0:00:34 > 0:00:37We start tonight with eight match tables at the Barbican Centre in
0:00:37 > 0:00:42York. Are now down to two in this the first of three major events of
0:00:42 > 0:00:47the season. We are getting rid of the top seeded players than we are
0:00:47 > 0:00:50quicker than tables, though. Only four of the world's top 16 players
0:00:50 > 0:00:56had maded it through to this fourth-round stage in this Betway UK
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Championship. The lowest number of big names at this point ever in the
0:01:00 > 0:01:0640 year history of this great event. Only Ronnie O'Sullivan, Shaun
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Murphy, Mark Allen and John Higgins won their three matches to date. One
0:01:09 > 0:01:15of them was in big trouble this afternoon. The world number five,
0:01:15 > 0:01:24John Higgins, up against it against the Romford cue man, Mark King.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25John Higgins, up against it against the Romford cue man, Mark King. Just
0:01:25 > 0:01:28like that.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35What a shot. Great shot. Fantastic.
0:01:37 > 0:01:50Wow! It's Mark King who takes it. One frame all. Didn't spot the
0:01:50 > 0:01:50plant.
0:01:54 > 0:02:04Once again, another chance for Mark. Good pot. How's his cue ball? Very
0:02:04 > 0:02:09good. Should win the frame from here.
0:02:12 > 0:02:20That's nighly controlled from John. What a lovely shot. Wow, what a pot
0:02:20 > 0:02:32that was. Black, for a steal. John Higgins takes the frame. Goodness
0:02:32 > 0:02:35me, that was a great pot.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Well played. Excellent shot that was.
0:02:49 > 0:02:57It's Mark King 4, John Higgins 4. Lovely shot. Screw into the side
0:02:57 > 0:03:01there to bring the cue ball back for the black, again. This is one of
0:03:01 > 0:03:06those funny shots here were you just have to work out percentage wise if
0:03:06 > 0:03:11you think it's worth taking. And it was. What a lovely shot he's played.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14He's played it with running side. He couldn't hit that any better.
0:03:14 > 0:03:22Great shot. It's a final-frame decider. It's all kwar, five frames
0:03:22 > 0:03:28all. Ah, that's a fantastic pot from John Higgins. -- square. What's
0:03:28 > 0:03:36going on? I've never seen John Higgins miss so many easy balls.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Absolutely great shot. He's taken the pink. This could be shake hands
0:03:43 > 0:03:49if this doesn't go in. And it's missed. There it is. It's the
0:03:49 > 0:03:55concession. It's Mark King who stuck in there and refused to be beaten.
0:03:55 > 0:03:55He's the victor,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58in there and refused to be beaten. He's the victor, 6-5.I' lost
0:03:58 > 0:04:03first-round in the last few years here. I wanted to come here and play
0:04:03 > 0:04:06and do damage. Every game I've sort of played a little bit better. I
0:04:06 > 0:04:11didn't play to my best today, nor did John. I fought hard to beat John
0:04:11 > 0:04:15at any time in any stage of a tournament. It's great. Great
0:04:15 > 0:04:21player, great person. Yeah, I'm delighted.Hopeless, hopeless. Just
0:04:21 > 0:04:24said in the press, that's the beginning of the end when you
0:04:24 > 0:04:27malfunction as much as I did up there. That will be a tough one to
0:04:27 > 0:04:31take because I didn't really know what I was doing at the end there.
