:00:30. > :00:37.Five time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been knocked out of
:00:38. > :00:40.the 2017 Bet Fred World Snooker Championship losing 13-10 to Ding
:00:41. > :00:45.Junhui in the quarterfinal, the Rocket scored a tournament high
:00:46. > :00:50.break of 146 but he is going home A terrible result. I enjoyed myself, I
:00:51. > :00:56.had a fantastic time out there. It has come to an end a bit early but
:00:57. > :01:01.it has been a good holiday. The best win for my career is the
:01:02. > :01:12.second time I met him, in the World Championship, and this time I win,
:01:13. > :01:18.and also played snooker what I want. 2007 in the master, ten years on and
:01:19. > :01:22.now instead of me beating him it is him beating me. It is nice he has
:01:23. > :01:26.come through that period and he is a different player, he is still young,
:01:27. > :01:34.in his 30s, he is is a great lad and great for the game.
:01:35. > :01:38.What a lovely moment that was. Good evening, welcome back to The
:01:39. > :01:41.Crucible. Ding Junhui, congratulations through to the
:01:42. > :01:45.semifinals. The Rocket is out. Ding will play the man who beat him, in
:01:46. > :01:51.last year's final, Mark Selby, he was due to be playing his third and
:01:52. > :01:52.final session on this very table, but beat Marco Fu inside two
:01:53. > :02:05.sessions. The second session of Marco Fu
:02:06. > :02:20.versus Mark Selby, quite clearly Marco Fu has to win this session.
:02:21. > :02:44.Just about to the inch. He has opened a five frame gap at 7-2.
:02:45. > :02:49.Never in doubt. Very good. It looks like it is going to be a total
:02:50. > :02:59.clearance. Awesome display, he leads Marco Fu
:03:00. > :03:10.10-2. Magnificent.
:03:11. > :03:15.So, is this going to be two total clearances, back-to-back, from Mark
:03:16. > :03:23.Selby? Is it there? Brilliant. Magnificent
:03:24. > :03:31.139, highest break of the tournament so far, and it takes him into an
:03:32. > :03:40.11-2 lead. Brilliant. Off the cushion, what a
:03:41. > :03:50.shot this will be. Oh, stop it! It! Magnificent. That
:03:51. > :03:54.is one of the best century breaks I've ever seen. Highest break of the
:03:55. > :04:10.Championship thus far, 143. What a tremendous performance from
:04:11. > :04:16.Mark Selby, a standing ovation from this packed Crucible crowd. Mark
:04:17. > :04:22.Selby goes into the semifinal a 13-3 victor. That is the first time I
:04:23. > :04:26.have won, knowing I am getting taken off and there is another session
:04:27. > :04:32.going on. Really happy, the best match I have played for a long
:04:33. > :04:36.while, consistent scoring wise. I felt I played well, felt as though I
:04:37. > :04:41.controlled the game. I could have come out 5-3 and I would have been
:04:42. > :04:45.disappointed but to get out 6-2 was huge and just to continue that
:04:46. > :04:51.momentum today. So this is how we are lining up for the semifinals.
:04:52. > :04:53.Mark Selby will take on Ding Junhui, and John Higgins, the four time
:04:54. > :04:57.world champion eased into his semifinal, he will play the winner
:04:58. > :05:01.of Barry Hawkins against Stephen Maguire, which resumes shortly, live
:05:02. > :05:05.here on BBC Two. Talking about the defending champion
:05:06. > :05:09.Mark Selby, a former world champion is alongside me Peter Ebdon. Let us
:05:10. > :05:14.start with Mark Selby. Magnificent snooker from him today.
