:00:35. > :00:40.Two snooker icons, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis. Two men
:00:40. > :00:44.who have ruled the game but M very different eras. It is not terribly
:00:44. > :00:49.often that the two of the meet face-to-face in the final stages of
:00:49. > :00:59.a major championship such as this. So when it does happen, like this
:00:59. > :01:06.
:01:06. > :01:09.afternoon, it is an occasion to The market is flying! I think this
:01:09. > :01:14.is the first tournament I have qualified for in this year in the
:01:14. > :01:18.ranking events. It is getting harder and harder to qualify. I
:01:18. > :01:24.have got to courage played two matches to get through to the final
:01:24. > :01:34.stages and knocking on the doors of playing three if I don't call my
:01:34. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:41.finger out. -- pull my finger out. You don't -- if you don't enjoy
:01:41. > :01:46.playing against Ronnie O'Sullivan, you should give up. I just enjoy
:01:46. > :01:56.playing, whether it is Steve or... It doesn't make it that much
:01:56. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:08.It is nice to be back in York. It is an excellent venue. I think all
:02:08. > :02:13.the players were happy and enjoyed the atmosphere around you. I
:02:13. > :02:23.believe ticket sales are going through the roof. It doesn't matter
:02:23. > :02:24.
:02:24. > :02:29.who I play, really. It was The Nugget, Davis, who got off to a
:02:29. > :02:39.flying start. But then the Rocket claimed it. It is one a piece as we
:02:39. > :02:41.
:02:41. > :02:51.join them. Steve at the table It might be one you have to risk
:02:51. > :02:57.
:02:57. > :03:05.That is what he has done, played it right over the hole. I don't
:03:05. > :03:15.understand that. Steve obviously thought he could market to the top
:03:15. > :03:29.
:03:29. > :03:37.cushion. -- not kick it to the top He can just about dig into this. A
:03:37. > :03:47.little bit too much. He can play it's low around the back of the
:03:47. > :03:51.
:03:51. > :03:56.He did not want the kiss on the pink. That makes it a little bit
:03:56. > :04:06.awkward now. The most important thing now is to get good position
:04:06. > :04:12.
:04:12. > :04:20.on the awkward, and that is the This is where being left-handed can
:04:20. > :04:24.help. But where is the brown going? He may have snookered himself here.
:04:24. > :04:34.Steve is having a look. He may not be able to get through to the
:04:34. > :04:37.
:04:37. > :04:47.yellow. Good luck? Bad luck? This yellow is tough if he is taking the
:04:47. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:59.Absolutely wonderful. The flick on the brown gave him the opportunity
:04:59. > :05:05.
:05:05. > :05:15.to play that shot but, boy, what He had no reason to play it at that
:05:15. > :05:24.
:05:25. > :05:34.pace but he gave one of the best That is part and parcel of snooker.
:05:35. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:40.Winning on a fluke. That yellow was something else! That is the frame
:05:40. > :05:46.over now and Ronnie prose is cue on the table. A frame that could have
:05:46. > :05:52.gone either way. -- Ronnie puts his cue.
:05:52. > :06:02.HAZEL IRVINE: So far, it has been a very grossing -- end grossing and
:06:02. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:17.tactical encounter. Both are The blue has always been there when
:06:17. > :06:25.it is on its spot and he will have been very disappointed to catch
:06:25. > :06:35.that there. Whoever invented this game, how did they know where to
:06:35. > :06:39.
:06:39. > :06:49.He has not got his cueing arm going yet but to play at that pace,
:06:49. > :06:59.
:07:00. > :07:09.knowing if you miss it, you are The way he has played that, the
:07:10. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:32.black will obviously pot into the The fact he was low on that black
:07:32. > :07:39.
:07:39. > :07:49.means he had to risk spotting. He Unless the black pots in the right
:07:49. > :07:59.
:07:59. > :08:09.hand corner, which it does not look The pink should pot. It clearly
:08:09. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:38.He has certainly got his game face on, matters for sure. -- that is
:08:38. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :09:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:09:21. > :09:26.All these little cannons he plays to hold the cue ball, that is the
:09:26. > :09:36.art of break-building. You always need to play the cannons to slow
:09:36. > :10:08.
