:00:37. > :00:41.Hello again. Tonight from the Barbican Centre in York, we are
:00:41. > :00:45.featuring Mark Davis from Sussex, who was enjoying the best season of
:00:45. > :00:50.his long 21 year career. For the first time ever, he has qualified
:00:50. > :00:54.by right as a member of the top 16 for this, the William Hill
:00:54. > :00:59.championship. He is up against a young man from China, 22-year-old
:00:59. > :01:03.Cao Yupeng, and it is his first go at the televised stages of this
:01:03. > :01:07.event after causing quite a stir at The Crucible seven months ago when
:01:07. > :01:10.he knocked out Mark Allen on room to round two. That was the World
:01:10. > :01:15.Championship. And John Higgins will be watching this match very closely
:01:15. > :01:18.because he will play the winner of it in the second round. And
:01:18. > :01:28.watching closely as well, Neal Foulds and Dennis Taylor, a
:01:28. > :01:43.
:01:43. > :01:48.commentary team. -- our commentary Not the best break-off shot. Left a
:01:48. > :01:58.possible pot for Mark Davis, who has been showing some terrific form
:01:58. > :02:07.
:02:07. > :02:12.Not a bad way to start. And the white has pulled up and it shows
:02:12. > :02:19.the importance of a decent break- off shot. Tough not to let your
:02:19. > :02:26.opponent in. You have got to hide the red. Yes, sometimes you needed
:02:27. > :02:33.all the time. We know these are long matches. But as ever, you need
:02:33. > :02:37.to start well. Mark Davis now in the 16 and he has not had to
:02:37. > :02:41.qualify for this event. That is something new for him. He has
:02:41. > :02:44.always been in the qualifiers but now he is in the 16 in the world.
:02:44. > :02:54.So he will be delighted. A different experience for him,
:02:54. > :03:03.
:03:03. > :03:06.though, I would say. To come here The black is locked into the right
:03:07. > :03:14.corner and he has made a pretty good job of that. Perfect angle on
:03:14. > :03:21.the blue. But not a good pack to go into, the way that pink is situated.
:03:21. > :03:29.If he played it, he would have to take the pink for ball. -- full
:03:29. > :03:39.ball. A pretty good effort there and he is very unlucky. He couldn't
:03:39. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:07.40 years of age and he is starting to play some of his best snooker.
:04:07. > :04:12.When you go way, way back, Ray Reardon and Spencer were at their
:04:12. > :04:18.peak in their 40s. It is amazing how the game has changed. I guess
:04:18. > :04:21.it is unusual how Mark has come through. Been playing for a long
:04:21. > :04:27.time and it is only in the last four, five years he has become so
:04:27. > :04:37.dangerous. And the man his playing is dangerous, Cao Yupeng. I can
:04:37. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:51.tell you that because he beat Mark A bit of a controversial end but
:04:51. > :04:51.
:04:51. > :05:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:05:36. > :05:41.You can see Cao there with a Judd Trump style bow-tie. Obviously
:05:41. > :05:47.prefers it to the traditional one. And a very good safety shot he has
:05:47. > :05:51.played there. Very good. And a nice little earring there as well! I
:05:51. > :06:01.suppose the players years ago... You wouldn't have seen Ray Reardon
:06:01. > :06:03.
:06:03. > :06:07.with an earring, would you? I don't Yes, good to see these Chinese
:06:07. > :06:13.players coming through, it really is. Terrific for the game. And even
:06:13. > :06:23.getting younger. A Paris one in China is only 13 and he has made a
:06:23. > :06:34.
:06:34. > :06:38.His name is apparently Dong! It would be great if he came through
:06:38. > :06:48.and ended up in a match against Ding. That would be quite a match!
:06:48. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:10.A lot of young talent coming through from China. This man must
:07:10. > :07:12.weigh 14-year-old. And just as you mention that, we also mentioned a
:07:12. > :07:22.14-year-old Chinese golfer qualified for the Masters.
:07:22. > :07:34.
:07:34. > :07:38.We have always seen it in snooker. With the likes of Judd Trump,
:07:38. > :07:41.Ronnie O'Sullivan, who was a brilliant junior player as well.
:07:41. > :07:51.Even back to Jimmy White, who was one of the first of his type,
:07:51. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :08:06.Here of a cut that by quite some way. But quite a misjudgment. -- he
:08:06. > :08:30.
:08:30. > :08:40.Neither player settled just yet and the blue, pink and black have gone.
:08:40. > :08:43.
:08:43. > :08:53.Could be a bit of a scrappy frame right now with those colours at the
:08:53. > :09:31.
:09:31. > :09:41.other run of the table. -- are the That could have a quick bounce off
:09:41. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :09:57.of the cushion there a pretty safe. This is quite an attacking safety
:09:57. > :10:07.shot back. You can never be sure where the ball is going to finish.
:10:07. > :10:07.
:10:07. > :13:03.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:13:03. > :13:11.Now he has got the pink back into play. It will not stay there for
:13:11. > :13:21.long. The pink spot is available. It has tidied up the table a little
:13:21. > :13:32.
:13:32. > :13:40.The pink is available into the left middle pocket, also. I am not sure
:13:40. > :13:46.how much angle he has got. Just enough. It is amazing. You can get
:13:46. > :13:56.an almost straight shot, and it is amazing, the angle you can create
:13:56. > :14:01.
:14:01. > :14:08.when it is almost shake. -- straight. There is a good chance he
:14:08. > :14:16.doesn't have to play any cannons. As he takes the one at the back of
:14:16. > :14:26.this four. The one into the opposite corner that he has just
:14:26. > :14:28.
:14:28. > :14:38.pot it. -- potted. Has he got an angle on the pink to be able to run
:14:38. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:47.through for that? Just about. It is a bit more difficult this time,
:14:47. > :14:52.looking at the angle he has. If he was pretty straight on this red he
:14:52. > :15:02.could just drop it in to the middle. But if you see the angle, he has a
:15:02. > :15:19.
:15:19. > :15:24.That pink obviously goes into the From the overhead shot it looks a
:15:24. > :15:33.bit tight, but if you look at it now, there is plenty of room, as
:15:33. > :15:37.you can see there. It looked as if it was going to be a scrappy frame,
:15:37. > :15:41.the way that the three high-value colours had gone early on in the
:15:42. > :15:47.frame, but he has made a good fist of it. He has got a little bit of
:15:47. > :15:51.work to do now. He has a bad angle on this next red. It is not
:15:51. > :15:55.straight, it is worse than that in some ways because he has to try and
:15:55. > :16:01.run through and avoid the cue ball getting into the jaws of the pocket.