0:04:31 > 0:04:38So, yeah, beginning of the end, I suppose, it will be. Yeah.Yes, King
0:04:38 > 0:04:42through to the quarter-final for the first time since 2004. That was the
0:04:42 > 0:04:46same year that Stephen Maguire won this title and the former Champion
0:04:46 > 0:04:54made it through to a ninth quarter-final in an event he loves
0:04:54 > 0:04:58after quick-fire victory over Graeme Dott. He topped Trump in the last
0:04:58 > 0:05:04round. Maguire through. So with John Higgins gone, yet another top name
0:05:04 > 0:05:04is ruled out.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Higgins gone, yet another top name is ruled out. Ruling great win for
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Mark King. Calm and positive throughout. Four matches to come
0:05:11 > 0:05:17tomorrow, including Ronnie O'Sullivan. The line-up this evening
0:05:17 > 0:05:26saw Ryan Day taking on Li Hang. He has been flying of late. This year's
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Masters runnerup, Joe Perry met The Pistol from Northern Ireland, Mark
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Allen.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Pistol from Northern Ireland, Mark Allen. It's getting lonely for the
0:05:36 > 0:05:45top seeds. John Higgins said it was possibly
0:05:45 > 0:05:51the beginning of the end. Let's hope not for John Higgins. Mark Allen,
0:05:51 > 0:05:56the world number nine, was attempting to hold fast this evening
0:05:56 > 0:06:01in his match against Joe Perry. Allen has the better record against
0:06:01 > 0:06:0843-year-old Perry. Joe hasn't beaten him for years. Joe nicked the first
0:06:08 > 0:06:15frame. We are off and running. Commentary from Stephen Hendry and
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Dennis Taylor.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55STEPHEN HENDRY: That's a good shot. Leave himself a perfect angle on the
0:06:55 > 0:07:04black. Another well played shot. Couldn't go into it at full pace
0:07:04 > 0:07:09because the cue ball would have screwed back to near where his hand
0:07:09 > 0:07:20is, and it would have been nothing. He's got a very economical
0:07:20 > 0:07:25technique. He tends to point it, but deliberate back swing, deliberate
0:07:25 > 0:07:41pause. Cue it is very smoothly. -- cues it very smoothly.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Plays at a decent pace as well, when he's playing well. Doesn't waste
0:07:50 > 0:08:00much time. At the moment, he's got the cue ball on a string. DENNIS
0:08:00 > 0:08:08TAYLOR:What he would call easy on the eye to watch, he really is.
0:08:11 > 0:08:19Oh. A few have been going in-off the angle here. I mean, that looked like
0:08:19 > 0:08:22it was going to miss.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31Angle on the black here. Which he has done. Perfect again, go into the
0:08:31 > 0:08:37five reds and pink. The way that they are not tightly bunched, he
0:08:37 > 0:08:41would be very unlucky not to be on anything here.That is what Stephen
0:08:41 > 0:08:47was talking about. He couldn't have played it any better than that.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59That was lovely to watch the cue ball. It looked like it was going to
0:08:59 > 0:09:04miss the bunch, didn't it? At the end the screw took effect and
0:09:04 > 0:09:08brought it back into the pack. Excellent snooker so far from Joe
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Perry.
0:09:29 > 0:09:36You would think odds on to make a century break from this position.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Going to be a careless shot that would cause him not to.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57He's made two centuries so far in this UK Championship.
0:10:00 > 0:10:06There's been 77 so far, we're only at the last 16 stage.
0:10:14 > 0:10:20IsMark Allen, the only thing he did wrong was catching the brown. He has
0:10:20 > 0:10:25been sitting in his seat ever since, really. Can't do anything when your
0:10:25 > 0:10:33opponent is playing this well. 83 in the previous and opening frame.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Yeah, he just missed that half chance, didn't he, right middle
0:10:40 > 0:10:44pocket. It seemed to drift off right at the last-minute. You could
0:10:44 > 0:10:50possibly say a little bit unlucky. But he's being severely punished.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Maybe it was always on that right jaw. Certainly missed by more than
0:11:00 > 0:11:04it looked at the beginning.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Going to have to take the... He looked at the green. He's straight
0:11:10 > 0:11:17on the blue here, but it just means it's a medium length pot. On the
0:11:17 > 0:11:22yellow, can he reach it? Just about.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31That was exactly, that yellow, was exactly the yellow that (inaudible)
0:11:31 > 0:11:39maximum break at the Crucible Theatre.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Joe made 26 centuries last season, he's on 11 this season.
