:00:40. > :00:44.Will can do highlights from the williamhill.com UK Championship at
:00:44. > :00:47.the Barbican Centre in York. The were what might places left up for
:00:47. > :00:52.grabs in the last 16 of the tournament at the start of today,
:00:52. > :00:55.so let us start the show by showing you what happened in this
:00:55. > :00:59.afternoon's matches. Former world and current Masters champion Neil
:00:59. > :01:04.Robertson produced his best performance of the season so far,
:01:04. > :01:07.defeating Tom Ford, of Leicester, 6-1. The left-hander from Melbourne
:01:07. > :01:14.scored four centuries on his way to setting up a secondary clash with
:01:14. > :01:20.Barry Hawkins. -- second round clash. On the table next door,
:01:20. > :01:25.Matthew Stevens came out on top against Dominic Dale. He went ahead
:01:25. > :01:33.with the match despite his concern that he had contracted shingles.
:01:33. > :01:37.Stevens took the match 6-1 to seal his spot in the next round. I have
:01:37. > :01:46.put -- he had a great first frame but I am pleased with my
:01:46. > :01:56.performance. It does not it any easier, Marco Fu next. Tonight, we
:01:56. > :01:58.
:01:58. > :02:08.concentrate on appeal of two Marks, Williams and King. I am winning
:02:08. > :02:11.matches at the moment, which is the I qualified for her small
:02:11. > :02:20.tournament, and in the German Masters, and I just want to keep
:02:20. > :02:25.winning, really. Playing OK, I suppose. I am not potting any long
:02:25. > :02:35.balls, for the last couple of years. But, if I get in amongst the balls,
:02:35. > :02:38.
:02:38. > :02:43.I am not too bad. Mark Williams is a great player, and he has done a
:02:43. > :02:50.lot more than I have in the game, world champion, UK champion, he has
:02:50. > :03:00.done a lot, and he still hard to beat, so I have got to be on top of
:03:00. > :03:01.
:03:01. > :03:08.my game. I have played Mark quite a few times. It makes a difference to
:03:08. > :03:18.me whatsoever. I got there and try my best. Waco always do. And, if I
:03:18. > :03:19.
:03:19. > :03:21.So more surprisingly given the pedigree of Mark Williams these
:03:21. > :03:25.this might have shared the spoils and head-to-head clashes with six
:03:25. > :03:32.wins apiece. Williams was quickest out of the blocks, winning the
:03:32. > :03:37.first frame with a break of 57, but Mark King to the second and but, to
:03:37. > :03:47.lead 2-1, John de goal and Stephen Hendry are your commentators. --
:03:47. > :04:08.
:04:08. > :04:16.Could have done with kissing that red little bit harder, then the
:04:16. > :04:26.pink would have been available into the left middle. That's just clears
:04:26. > :04:26.
:04:26. > :04:35.the pink. Points are level at the moment, 22 each. Well, Mark
:04:35. > :04:45.Williams, four. Well done, Mark, some great snooker championship,
:04:45. > :04:46.
:04:46. > :04:49.the referee did not see it, but he felt it. The fall, there. -- foul.
:04:49. > :04:59.That is the standard of sportsmanship that we have always
:04:59. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:07.had at this game. I am not quite certain what it was he did. We will
:05:07. > :05:13.try to show you, here. It could have been a red near the cushion,
:05:13. > :05:22.it might have been his farm. You would not be able to feel the ball
:05:22. > :05:32.underneath your body, would you? You would not have thought so.
:05:32. > :05:42.was a costly, careless mistake to make. I have said this was a big
:05:42. > :05:58.
:05:58. > :06:03.frame, this could be a big moment We can have another close look, is
:06:03. > :06:10.at his farm that touches that red? It could only have been at, he felt
:06:10. > :06:18.that red against his thumb. Certainly, Michaela Tabb did not
:06:18. > :06:22.see it, but he felt it, and declared the foul on himself.
:06:22. > :06:32.was probably being too much attention to the side cushion and
:06:32. > :06:37.
:06:37. > :06:42.I used to playing a snooker club, and I would start by saying, are we
:06:42. > :06:47.playing Queensberry Rules? In other words, if you happen to touch of
:06:47. > :06:52.all, it was not a full, and there was would say, of course we are
:06:52. > :07:02.playing Queensberry Rules, but some people in the snooker clubs did not
:07:02. > :07:03.
