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Hello again. The last swathe of second-round matches here in | :00:34. | :00:46. | |
yourYork Barbican was Ding Junhui, with that fantastic run to the final | :00:47. | :00:51. | |
in May, which was watched at home by 210 million people in China. No | :00:52. | :00:59. | |
pressure, but here in York, he only just scraped through the opening | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
round, and today he was up against another outsider, 21-year-old Ross | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
Muir from Musselburgh. He was not going to be overawed. He has a | :01:09. | :01:12. | |
memory of having beaten Ding Junhui in a Asian tour event. What with | :01:13. | :01:19. | |
this much hold for us? It is a best of 11 and is being watched by our | :01:20. | :01:21. | |
commentators. -- this match. Ding Junhui won the toss and he | :01:22. | :01:40. | |
breaks. Very elegant. A bit of check going on. Will he be picking a check | :01:41. | :01:46. | |
up at the end of the tournament? That is the question. Very smart, | :01:47. | :01:52. | |
though. I like it. Absolutely. Without doubt one of the greatest | :01:53. | :01:57. | |
players in the game, and looking snazzy as well. Only a few hours ago | :01:58. | :02:01. | |
we were sitting in this commentary box on this very table watching five | :02:02. | :02:07. | |
centuries in six frames. Will we get anything like that ever again? My | :02:08. | :02:19. | |
first time watching young Ross Muir from Musselburgh near Edinburgh. A | :02:20. | :02:25. | |
lovely part of the world. Playing with a glove on. That takes me back. | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
Let's pick worth back in the mid- 70s used to wear a glove -- Lance | :02:35. | :02:44. | |
Pickworth. When we used to go to Thailand and it was very damp and | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
the air conditioning needed to be on all the time, it was sticky and I | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
could understand there. I don't understand why you might need them | :02:54. | :02:57. | |
in this country, but Hume asked -- he must have sweaty hands. Just | :02:58. | :03:04. | |
talking about the great Joe Davis wearing a glove in the finals, and | :03:05. | :03:08. | |
he was really struggling. He should try a boxing glove, they said. I | :03:09. | :03:18. | |
remember it well. It was funny for everybody else, not Lance. Ross with | :03:19. | :03:28. | |
a little offer here. No easy safety shot. He might be tempted to take | :03:29. | :03:30. | |
the pot on. Not the worst of kisses, but can he | :03:31. | :04:15. | |
put the green in without touching the yellow. Get up to the reds just | :04:16. | :04:25. | |
above the black. Will that be hard enough? It certainly is. It is | :04:26. | :04:30. | |
perfect. The table is playing so quick, but it really is beautiful to | :04:31. | :04:39. | |
play on. As Willie said, Fergal O'Brien with one of the finest | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
displays I have ever seen. On this table last evening. | :04:45. | :05:04. | |
I love watching Ding Junhui brake built. He really is superb. -- break | :05:05. | :05:13. | |
build. APPLAUSE | :05:14. | :06:00. | |
He break builds the same way Henry and O'Sullivan do, a lot of the | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
great players. Higgins as well. Fantastic, but sometimes they use | :06:09. | :06:12. | |
the white gamut of it. When Ding Junhui is in full control, just | :06:13. | :06:13. | |
wonderful to watch. Once again talking about the match | :06:14. | :06:33. | |
last night, the cue ball control in this, I don't think you went in and | :06:34. | :06:38. | |
out in any of the five centuries he may. Absolutely pinpoint. -- he | :06:39. | :06:49. | |
made. And that takes some doing on these very fast clubs, but when you | :06:50. | :06:53. | |
are queueing up well, it is nice, but when you are struggling a bit, | :06:54. | :07:02. | |
they catch you out -- cueing. Keeps very still on the shot, does Ding | :07:03. | :07:04. | |
Junhui. Didn't want that keys. He might be | :07:05. | :07:36. | |
OK if he goes to the left of the middle pocket. No problem. Not | :07:37. | :07:43. | |
hampered at all -- kiss. You could see him hit the cue ball with a bit | :07:44. | :07:48. | |
of left-hand side just to swing it off the question towards the black. | :07:49. | :07:50. | |
-- cushion. Try to avoid the kiss and go through | :07:51. | :08:35. | |
the gap of those two. This is not a certainty, he is 50 points in front | :08:36. | :08:44. | |
so not past the winning line yet. Difficult when you are this close. | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
No problem for Ding Junhui. Excellent shot. | :08:49. | :09:45. | |
APPLAUSE Did not hit that hard enough, but | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
the white keeps on rolling. He still has a possible chance, but he wants | :09:57. | :10:01. | |
to get further around. A little triangle of reds and one point of | :10:02. | :10:05. | |
that was available, but he can still get through to this one. You can see | :10:06. | :10:12. | |
that other red that is available, to reds. He can play for but this time. | :10:13. | :10:17. | |
-- play for that. Just a matter of whether he can go | :10:18. | :10:43. | |
