Day 1 UK Snooker Championship Extra

Welcome to the very first show of this year. We are in your depend we

are first of all going to go to the match between the current world

number 17 very organs, who has had a real breakthrough year. -- Berry

Hawkins. He finally claimed his very first tour title in Australia

in July. His face in the world number two from China, who has only

qualified to beat at the final stages of this championship once

before. What can we expect of him? Or will be revealed in this best of

11 frames contest. We would join Barry Hawkins gets the frame under

way. Currently ranked 17th best These matches are best of 11. He is

You will not be treating this young man from China lightly. It was only

a couple of years ago he was in the Not quite sure what happened, but

he came right cross that shot. He was that far away. That was

definitely a wide, wasn't it? It just shows you, the first shot, a

little bit of notes. Very fortunate He has not played the best of

safety shots. Liuzzi feet and get a little bit closer this time. --

This is a tough pot. A lot of Almost certain to leave a red if he

had missed that. It makes the pots Not quite certain what he has made

the best effort there. Cannot The problem is, if he puts the

black, then it may not be available until either corner pocket. It is

to his advantage to play for the That was a good shot. Cued well off

I think he would love to get that read. He would love to get back

He obviously believes that this road will still pot when the black

It didn't go into the middle of the pocket and has run out of position

slightly. I don't know whether it is a little bit of a journal and,

but he certainly seems to be getting a little bit of action. --

It looks as though it will go to the right middle, but can he do

Tricky, but you wouldn't expect him He is a pretty steady performer. --

very little movement if you get a chance to watch his cue action. A

nice follow-through on his cue. A very solid player. He won his first

ranking tournament this year down in Australia. That will certainly

Maybe there is a case for the plaque now. He doesn't have to,

there are too loose red balls on the left-hand side. A 55 point lead

now. Still a possible 83 on the table. That equates to three more

red balls needed. I can see two clearly in the open. Where does the

If he took blacks with those two red balls, it would put him further

67.2 remaining on the table. -- They will be no heroics with the

black. Just looking at the spot and The chance of a really big break

He hit a few positional shots early on in this break, but since then he

has been absolutely inch-perfect. His opponent is an attacking player,

but he missed a couple of long pots. That is the thing to snooker. You

make no -- make one mistake and you just have to sit in your chair and

hope it does not cost to the frame. He can leave it in a single on the

pink year. If he does not have an ankle on the Pinkie, the readies in

He just hit it ever to be too hard. He got the century and he played

then it really, really well. The warning signs are there for his

opponent. Do not leave falcons in Frame number two is under way.

There is a red ball available and the black is open. Absolutely

A beautiful shot. Perfect on the It is not the best shot he has ever

played. He may have to go off a A couple of red balls will go into

It is now important he gets on the low side of the placket and leaves

That is the red ball he wants to hit. If he can hit it with plenty

of backspin he is always going to be on the loose red ball that is in

I always say you need a little bit of luck, but I do not think he has

There is not a lot of room, is a? What do you think? He has gone

direct. There was a big task. was. He was a bit unlucky that that

Again, he little bit of danger. A I would say his heart was in his

mouth a little bit then. That was the difference. He played at such a

pace to give it every chance to go in. If he had played a little bit

There was the first ball he has pottered in the match. It was a

The secret of the modern game is when you get in you have to score

That was a nice shot. Perfect room for the black and abroad another

He has a horrendous kick. That is very unlucky. - cue ball jumped

straight up into the air and took So frustrating, isn't it? When you

get a kick in that position. Nothing worse. It was a good chance.

Well played. Terry well-played, particularly as he had the

disappointment of not being on an easy read. A good chance to keep it

He has held up well. L did very well for the blue. That was a good

I don't know if one of those will It was a good recovery, but he does

not want to be St -- to straight on the black. His but guaranteed to be

on a red ball. Maybe one that goes to the left middle he could play on.

