0:00:27 > 0:00:30Hello again. It's been an eventful opening day in this William Hill
0:00:30 > 0:00:37United Kingdom Championship at the Barbican centre in York. One of the
0:00:37 > 0:00:41games was between a two-time former UK champion, Wei of China and Davis
0:00:41 > 0:00:46of Sussex who has quietly crept up the rankings recently. He's
0:00:46 > 0:00:53flirting with the releet top 16 club. We will join this one in
0:00:53 > 0:01:03Frame 1 of a possible 11, with Willy Thorne and Neil Folds in the
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0:01:13 > 0:01:18Championship. We are getting this first round match under way against
0:01:18 > 0:01:22a good player, Mark Davis, he's been a pro for years but has yet to
0:01:22 > 0:01:25fulfil his potential. A good player, not someone you would like in the
0:01:25 > 0:01:30early rounds. But this UK Championship, best of 11 rather
0:01:30 > 0:01:40than best of 17. The better of the two would be
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0:02:42 > 0:02:52slightly more apprehen sieve, the the red drop in there. Player also
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0:03:29 > 0:03:34be pleased to see their pockets are red would be in the way. But it's
0:03:34 > 0:03:44not. This is now an early chance to get
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0:04:17 > 0:04:27a sizeable lead if not a frame- have a bad opening session and
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0:04:44 > 0:04:54trail 6-2 and come back to win, but this match.
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0:06:28 > 0:06:31third frame. He would have been danger to be honest. If he missed
0:06:31 > 0:06:36either one, you would expect him to lose the frame.
0:06:36 > 0:06:46I think this is a case of the dump shot, leaving the cue ball on this
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0:07:01 > 0:07:11but sometimes you have to bite the you fancy you could be in more
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0:09:22 > 0:09:32green and brown, best way to play is between grown and brown. It
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0:10:35 > 0:10:45gone a couple of inches slower than with a right-hand side. That makes
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0:11:53 > 0:12:03Mark Davis perhaps when he was on a break of 32, played a back
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0:13:09 > 0:13:19positional shot. Since then he He's been a pro a long time.
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0:14:04 > 0:14:14Bit of a stretch, but no problem whatsoever.
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0:15:53 > 0:16:03just yet for Davis, but he's good above the pack, almost protecting
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0:16:15 > 0:16:25you have a chance of either pocket. Stephen Hendry plays with more
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0:16:45 > 0:16:51screw in that, he developed that pots very well.
0:16:51 > 0:17:01Two in the first frame, which he ended up wining in the frame. Again,
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0:17:33 > 0:17:37crunching long wall, sadly for him, free the black, he's done that.
0:17:37 > 0:17:42Just a half chance of being in the middle. He will take it on because
0:17:42 > 0:17:52he can't leave anything on the pot apart from the way it's going to
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0:21:18 > 0:21:28A player's biggest nightmare when you hit the safety shot too quick.
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0:21:58 > 0:22:08The cue ball doesn't get it past amazing how you get vibes sometimes.
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0:22:43 > 0:22:53black there. The reds are so well placed in the
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0:24:40 > 0:24:44going 2-0 behind. on this pink.
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0:26:43 > 0:26:53played the red in the corner pocket but if he wants to he can play the
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0:31:13 > 0:31:18Played well that plaque. Not much Maybe to take him into the pack, on
0:31:18 > 0:31:28the right hand side, but a lot of danger involved in this shot.
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0:32:24 > 0:32:34far. missed one of these.
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0:34:30 > 0:34:40That bounceed a little, the white, table for the next red because he
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0:35:37 > 0:35:47has one near the pocket. pocket but it will go into the
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0:36:33 > 0:36:36can see the red pots as well. the table. Doesn't matter who you
0:36:37 > 0:36:46are, if you're sat down you can't play. This is a good performance so
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0:38:01 > 0:38:11seasons with Mark Davis, he's a of the match, playing it quickly.
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0:39:28 > 0:39:32We talk about shots that could match, though only frame 3.
0:39:32 > 0:39:42He's one positional shot away from making the reds and pin x
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0:42:42 > 0:42:47an easy black and now an easy red both because he's too near the
0:42:48 > 0:42:57cushion. Careless with his position. Similar shots. Almost a blienr
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0:43:52 > 0:43:57blind pocket. at the moment having missed two
0:43:57 > 0:44:07balls. We talked about turing points
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0:44:49 > 0:44:59earlier. I think that could be a far in this match and he's come out
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0:46:12 > 0:46:22because he's 3-0 behind. could have been possible to go on a
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0:48:30 > 0:48:40He got a shot at a black, but far shot, but you may as well take the
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0:55:28 > 0:55:36than at the start of the match. He was struggling to find his game,
0:55:36 > 0:55:40albeit not with that many chances. Don't know if this black will pot
0:55:40 > 0:55:50in the black, but he'll try to flick the red out or whether it
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0:56:57 > 0:57:07will pot from where it is. The went down on the pink so he's right
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1:00:40 > 1:00:44but if he pots it he will get on the yellow spot.
1:00:44 > 1:00:54He can get three or four reds and blacks. Shouldn't be causing too
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1:01:14 > 1:01:24that, all of a sudden it puts pressure on you.