:16:01. > :16:06.He has done that. He's just a bit short of pace. It was not an easy
:16:06. > :16:16.shot, actually. Even if this goes in you would wonder where the next
:16:16. > :16:32.
:16:32. > :16:38.If I suppose he played on one of the two reds on the right, the
:16:38. > :16:45.bottom one, but he is not really on anything. He has got a good lead
:16:45. > :16:52.here. Not so much that Cao Yupeng could not make a comeback. He is
:16:52. > :16:57.looking at the plant, but they are quite widely apart, the two reds.
:16:57. > :17:01.It looked easier, that shot than it really was. He tried to get the cue
:17:01. > :17:11.ball back and thought it would be safe, but then you don't know where
:17:11. > :17:40.
:17:40. > :17:50.Pretty good chance now to go on and They have never played each other
:17:50. > :17:51.
:17:51. > :18:01.before, these two players. It is the first time that Cao Yupeng has
:18:01. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:16.qualified for the UK Championship. Last year, in the first round, Mark
:18:16. > :18:24.Davis lost in the opening round to Ding Junhui. The remember that
:18:24. > :18:27.match, he was very unlucky. There was an important fluke at the end.
:18:27. > :18:32.But he will be looking to put things right this time around. He
:18:32. > :18:42.can tie the frame, but with the black away from its spot, he will
:18:42. > :18:42.
:18:42. > :19:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:19:22. > :19:32.I think we all thought he had knocked that one in, but how do you
:19:32. > :19:33.
:19:33. > :19:42.get on to the black from here? That is a pretty good effort, I can tell
:19:42. > :19:52.you. Very well played. For that amount of backspin, with the rest.
:19:52. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:14.The black has to go in, otherwise What a kick. But, has he fluked it?
:20:14. > :20:18.Fortunate little smile, he got a horrendous kick there, before
:20:18. > :20:28.flicking the black, but he has still got to get back onto the
:20:28. > :20:33.
:20:33. > :20:43.black from here. -- fluking the black. There are not many people
:20:43. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :20:59.who would have found that easy. If he can pot a red and a black, he
:20:59. > :21:09.is quite an unpredictable player, but if he can get down to the
:21:09. > :21:15.
:21:15. > :21:25.colours, there has a chance of Not the best ever, so, barring a
:21:25. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:49.snooker, Cao has lost the opening frame. That will do nicely. Having
:21:49. > :21:49.
:21:49. > :22:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:22:35. > :22:41.He will not bother about missing the yellow, Cao Yupeng coming to
:22:41. > :22:51.the table but Mark Davis has definitely one this opening frame.
:22:51. > :22:58.
:22:58. > :23:08.This time, he does concede. So, Mark Davis has the best possible
:23:08. > :23:47.
:23:47. > :23:52.For very good shot -- that is a very good shot, snookered for all
:23:52. > :23:56.the reds. And if he comes off the right hand cushion into the bunch
:23:56. > :24:06.he leaves that red to the right of the pack and to the opposite side
:24:06. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:49.there is a loose red, also. He has Very good. Excellent! Even Cao
:24:49. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :26:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:26:08. > :26:13.Yupeng tucked the table on his way He has caught two black marks on
:26:14. > :26:23.his cue, like he is using them as a little visual aid when he is
:26:24. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:29.sighting the ball. I have seen him do that before, some players have
:26:29. > :26:36.them in practice, but you do not want to be thinking about them in
:26:36. > :26:46.practice. I guess you want to put your bright -- bridge hand and the
:26:46. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:11.Mark Davis, similar to the opening frame, he got the first good chance
:27:11. > :27:21.and made 41 in the opening frame. He still has a chance of knocking a
:27:21. > :27:31.
:27:31. > :27:35.Just stand down towards the brown. He would normally prefer to leave
:27:35. > :27:42.that red into the middle pocket rather than the corner, I mean, he
:27:42. > :27:52.could leave it into the corner, if he wishes. Which is what he has
:27:52. > :28:09.
:28:09. > :28:14.That is a little careless. He has caught the red above the pink but
:28:14. > :28:21.he has left himself slightly on the wrong side of the blue. These
:28:21. > :28:30.cloths are very lively and yesterday a few players had some
:28:30. > :28:36.strange shots, and that was another one there. It is pretty easy to do.
:28:37. > :28:45.If you hit the ball well, you can just over hit them and it makes it
:28:45. > :28:51.more difficult than it should be, to keep the break going. Probably
:28:51. > :28:58.more difficult to plan for anything else but the black, here. That is a
:28:58. > :29:04.good shot, good striking. He does hit the ball well, he always has
:29:04. > :29:14.done. I'll start the reason he didn't do better was how strong he
:29:14. > :29:17.
:29:17. > :29:22.is mentally, but that is something he has really improved upon.
:29:22. > :29:30.Winning that championship out in Thailand or Hong Kong, to win that
:29:30. > :29:36.even though it was only six reds, gave him quite a boost. And that is
:29:36. > :29:42.why he's in the top 16. He won the first hour six West championship in
:29:42. > :29:52.to 1009, and then he won the 2012 a version. If there are six reds on
:29:52. > :29:57.
:29:57. > :30:01.the table, he is your man! To have won it twice is quite something. It
:30:01. > :30:08.is a world title of kinds. I am sure he has gained a lot of
:30:08. > :30:18.confidence by that. Played out in Bangkok earlier in the year, the
:30:18. > :30:56.
:30:56. > :31:04.first time he won it, I think he Just a little bit short with the
:31:04. > :31:12.cue ball, but it shouldn't be a problem getting onto the blue.
:31:12. > :31:18.Maybe kicking him up into the corner, to come back for the black.
:31:18. > :31:28.And there again, he just over screwed that. He is hitting the
:31:28. > :31:31.
:31:31. > :31:41.ball very well, but this can happen on a very lively cloth. It is not
:31:41. > :31:51.
:31:51. > :31:54.That was not bad. Did not seem guaranteed to be on anything, he
:31:54. > :32:02.could have played it slowly but he did not push the red that far up
:32:02. > :32:07.the table. This time, used perfectly on the blue, and he is
:32:07. > :32:13.just coming to have a look at how far down he can go. He might just
:32:13. > :32:19.have a shot-1 it through. He will have to get further down the table
:32:19. > :32:23.to play that shot Mike. He did not hit that all that well, to go
:32:23. > :32:28.directly into the pink and not hit half of it, and it is getting more
:32:28. > :32:36.difficult by the shot. He played that the old-fashioned way, we
:32:36. > :32:46.could say, rather than screwing into the reds the way these modern-
:32:46. > :32:56.
