:00:31. > :00:42.Good evening. There were a few sharp intakes of that this time last night
:00:43. > :00:46.as Judd Trump was waving goodbye and so was Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, after
:00:47. > :00:52.missing the black on a maximum break. Would there be any seismic
:00:53. > :00:56.events like that today? As the last 16 men standing in this year's
:00:57. > :01:01.United Kingdom Championship got under way in round four, there were
:01:02. > :01:01.a few tremors but none involving the world number
:01:02. > :01:07.a few tremors but none involving the world number one. Mark Selby, who
:01:08. > :01:11.might have gone out to Jenny Jones in the previous round, was taking no
:01:12. > :01:20.chances against Dechawat Poomjaeng. A barrage of breaks. 6-1, emphatic
:01:21. > :01:24.doesn't even cover it. That is probably as good as I have played
:01:25. > :01:28.for a long time, especially consistently, frame after frame. I
:01:29. > :01:31.came out thinking I was on a lifeline and had no right to still
:01:32. > :01:36.be in the tournament. I should have been going home and here I am in the
:01:37. > :01:40.last 16. I relaxed and played my own game and I seemed to play really
:01:41. > :01:48.well. And upset on the other table. David Grace had not won a match for
:01:49. > :01:52.a while but a victory over the former UK champion, the world number
:01:53. > :01:58.one the lowest ranked player from the UK left. The number of times he
:01:59. > :02:03.missed and got away with it was incredible. It is very difficult to
:02:04. > :02:09.take. That is the way the game goes sometimes but really disappointing.
:02:10. > :02:13.Definitely, obviously down to the stage it was on. A massive crowd and
:02:14. > :02:18.a lot of people from Yorkshire. Just can't believe it. David into his
:02:19. > :02:23.first ever major quarterfinal. He puts his good form into the fact
:02:24. > :02:28.that he is happy away from the table as well. He is getting hitched next
:02:29. > :02:32.year on the last weekend in April. A significant year, the last weekend
:02:33. > :02:37.of the World Championships. Will he get there? A good problem to have,
:02:38. > :02:40.isn't it? It is hard to believe it is fully seven years ago that we
:02:41. > :02:48.were watching a classic championship final between Shaun Murphy and Marco
:02:49. > :02:53.Foo, which ultimately turned on a fluke. It is hard to believe that
:02:54. > :02:59.tonight is the 15th time these two have met since that epic night.
:03:00. > :03:06.Tricky character, Marco Foo. One of the game's test players. Probably a
:03:07. > :03:10.little bit underrated, with his game and visibility -- Marco Fu. Perhaps
:03:11. > :03:16.underachieved a little bit, if truth be told. Should have one more
:03:17. > :03:19.tournaments than he has? In the last five seasons also has become one of
:03:20. > :03:24.the most astute tactical players on tour. If you put those two things
:03:25. > :03:27.together, you've got a very good match on your hands. And of course
:03:28. > :03:31.we played each other in the final here seven years ago, which I came
:03:32. > :03:36.through the winner in the last frame. I salute the match ball to
:03:37. > :03:41.win on the pink, missed it, went around the house and into the middle
:03:42. > :03:45.pocket. Last year he beat me in another decider, I played a black
:03:46. > :03:48.the yellow and finished the Hind blew, it was a shot that wasn't on.
:03:49. > :03:55.If you tried to put the white hair, it would be very difficult --
:03:56. > :04:01.If you tried to put the white hair, finished behind blue. It is a match
:04:02. > :04:06.to forget -- tried to put the white there. I hope the number before mine
:04:07. > :04:12.has a six next to it. I don't there. I hope the number before mine
:04:13. > :04:19.what Marco gets, as long as it is not a six. Marco is extremely good,
:04:20. > :04:24.I think tonight will be a close game. Two classy guys on and away
:04:25. > :04:30.from the table and it will surely produce some quality snooker. We are
:04:31. > :04:42.into the second, no score so far and commentary this evening from Stephen
:04:43. > :04:47.Hendry and Willie Thorne. He hid it quite well. The first opportunity
:04:48. > :05:21.for Shaun Murphy. That was a little bit careless, that
:05:22. > :05:26.from Shaun Murphy. He is two or three inches short with that cue
:05:27. > :06:24.ball. The position is not straightforward.
:06:25. > :06:31.Still a couple of loose threads. If he feels there is a way of getting
:06:32. > :06:36.into the pack you will do but it is not a good angle to go into the
:06:37. > :06:39.pack. Finishing anywhere above the pink spot. No problem, but still the
:06:40. > :07:10.two loose reds available. If he is going to play into the
:07:11. > :07:16.bunch he has to hit the joint. He is not going to push through the pack
:07:17. > :07:21.if he catches one. It is almost as if he is going to play at the pink.