on to make a century break. Always a great way to start if you can do | :10:44. | :10:51. | |
that. Something that Steve Davis did on many occasions throughout the | :10:52. | :10:57. | |
80s, and Stephen Hendry. Throughout the 90s, always off to a quick | :10:58. | :10:59. | |
start. APPLAUSE | :11:00. | :11:41. | |
He is going to leave the tricky red along the cushion if he is to make a | :11:42. | :11:44. | |
century. Not as tricky as it was before, but | :11:45. | :12:08. | |
still needs a good shot. What a... I thought it was going to | :12:09. | :12:29. | |
drop. No century break, but what a great start from Ding Junhui. One | :12:30. | :12:34. | |
chance and that was all he needed. He takes the opening frame and lead | :12:35. | :12:36. | |
1-0. A little bit of a confidence booster | :12:37. | :13:08. | |
if you can not batting. He does not have to play for the blue. He can | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
run through the safety and only be on the green -- knock that in. | :13:13. | :14:17. | |
APPLAUSE That is a little beauty he has | :14:18. | :14:26. | |
pulled back there, and he is on the growing. Not a lot of reds | :14:27. | :14:30. | |
available, but the one to the right of the pink. To need the blackspot | :14:31. | :14:37. | |
are available. -- two near the blackspot. A good kiss here, he | :14:38. | :14:51. | |
needs. He has not had it. A little bit of a confidence booster for Ross | :14:52. | :14:53. | |
Muir. Could have been better with the | :14:54. | :15:14. | |
safety shot there. Always have to keep the object ball safe, and he | :15:15. | :15:16. | |
hasn't. This one part in. -- cut in. The three reds around the blackspot | :15:17. | :15:37. | |
area are not available to the red corner, so the Brown is on. May have | :15:38. | :15:43. | |
to go of the side cushion and play the one near the blackspot. | :15:44. | :17:43. | |
That is a couple of cracking long balls he has knocked in. But he | :17:44. | :19:03. | |
hasn't really had a proper chance in amongst the balls. Even this shot is | :19:04. | :19:08. | |
not straightforward to get a good position. | :19:09. | :19:20. | |
He is looking at playing... APPLAUSE | :19:21. | :19:32. | |
All of those reds are covering each other. In both corner pockets, even | :19:33. | :19:39. | |
those around the pink spot. It is a little bit awkward. Any sort of | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
Canon might have that situation here. Getting a slightly longer | :19:44. | :19:47. | |
extension -- cannon. Ding Junhui holding his hand up to | :19:48. | :20:39. | |
say that was lucky because he hit the wrong ball first he wanted to do | :20:40. | :20:44. | |
the pot in the middle, but it still went in. | :20:45. | :21:37. | |
Everything seems to be covered up down the right-hand side of the | :21:38. | :21:43. | |
table. You can't see the red, near the pink. It is available. But I | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
can't see the ball. He may be tempted to take this on. He can run | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
on and off the top cushion and try to get Brown from grain, but you | :21:54. | :21:57. | |
would have to do this so well to generate the topspin. -- green. | :21:58. | :22:12. | |
Clearly the side that was far too risky. He will be a little bit | :22:13. | :22:20. | |
disappointed. He has been in the balls twice in this frame, and yet | :22:21. | :22:28. | |
to hit any sizeable break. A bad miss. It might knock his confidence | :22:29. | :22:34. | |
a bit. Swing the cue ball in between black and blue off the two cushions. | :22:35. | :22:41. | |
Might get somewhere near the yellow. A bit too thin. A little too thin. | :22:42. | :23:23. | |
It depends if he has a bit of angle on the green. He might take it on. | :23:24. | :23:37. | |
If not, there is not a lot of value. Just roll to the yellow. | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
There is a path back down the table, but it is a tricky one. The left | :23:48. | :24:01. | |
side of the table, if he plays off one of these reds, he needs to make | :24:02. | :24:06. | |
sure he does not cannon on the way back down the table. He has to be | :24:07. | :24:08. | |
very precise with this. Played it well. Doesn't want the | :24:09. | :24:21. | |
white in the pocket. APPLAUSE | :24:22. | :24:55. | |
It is Ding Junhui's time to play a poor shot. Hit that too thick. The | :24:56. | :25:06. | |
first real chance for Ross Muir. He has reds in play. His last visit, | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
the reds were tied up. Now we will see how he is feeling. It is nice if | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
you can get the black bag onto its spot. A good chance of winning the | :25:17. | :25:18. | |
frame here. -- back. Just looking at Ross Muir's stance, | :25:19. | :26:26. | |
the old traditional stance with one foot forward. The back leg dead | :26:27. | :26:32. | |
straight as most players do, but they are square on, a lot of modern | :26:33. | :26:36. | |
players. But this is the traditional stance. Perfect to action, really. | :26:37. | :26:45. | |
Has to be careful he does not make contact with the yellow. That is a | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
natural angle with these four reds available in the corner. He needs a | :26:50. | :26:57. | |