:32:56. > :33:06.day players do, he stunned into Unlucky. Very good effort. 58 break.
:33:06. > :33:30.
:33:30. > :33:35.That is not bad, not quite enough Cao Yupeng has not settled into the
:33:35. > :33:44.match yet. You can see that, because he has missed quite a few
:33:44. > :33:51.shots. His concentration is not fully there, and you cannot let
:33:51. > :34:01.your. Raced away. But now, he has got out of it. -- your opponent
:34:01. > :34:27.
:34:27. > :34:32.It was a simple little shot that mark played, and if he rolls up to
:34:32. > :34:37.that red tears when to have to cover the left corner pocket red,
:34:37. > :34:47.and he has got to get this right, just to nestle on to, and he hasn't,
:34:47. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:57.he has made a hash of that. He certainly hasn't settled, as Neal
:34:57. > :35:07.said. On these very fast cloths that last shot Mike he attended,
:35:07. > :35:14.
:35:14. > :35:20.not straightforward. -- that last The green but it's not the ball you
:35:20. > :35:29.would normally player now. -- was not. It makes it difficult to get
:35:29. > :35:39.the snooker. He's going to have to take this on. Has to make sure of
:35:39. > :35:56.
:35:56. > :36:05.it. And it was not a very good shot Now, he's almost certain to win the
:36:05. > :36:09.frame, only 67, 68 left, and another red will clinch it. Some
:36:09. > :36:14.noise coming from the other table, but what a great crowd again here
:36:14. > :36:24.in the Barbican in York. We have got a full house, which is great to
:36:24. > :36:57.
:36:57. > :37:07.It is a very solid start from Mark Davis. He has done all that has
:37:07. > :37:12.
:37:12. > :37:17.been asked of him, to win the first I guess he will have something to
:37:17. > :37:27.prove now he is in the 16th. That he can stay there and go on to get
:37:27. > :37:57.
:37:57. > :38:07.Seems to be coping well enough with And tremendous. But easy what you
:38:07. > :38:07.
:38:07. > :38:15.The red down the cushion is the short of the match so far. If you
:38:15. > :38:20.could pots but that is the best of the bunch. -- a few good pots. This
:38:20. > :38:26.is the thing - when these boys are practising, they never miss. He has
:38:26. > :38:36.been able to take that practice to the match table. Some players are
:38:36. > :38:49.
:38:49. > :38:59.Two half-century breaks - 58 and 50, so Mark Davis has taken a 2-0 lead
:38:59. > :39:25.
:39:25. > :39:35.DENNIS TAYLOR: That was it had on this hit from Mark. He didn't
:39:35. > :40:05.
:40:05. > :40:15.intend to put that on. So another This is the best chance he has had.
:40:15. > :40:18.
:40:18. > :40:28.And, again, he can really make Not thinking about winning the
:40:28. > :40:55.
:40:55. > :40:59.frame but getting to 30, 40, Just thinking after all the years
:40:59. > :41:04.snooker has been played, they have eventually done away with the half
:41:04. > :41:08.they kept at the side of the table. They have all these extensions now.
:41:08. > :41:18.And we used to keep the long tackle, as we called it, at the side of the
:41:18. > :41:27.
:41:27. > :41:31.table. That is no longer there. Yes. JV was talking to referee
:41:31. > :41:41.about that. The biggest surprise was that he was talking to a
:41:41. > :41:51.
:41:51. > :41:55.Those things haven't been used for years, have they? Yeah, just one
:41:55. > :42:05.either side and out, and that is the normal rest with extension and
:42:05. > :42:12.
:42:12. > :42:15.the spider with extension. -- one I suppose we should have a little
:42:15. > :42:25.drink tonight and say farewell to the long tackle after all those
:42:25. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:00.years! I wonder where they have all Not too bad. Might have had a bit
:43:00. > :43:10.more angle on this black but he has a red which pots to the other
:43:10. > :43:23.
:43:23. > :43:29.That's not good. What has he played there? Red to the middle. Just not
:43:29. > :43:33.hit it. So tentative, the way he struck it. He has got awkward
:43:33. > :43:43.cueing and everything now. He has decided to play this but it is most
:43:43. > :43:46.
:43:46. > :43:51.difficult now. Just forgot hit the Yes, taking it out with frustration
:43:51. > :44:00.with his 40-point advantage. He has done the right thing. Just had
:44:00. > :44:10.It is like counting to 10 and realising you can't keep the break
:44:10. > :44:24.
:44:24. > :44:34.And he missed it. Probably a bit annoyed with the way that break
:44:34. > :45:00.
:45:00. > :45:04.Well, this would be nice one to If he is playing up and down from
:45:04. > :45:09.this, the kiss would be on. He knows the red goes in the middle
:45:09. > :45:19.and it would be dangerous. Not too bad, though, given with a cue ball
:45:19. > :45:47.
:45:47. > :45:56.is, I suppose. -- given where the That was slightly ambitious at that
:45:56. > :46:01.pace. Would have been a great shot had he pulled it off. Cao could do
:46:01. > :46:11.with a few reds near the side cushion or any cushion. Just as a
:46:11. > :46:12.
:46:12. > :46:22.bit of insurance. 40 is far from enough. Allies lead but... -- a
:46:22. > :46:28.
:46:28. > :46:33.Might have a go into the left corner here. OK, it is risky
:46:33. > :46:43.because he might leave something on. But he has a choice of reds. The
:46:43. > :46:43.
:46:43. > :47:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:47:36. > :47:46.left to the blue and the one to the By a long way, the best he has
:47:46. > :48:01.
:48:01. > :48:06.And that was great because he Mark Davis must be sitting in his
:48:06. > :48:11.seat now, wondering, well, I had a couple of half-chances... He would
:48:11. > :48:16.have had all of these. It is all about playing the percentages and
:48:16. > :48:26.Mark felt the percentages were against him knocking it in. But 2-0
:48:26. > :48:55.
:48:55. > :49:05.in front... Thought he would have While at the scoreboard? Just keep
:49:05. > :49:06.
:49:06. > :49:14.putting the ones! -- why look at the scoreboard? He did what he
:49:14. > :49:23.wanted to do. It didn't matter quiet way he finished on the blue.
:49:23. > :49:33.-- quite where he finished. Didn't see that one coming. Players
:49:33. > :49:33.
