:08:14. > :08:19.this, then you'll be off to go. -- cue-ball for the green. That was as
:08:19. > :08:29.close as he could have got to the green. Can he held himself
:08:29. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:58.down the right hand side of the do that. A good positional shot
:08:58. > :09:11.
:09:11. > :09:21.is about inch-perfect. He is close to the cushion but he has the nice
:09:21. > :09:32.
:09:32. > :09:41.angle on the pink to get position cushion, surely could have had a
:09:41. > :09:45.half-ball black? A bit of nerves that, for me. He did not want to
:09:45. > :09:55.give himself another pot. A difficult shot, a thin pot on the
:09:55. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:19.Williams is normally efficient on pocket with that pink. If he goes
:10:19. > :10:24.
:10:24. > :10:34.to the pot here he should Cannon in kiss of that. That was an excellent
:10:34. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:50.pot. -- a good kiss off that. He set up an opportunity and he took
:10:50. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:06.it well. This is a toss you want to that happens you put your opponent
:11:06. > :11:11.into play. There are many ways of playing this. Straight up and down
:11:11. > :11:20.used to be the way but now it seems to be the black on one side of the
:11:20. > :11:26.cushion, the White on the other. That is what he has played. It
:11:26. > :11:31.guarantees getting the black safe but it gives your opponent first
:11:31. > :11:41.chance to put distance between cue- ball and object ball. He did not do,
:11:41. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :12:03.that surprises me. Not certain typed on the baulk cushion. That
:12:03. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:22.looked just about near the baulk cross Dublin this black but there
:12:22. > :12:28.is always a chance, where is that cue-ball going?! That is the frame!
:12:28. > :12:34.What a turnaround. Looked like Mark Williams was going to win that
:12:34. > :12:44.flame but judge will be a tidy it up and has won the re-spotted black.
:12:44. > :12:46.
:12:47. > :12:56.Williams. Williams took from six with a break of 79 to re-establish
:12:57. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:13:39. > :13:43.a two frame cushion. Frame seven you can't just drop it in, it is
:13:43. > :13:53.too dangerous because if you miss it you leave the green in the jaws
:13:53. > :14:19.
:14:19. > :14:29.track to slow the cue ball down. It is certain. This from his all-over,
:14:29. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :15:00.happened. Mark Williams has been plotting the balls and now we can't
:15:00. > :15:31.
:15:31. > :15:41.pot a ball to save his life. It is Maybe born out of frustration, I
:15:41. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :16:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:16:25. > :16:33.don't know. But Joe has been handed play it into the right middle. It
:16:33. > :16:43.is the most obvious place to play it. They should have been easier
:16:43. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :16:58.That is another frame. You have to say that Mark Williams has gifted
:16:58. > :17:04.his opponent. I know he will feel a bit better than the other, he has -
:17:04. > :17:08.- is only one frame behind now. Unbelievable. Indeed, credit to him.
:17:08. > :17:15.He is taking his chances and making things uncomfortable for the world
:17:15. > :17:25.No. 2. Things got even more uncomfortable for Williams. Any
:17:25. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:53.stages of frame nine now. -- early so that was an elementary mistake
:17:53. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:06.a simple game. And sometimes, it gets so awkward. Mainly you bring
:18:06. > :18:16.it on yourself by playing poor shots. Losing your rhythm, losing
:18:16. > :18:16.
:18:16. > :18:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:18:57. > :19:04.may take it on because, once again, he has not got the right side of
:19:04. > :19:14.the blue. He is getting on with it, doesn't want to think too much
:19:14. > :19:14.
:19:14. > :19:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:19:59. > :20:05.spot has turned this into a very good opportunity. Despite the
:20:05. > :20:11.pressure, you would expect him to go on to win the frame. He would
:20:11. > :20:16.have been in these positions many times before in his career and one
:20:16. > :20:26.thing you have to say about Mark Williams, his relaxed attitude and
:20:26. > :20:56.