0:12:00 > 0:12:09That's probably one of his best this season, 101.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15APPLAUSE
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Joe Perry wins both the two frames. He leads Mark Allen 2-0.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Joe Perry wins both the two frames. He leads Mark Allen 2-0. Joe's third
0:12:29 > 0:12:34century. Frames three and four were shared. 3-1 at the interval to
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Perry. Joe ranked at world number 22. We will fast forward to the
0:12:38 > 0:12:40start of the fifth frame now.
0:12:46 > 0:12:53DENNIS TAYLOR:That's a cracking opening pot. Deserved a good kiss on
0:12:53 > 0:13:00the blue there, as we show it to you again. There's a few loose reds.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05He'd love to get on the one that's closest to the black as soon as
0:13:05 > 0:13:07possible.
0:13:17 > 0:13:24Needs to pull up. And, it has. Red, black and then the red next to the
0:13:24 > 0:13:37black. And he's in business early on in this frame.
0:13:37 > 0:13:43STEPHEN HENDRY: Important frame for Mark Allen.
0:13:47 > 0:14:00It's not ideal to be chasing the match all the time.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07If he went 4-1 down. That's very well played.
0:14:07 > 0:14:13APPLAUSE Frame winning chance now.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Just purely about concentration now.
0:14:48 > 0:14:55Nothing complicated to do with the cue ball. Just a series of stuns,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59screws, cannons. But even cannons will be rare because, well, all the
0:14:59 > 0:15:01reds are in the open.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I know Joe Perry would have liked to have got the cue ball further behind
0:15:15 > 0:15:22the green, but it didn't look like the worst break off in the world.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Pretty brisk so far.
0:15:54 > 0:16:01Joe Perry four seconds a shot quicker than Mark Allen.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Mid-session interval on the other table, so a bit of noise and people
0:16:21 > 0:16:26leaving the arena there, as you can see.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37But when you're fully focused, you don't notice what's going on. They
0:16:37 > 0:16:42get used to it, I suppose.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29UMPIRE:Can you stay quiet, please, thank you.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34STEPHEN HENDRY: A little bit more demanding positional shot that Mark
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Allen's had in this break. The first one he's had to think about.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Everything's been pretty automatic.
0:17:49 > 0:17:58If the pink goes to the left corner, you would think that's frame over.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Just what he needed. What he was hoping for in the interval, a good
0:18:06 > 0:18:11chance in this fifth frame to win it in one visit.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21APPLAUSE
0:18:27 > 0:18:34The frame is won, can he go on to make a century break?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50He's had five centuries so far, Mark Allen, nothing wrong with his
0:18:50 > 0:18:55scoring in this event, when he gets in.
0:18:57 > 0:19:04This would be the 80th century of the Championship, should he make it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:14He needs to hurry up a bit.Get your roller skates on, ref.
0:19:17 > 0:19:23He's already made 30 centuries this season. 36 last season.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40Very well played, Mark Allen. Excellent.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42APPLAUSE
0:19:46 > 0:19:513-1 down. It's a good way to come out after the interval and start
0:19:51 > 0:19:58your comeback.He's brought his average shot time down by two
0:19:58 > 0:20:05seconds as well in this break. I said at the start of the match, when
0:20:05 > 0:20:09he gets in the balls he stuns and screws and cannons, he's just
0:20:09 > 0:20:13brilliant to watch.