:49:33. > :50:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:50:59. > :51:04.He must have just touched the cue Just wondering if Mark can see
:51:04. > :51:14.enough of that red there. I guess he can. Thought he was bound to
:51:14. > :51:24.spook him on this one. At least he can get the game back to normality.
:51:24. > :51:54.
:51:54. > :52:02.Bringing this red back-up to the He will settle for that. Pen hit
:52:02. > :52:12.the safety shot quite a bit -- he. But now it goes to church a's
:52:12. > :52:12.
:52:12. > :53:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:53:12. > :53:22.A good one. But he would have liked the blue to be perfectly on its
:53:22. > :53:53.
:53:53. > :54:03.Played with lots of right-hand side there. He did well to get into the
:54:03. > :54:10.
:54:10. > :54:20.Oh! All have a son, the black has been brought into play. -- or of a
:54:20. > :54:28.
:54:28. > :54:38.sudden. It is an awkward black. -- You've got a fully commit here. --
:54:38. > :54:43.
:54:43. > :54:53.He needed to get a bit of something on the cue ball there. And he is OK.
:54:53. > :55:21.
:55:21. > :55:31.A void at the corner pocket. -- That was hit very well. Might be
:55:31. > :55:35.
:55:35. > :55:42.easier to get back into the frame. This opens up the other couple of
:55:42. > :55:48.reds. And now all about the right- hand side cushion. A good friend to
:55:48. > :55:57.pull out of the fire because he shouldn't still be in it. -- a good
:55:57. > :56:05.frame. But the lead could be gone. Yes, and the red you mentioned, for
:56:05. > :56:15.right-handed player it is not too badly situated. -- for a right-
:56:15. > :56:21.
:56:21. > :56:26.He is shaking his head there and he knows, Cao. A very elementary
:56:26. > :56:36.mistake he made. But Mark has quite a bit of work to do to clinch this
:56:36. > :57:09.
:57:09. > :57:13.There must be enough room past the Just overscrewed it slightly. If he
:57:13. > :57:17.drops the back in, he will go close to the middle pocket, which would
:57:17. > :57:27.have taken further away from this difficult last red that he would
:57:27. > :57:28.
:57:28. > :57:31.have liked. -- than he would have liked. Still not bad, though. At
:57:32. > :57:41.the other match in-between frames but Mark, well, he seems fully
:57:42. > :57:56.
:57:56. > :58:03.He has played it perfectly. This will be a steel and a half if he
:58:03. > :58:12.pulls this off! Just a question of getting nicely on the yellow. He
:58:12. > :58:22.was a good favourite win the frame. Not too bad. A very dejected Cao
:58:22. > :58:24.
:58:24. > :58:34.Yupeng. Thinking about the red he missed. Very easy to do. At least
:58:34. > :58:37.
:58:37. > :58:41.if he puts this he will be on the And what a chance now, Dennis?
:58:41. > :58:51.only the ground that is not on its spot. That should not be a problem.
:58:51. > :58:53.
:58:53. > :59:03.He knows it should only be one frame behind. This is a body blow
:59:03. > :59:08.
:59:08. > :59:18.A greater effort, though. You still have to knock them in. Cao made a
:59:18. > :59:36.
:59:36. > :59:40.mistake. But Mark Davis has done Well, he had breaks of 58 and 50 in
:59:40. > :59:50.the previous frame. He has cleared this frame up with a superb break
:59:50. > :00:00.
:00:00. > :00:04.of 79 and he extends his lead the So, Mark Davis, 3-0 up and going
:00:04. > :00:09.well against an opponent who looks as if he is not particularly
:00:09. > :00:19.comfortable out there. He's a lot better player than what we have
:00:19. > :00:32.
:00:32. > :00:35.But it can be very difficult out there if you come in with high
:00:35. > :00:45.expectations and play a few bad shots and a row. The bubble could
:00:45. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.Mark Davis will be thrilled to have won the third frame the way he did.
:01:04. > :01:15.
:01:15. > :01:23.Mark thought he would cover this It is possible to the right middle
:01:23. > :01:27.pocket here. And I think he would avoid the cannon over to the blue
:01:27. > :01:37.and also go between the yellow and brown so he could drop onto one of
:01:37. > :01:44.
:01:44. > :01:54.the Bob Carr has just by playing this plain ball. -- three all-
:01:54. > :02:05.
:02:05. > :02:08.Well, he was desperately hoping for some cover there. A bit heavy
:02:08. > :02:18.handed and not getting behind the yellow or brown add it has given
:02:18. > :02:27.
:02:27. > :02:31.him another chance. -- and it has Tried to hold. He has a shot at the
:02:32. > :02:40.black, I think, but sometimes they are quite difficult to hold. He
:02:41. > :02:48.could racket. -- he could drag it. Anything else will be difficult
:02:48. > :02:55.anyway. Yeah, if he doesn't play to bodied he has got to leave the
:02:55. > :03:03.white happened the jaws of the left corner pocket. -- doesn't play to
:03:03. > :03:13.pot it. There is a path back to just where he is almost standing.
:03:13. > :03:30.
:03:30. > :03:36.That would cover the reds into the I think he erred on the side of
:03:36. > :03:45.caution there, cupboards of, so to speak. He can still take this red
:03:45. > :03:55.on. -- covered himself. It is close to the cushion. And the distance
:03:55. > :03:59.
:03:59. > :04:07.between the cue ball and the object And that will do very nicely. He
:04:07. > :04:17.really is hitting the ball sweetly. And now I suppose the way he played
:04:17. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:31.the black, it doesn't really matter Always had a really good strong
:04:31. > :04:37.games. He is that sort of a player. Punching. Most players are like
:04:37. > :04:47.that but not all of them. Some like Mark Williams, just good at Rolling
:04:47. > :04:54.
:04:54. > :05:01.He gets through the ball pretty well. Yes, I suppose we have a lot
:05:01. > :05:11.of stunners in our game! And I am not just talking about the players!
:05:11. > :05:28.
:05:28. > :05:36.Our referee, she is a bit of a I think he's wondering if he can
:05:36. > :05:46.get through to the red by the blue. A bit difficult. He is in between
:05:46. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:59.shots again. I just wonder if he He played it as if he didn't really
:05:59. > :06:28.
:06:28. > :06:35.Yeah, you can tell he still has already settled. That frames still
:06:35. > :06:40.playing havoc with his mind. I know sports psychologists will tell you
:06:40. > :06:43.you have to forget what happened and get on with it. Takes a lot of
:06:44. > :06:53.hard work and practice to do that, to put things out of your mind. It
:06:54. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :07:37.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:07:38. > :07:47.is what you have to do but... Just having a look to see if he can
:07:48. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :08:01.get pass those two reds into the I think he plays it quite slowly,
:08:01. > :08:02.