That was an excellent shot. Very well controlled. He screwed back in

That has certainly opened things up This has been a good very good

standard in this couple of the He has another horrendous kick. I

cannot believe that. That is This is an unexpected opportunity

A little bit of work to do with the cue ball being. Not perfect. Easy

enough to pot, but he needs good position on the black. The pink is

He's getting down pretty quick so he must be happy with the ankle. He

He's a frenzy loved as a snooker player -- these are frames you love.

When your opponent gets a bit of When you come into this position,

if you can win from it, it turns the screw in your opponent. That is

what you have to do in this game, Took back more colours means he

May not quite certain of this available -- the availability of

this red ball beneath the pink. He is playing the blue. He knits this

-- needs this blue and the last red The referee would be having a close

No problem. The 28 points in front. The plaque to come. It looks like

35 points ahead there. Two snookers required just to tie. There you are

going in means that there will be no return in this frame. A little

unlucky. He got a kick, which she ever came with a good pot, but then

the last back contact he had on the blue has cost him the frame. Barry

101 in the first frame, 55 and counting in this. Good, confident,

He does not even bother about the Berry Hawkins will be well pleased.

He now leads to frames to zero. -- Barry Hawkins breaks off, at 2-0

The big problem with that shot, if you miss it, you are unlucky when

you get the double-kiss. That is where he has got. It has left the

cue ball nicely on his red ball above the black. Berry Hawkins's

I did not think that was going to go in. Oh was quite a mind -- quite

He has played for this was read. He did not make a chance going into

the cluster. You get a feeling the need a going into the red balls,

you're better off going off the He has played it absolutely inch

perfect. Now we know what the set- A lot easier from the blue then it

He hit them well there. Adult it would have had a bit more than a

minute. He needed a bit more power ward the cue ball. A very good pot.

He will train keep the cue ball in between the brown and green. Just

Perfect. The black pots into this bottom right-hand corner pocket.

The black does not pot. He will have some work to do yet. We have

seen that a couple of times in the first few frames. He was looking at

the two reds just below the pack in the bottom of the corner pocket. He

wants to get a nice angle on one of those. This worked out a trade.

I thought he was going to come down on that side of the table to get an

angle on one of the reds. He seemed to take his chances. Maybe a bit

too thin on the green to hold it. Is that a choice of red. The one to

the left corner you feel he will do well to avoid a kiss on the second

red. At first a look to those is what dad nicely. -- at first it

looked as though it works out nicely. Now it is not as

straightforward. He moved the blue of the spot. Otherwise it would not

He is coming out with some good pots to keep his break going. He

will try to get the blue back on the spot after this next red.

Looking at his success at the moment, he is at 98%. That is

pretty high in any one's baulk. He They do not think he has screwed

the ball back enough. It seems to He cued it well. He has a slight

angle on the pink. He cannot play for the black, of course. Any

slight angle on the pink, he can bring a few reds into play. He will

have to do this without potting the black. Lose in the middle of the

table. It could be the pink spot just in between the pink and the

red. He may be able to clear the pink spot here. He has not made the

best job of that. Does the pink go on its spot? It does, but it is out

of play. He can get through to this red with just a slight angle. Now,

particularly with the blue not in its spot, he needs a good shot. A

couple of reds will go. He needs to bring the cue ball down the right

hands of the table. Unless he tries to play a cannon. That way you

don't have to be as precise. The This is unfortunate. He played a

good pot but did not get the right cannon. That looks like end of

break. He may try to push a red up to the left-hand side cushion. He

has already got one on the right- hand side cushion. That is what he

tried to do, get a reds safe. A He will try to bring the black into

play. There is a target behind green and brown if he can find it.

He will play it thin to bring the black into play. That is pretty

Being 43 behind there was a lot of pressure on every safety shot. He

knows that one more mistake you'll have a third frame gone. He has got

to make a Conservative shot. There is a good target behind green and

brown if he can find it. He could not find that time. Once again,

pretty good. He could look at this and think, Theresa Reich under the

tens of the table that passes the black. If he was to knock this in

it could be a frame winner. If he didn't, he would give your

opponents a chance to get back in the frame. You have to work out

which is the best shot. Is it a Liang Wenbo has had his chance. It

is not an easy start by any means. Just below the black spot. It again

pot the red and bounce beyond the black he has a chance to get back

There is quite low of distance between these two reds. It is not

straightforward. A great shot. Excellent shot. Have ever good this,

the pot the pink. He will leave a nice angle on the red. He wants the

cue ball down where it is now. It will make a nice angle on this red.

