:00:33. > :00:41.Good evening and welcome to snooker extra. Extended highlights of the
:00:42. > :00:47.snooker championship. Our featured match night is Peter Ebdon, the 2006
:00:48. > :00:50.UK champion taking on David Gray from Leeds who was knocked out in
:00:51. > :00:54.the very first round of last season's perdition. -- competition.
:00:55. > :01:16.We go to your commentators. A revitalised Peter Ebdon. Gets this
:01:17. > :01:24.last 16 match under way. Dropped down to world number 34 in the
:01:25. > :01:31.rankings. Playing David Grace who plays at the northern snooker centre
:01:32. > :01:36.in Leeds. That will bring back memories. World ranked 81. Had some
:01:37. > :01:43.good results. In the last few matches. This is probably one of the
:01:44. > :01:49.biggest occasions he has had so far in his snooker career stop it could
:01:50. > :01:58.be an interesting contrast in styles.
:01:59. > :02:09.I always find it interesting. Sometimes, it can be in the mid-
:02:10. > :02:16.30s, a time, and other times, you can play quicker. I remember when he
:02:17. > :02:21.got the UK, down to 22nd shot and then up to 30 seconds per shot.
:02:22. > :02:24.Peter Ebdon is his own man. Sometimes he plays his own man
:02:25. > :02:31.rather than the table. I agree with that. You are entitled to slow him
:02:32. > :02:37.down. He withstood every opponent in what he does do is put 110% into
:02:38. > :02:42.every shot. He is playing a double here. Heading the black into the
:02:43. > :02:48.left centre. The only read that he could leave was one he was playing.
:02:49. > :03:05.It was not very close, the double, it has to be said.
:03:06. > :03:10.I personally haven't had the pleasure of watching David Grace
:03:11. > :03:18.before. This is the first time for me in commentary.
:03:19. > :03:24.Always takes time to settle, especially in the biggest match of
:03:25. > :03:34.his life so far. This may be his first television match. It is his
:03:35. > :03:53.first on BBC. It may not be his first abroad. An icebreaker in
:03:54. > :03:57.tournament play. An easy safety shot for Peter. In that top caution. He
:03:58. > :04:06.would leave the red on the right-hand side caution. -- cushion.
:04:07. > :04:27.He would not want to risk the pot on this red.
:04:28. > :04:35.He has decided just to play that containing save. He will not get
:04:36. > :04:41.much advantage out of it. There is no safety area in the ball. David
:04:42. > :04:44.will be playing off that red on the right-hand side, off the black. The
:04:45. > :04:52.tighter he gets it into the top cushion, the better.
:04:53. > :05:04.He failed to do that. There may be a red that could turn Peter here. That
:05:05. > :05:11.cluster in the left of the pink goes into the far right corner stop if
:05:12. > :05:14.that is the case, and he felt that the only read he could leave was the
:05:15. > :05:22.one that he was playing, it may be worth a pot. You see? Out in the
:05:23. > :05:47.open, 75% pot. The problem is that he did not get
:05:48. > :05:51.into the jaws of the pocket so that red is running loose. It has enough
:05:52. > :05:53.pace to bounce off the top cushion and not leave anything easy for his
:05:54. > :07:02.opponent. The pink has gone into the pocket.
:07:03. > :07:11.Peter will be more concerned as he has left the pot on. He certainly
:07:12. > :07:17.did not play the cue ball very well. The pink spot was available, so that
:07:18. > :07:40.puts it out of commission. Is there a pot for David Grace to go out?
:07:41. > :07:48.That was a good pot, that. Playing it at that pace. That could be so
:07:49. > :07:59.accurate. Forced the cue ball the table. Bigelow, David. Can reach the
:08:00. > :08:07.blue no problem. -- a big lad, David.
:08:08. > :08:14.Be nice and solid pot. As soon as you can get your hand on the table
:08:15. > :08:25.and start looking a few balls in... It is a way to relax you.
:08:26. > :09:04.He has had some butterflies coming into this game but seemed to have
:09:05. > :09:14.settled nicely. A very good chance to get 40 or above.
:09:15. > :09:21.It helps a bit that the yellow is not in the spot. As long as he plays
:09:22. > :09:24.of the screw shot and misses the yellow or plays a cannon on the
:09:25. > :09:38.yellow or red, and there is bound to be one of the two. The angle he has
:09:39. > :09:47.got, in -- immediately will to play slowly on the left-hand side. That
:09:48. > :09:54.may not be a good kids, there. -- kiss. That is the most awkward place
:09:55. > :10:01.he could have finished. He has about a red to the left centre but you are
:10:02. > :10:04.playing into a blind pocket... APPLAUSE. Not very easy when they go
:10:05. > :10:20.in. Tricky. Played it nicely. Found the gap.
:10:21. > :10:26.Just needs to slow up a little bit. Overran this black. This black will
:10:27. > :10:41.be difficult if he decides to take it on.
:10:42. > :10:55.Now just a bit wide. A decent chance. Just didn't get a good
:10:56. > :11:51.position on the blue. That eventually caused him to break down.
:11:52. > :11:53.Peter can sometimes be pedestrian. He has taken his time on this
:11:54. > :12:10.particular shot. Obviously, the black is over there.
:12:11. > :12:17.He was playing for the brown. Whatever, he would be happy with the
:12:18. > :12:30.results. The black looks straight enough. Maybe he can just cue past
:12:31. > :12:34.the yellow. Considering the thought that went into potting the red and
:12:35. > :12:36.to me, it was the wrong choice. I thought he could come up for the
:12:37. > :12:53.blue no problem. Playing cushion first. Getting the
:12:54. > :12:55.cue ball to manoeuvre around. It is not bad, he has this read to the
:12:56. > :13:33.right corner. The dreaded miscue. That was bad
:13:34. > :13:40.killing. -- queueing. Played with a lot of bottom on the cue ball but
:13:41. > :13:52.adjusted the accelerated. One mistake could be costly. You always
:13:53. > :14:01.say when you miss and you are in. Not only did he miss, he said David
:14:02. > :14:02.Grace up for a nice opportunity. He could possibly win the frame at this
:14:03. > :14:48.visit. Not settled, has he? We would expect
:14:49. > :14:52.him to get ten out of ten. A bit fortunate to have left the red from
:14:53. > :15:40.Peter on the other red. That was tough. It is always tough
:15:41. > :15:45.when you are using the spider and especially, he felt a little bit
:15:46. > :15:49.aggrieved that David Grace had to miss the easy red in the corner and
:15:50. > :16:01.was covered. David gets another chance.
:16:02. > :16:04.Straighter on the blue would have been ideal but without red over in
:16:05. > :16:48.the corner pocket, no problem. One good position of shot could
:16:49. > :16:52.leave them in the corner. He could leave the green and play for the two
:16:53. > :16:57.red is there. One in the middle pocket first, which is not a
:16:58. > :17:01.problem. I don't know if they were playing damp but when they were
:17:02. > :17:06.playing to get into the cue ball, he played that absolutely straight so
:17:07. > :17:11.he can get onto the blue. I don't think they can get into the ball
:17:12. > :17:16.well enough. They talk about atmosphere is outside but it is not
:17:17. > :17:24.raining outside today. That obviously makes the tables damp
:17:25. > :17:28.sometimes. That was a fluke. That will work.
