:01:08. > :01:14.Hello. Shaun Murphy is back in the tournament that provided him with
:01:14. > :01:19.his last major title in 2008. He is one of four former champion still
:01:19. > :01:22.left in this year's williamhill.com championship. It is his match
:01:22. > :01:27.against Graeme Dott that is our first port of call. This promised
:01:27. > :01:34.to be a tough match for Murphy but he made a great start, winning
:01:34. > :01:42.three of the first four frames as we join it in frame five.
:01:42. > :01:46.Commentators are John Virgo and Steve Davis.
:01:46. > :01:49.Your worst fear when you play that shot. You think the only bed you
:01:49. > :01:59.can possibly leave is the one you are playing. When you get the
:01:59. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:17.double-kiss, as he did it, that is That could have worked out better.
:02:17. > :02:27.He will have to play the green now. Got to find a target here. It is
:02:27. > :02:40.
:02:41. > :02:45.Just a little bit short of where he wants to be. Straight on the red,
:02:45. > :02:55.he would have had the option to run through on the black. Now he is
:02:55. > :02:59.
:02:59. > :03:07.Just about on the pink but not that advertising. Great cue power there
:03:07. > :03:17.from Shaun Murphy. Just had enough to get free of those reds and then
:03:17. > :03:33.
:03:33. > :03:40.put the pink towards the green But was not as risky as it looked.
:03:40. > :03:47.Right in the heart. -- that was not. A very good shot. Particularly when
:03:47. > :03:55.you are striking down, as he was. Right in the heart of the pocket,
:03:55. > :04:05.as you say. I think he thought he was on this red in the corner. Is
:04:05. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:11.A little nudge on the red to the right of it. He is asking for the
:04:11. > :04:21.pink to be respotted. Perfectly within his rights. He thought he
:04:21. > :04:27.
:04:28. > :04:34.could get to this red a bit more There are loads of positions that
:04:34. > :04:40.are on the spot, on to there? remember many, many years ago, with
:04:40. > :04:46.another referee who is no longer with us, as is the player I am
:04:46. > :04:50.going to refer to, Alex Higgins. He could just get through and leave
:04:50. > :04:55.himself on the pink and Alex Higgins asked if he could respot. I
:04:55. > :05:05.think it was a pink, funnily enough. The referee said no and walked away.
:05:05. > :05:21.
:05:21. > :05:25.It is an interesting situation. You ask the referee to respot if you do
:05:25. > :05:29.not think it was put on the spot properly. The referee could say he
:05:29. > :05:33.thought it was but you could then ask for him to cleaned the ball
:05:33. > :05:41.because there is to stun it. The same thing. You could get round it
:05:41. > :05:49.that way, couldn't you? He got a kick there. He came low on the pink.
:05:49. > :05:59.That is no good. -- on the pink. he was a bit straight on the pink...
:05:59. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:12.Well, you can see the hop, skip and jump. If he had been straighter, he
:06:12. > :06:16.
:06:16. > :06:26.could. He was able to manoeuvre the Can he hold for the pink into the
:06:26. > :06:29.left middle? If not, he has a problem he played that well. I did
:06:29. > :06:39.not think that was on to play it like that but he cued it
:06:39. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :07:01.He should be able to maintain position on the pink and perhaps
:07:01. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:07.even disturb a few reds. More than a few! That is fantastic. If he had
:07:07. > :07:12.got the right side of the blue, it would have been even better. Just
:07:12. > :07:17.crumbled through. He will have a longer pot and he would have wanted.
:07:17. > :07:27.There you would not bet against him getting this. It is the type of
:07:27. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:58.No reason to suspect he will not win the frame because he has done
:07:58. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:09.Nothing Graeme Dott can do. He got the double-kiss and maybe did not
:08:09. > :08:19.think it was going to cost him the frame. But it could well have done.
:08:19. > :08:19.
:08:19. > :09:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:09:11. > :09:15.That puts him 67 points in front, with just 59 remaining. Nicely on
:09:15. > :09:25.the black. I don't think Graeme Dott will be getting back to the
:09:25. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:53.There is a possibility of bettering the highest break, which at the
:09:53. > :10:03.moment is joined the hunt at 131 by Marco Fu and Stephen Maguire. --
:10:03. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:19.I do not the 131 will be the highest break at the end of the
:10:19. > :10:23.week. -- do not think. He has a chance to equal it. Not any more.
