:00:38. > :00:41.Good evening. It has been a highly significant night for global News,
:00:42. > :00:42.with the sad passing of Nelson Mandela. He loved sport and he told
:00:43. > :00:43.us that with the sad passing of Nelson
:00:44. > :00:47.Mandela. He loved sport sport has the power to change the world. It
:00:48. > :00:52.has the power to inspire, the power to unite people in the way that
:00:53. > :00:57.little else does. It speaks to use in a language they understand. It
:00:58. > :01:00.can create hope where once there was only display. Mr Mandela loved sport
:01:01. > :01:07.and use of his passing which does during our evening session. When we
:01:08. > :01:12.were in the middle of our quarter-finals. Earlier, we had been
:01:13. > :01:16.watching these matches. Neil Robertson completing a conference of
:01:17. > :01:21.women over the world number five, Stephen Maguire. Ronnie O'Sullivan
:01:22. > :01:24.on his 35th birthday, down Stuart Bingham in uncharitable mood. Let's
:01:25. > :01:31.show you how both of those matches went.
:01:32. > :01:44.That is a good shot. He has cleared the table with a magnificent 131. He
:01:45. > :02:06.leads two frames to nil. Ronnie O'Sullivan will be much
:02:07. > :02:09.happier now. Good killing here. -- cueing. Lillian. Absolutely
:02:10. > :02:34.brilliant. He now leads for-1. This is tough.
:02:35. > :02:51.Brilliant. Look at that for a shot. What a shot. It is 4-3. He now leads
:02:52. > :03:06.five frames to three. There you see it. Now you do not. Well done to
:03:07. > :03:09.Stuart Bingham. 6-4. He has gotten better. Another brilliant
:03:10. > :03:15.tournament. He is having a good season again. Has got to the latter
:03:16. > :03:20.stages of most of the major in events. I congratulate him and wish
:03:21. > :03:25.and the best of luck. Whenever you get chances, you have to take him. I
:03:26. > :03:30.have played in three times in the last three weeks. He had chances to
:03:31. > :03:39.beat me every time. It is nice to get one on his birthday. There you
:03:40. > :04:06.go, right in the heart of the pocket. 4-0 is a fair scoreline, I
:04:07. > :04:14.think. Robertson, pretty pleased. He is through to the semifinals,
:04:15. > :04:20.comfortable in the end. 6-2. I felt for Stephen. He had some massive
:04:21. > :04:24.bounces off the cushion. To be completely out of position. It
:04:25. > :04:29.happened to me as well. I probably dealt with it an little bit better,
:04:30. > :04:34.was a bit solid on the day. That left us with two matches to play
:04:35. > :04:41.this evening. The top half of the draw looked like this. Judd Trump
:04:42. > :04:46.was knocked out. Two of the toughest players in the sport when head to
:04:47. > :04:47.head for a six time this year. Barry Hawkins facing our defending UK
:04:48. > :05:01.champion, Mark Selby. Obviously Mark Selby is so hard to
:05:02. > :05:06.play because he is so good at everything. He is a different class.
:05:07. > :05:11.He can score unbelievable as well once he gets going. It cannot get
:05:12. > :05:17.any tougher. I have beaten him a few times. Hopefully he will think the
:05:18. > :05:25.same. That he has a tough game with me. We have played each other
:05:26. > :05:30.recently in Shanghai. He won five - four. It was a great game. Hopefully
:05:31. > :05:37.it will be a good match. Whoever comes out on top, let the best man
:05:38. > :05:41.win. A big BBC event, to be in the thick of it again, confidence is
:05:42. > :05:46.getting high. I am in the quarter-finals, the business end of
:05:47. > :05:50.things. Anything can happen. To win it last year was fantastic. It would
:05:51. > :05:56.be nice to defend it this year. But there is a long way to go. Hawkins
:05:57. > :06:07.established a 2- one advantage early on and now they are ring frame four.
:06:08. > :06:15.A one for two. To match that of Stephen Maguire the other day. The
:06:16. > :06:20.high break of the tournament. He had a career change in run in April.