0:20:22 > 0:20:29He can't beat the high break. That is still at 142. £5,000 for the high
0:20:29 > 0:20:41break. 15 if any player can make a maximum break. But this has been
0:20:41 > 0:20:50superb. That cue ball has been, as we say, on a string.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Only a half chance, he took it. He cleared the table with this
0:20:59 > 0:21:04magnificent break of 135. Now he's just one frame behind. 3-2 to Joe
0:21:04 > 0:21:07just one frame behind. 3-2 to Joe Perry.Mark Allen created something
0:21:07 > 0:21:11of a scoring Vortex himself here in York. His sixth century of this
0:21:11 > 0:21:17year's event. He's already knocked in a half century in frame six, as
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Perry takes up the chase.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30STEPHEN HENDRY: Struck it confidently. A chance now to pinch
0:21:30 > 0:21:41this frame. 57 behind, but, for me, it's evens who wins this frame now.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45Joe's perhaps even a slight favourite.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13DENNIS TAYLOR: Mark Allen will know as long as there is a red near the
0:22:13 > 0:22:18cushion, there is always a potential stumbling block. We saw Joe do it in
0:22:18 > 0:22:23an earlier frame, when he missed one near the cushion into the right
0:22:23 > 0:22:34corner pocket.In fact, I think that was to go 3-0 up. So he's got two
0:22:34 > 0:22:40fairly easy pottable reds and then the one near the cushion.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14A little bit surprised he's playing for the pink. The pink will now go
0:23:14 > 0:23:23on the brown spot.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Didn't have to play for pink there.
0:23:45 > 0:23:53Got to get this just right so he only has to roll the red in. Well,
0:23:53 > 0:23:57he's decided to develop it, if anything, it's made it slightly more
0:23:57 > 0:24:02awkward. If it's close and tight on the cushion, as it is, it makes it a
0:24:02 > 0:24:06little bit easier. Just drop it in.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10APPLAUSE
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Of course, it's not a straight-forward run to the winning
0:24:15 > 0:24:21line with the pink up on the brown spot.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Ah, that's OK because the green is available into the left corner.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45Yeah, that was an excellent positional shot, from black to
0:24:45 > 0:24:50yellow. Made one of the tricky shots of this clearance very easy, yellow
0:24:50 > 0:24:54to green.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Again, absolutely perfect position.
0:25:21 > 0:25:28Would have liked the cue ball to travel another two or three inches.
0:25:28 > 0:25:34It might have been a straight stun. It could land on the top cushion.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39That's exactly what it's going to do. It's a little bounce. It's
0:25:39 > 0:25:46missable. So blue to pink wasn't the best shot, but the in-off is not on,
0:25:46 > 0:25:54so just concentrate on the pot. Brilliant frame.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02He regains his two frame advantage. Leads Mark Allen 4-2.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04He regains his two frame advantage. Leads Mark Allen 4-2. What a key
0:26:04 > 0:26:08moment in the match that could be. Joe, once again, putting clear
0:26:08 > 0:26:12daylight between himself and the world's number nine player. Not the
0:26:12 > 0:26:16first time that he's pinched a frame from underneath his nose. Frame
0:26:16 > 0:26:20seven now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34STEPHEN HENDRY: A nice little shot. Just using the line of the side of
0:26:34 > 0:26:42the pack just to get the cue ball on to the pink, for right middle.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19DENNIS TAYLOR:Very clever. He's knocked that red over the middle
0:27:19 > 0:27:25pocket because he's got an angle on the pink, were he's running away
0:27:25 > 0:27:30from the bunch.
0:27:34 > 0:27:41Pink is still available, if he can't get the correct side of the blue.
0:28:09 > 0:28:18Top spin, to bring a few more into play. It's going to be a little bit
0:28:18 > 0:28:26awkward. He might need his cue extension. Some top spin to push
0:28:26 > 0:28:34survived through the reds. One more good
0:28:34 > 0:28:38survived through the reds. One more good shot here, and it will be a
0:28:38 > 0:28:48terrific chance.
0:29:18 > 0:29:27Joe has potted eight out of date with the rest. Mark Allen potted
0:29:27 > 0:29:33four out of four. Ashfaq eight out of eight. At the moment having to
0:29:33 > 0:29:36concentrate on the pink because the black won't go into the right corner
0:29:36 > 0:29:46pocket.
0:30:07 > 0:30:18Very few pots being missed. He might have to go into the reds again here.
