:18.Does the black go? Surely he is not out of position straightaway. What

:02:19. > :02:25.is he doing up the other end of the table? He may have hit that too hard

:02:26. > :02:37.you know? That is incredible to be out of

:02:38. > :02:46.position in two shots. At the moment, Ricky's head's all over the

:02:47. > :02:53.place. That is what the Crucible can do to you. He struggled for a long

:02:54. > :03:00.time here at the Crucible, Ricky Walden. Arriving here 12 months ago

:03:01. > :03:06.having never won a match here and then went all the way to the semi

:03:07. > :03:09.finals where he lost to today's opponent, Barry haw Kipps. --

:03:10. > :03:24.Hawkins. FORCEDWHITE He has let Ricky back in

:03:25. > :03:43.again. Even though he has the extension and

:03:44. > :03:56.the rest, he has an easy start. You know, he hasn't hit that either.

:03:57. > :04:00.He has jabbed at that. He should have been further up the table. He

:04:01. > :04:19.would have had a straight forward brown or blue.

:04:20. > :04:29.If he drops on the one that is above the black it is a terrific shot. It

:04:30. > :04:32.needs to keep on coming. He has got altern nats. Boy, if me had ran

:04:33. > :04:37.another few inches he could have dropped the one in next to the black

:04:38. > :04:49.and the black would have been in the open.

:04:50. > :04:54.It is all about trying to hold yourself together now. He is a very

:04:55. > :05:12.quick player, Ricky. Just give yourself an extra second

:05:13. > :05:19.or two. He is capable of reeling o' off a couple of quick fire frames.

:05:20. > :05:25.Needed to screw back further. The black is available on the left

:05:26. > :05:27.corner pocket. Now he can't get on the black and the pink is out of the

:05:28. > :06:06.game. Well maybe it goes! All of a Sunday

:06:07. > :06:09.Ricky guz -- sudden Ricky was down and had a look at the black. Maybe

:06:10. > :06:27.he can get it past the red. Oh! It's hard to describe what is

:06:28. > :06:32.going on out there and what Ricky's going through. Never looked

:06:33. > :06:38.comfortable on that shot. He plays an excellent shot to free up the

:06:39. > :06:57.black. Not in a good place at the moment, Ricky Walden.

:06:58. > :07:05.Shaking away of the head there. Just got himself into the wrong frame of

:07:06. > :07:17.mind. He has got to forget about the lead

:07:18. > :07:22.that has gone. That is what we talk about in sports psychology, you

:07:23. > :07:24.forget about what has gone. But it takes hard work and practice to get

:07:25. > :07:36.the mind right. If he drops on to this red. Surely

:07:37. > :07:39.he is not going to snooker himself on it? Well, what else are we going

:07:40. > :07:58.to see here? Everything's happening. Couldn't have played it any better.

:07:59. > :08:32.Very unfortunate to drop right in behind the red.

:08:33. > :08:41.Ricky's got to compose himself. You're still in this. That

:08:42. > :08:45.three-ball plant would be a bonus, but I don't think it is. I think

:08:46. > :08:53.#i79 is going to the -- I think it is going to the right of the pocket.

:08:54. > :09:02.Where is the cue ball? The plant was in line with the pocket. But because

:09:03. > :09:08.of the angle he was hitting the red in front of the plant, it seized it

:09:09. > :09:25.aQuaye. -- it squeezed it away to the side of the pocket.

:09:26. > :09:33.Not bad really. He has left one possible pot and what a shot this is

:09:34. > :09:45.for Ricky Walden. Red into the right corner. The black maybe available.

:09:46. > :09:58.A big shot. How's your cueing, Ricky? Not good! In fact the cueing

:09:59. > :10:04.was so bad he didn't get on the black, but he has left it safe now.

:10:05. > :10:41.He is going to need an easy chance to get a bit of composure back.

