:00:42. > :00:47.Each opponent you play throws up different kind of styles but you
:00:48. > :00:51.need to be involved in games until your game comes together. You have
:00:52. > :00:58.to be patient and hopefully it comes when you need it. I've knuckled down
:00:59. > :01:04.and started practising hard. I would like to win a ranking event before I
:01:05. > :01:08.finish, you know? I need to find my consistency. I know I can win one
:01:09. > :01:13.it's just trying to do it for all the tournament instead of three or
:01:14. > :01:20.four matches. He's one of them players, he is established top 30,
:01:21. > :01:23.top 16 player now. You are always in for a tough match.
:01:24. > :01:27.Good evening from York. Ronnie O'Sullivan is a four-time winner of
:01:28. > :01:34.this WilliamHill.com uk championship but he is chasing 6-1 by Steve
:01:35. > :01:39.Davis, the Nugget, who has not been with us over the last week he has
:01:40. > :01:44.been sweating out in the Australian jungle. This evening, he was voting
:01:45. > :01:49.-- voted out. We hope you will be here for the final on Sunday but I
:01:50. > :01:55.doubt it. The grub is a lot better in Yorkshire, I can tell you. Ronnie
:01:56. > :01:58.O'Sullivan has been hoovering up snooker titles over the last
:01:59. > :02:05.decades. Robert Milkins has been waiting 18 years to land his first.
:02:06. > :02:10.And he is getting much closer. A couple of major semifinals already
:02:11. > :02:18.this year, and the man whose walk on music is I Am A Cider Drinker is up
:02:19. > :02:21.to 14th. These men are playing for a place in the quarterfinals tomorrow.
:02:22. > :02:26.Ronnie O'Sullivan took the first frame and we pick them up early in
:02:27. > :02:27.the second. The best of 11. Dennis Taylor and Stephen Hendry have
:02:28. > :03:18.teamed up to to talk this through. This is where he has improved quite
:03:19. > :03:29.a lot, Robert Milkins. Safety and tactical game.
:03:30. > :03:36.But he is up against one of the best tactical players in the game. Ronnie
:03:37. > :03:49.O'Sullivan, when he wants to, he has got a superb safety game.
:03:50. > :04:02.Ronnie tapping the table, there is another cracker.
:04:03. > :04:11.Cat and mouse at the moment, who was going to make the first mistake?
:04:12. > :04:20.This is a half chance. He's usually very good at these, Robert.
:04:21. > :04:49.First chance again with some very good tactical play. Let's see how
:04:50. > :04:55.many he can manage this time. The black is available into the left
:04:56. > :04:57.corner pocket. I'm not sure if he has got an angle to screw over to
:04:58. > :05:19.the black. You would hope he has learnt from
:05:20. > :05:52.the first frame when he didn't pop that easy black.
:05:53. > :05:57.Robert is one of the players, his bridge hand is quite away from the
:05:58. > :06:04.cue ball. Peter Ebdon is another player who
:06:05. > :06:28.does that. They all looked to be portable, and
:06:29. > :06:41.this time he had the angle. And now he has got himself on the back.
:06:42. > :06:46.After every single shot, the professionals will always talk the
:06:47. > :07:15.cue. He hasn't in about three shots. He has left himself very awkward.
:07:16. > :07:24.But that is a good recovery. I'd never noticed that about him,
:07:25. > :07:31.chalking the cue. That was four shots he didn't chalk his cue.
:07:32. > :07:53.When he gets going, he is good to watch.
:07:54. > :08:29.The pottable reds are getting very difficult now.
:08:30. > :08:41.That's finished in the worst possible place. He cannot take that
:08:42. > :08:45.pot on now to the corner. You will need to the extended spider. Another
:08:46. > :08:52.five or six inches across the table, it would have been perfect.
:08:53. > :09:15.That was difficult because he was fairly close to the red. He hasn't
:09:16. > :09:23.done it again, has he? Missed the black in the other pocket, and now
:09:24. > :09:36.he has missed the pink! I don't think it kicked.
:09:37. > :09:41.If he gets the cannon on these two reds, he can open the game up with
:09:42. > :10:29.one shot. That is the difference between
:10:30. > :10:31.Ronnie O'Sullivan and a few of the other players, he took the chance
:10:32. > :10:39.straightaway to bring it into play. What a body blow this would be to
:10:40. > :10:52.Robert. When Ronnie came to the table, he
:10:53. > :11:21.didn't look like he would pinch the frame. But he is favourite now.
:11:22. > :11:29.He'd like to get as close to the yellow as possible. He made that
:11:30. > :12:22.look so easy! What a brilliant shot. Just the one mistake in each frame.
