:00:41. > :00:44.Hallow. It has been 21 years since Jim Whyte last lifted the United
:00:45. > :00:48.Kingdom trophy and three years since he appeared in action at the table
:00:49. > :00:54.on BBC sport. He has earned his place in the limelight again. He has
:00:55. > :01:00.owned the rights to play the world 's number ten, Stuart Bingham. It is
:01:01. > :01:01.a best of 11 frames are fair and it is Dennis Taylor and John Parrott
:01:02. > :01:32.who will be guiding us through. Stewart won the toss. He breaks.
:01:33. > :01:47.That is a pretty length. -- pretty good. Even with his vast experience,
:01:48. > :01:52.this will be quite nerve racking. I think the Masters was the last time
:01:53. > :01:56.he played on BBC, against Mark King, and he could not get going. He was
:01:57. > :02:08.under pressure. It was just after he came out of the jungle. He could not
:02:09. > :02:15.get going. It is another day and another game of snooker. Can he
:02:16. > :02:32.knock a long one in and get on the black?
:02:33. > :02:39.I watched him knock a few balls in this morning. It looked like he was
:02:40. > :02:53.hitting them well. But it is a different thing when you're the
:02:54. > :02:56.auditorium. -- in the auditorium. This is a slightly easier chance
:02:57. > :02:59.than the first one. If he can knock this in and get on the black, he
:03:00. > :03:14.could give himself an early chance to settle down. He just has to be a
:03:15. > :03:17.bit careful with the Canon here. Spotted something... Something on
:03:18. > :03:38.the table, in between the reds. No, that was a quick one. He was
:03:39. > :03:42.concentrating on the Canon. That is the last thing that Jimmy wanted.
:03:43. > :03:54.Let's have a look at this cue action. Not quite as smooth as we
:03:55. > :04:02.are used to seeing from him. It's tough when you have not done it for
:04:03. > :04:10.so long to go out there in these conditions. If anything, that's a
:04:11. > :04:13.classic example. What goes first as your concentration. That is funding
:04:14. > :04:21.he should never have missed. Unfortunately, it comes with age. --
:04:22. > :04:49.something he should never have missed. But, that's what happens.
:04:50. > :05:03.Is he on this thread? It must be a bit tight. Just about. -- red? Not
:05:04. > :05:13.perfectly on the blue. That looks to be pretty straight. Don't know if he
:05:14. > :05:19.has a slight angle. If he has not, it is the break. These reds are all
:05:20. > :05:37.covering each other. He's going to try to force the angle
:05:38. > :05:40.here, is he? And he did. That was almost straight. If anything, he has
:05:41. > :06:52.gotten too much into it. pot on. But he might have to. He is
:06:53. > :06:57.going to punch it on. He might just be OK. He has got away with this. It
:06:58. > :07:10.looks as if everything is blocked into the right corner pocket and he
:07:11. > :07:14.has covered the other one. APPLAUSE. He can't get to be red directly with
:07:15. > :07:24.the blues there. He will have to come off the cushion.
:07:25. > :07:37.I watched that documentary on Jimmy and it was fascinating. Some of the
:07:38. > :07:44.old footage of his early career... It showed a black that he missed
:07:45. > :07:47.against Stephen Hendry. If he had not been around, Jimmy would have
:07:48. > :07:57.been world champion a couple of times.
:07:58. > :08:11.I think the big one was when he led eight frames and Stephen Hendry one
:08:12. > :08:17.ten frames in a row. -- won. And he is still here, still trying his
:08:18. > :08:22.socks off. Such a tremendous record. Obviously, the results of his six
:08:23. > :08:28.finals are not what he wanted but just to get there... And the one
:08:29. > :08:53.major he did when was in 1992. He beats me in the final. -- beat. Foul
:08:54. > :08:57.and a miss. Jimmy had a look at it. He could have made him play from
:08:58. > :09:02.wearing finished. He noted the shot that Stuart was after requires a
:09:03. > :09:04.very thin snick HAZEL IRVINE: Hello, it's all about two entertainers from
:09:05. > :10:00.two very different areas here Three Mrs and you lose the frame --
:10:01. > :10:09.misses. It has happened a few times. You have to hit at this time
:10:10. > :10:39.otherwise you forfeit the frame. -- hit it.
:10:40. > :10:59.Not the best, that. Not easy for him to play a reply. He is probably the
:11:00. > :11:03.most improved on the circuit, Stuart Bingham. He has always been a
:11:04. > :11:07.confident player. I thought he was a potential for the top 16. The way he
:11:08. > :11:11.has played the last couple of seasons, he has been right up there
:11:12. > :11:27.with the best for consistency and winning events. Improved no end. A
:11:28. > :11:31.chance for Jimmy here. Stuart Bingham was hoping to at least what
:11:32. > :11:39.will be red into the jaws of the pocket if he did not pot it. He has
:11:40. > :11:43.the perfect angle on the yellow. If the pink is tied up, he is just
:11:44. > :11:48.looking to see if it is available... If it is not available,
:11:49. > :11:53.he played the canon. But it is not perfectly placed for that. He will
:11:54. > :11:57.just have a little check there to see if the pink is available. If
:11:58. > :12:13.not, he may elect to canon into them. Maybe he feels that he can pot
:12:14. > :12:15.this thread in the right corner. -- red. Jimmy has always had a terrific
:12:16. > :12:39.snooker brain. If the pink goes on to the black
:12:40. > :12:45.spot and then it will help the situation. That is when he can pot
:12:46. > :12:49.it. This looks tight. He obviously thinks its OK otherwise he would not
:12:50. > :12:58.have played on it but there is not much margin for error there.
