:01:07. > :01:12.He has caught the fan base and a fast car but now, Judd Trump has
:01:12. > :01:15.the number one ranking to go with all the trappings. And the
:01:15. > :01:20.defending champion at in this williamhill.com championship was
:01:20. > :01:26.back in York, today, at the start of his latest campaign, up against
:01:26. > :01:30.Mark Jones from Walsall, a man ranked 49 places below him. He has
:01:30. > :01:35.had a torrid time of after a city centre a mugging incident in which
:01:35. > :01:39.he had a serious injury to his elbow and his eyesight suffered, he
:01:39. > :01:44.suffered with double vision for four months. I never thought he
:01:44. > :01:49.would be back to the top of the game thereafter, but, great to say,
:01:49. > :01:53.he is back at her main venue and back in the game. I'll be it,
:01:53. > :02:00.however, he did not look too hot in this match when Judd Trump
:02:00. > :02:07.established a 5-2 advantage. Indeed, Judd Trump for in a couple of
:02:07. > :02:13.exhibition shots to this point, but Mark Joyce did not give up and he
:02:13. > :02:16.took three frames on the pot, to force the decider. Unthinkable, air
:02:16. > :02:26.row in the match. And this is it. Stephen Hendry and John Virgo
:02:26. > :02:42.
:02:42. > :02:52.That is what happens when you try to force it, to get the white
:02:52. > :03:07.
:03:07. > :03:14.closer to the black. Sir, the first Just one of those shots where it
:03:14. > :03:24.was not straightforward, if you just had it slightly off centre, it
:03:24. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:44.throws it off line, and that is It helped Judd Trump that the
:03:44. > :04:13.
:04:13. > :04:23.blackspot was unavailable. That is He's going to have to slow down a
:04:23. > :04:31.
:04:31. > :04:35.bit if he's going to be on a red. He has played that well, it will
:04:35. > :04:45.pot the black and plea for the red that is sitting on the black spot,
:04:45. > :05:07.
:05:07. > :05:13.leaving the black at this end of This is what you would expect, John,
:05:13. > :05:23.for the world number one. Stepping up again when it is required. Get
:05:23. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:39.this much won in one visit. -- this He needs to have a nice angle on
:05:39. > :05:43.
:05:43. > :05:50.this so he can get back up for the That looks pretty good to me. OK,
:05:50. > :06:00.maybe straight on it. But he's a quarter of cue power to play a bit
:06:00. > :06:10.
:06:10. > :06:20.of right-hand side. -- he's it got He has the perfect angle to play
:06:20. > :06:22.
:06:22. > :06:28.the cannon into the pink. As long as he goes to the left-hand side of
:06:28. > :06:37.the pink, he's going to cannon on to other reds. He does not want to
:06:37. > :06:41.hit the right hand side of the pink. He is looking at the loose red but
:06:41. > :06:46.he knows at the back of his mind that is not going to give him this
:06:46. > :06:56.frame and match at this visit. He needs to think positive and play
:06:56. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:04.the cannon. He has turned it down. He would not have turned it down
:07:04. > :07:14.early on in the match. Perhaps that was the reason he did not go into
:07:14. > :07:20.
:07:20. > :07:25.Desperately hoping to be on a colour. He is just about on the
:07:25. > :07:35.yellow, just about on the brown, but not perfect, and of course, in
:07:35. > :08:15.
:08:15. > :08:23.the deciding frame, lots of He used all the pocket. Off the
:08:24. > :08:33.left hand jaw, and have a bit more pace, it might not have gone in.
:08:34. > :08:35.
:08:35. > :08:39.The time to finish this frame at one visit would be now. That was
:08:39. > :08:49.not the positive stroke. Most of the time, you would have played a
:08:49. > :08:49.
:08:49. > :10:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:10:24. > :10:34.Where is that red going? He almost fluked it. He will rue that miss.
:10:34. > :10:35.
:10:35. > :10:42.He could have played a soft screw. He's not going to be punished. He's
:10:42. > :10:52.going to be covered by the black? Is it? It is. He has had a bit of
:10:52. > :11:05.
:11:05. > :11:11.luck, there. He just cannot get to the potting angle. That was a world
:11:11. > :11:21.number one's run of the ball, there! We will, you have all had it,
:11:21. > :11:38.
:11:38. > :11:48.The brown is covering the path to that red in the left-hand corner. I
:11:48. > :11:52.
:11:52. > :12:02.think that he is snookered on all the reds here. That was a world No.
:12:02. > :12:06.
