:00:27. > :00:31.in something. This performance ever was in the Chinese open in 2010. He
:00:32. > :00:37.has had quite slim pickings since then. It is very tough in the
:00:38. > :00:48.qualifiers getting through at venues. Not quite so tough getting
:00:49. > :00:55.to play at this venue. Getting on in the draw, meeting players like
:00:56. > :00:56.Melbourne -- Mark Selby other reason players like Tian Pengfei have
:00:57. > :01:47.struggled to progress. Tian Pengfei has to be careful here.
:01:48. > :01:51.You would expect to level these schools here. Everything is
:01:52. > :01:56.portable. He is not putting them in the middle of the pocket at the
:01:57. > :02:04.moment, still putting them in. Just lost the cue ball a fraction.
:02:05. > :02:10.Imagine if it had gone into the middle of the pocket, it would be
:02:11. > :02:17.right down at the fault line. -- fault line. The over ran that one
:02:18. > :02:29.slightly in the middle. He has his second choice be low the pink.
:02:30. > :02:41.As I mentioned earlier on, as far as cue action goes, he has a lovely cue
:02:42. > :02:49.action. Gets through the ball nicely. I do not know what his break
:02:50. > :03:06.building is like. He has not done anything wrong in this break yet.
:03:07. > :03:12.Quite impressed. He only made the four centuries this season. His form
:03:13. > :03:23.has been up and down. He played well in his first round here. He has been
:03:24. > :04:26.impressive. Went to the left middle, could have
:04:27. > :04:31.been in something better than this. He played like he knew it was frame
:04:32. > :04:40.ball. The next colour is not there now. Thinking you the score before
:04:41. > :04:56.he played that last Scott. I think he knew --.
:04:57. > :05:05.Must break of 64 to Tian Pengfei. Barring seekers, mean sealevel
:05:06. > :07:36.levels the match. -- means he levels the Mac.
:07:37. > :07:42.This should give them a lot of confidence, the way he has played
:07:43. > :08:03.this frame. Taken in a couple of goes to win it. He levels the match
:08:04. > :08:20.with Mark Selby. The scores are even.
:08:21. > :08:48.These are the kind of shots that Mark Selby is usually very good at.
:08:49. > :08:54.He is slightly hampered with the Brown. Not his usual cue action
:08:55. > :09:01.going on with the red. I do not blame him for taking it on. But look
:09:02. > :09:11.with the red is going. -- we are the red is going.
:09:12. > :09:21.Things could get interesting that this interval. At the moment, he has
:09:22. > :09:31.played the better snooker, no argument there.
:09:32. > :09:40.If the black case to go up in the blue spot, I was surprised he played
:09:41. > :09:50.the red. He should have finished low in the black so he could move the
:09:51. > :09:53.red away from the blackspot. Not too sure where pink will go. He will
:09:54. > :09:58.have the pink in the brown spot. He may have picked -- missed a trick
:09:59. > :10:06.there. Not finishing low in the black. We know he can get top side
:10:07. > :10:21.of the black to pay for the red in the black. A lot of work to do. More
:10:22. > :10:27.than it should have been. He needs to get off the blackspot. He over
:10:28. > :10:37.ran that by a mile. He has a straight pack in the corner. Very
:10:38. > :10:41.fortunate. He will be if he does play the blacks. The bottom line is,
:10:42. > :10:50.he needs to get them away from the blackspot. He does not think the
:10:51. > :10:57.angle is quite right. It is going to play that shot, which did surprise
:10:58. > :11:05.me, he had to be in the red. It was not good. I was singing his praises
:11:06. > :11:11.a while ago with the way he played this match but that was very poor.
