:01:06. > :01:13.Selby in awesome form. The number one player in the world,
:01:13. > :01:20.Mark Selby was out to seal his spot. His second round match against
:01:20. > :01:29.but we start with news of the match between Sean Murphy and Martin
:01:29. > :01:39.Gould and firstly Mark Williams against Ricky Waldon.
:01:39. > :01:46.
:01:46. > :01:54.I would suggest. APPLAUSE Fantastic.
:01:54. > :02:03.Makes the most of a half chance. Mark Williams, the Welsh potting
:02:03. > :02:13.machine is right back in this. Luke Skywalker, eh?
:02:13. > :02:32.
:02:32. > :02:42.It can be tricky but you need to leefl in yourself.
:02:42. > :02:48.
:02:48. > :02:58.Martin Gould hasn't potted a ball in the last two, so Murphy 3-0 in
:02:58. > :02:58.
:02:58. > :03:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:03:55. > :04:01.He probably took a few quid off me. I can only worry about the things
:04:01. > :04:05.can I control. Snooker players are sometimes guilty of moaning too
:04:05. > :04:08.much that every pack should open perfectly, never have a kick. Bad
:04:08. > :04:13.things happen and you know, I'm pleased to say that I've now
:04:13. > :04:18.learned to cope with it. I've seen it all before. When you start
:04:18. > :04:23.putting those reds in, I thought this has got it written all over it.
:04:23. > :04:28.I'm pleased I made a fight of it. I'm disappointed, but I wish Shaun
:04:28. > :04:31.the best and he might repeat what he did last time, he went on to win.
:04:31. > :04:37.So one former champion, Mark Williams is out, Shaun Murphy is
:04:37. > :04:42.through. Now it's time for Mark Selby against Marco Fu. Selby is
:04:42. > :04:46.the best player in the world but yet to win a major. Let's find out
:04:46. > :04:53.more about a player that's proveing to be better than just a jester
:04:53. > :04:57.from Leicester. It's been very difficult. I
:04:57. > :05:02.sacrificed a lot, especially with the season being more busy. I'd
:05:02. > :05:08.like to spend more time with kids, but you choose to go to the
:05:08. > :05:15.practice. You go to the club every day for five, six hours, not spend
:05:15. > :05:22.as much time. Depends what you want out of the game. If you want more
:05:22. > :05:26.tournaments, and it's a great feeling.
:05:26. > :05:31.Whether it's Shanghai and Beijing t last four or five years I've always
:05:31. > :05:36.done reasonably well. I get to a final or the latter stages. I don't
:05:36. > :05:41.always do well out there. It is difficult. I am sometimes, the
:05:41. > :05:47.conditions can more difficult than in the UK to play. I think probably
:05:47. > :05:50.I adapt a lot better than the others would.
:05:50. > :05:55.I've probably tried too hard because of what the tournament
:05:55. > :06:00.carries and the prestige. So I think I got to the semi-final in
:06:00. > :06:05.2007. I loft in the semi-final on the
:06:05. > :06:11.final frame. Be nice to get to that again here in the UK. I played well
:06:11. > :06:17.in another game. If I can maintain that form, I can do it every time.
:06:17. > :06:22.Standing in his way is Hong Kong's Marco Fu runner-up to Shaun Murphy
:06:22. > :06:29.in 2008. Selby and Fu met in the quarter finals of the UK
:06:29. > :06:39.Championship in 007 which Selby won. We will join the action in Frame 6.
:06:39. > :06:40.
:06:40. > :06:50.Selby to play. Willy. This orne and -- Willy Thorne and John Virgo your
:06:50. > :06:54.
:06:54. > :07:04.of the very best safety players in the world. Only second to John
:07:04. > :07:17.
:07:17. > :07:27.Higgins in today's game. That was a Where's the red gone?
:07:27. > :07:28.
:07:28. > :07:32.You can't beat a bit of luck. That xoub a big slice.