:07:22. > :07:27.That is the direction is going to take the cue ball. Interesting in a
:07:28. > :07:32.couple of shots' time if he does play that shot because that is what
:07:33. > :07:38.Stephen as saying. That is the gap he needs. That is the gap he wants,
:07:39. > :07:47.because that will push reds out into open play normally very proficient
:07:48. > :08:22.with the wrist. Perfect here. That does surprise me.
:08:23. > :08:32.I thought it was perfect. He is going to do it this time.
:08:33. > :08:39.I don't think there are any plants available, so there is still that
:08:40. > :08:49.gap between the first two reds above the gap. The gap in those two, and
:08:50. > :08:58.he is bound to be on something. APPLAUSE House suite was the gap
:08:59. > :09:03.there. Absolutely plumb. Absolutely right in the middle of them. Very
:09:04. > :09:11.unlucky, as Stephen Mansion, to push away to the side. But he is
:09:12. > :09:12.right-handed so if he pushes through it shouldn't be too much a problem
:09:13. > :09:46.as Stephen -- as Stephen mentioned. Well, last night, if you were
:09:47. > :09:58.watching, maximum break was missed at the very last shot. You have to
:09:59. > :10:04.say, that red on the right-hand cushion is another chance. Last year
:10:05. > :10:09.he could have had four, he made one and missed on the colours. That is
:10:10. > :10:12.how well he was playing in the German Masters last year. He now
:10:13. > :10:16.knows he is playing for the 147. That is what you need to do when you
:10:17. > :10:26.break for the maximum, always finish higher.
:10:27. > :10:33.The two reds to the right of the pink, if you could count on those it
:10:34. > :10:40.would be perfect. He will play the red into the same pocket as the
:10:41. > :10:47.black. He is playing more conservative break-building at the
:10:48. > :10:51.moment. There is going to have to be a cannon played at some stage. It is
:10:52. > :11:09.a big target, you would say. He has the one in the middle, and
:11:10. > :11:14.that is what he would need. He would need to be on at three quarters ball
:11:15. > :11:18.rather than straight. It may even, because it is frame over, he could
:11:19. > :11:23.take the risk of bringing the red into play. He probably won't play
:11:24. > :11:31.that. He will just play for the one in the middle.
:11:32. > :11:37.This red puts the frame safe. So now, after that he will definitely
:11:38. > :12:02.100% be going for the 147. APPLAUSE It is a little bit risky, I
:12:03. > :12:11.don't think he can generate enough pace. He took the risk, he took the
:12:12. > :12:17.risk, and that may have turned out to be perfect. The key thing there
:12:18. > :12:30.was getting the white away from the cushion and he has done that. What a
:12:31. > :12:39.was getting the white away from the horrible kick. What a shame, the
:12:40. > :12:50.fantastic rate of 80. Marco Fu wants to carry on for a little bit. But
:12:51. > :12:55.barring snookers, he would have levelled. The world number one
:12:56. > :12:59.pushed on there to win the next frame as well. As we go into the
:13:00. > :13:09.last four interval, 20 points to the good. Decided to play the thickest
:13:10. > :13:14.edge. Hoping to make contact with the black, but look where the white
:13:15. > :13:19.has finished. He played the shot absolutely perfect. If Shaun Murphy
:13:20. > :13:24.can't see this, he will put it back in again. I'm just looking down the
:13:25. > :13:30.line, and I think there's a little bit of this red sticking out. It is
:13:31. > :13:39.one of those. If you hit as much as you can see, you pot it. And also,
:13:40. > :13:43.it is one of those who dare not let your opponent play. That's exactly
:13:44. > :13:50.what I was thinking, it's horrible. Does it pot? If you say you refuse
:13:51. > :13:55.it and it does go, your opponent will step in and potted and win the
:13:56. > :14:03.frame, how would you feel? -- pot it. It is one of those, if the white
:14:04. > :14:09.was a few inches off you could guarantee of potting it but it is
:14:10. > :14:13.too near the cushion. You play with a little left-hand, but he has to
:14:14. > :14:25.hit this claim ball and just missed the red by an absolute cigarette
:14:26. > :14:35.paper -- plain ball. I don't know whether we can get directly down the
:14:36. > :14:38.line, it looks on from that angle. Shaun Murphy doesn't believe so.