:11:12. > :11:13.Regardless of whether he thought he missed the jaws. The black was the
:11:14. > :11:58.ball to play. Take that little rattle in Mark
:11:59. > :12:03.Selby jaws. It has worked in his favour. The best of the safety
:12:04. > :12:46.shots. An excellent shot. Having been kept
:12:47. > :12:53.off the table for the last couple of frames, never easy. He bought the
:12:54. > :12:58.black into play here, just wants to get rid of the red in the blackspot
:12:59. > :13:09.as quickly as possible. The pink has got its own spot. Not too sure from
:13:10. > :13:14.here. I can only presume the pink spot is still covered. He might have
:13:15. > :13:18.to play the black and play into those four reads. Clearly to bring
:13:19. > :14:43.the pink spot into play. I would surprised he could hold the
:14:44. > :14:49.spot en masse red. That would have bought the bat into play. At the
:14:50. > :14:54.centre the table. This time, he has got top side of the black. Should be
:14:55. > :15:00.able to get rid of that red now that is causing all the problems. That
:15:01. > :15:15.goes to the left corner, it must be tight.
:15:16. > :15:35.That has worked out really well. It was beautifully played. He has
:15:36. > :15:57.decided to take the blackspot still out of play.
:15:58. > :16:04.Perfect to get the red in the blackspot. The pink goes back on to
:16:05. > :16:07.the brown spot. Not straightforward yet. Until he gets the pink or
:16:08. > :16:13.blackspot free, hard when you have to go in and out of ball and up to
:16:14. > :16:19.the other end of the table. He is seven points in front. You would
:16:20. > :16:22.expect to win the frame. Until the gets one of those balls at the
:16:23. > :16:27.beginning of the table, it is not a certainty. The slightly unusual
:16:28. > :16:34.nature of the frame and the colours in the role -- wrong spots is making
:16:35. > :16:43.him concentrate harder. Making him think about what he is doing. This
:16:44. > :16:52.clears the pink spot. Cannot tell. That is where the black will go
:16:53. > :16:54.next. He had plenty of room. Now he has a chance to win the frame at
:16:55. > :17:16.this visit. Now it is just a practice situation.
:17:17. > :17:27.Just to stun the next four shots. He keeps the ball under control.
:17:28. > :17:37.Certainly, all the hard work has been done.
:17:38. > :17:44.He is very straight in the blackspot. You can see the angle
:17:45. > :17:52.there, not much. He did not have to play it. It is risky playing the
:17:53. > :17:57.straight one, if it does not get enough side, he will want to put the
:17:58. > :18:01.black in the same pocket. I'm surprised he has taken this. He
:18:02. > :18:05.should finish perfect, but not guaranteed. He has finished
:18:06. > :18:39.perfect. An excellent shot. As long as he wasn't straight on
:18:40. > :18:47.this red down the cushion he was going to be a K. Yes he may have
:18:48. > :18:53.missed a trick here. He was in first and the balls were perfect. He is
:18:54. > :18:57.looking at the chance now of losing this frame and realising he will be
:18:58. > :19:02.too at the interval when he should be three and one in front. He is
:19:03. > :19:09.used to being in situations where you is to work hard. Tian Pengfei a
:19:10. > :19:12.pretty new player. It hurts you sometimes when you go into an
:19:13. > :19:14.interval mind you should be three and one in front. Mark Selby
:19:15. > :19:30.beginning to play now. He certainly is. His matchplay is
:19:31. > :19:37.supreme. The one player who has just about everything tactically. His
:19:38. > :19:41.break building is very good as well. Seen a few long pots going in. No
:19:42. > :19:46.weakness with this game. A strong temperament. Others might
:19:47. > :19:53.occasionally might play at the brilliant best, the likes of
:19:54. > :19:58.O'Sullivan, and trump and a few others in their day. The rest of the
:19:59. > :20:07.time, he is always there. Competing hard and scoring breaks like this.
:20:08. > :20:13.This has been top drawer. He had to work really hard for the first 30
:20:14. > :20:17.point in this break. Now we has them at the business end of the table.