:05:15. > :05:19.It is incredible, how he has been able to beat somebody of the class
:05:20. > :05:23.of Marco Fu, so comprehensively, just incredible, really, you feel he
:05:24. > :05:27.is going to get stronger. Do you think those two exhausting matches
:05:28. > :05:33.Marco had were a reason for perhaps his inability to put up a fight? I
:05:34. > :05:37.think Marco would say no, I think it was just down to Mark Selby's class,
:05:38. > :05:41.and he is such a tough player to beat, and you know, there is a good
:05:42. > :05:46.reason he has been number one for such a long time. Ronnie is going
:05:47. > :05:50.hope, your view? He did well, I I was impressed with the century he
:05:51. > :05:55.made in the final frame of the last session, Ding was too strong for him
:05:56. > :05:59.today, Ding showed incredible character to make the frame-winning
:06:00. > :06:03.clearance, after Ronnie cleared up in the previous frame. The game,
:06:04. > :06:08.Ronnie an outstanding champion, to do what he did and what he does
:06:09. > :06:12.under pressure, is just incredible. That is a good point, because too
:06:13. > :06:15.often we focus on Ronnie O'Sullivan, we should say congratulations, a
:06:16. > :06:20.brilliant performance from Ding Junhui? Yes, this is a young man I
:06:21. > :06:24.first saw when he was 15, come toing the UK, and I knew he was going to
:06:25. > :06:28.be an outstanding champion, I was defending world champion that year
:06:29. > :06:31.and I couldn't get near him in practise, I knew he was going to be
:06:32. > :06:36.something special. Thank you very much. We are about to get under way
:06:37. > :06:41.on BBC Two, let us say good evening to Rob Walker: Thank you. Good
:06:42. > :06:46.evening ladies and gentlemen. I it has been a day of huge drama and now
:06:47. > :06:51.there is just one more place left in the semifinals of this year's Bet
:06:52. > :06:54.Fred World Snooker Championship, two heavyweights have been slugging it
:06:55. > :06:57.out all afternoon and they are waiting backstage, ready to go
:06:58. > :07:15.again. APPLAUSE
:07:16. > :07:23.Please welcome a player who has bounced back brilliantly from 5-1
:07:24. > :07:26.down in this match, one of the most aggressive break-builders in the
:07:27. > :07:30.modern game. Bidding for his first Crucible semifinal in five year,
:07:31. > :07:34.five times a ranking event winner, when he is on good, he is on fire,
:07:35. > :07:52.it's Stephen Maguire. APPLAUSE
:07:53. > :07:56.And his opponent, bidding for his fourth Crucible semifinal in the
:07:57. > :08:01.last five years, he is now a player right at home, here on the sports
:08:02. > :08:07.biggest stage of all. Runner-up in 13, winner of three ranking eevent
:08:08. > :08:22.titles in all. They call him the Hawk, Barry Hawkins.
:08:23. > :08:27.APPLAUSE Vent titles in all. They call
:08:28. > :08:33.So the players are in. Barry Hawkins, versus Stephen Maguire. The
:08:34. > :08:34.prize is huge, it is a semifinal spot, good evening Steve Davis and
:08:35. > :08:49.Willie Thorne. The performance this afternoon was
:08:50. > :08:54.superb. One of these two player, the chance to get to the semifinal, will
:08:55. > :08:59.we have a third wonderful match? We have already had two today. Stephen
:09:00. > :09:07.Maguire breaks off, trailing by 9 frames to seven.
:09:08. > :09:17.And Steve Davis, what do you think about this match so far? Well, I
:09:18. > :09:23.think an excellent performance from Stephen Maguire, to get back to a
:09:24. > :09:31.respectable score after being 5-1 behind. I think he is still, with
:09:32. > :09:42.his tail up in this match. Early chance for him as well.
:09:43. > :09:45.Yes even though Barry Hawkins is leading 9-7, he he hasn't been
:09:46. > :09:51.closing the games out in one visit in the latter part of the afternoon
:09:52. > :09:53.session. No big breaks from either two players in the early part of the
:09:54. > :10:09.session. The first chance falls to Stephen
:10:10. > :10:12.Maguire. Of course Stephen Maguire a
:10:13. > :10:19.qualifier this year, at The Crucible.
:10:20. > :10:37.This is his sixth match in this campaign.
:10:38. > :10:41.That's an excellent shot he's played there.
:10:42. > :11:01.Didn't have too much room to work with.
:11:02. > :11:09.Overscrewed that. Digging down now in this shot, makes
:11:10. > :11:13.it missable. Got to trust a bit to luck with this
:11:14. > :11:25.one, perhaps he can play it with top-spin.
:11:26. > :11:31.Might flick past the pink though. It has worked out quite nicely. If
:11:32. > :11:34.he had got a flick on the pink he could have ended up in no-man's
:11:35. > :11:42.land, but the problem with playing these two reds he has choices of, it
:11:43. > :11:49.is not easy to guarantee the next colour. Helps if the black goes into
:11:50. > :11:53.the left conner though. Yes, he is just off straight on that particular
:11:54. > :11:57.red and he can flick the black into play, it might go either obviously
:11:58. > :12:00.on his own spot or very close to the red. That is why he is reluctant to
:12:01. > :12:14.play it. That shot tells me the black ball
:12:15. > :12:20.obviously pots, any way. Took a bit of time before he played
:12:21. > :12:25.that shot. Obviously knew the black went. He considered other reds
:12:26. > :12:30.though. Good chance here. I think it is only. -- on. To open the three
:12:31. > :12:32.reds up. Push two of them away and he would
:12:33. > :12:54.be on the third. That good shot. I think he has a
:12:55. > :12:59.good angle as well, to play the cannon on to the red, next to the
:13:00. > :13:02.black and that will make the black available into both corners. Didn't
:13:03. > :13:07.look like a possible frame-winning chance until that particular shot.
