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