:17:29. > :17:45.You can't eat a bit of luck. But only the fluke... He put up his hand
:17:46. > :17:48.to apologise but he will not apologise in getting enough points
:17:49. > :17:59.here to win the frame. He has every chance to do that. Take advantage of
:18:00. > :18:05.a run on the ball when you get it. The reason he says that is that it
:18:06. > :18:11.can soon change. He did not play a good positional shot off the blue
:18:12. > :18:15.for that red. As I have said many times, once the cue ball starts to
:18:16. > :18:17.travel up and down the table, you can quite easily lose a good
:18:18. > :18:30.position. He puts in 46 points in front. Still
:18:31. > :18:47.a possible 67 remaining. On the scoreboard. Two reds needed.
:18:48. > :18:54.A nice angle to play a cannon. No need to play a cannon because after
:18:55. > :18:59.this blue, one more in the corner is all that is required. Later cannon
:19:00. > :19:04.and it could go wrong. -- played the cannon and it could go wrong. Just
:19:05. > :19:12.knocking the blue in and playing the red into the left corner. In the
:19:13. > :19:20.scoreboard, 52 ahead and pop this with only 52 remaining.
:19:21. > :19:28.He has needed a few chances and some help from his opponent. He has got
:19:29. > :19:56.there in the end. Straighter on the black and then he
:19:57. > :20:05.would like. He has the red available in the middle. Just roll it in and
:20:06. > :20:13.play ball. This will certainly unsettle whatever mercy did have
:20:14. > :20:20.coming into the match. -- whatever nerves he did have coming into
:20:21. > :20:53.A good shot needed now. Two straight on the black which is why he is
:20:54. > :21:15.playing the pink, to get up for the yellow. Played it nicely. Of course,
:21:16. > :21:22.there is no pressure on your shot. It just settles you down as he said.
:21:23. > :22:03.More table time you get early in the match, the more you benefit from it.
:22:04. > :22:19.Well played! Nice 84. He needed a few chances. Peter gave him chances.
:22:20. > :23:19.Grace leads one frame to zero. Nothing straightforward here.
:23:20. > :23:24.Sometimes you can get in your own way when you're visiting. Peter has
:23:25. > :23:28.been known to have a think a little bit. This is a straightforward
:23:29. > :23:35.up-and-down to get one under the back cushion. He decided to play a
:23:36. > :23:43.pot. You never know. He plays strange shots. He played the
:23:44. > :23:47.snooker. Didn't see that. I suppose. I didn't see him put up his hands to
:23:48. > :23:52.apologise. I assume that he thought that, playing that shot, he could
:23:53. > :23:55.find the line back to the ball. He missed the pot by so much that the
:23:56. > :24:01.cue ball could have finished anywhere. I agree with you. You can
:24:02. > :24:05.never second-guess Peter because he is a shotmaker. There are shots that
:24:06. > :24:09.he will see that other people would not consider taking on. And
:24:10. > :24:14.vice-versa. The most obvious shots and he will play something else.
:24:15. > :24:17.Everyone to their own. He has had great success over the years. Not so
:24:18. > :24:35.much in recent seasons... Prides himself on being strong
:24:36. > :24:38.mentally, doesn't he? I can understand that people are better
:24:39. > :24:43.than my ability wise but nobody can be better than my temperament wise.
:24:44. > :24:49.That has him in good stead. You can't always play at your best.
:24:50. > :24:54.Absolutely. We see that 70 times with the so called up and coming
:24:55. > :24:57.players. -- so many times. You cannot always play at your best.
:24:58. > :25:02.Many of them do not see the warning signs and may have frame where they
:25:03. > :25:08.do not push the goals too much. Last night, he would have gone home
:25:09. > :25:13.horrified, Jamie Jones. Mark couldn't put in a ball at Jamie
:25:14. > :25:20.Jones played well. It is not all about potting balls. Finally enough,
:25:21. > :25:32.the lad that everybody is expecting great things from, who David Grace
:25:33. > :25:36.defeated in the last round, Jack. All great talents, all great potters
:25:37. > :25:50.and break builders and when they are not doing that, have a got a -- have
:25:51. > :25:54.they got a B-game? All of these young fellows, find it so easy in
:25:55. > :26:10.practice. Not so easy out there. Good blend with the cue ball from
:26:11. > :26:17.Peter. I don't know whether David can just get past the yellow of the
:26:18. > :26:22.main bunch of red. If you can, this is difficult. If he can just get
:26:23. > :26:31.past the yellow, it makes it so much easier.
:26:32. > :26:39.It has got a cueball but there is a red going towards the corner and he
:26:40. > :26:47.has gone past the brown. That has worked out to be quite a telling.
:26:48. > :26:54.Safety shot. Brown came to his rescue. He put up his hand and
:26:55. > :26:58.apologised to Peter. Peter has a couple of possible pots in the right
:26:59. > :27:03.corner but they are fraught with danger. You don't mind taking on a
:27:04. > :27:08.difficult pot if you think that there may be a cull at the end of
:27:09. > :27:16.it. If there is not, it is risk with no reward. He has to get a good
:27:17. > :27:20.cueball here to cover that red that is adjacent to the left corner
:27:21. > :27:24.pocket. He is playing with the one just below the pink. He keeps it on
:27:25. > :27:33.the right-hand side of the table and covers that are red. How easy is
:27:34. > :28:09.cueball this time? Every credit. Great shot. Lots of check side.
:28:10. > :28:18.And they had to be very thin with the contact. Ms called. There is a
:28:19. > :28:26.red in the left corner. I don't know whether you would take... Could you
:28:27. > :28:29.take miss, really? In potting it, you would run near the red in the
:28:30. > :28:35.top cushion. Where does the colour come from? If he has the ball is
:28:36. > :28:41.replaced and this time, David Grace wants to catch the red, thin as he
:28:42. > :28:45.intended, the first time around. Peter could be in a spot of bother
:28:46. > :28:48.himself. He is taking a calculated risk. I think that the yellow got
:28:49. > :29:00.nudged slightly. As I say, he has to catch this a
:29:01. > :29:10.very thin. Too thick and it could run off. He has missed it again. The
:29:11. > :29:19.thing is now... APPLAUSE. It will be a warning now. He can hit its sides
:29:20. > :29:24.of the reds and, of course, three misses and you are out. He may be
:29:25. > :29:29.forced into taking the long pot now, the one nearest him. He can
:29:30. > :29:34.definitely pot this red and try to screw it in and get onto the one
:29:35. > :29:39.with colour. Not seen too many players as we have said before. Not
:29:40. > :29:45.sure of his cue power. We need all of it to get back into the ball. The
:29:46. > :29:47.referee did give him the warning. If you do not, it is a red this time
:29:48. > :30:01.and you forfeit frame. Do not think that you can risk
:30:02. > :30:19.playing the thin one. He is playing the pot. What has he left? Peter
:30:20. > :30:36.Anthony Hamilton's body language, I would think, not a lot... -- Peter
:30:37. > :30:55.Ebdon. Hand in his pocket, Peter. He has not let anything on. Just
:30:56. > :30:59.below the pink when he gets in with the ball. You'll believe anything
:31:00. > :31:03.the ball. He is looking for a problem that is not there.