:10:08. > :10:18.He is close to taking a 3-1 This is the highest break of the
:10:18. > :10:51.
:10:51. > :11:01.This should be enough, you would Ronnie floated a nice opening red
:11:01. > :11:33.
:11:33. > :11:43.in and the rest has looked like a The highest break in the tournament
:11:43. > :11:50.
:11:50. > :12:00.so far is a 140, by Matthew Stevens. He is awesome around the balls, Ore.
:12:00. > :12:10.
:12:11. > :12:20.That is his 569th competitive Ronnie almost looks back to his
:12:21. > :12:45.
:12:45. > :12:55.This is the 11th century already in the tournament this year. A good
:12:55. > :12:59.
:12:59. > :13:03.shot needed now! Hey! You want one, He has just played exhibition
:13:04. > :13:13.snooker there. He struggled early on but in the end, Ronnie shows his
:13:14. > :13:14.
:13:14. > :13:20.class with a great break. HAZEL IRVINE: He won the next with
:13:20. > :13:30.a break of 97 and then went 5-1 up. He needs just one more frame to go
:13:30. > :13:43.
:13:43. > :13:47.He has played the pot cushion first and he will be on the blue. That
:13:47. > :13:57.last shot will definitely be Steve's last, you would have
:13:57. > :14:07.We saw Stephen Hendry go out yesterday. He was the five-time
:14:07. > :14:14.
:14:14. > :14:19.Ronnie O'Sullivan could be the man to better both of them. This was
:14:19. > :14:29.the first tournament Ronnie ever won, wasn't it? I think he was 17
:14:29. > :14:37.
:14:37. > :14:47.Fair play to Ronnie. He has competed at every stage in the game
:14:47. > :14:47.
:14:47. > :15:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:15:40. > :15:46.Steve has matched him in most parts A wonderful positional shot from
:15:46. > :15:50.Ronnie. He has cued really well in this match. I know we can talk
:15:50. > :15:54.about the demise of Steve Davis and whether he will be back, but this
:15:54. > :15:59.is certainly laying down a marker for everybody else in the
:15:59. > :16:09.tournament. Ronnie came here, looked focused. Long may it
:16:09. > :16:24.
:16:24. > :16:31.continue. He will take some Not bothered about the black!
:16:31. > :16:36.Shakes hand of Steve. Steve says, very well played. Ronnie O'Sullivan
:16:36. > :16:43.in superb form and has treated this Barbican Centre crowd to some
:16:43. > :16:48.wonderful snooker and goes out of the arena and leaves the stage for
:16:48. > :16:53.Steve Davis and will get a great reception when he leaves. Steve
:16:53. > :17:02.Davis, possibly for the last time ever in a UK Championship. But
:17:02. > :17:08.Ronnie O'Sullivan wins 6-1. Earlier on, I was enjoying it. I had a few
:17:08. > :17:12.problems. I fluked a red across in the first frame but Ronnie returned
:17:12. > :17:17.the compliment with the brown. But then played such a great yellow
:17:17. > :17:22.from the jaws of the green pocket. And then he took off and I lost
:17:22. > :17:30.touch. Any mistakes I made were magnified. It wasn't easy. I had to
:17:30. > :17:36.fight for my opportunities when I got a monks the balls. -- when I
:17:36. > :17:45.got among axed. But your opponent can then get in and do damage as
:17:45. > :17:50.well. You have to be concentrating all the time. I said to Ronnie, you
:17:50. > :17:57.are cueing so well. I have never seen him cue better than that. It
:17:57. > :18:04.really is striking. This format, best of 11, suits him. Steve, no
:18:04. > :18:12.plans to retire, obviously. He will be back with us minus cue tomorrow.
:18:12. > :18:17.And now, Ronnie will play either Dominic Dale or Judd Trump tomorrow.
:18:17. > :18:26.Welshman Ryan Day could not live with Mark Selby and surrendered 6-0.
:18:26. > :18:31.His top break was only four. However, Mark Selby knocked in a
:18:31. > :18:35.century and three other breaks. needed to put him under pressure.