:08:02. > :08:12.he could have a chance. If the red passes the pink into the middle
:08:12. > :08:16.
:08:16. > :08:26.He worked that out very well indeed because it was blocking to go
:08:26. > :08:57.
:08:57. > :09:07.He keeps fairly still on the shot, Already 46 in front with the black
:09:07. > :09:10.
:09:10. > :09:20.He is looking even more dejected now. He knows the interval is
:09:20. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :10:03.coming up and the odds are, he will A really good shot. That should be
:10:03. > :10:20.
:10:20. > :10:23.the one. Still a few points in the The wrong side of the blue but with
:10:23. > :10:33.the yellow and atomic spot it should be a problem to go up and
:10:33. > :11:01.
:11:01. > :11:11.down. -- kilo not on its spot. -- He got a kick there but it didn't
:11:11. > :11:15.affect the shot. 76 ahead with only 67 remaining and even less when
:11:15. > :11:19.this red disappears. Bennett has been all Mark Davis. It shouldn't
:11:20. > :11:26.have been. You should have been just one behind when he lost that
:11:26. > :11:32.frame. -- he should have been. Mark is just stomping around the table
:11:32. > :11:42.feeling very good about himself. was 56 in front at the time when he
:11:42. > :11:45.
:11:45. > :11:51.It has just dropped in! It is all one-sided, this match! He has got
:11:51. > :11:56.to be delighted with the way this has gone. The first big tournament
:11:56. > :12:01.he has featured in the top 16... It adds a different pressure by he has
:12:01. > :12:09.played well enough. He can play better but... Just mopped up from
:12:09. > :12:19.his opponent's mistakes must have This is whether break-ins but it
:12:19. > :12:50.
:12:50. > :13:00.was a colder frame and victory. -- Her he played that beautifully.
:13:00. > :13:03.
:13:03. > :13:09.How's you luck? It is OK, if the green passes the yellow. He has had
:13:09. > :13:18.very little table time and one very bad mistake that has cost him the
:13:18. > :13:25.frame. It is very difficult when you're playing as badly as he was,
:13:25. > :13:30.he was a long way below his best, then it is a question of 15 minutes
:13:30. > :13:37.to have a chat with whoever it is that looks after him, a coach or
:13:37. > :13:43.whatever, it is all about him. He is playing differently to early on,
:13:43. > :13:52.because he did not play well at all, he did not have any rhythm and
:13:52. > :14:02.looked tense uncertain shots. Mark Davis played well enough. Still
:14:02. > :14:07.
:14:07. > :14:13.time, if he can come out a different player, here. With it
:14:13. > :14:19.being the first to six, 4-0 is a situation you do not want to be in,
:14:19. > :14:23.but it would be much worse if it was first to five. As long as your
:14:23. > :14:33.opponent needs two frames, whatever the score line, you always have a
:14:33. > :14:52.
:14:52. > :14:56.That just put the pink out of commission somewhat, but he still
:14:56. > :15:06.has caught the black and blue to work from with five very easy reds
:15:06. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:13.available. This is a bit more like the Cao Yupeng we have seen,
:15:13. > :15:17.especially in the world championship against Mark Allen.
:15:17. > :15:20.started in round one of qualifying for the world championship and one
:15:21. > :15:28.four matches to get there, which was tough, it was all played in a
:15:28. > :15:38.very short period of time. And then beating mark Allen elevated him in
:15:38. > :15:46.
:15:46. > :15:56.the rankings quite a bit. -- Mark Allen. He has played quicker. He
:15:56. > :16:06.was a little bit slower, air left. -- earlier. He does well in
:16:06. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:16:58. > :17:01.qualifiers. He is quite tough to Some pinch you better off getting a
:17:01. > :17:08.ball on the cushion when you have that sort of advantage. --
:17:08. > :17:12.sometimes. I am not sure if he has got an angle to one through and get
:17:12. > :17:18.on the black. I don't blame him if he does not take that red to the
:17:18. > :17:28.right corner. Obviously, he hasn't got the angle to one on to the
:17:28. > :17:35.
:17:35. > :17:42.black. Going for the difficult red, Look at those colours now, to get
:17:42. > :17:52.behind. The green, blue, brown and pink, get the white anywhere behind
:17:52. > :17:52.
:17:52. > :17:58.those and you have a good chance of getting a snooker. He may just have
:17:58. > :18:08.to do that and hopefully get to the cue ball and not push one over the
:18:08. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:21.pocket. That is played very well If he cannot get to the red above
:18:21. > :18:31.the pink spot to play back down the table, he is in big trouble. He
:18:31. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:44.will have to play this with a little touch of side. Fluked it,
:18:44. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :18:49.and got a kiss on the brown. That is amazing. Especially with that
:18:49. > :18:55.little wry smile and she could they head from Cao Yupeng, that was a
:18:55. > :19:01.stroke of good fortune. Several nudges and kisses there, took that
:19:01. > :19:05.red in. That little nudge on the brown. Now look at the shot he has
:19:05. > :19:15.got here, one good positional shot and all the sudden, he is right
:19:15. > :19:15.
:19:16. > :19:21.back in the frame. Six reds out in the open, with the black near them.
:19:21. > :19:31.It looks all right. What a chance. It does not matter how you get the
:19:31. > :19:42.
:19:42. > :19:52.In the third frame, he was 56 behind and Cao Yupeng missed a
:19:52. > :19:56.sitter of a red, and this time, it is not Cao's fault, but, this
:19:56. > :20:06.really would be the end for the young Chinese player, if Mark was
:20:06. > :20:10.
:20:10. > :20:20.They are all there for the taking. There is not a safe ball on the
:20:20. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:26.table. It might be awkward to get to the green, just blocking the
:20:26. > :20:35.path for the natural clearance, but he has a long way to go, before he
:20:35. > :20:39.gets to that. I am not convinced that he played on that red rather
:20:39. > :20:43.than the one below it, but he will take it. One of those situations
:20:43. > :20:51.where you have some margin for error, if you go too hard on one,
:20:51. > :20:56.and finish on the other. And no need to move anything. If he can
:20:56. > :21:06.get that red to the left of the three, it clears the path to the
:21:06. > :21:07.
:21:07. > :21:17.pocket where he's put in the black. -- putting. Not bad as an idea, to
:21:17. > :21:24.