bit of luck and I think he has it. I think he has played bass to | :26:58. | :27:00. | |
perfection. Well done. APPLAUSE | :27:01. | :27:02. | |
-- this. The black is on, but not really any | :27:03. | :27:27. | |
good unless you can play for the red directly behind the blackspot. That | :27:28. | :27:32. | |
is why he is looking at the blue. Probably come back the weight you | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
mention. There were four reds available into the white Connor, a | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
little margin for error here. -- corner. He has hit it too hard. | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
Anywhere between the middle pocket and sort of in-line with the pink | :27:49. | :27:55. | |
spot, and she was perfect on all four reds. This table is so quick it | :27:56. | :27:59. | |
can catch you out. Not the best safety again, so maybe | :28:00. | :28:21. | |
a bit of inexperience. He should have tied things up much better than | :28:22. | :28:29. | |
this. Ding Junhui's usually pretty good at that type of shot. The | :28:30. | :28:36. | |
safety shot has worked to Ross Muir's advantage. | :28:37. | :29:14. | |
Every chance now to take the second frame. | :29:15. | :29:16. | |
APPLAUSE. You might say that Ross was a bit | :29:17. | :30:06. | |
unlucky to draw Ding. He beat Ross in the qualifying match. | :30:07. | :30:13. | |
Drop out of the top 16 and you have to play a qualifying round to get | :30:14. | :30:19. | |
through to Sheffield. This is a pretty good performance here. Just | :30:20. | :30:25. | |
the black to make absolutely sure of the frame. | :30:26. | :30:33. | |
It's amazing he has won this frame with a high break of only 22. It's | :30:34. | :30:42. | |
all been bits and pieces. If he's going to go on to win this match, he | :30:43. | :30:53. | |
is going to have to begin to score really heavily. He looked in control | :30:54. | :30:55. | |
of his emotions at the moment. As you would expect all the players | :30:56. | :31:32. | |
on the main tour are capable of playing very well. We have seen | :31:33. | :31:36. | |
enough in this frame alone that Ross can play. Haven't had the pleasure | :31:37. | :31:40. | |
of seeing it before to be honest. Good point. I think we see on BBC | :31:41. | :31:48. | |
television how difficult it is that they are playing that many matches | :31:49. | :31:51. | |
now that it doesn't come into effect as much as it | :31:52. | :31:58. | |
APPLAUSE. Bello undoubtedly, he will settle in greatly now that he has a | :31:59. | :32:14. | |
foothold in the match. Far enough to take Ross into level | :32:15. | :32:41. | |
parity of 1-1. Keep saying how well the tables are | :32:42. | :33:20. | |
playing. Players were struggling a couple of seasons ago. It was | :33:21. | :33:25. | |
skidding off the cushions. What another confidence booster this will | :33:26. | :33:28. | |
be. Another test of the queue action. He | :33:29. | :33:48. | |
will be left with a difficult rate along the cushion. Need to queue | :33:49. | :34:11. | |
these smoothly. -- cue. If he knocks the scene, he can give himself quite | :34:12. | :34:13. | |
an opportunity here. At that pace, if you put them on in | :34:14. | :34:21. | |
the near side, they won't go win. -- this is a free shot at Ford -- | :34:22. | :34:55. | |
free shot for Ding. A slight angle so he is OK to get on the two reds. | :34:56. | :35:30. | |
Is all these top players do, they get them into open play, get them | :35:31. | :35:40. | |
into the bunch early. Unfortunately for him, obviously not. What a | :35:41. | :35:42. | |
killer. Very tough. It the middle of the | :35:43. | :36:12. | |
three reds in the middle of the table. | :36:13. | :36:19. | |
That was a good shot. This looks excellent. | :36:20. | :36:26. | |
Doesn't get much better than that. APPLAUSE | :36:27. | :36:35. | |
The fact that the Reds are spread around. He will have to give this a | :36:36. | :36:53. | |
little bit of thought. He is hoping to leave the white in the jaws of | :36:54. | :36:56. | |
this corner pocket. It's a thin one that he can sneak | :36:57. | :37:19. | |
the one in that is closest to the blue. Far from easy, this. | :37:20. | :37:39. | |
A bit unlucky to finish close to the cushion because the yellow was | :37:40. | :37:45. | |
always available to him. He can still pot the yellow but can he | :37:46. | :37:55. | |
ignore the brown? A little bit of left-hand side is needed because he | :37:56. | :37:56. | |
is close to the cushion. Bit unlucky to finish so close to | :37:57. | :38:06. | |
the cushion of there. There is a bit of a shot of nothing | :38:07. | :39:35. | |
here for Ding. He has hit a couple of them on the thick side. They are | :39:36. | :39:41. | |
always going to stick to read up if you do that. -- red. A reasonable | :39:42. | :39:49. | |
chance for Ross here. The safety hasn't been good. He's a | :39:50. | :40:19. | |
few pots by quite a considerable margin. He isn't going to get many | :40:20. | :40:23. | |
chances if he continues doing that. Can he make this one count? | :40:24. | :42:44. | |
Maybe he still has a slight angle. He wanted a bitter bangle. Amazing | :42:45. | :43:03. | |
on bees lively -- better angle. -- amazing on these lively cloths. He | :43:04. | :43:16. | |
may have to head up towards yellow or green here. | :43:17. | :43:24. | |
