Monday, 2nd Round, Evening

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:00:36. > :00:45.Sometimes I look around and I think, it is where I want to be and I am

:00:46. > :00:53.not going to complain about it. I am just going to get on with it. I have

:00:54. > :00:59.a good chance as any. Usually when I watch the quarterfinals, I am in the

:01:00. > :01:05.house. Definitely better than I was ten years ago. All are fine for the

:01:06. > :01:12.world Championships, I am up for it. I came in here and I felt fresh, but

:01:13. > :01:23.not as much as I wanted to be. That showed in my first two matches. The

:01:24. > :01:29.one thing I need to do is keep it simple to play the shots. A lot

:01:30. > :01:34.better than two years ago. To go on here, qualify and win two matches is

:01:35. > :01:39.unbelievable. Good evening. We are past the halfway mark their in

:01:40. > :01:46.Sheffield. We are hours away from the quarterfinals. What a sense of

:01:47. > :01:55.anticipation here. Six places have been taken, two more will be taking

:01:56. > :02:02.this evening. It's the last deciding sessions in the second round

:02:03. > :02:05.matches. It's not just the crowd that are excited, it is our special

:02:06. > :02:15.guest as well because I am absolutely thrilled to be able to

:02:16. > :02:24.introduce to you the winner of off's eem jacket. Yes, indeed. Will you

:02:25. > :02:46.please welcome Yorkshire and Sheffield's champion Danny Willett.

:02:47. > :02:59.Wow! Danny, no jacket required to night. It is a day off, but can you

:03:00. > :03:05.imagine, could you have anticipated your win at Augusta would impact

:03:06. > :03:13.your life and everyone else's. You don't enter you get back. Thousands

:03:14. > :03:19.of people in Yorkshire, it is brilliant to have sport flourishing

:03:20. > :03:26.in this county. Has it taken some getting used to? Yes. We try to have

:03:27. > :03:29.a quiet weekend. It is great to be back at the Crucible. When we look

:03:30. > :03:34.at you receiving your green jacket and finishing off at Augusta, one

:03:35. > :03:39.question I want to ask you, when you got to the 16th tee, you know you

:03:40. > :03:44.have the lead. You did not show any panic. How did you keep it together

:03:45. > :03:54.for the last three holes? Yorkshire greats. -- great. You do, you know?

:03:55. > :04:00.You dig deep. There are a lot of people supporting you. All of a

:04:01. > :04:07.sudden we were in the lead by a couple. Johnny was brilliant.

:04:08. > :04:11.Fortunately enough we won by three. You have had a couple of weeks off

:04:12. > :04:17.to get to know your baby son. When do you get back to work? Wednesday I

:04:18. > :04:23.hit a ball, which will be interesting. You just enjoy it. If

:04:24. > :04:28.it never happens again, it never happens, but we have taken the time

:04:29. > :04:33.off to enjoy. When we come back we will hopefully be fitter and

:04:34. > :04:38.stronger. We will prep for the next one and see what happens. I know you

:04:39. > :04:44.are a big snooker fan. It is not the first time you have come to the

:04:45. > :04:52.Crucible. What is the attraction? The similarities. It is just a

:04:53. > :05:00.mental approach to everything that goes on. It is a difficult game. A

:05:01. > :05:04.lot of Demons go on inside your head and on the golf course it is the

:05:05. > :05:10.same. It is just appreciating how good these guys are at what they do.

:05:11. > :05:14.I have tried to play a Fu shops and you realise how difficult it is.

:05:15. > :05:21.These guys make it look easy. You sit back and enjoy. You sit back and

:05:22. > :05:27.enjoy it. Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of British commentary, thank

:05:28. > :05:31.you so much for what you did. Let us remind Danny and everyone else what

:05:32. > :05:37.a wonderful session running on Sun of all and Barry Hawkins gave us

:05:38. > :05:50.yesterday. The second session is always the big one in my eyes. He

:05:51. > :06:03.had missed it. Free ball. What a turnaround!