:31:04. > :31:25.One short of what would be considered a good cueball. He may
:31:26. > :31:42.have left a pot on here. Those two rates close together made
:31:43. > :31:48.pot but she would be developed and -- would make pot but you would
:31:49. > :31:57.favour the left-hand side won. -- two reds. It is very unlike him.
:31:58. > :32:06.That was half a chance. It shows you that Peter might be having trouble
:32:07. > :32:11.with a good safety shot. David was looking to get away with it. That
:32:12. > :32:15.time, Peter played a poor safety shot and now is gifted an easy
:32:16. > :33:02.opportunity. Sometimes there is no rhyme or reason.
:33:03. > :33:07.An excellent victory over Stuart Bingham in the previous round. One
:33:08. > :33:11.of those players that play with fire. There is not another player in
:33:12. > :33:19.the game who plays with that. Allegedly, it consists to throw the
:33:20. > :33:24.ball. When you play with one, it helps but with a cyber thrower, it
:33:25. > :33:32.doesn't. Have you played with one? I did in the early days with the
:33:33. > :33:37.2-piece cues. The wood-would join. Cliff always used to play with a
:33:38. > :33:43.five. It was something well used in Canada.
:33:44. > :34:01.I'm not sure about that. The availability of the black. The left
:34:02. > :34:04.corner pocket... Reckon he can only assume it doesn't go, because if it
:34:05. > :34:11.did, Peter would be down, rolling the red in and play going the black.
:34:12. > :34:17.He is having a look now. Like, it does... Well, he should have pots
:34:18. > :34:29.think red and the black by now. Just leave yourself a nice angle on
:34:30. > :34:33.the black. And a little screw back and play for the red immediately to
:34:34. > :35:02.the left of the black in the same pocket. A good chance, this.
:35:03. > :35:11.He played the run, trying to develop the red. The problem with that was,
:35:12. > :35:12.you can always push the red into a position, where it would go away
:35:13. > :35:27.from the black. No, he had a bit of a result there.
:35:28. > :35:34.To be honest with you, he could use one red to hold the cue ball, but it
:35:35. > :35:40.wasn't holding it that well till he hit the third red.
:35:41. > :36:28.Still with a good chance of getting enough points to win the frame here.
:36:29. > :37:08.Played that quite nicely. A choice of reds, one to right corner, one to
:37:09. > :37:17.the left corner. He is fairing the one to the right
:37:18. > :37:23.corner, because you can control that and leave yourself a nice angle on
:37:24. > :37:25.pink or black, as it turns out. Still want to be straight on the
:37:26. > :37:35.black. Probably played a pink now, but as I
:37:36. > :37:42.say, he had choices of colours to play on. He got a 45-point lead with
:37:43. > :37:48.a colour to come. Yes, a bit in commentary, it goes, no way about
:37:49. > :37:53.it. He is one of the game's great break makers. Two maximum breaks in
:37:54. > :37:58.tournament play, and 11 centuries this season. He is not a natural
:37:59. > :38:00.break builder. He looks, at times, he plays it different to other
:38:01. > :38:13.players, but he gets them. Over a little bit for the desired
:38:14. > :38:18.red. Yeah. Think he would lay for the one of the middle, you you. He
:38:19. > :38:23.is on the red to the left coverage, but he's running into other reds.
:38:24. > :38:25.Plays to one to the left middle, he is running into other reds. So...
:38:26. > :38:41.This could go wrong. Well, LAUGHS
:38:42. > :38:47.Not quite. That is where he intended, but he'll settle for it.
:38:48. > :38:53.He obviously completely mis-hit it. He played the gap between the black
:38:54. > :38:56.and the reds to come out for the whack, and because he mis-hit it, it
:38:57. > :39:06.cannoned onto the reds. He could hold it without cannoning
:39:07. > :39:30.the pink. He is not looking settled at the moment, Peter.
:39:31. > :39:40.Well, would be believe it. And the one thing you can never accuse Peter
:39:41. > :39:50.Ebdon off, missing a shot. Because he was dayless. -- careless. Just
:39:51. > :39:56.decelerated it on him. If you don't get through the cue ball, it just
:39:57. > :40:07.drift away from the intended target. It was a good chance missed.
:40:08. > :40:18.So, David Grace gains the table. 60 points behind. A few reds in the
:40:19. > :40:26.open, but those two reds on the left-hand side cushion, as we look,
:40:27. > :40:30.will take some negotiating. He is going to has hopes of winning the
:40:31. > :40:36.frame. Just concentrate on reducing the deficit.
:40:37. > :42:08.Not a natural gap to bet back into bauks, so you don't know whether he
:42:09. > :42:20.is taking this on. I don't know quite why he pushed it
:42:21. > :42:24.out there, 57 points in front. A strange choice, that one. He may be
:42:25. > :42:31.thinking the only red he could leave is the one he is playing. That is
:42:32. > :42:32.the one he is left. 57 points in arrears.
:42:33. > :42:49.APPLAUSE Not certain about the availability
:42:50. > :42:54.of these two reds near the top cushion. I don't know whether the
:42:55. > :43:02.outside one will pot to the left corner. It's just having a look now.
:43:03. > :43:11.If it did, it would make matters a little easier.
:43:12. > :43:24.It must pot. Yes, clearly. He would have liked to have had a bit more
:43:25. > :43:28.angle than this. He may have to play for the straight screw back and play
:43:29. > :43:29.for the plaque in the same pocket. He won't be playing the red closest
:43:30. > :43:41.to top cushion. He tried to force it over but I
:43:42. > :43:47.think he would have been better served trying to play the deep screw
:43:48. > :44:08.there. And play for the black in the same pocket as the red.
:44:09. > :44:18.Good pot to pronounce the cue ball. That will pot into the left-hand
:44:19. > :44:22.corner. Ideally, would like to finish outside of baulk, rather than
:44:23. > :44:29.baulk, and the left of the three reds available as well. A choice of
:44:30. > :44:33.two reds he can play. I suppose you can swing it around nicely for the
:44:34. > :44:34.blue, and that would be a shot to nothing. Decided to play the baulk,
:44:35. > :45:16.for some reason. A little bonus there, the fact he
:45:17. > :45:22.has nicely hung the pink in the middle. 42 points in front.
:45:23. > :45:53.That shows a bit of a lack of confidence there.
:45:54. > :46:00.On the wrong pass, this red. Miss will be called. It won't be taken.