:06:21. > :06:25.Before that, his first big title in Australia. It looked like he had
:06:26. > :06:29.rediscovered some inspiration in York. Superb player from the world
:06:30. > :06:34.number eight. He took a 3-1 lead into the interval. Once they
:06:35. > :06:39.returned, Selby claimed two of the next three frames, to find him only
:06:40. > :06:46.one behind as we pick them up in frame eight. It is Hawkins to play,
:06:47. > :06:56.29 points adrift. He has got it. Absolutely perfect on
:06:57. > :07:27.the collar. This is a testy Black that he has got.
:07:28. > :07:39.Excellent pot. Could not have played it better. He needs a good angle on
:07:40. > :07:47.the black, to try and bring the two reds into play. If you get the cue
:07:48. > :08:01.ball somewhere. Somewhere around there. Not too bad. If he makes the
:08:02. > :08:17.connection to the red, closest to the cushion... Towards the corner
:08:18. > :08:22.pocket. Could have done it with a little more distance. Very close
:08:23. > :08:35.together. It makes it a bit more awkward, this shot.
:08:36. > :08:41.Also got to be careful when the cue ball comes off the top cushion, it
:08:42. > :09:02.does not hit -- hit the top of the cue. Well played. Excellent shot.
:09:03. > :09:09.Just wondering, will he leave a nice angle and pot the black? He has come
:09:10. > :09:14.around to look at the difficult read. He could leave a nice angle on
:09:15. > :09:20.putting the black. So that he can try to knock the other red off the
:09:21. > :09:25.site cushion. He has a lovely angle. He can play for the black, but he
:09:26. > :09:29.has a lovely angle to drop the red in, take the red of the site
:09:30. > :09:36.cushion. He will still be on the black if he wants. With being
:09:37. > :09:41.left-handed, he will like the red. Maybe if you were a right-handed
:09:42. > :09:46.player, of course... Eddie Charlton, the great Australian player, he used
:09:47. > :09:56.to say, never tried to bring a wet of a play into an other red. As it
:09:57. > :10:00.turns out, he was okayed. I think if he would have been right-handed, he
:10:01. > :10:07.would have thought twice about it. Bringing the rate out, but steady
:10:08. > :10:38.Eddy's argument, but he was. He hit that well. Just a little bit
:10:39. > :10:48.short. Had to be AB straight on the blue. -- a bit. He can take the blue
:10:49. > :10:59.and tried to come off the top cushion. As we have seen, they are
:11:00. > :11:07.hard to control. It is going to be back for yellow again. Well played.
:11:08. > :11:17.He is on the yellow again. Excellent shot.
:11:18. > :11:31.Mark Selby, sitting there. Watching the spores being ported. He had his
:11:32. > :11:42.chants. -- the ball is being potted. He will be feeling worse now. Barry
:11:43. > :11:52.Hawkins is just a couple of pots away from winning the frame. He will
:11:53. > :12:08.be one frame away from a place in the semi-final. So in it goes. He
:12:09. > :12:11.has a 17 point lead. He is on the pink. So they will be no return to
:12:12. > :12:20.the table for Mark Selby, the defending champion. The defending
:12:21. > :12:25.champion is in big trouble now. He had his chants in that frame and he
:12:26. > :12:32.did not take it. It is Barry Hawkins who goes for a comfort break.
:12:33. > :12:36.Comfortable at 5-3. Never discount the world number two,
:12:37. > :12:42.Mark Selby, who seems to specialise on turning on his best form when he
:12:43. > :12:48.is bearing squarely at defeat. He won a tight tactical ninth brain to
:12:49. > :12:50.go one behind. How book and is would love to close his quarter-final out.
:12:51. > :14:13.He is ten points behind. -- walkins. If that is a phone, can you make
:14:14. > :20:31.sure it is switched off, please? So often we have seen Mark Selby do
:20:32. > :20:37.this. He has forced a decider. It is all square. Can the defending
:20:38. > :20:38.champion see it through? We have a ready plate 22 minutes in this
:20:39. > :20:55.decider. -- already played. He took his eye off the pot. It is
:20:56. > :21:02.amazing what can be missed. It really is. When you are thinking
:21:03. > :21:22.about avoiding the raids, and trying to get position on the collar.
:21:23. > :21:35.It is just like a dagger in the heart, how have I taken my eyes off
:21:36. > :21:40.that pot? But everybody has done it. Just get out of the moment and just
:21:41. > :21:44.look at one shot ahead, if they get out of the one in front of you. How
:21:45. > :22:29.costly will it be? The last two World Championships...
