:00:40. > :00:48.The World Championship to me and every snooker player I suppose, just
:00:49. > :00:55.means to be world champion. It's a title everybody wants to win, every
:00:56. > :00:58.player striving to win that title. Being world number one is a great
:00:59. > :01:03.feeling and definitely one of my goals starting out, to become world
:01:04. > :01:10.number one and world champion, if I could achieve that, I would be happy
:01:11. > :01:13.even if I was to retire tomorrow. It's just those little fine lines
:01:14. > :01:16.which is the difference between winning and losing and the
:01:17. > :01:25.difference between a champion and not a champion. It can be like just
:01:26. > :01:31.here and there, winning or losing a match. You get out of the sport what
:01:32. > :01:38.you put in and if you don't put the hours in, that talent counts for
:01:39. > :01:43.nothing. Never say die until that last ball is potted because until
:01:44. > :01:49.that moment, you've still got a job to do. I put that waistcoat on and
:01:50. > :01:53.my name is called and I go into the arena and I make my opponent work as
:01:54. > :01:57.hard as possible. Mark Selby very much the man to
:01:58. > :02:01.beat. Good evening and welcome to the Crucible Theatre. We are
:02:02. > :02:06.celebrating 40 years of snooker at this magnificent venue and this is
:02:07. > :02:10.what it is all about. Mark Selby will be walking out in front of a
:02:11. > :02:14.packed crowd here at the Crucible in the next few minutes, looking to
:02:15. > :02:20.book his place in the second round. It's been a magnificent first day
:02:21. > :02:23.here at the 2017 Betfred World Snooker Championship. Let's bring
:02:24. > :02:27.you right up to date. The Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan got off to his
:02:28. > :02:39.usual fast start. Not at his best but he raced into a
:02:40. > :02:43.5-1 lead. But back came the tenacious Gary Wilson on his
:02:44. > :02:48.Crucible debut. Winning the last three frames and stealing a tense
:02:49. > :02:59.final frame black with this nervous cut. And in another all English
:03:00. > :03:03.battle, the warrior, Kyren Wilson, took control early on but another
:03:04. > :03:16.fine fightback saw David Grace Paul Dummett back to 5-4. -- David Grace
:03:17. > :03:20.polled the match back to 5-4. Anthony McGill had upset the fellow
:03:21. > :03:24.Scott Stephen Maguire on his Crucible debut two years ago.
:03:25. > :03:35.Maguire came roaring back, winning the last five frames to lead 7-2.
:03:36. > :03:40.And world number one Mark Selby got the defence of his title off to a
:03:41. > :03:47.flyer. Stunning cue control and shot selection so he raced to 8-0 lead.
:03:48. > :03:50.His opponent avoided the dreaded whitewash by pinching the final
:03:51. > :03:55.frame but Mark Selby in total control of this one. Live action
:03:56. > :04:00.coming up on BBC Two. We are with you throughout the evening on the
:04:01. > :04:05.red button. Do not go anywhere. Ken Doherty knows what it's like to lift
:04:06. > :04:09.that magnificent trophy at this wonderful venue. We have a packed
:04:10. > :04:13.crowd into night. What is it like coming back as the reigning world
:04:14. > :04:19.champion and the weight of expectation on your shoulders?
:04:20. > :04:26.There is a lot of pressure and Mark Selby will want to put in a good
:04:27. > :04:28.performance. He is world number one and he is guaranteed that
:04:29. > :04:35.anti-platelet medicine need this morning against Fergal O'Brien. I
:04:36. > :04:41.felt bad for my old pal and it was tough but Mark Selby is in very good
:04:42. > :04:44.form. Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O'Sullivan, they have all
:04:45. > :04:49.come back to the Crucible Theatre and retain their title. Is that
:04:50. > :04:52.something that troubles Mark Selby? I don't think so, I think he will
:04:53. > :04:58.relish the opportunity to have that problem. He is a very determined
:04:59. > :05:03.character. He is the man to beat at this Championship. Just won the
:05:04. > :05:07.China Open a couple of weeks ago so he has Camille Lecointre lot of form
:05:08. > :05:11.and confidence. I think the fact that when he has his hands on the
:05:12. > :05:15.trophy twice already, the pressure is on but he wants to win it again
:05:16. > :05:18.and again and be up there with the likes of John Higgins, Ronnie
:05:19. > :05:24.O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry and all the greats who won it multiple
:05:25. > :05:29.times. On the radio this morning, they were chatting about snooker.