:07:32. > :07:42.Once he's running loose like that you feel he will lead it straight
:07:42. > :07:51.
:07:51. > :08:01.have been on the red closest to the top cushion. He's on the middle and
:08:01. > :08:06.
:08:06. > :08:12.he may be able to get position on frees the black.
:08:12. > :08:16.I will suggest the only problem ball is the brown.
:08:16. > :08:26.Brown is a bit tricky from there. He will need that blue to win the
:08:26. > :08:48.
:08:48. > :08:53.get on the colour, he can get on the gren.
:08:53. > :08:57.Amazing -- green. Amazingly there's mileage to kiss the brun out. He's
:08:57. > :09:07.not playing it but he would be naturally beyond the green or the
:09:07. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :10:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:10:56. > :11:00.brown out to play. That's a great effort.
:11:00. > :11:05.Slightly thinner. That brown would have been a
:11:05. > :11:09.perfect pot into the corner pocket. They called it half four to push
:11:09. > :11:15.past the play. If he catches it a fraction thinner, he pushes it o
:11:15. > :11:18.over the corner. Yes, and normally when they are that close to the
:11:18. > :11:28.cushion, if you kiss it fully you can get a double-kiss and develop
:11:28. > :11:54.
:11:54. > :12:04.He pushed it only in the place that There is a tap on the table there,
:12:04. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:40.ball to the green pocket if he stops the white dead, leaves the
:12:40. > :12:55.
:12:55. > :12:58.white where the brown is. He will towards the pocket which is making
:12:58. > :13:08.him reluctant. He is looking to make sure the pink will cover the
:13:08. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :15:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:15:49. > :15:59.This is proving a tough encounter for Mark Selby. Now trailing 4-3.
:15:59. > :16:01.
:16:01. > :16:11.Frame 8, Selby to play. 20 points So this is a terrific opportunity
:16:11. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :17:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:17:46. > :17:49.frames spurred three or four chances. He's had three or four
:17:49. > :17:59.chances in this frame, which he looks like he could go on to lose
:17:59. > :18:00.
:18:00. > :18:03.in it. But he'd only have himself to blame.
:18:03. > :18:13.He should have won something this evening. He had Mark Selby playing
:18:13. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :19:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:19:27. > :19:30.white will come into open play naturally. But it is a bit risky.
:19:30. > :19:35.Don't know if he is playing it or not.
:19:35. > :19:39.No, he wasn't playing it. He got some action on that. I can't
:19:39. > :19:49.believe he's got there. That was a half force shot, how did he get
:19:49. > :19:53.
:19:53. > :19:56.cue ball is finished but I agree with you, Willie. If he waslikeing
:19:56. > :20:00.for that red and a colour, and another, maybe it would have been
:20:00. > :20:05.worth taking the risk. But it's like he wants everything to be
:20:05. > :20:10.absolutely perfect. I guess he was thinking, the white
:20:10. > :20:15.will stay on the cushion, but play with a little bit of stun on the
:20:15. > :20:25.side F you don't it forward you are bound to get the white in open play.
:20:25. > :20:25.
:20:25. > :21:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:21:23. > :21:33.Fortunately for Mark he's not got interval both players can't
:21:33. > :22:05.
:22:05. > :22:15.complain about the number of that's gone.
:22:15. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:44.He may have to just push the red good. Okay. Playing the red into
:22:44. > :22:48.the black it was always every chance it would be available into
:22:48. > :22:57.the pocket. That is exactly what happened.
:22:57. > :23:01.So 38 points in front. Red -black, in fact red-blue would
:23:01. > :23:11.be enough. Well, he missed that by a country
:23:11. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:30.getting bogged down. The importance of the match has
:23:30. > :23:30.
:23:30. > :25:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:25:14. > :25:24.If Mark Selby lost this frame and I don't think he will... Oh, where's
:25:24. > :25:31.the cue ball going? Oh! Sharp intake of breath there.