0:30:18 > 0:30:28Looking at that.
0:30:31 > 0:30:38This time he tried to get on the red that is near the black, which
0:30:38 > 0:30:42through the black up to both corners. Just have enough angle to
0:30:42 > 0:30:57do that, there. You would have to say, one more nice little cannon
0:30:57 > 0:31:05here, and he had them perfect. He is cueing beautifully at the moment,
0:31:05 > 0:31:19Joe Perry, he really is.He just not look like missing, does he? His cue
0:31:19 > 0:31:25ball control has been excellent.
0:31:34 > 0:31:40The pot success for both players is pretty high, 95% is an excellent
0:31:40 > 0:31:49figure.
0:32:02 > 0:32:10In I think pinching that last frame, Mark Allen made that break of 56 and
0:32:10 > 0:32:14it looked like he was going to level the scores at 3-3. It has been a big
0:32:14 > 0:32:22lift for Joe Perry.Really was an excellent 64 break that put himself
0:32:22 > 0:32:354-2 in front. APPLAUSE
0:32:35 > 0:32:41The frame well and truly safe, and looking at making his second century
0:32:41 > 0:32:46of the match.
0:33:02 > 0:33:10We've had 80 centuries in this year's Betway UK Championship. Joe
0:33:10 > 0:33:28has had three so far. That has finished awkwardly. Could the
0:33:28 > 0:33:38Spanish hopes of a century? He will not be too concerned about that. He
0:33:38 > 0:33:41got one chance and that was more than enough and that break of 87
0:33:41 > 0:33:45puts on just one frame away from a place in the quarterfinal. He leads
0:33:45 > 0:33:55Mark Allen my 5-2.Yes, and there is confirmation that. But the Antrim
0:33:55 > 0:34:00man hit back with his second century of the match, one then a 75, to win
0:34:00 > 0:34:12the next two and get back to within just one frame of the Cambridgeshire
0:34:12 > 0:34:18with and then Terry is scenting his first UK quarterfinal for nine
0:34:18 > 0:34:30years. It is so difficult to think when you are under this sort of
0:34:30 > 0:34:44pressure. Maybe that's what he needs, a fluke.He's not on the
0:34:44 > 0:34:52brown, but he can run in behind it. And, at first glance, as we are
0:34:52 > 0:34:56going to show you the fluke again, he was trying to pot this and play
0:34:56 > 0:35:05it as a shot to nothing. And the stroke of good fortune. And how does
0:35:05 > 0:35:11mark Allen get to the two reds to the black and left near the
0:35:11 > 0:35:15cushions, he would have to nestle onto those. But there's a lot of
0:35:15 > 0:35:20obstacles on the way to doing that. He's going to have to give this
0:35:20 > 0:35:32quite a bit of thought. 45 points behind his opponent and he needs one
0:35:32 > 0:35:37frame, and you're left with the situation here, after your opponent
0:35:37 > 0:35:48has had a massive fluke.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53I can't see anything else that he can play to land on, because of the
0:35:53 > 0:36:03way the reds are. Sometimes you're left with a situation where you just
0:36:03 > 0:36:15cannot see an escape route. Meanwhile, Joe, he sat in his chair,
0:36:15 > 0:36:19he's had a nice minute or two to take some deep breaths and get his
0:36:19 > 0:36:29composure back.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36Twice across the table is no good, because the blue is in the way Andy
0:36:36 > 0:36:40two reds near the blue spot in the way so he's trying to find a gap
0:36:40 > 0:36:43that's not really there, and it's one of those situations where he
0:36:43 > 0:36:50might have to hit and hope, he might just have to hit this as hard as he
0:36:50 > 0:37:00can. Yes, he had no shot on and he had to trust to luck and, I tell you
0:37:00 > 0:37:13what... I tell you what, it might not be that bad!