:12:23. > :13:01.And it is costing him both frames. This time he is going to pot the
:13:02. > :13:06.black. Robert Milkins hadn't earlier chance but it was that easy pink
:13:07. > :13:12.that he missed to the left middle pocket that cost. Ronnie O'Sullivan,
:13:13. > :13:18.he dishes up and he now leads 2-0. He kept on dishing up. He was in no
:13:19. > :13:25.mood to hang around. The world champion rattled in breaks of 93, 58
:13:26. > :13:30.and 67 to take the five - zero lead within an hour. He looked in
:13:31. > :13:35.blistering form. He needs just one more frame to win on that even of
:13:36. > :14:58.his 35th birthday. You would have Ronnie win the match
:14:59. > :15:12.at this visit. It's one of those matches where
:15:13. > :15:14.Robert feel he hasn't been involved. You can't remember much about it,
:15:15. > :15:29.it's all going to be over soon. Especially after knocking out the
:15:30. > :15:34.former UK champion, Matthew Stevens, Robert will be Dott just look at the
:15:35. > :15:38.difference there. He was looking forward to this match, Robert. You
:15:39. > :15:42.would have got himself psyched up and thought he had a great chance
:15:43. > :16:01.against Ronnie O'Sullivan. And it just hasn't happened.
:16:02. > :16:04.He is shaking his head, he's probably thinking about those two
:16:05. > :16:25.mistakes. There is still read at the back of
:16:26. > :16:33.the that is available. -- there is still a red. He's got one above the
:16:34. > :16:51.bunch of reds and one at the back that will go.
:16:52. > :16:58.He just developed one there, but there might be a few more in play
:16:59. > :17:03.after this shot. He has pleaded for the loose red maybe he will head up
:17:04. > :17:21.for the blue before going into the bunch.
:17:22. > :17:30.He went through a spell, Ronnie, when he was working with Ray Reardon
:17:31. > :17:35.where he just tried to knock one or two reds out, because of the way
:17:36. > :17:36.that Ray has played. But the cloth sidelight, the balls-mac spread
:17:37. > :19:15.easier. -- the cloth is our lighter. The brown was awkward, this pot
:19:16. > :19:24.should have been so difficult. He hit it in the heart of the pocket.
:19:25. > :19:31.Never taken his foot off the pedal, has he? Some snooker players lose
:19:32. > :19:40.their concentration. He looks as focused as he was dishing up the
:19:41. > :19:51.first frame. They've played each other on two occasions. It was 5-1
:19:52. > :19:57.in the 2003 Grand Prix. Nobody likes to see a whitewash, but that is
:19:58. > :20:01.clearly what is going to happen. Robert Milkins, he has run into a
:20:02. > :20:10.Ronnie O'Sullivan at the top of his game. We have had everything here.
:20:11. > :20:13.Only a century break. It has all been done pretty rapidly as well.
:20:14. > :21:46.One hour and seven minutes. This sends the warning.
:21:47. > :21:51.two frames, he missed two easy balls mac, he never got a chance after.
:21:52. > :21:56.Ronnie O'Sullivan runs out, a very comfortable winner in the end. It is
:21:57. > :22:02.a whitewash, 6-0 to the Rocket. I'm pleased to have got through that
:22:03. > :22:08.much. I didn't think I would. I'm pleased I got through. Ronnie has
:22:09. > :22:13.that thing about him where you can't do too much wrong, but he has
:22:14. > :22:19.tomorrow lies to you. After that, it was an uphill struggle. It's nice to
:22:20. > :22:23.be doing something on my birthday. I've got a couple of friends down
:22:24. > :22:27.here, so they will probably bring me a birthday card in the morning, sing
:22:28. > :22:33.happy birthday to me. Ronnie will face the 10th seed here,
:22:34. > :22:37.Stuart Bingham. He enjoyed a 6-1 win over David Morris. A great
:22:38. > :22:43.performance from the qualifying school graduate to get past the last
:22:44. > :22:47.extreme. Mark Selby came through 6-2 against former world champion Graeme
:22:48. > :22:53.Dott who had been in research and form recently. Selby's top break was
:22:54. > :22:58.73 and he knocked in 450 plus contributions in total. Graeme Dott
:22:59. > :23:06.not pass the last 16 for fully seven years now. Judd Trump and Northern
:23:07. > :23:10.Ireland's Mark Allen played. These two players produced in Berlin final
:23:11. > :23:16.couple of years in which Trump prevailed playing his Regent brand
:23:17. > :23:21.of what he calls naughty snooker. He looked unstoppable for a time
:23:22. > :23:26.earlier on in this match. But Allen, who had appeared out of
:23:27. > :23:30.sorts, somehow hung in and clawed his way back to this point, for
:23:31. > :23:39.frames appease. We will join them in the ninth. -- four frames at peace.