:25:31. > :25:35.Not only by Marco, but me, and the whole of the Barbican. He potted
:25:35. > :25:45.the pink in the wrong side of the pocket. He's not cueing at all well
:25:45. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:29.he looks to have judged the pace. red, though?
:26:29. > :26:39.The advantage is the green. I know a few people may think we'll
:26:39. > :26:43.
:26:43. > :26:49.the brown into play. Whether that crosses Marco's mind or not is
:26:49. > :26:59.another matter, maybe not from this position. Yes, it would have been
:26:59. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:07.won way over staying on the other If he could stop the yellow dead,
:27:07. > :27:09.you can see, he's straight. He needs to screw back to two inches
:27:09. > :27:19.and green to brown wouldn't be a problem because he would have a
:27:19. > :27:23.
:27:23. > :27:33.get into it again. The cue action is just slightly letting him down.
:27:33. > :27:56.
:27:56. > :27:59.I think he is just about pot the I don't know.
:28:00. > :28:04.It's in the balance. I'm looking at his body language, it is hard to
:28:04. > :28:14.tell with Marco. I think he can hit the brown. Can he see enough to pot
:28:14. > :28:27.
:28:27. > :28:37.and he's not inch-perfect on the blue.
:28:37. > :28:47.
:28:47. > :28:50.What a blow this would be for Mark have been able to roll the pink in
:28:50. > :28:53.and get tight on the cushion of the black. The best he can do is
:28:53. > :29:03.probably finish near the middle pocket. You would think the black
:29:03. > :29:33.
:29:33. > :29:43.still there. Mark Selby will be He is in danger of going out, but
:29:43. > :29:59.
:29:59. > :30:07.can Mark Selby produce a fightback? This is where you have to put your
:30:07. > :30:17.eggs in one basket and stun the red in getting the blue. And a normal
:30:17. > :30:17.
:30:17. > :31:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:31:41. > :31:51.Marco would knock this in. He has
:31:51. > :31:51.
:31:51. > :33:22.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:33:22. > :33:32.could, maybe should win frame and match. The balls are absolutely
:33:32. > :33:32.
:33:32. > :34:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:34:35. > :34:39.may have to try and canon the middle red of those three to the
:34:40. > :34:44.right of the pink. He could go wrong.
:34:44. > :34:47.No good kissing the red directly above the pink. That is too
:34:47. > :34:57.dangerous. If he kisss the red in the middle of those on the right
:34:57. > :35:21.
:35:21. > :35:31.he's bound to be on the red, but one is another two or three. You
:35:31. > :36:06.
:36:06. > :36:16.current form, Mark Selby looks a big favourite.
:36:16. > :36:27.
:36:27. > :36:30.shock of the tournament so far. Mark Selby went favourite. We saw
:36:30. > :36:34.Ronnie O'Sullivan go out yesterday. In some ways that makes every
:36:34. > :36:37.player in the tournament excited. O'Sullivan is not necessarily the
:36:37. > :36:47.player he was, but he's still in most people's eyes the player to
:36:47. > :36:49.
:36:49. > :36:59.favourite to win his first UK Title may have made the difference
:36:59. > :37:29.
:37:29. > :37:39.tonight. Could well have done. This back to the table are looking
:37:39. > :37:39.
:37:39. > :38:19.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:38:19. > :38:29.Mark Selby, though he's World Number 1, he proved that way to be
:38:29. > :38:33.
:38:33. > :38:40.so consistent. won't be going further h this one
:38:40. > :38:45.this year. There were certain times when he
:38:45. > :38:49.looked to be struggling, Marco, he went 2-0 ahead, Mark Selby leveled
:38:49. > :38:55.to go. But there was a key frame for me,
:38:55. > :39:05.when Mark Selby got in in the fifth frame, made a break of 53, and a 64
:39:05. > :39:33.
:39:33. > :39:43.tonight he hasn't played. Didn't have a good run of the ball. He
:39:43. > :39:46.