:10:23. > :10:28.It is a long time since a 131 has won the highest break of the
:10:28. > :10:36.tournament. Power Snooker from Shaun Murphy here, though. The
:10:36. > :10:46.important first frame after the break. Any hope that Graeme Dott
:10:46. > :11:10.
:11:10. > :11:18.had that he could get back into the Missed the time, had to use the
:11:18. > :11:28.pink. He has played some very good positional shots. Now just a little
:11:28. > :11:56.
:11:56. > :12:00.Excellent! Just one bit of bad luck for Graeme Dott when he played a
:12:00. > :12:05.part, got the double-kiss, left the red on and Shaun Murphy did the
:12:05. > :12:13.business. Tremendous break of 130, one shy of the highest but he will
:12:13. > :12:19.not be too bothered. He now leads four frames to one.
:12:19. > :12:24.STUDIO: Graeme Dott and said that to win the next frame to stop but
:12:24. > :12:28.Shaun Murphy won the next to lead 5-2. The world number four closed
:12:28. > :12:31.out the match in frame eight, thanks primarily to a break of 57,
:12:32. > :12:37.and ensured he is through to the last date of the UK Championship
:12:37. > :12:40.for the 5th time in the last six years. Graeme Dott Exits the
:12:40. > :12:45.tournament for the third successive year in round two. But it seems
:12:45. > :12:54.that Murphy, who turned 30 this year, is currently in a rich vein
:12:54. > :12:59.of form and will now play either Mark King or Luca Brecel.
:12:59. > :13:03.I have never seen anyone have so much bad luck in such short match.
:13:04. > :13:09.I thought Graham was really unlucky. Every time he came to the table,
:13:10. > :13:13.something terrible seem to happen. A bad bout, a bad kiss, about split,
:13:13. > :13:17.and I think that was the determining factor tonight. On
:13:17. > :13:21.another night, it would have been a lot closer. It is a big event this,
:13:21. > :13:24.our second biggest tournament, and comes just before Christmas.
:13:24. > :13:27.Everyone is looking to finish their year off nicely and have a great
:13:27. > :13:33.Christmas holiday so too have come here and done all right and got to
:13:33. > :13:37.the quarters, half way, is good but there is a lot left to go and I'm
:13:37. > :13:41.keen to push on. So, Shaun Murphy is through to the latter stages of
:13:41. > :13:44.a major tournament once again. Let's see who else has joined him
:13:44. > :13:49.in the quarter-finals from this afternoon's matches.
:13:49. > :13:59.Mark Joyce produced the shock of the tournament to defeat defending
:13:59. > :14:00.
:14:00. > :14:03.champion Judd Trump but could not repeated against Ali Carter. I have
:14:03. > :14:07.not played anywhere near my best stuff but I am in the quarter-
:14:07. > :14:10.finals. Today was a potential banana skin, really, but I felt
:14:10. > :14:16.under pressure. It was a match I was there to win because I lost him
:14:16. > :14:21.a couple of years ago. I was not very well then. But he is a good
:14:21. > :14:24.player and has beaten Judd Trump in a big tournament so all credit to
:14:24. > :14:28.him. But I think today, I just showed my experience and I am
:14:28. > :14:31.pleased to get through. Joining Carter in the quarter-finals is
:14:31. > :14:37.Welshman Matthew Stevens, he came through a tough match against Marco
:14:37. > :14:44.Fu, winning 6-4. It is the first time since 2003 that he has made it
:14:44. > :14:47.to the last eight, when he went all the way to being the brown champion.
:14:47. > :14:51.If you win a couple of big matches, you are feeling good for the rest
:14:51. > :14:53.of the tournament. I have got either John Higgins or Mark Davis
:14:53. > :14:57.so I am just pleased to be in the quarter-final and looking forward
:14:57. > :15:00.to the next match. So we have news on one more match to bring you and
:15:00. > :15:06.that features one of the most improved snooker players of recent
:15:06. > :15:16.seasons. He is now established among the world's top 16 for stop
:15:16. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:25.Give me a cue and a table, I will play anywhere. Playing a lot of
:15:25. > :15:35.tournaments. It is about 30 now this season. It is tiring. There is
:15:35. > :15:38.
