:00:33. > :00:39.That afternoon. Today we will cross the halfway point in our annual
:00:40. > :00:42.snooker marathon here at the Crucible at the 2014 Dafabet World
:00:43. > :00:47.Championship. What headlines that we have already generated in the last
:00:48. > :00:52.eight days. Ding Junhui, he is out to a first timer here. We had for
:00:53. > :00:56.final frame decider, Ronnie O'Sullivan pushed harder than he has
:00:57. > :01:01.been here for some three years. He is still through. And Neil
:01:02. > :01:02.Robertson, seemingly on the way to a century of centuries this season.
:01:03. > :01:17.The story so far, not bad! Here comes the defending world
:01:18. > :01:33.champion, the Rocket, Ronnie O'Sullivan! The world champion Max
:01:34. > :01:42.Mackie reigned supreme! One of the favourites for the championship,
:01:43. > :01:47.take into a decider. What a time to get a fluke! Michael Wasley, one of
:01:48. > :02:01.the biggest shocks ever at the World Championships! A final frame
:02:02. > :02:12.decider. What a battle that was! He goes into the last 16 810 nine
:02:13. > :02:23.winner. -- the last 16, a 10-9 winner. The third 10-9 we have had
:02:24. > :02:30.in the last two days. That century break was one of his best. I was
:02:31. > :02:35.getting quite emotional at the end. I am in the next round, I begin at
:02:36. > :02:44.100%, I am loving every minute of it.
:02:45. > :02:56.Joe Perry has retained his overnight lead at 11-9. Ronnie O'Sullivan
:02:57. > :03:04.further -- for the first time in the match, take the lead. The Rocket was
:03:05. > :03:11.superb! You can see what it meant to him! To get through, that was a
:03:12. > :03:18.relief for me, that had more emotion than winning in the final, because I
:03:19. > :03:21.had to come from behind. Alan McManus is due to the quarterfinal
:03:22. > :03:28.and he would be absolutely delighted. Ken Doherty waves goodbye
:03:29. > :03:32.to the Crown. I hope it is not my last time, if it is, I have enjoyed
:03:33. > :03:40.every minute of it. I have had loved the battles I had, if it is, so be
:03:41. > :03:44.it, but I will be trying and hoping it's not. -- I have loved the
:03:45. > :03:54.battles. The king at the big picture, four the 8/4-finals
:03:55. > :03:57.positions have been filled. -- four of the quarterfinals positions have
:03:58. > :04:02.been filled. Judd Trump is looking to show us what you would like to
:04:03. > :04:08.do, he has made it this far with his brand of no holds barred flamboyant
:04:09. > :04:20.parting and has been a star of the sport ever since. -- potting. What
:04:21. > :04:24.is your life like, really? For me, it is living out of a suitcase,
:04:25. > :04:28.really, so I normally leave all of my clothes in a suitcase and get a
:04:29. > :04:34.different suitcase out! I'm quite lazy like that! The worst thing is
:04:35. > :04:41.the jet lag. What is your strategy to cope with jet lag? It is quite
:04:42. > :04:47.unusual. I try to stay on English time and not go to bed until like
:04:48. > :04:53.five a am and not wake up until 5pm, really, so I skipped half the day
:04:54. > :04:59.and then I just go back and get some sleep again. It is better, because
:05:00. > :05:04.you get to concentrate on the snooker. Back in England, you have
:05:05. > :05:10.more distractions, so, I think it is probably harder to win tournaments
:05:11. > :05:23.back here than in China. How do you travel? Up the front or down the
:05:24. > :05:31.back? Up the front, really, they want me to be as relaxed as possible
:05:32. > :05:34.getting there. Are you more appreciated there than here, would
:05:35. > :05:41.you rather you had more attention in this country than you do in China?
:05:42. > :05:45.It would be ideal to get to the same level in both. I am happy that in
:05:46. > :05:52.China we have the appreciation that footballers get over here, so I
:05:53. > :05:56.can, in a sense, see how hard it is for them at times, footballers. The
:05:57. > :06:00.attention that is on them. It is hard, they cannot truly do anything
:06:01. > :06:04.without having to go out and sign autographs. They cannot relax.