0:37:20 > 0:37:35A couple of possible pots, but this is awkward cueing. Oh, he's got it,
0:37:35 > 0:37:40he's got it! APPLAUSE
0:37:40 > 0:37:46Think that minute or two that he had just compose in his chair has worked
0:37:46 > 0:37:54out perfectly for Joe Perry.Year, Mark Allen was at the table and
0:37:54 > 0:38:01there just was no shot available to him. He had to hit and hope. It was
0:38:01 > 0:38:06a bit of good fortune that Joe had when he fluke that red that put mark
0:38:06 > 0:38:15in all sorts of trouble. 53 the difference. It has been an
0:38:15 > 0:38:19entertaining match, that's for sure. Both players have played some superb
0:38:19 > 0:38:28snicker. Only in the last frame has the tension crept in. Look at the
0:38:28 > 0:38:35pot success rate, 92 and 93, both had centuries, Mark Allen, 134 and
0:38:35 > 0:38:45135.
0:38:55 > 0:39:00He's played well tonight, Joe Perry, two first important frames, the
0:39:00 > 0:39:06first of the six that he pinched, then Mark Allen had a 46 and 56
0:39:06 > 0:39:14break, those have proved to be very important but he has been very solid
0:39:14 > 0:39:22indeed in the balls.Just that one shot, as you said. He won't forget
0:39:22 > 0:39:36about that. Mark coming to the table but barring snookers Joe Perry takes
0:39:36 > 0:39:42a frame 6-4.That is indeed what happened. After a match of such
0:39:42 > 0:39:47fantastic quality from both men, Mark Allen the past the event and a
0:39:47 > 0:39:53Joe Perry who was run -- runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Masters
0:39:53 > 0:39:58strides into the quarterfinals of the UK Championship and could get
0:39:58 > 0:40:03him closer to a return to Alexandra Palace in the New Year.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04him closer to a return to Alexandra Palace in the New Year.I was
0:40:04 > 0:40:08pleased with how I played. I felt like I played good stuff from the
0:40:08 > 0:40:12start. I threw everything at Mark and he was still there. I sort of
0:40:12 > 0:40:14hold myself together until right at the end then it all went away from
0:40:14 > 0:40:20me, but from the start of the match I was very solid, didn't miss
0:40:20 > 0:40:24anything easy, scored well and took my chances, even though they were
0:40:24 > 0:40:27half chances and I competed with Mark, which is what you have to do,
0:40:27 > 0:40:32because he's so solid, his all-round game. I did that and I was pleased
0:40:32 > 0:40:40with myself.Congratulations to Joe on a compose performers. Ryan Day is
0:40:40 > 0:40:46also battling to get itself back to the Masters at Alexandra Palace.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51He's the 16th qualifier with a posse of guys on his tail. Tonight he was
0:40:51 > 0:41:03up against the 27-year-old Chinese cue man Li Hai. There was a maximum
0:41:03 > 0:41:12alert being sounded in the arena for Li. Mark got even closer and missed
0:41:12 > 0:41:17on the pink and all of the crowd were on their feet. He has potted
0:41:17 > 0:41:30all 15 reds and 15 blacks. Very tricky yellow... Oh! A little bit
0:41:30 > 0:41:36too troublesome for the Titus O'Neil who has made 20 centuries. That
0:41:36 > 0:41:42levels the scores at 1-1. Again, this was a tremendous contest which
0:41:42 > 0:41:47deserve the final frame decider. And indeed it got one. Into the 11th
0:41:47 > 0:41:53frame, the Welshman has got in. He has a break of 37. It is being
0:41:53 > 0:42:04watched by Alan McManus and John Parrott.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26There were enough loose reds here for Ryan Day at the snookers
0:42:26 > 0:42:39required stage, six reds lacklustre, one at top left, he can get on that
0:42:39 > 0:42:44one but after this, blue, red, black from here and he would almost be
0:42:44 > 0:42:46home.
