Day 7 UK Snooker Championship Highlights

distance so it will be nice if I can kind of relax into the match.

remarkable talent, he really is. Great to seeeat to seert of talent,

some of come through in the game and not waste it, you know. He

dozen joy himself but a lot of its been over-hyped. When he is at

tournaments he does the business. He is a really good professional at

the tournaments. # Are you ready? # Do you know?

# I feel it too! It is nice to be favourite but it brings a lot of

added pressure. 1-all and he beat me in the Worlds so I think I

played a lot better than I did in the World but he is a better player

since then too. So I'm going to up against a monstrous opponent.

have always ve always h game against Neil and he is a excellent

player and a real battler so he never gives anything easy. He is

one of the best lot shotters in the game. I need to keep him away and

build a big lead early. I'm going to go out and enjoy it, be

confident and see what happens. Good evening from York where Jed

Trump and Neil Robinson play the first of the semis. We are into the

longer format now. The best of 17 frames. This is though opening

session panned out this afternoon. What a match this is likely to be.

Two of the greatest Potters we have seen in the game for some time.

They are both left-handers. That is a nice shot. He felt it rolled off.

Been a miss. Played that beautifully. Couldn't have hit that

much better, really. 2-all. Robinson stopped the flow from

Trump. Fabulous pot again. Right on cue. My goodness. I think it is

"Anything you can do, I can do better" coming up here. How do you

like those apples! Not many of those in the pound, John! He is the

best player in the world right now. A lot of changes made. You will

beat Titmarsh the way you are going. This is tricky. Good to see Neil!

These two players have treated us to some wonderful potting. Both

players look in great form and tonight we are in for a session of

snooker. Don't miss it, we are all square at 4-4. Trump on frame nine

for a 5-4 lead, in for an exciting match in frame 10. From that angle

if he takes the double arm he needs the left-hand side the square it up.

Judd can only sit in his seat and see if Neil can create if angle to

get that double. -- the angle. Where disblacking to go finish? He

is having a run of the ball at the moment is the Australian. Judd

stairs at his feet and he may have the take a double on, but... Thank

you. No. Amazing. The first time he has go he misses and fixes it up.

He sticks it up. He normally would pot this black. For a run of the

ball - Neil amazing in this frame. (CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) You should

have seen the reaction from the Australian. He has two pieces of

very good luck. He must be wondering how her won that frame

but he has and all square at five- each an isn't he fired up? Into the

next frame Trump at the table trailing by 13 points. (APPLAUSE) I

think it was just the pace that swung it past, John, wasn't it?

Must have been. Certain to hit the second red. What sort of angle does

he have on this yellow? Hot a shot this would be if he can pull it off.

The point has to arc here if he pulls this back. Too much. He will

play up toward the brown. The only red he would leave, believe it or

not, would be the second one that he would plant towards the pocket

but that is risky. I don't mind, it is not a bad choice to take the

plant than and get the height up behind the brown. The only ploibs

with the plant if you get too close the pocket it may stick in the jaws.

This looks very tasty. That is a little harder than intended and

with Judd Trump you can not afford to leave that cue ball out in the

middle of the table. What about that for than attacking shot? He

actually stumped that into the attacking red. This is brilliant,

absolutely brilliant. If he can take this frame after what happened

in the previous frame it says a lot about this young man's temperament.

What sort of angle does he have on the pink? If he rolls the pink in

he has a good yellow and he does not have much to do with the

position to get on the Green. up to 14 including the blue. To get

his nose in front. He can playwright handed Judd, but I do

not say he is in the Ronnie O'Sullivan class switching hand,

but he needs the brown and the blue. He has played it nicely. (APPLAUSE)

That is not bad with the opposite hand there, John. No, blue puts him

18 points in front with just 13 remaining. (APPLAUSE) He might send

this black into the crowd, John! The white! Every chance to win but

Judd, boy is this exciting!. The next two frames were shared, Tom

took the 12th with a break of 73 and Robinson replied in the 13th

with a break of 39. Into the next. Robinson to reply and there is no

score. 7-6 down, he knows the importance of this frame. The first

to nine. There are a cup - a couple of reds there. They are not too are

too far off from plant but it depends what they does with the

others. He has to cue that perfectly because if he does not

hit that right he will skew it all over the pocket and the balls will

go all over the table. This looks to be on if he can get to it direct.

Hold onto your hats! He does not want to risk it either. Le has the

other red that the white careered into as it flew around the table!

It was a good pot, maybe not that good, but just good to see a

balancing in a pocket! He only - the only red if he looks as if he

can get onto it is the one in the middle pocket, you know t one left

to the pink? It goes in the corner Interesting shot. Maybe if he takes

it a little forward he will cut in this, but it is a thin one. A lot

thinner than it looks. He will go careering into the includeser.

