Day 9, Part 1

:01:32. > :01:37.Good afternoon. If you can't face the festive frensy, you're in the

:01:37. > :01:44.right place. The York Barbican is a shopping-free zone. You can relax

:01:44. > :01:48.and watch this year's final of the William hill dot.com final. A tale

:01:48. > :01:53.of two attacking left handers, the most talked about player of the

:01:53. > :02:03.week, Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, against the most talked about

:02:03. > :02:06.

:02:06. > :02:12.Player of the Year, Judd Trump. Brilliant match. Enjoyed every shot.

:02:12. > :02:19.He took everything the Rocket threw at him and played some marvellous

:02:19. > :02:24.snooker and come out a 6-5 winner. Three centuries and pots off the

:02:24. > :02:32.lamp shade take Judd Trump into the semi final. It's Judd Trump's night

:02:32. > :02:37.and he goes through to his first ever UK final, a 9-7 winner. It has

:02:37. > :02:47.been brilliant to reach the world final and now UK final is a sign

:02:47. > :02:48.

:02:48. > :02:53.I'm improving as a player. Here we're in the practice room as Judd

:02:53. > :03:00.Trump prepares for his first UK final. What can we expect from him

:03:00. > :03:10.today? Long pots, big breaks, this young man is on the edge of

:03:10. > :03:13.

:03:13. > :03:22.greatness. It is Mark Allen who runs out what you could say a

:03:22. > :03:27.comfortable winner. Mark Allen goes through by 6-2. The man from

:03:27. > :03:32.Northern Ireland has won the last two frames to get into the semi

:03:32. > :03:38.final for the second year in a row. You have got to hand it to Mark

:03:38. > :03:43.Allen and he has gone on to get himself into his first ever major

:03:43. > :03:48.final, 9-7. There will be nerves, it is a major final and Judd's been

:03:48. > :03:51.in two and this will be his third and this is my first. There is

:03:51. > :03:54.added pressure of that. But once you get out there and play a frame

:03:54. > :04:03.or two you forget about the occasion and just play the balls.

:04:03. > :04:12.That is what we will do. Mark Allen did brilliantly well yesterday to

:04:12. > :04:17.overcome a 5-3 deficit against rirld -- Ricky Walden. Now he is

:04:17. > :04:23.against Judd Trump and it is Mark's first final. How will he cope? I

:04:23. > :04:28.think he will do well. He is a brilliant match player. He is great

:04:28. > :04:33.among the balls and he has got a good safety game. What more could

:04:33. > :04:38.you ask for? Any professional would say playing in a UK final on Sunday

:04:38. > :04:43.is special. You have done it. What is it like? It is fantastic. Apart

:04:43. > :04:48.from the Crucible it is the one everyone wants to win. The

:04:48. > :04:57.atmosphere is tremendous. What was your mind set on a final. You knew

:04:57. > :05:04.it was about a good start? You can win the final in the first session.

:05:04. > :05:10.If somebody gets a 6-2 lead you can take care of it. The book makers

:05:10. > :05:15.make Judd favourite. But he has o' lost a world final. I think he is

:05:15. > :05:21.enjoying it. Out of the two, I think he is the one that probably

:05:21. > :05:29.expects to win. Mark Allen, it is his first final, but I think Judd

:05:29. > :05:33.is -- has more expectation. Now Rob Walker it is all yours. Thank you.

:05:33. > :05:43.This is it after eight day of competition it is time for the big

:05:43. > :05:44.

:05:44. > :05:49.one. Welcome to the final of the 2000 eleven -- 2011UK Championship.

:05:49. > :05:59.Neither player has made this final before and so history will be made

:05:59. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:07.today in York. Please welcome a player whose determination and self

:06:07. > :06:15.belief have shone through this week. This is the most important match of

:06:15. > :06:22.his career so far. Beating Carter, Fu and Walden en route to this his

:06:22. > :06:32.first ranking event final. The pride of Northern Ireland, Mark The

:06:32. > :07:01.