:12:59. > :13:16.And it was tight. He could not have gotten much closer to be red without
:13:17. > :13:22.hitting it. Wrong side of the pink. Stuart has not quite settled. He has
:13:23. > :13:25.not got the pace of the table. Earlier in the frame, he could not
:13:26. > :13:43.get up to the blue. He is not used to the table yet.
:13:44. > :13:53.That helps the situation. The pink spot will be freed when he pot this
:13:54. > :13:56.red. I love watching Stuart Bingham play. I think you have a lovely
:13:57. > :14:03.manner around the table. He strikes the ball beautifully. He is a great
:14:04. > :14:11.break builder. He has made 216 centuries and three maximum break
:14:12. > :14:20.'s. I think when he won the Australian Masters in 2011, that was
:14:21. > :14:24.a turning point. There is usually one in your career, when you realise
:14:25. > :14:33.that you are good enough to beat the best. He has not looked back since
:14:34. > :14:37.then. He has been in superb form. It took Ronnie O'Sullivan at his best
:14:38. > :15:31.to beat him in the last tournament. 10-8 semifinals. -- in the finals.
:15:32. > :15:38.Clever little shot from Stuart, the way he played it. This is what to
:15:39. > :16:09.Jimmy White has to do win the chance comes. He has to school. -- score.
:16:10. > :16:19.That's, more or less, will secure this opening frame for Stuart
:16:20. > :16:23.Bingham. Opening those reds up. He has had a couple of chances, Jimmy.
:16:24. > :16:38.But it's looking good. Bingham at the moment. For him to score a few
:16:39. > :16:49.points when his chances come shows his opponents that he will score. It
:16:50. > :16:59.makes it easy for your opponents if he known that when you get in, you
:17:00. > :17:04.will not score. Stuart looked a little apprehensive at the start.
:17:05. > :17:13.Quite rightly. He was not sure what Jimmy was going to do. This will
:17:14. > :17:20.settle Stuart down. As we have said, he is one of the players in
:17:21. > :17:39.form. It will be a tough afternoon for Jimmy.
:17:40. > :17:47.He has taken these very nicely. A lot of fluency in his break
:17:48. > :18:21.building. He does not hang about. It makes good to watch.
:18:22. > :18:33.Nicely played. He might just try to nudge the blue out as well here.
:18:34. > :18:41.He has finished a very awkward now. He is trying to do something with
:18:42. > :18:48.the cue ball but it doesn't really matter here. So, the best possible
:18:49. > :18:52.start for Stuart Bingham but Jimmy did have a future answers. In the
:18:53. > :19:00.end, it was Stuart Bingham with that break of 71 who takes the opening
:19:01. > :19:20.frame. We will see if he can get a good break off shot.
:19:21. > :19:32.Well, he can. That's pretty good. The referee is just checking to see
:19:33. > :19:35.if Stuart... Stuart was looking to see the could play a shot between
:19:36. > :19:53.the blue and pink but I'm not sure that is on. Foul and a miss. It
:19:54. > :19:56.should have been. He just clipped the pink there. The players are
:19:57. > :20:03.getting used to the tables as well. The way the cushions slide down. I
:20:04. > :20:12.would not expect Stuart to make the mistake of second time. -- a second
:20:13. > :20:19.time. The referee is just checking where the balls were. That is where
:20:20. > :20:26.they were. This is where they are now. Red behind the pink is not
:20:27. > :20:30.quite right. But it's not that important. He is going to play the
:20:31. > :20:32.same shot and to the side of the park. It should not make much
:20:33. > :21:29.difference. -- side of the pack. Excellent shot from Stuart. Very
:21:30. > :21:45.good. He has to judge this one correctly.
:21:46. > :21:51.He is trying to get the cue ball back across. He has hit that far too
:21:52. > :21:57.hard. He stuck Stuart arrived in amongst them. He was trying to lay
:21:58. > :22:14.on the cushion somewhere behind that red and just miss hit it. An example
:22:15. > :22:21.of a short, JB cue action. -- jabby. Did not play that smoothly. A bit of
:22:22. > :22:25.tension. Complete miss hit. He will have to sit and watch. With these
:22:26. > :22:32.balls, you would expect Stuart to hit a few. He is in a situation,
:22:33. > :22:38.Jimmy, where he is out there and is probably trying to hide. Trying not
:22:39. > :22:44.to make elementary mistakes. When you have been away from the scene
:22:45. > :22:57.for a while, it's difficult to get used to it again. That's why what
:22:58. > :23:02.Ronnie O'Sullivan achieved after not playing a competitive match for 12
:23:03. > :23:03.months, to come back and win the World Championship, was quite
:23:04. > :23:18.remarkable. It's funny how it works out. The
:23:19. > :23:22.last couple of seasons I was playing, you go down the ramp. You
:23:23. > :23:25.get conditioned to playing in the cubicles and that atmosphere.
:23:26. > :23:29.Despite the fate you have the experience of playing in the
:23:30. > :23:34.auditoriums, you get out of the habit of doing it. It gets strange.
:23:35. > :23:42.You have to re- teach yourself how to cope with that situation. That
:23:43. > :23:49.has missed. Has he left Jimmy anything easy? At first collapse, I
:23:50. > :24:15.don't think so. -- first collapse. He can get his bridge hand between
:24:16. > :24:18.the rates there. -- reds. Foul. He put everything into the pot and
:24:19. > :24:22.forgot about that middle pocket but it has always been there. You can
:24:23. > :24:27.see Jimmy looking at it. He knew he misjudged it. If this red goes in,
:24:28. > :25:02.it could be costly. If the Red Hat have been slowly more
:25:03. > :25:11.to the left, he would have taken the pot on. It's still a free shot. Wow!
:25:12. > :25:22.Not a bad effort. Has he covered it, though? It was that good and effort,
:25:23. > :25:27.he got stuck right in me jaws. He has left Stuart a pot. One of those
:25:28. > :25:44.once you are better off missing by a mile.