:21:24. > :21:32.get this out of the way. It really is dangerous now for Cao
:21:32. > :21:40.Yupeng. The way this frame is going. He is not favourite in the frame
:21:40. > :21:48.any more, despite being a few in front. He has just got to sit and
:21:48. > :21:53.wait. If Mark Williams -- Mark Davis pots this red that leaves the
:21:53. > :21:57.other two available. He might have gone a little bit too far, and have
:21:57. > :22:04.to play the cannon now, he might not want to, but it should not be
:22:04. > :22:13.much of a problem, with the cannon. He can hold it without doing that,
:22:13. > :22:17.it is much better than risking slipping out of position. Just
:22:17. > :22:27.thinking whether he places last red onto a lower value colour then the
:22:27. > :22:31.black. He has not got a very good angle, there. I mentioned the blue
:22:31. > :22:41.being in the way, to get nicely onto the green to get on to the
:22:41. > :22:46.
:22:46. > :22:52.brown. It is not just plain sailing But, he is cueing the ball
:22:52. > :22:57.beautifully. That shot there deserve a round of applause,
:22:57. > :23:07.screwing that back off the cushion without any effort. And he has now
:23:07. > :23:08.
:23:08. > :23:14.got the decision. For the colours and the baulk area. Well, well,
:23:14. > :23:22.well, in the end, he rushed the pot, he thought so much about everything
:23:22. > :23:28.else. I tell you what, it does not matter how well you're playing, if
:23:28. > :23:38.you lose a bit of concentration, and that is what he did there, he
:23:38. > :23:49.
:23:50. > :23:55.There might just be another twist to this match. Mark Davis was odds-
:23:55. > :24:05.on to do it to go 5-0 in front, and if Cao Yupeng could win this frame
:24:05. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:25.you could see things winning the He just caught down and hit that,
:24:25. > :24:30.he never even thought about it. He was nowhere near escaping from that.
:24:31. > :24:40.It needed more attention than he gave it, that is a measure of how
:24:40. > :24:46.frustrated he feels. That was a good comeback from Mark Davis. He
:24:46. > :24:56.is now, at least, sizing up the angle, second time around, but he
:24:56. > :25:10.
:25:10. > :25:16.will still be very frustrated. That There are a couple of ways of
:25:16. > :25:20.playing this safety shot, either playing the white back up the table
:25:21. > :25:30.towards the yellow and pink, but if he tries to get the snooker behind
:25:31. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :25:35.the black, it can go wrong, and that is what he's worried about. I
:25:35. > :25:45.would be swinging the white around the cushions towards the yellow and
:25:45. > :26:19.
:26:19. > :26:29.He played that well. He is unlucky not to be on something here, Cao
:26:29. > :26:34.With the blue situated as it is, to get a good angle on the green to
:26:34. > :26:41.get back across the brown, it is not quite straightforward. He
:26:41. > :26:51.should be OK, but he does not want to overscrew this. If he can play
:26:51. > :27:02.
:27:02. > :27:08.this with some left-hand side he He played it confidently, actually.
:27:08. > :27:14.Just up to the blue required and he has pulled a frame back. It does
:27:15. > :27:24.not tell the full story. He has had a reprieve, because Mark Davis
:27:25. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:36.missed a sitter of a red. Well that turn things around? - will that. It
:27:36. > :27:39.is a long way back for Cao Yupeng, but he has got his first frame on
:27:39. > :27:49.the board, and he can settle down a little bit and try to make that
:27:49. > :27:59.fightback, but he is still 4-1 behind. He still wants two frames,
:27:59. > :28:00.
:28:01. > :28:05.Mark Davis, for a place in the last 16. Cao Yupeng has certainly played
:28:05. > :28:12.better than that last frame. Those first four frames, but of a
:28:12. > :28:22.nightmare for him. He has hit this too hard, although he may not be
:28:22. > :28:26.
:28:26. > :28:35.He has got a free shot, trying to cut this black into the ref -- left
:28:36. > :28:43.corner. He could possibly finish on a baulk colour. He hit that too
:28:43. > :28:48.thick and relation to the pot, he did try to pot it. There are two
:28:48. > :28:54.reds that could be a possible plant into the right corner. We will just
:28:54. > :29:00.have a look at them. Not sure if they are in line, these are the two
:29:00. > :29:10.reds I mentioned. Let us have a look. Just in time! Great
:29:10. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :29:20.camerawork, just fallen that can -- that plant into the pocket. -- just
:29:20. > :29:29.
:29:29. > :29:39.The fact that he screwed into the pack meant he would have been on
:29:39. > :29:42.
:29:42. > :29:48.that red, anyway, but that was not Has he got away with it, or is
:29:48. > :29:58.there a gap to pot the red past the pink into the right middle? There
:29:58. > :30:05.
:30:05. > :30:15.might just be. He can get through to that one in the middle. One good
:30:15. > :30:15.
:30:15. > :31:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:31:09. > :31:19.positional shot here. And Mark Within a couple of shots he should
:31:19. > :31:19.
:31:19. > :32:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:32:02. > :32:06.be able to get that black on its If he does pot the black it will
:32:06. > :32:14.not put it out of the game, it will go directly behind the pink, which
:32:14. > :32:22.is on the black spot, and it should be directly available. The black
:32:22. > :32:28.has got to go as near to the pink as possible without touching it.
:32:28. > :32:38.is going to take the red next that would have freed up the pink spot,
:32:38. > :32:43.
:32:43. > :32:51.1 shot 2 lead, but it will It is not ideal having those two
:32:51. > :32:55.balls in that position. The red to the left corner pocket is blocking
:32:55. > :33:02.his path, he might even play for that red that is blocking the path
:33:02. > :33:09.to the black, that is the culprit, that he could play on. He's a
:33:09. > :33:16.little bit straight on the blue, to do that. It looks as if there are a
:33:16. > :33:23.few reds available to the left corner pocket. The only problem is
:33:23. > :33:33.he has to play back for the blue again. A not figured angle to get
:33:33. > :33:33.
:33:33. > :33:40.back for a colour. -- not a good angle. If he can do it with reverse
:33:40. > :33:50.side, he is capable of a shot like this. Probably just about the best
:33:50. > :33:51.
:33:51. > :33:55.he could hope for, the blue into the bottom pocket is not so bad.
:33:55. > :34:01.They looked pretty good all those reds, but they are all blocking
:34:01. > :34:04.each other into the right hand corner pocket. It is not
:34:04. > :34:14.straightforward just yet. He might be able to do something about that
:34:14. > :34:19.