:07:03. > :07:11.Mark King is going to need one of these safe reds to win the frame at
:07:11. > :07:18.this visit. As a left-hander, those are on the wrong side of the table
:07:19. > :07:25.for him, so it is not a formality. There are two points, the lead at
:07:25. > :07:35.the moment. Another collar and red required, at the moment, 51 points
:07:35. > :07:40.
:07:40. > :07:46.remaining. -- colour and red. Too straight on the pink. He will not
:07:46. > :07:51.be able to get behind any of the reds. He could roll it in and
:07:51. > :07:58.neatly it double. He is 37 points in front after the pink and would
:07:58. > :08:08.just need one more red. surprised he didn't stun that last
:08:08. > :08:11.
:08:11. > :08:14.red in, with the pink to right In an exhibition you would be
:08:14. > :08:24.flashing this pink in and screwing the Crewe ball -- cue ball across
:08:24. > :08:28.
:08:28. > :08:35.Looks like he's going to take your advice and play the double. It is
:08:35. > :08:43.worth the risk because the other red is safe. If he did not this in
:08:43. > :08:47.and Co 35 in front with the take remaining... It is not there, so
:08:47. > :08:57.two very good chances that Mark King has had to clinch the frame,
:08:57. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:08.but Mark Williams is still in it. He needs to get this safe. He could
:09:08. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:17.have done with that the kiss on the yellow. -- without the kiss. The
:09:17. > :09:19.yellow is making it awkward cueing for the red and a bit and side of
:09:19. > :09:29.the table and the blues covering the potting angle for the red in
:09:29. > :09:59.
:09:59. > :10:09.the middle of the table, so that Considering he was hampered by the
:10:09. > :10:10.
:10:10. > :10:15.yellow, that is an excellent shot. Mark Williams now common of the two
:10:15. > :10:25.cushions, trying to leave this safe, that is on he can hope for, trying
:10:25. > :10:25.
:10:25. > :10:32.not to leave the pot on. -- that is all he can hope for. Does this red
:10:32. > :10:42.pass the black along the top cushion? Remember, just the red,
:10:42. > :10:50.
:10:50. > :10:53.Any more pace I do not think it would have dropped, but, he had the
:10:53. > :11:00.insurance that if he stayed in the jaws of the pocket, he would have
:11:00. > :11:10.had the snooker with the black. It is going to be 3-1 at the mid-
:11:10. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:27.It is not there, but the five points of what difference, 35
:11:27. > :11:32.remaining - is it worth carrying on? If it isn't, 3-1 at the mid-
:11:32. > :11:36.session interval to Mark King. That moment of honesty the richly cost
:11:36. > :11:38.Mark Williams frame four as he could not muster at the snookers
:11:38. > :11:48.required and found themselves in further trouble as Mark King took
:11:48. > :11:54.
:11:54. > :12:04.the fifth frame, and now leads 4-1. This is the sixth frame and there
:12:04. > :12:20.
:12:20. > :12:24.I can't believe he played for this red. When you're getting so close
:12:24. > :12:34.to the ball, you have to be absolutely perfect. It can't that
:12:34. > :12:38.
:12:38. > :12:48.Just having will look to see whether the black is available. It
:12:48. > :12:57.
:12:57. > :13:01.is pretty tight. It will just about In an ideal world you would like to
:13:01. > :13:11.get in on the black and nudge those two reds so that he could be near
:13:11. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:19.to the black spot, to free the black Cup when it is re-spotted. -
:13:19. > :13:28.free the black up. I think he might have run on a little bit too far
:13:28. > :13:38.for that. He is on the black, but I think he could move the reds away
:13:38. > :13:39.
:13:39. > :14:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:14:20. > :14:25.He tried to. Where is the black If he could get somewhere near that
:14:25. > :14:35.circle, he may just about have an angle to be on the red second left
:14:35. > :14:39.
:14:39. > :14:44.of the black, to cannon the red Has he got the right angle to play
:14:44. > :14:52.the little cannon? I thought, when about that circle would have been
:14:52. > :15:02.perfect. -- round about. He is just about there, he can just about
:15:02. > :15:06.
:15:06. > :15:16.force the cue ball there. Hmmm. He may still be on this black. He's
:15:16. > :15:17.