:25:45. > :25:52.Jimmy has had a couple of examinations of cueing so far. There
:25:53. > :26:05.is another one. This is tough. Well done. You must have been giving him
:26:06. > :26:12.lessons. You were the best in the business.
:26:13. > :26:19.Willie Thorne would always say, it you shouldn't have been on the
:26:20. > :26:23.cushion. He has still got a possible pot. He is pretty good with the
:26:24. > :26:28.rest, Jimmy. He can take this red on and still have the side cushion. He
:26:29. > :26:30.would have liked to get into the reds are little better than that. He
:26:31. > :26:51.has a chance. Well played. Beautifully cute. --
:26:52. > :26:59.cued. Even though it is early, this is a big part of the match. He can
:27:00. > :27:06.keep the ball under control... I think he might be OK. He is not on
:27:07. > :27:16.the red he played for but I think he can go past the pink into the middle
:27:17. > :27:28.pocket. Little bit straight on the black then he intended. --
:27:29. > :27:34.straighter. He is having to do a little more with the cue ball.
:27:35. > :27:37.That's what can happen. He is now nearing a cushion. He has not quite
:27:38. > :28:05.got that cue ball under control. You can tell the way he is flexing
:28:06. > :28:06.his arm that he is a bit uptight. If you keep getting slightly out of
:28:07. > :28:20.position, it snowballs. He did not hit that one particularly
:28:21. > :28:31.well. Just about scraped into the pocket. The red in the baulk area is
:28:32. > :29:26.handy for him. The cue ball knocked 100% as he
:29:27. > :29:41.wants it. After this shot, it should be perfect.
:29:42. > :29:52.Slightly overheat that one, it looks like he hit the cannon of it. He
:29:53. > :30:10.played for the one below the pink for the gap. He just needs to be a
:30:11. > :30:17.little bit careful with this. I think that kicked. I'm sure he
:30:18. > :30:26.didn't hit it that badly. I merely certain he had a terrible contact.
:30:27. > :30:31.Dear me. Only like a mule, Dennis. The only saving grace for Stuart is
:30:32. > :30:50.that he hasn't left anything easy for Jimmy.
:30:51. > :31:04.It is bad if you get a kick and you don't stick your opponent rate in
:31:05. > :31:06.the balls. -- right. It's not what you want, that's for sure. People go
:31:07. > :31:37.for the red -- he will go. Not sure what the PTC tables play
:31:38. > :31:42.like that they are not like the TV tables, they are so lively and so
:31:43. > :31:54.fast. The conditions always looked more difficult. What a good shot
:31:55. > :32:10.that was. Beautifully queued at that pace. -- cued. That was superb
:32:11. > :32:11.cueing. Right at the bottom of the cluster it goes, he couldn't have
:32:12. > :32:29.hit that any better. Played perfectly, it looks almost
:32:30. > :32:31.certain that it is going to be 2-0. It has to be said that Jimmy had his
:32:32. > :33:17.chances. He hasn't settled. We have about four frames before the
:33:18. > :33:23.mid- session interval. This frame has gone. Jimmy has had his chances
:33:24. > :33:29.so he will need to get going in the next frame. He still looks pretty
:33:30. > :33:46.relaxed but I am sure inside he is a little bit uptight. I expected a
:33:47. > :33:57.miss on the black from Stuart. It is surprising, believe it or not. What
:33:58. > :34:05.a steal this would be. We might have the frame over and suddenly he hits
:34:06. > :34:09.the black off the spot. He needed at least the pink and tea has just over
:34:10. > :34:14.screwed that slightly. A bigshot coming up for Jimmy. That was a much
:34:15. > :34:20.better shot from Jimmy than the rest. The spot is a little bit
:34:21. > :34:40.awkward again, he needs to use the rest. Brilliant. Can he hold himself
:34:41. > :34:48.together? Can hear me this frame? Could -- could he. It would give
:34:49. > :34:57.Stuart Bingham something to think about. The black is okay for Jimmy
:34:58. > :35:29.being a left-hander. No problem. He has gone a little bit further
:35:30. > :35:43.than he wanted. He will have two comeback across the table. -- to
:35:44. > :35:47.come back. He didn't want to be playing with his hand on the table
:35:48. > :35:56.so he will use the rest. What a steal this would be. Well it looks
:35:57. > :36:01.certain. That was a good clearance under pressure. It has given being
:36:02. > :41:40.something to think about. It is all level out 1-1. -- at.
:41:41. > :41:46.It was interesting that that safety shot was overrated. It has been
:41:47. > :42:01.going on for five minutes and they have been all safety shots. Yet to
:42:02. > :42:07.have eight pot yet. -- a pot. In between sessions, Jimmy was
:42:08. > :42:13.backstage and having a coffee. You thought he would come on the scene,
:42:14. > :42:17.he was a little bit hyper and looking forward to getting back
:42:18. > :42:21.out. Disappointed with what had happened. He was saying that he
:42:22. > :42:31.feels so strange being out there again. No matter how hard you try to
:42:32. > :42:35.keep calm, there is no way, there is no substitute for being out there.
:42:36. > :42:39.The more you do it, the easier it becomes. It is all a bit strange for
:42:40. > :42:57.Jimmy at the moment. This is the first possible chance at
:42:58. > :43:03.a pot. If he takes this on, he might be able to bring the black into
:43:04. > :43:06.play. If he plays the cannon next to the red, he could sleep himself on
:43:07. > :43:14.the black. It will be interesting to see how he places. There is a chance
:43:15. > :43:25.to cannon the red door can and the black -- cannon. That is the second
:43:26. > :43:29.shot he has played with a controlled follow-through. Straight into the
:43:30. > :43:54.centre of the pocket, a perfect cannon on the red. That is a little
:43:55. > :43:56.beauty there. It looks so easy. He is starting to move around the table
:43:57. > :44:26.with quite a bit of confidence. He has to be careful with his
:44:27. > :44:31.position in this break. At the moment, it is only the black he can
:44:32. > :44:39.pot. He probably needs to keep the cue ball under control. Very
:44:40. > :44:57.important to keep a nice tight cue ball control here.