It just means he has a long way to travel after potting the yellow. | :43:25. | :44:03. | |
That is a disappointing end to that effort. He had a great chance to go | :44:04. | :44:05. | |
and take the frame. Has to be careful with this. Whether | :44:06. | :44:53. | |
brownies, he will need the brown. I thought he looked a bit all at sea. | :44:54. | :45:06. | |
That was a golden opportunity for Ding there. Can Ross knock this | :45:07. | :45:22. | |
right in? I'm sure he wasn't expecting to come | :45:23. | :45:34. | |
back to the table as quickly as this so can he take full advantage of | :45:35. | :45:39. | |
now? APPLAUSE. | :45:40. | :46:02. | |
Can only presume he had played a lot of side there. It is still at a | :46:03. | :46:19. | |
ball. -- cuttable. It should have been easier than this. Not sure if | :46:20. | :46:31. | |
this is an easy cut on the green or not. | :46:32. | :46:58. | |
The green and the red to the left of the pink will be enough. That's | :46:59. | :47:52. | |
about perfect. Very good position. Dead straight, almost on the red. As | :47:53. | :48:03. | |
a -- he has our quick look at the scoreboard just to make sure. | :48:04. | :48:13. | |
Ross must be delighted. He knew that Ding started off well. He has missed | :48:14. | :48:30. | |
quite a few since then. Switching hands. Maybe not. | :48:31. | :49:04. | |
Looking at bit concerned for Ding's fans at the moment. He has to go out | :49:05. | :49:18. | |
and do it and at the moment, he is not doing it. Sometimes he gets a | :49:19. | :49:29. | |
little bit down on himself when he misses shots he should not miss. His | :49:30. | :49:36. | |
body language is much that are now. He used to get swamped over in his | :49:37. | :49:51. | |
chair. -- slumped. Very nicely played from Ross. | :49:52. | :50:22. | |
Doesn't matter even if the white goes in which it doesn't. He will be | :50:23. | :50:30. | |
delighted, Ross. He had a 47 break in the previous frame and had just | :50:31. | :50:40. | |
had another 40 break and now he leads Ding Junhui. | :50:41. | :50:51. | |
There are are all sorts here. Will he pot the red? | :50:52. | :51:01. | |
That was the red he was always going to catch. The one next to the pink | :51:02. | :51:10. | |
will go. Straightaway he has left himself the | :51:11. | :51:35. | |
wrong angle on the pink to get to that. He was hoping to play onto the | :51:36. | :51:41. | |
one to the right but his first shot wasn't the best. Should be OK going | :51:42. | :51:50. | |
back. It's as if his focus is not quite there. | :51:51. | :51:59. | |
No disrespect to Ross Muir and his playing Betty Beazley went into this | :52:00. | :52:06. | |
match thinking he would have it his way. -- but he obviously. | :52:07. | :52:23. | |
If Ding Junhui get his confidence again... He may have missed the boat | :52:24. | :52:33. | |
when he should have come out 3-1. It will be difficult for him now to win | :52:34. | :52:35. | |
this match. You can see two reads that are | :52:36. | :52:56. | |
freely available. . -- reds. Already 59 ahead. It wobbled a bit | :52:57. | :55:50. | |
but it is safely in. Just one more red needed. | :55:51. | :55:51. | |
APPLAUSE. Oh, that kicked. 57 and had with | :55:52. | :56:07. | |
still 67 on the table. As you can see, he needs five reds | :56:08. | :56:20. | |
and five blacks to tie. That is pretty good. | :56:21. | :57:11. | |
APPLAUSE. You need to make sure you get the | :57:12. | :58:33. | |
right angle on the red to get back to the black. He should play for the | :58:34. | :58:40. | |
one on the cushion this time because he has a perfect angle to get on it. | :58:41. | :58:57. | |
Slowly but surely getting himself back into the frame. | :58:58. | :59:11. | |
That is a poor shot. He had a chance to get the black, Ross Muir, but | :59:12. | :59:20. | |
that was the tricky one that he played for first. | :59:21. | :00:47. | |
He certainly looks sharper after the midsession interval. 59 paved the | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
way for the frame. He got a kick and Ross Muir had a chance, but he did | :00:56. | :00:59. | |
not take it. Ding Junhui leads 3-2 frames. | :01:00. | :01:09. | |
Ross Muir will now be a little disappointed. It has swung the other | :01:10. | :01:18. | |
way now from him, it could have been pre-1, but he now trails 3-2 -- | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
could have been 3-1. Need to be careful with the safety | :01:24. | :03:56. | |
shot he does not get a double kiss. Did it nicely. Where is the red | :03:57. | :04:03. | |
going? He needs the brown to come to his rescue. | :04:04. | :04:19. | |
He will have to queue this one well. -- cue. | :04:20. | :04:32. | |
When you have the butt of the cue in the air in striking down on a shot | :04:33. | :04:43. | |
like that, it is so difficult, but once again, he has been a bit | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
unlucky in the one he tried to pot. It came right over the middle of the | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
middle pocket. He would like to get the red away to | :04:50. | :05:40. | |
the left, but he doesn't have the angle to get onto it this time, so a | :05:41. | :05:45. | |
change of plan. He will make some sort of a Cannon Hill. -- Canning | :05:46. | :05:52. | |
here. He would just hit them hard and hope the best. He has done. That | :05:53. | :06:03. | |
