:00:44. > :00:55.We won't go out of their big mates and high-fiving. Sometimes I am out
:00:56. > :01:00.there, I look around and I think this is where I want to be, this is
:01:01. > :01:06.where I have always wanted to be and I will not complain about it. I have
:01:07. > :01:10.as good a chance as anybody. I usually watch the quarterfinals back
:01:11. > :01:21.in the house so it is nice to be in the quarterfinals. I need to keep my
:01:22. > :01:27.thinking clear and simple. All eyes are on you, there is no where to
:01:28. > :01:35.hide. If I can get through then who knows. I am technically a lot better
:01:36. > :01:39.than I was ten years ago. I am in a quarterfinal of the World
:01:40. > :01:45.Championship so I will be up for it. I felt fresh, but not as much as I
:01:46. > :01:53.would have liked to be and that should in my first two matches. A
:01:54. > :02:01.lot better appearance than two years ago to go on here, qualify and play
:02:02. > :02:06.two matches here is unbelievable. Good evening. Welcome to the
:02:07. > :02:11.Crucible. It is the elephant of the World Snooker Championship. This
:02:12. > :02:17.time next week one of those players will be cracking open the champagne
:02:18. > :02:21.celebrating becoming world champion. Three men in the drop know what it
:02:22. > :02:26.is like to taste victory here and we have had already in the
:02:27. > :02:31.quarterfinals. It is an all Scottish affair in one of the quarterfinals
:02:32. > :02:35.as Alan McManus takes on John Higgins but it was second to 14
:02:36. > :02:45.frames in a while to take a 5-3 lead against his pal. Also today, it is
:02:46. > :02:51.Marco Fu against Barry Hawkins. The Englishman had a nightmare
:02:52. > :03:00.turnaround to trail through 71 in their quarterfinal. Mark Selby at
:03:01. > :03:06.his ruthless best, building up a 6-2 lead. Wilson has beaten Joe Perry
:03:07. > :03:16.and Mark Allen am lost the first six frames but lost the last two of the
:03:17. > :03:26.session. -- won the last two. And Mark Williams won the opening frame
:03:27. > :03:34.of his best of 25 with Jin Jeong we. But Jin Yong Lee was able to
:03:35. > :03:39.establish a commanding lead. Good afternoon. Good evening to Ken
:03:40. > :03:46.Doherty. You could start for Marco Fu. Barry Hawkins looks remarkably
:03:47. > :03:51.tired. We were talking about this afternoon. They just after the Lord
:03:52. > :03:56.Mayor Cho, such a high when he played against Ronnie O'Sullivan, so
:03:57. > :04:01.dramatic to finish as well. Then has become back and do it all again. And
:04:02. > :04:06.he found it difficult getting off to the start. The weight Marco Fu that
:04:07. > :04:11.didn't help. He was very consistent. Barry Hawkins has it all to do.
:04:12. > :04:19.Wilson is struggling to get to grips with the event? Maybe and Mark Selby
:04:20. > :04:23.is such a seasoned campaigner. The highs of winning the last 16 match,
:04:24. > :04:27.getting into the quarterfinals and then Mark Selby got off to a good
:04:28. > :04:32.start and kept the pressure on and the experience was showing. A long
:04:33. > :04:39.way to go. That is the beauty of the second round. Both players in the
:04:40. > :04:46.same situation. If they can win this session, 5-3 at least then they are
:04:47. > :04:53.well backend. Dilshan we, he has gone under the great tour. Maybe is
:04:54. > :04:59.his year. Does that lend weight to the idea it is his year? Baby has
:05:00. > :05:03.come in under the radar. Before he was being picked up and he was a
:05:04. > :05:08.favourite to win because of his previous success during the season.