:22:30. > :22:37.Barry Hawkins has beaten Mark Selby. In round one in 2012, in the second
:22:38. > :22:50.round in 2013. They say that revenge is sweet. Can Mark Selby lay to rest
:22:51. > :23:01.the ghost of crucibles past, so to speak was Jamaat --? He has got a
:23:02. > :23:08.perfect angle. He has looked at the two reds. If he wishes to go into
:23:09. > :23:16.the red and the black in the top cushion.
:23:17. > :23:27.For me, that was the wrong shot. He had to be so precise. Really should
:23:28. > :23:33.have taken the chance. Try to hit the red just above the black. But
:23:34. > :23:41.does not catch it properly. It could possibly go off the other red. Two
:23:42. > :23:45.reds into play. Where is that shot that he played, he had to be
:23:46. > :24:17.absolutely pinpoint. He has got a big bounce off the cushion.
:24:18. > :24:26.He has got a 21 point lead. Maybe that was in the back of his mind. He
:24:27. > :24:30.was trying to protect that as well. Just chip away at the reds and build
:24:31. > :24:35.up a substantial lead. But sometimes, as we have seen before,
:24:36. > :24:37.if you do not take the opportunity when it presented itself, it comes
:24:38. > :24:59.back to haunt you. Mark Selby, 18. Disappointing that
:25:00. > :25:04.he has not beaten the red. He has played safety. Out of the top
:25:05. > :25:44.drawer. This is a possibility. Again, he has
:25:45. > :25:51.to be so precise. Trying to hit the middle red off the tree. Is that
:25:52. > :25:57.enough? It looks very short. Foul and a miss. That is a huge miss
:25:58. > :26:17.calculation. The pace from Barry Hawkins.
:26:18. > :26:24.He will be disappointed not to have a better angle on the blue than
:26:25. > :26:31.this. If he had a nice angle on the blue, has Barry Hawkins missed his
:26:32. > :26:39.chants in this match? Maybe not just yet. Three of these reds are
:26:40. > :27:19.required. It will not be easy. Taking this blue on in the corner
:27:20. > :27:33.pocket. He will be 43 ahead with 43 left. Great shot.
:27:34. > :27:39.Red and blue will be 43 ahead with 43 remaining. Still some life left
:27:40. > :27:57.in this frame. Mark Selby will be in a commanding
:27:58. > :28:23.position. He really has battled hard, has Barry Hawkins.
:28:24. > :28:32.Well, there's only one thing is certain. He is going to run the blue
:28:33. > :28:40.in. He's just looking for which way to do it. No heroics. That means
:28:41. > :28:43.that Barry Hawkins can only tie. The one thing that Mark Selby will not
:28:44. > :28:50.want to do is to bring the black into play, if he can help it. I
:28:51. > :29:02.suppose there is an argument for playing the red. If he can play that
:29:03. > :29:16.without moving the black. As I say, he just does not want to bring the
:29:17. > :29:36.black interplay. -- into play. Three points in front. 43 remaining. Ten
:29:37. > :29:42.out of ten. There is no way that Barry Hawkins can play any type of
:29:43. > :30:03.pot on the red. If he does the red, he has to do the black.
:30:04. > :30:12.26. It was a tricky shot. And that could be big end of the match. He
:30:13. > :30:21.has left it on. He will be very disappointed. Barry Hawkins, when he
:30:22. > :30:31.was leading five-three, you thought it was his match. He has beaten Mark
:30:32. > :30:35.Selby the last few years, so he has the pedigree to beat him over the
:30:36. > :30:51.longer distances. But it's not over yet. What a mess that was! Not
:30:52. > :30:56.reaching the pocket... And if he can get on this black... I know it's
:30:57. > :31:12.going to be tough. But he has a slim chance. But it is slim. I wonder,
:31:13. > :31:16.can he get on the black? Was he tried to go for the blue and go for
:31:17. > :31:24.a snooker? He is playing for the blue. He need the cue ball to run.