:44:58. > :45:14.I didn't see that caption there, I'm not going to mention it. This pot is
:45:15. > :45:23.about 55,000 brown -- ?55,000 for a break here. A break here. They feel
:45:24. > :45:33.this have had a go at it. He had a bit of a chance on the other table.
:45:34. > :45:37.He is a bit stronger than yesterday. At one point, he looks like he was
:45:38. > :45:38.chasing the pot of gold but it didn't come off. Definitely worth
:45:39. > :45:55.winning. They are not easy though, are they?
:45:56. > :45:57.He could still get on the black ear. He has made that magical
:45:58. > :46:31.maximum three times. Also looking at the way the reds are
:46:32. > :46:42.sitting, you need to be precise. He needs to keep running. That is okay.
:46:43. > :46:53.He might have to start looking for a cannon very shortly. They are not
:46:54. > :46:58.ideally placed. He will have it at the back of his mind because his
:46:59. > :47:07.main concern is to secure the frame. What goes into this left corner...
:47:08. > :47:16.It may have been in the back of his mind, it is definitely at the front
:47:17. > :47:20.now. He would have thought the cue ball would have been higher than
:47:21. > :47:27.that. He is not sure he can get the black from here. I think if he plays
:47:28. > :47:32.with an awful lot of topspinner, he could force through the Reds.
:47:33. > :47:35.Certainly bring them into play. He doesn't want to disturb them too
:47:36. > :47:49.much and bring them on to the caution. -- cushion. It needs to
:47:50. > :47:55.bounce. He needs to get in and out of the balls, he will need to leave
:47:56. > :47:59.a long pot if he leaves the black. If he could screw it in and misty
:48:00. > :48:12.blue and green he could get back up to the Reds. -- miss the. He could
:48:13. > :48:20.drop the black in and leave a long red or find a gap around the table.
:48:21. > :48:24.I think you are dead right there. If he misses the blue he could get the
:48:25. > :48:31.green on the way back. He did exceptionally well to hold out. It
:48:32. > :48:42.is still going, it is a great shot. A lot of action on that cannon on
:48:43. > :48:52.the pink. Would you believe it, he cued right across. At the end of the
:48:53. > :49:33.chance of the match, he had the chance of securing the frame.
:49:34. > :49:39.A long way to travel with the cue ball if he is getting to the Reds.
:49:40. > :49:50.He didn't want to hit the black, though. If there is nothing
:49:51. > :49:59.available into the middle pot, he will have to take a tricky read up
:50:00. > :50:42.into the left corner. -- red. That is the one. Well played.
:50:43. > :50:50.Jimmy might have to use a Canon on to the pink to hold for those reds.
:50:51. > :50:59.He is not quite on the black as he intended. -- cannon. He has missed
:51:00. > :51:06.the pink. He still has the rate at the other end of the table that had
:51:07. > :51:15.he have cannoned the pink bag, he would have been perfect. -- pink
:51:16. > :51:24.there. A bit short with his cue action. It is so difficult for the
:51:25. > :51:49.moment at -- right there. They have both potted six out of
:51:50. > :52:18.six. He hasn't left anything but a puff
:52:19. > :52:20.of the cheeks tells you that he let another good chance slip away. That
:52:21. > :53:05.was difficult to judge. He would have liked to be able to
:53:06. > :53:24.play a safety shot but he might need to take this pot on. Things could
:53:25. > :53:30.turn out okay. He could be in trouble after the next shot that he
:53:31. > :53:41.will settle for that. 42 the difference. Stuart just needs a red
:53:42. > :53:48.and any colour to win this frame. Just looking to see if Jimmy can
:53:49. > :54:03.bring the cue ball back behind the black. He might get Stuart in a bit
:54:04. > :54:11.of what they hear. -- bother here. Another jumpy cue action here.
:54:12. > :54:15.Stuart would normally take this pot onto the left corner, but what might
:54:16. > :54:20.stop him from doing that is the white cannon into the blue possibly
:54:21. > :54:28.making its way up the table. That is the reason he is just contemplating
:54:29. > :54:37.which way to play the shot. If the blue wasn't there, he would play it
:54:38. > :54:43.as a shot to nothing. He can't really leave the White at the other
:54:44. > :54:48.end of the table because the reds would be potted into the middle
:54:49. > :55:00.pocket. He might have to do this. And hope that he doesn't cannon the
:55:01. > :55:12.blue. If he pops the red, -- pots, it might not matter that he cannon
:55:13. > :55:24.is the blue. -- cannons. He has thought now for just over a minute
:55:25. > :55:31.and 12 seconds and counting. As I mentioned, as long as he potted the
:55:32. > :56:54.macro one -- red, he just needed the yellow. It was worth the wait.
:56:55. > :57:27.What about that for a shot! Okay, there is no pressure on.
:57:28. > :57:35.Looking at the school there, it looks a very comfortable is --
:57:36. > :57:43.frame. It was the early break of 64 for being but Jimmy white did not
:57:44. > :57:45.have his chance. Stuart Bingham now leads four frames to one. A little
:57:46. > :57:56.wry smile from Stuart. Just looking to see if he can play a
:57:57. > :59:26.safety shot. That has opened the reds nicely. No
:59:27. > :59:34.way through to that one. It might be a possible shot. He feels as if he
:59:35. > :59:49.can get round the black if he pots this. That's one way of getting back
:59:50. > :59:55.up the table. He hit it too thin in the end. He is so good at this type
:59:56. > :00:39.of pot. Not this time. Far too then. He might have got away
:00:40. > :00:42.with it somewhat. The red to the right corner is not a lot of use
:00:43. > :01:15.because the pink and black are tied up.