:05:09. > :05:12.This season he has been pretty providing some standards. He had to
:05:13. > :05:16.qualify, won three matches, maybe that has given him a bit of
:05:17. > :05:19.confidence that he needed. He has played beautifully so far in this
:05:20. > :05:25.championship and he had a really good session this morning. This time
:05:26. > :05:30.next week somebody will be celebrating. What does the world
:05:31. > :05:43.champion do after the success? Good question, recover. Rob Walker is on
:05:44. > :05:48.time as the players start. The semifinals are getting bigger and
:05:49. > :05:52.bigger. Tonight, two players will take one step closer to the single
:05:53. > :05:55.table setup. The stakes are getting higher. You can sense the tension
:05:56. > :06:20.rising in this fabulous arena. Please welcome first of all a player
:06:21. > :06:24.for whom it has been a sensational season, winning his first ranking
:06:25. > :06:28.title in September and this week climbing into the world's top 16 for
:06:29. > :06:32.the first time, year after that victory over Mark Allen in the
:06:33. > :06:34.second round, he would be up for the big battle tonight because he is the
:06:35. > :07:00.warrior, Kyren Wilson. His opponent, a player who first
:07:01. > :07:04.made the Crucible quarterfinal nine years ago. This morning's session
:07:05. > :07:09.was the best we have seen from him in this tournament. Multiple Masters
:07:10. > :07:12.champion, would champion two years ago, the world number one, the
:07:13. > :07:31.Jester from Leicester, it is Mark Selby.
:07:32. > :07:39.On table one, it comes a player who is without doubt a national hero
:07:40. > :07:43.back home. Winner of 11 ranking titles and the Masters. After coming
:07:44. > :07:47.through qualifying and beating Judd Trump yesterday, he is bidding for a
:07:48. > :07:48.second appearance in a Crucible semifinal, enter the Chinese dragon,
:07:49. > :08:13.Jin Jeong we. And his opponent, back in the
:08:14. > :08:18.quarterfinals for the first time in five years. Still going strong at 19
:08:19. > :08:22.years after his Crucible debut, twice a champion of the world on
:08:23. > :08:42.fire it up tonight, he is the Welsh legend, he is Mark Williams.
:08:43. > :08:50.If you want Mark Selby the Kyren Wilson, that is available on your
:08:51. > :09:01.red button. Levy on BBC Two in his Williams against doing. A lovely bit
:09:02. > :09:06.of Welsh you give us there. Well, it goes without saying Mark Williams
:09:07. > :09:12.was a little bit disappointing in the first session this morning. He
:09:13. > :09:22.needs to up his game and start scoring a bit heavily. I was on this
:09:23. > :09:27.much this morning and he had his chances. Plenty of chances but just
:09:28. > :09:35.his cue ball, he was losing too many times. I watched a little bit of it
:09:36. > :09:40.myself this morning and he put a new tip on yesterday. These new chips,
:09:41. > :09:44.they said they are broken in and they can play straightaway but I
:09:45. > :09:51.wouldn't be a big fan of that. Losing the cue ball is generally
:09:52. > :09:54.down to something like that. In the old days, when you have a new take
:09:55. > :10:02.on it was a week before it was played. Apparently he miscued in
:10:03. > :10:08.practice on the practice table and split the tip which is why he was
:10:09. > :10:13.forced to put a new bomb. I know the gentleman who put the new tip on. He
:10:14. > :10:17.came over to the studio trend for transmission and he put it on.
:10:18. > :10:23.Amazing the players don't know how to put a tip on. I was doing the
:10:24. > :10:33.match with Peter Ebdon and he, like me, never liked to put his only tip
:10:34. > :10:42.on. I have got lazy in an age that I used do it all the time. I got used
:10:43. > :10:58.to do them. It looks lovely. It has a nice film on it. -- film on it.
:10:59. > :11:13.He is a bit short of BSE. He has left a pop on here in the middle.
:11:14. > :11:25.What was then like? He wasn't at his absolute best.
:11:26. > :11:36.He needs to take those have chances now. He has had a half a result.
:11:37. > :11:40.There is a red that is puttable to that corner. Not saying that was
:11:41. > :11:42.easy but with the chance of carrying the other red you just felt pot of
:11:43. > :12:05.it and you should be on the cover. I thought he got away with that but
:12:06. > :12:13.there is this red. He just needs to do a little bit of work with the
:12:14. > :12:17.tubal. The site he needs to put on this is the left-hand side. That is
:12:18. > :12:25.taking the cue nearer to the red as he follows through. He needs to be
:12:26. > :12:32.careful thousandfold the red. -- doesn't foul the red. His
:12:33. > :12:46.follow-through would have gone close to the red. He had to get the cue
:12:47. > :12:53.and the rest of the way. You have two remove the equipment from the
:12:54. > :12:58.table yourself. I saw a few disasters with people trying to do
:12:59. > :13:14.that. Scattering the rates everywhere. What a chance this is.