has worked out pretty well. Might be able to just scrape between the reds | :06:04. | :06:07. | |
and leave the pink for the same pocket as the red. He can run | :06:08. | :06:12. | |
through and leave it for the middle. His choice. Just wondering if the | :06:13. | :06:20. | |
pink will be tied somewhat when it goes back onto its spot. He has a | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
little bit of what to do before it is a good chance here. He can get | :06:26. | :06:30. | |
onto that red. As you suggested, he needs to get rid of it, between the | :06:31. | :06:35. | |
red and the black. Get rid of the red and the black into both pockets. | :06:36. | :06:40. | |
With the risk, I think. But he is not playing at. Going for topspin, | :06:41. | :06:46. | |
so going for one of the blues reds at the top of the table. -- loose | :06:47. | :06:50. | |
reds. Might be the pink is available. He | :06:51. | :07:02. | |
is looking long and hard at it to see if it goes into the right | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
corner. We will find out shortly when he plays the shot. If the pink | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
doesn't work he can play through for the blue. | :07:13. | :07:20. | |
It is a bit tight. It looks like it will go there, but just a wee bit | :07:21. | :07:28. | |
tired. That is why he decided on the blue. -- tight. | :07:29. | :07:54. | |
Just about OK. But still not straightforward just yet. He has the | :07:55. | :08:07. | |
pink, but a little bit to do with the cue ball just to get back on | :08:08. | :08:11. | |
that this red. Maybe just nudge another red. He has played that | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
nicely. The black when to go in the left corner, that is right at some | :08:18. | :08:23. | |
stage he needs to get on that red. -- that is why. Not sure about it. | :08:24. | :08:34. | |
He is dead straight, so he can't. Getting on the next red will be very | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
difficult. There is no problem with the red and pink. But the red after | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
that, virtually straight on this pink, just go off like the cushion | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
and get the ball somewhere near the black is. He may plan to leave it | :08:50. | :08:54. | |
where it is now and cut on the question, but he could screw back | :08:55. | :08:58. | |
and get on the red. He may think that is too risky. Anywhere if he is | :08:59. | :09:04. | |
now is not too bad. He has gone for the gap. Has he got the gap? What a | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
great shot that is. Well done. If anything, he just over Scrooge | :09:08. | :09:29. | |
that slightly and may have to play the blue, looking at the cut on this | :09:30. | :09:39. | |
red -- overscrewed. A key shot coming up, if he can pot the blue | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
income passed the pink and cannon the red. He does and what hit the | :09:44. | :09:50. | |
corner pocket. This is the key shot, too many going on to take the frame | :09:51. | :09:56. | |
-- and come past the pink. Not quite. He will have to wait for | :09:57. | :10:00. | |
another opportunity. Very difficult to return the cue | :10:01. | :11:10. | |
ball back down if he plays the red behind the pink. He will catch one | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
of the reds on the right side of the table. Whereas on the other side, he | :11:15. | :11:22. | |
has defined the gap as well. -- to find. In the end, that was all he | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
could do, just roll up to the red, and they were not many choices for | :11:34. | :11:35. | |
him there. Schoolboy error. Massive target to | :11:36. | :12:05. | |
miss the blueberry, a whole foot of table. He could have gone straight | :12:06. | :12:12. | |
for eight safety shot -- Pulu there. He has been concentrating on the cue | :12:13. | :12:17. | |
ball not the object ball. He has to be careful. He has brought it back | :12:18. | :12:22. | |
into the middle of the table. Good shot. Excellent shot. | :12:23. | :12:45. | |
But after missing and giving four points away rather than hitting the | :12:46. | :12:56. | |
red on the thick side. Let's see if he can make the adjustment and just | :12:57. | :12:58. | |
catch it, as he intends to. Amazing when you miss a ball the | :12:59. | :13:21. | |
first time, this red will cut. It depends which way he fancies going | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
with the cue ball. Planning to cut it into the left-hand corner. The | :13:30. | :13:33. | |
cue ball is going very close to the yellow pocket. Have to be careful | :13:34. | :13:37. | |
where the cue ball is travelling. Far too thick. | :13:38. | :13:44. | |
Just be a little bit cautious with this shot at the moment, I think. | :13:45. | :14:34. | |
Well. He will be very disappointed to miss that. | :14:35. | :14:48. | |
I don't think that red next to the pink goes. If it does, easy. If not, | :14:49. | :15:49. | |
a cannon. Past the pin to the middle. It must be quite tight. -- | :15:50. | :15:52. | |
pink. Plenty of room! Oh, kick. That was a | :15:53. | :16:10. | |
bad kick. Just as he was about to clinch the frame, he gets a heavy | :16:11. | :16:12. | |
contact. Yeah, just straightened up a little | :16:13. | :16:22. | |
