Monday, 2nd Round, Afternoon

:00:34. > :00:43.Good afternoon, welcome to the Crucible, one of the world's great

:00:44. > :00:49.sporting venues. It is a pivotal day in the Betfred World Championship.

:00:50. > :00:54.Some of the game's biggest names will be on these tables behind me.

:00:55. > :01:03.Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan in trouble in their matches. Four

:01:04. > :01:10.players are ready the quarterfinals. Well played, Alan McManus. Mark

:01:11. > :01:17.Williams marches on into his seventh World Championship quarterfinal.

:01:18. > :01:23.Marco Fu, goes to the quarterfinal, very well played. It is Mark Selby.

:01:24. > :01:36.Made hard work of it, in the quarterfinal.

:01:37. > :01:43.This is the second round draw, Alan McManus through after seeing Ali

:01:44. > :01:49.Carter. John Higgins leads Mark Waldon. Judd Trump versus Ding

:01:50. > :01:55.Junhui, that is our match for you. Mark Williams beat Michael Holt.

:01:56. > :02:05.Mark -- Marco Fu also true. Mark Allen

:02:06. > :02:12.battling to stay in against Kyren Wilson. Mark Selby through after

:02:13. > :02:15.late-night drama on Saturday. You have to say Mark Selby has to be one

:02:16. > :02:20.of the favourites to lift the title once again. Barry Hawkins against

:02:21. > :02:25.Ronnie O'Sullivan starts at seven o'clock, the third and final session

:02:26. > :02:33.coming up later this evening on BBC Two. This is what is coming up...

:02:34. > :02:48.Judd Trump knocked out Ding Junhui last year at the quarterfinals, he's

:02:49. > :02:51.hanging on this year. Ding had to qualify this year, he is playing

:02:52. > :02:57.well. Could he win the title he covets the most? Mark Allen has

:02:58. > :03:01.defined a way of getting back into his match this afternoon against

:03:02. > :03:06.Kyren Wilson. The Englishman remains in control of the second round

:03:07. > :03:19.match, taking an 11-5 lead into this afternoon's final session. In Table

:03:20. > :03:30.Talk, we chat about nicknames was we will have a bit of fun with our Pot

:03:31. > :03:38.Quiz. Two minutes, 11 seconds, by Steve Davis, that is the bottom. We

:03:39. > :03:44.say hello to Mr Fry of QI. I will be posing you a fiendish QI question

:03:45. > :03:48.later on this afternoon. If you cast your mind back to last year's

:03:49. > :03:51.tournament, Judd Trump smashed Ding Junhui to power through to the

:03:52. > :03:57.semifinals. Such a different story this year. This is the middle

:03:58. > :04:06.session of three. Judd Trump 6-2 behind. Very surprising miss. All

:04:07. > :04:13.that you power in the world to play this shot. Judd Trump winning the

:04:14. > :04:21.first frame. Now three behind. No. Where is the pink going? In the

:04:22. > :04:35.pocket. Black ball shoot out at the Crucible. Can he pot it? We are as

:04:36. > :04:43.we were. After two frames of this second session, Ding Junhui leads

:04:44. > :04:50.7-3. Another terrific pot. A bit too hard. Good pot on the blue. Ding

:04:51. > :05:00.Junhui will not be getting back to the table. In it goes. He's on the

:05:01. > :05:11.black. Ding Junhui leads 8-4. Got to the accurate. What a shot. It is

:05:12. > :05:25.just not there. Ding Junhui now with the opportunity. 9-4, Ding Junhui.

:05:26. > :05:31.This is really tough. What a shot. That is brilliant. Absolutely

:05:32. > :05:39.brilliant. Ding Junhui still leads, by four. He has just managed to make

:05:40. > :05:52.the angle. Ding Junhui is five frames clear. Oh, dear me. The story

:05:53. > :06:00.and Judd Trump's evening. Judd Trump, still hanging on in there.

:06:01. > :06:04.10-6, Ding Junhui. If Judd Trump is going to get through, he will have

:06:05. > :06:08.to do the hard way. Had to come from behind in the first round, the same

:06:09. > :06:13.here. Looking at the session last night, Ding Junhui was pretty edgy

:06:14. > :06:18.out there. Even the winner of the World Championship has one bad

:06:19. > :06:23.Russian. I think that was Ding's bad session. Judd Trump did not

:06:24. > :06:27.capitalise. He could've made it harder, prolong the agony. Judd

:06:28. > :06:32.Trump was playing attacking staff, the way he plays. John Higgins may

:06:33. > :06:39.have closed shop, made Ding work harder. Shot selection a problem?

:06:40. > :06:45.Attacking is great, if he can come out and attack an attack, it puts

:06:46. > :06:51.his opponent. Fighting an uphill battle. Mark Allen against Kyren

:06:52. > :06:57.Wilson, the last few frames were massive? Yes, unfortunately failed

:06:58. > :07:02.to clinch the penultimate frame. Very unlucky in the last frame. All

:07:03. > :07:07.of a sudden Kyren Wilson ending up for- four. People saying how did he

:07:08. > :07:12.get out of that session four peace. I'm not saying he will coast, but

:07:13. > :07:22.uphill. A bridge too far? I think so. Good afternoon, ladies and

:07:23. > :07:28.gentlemen, welcome to day ten at the Betfred World Championship. We

:07:29. > :07:31.complete the line-up of the quarterfinals at the Crucible

:07:32. > :07:52.tonight. The stakes are getting higher in this fabulous arena.

:07:53. > :08:00.Please welcome a player first of all he has been sensational this season,

:08:01. > :08:10.winning the Shanghai Masters in September, he is now within the

:08:11. > :08:15.world's 16, and a first-ever Crucible quarterfinal. What do we

:08:16. > :08:18.has been for the warrior, Kyren Wilson.

:08:19. > :08:29.MUSIC: Lassitude By DJ Fresh

:08:30. > :08:37.His opponent, one of the best break-builders in the modern game.

:08:38. > :08:41.Semifinalist seven years ago, winning his third ranking title last

:08:42. > :08:48.month. He knows he has a battle on his hands, he will be fully focused

:08:49. > :08:52.on a comeback, the pride of Northern Ireland, the Pistol, Mark Allen.

:08:53. > :09:06.MUSIC: Turn Down For What By DJ Snake L'il John

:09:07. > :09:12.On table one, here comes a player whose achievements have led to a new

:09:13. > :09:18.generation of snooker fans back home. Winner of 11 ranking titles in

:09:19. > :09:25.all, bidding for a fourth Crucible quarterfinal. The former two time UK

:09:26. > :09:28.champion, enter the Chinese dragon, Ding Junhui.

:09:29. > :09:45.MUSIC: Up Town Funk By Bruno Mars

:09:46. > :09:52.And finally, his opponent, one of the most exciting players on the

:09:53. > :09:55.circuit. Multiple ranking event winner, storming to the World

:09:56. > :10:00.Championship final five years ago. After victory in the China Open

:10:01. > :10:05.earlier this month, he will not be intimidated by his four frame

:10:06. > :10:09.deficit. He is the ace in the pack, here comes Judd Trump.

:10:10. > :10:24.MUSIC: All Of The Lights By Kanye West

:10:25. > :10:30.The crowd in the Crucible this afternoon. If you want to watch Mark

:10:31. > :10:36.Allen versus Kyren Wilson in the company of Willie Thorne and Stephen

:10:37. > :10:40.Hendrie, that is available on the red button, and the BBC sport app.

:10:41. > :10:46.Life here for you, Ding Junhui against Judd Trump. In the company

:10:47. > :10:53.of John Berger. COMMENTATOR: Good afternoon,

:10:54. > :10:58.everybody. -- John Virgo. The session these players played last

:10:59. > :11:05.night was very strange. Chances coming either way. I felt at one

:11:06. > :11:12.time Judd Trump had lost complete focus. It is a new day. He has a

:11:13. > :11:20.four frame deficit. It goes without saying, Ken, he needs a good start.

:11:21. > :11:25.Absolutely. In the history of the World Championship, players have

:11:26. > :11:32.turned around a 10-6 deficit and many, many times. I think you are

:11:33. > :11:38.right, I watched a little bit of the second session last night, Trump has

:11:39. > :11:46.two improved tenfold if he has a chance of winning this. Ding Junhui

:11:47. > :11:50.had a lot of chances. You know what it is like, Ken, more than most. We

:11:51. > :11:58.have all been there, when you are not playing well. You have to do in,

:11:59. > :12:02.hang on. The only reason it is 10-6, because Ding Junhui did not have the

:12:03. > :12:06.best of sessions. He was getting four or five chances are frame,

:12:07. > :12:11.which is remarkable that this session. We know Judd Trump is a

:12:12. > :12:18.great talent. Can he produce it in this final session? Every day is

:12:19. > :12:22.different. He could come out this afternoon, feel completely

:12:23. > :12:30.different. A bit of confidence. The type of player he can reel off three

:12:31. > :12:38.or four frames very quickly. He's up against the man who has come back to

:12:39. > :12:47.form, Ding Junhui. Winning those three qualifiers at Ponds Forge.

:12:48. > :12:50.Maybe those matches have given him confidence. He has been bereft of it

:12:51. > :13:45.for quite a long time now thick. That safety shot is not good

:13:46. > :13:49.enough, he wants to get back in that match. He was trying to find the

:13:50. > :13:51.baulk cushion, did not even get behind the line. First chance for

:13:52. > :14:18.Ding Junhui. Quite a clever shots, there. Always

:14:19. > :14:22.have the red over the right centre. Trying to get over the red, drop

:14:23. > :14:34.this one in. He can get on the black. This is a surprise, why does

:14:35. > :14:47.he not just pot the red, and get over the black. You would think just

:14:48. > :14:56.about the right side of the blue line. Probably will have to play for

:14:57. > :15:02.the red he has just refused. He was absolutely perfect on it. He will

:15:03. > :15:09.play for the red now, not as close to it this time. Playing a different

:15:10. > :15:32.red. The bottom red of the three below

:15:33. > :15:37.the pink pots. Taking his time, Ding Junhui. Obviously a little bit of

:15:38. > :15:58.nerves creeping in. Judd Trump played a very weak

:15:59. > :16:05.safety. He will sit and wonder how many Ding Junhui will make from this

:16:06. > :16:06.position. In and around the black spot area, not many better players

:16:07. > :16:22.in the world than this young man. Always going to be dangerous. The

:16:23. > :16:27.Judd Trump of old may have played the pot on the red left of the blue.

:16:28. > :16:40.That was the danger ball to leave. Catching that safety much to thick.

:16:41. > :16:48.Unless he screws around two cushions. He will not want to play

:16:49. > :16:53.for the middle and top cushion. That is OK. The red second down from the

:16:54. > :17:08.pink is available. I think you are right, John, when he

:17:09. > :17:18.gets in around the pink and black, the control of achievable is top

:17:19. > :17:28.quality. -- control of the cue ball is top quality. Decided to play for

:17:29. > :17:34.the red along the top cushion. You would think he was happy with the

:17:35. > :17:41.angle. Straight enough, we'll have to play for the black in the same

:17:42. > :17:48.pocket as the red. Needed a little touch of side. Would not think it is

:17:49. > :17:50.a problem, pot the black, cannon into the left-hand red of the two

:17:51. > :18:24.above the black. Nicely played. Three or four loose reds to go. Once

:18:25. > :18:30.he pots the black year. -- here. He may be past the winning line before

:18:31. > :18:41.he has so go into the pack of five raids around the pink spot. The

:18:42. > :19:03.think is available into the middle pocket after this one, if he wishes.

:19:04. > :19:10.He has a slight angle on the pink, does not want to take the chance to

:19:11. > :19:15.go into the couple of reds around the pink. He can screw back for the

:19:16. > :19:22.loose red into the bottom corner pocket.

:19:23. > :19:36.Then you see it, 57 ahead, 83 remaining. Equating to two reds and

:19:37. > :19:39.colours. To clinch this first frame of the final session. He would have

:19:40. > :20:26.a five frame advantage. That could have worked out better.

:20:27. > :20:29.He still has the red to the left middle. Still looking for a red and

:20:30. > :20:47.colour. There you go. How many times do we

:20:48. > :20:54.see it, one red away from victory. This is an unexpected chance for

:20:55. > :21:04.Judd Trump. Can he take it? What a frame this would be. The cue ball

:21:05. > :21:15.needs to slow up. Just going close to the cushion. Just about OK. Not

:21:16. > :21:19.quite sure whether the red on the right-hand side of the bunch will

:21:20. > :21:26.pot into this bottom right-hand corner pocket. It may go. Looks like

:21:27. > :21:41.he is going into them here. Great shot. Brilliant shot. Wonderfully

:21:42. > :21:51.controlled. Very easy to take your eye after blue, going into the pack

:21:52. > :21:54.of reds at the angle. -- off the blue. This is one of those frames

:21:55. > :21:59.that could turn the match on its head. Particularly when you are sat

:22:00. > :22:17.in your seat thinking the frame is all over. Unexpected miss from Ding

:22:18. > :22:32.Junhui. He forced the angle. Using all of his cue power. Getting on for

:22:33. > :22:36.this red. That is what I was saying, Ding was in, did not want to go into

:22:37. > :22:43.the pack, when he did, took a chance. Still should have got that

:22:44. > :22:49.loose red. Would have loved to have been over the line before going into

:22:50. > :22:57.the pack. Of course, that his wife a lotto players go in early. He left

:22:58. > :23:07.it until the last minute. They could have break better, it is fair to

:23:08. > :23:12.say. His heart was in his mouth, he thought he missed that. Getting a

:23:13. > :23:16.bad kick on the red. Just rating up and going to the left side of the

:23:17. > :23:21.pocket. He thought he missed it for a minute. Last night in the middle

:23:22. > :23:34.session he missed some balls with the rest. Still on track, though.

:23:35. > :23:44.We always have some big frames at the Crucible. Judd Trump and his

:23:45. > :23:54.hopes to be world champion, this frame is a big one for him. Played

:23:55. > :23:56.that one nicely. Catching the red half ball, so the cue ball came away

:23:57. > :24:14.from the cushion. He may collect together for the blue

:24:15. > :24:21.of the bold colour. The setup means it is so much easier to get on the

:24:22. > :24:25.yellow. -- baulk colour. He played for the blue. That is all right, he

:24:26. > :24:39.can hold for the yellow. The six remaining colours, for an

:24:40. > :24:46.unbelievable steel. Yes, what a frame descriptor into the. Ding

:24:47. > :24:53.Junhui will be reading in his chair, at the opportunity to get a five

:24:54. > :25:03.frame lead again. This would send out a huge signal. Should clear from

:25:04. > :25:11.here. I always think this is a clear shot, when clearing up. If he can

:25:12. > :25:17.pot the brown, and get good position on the blue, almost a formality.

:25:18. > :25:28.Needs to be perfect on the blue. He is absolutely inch perfect. He cued

:25:29. > :25:32.that absolutely perfectly, as you said, John. This is fantastic.

:25:33. > :26:01.Absolutely brilliant, so far. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. It

:26:02. > :26:05.looked for all the world that Ding Junhui was going to take a five

:26:06. > :26:09.frame advantage. He missed a red in the middle. It needed to be cleaned

:26:10. > :26:18.up, Judd Trump kept himself together. What a clearance, now only

:26:19. > :26:21.three behind, 10-7, Ding Junhui. We said at the start of the

:26:22. > :26:26.programme we were expecting high quality snooker, that is what we

:26:27. > :26:29.got. Interesting, I saw Ding coming from the practice room into the

:26:30. > :26:36.arena, looking apprehensive and nervous. Bad start? Nearly a

:26:37. > :26:43.brilliant start. The one he has missed, one of those things, you can

:26:44. > :26:47.miss. This one is not easy. The fact he has missed, the type of shot

:26:48. > :26:51.which can give you a very tough afternoon when you don't want one.