:31:25. > :31:28.He does not want it to be straight. I would be very disappointed. He
:31:29. > :31:33.wanted to pot the blue, come down and get close enough to that read
:31:34. > :31:38.and not get somewhere near the pink and put the cue ball somewhere near
:31:39. > :31:58.the black. Well, he has got a chance. The other
:31:59. > :32:03.thing is that it might not leave the black in a safe position. Swing it
:32:04. > :32:10.around, trying to get the cue ball in behind the brown. It's not a mile
:32:11. > :32:21.away. And they traded snooker is for
:32:22. > :32:30.another 13 minutes as midnight approached. And here we are again,
:32:31. > :32:41.Barry Hawkins still giving chase. COMMENTATOR: Excellent shot from
:32:42. > :32:52.Barry Hawkins. You called it and he played it. This is not
:32:53. > :33:02.straightforward. It looks like the blue was on the way, coming across
:33:03. > :33:05.the table. Not quite sure... He does not want to do that because there is
:33:06. > :33:16.a possibility he might hit the black. If he does, Barry Hawkins
:33:17. > :33:21.Goodwin. -- Barry Hawkins could win. He has got to be very, very
:33:22. > :33:44.careful. This is very dangerous. That's a fantastic shot! Absolutely
:33:45. > :33:48.brilliant! And the secret of that was to play it slowly and it just
:33:49. > :33:55.gave time for that side to, that side spin that he put on, to take
:33:56. > :34:01.effect and grip the cloth. If he played any harder, he would not have
:34:02. > :34:05.hit the greenback hit the black. You need to give all the time in the
:34:06. > :34:17.world for that side to keep turning and turning that cue ball. This
:34:18. > :34:22.looks good as well. What a shot! Another tremendous shot! And this is
:34:23. > :34:40.why they call it snooker! Unbelievable! This is another tough
:34:41. > :34:46.one to hit. Fair play to Barry Hawkins, who is giving this is best
:34:47. > :34:53.shot. The last two have been exquisite. This is a possibility.
:34:54. > :35:07.Side cushion, top cushion. Trying to green. But again, lots of... He is
:35:08. > :35:22.good at getting out of snookers, but... Very dangerous. How's he left
:35:23. > :35:29.the free ball? Oh, my goodness! Can you believe it? So whatever ball he
:35:30. > :35:36.nominates, if he puts it, it counts as three points, it counts as a
:35:37. > :35:46.green. And that will have him 24 points behind with 25 remaining. If
:35:47. > :35:54.he can pull a pot out here, he can win. He has got to go for the pink.
:35:55. > :35:59.He has got to go for it. He will be hampered by the blue, but he has to
:36:00. > :36:07.have a go for it. He can come up and down the table.
:36:08. > :36:20.In a way, he is a little unlucky. I was looking at the black and
:36:21. > :36:45.wondering whether that would be an easier pot.
:36:46. > :36:56.He played the pot. He just missed it on the way up. Has he got the
:36:57. > :37:04.snooker? You can just about see the show of the green. Mark Selby's
:37:05. > :37:21.heart was in his mouth just for a second. He won't be that confident.
:37:22. > :37:39.He will be very cautious about being snookered again. This looks good,
:37:40. > :37:47.this looks very good. What a shot! What a shot he has played there. I
:37:48. > :37:54.was just going to say, John, the pink down near the black, if he did
:37:55. > :38:02.have a chance... What a shot that Mark Selby played there. Absolutely
:38:03. > :38:07.brilliant. It goes without saying that Barry Hawkins has to hit this
:38:08. > :38:22.and he has to get it safe. Great shot. Good hit. Does this green pass
:38:23. > :38:30.the pink? It does. This will be the matchwinner.
:38:31. > :38:42.But it's not there. That's a little bit fortunate. Now the brown is not
:38:43. > :38:51.really a ball you could snooker behind but you can snooker behind
:38:52. > :38:54.the pink, if you have a chance. Why did he hit it so hard? Why didn't he
:38:55. > :39:14.just roll it into the pocket? Barry Hawkins, you have lost your
:39:15. > :39:22.opportunity. Well, maybe he thought he could put the pot on the green.
:39:23. > :39:23.He has put up a great fight. He has given himself a chance from
:39:24. > :39:45.nowhere. Will he carry on? Even if he does,
:39:46. > :39:54.he needs two snookers to tie. It looks like an impossible task, now.