:13:08. > :13:09.He is hampered. I think to some degree he overscrewed that shot but
:13:10. > :13:20.got away with it. This isn't certain, I don't know
:13:21. > :13:32.exactly how this is going to resolve itself. This could go wrong. You can
:13:33. > :13:37.see he is trying to dig deep there, to get that cannon. Got to be very
:13:38. > :13:40.careful tot -- not to touch the other red.
:13:41. > :13:54.Very well done. Still, it is quite close to the
:13:55. > :13:57.black and the potting angle is quite a cut back. Judgment shot required
:13:58. > :14:32.here. They do go off the far jaw, that was
:14:33. > :14:36.quite high. Looks like he is going to cannon
:14:37. > :14:38.into the black. So there is plenty to do with the cue ball here to get
:14:39. > :14:57.position. Needs a good kiss, he would have the
:14:58. > :14:59.pink into the green pocket. If it is got a slight angle it will be tough
:15:00. > :15:08.to pot it. Close to the pink. Having a slight
:15:09. > :15:13.angle makes a shot easier in one respect. It is less of a problem for
:15:14. > :15:17.the double hit, but getting the exact judgment right, no side spin
:15:18. > :15:28.on the cue ball is the problem. Flick to it that left jaw, it has
:15:29. > :15:33.just about gone in. Yes, very nice. You see the slight nap just curling
:15:34. > :15:37.the ball twands the centre of the pocket.
:15:38. > :15:48.Doesn't curve much any more. Not much nap left on these cloths. Great
:15:49. > :16:19.opportunity. And an opportunity you would expect him to take.
:16:20. > :16:24.He sopped in his tracks a moment there, I thought he was going to be
:16:25. > :16:28.hampered but he is nicely on the red. And barring accidents Stephen
:16:29. > :18:10.Maguire should win this opening frame now.
:18:11. > :18:26.The black is frame ball. And then he can start considering
:18:27. > :18:31.the possibility of making a century. He still has the red in the middle
:18:32. > :18:36.but he is expecting the visit on the two reds in the corner.
:18:37. > :18:48.The break goes to 71. Possibly 138 with blacks but he will
:18:49. > :18:51.be playing for the blue this time. Barry Hawkins sitting there, really
:18:52. > :19:01.just waiting for the next frame to unfold.
:19:02. > :19:05.I love the Stephen Maguire's preshot routine. Obviously slightly
:19:06. > :19:10.different now he is over the line on this frame. The big shots, he stands
:19:11. > :19:14.back and attacks the ball as he approaches in, he walks forward and
:19:15. > :19:34.attacked the shot. Very positive. Stephen Maguire has only made one
:19:35. > :19:41.century so far in this tournament. This could be his second. Second.
:19:42. > :19:48.His highest break is 86 so far, this will be the highest break in the
:19:49. > :20:06.match. Played these really nicely.
:20:07. > :20:31.A 135 break. In years gone by it might have been enough to win the
:20:32. > :20:38.highest break of the event, there is not much room for manoeuvre in
:20:39. > :20:45.getting the highest break this year. 146 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
:20:46. > :20:53.Very unusual to get five total clearances in one day, but Stephen
:20:54. > :20:56.Maguire clears up, that is what is going to happen, Selby made two in
:20:57. > :21:00.the morning. Ronnie O'Sullivan made that 146 in the afternoon.
:21:01. > :21:02.Every chance here Stephen Maguire is going to make a total clearance in
:21:03. > :21:26.the opening frame of the evening. Some people think the standard is
:21:27. > :21:35.not getting better! What a fantastic break from Stephen Maguire. Second
:21:36. > :21:39.century. Stephen Maguire now still trails 9-8. JASON MOHAMMAD:
:21:40. > :21:42.Something about the way Stephen Maguire looks this evening, he means
:21:43. > :21:48.business, that is what he has done to the century board. 61. 86
:21:49. > :21:53.record-breaking year, 2016 equalling the record set in 2015.