:26:52. > :26:56.When you are in this position in the final session, such a pivotal day at

:26:57. > :27:02.the Crucible. You want to get off to a good start. Just one miss, great

:27:03. > :27:07.break after that point. The clearance afterwards, something

:27:08. > :27:14.special. Especially the second last red, he developed it. Do not have to

:27:15. > :27:18.play this, but it was missable. Very aggressive cannon off the cushion.

:27:19. > :27:23.Guaranteeing position on the pink. Beautiful shot. Everyday is a

:27:24. > :27:28.different day on snooker table. Regardless what we have said, if the

:27:29. > :27:33.start of the session gets off like that, Judd Trump getting on a roll,

:27:34. > :27:39.we could see a different Judd Trump. We have seen him come from behind

:27:40. > :27:42.before, performing so well. You will be sick of doing it, you don't want

:27:43. > :27:46.to play every match coming from behind. He is capable. The school

:27:47. > :27:52.board changes quickly, he is a heavy scorer. In the match so far, the

:27:53. > :27:56.shot selection leaving a bit to be desired. Not playing at his best.

:27:57. > :28:01.The gets away with it, when he is buzzing. He needs to be more

:28:02. > :28:11.considered on certain shots. Back we go, another important frame. Back to

:28:12. > :28:16.John, and Ken. COMMENTATOR: That last frame, as we

:28:17. > :28:22.said, certain frames which can turn matches. For all the world, it looks

:28:23. > :28:27.as if Ding Junhui was going to have a five frame advantage. The fact he

:28:28. > :28:38.lost the frame, how will that affect his confidence?

:28:39. > :28:46.A long way away with the pot. OK, he knocked the black in. Did not really

:28:47. > :29:02.get in. He has left him a half chance. Red,

:29:03. > :29:07.up into the yellow pocket. Not leaving anything, not so much

:29:08. > :29:27.pressure on this pot. It is half a chance. Does he stand back for the

:29:28. > :29:31.black? -- stun. Nice angle, to stun into the red. He has played that one

:29:32. > :29:50.nicely. Another clever shot. Purposely

:29:51. > :29:56.screwing off the cluster. Bringing plenty of reds into play. He should

:29:57. > :30:06.just concentrate on good cue ball control, picking off the loose reds.

:30:07. > :30:14.Just about on the red into the left corner. He will be back on the

:30:15. > :30:23.black, I would have thought. He has lost the cue ball. The only upside,

:30:24. > :30:29.he has an angle on the black. Needs a good pot. Good cueing. And he got

:30:30. > :30:45.it. Excellent shot. You can tell the difference, Jat

:30:46. > :31:01.already has more spring in his step. -- Judd Trump. Just a bit short of

:31:02. > :31:06.pace to be top side of the blue. Pretty careless, the yellow was sort

:31:07. > :31:14.of in the way. We'll have to avoid the yellow.

:31:15. > :31:26.She needs to slow -- he needs to slow. Finished in no man's land.

:31:27. > :31:33.That is the problem is when the cue ball is travelling, very hard to

:31:34. > :31:53.judge the correct speed. Cut to the middle, is it? To send. -- thin.

:31:54. > :31:56.That was a chance and he will be disappointed. Careless to leave the

:31:57. > :31:59.blue. Straightforward red to the middle. Should have been on the

:32:00. > :32:27.blue. He didn't play that very well. Went

:32:28. > :32:32.up the right-hand side, which I'm sure wasn't the intention. Has

:32:33. > :32:34.landed OK on the blue. Just run it in and play it to the opposite

:32:35. > :33:33.corner. Straight into the pink to try and

:33:34. > :33:46.keep control of the cue ball. Has played nicely. Couldn't have worked

:33:47. > :33:51.out much worse, actually. Seems to hit the pink OK, but all of the reds

:33:52. > :33:55.seemed to line up and cover one another. He has won the medal, but

:33:56. > :34:03.this is risky. No guaranteed to be on a colour.

:34:04. > :34:16.He is taking it all in -- taking it on. And has played it well. Just

:34:17. > :34:32.about on the pink. One of the -- the pink came nicely

:34:33. > :34:38.off the side cushion cover he wasn't on the black, red was covering that.

:34:39. > :34:39.Didn't play to be on the pink, but that was a good pot, probably

:34:40. > :35:09.deserves to be. Needs to get to 73 point ticket to

:35:10. > :35:23.the snooker's required stage. Excellent chance now. Potting the

:35:24. > :35:53.black puts him ten points behind. If you mix of black with the reds at

:35:54. > :36:09.this end he wouldn't need the awkward red near the pole climbing

:36:10. > :36:15.-- baulk line. First chance, poor position for a shot on the blue.

:36:16. > :36:23.Just ran out of position, Mr Trickey read to the middle -- missed at

:36:24. > :36:31.tricky. Might have cost him this frame. What impetus he got from the

:36:32. > :36:54.first one of this session might have gone now.

:36:55. > :37:05.I'm not sure if he has looked at the scoreboard yet, but after potting

:37:06. > :37:11.this pink he is 12 ahead. He needs three reds and three blacks,

:37:12. > :37:18.basically, to put himself 26 points ahead with 35 left in the table. He

:37:19. > :37:31.has made a mistake. He hasn't looked at the scoreboard at all. And he's

:37:32. > :37:35.going to need that all red now. That could make a difference. He has

:37:36. > :37:40.looked at the score now, but still hasn't registered with him. If he

:37:41. > :37:49.takes to read and to blacks he will be 35 ahead with 35 remaining. --

:37:50. > :38:11.two reds and two blacks. He is short, he cannot get on the

:38:12. > :38:18.black now. Judd Trump is still in this frame. He could put up for

:38:19. > :38:30.colour and get close to the red on the side but it means he needs it.

:38:31. > :38:35.What angle does he have on the blue, can he just drop it in? And Llanelli

:38:36. > :38:40.side cushion? The fact he's looking at the pink means he doesn't have

:38:41. > :38:41.the right angle. If he doesn't get close to the Raonic ocean it will

:38:42. > :38:48.not be gimme. Has rammed it in. Will that cue ball

:38:49. > :39:16.travel. It has travelled. This is a tough shot, particularly

:39:17. > :39:24.when you're going against the nap. With any pace what's well read me

:39:25. > :39:28.the pot -- whatsoever it makes the pot much more difficult. If he tries

:39:29. > :39:46.to roll it in it will stay in the jaws of the pocket. Very good. Made

:39:47. > :39:48.it a very confidently, didn't he? Knew it was frame ball and fully

:39:49. > :40:07.committed to it. Every credit. He has missed that. 35 points to

:40:08. > :40:34.lead, 27 remaining. Two snookers to tie for Judd Trump.

:40:35. > :40:41.Maybe a chance here for snooker. That line of pink, black and blue to

:40:42. > :40:54.hide behind. Certainly got the snooker. You

:40:55. > :41:23.wouldn't expect him to miss it. I always believe in this situation,

:41:24. > :41:29.you could pop the yellow but keep the ball on because it means you've

:41:30. > :41:39.got more balls to get the snooker behind. This is another one. It is

:41:40. > :41:49.not a bad one. Not bad at all. It gives you room around this year

:41:50. > :41:52.alone. -- yellow. He could try and play it off one cushion and might

:41:53. > :41:59.even come off the side cushion or Bob cushion and try hits the yellow

:42:00. > :42:15.from the back of it. He might have gone around it. Has he? Very close.

:42:16. > :43:09.Too much pace on that. playing snooker is you must get

:43:10. > :43:18.Too much pace on that. end of the frame. Judd Trump,

:43:19. > :43:43.Judd would have got some impetus in this and didn't make

:43:44. > :43:47.Judd would have got some impetus from the first frame but stopped on

:43:48. > :43:54.his track on the break of 72 anti-frame goes to Ding Junhui. So

:43:55. > :43:59.we wondered how Ding would respond after that mistake in the first

:44:00. > :44:02.frame, perfect response. Absolutely brilliant commented before it could

:44:03. > :44:06.be pivotal and change the match completely but got rid of that on no

:44:07. > :44:09.uncertain terms with the wonderful break. And a marvellous read down

:44:10. > :44:15.the right into the pockets that could have gone on -- under all the

:44:16. > :44:20.good work. In commented a spotted of Yad miscounted, didn't want to have

:44:21. > :44:23.to play that last red and perhaps earlier Mr Ding could have kept on

:44:24. > :44:26.the back and got over the line without having to leave the

:44:27. > :44:35.difficult read, a mistake he rectified by passing it -- potting

:44:36. > :44:39.it. He is on the ball because he's come off the golf course and have

:44:40. > :44:44.been counting brilliantly there. I don't know, it be John Virgo can

:44:45. > :44:48.explain. What do you think? Let's find out if John wants to respond.

:44:49. > :44:55.Did something happen this morning on the golf course? I did my money,

:44:56. > :45:15.Jason, but that's all I'd like to say. He is stuck for words.

:45:16. > :45:29.If I had had him as my partner, Danny Willett, who won the Masters

:45:30. > :45:35.championship, maybe I'll would have the money. And chubby Chandler, he

:45:36. > :45:42.would probably have paid for me losing. And we did players rather,

:45:43. > :45:49.where Danny Willett is a member. Beautiful golf course. It is nice

:45:50. > :45:58.when you come off the golf course and you win on the last hole, you

:45:59. > :46:05.wouldn't know about that. Nice to have Danny Willett here.

:46:06. > :46:10.Congratulations to him. What a marvellous performance. Local

:46:11. > :46:25.favourite, of course, as well. We prove that you just concentrate

:46:26. > :46:29.on your own game, you never know what can come your way. That was the

:46:30. > :46:39.thing with Judd last night. Seems to lose some focus.

:46:40. > :46:49.There is the red ball going? I don't know if he thought it was a

:46:50. > :46:54.possibility to go in the middle. They are all big frames now,

:46:55. > :47:01.obviously, particularly for Judd Trump with Ding Junhui being two

:47:02. > :47:09.frames away from a place in the quarterfinal. Judd Trump cannot take

:47:10. > :47:14.too many risks. He has overdone. What has he left? I think he is OK.

:47:15. > :47:27.That red went very close to the right middle. This part left-centre,

:47:28. > :47:38.I think he's looking at it. He needs this cue ball tied to the top

:47:39. > :47:46.cushion. A bit of pressure on this, read over the right-centre waiting

:47:47. > :48:16.if he should miss. Straight in the there. No problem whatsoever.

:48:17. > :48:23.Just noticing to the right of the red he's playing looks like there is

:48:24. > :48:30.a plant on here for this corner. Those two rents adjacent to the

:48:31. > :48:35.middle pockets, it looks like a plant to me. At late opportunity. --

:48:36. > :49:02.reds. Well, he didn't need that Harun Khan

:49:03. > :49:06.has left the cue ball close. You wouldn't expect him to miss the

:49:07. > :49:44.blue. -- didn't need that cannon. Doesn't have to do much with the cue

:49:45. > :49:51.ball. Read over the centre pocket. Those two raids were plant to the

:49:52. > :50:13.right of the plant pot as well. Just mind the cue ball.

:50:14. > :50:24.There is his target, 68. Considering the manner in which he lost the

:50:25. > :50:27.first frame, he has held himself together very well. Looks very

:50:28. > :51:10.composed. together very well. Looks very

:51:11. > :51:20.first frame, he has held himself together very well.

:51:21. > :51:20.first frame, he has held himself players grew -- to play at screw

:51:21. > :51:37.down the players grew -- to play at screw

:51:38. > :51:45.to make it a certainty. players grew -- to play at screw

:51:46. > :52:00.fall through there. Right behind it was an unmissable.

:52:01. > :52:33.fall through there. Right behind it to go in. A bit of pressure on

:52:34. > :52:43.This has been a great break. He wasn't doing this last night, but

:52:44. > :52:46.fair play to him after losing the first frame as he did, this has been

:52:47. > :53:02.a terrific response. He has played that well. This frame

:53:03. > :53:29.looks to have slipped away as well. Just over six hours match time. It

:53:30. > :54:26.was a struggle for both players last evening.

:54:27. > :54:39.Already had one century break-in this match. Another break over 50!

:54:40. > :54:44.We said it would be a different Day to Day, and this is quality from

:54:45. > :55:00.Ding Junhui. He has missed the cannon. We will see a century, needs

:55:01. > :55:11.to roll this hidden. -- this in. Rural! -- wow! Was on the verge of

:55:12. > :55:16.going out of the bed freed World Snooker Championship because Ding

:55:17. > :55:22.Junhui issued one of frame away from place in the final.

:55:23. > :55:29.It looks like we will have a situation where the safety was at

:55:30. > :55:34.the top end of the table and with Judd digging in as he was, you could

:55:35. > :55:38.never guarantee a good white. Particularly you can see the butt of

:55:39. > :55:41.the cue in the air, there wasn't much room between the cue ball and

:55:42. > :55:47.cushion, which is why he rated in the air and you don't have as much

:55:48. > :55:51.control the ball. What did as the player 's followers, watch it as the

:55:52. > :55:59.cue ball pounces and hits the top cushion, but of course does few

:56:00. > :56:03.little inches and makes the pot so much easier for doing. Still

:56:04. > :56:10.pressure, but right in the centre and went on to make the wonderful

:56:11. > :56:22.break. There would be a mid-session interval after this frame. Judd

:56:23. > :56:26.Trump, of course, has got to win it and he has got to win the next six

:56:27. > :56:35.frames to keep his World Championship hopes alive.

:56:36. > :56:57.Wonderful. He looks full of confidence now.

:56:58. > :57:10.That wasn't one of his best. This was a lovely red keystroke in. And

:57:11. > :57:17.his hand never moved off the cue, kept it so still all the way. Has

:57:18. > :57:26.got an angle on the black, but tough to generate enough power from this

:57:27. > :57:35.to split some reds from the pack. We'll need all of his cue power.

:57:36. > :57:51.It was very tough. It was a big ask to get those reds to open up. He was

:57:52. > :57:53.having to force the angle. You don't get the pace in the cue ball that

:57:54. > :58:37.you needed. Playing a difficult shot, he cannot

:58:38. > :58:44.afford to keep believing these opportunities because the way it

:58:45. > :58:52.looks, Ding Junhui will take every opportunity.

:58:53. > :59:00.You say that, it is funny, isn't it? I didn't expect him to miss that.

:59:01. > :59:14.Will this red stop and be available? I think it may just past the black.

:59:15. > :59:20.Good shot from first rack. Forget the scoreboard, just play one shot

:59:21. > :59:50.at a time and see where it gets you. I couldn't agree more. Just one shot

:59:51. > :59:56.and one frame at a time, as long as you're at the table your opponent

:59:57. > :00:02.can do nothing about it. Needs a bit of luck, I don't think he has got

:00:03. > :00:13.it. Dented the pack with a lot of pace, but I don't think he is on

:00:14. > :00:20.anything. Surely he has got to place a -- to play safe, you got to try

:00:21. > :00:25.and keep your hopes alive and not take too many risks. You never know

:00:26. > :00:32.what can happen. There has been some unbelievable comebacks over the

:00:33. > :00:38.years. What was it that time? Loser Thorburn was losing Nigel Bond 9-2

:00:39. > :00:48.and Nigel came back and beat Cliff Thorburn ten - nine. Never give up.

:00:49. > :01:00.Let the other man beat you, don't beat yourself.

:01:01. > :01:11.Good one out there. Not good on the colour. Played it as the shot for

:01:12. > :01:14.nothing. He is getting the cue ball cleaned, that would indicate he will

:01:15. > :01:19.not rule up behind the yellow, he will take the brown on.

:01:20. > :01:43.No. Well, it was risky. I think he has sought, pot the brown, this is

:01:44. > :01:45.the chance of frame and match. Judd Trump is to make the most of this

:01:46. > :02:34.opportunity. -- has two. Of course, with the black out of

:02:35. > :02:41.commission, he has to concentrate on pink and blue. He has to stay

:02:42. > :02:59.focused, as I say, stay in the moment.