:05:30. > :05:35.Judd Trump was fancied this year. Is this his year? It could be but there
:05:36. > :05:38.are a lot of protagonists in the drawer who have a great chance.
:05:39. > :05:43.Ronnie O'Sullivan in good form today. Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson,
:05:44. > :05:47.a whole host of players that could possibly witness but the man to beat
:05:48. > :05:57.at the moment is Mark Selby. And he is standing by. Thank you. It's the
:05:58. > :06:00.climax of Day 1 at the Betfred World Snooker Championship and by the end
:06:01. > :06:06.of tonight, two players will have secured their place in the second
:06:07. > :06:08.round. Will there be two big comebacks? It is showtime, here in
:06:09. > :06:33.Sheffield. CHEERING Please welcome, a five-time ranking
:06:34. > :06:38.event winner who this morning brought his form from the qualifiers
:06:39. > :06:41.right here to the Crucible. Twice a semifinalist at the World
:06:42. > :06:46.Championship, he is hungry for another massive run in Sheffield.
:06:47. > :07:05.When he is good, he is on fire, here is Stephen Maguire.
:07:06. > :07:11.And his opponent, a man who made it to the quarterfinals on a very
:07:12. > :07:16.impressive debut here two years ago. Reigning Indian Open and snooker
:07:17. > :07:20.shoot out champion, he will not be intimidated tonight. Hoping to draw
:07:21. > :07:21.on those legendary nerves of steel, the smiling assassin, Anthony
:07:22. > :07:45.McGill. And on table one, the player who has
:07:46. > :07:50.made it back to the Crucible for the first time in seven years. After a
:07:51. > :07:55.two our three minute epic deciding frame-winner with David Gilbert, he
:07:56. > :07:59.now faces a huge task tonight but he will come out determined to show his
:08:00. > :08:21.class. He is the Marathon man, Fergal O'Brien.
:08:22. > :08:28.And finally, a player returning to the Crucible at the end of a season
:08:29. > :08:32.in which he has added another four ranking titles to his collection.
:08:33. > :08:35.Reigning UK and China Open Championship he has been world
:08:36. > :08:39.number one for more than 100 consecutive weeks. The defending
:08:40. > :09:00.world champion, the Jester from Leicester, Mark Selby.
:09:01. > :09:08.Huge cheers for the reigning world champion Mark Selby. That's our live
:09:09. > :09:11.match on BBC Two. Selby versus Fergal O'Brien. If you want Anthony
:09:12. > :09:18.McGill against Stephen Maguire, that is available on your red button. In
:09:19. > :09:22.the company of Dennis Taylor and Peter Ebdon. Live on BBC Two, let's
:09:23. > :09:34.say good evening to you John Virgo and Steve Davis. JOHN VIRGO: Fergal
:09:35. > :10:02.O'Brien as we say has the proverbial mountain to climb.
:10:03. > :10:09.Fergal O'Brien didn't get that many chances early on in the match and
:10:10. > :10:19.you feel he needed a good start. He didn't get that. He was down at 70%
:10:20. > :10:25.at one stage. You need to be 90% or above.
:10:26. > :10:33.LAUGHTER There is another telling stat. A
:10:34. > :10:53.nice break for Fergal, only 32. STEVE DAVIS: He was pretty
:10:54. > :10:56.inefficient this morning, Fergal, he would be disappointed with the day.
:10:57. > :11:02.Experienced enough to know that every session can have a different
:11:03. > :11:10.outcome. But as you say, a mountain decline. -- a mountain to climb and
:11:11. > :11:14.none higher than trying to pull back a lead from our world champion, Mark
:11:15. > :11:46.Selby. You don't expect him to crumble.