:13:15. > :13:28.Plenty of balls in the open. He should have scored a viewpoint here.
:13:29. > :13:36.You know when you see him at the Crucible, you think what a player
:13:37. > :13:47.you are how have you ever been passed the quarterfinals. Too good a
:13:48. > :13:54.player to have not done well here. There aren't many better players in
:13:55. > :14:09.the world in and around the black the area. He will have stopped the
:14:10. > :14:17.traffic for them to watch this young Mann play. There will be 100 million
:14:18. > :14:31.people rooting for him in this match. There will be some bread at
:14:32. > :14:34.home if he wins. Despite the fact there hasn't really been fireworks
:14:35. > :14:40.in his matches so far his attitude has been spot on. I suppose you have
:14:41. > :14:54.to credit Terry Griffiths with some of.
:14:55. > :14:57.This table started of the tournament with a pot of bouncers and there
:14:58. > :15:25.were a few bounces this morning. There is the table heater. Just
:15:26. > :15:28.below 46. Usually they are on 50. The table theatre decided just to
:15:29. > :15:46.prove the table down and that would help with the bounces. Peter Godwin
:15:47. > :15:52.is the table future. Obviously the work he has been doing, he decided
:15:53. > :15:58.to take the temperature down a touch. It had to get better. The
:15:59. > :16:04.first few days it was terrible. It was unfair to the players. 68 points
:16:05. > :16:10.is the target. But this black, played the cannon on the red above
:16:11. > :16:18.it and just to the right as we look. He has played nicely. All set fair
:16:19. > :16:24.for a frame-winning contribution here. That is why we say he is one
:16:25. > :16:31.of the best. Just bad cannon, absolute perfection. Just the right
:16:32. > :16:43.place as well. Didn't overheated. -- didn't over it it. When it is so
:16:44. > :16:57.did, it looks simple. The tubal doesn't tend to move around a lot.
:16:58. > :17:10.He always leaves himself with options. He is a top-class player.
:17:11. > :17:25.There is still an open red hot this red is too soon. He is 52 points in
:17:26. > :17:29.the lead, the will put him in 57. There are 83 remaining. He might
:17:30. > :17:42.think it is worth playing a cannon into the bank. He will not win that
:17:43. > :17:56.one is red. -- loose red. Just about OK, I think.
:17:57. > :18:04.Because he is so close to this next ball, I don't know if the paint is
:18:05. > :18:15.available, he has to be careful. He could gobble this. What a lovely
:18:16. > :18:23.little short. -- double hit this. That could have gone wrong. It that
:18:24. > :18:29.beautifully. He has lovely little moves when he is in and around the
:18:30. > :18:30.pink and black area. He has taken these really well. This is top
:18:31. > :18:51.class. Just this black to go 72 points in
:18:52. > :18:56.front with just 67 remaining. And Mark Williams had a chance of a pot
:18:57. > :19:02.of the red in the middle, I thought he might have gotten away with it
:19:03. > :19:13.but his worst fears were realised. He has made this excellent break.
:19:14. > :19:17.This was the red. Just playing to make the cannon. That is what caused
:19:18. > :19:29.him to miss the pot. This is the highest break of this
:19:30. > :20:01.match so far. Just drops. Now, that seemed to spring of the
:20:02. > :20:14.side cushion there. That certainly did. Thankfully it wasn't that
:20:15. > :20:20.important. This is very ominous. He is taking these beautifully. There
:20:21. > :20:23.is a bit of inevitability about this break. The ball were there but he
:20:24. > :20:30.just knew where they were going to go. He has certainly looked very
:20:31. > :20:38.sharp and you could say he is growing in confidence. This black
:20:39. > :21:02.for the 61st century of the World Championship. Brilliant. Superb.
:21:03. > :21:12.Can't beat the highest break at the minute which is held by Barry
:21:13. > :21:23.Hawkins at 141. A good break that. I thought there would be a maximum of
:21:24. > :21:29.17 days. We are not finished yet. Well, the yellow didn't go in, but
:21:30. > :21:34.he had already done the job. Mike Williams now knows that Ding Junhui
:21:35. > :21:42.is in good stroke and he stretches his lead to five. A terrific start
:21:43. > :21:47.by Ding Junhui. The first century brick of this match. Look at these
:21:48. > :21:52.stats. These are the tournament 's entries so far. Last year, a
:21:53. > :21:59.record-breaking year. Look at that graphic. We have gone past 58 in
:22:00. > :22:03.2014. That was the total. We are on course to break the record.