:20:18. > :20:25.Looking quite straight or would at the moment. -- straightforward. An
:20:26. > :20:36.excellent break of 66, puts in control the frame. It does, he has
:20:37. > :20:42.not won it yet. Especially if this plant goes in in Willy. All of a
:20:43. > :20:46.sudden, he will not be in control for much longer. These two reds
:20:47. > :20:52.could be made into a plant. He will be nicely in the black now, won't
:20:53. > :20:59.he? Amazingly enough, he could go favourite with the next shot. No, he
:21:00. > :21:08.has missed it. Not an easy shot. It did look good from that low camera
:21:09. > :21:14.angle. The reds are a few good inches apart. He might have a
:21:15. > :21:25.reprieve if he can pot this red. Wow. That has annoyed to more than
:21:26. > :21:32.the previous must. -- must. He knows how important this shot is. Another
:21:33. > :21:40.chance, he knows it. A little bit of the acceleration there. Need to stun
:21:41. > :21:46.runthrough on the white. He will be in order to that. The only real
:21:47. > :21:56.problem is brown to blue. The next three reds should not be a problem.
:21:57. > :22:02.These are important points in in a match. Frame four. If Tian Pengfei
:22:03. > :22:10.can take this frame, these are the kinds of frames he needs to win.
:22:11. > :22:23.What is this? If you played in the red to the left middle, it was miles
:22:24. > :22:29.away. I do not know if it was tension. It was a mile off. He needs
:22:30. > :22:35.to play both the reds. You've got both on the table. Both in the
:22:36. > :22:47.corner pocket. Still got the spot on. A little bit more difficult.
:22:48. > :22:56.Good recovery. But he was so lucky. It was a good shot. Given a
:22:57. > :23:03.reprieve. Cannot afford to make any more positional eras. He cannot keep
:23:04. > :23:07.pulling balls. Can he afford to play the pink of this red. He gets a good
:23:08. > :23:12.angle in the next colour, pink or red to get up for the yellow. Brown
:23:13. > :23:37.to blue looks the only stumbling block.
:23:38. > :23:44.The other thing is with the brown where it is, he needs to be in the
:23:45. > :23:57.green nicely. That is not the best. Still the
:23:58. > :24:02.right side of the table. Needs to knock this in. Have some kind of a
:24:03. > :24:10.shot in the brown. Pressure is building. You sense that with this
:24:11. > :24:15.break. If he plays it did wait, he will flick the brown on the
:24:16. > :24:18.left-hand side. You have to play a little done runthrough to widen
:24:19. > :24:23.angle. He would like to finish is close to the brown as possible. He
:24:24. > :24:26.does not want to play the white two feet away from the brown. Because
:24:27. > :24:34.the brown but it will not block it in.
:24:35. > :24:46.I do not think he can get nasty in the brown hair. Hard to judge with
:24:47. > :24:47.the extension in the queue. If he could play normally, he would be
:24:48. > :25:02.fine. He did very well. The lot better
:25:03. > :25:10.shot than it looked. What was the angle like in the brown. He had to
:25:11. > :25:20.reject into the cue ball. That is the key shot.
:25:21. > :25:25.Mark Selby will be kicking himself. Two glorious chances to win the
:25:26. > :25:51.fourth frame. Natural once again. What a steal
:25:52. > :25:55.this would have been. He had first chance with the frame and should
:25:56. > :26:02.have scored more than he did. He had a second bite at the cherry. In a
:26:03. > :26:08.fabulous break of 49 to pinch it by one point. Mark Selby will be very
:26:09. > :26:13.disappointed, trailing by three frames to one.
:26:14. > :26:20.Mark Selby, trails by three and one. A bit of work to do. Breaking off in
:26:21. > :27:39.frame five. Think we expect Mark to raise his
:27:40. > :27:43.game against Tian Pengfei. He probably knows he has to play
:27:44. > :27:52.better. If he will make this a win. Apec shot it would be. -- a beacon.