:06:04. > :06:18.He will be wondering how he lost that one. Wonderful. Wonderful

:06:19. > :06:32.visit. Very positive from Barry Hawkins. 8-5 now, Barry Hawkins. He

:06:33. > :06:40.has reduced his arrears to one with one more frame to play in this

:06:41. > :06:45.session. Stood up to everything that Ronnie has thrown at him this

:06:46. > :06:50.afternoon. Ronnie will shake his hand and say, well played. Barry

:06:51. > :06:55.Hawkins will be well pleased. He will take a two frame advantage.

:06:56. > :07:01.Can't wait for the second session. We can't wait either. The players

:07:02. > :07:07.are in position. These guys are going to try and tame the Greens and

:07:08. > :07:11.book their place in the quarterfinals. We could be in for a

:07:12. > :07:19.storming session on both tables. That will suit Mr Walker.

:07:20. > :07:25.All yours. Good evening. How fantastic to have a sprinkling of

:07:26. > :07:31.Yorkshire's sporting stardust on this arena to night! Danny, everyone

:07:32. > :07:38.else knows, this is the hottest ticket in town. Welcome to the

:07:39. > :07:52.climax of day ten, here at the Betfred Snooker World Championship.

:07:53. > :07:55.Please welcome first of all a three-time ranking event winner who

:07:56. > :08:00.stormed into the semis here three years ago. He arrives here in

:08:01. > :08:06.cracking form, having made two major finals in the last month. Poised and

:08:07. > :08:07.ready for a huge session snooker to night, he is quite simply Ricky

:08:08. > :08:33.Walden! And his opponents, one of the finest

:08:34. > :08:40.bolts men -- sportsmen the country has ever produced. Here he is three

:08:41. > :08:54.frames away from an 11th win. John Higgins!

:08:55. > :09:01.And on table two, please welcome a player bidding for a fourth

:09:02. > :09:05.consecutive Crucible quarterfinal. This famous arena brings out the

:09:06. > :09:11.best in him. His game has flourished since he won his first ranking title

:09:12. > :09:12.down under four years ago. What an opportunity to night for Barry

:09:13. > :09:40.Hawkins! And his opponents, 23 years after

:09:41. > :09:46.his first Crucible debut he is still performing at a top level. Five

:09:47. > :09:58.times a champion of the world, blink and you will miss him. Rocket Ronnie

:09:59. > :10:06.O'Sullivan! Time to get going. On BBC Two we

:10:07. > :10:12.will take you straight to table two and share this deciding session.

:10:13. > :10:28.What a night. Lots of snooker left this evening.

:10:29. > :10:36.What a pleasure it is to see Danny Willett watching this game. We have

:10:37. > :10:42.the worlds greatest ever player and who has won the Masters. Last

:10:43. > :11:14.session, first of 13 wins. The pot success rate is important.

:11:15. > :11:30.Harry Hawkins is to frames in front. That is so high for 16 frames of

:11:31. > :11:36.snooker over two sessions. The success is pretty close to. You

:11:37. > :11:41.would think he would be closer than that. First mistake from O'Sullivan,

:11:42. > :11:52.but he does not appear to be able to get onto the black from here.

:11:53. > :12:00.He has had a look at the plant into the right corner. Just getting past

:12:01. > :12:20.the top rate, I think. -- top red. It is a touchy one at the start of

:12:21. > :12:50.the match. You have got to play that shot, but

:12:51. > :12:56.on the other hand you wish you did not have two at the start of a

:12:57. > :13:03.match. They are both a bit edgy, but they will be settling down and they

:13:04. > :13:10.will be OK. Very difficult to pot this. You can't see enough of the

:13:11. > :13:16.ball. Very difficult also to get onto a colour. It is a telling

:13:17. > :13:25.safety shot from Harry. He will do well to get away with this.