:23:40. > :23:51.We've seen everything in this match. Good, bad, indifferent. And they
:23:52. > :23:55.hugged. And that Frank had the feel of a decider. We've still got that
:23:56. > :24:05.to come, the kind of match it has been, it could literally go down to
:24:06. > :24:11.the last few pots. There was a little friendly exchange between
:24:12. > :24:19.them. They don't know what is going on here.
:24:20. > :24:23.It has been a very curious match. There have been some very good shots
:24:24. > :25:01.played. Like this one. The agony continues Alan Little. --
:25:02. > :25:25.the agony continues a little. I didn't think he would hold it for
:25:26. > :25:54.that red. Judd keeps getting presented with
:25:55. > :27:23.chances. Same old story of playing slower and
:27:24. > :27:28.it would have dropped. I keep thinking this match will spring to
:27:29. > :27:30.life, but something happens and the players break down, just when they
:27:31. > :27:42.seem to be getting into their stride.
:27:43. > :27:50.It is an important game. One of the biggest tournaments the game has to
:27:51. > :28:22.offer. It is easy to lose sight of that.
:28:23. > :28:48.He deserves to be on one of them, he hit it well. Look at this. I think
:28:49. > :28:56.he can play the swerve and get on the black. I don't know if he would
:28:57. > :28:58.fancy it, the way things are going. He could not have hit the pack
:28:59. > :29:15.better than that. He will have two play it. If the
:29:16. > :29:20.black was nearer the cue ball he could get the swerve in early but
:29:21. > :29:34.this is a slightly delayed swerve with that distance. He is limited.
:29:35. > :29:35.Good shot. With his cue action, the backswing, he can play those shots
:29:36. > :29:47.better than other players. He has a chance to take the lead for
:29:48. > :29:54.the first time in this match. That would be an unbelievable feat. As I
:29:55. > :29:59.have said, when he is pumped up, that is when he is a better player.
:30:00. > :30:02.I sense this is his moment to get fired into this match. And we will
:30:03. > :30:14.see the best of him. He has been known to be outspoken in
:30:15. > :30:19.the press conference, maybe the table is not to his liking today.
:30:20. > :30:26.It'll be interesting to see what his press conferences like. A lots of
:30:27. > :30:27.bounces off the cushion. The press gather round when he is in there,
:30:28. > :31:06.that's for sure! Just high enough to play the
:31:07. > :31:10.run-through. He is taking Beasley well so far. This is the first time
:31:11. > :31:20.in some time he has had the cue ball under control. -- taking these.
:31:21. > :31:35.Trump will be kicking himself. John Parrott said Mark Allen has
:31:36. > :31:49.gone in there. Getting ready for tomorrow.
:31:50. > :32:02.He missed judge to that one. Read and colour is what he needs. This
:32:03. > :32:12.might be a slight relief the red is taking him up the table. Lovely
:32:13. > :32:56.cueing. Much better. Any colour will do. Yellow makes it 31.
:32:57. > :33:12.Yes, all of a sudden we are seeing the reason why Mark Allen is such a
:33:13. > :33:17.good battle. He has raised his game. Judd Trump has stop -- stopped in
:33:18. > :33:24.his tracks. An excellent break under the circumstances. Judd Trump is
:33:25. > :33:30.behind to Allen. He has reeled off three in a row now. And he reeled
:33:31. > :33:35.off another one. What a turnaround. Mark Allen almost amused at how he
:33:36. > :33:43.managed to do it. It could have gone 5-2 up. The Northern Irishman
:33:44. > :33:49.complete a hat-trick this season over Judd Trump. He is three. I
:33:50. > :33:57.don't know how I have won the game. I was poor from start to finish. I
:33:58. > :34:02.was edgy and never recovered. I felt like I was the better player, I am
:34:03. > :34:08.disappointed. I had a few chances but he missed more balls than I did.
:34:09. > :34:19.For him to get the luck, I am disappointed. It has been a long
:34:20. > :34:24.time since I won from a fluke. It is part and parcel of the game. So,
:34:25. > :34:36.Mark Allen faces Ricky Walden who ended the stunning three titles in a
:34:37. > :34:40.row over the rocky. When your emotions are up and down and you
:34:41. > :34:54.have won and lost and a few frames over, up to an hour. It takes it out
:34:55. > :34:59.of you. It can be gruelling. It is time to have some practice time,
:35:00. > :35:06.private, to get back to the next tournament. You have to rest. He is
:35:07. > :35:14.a fantastic player and in form at the moment. The run will come to an
:35:15. > :35:18.end at some point. He will win more tournaments. He's an unbelievable
:35:19. > :35:23.player. One more piece of fourth round business today and it involved
:35:24. > :35:28.Neil Robertson against his great friend and practice partner the
:35:29. > :35:35.Englishman Joe Perry he credits much of his improved form this season to
:35:36. > :35:41.his practice sessions with Robertson and watching how he prepares. Neill
:35:42. > :35:48.said before the match I just have to go out and tried to demolish him.