:22:04. > :22:08.Considering there were so many complaints about the tables, the
:22:09. > :22:11.standards have been so high it is remarkable. The players have
:22:12. > :22:17.contended with lots of kicks and bouncy cushions. Well on track to
:22:18. > :22:21.beat the record, I think. I think it could be well prepared. We could
:22:22. > :22:28.have 100 centuries which would be a remarkable feat. That was a super
:22:29. > :22:33.start for Ding Junhui. He looks very sharp. That game against Judd Trump
:22:34. > :22:38.will give him so much confidence. His positional play is so good. When
:22:39. > :22:43.he watches cue ball in and around the pink and black, there are not
:22:44. > :22:47.many players who are better. It is pinpoint every time. He made that
:22:48. > :22:55.break look so easy and it was top quality. Can he needed it- too? --
:22:56. > :23:26.make it yet- too? A shot like that, you have to play
:23:27. > :23:44.with side. Lost the cue ball. Would be playing
:23:45. > :24:25.the Lakmal. There might just be a gap between
:24:26. > :24:31.pink and blue. If there is and Mark can get to the left-hand side of the
:24:32. > :24:40.raids... He can. He will just have to play a containing safety. Ken
:24:41. > :24:45.mentioned before about common through against Judd Trump. A lot of
:24:46. > :24:54.credit from the match. He wasn't at his absolute best but it was an
:24:55. > :24:58.unorthodox game. He can attack you in ways other players don't. You
:24:59. > :25:05.have treatment in your own game, play the right shots and keep going.
:25:06. > :25:10.Another tremendous pot from Ding Junhui. It was a containing safety
:25:11. > :25:22.but the pretty played just notched one to make it available for the
:25:23. > :25:25.middle. It certainly wasn't easy. Just notched that read on.
:25:26. > :25:37.Nevertheless, take nothing away from the park. -- pot. Sometimes when we
:25:38. > :25:41.think about Ding Junhui in the wilderness, that is why he came to
:25:42. > :25:44.the qualifying stages, it wasn't that long ago when Judd Trump give
:25:45. > :25:51.him a good beating in this championship. To get past Judd and
:25:52. > :25:55.reversed that defeat would have given him confidence and he
:25:56. > :26:00.certainly looks now as if he is -- plane full of confidence. When he
:26:01. > :26:06.plays like this he is without doubt one of the best players in the world
:26:07. > :26:10.and he is now a major contender for the championship. There is no doubt
:26:11. > :26:18.about that in my mind. Just about made it for the black. Lovely just
:26:19. > :26:24.to see that cue ball slip past the red. He runs round the Anglesey. The
:26:25. > :26:35.red to the left. It should be available. As he hit it hard enough?
:26:36. > :26:42.That could be a very rare mistake. A big margin for error there. The only
:26:43. > :26:49.thing he couldn't the was low. Just look at those two grades. Could they
:26:50. > :26:57.be made into a plant? They are close enough together. He thinks he can
:26:58. > :27:03.just get through to the other one. I think there is a possibility of this
:27:04. > :27:07.plant. If he plays the police want he will have to play it with a load
:27:08. > :27:14.of side to flip it over but it is obviously not on. He doesn't think
:27:15. > :28:01.he can make the plant. He decided to play safe. He has played a good one.
:28:02. > :28:17.Couldn't get back to baulk Simpkins now advantage now. He needs to get
:28:18. > :28:24.out to the ball cushion. It is imperative he gets a good point.
:28:25. > :28:30.Well, fortunately for Mark, it has run safe. Bemused. Lucky not to
:28:31. > :29:04.leave it. Didn't attempt the pot there. If he
:29:05. > :29:08.hadn't been tight to the baulk cushion he could have played that in
:29:09. > :29:12.such a way he could have swung the cue ball round the back of the
:29:13. > :29:16.black. That is the advantage of getting it tight to the ball
:29:17. > :29:48.cushion. Mark Williams has failed to do that this time.