:13:26. > :13:32.Just trying to play a containing safety. He may be able to cut this

:13:33. > :14:00.in. A bit surprised Barry did not play a

:14:01. > :14:09.little bit harder than that. He knew he was running into balls. That is a

:14:10. > :14:20.reprieve for Ronnie O'Sullivan. Sure he felt ready to score a few points

:14:21. > :14:25.there. It is quite a thin cut there. Barry Nice to give attention to the

:14:26. > :14:33.pink first. Hoping to get onto the pink, but it is in the worst

:14:34. > :14:49.position. It is a good hit. Very good. It clicked off of the green,

:14:50. > :14:56.but still a good hit. The pack of five reds just behind the pink. He

:14:57. > :15:00.has be careful he does not push that one towards the corner pocket. That

:15:01. > :15:10.is what he is going to be playing off of, the gap on the right-hand

:15:11. > :15:18.side. Slightly misjudged it through the gap. I'd then think so. -- I

:15:19. > :15:35.don't think so. Barry may be forced to go for this

:15:36. > :15:45.red because it is not great playing safety down that side of the table.

:15:46. > :15:55.I think he can play off of the one next to the pink and leave the cue

:15:56. > :16:08.ball further down near the pocket. He would have two do something with

:16:09. > :16:16.those three reds. That will take it a little bit wider towards the brown

:16:17. > :16:32.area. He won't go off of this red unless there is no other shops. On

:16:33. > :16:42.the pink. -- no other shot. It is important to get the red. That is

:16:43. > :16:46.how the game goes. Playing that shot, you would think he is

:16:47. > :16:53.guaranteed to be on the pink. Once again, he has got nothing. You can

:16:54. > :17:22.only see the pink. He has got to get this right.

:17:23. > :17:33.First chance then for Ronnie O'Sullivan. Big close on the

:17:34. > :17:46.cushion. You can see he is bridging there with his fingers. Holding him

:17:47. > :17:51.steady. If he played the gap, he did very well. This time Ronnie is

:17:52. > :17:55.unfortunate not to get onto a colour. Look at the gap he has

:17:56. > :18:02.through there. There wasn't a lot of room. There have been two excellent

:18:03. > :18:07.pots, one from each player. Both with a bit of misfortune. They had

:18:08. > :18:22.to play safe off of. The red Barry would like to get out

:18:23. > :18:27.here is the one directly behind the black. Can't see that there is any

:18:28. > :18:55.path to that. He has hit three cushions and gone a

:18:56. > :19:06.little bit wide. They will be the ex-gay of a lifetime -- it will be

:19:07. > :19:15.the escape of a lifetime. The first clear-cut opportunity.

:19:16. > :19:30.Little bit short of pace. He may decide to play the pink and go round

:19:31. > :19:35.the back of the green. He generates so much spin, Ronnie, with precious

:19:36. > :19:42.little power. That shot could have been played a lot harder this week.

:19:43. > :19:54.His timing though, Ronnie, is exceptional.

:19:55. > :20:04.He must be one of the best strikers we have ever seen. He is really

:20:05. > :20:11.into. Unlike most players, Terry, who tend to be parallel, Ronnie is

:20:12. > :20:14.cueing quite high on the ball. It amazes me how he gets the spin on

:20:15. > :20:31.when he plays a run-through. That is how he has always played,

:20:32. > :20:45.even when he was a youngster. He gets the spin on all right. He pots

:20:46. > :20:46.the balls very quickly. There is no perfect player and there never will

:20:47. > :21:16.be. I think Murphy and Mark Selby are

:21:17. > :21:23.similar in that respect. But they don't strike the ball the same as

:21:24. > :21:26.Ronnie. They are trying to do the same thing, but they do it

:21:27. > :21:34.differently. I saw Ronnie wins there. I think you try to brush away

:21:35. > :21:38.the two reds below the pink. He just missed the kiss and was not happy