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1:03:06 > 1:03:16He's made hard work of this, that Mark Davis requires. If he
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1:05:31 > 1:05:41wins this game I think he will be this shot has given him the right
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1:10:33 > 1:10:43It looks to me like this is a canon that could go wrong if he's not
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1:11:28 > 1:11:38one into the pocket from that sort of an angle. I don't know what why
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1:16:07 > 1:16:11into the green pocket and run through to the blue. If it's dead
1:16:11 > 1:16:15straight, he's entitled to have a go. I'm not too sure he can't avoid
1:16:15 > 1:16:25the kiss on the pink, and whichever way he will do it, he wants to
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1:17:43 > 1:17:53leave the white near a cushion if head. He knows he had a chance to
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1:18:50 > 1:18:55be and the green, as long as it didn't kiss to those who, I think
1:18:55 > 1:19:05the double is the shot frplts think he wanted to play a canon but
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1:21:15 > 1:21:25finished two straight. It might you play the canon. Now he's left
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1:25:36 > 1:25:39the white tight on the cushion six inches from the hole.
1:25:39 > 1:25:49I suppose he had to avoid snookering himself, but then it
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1:26:45 > 1:26:48black six or seven inches, so the the brown into its own pocket. He
1:26:48 > 1:26:58would have to play the brown I think if that was the case, unless
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1:27:07 > 1:27:17he wants to take the cue ball to play.
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1:27:46 > 1:27:50No margin for error with that one. This is where this is not quite
1:27:50 > 1:27:53right. He will be trying his hardest. There's no advantage in
1:27:53 > 1:28:03missing this and so as long as he gets close, I don't think it should
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1:28:07 > 1:28:12be called a mis. We will see here green to brown is slightly more
1:28:12 > 1:28:16difficult. He's got a good angle on the yell
1:28:16 > 1:28:21le to get on the green, he might be able to get close to it. That could
1:28:21 > 1:28:25have been a situation where 20 odd points were given from that snooker.
1:28:25 > 1:28:28And Mark could have had it put back despite the fact he has at least
1:28:28 > 1:28:38half a chance here, to get on the green nicely. A wonderful chance to
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1:29:45 > 1:29:55corner pocket, I think with less pocket has given Mark Davis another
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1:30:14 > 1:30:17brown. He ends up at the black end of the table, then he could snooker
1:30:17 > 1:30:27himself, I suppose. Got to watch the cue ball on this. Not forgeting
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1:31:06 > 1:31:16nearly missed that. The fact he hit it on the thin side
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1:32:00 > 1:32:05meant the cue ball drifted down too Championships, once here at the
1:32:05 > 1:32:15Barbican in York and once down in Telford. But he's close to going
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1:33:15 > 1:33:18He didn't mean to finish that close the two balls, the cue ball and the
1:33:18 > 1:33:28object ball. What would you play? He might try and double the black
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1:33:49 > 1:33:59but I blame him at the pace he played that. You have to play it
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1:34:00 > 1:34:10hard so the top-spin keeps the sure if how I fancy him knocking
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1:34:20 > 1:34:30-- like it. But now, Ding could have lost the match. We're all
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1:39:12 > 1:39:22When you get down to a decider you Makes it more difficult to land
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1:40:20 > 1:40:25He's left himself hampered here, that is a poor shot.
1:40:25 > 1:40:35Very poor shot that. Didn't want to be anywhere near
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1:40:48 > 1:40:58Davis. He would like to kiss the red in the middle of the reds. If
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1:43:40 > 1:43:43he kissed that ball he would be on thing you know about Ding and --
1:43:44 > 1:43:53Ding Junhui is when the chance comes he's prepared to take it.
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1:44:24 > 1:44:29That's why he is the great player CHEERING
1:44:29 > 1:44:33That really has hurt him. I have not seen him react like that before.
1:44:33 > 1:44:43How has he missed it? Can only think he took his eye off it. It
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1:45:11 > 1:45:21never seemed possible. He missed it There's been lots of twists and
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1:49:00 > 1:49:10That just went in, but it doesn't matter.
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1:51:23 > 1:51:33I think he had to play it that way second it seemed the blue would
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1:53:57 > 1:54:00hang over the middle pocket. pink and black. If he plays off the
1:54:00 > 1:54:10blue very thin, leave the blue where it is and try and get the
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1:54:50 > 1:55:00white in behind the pink somewhere. cushion.
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1:55:40 > 1:55:50He's 12 in front, so the blue lot of pressure on safety shots
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1:57:37 > 1:57:39pink is. I agree with you, I Herbertbherher
1:57:39 > 1:57:40Herbertbherher Herbertbherhered the pink up the table and get
1:57:40 > 1:57:44Herbertbherher Herbertbherher Herbertbherher's trying to screw
1:57:44 > 1:57:48into the cushion, so when he hits the pink, the white will stop dead.
1:57:48 > 1:57:58If he gets fullish contact on the pink we will have the same snooker
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1:58:09 > 1:58:12What a shame the match had to end in that way. Mark Herbertbherher
1:58:12 > 1:58:22Herbertbherher Herbertbherher but an unbelievable fluke on Ding
1:58:22 > 1:58:26Junhui gets him to win by six Well, Mark Davis will have
1:58:27 > 1:58:30nightmares about that, but D -- Ding goes through. Second round on
1:58:30 > 1:58:36Tuesday. This afternoon at 2 o'clock, we're looking forward to a