:29:49. > :29:56.Another attempt at the pot there. Contained the safety shot of me may
:29:57. > :30:04.have another couple coming up. Going on the right-hand side is not
:30:05. > :30:10.possible. Looks like there could be some safety coming up. He is
:30:11. > :30:16.checking to see if he leaves the cue ball. Right-hand side of the table,
:30:17. > :30:17.can he covered the red on the left, otherwise it would be an easy safety
:30:18. > :30:33.shot. Played that well. Had to miss the
:30:34. > :31:07.brown, he is calling the shots at the moment.
:31:08. > :31:14.That was the typical Mark Williams, the pot from nowhere, he could have
:31:15. > :31:22.picked that out and played it in such a way, how close was that? He
:31:23. > :31:34.would have been on the green if it had dropped in. Always been a
:31:35. > :31:35.feature, very clever player, always finds the shots with the other
:31:36. > :31:53.players do not see. Good safety at the moment from both
:31:54. > :32:00.players. There you go, safety success in the 90s. That is what you
:32:01. > :32:08.need, 90% or above. Same with the pot success. You have to have that
:32:09. > :32:15.high percentage. That is the problem that Mark Williams has had. That is
:32:16. > :32:22.the main reason he is five frames behind, 82%, well below what is
:32:23. > :32:28.required. He must be in a bit of trouble, it is not like him not to
:32:29. > :32:32.have an answer, aside from being a wonderful break-builder and player,
:32:33. > :32:38.he is very clever, knows how to get out of problems, but he is taking
:32:39. > :32:47.his time, it must be trouble. Looks like years playing the pot. -- looks
:32:48. > :32:51.like he is. I think he did play the pot and the only red he could leave
:32:52. > :33:14.was the one he was playing and that is the one he has left.
:33:15. > :33:23.Just offered by the blue, isn't it always the way, when you have a nice
:33:24. > :33:31.lead? Ding Junhui has missed this and once he has the double kiss,
:33:32. > :33:39.this red does go, watch out, the middle pocket! OK, managed to avoid
:33:40. > :33:44.it. For now you feel he has the perfect angle, he has got to go into
:33:45. > :33:54.them, there are a few reds, get into them. Surely he is on something. If
:33:55. > :33:56.he isn't, he is cursed because that was a good shot, well played, went
:33:57. > :34:20.where he wanted. Unlucky. Those are the wraps, unfortunately.
:34:21. > :34:25.It is an knowing game at times. Right, he wants to have them and
:34:26. > :34:29.unfortunately, he was not on one. That is the modern game, when you
:34:30. > :34:36.get the opportunity, you have to go into them, these cloth split nicely
:34:37. > :34:41.and if you get a red to carry on, you fancy winning the frame because
:34:42. > :34:47.she brought the reds into play. In the old days, you might have played
:34:48. > :34:52.for a couple of loose reds. Because they split open so easily, it
:34:53. > :35:01.encourages you to take the chance early on. Very unlucky. Hass to miss
:35:02. > :35:13.this red near the left-hand cushion if he is playing this. The other
:35:14. > :35:18.thing, going back a few years, are the balls, I remember playing with
:35:19. > :35:24.balls that you could not move. Everything is so reactive now. When
:35:25. > :35:28.we get these bounces, you question whether it is the table heaters,
:35:29. > :35:41.they have turned it down a notch or two.
:35:42. > :35:51.Where is the red going, towards the left middle? It has stopped short.
:35:52. > :35:56.It now Mark Williams has a problem. No wonder he tapped the table, very
:35:57. > :36:03.good, but Ding Junhui has been in charge all the way through and his
:36:04. > :36:10.cue ball has been very. I think that shows when a player is confident, he
:36:11. > :36:19.is prepared not to take on a risky shot and eventually the chance will
:36:20. > :36:24.come -- has been very good. Another clever little escape from Mark, up
:36:25. > :36:29.to the red in the middle, lined it up with the other one so he could
:36:30. > :36:34.not leave anything on. I think Ding Junhui can see the red on the
:36:35. > :37:02.right-hand side, chip off that into the baulk area.
:37:03. > :37:19.Well, half rescued by the yellow. This makes it awkward cueing for the
:37:20. > :37:26.reds on the left-hand side of the table. There is a path back to the
:37:27. > :37:32.ball, but he has to be careful. The blue and green in the middle of the
:37:33. > :37:41.table could block the straightforward path to the ball.