He would try take this red off the side cushion if the angle is there.

He would leave that red to try and win this frame. But the problem is

that the red near the black spot Cork if he has not played a first,

the Blackpool get tied up. If he had a good angle on that red he may

try to get it. It is important that the clears this red before potting

the black. That will be the big hurdle, the red near the right-hand

side cushion. I don't think he even looked at that choice. The black

may have gone on to the spot in the bat hand corner pocket. The red and

that so the table will be even more He is back in the frame. A good

chance to get a few points on the board here. Closing the gap. Every

player seemed to play with both hands right now. He has come very

straight on this red. I do not think it will stop him from potting

it. It may be a chance to leave the angle on the black to bring the red

near the right hand cushion into play. He would not be all-out. The

important thing is to get back in the frame. He is straight on this

Slowly but surely pinching himself right back into the frame. Can he

He has a perfect angle now. If he misses the red he will still be up

near the blue. He has the perfect angle to try and bring this black

in. He will get this red off the I cannot believe that shot he has

played. It is a terrible shot. He should have been on the right-hand

side of the table if anything. did not turn down an opportunity

like that to play the cannon. He still has the problem. It looks

miss a ball. In it goes. Now he's got a more difficult shot. Even if

he didn't play the cannon on the red he could have drop behind it.

Now he has got to try DeWitt of the brown or below, a lot more

difficult than off the black. -- He has played it well. He can see

the difficulty. He is using the rest. This is tough. To get a nice

angle on the black... With this kind of shot, the more pace you put

in the more chance the race to miss it. You want to cue this nicely.

Played it well. I would be playing a snooker now. I would not be

thinking about winning the frame at this visit. He has a one-point lead.

He may have a snooker. If he were 2-0 up you may have a look at the

black. The fact that he is down creates more doubt in his mind. He

He is edited experienced, Liang Wenbo. He turned professional into

1005. I would have thought he would have learnt more table craft. Barry

Hawkins has played a dreadful shot. Without having to play a good

safety, Liang Wenbo gets his opportunity to get a first frame on

He is just having a look at the angle. He will try to avoid a kiss

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on the black and the pink. It is Pushed out of it there, he looks as

though he has the snooker. It is an easy one to hit. It is not hitting

it, it is can he get it safe? It comes off the cushion and it's the

green in the face, it should be There is a gap. A gap between the

brown and the blue. A possibility An excellent shot. A great shot

from Liang Wenbo. Six points ahead. He will be very relieved, Liang

15 points the lead, 13 remaining. It should be enough. What a bad

chance for a snooker the way the play has gone. This is a good line,

He would have loved to have seen that pink going. That black is an

excellent position. Why isn't he distraught the pink in the pocket?

Another good chance for Barry Hawkins here. When the pink and

black are retable, -- is on the table, if he puts this in the jaws

of the pocket, there is nothing Barry Hawkins can do. That's it.

Liang Wenbo gets his first frame on the board. It can see a sigh of

relief. A bitter disappointment from Bury. He would have thought he

He did not want to risk that. He has left a red in this corner

pocket. A 97% pot success of Barry Hawkins ladies and 83% of Liang

Wenbo, the risen the one frame in He just caught the draw the pocket.

Look at the way these balls are spread. He would want to get rid of

the red just above the black spot. Without being too presumptuous it

would be crossing his mind this early in the frame that there is a

possibility of a very good break, a maximum break at this stage. First

and foremost, let's get the frame He tried to force the black in.

played two positional shots on the black. There were enough reds.