:21:54. > :21:55.Peter Ebdon, there is something about the way Stephen Maguire is
:21:56. > :21:59.looking, he is sup for it tonight? That was a magnificent break, he
:22:00. > :22:03.potted a really difficult pink into the green pocket when the cue ball
:22:04. > :22:08.was close to the pink and went on to make a wonderful break. You maybe
:22:09. > :22:13.able to see that the chaps are fitting new cloth tons the practice
:22:14. > :22:18.tables, that is because we are going down the one table set up. The
:22:19. > :22:22.significance of that if you are a semifinalist? Playing on the one
:22:23. > :22:26.table in this arena, it's a completely different ball game, it
:22:27. > :22:29.goes from being a small and tight atmosphere, to having the whole
:22:30. > :22:33.auditorium to myself. It is magical to reach the semifinal of the World
:22:34. > :22:36.Championship and the cloths make a massive difference. Is What does it
:22:37. > :22:40.mean for the players in terms of the cloth? When you are playing with
:22:41. > :22:44.side and pace, the cue ball will throw off more, so don't be
:22:45. > :22:48.surprised to see players hit a few shots thick until they readjust to
:22:49. > :22:52.the cloth. It mean has the pockets will play slightly, just
:22:53. > :22:56.fractionally bigger. Right. OK. Thank you. The chaps here are busy
:22:57. > :22:59.reclothing and we have stopped them. You can get back to work lads, thank
:23:00. > :23:21.you very much. Thank you, baulk to break. Barry
:23:22. > :23:29.Hawkins, one frame in front now. Had his nose in front for a period
:23:30. > :23:34.of time of this match. This level it doesn't matter much. As far as he is
:23:35. > :23:38.concerned. Just played the balls in front of you. Don't look at the
:23:39. > :24:05.Scottish. -- score board.
:24:06. > :24:11.Perhaps surprised Stephen Maguire played that one. Knowing he would
:24:12. > :24:17.leave the red in the middle. He was feeling very very confident.
:24:18. > :24:21.Certainly didn't feel like he delivered the cue in a straight line
:24:22. > :24:27.there. Looks like Barry Hawkins has got a
:24:28. > :24:29.red he can pot into the left corner and get the cue ball out to the blue
:24:30. > :24:42.or pink. Thought there was one that went
:24:43. > :24:50.other than that, perhaps there was but guaranteed plant.
:24:51. > :24:52.Barry Hawkins, in his eyes any way. It has not fallen perfectly on the
:24:53. > :25:17.baulk colour. If that doesn't give Stephen Maguire
:25:18. > :25:22.a built of confidence nothing will. A relatively straightforward brown
:25:23. > :25:26.you wouldn't have expected Barry Hawkins to miss. He has had four
:25:27. > :25:31.semifinals in the last five years has Barry Hawkins.
:25:32. > :25:35.Very consistent, loves The Crucible. If he misses many more like that, he
:25:36. > :25:59.won't be getting into another semi. What Peter Ebdon was talking about,
:26:00. > :26:02.if the cloth had been brand-new, I mean absolutely brand-new, is the
:26:03. > :26:18.possibility that brown would have just slid in the pocket, but even a
:26:19. > :26:24.couple of days, makes a difference. Until he gets the black in play, he
:26:25. > :26:36.can only work on the pink and blue at the moment.
:26:37. > :26:46.I think the black does pot, Willie, to the left corner, if he is not too
:26:47. > :26:52.high on it, the pink in the middle. If he were to get the right angle,
:26:53. > :26:57.he could open things up. We can clearly see it does, so he may be
:26:58. > :27:02.playing round the back of the black now.
:27:03. > :27:13.Use that to slow up. He could play the cannon into the red to the right
:27:14. > :27:20.of the black. There he has the perfect angle do just that.
:27:21. > :27:25.He may be able to move the second red away to make the path, to the
:27:26. > :27:33.one to the left of the black pot easy. Flicking that red away.
:27:34. > :27:45.That surprises me. Didn't play that shot at all well.
:27:46. > :27:54.Not too sure what was on his mind there, surely he expected to hit
:27:55. > :27:58.that first red. Certainly would like to have it
:27:59. > :28:02.again that one. I think his the red goes past the blue into the green
:28:03. > :28:28.pocket, but he could play a semi shot to nothing I suppose.
:28:29. > :28:34.That shows you how tough those pockets are. That caught the left
:28:35. > :28:39.hand jaw, never looked like going in.
:28:40. > :28:44.We have seen some go in, off the top jaw, this one just spit it straight
:28:45. > :28:48.out. Barry Hawkins having missed the very
:28:49. > :28:50.easy brown, a couple of shots ago, has now been given a lifeline. Comes
:28:51. > :29:38.to the table only 13 points behind. He will just push those two reds
:29:39. > :29:40.above the black, which Stephen Maguire tried to do, I'm sure, at
:29:41. > :30:15.his last visit. Oh, you saw a lot of movement there
:30:16. > :30:21.as he lent into that shot. I think we will not get the chance to see
:30:22. > :30:22.exactly the body movement there but he kind of lead into that one and he
:30:23. > :30:53.didn't fancy it at all. Amazing enough, that was a very,
:30:54. > :31:04.very easy black and it was the first black he has missed in this match.