:27:53. > :27:58.The beauty of these matches, the best of 11, it feels different. Only
:27:59. > :28:02.one frame potentially to win. Three point down as a long way from being
:28:03. > :28:22.beaten at this stage. Just a bit short of pace that. He
:28:23. > :28:32.can still roll it into the black. The redder the lack of a black, it
:28:33. > :28:41.may come in his way. The stunning runthrough hasn't worked. He could
:28:42. > :28:43.have played the black that, but he has played the shot somewhere in
:28:44. > :29:19.between the two. At the moment, Mark is just missing
:29:20. > :29:25.one or two pots. Maybe things will change the second half of this
:29:26. > :29:31.match. It is one thing getting a 3- one lead, and playing as he has, but
:29:32. > :29:33.I suspect he will have to raise his game again if he will go on and
:29:34. > :30:00.cause a big shock of this match. We would expect Mark Selby to win
:30:01. > :30:06.every tactical battle. He is not scoring enough. Tiang Pengfei has
:30:07. > :30:24.had virtually three changes of frame at the moment.
:30:25. > :30:33.He was hoping it would be a shot to nothing. I do not know whether
:30:34. > :30:39.marking the red in the middle. The red has crashed into the pack. My
:30:40. > :30:47.word, if he gets away with this, he is lucky. He is not far enough away
:30:48. > :30:52.from the cushion to get a stunt in the middle. That is a result and a
:30:53. > :31:00.half. It looks like he will play safe for
:31:01. > :31:30.the red he is nearest to. The prize is that he has got Tiang
:31:31. > :31:40.Pengfei in big trouble here. It will be very difficult to do.
:31:41. > :31:54.He looks very deep in thought. He said very quietly in the midsession
:31:55. > :31:59.interval. -- sat very quietly. This could be the biggest game of his
:32:00. > :32:09.career. He could be the defending to be in. -- beat the defending
:32:10. > :32:11.champion. The fact that it is so in the pocket, you would expect in the
:32:12. > :33:05.play right. The way this event has gone so far,
:33:06. > :33:09.with 128 please share, he has seen one or 21-sided matches. There are
:33:10. > :33:32.times when shocks have taken place. The system is working. This is what
:33:33. > :33:39.we are doing for the game, giving amateurs a chance. Obviously, Tiang
:33:40. > :33:45.Pengfei is far from that. He is a low rents player, 64 in the world.
:33:46. > :33:52.It would be a big shock if he could get a win. For now, he is in all
:33:53. > :34:01.kinds of trouble here. Once again, playing as if he has clear shots.
:34:02. > :34:07.Certainly looking at playing, rolling up to a red, perhaps.
:34:08. > :34:19.Rolling around two cushions is the plan. I do not see this shot being
:34:20. > :35:12.on. He has played the shot. He has been a bit fortunate again.
:35:13. > :35:29.It would not surprise me if he tried to go into them from this. He will
:35:30. > :35:52.not go into them at any pace. He trailed 3-1 in his previous
:35:53. > :36:47.round. He would be near the top of your
:36:48. > :37:09.list if you had to pick a man to win a final frame decider. A little bit
:37:10. > :37:13.like the previous frame, which obviously he should have won.
:37:14. > :37:25.Everything is hard work. The pink is in play, but there are a lot of reds
:37:26. > :37:33.in play. If he got into the gap, he could get the red on the blackspot.
:37:34. > :37:41.Everything should start to be a little easier. He has played it at
:37:42. > :37:52.pace and it has not worked. He has flipped when out. He did not play
:37:53. > :38:07.that. It has turned out to be perfect. Not a good shot, but just
:38:08. > :38:15.about as close a right-handed player could get to this. He is not feeling
:38:16. > :38:23.too comfortable at that. He did not want to be in this position. There
:38:24. > :38:27.is more difficulty about the shot them they should have been. -- then
:38:28. > :38:45.they should have been. It is to look perfect on the thread.
:38:46. > :38:52.There was a gap in between the black and red nearest the cushion. He may
:38:53. > :39:01.get a full bull kiss on this. He will play to the gap on the red and
:39:02. > :40:04.black. Now it should start to get a bit easier.