There is no excuse he should have let us offer a better pot. Once you

try to force then, anything can be missed. He is very unlucky. He

really got through that cue ball. Just another fraction then he could

have swerved of it. A bend over the right-hand side. A bit risky, isn't

it. The way the reds have opened up, the next person to pot a ball has

every chance to win a frame. I do not think he can bend it. Not with

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I couldn't tell you how good they the pot was, I really couldn't. It

had to be cued absolutely perfect. He is inch-perfect on the blue. A

He would be a bit disappointed, but he does it have to do anything with

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the cue ball. What a chance this is It didn't know whether it is my

imagination, the rye a lot more left-handers playing the game now.

The holder of this championship. These two met left-hander's here. -

- these two left-handers here. did not have left handed cues in

60 points the lead. 59 remaining. But more this means that Barry

Hawkins will not carry on. A good response. He went through a few

nervous moments the last frame after making the break of 71. He

looked as though he could have lost His confidence seems to be growing.

We have already had a century break He will be disappointed with that

It is a long way away, but it doesn't matter. The most important

thing was to win the frame and that is what he has done. Barry Hawkins

He cannot believe it is three apiece. He has hardly missed a pot.

He has only missed three balls in He is starting to get a bit more

table time now, so he will get used to the speed of the table. At one

time his success rate was down to 78%. There was plenty of room for

improvement. He has got back in the Up to 86% success now. You have to

be looking and 90% or above in this We saw in a previous friend we saw

It will be interesting to see what From a sale as a little bit

surprised with that shot. I thought he may have left a bit of an angle

left on the black. It may now be He has not played it well. He won a

bearded play the cannon. -- he will not be able to. I am sure he was

He always tries to mop up what is there in the Open and then leave it

to the last red ball to get on the colour and tried to bring more.

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Into play. The right shot was to He has lost the cue ball and has

It was certainly a dreadful contact, but what is worse is the cue ball

It was all going very swimmingly until the sudden it is not looking

There are a couple of loose red balls after this one. It really

depends on... You would like to That cue ball is going to be

travelling a little bit more than he would have liked. It should not

cause a problem, but Tor Hooshov -- He is looking to see if the pink is

available. He may have the ankle as well to pot the red ball and come

back down for the black. But he has to think about getting down into

the red ball sooner rather than He will not be doing it off their

It is the one loose red ball to play ball. He has to do a good

Not the best, but what he may decide to do here is to run into

the other red balls. He's playing But he is just about got the ankle

on the blue to force the cue ball into the red balls. I'm just

looking at that cluster there. Two red balls. The red at the top of

the cluster, runs into another one. You have to be careful that one

does not go into the left corner He's probably concerned about that

which is why he did not put as much pace in. He will be happy with that

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This black will put him 63 points in front, with 75 remaining. This

black, one more red ball and a colour and he will be in front in

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If that Pink goes back where it was, then it leaves the red Open. He

could have played for the bottom He has a 70 point lead. There was a

plant. Surely now that is the end of the frame. I cannot see Barry

Good stuff, this. It could have been all so different if he had

lost the last frame, which he nearly did. I'm sorry, the fifth

frame. He got a break of 71 and just about scrambled home on the

pink. A 68 break in the last frame. And Barry Hawkins's politics are

On this table is a lot easy -- a lot easier to manoeuvre the cue

ball. He has played him well. Still a possible century break. It

has been an amazing turnaround for him. He looked completely out of it,

but he has fought very hard to get back into this match and now has

I suppose Barry Hawkins will consider himself as much better

with the ball, but his opponent was complaining a -- about a couple of

kicks he had in the second frame That little bit of luck, one way or

That is what he needs for the Well played. He has given himself a

chance at the black and this will be an excellent way to go a front -

- in front in the match. Well played. He was 3-1 behind. It

looked as if he was going to be steam roll, but no longer. He now

It has been a fascinating match so What happens in this game the of

snooker is that Barry Hawkins, as you say, is playing well, but all

the sudden the game will be looking a little bit more difficult. He has

lost his lead and has gone behind. His opponent is two frames away

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from victory. Nothing is looking We could be here for a little while

Ms difficult for the players to get up there, but they can keep it safe

by coming down the left-hand side of the table. A chance for Barry

Hawkins to bring it back up to the And he decided to bring that cue

ball down the left-hand side of the table, but very very short of pace.