bit. Very tough to get it right back in | :16:23. | :16:52. | |
the frame from here, they just make sure you get 20 or 30 here and get | :16:53. | :17:03. | |
close to him. Just looked like he could get onto the back and bring a | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
red into play. He wants to be straight on this red. Decided he | :17:08. | :17:15. | |
could not get onto the red three away from the black. Did that well, | :17:16. | :17:24. | |
though. No problem with a choice of pink or black. He would like to | :17:25. | :17:30. | |
bring those very red into play. -- three reds. He would be relying on | :17:31. | :17:38. | |
luck to come onto them with this shot. What do you think? | :17:39. | :17:55. | |
He did have the angle to play the cannon, but as you can see, the | :17:56. | :18:03. | |
tables are so fast. He has two pot this black and go in between green | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
and brown for the red on the left-hand side of the table. | :18:08. | :18:32. | |
He is just struggling to get in a good position. When you are not at | :18:33. | :18:41. | |
the top of your form on these very fast tables, it is difficult to | :18:42. | :18:43. | |
control the cue ball. I don't know if he can get down | :18:44. | :18:58. | |
behind the blue, just as if you were playing a cannon onto the blue. Both | :18:59. | :19:06. | |
behind the yellow, which is just as good -- just over behind. I'm | :19:07. | :19:12. | |
surprised Ding Junhui baby last shot the way he did. -- played. He would | :19:13. | :19:21. | |
rather missed the ball then get it on the thick attempt. He does not | :19:22. | :19:24. | |
want to miss bringing those three reds into play. Just virtually near | :19:25. | :19:31. | |
missing it, but caught it. Ross Muir can win this from Bishop. No worry | :19:32. | :19:39. | |
is where the bike is. Even if he pushes the red over the side, he can | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
push it. Try to get the white in the jaws of the green pocket. Just get | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
the cue ball somewhere near the green and bring all three reds into | :19:50. | :19:57. | |
play. He played the thin one. I think you missed a trick. He could | :19:58. | :20:01. | |
have got them all into play. A very poor shot. | :20:02. | :20:18. | |
53 ahead and just 51 on the table. 4-2. | :20:19. | :21:28. | |
Just living away from him, Ross Muir. He has been involved in the | :21:29. | :21:45. | |
frame every chance, so any had himself to blame if he loses this | :21:46. | :21:49. | |
match. He will have gained a fabulous amount of experience | :21:50. | :21:53. | |
playing one of the top players on the TV table. | :21:54. | :22:02. | |
Ding Junhui slowly but surely getting his cue action back on the | :22:03. | :22:12. | |
table. He lost it in frames three and four. | :22:13. | :22:45. | |
He started this frame with a break of 45 and will finish it with a | :22:46. | :22:54. | |
break of 46. In it goes the back, and Ding Junhui is getting in | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
control of this match now, going to play and leading 4-2. -- going two | :23:00. | :23:02. | |
clear. Clearly available, and as we | :23:03. | :23:59. | |
thought, his choice of the pink. You would like the pink to go back on | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
the black spot, but can't quite see from here when the pink spot is | :24:05. | :24:13. | |
available. Already getting that ball marker out, so it must be pretty | :24:14. | :24:15. | |
tight. Just one more good positional shot | :24:16. | :26:19. | |
needed from Ross Muir to make the black and little easier. Straight on | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
this red in the middle. Otherwise he will have to play a cannon of some | :26:25. | :26:27. | |
sort. He is certainly not straight. He played that nicely. The pink will | :26:28. | :26:46. | |
obviously go back onto its own spot now, so has to be a little careful | :26:47. | :26:52. | |
where the next red is coming from. At first glance, I can't see a | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
straightforward way of getting onto a red, actually. Virtually straight | :26:56. | :27:01. | |
on this pink, and he can only screw back and run to it. There must be 12 | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
pot somewhere, but from this position, I can't see where. -- one | :27:07. | :27:19. | |
he can pot. He will have to play a difficult one in the middle. Looking | :27:20. | :27:24. | |
at the angle, he might be able to just roll beast in the middle and | :27:25. | :27:28. | |
cannon the other red and leave it there and be on the back -- black or | :27:29. | :27:36. | |
beeping. Maybe he is not as nicely on that red. It looks as if it is. | :27:37. | :27:49. | |
It's not quite on an acute angle. 54 in front, so he doesn't want to just | :27:50. | :27:57. | |
attempt something that he doesn't fancy and put Ding Junhui in. | :27:58. | :28:27. | |
Just wondering if Ding Junhui will take this along the question. The | :28:28. | :28:34. | |
crews he can take the pink. His 54 behind and had a look at it -- along | :28:35. | :28:42. | |
the cushion. He is looking at it again. If this goes in at that | :28:43. | :28:48. | |
angle, leave the pink for the middle pocket. But now he is digging right | :28:49. | :28:53. | |