:11:47. > :11:53.Pink is a fractional problem here in the escape route, should he catch it
:11:54. > :12:00.a little too thick, don't expect him to... Perhaps it will go the other
:12:01. > :12:08.side, good shot. APPLAUSE Played that with a lot of left-hand
:12:09. > :12:27.spin. I think mark can try and play this
:12:28. > :12:28.firm, come off the top cushion and try to clip a read, there are a
:12:29. > :12:48.couple there. Fergal could try to pot the brown
:12:49. > :12:58.into the top right-hand corner pocket as we look on our TV screen.
:12:59. > :13:09.It's a sort of free shot really. He is following your idea.
:13:10. > :13:22.Could get plenty should he go in. But not quite.
:13:23. > :13:30.I say a shot for nothing, it is the red at the top of the cluster that
:13:31. > :13:32.is available. Possibly Mark could pot this, leaving himself on the
:13:33. > :13:59.pink. Is there any such thing as a shot
:14:00. > :14:12.for nothing? Judging by that shot, that was a little risky. Not an
:14:13. > :14:15.ideal opening but... A couple of good positional shots and it could
:14:16. > :14:21.change things. Probably got something into the centre. Or the
:14:22. > :15:08.yellow pocket. As a last resort. The black at the moment will be
:15:09. > :15:16.available into the right corner. So he gets the brown out of the way...
:15:17. > :15:28.Of course, I'm just looking like the brown may go, the pink... If the
:15:29. > :15:32.pink spot is not available then the brown will go as close to its own
:15:33. > :15:38.spot in a direct line with the middle of the top cushion. That more
:15:39. > :15:49.or less puts the pink and brown out of commission. Needs an angle on
:15:50. > :15:56.this red which he just about has. To run through off two cushions. He
:15:57. > :16:05.could, if he gets low on this black, open up these four reds. Or at least
:16:06. > :16:16.start to open up away from the black spot.
:16:17. > :16:25.I think you would settle for that. Having said that, all the top spin
:16:26. > :16:29.and once the cue ball got put to the bed of the table, it rolled through.
:16:30. > :16:36.Does the black still go to the right corner? Is there a gap for it? If it
:16:37. > :16:44.doesn't, he still has the blue. Obviously, the black doesn't go if
:16:45. > :17:02.you play for them. Got to be said, looks very clinical,
:17:03. > :17:11.getting amongst the balls, very controlled. A sign of confidence,
:17:12. > :17:17.quickly off the mark at the start of every session. The black doesn't go,
:17:18. > :17:21.I don't think, but it's tight. The way those two reds now are, he can
:17:22. > :17:23.play them before he plays the black. If he gets a nice position. On the
:17:24. > :17:38.blue. He has come down for the blue. I
:17:39. > :17:44.don't think he will risk the cannon. He would love to get on the red
:17:45. > :17:58.that's just above him and to the right of the black.
:17:59. > :18:15.That looks about inch perfect to me. 71, the target. That is when snooker
:18:16. > :18:20.'s will required. He has come out tonight and he looks a lot sharper.
:18:21. > :18:24.He did have a good start earlier on today but he wasn't winning frames
:18:25. > :18:29.in one visit necessarily. He was feeding off a few mistakes from
:18:30. > :18:31.Fergal. But this is a bit more like the mark Selby we have been seeing
:18:32. > :18:49.most of the season. I also feel that people are making
:18:50. > :18:52.him favourite because you feel the longer matches suit him probably as
:18:53. > :18:58.much of anyone in the game at the moment. I think he is so much in
:18:59. > :19:05.control of his game, his cue action and control of the cue ball, he
:19:06. > :19:10.starts off a session, maybe in top gear but maybe not but by the end,
:19:11. > :19:14.he has built up a head of steam and he's like a juggernaut and it's
:19:15. > :19:20.really tough to stop it by then, he's really in the groove. As all
:19:21. > :19:25.the top players, when they are playing their best, every time they
:19:26. > :19:28.settled down on a shot, the same preparation, cue action exactly the
:19:29. > :19:48.same every time. Robotic. And now just looking for one more
:19:49. > :19:55.red and a colour. The red will put him 67 points in front. If he gets
:19:56. > :20:04.the colour, you think there is no way back to the table for Fergal.
:20:05. > :20:15.Fergal tried to be positive on that brown rather than...
:20:16. > :20:30.He has been punished severely. It was your idea as well.