:10:42. > :10:48.Barry trying to get the cue ball tight on the baulk cushion. Didn't

:10:49. > :10:51.achieve that, but Ricky Walden's faced with a couple of very

:10:52. > :11:13.difficult pots. He has looked at both options. Here

:11:14. > :11:31.we go again. Decided I have missed too many and

:11:32. > :11:35.the cue ball is close. It is in the pocket. Well everything's happening

:11:36. > :11:50.out there. He thought this time I won't risk the pot. I will play a

:11:51. > :12:21.good safety. And Barry's got a choice of reds. Zblvrjts Well, lots

:12:22. > :12:27.of noise from the other side of the arena, they're in between frames.

:12:28. > :12:31.But he went full-blooded, didn't hit it well. But I tell you what, the

:12:32. > :12:36.little kiss has made it slightly more difficult for Ricky. He had a

:12:37. > :12:42.straight forward shot. Should be OK, even with the long rest here.

:12:43. > :12:48.Ricky Walden, you won't have a better chance than this. Can he hold

:12:49. > :13:03.himself together and take this to a deciding frame?

:13:04. > :13:10.Can he now make an opportunity count? A real turn around. The

:13:11. > :13:19.second session yesterday dominated by Walden. He won five in a row from

:13:20. > :13:46.5-4 down. And he has brought that impetus to the table today.

:13:47. > :13:57.Just two more comfortable reds after this pink. He will need one of the

:13:58. > :14:18.difficult reds if not two of them. Got an angle on the black just to

:14:19. > :14:42.stun it past the pink and leave that red that is closest to the cue ball.

:14:43. > :14:50.Red black and up with more red would leave Barry needing a snooker.

:14:51. > :14:57.Just stun in behind that red that is to the right of the black and just

:14:58. > :15:02.roll it in to make sure of the frame.

:15:03. > :15:19.Well, he did punch it in. I will tell you what, George, he will be

:15:20. > :15:26.feeling a bit better now. This will have done him the world of

:15:27. > :15:34.good. Of course it is the first to 13, so

:15:35. > :15:58.I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. He has taken these well, considering

:15:59. > :16:03.how agitated he was getting, punching his chair and knocking his

:16:04. > :16:08.own knuckle against his head. Well done Ricky Walden. He has sorted his

:16:09. > :16:13.head out after losing six out of seven and we are level again. Ove,

:16:14. > :16:20.it is all getting very tense there. Very watchable. Let me update you

:16:21. > :16:28.with what has been happening elsewhere. Trump against Day has

:16:29. > :16:35.finished and Trump is moving nicely and this was into a 6-2 advantage.

:16:36. > :16:40.Breaks of 76 and 78 in the last of the session have put him in front by

:16:41. > :16:45.four frames and a nervous performance so far from Ryan Day. A

:16:46. > :16:49.man who has made it to three quarter finals in his own career. So there

:16:50. > :16:54.we go. And they will be back tomorrow afternoon for the second of

:16:55. > :17:00.their sessions. How would you sum that one up? It is early in the

:17:01. > :17:05.match, but I think Ryan has missed the boat. He had the chances to take

:17:06. > :17:12.a good lead and for Judd Trump fans, he is hitting the ball nicely. So

:17:13. > :17:19.these two have the arena to themselves. Here we are 11-11. The

:17:20. > :17:30.first to 13 is into the quarter final. Absolutely right, it is first

:17:31. > :17:49.to 13. I had them playing first to 12! It is the best of three now.

:17:50. > :17:52.We said we thought this game would go all the way. It could still be

:17:53. > :18:15.the case. Will that frame just settle Ricky

:18:16. > :18:19.Walden down? Well not if he is going to play shots like that. Thin air

:18:20. > :18:38.from Ricky Walden. He actually missed it by some way

:18:39. > :18:51.and Barry's got a red to red corner here.

:18:52. > :19:02.He struck it very cleanly. Absolute cracker. He tried everything to keep

:19:03. > :19:07.his head still and deliver the cue in a straight line. If he can drop

:19:08. > :19:15.on red to the right of black, it would be ideal.

:19:16. > :19:27.Maybe he felt he couldn't hold for that.