:40:05. > :40:09.Aside from just win the frame, it would be good for his confidence if
:40:10. > :40:19.he could make a sizeable break you. He has not been flowing all that
:40:20. > :40:26.well in this match just yet. There are in mind that he had a similar
:40:27. > :40:38.frame just before the interval. It was his for the taking. The
:40:39. > :40:44.high-value colour is all he wants this time. It is all he wanted in
:40:45. > :40:53.the previous frame. A very simple red. He will be taking his time to
:40:54. > :41:05.make sure. Knowing this is frame ball. The break has not been easy,
:41:06. > :41:07.low value covers, mostly pinks. If he was feeling edgy or nervous, this
:41:08. > :41:46.will settle him. He has taken these well. He deserves
:41:47. > :42:04.a century, he has worked so hard on the spread. -- on this break.
:42:05. > :42:24.That was hugging the cushion they -- they are.
:42:25. > :42:35.24 centuries this season, he has not started as well as he could. I
:42:36. > :42:36.suspect on the other side of Christmas we will see him at his
:42:37. > :43:45.best. Here comes 51. A lot of matches, of
:43:46. > :43:50.course. 64 1st-round matches. A lot of very good players around. Very
:43:51. > :43:58.few better than Mark Selby. This is something he needed. This is
:43:59. > :44:04.potentially a tough match, but it is much better for Mark Selby, the
:44:05. > :44:31.defending champion, because he is still trailing, 3-2.
:44:32. > :44:41.Another poor break therefrom Tiang Pengfei. A schoolboy error. This one
:44:42. > :44:49.is slightly easier than last time. I do not expect him to miss it. He
:44:50. > :45:06.would never miss that in front. To put in a quick one after blocking
:45:07. > :45:16.a century, it is something that will play against some rhythm. He has to
:45:17. > :45:24.sit and watch now and hope that Mark Selby -- Tiang Pengfei is not make
:45:25. > :45:33.one here. At 3-1 he must have been feeling good.
:45:34. > :45:44.He hit the ball nicely. We were discussing this player earlier. He
:45:45. > :45:52.can hit through the ball beautifully.
:45:53. > :46:02.He seems to be a player that would work hard at his technique. The
:46:03. > :46:07.summit comes easy, others really drill yourself into playing the game
:46:08. > :46:13.in a certain way. Hitting the ball a certain way under pressure. Times
:46:14. > :46:31.like this when they come under scrutiny.
:46:32. > :46:38.What a great pack to go into from the black. I don't know if people
:46:39. > :46:49.play for the black the pink. It is his choice. Can he get back to that
:46:50. > :46:53.one loose red that is just below the pack? A poor shot he played better
:46:54. > :47:11.get back onto black. He needed to be half ball on the
:47:12. > :47:18.black, not where he is. He will try to swing the ball around. What a
:47:19. > :47:44.result he has had that. A tremendous shot before he put his hand up.
:47:45. > :47:53.I think they might claim that shot. It was a shot that he absolutely
:47:54. > :48:10.meant. He looks a little thin on the blue
:48:11. > :48:17.to guarantee getting into the pack. It was a little thin. I think he had
:48:18. > :48:24.to hit slower. It would have swung wide. At that pace it was always
:48:25. > :48:38.going to go too narrow. 38, which is OK. He has necessarily done enough
:48:39. > :48:47.damage. That is not the best of safety shots. Mark may have got away
:48:48. > :48:51.with it in the bit that. When you are 38 behind, he liked to get the
:48:52. > :49:03.ball is open. He has a great chance there.
:49:04. > :49:11.Having missed times the previous thread so badly, he timed that
:49:12. > :49:27.perfect. -- previous raid. A great pot. It could be that there is one
:49:28. > :49:35.red he could land on. He came around to have a look at it. That is what
:49:36. > :49:39.he will be playing for. He decided that it needed moving. It looked
:49:40. > :50:04.like he potted from here. Obviously not.
:50:05. > :50:14.That might be a very lucky kiss on the green. He tried to avoid, but
:50:15. > :50:20.look where he has finished. Finishing over top of the yellow. It
:50:21. > :50:29.may have been in his favour. Now, no damage done.