into it. He did not plan to pot back, he just wanted to draw that | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
and send the red up the table. -- pot that. | :29:00. | :29:28. | |
A bit dangerous to play that pot. What Ding to do is bring a little | :29:29. | :29:44. | |
bit of reds into play. He may be able to bring one or two into play. | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
This too reds are now open that he has left a pot. Two more reds he | :29:52. | :29:59. | |
needs to make the frame safe. Now that he has missed it, there is | :30:00. | :30:44. | |
enough there for Ding Junhui. When knew this far behind, you tend to | :30:45. | :30:46. | |
concentrate a lot harder. His focus hasn't been 100% this | :30:47. | :30:58. | |
afternoon in this match. He looked good in spells but has missed | :30:59. | :31:08. | |
relatively easy shots so can he make a clearance when it's needed to shut | :31:09. | :31:12. | |
out the match? I wouldn't be surprised. | :31:13. | :31:18. | |
APPLAUSE. Can he open the red away from the black? Until then, a little | :31:19. | :31:31. | |
awkward. As he said, a tall order. All the | :31:32. | :31:44. | |
reds are in play that you just have to get the white in among them. | :31:45. | :32:09. | |
He has come up a little bit short on the blue. The red on the right is | :32:10. | :32:21. | |
not available. It's not the ideal position just yet. | :32:22. | :32:33. | |
He needs to be dead straight on this rate. He is absolutely dead | :32:34. | :32:46. | |
straight. A good chance after this goes in. | :32:47. | :32:55. | |
APPLAUSE. He has got an angle now to develop the red and the black. He | :32:56. | :33:02. | |
just needs a little gentle nudge. They are there for the taking now. | :33:03. | :33:08. | |
That's what we were talking about. Just one shot away from making it a | :33:09. | :33:12. | |
frame. That was the one shot just there. | :33:13. | :33:42. | |
It's all about experience, isn't it, for a young player like Ross. He did | :33:43. | :33:49. | |
very well at the beginning. He has had chances. | :33:50. | :33:55. | |
If you are in Ross's corner, what would you take away from the match | :33:56. | :34:02. | |
as it has gone so far? Mind you, that could be the end of break. It | :34:03. | :34:07. | |
is the end of break. Well, that is amazing. Absolutely amazing. They | :34:08. | :34:11. | |
were all there for the taking and suddenly with a little cannon, he | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
has messed it up. What I would be saying to Ross was, listen, you are | :34:17. | :34:19. | |
not out of this match yet. LAUGHS. Amazing. That was just | :34:20. | :34:38. | |
purely careless. He just needed to kiss and a half ball that he bent | :34:39. | :34:45. | |
down and kissed the red. APPLAUSE. | :34:46. | :34:53. | |
Well, another chance. Another chance for Ding. | :34:54. | :35:48. | |
He has played another poor shot. He is going to have to take the green | :35:49. | :36:06. | |
if he is going to win the match at this visit. That was a poor | :36:07. | :36:12. | |
positional shot that Ding Junhui played there. | :36:13. | :36:24. | |
Amazing, isn't it? This top players when they see the winning post, they | :36:25. | :36:33. | |
go by very, very quickly to stop its interesting to see his track record | :36:34. | :36:36. | |
in the UK over the last couple of whistlestop he has lost to play up | :36:37. | :36:44. | |
at the top 64. He is not over the line yet in this match. | :36:45. | :37:10. | |
It's amazing, he just needs to pot a killer. If the pink pots it will be | :37:11. | :37:22. | |
as snooker but if he misses it, he would be thinking he should take the | :37:23. | :37:26. | |
pink on. Would you take the pink zero play the snooker? He is 23 in | :37:27. | :37:34. | |
front so he would be 27 in front so yes, he could do with knocking the | :37:35. | :37:38. | |
pink into the right corner, definitely go for that. | :37:39. | :38:06. | |
He is not done quite yet. Good pressure pot for Ross. | :38:07. | :38:23. | |
Pressure pot on the pink. Ross will get one back but will still trailed | :38:24. | :38:29. | |
5-3. A great chance for snooker. He | :38:30. | :39:23. | |
should have had the match time and dusted with the chances he has had. | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
You can't just roll, you have to play as stunt shot if he was going | :39:30. | :39:37. | |
to get in behind the blue so slight of plan. | :39:38. | :39:45. | |
How did he miss that one? Sometimes when he misses a shot like that, | :39:46. | :40:58. | |
that is a sitter. He could lose this match now. As he missed the kiss on | :40:59. | :41:15. | |
the Brown, it's not a snooker. Just trying to be little bit too | :41:16. | :41:34. | |
careful, don't you think. It wouldn't be a bad idea to pot the | :41:35. | :41:39. | |
green and get the Brown off the cushion. It out of the game at the | :41:40. | :41:44. | |
moment. Is there going to be a gap here for the green? I think there | :41:45. | :41:46. | |
is. Or, maybe not. Maybe not. He can certainly hit it off the site | :41:47. | :42:00. | |
cushion but he has to be careful he doesn't go it in off it. | :42:01. | :42:30. | |
Ideally, Ding would like to pot the green and brown. He needs to pot one | :42:31. | :42:40. | |
of them very quickly otherwise he could be sweating in a few minutes' | :42:41. | :42:42. | |