:34:19. > :34:29.here. I thought for a moment he had missed that. Once again, he may
:34:29. > :34:33.
:34:33. > :34:43.have to clear back for the blue. -- played back -- play back. This is a
:34:43. > :34:50.
:34:50. > :34:59.slight cut back, quick a missable It needs a good match, here. --
:34:59. > :35:03.good nudge. It might take him back down to that red that has been in
:35:03. > :35:11.the way. It is possible he could get a natural angle and for that,
:35:11. > :35:21.from the blue. I am not sure if the red that is closer to the pink spot
:35:21. > :35:31.
:35:31. > :35:39.pots into the corner. I think the That is probably the end of the
:35:39. > :35:45.break, now. It was difficult to get past the yellow, and he almost
:35:45. > :35:55.certainly lines on the red that he wanted. He's now looking at a
:35:55. > :35:57.
:35:57. > :36:02.He will have to swing it around the angles to get behind the yellow
:36:02. > :36:11.that he has knocked off its spot out of position. That is a pretty
:36:11. > :36:19.good effort, with the red, but has he blocked the path to that red
:36:19. > :36:27.that is over the pocket? Cao Yupeng can see enough of it and he will be
:36:27. > :36:32.able to get onto the black if he pots it. It is amazing he missed it
:36:32. > :36:40.on that side. I thought he could pot it but he missed it on the
:36:40. > :36:49.other side of the pocket. It looked a bit tight. Mark Davis was out of
:36:49. > :36:56.this year, quickly, there. He knows this is a good chance. -- out of
:36:56. > :37:04.his chair. He missed an easy red and took his eye off the pot in the
:37:04. > :37:09.last frame. You never stop learning in this game and, when you make a
:37:09. > :37:19.mistake like that, it is lodged in the memory banks. He certainly will
:37:19. > :37:31.
:37:31. > :37:39.not be rushing anything in this He has made a mistake. That was a
:37:39. > :37:48.shocker. He cannot believe what he has just done. This time, it was a
:37:48. > :37:58.very careless positional shot. Taking a risk like that, he cannot
:37:58. > :38:00.
:38:00. > :38:06.do anything you. -- here. The touching ball would interest Cao
:38:06. > :38:15.Yupeng, if he could get him into an awkward spot. It is difficult to
:38:15. > :38:19.see where he could leave it. If he went back up the table, he could be
:38:19. > :38:29.right in the jaws of the right corner pocket, just where his hand
:38:29. > :38:30.
:38:30. > :38:36.was, there. That is just a bit too risky. If he's going to do that,
:38:36. > :38:40.when his you were going to play that shot? He could have put the
:38:40. > :38:47.cue ball on the black cushion, if he wanted to. That was quite
:38:47. > :38:54.strange with a touching ball, for him to do that. He's just using the
:38:54. > :38:59.side of his cue tip to hit that. He saying that the onus is on Mark
:38:59. > :39:06.Davis. He's not going to want to be racked with his 43 point lead. His
:39:06. > :39:12.best hope is that it is going to come unstuck, there. That last shot
:39:12. > :39:18.that Cao Yupeng played was almost like a miscue. The first player
:39:18. > :39:24.that I saw doing that was Ian McCulloch, from Preston. First time
:39:24. > :39:31.I seen him playing that type of shot. He's going to do it again.
:39:31. > :39:36.What happened there? She is saying that it is a bit of a stalemate.
:39:37. > :39:44.She is entitled to do that. But one thing is for sure, Mark Davis will
:39:44. > :39:49.not be having a red rag. But it was Cao Yupeng that played for it when
:39:49. > :39:54.he was starting this little incident. He could have left the
:39:54. > :40:01.cue ball down near the right corner, but, just gave notice that he was
:40:01. > :40:05.not going to play anything. That is not a good shot from Mark Davis. If
:40:05. > :40:13.he had put it onto the cushion the red to the left middle would not be
:40:13. > :40:23.available. That was a bit careless. The white is going to go in and out
:40:23. > :40:36.
:40:36. > :40:41.And would you believe it? Yeah, he managed to get the advantage there.
:40:41. > :40:47.Willie Thorne was 15 front ones and they racked the balls up for the
:40:47. > :40:53.World Championships. -- 50 in front once. He might mention a late run
:40:53. > :41:03.when I see you. His eyes will widen! -- he might mention it when
:41:03. > :41:10.
:41:10. > :41:20.I had a bit of a stalemate with Steve Davis and I was trying to get
:41:20. > :41:21.
:41:21. > :41:31.down to tell Tom to play any kind of shot. Tommy missed and Steve
:41:31. > :41:33.
:41:33. > :41:39.Davis is looking good, having weathered the storm there, playing
:41:39. > :41:49.the safety shot. And pretty good for this lead. You could never
:41:49. > :41:53.
:41:53. > :41:57.He has played a lot better than his Chinese opponent here. Yeah, I
:41:57. > :42:05.thought there would be a mini fight back from Cao after he got away
:42:05. > :42:15.with the last frame. And Mark missed an easy red. But the 4-1
:42:15. > :42:20.
:42:20. > :42:30.The same as the best of mind, not the kind of lead you see pegged
:42:30. > :42:37.
:42:37. > :42:41.back very often. -- the best of That has not gone in but it really
:42:41. > :42:48.won't make any difference. Mark Davis dominated that frame and he
:42:48. > :42:58.is leading 5-1, once one more frame for a place in the last 16. --
:42:58. > :43:13.
:43:13. > :43:23.He hasn't made a good break off. He left one like this in the opening
:43:23. > :43:27.
:43:27. > :43:34.We will see what Cao has got here because Mark is close to winning
:43:34. > :43:44.this match. Is he going to play quicker? Will he have fight in him?
:43:44. > :43:57.
:43:57. > :44:02.And a good start. We might see him His fellow countrymen, Liang Wenbo
:44:02. > :44:12.and Ding Junhui, already out of this UK Championship. He is alone
:44:12. > :44:33.
:44:33. > :44:37.When you get to this situation your pride kicks in. You want to show
:44:37. > :44:44.the people what you can do. It is his first time he has qualified for
:44:44. > :44:49.the UK Championship. OK, he only turned professional last year. So
:44:49. > :44:59.he will want to show the people what he can do. Let's had he can
:44:59. > :45:14.
:45:14. > :45:24.knock in a sizable break here. -- Shifting if you read out there on
:45:24. > :45:43.
:45:43. > :45:47.Didn't know what he played there, because it looked for all the world
:45:47. > :45:57.he would go for those two colours anyway, the red and the pink, but
:45:57. > :46:00.