:20:56. > :21:02.freedom of play, he has got a huge on the other table, but Mark
:21:02. > :21:10.Williams didn't flinch. He is in deep concentration, and you don't
:21:10. > :21:17.hear anything. He has decided now to really focus on what is
:21:17. > :21:27.happening. He has been at offer little bit. That miscue by his
:21:27. > :21:33.
:21:33. > :21:43.opponent, that may have made the is only what he needed. Why didn't
:21:43. > :21:48.he roll it in? He played a stun, it was a mile off. He is 49 points in
:21:48. > :21:57.front, but there is a possible 51 remaining service from is not over
:21:57. > :22:07.yet. -- so this frame is not over yet. That is a pretty good length
:22:07. > :22:07.
:22:07. > :23:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:23:41. > :23:50.is going to send the red pretty close to the black. It is going to
:23:50. > :23:55.be pretty thin. That is much too thick. If you do that, chances are
:23:55. > :24:05.you are going to lose a red. Has the brown come to his rescue? It
:24:05. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:31.knock the other one out of the way. He has done it. At the back of his
:24:31. > :24:38.mind, he would have been trying to get the road away from the pocket,
:24:38. > :24:44.but the bonus was to pot it. Well, he has missed the pink, but he is
:24:45. > :24:48.50 points in front and 43 remaining. So that for a couple of snooker's
:24:48. > :24:52.he is back in front. Relief of for Mark Williams.
:24:52. > :25:02.He seems to have recovered his composure and needs one more frame
:25:02. > :25:16.
:25:16. > :25:26.to book his place in the second unlucky. He hit it too well. A very
:25:26. > :25:26.
:25:26. > :25:36.clean pot. The cue ball is tight on the cushion. He cannot do much from
:25:36. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:14.red? Is the one past the pink? -- on to come back for the black. He
:26:14. > :26:23.caught the red a little bit thick coming back towards the back, which
:26:23. > :26:33.has pushed the cue ball on to this crush Room, so another tough pot. -
:26:33. > :26:33.
:26:33. > :27:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:27:14. > :27:20.- on to this cushion. Not quite. A clinch the frame and match. -- this
:27:20. > :27:30.is a chance for Mark Williams. There is one news read at the back
:27:30. > :27:31.
:27:31. > :27:41.of the pack. -- there is a one loose red. He would be unlucky not
:27:41. > :27:46.
:27:46. > :27:56.gone through this evening, he is probably thinking he had better not
:27:56. > :28:04.take too many risks, just take what is there. He just hit that to
:28:04. > :28:11.perfection. You would have made him to -- he would have made him
:28:11. > :28:21.favourite to win this frame, but stranger things have happened. He
:28:21. > :28:42.
:28:42. > :28:49.that red is because he was under tension. When he drops them into
:28:50. > :28:56.the pocket, he get that every time, but when he is under pressure, with
:28:56. > :29:06.pace, his grip comes on early sometimes. He is not going to get a
:29:06. > :29:06.
:29:06. > :30:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:30:21. > :30:31.could have been going back to his one of the best players in the
:30:31. > :30:31.
:30:31. > :30:36.world, but one thing he has been blessed with is a big heart. And
:30:36. > :30:41.you have got to have that. The pressure is on you all the time.
:30:41. > :30:47.Nobody to help you in the sport. It is you against the other person,
:30:47. > :30:54.and if you are not up to it, you will lose. No disrespect to his
:30:54. > :31:04.opponent because if he loses, I feel he has done exceptionally well.
:31:04. > :31:26.
:31:26. > :31:35.He has put up a fight, but it is banana skin has been avoided
:31:35. > :31:45.because he lost his way completely from 4-2 in front. He just stopped
:31:45. > :31:47.
:31:47. > :31:55.playing. He is now 57 ahead with 59 remaining but that one that he
:31:55. > :32:02.really needs, he isn't on, so Joe made it back to the table. -- may
:32:02. > :32:06.get back to the table. I can only assume Mark Williams played for the
:32:06. > :32:13.road on the right hand side and under he did by a long way. There
:32:13. > :32:23.has to roads in line with one another were never available. --
:32:23. > :32:36.