:21:39. > :21:50.about it. I think the one above the black will pot now. In a matter of

:21:51. > :21:54.moments, Ronnie is up to 34 ahead and counting. Now the black is in

:21:55. > :23:22.play. This is a framing opportunity. This red puts him in the snooker

:23:23. > :23:29.required stage. He may decide to storm off of the cushion and put one

:23:30. > :23:39.of these two reds into play. I don't think there will be any heroics here

:23:40. > :23:50.with this red. He has the perfect angle to drop it in. He is the best

:23:51. > :23:52.in most departments. I don't think there is a better player playing

:23:53. > :24:09.along the top cushion than Ronnie. One else other than has already had

:24:10. > :24:24.for centuries in this tournament. -- four. Five leading as an individual

:24:25. > :24:28.player I think is John Higgins. 57 tournament centuries this year, so I

:24:29. > :24:34.am sure the record is going to be smashed. Considering the players

:24:35. > :24:45.have been complaining about the tables and they are making all these

:24:46. > :24:55.centuries. Just the start O'Sullivan was looking for.

:24:56. > :25:05.If he makes this entry here, it will be equal to his record of two years

:25:06. > :25:19.ago. We still have a week to play yet.

:25:20. > :25:37.Just a little overrun. It might be the end of the century. Oh, what a

:25:38. > :25:41.shame. No century. Barry Hawkins unluckily, but Ronnie O'Sullivan did

:25:42. > :25:46.what he needed to do. He took the opening frame.

:25:47. > :25:50.And Ken Doherty joins us to look at this match and it looks as if he

:25:51. > :25:58.means business this evening, Ken. That is just what he needed.

:25:59. > :26:06.When he came to the table, the pink was tied up. His cue ball control is

:26:07. > :26:10.fantastic. Should mention that the standard of this match has been

:26:11. > :26:14.extraordinary. When you look at the percentages, I think it was 98 for

:26:15. > :26:21.Barry Hawkins and 96 for Ronnie O'Sullivan. It was incredible.

:26:22. > :26:27.Incredible from both players. Barry stopped with him. He had a chance,

:26:28. > :26:34.but was a bit unlucky. It is NIP and tuck. It will be a fight to the

:26:35. > :26:38.line. Barry has upped it against Ronnie O'Sullivan and his safety

:26:39. > :26:44.have been tiptop and it has to be to keep Ronnie O'Sullivan at bay. It

:26:45. > :26:46.has been excellent so far, as we expected it to be. O'Sullivan, one

:26:47. > :27:07.behind. Ronnie O'Sullivan starting the

:27:08. > :27:13.second frame left-handed. I wonder if he will stay there and play

:27:14. > :27:18.left-handed all the time. He has done that before, I think, with

:27:19. > :27:28.Peter Ebdon. Played left-handed all the way through.

:27:29. > :27:40.Up and down the end, the double-kiss is in the way. He has to be careful.

:27:41. > :27:43.Avoided it. Just played at a pace. A chance for the red to get out of the

:27:44. > :28:08.way. That is twice Ronnie has played a

:28:09. > :28:17.shot like that. Both times very close to the middle pocket. He is

:28:18. > :28:21.having a look here. I don't think there is anything on, is there? I do

:28:22. > :28:32.think there is a good safety on. Coming back towards the reds. He has

:28:33. > :29:29.not got a pot or a tidy safety to play.

:29:30. > :29:39.The second time Barry has hit ball on the way down. Makes a difference.

:29:40. > :29:55.Comfortable safety shop. He has options. Looks good.

:29:56. > :30:06.It is amazing. Ronnie O'Sullivan is in front on every single statistic.

:30:07. > :30:32.It shows you how well Barry has had to play to stay with him.