:46:00. > :46:10.he still played the shot. Chancellor long pot. -- the chance
:46:10. > :46:12.
:46:12. > :46:16.Not bad. He can drop the black in and leave the red. Just to the
:46:16. > :46:25.writer of the bunch. It is available into the right corner. --
:46:25. > :46:35.to the right of the bunch. If he plays it with a nice pace up the
:46:35. > :47:02.
:47:02. > :47:12.table it will finish on the middle From Mark's point of view, he wants
:47:12. > :47:13.
:47:13. > :47:17.to get this over as quickly as possible. We have seen comebacks.
:47:17. > :47:23.Things can start to materialise, especially when a player is as down
:47:23. > :47:29.as Cao appears to be. His body language has not been good in this
:47:29. > :47:39.entire match, I have to say. Took about a frame for him to have his
:47:39. > :47:39.
:47:39. > :48:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:48:27. > :48:36.Mark has played in 21 UK championships. He's a much better
:48:36. > :48:43.player nowadays. He has been a late developer in some respects. 40
:48:43. > :48:49.years of age now, and playing the best snooker of his career. That
:48:49. > :48:54.has taken him into the top 16. You have got to admire him, he has
:48:54. > :49:04.worked so hard that his game, he deserves everything he is getting
:49:04. > :49:06.
:49:06. > :49:13.at the moment. He lost in a qualifier for the German Masters,
:49:13. > :49:23.as did his opponent Cao Yupeng, they pulled got beat in it. And has
:49:23. > :49:26.
:49:26. > :49:30.come back from a recent defeat. He has played well enough. It is a
:49:30. > :49:38.totally different thing for him now, being in the top 16, will
:49:38. > :49:48.Qualifying, you are there to be shot at, and he has played alight.
:49:48. > :50:04.
:50:04. > :50:14.That has not worked out very well. Had that cannon work out he would
:50:14. > :50:15.
:50:15. > :50:25.have had the chance to close the It is a nice target, that yellow
:50:25. > :50:42.
:50:42. > :50:48.That is a pretty good length with But, if he can get past the pink,
:50:48. > :50:52.he might be able to take the pot on and might find the gap around the
:50:52. > :50:58.back of the black with that other red, so that would be worth the
:50:58. > :51:08.risk. It could be some shot with the cue ball this tight on the
:51:08. > :51:13.
:51:13. > :51:21.cushion, but I think it is What about that for cueing? The
:51:21. > :51:27.cueing of a very confident player indeed. Now, does he go for the
:51:27. > :51:32.yellow, this cheaply on a red? Guaranteed safety shot or even a
:51:32. > :51:36.snooker, maybe? He has got the angle on the yellow. If you read
:51:36. > :51:46.sport to the bottom left pocket. He is already looking at something
:51:46. > :51:46.
:51:46. > :52:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 45 seconds
:52:42. > :52:47.That is probably a more attacking He took the more difficult of the
:52:47. > :52:53.reds. There was another red that seemed slightly easier that he
:52:53. > :53:03.could have potted to get onto the black. And maybe not leave much if
:53:03. > :53:06.
:53:06. > :53:13.he misses it. But has he left an easy all there? -- opener? That is
:53:13. > :53:17.a short Cao Yupeng plays well, stunning on through like that. It
:53:17. > :53:27.is now or never, if he's to get back into this match and win this
:53:27. > :53:37.frame at this visit. He will be lucky to get another chance.
:53:37. > :53:38.
:53:38. > :53:45.Doesn't like his angle on this. That is not nice, where he is.
:53:45. > :53:55.Mark Davis, four. That would be a funny shot if it was not for his
:53:55. > :54:01.
:54:01. > :54:05.situation, the fact that he has It was a little bit strange how the
:54:05. > :54:15.white was not in. But there were ceases to amaze me what can happen
:54:15. > :54:26.
:54:26. > :54:33.when things go wrong for you in And when things are going well,
:54:33. > :54:43.that does the kind of kiss you can get. He didn't play the cannon on
:54:43. > :54:55.
:54:55. > :54:59.that red, but he will take it, that He needs some angle on this red to
:55:00. > :55:09.the middle trying to get the blue into the same pocket, but that red
:55:10. > :55:10.
:55:10. > :55:17.is blocking the path to the other It has been pretty straightforward.
:55:17. > :55:22.I don't think Cao Yupeng really recovered from that first frame
:55:22. > :55:27.when he led by 56 and missed a sitter other red, and the writing
:55:27. > :55:37.seemed to be on the wall after that, and it has been a bad day at the
:55:37. > :56:15.
:56:15. > :56:19.Mark Davis will be relieved. It has seemed in this frame as if he has
:56:19. > :56:24.just wanted to get the job done, and that looks like it is now going
:56:24. > :56:29.to happen. It is a more confident Mark Davis we're watching now. He
:56:30. > :56:38.knows how to close a match out. And that comes with winning. The more
:56:38. > :56:42.you win, the easier it becomes. Always a nice to win inside when
:56:42. > :56:52.you have clinched a match and you are just knocking the balls in, for
:56:52. > :57:13.
:57:14. > :57:18.He's going to go out in style, he wants to clear the lot. They have
:57:19. > :57:24.got plenty of tournaments to play in, these days, Cao Yupeng will be
:57:24. > :57:34.disappointed but, he's going to have to wait another month before
:57:34. > :57:40.
:57:40. > :57:45.the players make up again. -- meet Just letting go of the cue, he will
:57:46. > :57:49.be pleased with his performance and his young Chinese Paul it will be
:57:49. > :57:59.very disappointed. In the end, Mark Davis running out a comfortable
:57:59. > :58:00.
:58:00. > :58:05.winner, 6-1 and he gets a nice The in the past I did not have the
:58:05. > :58:10.right hidden my shoulders coming into tournaments. But, now, I am
:58:10. > :58:15.going into tournaments and looking to win them. Winning any tournament
:58:15. > :58:20.is very difficult, but I am not here just to tour and Mac up and
:58:20. > :58:23.get some money and some points, I am looking to win every game I play
:58:24. > :58:27.and I know that if I play at my best I can, but I am not into just
:58:27. > :58:35.talking, you have got to do it at the table, but that is what I am
:58:35. > :58:38.looking to do. It was a comfortable win and an emphatic scoreline for
:58:39. > :58:44.Mark Davis and he now plays John Higgins on Wednesday. We're back
:58:44. > :58:47.later today on BBC Two, one of clock is the start time and we have