:46:01. > :46:02.Let's have a look at the old score board. Peter Ebdon looking for red
:46:03. > :46:08.and a black. That would put him 54 points in
:46:09. > :46:27.front, with just 51 remaining. Need to force the angle slightly. Be
:46:28. > :46:33.a bit wary of this. Yeah, no problem. Playing it such a
:46:34. > :46:37.right-hand side, just to widen the angle after second cushion. So this
:46:38. > :46:58.black to get to snookers required stage.
:46:59. > :47:26.Ebdon has changed his stance in the last year year. He used to have a
:47:27. > :47:28.very, very straight back leg. Now he is crouching. A different stance to
:47:29. > :47:41.with what he normally used to have. David Grace will stay in his seat
:47:42. > :47:45.here. Just at the stance, look, both legs bent.
:47:46. > :48:07.Good effort. But no cigar and Peter Ebdon levels the scores at one-all.
:48:08. > :48:15.Peter Ebdon gets frame three under way. Both players looking a little
:48:16. > :48:19.bit edgy at the moment. I think it's the occasion that's making them a
:48:20. > :48:24.bit edgy, rather than who they are playing. A big match for both of
:48:25. > :48:30.them. I know that Peter Ebdon is former UK and world champion, but he
:48:31. > :48:33.has not been getting the best of the results of late, and this is a big
:48:34. > :48:37.opportunity, having knocked out the world champion.
:48:38. > :48:48.APPLAUSE On the other hand, David Grace, this
:48:49. > :48:54.is an opportunity to go to the laster stages of one of the biggest
:48:55. > :48:58.tournaments in the snooker calendar. As I say, the occasion can increase
:48:59. > :49:49.the pressure and the importance. APPLAUSE
:49:50. > :49:54.Well that is twice he's played a similar shot. Played it in the
:49:55. > :49:57.middle, caught the knuckle. He had one in this corner and now one in
:49:58. > :50:15.the far corner. Peter looks on in disgust.
:50:16. > :50:22.And lots of players go into the pink. It won't a natural hold shot,
:50:23. > :50:26.that. Had to really get into the cue ball. He may have second prize
:50:27. > :50:32.handing on his red to the far right corner. And it looks straight
:50:33. > :50:35.enough. You expect him to pot it. He didn't have to do a lot with the cue
:50:36. > :50:49.ball to get position on the colour. APPLAUSE
:50:50. > :50:51.Yeah, nicely played. As I say, but looking to land in such an
:50:52. > :51:25.advantageous position. I think, there may be a red at the
:51:26. > :51:31.bottom. Cluster, immediately above the black. He would be running into
:51:32. > :51:33.other reds. He wouldn't be certain where the cue ball is going to
:51:34. > :51:45.finish, but make certain of the pot. He's done that. And he's finished on
:51:46. > :51:46.the black. Well played. Judged to pace off the second reds very
:51:47. > :52:38.nicely. In slight angle on the black, he
:52:39. > :52:43.would play for the loose red on the middle, or just the cannon on the
:52:44. > :52:52.outside red. Bount to be one of the middle, wharf happens.
:52:53. > :54:16.Just the one remaining loose red now. Essential to get an angle on
:54:17. > :54:21.this black, preferably half ball. Didn't have to do too much with the
:54:22. > :54:24.pact. There is only five reds there. Not enough to go it at in pace, to
:54:25. > :54:39.push one towards the middle. He has got the perfect angle. He hit
:54:40. > :54:44.the both reds, the middle red and the right-hand red. If he hit it is
:54:45. > :54:51.smack over the joint, he'll push it over the rpd middle. -- the
:54:52. > :54:53.right-hand middle. Almost impossible not to get on one here. He needs to
:54:54. > :55:12.get the joint. That's what happens when you hit the
:55:13. > :55:20.outside of them, you can run away. Once again, extremely fortunate to
:55:21. > :55:24.get on the one in the middle. It was a pretty straightforward cannon to
:55:25. > :55:27.the bunch. Why play in outside, I don't know. 51 in front and
:55:28. > :56:07.counting. Inching ever closer to the winning
:56:08. > :56:10.line in this third frame. 55 points in lead. Still going to need three
:56:11. > :56:18.of these remaining reds, you feel, to be certain.
:56:19. > :56:26.Maybe two, of the high value colours.
:56:27. > :56:35.That's nice. In fact, this pink will put him 62 points in front, so
:56:36. > :56:43.another red and a colour would be sufficient, and he's perfect on the
:56:44. > :56:49.pink. Let's not forget, it came off a fluke when he played the one in
:56:50. > :56:55.the middle, went down the cushion. Ebdon won't be liking this at all.
:56:56. > :57:01.The red and the black would put himself 70 points in front, with 67
:57:02. > :57:03.remaining. And the pink would put himself 69 points in front, with 67
:57:04. > :57:23.remaining. Snooker required. He knows that
:57:24. > :57:28.Peter will carry on, so if this won't be concentration, and nothing
:57:29. > :57:35.you can do about it, Peter, when someone gets a fluke like David did.
:57:36. > :57:43.He looks to have landed. I was going to say, perfect on the pink to
:57:44. > :57:48.disturb the three reds, but he has just come a little too straight. And
:57:49. > :57:50.that's why he is thinking there's a blue and trying to cannon the three
:57:51. > :58:12.reds. 75 points in lead. Just 59
:58:13. > :58:17.remaining. Put it past Peter to carry on. But for quite a few
:58:18. > :58:43.snookers, it should be all over. And 2. 1 to David Grace.
:58:44. > :58:52.He caught the red much too thin as it happens. He been a little bit
:58:53. > :58:57.fortunate. The cue ball was finished near the side cushion, so you
:58:58. > :59:05.wouldn't think there is any pot on, that would tempt David. Although he
:59:06. > :59:11.is having a look to see if he played the red on the left-hand side of the
:59:12. > :59:16.table, if he would anything. The only red he left was the one he was
:59:17. > :59:18.playing. It's a tough shot. Taking the ball by the horns. He's going
:59:19. > :59:36.for it. Well, that's a tremendous pot. Is a
:59:37. > :59:40.tremendous pot. Every credit for taking that on. Whatever he gets, he
:59:41. > :00:08.deserves. The black is fairly available to the
:00:09. > :00:12.left-hand side. He has to get through the gap of the three reds at
:00:13. > :00:16.this end of the table. He want to play for the black, so I imagine he
:00:17. > :00:17.would be playing for pink or black. He is holding it for the pink, I
:00:18. > :00:27.suggest. What he wouldn't give for another
:00:28. > :01:09.sizeable break in this frame, to take a 5-1 lead.
:01:10. > :01:16.If the pinks pots in the left-hand coverage, make sure you get high on
:01:17. > :01:22.the pinch. That's a good shot, it brings the other reds into play. Got
:01:23. > :01:28.to be a little careful in playing the cannon. Play for the loose one,
:01:29. > :01:35.don't play onto them. Not too sure if they available. The way he's
:01:36. > :01:41.played that, they obviously are. A great chance to go 5-1 in front. He
:01:42. > :01:45.looks as though he has landed inch' perfect. Pot this red, a little
:01:46. > :01:56.screw into the red just to the right of it. That's and that's worked out
:01:57. > :02:01.pretty good. Both those reds a available. What a chance he's given
:02:02. > :02:09.himself near. It's fair to say, a red that he took on, that not many
:02:10. > :02:13.would have. Yes, you called in commentary, what he gets from here
:02:14. > :02:19.he deserves. The way he potted the opening red. The reason that John
:02:20. > :02:26.was saying it's a bit risky, playing at the pace he did, it had to go in.