:19:28. > :19:34.If he could get that red away from the black it would clear things. It

:19:35. > :19:35.doesn't look as though the black is available from the right side of the

:19:36. > :19:51.table. He has got the pink there. He may have to screw back for the

:19:52. > :19:57.blue now. Hasn't quite got into it. A long way to travel now. Avoid the

:19:58. > :20:22.baulk colours. He might have the angle to play for

:20:23. > :20:28.the pink again and he might have to head up for the blue. If he could

:20:29. > :20:32.get the next the shot correct, and he could get on that red near the

:20:33. > :20:50.black, what sort of angle has he got here?

:20:51. > :21:02.Nicely played. Just the gentlest of nudges, but the pink may be tied up

:21:03. > :21:24.when he pots it. He has nudged the red away, but he

:21:25. > :21:28.is out of position. He just couldn't get himself into good position to be

:21:29. > :21:52.able to play on to the red next to the black there. End of break.

:21:53. > :22:01.Safety only for Barry Hawkins, looking to swing behind the brown.

:22:02. > :22:09.He will just nudge off the brown and in behind the green. Right down the

:22:10. > :22:11.line and he may be able to get between the blue and pink to the

:22:12. > :22:32.side of the reds. Oh, you had a great picture of that

:22:33. > :22:38.swerve shot there. But he knocked the blue.

:22:39. > :22:44.You could see the swerve just kicking in there. A bit unlucky to

:22:45. > :23:03.knock the blue safe. Makes it much easier for Barry

:23:04. > :23:17.Hawkins. He can get the white much closer to the baulk cushion.

:23:18. > :23:26.That is a fabulous response from Ricky Walden. The last couple of

:23:27. > :23:28.frames he hasn't got anywhere near this type of shot and he is so good

:23:29. > :23:43.at it. Oh, not again! Not again! Ricky did

:23:44. > :23:49.it earlier where he didn't reach the brown. That is so careless. Now he

:23:50. > :23:54.is bang in trouble. I mean, that didn't have to be that tight in

:23:55. > :23:59.behind it. That is twice he has done that. One of those Dennis per

:24:00. > :24:05.session is careless. And I think Ricky would tell you himself two is

:24:06. > :24:07.almost unforgiveable. Look at the situation he has left himself with

:24:08. > :24:30.now. Just having a joke with the reeree.

:24:31. > :24:32.This will be some shot if he is going to land on the two reds that

:24:33. > :24:40.is behind the black. A lot of cushions to hit to get to

:24:41. > :24:58.those two. This is horrible. He has put himself

:24:59. > :25:21.right in it. I tell you what - it's not a bad

:25:22. > :25:27.effort! Oh, he is a bit unlucky there. A bit unlucky if he slips

:25:28. > :25:31.past that red, he lands on the two that are to the left of the cue

:25:32. > :25:39.ball. He has left a possible pot on here.

:25:40. > :25:45.An awful long way to travel and if he slips past that red he would have

:25:46. > :26:00.landed on the other two. I go back to that red that is just

:26:01. > :26:04.to the right of the black, Barry couldn't get on that previously. He

:26:05. > :26:07.would like to drop on it this time. He has got a 28-point advantage if

:26:08. > :26:38.he lands on that red. He has got a few more reds

:26:39. > :26:48.available. This is a great chance to take a 12-11 lead.

:26:49. > :26:57.You would fancy Barry Hawkins from here. Ricky walledn't left to --

:26:58. > :27:03.what you woulden -- Ricky Walden left to stew in his seat. He has

:27:04. > :27:30.been very agitated and annoyed with himself this afternoon Ricky Walden.

:27:31. > :27:36.That was the only way he could hole for this red at the back of the

:27:37. > :28:11.bunch of six. Barry Hawkins looks the strong erp

:28:12. > :28:15.of the two. Now this Grandstand finish will happen outside our

:28:16. > :28:19.transmission here. We have got to go. It does continue, don't forget

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:28:30. > :28:31.the rest of the team, enjoy your Saturday night and we will catch you

:28:32. > :28:36.again soon at the Crucible.