:31:05. > :31:05.Until then he has parted 35 out of 35 and he missed a very easy brown
:31:06. > :31:07.at the black was just as easily. Obviously the brown was begging to
:31:08. > :31:07.be potted over the other pocket but too hard to get position so a much
:31:08. > :31:17.more positive shot here from Stephen Maguire.
:31:18. > :31:22.It is funny, with that brown over the pocket and choosing not to play
:31:23. > :31:35.it it puts a bit more pressure on potting the pink, bizarrely.
:31:36. > :31:41.There is certainly some value in a screwing back support the blue and
:31:42. > :31:48.trying to open up the pack here, especially as the black is tied up.
:31:49. > :31:55.He has got a couple of... Well, one red more to choose. He is looking
:31:56. > :31:58.along the line to see if he can develop another red from this black,
:31:59. > :32:04.so not necessarily going into the meat of the pack, he is too straight
:32:05. > :32:09.for that, perhaps getting the outside red, the wing red that is
:32:10. > :32:17.poking out. A bit risky though, this way. And there is the risk. I think
:32:18. > :32:26.that was not really the right way to go about things. Yes, he can
:32:27. > :32:29.presumably played to hit the left-hand side of that red and not
:32:30. > :32:33.the right-hand side that meant he would have been pushing the red
:32:34. > :32:38.towards the corner. But that was tough to guarantee. Yes I would've
:32:39. > :32:41.played into the pit. The bit straight for that but he could have
:32:42. > :32:44.played into the loose red the first and then try to get on a better
:32:45. > :32:48.position for the blue but certainly hitting the right-hand side of the
:32:49. > :32:51.red was asking for trouble. The fact that the brownies over the pocket he
:32:52. > :32:57.doesn't have to do too much with the cue ball here, the pot is difficult
:32:58. > :33:00.enough. That is an excellent pot. Made a little bit easier with the
:33:01. > :33:04.fact he didn't have to do anything with the cue ball, if he had to play
:33:05. > :33:13.out for the pink or the blue than it would have been a really tough red.
:33:14. > :33:21.He certainly seems to be cueing the better of the two this evening. He
:33:22. > :33:24.was 5-1 behind in this match and really struggling, but more
:33:25. > :33:26.important to start playing well at the end of the match, as opposed to
:33:27. > :33:46.the start. He was playing for the loose red at
:33:47. > :33:57.the back of the pack there, he wasn't playing to go into them. Just
:33:58. > :33:59.passing the six-hour mark for this match, it is the third and final
:34:00. > :34:09.session. He hit that a little bit harder than
:34:10. > :34:25.perhaps he needed to. Stephen Maguire, 18. It was very thin cut,
:34:26. > :34:27.that he has left Barry Hawkins. An easy safety shot, although he
:34:28. > :34:36.wouldn't be putting his opponent in any trouble. At this level you don't
:34:37. > :34:43.get many chances, so you have to take some risky ones. He could play
:34:44. > :34:51.it and try and hold for the blue, off two cushions, by putting backs
:34:52. > :34:54.in on. -- back spin on. But the red ghost the corner pocket pretty
:34:55. > :35:12.slowly and if he misses it will stay there.
:35:13. > :35:17.He wouldn't be leaving the red on its own by the black spot. If you
:35:18. > :35:21.played it plain-ball he would be coming down for the pink or the blue
:35:22. > :35:24.lighting would have left that red but the way he played it it is a
:35:25. > :35:29.shot to nothing. He got a bit too much screw on in some respects.
:35:30. > :35:41.Perhaps a semi-stunned shot would have kept one side of the table.
:35:42. > :35:47.He hit that so well, he just got a little bit too much into the cue
:35:48. > :35:50.ball. I thought when he struck it he would be perfect on the red into the
:35:51. > :35:55.black but he just got onto it too much. The black will be coming out
:35:56. > :36:08.here, so a good safety shot required. Barry Hawkins, three.
:36:09. > :36:11.Barry Hawkins is usually a very good safety play but that was a poor one
:36:12. > :36:12.thing. It was a big target to get behind the yellow and brown and
:36:13. > :36:45.green. A lot better safety. Barry Hawkins
:36:46. > :36:49.can see the red on the black push their -- back cushion there, but
:36:50. > :37:02.very tough to get safe, especially if he tries to play thin. So easy to
:37:03. > :37:14.fit -- hit the spec. -- hit these thick. If it is slightly thick...