:01:16. > :01:24.He played a clever little shot there. He pleaded with an element of
:01:25. > :01:39.safety, also. Not bad at all. Safety shot is on down the
:01:40. > :01:47.right-hand side of the table but all of a sudden, the black looks a good
:01:48. > :01:52.bull. It could be involved. He may not choose to pay that. You can see
:01:53. > :01:53.Jimmy shaking his head. He knows full well that is definitely a
:01:54. > :02:12.possibility. Played a 12 ball plant there. Did
:02:13. > :02:19.not spot that one. Holds his hand up but it was quite a clever shot. He
:02:20. > :02:23.hoped to screw the white back near the cushion. It has given him a
:02:24. > :02:37.chance. Bit like your line yesterday. When in doubt, give it a
:02:38. > :02:44.client. -- clamp. Oh, Jimmy! So frustrating for him. He is out there
:02:45. > :02:48.and it becomes embarrassing. That's were Jimmy will be starting to feel.
:02:49. > :02:57.He would never missed shots like that. He still doesn't miss shots
:02:58. > :03:03.like that at practice and PTC events. It's tough to tell you how
:03:04. > :03:09.he's feeling inside. He is possibly just trying to hide all the time. --
:03:10. > :03:32.too hard. If that's not the worst shot he has
:03:33. > :03:42.played today, I'll be very surprised. How is he not on a red
:03:43. > :03:47.there. I think he lost some focus. He must have. He has six or eight
:03:48. > :03:53.feet of table there to play the cue ball into. Got to be onto the red in
:03:54. > :04:03.the middle to finish there, he will be kicking himself.
:04:04. > :04:08.He will probably get down, pot this, screw behind the black and
:04:09. > :04:20.finish up. So, Jimmy is back at the table,
:04:21. > :04:29.unexpectedly. It has to be said. Good effort but not good enough.
:04:30. > :04:35.Good examples are power hard the pockets were. Stuart hit that really
:04:36. > :04:39.slowly. It always makes me laugh when you see the players in the club
:04:40. > :04:43.scene, those tables that you are playing on, they are easy!
:04:44. > :04:48.Honestly, these pockets are so difficult. The comparison I make to
:04:49. > :04:54.people is that, when you were watching darts on the television, it
:04:55. > :04:59.looks quite big. You go look at a dart board in a pub and see how
:05:00. > :05:46.small it is. Same thing with the snooker table.
:05:47. > :05:53.Not totally straightforward, this break. The reds below the pink are
:05:54. > :06:09.sort of lines up with each other for corner pocket. -- lined up. And I
:06:10. > :06:14.don't know whether that is it. He played sort of a stun run through
:06:15. > :06:28.and he did not get on the red as he wanted. He wanted the whites to run
:06:29. > :06:35.through another six or eight inches. A nice, easy red. He is
:06:36. > :06:41.coming around to look at that red that he could have got on to see
:06:42. > :06:46.whether... He is not looking at the plant, surely. The high percentage
:06:47. > :06:51.against getting this... It looks easy on that shot. Well played. He
:06:52. > :07:07.made it look easy. People think, it did not look that
:07:08. > :07:12.difficult, but when you that distance between the reds... Oh,
:07:13. > :07:18.no, he did not miss the pink! He thought he had missed it. He is
:07:19. > :07:33.looking at us in the commentary box and shaking his head. He thought he
:07:34. > :07:35.had missed that one. LAUGHING. He is such a character, Jimmy White. He
:07:36. > :08:03.comes up with some lines! Couldn't have played that one
:08:04. > :08:13.better. That is now perfect position. Just needs to make a frame
:08:14. > :08:16.winning contribution here. Give himself some confidence. Something
:08:17. > :08:19.over 50 or 60 just to say, that's all right, I'm playing well. Give
:08:20. > :08:33.himself some confidence. It may sound as if we are biased. We
:08:34. > :08:37.are always neutral in the commentary box. I think everybody just wants to
:08:38. > :09:02.see Jimmy put in a performance here and do well.
:09:03. > :09:10.That is now his highest break of the match. His previous was 34. Once
:09:11. > :09:22.again, he did not get through the ball and instead of having a nice,
:09:23. > :09:29.comfortable pink it is now tight. He have to win this frame. That is all
:09:30. > :09:32.there is about it. If he goes five - one down, forget about it. 4-2,
:09:33. > :09:50.still a chance. Doesn't look like he can pot this
:09:51. > :10:00.so, make sure you at least put a ball say. He has not managed to do
:10:01. > :10:03.that. -- safe. Disappointed. He has a 37 point lead but he could have
:10:04. > :10:30.won the frame there. That's a nice flick. Pushed to be
:10:31. > :10:34.red towards the corner. -- the red. Now Jimmy has to get this absolutely
:10:35. > :10:42.spot on otherwise you leave that to red. He brought the other one up
:10:43. > :10:54.over the middle pocket. The blue is tied up. The black is a little bit
:10:55. > :10:58.awkward. It's a thin snick to the middle pocket. If you can't get that
:10:59. > :11:08.one in, he has the one at the left corner. He might even head over
:11:09. > :11:10.towards the black when potting this. Where is the cue ball going to
:11:11. > :11:25.finish? That was his intention there, to
:11:26. > :11:26.bring the black into play when potting that red. It could have
:11:27. > :11:35.worked out better. He doesn't want it to go in, now. He
:11:36. > :12:24.sniggered himself. A vintage Jimmy White would have
:12:25. > :12:34.been down and knocked this red into the right corner pocket but this is
:12:35. > :12:40.a different era. He must be a strong favourite in this. A 37 point lead.