:02:27. > :02:31.This was the shot you are talking about, John. He knows the pink and
:02:32. > :02:33.black are there for the taking. The pace he played at it, went all out
:02:34. > :02:48.for it. Well done. He held it, has he held it! ? I
:02:49. > :02:52.think he has. He is going around to look at where he wants to leave
:02:53. > :02:58.himself. I thought for one moment, he run too far. And couldn't get
:02:59. > :03:05.through to the black. But I think he can just about make it.
:03:06. > :03:17.Oh! He convinced himself he could. Could you believe it.
:03:18. > :03:26.He convinced himself he could get past the red. Well, guest past the
:03:27. > :03:28.red. -- get past the red. A disappointing end there. Given
:03:29. > :03:49.himself a great chance. Once again, a very average safety
:03:50. > :03:52.shot the from Peter Ebdon. I mean, he has only just reached the baulk
:03:53. > :04:26.line, never mind the baulk cushion. A little look up to the heavy, from
:04:27. > :04:28.David, they through it was to the heavens, he knew when he was in
:04:29. > :04:45.before that was an excellent chance. This looks a good line. The only
:04:46. > :04:51.problem is with that shot, he dropped a snooker. But it's an easy
:04:52. > :04:57.escape, you would have thought. The left-hand side cushion as we look.
:04:58. > :05:01.Just the other side of the middle pocket, trace aside, OK, always a
:05:02. > :05:19.bit frightened I may slip past the reds, but shouldn't do.
:05:20. > :05:37.It looks straightforward, but not as straightforward as I thought.
:05:38. > :05:40.He is going to try and come off three cushion, and hoping it checks
:05:41. > :05:55.off the third cushion. Badly misjudged. But the pace he is
:05:56. > :06:01.playing, if he didn't make contact with the red, he goes by the red and
:06:02. > :06:08.leaves it. What he's trying to do, to come off the side cushion, the
:06:09. > :06:17.left-hand side, right-hand side, top cushion and check into them. Surely
:06:18. > :06:23.he'll make a better adjustment here. Well, that wasn't the shot. Have a
:06:24. > :06:54.look at this face. I'm not certain that's the shot he had in mind.
:06:55. > :06:59.Both these reds a available in the middle pocket. He is worrieded about
:07:00. > :07:01.getting it on the black, maybe just roll it in for the pink and the
:07:02. > :07:51.opposite middle. It's not a pretty sight to see a
:07:52. > :08:01.player struggling, as Pete is. He certainly is. He is finding it very
:08:02. > :08:04.hard work out there. The two reds at the right of the pack, has he had a
:08:05. > :08:11.look at it yet? Having a look now. He can play this and screw back for
:08:12. > :08:30.the black. Yeah. He screwed back for the black,
:08:31. > :08:36.but much too straight on the black. To be getting on the next red, so I
:08:37. > :08:37.would suggest he'll probably roll this in and settle for the seven
:08:38. > :08:43.point. If he played that with any kind of
:08:44. > :09:27.pace, the black just won't go in. Peter looks like he is taking this
:09:28. > :09:29.red on, and playing for the brown or the green.
:09:30. > :09:49.Yeah, it was a good pot. But David Grace, when he played safe, he won't
:09:50. > :09:54.trickle that black in along the top cushion, he should have found the
:09:55. > :10:00.baulk cushion with his safety. Now has he got the angle? Just a natural
:10:01. > :10:13.angle to pot the yellow, or the blue, and go into the reds.
:10:14. > :10:20.Missed the blue and that's the problem. He is missing too many
:10:21. > :10:22.balls, is Peter. And now looking at the reds hoping he's got away with
:10:23. > :10:36.it. Mark Selby struggled with it the
:10:37. > :10:41.other night, against a very in-form Jamie Jones. Not sure how Peter can
:10:42. > :10:48.get a victory, the way he's playing. He has to win this frame if he is
:10:49. > :10:49.any chance. I can't see him winning five frames in a row, not on what we
:10:50. > :11:30.witnessed so far. The little cluster of four in the
:11:31. > :11:36.middle, with a yellow, that could be quite a telling safety shot. There
:11:37. > :11:39.is a pot on. A gap between yellow and pink to play this red, but he
:11:40. > :11:41.would be running into the black. This is not a shot for nothing. You
:11:42. > :11:51.go for it, you need to get it. He is just throwing himself at it.
:11:52. > :11:58.So much movement going on. This is very unlike Peter.
:11:59. > :12:16.The head lifted. Has he got a back injury? I'm trying to work out why
:12:17. > :12:22.he's got a different stance. I saw him the other day after he beat
:12:23. > :12:26.Stuart Bingham. He was pleased. He said he was really well and
:12:27. > :12:33.practising hard. Seemed very content.
:12:34. > :12:40.Obviously couldn't get through to get to the potting angle of that
:12:41. > :12:46.red. This long pot, you know, it's a shot to nothing the fact he can get
:12:47. > :12:47.the cue ball right back into baulk. The way he's cueing, he's a bit
:12:48. > :12:59.reluctant to play it. That's in one I'm thinking of. He
:13:00. > :13:04.has to play the other one. If he pots it, he would do well to miss
:13:05. > :13:09.the kiss off to the left-hand side. Has to get around the back of the
:13:10. > :13:11.that red, and play the check side to make sure he did. Once again, an
:13:12. > :13:54.awful long way away. Hit right across that. He might have
:13:55. > :13:58.getting away with it, but he knock the brown in. But he's not left
:13:59. > :14:12.anything easy. Just came round to see if the red is
:14:13. > :14:27.cuttable. It looks a little bit past the pocket.
:14:28. > :14:37.22-point lead. No very big with his standard of play. Peter is in the
:14:38. > :14:45.mood to make a 40 or 50 break at the minute.
:14:46. > :14:51.We've all been there, standing at the table and everything is going
:14:52. > :14:56.wrong, and you can't kind of get any confidence. Everything looks
:14:57. > :15:02.difficult, you are looking for problems rather than the not. Well,
:15:03. > :15:08.he has decided he is going to play the thin cut here. He had a couple
:15:09. > :15:17.of looks at it. Don't know where the cue ball is running to. He'll pot
:15:18. > :15:25.the red. Much too thick. Did you see his head again, John? Yep. I mean, I
:15:26. > :15:29.think the stance is causing him a big problem. He can't get through
:15:30. > :15:37.the ball without lifts his head. He is twitching at the shot. Yeah, the
:15:38. > :15:39.elbow went out, the arm went out. One good pot here and he could find
:15:40. > :15:50.himself 5-1 behind. It's catching. Because all of a
:15:51. > :16:10.sudden David Grace is starting to It's one of those things, you are
:16:11. > :16:16.excited to see your opponent playing so bad. And you think, "I'm going to
:16:17. > :16:17.win the match" you got to play one shot at a time, don't see the
:16:18. > :16:40.winning post too soon. I think, "Reason he's playing the
:16:41. > :16:47.yellow and not the blue is that the blue, if it went back on it own
:16:48. > :16:55.spot, could tie the pinch up. Well, would you believe it? Would you
:16:56. > :17:00.believe it? I mean... He is going as though he got a kick. But normally,
:17:01. > :17:07.if you get a kick, you hit them to thick, not too thin.