:15:17. > :15:23.mighty close to it. The referee looking very closely. He played
:15:23. > :15:29.that nicely, as he has done most things tonight. This is as good as
:15:29. > :15:36.I have seen Mark King play for quite sometime. He has been pop in
:15:36. > :15:46.all departments, long potting, safety, break-building. -- he has
:15:46. > :15:48.
:15:48. > :15:58.Now, you see the pot success rate, 91%. That is good enough, 77% for
:15:58. > :15:59.
:15:59. > :16:04.his opponent, not good enough. Safety success, well, 42% isn't bad.
:16:04. > :16:12.What safety and pot success, you have to be looking at round about
:16:12. > :16:22.90%. His safety success has been helped by Mark Williams not potting
:16:22. > :16:39.
:16:39. > :16:49.too many long balls. But, Mark A little bit further down for the
:16:49. > :16:50.
:16:50. > :17:00.blue, that is why he is shaking his head slightly. He did have a slight
:17:00. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:05.angle, so he could get close to the reds. He has made a couple of
:17:05. > :17:15.opportunities in each frame, he hasn't ever won a frame in one
:17:15. > :17:39.
:17:39. > :17:45.visit. But he certainly has a Well, does this red go? I think
:17:45. > :17:52.this might have gone wrong. Does that red go? It is tight, isn't it?
:17:52. > :17:57.I think he played for the one closest to the pocket, so he has
:17:57. > :18:07.run out of position slightly here. Mark Williams might be getting back
:18:07. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:12.to the table with still a chance to win this frame. It is very tight.
:18:12. > :18:22.He has got an alternative red to the far right corner, but that is
:18:22. > :18:40.
:18:40. > :18:44.Nice pot on a red, probably with a slight element of safety, now it is
:18:44. > :18:48.going to be a straight blue across the table, just dropping this blue
:18:48. > :18:58.in, following through a few inches, for the red that is close to the
:18:58. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:15.He's definitely getting stronger, as he gets closer to the winning
:19:15. > :19:15.
:19:15. > :19:22.line. No sign of weakness. And now, that red has gone in, he only needs
:19:22. > :19:32.the black. He pots the black he is 69 points in front with 67
:19:32. > :19:49.
:19:49. > :19:59.When he pots this black, that will certainly keep Mark Williams in his
:19:59. > :20:12.
:20:12. > :20:22.Just playing the cannon there are, on the two reds. Brings them all
:20:22. > :21:00.
:21:00. > :21:07.Highest break in the tournament so far is jointly held by Marco Fu and
:21:07. > :21:12.Stephen Maguire, at 131. He just keeps playing for this red and
:21:12. > :21:19.cannot get straight on it to play for the black, otherwise he could
:21:19. > :21:26.have a more sizeable break. Now, he is playing for the blue again. It
:21:26. > :21:32.will be a nice 100, though. Well played, absolutely super stuff, he
:21:32. > :21:36.took that well, taking the frame at one visit. He will not be bothered
:21:36. > :21:40.about the yellow, he could not better the high break, and Mark
:21:40. > :21:45.Williams left pondering what he is going to do about this. At the
:21:45. > :21:51.moment, nothing, because Mark King is only one frame away from a place
:21:51. > :21:54.in the last 16. He leads 5-1. He was one frame away from making it
:21:54. > :21:59.through to the second round for the first three years, but Mark
:21:59. > :22:09.Williams took frame seven to reduce the deficit to three frames, here
:22:09. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:25.is frame eight, Mark King at the He missed that by a long way.
:22:25. > :22:27.
:22:27. > :22:34.Giving the immediate chance to Mark Playing for the black, but can he
:22:34. > :22:44.guarantee to be on it? That is why he has gone back up for the blue.
:22:44. > :22:54.And finished up with the perfect angle. As soon as he gets on the
:22:54. > :22:59.
:22:59. > :23:05.black and gets the black on its Sometimes, in the match, when a
:23:05. > :23:14.player gets to the stage where you only needs one frame for victory
:23:14. > :23:19.and he does not win that frame, sometimes you can get at him.
:23:19. > :23:29.Obviously, Mark Williams cannot afford any more mistakes. He has
:23:29. > :23:40.
:23:40. > :23:45.No, an opportunity. He just needs to stun into that main bunch, just
:23:45. > :23:53.listen a few more reds, he's bound to be on one of those reds to the
:23:53. > :24:03.right of the black. Why played so hard? That as an example of where
:24:03. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:13.his timing is out tonight. That was a straightforward shot, he did not
:24:13. > :24:17.