:12:41. > :12:45.Look where the reds. Three of those are tied up. A good, clean pot here
:12:46. > :12:58.on the angles. It has to be on a colour, hasn't it? Pink or black.
:12:59. > :13:08.APPLAUSE. Good pots. Just where you want to finish. Right in the middle
:13:09. > :13:13.of both of them. Good cue in there. It's a bit of a thin snick on the
:13:14. > :13:24.black. The pink is hampering him slightly. There is a clearer path
:13:25. > :13:29.through to the pink of there. As we showed you, he has 100% success rate
:13:30. > :13:39.with the rest so why not take this pink on? Never in doubt. If they had
:13:40. > :13:47.a World Championship with the players having to use the rest with
:13:48. > :13:48.every shot, Jimmy would use the will -- would win the championship every
:13:49. > :14:15.year. If he pots the pink, he is 51 on the
:14:16. > :14:19.front of a possible 51 on the table. He can take on the one that is near
:14:20. > :14:27.the corner pocket. To get him back to just two behind. No heroics here.
:14:28. > :14:32.Just drop this in, deadweight. It should have been dropped in
:14:33. > :14:38.deadweight. The first one he has missed with a rest as well. I don't
:14:39. > :14:44.know why he hits it that hard. I thought it was just, drop it in. It
:14:45. > :14:48.was one of those we hit the ball and the cushion at the same time, you
:14:49. > :15:02.can't miss it. But these are so tight. You have to hit them spot on.
:15:03. > :15:27.It's Stuart's term to try to make a counter-attack. -- turn.
:15:28. > :15:37.Leaving a double here, on this thread.
:15:38. > :15:47.APPLAUSE. If he has a slight angle, he can force past the blue and
:15:48. > :16:09.behind the final red. He has got the angle to do that.
:16:10. > :16:17.Going back to Jimmy's myth there, it is just one of those. Deadweight,
:16:18. > :16:26.just drop it in the pocket. But he missed it. And here is the
:16:27. > :16:34.counter-attack. Yellow of course. Stuart Bingham is not too bad being
:16:35. > :16:40.right-handed. Even with the safety frame earlier, he did not get that
:16:41. > :16:44.quite right. Look where the blue is. He could leave himself in a position
:16:45. > :16:50.where he gets the snooker in behind the black. He can only tie at the
:16:51. > :16:55.moment. A lot of shots ahead. That could be a distinct possibility, if
:16:56. > :17:01.he does manage to get the yellow, green and brown. He won't attack the
:17:02. > :17:21.yellow from here, though. Just wondering if the middle pocket
:17:22. > :17:31.is in the way you. He will have to play at a touch aside. Well played.
:17:32. > :17:34.Little beauty, that. He is unlucky. He has brought the blue into play
:17:35. > :17:43.and he has left the yellow out. That's amazing! A double whammy! Is
:17:44. > :17:47.one thing that was a little bit of security for him... It is difficult
:17:48. > :18:10.to get on the green off this. Needs to pull up. Just about. He
:18:11. > :18:12.can't get close to the ground. -- brown. That is all that Jimmy White
:18:13. > :18:32.would need. Respotted black. Yes. Wasn't easy. A straightforward
:18:33. > :18:40.green. We show you that miss from Stuart. There is the disappointment.
:18:41. > :18:45.I think you try the ultimate. He played that and he went all out.
:18:46. > :18:50.Maybe it would have been better just dropping that and is taking the
:18:51. > :19:03.longer brown but it is water under the bridge, now. Still in the match
:19:04. > :19:10.at 5-1. Very little chance at 4-2. But you never know. It will
:19:11. > :19:14.certainly make Jimmy feel a little better in himself. It will give him
:19:15. > :19:20.more confidence. It doesn't matter about that. He is not bothered about
:19:21. > :19:23.missing the blue. That was such an important frame for Jimmy White.
:19:24. > :19:25.Stuart Bingham will be disappointed at losing but it is 4-2 to Stuart
:19:26. > :20:03.Bingham. That's a pretty good safety shot.
:20:04. > :21:02.Having said that, there is a gap through to get back down the table.
:21:03. > :21:10.Baulk definite path down to the area here. He needs to make sure he gets
:21:11. > :21:23.a good cue ball and go round to the back of the black. He has played
:21:24. > :21:35.that well very. Excellent cue ball. This next shop will be a test for
:21:36. > :21:38.Jimmy's cueing and his eyesight. He needs a very thin snick you. He
:21:39. > :22:34.played it well. -- snick here. Looks as if he can get through to
:22:35. > :22:44.this red. The white will head over in that direction.
:22:45. > :22:55.Not the best in the world. He forced it so that he would not cannon into
:22:56. > :23:01.all the rats. Bit unlucky. -- all the reds. How does he find that gap,
:23:02. > :23:12.though? How did he go all day without cannoning into something? It
:23:13. > :23:19.looks like he wants to have a go at this. The pink is safe and the black
:23:20. > :23:26.and blue are out of commission. He may take the pot on for the reason
:23:27. > :23:44.that the value to colours are safe. He is definitely taking it on. How
:23:45. > :23:48.is your lot? -- luck? Not that bad. I'm just wondering what kind of
:23:49. > :23:53.angle he has. He might be able to get in behind the black. That's what
:23:54. > :24:00.it is looking like. There is a chance. It's pretty tight, actually.
:24:01. > :24:06.Up to the right-hand side of the cue ball is the one problem. Can he
:24:07. > :24:17.avoid that cannon on the red that is further up?