:14:39. > :14:47.Shaun Murphy covering his eyes because he knows this is a possible
:14:48. > :14:55.pot for Marco. He has come around to see of the black goes, so he must
:14:56. > :15:00.think it pops. Interesting to see Shaun Murphy's reaction of this goes
:15:01. > :15:17.in. APPLAUSE
:15:18. > :15:24.Well, that is a very bad misjudgement from Shaun Murphy.
:15:25. > :15:32.Because Marco did not have any hesitation. Shaun Murphy had two or
:15:33. > :15:40.three good looks at that. Marco Fu got in and went for the black. That
:15:41. > :15:44.time, when we weren't sure, he got down straightaway. What an
:15:45. > :15:49.opportunity this is. Certainly the more pleased of the two players will
:15:50. > :15:51.be Marco Fu, because Shaun Murphy has really dominated this first
:15:52. > :16:06.session. Also relieved, Marco Fu, having
:16:07. > :16:10.missed the black off this spot in this frame. It is nice to get a
:16:11. > :17:27.reprieve. He is asking the cue ball to be
:17:28. > :17:36.cleaned, so we can give him the benefit of the doubt there was a bad
:17:37. > :17:44.contact. It did stop the pace of the cue ball. And if he is dead straight
:17:45. > :17:56.in this yellow, it is no good. The pink to the left centre, as to
:17:57. > :18:32.avoid cannon. Well played. Playing to get on to the blue, but I
:18:33. > :18:49.don't think he has the angle to get to the next red.
:18:50. > :19:24.But now, the brown. To leave Shaun Murphy with sneakers. -- snookers.
:19:25. > :19:29.The amount of players who pot that ball and then forget about it,
:19:30. > :19:33.leaving their opponent with snookers. Making sure they don't
:19:34. > :19:38.come back, and that is perfect. It is a good match so far. Shaun Murphy
:19:39. > :19:45.will be disappointed not to have taken that long read on. And 49 and
:19:46. > :19:59.counting coming from that red he refused to take on. -- long red.
:20:00. > :20:08.Hindsight is obviously a wonderful thing. And this was the red again.
:20:09. > :20:14.He missed the red by a quarter of an inch and almost potted it too
:20:15. > :20:20.thick. The game is all about fractions. But yes, it is strange
:20:21. > :20:27.how two different players can see a shot so different league. Another
:20:28. > :21:01.fine mess. This is fabulous, it doesn't get
:21:02. > :21:41.much better than theirs. This packed auditorium. -- than this.
:21:42. > :21:48.The four colours for a century. That is the only thing that has been
:21:49. > :21:56.missing in this opening frame, is a century. An extra ?20 on top of the
:21:57. > :22:23.?11,000 we have already given. Excellent, 104 from nowhere. Shaun
:22:24. > :22:29.Murphy refusing to take the long one, Marco Fu deciding to take it on
:22:30. > :22:36.and it proved decisive. We are level at two -2. They shared the next two.
:22:37. > :22:41.Murphy with his highest break so far of 83 along the way before the Hong
:22:42. > :22:46.Kong player regained the lead at four -3 with a 68 contribution. Here
:22:47. > :22:57.we are in the eighth. Murphy at the table, 11 points behind.
:22:58. > :24:30.Didn't want to kiss the green, but it has a good cue ball.
:24:31. > :24:49.not about teaching it, it is getting it safe. He did not kiss the black
:24:50. > :25:10.on the right-hand side. -- hitting it.
:25:11. > :25:22.Nice pot, a lovely angle on the pink.
:25:23. > :25:32.It looks like, for the first time in this match, someone is going to have
:25:33. > :25:44.an advantage and what a good time to do it. Worrying times for Shaun
:25:45. > :25:56.Murphy. It was not the most comfortable of pots. Just the
:25:57. > :26:01.green, as said before, make sure you pot the brown and blue to stop Shaun
:26:02. > :26:30.coming back to the table. This will be very disappointing for
:26:31. > :26:40.Shaun because he has had a couple of chances in this round. As Stephen
:26:41. > :26:51.just mentioned, it is to frame deficit for the first time in this
:26:52. > :27:00.match. A bit of a trick shot there. Nothing of any significance in that
:27:01. > :27:11.frame but Marco Fu will be deleted. There is daylight now. --
:27:12. > :27:22.delighted. Back into the frame we go. Marco Fu has been very
:27:23. > :27:39.fortunate. I did not see that coming at all.