It does are going to this bottom right-hand pocket, but I'm not

quite sure if he will be about to Lots of red balls in the Open,

should he miss. Excellent shot. In the last few frames his long

I think we are definitely seeing a turnaround here now, with the

confidence. That safety shot from Barry, considering he had tried to

get near the ball and only just reached the cushion, just maybe a

little bit of tension in the back calm. The game will not be looking

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as easy as it was ea There is a report Open near the

centre and almost arrived the above the plaque to the rights likely. He

The way he has been break-building, he is going to pick off the loose

ones. He has at least five A little bit disappointed there. He

wanted to be straighter there. It is a bit risky when you're running

off another red. If he had been straight on the red, it would have

been a formality. All surprised to go down so quick to play because he

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This is the tactical side, we can just feel that Berry organs has had

the advantage, but looking at the The tidy you can get the cue ball

to the cushion, the more problems you are going to cause your

If you can try and get the cue ball close to the yellow pocket as we

He has to be careful it does not leave it on to the Right Centre.

That is pretty good. He has left half a chance here. Read to the

It is funny how your mind set can change. When you are behind you can

take a risk and then all this at Newgate in front. He should be

playing safe of this. But he does But I am certain he is well aware

that if he loses this frame he is one prim away from defeat and he

would not be happy with that. That A very important tactical battle,

It is already plain that a shot, but you have to give the cue ball

back to the top cushion. What has He left a red ball to the far left

corner, which if it couldn't close he would have mocked another one

down to this end. He has not left Once again did not get the cue ball

back to the top cushion, now there is a red ball adjacent to the far

left corner. Can he get through to He cannot get through to the ball

that is closest to the pocket, but he can certainly have a go at this

one. Maybe try and screw off the red ball and get down on to this

back cushiony towards the black. It is a difficult shot because he

knows he will be leaving the red that is closest to the hall should

he miss. It is one of those situations. If you are fully

committed and potted it, but it is very risky. He played it in such a

way that he was giving himself half a chance to get a bit safe if it

didn't go in. Now this black, if it is just off the cushion, is

If they are tight on the cushion you can hit them in a way that they

just Queen. But when they are just One could pot here. He has to avoid

trying to go for the centre. He has fitted on the way down and is out

of position. A reprieve for Barry He is going to try and play the

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back -- black and leave this cue A good pot for Berri, he was on the

He can take the green as well. The problem it is difficult to control

the cue ball. She's an absolute He will drop this red in and with

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Well, he has started to play on the brown pushed up. It should not be a

problem. I feel sometimes if you on the blue you are in the middle of

the table. At the moment, in the news had, he is probably reducing

his arrears. The same position on the blue. Left-handed. He decided

to hold will come off the top Just whittling away at these really.

Can he win it? He certainly can. The key will be the red that is to

the right of the pink. That will be Try and get as close to these two

reds as possible. That was a poor shot. A little bit of tension in

his armour bear out. Get into the top cushion and getting the kind of

This is what happens, if you play one bad shot you tend to run out of

position. He can pot the yellow but he cannot really get close to this

last red. The only saving grace is that he is right back in the frame.

Chances of winning the frame have As long as he has got the snooker,

Barry is Deptford - attack -- desperately having a look. There is

more than an inch. But at this frame, you would think, hinges on

whoever pots this last red. A good safety shot needed if you're not

playing the pot. It may even be worth having a go at this red.

Should he miss it, it made goes safe. There may be some value in

Am a bit worried it could kiss the pink. I do not blame him for

playing it. It was not an easy safety shot. But he has to sit down

and now. Barry Hawkins with a chance if he can knock this red in

he will go favourite. There you go, there is the difference between

these two players. Barry Hawkins uses his experience of their and

thought that the red was dangerous and the snooker is a certainty.