:24:17. > :24:24.He has recovered, with a good pot. He seems to be hitting his shots,
:24:24. > :24:34.rather than stroking them. To get the action on the white, you need
:24:34. > :25:00.
:25:00. > :25:10.He wants to be straight on this red, and he is. Still got two wits to
:25:10. > :25:13.
:25:13. > :25:23.the right of the black available. - He is on it, it could have gone
:25:23. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:40.He won the last rain in just under 12 minutes and that would tapping
:25:40. > :25:50.quicker, if Mark King had conceded when he knew about four snookers.
:25:50. > :25:56.
:25:56. > :26:06.He has been going for four and-a- 58 points for the lead, two reds
:26:06. > :26:14.
:26:14. > :26:24.Another red and the blue would put him 70 points in front with 67
:26:24. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:32.remaining. Mark King played that long red and missed it by a long
:26:32. > :26:41.way. Mark Williams has not looked at the scoreboard. And certain that
:26:41. > :26:46.he is aware of the situation. Just the blue needed, and he will come
:26:46. > :26:56.round off two cushions to try to bring those reds into play, he
:26:56. > :27:05.
:27:05. > :27:10.needed the cannon and he got it. He APPLAUSE this is more like it.
:27:10. > :27:20.If he can keep doing this, winning frames in one visit, it is going to
:27:20. > :27:29.
:27:29. > :27:34.Nicely played, bringing that red into play, he can now try and bring
:27:34. > :27:41.the other red, near the cushion, into play, now, and just could not
:27:41. > :27:51.get quite enough of it. He's not one that worries too much about
:27:51. > :28:11.
:28:11. > :28:21.But, if he kept going, there was a chance of bettering the highest
:28:21. > :28:58.
:28:58. > :29:08.He developed the red, Peter fully Hand Mark King concedes, so there
:29:08. > :29:10.
:29:10. > :29:16.is a little bit of light at the end Despite that magnificent century
:29:16. > :29:26.offering a glimmer of hope, it was Mark King who managed to hold his
:29:26. > :29:33.nerve and he took frame nine, thanks to a break of 52. He will be
:29:33. > :29:37.hoping to repeat or even better his semi-final spot here back in 2004.
:29:37. > :29:41.I played solid. Mark struggled a bit, but I thought I took my
:29:41. > :29:51.chances well. Honing missed a couple of balls that I should have
:29:51. > :29:57.cut. -- only. I thought my safety was really good and when I got in
:29:57. > :30:02.by punished in and if there was nothing there I did not take risks.
:30:02. > :30:09.I did not get going, it was probably one of the worst
:30:09. > :30:15.performances I have played for quite a long time. I just seemed to
:30:15. > :30:22.be getting worse. I was probably 20 points worse than was five or 10
:30:22. > :30:30.years ago. I probably got what I deserved, I lost. Congratulations
:30:30. > :30:40.to Mark King, he is through to the second-round. A reminder about the
:30:40. > :30:58.
:30:58. > :31:05.One remaining match in the first round. Luca Brecel had to defeat
:31:05. > :31:09.former world champion Peter Ebdon to get his place in the tournament.
:31:09. > :31:15.There were never more than two framed between the pair and after
:31:15. > :31:24.10 frames it was the full, meaning it was our third final frame
:31:24. > :31:34.decider of the tournament so far. Dennis Taylor and Ken Doherty take
:31:34. > :31:34.
:31:34. > :32:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:32:16. > :32:26.KEN DOHERTY: Hat is not bad. -- Has he fluked another one? If he
:32:26. > :32:45.
:32:45. > :32:55.can get tight in behind the green, How important could that fluke p? -
:32:55. > :32:59.
:32:59. > :33:04.If he can see just below the centre pocket on the right-hand side then
:33:05. > :33:13.he may be able to come off two cushions and clip the reds just
:33:13. > :33:23.below the pink spot. He has to get somewhere down past the middle
:33:23. > :33:38.
:33:38. > :33:43.Side cushion, top cushion, try and hit the two reds that are close
:33:43. > :33:53.together, and then back up to the baulk cushion. I think that is his
:33:53. > :34:17.
:34:17. > :34:21.That was very well worked out but Home wandering what is going
:34:21. > :34:28.through the mind of a Ricky Walden. He is battling out a deciding frame
:34:28. > :34:35.in a match he should have had won a long time ago. And this young man
:34:35. > :34:45.has held his nerve. His highest break was a break of 66 in frame
:34:45. > :35:01.