:12:06. > :12:11.51 of the ball! -- 50 run of the ball normally, you do suggest come
:12:11. > :12:21.off the right-hand side and cushion drop into the reds, but if you hit
:12:21. > :12:31.it too hard, you could knock a red on. Is it hard enough? Is it hard
:12:31. > :12:31.
:12:31. > :12:38.enough? Foul, and a miss, Mark Joyce, four. He is concerned if he
:12:38. > :12:47.hits it too hard that he could knock a red on. In these situations
:12:47. > :12:51.you start to see problems that sometimes are not there.
:12:51. > :12:57.particularly when there has not been a hint of a problem up until
:12:57. > :13:07.the last few frames. But, this time, it should reach. Has he got it
:13:07. > :13:31.
:13:31. > :13:41.safe? That red in the middle of the Where is the cue ball going? Where
:13:41. > :13:45.
:13:45. > :13:51.Well, I think he may have angled for the main bunch of reds. He
:13:51. > :13:59.could possibly get to the red to the left corner, that is the only
:13:59. > :14:08.red he can play. When you are bridging in the jaws of the pocket
:14:08. > :14:18.like this, who was not a lot of Bridge you can get. I think that it
:14:18. > :14:36.
:14:36. > :14:46.can just get to this red. Not the That was tough. He has left the red
:14:46. > :14:55.
:14:55. > :15:05.on, it is a bit straight. He had just enough angle to pot this red
:15:05. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:14.and fall through on to the side cushion and bottom cushion.
:15:14. > :15:24.main thing is I don't try and sacrifice the pot, for position, it
:15:24. > :15:47.
:15:47. > :15:57.A bit too much angle to go for the pink. I think he has got the Al
:15:57. > :16:03.
:16:03. > :16:13.Gore off the paint to can enter the I think about is the time to put
:16:13. > :16:27.
:16:27. > :16:37.your foot hard to the metal and go The right shot, and as Forest Mark
:16:37. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:52.Joyce is concerned, the right Will Judd Trump get back to the
:16:52. > :17:02.
:17:02. > :17:05.I always found in these high- pressure situations, if you tried
:17:05. > :17:11.to commentate yourself through each shot, tell yourself what you want
:17:11. > :17:19.to do with each ball, it helps to focus. Take your mind of all the
:17:19. > :17:29.other nonsense which goes on in these situations. Yes, everybody
:17:29. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:49.Thankfully, he had the low as a reserve because he had some tension
:17:49. > :18:04.
:18:04. > :18:14.Cannot imagine what is going on in He looks quite composed on the
:18:14. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:35.outside. Must be inside. He played If he can clear these three reds
:18:36. > :18:45.after this blank, -- black, Judd Trump will need three snookers and
:18:46. > :18:46.
:18:46. > :19:34.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:19:34. > :19:37.I can only assume these two reds They're obviously are, so it should
:19:37. > :19:47.be... I am not going to say it, I won't read it lightly, but it
:19:47. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:24.should be plain sailing. He needs Remarkable! It's absolutely
:20:24. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:36.remarkable what has happened here. And this black now to go 32 points
:20:36. > :20:46.in front with just 27 remaining. And the world number one and
:20:46. > :20:46.
:20:46. > :20:53.defending champion looks to be on Ooh, I don't like that. When you go
:20:53. > :21:03.back to the chair. I think it makes you think about it that little bit
:21:03. > :21:18.
:21:18. > :21:22.And a phenomenal performance with him putting matt-black. Well, he
:21:22. > :21:32.took his time, had the cue ball clean, and Judd Trump has now sat
:21:32. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:50.reflecting on what might have been. Missed the low so Judd Trump will
:21:50. > :21:53.
:21:53. > :21:57.carry on but he needs two snookers. HAZEL IRVINE: Judd played on for 10
:21:58. > :22:02.minutes desperately for the two snookers and got one but ultimately
:22:02. > :22:06.fell short. The second time Mark Joyce has beaten him in this
:22:06. > :22:10.championship even though it looked highly unlikely and Judd Trump has
:22:10. > :22:20.contributed to his own demise today. The world's number one player goes
:22:20. > :22:20.
:22:21. > :22:28.home early and the world No. 50, I think I needed a bit of help from
:22:28. > :22:33.Judd. The missed are a few balls. To be honest, I played in the
:22:33. > :22:37.German Masters qualifiers and lost in a match 5-4 so I was thinking
:22:37. > :22:41.about that and trying to dig in and take each ball, each frame as it
:22:41. > :22:46.comes. I was disappointed today because I thought the crowd will be
:22:46. > :22:53.better than I was. Considering it was a Sunday, Lotto lot of people
:22:53. > :22:58.are doing anything but still pretty empty. So disappointing for snooker.