:37:42. > :37:45.Here is his view, if he could get not quite to the middle of the cue
:37:46. > :37:50.ball, but almost, it makes it that much easier. Hampered badly by the
:37:51. > :37:59.yellow, this would be a difficult shot to play. He is going to miss
:38:00. > :38:06.the blue and the reds on the side cushion and the green.
:38:07. > :38:14.Played it beautifully. What a good path he found there. Little bit
:38:15. > :38:38.short of pace, but good safety nevertheless.
:38:39. > :38:47.Do not know if he will settle for that or not but he did not get into
:38:48. > :38:52.the cue ball, that is for sure. He was not playing the pot, he was
:38:53. > :38:57.trying to screw of the two side cushions, but he has not done that.
:38:58. > :39:03.He has left a possible reds to the left corner, but if Ding Junhui
:39:04. > :39:05.decides to play at, he has to get it, no way this is a shot for
:39:06. > :39:27.nothing. This is an all out pot. In it went. Is he on a colour? Can
:39:28. > :39:33.he cut the black in? It is a thin one, that he can get through to it.
:39:34. > :39:46.-- but he can get through to it. Did not even look at any
:39:47. > :39:52.alternative. That is the actions of a confident man. It has been
:39:53. > :40:01.apparent since his first visit to the table that he is feeling good
:40:02. > :40:04.about his game. This is not straightforward, it would be if he
:40:05. > :40:14.could get to the red that is over the corner pocket. He is going to
:40:15. > :40:24.have to play the red one up, can he hold for the black? Good cueing.
:40:25. > :40:30.Just about held to it, good shot. Very easy to miss the pot, being a
:40:31. > :40:35.bit greedy but the pocket. Concentrated on knocking it in.
:40:36. > :40:44.Getting himself into the driving seat.
:40:45. > :40:53.Just looks in control of himself. His cueing and his break-building,
:40:54. > :41:01.looking as good as he has done in the tournament. Did not screw back
:41:02. > :41:09.far enough, but I do not know what sort of a potting angle he has got,
:41:10. > :41:15.Mark Williams has 88% and now he is down to 82% in this match, he is not
:41:16. > :41:20.producing the form he did. Wondering whether he will get back to the
:41:21. > :41:33.table. I think he will but can Ding Junhui bring those to reds into
:41:34. > :41:36.play? -- two. He can. How well did he play at? He knew he was getting
:41:37. > :41:38.the cannon and just enough to promote it into the middle pocket,
:41:39. > :42:02.lovely shot. 45 points, the lead, still 75
:42:03. > :42:10.remaining. This is you would save the last of the EEC reds, good
:42:11. > :42:19.position now required on the colour. -- easy. Not a straightforward run
:42:20. > :42:25.to the winning line. If he is going to play the blue and try to cannon
:42:26. > :42:35.in two the reds, he could do with hitting that one nearly full. That
:42:36. > :42:39.will do. Great shot, Ding Junhui. With any other cannon there, he was
:42:40. > :42:45.not guaranteed, he could not have hit that any better. He looked at
:42:46. > :42:46.the one along the cushion, that would not have been my choice. This
:42:47. > :43:05.is my choice. This black will put him 59 points in
:43:06. > :43:11.front with 59 remaining. A simple red needed. To get the two snooker
:43:12. > :43:33.is required. 67 ahead, 51 remaining, just the
:43:34. > :43:40.question now, can he make back-to-back centuries? There is
:43:41. > :43:48.answer, but I think Mark Williams would give a of concession. Mark
:43:49. > :43:56.Williams has not had a good start, it has all been Ding Junhui. Ding
:43:57. > :44:02.Junhui goes six frames ahead, 8-2. Fantastic stuff from Ding Junhui,
:44:03. > :44:08.let us drop into the other table and show you what is happening between
:44:09. > :44:12.Kyren Wilson and Mark Selby. Kyren Wilson has parted the pink to get
:44:13. > :44:27.the first frame of the E 's Ashton Agar evening session -- potted. --
:44:28. > :44:36.off the evening's session. Mark Williams looks a bit out of tune. I
:44:37. > :44:39.know that he had a split tape after his second-round match, maybe it is
:44:40. > :44:47.like trying to get used to it. It will not make much a different --
:44:48. > :44:52.difference, but his long potting and when you are trying to swing the
:44:53. > :44:58.ball and it does not catch quick enough and back can have a big
:44:59. > :45:02.effect on your game. You can see the evidence of his long pot and it is
:45:03. > :45:06.just not there and his safety has been slack and that is something he
:45:07. > :45:12.prides himself on and at the moment it is all Ding Junhui. He gave an