:30:33. > :30:43.Behind the ball line. He's very pleased to have knocked that in. The

:30:44. > :30:44.ball is not on its spot. No problem getting into at least one of the

:30:45. > :31:07.pockets. He went for the pack. O! It looked

:31:08. > :31:12.perfect, but a red kissed another and blocked his way. It doesn't

:31:13. > :31:17.matter how good you are, Terry. You've got to have a bit of fortune

:31:18. > :31:23.now and again when playing a shot my cat. Barry has gone into the reds

:31:24. > :31:30.already on one or two occasions this evening. If he isn't leaving

:31:31. > :31:35.anything onto the left corner, he can roll this red into the middle

:31:36. > :31:41.pocket. But if he is leaving anything on... And it goes into the

:31:42. > :31:50.middle as well. He's a little bit thick on that.

:31:51. > :31:58.It's very rare that a player plays it slow to get onto the blue from

:31:59. > :32:03.here. It is very dangerous. In a club match, you would be trying to

:32:04. > :32:07.get the cue ball behind the blue, but it is far too risky at this

:32:08. > :32:36.level. If you don't get the snooker, you leave the red.

:32:37. > :32:58.Should give him one point for that, he got so close to it!

:32:59. > :33:03.The safety shot, swing it around three cushions to get it behind

:33:04. > :33:24.Green and yellow, is better than taking the long pot on.

:33:25. > :33:33.A very strange set of reds there, this early in a frame. All on one

:33:34. > :33:50.side of the table. Another tester for Ronnie O'Sullivan.

:33:51. > :33:57.He went for the six side of that. I thought it would be thin. He's

:33:58. > :34:06.brought the red down this end of the table again. Not sure if he going

:34:07. > :34:11.for the pink into the middle. Saying probably two cushions. Try to get

:34:12. > :34:17.somewhere near a straight pot into the middle pocket. I don't think he

:34:18. > :34:19.can play it slow enough to hold for the pink or blue to the right-hand

:34:20. > :34:41.side pockets. That was the problem. You couldn't

:34:42. > :34:46.really play in slow enough. He had the ball into the corner that he

:34:47. > :34:50.didn't play for. It made the pot a little easier at that speed, I

:34:51. > :34:54.think. To power off the side cushion. Maybe made the shot 20%

:34:55. > :35:15.more difficult. Rest success. Barry Hawkins is

:35:16. > :35:23.exceptional. One of the best players in the game with the rest. What an

:35:24. > :35:27.angle on this red to play a cannon into the two reds just behind the

:35:28. > :35:31.black. Or he could screw across to the pink. He's playing the deep

:35:32. > :35:46.screw, so playing for pink or blue. You could see Ronnie O'Sullivan and

:35:47. > :35:56.then 100%. Of course, he has only played seven. Barry Hawkins has

:35:57. > :36:00.played 15, and got 14 of them. You would have taken two out of 15,

:36:01. > :36:09.would you, with the rest? I wasn't too bad with the rest! Obviously,

:36:10. > :36:16.the middle read of these will pot. -- the middle red. It doesn't look

:36:17. > :36:21.like it from this position. You can see that middle red will pass the

:36:22. > :36:25.black. Maybe enough to stay on the black.

:36:26. > :36:47.That's the problem with those shots. A little bit tricky. The focus

:36:48. > :36:53.normally is about, for these players of this standard, is probably 70% on

:36:54. > :36:57.position and 30 on the pot. That changes when the pot is a bit

:36:58. > :37:01.difficult. Then you lose position, and have to play another good shot

:37:02. > :37:09.to get back into it. That doesn't look great. May be able to pot the

:37:10. > :37:16.red that is quite close to the baulk. He cannot do a lot with the

:37:17. > :37:21.cue ball, because he is hampered slightly. Barry is doing his best to

:37:22. > :37:25.create an opening, but as yet has not had a good case. Screw through

:37:26. > :37:31.the gap to get onto the pink opposite the middle. That's gone

:37:32. > :37:42.wrong! REFEREE: Foul. Barry Hawkins, 19.