:17:08. > :17:11.Hard no know, I'm not a lip reader. Maybe I'm glad I'm not.
:17:12. > :17:23.LAUGHTER Well, Grace will never get a better
:17:24. > :18:07.chance of getting into the last eight of a tournament than this.
:18:08. > :18:14.Just not getting through the ball all the moment. He is getting so
:18:15. > :18:19.excited to realise he's got a chance to get into a quarterfinal, his cue
:18:20. > :18:29.action has got a bit there. He was playing to get on the pink in the
:18:30. > :18:31.middle pocket. 25 point the lead. Just cue this pink straight, doesn't
:18:32. > :18:39.have to do much with the cue There is goes.
:18:40. > :18:45.APPLAUSE 31 points the lead. Two reds, two
:18:46. > :19:10.colours. And he will be one frame away from victory.
:19:11. > :19:18.He'll be excited inside now. Just vas thanks mind his work here --
:19:19. > :19:20.just has to mind his work here. Pink, red, high valued colour. He
:19:21. > :19:31.would be 5-1. Looking to be surprised he played
:19:32. > :19:35.for the bottom red. Why not pray for the top red, a little easier?
:19:36. > :19:46.Looking at this body language, he is on neither of them.
:19:47. > :19:52.Hang on a minute, he can get through to this red. He is playing the
:19:53. > :19:54.bottom, you need to run around the two cushions.
:19:55. > :20:03.APPLAUSE Well that is as well as he has
:20:04. > :20:10.struck any shot. Well, in the last couple of frames, anyway. So this
:20:11. > :20:16.black to go 46 points in front with just 43 remaining.
:20:17. > :20:24.And it goes. He kept his head down, played that well. That was a good
:20:25. > :20:27.shot. Surprised he played the screw back and not the run through, but
:20:28. > :20:50.the result was the same. He got on the black.
:20:51. > :20:57.Of glancing at the scoreboard. Getting excited now. He done what he
:20:58. > :21:03.has to do, won the frame at one visit, second visit, of course, but
:21:04. > :21:10.he scored enough to get past the winning post in this frame. I have
:21:11. > :21:52.to say, he was pretty consistent when he got the balls in open play.
:21:53. > :21:58.Hard to see a player struggling as much as Peter is today. He must have
:21:59. > :22:08.a black problem with the way he's standing. -- a back problem with the
:22:09. > :22:10.way he's standing. Another break of 50 for David Grace, his third of the
:22:11. > :22:21.match so far. Very well done, David, this is is a
:22:22. > :22:26.good little clearance here. Missed a couple early on in the frame. But
:22:27. > :22:29.did it when it mattered most. David Grace goes five one a possible six
:22:30. > :22:36.to play. Four with a possible five to play.
:22:37. > :22:43.Peter Ebdon, one of the toughest competitors in snooker. He has to
:22:44. > :22:51.show all those qualities now, if he's going to get anything out of
:22:52. > :22:56.this match. David Grace, we said at the start of the match, one of the
:22:57. > :23:00.biggest games of his career. He needs this frame for a place at in
:23:01. > :23:11.the quarterfinal of the United Kingdom Championship.
:23:12. > :23:21.He went for the positively. Thought the only red that he could leave is
:23:22. > :23:29.the one he's playing. And he has left that. What has Peter Ebdon got
:23:30. > :23:37.left in the tank. His pot success, 74%.
:23:38. > :23:44.And he's not going to win this match just getting little bits and pieces
:23:45. > :23:49.when he gets in. He has to be winning frames in one visit. And the
:23:50. > :24:05.evidence so far, it doesn't look on. But you never know with Peter.
:24:06. > :24:11.Peter is moaning about another kick, but in fairness, the kick has done
:24:12. > :24:17.himself a favour. He got a perfect handle on the red in the black spot.
:24:18. > :24:21.If had it run a bit further, he may have to play off the cushion. But
:24:22. > :24:58.it's a perfect angle. A little bounce, but only a fraction.
:24:59. > :25:06.He is bemoaning his luck again. He felt he had a kick. But once again,
:25:07. > :25:14.not a bad kick. It left him an angle to bring a couple of reds into play.
:25:15. > :25:15.Come on Peter, you can bring the red into play here, bound to get onto
:25:16. > :25:36.the black. Well, that turned out OK. Nice angle
:25:37. > :26:44.on the blue. Oh, dear. Thrown his... A few
:26:45. > :26:48.complaints about some of the tables and clothes and things. But I think
:26:49. > :26:55.that Peter will have a few words to say after this match. Should he go
:26:56. > :27:48.on the lose it. I'm sure I would like to be at his press conference.
:27:49. > :27:57.He would have liked to have that one again. I'm not quite certain why he
:27:58. > :28:14.played this red for, was it a right corner or a right middle?
:28:15. > :28:18.Played it in the right middle, and was into the main bunch, hoping for
:28:19. > :28:38.a better result than that. Well, that's, his eyes break when he
:28:39. > :29:01.made a break of 52. All you can do here is nestle into
:29:02. > :29:08.the cluster, and if you can get tight, you leave nothing easy.
:29:09. > :29:20.Touching ball. So that gives Peter, well, would normally think, an easy
:29:21. > :29:25.escape route to the baulk end. Just enough room to get between the red
:29:26. > :29:29.and the blue, to get the cue ball behind the yellow spot there. Is he
:29:30. > :29:34.playing the pot, can get through to the red. He is taking the pot on. He
:29:35. > :29:41.has to be careful he doesn't foul the red here with his cue.
:29:42. > :29:51.That was the thing that was putting him off slightly.