:35:49. > :35:50.And he looked good going 3-1 up. The Australian 24 points ahead,
:35:51. > :36:49.commentary from our team. Good effort. The red has come across
:36:50. > :36:59.the jaws and left him a relatively easy starter. Four open breads.
:37:00. > :37:12.Without worrying about going into the pack. A chance of going further
:37:13. > :37:46.clear. He did not see that one coming.
:37:47. > :37:55.Both players have had problems with that red in that pocket. And a
:37:56. > :38:00.wonderful chance for Neill. I saw him at the end of the session and he
:38:01. > :38:09.said he thought there were three or four shots were getting a bad
:38:10. > :38:12.reaction, a bit surprised. He will keep his concentration and try to
:38:13. > :39:19.find a way through to the next round.
:39:20. > :39:27.Topside of the blue, slow blue into the pack. He hasn't gone high
:39:28. > :39:32.enough. He wanted to be higher than that. He doesn't want to have to
:39:33. > :39:50.take that red this time. It is amazing he didn't make it
:39:51. > :39:54.there, the topside of the blue. Everything was set up, the back-up
:39:55. > :40:07.red over the pocket. He has done pretty well. He got one
:40:08. > :40:15.red out. The red over the pockets coming into play.
:40:16. > :40:24.He might leave the red over the pocket again, and then the right
:40:25. > :40:58.angle on the black to go into them again.
:40:59. > :41:34.That is the split. He hasn't got an angle on the black to go into
:41:35. > :41:48.That is the split. He hasn't got an easy read. -- red. Asking for the
:41:49. > :42:18.cue ball to be cleaned. He is worried about getting a bad contact.
:42:19. > :43:11.In between brown and green and screw round the cushions and on all four
:43:12. > :43:24.reds. He can concentrate on another
:43:25. > :44:03.century. His first this evening but his 53rd of the season.
:44:04. > :44:20.He missed a red to the right corner. In general he scored well in
:44:21. > :44:24.this match. He has not played at his absolute best. He could have made
:44:25. > :44:44.100s in the first and second frame. I don't think he has a good angle
:44:45. > :44:50.for the red. It is an acute angle. A good shot now. He is looking at it.
:44:51. > :44:57.There isn't much of a pocket. Oh, yes, very nice.
:44:58. > :45:53.APPLAUSE A nice angle on the blue to get to
:45:54. > :46:10.the pink for the century. Very nice.
:46:11. > :46:28.APPLAUSE Lovely stuff. His first century of
:46:29. > :46:39.the evening. His 4-1 lead over Joe Perry. A century and another break
:46:40. > :46:46.and a 6-1 win in the end. His mum has flown in from Australia to watch
:46:47. > :46:51.him. The playing conditions were tough. I don't know if there was
:46:52. > :46:55.extra moisture. The balls were not making correct contact, there were
:46:56. > :47:01.kicks and bounces. It was a difficult match to make the breaks.
:47:02. > :47:06.It was a funny match. I think Neil missed more easy balls but when he
:47:07. > :47:10.missed one, he left the awkward or nasty or nothing at all. Every time
:47:11. > :47:19.I missed, I left one hanging over the pocket. I have not had to pull
:47:20. > :47:23.off as many pots this season because my break has improved with
:47:24. > :47:30.positional play. It's nice to know I pulled out some good shots. Yes,
:47:31. > :47:35.please to get through to the next round. So, 128 players began, now
:47:36. > :47:57.these remain. Memories of a terrific battle in the
:47:58. > :48:16.Airlie rounds from Sheffield. For all of the shocks and surprises
:48:17. > :48:23.and schedule, we have been left with a world champion, Ronnie O'Sullivan
:48:24. > :48:28.and the 125 in the world. Those numbers all adds up to some pretty
:48:29. > :48:37.high-quality quarterfinals tomorrow. It kicks off with Jason at BBC Two
:48:38. > :48:44.at TPM. I will Tkachev tomorrow at 7pm. We are past midnight tonight
:48:45. > :48:48.and that means it is time to say happy birthday, Ronnie. Have a good
:48:49. > :48:59.one and this is a place where he has had many happy returns. 20 years of
:49:00. > :49:00.good memories. Goodbye. Tonight belongs to the 17-year-old Ronnie
:49:01. > :49:06.O'Sullivan!