:37:43. > :37:53.Ronnie O'Sullivan, four. Barry admitted to the foul. I don't think

:37:54. > :37:55.Brendan spotted it. Did you? All players, well, most of them, would

:37:56. > :38:08.admit to a foul. Like footballers! He may have touched the red coming

:38:09. > :38:25.back. The real bonus for Ronnie, to come

:38:26. > :38:30.back to the table so soon. Barry was in the balls there. He thought he

:38:31. > :38:32.would be facing a large deficit. As it is, he is favourite to win this

:38:33. > :39:04.frame. That is unusual. O'Sullivan

:39:05. > :39:12.misjudging the line of the cue ball therefore position. He just got into

:39:13. > :39:15.it slightly too low. Still on it. We'll have to play a good shot to

:39:16. > :39:32.get on the next red. Lovely shot. Just slightly hampered.

:39:33. > :39:34.It was a good shot. Had to play the thin cut, rather than what he wanted

:39:35. > :40:03.to play. Looks like it's going to be

:40:04. > :40:10.straightforward for Ronnie, when that foul came from Barry for --

:40:11. > :40:12.Barry Hawkins. He's played some very good shots to keep this effort

:40:13. > :40:25.going. You can see the red left of the

:40:26. > :40:27.black is the one he's looking at. But where will the cue ball go from

:40:28. > :40:40.there? Doesn't fancy it, so he's looking at

:40:41. > :40:47.this three-ball plant. Taking the white behind the brown and green at

:40:48. > :40:56.the same time. Fabulous shot! Very good plant, when you consider that

:40:57. > :41:01.all of those balls... He was concentrating more on the white,

:41:02. > :41:11.though, than the pot, probably. That is one of those one month type of

:41:12. > :41:23.plants! You are right. You can see where the cue ball has finished up.

:41:24. > :41:29.It will not affect the brown. Ronnie seems a bit reluctant to try and

:41:30. > :41:31.roll up behind the brown. Even if he leaves this read on from where the

:41:32. > :42:04.brown is, he needs a pot. And this is a straight forward type

:42:05. > :42:12.of safety shot. With this red just a foot out of the left corner, this

:42:13. > :42:19.certainly could go wrong. He had to fit it -- to hit its thin. He hit it

:42:20. > :42:21.much too thick. He hasn't been lucky. That was a poor effort from

:42:22. > :42:36.Barry. He will know that. Six points in it. You feel that he

:42:37. > :43:15.can't make a mistake again. He's going to somehow need at least

:43:16. > :43:21.two of these reds. With the black not being on the spot, getting onto

:43:22. > :43:25.the pink or blue from these last few reds in a few moments' time could be

:43:26. > :43:31.difficult. He is not guaranteed to win the frame at this visit. He

:43:32. > :43:35.would like to bring one of these into play. He's so good left-handed,

:43:36. > :43:44.he may be able to screw behind it off one cushion. He will play this

:43:45. > :43:59.as a shot to nothing, I'm sure. 26 in it. He does need the red as well.

:44:00. > :44:10.Where is the red going? He will not be happy with that. He called it. A

:44:11. > :44:20.big difference if the black was on its spot. Barry is looking to get

:44:21. > :44:25.the black onto its own spot straight away, which makes the last red a bit

:44:26. > :44:48.easier. This is a chance to pinch the frame.