:07:01. > :07:05.That took huge determination to take the first four frames last

:07:05. > :07:12.night and you will need that again today? Yes Judd's the man of the

:07:12. > :07:22.moment and I have to perform. But I'm pretty confident. Ladies and

:07:22. > :07:24.

:07:24. > :07:29.gentlemen, Mark Allen. And his opponent, a player whose talent

:07:29. > :07:32.signals a new dawn for snooker. What a way this would be to end a

:07:32. > :07:38.phenomenal year. China Open champion this April, World

:07:38. > :07:43.Championship runner up in May. He is bold, he is fearless and he is

:07:43. > :07:53.the most exciting player of his generation, from Bristol, here

:07:53. > :08:06.

:08:06. > :08:16.comes The ace in the Pack, here comes Judd Trump.

:08:16. > :08:18.

:08:18. > :08:23.MUSIC: "I Made It" by Kevin Rudolf. China was special back in April,

:08:23. > :08:27.but I suspect this one might mean more. What a fantastic occasion.

:08:27. > :08:30.Yes, it has been a good week so far. The crowds have been good and it

:08:30. > :08:37.would be special to win, because my family are here and a lot of

:08:37. > :08:43.friends are here. It is going to be a great match, Judd Trump. HAZEL

:08:43. > :08:46.IRVINE: And this final is the best of 19 frames. Eight frames this

:08:46. > :08:54.afternoon and taking the first stint in the commentary box we

:08:54. > :08:58.welcome two former champions, Stephen Hendry and John Virgo. JOHN

:08:58. > :09:02.VIRGO: thank you. Well Stephen might be having a problem at the

:09:02. > :09:08.moment. Finding the commentary box. Oh he has arrived. They have not

:09:08. > :09:17.hit a ball and he is here. But looking forward to this one,

:09:17. > :09:20.because, well I think we are seeing a new dawn here. We used to say

:09:20. > :09:29.about how much safety play would affect the match. In this one it is

:09:29. > :09:35.about who will take the chance and who makes the least mistaibs.

:09:35. > :09:42.mistakes. STEPHEN HENDRY: If Judd gets off to quick lead, he will be

:09:42. > :09:48.hard to stop. But if it is close, Mark Allen showed last night who a

:09:48. > :09:58.competitor he is. The pictures taken with the trophy. It is Judd

:09:58. > :10:14.

:10:14. > :10:24.Trump who gets this best of 19 And there is the Trump family.

:10:24. > :10:27.

:10:27. > :10:31.Steve, Georgina and brother Jack. Of course they went through mill at

:10:31. > :10:38.the Crucible. They will be hoping for a better result this time and

:10:38. > :10:48.there is Mark's father, Ronnie. He has come over from Northern Ireland.

:10:48. > :10:50.

:10:50. > :11:00.And his girlfriend Kyla with the black hair and fringe. All rooting

:11:00. > :11:01.

:11:01. > :11:11.their players on, but it is what happens on that green baize that

:11:11. > :11:22.

:11:22. > :11:32.Went full blooded for that and once he missed it, he was bound to leave

:11:32. > :11:32.

:11:32. > :12:38.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:12:38. > :12:48.an easy starter for his opponent I wonder what Judd's total footage

:12:48. > :12:54.

:12:54. > :13:04.Meanwhile Judd has got nice control of the cue ball and he has got the

:13:04. > :13:06.

:13:06. > :13:16.black available into both corner Just rattled the jaws there. That

:13:16. > :13:17.

:13:17. > :13:22.will be a reminder, don't take things too easy. Of course we

:13:22. > :13:32.always say you need the right angle on the blue, but with that red

:13:32. > :13:43.

:13:43. > :13:49.being in the other side of the He looks relaxed. He was left an

:13:49. > :13:55.easy opener and he can get his rhythm going. When I was in these

:13:55. > :14:01.finals, it is always nice the win the first frame and win it

:14:01. > :14:11.comfortably. It gives you, it relaxes you and gives you a huge

:14:11. > :14:11.