:15:38. > :15:41.a lot of travelling, jet lag, but It just seems like I am literally
:15:41. > :15:45.getting home one day, packing, doing my washing and ironing,
:15:45. > :15:50.packing again and then off I go. I came back from China a couple of
:15:50. > :15:54.weeks ago on a Sunday morning. Monday afternoon, I was going to
:15:54. > :15:58.Gloucester to play in one of the PTCs. That is the way it goes.
:15:58. > :16:01.People look forward to going home to the hotel but it is a bit of a
:16:01. > :16:08.ball sometimes. But at the end of the day, we are there to play
:16:08. > :16:12.snooker and that is the job. I am so my son grow up and my
:16:12. > :16:16.stepdaughter, missing my fiancee and my mum and dad and my friends.
:16:16. > :16:21.But we keep in touch through Facebook, Twitter and places like
:16:21. > :16:26.that. But it is hard. You get very lonely sometimes and it can get a
:16:26. > :16:32.bit boring but that is part of life. That is part of my job and I have
:16:32. > :16:37.got to do it. To win that first tournament is a major breakthrough
:16:37. > :16:42.and from then, I have gone strength to strength. You cannot go any
:16:42. > :16:46.further than Australia and it is an unbelievable feeling to beat the
:16:46. > :16:52.world number-one and to time Mark Williams in the final. It gave me
:16:52. > :16:57.the self belief that I needed. It would be great to get to the final
:16:57. > :17:01.in the UK and lift that trophy. I was watching it on TV and they
:17:01. > :17:07.showed you the trophy and I said to one of my mates, "that would be
:17:07. > :17:10.lovely in my front room and angry. Stuart Bingham was up against 2000
:17:10. > :17:16.of for UK champion Stephen Maguire and this proved to be a high
:17:17. > :17:23.quality encounter. There was little to choose between them, with Stuart
:17:23. > :17:33.Bingham holding a 3-2 advantage. Commentary comes from Willie Thorne
:17:33. > :17:38.
:17:38. > :17:44.DENNIS TAYLOR: I think he pushed that, you know. He turned around to
:17:44. > :17:48.the referee and said it was a push. That is why we are so proud in our
:17:48. > :17:58.game. A player called a foul. You know yourself that you have pushed
:17:58. > :18:09.
:18:09. > :18:17.it. He is not safe in the frame. He can't believe that. There was only
:18:17. > :18:20.that right hand red on Lee cushion that is a problem. He will be
:18:20. > :18:30.thinking that three more reds and three more cushions will be enough
:18:30. > :18:30.
:18:30. > :19:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:19:16. > :19:23.to play for the green. That is the This two reds are available into
:19:23. > :19:30.the left corner pocket. This could be a big turning point in this
:19:30. > :19:40.match. First to six. Stephen Maguire looked almost certain to be
:19:40. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:55.But he immediately declared that push shot. It was one that was
:19:55. > :20:00.debatable but he knew himself that he had pushed it. It is where the
:20:00. > :20:10.tip, the cue ball and the object ball are all in contact at the same
:20:10. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:25.Not the best. I don't know if he can pot the pink and hope for the
:20:25. > :20:35.two reds. He wanted to be a bit further across the table to make it
:20:35. > :20:40.
:20:40. > :20:50.comfortable for himself. There may He is thinking about that red that
:20:50. > :20:52.
:20:53. > :20:56.I don't know if he can pot the pink and go up past the green and maybe
:20:56. > :21:00.move the red on the way back down because if he misses that red, he
:21:00. > :21:05.will get on to the two reds. But how close to the green would he
:21:05. > :21:12.have to do with the cue ball? Can he just screw straighter over on to
:21:12. > :21:20.the difficult red? He could hold it. That was about the best he could do
:21:20. > :21:30.there. He has been playing catch-up asked four or five pots. He has
:21:30. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:46.never been perfect on any of the He has got on the pink nicely. He
:21:46. > :21:56.was not guaranteed to do that. It will be tough to get on the green
:21:56. > :21:59.
:21:59. > :22:05.If he does not play for the green, it is going to be very difficult to
:22:05. > :22:08.move that red from one of the high value colours. He has got a bit of
:22:09. > :22:18.an angle here. Would you risk going in between the blue and pink for
:22:19. > :22:30.
:22:30. > :22:40.He took the risk and played it absolutely perfectly. Maybe it has
:22:40. > :22:49.
:22:49. > :22:59.come up just a little bit short for I think that goes past the yellow.
:22:59. > :23:09.