:03:00. > :03:16.He has together to 65. Then snooker's required. He will

:03:17. > :03:28.concentrate on these three red in the line. Then the red on the left

:03:29. > :03:33.and cushion and right-hand cushion. Don't think the red next to the

:03:34. > :03:43.black pots into the left-hand pocket.

:03:44. > :03:56.Strange choice. Assuming he would play for the red on the left-hand

:03:57. > :04:03.side cushion. Just about on this red. I am with you, cannot believe

:04:04. > :04:09.he did not play in the middle. Never going to get the right angle on it.

:04:10. > :04:22.Just about on this red. Not natural to play this, cannon into the red

:04:23. > :04:27.via the black. Again, if you looks at the school board, this think and

:04:28. > :04:41.another red and think, 45 points ahead with 43 remaining. He's

:04:42. > :04:51.glancing at the scoreboard now. Into the left middle. Left corner.

:04:52. > :05:07.Walking around, it must be in. Wrong side of the blue. 43 points in

:05:08. > :05:23.front, pot a red, 44. He has to give this red every chance. Well played.

:05:24. > :05:29.Showing a bit of grit. True grit. Well, we will be having the

:05:30. > :05:34.mid-session interval after this. OK he will be four frames adrift, but

:05:35. > :05:44.he showed he was up for the fight. If he gets the chance, he will make

:05:45. > :05:57.Ding Junhui make another visit. 15 points, the lead. 43 remaining. --

:05:58. > :05:58.50 points. Sorry, 35 remaining. Very surprised Ding Junhui is carrying

:05:59. > :06:25.on. Very surprised. Maybe like me, he mistook the brown

:06:26. > :06:58.at this end for the red. Where has the brown gone?

:06:59. > :07:09.Well, always the chance... Ding Junhui says that is enough. Judd

:07:10. > :07:13.Trump takes it. He has shown true grit, could have done with a bit

:07:14. > :07:20.more of that last night. Today he has come out, if he gets a chance,

:07:21. > :07:25.he will push Ding Junhui. But he is one frame away, Ding Junhui. A big

:07:26. > :07:29.ask for Judd Trump, but you never know.

:07:30. > :07:35.STUDIO: You are right, you never know. Fair play to Judd Trump,

:07:36. > :07:39.staring defeat in the face. Looking at going out in the World

:07:40. > :07:43.Championship, to come up with a frame like that, fair play. It is

:07:44. > :07:48.last chance saloon, it is not a forlorn hope. I was 12-8 up,

:07:49. > :07:54.thinking I was in the next round, about an hour and a half later I was

:07:55. > :08:00.going home. I think we have that in the archive. I still have not

:08:01. > :08:04.recovered. It can happen. They've to Judd Trump, not sure whether he will

:08:05. > :08:11.take to Twitter, he has a habit of tweeting during the interval. He has

:08:12. > :08:14.two raffle off some frames. He has left it late. Rickman ship does come

:08:15. > :08:25.into snooker. Ding Junhui started off the match 6-2 in front. He has

:08:26. > :08:29.kept that gap. It is worth reminding viewers, he has had to qualify for

:08:30. > :08:34.this tournament, dropping out of the top 16. There does seem to be a

:08:35. > :08:40.steely determination about him. He seems very focused. A lot of

:08:41. > :08:46.pressure on him, also back in China. 2011 he got to the semifinal,

:08:47. > :08:51.quarterfinal in 2013, the anything he has ever done. He's too good a

:08:52. > :08:55.player not to be winning this event. He is showing the form that could

:08:56. > :09:04.take in more the way. Don't forget if you want to get in touch, you can

:09:05. > :09:18.through Twitter. We also wanted to get involved with QI. This is QI,

:09:19. > :09:23.your daily dose of quiz action. I give you a daily brainteaser. Our

:09:24. > :09:27.so-called experts will be trying and almost certainly failing to answer

:09:28. > :09:31.today plus my question. No doubt you at home will be answering correctly.

:09:32. > :09:52.The question today is... Get involved in social media, I will

:09:53. > :09:58.return to reveal all later. I have always wanted to say this, thank you

:09:59. > :10:09.Stephen Fry. Get involved. Time for us to have some fun with today's Pot

:10:10. > :10:14.Quiz. It is that time of day again. Alan McManus today. You may be in

:10:15. > :10:18.the quarterfinal, but this is where the real pressure takes place. We

:10:19. > :10:23.will ask you five questions, everyone can response to a red, you

:10:24. > :10:28.can remove one if you get it right. Mark Allen has set a target of one

:10:29. > :10:33.minute. Very good. How is your knowledge? Not bad. We will soon

:10:34. > :10:41.find out. First question, who did you play for new Crucible debut in

:10:42. > :10:58.1991? That was Willie Fulham. -- Willie Thorne. What is your highest

:10:59. > :11:02.Crucible rate? I know that 143. You reach the quarterfinals at the

:11:03. > :11:14.European Tour event this season, he went on to win the event? That was

:11:15. > :11:20.Rory McLeod. Stop encouraging him. You won the Masters in 1994, beating

:11:21. > :11:30.Stephen Hendrie in the final. Who did you beat in the semifinal? Do

:11:31. > :11:39.you know what? We have got him for smoke it might have been John Parry.

:11:40. > :11:43.Absolutely not, Neal Foulds. Last question, multiple choice. How many

:11:44. > :11:58.tournaments have you played in your career? 241. 301. 341. 401. If you

:11:59. > :12:07.know this... One of the last two. Think it is the last one. Like, 341.

:12:08. > :12:13.You did brilliantly well. Any three reds. Time will not start until you

:12:14. > :12:25.strike the cue ball for the first time. I will take away those two.

:12:26. > :12:30.One more. Is that going in. The time when start until you strike it

:12:31. > :12:44.useful for first time. Good luck. One down. Two damn. -- down. He has

:12:45. > :12:49.missed that one. I want to remind you, Steve Davis got a very bad two

:12:50. > :13:05.minutes and 11 seconds. That is the bottom. Very good, four. Very good.

:13:06. > :13:24.30 seconds. Six, I tell you what. Impressive. Seven. That could be a

:13:25. > :13:38.smelly one. How are we doing on the time? Just coming up to one minute.

:13:39. > :13:44.Two more reds to go, and get up to the end of the table for the black.

:13:45. > :13:50.Good shot. Run, cue ball. Come on. Bit of pressure on this one. It is

:13:51. > :14:08.there. Come on, don't sit on the black. How is the time? Well done,

:14:09. > :14:22.mate. How are we doing on the time? I cannot believe it. One minute, 27

:14:23. > :14:29.seconds. As long as we believe him. You not only beat Steve Davis, you

:14:30. > :14:37.did it by to microseconds. Typical. Thank you, big man. Nice to see a

:14:38. > :14:47.little bitter rivalry between Alan McManus and our very own GP. Let's

:14:48. > :14:54.turn our attention to today's Table Talk.

:14:55. > :15:00.We have had a lot of things to talk about during the mid-session

:15:01. > :15:08.interval over the last week. We talked to bury Bernabeu well snooker

:15:09. > :15:14.-- talk to Barry Hearn about well snooker, Twitter. And the man

:15:15. > :15:20.responsible for giving players' nicknames. It appears to be a

:15:21. > :15:24.snooker player today, you have to have a nickname. Five times champion

:15:25. > :15:34.the world, the Rocket, Ronnie O'Sullivan. The accounts Kyren

:15:35. > :15:41.Wilson the Warrior. The Jester from Leicester, Mark Selby. It is good

:15:42. > :15:44.for the sport. It is great. We have to get the message on to Barry

:15:45. > :15:52.Hearn, shirts with nicknames on the back. People call it sticks and

:15:53. > :16:00.stones, good or bad. Happy or stuck with it, not sure what to say. It is

:16:01. > :16:06.what it is. Here comes Mark, the Pistol, Allen. I understand why they

:16:07. > :16:10.call me, I'm quick on the table. Coming from Northern Ireland, being

:16:11. > :16:19.called the Pistol, does not go down too well. He has come up with a lot

:16:20. > :16:26.of the players names. I cleared the table, he said he is like a little

:16:27. > :16:30.wizard, it stuck. It is the ace in the pack, Judd Trump. One of them

:16:31. > :16:36.have been taken up, little bit wasted. A bit pointless. We have

:16:37. > :16:46.finally come up with a nickname for this guy, the Giant Killer, Anthony

:16:47. > :16:52.McGill. It devalues the players love it, having a nickname. I am not a

:16:53. > :17:05.huge fan of them being introduced. Please welcome the Ditton Dynamo,

:17:06. > :17:13.Barry Hawkins. I could not believe it when he introduced me like that.

:17:14. > :17:16.It is good, Rob is fantastic. One of the most laid-back character is the

:17:17. > :17:22.sport has ever known. He will fire it up this afternoon, Mark Williams.

:17:23. > :17:32.I don't need one. Coming out of something different. I don't really

:17:33. > :17:46.like the Welsh Pot Machine. I don't really... May be the Welsh has been.

:17:47. > :17:50.That is brilliant, I have just been chatting to him. He said you can

:17:51. > :17:59.call me whatever you like, I have been around for so long, don't know

:18:00. > :18:07.how long I will not -- will be around. Did you inherit most of

:18:08. > :18:12.them? Most of them I did, I am not so arrogant to say I will change

:18:13. > :18:16.your nickname. As we heard from John, his one has been around for

:18:17. > :18:27.ages. Neil Robinson was the Melbourne Potting Machine, it had no

:18:28. > :18:33.alliteration, I decided to go with the Thunder from Down Under. You can

:18:34. > :18:44.really get your lips down that. It is a bridge too far, Ditton Dynamo.

:18:45. > :18:53.What about the Hulk? It is a bit different. He said, he wanted to go

:18:54. > :19:03.back to being the Hawk. I said I was trying to shake it up. Barry is very

:19:04. > :19:07.laid-back. They respect of the people of Ditton, but most people

:19:08. > :19:15.were saying where is that? The player we are having a nightmare

:19:16. > :19:22.with, in a way, Ricky Walden, we cannot come up with a nickname he is

:19:23. > :19:26.happy with. We had a little play with Marathon man, he ran the New

:19:27. > :19:31.York Marathon. He said he was only going to run one, three years ago,

:19:32. > :19:36.you need to let that go. In China, this is true, I would never use it

:19:37. > :19:43.as an intro, these guys are trying to win a World Championship, but in

:19:44. > :19:47.China, they call him the Meatball. Why? Can you tell us on live

:19:48. > :19:53.television? I can explain, above board. His initials, when you are

:19:54. > :19:59.using predictive text in Chinese, when you start to type it in, it

:20:00. > :20:07.translates into the Meatball. How could you use that as an intro Chris

:20:08. > :20:10.Matthews simply Ricky Walden. The modern-day players, you get their

:20:11. > :20:15.names right, not like on one occasion when you introduce me and

:20:16. > :20:22.at the mental blank. Steve, do you know what? You were so good about

:20:23. > :20:27.that. Really funny thing, names can disappear out of your mind. The most

:20:28. > :20:37.obvious and important names. You were so good about that. What did

:20:38. > :20:40.you call me? Dennis Taylor! It is a miracle he's still talking to me.

:20:41. > :20:46.The great run to the quarterfinals in 2010. People said to me after

:20:47. > :20:49.that because the audience laughed, they thought I had done it on

:20:50. > :20:57.purpose. I was mortified. You were fantastic. You came down the stares,

:20:58. > :21:02.we had a hug. By coincidence, there was somebody in the front row

:21:03. > :21:08.wearing a big pair of glasses. As he got to his chair, he put them on

:21:09. > :21:19.upside down, doing that. Class act. You did the MCG tees -- MC duties,

:21:20. > :21:23.yesterday, I did it this morning. You were at the London Marathon. It

:21:24. > :21:31.is very nerve wracking. How did you feel? He stands there giving it all

:21:32. > :21:36.that. He is all over the place. He gets on with it. They all love him.

:21:37. > :21:45.Great atmosphere. It has to come down, to watch snooker. Great to see

:21:46. > :21:51.you. Great fun. Time for the QI answer. To date, I asked you... --

:21:52. > :21:56.today. Let's find out if ever experts are

:21:57. > :22:35.clueless. Doug Woody-macro? -- Wood. Doug Wood? Who is that? I

:22:36. > :22:47.was around, never remember that. 1970s. I have a feeling this is the

:22:48. > :22:52.theme tune we listen to and still listen to today. An amateur we have

:22:53. > :22:59.never heard of. You might have got a 147. Maybe the highest break made in

:23:00. > :23:06.the English Amateur Championship. There were some good guesses amongst

:23:07. > :23:13.the ramblings. Stephen, Dennis and you will recognise the answer when

:23:14. > :23:18.New Year it. What was dark Wood biggest break? It was this track,

:23:19. > :23:30.the theme tune of BBC's snooker coverage. Get in there. That is the

:23:31. > :23:37.one, actually called Drag Racer. Released by Doug Wood and is banned

:23:38. > :23:41.in 1976. Striking a chord with fans from the start. It has been remixed

:23:42. > :23:47.several times, the current version remains true to the original. He was

:23:48. > :23:53.American, he wrote the track, played all of the instruments, he became a

:23:54. > :24:00.founder of the largest American production library. You probably

:24:01. > :24:09.know another his works. This one is called Cranes, it was the theme to

:24:10. > :24:18.the BBC's dance coverage. We salute you, Doug Wood. You have done this

:24:19. > :24:34.before. Just a guess. Awesome. My favourite is Winifred at well's

:24:35. > :24:39.Black and White Rag. It was the Pot Black theme. She learned to play

:24:40. > :24:50.Canada during the Second World War, from the American soldiers stationed

:24:51. > :24:58.in the Caribbean. Doug Wood's biggest break is 40, 40 years since

:24:59. > :25:02.he released Drag Racer. Thank you Stephen Fry. Big shout out to three

:25:03. > :25:12.viewers, got the answer spot-on. Derek Appleby, Ronnie Pudding, and

:25:13. > :25:20.Jenny Pearce. Keep those comments coming. You can get in touch through

:25:21. > :25:26.Sosa media. We love hearing from you. We read them all, don't we,

:25:27. > :25:42.John? Absolutely. What is going to happen in this next session? Judd

:25:43. > :25:52.Trump has two claim no miss snooker. Highly unlikely. As John said, no

:25:53. > :25:58.miss snooker, you expect Ding Junhui to get over the line. Ding Junhui

:25:59. > :26:06.needs one more frame to get into the quarterfinals. Let's join John and

:26:07. > :26:09.Ken. COMMENTATOR: If you are looking in

:26:10. > :26:13.one of the few players who can rattle off frames in no time at all,

:26:14. > :26:20.and that is what he needs to do, Judd Trump would be one of them.

:26:21. > :26:28.Absolutely. He can win a couple of frames in 15, 20 minutes, no

:26:29. > :26:42.problem. He needs to put this man under pressure. Cannot give anything

:26:43. > :26:47.easy to Ding Junhui. If you're going to lose, make him fight for it,

:26:48. > :26:58.don't handed to him. No, making win it.

:26:59. > :27:18.If you take this on, he needs to get fit. Superb. Running the cue ball a

:27:19. > :27:33.little bit too far. Great opening Benny-macro. -- great opening red.

:27:34. > :27:38.Needs the cue ball to run along a fraction. Look at the body language,

:27:39. > :28:07.just about perfect. Now, is the black game to be very

:28:08. > :28:31.available -- is the black going to be available? It is.

:28:32. > :28:49.Red at the bottom of the bunch pots into the bottom right corner pocket.