:29:52. > :29:56.No, you're more concerned with pushing the cue in with a straight
:29:57. > :30:02.line and bricking it back in a straight line. This is a chance
:30:03. > :30:06.here, OK, maybe a bit tricky. Well, the fact he has the spieder, or
:30:07. > :30:10.asked for the spider, doesn't make it any easier. The thing is, with
:30:11. > :30:14.the red, he doesn't have to do anything with the cue ball, just
:30:15. > :30:25.drop the red in, and you are bound to be on the black. But tricky with
:30:26. > :30:28.the spider. H the cue ball, just drop the red in, and you are bound
:30:29. > :30:31.to be on the black. But tricky with the spider. Played it well, played
:30:32. > :30:37.it very well. OK, he's not got a good angle on the black here, but in
:30:38. > :30:45.the main cluster, just one red sticking out as we watch this
:30:46. > :30:50.again... Well played. Yes, if you wanted to be absolutely perfect on
:30:51. > :30:55.the next red, he would like to leave another angle to bring a couple of
:30:56. > :30:58.reds into play. If he gets on the colour here, that could be the
:30:59. > :31:02.black, got to be careful when playing the run through, not in the
:31:03. > :31:06.way of the black, that is why he is playing the screw, up for the pink
:31:07. > :31:11.or the blue. If this works, this is a frame and match-winning
:31:12. > :31:19.opportunity. Because all the reds are now perfect. Yeah, just going to
:31:20. > :31:24.a little bit too much. He's not on the blue and not ideal on the baulk
:31:25. > :31:31.colour. But the reds are all there for the taking. He is looking. If he
:31:32. > :31:33.can drop the blue in and cannon into another red, or the cue ball. Most
:31:34. > :31:47.important thing here, pot the blue. Which he has done nicely, and nudged
:31:48. > :31:54.the red over the corner. Couldn't have put it better with his hand.
:31:55. > :32:00.This is deep breathe time for David Grace and his supporters. A chance
:32:01. > :32:04.of beating a former UK and world champion in the lasters stages of a
:32:05. > :32:19.second major. Have to hold himself together now.
:32:20. > :32:28.?CLEAR A little bit hampered. He can get true to it though.
:32:29. > :32:37.Just slight hampered. You can see him cueing high on the cue ball
:32:38. > :33:00.there. Nothing to do with the white. Just on the cushion.
:33:01. > :33:26.A red and a black would make the points all square. That would leave
:33:27. > :33:30.four reds. OK, one of them near the top cushion. That shouldn't prove
:33:31. > :33:36.too much of a difficulty, but one near the red. Those four reds, with
:33:37. > :33:41.high value colours, could see him get to the snookers required stage.
:33:42. > :33:49.So as I say, this black makes the points all square. Frame and match
:33:50. > :34:12.at his mercy. Essential this time to leave angle.
:34:13. > :34:17.On the black, so he can get on the two reds, but don't think they're
:34:18. > :34:22.both available left-hand corner. He needs a good angle.
:34:23. > :34:30.Doesn't want to be straight. Otherwise he'll have to play for it
:34:31. > :34:41.in the middle. Yeah, but that wouldn't be no bad thing. I think
:34:42. > :34:45.you're right. Has too stand up and play for one of them
:34:46. > :34:54.It would be close, and a little bit straighter, maybe. Not quite, if he
:34:55. > :34:56.plays for the pink, not quite sure where it will go, when it's
:34:57. > :35:12.respoted. Played that nicely. Once again, I
:35:13. > :35:17.think he got the slight angle here. If he's going to play the run aushed
:35:18. > :35:23.the two cushion, just got to judge it. Where he would like to cue ball
:35:24. > :35:29.to be. Not too concerned about getting the red on in middle of the
:35:30. > :35:35.table, so he can move in one in a left-hand side. That's in the
:35:36. > :35:38.pottable cushion. He is asking for cue ball to be cleaned. Doesn't want
:35:39. > :35:45.any heavy contact, anything to go wrong. It's all about controlling
:35:46. > :35:50.this, isn't he? He is going to play it with top spin, don't hit it too
:35:51. > :35:56.hard. Very easy to do that and snooker yourself on the pink. Needs
:35:57. > :36:01.a bounce. He was so concerned about snookering himself on the pisk, he
:36:02. > :36:08.slightly injured hit it. That makes the shot it, takes a little bit of
:36:09. > :36:14.prush off the red, the fact he can play for a baulk colour, to cover
:36:15. > :36:20.things up with the blue. So long ass pot the ball, you get the play the
:36:21. > :36:23.next shot. F the red, the fact he can play for a baulk colour, to
:36:24. > :36:26.cover things up with the blue. So long ass pot the ball, you get the
:36:27. > :36:29.play the next shot. Oh, that's a nice kiss. That's OK! He put his
:36:30. > :36:35.hand up and apologised to Peter. 'Cause I think he may just be able
:36:36. > :36:41.to stun across to the other side of the table where the last key red for
:36:42. > :36:45.frame and match is. I would be wanted to play behind the red, to
:36:46. > :36:51.give yourself at least four pockets. If you screw direct, and hit over
:36:52. > :36:55.it, you have got no shot. Try to give yourself options, playing on
:36:56. > :37:02.two or three pockets. Which he hasn't done. Oh, dear. Still some
:37:03. > :37:10.life in this frame yet. I don't mind him kissing the black, that can
:37:11. > :37:14.happen. But not on the way up. I mean, I would excuse him from
:37:15. > :37:15.kissing the black if he hit it off the cushion, but not straight into
:37:16. > :37:30.the black. That's about all he could do, he
:37:31. > :37:40.felt. Back to his seat. 22 points in lead. He missed his match-winning
:37:41. > :38:03.opportunity. Will he get another one in this frame?
:38:04. > :38:09.Decision time now for Peter Ebdon. He knows if he goes for this and
:38:10. > :38:14.misses it, it could be his last shot.
:38:15. > :38:26.And in the end, he decided not to go for it. If he's got the snooker, ud
:38:27. > :38:30.have to say, right, decision. -- you'd have to say, right, decision.
:38:31. > :38:40.Just an edge sticking out. Don't think so.
:38:41. > :38:50.AR And there is an edge, but nothing he can get to. It came off the side
:38:51. > :38:58.cushion, just have to hope you get it safe. He has not got it safe.
:38:59. > :39:05.Peter, this is your chance. 22 points in it. He is going to need
:39:06. > :39:53.red colour and the six remaining colours. To keep his hopes alive.
:39:54. > :39:58.Be well, once again, you heard him immediately asking for cue ball to
:39:59. > :40:09.be cleaned. The shaking of the head, we had a lot of that today.
:40:10. > :40:31.Always feeling this clearances, I said in many occasions, the position
:40:32. > :40:40.from brown to blue is the key. If you pot the brown, you get
:40:41. > :40:53.perfect position on the blue it should be a formality.
:40:54. > :41:12.The pink not being on the spot, he was able to hold. Pink and black to
:41:13. > :41:38.pinch the frame. APPLAUSE
:41:39. > :41:42.And in it goes and even then, the black one, he is complaining about
:41:43. > :41:48.the contact. It won't matter. He won the frame. David Grace had a chance
:41:49. > :41:52.to claim the frame. But he didn't it. The lead man leads by
:41:53. > :43:49.So David Grace breaking off. In frame eight.
:43:50. > :44:04.Decided on the aggressive safety. And he has got a good cue ball, but
:44:05. > :44:17.he left a path to the red in the right corner.