0:42:51 > 0:42:58Decent angle. Would be messing with the back of reds. He has a decent
0:42:58 > 0:43:04choice and could be playing for the red in the middle of the table. It
0:43:04 > 0:43:07was good that he could play for a choice of two.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16He's not in guaranteed position, playing it. It is the easier part of
0:43:16 > 0:43:22the three. But he doesn't want to bring the reds into play and not be
0:43:22 > 0:43:32on colour.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Good news and bad news. The good news is the red has gone over the
0:43:40 > 0:43:50corner. The bad news is he now has a nervy green. Doesn't have to do
0:43:50 > 0:43:58anything with the cue ball other than cue this straight. But it is
0:43:58 > 0:44:04not a gimme. He's composing himself. He can possibly take the brown, as
0:44:04 > 0:44:13well, if he doesn't fancy the green. Either way, it's a difficult pot.
0:44:13 > 0:44:18That's excellent. That really is excellent. This has been top drawer
0:44:18 > 0:44:24stuff from Ryan Day. The best he's hit the ball in the match. To do
0:44:24 > 0:44:29this in the final frame, to find your game and hit it as well as
0:44:29 > 0:44:42this, this has been an outstanding break. Superb.
0:44:51 > 0:44:58That was sweet. He has hit the ball as well as he has this evening, in
0:44:58 > 0:45:04this final break. He's been so impressive in this tournament. Ryan
0:45:04 > 0:45:09Day is a different animal. He doesn't wilt under pressure. He's
0:45:09 > 0:45:14shown guts than that. He won the decider in the last round against
0:45:14 > 0:45:18his compatriot Mark Williams and seems to be doing the same this
0:45:18 > 0:45:23evening against that man there, Li Hang. Did very well before the
0:45:23 > 0:45:31interval tonight but it looks like it is going to be over by the end of
0:45:31 > 0:45:48it. That should confirm Ryan Day's place in Friday's quarterfinals.
0:45:50 > 0:45:55Not a good sign for a mobile to go. One good, clean pot and he should
0:45:55 > 0:46:00win the match. This has been outstanding. You can see there with
0:46:00 > 0:46:05the fist pump what it means to Ryan Day. What an absolutely fantastic
0:46:05 > 0:46:12break. It really is. When you need to produce your best, when you're
0:46:12 > 0:46:20under most pressure, he has turned up. Superb it really is.
0:46:39 > 0:46:49Finishing with a flourish.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59He deserves to finish this match with the century. This has been a
0:46:59 > 0:47:11stunning break. Can't play any better than this. Brilliant for your
0:47:11 > 0:47:15confidence levels when you can finish a match with a break like
0:47:15 > 0:47:27this when you need it the most. APPLAUSE
0:47:27 > 0:47:43Perfect stuff. The highest break of the tournament 142 right now by his
0:47:43 > 0:47:45fellow countrymen Michael White, but this has been top quality in this
0:47:45 > 0:47:58decider.He will hark back to those blacks at the beginning of the frame
0:47:58 > 0:48:03when he was on the wrong side, one in particular, it was just full of
0:48:03 > 0:48:07confidence, the way he had it, absolutely brilliant shot. He
0:48:07 > 0:48:11couldn't just trickle it in, he played the positive shot. Everything
0:48:11 > 0:48:23he's got, he thoroughly deserves. Tremendous break.
0:48:34 > 0:48:41APPLAUSE Ryan Day has produced the goods when
0:48:41 > 0:48:48it mattered the most. Starring break of 138. He moved into Friday's
0:48:48 > 0:48:57quarterfinals with a 6-5 win over Li Hang. Rhine survives another decider
0:48:57 > 0:49:11just like you did in the last round. And a great win by Joe Perry.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Snooker mugwump follows and tomorrow we will find out the fate of Ronnie
0:49:15 > 0:49:18O'Sullivan in the evening, but first of all in the afternoon, Shaun
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Murphy taking on a man on his way back up the rankings, Ricky Walden.
0:49:21 > 0:49:27It is major, Jim, but not as we know it. Good night from Mars all in
0:49:27 > 0:49:30York.