:06:05. > :06:08.People see footballers getting paid what ever amount per week, and they
:06:09. > :06:14.think that their life is easy, but it is not as easy as that. It is the
:06:15. > :06:18.same for snooker sometimes in China. Who keeps you grounded in all of
:06:19. > :06:24.this? Is it one person that says, oh, enough, just put your money back
:06:25. > :06:29.in your pocket? Not really, I think living up here alone, it is quite
:06:30. > :06:32.hard, because my parents cannot truly say anything because they're
:06:33. > :06:44.not your to see what I am doing, so it is kind of on myself to say, you
:06:45. > :06:50.have to concentrate on snooker yourself. -- because they are not
:06:51. > :07:07.appear. This could be a match of some
:07:08. > :07:14.amazing pots. What a brilliant shot. That takes Judd Trump to the
:07:15. > :07:17.first frame. That is the first time that he has missed a shot by a long
:07:18. > :07:35.way. That will help. He just cannot strike a ball better
:07:36. > :08:12.than that. Again, he has missed frame ball,
:08:13. > :08:25.that is three frames in a row. This is an incredible shot.
:08:26. > :08:45.Cannot truly hit a ball better than that.
:08:46. > :08:51.He is looking exceptional now. An excellent session of snooker now
:08:52. > :08:54.from Judd Trump. Ryan Day will be disappointed not to be closer, but
:08:55. > :09:05.each failed 6-2 overnight. This is the scene backstage, none of
:09:06. > :09:09.the matches are actually due to finish today, another Welshman,
:09:10. > :09:23.Dominic Dale, he is seven - one up against Michael -- Michael Wasley.
:09:24. > :09:30.He has a lot to handle, the site of Dominic's zebra stripe shoes. Time
:09:31. > :09:40.for take-off. It is a brilliant first eight days
:09:41. > :09:48.of action here and still with more than a week to go, we can be fairly
:09:49. > :09:50.certain that the best is yet to come as the drive for the 2014 Dafabet
:09:51. > :09:53.World Championship quarterfinals continues in this most atmospheric
:09:54. > :10:06.of arenas! CHEERING
:10:07. > :10:12.Please welcome, a player who pulled off one of the greatest first-round
:10:13. > :10:16.upsets in Crucible history here, knocking heads Ding Junhui in a
:10:17. > :10:21.decider on his debut, he proved then that he has got the tap and for the
:10:22. > :10:25.big occasion and he will draw on all of that resolve again this
:10:26. > :10:30.afternoon, the giant killer, the slayer of the Chinese dragon, he is
:10:31. > :10:34.the Gloucester gladiator, Michael Wasley!
:10:35. > :10:51.APPLAUSE His opponent, one of the biggest
:10:52. > :10:55.personalities the sport has ever seen, bidding for his first
:10:56. > :10:59.appearance in a Crucible quarterfinal in 14 years, he is a
:11:00. > :11:04.two-time ranking event winner with victories at the Grand Prix and the
:11:05. > :11:09.Shanghai Masters in 2007. He has once again, decided to the lucky
:11:10. > :11:15.shoes, so can you continue to walk the walk? Here comes the spaceman,
:11:16. > :11:35.Dominic Dale! APPLAUSE
:11:36. > :11:47.All the best. He said there are none left in the
:11:48. > :11:51.shop! And tear on table two, welcome a resurgent Welshman once again
:11:52. > :11:54.approaching the top 20, semifinalist in Berlin, he knocked out Stephen
:11:55. > :11:58.Maguire in the first round, under pressure a little this afternoon,
:11:59. > :12:02.but the three-time ranking event runner-up of the cast to respond,
:12:03. > :12:07.ladies and gentlemen, he is dynamite, here comes Ryan Day!
:12:08. > :12:28.APPLAUSE And finally, please welcome arguably
:12:29. > :12:32.the most exciting player of his generation, when he is in the balls,
:12:33. > :12:36.his attacking style is absolutely irresistible to watch. Runner-up
:12:37. > :12:40.here three years ago, he stormed to the UK title the following season,
:12:41. > :12:44.it two-time ranking event winner in China, the pride of Bristol, here
:12:45. > :12:50.comes the ace in the pack, Judd Trump!
:12:51. > :13:10.Well, it is pretty lively in here today, we will keep tabs on events
:13:11. > :13:17.on table one, it is available to you online, but we will turn to Judd
:13:18. > :13:20.Trump and Ryan Day, John Parrott and Dennis Taylor, they are ready
:13:21. > :13:22.through any thing in the commentary box, even both sets of those shoes
:13:23. > :13:33.today! My shoes are better than your shoes,
:13:34. > :13:43.Hazel, that is what the boys are saying! Yes, I think those shoes are
:13:44. > :13:46.a little bit more expensive than Dominic's shoes! I think it is about
:13:47. > :13:59.?2000 worth. A very good session yesterday for
:14:00. > :14:05.Judd Trump, but John, it could easily have been 6-to the other way?
