Day 2 UK Snooker Championship Highlights

He has caught the fan base and a fast car but now, Judd Trump has

the number one ranking to go with all the trappings. And the

defending champion at in this williamhill.com championship was

back in York, today, at the start of his latest campaign, up against

Mark Jones from Walsall, a man ranked 49 places below him. He has

had a torrid time of after a city centre a mugging incident in which

he had a serious injury to his elbow and his eyesight suffered, he

suffered with double vision for four months. I never thought he

would be back to the top of the game thereafter, but, great to say,

he is back at her main venue and back in the game. I'll be it,

however, he did not look too hot in this match when Judd Trump

established a 5-2 advantage. Indeed, Judd Trump for in a couple of

exhibition shots to this point, but Mark Joyce did not give up and he

took three frames on the pot, to force the decider. Unthinkable, air

row in the match. And this is it. Stephen Hendry and John Virgo

That is what happens when you try to force it, to get the white

closer to the black. Sir, the first Just one of those shots where it

was not straightforward, if you just had it slightly off centre, it

throws it off line, and that is It helped Judd Trump that the

blackspot was unavailable. That is He's going to have to slow down a

bit if he's going to be on a red. He has played that well, it will

pot the black and plea for the red that is sitting on the black spot,

leaving the black at this end of This is what you would expect, John,

for the world number one. Stepping up again when it is required. Get

this much won in one visit. -- this He needs to have a nice angle on

this so he can get back up for the That looks pretty good to me. OK,

maybe straight on it. But he's a quarter of cue power to play a bit

of right-hand side. -- he's it got He has the perfect angle to play

the cannon into the pink. As long as he goes to the left-hand side of

the pink, he's going to cannon on to other reds. He does not want to

hit the right hand side of the pink. He is looking at the loose red but

he knows at the back of his mind that is not going to give him this

frame and match at this visit. He needs to think positive and play

the cannon. He has turned it down. He would not have turned it down

early on in the match. Perhaps that was the reason he did not go into

Desperately hoping to be on a colour. He is just about on the

yellow, just about on the brown, but not perfect, and of course, in

the deciding frame, lots of He used all the pocket. Off the

left hand jaw, and have a bit more pace, it might not have gone in.

The time to finish this frame at one visit would be now. That was

not the positive stroke. Most of the time, you would have played a

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Where is that red going? He almost fluked it. He will rue that miss.

He could have played a soft screw. He's not going to be punished. He's

going to be covered by the black? Is it? It is. He has had a bit of

luck, there. He just cannot get to the potting angle. That was a world

number one's run of the ball, there! We will, you have all had it,

The brown is covering the path to that red in the left-hand corner. I

think that he is snookered on all the reds here. That was a world No.

51 of the ball! -- 50 run of the ball normally, you do suggest come

off the right-hand side and cushion drop into the reds, but if you hit

it too hard, you could knock a red on. Is it hard enough? Is it hard

enough? Foul, and a miss, Mark Joyce, four. He is concerned if he

hits it too hard that he could knock a red on. In these situations

you start to see problems that sometimes are not there.

particularly when there has not been a hint of a problem up until

the last few frames. But, this time, it should reach. Has he got it

safe? That red in the middle of the Where is the cue ball going? Where

Well, I think he may have angled for the main bunch of reds. He

could possibly get to the red to the left corner, that is the only

red he can play. When you are bridging in the jaws of the pocket

like this, who was not a lot of Bridge you can get. I think that it

can just get to this red. Not the That was tough. He has left the red

on, it is a bit straight. He had just enough angle to pot this red

and fall through on to the side cushion and bottom cushion.

main thing is I don't try and sacrifice the pot, for position, it

A bit too much angle to go for the pink. I think he has got the Al

Gore off the paint to can enter the I think about is the time to put

your foot hard to the metal and go The right shot, and as Forest Mark

Joyce is concerned, the right Will Judd Trump get back to the

I always found in these high- pressure situations, if you tried

to commentate yourself through each shot, tell yourself what you want

to do with each ball, it helps to focus. Take your mind of all the

other nonsense which goes on in these situations. Yes, everybody

Thankfully, he had the low as a reserve because he had some tension

Cannot imagine what is going on in He looks quite composed on the

outside. Must be inside. He played If he can clear these three reds

after this blank, -- black, Judd Trump will need three snookers and

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I can only assume these two reds They're obviously are, so it should