:27:40. > :27:46.That is twice that he has had the opportunity. Marco Fu is usually the
:27:47. > :27:51.best at closing matches but not tonight. One lifeline for Shaun
:27:52. > :28:30.Murphy supporters. Here you can see Shaun Murphy in
:28:31. > :28:37.full flow. The last three or four frames, he has not been in the
:28:38. > :28:44.rhythm. It is a big ask to win the frame at this visit. Where the reds
:28:45. > :28:52.are, he can certainly get great and it. If he puts his remaining four
:28:53. > :29:16.reds. -- pots. He could do with a slight pain on
:29:17. > :30:08.this red. -- hang. The problems start after this red
:30:09. > :30:27.and black. He would like to be level with the
:30:28. > :30:32.black on the other side of it, he would like to point the black in the
:30:33. > :30:40.left corner. It is a matter of stunning the left cue ball from the
:30:41. > :30:56.other pocket. He cannot get there from this angle so he needs to play
:30:57. > :31:11.this little bit off-pace. Deadweight, that is in.
:31:12. > :31:34.Well, that is good news for Marco through the fact that he has pushed
:31:35. > :31:49.the pink safe. -- Marco Fu. Slightly more difficult, the fact that he is
:31:50. > :31:56.at this angle. I can't believe I can going to say this, but he needs to
:31:57. > :32:09.play a safety of the pink. I hadn't thought of that, where did you come
:32:10. > :32:13.up with that from? That is what happens when you are a commentator.
:32:14. > :32:47.You are very negative, aren't you? Excellent safety shot. This is not
:32:48. > :32:57.straightforward, this safety. You need to miss the kiss the yellow if
:32:58. > :33:19.you are playing the read up -- the red up and down.
:33:20. > :34:03.where he is now. How he plays get, that is the problem. It is the
:34:04. > :34:10.slide. It is a free ball that will take the pink into the pocket. No
:34:11. > :34:23.pressure on the pink. All he could even take the black. Black is
:34:24. > :34:25.certainly be easier shot. Just a matter of whether you want to roll
:34:26. > :35:08.it in deadweight. Well played, Marco. Just the red
:35:09. > :35:19.needed. Shaun will be disappointed because he is killing the ball as
:35:20. > :35:26.well as can be. -- queueing. That should reframe and match ball. The
:35:27. > :35:33.first half of the match, the standard was very high. It dipped a
:35:34. > :35:36.little bit towards the latter stages but still very good performance from
:35:37. > :35:59.Marco Fu. He will be very disappointed going
:36:00. > :36:05.into the Christmas period, he would have wanted to get into the later
:36:06. > :36:14.stages of this tournament. Marco Fu is playing better than I have ever
:36:15. > :36:19.seen him. He is a little scrappy but he is playing as well as he was a
:36:20. > :36:40.few years ago. A break of 50 daily on from Marco.
:36:41. > :36:50.Marco Fu goes into the quarter finals. He wins five frames to four.
:36:51. > :36:58.I had a chance in the second frame and I was very happy in the into
:36:59. > :37:07.bowl. Somewhere in the middle of the game I kept losing the cue ball but
:37:08. > :37:11.Marco won a couple of friends that I didn't think he would and that makes
:37:12. > :37:17.the difference. We played really well at the beginning. A very
:37:18. > :37:24.high-quality match, especially at the beginning. The first half of the
:37:25. > :37:29.match. Towards the end I saw the winning light and I felt a little
:37:30. > :37:38.nervous and Shaun was under a bit of pressure as well. I think the game
:37:39. > :37:43.went a little bit scrappy, we missed a few too many towards the end. Over
:37:44. > :37:49.all I am quite happy with the way I was playing. Marco is now the world
:37:50. > :37:59.'s number 14 and is now the top ranked player. It is really open in
:38:00. > :38:10.the top half of the draw. What other match also brought back some
:38:11. > :38:21.interesting memories because it is where players were thumped. Since
:38:22. > :38:26.then, he is one of the most improved players on the circuit. He is up
:38:27. > :38:47.against a 20-year-old player and there is a lot of talent. What a
:38:48. > :39:16.topsy-turvy game this was. Selt did four in a row.
:39:17. > :39:36.17 ahead but 22 remaining. A good shot, a very good shot. He has got
:39:37. > :39:45.the snooker or he is very close to it. He has made that mistake before,
:39:46. > :40:06.knocking the pink safe. It will make difficult for Luca.