:50:30. > :50:38.I do feel that this is a massive frame, especially for Tiang Pengfei,
:50:39. > :50:50.he got in first. You would expect him to win.
:50:51. > :51:00.He had a quick glance at the possible three balls here. It looks
:51:01. > :51:07.to be a bit thin. You have to be careful not to leave it over the
:51:08. > :51:09.pocket. That is why he played a single red instead. He thought it
:51:10. > :51:52.may push it over the corner. That looks to be a fine safety shot.
:51:53. > :51:57.All of these good safety shots. A player finding themselves in lots of
:51:58. > :52:31.trouble. They give chances away in the end.
:52:32. > :52:48.This is virtually a penalty kick. He also has one in the middle. He is
:52:49. > :52:52.not quite on top form, Mark Selby. He has missed a few shots you would
:52:53. > :52:57.expect in the pot. This will take the pressure off. He is not with it
:52:58. > :53:41.at the moment. That was an absolute mile away. This
:53:42. > :53:49.was horrible. We talked a bit about deceleration. He did not get into
:53:50. > :53:53.the boards all. The pupil had time to move with the side he played. By
:53:54. > :54:00.the time it got to the red, it has over cut it. -- the cue ball had
:54:01. > :54:08.time. An unexpected opportunity for Mark. Mark will take something from
:54:09. > :54:24.that. Nothing worse, sitting in a chair,
:54:25. > :54:26.when you miss the ball as badly as that one. It is difficult to put it
:54:27. > :54:46.out of your mind. The two reds looked very close
:54:47. > :54:52.together, bang on for the right corner.
:54:53. > :55:05.That is good. An important part of the match, the next few shots. A lot
:55:06. > :55:09.of reaction on the cue ball back, he really got into it. Is what you have
:55:10. > :55:15.to do when you get into a pack, you have to go into them twice. It can
:55:16. > :55:23.spin so well after the first contact. He has developed this in
:55:24. > :55:27.the way chance to develop the frame. It goes on to them first, then goes
:55:28. > :56:21.on again. That is the art of good queueing.
:56:22. > :56:24.The red up the table may come into play, depending on which covers you
:56:25. > :56:51.takes. -- which colours he takes. Mark Selby does tend to move the
:56:52. > :57:05.balls up. A very good traditional player. He will be a bit twitchy
:57:06. > :57:13.there on that one. I was not so sure that one was in. To miss that shot,
:57:14. > :58:13.it would have been the moralising. -- demoralising.
:58:14. > :58:19.The red by the green is the one that he needs. He has taken the pink
:58:20. > :58:23.bear. They will not be anything after it. He can roll in behind the
:58:24. > :58:56.red. Neil mentioned earlier on that this
:58:57. > :59:06.was the key ball. We saw him almost miss, so he has previous loss of
:59:07. > :59:16.confidence on the rest. This is one of those where you can play the pot
:59:17. > :59:37.slowly, but he doesn't have his full confidence at the moment. There is
:59:38. > :59:41.no confidence in that shot, but don't forget he nearly missed the
:59:42. > :59:45.red earlier in the break. And that was easier. You've got to do what
:59:46. > :59:51.you've got to do. The bottom line is a think he played at the right way
:59:52. > :00:00.under pressure. This might not be that easy to hit, actually. His got
:00:01. > :00:22.a bounce it off the right question -- he's got to. I suppose now that
:00:23. > :00:30.he's played it that way, in hindsight, it seems the wrong way.
:00:31. > :00:40.He could have gone across the table. It cost him the frame. I don't eat
:00:41. > :00:52.it and really criticise mark for the way he played that shot. -- I don't
:00:53. > :00:58.think you can. But he is not quite timing it perfectly and when you are
:00:59. > :01:06.behind your mindset is not the same, is it? He will feel better when he
:01:07. > :01:11.brings the match level. Just the odd shot here and there shows that he's
:01:12. > :01:26.not feeling 100% his game as defending champion. The next frame
:01:27. > :01:33.is really important. He has had chances in his last two games. But
:01:34. > :01:37.he could just see it slipping away from him if he doesn't take control
:01:38. > :01:58.of the next frame. It hardly play someone like Selby. Nice exhibition
:01:59. > :02:01.shot. He is decided that is enough. That is to very good breaks, taking
:02:02. > :03:19.Mark Selby level at 3-3. -- two. I'm surprised how many bad breakups
:03:20. > :03:26.there have been in this match. This was a good shot. He got a little bit
:03:27. > :03:33.lucky, because the red and the cueball just flicked each other.