:39:46. > :39:50.I thought he was a little bit tentative and maybe should have
:39:50. > :39:57.gone a little bit more aggressive. APPLAUSE
:39:57. > :40:07.He didn't and Marco Fu gets the a warm congratulations from Mark
:40:07. > :40:17.Selby. The Fu family will be over the moon.
:40:17. > :40:17.
:40:17. > :40:25.Marcus Fu beats the World Number 1 So one more spot to be filled in
:40:25. > :40:30.the last eight. That will go to the winner of the match.
:40:30. > :40:34.Both players have been no further. Alan started with a 78 and a
:40:34. > :40:41.century in the third. After six frames he led 4-2. Here is the next,
:40:41. > :40:51.Alan to play, but he's trailing by 48 points. In the Chechen tri box
:40:51. > :41:06.
:41:06. > :41:16.Sir Dennis Taylor and Terry surely. It looks as though there
:41:16. > :41:54.
:41:54. > :42:04.may be a gap there, Terry, believe at the reds to pass the other one
:42:04. > :42:23.
:42:23. > :42:27.chair thinking he can't miss from here. And Allan be training so hard
:42:27. > :42:37.to clear the map. Once you have missed an opportunity,
:42:37. > :42:47.
:42:47. > :42:50.contact there. It took the pace out of the cue ball. The previous frame,
:42:50. > :43:00.there was one red near a side cushion, but it was on the other
:43:00. > :43:00.
:43:00. > :43:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:43:57. > :44:01.butt of the cue the way he's It looked like he got things going,
:44:01. > :44:11.and then should have leveled at 3-3, he missed a couple of pots he
:44:11. > :44:11.
:44:11. > :45:45.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:45:45. > :45:55.would be easier, but he's not a right-handed person, so it could be
:45:55. > :45:55.
:45:55. > :47:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 56 seconds
:47:36. > :47:45.Oh, I thought the white was going APPLAUSE
:47:45. > :47:49.He's just one frame away from a Well, Ali never got going. His
:47:49. > :47:54.highest break was 48. Mark Allen closed it in the next frame and is
:47:54. > :47:59.through to the quarter finals for the second successive year.
:47:59. > :48:04.Mark Allen has been in the headlines for comments about Barry
:48:04. > :48:10.Hern. He caused amusement by ride fog the press conference with Gaffa
:48:10. > :48:14.tape. Obviously with all the press, most
:48:14. > :48:19.people seem to be against me, but that doesn't bother me in the
:48:19. > :48:22.slightest. I'm here to play snooker and win matches and hopefully the
:48:22. > :48:25.first major tournament. Whether I get good or bad press won't make
:48:25. > :48:29.difference to me. If anything I will use it as a positive and
:48:29. > :48:34.something to spur me on. What I said and what I said in the past,
:48:34. > :48:38.seems to get a lot of press. Seems to be blown out of proportion in my
:48:38. > :48:42.eyes. I think obviously the disrepute charge is for the swear
:48:43. > :48:45.word F you take the swear word out of what I said, which I think
:48:45. > :48:49.that's what I'm getting the criticism for, I think it is only
:48:49. > :48:55.an opinion and the last time I checked there was freedom of speech
:48:55. > :48:58.and I wu entitled to it. Oi gradually improved. As long as I'm
:48:58. > :49:05.in the tournament I have a chance. There's only eight players left,
:49:05. > :49:11.I'm one of them. As much as I know I have this, I know I have a chance.
:49:11. > :49:17.We are down to the last eight and the Quarter-Final line-up: Stephen
:49:17. > :49:22.Maguire in the mix, and takes on the new poster boy, Trump.
:49:22. > :49:26.Ding Junhui faces former World Champion Neil Robert son.
:49:26. > :49:30.Walden's reward for putting out one former champion in Williams is he
:49:30. > :49:33.will face another in Shaun Murphy and confirmation that Marcus Fu is
:49:33. > :49:37.having a good run at a tournament he loves. He will face the head-
:49:37. > :49:43.line maker away from the table in Mark Allen.