:40:07. > :40:18.He doesn't really want to knock the brown anywhere near the pink for
:40:19. > :40:23.obvious reasons. Well then, because of that, he
:40:24. > :40:33.obvious reasons. Well then, because shot. His long pot has not been
:40:34. > :40:38.obvious reasons. Well then, because he find one? He did and he has
:40:39. > :40:49.finished perfectly on the blue to run this pink away from the
:40:50. > :41:05.cushion. Well, here we go. There will be wondering, as Luca pots the
:41:06. > :41:11.pink, in goes the pink and this looks absolutely inch perfect for
:41:12. > :41:29.the black. That is absolutely superb. And in goes the black! He
:41:30. > :41:40.was unlucky to knock the yellow in. We have a game again. The more late
:41:41. > :41:50.night tension tonight. In frame ten it is Luca who has it all to do. 52
:41:51. > :41:59.points behind. That was the most ridiculous plot. -- pot. There is no
:42:00. > :42:04.other reason sometimes. It was certainly all or nothing. Now what
:42:05. > :42:37.an opportunity. Not a straightforward cannon. There
:42:38. > :42:53.is a loose thread available in the left corner. Obviously one of the
:42:54. > :43:06.bottom reds will go. There are two reds on the bottom side. I can still
:43:07. > :43:15.stunned that first shot. He felt he could not get a good safety and went
:43:16. > :43:25.for it. This could level the match and take us into a decider. I did
:43:26. > :43:33.not see this coming. As he pots this red, they all become available. Just
:43:34. > :43:44.one awkward red which you could possibly play to cannon of the black
:43:45. > :43:53.here and now. Is it too risky? He decided he didn't have the right
:43:54. > :44:00.angle. The fact that he just had the one on the right to play for, is
:44:01. > :44:05.going to leave it till a bit later. Of course, he is going to accrue
:44:06. > :44:13.more points and get himself back into the frame this way. That is not
:44:14. > :44:20.the best shot. No, he has played that carelessly he is not want that
:44:21. > :44:24.angle on the pink. As we said before, he has a lot of ability and
:44:25. > :44:39.he has played that absolutely superbly. Well, can he avoid the
:44:40. > :44:43.cannon here? I don't think he can. He has taken these remarkably well
:44:44. > :44:52.under the circumstances but it is all point to boil down to the last
:44:53. > :45:04.red, I think. It is a funny game, it has always been the same. You can't
:45:05. > :45:10.drop your guard for a minute. He has got a nice big leaves, he has got
:45:11. > :45:18.his opponent in trouble. The only problem with that as he does not
:45:19. > :45:32.have any angle on the black. -- a nice big lead. Crossing the black
:45:33. > :45:47.like that, is he thinking of eight -- double. Has it good sleeper? --
:45:48. > :45:54.has he got a snooker? Just when he needed so as precision to cope with
:45:55. > :46:16.the last awkward red, he could not find it. Marco one can get through
:46:17. > :46:26.to this red, but can he? -- Selt. Not a guaranteed safety.
:46:27. > :46:50.He got the double kiss. Where is the Red going? I think he can get past
:46:51. > :46:59.the green. Well, unbelievable. When you do that, you wish you had gone
:47:00. > :47:08.for it. There is always that danger when you are playing the double
:47:09. > :47:28.kiss. Whatever he needs and including the double pink. Just over
:47:29. > :47:39.hit back -- back slightly. That will be the end. What is at way this will
:47:40. > :47:43.be to finish. I'm sure that when Selt left that last red over the
:47:44. > :47:50.middle he thought he was going into a decider. Now he has got a 5-point
:47:51. > :47:54.lead and he needs up to and including the blue. I bet he can not
:47:55. > :48:12.believe he has got this chance. Sitting in this chair, looking at
:48:13. > :48:18.the red in the pocket, he must have thought this was it. It has been
:48:19. > :48:23.that the above match. Everytime you think you can predict what is going
:48:24. > :48:36.to, it goes the other way. No excuse now. Brown and blue, a place in the
:48:37. > :48:47.quarter-final. It is a formality. He is on the blue and he will be mighty
:48:48. > :48:55.relieved. It can every credit. He looked a little bit tentative, a bit
:48:56. > :49:04.negative in this play. He came back after the midsession interval all
:49:05. > :49:23.guns blazing. It was a match of the Mac harps. -- two halves. Max is
:49:24. > :49:31.into the quarter-final. Tomorrow, we are going to complete the
:49:32. > :49:36.quarter-final line up in a championship that has forced lower
:49:37. > :49:48.French players into the championship. It is new territory
:49:49. > :50:02.for Tom Ford. Australian Open runner up Martin Gold is now the outlaw,
:50:03. > :50:09.the comeback kid. That is the championship. We are live at one
:50:10. > :50:13.o'clock. It is a bruiser of a contest. Robinson against Maguire.
:50:14. > :50:16.Until then it is good night. Who is this dangerous renegade,
:50:17. > :50:19.this maverick,