:03:34. > :03:45.He's made the effort to speed his game up. Could be dangerous in this
:03:46. > :04:04.frame now. Pressure in some ways is often. 3-1 up, for in a row. --
:04:05. > :04:34.four. I don't blame him for trying to flick the blue. Very well played.
:04:35. > :04:49.Perfect pace. He's tried to leave himself low on
:04:50. > :05:01.the black so he can go into the bunch. He can play this powerfully.
:05:02. > :05:15.Brought a couple of reds out, a lot of players would have gone a little
:05:16. > :05:33.bit harder than that. He is cute. -- has miscued. That's quite rare when
:05:34. > :05:41.you're playing the ball slowly like years. -- he is. This match has
:05:42. > :05:50.taken a very similar pattern in a lot of the frames. He is going first
:05:51. > :06:12.but he hasn't punished Selby enough. Here is our miscue again. --
:06:13. > :06:18.a. It may not be so bad after the last shot Mark played, he is playing
:06:19. > :06:39.recovery. Finished in the middle of nowhere there. It may be worth the
:06:40. > :06:41.risk taking the rate for that, but he's decided to play safety. You
:06:42. > :06:52.can't blame him, he is trying to keep things tight at the moment. He
:06:53. > :08:06.is hoping for an easier chance. The cover that red with to Brown,
:08:07. > :08:13.that is what his trying to do anything he succeeded. -- needs to
:08:14. > :08:43.cover. I think they could conceivably be a
:08:44. > :08:51.gap between the bulk of colours. Mark might be able to get the
:08:52. > :08:56.potting angle. It's tight. He may not have gone for the pot, actually,
:08:57. > :09:14.he certainly wasn't looking at the cueball.
:09:15. > :09:22.The fact that it's good to the question makes this safety very
:09:23. > :09:25.difficult. The red behind the black is possible should he leave it on
:09:26. > :09:49.this cushion. This is a very dangerous shot to
:09:50. > :11:05.play but he has played it well. It's left him in a position once
:11:06. > :11:13.again where it is hard to get the upper hand on the safety. No point
:11:14. > :11:23.in playing the pot on the red in the corner pocket. If he plays the one
:11:24. > :11:36.on the cushion, Selby could possibly play the red neither black, so he
:11:37. > :11:49.want to do that. -- near the. If it flicks the rate it might leave pot.