:28:50. > :28:51.He could play for two reds. For one of the bottom left the one can

:28:52. > :29:19.mention. -- Ken mentioned. Wrong side of the blue, does not

:29:20. > :29:29.matter. Why he was not too concerned. He has the red at the

:29:30. > :29:35.other end of the table to play for. Interesting what choice he makes

:29:36. > :29:42.here. The red I mentioned is still available. On the left of the think,

:29:43. > :29:52.also. He has a nice angle on the blue. The referee stopping someone

:29:53. > :30:00.in the crowd coming down the stairs. He has this red here. Another couple

:30:01. > :30:06.of loose reds you can play for without risking going into the

:30:07. > :30:10.cluster and bringing them into play. Certainly cannot do it now, straight

:30:11. > :30:23.on the black. He just needs to judge the face of this positional shot. --

:30:24. > :30:33.pace. I cannot believe you play for this gap. -- he played for this gap.

:30:34. > :30:42.Has he found the gap? Previously screwing on and off the cushion. He

:30:43. > :30:48.just found a gap. No. Trying to bend that. Just got too much side on it.

:30:49. > :31:03.Straightening the red up. He has covered the red into the

:31:04. > :31:11.right corner. But he has left this red, similar Reg to what Judd Trump

:31:12. > :31:21.laid into the opposite corner pocket. Can hold for the pink as

:31:22. > :31:31.well. Just about went in. You can see in the background, Judd Trump,

:31:32. > :31:36.his eyes closed, thinking. I was thinking he was at the end, but

:31:37. > :31:47.maybe not. This red closest to the cue ball, there is not a fool pocket

:31:48. > :31:51.for it. This is very missable. If you are right behind it you fancy

:31:52. > :32:06.it, but slightly blind pocket, very difficult. But he has played it

:32:07. > :32:13.well. Nice pot and nice little cannon on the pink.

:32:14. > :32:22.Still not ideal. Have just got to put this pink. You can play a cannon

:32:23. > :32:25.on the red just above the one that is closest to the pocket or you can

:32:26. > :32:28.call around the back of the two and trying to get the one that is

:32:29. > :32:37.closest to the pocket and get on that one. Knocking it into this

:32:38. > :32:44.right centre. Has played it well. Has he got lucky with the cannon?

:32:45. > :32:49.No, you hasn't. Maybe the red at the bottom of the parent of three reds

:32:50. > :32:57.at the bottom of the pig, but it is on that read, he has had a result.

:32:58. > :33:05.-- of the pink. Absolutely. This rate is obviously onto the middle.

:33:06. > :33:14.-- is read. Played it well. He has lost the cue ball. And is still 41

:33:15. > :33:18.points behind. You've just got to be careful with this if you cash to

:33:19. > :33:33.thick you could run off into the middle pocket. -- catch it. Miss the

:33:34. > :33:35.pot. The question now, does this read past the black to the left

:33:36. > :33:58.corner? Just. It just passes. It is one of

:33:59. > :34:03.those ones, isn't it? That the black sort of gets in your eye line

:34:04. > :34:11.slightly. Yes, it is one of those that if you are right behind it you

:34:12. > :34:23.could not miss it. Going to pick the angle and trusted. -- and trust it.

:34:24. > :34:28.Nope, that was the problem. Into a blind pocket. Never easy. I do have

:34:29. > :34:32.to say, having missed the back and played it as he did, Ding Junhui,

:34:33. > :34:45.fortunate not to leave anything easier than that.

:34:46. > :35:00.Just scrambled in. The only hope for Judd Trump now is the red tie to the

:35:01. > :35:06.pink, could it be a stumbling block? 33 points in it. Ding Junhui behind,

:35:07. > :35:17.51 and meaning. Plenty of points to play with. I'm wondering if he will

:35:18. > :35:21.play for the loose red or if he will go into the pink and red and client

:35:22. > :35:28.told the cue ball and bring the red into play. No, not this time. A bit

:35:29. > :35:36.surprising because he will have to play it off a similar blue. It

:35:37. > :35:50.doesn't look as though the rest near the pink will pot. And it is one of

:35:51. > :35:55.these shots that if you catch the pink film, depending on the pace,

:35:56. > :35:59.you would just knock the red to the top cushion, you got to catch the

:36:00. > :36:06.pink smiley, he is not certain to be on the red. Never certain to be on

:36:07. > :36:11.the red when you play like that. And that grimace from Ding Junhui tells

:36:12. > :36:19.me he can hit the red but cannot pot black to shots it -- but cannot pot

:36:20. > :36:29.it. He should always be the one you have available, there is the only

:36:30. > :36:33.had one chance with one red. The new plea that cannon you've got to play

:36:34. > :36:47.it gently but can hit the pink almost quarter ball. Delightful

:36:48. > :36:52.little short. Wasn't it? Yes, easy to hit, but can you get it safe?

:36:53. > :36:57.Might just roll up to it and nestle in, guaranteed not to leave a pot,

:36:58. > :37:07.but the only problem is he could be in trouble on his next one. Given

:37:08. > :37:13.the initiative to your opponent by leaving the cue ball and object also

:37:14. > :37:24.close together. It could be a real telling one. No. Poor shot. Chance

:37:25. > :37:37.for Judd Trump. Very difficult cueing off that top cushion.

:37:38. > :37:42.Definitely take it on. If he does take it on, he needs to get it.

:37:43. > :37:53.There is a safety, send the red up and down the table, cue ball on the

:37:54. > :38:15.cushion behind the green. Needs a bit of luck.

:38:16. > :38:29.He has a couple of options here. He can take the red on into the left

:38:30. > :38:33.corner pocket, but we can chip the red the left side cushion and back

:38:34. > :38:37.behind the back, big target behind the yellow and brown with the cue

:38:38. > :38:46.ball, but I'm not sure what he will try. See how confident he is. Would

:38:47. > :38:56.you take this on? I think there is a bit of value in it, particularly

:38:57. > :39:06.when you are 12-8 in front. Close, but did not get it. Has he flew to

:39:07. > :39:21.the snooker? -- fluked. Not quite, I don't think.

:39:22. > :39:38.There is a gap, I think. I don't think Ding can get the red but I

:39:39. > :39:53.think he can hit it. He is coming off two cushions, so he cannot hit

:39:54. > :39:59.it. He has hit it, but has left it, and Judd Trump, 21 points in front,

:40:00. > :40:04.this red, pink or black to leave Ding the snooker. Needs to slow this

:40:05. > :40:30.up and stop. Just in time. He was worried, I think that's why

:40:31. > :40:33.he played at that pace, was worried about snooker himself on the yellow,

:40:34. > :40:49.29 points to lead, 27 remaining. He is in control of this situation

:40:50. > :41:01.just now. Ding Junhui using one snooker, -- needing one snooker, so

:41:02. > :41:06.is keeping his hopes alive. There is the yellow ball going?

:41:07. > :41:24.-- were. You got to be careful, this pot is very straight. Did not risk

:41:25. > :41:32.of, played it dead weight, and it is there. That's no means that Judd

:41:33. > :41:38.Trump needs to snooker 's -- two snookers.

:41:39. > :41:46.You know in these situations that Ding Junhui is bound to get a chance

:41:47. > :41:51.to win the match. He has had two chances in this frame and not be

:41:52. > :41:59.able to do it. And that will give a little bit of encouragement to Judd

:42:00. > :42:05.Trump. Certainly that will as well. It unnerves you slightly because

:42:06. > :42:09.when you had a couple of chances you're sat in your chair for the

:42:10. > :42:12.next round kicking yourself saying I should be doing my press conference

:42:13. > :42:24.now I'm looking forward to the quarterfinal, can still in this

:42:25. > :42:31.match. It is three snookers needed and is still playing on. It is not

:42:32. > :42:34.like Ding Junhui to play on needing these many snooker 's. I don't know

:42:35. > :43:30.if this is the Terry Griffiths influence.

:43:31. > :43:42.If it will does God to et al- nine, he still has a question. -- if it

:43:43. > :44:16.does go to 12-9. As he gets more nervous the tension will build.

:44:17. > :44:24.Defraine carried on longer than I thought that he has won it on the

:44:25. > :44:33.scoreboard. Ding Junhui walking out of the arena still needing one, but

:44:34. > :44:38.still in it. Damon probably leaving the arena to calm the nerves

:44:39. > :44:41.slightly. Judd Trump hanging on. Yes, John mentioned in commentary

:44:42. > :44:49.Yad couple of chances to win it and you would think it is not panic

:44:50. > :44:53.stations. -- he had a couple. If he goes in this frame and doesn't

:44:54. > :44:56.finish it again with a couple of chances it start becoming

:44:57. > :45:00.pressurised. What you think happened to Ding? The boys and commentary

:45:01. > :45:04.that may be started thinking about talking to the praise when he's on

:45:05. > :45:07.the finishing line? Even when you are up the finishing line is always

:45:08. > :45:13.looming, there is always more pressure to that particular wind and

:45:14. > :45:17.I know that really Ding Junhui has not played that great in this match.

:45:18. > :45:21.He has played fantastic in the rest of the tournament, tapping a bit of

:45:22. > :45:25.a ropey time even though the years in front. As to get over the line

:45:26. > :45:29.and get this out of the way and then you might see him breathe a sigh of

:45:30. > :45:36.relief. He has all the eyes of fine on him, as is done particularly well

:45:37. > :45:39.in this event over the years -- eyes of China. It looked like he was

:45:40. > :45:42.Gedion Zelalem track and experience wise he was getting to the stage

:45:43. > :45:47.where perhaps he wanted to become good at it but I don't know, do you

:45:48. > :45:51.think he still has the problems of the critical in his brain? He is a

:45:52. > :45:55.bit like a Gold cup or two doesn't like Cheltenham. They are not

:45:56. > :45:59.changing the venue, if you want to be world champion and you have to

:46:00. > :46:03.win because of all. You don't detect a difference about him this year? I

:46:04. > :46:09.do, and attitude wise it has been spot on in the matches he has played

:46:10. > :46:14.so far. He is perfectly capable of winning but up until now he hasn't

:46:15. > :46:19.looked like doing it. Judd Trump fought so hard in the first round to

:46:20. > :46:22.stay in this World Championship by beating Liang Wenbo, can you

:46:23. > :46:24.complete comeback of all compacts? COMMENTATOR:

:46:25. > :46:37.That is the question. As you said, it will get a little

:46:38. > :46:42.bit of heart to Judd the fact that he left a couple of opportunities,

:46:43. > :46:47.Ding Junhui, and didn't make the most of them. It is not as if Judd

:46:48. > :47:04.Trump has not been getting chances. As long as he keeps chipping away,

:47:05. > :47:08.from past experience of being in that situation when you are a drop

:47:09. > :47:16.12, you are anxious to get the chance and try and win it and

:47:17. > :47:19.sometimes incentive relaxing and taking -- instead of relaxing and

:47:20. > :47:23.taking stock of the situation and do what you normally done, you get a

:47:24. > :47:29.little anxious, particularly when someone comes back at you.

:47:30. > :47:42.I remember, 1986, Terry Griffiths was reading -- leading Joe Johnson

:47:43. > :47:47.12-9 when Joe Johnson produced for the best friends I have ever seen.

:47:48. > :48:04.What did he do? Went on to win it. That is what can happen.

:48:05. > :48:10.We've always seen some sort of a comeback in previous World

:48:11. > :48:16.Championships. But I just feel that Judd Trump has to sharpen up, he has

:48:17. > :48:23.to win the frame quickly, as you said and has to win it in one visit,

:48:24. > :48:32.he is not doing that just now. Expect Dean to get another chance,

:48:33. > :48:37.couple of chances. -- Ding. That was a nice little nudge for Judd Trump

:48:38. > :49:15.off the green. Looks quite and easy return to

:49:16. > :49:31.baulk. Foul. Where has the cue ball gone? He has given four point away.

:49:32. > :49:41.But no harm done. Good Bill yours shot -- billiards. Has got to try

:49:42. > :49:42.and get the cue ball down the left-hand side of the table,

:49:43. > :50:10.somewhere behind the yellow. It is pretty good. The reason that

:50:11. > :50:14.Ken mention that was the fact to cut down the escape route down the

:50:15. > :50:23.right-hand side of the table it is very difficult to get back to baulk.

:50:24. > :50:28.Will try and pot his way out of trouble. What damage has he done?

:50:29. > :50:34.Certainly a red available to the right corner. Maybe one to the far

:50:35. > :50:38.right corner. Did not see the safety. Got down and played it very

:50:39. > :51:18.quickly. But this is where Judd needs one of

:51:19. > :51:50.those quickfire frame-winning contributions.

:51:51. > :51:59.The cue ball bounced a little, took a bit of the pace out of it. Should

:52:00. > :52:09.have been straight on the pink. You can see the cue ball bouncing before

:52:10. > :52:16.it got to the red. Now his pot success has not been great in this

:52:17. > :52:21.match. 58% is low. He needs it is to improve now. It is not too

:52:22. > :52:26.difficult, the pink, but what makes it difficult as he has a little bit

:52:27. > :52:31.of work to do with the cue ball to get position on the next reds, but

:52:32. > :52:49.and do not take your eye off the pot. Has played it nicely. He had a

:52:50. > :53:00.nice pot into this bottom right-hand corner pocket.

:53:01. > :53:09.Cannot go for the pink, might have to go back up for the blue, doesn't

:53:10. > :53:16.want the cue ball to run away. Needs to be tight with his position now. I

:53:17. > :53:26.can think of a lovely low cannon that pops the blue -- pots the blue

:53:27. > :53:35.and put the reds together. It seems perfect to me. Super shot.

:53:36. > :53:41.Getting on this red just left of the black will free up the black in the

:53:42. > :54:17.left-hand corner pocket. Certainly very focused. Lost it for

:54:18. > :54:20.a while last night, lost his rhythm and everything. But it is not about

:54:21. > :54:45.then, it is about now. You would have to say, he has left

:54:46. > :54:51.and right of the back directly to two reds, one of those will port. He

:54:52. > :54:58.gets rid of that one and to the left of that, one of those will pot. No

:54:59. > :55:05.cannons or anything that could possibly go wrong. Just keep the cue

:55:06. > :55:14.ball on a string. As to have tight control of its now. -- has to have.

:55:15. > :55:19.Just that wonderful little cannon that he spotted into the two reds to

:55:20. > :56:03.set up this break made it so much easier.

:56:04. > :56:11.I don't thing you can play for the black, so we'll need another red

:56:12. > :56:18.after this and a pink. He is inch perfect.

:56:19. > :56:30.This is tremendous play from Judd Trump.

:56:31. > :56:45.And that is just what he needed. A quick frame-winning contribution.

:56:46. > :56:59.Now he will have to say two stay within eyesight of Ding Junhui.

:57:00. > :57:09.The pressure will start to build on Ding Junhui. Add a bit of leeway,

:57:10. > :57:13.12-7 up at one stage. All of a sudden, 12-10 and we have an match

:57:14. > :57:27.on. The black didn't go in but that was

:57:28. > :57:31.fantastic. He puts his cue on the table, his hopes are still alive,

:57:32. > :57:33.the pressure will build on Ding Junhui. He is only one frame away

:57:34. > :58:46.but only has a two frame advantage. The most important statistic is that

:58:47. > :58:49.Judd Trump has won the last three frames, how important is the mind?

:58:50. > :58:51.What is interesting is the scoreboard, see you no longer

:58:52. > :58:55.anything of anger and have now reached double figures as a big help

:58:56. > :58:58.psychologically, you think you have a lot to catch up and suddenly you

:58:59. > :59:03.have to fiddle the board as well and he's getting very close, massive

:59:04. > :59:07.frame coming up, obviously. It is also about Ding Junhui. He is one

:59:08. > :59:11.frame away, how much lower can he sit and look at is bordered thinking

:59:12. > :59:14.I have to put this guy away? He has the luxury of having a few friends

:59:15. > :59:20.under his belt, but there's loads of different ways to get to 12-10 in a

:59:21. > :59:24.match, it could have been nip and tuck and suddenly you go 12-10 up

:59:25. > :59:29.and you're better frame of mind but he has someone bearing down on him.