:37:15. > :37:19.Stephen can play this, he doesn't have to hard -- play this hard, he
:37:20. > :37:23.can hold for the blue and he knows nothing pots on the right-hand
:37:24. > :37:29.corner. He can cover the red with the black if he plays it slow.
:37:30. > :37:55.Playing at a nice pace. That could be a frame-winner.
:37:56. > :38:08.Six. He is showing signs in the last couple of years of getting back to
:38:09. > :38:14.winning ways. Getting to the final stages of the World Championship,
:38:15. > :38:16.into one-table set-up would be an excellent performance by Stephen
:38:17. > :38:28.Maguire, regardless of anything else. You have got to be careful
:38:29. > :38:34.with this blue. You've got to get the line right on the side spin
:38:35. > :38:43.right. He didn't get the line right. Just about got away with it. It
:38:44. > :39:01.flirted a bit too much with that middle pocket but it ended up OK.
:39:02. > :39:05.13. From 5-1 behind Stephen Maguire levelled at 6-6 and this is a chance
:39:06. > :39:12.to level again for a second time in the match at 9-9. Of course, if he
:39:13. > :39:17.does go on to win this championship he will be only one of the third
:39:18. > :39:39.qualifier is ever to do it. Shaun Murphy in 2006 was the last.
:39:40. > :39:57.26. Yes, I'm not absolutely sure back in the 80s have a qualifying
:39:58. > :40:02.system worked. Joe Johnson maybe. Even tougher for a qualifier now to
:40:03. > :40:04.come through. They have to play three rounds before they get to the
:40:05. > :40:24.Crucible. Stephen Maguire, 33. That is enough
:40:25. > :40:29.Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire levels at nine apiece. Maguire has
:40:30. > :40:35.beaten Barry Hawkins on 11 occasions. Is he about to do it on
:40:36. > :40:39.the biggest stage of all? He is certainly showing that. He certainly
:40:40. > :40:44.has the momentum and he is looking sharper. Wanted to pick up from that
:40:45. > :40:48.frame? They both made mistakes but this safety shot that Stephen
:40:49. > :40:53.Maguire played was real class. He was very unfortunate not to leave
:40:54. > :40:56.the snooker but it created an opportunity because Barry Hawkins
:40:57. > :41:02.made a mistake from this so that was a top-class safety shot. Wonder -- I
:41:03. > :41:08.wonder if Barry will be kicking himself for allowing Stephen Maguire
:41:09. > :41:11.back into the match. It can happen at the Crucible because there was a
:41:12. > :41:13.lot of pressure out there by having a commanding lead early in the match
:41:14. > :41:18.and looking very comfortable when Stephen Maguire was all at sea, the
:41:19. > :41:21.momentum has certainly changed. It is very much with Stephen Maguire
:41:22. > :41:27.now and he is looking very strong and attacking. Barry has a very
:41:28. > :41:31.tough agenda here now. If you want to get in touch with us and comment
:41:32. > :41:37.about what you are seeing, any questions for Peter Epperson, then
:41:38. > :41:41.get in touch with us. We have about 20 minutes left on BBC Two and then
:41:42. > :41:47.we switched to the red button and the apt and the BBC sport website
:41:48. > :41:51.that was a good point from Peter there when he was talking that
:41:52. > :42:03.Stephen Maguire being all at sea when after nine frames he had only
:42:04. > :42:06.made one break over 50. A delighted Stephen Maguire get in the 19th
:42:07. > :42:16.frame under way. Can he win the remaining two frames in this
:42:17. > :42:24.mini-session? Barry Hawkins really needs to one -- ring -- win one of
:42:25. > :42:29.these frames otherwise he will feel he is behind the 8-ball, as it were.
:42:30. > :42:30.He is really struggling this evening. He has missed an easy black
:42:31. > :42:46.and an easy brown. There is always something that
:42:47. > :42:49.changes matches. Could that be a turning point? He missed it by a
:42:50. > :42:54.long way. When you consider the cue ball is supposed to be near the
:42:55. > :43:01.baulk line, you can just see how far and how badly he gets it. Every time
:43:02. > :43:04.you play a shot like that and the city puts a certain amount of spin
:43:05. > :43:07.on the red ball and it is always likely to go back against the line
:43:08. > :43:12.of the condition. The player sitting in the chair will sort of thing,
:43:13. > :43:31.don't, not that one. Sometimes you think it is not fair
:43:32. > :43:34.because Stephen Maguire has done all the hard work in the opening two
:43:35. > :43:38.frames to take the man seen Barry Hawkins with those two easy shots we
:43:39. > :43:41.have already talked about and then all of a sudden he has been gifted
:43:42. > :43:44.an opportunity through good fortune rather than a good shot. He will be
:43:45. > :44:18.seething. The red closest to the pack could be
:44:19. > :44:27.used to open the pack up a bit. Certainly blocking using the black
:44:28. > :44:31.bit at the moment. If you get low on the road you can pat it, glance
:44:32. > :44:56.across the pack and nudge a few out. He has left it low as you suggested.