:18:35. > :18:39.The first frame could have gone either way but then after that, I
:18:39. > :18:45.seemed to play really well and put him under pressure from the second
:18:45. > :18:51.frame onwards. Mark Selby will now meet Marco Fu, who has come back
:18:51. > :18:59.from behind. He now has a run of four frames in a row. It was enough
:18:59. > :19:07.to knock out Stuart Bingham. Marco is through. I was playing OK. It
:19:07. > :19:12.could have been 3-1 up to me so I was not terrible. I need to be able
:19:12. > :19:16.to keep myself composed and be patient through the whole match. I
:19:16. > :19:22.was able to produce some pretty good snooker towards the end of so
:19:22. > :19:29.it was quite satisfying. And a scrappy match at times, but Ali
:19:30. > :19:38.Carter came through. The only way it there after was the way of the
:19:38. > :19:45.Essex pro, who cleaned up at 6-4. Disappointed to miss some easy
:19:45. > :19:49.balls and give Rob some easy chances. Frustrating but it is also
:19:49. > :19:53.the first big event for quite a few months. You don't want to be going
:19:53. > :19:57.home after the first round, so just delighted to get through. And this
:19:57. > :20:05.evening, the bookish and diminutive Martin Gould enters the arena to a
:20:05. > :20:11.motor head track and performs his new top 16 status to see off the
:20:11. > :20:17.Sheffield man, was a surprise newcomer to this event a few years
:20:17. > :20:22.ago. Martin Gould, a 6-2 winner today. This is the time of year we
:20:22. > :20:29.traditionally start looking for a star in the East, and one of those
:20:29. > :20:33.is rising. He is a 19-year-old left-hander from China and he was
:20:33. > :20:37.the stand out graduate from his school. Already on his first season,
:20:37. > :20:43.he has beaten the likes of John Higgins, Mark Williams and Judd
:20:43. > :20:49.Trump. He had to win three of qualifying matches to be here in
:20:49. > :20:56.York, and this evening, his sets were on Downing t former world and
:20:56. > :21:01.UK champion Shaun Murphy. -- down in the former world and UK champion.
:21:02. > :21:05.We are now into the eighth frame and it is Murphy to play, eight
:21:05. > :21:15.points behind. John Parrott and John Virgo in charge in the
:21:15. > :21:39.
:21:39. > :21:49.A good opportunity here for Shaun. He doesn't yet have to move that
:21:49. > :21:57.
:21:57. > :22:07.Just a bit short of pace, asking for the cue ball to be cleaned. So
:22:07. > :22:13.
:22:13. > :22:23.It did sound a little bit funny. Maybe Shaun was just a little bit
:22:23. > :22:23.
:22:23. > :23:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:23:04. > :23:14.But then he did and screw it enough. Still a couple of loose reds he can
:23:14. > :23:14.
:23:14. > :23:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:23:57. > :24:07.He has just come a little straight on this. I don't know how much
:24:07. > :24:25.
:24:25. > :24:31.Just enough to play a cannon, but Can he get through to that red? He
:24:31. > :24:41.needed to catch it more fully. I think if he could, he would have
:24:41. > :25:17.
:25:17. > :25:27.played it by now. Looks like end of He will be disappointed with the
:25:27. > :25:28.
:25:28. > :25:38.end of that. Just one of those things. He was in the balls but did
:25:38. > :25:44.
:25:44. > :25:54.A good target behind the yellow and brown here. Which is where he has
:25:54. > :26:15.
:26:15. > :26:22.Don't know whether he has left a It was just a matter of getting the
:26:22. > :26:28.angle right, which he has done. He made sure he missed the reds on the
:26:28. > :26:38.way back, which was a priority. But another chance to get behind the
:26:38. > :27:10.
:27:10. > :27:14.Not for the first time in playing a safety, he has caught the blue.
:27:14. > :27:23.That could be costly if he can knock the red straight into the
:27:23. > :27:28.left corner. If he knocks the red in, he is bound to be on the pink
:27:28. > :27:38.or even the black. Possibly a big chance in this frame and even the
:27:38. > :27:38.
:27:38. > :29:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:29:14. > :29:24.Well done. He has given himself a Those three roads to the left of
:29:24. > :29:36.