:20:31. > :20:40.You'd have got the brown, though! This is the highest break of the
:20:41. > :20:56.match. Certainly don't criticise Fergal for
:20:57. > :20:58.playing the free ball because a high break prize, Fergal probably
:20:59. > :21:03.thinking he will be knocked out, could make a break bigger than a 147
:21:04. > :21:10.with that free ball, always a possibility.
:21:11. > :21:15.Only had one century. So far in the Championship. That was Ronnie
:21:16. > :21:31.O'Sullivan. A red and a black and we will see
:21:32. > :22:06.our second. That cost him the frame. Mark Selby
:22:07. > :22:14.notice one frame away from a place in the second round.
:22:15. > :22:21.Welcomed by the way to our brand-new studio for our evening sessions. We
:22:22. > :22:26.will be live with you some evenings from 7pm but throughout the evening
:22:27. > :22:30.every night on the red button from this venue. It's great because we've
:22:31. > :22:39.got the players practising. Marco Fu is there. You just put him off his
:22:40. > :22:52.shot! IMHO he had played it! Mark Selby in imperious form. Yes, a good
:22:53. > :22:57.round. Mark Selby, fantastic. He is in complete control as Steve Davis
:22:58. > :23:01.said, of his cue action. Coming in on really good form and he looks
:23:02. > :23:07.very good. When we look at him on our big screen, he looks much more
:23:08. > :23:13.composed and happier. Do you remember when he won the world title
:23:14. > :23:19.and then came back and lost Anthony McGill. He didn't look in the zone
:23:20. > :23:23.that year. He was a first time winner, coming back as defending
:23:24. > :23:27.champion and nobody has done it. That made him very nervous. He was
:23:28. > :23:34.quite open about that. Looks a lot more confident and in control of his
:23:35. > :23:40.emotions. He's playing very well the moment. He is going to be tough to
:23:41. > :23:46.beat. But he is in a tough half of the draw, very top-heavy. But he
:23:47. > :23:47.will be the man to beat so far. Yes and he is looking for an early
:23:48. > :23:56.finish. JOHN VIRGO: Once again, he just went
:23:57. > :24:16.off the jury if I'm being picky. He had a chance to go into the pack
:24:17. > :24:17.off the green but where these open reds are situated, there is no need
:24:18. > :24:31.for that. He has got that red below the pack
:24:32. > :24:39.that he can use to pot and open the reds at the same time. That seems to
:24:40. > :24:47.be the shot of choice now. He has played, I think, deliberately low on
:24:48. > :24:51.this. But perhaps it's a bit too straight to do too much damage to
:24:52. > :25:02.the pack but he will be screwing back perhaps for the blue. Yes, for
:25:03. > :25:09.the pink. But, I think he wanted a bit more on that. I think it is
:25:10. > :25:16.coming more and more into the game. When you go into a cluster as it is
:25:17. > :25:21.now, you smashed into it, you always trust it but if you can put a red
:25:22. > :25:25.and knock a few out, you are more in control of the situation. Yes and
:25:26. > :25:28.then maybe take a position on the colour so now he has to get the
:25:29. > :25:34.correct angle on the colour. It is more difficult. The blue is a
:25:35. > :25:42.possibility, could spread the reds open and win the match. He is a bit
:25:43. > :25:49.straight on that to generate too much power. Straight into the pack.
:25:50. > :25:52.He's got to belt this if he is playing straight in. Nice effort,
:25:53. > :26:03.got to trust luck now. He could have done with a better
:26:04. > :26:13.angle than the one he had. You don't really get the pace in the cue ball.
:26:14. > :26:18.You need to do it full in the face. You also don't get that much back
:26:19. > :26:22.spin. By the time the cue ball hits the pink. Playing the double.
:26:23. > :26:42.Speculative double in the middle. I'm not going to wonder if he had
:26:43. > :26:46.played that read, perhaps try to get on the blue, whether it would have
:26:47. > :26:49.worked out better. He was right behind the shot he knew. I think he
:26:50. > :27:06.was a bit straight for that. It would appear that Fergal didn't
:27:07. > :27:18.play the pot. If he did, he was a long way out. It begs the question,
:27:19. > :27:22.if not, why not? They are always semi-shots to nothing. That was an
:27:23. > :27:27.excellent shot from Selby, guaranteed position on the black.