:35:01. > :35:11.That has, a little too far. He was playing for the two reds that Ken
:35:11. > :35:32.
:35:32. > :35:38.was talking about little and here. He will have to roll up to the
:35:38. > :35:48.prone and try and leave Ricky Walden in trouble again. -- that
:35:48. > :35:48.
:35:48. > :36:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:36:30. > :36:33.He is still holding slight It is going to need all Ricky
:36:33. > :36:43.Walden's experience as a professional to get out of the
:36:43. > :36:48.
:36:48. > :36:53.He was in total command of this match in the early part of it.
:36:53. > :37:03.Somehow and he let his opponent back in and K pin that chance,
:37:03. > :37:30.
:37:30. > :37:36.which he duly took. -- gave him a The dreaded double kiss and he can
:37:36. > :37:42.take the red in tooth the right middle pocket. If he can get onto
:37:42. > :37:51.the green he could get back into amongst the reds. The black is out
:37:51. > :38:01.of commission but the pink is available. He is looking and the
:38:01. > :38:08.
:38:09. > :38:18.He will settle for that. One good positional shot and he could be in
:38:19. > :38:30.
:38:30. > :38:40.He has gone a bit too far. He could have been straight on one of the
:38:40. > :38:41.
:38:42. > :38:51.reds and left himself the pink for the right corner. That was an
:38:52. > :39:01.
:39:01. > :39:10.He went straight down for the pink but that is so careless. A little
:39:10. > :39:17.bit of tension in his arm. You have to say it has to be expected pot
:39:17. > :39:21.there was such a big margin for error there. Can you believe it?
:39:21. > :39:31.That is two chances that he has had unfairness just got the better of
:39:31. > :39:57.
:39:57. > :40:07.All of a sudden, the chance falls to Ricky Walden. He cannot just
:40:07. > :40:21.
:40:21. > :40:31.drop the blue in. There may be an That was about the best that he
:40:31. > :41:09.
:41:09. > :41:19.He has a red to left centre for red He may try to get to the red on the
:41:19. > :41:19.
:41:19. > :41:29.extreme left of the pink. Not hard enough this time. But he was not go
:41:29. > :41:46.
:41:47. > :41:56.to make the same mistake that Luca He is kidding himself but little
:41:57. > :41:57.
:41:57. > :42:01.bit longer. He knows what trot he wants to play -- what shot. He is
:42:01. > :42:11.giving himself that bit more time and hoping he does not make an
:42:11. > :42:20.
:42:20. > :42:30.Can you believe it? Absolutely amazing. The only consolation is
:42:30. > :42:34.
:42:34. > :42:39.that he did not get nicely onto a He is going through all sorts of
:42:39. > :42:49.emotions in this match. He has been muttering away to himself most of
:42:49. > :43:08.
:43:08. > :43:18.It is hard to predict the outcome of this. You will see both players
:43:18. > :43:18.
:43:18. > :44:02.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:44:02. > :44:12.Has he covered it this red? He has He tried to get on the blue so that
:44:12. > :44:12.
:44:12. > :44:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:44:52. > :45:02.Well played. He brought the other This is an excellent opportunity.
:45:02. > :45:07.
:45:07. > :45:11.Three reds and three colours could Worrying times for Ricky Walden.
:45:11. > :45:21.cannot believe what has happened in this match and I'm sure Ricky
:45:21. > :45:52.
:45:52. > :46:00.What a result this would be for the That is a brilliant shot. That
:46:00. > :46:05.should Centre in through to the last 16 of the williamhill.com UK
:46:05. > :46:15.Championship. I do not think Ricky Walden will ever have played a
:46:15. > :46:47.
:46:47. > :46:52.And in it goes. And look at that little fist. He is a very modest
:46:52. > :47:01.young man. Perry rarely we used Hibbert from him but he must be
:47:01. > :47:08.absolutely over the moon. He has missed the green, but par rink
:47:08. > :47:14.snookers, he looks like he has got himself into the last 16.
:47:14. > :47:23.Victory case to teenager Luca Brecel. Earlier this year he became
:47:23. > :47:33.the youngest player to appear at the Crucible.
:47:33. > :47:33.
:47:33. > :48:15.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 41 seconds
:48:15. > :48:19.The first round is completed and Bomb next on BBC two his Snooker