:44:57. > :44:59.It is one of those where he will have to stand it to make the cannon
:45:00. > :45:06.on the edge of the back and then he will need a stun run-through so it
:45:07. > :45:15.breaks away from the pack. Screw it back across the face of it. He has
:45:16. > :45:19.judged that pretty well every one of these balls that Barry Hawkins will
:45:20. > :45:22.be porting will be hurting Stephen Maguire, knowing that it came off
:45:23. > :45:36.that amazing fluke with the first red. From Barry Hawkins perspective
:45:37. > :45:38.he won't be feeling absolutely marvellous so all of these are
:45:39. > :46:16.effectively helping him to recuperate three more loose reds and
:46:17. > :46:27.that will put about 60 points ahead so he will have to go into that
:46:28. > :46:32.cluster of reds at some stage. Of course, Barry Hawkins will know how
:46:33. > :46:36.much this is hurting Stephen Maguire and that is probably what has given
:46:37. > :46:42.him a little bit of a boost. He was not feeling good at all in the
:46:43. > :46:46.opening two frames. He may just click a couple of reds into play
:46:47. > :46:51.here and glanced off them. He can play for the blue quite easily but
:46:52. > :46:55.if he flicks another couple of reds into play at each go for a blue or
:46:56. > :46:56.baulk colour then that makes things a little bit easier at this end the
:46:57. > :47:14.table. It is amazing how different people
:47:15. > :47:20.break-builder differently. He is going to have to leave an angle on
:47:21. > :47:31.this blue to get on the red and at an angle to flick a couple of reds
:47:32. > :47:35.out. Just come a fraction too far but he is OK and he can play a stun
:47:36. > :47:44.run-through on the pink or the black. It is all about this Canada.
:47:45. > :47:52.This could be a frame-winner, this shot. It looks like it may well be.
:47:53. > :47:57.-- it is all about this Canada. He could have caught the red a bit
:47:58. > :48:07.thicker and slowed the white down but... It is one of those if he pops
:48:08. > :48:10.the black plain-ball and thinks he can kiss the ball on the left-hand
:48:11. > :48:15.side that he can play that if he doesn't catch it full ball he might
:48:16. > :48:42.not be on a red. There it is. The full ball. 66.
:48:43. > :48:51.It can be a cruel game sometimes and this frame is certainly cruel for
:48:52. > :48:52.Stephen Maguire. What a time to get a fluke when you haven't potted a
:48:53. > :49:22.ball for two frames! The thing about this, Willie, if
:49:23. > :49:25.Barry Hawkins was totally reeling, even the fluke is not good enough
:49:26. > :49:34.because then he messes the positional play up so this is an
:49:35. > :49:37.excellent effort because, no, obviously he didn't play the flute,
:49:38. > :49:45.he just had to respond to the situation. But he has plenty of
:49:46. > :49:51.experience here at the Crucible so he has the significance -- he knows
:49:52. > :49:56.the significance of trying to hurt his opponent. We could have six
:49:57. > :49:58.total clearance is one game -- day 's play at the Crucible today. The
:49:59. > :50:21.standard today has been ridiculous. 84. Similar to Stephen Maguire,
:50:22. > :50:30.Barry Hawkins until this point had only had one century so far in the
:50:31. > :50:32.tournament. This is the first time he has had to play a difficult
:50:33. > :50:51.break. It is amazing with the pressure of
:50:52. > :50:53.what a difference it makes. He has had to work hard for this break,
:50:54. > :51:29.hasn't he? We have had three frames are so far
:51:30. > :51:35.this evening and this could be the second clearance. A fabulous start
:51:36. > :51:46.from Barry Hawkins, although he did start with that amazing fluke. The
:51:47. > :51:55.rest has been played to perfection. 104.