:32:36. > :32:42.those two reds in line with one it but not quite and he will be
:32:42. > :32:52.annoyed. Not for the first time he has looked like winning a frame and
:32:52. > :32:53.
:32:53. > :33:03.not done so and lost it. And he is annoyed. I cannot read lips, but if
:33:03. > :33:29.
:33:29. > :33:31.it was something offensive, we of banter, a bit of fun, to release
:33:31. > :33:35.bit of banter, a little bit of fun, some tension. He was saying, if you
:33:35. > :33:44.release some tension. Just said, if pop that, I will be going home. If
:33:44. > :33:54.he does pot that, he will be going home. I think Mark also thought by
:33:54. > :33:58.
:33:58. > :34:04.playing that he would push another He can just get to this red via the
:34:04. > :34:11.black, but can he get safe off it? He needs to get safe, he needs to
:34:11. > :34:16.missed the blue. Well, the plaque has come to his rescue somewhat.
:34:16. > :34:22.The red closest to the top cushion will cut in and he only needs the
:34:22. > :34:26.one red, so it may be worth taking the risk. He has two red balls on
:34:26. > :34:32.the right side of the table, which are pretty safe. He is not playing
:34:32. > :34:39.it. He is playing the snooker behind the black. Not certain about
:34:39. > :34:42.that choice, because it gives Joe a chance here to flick off the red,
:34:42. > :34:46.probably the one nearest to the middle pocket. As long as he
:34:46. > :34:56.catches it thin enough, he will bring it into play and find the
:34:56. > :35:19.
:35:19. > :35:29.safety shot, because at the worst he should have had a good cue ball.
:35:29. > :35:39.Is he taking this on? Last chance if he is. Oh, so close, and yet so
:35:39. > :35:39.
:35:39. > :35:45.far. And I think that will be Joe's last shot in this match. He's put
:35:45. > :35:49.up a tremendous fight, albeit with a little help from his opponent,
:35:49. > :35:56.but Mark Williams has been put through the wringer here, but it
:35:56. > :36:06.looks as though he's going to come out in front. It's been a great
:36:06. > :36:13.
:36:13. > :36:18.Williams came through in the end, a little bit of experience when it
:36:18. > :36:23.little bit of experience when it counted. He wins 6-4.
:36:23. > :36:30.He came out at four each, played for the red and miscued. He
:36:31. > :36:35.probably would have made at least 40-50. He was missing and jabbing a
:36:35. > :36:40.few and probably if he did not miss he could have gone 5-4 up. A couple
:36:40. > :36:48.of good breaks at the last. I think you have just got to just accept
:36:48. > :36:54.that I'm going to miss some balls. I'm probably not the player I used
:36:54. > :36:58.to be, but I know in my stomach that I can compete with them, and
:36:58. > :37:04.I'm going to accept that I will miss some easy balls and I can't
:37:04. > :37:08.let it affect me. It didn't until the last. It is just that balance
:37:08. > :37:13.of when you miss the easy ones, not to get down on yourself.
:37:13. > :37:15.Mark Williams will play the winner of the one remaining match to bring
:37:16. > :37:20.you news on, and that promised to be one of the more difficult
:37:20. > :37:24.counters to call, at least on paper, between Stephen Lee and Ricky
:37:24. > :37:34.Walden. Only nine places separated the two and there was little to
:37:34. > :37:49.
:37:49. > :37:59.choose between them. They shared Ricky Walden again has taken the
:37:59. > :37:59.
:37:59. > :39:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:39:22. > :39:30.causes Ricky took underhit that slightly. Tried for the blue to the
:39:30. > :39:38.middle. But this is a good chance. Five reds in the open here before
:39:38. > :39:46.he has to disturb anything, and he is 4-3 in front, first to six. Can
:39:46. > :39:49.he capitalise on this chance? whatever happens in this match,
:39:49. > :39:52.should Stephen Lee come back and win it, Ricky Walden must know he
:39:53. > :39:58.should win this game. It was similar to the game over the
:39:58. > :40:04.weekend. Mark Davis outplayed Ding Junhui and still lost. This is the
:40:04. > :40:09.same situation here. Ricky really should have had this match in the
:40:09. > :40:19.bag already. It looks like he is going to have a very good chance of
:40:19. > :40:28.