:27:28. > :27:55.Doesn't look like any damage done. You don't get many frames in the
:27:56. > :27:58.modern-day game that happen where all the reds are pushed into the
:27:59. > :28:06.Baltic area of the table, used to be a lot more cagey safety at one stage
:28:07. > :28:24.but as we speak, its safety to the top cushion.
:28:25. > :28:31.And with these shots, there is with a premium on getting the cue ball
:28:32. > :28:35.tyke on cushion. To stop your opponents screwing back to the same
:28:36. > :28:43.position. Fergal has spotted something else. He's got a shot to
:28:44. > :28:55.nothing of his own, a cut into the middle pocket. You see the path of
:28:56. > :28:57.the cue ball, it was worth the risk. He's got to take some risks, no
:28:58. > :29:23.doubt. He did play the pot. Mark bringing all the reds into
:29:24. > :29:30.play. Not a bad cue ball. Fergal hasn't had a look at this red to the
:29:31. > :29:38.right middle even though it is a very difficult one. He hasn't even
:29:39. > :29:45.got around to see if that goes. Played an excellent safety shop, is
:29:46. > :29:49.it tight? Once again on our TV screens, this reds to the left
:29:50. > :29:53.middle looks like, why don't you go for it? It looks really easy but
:29:54. > :29:59.because the table is shortened on the TV screen, it is more of a cue
:30:00. > :30:06.angle into the middle pocket. Unless you've got a very big TV screen! But
:30:07. > :30:11.I don't know, if he can't get to that red, he may be forcing him to
:30:12. > :30:23.play that. That's an excellent cue ball. Will
:30:24. > :30:38.Fergal be tempted? This does look like a frame from the
:30:39. > :30:43.past. Rarely does this happen these days. Players tend to be more
:30:44. > :30:55.speculative in their attacking shots. Fergal slightly old school in
:30:56. > :31:03.terms of shots. Mark Selby perhaps playing a more modern game. Fergal
:31:04. > :31:04.an old dog in the game and has learned some new tricks, that's for
:31:05. > :31:21.certain. When we had that wonderful tribute
:31:22. > :31:28.to all the champions last night, the 40th anniversary. I was relaying the
:31:29. > :31:33.stort that Patsy Fegan and when we first came here in '77. We had never
:31:34. > :31:39.played in a two-table situation. We sat at the back and there was hardly
:31:40. > :31:45.anyone in the audience. We watched Fred Davis play Eddie Charlton.
:31:46. > :31:49.Eddie Charlton was 16 in front with fewer remaining. Fred Davis ended up
:31:50. > :31:54.winning the frame. He didn't make a break over ten. Going red, black,
:31:55. > :32:00.safety, knock a red out. It was unbelievable.
:32:01. > :32:17.An they said it wouldn't catch on. Tactical snookers are an interesting
:32:18. > :32:18.beast. Fergal's frame to get through to the Crucible took more or less
:32:19. > :32:21.two hours. I happened to be watching on
:32:22. > :32:38.Facebook live. Everybody was moaning and saying it
:32:39. > :32:43.was disgraceful snooker, for some reason. By the end of the match,
:32:44. > :32:47.there were 2,000 people instead of the 1,000 that started. Where's the
:32:48. > :32:53.cue ball going? That could be the end.
:32:54. > :32:59.Fergal didn't expect the cue ball to be anywhere near that corner pocket.
:33:00. > :33:13.He will be expecting to shake hands now with Mark Selby.
:33:14. > :33:19.Just talking about deciding frames, we don't like to talk about 1985 in
:33:20. > :33:24.your company, but that was a long frame, wasn't it? I think 70
:33:25. > :33:32.minutes. Obviously 120 minutes is another story.
:33:33. > :33:36.You wouldn't have minded if it had lasted! If you'd have come out on
:33:37. > :34:00.top. Not clear-cut chance obviously to
:34:01. > :34:02.wrap up the frame. Quite a lot of reds in awkward positions to get
:34:03. > :34:11.over the line. You expect the top players to keep
:34:12. > :34:44.the breaks going. He's been cueing so nicely. Didn't
:34:45. > :34:47.do that well. Just wept through it a bit quick. The side pushed the cue
:34:48. > :34:59.ball into the red. It looks like the man from Dublin is
:35:00. > :35:17.playing the double. Oh, he's playing safe.