:24:18. > :24:25.He is just looking there but I am not so sure. Yes, he is going to
:24:26. > :24:28.take the other red, isn't he? Slightly more difficult pot but that
:24:29. > :24:38.will take him towards the yellow, green and brown.
:24:39. > :24:41.If he can keep this going for a couple of shots, he could always
:24:42. > :25:24.bring that pink and reds into play. It wasn't a brilliant chance, that.
:25:25. > :25:40.With the blue, pink and black out of commission, it's all good. --
:25:41. > :26:13.awkward. That white was always going to be
:26:14. > :26:26.close to the pocket. But not too serious because the three colours
:26:27. > :26:37.are safe. A couple of pots to go. He is as to having a little look
:26:38. > :26:46.around. -- is just having. It will be difficult to score.
:26:47. > :26:56.In friends like that, the blue is massive being off its spot. With
:26:57. > :27:08.that being out of commission... He has a shop here. -- shots. There is
:27:09. > :27:15.a possibility at this red. It is the only shot he has on. That is what he
:27:16. > :27:18.is contemplating. He is giving himself enough angle they are too
:27:19. > :27:29.stunned this in. Hopefully he will get on the black. It will be a great
:27:30. > :28:23.shot if he pulls it off. And he certainly did! APPLAUSE.
:28:24. > :28:34.That really was the best shot of the match. That red! They just don't
:28:35. > :28:44.come any better than that. And to get the black into play was
:28:45. > :28:50.absolutely terrific! He has a chance, if he wants, to cannon the
:28:51. > :28:56.pink and red is. It is an option for him. That is what he is thinking
:28:57. > :29:00.about. If he stuck on the pink, he might still have a red in the
:29:01. > :29:15.middle. It might be his choice. He does not have to do it.
:29:16. > :29:31.He hit that to heart. -- too hard. The one thing is that if you run and
:29:32. > :29:40.let the cue ball code too far, it is hard to get back to the black. -- go
:29:41. > :29:50.too far. It looks as though he will play a cannon into the pink. It is
:29:51. > :30:18.all he can do. It is not perfect but he has a chance up into the corner.
:30:19. > :30:34.He has to take leg glance at the scoreboard -- has had a glance. You
:30:35. > :30:42.can tell he didn't fancy that, if you are going to take that shot on,
:30:43. > :30:44.you need to get down and take it straightaway. The more you think
:30:45. > :30:50.about it, it puts more doubt in your mind. It all came from the bad shot
:30:51. > :31:00.selection, he should have played the cannon.
:31:01. > :31:06.Just got to give this a little bit of care and attention to make sure
:31:07. > :31:23.he doesn't cannon one of the bold colours.
:31:24. > :31:58.I don't think he can get behind the pink, he will have two play on the
:31:59. > :32:07.caution and use the green and brown. -- cushion.
:32:08. > :32:37.So the first look from here, it looks like trouble from the
:32:38. > :32:46.commentary box. I suppose he could play to drop on the red on the top
:32:47. > :32:49.cushion. The one you can see is very thin and if you play that went you
:32:50. > :33:02.are going to cut it over the corner pocket. -- play that one. There is
:33:03. > :33:08.not much choice if he plays the red. If you just rolled to that,
:33:09. > :33:15.everything would be pretty safe. If he tries to get back down to the
:33:16. > :33:29.table, he has to cover that side of the table. I don't blame him going
:33:30. > :33:37.to cushions here. -- two cushions. You don't have two hit it that hard,
:33:38. > :33:46.Stuart. But it may have worked out all right. He has been a bit
:33:47. > :34:08.fortunate there. He could be be -- be in behind the pink here.
:34:09. > :34:35.Just the thinnest of snicks to get it passed there.
:34:36. > :34:50.He might have two take this pot on because there is no easy safety
:34:51. > :34:55.shot. -- to take. He is just looking to see whether if he takes the pot
:34:56. > :35:10.on, he could get himself onto the black. And not leave anything if he
:35:11. > :35:19.misses the pot. There is the pot. An element of safety attached to that
:35:20. > :35:23.attempt. It was still quite a complicated frame, it will go on for
:35:24. > :35:35.quite a while here the way the balls are situated.
:35:36. > :35:42.They did exceptionally well to get himself out of that situation. He
:35:43. > :37:42.left it with Jimmy. What can he do? He tried a delicate little safety
:37:43. > :37:55.shot. Then he missed the ball completely. He nearly flipped it
:37:56. > :38:04.into the middle pocket. Will it cost him the frame, already 31 the
:38:05. > :38:56.difference? A couple of easy reds available after this black.
:38:57. > :39:35.That is available after this black.
:39:36. > :40:53.A chance here to see the cue passed by Stuart Bingham.
:40:54. > :41:00.It was just the one slip up. From Jimmy White when he attempted a
:41:01. > :41:06.safety shot and that was the end of the frame. That was a great effort.
:41:07. > :41:09.That secures the frame from Stuart Bingham, he is just one away from
:41:10. > :41:39.victory. He leads 5-2. Stuart just wandered round the table
:41:40. > :41:46.to see whether he could get onto the black from the right corner which
:41:47. > :41:53.tells us he will get onto this red. Only the red he is attempting. He
:41:54. > :41:59.was up and around, he was up and walking, he knew immediately that he
:42:00. > :42:06.could pot that. He has pottered about two or three today, he must be
:42:07. > :42:13.as good as anyone at that job. Very impressive. Doesn't seem to be a
:42:14. > :42:54.problem. It. Just looking at them, not a bad idea
:42:55. > :43:00.to go into the blue and then into the pink and reds. There is only one
:43:01. > :43:23.pottable red after this one. It is closest to the black. He has gone
:43:24. > :43:36.too far into the cushion to play that shot so he will need to go for
:43:37. > :43:43.the reds near the black. Certainly got a bounce off the top cushion, I
:43:44. > :43:56.don't think he quite believes that. Certainly quicker than it went on.