:40:29. > :40:34.these boys with regard to World rankings. Ricky is up at world
:40:34. > :40:44.number 22. He had a great chance of getting into top 16. He will be
:40:44. > :41:03.
:41:03. > :41:10.once again, to go into that bunch from the black is not ideal. But he
:41:10. > :41:16.might just do it this time. He has got to generate quite a bit of pace
:41:16. > :41:26.if he does. Much easier to go into them from the blue. That's what the
:41:26. > :41:31.
:41:32. > :41:41.they are like that. That's the only problem with going into a pack like
:41:41. > :41:46.that from the black. Nothing easy. That's quite tricky. Both of those
:41:46. > :41:54.are quite tricky. The one to the left is the better one because it
:41:54. > :42:04.wouldn't leave a great deal. That looks good to me. Well done. Now he
:42:04. > :42:07.
:42:07. > :42:17.we've had a person winning two frames on the trot, and right at
:42:17. > :42:17.
:42:17. > :43:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:43:17. > :43:21.the right time to take a 5-3 lead He was hoping for the blue, to
:43:21. > :43:28.cannon into the pink. He needs a couple of reds to clinch the frame,
:43:28. > :43:38.a very important frame from his point of view. They are all tied up.
:43:38. > :43:51.
:43:51. > :43:57.Even for one to the left of the simply because of the way he will
:43:57. > :44:00.play this red. He will roll it in. I think I'd be playing for one of
:44:00. > :44:06.the baulk colours, possibly the yellow or the brown to get into the
:44:06. > :44:12.reds near the pink. He could play around for the blue but it is a
:44:12. > :44:16.straightforward little shot. That's what he has played. Yellow or brown
:44:16. > :44:23.will take him into the reds. It looks like the yellow will be the
:44:23. > :44:29.better ball. The brown is a bit too straight for position, so it is the
:44:29. > :44:39.yellow, and if this works out, he will put himself just one frame
:44:39. > :44:51.
:44:51. > :45:01.it? A perfect break off, that was, into the bunch. He leads by 59
:45:01. > :45:11.
:45:11. > :45:21.points, so just two more reds haven't had over a half century.
:45:21. > :45:47.
:45:47. > :45:57.The breaks have been quite year's William Hill .com UK
:45:57. > :46:28.
:46:28. > :46:38.right of the two reds, and he will make a century if he plays this
:46:38. > :46:51.
:46:51. > :46:56.correctly, and he couldn't have players that have made go for 100
:46:56. > :47:06.competitive centuries. This is his chance for 113. We mentioned
:47:06. > :47:08.
:47:08. > :47:18.already he has already had a will be delighted to have made a
:47:18. > :47:18.
:47:18. > :47:22.little bit of a break in this match, Ricky Walden added yet another 50
:47:23. > :47:27.plus break in the night frame, his fifth of the match, to complete
:47:27. > :47:30.victory over Stephen Lee who exit in the first round for the second
:47:30. > :47:34.successive year. Ricky Walden can look forward to his first
:47:34. > :47:39.appearance in the last 16 for the first time in five years.
:47:39. > :47:43.I'm really pleased. It was always going to be a different game
:47:43. > :47:49.against Stephen, such a great player, so for me to get over the
:47:49. > :47:54.line 6-3 was pleasing. I missed a few balls but I played OK. I'm the
:47:54. > :47:58.underdog in these kind of gains so for me to beat Stephen is a
:47:58. > :48:02.fantastic win. While the underdog in the next game and I will keep
:48:02. > :48:07.battling through, seeing how far I can go. But I believe in myself and
:48:07. > :48:17.I know I can do some good stuff. After all that, the draw for the
:48:17. > :48:17.
:48:17. > :49:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:49:05. > :49:11.So that's the first round of this year's UK Championship done and
:49:11. > :49:15.dusted. Don't forget Snooker Extra follows next, and you can see more