:44:18. > :44:24.And he is slotted it in. A nicement flick off the red. Has given him a
:44:25. > :44:49.half decent position on the blue. Played it into the top pocket. Knew
:44:50. > :44:54.that was the best way to get good position. It's all the case now,
:44:55. > :44:58.Willie, of just holding yourself together. I wonder whether he is
:44:59. > :45:05.going to risk playing for the black. If he plays for the black off the
:45:06. > :45:11.red nearest the black, if he is going to win the frame in one visit,
:45:12. > :45:15.he needs to black on its spotted. That begs the question, how clear is
:45:16. > :45:17.his thinking. I glee with you - this is the red to play, and play for the
:45:18. > :45:26.black. This goes in, he has his second
:45:27. > :45:29.chance of winning frame and match. But this is not a certainty. No, but
:45:30. > :45:48.he played the right shot. No. No! Too wide! I'm surprised he
:45:49. > :45:52.stunned it. In it had been straighter, he could have dropped it
:45:53. > :45:54.in. He had to play the stun to hold the cue ball. It was always wide of
:45:55. > :45:59.the mark. What can Peter Ebdon do with this
:46:00. > :46:54.opportunity? Glad everything seems like a
:46:55. > :47:05.pinpoint of bitter. Such a straightford shot.
:47:06. > :48:22.He decided to have it off the top cushion, until he was safe at
:48:23. > :48:28.playing a screw shot. He is not too bad. A red at the other half of the
:48:29. > :48:38.table he could play on. It doesn't really have to hold the cue ball.
:48:39. > :48:46.Well, I thought he would have played there the red to the left middle,
:48:47. > :48:54.and have a feeling he may have done, but he is well short of pace. And
:48:55. > :49:00.left himself a bit of a tester. A thin cut to the middle, a tough ball
:49:01. > :49:01.to pot into the corner. Not as straightforward as he would have
:49:02. > :49:50.liked. Once again, he wasn't happy with the
:49:51. > :50:16.contact. A thigh-slapping reaction, hand in the air.
:50:17. > :50:27.Well, if it turned out, he was nicely on the red, OK, it may have
:50:28. > :50:28.been a little bit closer to the cushion than he would liked, but
:50:29. > :50:43.wasn't really a big problem. Well, once again, right into the
:50:44. > :50:48.heart of the pocket, but he is complained he didn't get the best of
:50:49. > :50:52.the contacts. Now, I'm going to say something here, I don't think you
:50:53. > :50:59.are cueing well enough, Peter. I don't think it's the ball's fault.
:51:00. > :51:01.You are not cueing smoothly. This is why he is getting the one or two
:51:02. > :51:54.heavy contacts. This red for his second 50 break of
:51:55. > :51:56.the match. He is starting to find a little bit of form, still a bit of
:51:57. > :52:17.complaining. Oh, you are kidding. He is jabbing
:52:18. > :52:21.at everything. He hit at that. Luckily for him, he has got away
:52:22. > :52:27.with it. Just the way, look at his head and his back arm. Just no
:52:28. > :52:28.confidence at all. Every time he is playing a stun shot, no confidence
:52:29. > :53:03.at all in the shot. Good opportunity now for David
:53:04. > :53:08.Grace. And sometimes, Willie, these are the easier ones, aren't they?
:53:09. > :53:12.The fact that you are sat there, in your chair, and suppose you have
:53:13. > :53:14.lost the frame, and come to the table, it's a bit of a bonus. Yeah,
:53:15. > :53:24.absolutely. And the fact he is behind, he is not
:53:25. > :53:30.getting excited, thinking I can win frame and match. And he wants to get
:53:31. > :53:35.back into the frame. And when he is down to the last red, the pressure
:53:36. > :53:39.is on. The next two reds and two colours should be OK. And then he
:53:40. > :53:40.has to mind his work. He had a chance in the previous frame to
:53:41. > :53:54.pinch it. Well, not a bad idea that, to play.
:53:55. > :53:59.Maybe a choice of two reds, but obviously he got too close to the
:54:00. > :54:04.one that would have been a possible, maybe into the middle, but he is on
:54:05. > :54:08.this, and he can stun out and play for the pink in the middle. Just
:54:09. > :54:24.going off the angle. This pink will put him 23 points
:54:25. > :54:28.behind. He would have liked to have been a bit straighter on this pink.
:54:29. > :54:31.He may have to play a cannon to develop the red just below the pink.
:54:32. > :54:52.Don't day your eyes off the pot. Off the last red... Hopefully, he'll
:54:53. > :54:56.be able to play for the blue, that makes it a lot easier to get to the
:54:57. > :55:01.yellow, or even baulk colour. It doesn't
:55:02. > :55:14.So this is now the key shot, I think. Yes, and if he gets
:55:15. > :55:37.reasonably high value colours, he will not need the black.
:55:38. > :55:43.Nice angle to get onto the baulk colour. He put a bit of back spin
:55:44. > :55:54.on, that makes it slightly more difficult than it should be. Caught
:55:55. > :55:57.the near but it's gom gone in. Not nicely on the blue. Not sure if he
:55:58. > :56:04.can hold it from here. That's nerves for you. I don't think he can hold
:56:05. > :56:10.it. All a case of missing the baulk colours. If he plays to hold it,
:56:11. > :56:13.it's OK. But don't kiss one of the baulk colours. He played that
:56:14. > :56:18.nicely. He has played that nicely. APPLAUSE
:56:19. > :56:29.Well, not bad. Not pest. But he, as I say, he's a tall lad. Ten points
:56:30. > :56:33.behind now. Up to and including the pink for a place in the quarterfinal
:56:34. > :56:48.with the Betway United Kingdom Championship.
:56:49. > :56:54.That was a perfect poxt and he played it nicely -- pot and he
:56:55. > :57:01.played it nicely. Brown to blue should be the only problem. But as I
:57:02. > :57:12.said earlier, the advantage is he doesn't need the black.
:57:13. > :57:17.He would be feeling it out there. This is one of the biggest matches
:57:18. > :57:32.of his snooker-playing career. He has over hit this! It needs to
:57:33. > :57:38.slow down! Just a little bit of adrenaline will. As I say, it's not
:57:39. > :57:43.that important, but he can't get close to pink now. But he only needs
:57:44. > :57:46.the pink. If he needed pink and black he would have a problem. Peter
:57:47. > :57:49.Ebdon may think it's a slight chance of getting back to the table. This
:57:50. > :58:15.pink, for the match. It's there! It's there! Peter Ebdon
:58:16. > :58:20.will be very disappointed, but he gives a warm handshake to David
:58:21. > :58:26.Grace. Peter Ebdon, never found his game, but that won't bother David
:58:27. > :58:30.Grace. He is into the quarterfinal of the United Kingdom UK World
:58:31. > :58:34.Championship. Struggled some time to get over the line, about you he took
:58:35. > :58:40.those well in the end, and a ded winner. And he goes through, beating
:58:41. > :58:47.the former United Kingdom and world champion, by six frames to two. So,
:58:48. > :58:52.congratulations to David Grace. He reaches the quarterfinals, where he
:58:53. > :58:58.will face Martin Gould or Joe Swail. We are back with fourth live
:58:59. > :59:00.coverage at one o'clock, on BBC two. From all of us here, bye for now.