:51:56. > :52:20.You have to take your hat off to Barry Hawkins, he couldn't pot a
:52:21. > :52:24.ball in the opening two frames that he has just produced a total
:52:25. > :52:28.clearance in the third frame of this match. Stephen Maguire will be a bit
:52:29. > :52:34.aggrieved but Barry Hawkins once again lead by 10-9. To get into the
:52:35. > :52:38.semifinal or final of any major championship in any sport you need
:52:39. > :52:43.skill, but you also need a little bit of luck and Barry certainly got
:52:44. > :52:46.that. He certainly did. This was absolutely incredible. Got through
:52:47. > :52:50.this a little bit quickly on the right-hand side he is playing it
:52:51. > :52:54.with. You can see he hit it they can for the reds to go in at that pace
:52:55. > :53:04.was absolutely unbelievable. Completely change the momentum of
:53:05. > :53:07.this match. Stephen Maguire will be absolutely seething. He has played
:53:08. > :53:09.really well to get back into it and he really had Barry Hawkins on the
:53:10. > :53:12.ropes. Harry wasn't timing the ball well at all but that one fluke has
:53:13. > :53:14.changed everything because the way he was timing that ball during that
:53:15. > :53:17.break, and it was a magnificent effort because having got the fluke
:53:18. > :53:21.you still have to take advantage of it. You say that the way that
:53:22. > :53:24.Stephen Maguire came out and you say he is seething but it is so
:53:25. > :53:30.important, it is imperative that Barry Hawkins gets back into the
:53:31. > :53:31.lead. Absolutely. Considering what Barry was going through, it was a
:53:32. > :53:56.wonderful effort once he got that fluke but it has completely
:53:57. > :53:58.changed the whole momentum for this match and Barry will be feeling a
:53:59. > :54:00.lot better now. Stephen Maguire will be absolutely seething. Lots of
:54:01. > :54:03.comments and questions coming in. Heat Scott here is wondering who
:54:04. > :54:05.Peter Ebdon thinks has the best form in the championship this evening. I
:54:06. > :54:17.think John Higgins is hitting the ball great. But Mark Selby is such a
:54:18. > :54:21.hard man to beat. Barry Hawkins will be delighted with that break off to
:54:22. > :54:26.start proceedings. It is not necessarily going to cause that many
:54:27. > :54:31.problems for Stephen Maguire but at this level stopping your opponent
:54:32. > :54:40.for going for that long red that usually pokes its nose that is
:54:41. > :54:50.enough of a reward. Perhaps he has to be a bit careful. He has
:54:51. > :54:54.misjudged this one. Foul and MS. It slid off the cushion. He misjudged
:54:55. > :55:00.the slide. When we talk about the slide, the natural angle of the
:55:01. > :55:03.escape of the cue ball off a side cushion, I'm relatively new cloth,
:55:04. > :55:11.it always goes wider than it would do in a club. Through the gap
:55:12. > :55:20.between yellow and brown, he has played this very nicely. He has come
:55:21. > :55:25.betwixt and between on the blue. A little bit more. That would have
:55:26. > :55:34.been ideally placed to Korea into the pack. Now, strangely, just a
:55:35. > :55:42.little bit of a trap. A very thin cut on the blue. Perhaps it is still
:55:43. > :55:51.the shot though. This is much harder to get position. Far, far harder.
:55:52. > :56:02.Cutting his losses and leaving a red from distance. I can think of quite
:56:03. > :56:06.a few players who have taken the chance of the blue there. If he pots
:56:07. > :56:17.this red and gets nicely on that colour we will be saying it is the
:56:18. > :56:21.right way around. I think I would have done. I know it is a cut, and
:56:22. > :56:33.you can miss them, but the rewards were great. This is a tough one. If
:56:34. > :56:37.he is going to play this with pace. That was a big shot and he has been
:56:38. > :56:46.lucky in as much as he has hit it so badly that he has missed the pack.
:56:47. > :56:49.Barry Hawkins, four. You can see Stephen Maguire 's big sigh as it
:56:50. > :56:53.comes to the table, but he is going to be pleased he's missed it. That
:56:54. > :57:02.is the trouble. You should be delighted that your opponent has
:57:03. > :57:24.missed, not where it ends up. The cue ball is very close.
:57:25. > :57:30.We talked before about playing a red that is so near a cushion it is very
:57:31. > :57:38.easy to hit thick but he has to be careful here not to hit it too thin
:57:39. > :57:51.rather than too thick. Does this red above the paint pot into the corner?
:57:52. > :57:53.I think it does. He is just looking to see if the black pots. The red
:57:54. > :58:13.certainly is. The black definitely pots so he will
:58:14. > :58:27.be potting this and then getting on the black.
:58:28. > :58:33.An excellent shot from Stephen Maguire. We are now out of time on
:58:34. > :58:36.BBC Two so you need to press your red button for further coverage from
:58:37. > :58:46.the Crucible or you can use the BBC sport at all website. We shall round
:58:47. > :58:51.up all the highlights from today at the Crucible at 11:15pm on BBC Two.
:58:52. > :58:52.We shall see you in a few seconds on the red button where we will be any
:58:53. > :58:59.minute now.