:22:58. > :23:01.-- so a lot of people. You can't do anything in the stadium. So
:23:01. > :23:06.something needs to come through and step up. The interest doesn't seem
:23:06. > :23:13.to be there any more. I think the UK and the world tournaments are
:23:13. > :23:17.the two biggest in the calendar so to win one of those, there's some
:23:17. > :23:21.great players so I am not looking that far ahead, but just one match
:23:21. > :23:26.at the time. So, who would have called that?
:23:26. > :23:34.Extraordinary results the Judd Trump and Mark Joyce. So who will
:23:34. > :23:39.the Warsaw man play next? -- for Walsall man. The answer is, not
:23:39. > :23:44.Steve. Ali Carter, The Captain, sent Mr Davies freewheeling back to
:23:44. > :23:53.the studio. The match was not pretty and he did not have to be at
:23:53. > :23:57.his best. He ran out 6 for the win against a six-time UK champion.
:23:57. > :24:01.was difficult. The table was playing really quick and it wasn't
:24:02. > :24:06.a great performance. A bit rusty up there but I am in the tournament
:24:07. > :24:14.anger at -- and I can improve. And I will have to if I stand any
:24:14. > :24:19.chance of going further. Emphatic, too, was Shaun Murphy's
:24:19. > :24:24.win over his opponent, who had been struggling with a virus. But he had
:24:24. > :24:29.looked very slick in this 6-3 victory and his reward, a tough tie
:24:30. > :24:33.against world champ Graeme Dott. knew what I would get with Robert.
:24:33. > :24:37.A real tough competitor and a good match snooker player. I knew I
:24:37. > :24:43.would have to play somewhere near my best if get through. I was
:24:43. > :24:47.pleased with my performance, scored well. Onward and upward.
:24:47. > :24:53.And at the tender age of 40, one of the most improved players of the
:24:53. > :25:03.game, Mark Davis has never known things so good. He dispatched the
:25:03. > :25:07.
:25:07. > :25:12.Chinese are panned, Challinor pen. -- the Chinese up and,. -- up-and-
:25:12. > :25:16.coming player. A lot of great players to win the tournament and a
:25:16. > :25:21.tournament is really difficult but higher not just here to turn up and
:25:21. > :25:25.pick up some money, some points. -- I am not just here. I am looking to
:25:25. > :25:28.win and play. A 12 months ago, Mark Allen made
:25:28. > :25:33.his way to the final in this championship in very stylish
:25:33. > :25:36.fashion. We remember some great moments from him along the way but
:25:36. > :25:39.we also recall some pretty bizarre and controversial comments from him
:25:39. > :25:43.as well and that tendency and liking for speaking his mind was
:25:43. > :25:52.very prevalent at The Crucible in April and some of those comments
:25:52. > :25:56.got him into a rather hot water. If I have never been one to shy away
:25:56. > :26:00.from speaking my mind and I think players need to do more of that
:26:00. > :26:04.because too many players have had it -- had said exactly what I said
:26:04. > :26:08.amongst themselves. Of this year have been criticised
:26:08. > :26:11.as Wareham on TV in a press conference. But I put my hand up
:26:11. > :26:18.and said, I shouldn't have done that but her stand by everything I
:26:18. > :26:23.said. It seems to be a bit of a trade for the Chinese players and a
:26:23. > :26:31.few instances in the past with blatant cheating going on. It needs
:26:31. > :26:35.to be corrected. Mark has had a three-month ban from
:26:35. > :26:40.the competition hanging over his head since those comments and that
:26:40. > :26:44.was suspended until Wednesday. On Wednesday, he gave an interview in
:26:44. > :26:48.which he basically said he did not regret his image -- original
:26:48. > :26:51.comments about the Chinese player but he said it was unfair of me to
:26:51. > :26:56.label all try his players as cheats but dishonesty in snooker is
:26:56. > :27:06.something that needs to be stamped out. Well snooker as written to
:27:06. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:12.Mark last week, the row rumbles on. -- has written. In this
:27:12. > :27:16.championship, he is up against Marco Fu. You guessed it! Both men
:27:16. > :27:21.have come within touching distance of the trophy only to be pipped at
:27:21. > :27:28.the post in the final. Mark had a room at -- and immaculate break. Fu
:27:28. > :27:38.took the lead with a 1-3-1. Now it is the Antrim pro and eyeing up a
:27:38. > :27:45.
:27:45. > :27:51.Yes, that was a plant. But look what he has done with the reds.