Cannot snooker behind many more balls than that. It would not be my

choice, this. Trying to put distance between cue ball and

Underhit that slightly. It will be the yellow in green that Turkey to

this frame. -- that will be beaky Just a little bit straighter than

he would of liked honoured this yellow. Do you run through all play

the screw back? Just has to just the pace of this. This looks

perfect. He just seemed to check. The green is not easy now. He will

be hampered by the pink. It is not He has got to be careful even when

he takes the rest away yet. Good 14 points ahead. He is going to

He is nicely on the blue. The blue is frame ball. And this is a frame

that could have gone either way. It was a big frame. You felt for Barry

Hawkins. And he has won it. Still going to be very hard to pick the

winner. As he leaves the arena he will be feeling a lot better than

It should never have been a possibility. When you're that close

to the reds, to hit a ball of, come unforgivable. -- to hit a ball of

colour. Just the possibility of the brown and the yellow. Does he have

the angle to come off the top cushion, side cushion and try and

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I just did not think the angle was There is a mistake. A mistake he

can ill afford at this moment. Not the best chance, but there are a

few loose reds. The black out of commission at the moment. He has

the blue and has colours to play with. He will concentrate on

This is the match winning frame as He is nicely on this red to the

right corner. Looking to see if he It may be tied up. His main concern

now is to pot as many balls as he It would be a bonus if the pink

pots. He has got a heavy contact there. It might be OK. Just made it

past the blue. One good split here. He has a nice angle on the blue. If

he gets a good split on these reds... Just lost the cue ball. It

Looks like end of break. The fact that he has walked up to the baulk

again. There is no pot to go at. None that is worth risking any way

Barry Hawkins goes back to his seat with a 22 point lead. Liang Wenbo

knows that he cannot afford another mistake. If he plays safe, he has

to get it safe. If he goes for pot All things considered, that was a

pretty good shot. If you are being picky you would say there was a

little bit too much pace in the cue ball. There is a chance of reds

that are possible here. But I do not know if they shots of for

nothing there. A little bit of He's situation is, he would like to

play safe here. A do-nothing there is a safety shot. He would not like

to miss it and gift his opponent. What would you play? I do not know.

He is looking at the possibility of leaving the cue ball on the bottom

He certainly found a nice gap in In between frames on the other

table see can see the sort of mood meant that goes on, the noise, the

hub of. I think he is just playing a safety here. That is one ball out

of commission. Pink and black are tied up. The blue, yellow, and

brown can be played for if you get the chance. It is not looking good

at the moment for Liang Wenbo. I thought we had a new favourite, not

It is not too bad. He has left another attempt at into this pocket.

The All tempter, but dangling at the end of it is made frame of

match-winning opportunity. Now the pink and black guy in the clear he

has some insurance because the blue and green are out of commission. A

lot depends with this type of shot whether you feel that you can just

dropping in and get position. The straight red looks the better one

The straight red, he was bound to be on the pink but he did not want

to risk the straight red. A little unfortunate not to be on anything

easy. He is coming down to have a Just looking to see what he is

going to leave. Could leave the cue ball down the end of the table. The

The black is over the Holt now. -- He has left a possibility. One in

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I think if he takes this red on, he made love with the pink on the way

back up. Well, he could not avoid the pink. That went very close to

the left centre, but a great pot. He always had the advantage of the

black over the hole. The chance of a counter attack... It was a brave

shot to fully commit. That pink nearly went in the middle. He would

have been very unlucky. It is unlucky to be hampered like this as

well. I have to be honest, that was so unlucky. To be hampered,

committed to that could pot, to find yourself in that position on

the black. And now it looks easy, but when you're striking down like

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that this difficult. That could Well, he would like that one

back.The red to be back in position He wants about shoes lull of

otherwise he is going to be on nothing unless the brown passes the

yellow and that is the case. It looks as though it is passed the

Would that brown going in, 52 players that made he's just looking

When he led at the mid-section interval I bet he was feeling

It has got a bit scrappy since then That is the game. It is just a run

of the ball, a little roll he and there. Fractions of inches make all

the difference. I think Liang Wenbo will probably concede. And she does.

It was a well fought contest. Barry Hawkins will be pleased to be

through. He runs that a 6-4 winner He has come through strongly into

the last 16. I hope you join us on the secondary of the championship