be... I am not going to say it, I won't read it lightly, but it

should be plain sailing. He needs Remarkable! It's absolutely

remarkable what has happened here. And this black now to go 32 points

in front with just 27 remaining. And the world number one and

defending champion looks to be on Ooh, I don't like that. When you go

back to the chair. I think it makes you think about it that little bit

And a phenomenal performance with him putting matt-black. Well, he

took his time, had the cue ball clean, and Judd Trump has now sat

reflecting on what might have been. Missed the low so Judd Trump will

carry on but he needs two snookers. HAZEL IRVINE: Judd played on for 10

minutes desperately for the two snookers and got one but ultimately

fell short. The second time Mark Joyce has beaten him in this

championship even though it looked highly unlikely and Judd Trump has

contributed to his own demise today. The world's number one player goes

home early and the world No. 50, I think I needed a bit of help from

Judd. The missed are a few balls. To be honest, I played in the

German Masters qualifiers and lost in a match 5-4 so I was thinking

about that and trying to dig in and take each ball, each frame as it

comes. I was disappointed today because I thought the crowd will be

better than I was. Considering it was a Sunday, Lotto lot of people

are doing anything but still pretty empty. So disappointing for snooker.

-- so a lot of people. You can't do anything in the stadium. So

something needs to come through and step up. The interest doesn't seem

to be there any more. I think the UK and the world tournaments are

the two biggest in the calendar so to win one of those, there's some

great players so I am not looking that far ahead, but just one match

at the time. So, who would have called that?

Extraordinary results the Judd Trump and Mark Joyce. So who will

the Warsaw man play next? -- for Walsall man. The answer is, not

Steve. Ali Carter, The Captain, sent Mr Davies freewheeling back to

the studio. The match was not pretty and he did not have to be at

his best. He ran out 6 for the win against a six-time UK champion.

was difficult. The table was playing really quick and it wasn't

a great performance. A bit rusty up there but I am in the tournament

anger at -- and I can improve. And I will have to if I stand any

chance of going further. Emphatic, too, was Shaun Murphy's

win over his opponent, who had been struggling with a virus. But he had

looked very slick in this 6-3 victory and his reward, a tough tie

against world champ Graeme Dott. knew what I would get with Robert.

A real tough competitor and a good match snooker player. I knew I

would have to play somewhere near my best if get through. I was

pleased with my performance, scored well. Onward and upward.

And at the tender age of 40, one of the most improved players of the

game, Mark Davis has never known things so good. He dispatched the

Chinese are panned, Challinor pen. -- the Chinese up and,. -- up-and-

coming player. A lot of great players to win the tournament and a

tournament is really difficult but higher not just here to turn up and

pick up some money, some points. -- I am not just here. I am looking to

win and play. A 12 months ago, Mark Allen made

his way to the final in this championship in very stylish

fashion. We remember some great moments from him along the way but

we also recall some pretty bizarre and controversial comments from him

as well and that tendency and liking for speaking his mind was

very prevalent at The Crucible in April and some of those comments

got him into a rather hot water. If I have never been one to shy away

from speaking my mind and I think players need to do more of that

because too many players have had it -- had said exactly what I said

amongst themselves. Of this year have been criticised

as Wareham on TV in a press conference. But I put my hand up

and said, I shouldn't have done that but her stand by everything I

said. It seems to be a bit of a trade for the Chinese players and a

few instances in the past with blatant cheating going on. It needs

to be corrected. Mark has had a three-month ban from

the competition hanging over his head since those comments and that

was suspended until Wednesday. On Wednesday, he gave an interview in

which he basically said he did not regret his image -- original

comments about the Chinese player but he said it was unfair of me to

label all try his players as cheats but dishonesty in snooker is

something that needs to be stamped out. Well snooker as written to

Mark last week, the row rumbles on. -- has written. In this

championship, he is up against Marco Fu. You guessed it! Both men

have come within touching distance of the trophy only to be pipped at

the post in the final. Mark had a room at -- and immaculate break. Fu

took the lead with a 1-3-1. Now it is the Antrim pro and eyeing up a

Yes, that was a plant. But look what he has done with the reds.

Marco, fill your boots! Look at these! I don't know what he quite

thought go there but obviously he thought there was something. So you

have to go with it. But looked a bit reckless, didn't it? And the

table looks like a explosion at a One of these routines you do in

practice, isn't it, Dennis? Reds Un me could knock a few in, may be!

All Marco has to do here is still himself and exactly what he has

been doing this evening. He has a And the balls couldn't be better

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The black is available into the left corner. I think it is sitting

on its spot, when it is re-spotted, it should still be available. He

does not want to be playing a little cannon here because he will

put himself out of position but he wants to make sure the black spot

These nearly couldn't be better placed. He had the option of the

He just underhit that slightly but it is worth having another look at

this. The plant that never was. It He just underhit that slightly, he

should have been further up the table and this red would have been

a lot more comfortable. He has been a little bit tentative for the last

You want to try and keep close control of the cue ball rather than

move up and down the table. But the way that the reds are sitting here,

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It is great stuff from Marco Fu, here. He has not missed much, pot

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success rate at 94%. And every There is a puzzling -- possibility

He is number 24 in the world rankings at the moment but he is

playing as though he is a top-four player if he carries on like this.