:45:13. > :45:15.interesting interview, he said he did not think he could win the
:45:16. > :45:20.tournament but he could do some damage, you wonder if he has reached
:45:21. > :45:25.that point. I do not think so. Sometimes when he says things like
:45:26. > :45:29.that, it is taking the pressure off. You have to believe you are in with
:45:30. > :45:34.a chance, particularly with so many of the top seed is out, everyone in
:45:35. > :45:38.the quarterfinals will say it could be my year and I am sure Mark
:45:39. > :45:43.Williams, no matter what he says, because we know what he is like, he
:45:44. > :45:55.must believe that he has a chance if he plays to the top of his game. He
:45:56. > :46:02.has to win the next one. As ever, interesting words from Chem. In one
:46:03. > :46:07.of my finals, a split tape in the semifinal and I had to play with a
:46:08. > :46:14.brand-new tip, I learnt my lesson, I could not pot a ball. I said I would
:46:15. > :46:19.keep some old tips with me. At least I knew I could play properly. When
:46:20. > :46:25.you have a new tip and they were so soft when you put them on, it was
:46:26. > :46:28.like hitting the ball with a pillow at the end of your cue. I did not do
:46:29. > :46:43.that again. That was a difficult shot. He went
:46:44. > :46:48.for it knowing it was going to leave an easy starter for Ding Junhui,
:46:49. > :46:56.that is very unlike Mark Williams. I say that, I thought that red went.
:46:57. > :47:00.He is not unlike Mark Williams, he did not take too risky a pot on. He
:47:01. > :47:04.played it in such a way that if you missed it, it did not leave
:47:05. > :47:13.anything. I should never have doubted him. The thing is about the
:47:14. > :47:17.cue, as we all know, it is not like golf where you have a different club
:47:18. > :47:22.for each particular shot, you have to play every shot with that same
:47:23. > :47:28.piece of equipment and your tip is not quite right, it will cause you
:47:29. > :47:35.problems with the delicate shots as they said in the studio and that is
:47:36. > :47:39.a careless one from Mark. I cannot believe he played that and he cannot
:47:40. > :47:44.believe it. We said how clever he was and he has basically given him a
:47:45. > :47:56.free shot which I do not expect him to miss. Very strange.
:47:57. > :48:03.He cannot quite believe that himself. The one thing you cannot
:48:04. > :48:11.afford to do is gift openings to your opponent.
:48:12. > :48:18.I think he was trying to hit the red, he did not want to hit the
:48:19. > :48:25.middle red, he wanted to leave one for the left corner and he hit it a
:48:26. > :48:26.fraction too hard. Now he is back in his seat wondering what it will cost
:48:27. > :48:34.him. I think that pink pots in the top
:48:35. > :49:17.pocket. That tells us that it does. Lovely little shop that was, looked
:49:18. > :49:24.like nothing, played an nice little cannon, put that red into a pottable
:49:25. > :49:25.position, it wasn't before the shot was played. Very subtle little shot
:49:26. > :49:54.that. Just looking, as he played that red,
:49:55. > :50:00.possible plant into the same corner pocket, a bit of distance between
:50:01. > :50:07.them, but it could be a plant or he could play at near the blue. He
:50:08. > :50:15.feels as though he got a bit of a bounce, but no harm done will stop
:50:16. > :50:25.but didn't half come off, it pinged off the cushion.
:50:26. > :50:35.These quarterfinal matches, same as the second round matches, best of
:50:36. > :50:40.25, Ding Junhui needs to get to 71, snookers required, so the first to
:50:41. > :50:44.13. This match is scheduled to finish tomorrow afternoon and the
:50:45. > :50:51.way things are going at the moment, it might not get there. The good
:50:52. > :51:00.thing for Ding Junhui on this break is the way the reds are positioned
:51:01. > :51:05.once he pots the red, those reds are right to be split open. The half
:51:06. > :51:10.ball. In you go again, it is all about the split and if this goes
:51:11. > :51:15.right, I can see the frame being over. Yes. You miss the pink angle
:51:16. > :51:29.into the reds on the right-hand side. Just about OK. Three hour mark
:51:30. > :51:39.of this match. Ten frames into the 11 frames, it has been quickfire
:51:40. > :51:44.potting in the main. They are really starting to hit the back of the
:51:45. > :51:49.pocket solid. That shot could be missed. I know it looks easy on your
:51:50. > :51:58.screen but it is not going them, it is going in on the middle stitching.