time. A little bit unlucky when you are | :42:43. | :44:25. | |
playing, if you push the Brown into the corner. If he gets a chance to | :44:26. | :44:29. | |
pot the green or the Brown, he would do. Obviously can't do it now. | :44:30. | :45:17. | |
There is a way of playing with lots of left-hand side, trying to wrest | :45:18. | :45:25. | |
the cue ball between the blue and black but he wants to those | :45:26. | :45:39. | |
together. Wow, you are kidding. I thought that would have been at | :45:40. | :45:40. | |
shot. This is the longest frame of the | :45:41. | :46:03. | |
match so far, this frame. Mentioned earlier that Ding had a couple of | :46:04. | :46:05. | |
chances earlier. Be interesting to see if he has a go | :46:06. | :46:41. | |
at this cut. Be interesting to see if Ding pots the green and the Brown | :46:42. | :46:46. | |
and gets the snooker on the blue that is next to the black. | :46:47. | :47:14. | |
Got to be a little bit careful if he hits the green towards that pink as | :47:15. | :47:33. | |
well. Does Ding pot the green and the | :47:34. | :47:47. | |
Brown and get himself nicely on the blue to run tight in behind the | :47:48. | :48:01. | |
black? I don't know about you but I would be tempted to pot them and get | :48:02. | :48:09. | |
the snooker. In a heartbeat, in a heartbeat. I cannot believe he | :48:10. | :48:13. | |
refused the green. He might think it is a big target behind the blue and | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
black. He's doing his best to put under | :48:20. | :49:49. | |
pressure. That would have been a tough one to | :49:50. | :50:04. | |
hit. The loo is in a better spot now to | :50:05. | :51:41. | |
get a snooker behind it. Maybe not from this shot. Better closer to the | :51:42. | :51:53. | |
cushion than the art in the middle of the table. | :51:54. | :52:05. | |
It is a free ball. Look at this. I mean... That is incredible. You | :52:06. | :52:29. | |
could stand there for a month of Sundays and not pull that shot off. | :52:30. | :52:37. | |
Is he going to bring the blue into play here? It's a great effort. That | :52:38. | :52:47. | |
was a fantastic positional shot from Ding, bringing the blue in the play. | :52:48. | :53:04. | |
He has hit it too hard. Look where the white has ended up. Is long has | :53:05. | :53:17. | |
he gets it off the cushion by a couple of feet and take a blue into | :53:18. | :53:21. | |
the corner. Definitely worth the risk. Decided against it. | :53:22. | :53:35. | |
Amazing how the pink ended up going in there. | :53:36. | :53:46. | |
He might have got the snooker back here. I suppose he deserved a bit of | :53:47. | :53:55. | |
good fortune after what happened previously when he accidentally | :53:56. | :53:57. | |
knocked the pink in. Is that pink coming to the rescue | :53:58. | :54:11. | |
here? I think it might. Can he get through to it? I don't think so. | :54:12. | :54:19. | |
He has got to knock it safe again. He has hit and hoped. | :54:20. | :54:31. | |
Hit it a little harder than I thought he would do. He hasn't stuck | :54:32. | :54:41. | |
the Brown up. It's a brown ball fight, you would have to say. | :54:42. | :54:45. | |
Whoever gets the Brown wins the frame. | :54:46. | :55:32. | |
He is struggling at the minute, Ross. It should have been tight on | :55:33. | :55:38. | |
the cushion. He played a strong run to get that ball on the cushion. He | :55:39. | :55:43. | |
just decelerated. You can see that the amusement in his face. He can't | :55:44. | :55:50. | |
believe how badly he hit that. APPLAUSE. | :55:51. | :56:51. | |
Look at this shot. Oh. I thought he was going to drop it behind the | :56:52. | :57:00. | |
black. Come on, Ross, you have missed a few easy frame winning | :57:01. | :57:05. | |
balls. Almost 15 minutes ago he had an easy green into the pocket. He | :57:06. | :57:10. | |
will try and pot the blue and he missed a sitter. Can he knock a more | :57:11. | :57:12. | |
difficult one in? That was close. This blue cuts and | :57:13. | :57:27. | |
the only thing with it, I think he is OK. He can avoid the middle and | :57:28. | :57:31. | |
the corner pocket if he pots this blue. He will automatically head up | :57:32. | :57:35. | |
towards the pink. It is a thin one but every chance. | :57:36. | :57:42. | |
Is ago to drop nicely on the pink? He has. | :57:43. | :58:03. | |
He had a couple of easy chances and didn't take them. What an experience | :58:04. | :58:09. | |
for the Scot. He started off so well. He could have led 3-1 at the | :58:10. | :58:18. | |
midsession interval but it isn't and Ding Junhui hasn't played anywhere | :58:19. | :58:21. | |
near his best form but it was about getting a result and it was quite | :58:22. | :58:25. | |
comfortable. He wins the match six frames to two. So they march into | :58:26. | :58:34. | |
the last 22 where he faces Jamie Jones. He knocked out Alan McManus | :58:35. | :58:40. | |
will stop more of the live stuff from us. The championship is coming | :58:41. | :58:46. | |
your way at BBC Two this afternoon. We have dual attraction. Ronnie | :58:47. | :58:53. | |
O'Sullivan and the world number one Mark Selby. Both of them playing in | :58:54. | :58:57. | |
the afternoon programme. Not to be missed. Catch you then. | :58:58. | :59:00. | |
There is an image system at work in the world. | :59:01. | :59:04. |