:35:18. > :35:24.It looks like he can get through to the potting angle.
:35:25. > :36:17.Likewise for Fergal, into the same pocket.
:36:18. > :36:24.He'll get lots of encouragement. A very fair audience here. They'll be
:36:25. > :36:30.wanting to see a match or Fergal win a few more frames.
:36:31. > :36:37.It's hard to think straight when you're this far behind.
:36:38. > :36:43.Especially as you've not really settled down in the arena. He will
:36:44. > :36:53.do well to get anywhere near level terms here.
:36:54. > :37:15.He rolled a nice red in and it was fully appreciated.
:37:16. > :37:23.He's an absolute gent and fierce competitor.
:37:24. > :37:27.He's a marvellous sportsman. It's not beyond him to put a charge
:37:28. > :37:31.on. He made five Severnries in a best of
:37:32. > :37:45.11 match. -- centuries. A fantastic
:37:46. > :38:01.performance that was. Hard to get out of jail here.
:38:02. > :38:09.He's not played that well. Playing for the red in the middle.
:38:10. > :38:28.He will have to settle for the far corner now.
:38:29. > :38:34.That short of pace, it was reasonably easy into the corner. He
:38:35. > :38:42.plays with a really fat tip on his cue.
:38:43. > :38:52.The overhang of the tip is preaching 11 millimetres for a snooker tip.
:38:53. > :39:18.What size was your tip then? Just over nine, I think. I used a ten.
:39:19. > :39:21.I always thought the thinner the end of the cue, the more likelihood to
:39:22. > :40:12.put unintentional side on. He couldn't have struck that any
:40:13. > :40:16.better. Never in doubt the ball going into the pocket. Perfect point
:40:17. > :40:28.of contact on the far cushion. He didn't try to open the two reds
:40:29. > :40:34.up. Thought he had more of an angle than he had.
:40:35. > :40:44.I think those two reds go into the yellow pocket.
:40:45. > :40:48.He can certainly shift them from the brown coming behind both off two
:40:49. > :41:03.cushions. He would expect to get some kind of
:41:04. > :41:04.leave. Not a great outcome. No, he would like to have hit the join of
:41:05. > :41:09.the two reds. If he had caught the join, he would
:41:10. > :41:33.have pushed them both into play. Another terrific, solid pot. Nothing
:41:34. > :41:35.better than the sound of the ball hitting the back of the pocket for a
:41:36. > :42:18.player. No. Well, a bit of drama all of a
:42:19. > :42:20.sudden. Only a little bit. Now does Fergal play the red over the pocket?
:42:21. > :42:35.Or play the red onto the red? The red onto the red is guaranteed
:42:36. > :42:39.to pot. He's not looked at it though, yes, he has.
:42:40. > :42:43.Surely playing the red onto the red over the middle pocket, you're
:42:44. > :42:53.guaranteed to knock it. Perhaps he couldn't get a good
:42:54. > :43:03.position, I don't know. Still hanging on, his hopes, by a
:43:04. > :43:14.thread. Does he risk the red down the rail
:43:15. > :44:07.with an element of safety. It's amazing what goes through a
:44:08. > :44:10.player's mind. There was no value in that shot because of where the pink
:44:11. > :44:16.is. He's left this red. It is cuttable.
:44:17. > :44:19.I want to know why Fergal didn't assess the situation of playing the
:44:20. > :44:37.red onto the red over the middle. It's not cost him. He can get past
:44:38. > :44:39.the blue to hit the red and maybe a chance, he can hit the red down and
:44:40. > :45:05.bring the pink into play. Slow screw back over the distance.
:45:06. > :45:06.Done that well. Kept the cue ball down the table and nudged the pink
:45:07. > :45:13.out. Very nice shot. A bit of a bonus with the snooker as
:45:14. > :45:27.well. Couldn't guarantee that. He's back in the frame and slight
:45:28. > :45:30.favourite. Where that pink's ended up has given
:45:31. > :45:48.Mark Selby a headache. It would appear that the pink is in
:45:49. > :45:54.the way, off the yellow cushion. Looks like the blue is in the way.