:39:55. > :40:12.Mark Selby will be relieved. This is the end. Every credit to Barry
:40:13. > :40:18.Hawkins, who never gave up. Mark Selby was at his best. He is into
:40:19. > :40:26.the semifinals once again will stop he has defeated Barry Hawkins by six
:40:27. > :40:30.frames to five. I feel frustrated because I let it slip out of my
:40:31. > :40:37.hands. Barry was the better player of the match. I happy to have one at
:40:38. > :40:41.the end of the day, but the performance was not good. I have got
:40:42. > :40:44.to improve if I have any chance of winning the tournament. Tomorrow, I
:40:45. > :40:50.will be practising all day. winning the tournament. Tomorrow, I
:40:51. > :40:53.will be practising Mark Selby's competitive instincts kicked in
:40:54. > :40:58.right at the nick of time, holding onto his title but only just. Who
:40:59. > :41:03.will he meet in the last quarter-final? Ricky Walden enjoyed
:41:04. > :41:12.that are the run of the crushable semi-final only in the year. --
:41:13. > :41:15.Crucible. This is a man who has done marathons in his spare time but he
:41:16. > :41:28.was looking ready to sprint today against Mark Allen.
:41:29. > :41:37.This is the eighth frame. Walden is at the table.
:41:38. > :41:50.COMMENTATOR: Well, Ricky Walden won't get a better chance than this.
:41:51. > :42:04.Two rents, yes, but the other formats are out in the open. -- red
:42:05. > :42:11.balls. He will need both of them. But he will have a chance with one
:42:12. > :42:16.of the pinks that he is playing. Not in a bad position, to be honest.
:42:17. > :42:44.Even though the black is out of play, he can concentrate on the pink
:42:45. > :42:58.early. He has beaten mark twice. -- Mark Allen. Yes, he would like to
:42:59. > :43:07.leave an angle on this one. He won't be able to do it this time. It's
:43:08. > :43:14.gone too high. Is he dead straight on this one? If he is, he could hold
:43:15. > :43:27.the pink spots. Nothing wrong with putting the pink -- potting the
:43:28. > :43:52.pink. And that is what he has done, I think. That is very close to
:43:53. > :43:54.snooker ring himself. That was a very poor shot. He should have been
:43:55. > :44:19.straight on this pink in the middle. Well, he is getting the chance to
:44:20. > :44:29.shut this match out and he is not taking them. You know, sometimes
:44:30. > :44:31.things can just turn around. Very attacking shot from Mark Allen,
:44:32. > :45:01.there. Developed one of the reds. Well, that's a man lacking in
:45:02. > :45:06.confidence. I have watched a lot of Mark Allen. He is such a talented
:45:07. > :45:22.player and a future world champion, I feel, but he has certainly not
:45:23. > :45:28.performed. To be fair, maybe if it sounds different to what it normally
:45:29. > :45:37.is, that's not helping his cause but I don't think it's all down to that.
:45:38. > :45:48.This needs a good pot past the green. 13 in front. A long way to
:45:49. > :45:57.go. With the yellow safe, it's far from over. He would like to get
:45:58. > :46:09.virtually straight on the blue, should he put the red. That's a very
:46:10. > :46:23.good shot. Is it enough to put the yellow into play? He could drop in
:46:24. > :46:37.behind it but he had to be a little closer than this.
:46:38. > :46:41.19 the difference. Yellow and green. He does not have to hit this
:46:42. > :47:11.too hard. He will be on the green. I don't blame him for rolling that
:47:12. > :47:17.in. It makes it slightly easier. He only needs the green to get himself
:47:18. > :47:29.into the semi-final and gain revenge from a couple of years ago. That's
:47:30. > :47:34.safely in the pocket. And he will be feeling pretty good about himself,
:47:35. > :47:48.Ricky Walden. 24 ahead with just 22 on the table. The brown to make
:47:49. > :47:52.absolutely certain. Well played. And it's a great feeling for a player as
:47:53. > :48:02.he walks around the table, knowing that he has won the match. Mark
:48:03. > :48:06.Allen definitely did not perform. Ricky Allen was the more consistent
:48:07. > :48:16.player on the evening. And with that string of breaks, he runs out a very
:48:17. > :48:20.comfortable winner in the end. It was not a great game, to be honest.
:48:21. > :48:29.Mark Allen was struggling. The pressure was on me to put my chances
:48:30. > :48:37.away. My game has been in good shape generally. It has not been near my
:48:38. > :48:42.best. This will be my second semi-final. Last time, I did not do
:48:43. > :48:45.so well and I lost to Mark Allen. Hopefully I can do well this time
:48:46. > :48:49.and get to the final. It's everything that you play for as a