(APPLAUSE) Not bad. One to the right middle. Yes, lucky he paused

for a moment there. They were all going to cover each other then all

of a sudden that one just landed close to the middle pocket. Just

making sure he does not cannon into the green or brown. Has a kick on

it slightly. It just meant that the cue ball did not trfl and finish on

the Green. Now he is looking for the long blue. He did not play it

for the blue. The green is hampering him slightly, to take the

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available in to the middle but he can cut one in the to left corner.

Plenty action on that cue ball. Played it nicely. This is a good

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chance to build up a sizable lead here. We talked about it before

this match started that this could go all the way. There is every

indication that this might still apply. The black having a good old

clean there. He must have shotted the - spotted the short mark or

something. Sometimes they are difficult to get off. Robinson you

feel drawing on all his experience. He has won two ranking titles, in

2002 he was world champion and world open champion. (APPLAUSE).

The break this evening is for the break ever 56. This coming at just

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62 point in front. They will be all square. Lost the first two frames

of the match so it will be two each. Two behind this evening. That now

puts him 68 points in front. Just 67 remaining. That makes absolutely

certain we will be all square. Ran out of position. We have had 79

centuries here in the UK championship and that is not a bad

effort. What a shot that is. (APPLAUSE) No pressure on it but

what a cut-back that was. He has made to centuries this year. In

this tournament he has made 29 centuries this season. These reds,

he may pot one in the left corner. That is what he is looking at.

There seems to be a bit of a stalemate. We will not worry about

that! What a time. He produced the highest break of the session. As

far as he is concerned that break of 83 draws the Australian level.

It is 7-all. Getting tense! So now effectively it is the best of three.

Onto the next frame Trump at the table and the scores are 7-all.

Needs a good kiss on the yellow and that is not bad. Hook for the kiss

on the yellow. He may not have been on anything, but he is just about

on the ground. That is the shot he can play. A little bit aside. The

pocket has spoiled it. He would have been absolutely perfect. Just

under-screwed it slightly. It was a thin brown but just can't move the

middle pocket. That has been the problem for both players. They

really have difficult controlling the queue ball and if you do not

get good position on the ball you are left with different pots that

are missable. Can he get round into that position I mentioned or is he

going to play it? He might be able to do it here. He has come up the

other sigh so there is one red available into the right corner.

Now he can get the blue back on the spot and heave the two reds. As I

mentioned before, with the pink in the Open and the blue in the open,

this is a pretty good opportunity. He showed how good he was under

pressure in the match against Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the red on

the deciding frame. Delicate little stunning screw shot here keeping

himself in the ideal position. has put 37 in front. Still possible

75 remaining. Depending what colours he plays here, he will need

3. I think... 44 points the lead. So he is looking for red colour red.

He doesn't want to be too straight on this pink otherwise the frame

ball will be straight and he could not be straighter. If he runs

through hits in line with the corner pocket so he cannot get

anywhere close to a red. A slight angle he could have thumbed over to

the reds being a left-hander. You cannot pinch anything from that

position really so he is going to have a leave a longish pot.

pink 59 in front and if he pots another red he will be 52 point in

front with only 51 remaining. Any slight angle in this frame and it

would have been over. He could not finish in a worse place so he is

just going to roll the pink in. And he will roll, stunt or play the pot

down the long position t long red near the ball line. Just the one

red needed. The last thing wanted toys bring the black into play. He

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granted here. That will mean that Neil Robinson will not be coming

back did the table. (APPLAUSE) Didn't match without the black. I'm

sure Robinson will concede. He is having a close look at the

scoreboard but he is 59 point behind and only 43 remaining which

equates the four snookers. If he does not get the four snookers

Trump is one place away from a place in the final. Robinson did

not get the snookers. 8-7 to Trump and in the next frame Judd trails

by nine points. I could under Judd playing for the pink there because

the blue was going to be awkward when it came back and there was no

spot available so it would have been tied up against the pink

I was thinking if he left himself near the bolt cushion he could have

played off the blue and cannoned into the reds. The blue would have

been unmissable. Although I did not expect him to mist pink.. Who

would! But once you begin a poor positional shot... It is all

Quite a few butter flies. He used all the pocket but it struggled in..

Yep, and he is just about on the Green. Dear me! That wobbled.

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to watch. Yes, and Neil Robinson will be a little disappoint. He has

had a couple of chances already in this frame. Not made the most of

them and he cannot believe that green did not drop. I still can't

believe it. But it just proves it does not have the always be about

high breaks. To get drama, this wonderful game of ours. Don't get

me wrong, both players afterwards will say they did not play their

best and whoever wins will be thrilled and the other will be very

disappointed with his performance. Well, would you believe it, he has

covered it? He has missed the red but he has covered it. Amazing. It

was never going to be easy the way the balls are situated but I tell

you what, it is going to be a tense climax to this frame now or will it

to be right frame? That is the only question. N terbgs il has three

victories against Judd. 10-8 last year Judd beat Neil in that one.