:59:30. > :59:33.He is breathing over his shoulder and that makes a different mindset.

:59:34. > :59:37.He has got be quite mentally strong to get over the line, even though he

:59:38. > :59:42.has had the majority of this match in his grasp. These top players have

:59:43. > :59:47.met eight times and Judd Trump has beat Ding Junhui on two occasions in

:59:48. > :59:56.the World Championship in 2011 and 2015, can he do it again?

:59:57. > :00:12.He will be going into its thinking, don't miss the black.

:00:13. > :00:23.That's the problem, pleaded with so much power he got the backspin, hit

:00:24. > :00:33.the red and the black -- backspin took the cue ball into the pocket.

:00:34. > :00:37.He hasn't left anything easy. I don't think I have seen anybody

:00:38. > :00:47.screw in off the park from the black. It's hard to believe that

:00:48. > :00:55.went in there but this is no gimme, as you quite rightly said, John.

:00:56. > :01:00.He played it very well. Of course now it has gone in there is no work

:01:01. > :01:03.to do for Ding Junhui. All the reds are open, it is just a case now of

:01:04. > :01:23.holding yourself together. That's not the best short he has

:01:24. > :01:30.ever played. That was a nervy one. He looks to be dead straight on

:01:31. > :01:34.this. He may not be able to get out for the black off this. He may be

:01:35. > :01:41.able to use the angle of the pocket but...

:01:42. > :01:49.I will tell you what, he was lucky there because the red he played was

:01:50. > :01:53.running along and if it didn't kiss the other red... I mean to try to

:01:54. > :01:57.get this out, the pot was admissible. If that red Hat and

:01:58. > :02:07.collided with the cue ball, it would have left it on.

:02:08. > :02:15.Anywhere in the jaws of the green pocket here with the cue ball. He

:02:16. > :02:28.might be having a go at this red into the right centre. Great shot.

:02:29. > :02:44.Super pot, wasn't it? It was risky but it is in. Switch your phone off

:02:45. > :02:50.please. Dear me, you are told. Make sure your phone is switched off. He

:02:51. > :02:56.is going to power this yellow into the right middle. He has got to be

:02:57. > :03:05.so accurate with this. It is such a tough shot.

:03:06. > :03:14.I will tell you what, it is the messiest table I have seen for a

:03:15. > :03:20.while. Just look at where the yellow has landed. It has knocked the pink

:03:21. > :03:26.safe, the black safe. OK, there is one red into this bottom right-hand

:03:27. > :03:32.corner pocket. He has got to play it with the rest, and screw back up

:03:33. > :03:40.towards the blue. The easier red of course is the more direct red into

:03:41. > :03:42.the corner pocket but can he find a gap round the back of the black? It

:03:43. > :04:05.is very tight. Well, if he's not on the black, he's

:04:06. > :04:09.definitely on the pink. Yes, he played the cannon. I think he

:04:10. > :04:17.thought he was hoping to be on the black but he has landed on the pink.

:04:18. > :04:25.Judd is sat there now. Just a double-kiss on the pink. Judd Trump

:04:26. > :04:36.will have to sit there now and wonder whether he has played his

:04:37. > :04:37.last shot. But it is not straightforward, this. Not to win

:04:38. > :04:53.the frame at this visit. Particularly when it is for the

:04:54. > :05:10.match as well. He could play not the one that is

:05:11. > :05:16.nearest to the pocket, the second one in. He could play a delicate

:05:17. > :05:25.screw shots behind the black. Doesn't like it.

:05:26. > :05:41.He has gone back to it now. Played it nicely, got the black back on its

:05:42. > :05:42.spot here. Just overrun slightly. Yes, I think he's feeling it out

:05:43. > :06:48.there. Yes, I think he's feeling it out

:06:49. > :08:04.Yes, I think he's feeling it That's his first mistake. Didn't

:08:05. > :08:30.want to be cannoning into that red. He just had a look at the two reds

:08:31. > :08:45.close together, whether they are planted to the right centre pocket.

:08:46. > :08:52.No, no. Ding Junhui had a quick look at those reds, Judd Trump will have

:08:53. > :08:59.a quick look. It must be close. Doesn't half to take the plant on of

:09:00. > :09:03.course. -- doesn't have too. You would only take the plant on if it

:09:04. > :09:15.was a certainty. He must think it is. In it went. Not got the best of

:09:16. > :09:30.cue balls. But the pink should be easy enough.

:09:31. > :09:36.Not perfect. He's got the red to the left middle but he will be slightly

:09:37. > :09:41.hampered by the red that's on the right-hand side of the table, the

:09:42. > :09:47.one he's thinking about playing now. Can he cue passed this red for the

:09:48. > :09:52.red in the middle? It would make the pot so much easier, he is hampered

:09:53. > :10:07.slightly. Good cueing needed here. No, that was tough. Not left

:10:08. > :10:13.anything easy though. Very difficult, that shot, when you are

:10:14. > :10:24.striking down. You just decelerate and the cue ball drifts away off

:10:25. > :10:31.target. Obviously the red that is immediately left to the pink will

:10:32. > :10:36.pot to the left middle. He has got a 35 point lead so doesn't feel the

:10:37. > :11:07.risk is worth taking. Well it doesn't look as though there

:11:08. > :11:12.is a gap. I don't think so, but Ding Junhui was lucky there. He could

:11:13. > :11:15.have been in all sorts of trouble. You have just got to be careful of

:11:16. > :11:25.the knuckle of the middle pocket when playing this. Need that cue

:11:26. > :12:06.ball to run. It's not bad, it's not great.

:12:07. > :12:13.Decided the pot was too risky once again. Just trying to protect his 35

:12:14. > :12:34.point lead. Judd looking to see if he leaves the

:12:35. > :12:47.cue ball tight against the Balkan cushion, and he needs to. -- the

:12:48. > :12:54.baulk cushion. He has got it, and he is on the green. Boy, this boy can

:12:55. > :13:05.pot. That was a great shot, he's going to need another one here,

:13:06. > :13:09.John. Good shot. The thing is, that red near the yellow will be a

:13:10. > :13:19.problem, but just concentrate on reducing your deficit here.

:13:20. > :13:31.There is a chance to get right back in this frame now. And once again

:13:32. > :13:41.Ding Junhui had a great opportunity. Looked very tentative when he was in

:13:42. > :13:50.the balls. Two good chances he has had. Couldn't pot a ball with the

:13:51. > :13:56.rest last night but it is different today and he has an ankle on the

:13:57. > :13:59.black to cannon into the yellow and released this awkward red. It is

:14:00. > :14:16.worth the risk. Oh Just didn't hit it hard enough.

:14:17. > :14:24.Needed to catch it almost quarter ball.

:14:25. > :14:35.He miscued. It's OK, it is not a foul though. He was trying to screw

:14:36. > :14:43.that cue ball in tight behind the LO. If he had have done, it would

:14:44. > :14:49.have been a real telling shot. But as you say, no foul and safe enough.

:14:50. > :14:52.Just 16 points in front now, Ding Junhui. Watch the double-kiss. He

:14:53. > :15:13.just managed to avoid it. He has got into a lot of trouble

:15:14. > :15:27.here. Very difficult to return to baulk here. He may have to take this

:15:28. > :15:32.red on. He can try and clip the outside of it, will need lots of

:15:33. > :15:38.left-hand side to try to bring the cue ball back into baulk but there

:15:39. > :15:47.is also the chance of the double-kiss and the red going over

:15:48. > :15:52.the left-hand pocket. Well, I have seen Judd Trump now for many years

:15:53. > :15:58.and I think you get this type of situation where he doesn't feel like

:15:59. > :16:03.he can get safe, even with the cue ball on the top cushion he would

:16:04. > :16:10.leave a pot on. I think he is eyeing this shot. It will be the shot of

:16:11. > :16:17.the match if he knocks it in. Now he needs a bit of luck. Now he needs a

:16:18. > :16:25.lot of luck. He has got it, John. He has got it.

:16:26. > :16:44.Ding walked to the table there, looked at the audience, and a little

:16:45. > :16:54.smile! Does this red above the pink pass the yellow? He has had a look.

:16:55. > :16:57.It just about passes the yellow but not a full pocket. It looks like he

:16:58. > :17:15.may eat playing it to the right corner. -- may be playing it. So

:17:16. > :17:22.close. Now, can Judd get past the LO to play the red? He might be able

:17:23. > :17:36.to. He can't. We say this game is all about fractions. To be fair,

:17:37. > :17:43.Judd was lucky when he went for that attempted pot. He could still play

:17:44. > :17:47.the red to the right middle here. I think the only red he could leave

:17:48. > :17:56.was the one he was playing, I know it is a tough part.

:17:57. > :18:13.-- tough pot. Not quite. He is unlucky, he got a kick on that.

:18:14. > :18:30.Watch the red ball, it just jumps. Oh, yes. Ding Junhui trying to stun

:18:31. > :18:44.cross, cannon the yellow. That is an opportunity to get Judd in trouble.

:18:45. > :18:50.He is still having to wait for that frame and match winning chance,

:18:51. > :19:01.having missed a good one early on in the frame. But this is a tough

:19:02. > :19:11.safety for Judd Trump. And he has got to get it safe.

:19:12. > :19:20.That could be the end. If this red passes the green, 16 points the

:19:21. > :19:44.lead, he will need three reds. It looks a formality at this stage

:19:45. > :20:05.of the match. Take nothing for granted.

:20:06. > :20:09.Judd Trump will be sat there thinking he has played his last shot

:20:10. > :20:36.in this year's Betfred World Championship.

:20:37. > :20:41.This is his only hope, Judd Trump's. Yes, it is just this red amber

:20:42. > :20:47.colour. And surely he books his place in the quarterfinal. And

:20:48. > :21:04.disappointment for Judd Trump. This pink will put Ding Junhui 32

:21:05. > :21:24.points in front, with just 27 remaining.

:21:25. > :21:46.No heroine swept that one. If he can hit the yellow fall in the face, he

:21:47. > :21:58.will snooker Judd Trump. -- full in the face. So, barring two snookers,

:21:59. > :22:06.Ding Junhui is in the quarterfinal. That could be the end, particularly

:22:07. > :22:17.hitting the bark. And now Judd is going to hang in there but it looks

:22:18. > :22:20.all over, bar the shouting. Judd had a tremendous performance in his

:22:21. > :22:36.first-round match when he was against another Chinese player Liang

:22:37. > :22:43.Wenbo, but he has not played his best. I don't think either player

:22:44. > :22:48.has played their best. He has had chances. I think Judd is just going

:22:49. > :22:58.through the motions. I don't think he believes he can get out of this

:22:59. > :23:15.hole now. Nice little flick off the green. It

:23:16. > :23:58.shouldn't be too difficult to hit. He gave it a good go, didn't he?

:23:59. > :24:04.Came from 12-7 to 12-10. He is going to be tough to stop, Ding Junhui. I

:24:05. > :24:08.know he has to improve his performance but if he played

:24:09. > :24:14.anywhere near what he can play, he will be one of the favourites for

:24:15. > :24:20.this year's championship. A lot of good players still left in it. Yes,

:24:21. > :24:27.and this is the top half of the draw, of which we have already lost

:24:28. > :24:29.Stuart Bingham, the defending champion, Neil Robertson, one of the

:24:30. > :24:54.favourites. Trying to get in behind the black,

:24:55. > :25:25.if he does it will be one heck of a snooker, but not quite.

:25:26. > :25:39.A foul! It didn't reach. Ding Junhui cannot believe it. So there is one

:25:40. > :25:43.of the three snookers. No miss called because we are in the

:25:44. > :26:08.snookers required stage, but now we have got two snookers to tie.

:26:09. > :26:13.Well, that could be a time afraid. A little kiss on the green with the

:26:14. > :26:28.yellow. Yes, I think you are right. Last

:26:29. > :26:34.year, Judd Trump got beaten in the semifinal by the eventual winner,

:26:35. > :26:38.Stuart Bingham, and I thought he just begun to learn the balance of

:26:39. > :26:43.when to attack and when to defend, shot selection, but there have been

:26:44. > :26:49.times in this match when he has just gone for one too many for me and his

:26:50. > :26:54.shot selection hasn't been right. At this level, if you are taking on

:26:55. > :27:06.those risky shots, you need to get them, and he hasn't done enough. So,

:27:07. > :27:11.Ding Junhui was in the wilderness. Well played, said Judd Trump. Very

:27:12. > :27:16.sporting young man. Ding Junhui waves to the crowd. He was in the

:27:17. > :27:23.wilderness, he had to play three qualifying matches to get here. He's

:27:24. > :27:31.here, and now in quarterfinal! He beat Judd Trump by 13-10.

:27:32. > :27:38.He will now meet Mark Williams in the quarterfinals of the Betfred

:27:39. > :27:41.World Snooker Championship. He didn't play particularly well but

:27:42. > :27:46.the point is you have got to get into the quarterfinal, that's what

:27:47. > :27:51.it is all about. Not bothered, winning is what it is all about.

:27:52. > :27:55.Judd will be going home. Neither player played their best but it is

:27:56. > :28:04.not important. He struggled against Liang Wenbo, Judd Trump, he left

:28:05. > :28:08.himself too much to do. Yes, if we are looking at Judd Trump as a

:28:09. > :28:12.potential winner of the World Championship in years to come and

:28:13. > :28:16.dominating the game, it is a tough way to play snooker to dominate by

:28:17. > :28:21.just attacking. There was a time when perhaps he started to change

:28:22. > :28:26.his game, but he's very aggressive amongst the balls. It is great when

:28:27. > :28:31.it is going right but even Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins have

:28:32. > :28:36.different styles of play according to how the match is unfolding. He

:28:37. > :28:41.would call it considered attacking. It is not with Judd. He was taking

:28:42. > :28:46.on shots which were a little bit mad even by his own standards. Let's

:28:47. > :28:50.hear from the winner, Ding Junhui. That was one of the matches we were

:28:51. > :28:55.most looking forward to seeing in the second round. You have had some

:28:56. > :28:58.big battles over the years but you must be delighted to come through

:28:59. > :29:06.such a huge match in the second round, and in some style. Yes, Judd

:29:07. > :29:21.is a great player to play with, and I had a very good start 6-2 up. I

:29:22. > :29:26.tried to hold up and play like I can win every session. I did it, I made

:29:27. > :29:32.it. There are some pressures coming later so I think I got chances and

:29:33. > :29:35.played well, played good safety shots, some lucky shots. People are

:29:36. > :29:43.saying the fact you had to come through the qualifiers has been a

:29:44. > :29:46.good thing for you. You seem more relaxed this year at the Crucible

:29:47. > :30:02.venue have been in the past, is that how you feel? I think I feel good.

:30:03. > :30:10.When I feel well, I don't feel the pressures. At Sound Forge I played

:30:11. > :30:16.good, the day after I am playing better and better so the confidence.

:30:17. > :30:20.Are you thinking about the fact people are talking about how Judd

:30:21. > :30:24.was using Twitter in the early stages of your match? Would you ever

:30:25. > :30:41.go on to social media in a big match? Not in the match. I just keep

:30:42. > :30:45.quiet and focus. Well done, you are into a fourth Crucible quarterfinal.

:30:46. > :30:51.We are looking forward to that one, you and Mark Williams.