:11:50. > :11:53.-- red. I think there could be a snooker after this shot. Mark is
:11:54. > :12:03.trying to get in behind the black, I think. It's very tight against the
:12:04. > :12:47.black. I don't think he snookered him completely. He obviously played
:12:48. > :12:49.that a lot harder than he wanted to end nearly left an easy open. It is
:12:50. > :14:39.not straightforward. Once again an excellent safety shot
:14:40. > :14:50.from mark. A very good shot. He played it quite positively. It
:14:51. > :15:11.doesn't have to go that far away from the red for this, the angle
:15:12. > :15:27.slightly against him. He nearly missed this because he or -- overcut
:15:28. > :15:32.it. I think Mark is feeling the pressure even though he is in
:15:33. > :15:39.front. You don't get many emotions out of Mark Selby, they call him the
:15:40. > :16:05.just from Leicester and his normally full of laughs -- jester. From his
:16:06. > :16:16.position, you just have to finish this off. It's been a long slog to
:16:17. > :16:39.get there. Tens concentration. He keeps looking across at the other
:16:40. > :16:43.table, which I find a bit odd. I suppose after a while, playing
:16:44. > :16:44.someone like Mark, the grind of it, you don't get many opportunities and
:16:45. > :17:55.it takes its toll. He is unlucky to finish where he
:17:56. > :18:01.has. That's a good shot, natural. You look at Mark, you know he is
:18:02. > :18:08.feeling it, but he seems to want to know what is happening on the other
:18:09. > :18:46.table. Signs that maybe he not concentrating hours policy could
:18:47. > :18:59.after three hours hours of play. The one to the extreme right hand side
:19:00. > :19:51.of the table, it came off the side cushion. He found there was no
:19:52. > :19:54.safety shot to play so he went all out for the pot. The pink or blue
:19:55. > :20:01.would possibly be available but look at this shot. That's what they say,
:20:02. > :20:14.if you can't find a safety shot, you might as well take the pot on. It is
:20:15. > :20:20.difficult but it might win him the match. It struggled in but he has
:20:21. > :20:50.the important chance now. It appears to have just got the top
:20:51. > :20:59.side of the black. One more loose to get onto, the one at the yellow. If
:21:00. > :21:05.it tries to do it off the next colour... A nice big target to go on
:21:06. > :21:33.to the pink and hopefully the remaining five reds. We can see why
:21:34. > :21:40.he's played for the pink. It's pretty straight onto the red. I
:21:41. > :21:43.think you can just flicked the other red in turn, pushing the weight to
:21:44. > :22:12.the right of the yellow, so it available in the middle. Maybe the
:22:13. > :22:27.red won't be available. He looks purposeful about this shot. There
:22:28. > :22:35.were a lot of things moving their. We saw a body on that shot and
:22:36. > :22:41.things just moving around. That was probably the last shot he would need
:22:42. > :23:31.to win this match. Hasn't left much there that is difficult.
:23:32. > :23:35.Once again, Selby very tight, he hasn't got a snooker but he hasn't
:23:36. > :24:16.given many chapels as a way in that safety exchange. -- chances away.
:24:17. > :24:45.Unless he finds the cushion this red on the left-hand side will be easily
:24:46. > :24:49.portable. -- pottable. It looks pretty good to me. Even if you can
:24:50. > :25:23.see the red to pot it's a pretty difficult one. A brilliant shot from
:25:24. > :25:53.Kang. By no means is that easy at all. Lovely killing. -- cuing. He
:25:54. > :26:17.has over screwed that a little bit too much. Can still cut this one in
:26:18. > :26:31.without too much problem. I think he flew to the red. -- flipped. He did
:26:32. > :26:52.very nicely, to sound a bit extra in this break. -- just found. Selby is
:26:53. > :26:59.giving him no chances. That's what I thought might happen at the start of
:27:00. > :27:08.the break. He was very tentative on one. Selby was quickly out of his
:27:09. > :27:12.chair for this chance. It's going to be tough to win the frame. Yellow to
:27:13. > :27:24.green is going to be a massive problem. I just wonder if you could
:27:25. > :27:35.be playing for the gap between black and red here. He likes to get onto
:27:36. > :27:39.the in such a way that you can move the yellow nearer the pocket,
:27:40. > :27:52.because yellow to green is going to be very tough. He'd like to bring
:27:53. > :27:55.the yellow into play. He hasn't got the angles of the yellow so he's
:27:56. > :28:01.trying to lock in an ankle when he can move from yellow to green. He is
:28:02. > :28:13.looking at finishing low on the yellow. That's not the greatest
:28:14. > :28:30.angle ever. At least it's close to it, though, which helps. Which way
:28:31. > :29:15.is he going to go? That's quite well controlled. Green and brown needed.
:29:16. > :29:18.That's a very well controlled shot. He is a real professional. He has
:29:19. > :29:26.given chances away, but his comeback to win. And that is why he is
:29:27. > :29:34.defending champion. A good match between the two of them. Selby
:29:35. > :29:36.rattled off five in a row, tactically brilliant. You through to
:29:37. > :29:41.the last 16.