:14:06. > :14:09.It should not have been 6-2 if you are honest, but Ryan Day has had
:14:10. > :14:13.some frames for he missed game ball, and that would be
:14:14. > :14:17.disappointing. I thought he had the ball very well yesterday, he had
:14:18. > :14:21.confidence, and up until those points, he was going well. I thought
:14:22. > :14:26.you looked at the peak of his confidence but he just could not get
:14:27. > :14:29.a frame ball, so he was 40 behind and then in Furness, Judd Trump
:14:30. > :14:39.eight fabulous the last two frames yesterday. -- in fairness, Judd
:14:40. > :14:41.Trump played fabulous. Straightaway, he plays to get onto that red and it
:14:42. > :15:00.will open the black up. To reflect cueing from Ryan Day. I
:15:01. > :15:21.do not think you are going to the pack. -- horrific cueing.
:15:22. > :15:40.That's like he's playing top spin. While. -- wow. He cued that are
:15:41. > :16:31.beautifully, John. He picks up the spin and it goes through the reds.
:16:32. > :16:45.That was a bit too thin. REFEREE: Foul and a miss.
:16:46. > :16:56.There might be a red that he can see here on the right-hand side.
:16:57. > :17:02.Played it with a chase of side, but he managed to pot it, that is the
:17:03. > :17:15.main thing. Did not quite getting outside, but a
:17:16. > :17:21.very good pot indeed. Quite tall, so he can reach over. Ryan is about six
:17:22. > :17:30.foot two, something like that. The final session of this match
:17:31. > :17:43.tomorrow evening. That has finished a little awkward,
:17:44. > :17:44.think. You can get past the black to the potting angle of the red for the
:17:45. > :17:54.left corner. It might be OK. Finished a little bit to extend
:17:55. > :18:08.between. I do not know if the pink will pot,
:18:09. > :18:16.probably not. The yellow was tied up, so that isn't great either.
:18:17. > :18:26.He has signed a plant, and that has worked out brilliantly. -- found a
:18:27. > :18:31.plant. Very handy, that plant. Perfect on the black. A nice cannon
:18:32. > :18:52.on the other red would be perfect. He has come pretty good on this
:18:53. > :18:57.screw back and he will soon get rid of that red on the left-hand side.
:18:58. > :19:03.Started very well. A great opening red. A good one to clip in. Looking
:19:04. > :19:25.in good form. He needed a good start, especially
:19:26. > :19:27.the way that Judd Trump started it off. This is a great start for Ryan
:19:28. > :19:54.Day. Combing a bit further than he wanted
:19:55. > :20:11.with the cue ball. -- comment. Battersea would have liked. -- not
:20:12. > :20:38.as he would have liked. That is a great recovery. Every
:20:39. > :20:40.single pot is going right into the centre of the pocket. They are not
:20:41. > :21:15.touching the sides. This is game ball for this one, or
:21:16. > :21:18.should be. A great start. I thought he was hitting the ball beautifully
:21:19. > :21:40.yesterday, as good as I have seen in a long time. He means business.
:21:41. > :21:46.Not going to be easy to make a century break with the reds as they
:21:47. > :21:52.are, but he is not concerned about that. Even that went right in the
:21:53. > :22:13.middle of the pocket. Cannot cue any better than this.
:22:14. > :22:35.This could be a terrific session, truly covered. -- it really could.
:22:36. > :22:43.This would be a great shot of the could part the brown and move the
:22:44. > :22:46.red. -- if he could. He is not far-away. He pushes its just too
:22:47. > :22:58.far. Playing a little trick shot off the
:22:59. > :23:03.back cushion here. Click it in. Click it in. Thank you very much.