:30:52. > :30:56.We get to see a lot of these players in practice and Ding Junhui has been

:30:57. > :31:01.spending a lot of time on the practice table. Steve and John are

:31:02. > :31:09.at the touch screen to talk about Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson. We can

:31:10. > :31:13.see them here in the draw. The stats make interesting reading, after the

:31:14. > :31:21.first session, it was 7-1 to Kyren Wilson. And look at these, total

:31:22. > :31:34.points and balls potted. What you would expect. But look at the second

:31:35. > :31:42.session which was drawn 4-4. What a weird scenario. Mark Allen with 540

:31:43. > :31:47.points against 302 and 154 balls potted against 87 and he only comes

:31:48. > :31:51.out at 4-4 and he must have been devastated. And there is one shot

:31:52. > :31:58.which he played last night in the final frame and how unlucky was

:31:59. > :32:05.this? Quite amazing. He is snookered but he is in quite a nice situation.

:32:06. > :32:16.Kyren Wilson need a snooker. He is playing a swerve shot. It is a nice

:32:17. > :32:21.shot. And he knows immediately, watch his reaction, he knows where

:32:22. > :32:25.it is going, into the pocket, double whammy, the four point that Kyren

:32:26. > :32:31.Wilson needs, the White in hand and the yellow in position. We are going

:32:32. > :32:39.to show you the best of the action from what has been happening at the

:32:40. > :32:44.Crucible, starting with the score at 11-5. Kyren Wilson is the winner of

:32:45. > :32:50.the 2015 Shanghai Masters macro, and we join it in frame 17 at the start

:32:51. > :32:55.with Stephen Hendry and Willie Thorne.

:32:56. > :33:03.COMMENTATOR: Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the final

:33:04. > :33:09.session of this match. What is surprising score it is foremost,

:33:10. > :33:14.Kyren Wilson just two frames away from victory. Mark Allen won the

:33:15. > :33:19.first four frames of the session last night and was unlucky to lose

:33:20. > :33:27.the last two to make it 86 frame deficit rather than the 9-7 it

:33:28. > :33:31.should have been. -- make it a six frame deficit. But Kyren Wilson has

:33:32. > :33:36.played superbly and Mark Allen has it all to do. With me in the

:33:37. > :33:40.commentary box is seven time world champion Stephen Hendry. What was

:33:41. > :33:52.your biggest comeback in a best of 25 here? I think I was 12-7 down to

:33:53. > :33:59.Jo Johnson the year he won it, I came back to 12-12 but lost the

:34:00. > :34:03.decider. I have been further behind in the semis and final, in the

:34:04. > :34:09.longer matches, but that was my biggest in a best of 25. That was a

:34:10. > :34:11.fantastic long red from Mark Allen. He will know he needs to win the

:34:12. > :34:35.first four to have any chance. As long as he can keep Kyren Wilson

:34:36. > :34:49.within two frames, it gives him a bit of leeway. Even if Mark Allen

:34:50. > :34:54.wins this session 3-1, 12-8, it would be a bridge too far in this

:34:55. > :34:58.match. But you are right, Kyren Wilson is making a name for himself

:34:59. > :35:04.in this tournament, I've been very impressed with his play, very

:35:05. > :35:08.aggressive. The red behind the black spot is causing a problem, if he

:35:09. > :35:13.played it plain bull he might kiss into it so he has a bit to do with

:35:14. > :35:22.the cue ball. He has played across the face and that is a very good

:35:23. > :35:28.shot. These sorts of shots, he had a very short cue action compared to a

:35:29. > :35:38.lot of players and it is Parfitt for -- it is perfect for these fast

:35:39. > :35:50.clots around the pink and black. -- cloth is -- cloths.

:35:51. > :36:00.He just didn't get enough left-hand Czech side to bring the cue ball

:36:01. > :36:12.back towards the black. -- check side.

:36:13. > :36:20.Does he go for the black or does he attack, all out attack at 11-5 down?

:36:21. > :36:39.It looks like it. APPLAUSE

:36:40. > :36:43.Very good, very very good. You suggested it might be all out attack

:36:44. > :36:52.this morning and a lot of players would have refused that.

:36:53. > :36:59.And it is new territory for Kyren Wilson, a three session match and

:37:00. > :37:03.having such a big lead. No doubt he would have been with friends and

:37:04. > :37:07.family last night, they would be saying you have won the match and it

:37:08. > :37:13.is hard to get those thoughts out of your head, that you have already won

:37:14. > :37:18.at 11-5 with it being such a big lead. If Mark Allen were to win a

:37:19. > :37:25.couple of frames first, the thought can creep in, what if I lose from

:37:26. > :37:32.this position? But he does seem a very confident young man. Very

:37:33. > :37:37.impressed with him in the session last night when he lost the first

:37:38. > :37:42.four frames without hardly scoring a point but came out after the

:37:43. > :37:50.interval and won the first two. He was a bit fortunate to win the next

:37:51. > :37:56.two. But still shared the session 4-4, hence the 11-5 lead. This was

:37:57. > :38:33.how he started last month, breaks of 122 and then 123.

:38:34. > :38:41.As far as centuries are concerned, Mark Allen has had a good season

:38:42. > :38:45.with 35 centuries this calendar year. An excellent chance of winning

:38:46. > :39:15.the frame at this visit. Obviously the red passes the pink

:39:16. > :40:28.into the middle. Three more reds and colours to be safe.

:40:29. > :40:35.OK, he is over the winning line in this frame, we said that a couple of

:40:36. > :40:39.times last night and he ended up losing them but that was a

:40:40. > :40:44.horrendous kick, took all of the pace out of the cue ball. 71 in

:40:45. > :40:58.front, put the black face, get a good white. -- put the black safe.

:40:59. > :41:02.He is playing it as a shock to nothing, trying to pot the black but

:41:03. > :41:08.get the white up into the baulk area. Very good. He did remarkably

:41:09. > :41:50.well to hold it. Amazing shot. What a shame, that may have taken

:41:51. > :42:27.the chance of a century away. APPLAUSE

:42:28. > :42:32.No century break but a fantastic long red to start. Mark Allen has

:42:33. > :42:35.done exactly what he needed to do to win the first frame and he still

:42:36. > :42:48.needs the next three, trailing 11-6. Mark Allen on the comeback trail

:42:49. > :42:53.having taken the opening frame, breaks off in frame 18. This is a

:42:54. > :43:02.little short and Kyren Wilson will be taking this red on. And in this

:43:03. > :43:08.championship, at just cannot believe the amount of times I have seen this

:43:09. > :43:18.red, either side of the break off, being left.

:43:19. > :43:28.APPLAUSE His long potting is very impressive.

:43:29. > :43:33.He played that shot better than most players in the game. I would put

:43:34. > :43:38.Judd Trump up there, Ronnie O'Sullivan sometimes knocks them in

:43:39. > :43:41.and sometimes he doesn't but Kyren Wilson has potted so many of those

:43:42. > :44:18.in his first two matches. He doesn't have the angle on the red

:44:19. > :44:23.to play for the black so he will be going for blue or Boka colour. The

:44:24. > :44:32.reason we say that, it is essential you go past the blue which is why we

:44:33. > :44:38.say blue or Boka colour -- baulk colour. He is well past the blue

:44:39. > :45:19.line which is the dead straight shot.

:45:20. > :45:28.He doesn't have the angle on the pink he wanted to bring red

:45:29. > :45:37.interplay but he has one more loose red so the pink spot obviously must

:45:38. > :45:42.be covered. -- bring the red in to play. He is also very good with the

:45:43. > :45:48.rest so I would expect him to pot this and screw through the reds,

:45:49. > :45:55.coming back up for blue or baulk colour, as you said. But playing

:45:56. > :46:01.this with a lot of power. The red near the pink spot will stop the cue

:46:02. > :46:23.ball going toward the left middle so he can play this with confidence.

:46:24. > :46:33.A little unlucky, as Stephen mentioned, the red was stopping view

:46:34. > :46:37.cue ball going toward the middle pocket. If he catches it half ball,

:46:38. > :46:41.he would have been up for blue or baulk colour. It looks like end of

:46:42. > :47:15.break. Having lost position, he decided to

:47:16. > :47:53.play the safety shot. Another fabulous pot from Mark

:47:54. > :47:57.Allen. He put in a brilliant first red in the first frame and this is

:47:58. > :48:30.just as good and he is nicely on the yellow.

:48:31. > :48:40.He would love to get onto the red that is just below the black which

:48:41. > :48:44.he is on nicely. He will play the cannon into the pink and try to push

:48:45. > :48:49.it through the three red above it and also try to force the white

:48:50. > :48:57.through the pink so he is on those three read to the right of the pink.

:48:58. > :49:15.He forced it through the pink but not hard enough to get up for a red.

:49:16. > :49:26.There is a gap through the two reds. Very good shot again, things are

:49:27. > :49:37.going his way at the moment, caps are appearing. -- gaps. The blue to

:49:38. > :49:39.right corner I would suggest here, virtually nothing to do with the cue

:49:40. > :49:54.ball, just make sure of the pot. One wonderful comeback many years

:49:55. > :50:02.ago, your friend and mine Nigel Bond was 9-2 behind against the great

:50:03. > :50:05.Cliff Thorburn and he managed to win eight frames on the trot to win 10-9

:50:06. > :50:28.so it can happen. I think one year Neil Robertson came

:50:29. > :50:36.back from 11-5 down. It is very much possible. The more frames Mark Allen

:50:37. > :50:50.can put on the board, the more that winning line will get edgier and

:50:51. > :50:55.edgier for Kyren Wilson. You are not absolutely petrified until it gets

:50:56. > :51:02.to 12, are you? As long as you can keep that cushion where he needs two

:51:03. > :51:03.frames. Here you will believe he can win this match, Mark Allen, no doubt

:51:04. > :51:30.about that. It appears that the pink will pot

:51:31. > :51:39.here so he will run off the cushion and pot the pink. This is another

:51:40. > :51:44.frame-winning opportunity. He made a break of 86 to take the first frame

:51:45. > :51:50.and it is 42 and counting here so he is 30 points in front. Three more

:51:51. > :52:47.reds, three colours look a formality.

:52:48. > :52:59.That is frame ball and this is very good, he has played nerveless

:53:00. > :53:04.snooker so far. When he has not been perfect, he has played safe. Kyren

:53:05. > :53:08.Wilson played an excellent safety shot but Mark Allen knocked it in so

:53:09. > :53:17.he cannot be punishing himself, he has done nothing wrong. As I said

:53:18. > :53:23.before, he is a very confident player. No reason to panic yet, just

:53:24. > :53:48.keep your focus on getting to 13, that is all you are thinking about.

:53:49. > :54:06.As we just said, Kyren has done nothing wrong in these opening two

:54:07. > :54:12.frames. He just has too wait for a chance and make him pay. He deserves

:54:13. > :54:20.a century, the way he has opened up in these first two frames. Very good

:54:21. > :54:24.from Mark Allen, his third century of the tournament, the 56th of the

:54:25. > :54:31.championship. Mark Allen pulls another one back but he is still

:54:32. > :54:37.trailing 11-7. STUDIO: 281 centuries for Mark Allen now in his career and

:54:38. > :54:46.this is how he is doing -- how we are doing. Last year was a

:54:47. > :54:52.record-breaking year with 86. We are just one behind the 2014 total,

:54:53. > :54:58.incredible stuff. Into the next frame, Mark Allen to play and there

:54:59. > :55:03.is no score. COMMENTATOR: He is taking this on into the corner.

:55:04. > :55:35.There is just enough room to play a safety shot to nothing on this one.

:55:36. > :56:53.APPLAUSE Fantastic shot. Brilliant.

:56:54. > :57:23.Obviously the pink is available to right corner, I don't think it is

:57:24. > :57:30.available to left centre which is what he is looking at. Not quite

:57:31. > :57:31.into a position where you think he would be disappointed not to win the

:57:32. > :57:45.frame at this visit. Obviously he has got it to the left

:57:46. > :57:50.centre so that is a bonus. It is a decent chance that you wouldn't say

:57:51. > :57:57.a certain frame-winning opportunity yet. -- but you wouldn't say. But a

:57:58. > :58:02.player as confident as Kyren is, every time he gets to the table he

:58:03. > :58:06.will be trying to win the frame. He is a very aggressive break-builder,

:58:07. > :58:17.I love the way he plays, always trying to win the frame at one

:58:18. > :58:52.visit. He never misses a chance to bring big colours into play.

:58:53. > :59:01.That has not gone quite right. Played a stone run through to hit

:59:02. > :59:11.the red a bit thinner than he did but he hit it sick and it pushed it

:59:12. > :59:25.past the black. -- hit it thick. He is likely to be on pink or blue if

:59:26. > :59:28.he pops this one. -- pots. I didn't think he would miss it. That is a

:59:29. > :59:44.reprieve for Mark Allen. Yes, coming to the table but this is

:59:45. > :59:50.quite awkward, the situation he has been left. The obvious red below the

:59:51. > :59:55.black and the pink spot is a tough shot because he will be canning into

:59:56. > :00:06.the reds to the left of it. -- he will be

:00:07. > :00:19.Mark Allen will take confidence from the fact that Kyren was not able to

:00:20. > :00:38.win the frame from that visit, he missed his chance.

:00:39. > :00:46.Played the blue in such a way he was able to reach for that. Now a chance

:00:47. > :00:56.of getting right back into this frame. He can get a sizeable lead.

:00:57. > :01:01.If the pink wasn't where it is, he'd be playing a cannon. At least into

:01:02. > :01:06.some of the reds at pace to bring things into the open. But the pink

:01:07. > :01:13.being there, still may play the cannon, red and black, which he has

:01:14. > :01:18.done. That was never a certainty. Still unlucky. We'd expect something

:01:19. > :01:31.easier than this, he hit it at pace well.

:01:32. > :02:10.He's possibly covered the reds up. Unlucky.

:02:11. > :02:19.Kyren Wilson looking at the angle of the cushion before he plays this,

:02:20. > :02:33.making sure the cue ball doesn't follow through.

:02:34. > :02:42.These are by no means easy when you are playing across like that from

:02:43. > :03:18.the tighter cushion. Especially at that pace. Not easy at all.

:03:19. > :03:25.Looks like he's thinking of playing the aggressive safety shot behind

:03:26. > :03:29.the brown. Bringing the reds into play as well.

:03:30. > :03:37.He has played to try to bring the black into play.

:03:38. > :04:42.As we have come to expect from Kyren Wilson, an unbelievable long pot.

:04:43. > :05:06.You deserve what you get here, that was excellent.

:05:07. > :05:15.He's got that power game that not everybody's got in snooker. Trump,

:05:16. > :05:32.Robertson, possibly, they have it. It's been a real topsy-turvy

:05:33. > :05:38.Championship hasn't it, with all the top players going out, or with a lot

:05:39. > :05:45.of the top players going out. Yeah, I think if I was Kyren, the way I

:05:46. > :05:49.was plying, I would be thinking what a chance I've got here. -- playing.

:05:50. > :05:59.I'm sure he doesn't fear anybody. Decision time. Might not get on to

:06:00. > :06:03.the black, but if he wants to win the frame at this visit, he'll play

:06:04. > :06:05.this powerfully, try to bring black and two reds into play, hoping he'll

:06:06. > :06:17.get on to pink or black. This could go extremely right if he

:06:18. > :06:19.gets it right in open play. He's OK, he's got the pink at the top. Not

:06:20. > :07:03.easy. APPLAUSE.

:07:04. > :07:12.Going all out attacking here. Good pot. 30 points in front.

:07:13. > :07:32.Three more reds will take him to 12-7.

:07:33. > :07:48.Wist when it looked like he'd probably got the frame!

:07:49. > :07:54.Right hand side. Could bring the two reds into play or play for the pink

:07:55. > :08:19.or black. APPLAUSE.

:08:20. > :08:22.I know he potted the black into the left hand side pocket, but he's

:08:23. > :08:24.rubbing the cushion as if it got a big bounce. Fortunately, it stopped

:08:25. > :08:55.just in time to be perfect. High on the black. Can he try and do

:08:56. > :09:07.something with the reds on the left cushion?

:09:08. > :09:23.Really careless to have left that straight.