Stkpwhrl nothing out of the pocket. Needs to try to find the cushion.

At the moment you could hear a pin droip is so silent here. They are

enthralled in this battle.. The reception both players got when

they came into the arena was incredible but look at that.

Everybody is tense here. Unbelievable. We have watched both

players miss relatively easy pots and look at the shot he has pulled

out. That is why he is one of the greatest Potters we have ever had

in the game. Has he got the angle to cannon one of those reds? I'm

just wondering if he has a natural to run through and just flick the

second of the reds. Will really open things up. If he hits the

cushion first he brings them both into play. Is he going to try to

get in behind the yellow? What is this one? Don't blame him for

keeping the red safe. That is one of the most important things. To

try to get behind the yell yofplt it requires a lot of side and he

Pretty good. Was not easy particularly close to the cushion.

You catch it a fraction too quick and go back up the table with the

queue ball. You have to be careful the red does not run into the pink.

He has played it nicely and a good length. You becha! Is the pinning

to go come to his rescue? It has you know. He has covered the one

near the pink, and if he plays that - he has to be cable he does not

double-kiss the cue ball. I do not think he could hit either of the

other two reds. What pot this would be. Maybe that is all he has,

Dennis. I do not see an easy safety. But, as you say, this would be some

pot to get. But is there an alternative? He is thinking long

and hard. It could possibly be his last pot. It is make-your-mind-up

time! Brilliant. He is going to knock the green in, is it? Oh!

White! (APPLAUSE) What a pot. Absolutely superb. I enokay, he

patted it and found the gap but believe me, if he does not hit that

right into the heart of the pocket or misses it, he would not have

found the gap. It is not going to be easy to get position off this

Green as we know right in the jaws of the pocket. He is not on. Has he

snookered? Nearly! The difference in the frame is one point in favour

of Judd Trurpl open. -- Trump. Robinson 4. For the player of that

one, could have played that one a little bit better. Wanted a thinner

contact and had a chance of getting Upton cushion. Shut would not have

been available to Judd. Le is going towards the yellow. This is pretty

good - he he. What an effort that was. (APPLAUSE) Too thing. The pink

has helped him somewhat because without the red hitting the pink he

would have stuck it up. The red might still disappear into the

pocket but just looking at it t yellow is going to be a key ball

here. If this goes in... It will be a great chance! In it goes!

(APPLAUSE) He has a long way the travel with the cue ball to leave

the red on as we show you that fabulous pot. He has to get up the

left side of the table to leave the red on. Yes, I think the red is

available. I think it will go to the right corner and he could not

have played that much better. As you said earlier, Dennis, I think

the yellow is the keyboard to this frame and match. Of course he is a

left-hander. We know he can play with his right hand. He has an

angle on the blue to get in behind yellow but that little shake of the

head tells you that it is awkward.. The brown is slightly in the way.

Neil can just sit and wait. Le could screw straight back without

going off the balancing. (APPLAUSE). Had has a slight angle so off the

cushion. Yes, if he pitched it up and plays the cue ball with his

hand he could not have put it much better than this. 14 point the lead.

Yellow, Green and brown required. These two boys have given Australia

fascinating semifinal. Just the brown needed. Both players have had

a fabulous reception from this terrific crowd. He must be

absolutely delighted inside. There he goes right-hand. It does not

matter - we will be seeing a lot of frames down the years but it is

Judd Trump's night and he goes through to his first-ever UK final

running out in the end a 9-7 winner. Well done to both players.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE) I think we both played very scrappy. I think

earlier on today the standard was a lot better tonight - than tonight.

We kind of both wanted to win so badly we started to miss a few and

the pressure was just building and building out there and I think we

both just try to fall over the line an we needed an easy chance to win

the frame. I played a pretty good game in terms of where I left him

balls that his uncomfortable playing, he was forced to play them

but was missing them but I was not able to make the most of my chances

just losing the cue ball and just making some basic errors, putting

myself under pressure where I sort of started to second guess myself.

It kind of topped off the year so far really. It has ban brilliant

year for me. Um, to reach the world final and now the UK final it is a

sign that I'm really improving as a player and even though I'm not

playing my best I'm able to scrap it out. Well done to Judd and you

of all people, Steve, know it is not just about the potting balls

but the ability to get over the line. Yes, especially in a tense

match like that and it got tense later. Judd got over the line well.

Neil will have been disappointed to miss a few balls but Judd has taken