:23:04. > :23:29.What a shot that was, by the way! This is superb stuff, a brilliant
:23:30. > :23:40.start. He cannot hit it better than this. 30 centuries so far at the
:23:41. > :23:41.Crucible, come on, Ryan, make it 31, deserves it with his
:23:42. > :23:57.contribution, top-class. Been going over ten minutes, a
:23:58. > :24:01.couple of safety shots. Magnificent from the Welshman. He will be
:24:02. > :24:12.absolutely delighted with this start. Try the double, but 6-2
:24:13. > :24:17.behind, you need to get the first frame, but what a way he took it, a
:24:18. > :24:23.magnificent century break, and he is just three behind now, six - three
:24:24. > :24:33.to Judd Trump. We're in the Winter Garden, Ken
:24:34. > :24:36.Doherty is back with us. After going out yesterday, but the Championships
:24:37. > :24:43.loss is definitely our gain! What Eddie spotted in the first frame,
:24:44. > :24:47.guys? It was a fantastic opening frame. His first chance went
:24:48. > :24:54.astray. We had a chance with the corner pocket. Most players are
:24:55. > :24:59.playing the screw back away from the pack, opening the reds up and then
:25:00. > :25:03.all of a sudden, they are in one of the colours. What he did play was
:25:04. > :25:10.like an old-fashioned style shot, really. The problem with this shot
:25:11. > :25:14.is, he brings the reds with him, and it covers the black. The modern-day
:25:15. > :25:17.player, they normally screw back and because you are almost certain to be
:25:18. > :25:23.on the black, sometimes when you play the screw back, the pink comes
:25:24. > :25:26.to the middle of the table also, so a difficult shot from Ryan, but he
:25:27. > :25:31.thought it would get on the black and he did not visualise the red is
:25:32. > :25:40.coming to block the black. A bit unlucky, but not within the modern
:25:41. > :25:43.players of the game, they normally screw in to bring the white back.
:25:44. > :25:49.Unfortunately, he had that planned to get it back in. Good snooker from
:25:50. > :25:52.Ryan Day, off to a good start. His second century of the Championship
:25:53. > :26:00.so far. Let's head back to frame ten.
:26:01. > :26:07.Interesting stuff from the boys. I expected Ryan to play the shot the
:26:08. > :26:15.other way, it's nearly came off, but it doesn't matter, he still had a
:26:16. > :26:19.fantastic century, and that is a great long pot from Judd Trump and a
:26:20. > :26:22.very handy flick. So what can he do now? The chances and print with that
:26:23. > :26:27.red next to the black, but a good opening pot. -- the chances are not
:26:28. > :26:41.brilliant. He was looking very good indeed in
:26:42. > :26:44.the last two frames yesterday. He mentioned he would change the tip on
:26:45. > :26:50.his cue, and he has done that, and he is much more comfortable with the
:26:51. > :26:56.new tip that he put on. The other one was a bit too hard. And
:26:57. > :27:00.straightaway, we know where he is going with this, right into the
:27:01. > :27:14.pink, full ball, with a lot of screw.
:27:15. > :27:24.They have all blocked each other. He was unlucky. That was a bit
:27:25. > :27:35.unfortunate. Very. Could not have had that much better.
:27:36. > :27:38.If he knocks this in an screw is back, he will certainly be opening
:27:39. > :28:21.the ball said. -- and screws back. He recovered really well after those
:28:22. > :28:54.two macro shots. -- two macro shots. A bit unlucky if he has blocked that
:28:55. > :29:12.path through to the red with the black.
:29:13. > :29:22.Did not quite get the side honoured that he intended. I expected that to
:29:23. > :29:30.fizzle out and go wide. A big blue coming up.
:29:31. > :29:59.His position isn't right. It was like you have committed to the shot.
:30:00. > :30:08.He is a good player to watch, Ryan, when he is in full flow. Attacking,
:30:09. > :30:11.excellent cue control, you do not see too many players getting maximum
:30:12. > :30:18.spin on the ball with so little effort. He's certainly one of them.
:30:19. > :30:33.Just wondering if he will take the pink year. He looked at it for a
:30:34. > :30:43.bit, but it was too big a shot. It is awkward. The green is the easier
:30:44. > :30:58.pot. He may be thinking if he got the pink it is guaranteed position.
:30:59. > :31:02.He has left this red along the cushion. You could tell he did not
:31:03. > :31:15.really wants to play that. The black spot is tied up, which is
:31:16. > :31:26.not a bad thing. He does not really want to risk a
:31:27. > :31:40.little cannon. That is OK with the pink spot
:31:41. > :32:30.available for the black. He cannot quite get position at the
:32:31. > :32:39.moment. Everything is just a bit awkward. He is doing well to keep
:32:40. > :32:45.this break going. He lost the cue ball again. It is much more
:32:46. > :32:47.difficult because the black has taken the cue ball away from the
:32:48. > :32:59.reds. Just working out if he should take
:33:00. > :33:18.the extra seven points. He has not even played the pot. It
:33:19. > :33:24.will be interesting to see if that seven points comes into play later.