:44:49. > :44:57.He's on it, if he wants to play this pot. It's got to be dead weight, I

:44:58. > :45:03.should think. Doesn't need the black to go on and clinch the frame, but

:45:04. > :45:09.you just feel he's got a better chance with this red going in if he

:45:10. > :45:19.plays it gentle. If he misses it, he will guarantee to lose this frame. A

:45:20. > :45:25.really tough shot for Barry. A bit of positive cue action on that, that

:45:26. > :45:29.takes some doing. If he can get nicely on the yellow, the green

:45:30. > :45:35.really isn't a problem for a left-handed player. It would be for

:45:36. > :45:39.a right-handed player. Is that a bit short of pace? That was a poor shot,

:45:40. > :45:49.Barry. He will be distraught with that one. The problem is there, he

:45:50. > :45:53.had to put a touch of stun on and a lot of running side. Sometimes you

:45:54. > :45:57.feel a bit frightened of the running stun -- the running side going too

:45:58. > :46:05.fast and you would be up near the green or something. If he doesn't

:46:06. > :46:07.win this frame now, he will be disappointed. Just ten points behind

:46:08. > :46:28.now. It's just a matter of how he will

:46:29. > :46:31.get on the green. There you go! Will he get the reward for playing the

:46:32. > :46:44.safety? It looks like it. The only unfortunate thing with that

:46:45. > :46:49.shot is that it has pushed the green leather brown. Should Barry leave

:46:50. > :46:53.the yellow on, it will be tough to get onto the green. I fancy he might

:46:54. > :47:00.miss this a couple of times before he hits it.

:47:01. > :47:13.The three-cushion escape. Absolutely lovely. He will be pretty pleased

:47:14. > :47:17.where the green is. Can Ronnie manufacture an angle to get onto the

:47:18. > :47:22.green? He's going to look where he can pot it directly. Doesn't look

:47:23. > :47:31.like there's a lot of angle on the pot. A bit unlucky there from Barry.

:47:32. > :47:35.When he hit it with a lot of pace, because he's given a free ball

:47:36. > :47:51.away... You can see the yellow is almost straight.

:47:52. > :47:58.He's just looked at the green into the black pocket, so whether he will

:47:59. > :48:04.do a stun run through... That tells me that the green will probably pot.

:48:05. > :48:07.It is a certain snooker, but he wanted to be dead straight on the

:48:08. > :48:14.green. I think the pot is a bit risky. That's why he played the run

:48:15. > :48:22.up. He's so disappointed he didn't finish straight on the green there.

:48:23. > :48:29.Not the first time in this frame that he's put too much spin on the

:48:30. > :48:37.ball. Something we are not used to seeing with Ronnie O'Sullivan. It is

:48:38. > :48:39.tense out there. This is one of those where you have to hit it half

:48:40. > :48:49.ball and hard. He's got the distance. He's got the

:48:50. > :49:19.safety shot. Very good. Well played. Didn't put Barry in any trouble

:49:20. > :49:20.there with that safety shot. It was just a case of gaining the

:49:21. > :49:55.initiative. I was just about to say, he would do

:49:56. > :50:00.well to get this faith. Not only has he got it safe, he's snooker at him,

:50:01. > :50:13.I think! There's been some great safety shots in this frame.

:50:14. > :50:19.Not quite. Has he got behind the pink? He was playing for behind the

:50:20. > :50:35.black. He hit down the bottom of the ball

:50:36. > :50:43.with a touch of left-hand side. We'll hope to cover it with the

:50:44. > :50:58.blue, which he hasn't won. So half a chance for Barry Hawkins.

:50:59. > :51:10.Good starter. Means he's slowed down a bit. This will be a bit of a steel

:51:11. > :51:17.if he gets this one. He's had a few in this match so far, hasn't he?

:51:18. > :51:21.He's pinched a few. Absolutely. There's four frames I can think of.

:51:22. > :51:29.Looks a certainty to clear up now, and take that to frame advantage

:51:30. > :51:31.again. He would be -- Ronnie Wood be a bit aggrieved that he's lost this

:51:32. > :52:01.frame. He hasn't done a lot wrong. Steady as a rock on the shot. A

:52:02. > :52:07.great frame to watch. They have both played well. He has his two frame

:52:08. > :52:16.advantage back again. It looked as if O'Sullivan was going to level up.