:29:36. > :29:46.the pink are a little bit tricky. - He is not on the pink, so if he
:29:46. > :29:47.
:29:47. > :29:57.pots that the black, where is the next red coming from? He could pot
:29:57. > :30:36.
:30:36. > :30:44.the black and screw over to the What a great shot that was.
:30:44. > :30:54.could not fault that, could do? And he is nicely on the green. Still
:30:54. > :30:57.
:30:57. > :31:02.got a problem with those three reds. Because the pink is in the position
:31:02. > :31:12.it is in, I do not think he will be able to play a cannon. He will have
:31:12. > :31:12.
:31:12. > :32:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:32:23. > :32:28.to play for that red on the left That was brilliant, and I know we
:32:28. > :32:38.have been giving him some stick for his safety play. That was very good
:32:38. > :32:38.
:32:38. > :33:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:33:36. > :33:46.The only slight problem is the red that is closest to be cushion. --
:33:46. > :33:59.
:33:59. > :34:09.But was a very positive shot. An opportunity to flick the other red
:34:09. > :34:09.
:34:09. > :35:46.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:35:46. > :35:52.out. This is a brilliant He has given his opponent lots of
:35:52. > :35:58.opportunities, Opportunities that other players will take. He is
:35:58. > :36:08.going to have to sharpen up his game, Shaun, if he is going to go
:36:08. > :36:16.
:36:16. > :36:23.all the way in this tournament. He But for a couple of snookers, he
:36:23. > :36:28.will be one frame a way. That was enough to pot the world No. 5 in
:36:28. > :36:38.sight of the finishing line. So, could he finished the job in frame
:36:38. > :36:58.
:36:58. > :37:08.You could not ask for better. There What a chance of this is for frame
:37:08. > :37:42.
:37:42. > :37:52.and match. - Mark this is. -- This All the of this side of be pink or
:37:52. > :38:13.
:38:13. > :38:19.If he can get rid of the red closest to the top cushion, which
:38:19. > :38:29.might stop the black, it will then be available to both corners. He
:38:29. > :38:29.
:38:29. > :39:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:39:38. > :39:44.could not have a better chance than Well, he has just not gone far
:39:44. > :39:54.enough. I don't think he will be going for the black off of this red.
:39:54. > :39:54.
:39:54. > :42:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:42:16. > :42:26.He must be disappointed. �15,000 is Well, that is not to plan. He
:42:26. > :42:36.slipped through all the reds. 58 ahead, but he is still looking
:42:36. > :42:56.
:42:56. > :43:04.for two colours to be safe in this Shaun must be bemused by some of
:43:04. > :43:14.his play this afternoon. Some of it has been top class and the rest,
:43:14. > :43:30.
:43:30. > :43:37.well, he should be standing in the Not ideal on the pink, but I am
:43:37. > :43:47.sure he realises this is his last chance in this match. One more
:43:47. > :43:47.
:43:47. > :44:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:44:34. > :44:40.mistake and he is out of the UK He is not out of this. He might be
:44:40. > :44:50.50 behind, but you could not ask for the balls to be in a better
:44:50. > :44:59.
:44:59. > :45:05.He could not afford to miss that. It will be an experience he will
:45:05. > :45:15.hopefully learned a lot from. He has obviously got ability and he
:45:15. > :45:35.
:45:35. > :45:45.has had chances. That will probably It will be a learning curve for the
:45:45. > :45:45.
:45:45. > :46:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:46:42. > :46:52.young man. You learn more in defeat His safety play will have to go up
:46:52. > :46:52.
:46:52. > :48:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:48:05. > :48:09.a notch or two if he is going to Shaun Murphy has won, but he will
:48:09. > :48:14.have to do better if he wants to win this UK Championship for the
:48:14. > :48:21.second time. But he wins tonight and that is the main thing. I could
:48:21. > :48:25.see from his game he was capable. He showed us he will be big time in
:48:25. > :48:31.a few years. I have prepared well for this tournament and whatever
:48:31. > :48:36.happens, I have bought 100 % in. Over last couple of months I had
:48:36. > :48:45.been working hard on and off the table. I am in good form, hitting
:48:45. > :48:55.the ball well. We are rattling through these matches. Here is a
:48:55. > :49:10.