:27:51. > :27:54.Marco, fill your boots! Look at these! I don't know what he quite
:27:55. > :28:00.thought go there but obviously he thought there was something. So you
:28:00. > :28:10.have to go with it. But looked a bit reckless, didn't it? And the
:28:10. > :28:19.
:28:19. > :28:29.table looks like a explosion at a One of these routines you do in
:28:29. > :28:38.
:28:38. > :28:48.practice, isn't it, Dennis? Reds Un me could knock a few in, may be!
:28:48. > :29:26.
:29:26. > :29:36.All Marco has to do here is still himself and exactly what he has
:29:36. > :29:39.
:29:39. > :29:49.been doing this evening. He has a And the balls couldn't be better
:29:49. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :30:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:30:58. > :31:04.The black is available into the left corner. I think it is sitting
:31:05. > :31:09.on its spot, when it is re-spotted, it should still be available. He
:31:09. > :31:13.does not want to be playing a little cannon here because he will
:31:13. > :31:23.put himself out of position but he wants to make sure the black spot
:31:23. > :31:27.
:31:27. > :31:37.These nearly couldn't be better placed. He had the option of the
:31:37. > :32:04.
:32:04. > :32:14.He just underhit that slightly but it is worth having another look at
:32:14. > :32:25.
:32:25. > :32:28.this. The plant that never was. It He just underhit that slightly, he
:32:28. > :32:33.should have been further up the table and this red would have been
:32:33. > :32:43.a lot more comfortable. He has been a little bit tentative for the last
:32:43. > :32:55.
:32:55. > :32:59.You want to try and keep close control of the cue ball rather than
:32:59. > :33:09.move up and down the table. But the way that the reds are sitting here,
:33:09. > :33:09.
:33:09. > :34:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:34:23. > :34:33.It is great stuff from Marco Fu, here. He has not missed much, pot
:34:33. > :34:33.
:34:33. > :36:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:36:02. > :36:11.success rate at 94%. And every There is a puzzling -- possibility
:36:12. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:22.He is number 24 in the world rankings at the moment but he is
:36:22. > :36:32.playing as though he is a top-four player if he carries on like this.
:36:32. > :36:36.
:36:36. > :36:46.Just finished a bit straight this time. But plenty of cue power there
:36:46. > :37:06.
:37:06. > :37:13.Well, he was living up to his nickname there. Bonfires Stephen
:37:13. > :37:22.Maguire! I didn't realise he had made three centuries. -- on fire,
:37:22. > :37:32.Stephen Maguire. A third player in UK history to do it. Stephen Hendry
:37:32. > :37:33.
:37:33. > :37:39.is unsurprising the one. Be you know the other? -- do you? Good old
:37:39. > :37:49.Doug Mountjoy. But this has been very, very impressive. From Marco
:37:49. > :37:57.
:37:57. > :38:02.And three back-to-back centuries the Marco Fu and an opening frame
:38:02. > :38:06.break of 91. He takes himself into the mid-session interval --
:38:06. > :38:13.interval. HAZEL IRVINE: And he took the next
:38:13. > :38:23.as well, 4-1 of front, and as we pick it up in frame six, it is
:38:23. > :38:23.
:38:23. > :38:31.Allen at the table 42 points to the He can even hold it for the black.
:38:32. > :38:41.But with the red over the pocket, and he's not much to do with this.
:38:42. > :38:42.
:38:42. > :39:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 95 seconds
:39:39. > :39:44.Starting to cue very nicely now and you sense quite a bit of snooker to
:39:44. > :39:49.be played in this match. Starting to look good. And as you mentioned,
:39:49. > :39:59.John, he could quite easily won a couple of frames in a very short
:39:59. > :40:36.
:40:36. > :40:45.Her he has certainly stepped up the Well, can you get your breath?
:40:45. > :40:49.Still a possible 67 left on the table and he is 63 in front. So how
:40:49. > :40:59.costly will that be? Because there is not a ball save. A little wry
:40:59. > :41:07.
:41:07. > :41:17.Yes, I think the only awkward thing here for Marco is that he doesn't
:41:17. > :41:21.
:41:21. > :41:31.want to snookered himself behind So he decided to forgo the black
:41:31. > :41:35.
:41:35. > :41:39.and play up to the blue. I don't He has overscrewed that. That's a
:41:39. > :41:49.bit careless. He might still be able to push through and get on to
:41:49. > :41:49.
:41:49. > :41:56.the black. Should have been easier He is OK. I wasn't imperative he
:41:56. > :42:06.stayed on the black. -- it wasn't. Over done that slightly but he is
:42:06. > :42:06.