:09:24. > :09:33.Sometimes you do get bad contacts in that shot when trying to force the

:09:34. > :09:34.cue ball off two cushions. But it was the shot previous that he can

:09:35. > :09:43.blame. Got to play virtually perfect

:09:44. > :10:52.snooker, you would say, to get back and win this match, Mark Allen.

:10:53. > :11:02.The safety is not straightforward here, either side of the red or

:11:03. > :11:08.black. He'll have to cover the top of the table with the red, green or

:11:09. > :11:13.brown. He's trying to dig in behind black again. This red could be

:11:14. > :11:18.travelling loose. Don't know where the Ed is going to end up. -- the

:11:19. > :11:55.red is going to end up. Oh, decision time. Might be able to

:11:56. > :12:54.get the white back at the end of the table. But is it worth the risk?

:12:55. > :12:59.What a clever safety shot. Knows his way around the table, this young

:13:00. > :13:28.man. APPLAUSE.

:13:29. > :13:54.Kyren appears to be looking up at the potting angle. But he's going to

:13:55. > :13:59.have to get into the cue ball. He'd like to pot the red and leave the

:14:00. > :14:03.cue ball where the red is. He'll have to play with an awful lot of

:14:04. > :14:05.screw to keep that white in open play and not leave one of the reds

:14:06. > :14:18.in baulk. Cleaning the cue ball. In the last

:14:19. > :14:23.but one frame, Mark Allen was playing a shot and we didn't notice

:14:24. > :14:29.it until we looked at it two or three times that it actually touched

:14:30. > :14:35.the red. Foul immediately called and it cost Mark Allen the game but it

:14:36. > :14:37.was the right decision. Sometimes the referees are criticised, but

:14:38. > :14:56.they do an excellent job. Need the cue ball to be between

:14:57. > :15:00.brown and blue there. Kyren's been given a reprieve. Not in bad

:15:01. > :15:51.positions at this end of the table. Dodgy, that red on the baulk

:15:52. > :16:04.cushion. Wouldn't have to play with too much

:16:05. > :16:05.pace if it had a nice angle. Could go to the middle or pocket the

:16:06. > :16:25.brown. He'll be buzzing inside at the

:16:26. > :16:37.minute, Mark Allen, thinking, this is another chance to claw one back.

:16:38. > :16:38.The adrenaline will be pumping. He played for the green but underhit

:16:39. > :17:00.that. Perfect. Amazing, seems so much more

:17:01. > :17:02.difficult when it's on the black cushion. Has to miss the kiss on the

:17:03. > :17:20.yellow. Good idea. It was either yellow or

:17:21. > :17:26.brown with that red. He may play more confidently and screw out. He's

:17:27. > :17:32.done the more positive shot. Well done.

:17:33. > :17:41.When you are playing with the rest, you make sure of the pot. Up to the

:17:42. > :17:44.blue needed. Another frame. A third of the afternoon's play.

:17:45. > :18:06.APPLAUSE. Great performance from Mark Allen.

:18:07. > :19:13.APPLAUSE. APPLAUSE.

:19:14. > :19:26.And the comeback continues. Another frame, two out of three.

:19:27. > :19:31.Trailing 11-8. Mark Allen breaking off, hopefully to win the frame to

:19:32. > :19:41.make it 11-9 at the interval. If it's not straight, Kyren may take

:19:42. > :19:57.it on. The red to the left of the bunch,

:19:58. > :20:02.can't play the traditional shot, red up and down, because the red is

:20:03. > :20:08.there behind the black. Slight angle on this right behind this shot. If

:20:09. > :20:10.this was two or three inches further off the cushion, you could get under

:20:11. > :20:22.it, but it's tight when it's tough. Now then, this is a tremendous

:20:23. > :20:27.chance to win all four of the morning session. Kyren had a little

:20:28. > :20:31.smile and shake of the head when the cue ball kissed the red to make it

:20:32. > :20:32.on. But I'm afraid when you miss that, you are entitled to leave

:20:33. > :20:41.something. Thought he may have just played this

:20:42. > :20:53.for the black. Gone all-out for the pot.

:20:54. > :21:01.Nothing wrong with playing the slow cannon. He would push one to the

:21:02. > :21:06.corner. If he doesn't get the kiss right, he'd hold one back. A slow

:21:07. > :21:09.cannon. Very well done. A bit of movement going on because of the

:21:10. > :22:57.interval on the next table. Excellent cannon.

:22:58. > :23:06.Another nice shot. He does play the little cannon.

:23:07. > :23:16.I had a short action. I used to love being in and around the pink and

:23:17. > :23:22.black spot. Doesn't take the cue ball very far back. A lot of players

:23:23. > :23:33.suffer with the cue actions, from deceleration. If you decelerate,

:23:34. > :23:37.then you miss the pot. He take this is out of the equation. What a

:23:38. > :23:41.wonderful chance this is to win the frame and the session. Three more

:23:42. > :24:09.loose reds. I'm surprised the white travelled

:24:10. > :24:10.that far. He's actually still OK. Straight enough to stun to the red

:24:11. > :24:21.for the pocket. His heart will be pounding now, Mark

:24:22. > :24:26.Allen, he'll be so excited to think this is a great chance to get right

:24:27. > :24:30.back into the match. You would have to say now that Kyren would still be

:24:31. > :24:32.favourite if Mark Allen won this game, but nowhere near what he was

:24:33. > :25:00.before he came into the auditorium. He'd love the kiss the left hand

:25:01. > :25:19.side red, or those four. Lovely shot.

:25:20. > :25:28.He'll need the three loose reds to win the frame. He doesn't have to

:25:29. > :25:31.risk play ago cannon unless he gets absolutely perfect on it.

:25:32. > :25:57.57 and counting. Kyren's not made any sort of break this morning.

:25:58. > :26:16.Great character he's shown, Mark Allen.

:26:17. > :26:29.He's going to pot this and the red. Surprising miss.

:26:30. > :26:37.He's shaking his head a bit there, Kyren. I don't blame him. When you

:26:38. > :26:42.miss a ball middle pocket playing it slowly, you don't expect to finish

:26:43. > :26:49.by the brown. A 64 lead. Still plenty of balls on, 75 remaining.

:26:50. > :26:57.Zblusth Just have to hit this one thin see if you can get on the

:26:58. > :26:59.black, that's all you can do here. Roll up to the four reds, dead

:27:00. > :27:13.weight. Yes, doing a lot of head shaking at

:27:14. > :27:59.the moment, Kyren Wilson. Needs to stay focussed.

:28:00. > :28:36.Didn't want to leave the touching ball.

:28:37. > :28:45.Make sure mobile phones are switched off, please.

:28:46. > :28:51.Maybe a risk playing in behind the black here. As long as he gets the

:28:52. > :28:55.pace right and he has to get past the black now.

:28:56. > :29:03.APPLAUSE. Kyren Wilson will tempt the pot. Got

:29:04. > :29:11.to cover the red. Yes, it was a careless shot. The cue ball could be

:29:12. > :29:20.coming back down for this. APPLAUSE.

:29:21. > :29:37.Where is that cue ball going? Going back to the shot Mark played,

:29:38. > :29:54.the only place he couldn't leave it was there.

:29:55. > :30:05.What a blow this would be, as we see this careless shot, there was a lot

:30:06. > :30:09.of margin for error there. Could have travelled another foot or two

:30:10. > :30:17.and still be OK. Even in the other pocket, covered with the blue. This

:30:18. > :30:20.would be the body blow of body blows, having lost the last two

:30:21. > :30:24.frames last night. Mind you, that is the first sign of what looked like a

:30:25. > :30:31.twitch coming from Kyren. And this red is going to be over the pocket.

:30:32. > :30:38.54 in front. Look at the score board, he needs the blue or above to

:30:39. > :31:01.leave Kyren needing a snooker. I'm sure that Kyren Wilson expected

:31:02. > :31:07.to be having done his press conference and interviews and be

:31:08. > :31:12.back in his hotel now, looking forward to his quarterfinal, but he

:31:13. > :31:15.now has a battle on his hands. Should Mark Allen go on to win this

:31:16. > :31:24.frame, would you still make Kyren Wilson favourite? You'd still have

:31:25. > :31:29.to be favourite at 11-9, when one -- win one more and you are 12-9 up. He

:31:30. > :31:35.is still strong favourite but whether he feels that in his mind is

:31:36. > :31:40.a different thing. Losing the first four from 11-5 up, you are not in a

:31:41. > :31:44.good place. But whoever he has in his dressing room at the interval,

:31:45. > :31:49.he might go to the practice table, that might be the best thing, just

:31:50. > :31:57.hit a few balls for ten minutes and get your rhythm back. He needs his

:31:58. > :32:07.mind on the job quickly. He looks under pressure. It has to be said,

:32:08. > :32:12.it has been a remarkable performance from Mark Allen this morning.

:32:13. > :32:19.Kyren's pot success rate has gone down to 88%. And I think that's

:32:20. > :32:23.enough and it is, what a great performance from Mark Allen who is

:32:24. > :32:29.right back into this match but is still trailing, 11-9.

:32:30. > :32:35.We are very lucky here at the Crucible because we often get big

:32:36. > :32:39.stars coming to see us and we have the Masters champion, Mr Danny

:32:40. > :32:45.Willett joining us. Great to see you. Many congratulations on your

:32:46. > :32:51.performance at Augusta, little did we know that you play snooker as

:32:52. > :32:55.well. Just a bit, I'm not quite as good, I still get beat mostly when I

:32:56. > :33:04.play but I love the game. What is your highest break? 25. Don't laugh!

:33:05. > :33:08.We think you can bet that. A bit of instruction from Dennis and I might

:33:09. > :33:14.be all right. And a big round of applause for Dennis as well because

:33:15. > :33:17.he has been in hospital but he is looking marvellous. APPLAUSE

:33:18. > :33:22.It is lovely to see you, it isn't the same without you, how are you

:33:23. > :33:27.feeling? I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Mr Chapple and all the

:33:28. > :33:32.staff at the General, they have been fantastic and he got rid of the very

:33:33. > :33:37.nasty appendix and I'm back here all thanks to them. And we have been

:33:38. > :33:43.threatening to do this for four or five years but little did I know we

:33:44. > :33:47.would be having it with him as Masters champion, absolutely

:33:48. > :33:52.incredible. How has life been? A bit crazy. I was supposed to have four

:33:53. > :33:56.weeks of all year relaxing but it was a bit crazy and when Dennis

:33:57. > :34:00.called, asked me to come down, I tried to get down every year and to

:34:01. > :34:06.be able to come here and have a little knock with Dennis... He has

:34:07. > :34:12.obviously gone for the new glasses, some normal ones! These are my new

:34:13. > :34:22.range, after 30 years, we have the Dennis Taylor snooker specs. And you

:34:23. > :34:26.are a new dad, how is he? He is good, first weekend of he decided he

:34:27. > :34:30.did not fancy sleeping but hopefully he will be back to the normal

:34:31. > :34:35.routine and I can get training again. And you are massive hit on

:34:36. > :34:38.Twitter as well, you have a lot applauded this week because you had

:34:39. > :34:46.some time off and you decided to go on holiday where? Scarborough! Where

:34:47. > :34:52.else? Have you watched the performance at Augusta back? A few

:34:53. > :34:59.snippets and clips, and you can see the ebbs and flows of the big frames

:35:00. > :35:03.like we had in snooker. It was unfortunate what Jordan did but

:35:04. > :35:06.luckily I was in a position to take full advantage. It is a great story

:35:07. > :35:09.and it's lovely to see you and I will leave you with the 1985 world

:35:10. > :35:29.champion. Are you talking us through it? A

:35:30. > :35:37.nice friendly break for you. I think Steve Davis has redone the tip on

:35:38. > :35:43.this so no excuses. There is a bit of dirt on that, I will just clean

:35:44. > :35:56.it. That's a nice position! It's a bit straight. You can see where the

:35:57. > :36:07.25 break comes from. There is a Max Ehmer here! -- maximum. They are a

:36:08. > :36:17.bit tighter than the ones we play on.

:36:18. > :36:34.So have you still got it then? They say you never lose it but you do!

:36:35. > :36:49.Yellow. You are being very friendly. That is one each.

:36:50. > :36:55.Everybody here thinks I should be good! I should have one of these in

:36:56. > :37:16.the house. Am I fielding as well? I'm going to get him! We could be

:37:17. > :37:22.here for some time so we will lead them to it. Great to see Danny here.

:37:23. > :37:28.We can get back to Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson. We have seen the

:37:29. > :37:33.Northern Irishman knock-off four frames on the bounce. We join it in

:37:34. > :37:48.frame 31 with Alan trailing by 32 points. -- Allen.

:37:49. > :37:57.COMMENTATOR: It could be a Kyren Wilson special here. Looking at the

:37:58. > :38:05.angle, I'm not sure he can miss the red on the cushion playing the pot.

:38:06. > :38:17.Surely he is not risking playing through the gap. It is a few times

:38:18. > :38:26.in his match against Joe Perry that he potted his way out of trouble and

:38:27. > :38:38.this could be another. That really is tremendous cueing.

:38:39. > :39:29.You have to give him ten out of ten for that one.

:39:30. > :39:40.I think the red is on the pink spot so he can put it knowing it will go

:39:41. > :39:45.on the black spot. This is not a frame-winning opportunity. -- and

:39:46. > :40:01.this is now. That was a twitchy one. That pink

:40:02. > :40:10.into the right-hand side of the pocket, this. In-off the right jaw

:40:11. > :40:15.and that is why he has landed high on this and it was purely tension as

:40:16. > :40:25.he is desperate to get a frame on the board.

:40:26. > :40:37.Again, that is not good. If he plays the black, he will have to use all

:40:38. > :40:45.his due power to screw off the side cushion back across. -- cue power.

:40:46. > :41:33.He is cutting this slightly back into the pocket and that was always

:41:34. > :42:05.admissible. It was not easy at all. -- missable.

:42:06. > :42:16.With a 51 point lead and the brown and those two reds are, that is very

:42:17. > :42:22.big for Mark Allen to get back into the frame. He will just try to put

:42:23. > :42:50.Kyren Wilson under pressure again. I'm sure he did not play for the

:42:51. > :42:55.middle red, but he is on the bottom one. This is like Kyren Wilson's, a

:42:56. > :43:15.bit tricky, always a bit tricky. I can only think that he was trying

:43:16. > :43:20.to cannon the red off the cushion near the middle pocket. He lost the

:43:21. > :43:29.cue ball and it is starting to get a bit twitchy out there.

:43:30. > :43:37.That is what is so special about these long matches, you start the

:43:38. > :43:44.first session, you think the end is so far away but in this situation

:43:45. > :43:50.now, there is so much pressure. That is what makes it the biggest test in

:43:51. > :43:51.snooker. That is what the World Championship should be, the biggest

:43:52. > :44:33.test. 47 point lead. Kyren thinks he can

:44:34. > :44:36.put this red and play it as a shock to nothing but if he screws around

:44:37. > :44:44.the back of the pink, which he will have to, will he bring the red on

:44:45. > :44:51.the side cushion into play? He doesn't want to cannon into that,

:44:52. > :44:59.that's for sure. That is what I can't understand. It looked sure to

:45:00. > :45:42.kiss the red so why would he play it?

:45:43. > :45:49.Kyren straightaway coming to look at the potting angle. If he puts it,

:45:50. > :45:57.the natural angle will be to find the gap between the pink and red. --

:45:58. > :46:18.It was a great pot, not sure why he needed so much pace but his long

:46:19. > :46:25.potting is getting him out of trouble at the moment. His long pot

:46:26. > :46:32.success rate is slightly higher than Mark Allen. That is very good in a

:46:33. > :46:44.three session match, 69%. It looks like he is taking the bull

:46:45. > :46:49.by the horns and playing the pot on the green.

:46:50. > :47:15.Very good. That deserves to win any frame, that shot. Excellent.