:23:09. > :23:13.That was the key shot. It really was a wonderful shot on the last
:23:13. > :23:19.put one red to get into the green with a chance of moving that last
:23:19. > :23:22.red out. That was the key shot, wasn't it? It certainly was because
:23:22. > :23:32.to get between the green and the blue and leave the gap, that was
:23:32. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:53.the best shot of the match so far. Stuart is returning the compliment.
:23:53. > :24:03.In frame three, he started with 52. This time, the choir started with
:24:03. > :24:11.
:24:11. > :24:21.60. Can Bingham clear it to win? -- What a time for Maguire to have
:24:21. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:31.played a push shot! This has been a Let's first of all congratulate
:24:31. > :24:35.Maguire on being a true gentleman and admitting the push shot and
:24:35. > :24:40.then second be, let's congratulate Stuart Bingham for clearing to go
:24:40. > :24:45.4-2 in front. Who knows how costly that foul by
:24:45. > :24:49.Stephen Maguire will be in the long run? As it is, he is two frames
:24:49. > :24:59.down as we rejoin the action in frame seven, Maguire in the table
:24:59. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:21.This puts him 12 and front, so two red and two high value colours two
:25:21. > :25:22.
:25:22. > :25:32.he can probably do it with two You always have to keep one eye on
:25:32. > :25:32.
:25:32. > :26:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:26:20. > :26:24.the scoreboard when you are playing. 18 ahead. Sometimes you look at the
:26:24. > :26:32.scoreboard and can't quite added up because you are thinking about so
:26:32. > :26:36.many things. B&B added it up. But he does not need the green. Heath
:26:36. > :26:40.flew off the cushion and he could have played for pink but blue or
:26:40. > :26:50.pink and the yellow would have secured the frame. He has left
:26:50. > :26:50.
:26:50. > :27:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:27:30. > :27:37.Amazing! Absolutely amazing! He is He had to take the blue there. If
:27:37. > :27:43.Stuart doubles this green, he might Nick another frame. Stephen Maguire
:27:43. > :27:47.had a break of 60 in the previous frame with a push shot. Stuart
:27:47. > :27:57.Bingham cleared up to 63 and now if this double goes in, he might pinch
:27:57. > :28:17.
:28:17. > :28:24.At least he has not left the green. He has not hit this. He has quit on
:28:24. > :28:34.the shot. He has not stuck the green up but he did not push the
:28:34. > :28:40.
:28:40. > :28:45.That was a terrific shot. He brought the black into play and has
:28:45. > :28:48.put the green safe - and look where he has put the cue ball! Even
:28:48. > :28:58.Stephen Maguire attacked the table there. That is a fabulous shot that
:28:58. > :29:13.
:29:13. > :29:16.he has just played there. All of a That was unbelievable. Probably the
:29:16. > :29:26.shot of the tournament there, what's to would be understood. It
:29:26. > :29:35.
:29:35. > :29:45.really was fantastic. -- what This will be an unbelievable steel
:29:45. > :29:49.
:29:49. > :29:59.It could quite easily have been 4-3 the other way to Stephen Maguire,
:29:59. > :30:09.
:30:09. > :30:12.and every chance now that he could Two ways of playing this - plain
:30:12. > :30:17.ball and miss the pocket on the left. That is the more
:30:17. > :30:20.straightforward way, rather than trying to stun it around the angles.
:30:20. > :30:30.Just make sure you don't go near the middle pocket, or not too close
:30:30. > :30:33.
:30:33. > :30:43.He swung it around and he has gone too hard. That was a little bit of
:30:43. > :30:50.
:30:50. > :30:54.an edgy one from Stuart Bingham. A That is what he was worried about.
:30:54. > :30:59.All he could see in his eyes was the middle pocket so he tried to
:30:59. > :31:03.get enough with an side on, but he overhit it so badly. Having played
:31:03. > :31:10.one of the best shots of the tournament so far, he has played
:31:10. > :31:13.almost the worst positional shot. Now, he is looking at the safety
:31:13. > :31:23.shot, rather than trying to pot the pink to the middle and leave a
:31:23. > :31:28.
:31:28. > :31:34.The safety shot, he has played, and it looks to be a good one, although
:31:34. > :31:40.not quite, the pink is on. You have got to keep the object ball safe
:31:40. > :31:50.when you're playing that type of pot. He will have to be careful
:31:50. > :31:58.