:45:55. > :46:02.Perhaps he can load up with loads of side in between the blue and pink.
:46:03. > :46:07.It must be the swerve then. Can he swerve it around the brown? Doesn't
:46:08. > :46:09.want to be pushing the red ball towards the pocket. Pass the
:46:10. > :46:22.aspirins. What about bottom cushion somehow -
:46:23. > :46:25.side cushion? Round the back of the yellow, so to speak, and in between
:46:26. > :46:27.the yellow and blue. Haven't got a clue.
:46:28. > :46:35.Mark hasn't got a clue. We haven't. He looked at that line there. He's
:46:36. > :46:50.got to be careful of course. No, that won't hit it.
:46:51. > :46:54.Foul. He's got to get the other side of the black. So I don't think
:46:55. > :46:56.that's on. If he gets the other side of the black, it goes the other side
:46:57. > :47:17.of the red. All valuable points, these, in
:47:18. > :47:25.ferk's course to try and get back in this.
:47:26. > :47:34.It's going to cost him a few points. Fergal is going to get well back in
:47:35. > :47:37.this. It looks like he's trying to play round the back of the black. I
:47:38. > :47:42.don't think that's on, as you say. It's the other side of the black
:47:43. > :47:46.that's in question, whether he can. His big problem, though, if the
:47:47. > :47:51.yellow wasn't in his way, he could play it plain ball. He's got to play
:47:52. > :47:55.it with side because the yellow is covering the natural angle.
:47:56. > :48:05.I don't think it's on: It's too difficult a swerve. He will give
:48:06. > :48:10.away more points here. He's trying it the other side of the
:48:11. > :48:22.black. He's got relatively close to the black. He's done it! Superb.
:48:23. > :48:27.If you're playing at a club, on club tables with older cushion covers,
:48:28. > :48:41.that shot is not on. Brand new cushions and covers slide
:48:42. > :48:47.a lot. That was a tremendous shot, yeah.
:48:48. > :48:49.Fergal played the white the other side of the yellow.
:48:50. > :49:26.He'll settle for that. It's half a chance. We know how
:49:27. > :49:39.difficult these reds are coming into the middle pocket, narrow angle.
:49:40. > :49:51.Mark put the pink in a slightly more awkward place. Zblrvelingts Let's
:49:52. > :49:52.forget about winning the match at the moment. But winning this frame,
:49:53. > :50:25.he needs the pink. The key to this will be position
:50:26. > :50:33.from brown to blue. I don't think he's come too good on
:50:34. > :50:47.this brown. Good position on the blue could get
:50:48. > :51:38.good position on the pink. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:51:39. > :51:42.Well, what a frame to win. Never say die attitude from Fergal O'Brien,
:51:43. > :51:52.brilliant. OK, it's still a mountain to climb. But well done.
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:53:12. > :53:18.Er A question asked via Twitter about the pink and where it spots in
:53:19. > :53:23.relation to the triangle of reds. The pink is on its spot. It's not
:53:24. > :53:35.touching the triangle of reds. It's the smallest gap.
:53:36. > :53:38.In a strange way it's the only colour that isn't pottable when the
:53:39. > :54:00.balls are set up. Terrific shot. He got the cannon.
:54:01. > :54:15.He's on the black. Lovely shot from Fergal. He should
:54:16. > :54:29.get the black, even though he's cutting it back.
:54:30. > :54:32.He couldn't guarantee position off this. I think he'll be pleased with
:54:33. > :56:03.that. Well, unbelievable. I think the look
:56:04. > :56:06.to the heavens says it all. Just when I thought he was getting up a
:56:07. > :56:19.head of steam. He misses that.
:56:20. > :56:32.It's amazing how you can turn a ball over you see the red when the cue
:56:33. > :56:38.ball hits, it the left side just pushed the red to the right.
:56:39. > :57:13.He's potted the red. It looks like he's got to play an excellent shot
:57:14. > :57:22.here to keep the break going. That makes it a lot easier. Didn't
:57:23. > :58:12.think that went. STUDIO: With Fergal O'Brien at the
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