:47:16. > :47:20.This was an unbelievable shot when you consider what has happened so

:47:21. > :47:32.far this morning, it was a pressure shot. Excellent shot with the rest.

:47:33. > :47:34.And it does look like now he is going to win his first frame of the

:47:35. > :47:51.day. 58 ahead with 51 remaining. And barring snookers, that will

:47:52. > :48:44.leave Kyren Wilson one frame away from victory at 12-9.

:48:45. > :48:56.APPLAUSE He obviously didn't want that, he

:48:57. > :49:00.was trying to get the snooker! He will be taking a big colour on and

:49:01. > :49:12.if it does not go in I would imagine it is end of frame.

:49:13. > :49:21.And of frame it is and Kyren Wilson had to dig deep, a break of 31

:49:22. > :49:33.earlier in the frame and he is now one away from victory at 12-9. So,

:49:34. > :49:39.Mark Allen breaks off at the point of no return. Let's see if you can

:49:40. > :49:49.hide that red off his break off. He has caught it too thick and left a

:49:50. > :50:05.red to the left corner. We can see it again, much too thick.

:50:06. > :50:44.It has been such a topsy-turvy match. Kyren Wilson won the first

:50:45. > :50:57.seven frames, Mark Allen the next five. Kyren Wilson won the next

:50:58. > :51:02.four, Mark Allen the next four. If Mark Allen is to get back into this,

:51:03. > :51:04.he will have to do exactly what has happened before and win a series of

:51:05. > :51:28.frames on the trot. He played that well. He will be

:51:29. > :51:38.thinking this is a chance to win the match. When you get to that stage of

:51:39. > :51:43.needing one for victory, every chance is a match-winning one and he

:51:44. > :51:51.is striking the cue ball with great authority at the moment. I don't

:51:52. > :52:07.know if there is a possible plant to the left corner.

:52:08. > :52:16.There you see it, it is going to the left knuckle but that is perfect

:52:17. > :52:23.because if he gets straight on it, it means he is taking -- it is

:52:24. > :52:27.taking him down for the black. He has to hit the first red on the

:52:28. > :52:31.left-hand side to take the cue ball towards the black so I would not

:52:32. > :52:45.expect him to miss this. He could play it forcing stun. That is what

:52:46. > :52:48.he has done, played it hard enough to bring some others into play. He

:52:49. > :53:10.is thinking clearly now. Always a choice with these shots

:53:11. > :53:13.committee can play top spin or back spin and I think top spin is more

:53:14. > :53:19.guaranteed to be nicely on the black. He doesn't want to leave the

:53:20. > :53:25.cue ball tight to the left-hand cushion. If he tries to take reds

:53:26. > :53:35.out, you can forget about the cue ball, just like that. Good call,

:53:36. > :53:40.Stephen. There is a time to play an aggressive one, the shot before when

:53:41. > :53:44.nothing could go wrong. Stephen called that it could go wrong and it

:53:45. > :53:50.has and it has put him under a lot of pressure with this black. He made

:53:51. > :54:00.a break of 82 in frame 13 but since then his highest break has been 39.

:54:01. > :54:13.A lot of pressure on this one. Very good recovery, very well played. If

:54:14. > :54:19.I think he can sense the winning line. Not quite out of the woods

:54:20. > :54:21.yet, this is a thinner contact but he can play for the blue to the

:54:22. > :54:39.middle to write middle. It does not look like anything goes.

:54:40. > :54:44.I think he wants to make contact with the red to the right of the

:54:45. > :54:53.pink, he doesn't really want to touch the pink. Absolutely. If he

:54:54. > :55:07.hits the red to the right, he is sure to push a red on.

:55:08. > :55:15.I am sure he wasn't playing to make contact with the pink and that is

:55:16. > :55:23.why he has lost the cue ball. Unless anything goes in the left centre, it

:55:24. > :55:30.is end of break. Surely not a plant to the yellow pocket. The way he

:55:31. > :55:35.played that last shot, maybe he was trying to go into the pink and if he

:55:36. > :55:42.has somehow found a plant to the yellow pocket...

:55:43. > :55:56.APPLAUSE You have to say, that is a little

:55:57. > :56:01.bit cruel. When I mentioned earlier, when he was gesticulating and

:56:02. > :56:05.shaking his head about the good fortune of Mark Allen, he has a

:56:06. > :56:20.massive slice there. It always comes around.

:56:21. > :56:27.He would like that one again. He may have to play the cannon to the red

:56:28. > :56:40.to the left of the black. He decided it was a bit too tricky

:56:41. > :56:51.so he is going up for brown or green or yellow. It depends if he plays it

:56:52. > :56:55.one cushion or two. It is amazing sometimes, when you have a frame to

:56:56. > :57:04.win the match, you find it so hard to get perfect position a lot of the

:57:05. > :57:09.time. This is now obviously a chance for frame and match. This is his

:57:10. > :57:14.highest break since frame 13 so he is under a bit of pressure as you

:57:15. > :57:19.would expect. Once again, not perfect, betwixt and between. It is

:57:20. > :57:27.the same problem he had a few moments ago. Where does the colour

:57:28. > :57:29.come from? He is looking at the Gap or the cannon that I mentioned when

:57:30. > :57:49.he was in this position previously. You would think that is a

:57:50. > :57:53.match-winning shot. It was not a natural cannon come it was like a

:57:54. > :57:58.stun run through and if he had played it playing ball, he wouldn't

:57:59. > :58:02.have kissed the red so he had to stun it slightly and it was really

:58:03. > :58:05.out of the top drawer. You have to say, it has been a very good

:58:06. > :58:14.performance since the interval from Kyren Wilson. And we have to give

:58:15. > :58:18.credit to Mark Allen, what a fight he has put up, 7-0 behind and he has

:58:19. > :58:23.fought his way right back into the match and if he had not lost those

:58:24. > :58:27.two frames last night when Kyren needed a snooker, who knows what

:58:28. > :58:32.would have happened? He will take some stopping in this tournament,

:58:33. > :58:37.Kyren Wilson, he is full of confidence and his long potting it

:58:38. > :58:42.excellent. He scores heavily, decent safety game and most of all, full of

:58:43. > :58:47.confidence which is one of the most important things to winning. What we

:58:48. > :58:51.have found is that he also has a very good temperament because he has

:58:52. > :58:55.been pushed to the limit in this match. When you are at 7-0 in front

:58:56. > :58:57.and people keep coming back at you, he has had to find something and

:58:58. > :59:23.what a time to find it. Mark Allen will come back to the

:59:24. > :59:25.table if he misses this red but if he can three it, I am sure that will

:59:26. > :59:39.be the end. -- if he pots it. The break of 71

:59:40. > :59:41.will surely be enough for Kyren Wilson to get his first quarterfinal

:59:42. > :00:43.place here at the Crucible. He'd like to get on to the black of

:00:44. > :00:47.this last red, but I'm not too sure he can. Easy to get on the pink, but

:00:48. > :00:58.he wants to leave that pink where it is so it's an easy first snooker.

:00:59. > :01:02.Just think if it goes off the blue, I would be playing for that, rather

:01:03. > :01:52.than risking anything risky, silly. Needed that to be another two inches

:01:53. > :01:55.to make it guaranteed to be a difficult snooker. Obviously, he can

:01:56. > :02:05.rest the white on the pink, but he'd like to put the red somewhere near a

:02:06. > :02:43.baulk colour. Pretty good. APPLAUSE.

:02:44. > :02:51.Played in such a way that he could get a free ball. Can't be called a

:02:52. > :03:36.miss, of course. He's got the first of many snookers he needs.

:03:37. > :03:45.Just enough room for the one cushion escape just past the black off one

:03:46. > :04:59.cushion to play the red. It's handy that the cue ball is very

:05:00. > :05:02.close to the baulk cushion. It's travelled into a potable position.

:05:03. > :05:20.An excellent performance. You can see how much that meant to Kyren

:05:21. > :05:23.Wilson, his head dropped. Delighted to have got over the line, being

:05:24. > :05:35.pushed to the limit by Mark Allen. I'm sure Mark Allen will shake his

:05:36. > :05:43.hand and he does. A very, very good match. Eventually gets over the line

:05:44. > :05:45.13-9 and gets to his first quarter-final. Well played, Kyren

:05:46. > :05:56.Wilson. Well played, young man. He's here

:05:57. > :06:00.with us live in the Winter Garden. How does that sound, quarter-final

:06:01. > :06:04.against Mark sell by? Absolutely unbelievable. I'm trying not to get

:06:05. > :06:08.too far ahead of myself -- Selby. I'm only in the quarter-finals, I

:06:09. > :06:13.would love to go two matches further, but delighted to be in the

:06:14. > :06:19.quarter-finals. What is your form against Mark Selby? I've not played

:06:20. > :06:22.him much. I've got a nice best of five under my belt over him in a

:06:23. > :06:25.small competition, but we've not played too much as professionals.

:06:26. > :06:29.The key session for you was the first session yesterday. You got off

:06:30. > :06:35.to an absolutely brilliant start, didn't you? Yes, it was almost my

:06:36. > :06:40.downfall. I came into tell evening session feeling like it was job half

:06:41. > :06:44.done and just too relaxed. I wasn't up for the night session, then Mark

:06:45. > :06:47.came back at me winning the four frames and I found something in the

:06:48. > :06:53.interval with my coach and managed to win the next four after that and

:06:54. > :06:56.then take control again. I commentated on your first match with

:06:57. > :06:59.Joe Perry and I said, for me, that was the best match in the tournament

:07:00. > :07:04.where both players played to the peak of their form. When you win a

:07:05. > :07:09.match like that, it's a massive boost to the confidence, isn't it?

:07:10. > :07:12.It definitely is. You don't want to peak too early though as well. I

:07:13. > :07:17.don't want to get too far ahead of myself. Some people expect you to do

:07:18. > :07:21.it all the time. The trouble with that is, some matches govern that

:07:22. > :07:25.you have to play so well from the start and Joe Perry played well? He

:07:26. > :07:29.played great and the balls were always open and nicely spread and it

:07:30. > :07:33.was break after break. Against Mark, it was sort of a battle half the

:07:34. > :07:38.time so it's the way snooker goes sometimes. It was a topsy you are

:07:39. > :07:42.the vale game of blocks won but that would have been your experience, the

:07:43. > :07:46.best of 25. You said you weren't up for it, but howeveren would you be

:07:47. > :07:53.in a situation in your career where you are 7-1 up going into the next

:07:54. > :07:59.session -- how often. It doesn't happen much does it? I didn't want

:08:00. > :08:03.to mention your moment against Denis, Steve. Don't worry, plenty of

:08:04. > :08:07.people have. He's obviously in form at the anyone but I was sort of

:08:08. > :08:12.running away with things and played very well. Coming into the night,

:08:13. > :08:16.it's hard, you get butterflies. I just didn't feel it. You've got

:08:17. > :08:20.thinking time and you've got a 7-1 lead which is not a normal situation

:08:21. > :08:26.to be in for the rest of the season, so it's a weird situation? Yes. I've

:08:27. > :08:29.never experienced the best of 25 match before and I've experienced it

:08:30. > :08:38.now and I know that anything can happen. You can't take too much for

:08:39. > :08:43.granted and you've got the sort of players who play harder. We often

:08:44. > :08:49.talk about people in the Crucible and you know what it's like to win.

:08:50. > :08:52.Have you detected something in the way Kyren approaches this? You need

:08:53. > :08:55.to be comfortable there and it's only a couple of matches or

:08:56. > :09:01.whatever, but you have been here before, haven't you? I came two

:09:02. > :09:05.years ago. The first time you can be rabbit in the headlights, the venue

:09:06. > :09:08.is different, dividing wall, it's tight, the cameras are tight, you

:09:09. > :09:11.can hear people breathing and it's the World Championship so it's all

:09:12. > :09:16.different. Just having a run out and knowing what that is about the first

:09:17. > :09:21.time, so coming here a second time is a massive help. It's excellent to

:09:22. > :09:25.be a naturally gifted match player. Not every young player who comes

:09:26. > :09:30.through has all those parts of the armoury. When you come to the big

:09:31. > :09:34.stage, you enjoy the matches and you can go with the flow of them and

:09:35. > :09:37.play all different types of snooker and I think in your press

:09:38. > :09:42.conference, you said you can play different types, go with the flow or

:09:43. > :09:46.mix it tactically? Yes. I think I'd shown that throughout that match and

:09:47. > :09:52.against Joe it was flowing and I've shown that I can score when I get

:09:53. > :09:56.in, but I can show I can mix it and battle hard again. Which is

:09:57. > :10:00.important against Mark Selby? He's probably the number one player of

:10:01. > :10:04.the brinkmanship in today's game so I know it's going to be just as

:10:05. > :10:08.tough as it was against Mark Allen so I'm up for it. A comment Ronnie

:10:09. > :10:13.O'Sullivan made. He said he thinks that you could be the best player in

:10:14. > :10:17.the world. How do you respond to that as a young snooker player? As

:10:18. > :10:22.compliments go, it's probably the best I could have, he's been my hero

:10:23. > :10:26.growing up watching him on TV and he's obviously the best player in

:10:27. > :10:31.the world that's played our game in the modern era. I'm trying not to

:10:32. > :10:35.look too much into it. I'm trying to stay off social media and focus on

:10:36. > :10:38.the job. I'm here to do my own thing and try and win the tournament. At

:10:39. > :10:43.the end of the day, Ronnie O'Sullivan's still in so I could

:10:44. > :10:46.well play him. Absolutely. Many congratulations, Kyren, thank you

:10:47. > :10:48.very much for popping in to see us, the very best of luck against Mark

:10:49. > :11:05.Selby. Here is what is coming This is the story of the second

:11:06. > :11:07.session between O'Sullivan and Hawkins.

:11:08. > :11:15.The second session is always the big one, in my eyes.

:11:16. > :11:20.He has missed it. Now is he going to leave the free ball? Probably is.

:11:21. > :11:26.Free ball. New favourite for the frame. What a turn around!

:11:27. > :11:32.Ronnie will be wondering how he's lost that one. He's three behind

:11:33. > :11:50.Barry Hawkins, 6-3. 6-4 Barry Hawkins. Wonderful,

:11:51. > :12:02.wonderful visit. Very positive from Barry Hawkins. 8-5 Barry Hawkins.

:12:03. > :12:13.He's reduced his arrears to one. One more frame to play in this session.

:12:14. > :12:19.Ronnie will shake his hand and say well played. Barry Hawkins will be

:12:20. > :12:22.very pleased. He will take a two-frame advantage in that

:12:23. > :12:26.important third session. Can't wait for that.

:12:27. > :12:31.It's going to be absolutely cracking tonight. The Crucible will be

:12:32. > :12:36.crackling! Barry Hawkins with his nose in front. I think the bookies

:12:37. > :12:40.still make Ronnie favourite but Barry's been superb so far. He's

:12:41. > :12:44.been brilliant. He's played him so many times and has been on the end

:12:45. > :12:48.of so many drubbings, like the Masters. He's competed with him in

:12:49. > :12:52.every department and it's been of very high quality. Both playing very

:12:53. > :12:57.well. Thank you very much for your company, John Parrott and Steve

:12:58. > :13:04.Davis. We are back at 7 with further live coverage from the 2016 Betfred

:13:05. > :13:09.snooker World Championships. A repeat of the 2013 final. We leave

:13:10. > :13:13.you with the Masters champion, Danny Willet, taking on Denis Taylor this

:13:14. > :13:21.afternoon and, a little trick shot! From all of us here, bye for now.

:13:22. > :13:29.Oh! Go on, go on! I hope your eyes are good!

:13:30. > :14:02.APPLAUSE. Er, good looking, good sense of

:14:03. > :14:15.humour, smells nice. Or we could just carry on

:14:16. > :14:18.with the pros and...