:43:57. > :43:59.Because of that, it has affected the position. It is a tough shot on
:44:00. > :44:42.these tables. Feeling good about himself now,
:44:43. > :44:53.Stuart Dean. He made that look easy. -- Stuart Bingham. This is another
:44:54. > :45:04.classic example of rolling the ball through, he has cued these
:45:05. > :45:12.beautifully today. It has been well constructed. Just looking at the
:45:13. > :45:16.ankle he has on this red here, I wonder whether he will try and pots
:45:17. > :45:24.this or play it directly into the blue. He has missed that completely.
:45:25. > :45:27.That is a shocker. That is the worst possible outcome. He knew
:45:28. > :45:35.straightaway he couldn't make good contact with the cue ball there. It
:45:36. > :45:42.jumped, to be fair. Maybe it was a heavy contact that pulled the white
:45:43. > :45:56.up short. Just five more points and then a safety. I say as safety
:45:57. > :46:14.because the reds are all bunched up. We've talked about the pockets, HAL
:46:15. > :46:34.world city hits that? It didn't look like it was going in.
:46:35. > :46:48.-- howl well did he hit that? You've got to be careful that when you
:46:49. > :46:53.stick the balls up you don't hit something over the corner. He had to
:46:54. > :47:14.say I am sorry about that play. One more mistake and that could be
:47:15. > :47:21.the end of the championship for White. The first time we have seen
:47:22. > :47:28.this very popular player on BBC television. It has been three years.
:47:29. > :47:46.How much longer will we see him in the UK Championship?
:47:47. > :47:56.That has buried the black into the bunch. Doesn't really help Jimmy's
:47:57. > :48:15.situation but he has left the reds open anyway. Not the best from
:48:16. > :48:19.Stuart there. This red might be slightly in his way as he leans over
:48:20. > :48:28.the table. That's okay, he is nowhere near it.
:48:29. > :48:43.I am presuming that it is looking like the reds the bottom. -- the red
:48:44. > :48:53.at the bottom. He will take this one first. The two reds above the pink
:48:54. > :49:02.are ideal. An easy positional shot. You want to get the frame and match
:49:03. > :49:13.over these two. No need making it more difficult than it needs to be.
:49:14. > :49:23.It was a strange match. It. To play a legend like Jimmy White. He hasn't
:49:24. > :49:29.played all that great in this match. He has had a couple of 60 and 70
:49:30. > :49:33.breaks but he has missed quite a feud. Jimmy has had his chances, all
:49:34. > :49:44.he can do is think about those chances. He still has the belief
:49:45. > :49:52.that he can win this game, it but it is going to get tougher as each
:49:53. > :49:58.tournament goes by. He has played on this bottom rung that looks pretty
:49:59. > :50:23.tight. There is the answer. The cue ball got a little bit away from him.
:50:24. > :50:31.He is almost bare. You can see a little bit of a smile. One more good
:50:32. > :50:43.shot and that is the end of the match. It looks like the yellow is
:50:44. > :51:01.the easiest ball to get up to the reds. He has snookered it behind the
:51:02. > :51:09.reds. The only positional place you cannot play it is there. A good
:51:10. > :51:21.clean pot. The only place he can finish is exactly where it has. A
:51:22. > :51:43.good shot that one, good cueing. A bloody long. -- blow. Watch this
:51:44. > :52:01.little mannerism, just throwing his hands up. So not quite over the line
:52:02. > :52:11.just yet, but in a very strong position. Let's have a look at the
:52:12. > :52:30.black comedy pink, have a look at the difference, 59. -- in the pink.
:52:31. > :53:25.He is looking at the ankle into the middle of the pocket. -- angle.
:53:26. > :53:40.Excellent clean pot. Good cueing. Now 60 in front. 69 on the table.
:53:41. > :53:55.Just drop this pink in, no need for any relics. -- heroics. Stuart
:53:56. > :54:05.Bingham has got himself into the next round and really should win
:54:06. > :54:09.6-2. For the life of me, I don't know why he is not playing this
:54:10. > :54:35.deadweight. Just drop the pink in and game, set match.
:54:36. > :54:48.That has sort of brought the black into play. There has been only one
:54:49. > :55:31.snooker that has made it at the moment.
:55:32. > :56:00.Jimmy has snookered all of the reds. Yellow snooker in one red. --
:56:01. > :56:02.snookering. REFEREE: foul. One good pot from Stuart here, the pink needy
:56:03. > :56:48.pocket. It should be all over. Just a little exhibition type
:56:49. > :57:07.positional shot there. There is another one. He really does get ball
:57:08. > :57:21.-- threw the ball so well without forcing it. So he wants to go out by
:57:22. > :57:27.clearing the lot. And Jimmy being the perfect gentleman, he could have
:57:28. > :57:33.quite easily have come forward but he is letting Stuart clean the
:57:34. > :57:39.covers up. Just finishing it off in silence. Not the best of days for
:57:40. > :57:45.Jimmy White and his fans. He has had plenty of chances. But the result
:57:46. > :58:00.was going to be very difficult for him. Stuart hasn't been at his best
:58:01. > :58:08.but it has been good enough. Demonstrating the cue part again. He
:58:09. > :58:16.may as well go all the round and finish with the black. He hasn't
:58:17. > :58:24.potted the pink. Well, Jimmy will be a little bit of -- disappointed but
:58:25. > :58:36.in the end Stuart had a couple of 60 breaks and 70 breaks to round out a
:58:37. > :58:42.very comfortable winner. Stuart Bingham marches on in this
:58:43. > :58:45.championship but it is farewell to the great Jimmy White. We will have
:58:46. > :58:57.more light snooker at 1:00pm this afternoon. Good night.
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