Just finished a bit straight this time. But plenty of cue power there

Well, he was living up to his nickname there. Bonfires Stephen

Maguire! I didn't realise he had made three centuries. -- on fire,

Stephen Maguire. A third player in UK history to do it. Stephen Hendry

is unsurprising the one. Be you know the other? -- do you? Good old

Doug Mountjoy. But this has been very, very impressive. From Marco

And three back-to-back centuries the Marco Fu and an opening frame

break of 91. He takes himself into the mid-session interval --

interval. HAZEL IRVINE: And he took the next

as well, 4-1 of front, and as we pick it up in frame six, it is

Allen at the table 42 points to the He can even hold it for the black.

But with the red over the pocket, and he's not much to do with this.

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Starting to cue very nicely now and you sense quite a bit of snooker to

be played in this match. Starting to look good. And as you mentioned,

John, he could quite easily won a couple of frames in a very short

Her he has certainly stepped up the Well, can you get your breath?

Still a possible 67 left on the table and he is 63 in front. So how

costly will that be? Because there is not a ball save. A little wry

Yes, I think the only awkward thing here for Marco is that he doesn't

want to snookered himself behind So he decided to forgo the black

and play up to the blue. I don't He has overscrewed that. That's a

bit careless. He might still be able to push through and get on to

the black. Should have been easier He is OK. I wasn't imperative he

stayed on the black. -- it wasn't. Over done that slightly but he is

Just the one red closest to the cushion which will be the problem

Just one point to play with so if he could renegotiate the red and

black and then the pink would be very useful. Then he is close to

the low and the pink can come back down the table. -- close to the

Well, no used playing for the blue. It is all about the red we

mentioned and in a couple of shots tiny mite after dropping behind it.

-- time, he might have to drop in If he could get it somewhere there,

he could roll in and get on the pink. And he can still do it. He

might be able to reach around. the angle he has finished on,

probably will have to play the run It is all about the pot here.

what he steal this would be! It looks as if he can roll the black

Played it well. What a chance this is. Mark Allen will be absolutely

kicking himself over the pink in the centre. But these have been

really well taken, you have to say it, Dennis. Really cool, calm and

collected here, Marco Fu. Yes, just a few moments ago we thought it

would finish being quite a close match but if Marco goes 5-1 in

front, it may not be. It is all about getting a good angle on the

pink and that is where he would like to put it so you can get a cut

for the black. -- so she can get it up for the black. -- he. The one

thing you do want to do is be a bit short on this. So coming up the

table a bit further than the ball climb is a good idea. -- the ball

That is good. He has got the angle. So just a good positional shot

required. Pink to black. What he still this would be! -- what a

He could have done with a bit more What he clearance that is for Marco

Fu! Mark Allen missed a pink in the middle pocket a Marco Fu, well, he

cleared up and he now leads 5-1. HAZEL IRVINE: Mark Allen is a

doughty competitor and managed to give himself some hope with breaks

of 69 and 46 to win the next two, but in the ninth frame, Fu was won

and lost. Mark Allen even jokingly throw in the towel in the final

stages! Before having it returned, once again. A wry smile from the

Northern Irishman. But a hugely disappointing loss for last year's

won a ruck. As for Marco, he has already knocked in 25 centuries.

Eusebio -- last year's will run up. Marco Fu is through, Mark Allen is

People make mistakes and some lead individuals move on but some will

not let it go. I have progressed since then and won tournament and

got a few results in but nobody seems to want to let it go.

didn't try any harder tonight. I just wanted to play a game of

snooker. I didn't really try any harder to beat him. I just played

as a normal opponent. Which was probably the gratitude for me

because I was playing the player rather than the table. -- probably

the right attitude. If I ever have anything to say any more I was it

down with my management company and get on paper and make sure we are

happy before release it, because no matter what was in the press, it

gets twisted. It might be a real shame that you are not talking

about the snooker now that me and Judd are gone up.

There was one other match to tie up you this evening and it featured

Stuart Bingham, arguably the man of the season. -- to tie up for you.

Jack had his chances early on but Bingham just too strong for this

evening. 6-2, the scoreline. Snooker Extra follows his programme

and it features the match with Mark Davis and Cao Yupeng. I know it is