:33:25. > :33:27.I wonder if he could have seen the green and pushed the green onto the
:33:28. > :33:34.side cushion for an insurance policy. I do not know if he could
:33:35. > :33:35.see it. I think I might have been tempted by that rather than playing
:33:36. > :33:48.off the black. That was a little ambitious. Even
:33:49. > :33:56.the way he was cueing in the opening frame.
:33:57. > :34:04.I know he is playing well and trying to get back into this match, but his
:34:05. > :34:07.last couple of shots have been a little bit like he is trying to
:34:08. > :34:10.force it. You still have to play the right shots even if you are a 6-3
:34:11. > :34:30.behind. Getting it up the table would
:34:31. > :34:31.certainly help his cause. Stun the white and you have three reds
:34:32. > :34:46.waiting. There is just the one red that is
:34:47. > :35:02.the problem. He should be OK with the others.
:35:03. > :35:23.I wonder if he can get behind these reds and get back on the pink.
:35:24. > :35:40.He could not avoid going into the red.
:35:41. > :36:06.Cannot quite see the angle. Pot this and you are probably going to win
:36:07. > :36:11.the frame. That was a cracking pot. That was not straight forward by any
:36:12. > :36:22.means. The only safe red is the right side of the table for Ryan.
:36:23. > :36:34.He might even try to drop on that off the black.
:36:35. > :36:41.It should have been perfect, but he has overhit it. This has become a
:36:42. > :37:06.tricky shot. Even then, it is tricky. This is a
:37:07. > :37:19.much harder shot than it could have been.
:37:20. > :37:34.Not a bad idea to get onto the ground. -- brown. Good choice. That
:37:35. > :37:42.was an excellent shot. He has to make sure he does not go
:37:43. > :38:05.anywhere near the middle pocket. He has put that much side on it, he
:38:06. > :38:09.has ended up missing the pot. I am sure he could have played it
:38:10. > :38:16.straight. I would not have played it that side, not with the extension on
:38:17. > :38:26.the cue. I would have played it straight up the table.
:38:27. > :38:31.The priority is pot the ball. If you do not get position, at least you
:38:32. > :38:39.are still on the table. He has missed a chance, not for the
:38:40. > :39:17.first time. The blue does not go in, but Ryan
:39:18. > :39:25.Day is surely will sit in the chair and not his head. -- nod. He is
:39:26. > :39:56.going to have a go. That is one way to finish the frame
:39:57. > :40:30.shot. He extends his lead again. I was born in Bristol on the 20th of
:40:31. > :40:34.August 1989. My nickname is the Ace. I won the 2000 English under 15
:40:35. > :40:39.Championship at the age of ten. I am the youngest player to win a
:40:40. > :40:51.competitive match. I turned professional in 2005. My first
:40:52. > :41:01.ranking title was the 2011 China Open. In 2011 IBJ World Championship
:41:02. > :41:13.final. In 2011I won the UK Championship. In 2012 I won the
:41:14. > :41:17.international Championship. It has been curious to watch Judd Trump
:41:18. > :41:21.over the last few days, in his first match he never settle and I think if
:41:22. > :41:28.John had been on his game that would've been a danger an upset. --
:41:29. > :41:37.now would have been a danger of an upset. Sometimes, players who
:41:38. > :41:46.struggle in the first rounds find their form. Because of the amount of
:41:47. > :41:54.frames, that allows them to. He is a completely different player.
:41:55. > :42:06.He is striking the ball so much better.
:42:07. > :42:12.He seems almost impatient to get to the later rounds in tournaments.
:42:13. > :42:36.This is a tricky one. What a shot. I did not think he could get past
:42:37. > :42:43.the black. Then he has done that. The good nose for Ryan is the blue
:42:44. > :42:54.has gone down the table and into a perfect pottable position. He did
:42:55. > :42:56.not need to hit it this heart. He was feeling good, but what a chance
:42:57. > :43:12.he has given Ryan. These frames are not going to last
:43:13. > :43:20.very long, ten minutes, 14 minutes, the last frame of the first session
:43:21. > :43:27.was nine minutes. There have been three or four very quick ones. This
:43:28. > :43:51.should not last long if Brian can keep going. -- Ryan.
:43:52. > :43:59.These are spread beautifully at the moment. The blue goes down over the
:44:00. > :44:05.corner. It could not have finished any nicer. That made a vast
:44:06. > :44:15.difference because the black was up the other end of the table.
:44:16. > :44:23.We have had a 78 break in the opening frame from Ryan. 77 from
:44:24. > :44:28.Judd in the last. There is a few to