:51:59. > :52:06.-- going in. He has -- he is doing that beautifully. He was not 100%
:52:07. > :52:11.this morning, he needed a couple of chances per frame but not so this
:52:12. > :52:17.evening, he is playing good safety and when he gets the opportunities,
:52:18. > :52:21.he does not have like missing. That is a potent combination and when you
:52:22. > :52:29.are his opponent sat in your chair, every time he gets in, you fear the
:52:30. > :52:54.worst. Nothing you can do when you are sat in that seat.
:52:55. > :53:01.Just overrun that slightly, looking for an -- at red and colour for this
:53:02. > :53:25.important session. Overstretching, but just found the
:53:26. > :53:28.pocket and it is black now to go 72 points in front. He nearly missed
:53:29. > :53:54.it. Just used the jaw to drop it in. Another beautiful cannon again.
:53:55. > :54:00.Everything is easy at the minute. Look at that for a cannon. I will be
:54:01. > :54:05.honest, I remember when he was really playing well when he won the
:54:06. > :54:11.UK one year and he played some lovely little cannons and I have to
:54:12. > :54:15.be honest, I had not thought of, but he has such good cue ball control
:54:16. > :54:22.and he has been in the wilderness, that is why he had to qualify for
:54:23. > :54:27.this year's World Championship. It would be ironic if he was working
:54:28. > :54:31.with Terry Griffiths, that he had to qualify for the World Championship
:54:32. > :54:41.and Terry qualified in 1979 and went on to win. Yes, for the first time.
:54:42. > :54:51.This is the Ding Junhui that we used to see tournament after tournament.
:54:52. > :54:56.Another feature with him, just extolling his virtues, he is a very
:54:57. > :55:02.good front runner. All the top players are. Am players let players
:55:03. > :55:08.off the hook. You do get it, some of them do not put the boot in. He is a
:55:09. > :55:15.multiple winner. This is black for the century. He has missed it. That
:55:16. > :55:20.is a shame. It looked like it was going to be two out of three
:55:21. > :55:27.centuries, but he kept Mark Williams in his seat and very worrying times
:55:28. > :55:33.for the Welshman, Ding Junhui now seven frames clear, 9-2 and just
:55:34. > :55:42.needs four more for a place in the semi-finals. And we were watching
:55:43. > :55:46.that frame and he had played a red in the middle, Mark Williams, had
:55:47. > :55:51.not left anything and Ding Junhui brought him back to the top cushion
:55:52. > :55:55.and all of a sudden he plays this shot and gives him the frame. We
:55:56. > :56:00.were saying how clever he was and he has to roll onto the red, Flickr off
:56:01. > :56:04.the side and as soon as he played it, he thought what have I left him
:56:05. > :56:14.that for. The wading John Wii is playing, he knew it was going into
:56:15. > :56:16.the corner. -- the way Ding Junhui. Can he find a way to get something
:56:17. > :56:31.going, that is the question. They say every journey starts with
:56:32. > :56:47.one step. There is a mid session interval after this frame, can he
:56:48. > :56:51.take it? Another example, I have been talking about, when you have a
:56:52. > :56:58.new tip on and you are trying to play shots, another example there of
:56:59. > :57:06.not good contact from Mark Williams, far too thin.
:57:07. > :57:14.There is the difference, look at the cue ball on the Ding Junhui,
:57:15. > :57:20.perfect. That has been the difference. The consistency of
:57:21. > :58:07.getting that cue ball near the ball cushion.
:58:08. > :58:14.This is excellent stuff from Ding Junhui, his last ranking title
:58:15. > :58:19.winner was the 2014 German Masters, he has won 11 ranking titles, will
:58:20. > :58:24.he win it this year? If you want to carry on watching the match it is
:58:25. > :58:31.available on connected televisions and the BBC Sport app. We are back
:58:32. > :58:36.to round up all the action from the Crucible Theatre at 11:15 p.m.. We
:58:37. > :58:39.will see you soon.