:52:17. > :52:21.Such a test of resolve for Barry Hawkins, who hasn't beaten Ronnie in

:52:22. > :52:26.14 years. He's certainly had a fuse thrashings from The Rocket over the

:52:27. > :52:33.last few New Year 's. But he is keeping himself together. A great

:52:34. > :52:37.frame from Barry, just to steady the ship a bit. A mistake from

:52:38. > :52:41.O'Sullivan when he was on the yellow. He should have put a lot of

:52:42. > :52:47.distance between green and brown when he was laying at the snooker,

:52:48. > :52:50.but didn't, and Barry got out of it. That will help Barry. And a

:52:51. > :52:58.wonderful piece of sportsmanship as well. Indeed. We see this a lot in

:52:59. > :53:04.snooker, but it always gladdens your heart, when someone says, it was me,

:53:05. > :53:09.guv. I am not sure what the referee saw, but certainly Barry Hawkins

:53:10. > :53:14.owned up to it, and it was a nice gesture. That is one of the great

:53:15. > :53:20.things about our sport. You were telling me how difficult it is in a

:53:21. > :53:25.best of 25 frames match. You have got to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan not

:53:26. > :53:31.just once, but in effect, over three sessions. And he has stood up to it

:53:32. > :53:36.so far, Barry Hawkins. He has been amazing, very self assured and shown

:53:37. > :53:42.a lot of confidence. To be honest, all of those other matches, over

:53:43. > :53:45.those 14 years when he hasn't beaten him, he probably isn't thinking

:53:46. > :53:50.about that. You have to go out as if it is your first time playing him,

:53:51. > :53:53.and enjoy the challenge of the World Championship. This is why you want

:53:54. > :53:58.to play snooker, to play the best players in the world on the big

:53:59. > :54:03.stage. He has certainly put his game up there with O'Sullivan. Frame 19

:54:04. > :54:09.on the way. COMMENTATOR: That is a very good

:54:10. > :54:17.shot. Had to swing it round the book colour there. Ronnie would be a bit

:54:18. > :54:23.frustrated. He had two or three chances in that first frame, and

:54:24. > :54:26.then that shot where he didn't quite play the green right, as Ken

:54:27. > :54:51.mentioned. He is cueing very well. Very positive. When you are playing

:54:52. > :54:56.Ronnie O'Sullivan, when you are going for those, it is in the back

:54:57. > :55:02.of your mind, if I miss this, I could sit down while. It does put

:55:03. > :55:06.pressure on. At the end of the day, you have to play the right shot who

:55:07. > :55:07.ever you are playing. As long as you are confident, you've got to go for

:55:08. > :55:54.it. He would have preferred the cue ball

:55:55. > :56:04.to be a few inches over to the right. Then you can go across the

:56:05. > :56:13.blue to get position. He played that well. One red is definitely

:56:14. > :56:19.available in the left corner. Two up from the black, there's two read and

:56:20. > :56:27.then the one above that is available.

:56:28. > :56:43.If he can get through for the black here, he's in business.

:56:44. > :56:56.Just not quite straight. He can just flick off the red and get nicely on

:56:57. > :56:58.the black. Not too sure if he is straight on the black, if he can get

:56:59. > :57:10.onto a red now. He can play for the red to the left

:57:11. > :57:14.of the pink into the green pocket. I think that's about all! Got a cut

:57:15. > :57:41.on. Baulk colour available. Well, our hour-long taste of this

:57:42. > :57:48.session is coming to a conclusion, because we have to leave you on BBC

:57:49. > :57:53.Two. On table one, John Higgins is now leading 11-7. They have shared

:57:54. > :58:00.the opening two frames between them. The concluding sessions continue

:58:01. > :58:06.online. Just go to the connected TVs. I will be back on our

:58:07. > :58:15.highlights programme at 11:35pm. We will leave you at the Crucible on

:58:16. > :58:18.the night that the green jacket star approached the green Bay 's. It

:58:19. > :58:23.would appear that Danny Willits is pretty handy with club all cue!