:42:06. > :42:16.Just the one red closest to the cushion which will be the problem
:42:16. > :42:36.
:42:36. > :42:40.Just one point to play with so if he could renegotiate the red and
:42:40. > :42:45.black and then the pink would be very useful. Then he is close to
:42:45. > :42:55.the low and the pink can come back down the table. -- close to the
:42:55. > :43:18.
:43:18. > :43:26.Well, no used playing for the blue. It is all about the red we
:43:26. > :43:36.mentioned and in a couple of shots tiny mite after dropping behind it.
:43:36. > :43:46.
:43:46. > :43:51.-- time, he might have to drop in If he could get it somewhere there,
:43:51. > :43:59.he could roll in and get on the pink. And he can still do it. He
:43:59. > :44:09.might be able to reach around. the angle he has finished on,
:44:09. > :44:15.
:44:15. > :44:19.probably will have to play the run It is all about the pot here.
:44:19. > :44:29.what he steal this would be! It looks as if he can roll the black
:44:29. > :44:47.
:44:47. > :44:54.Played it well. What a chance this is. Mark Allen will be absolutely
:44:54. > :45:01.kicking himself over the pink in the centre. But these have been
:45:01. > :45:06.really well taken, you have to say it, Dennis. Really cool, calm and
:45:06. > :45:10.collected here, Marco Fu. Yes, just a few moments ago we thought it
:45:10. > :45:20.would finish being quite a close match but if Marco goes 5-1 in
:45:20. > :45:20.
:45:20. > :45:24.front, it may not be. It is all about getting a good angle on the
:45:24. > :45:34.pink and that is where he would like to put it so you can get a cut
:45:34. > :45:40.
:45:40. > :45:45.for the black. -- so she can get it up for the black. -- he. The one
:45:45. > :45:51.thing you do want to do is be a bit short on this. So coming up the
:45:51. > :46:01.table a bit further than the ball climb is a good idea. -- the ball
:46:01. > :46:04.
:46:04. > :46:13.That is good. He has got the angle. So just a good positional shot
:46:13. > :46:23.required. Pink to black. What he still this would be! -- what a
:46:23. > :46:41.
:46:41. > :46:48.He could have done with a bit more What he clearance that is for Marco
:46:48. > :46:55.Fu! Mark Allen missed a pink in the middle pocket a Marco Fu, well, he
:46:55. > :46:59.cleared up and he now leads 5-1. HAZEL IRVINE: Mark Allen is a
:46:59. > :47:05.doughty competitor and managed to give himself some hope with breaks
:47:05. > :47:08.of 69 and 46 to win the next two, but in the ninth frame, Fu was won
:47:08. > :47:14.and lost. Mark Allen even jokingly throw in the towel in the final
:47:14. > :47:18.stages! Before having it returned, once again. A wry smile from the
:47:18. > :47:23.Northern Irishman. But a hugely disappointing loss for last year's
:47:23. > :47:33.won a ruck. As for Marco, he has already knocked in 25 centuries.
:47:33. > :47:35.
:47:35. > :47:42.Eusebio -- last year's will run up. Marco Fu is through, Mark Allen is
:47:42. > :47:47.People make mistakes and some lead individuals move on but some will
:47:47. > :47:51.not let it go. I have progressed since then and won tournament and
:47:51. > :47:55.got a few results in but nobody seems to want to let it go.
:47:55. > :48:01.didn't try any harder tonight. I just wanted to play a game of
:48:01. > :48:06.snooker. I didn't really try any harder to beat him. I just played
:48:06. > :48:12.as a normal opponent. Which was probably the gratitude for me
:48:12. > :48:17.because I was playing the player rather than the table. -- probably
:48:17. > :48:20.the right attitude. If I ever have anything to say any more I was it
:48:20. > :48:24.down with my management company and get on paper and make sure we are
:48:24. > :48:31.happy before release it, because no matter what was in the press, it
:48:31. > :48:39.gets twisted. It might be a real shame that you are not talking
:48:39. > :48:42.about the snooker now that me and Judd are gone up.
:48:42. > :48:52.There was one other match to tie up you this evening and it featured
:48:52. > :48:54.
:48:54. > :48:58.Stuart Bingham, arguably the man of the season. -- to tie up for you.
:48:58. > :49:05.Jack had his chances early on but Bingham just too strong for this
:49:05. > :49:12.evening. 6-2, the scoreline. Snooker Extra follows his programme
:49:12. > :49:15.and it features the match with Mark Davis and Cao Yupeng. I know it is