:31:58. > :32:02.with the cue ball, it is going to That is a super shot but it has to
:32:02. > :32:07.be said, Stuart Bingham should not have let him the chance. Stephen
:32:07. > :32:14.Maguire will be very well leaked. And he is just one behind, now, at
:32:14. > :32:19.4-3. 4-3 became 4-4 as Stephen Maguire took frame it with a break
:32:19. > :32:29.of 69, the 9th half-century of the match, so far, here is frame nine,
:32:29. > :32:35.
:32:36. > :32:43.Well played. Lovely shot. Needs to pull up a little bit otherwise he's
:32:43. > :32:52.going to be hampered on the black. Played with top-spin and a little
:32:52. > :33:02.touch of side. If that had pulled up six inches shorter, he could
:33:02. > :33:11.
:33:11. > :33:18.I don't know if he can reach over here with it the extension on his
:33:18. > :33:28.cue. He is of to get that, because the black is in the way when he
:33:28. > :33:28.
:33:28. > :34:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:34:24. > :34:34.That is a pretty good shot. This is a really good chance to take a want
:34:34. > :34:40.
:34:40. > :34:49.rain beat again. -- a one frame lead. Of course, he has got a
:34:49. > :34:54.terrific temperament as well, Stuart Bingham. He has quickly put
:34:54. > :35:04.out of his mind what has happened in the last couple of frames. That
:35:04. > :35:05.
:35:05. > :35:12.comes with experience. And I suppose, winning helps you in the
:35:12. > :35:22.sort of situation when the pressure's on. Having had previous
:35:22. > :35:52.
:35:52. > :35:55.success, that stands you in very That was a little careless, getting
:35:55. > :35:59.the red right over the middle and then he failed to get over the top
:35:59. > :36:05.of the blue. So after a bit of distance between cue ball and
:36:05. > :36:15.object ball in his next shot. He will certainly be a little bit
:36:15. > :36:39.
:36:39. > :36:49.Considering he didn't play particularly good shot match on the
:36:49. > :36:49.
:36:49. > :37:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 51 seconds
:37:50. > :37:56.previous red, that was an excellent He is taking his time, and I don't
:37:56. > :37:59.blame him. He is at a crucial part of the match a. He has the red to
:37:59. > :38:06.the middle pocket as a little bit of insurance, at the cannon doesn't
:38:06. > :38:11.quite work out. Which has come to his best you on this occasion,
:38:11. > :38:19.because those six reds, he has used the cannon and not put any of them
:38:19. > :38:24.into a pottable position. He missed the one he played the cannon onto.
:38:24. > :38:32.He is OK, he has got a choice, this one to the right, or that one to
:38:32. > :38:42.the middle. This time he is straighter on the black so he might
:38:42. > :38:43.
:38:43. > :38:48.just pay the up a loose red. -- tidy up the loose red. He has
:38:48. > :38:52.overscrewed that, somewhat. His plan of attack would have been to
:38:52. > :38:58.drop this red into the middle pocket than cannon into the pink
:38:58. > :39:08.and red. If he has got a slight angle, he might be able to one to
:39:08. > :39:14.
:39:14. > :39:19.run and do that. -- to run through and do that. It is make your mind
:39:19. > :39:26.up time. Does he go full-blooded into them? That would develop the
:39:26. > :39:33.one to the left, and make the one to the back of the bunch available.
:39:33. > :39:39.He went into the wrong side of the reds, there. This might still past
:39:39. > :39:49.the black. He did definitely not want to come on that side of the
:39:49. > :40:00.
:40:00. > :40:05.As you can see, there has just the slightest gap, there, but I don't
:40:05. > :40:09.know whether he is playing the pot, he has done, and what a good pot it
:40:09. > :40:19.was. He had got himself in trouble there, on the wrong side the bunch,
:40:19. > :40:20.
:40:20. > :40:30.but it looks like he has got away with it. If he gets on that red, it
:40:30. > :40:37.
:40:37. > :40:42.He is showing a lot of class, here. Lost the last two frames, and some
:40:42. > :40:52.players might start to panic slightly, but not Stuart Bingham.
:40:52. > :41:00.
:41:00. > :41:06.He is so full of confidence. One of Just 59 remaining, 60 in front,
:41:06. > :41:16.with the black to come, so, no heroics, just pot the black and
:41:16. > :41:26.
:41:26. > :41:36.A quick glance round at the scoreboard. This red will make
:41:36. > :41:46.
:41:46. > :41:55.These high standards continue. Only one frame where that has not been a
:41:55. > :42:05.break of 50, or a Bob. He has made 23 century breaks last season and
:42:05. > :42:07.
:42:07. > :42:10.20 p centuries this season. -- 50, or above. At the Bluebell
:42:11. > :42:20.Children's Hospice in Sheffield will be hoping he gets another
:42:21. > :42:27.
:42:27. > :42:32.century here - that will be another This is fabulous. He was asked the
:42:32. > :42:36.question. He was put under pressure by Stephen Maguire with his 69 the
:42:36. > :42:44.previous frame, and this is the stuff of champions, to come back
:42:44. > :42:50.like this. I thought that Stephen Maguire had become favourite, but
:42:50. > :43:00.now, Stuart Bingham is back favourite. It is anyone's match,
:43:00. > :43:14.
:43:14. > :43:24.but it is nice to have that one- Terrific break-builder, he has made
:43:24. > :43:28.
:43:28. > :43:38.185 centuries, three maximum breaks And there is another century for
:43:38. > :43:52.
:43:52. > :43:58.It has been a superb it worked, this, it will be has, and the
:43:58. > :44:02.standard continues in this terrific match. That was a superb break of
:44:02. > :44:08.one other than 20, and Stuart Bingham gets himself back into the
:44:08. > :44:13.lead by four, he only needs one more to get into the quarter final.
:44:13. > :44:18.Stuart Bingham just one frame away from what would only be is there
:44:18. > :44:24.appearance in the last autumn back of this tournament, so can Stephen
:44:24. > :44:33.Maguire effect a late comeback? He's at the table, trailing by 60
:44:33. > :44:43.points, and he needs something very special. That was a big shot. That
:44:43. > :44:44.
:44:44. > :44:50.was a tough shot. It certainly could have been his last shot. The
:44:50. > :44:55.black could be frame ball and match ball. On reflection what we have
:44:55. > :45:00.seen so far this evening, Stuart has definitely been the better of
:45:00. > :45:10.the two players. He has controlled a many of the frames and there have
:45:10. > :45:14.
:45:14. > :45:19.been only a couple of Mrs -- of misses. He has showed great
:45:19. > :45:24.strength and his temperament. He could have led, by 5 and do, and he
:45:24. > :45:34.let that slip away, but, if anything, he has played even better
:45:34. > :46:03.
:46:03. > :46:07.Superb stuff. Stephen Maguire won this UK championship back in 2004,
:46:07. > :46:12.you look after his first round when he made three and second of
:46:12. > :46:22.centuries that he was going to be the man to beat, but he has come up
:46:22. > :46:22.
:46:22. > :46:29.against a man at the top of his At the moment, Stuart Bingham just
:46:29. > :46:39.loves the game more snooker. He loves knocking balls in. -- the
:46:39. > :46:44.
:46:44. > :46:53.It is all so easy now. Fuming so good inside. What a way to clinch
:46:53. > :47:02.the match -- feeling so good inside. He has scored 230 points without
:47:02. > :47:12.reply - that is just awesome snooker. He is differently one of
:47:12. > :47:24.
:47:24. > :47:29.the players to beat this year, on A little exhibition shot, pot the
:47:29. > :47:36.pink all the way around the table, well, he is not going to pot the
:47:36. > :47:40.black, what a way to finish, it was 4-4, then Stuart Bingham made the
:47:40. > :47:50.break of 120, then 60, then for the poor, to put himself into the
:47:50. > :47:56.
:47:56. > :48:01.quarter-finals. He goes out a All these are, a few bad shots, but
:48:01. > :48:06.I played pretty solidly in the end. Steve Maguire has a tough opponent
:48:06. > :48:12.to play. It is unbelievable the standard of play just now. Either I
:48:12. > :48:17.am getting worse, or everybody is just getting better. It seems to be
:48:17. > :48:23.whenever you miss, whether you and 50, 60, 70, you are losing the
:48:23. > :48:28.frame. It is not just the top 16 players, it is a very one on the
:48:28. > :48:33.main tour, basically. But the thing is coming through, really good, I
:48:33. > :48:41.am coming through matches. Hopefully it will continue for the
:48:41. > :48:45.rest of the week. We are halfway through the last 16 of this year's
:48:45. > :48:48.williamhill.com UK Championship and that is all bubbling up nicely. On
:48:48. > :48:55.snooker extra tonight you can see more of the match between Ali