:14:11. > :15:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:15:06. > :15:16.He just caught that red a bit too Great cannon and I think he can get

:15:16. > :15:39.

:15:39. > :15:43.through to the red on the left A red and a colour needed. That is

:15:43. > :15:53.a bit careless, he may be on the brown to the middle, but that could

:15:53. > :15:54.

:15:54. > :16:04.have gone all wrong. Just the brown needed. No problem. That put him 70

:16:04. > :16:09.

:16:09. > :16:13.points in front with just 67 Well a surprising miss. If that had

:16:13. > :16:23.went in, Mark Allen wouldn't have bothered coming back to the table.

:16:23. > :16:29.

:16:29. > :16:39.Even he wanted one snooker, that was half a chance. It was a chance

:16:39. > :16:45.

:16:45. > :16:55.to get his hand on the table. There If Mark didn't know he was in a

:16:55. > :17:23.

:17:23. > :17:33.I hope the table fitters have secured these pobts well, --

:17:33. > :17:38.expects well. A great pot, but has the cue ball gone in? You can see

:17:38. > :17:45.the Barbican centre loved that. Judd Trump, 1-0. HAZEL IRVINE: A

:17:45. > :17:48.great start and he will take some stopping. Now my guests staev and

:17:48. > :17:55.Ken here, but John Parrott poised to answer any questions you may

:17:55. > :18:00.have. And I interwhen he opened his cue case -- swear when he opened

:18:00. > :18:06.his cue case, moths flew out. If you have any questions for these

:18:06. > :18:11.fellas, send them to us via Twitter. Ken? A great start from Judd Trump.

:18:11. > :18:16.Easy opening, but made a wonderful break. Settling the nerves. That is

:18:16. > :18:20.the important thing. Get a few balls, that is all you want to do

:18:20. > :18:28.the first frame. He got a good start and Mark Allen missed one at

:18:28. > :18:32.the end. But the frame was already over. What did you think of Stephen

:18:32. > :18:40.Hendry's comment that if he gets a head of steam up, he will have his

:18:40. > :18:43.work cut out. We have not seen him dominate to the levels that say

:18:43. > :18:47.Steven did. But if Judd Trump got an a roll that could happen. And

:18:47. > :18:53.there is no better message to your opponent then you get straight off

:18:53. > :18:57.the mark and don't look nervous and you're ready to continue where you

:18:57. > :19:01.left off that. Is the best you could do, win the first frame and

:19:01. > :19:08.have a great strike rate. I think stubborn and resistance could be

:19:08. > :19:18.the middle napes of Mark Allen. Never count him -- names of Mark

:19:18. > :19:39.

:19:39. > :19:44.I think Mark Allen, well he probably knew that already, he

:19:44. > :19:51.played a red into the middle and missed it. That is what left the

:19:51. > :19:56.chance H we went for it confidently enough. But even though he was 70

:19:56. > :20:06.behind, it was his first shot and he played it positively and tried

:20:06. > :20:17.

:20:17. > :20:27.to hole for the blue. But quite At the moment any long pot, it is

:20:27. > :20:35.

:20:35. > :20:45.not worth while with the black tied This is going to kiss the green.

:20:45. > :20:57.

:20:57. > :21:07.don't think he can play the red on Well you can't give him a sniff,

:21:07. > :21:16.

:21:16. > :21:26.He tried to go the other side. It wouldn't have been my choice. But

:21:26. > :21:37.

:21:37. > :21:41.he will be unlucky not to be on I didn't think he had to flay

:21:41. > :21:51.cannon quite like that from the green. The only reason I put that

:21:51. > :21:56.

:21:56. > :22:00.line in, I thought it was a more of He will be disappointed after the

:22:00. > :22:10.opening red that he didn't get more. But he has left Mark Allen with a

:22:10. > :22:50.

:22:50. > :22:53.I thought he was going to try and nestle into the reds behind the

:22:53. > :23:03.pink. But he will settle for that. He could have hit that red and

:23:03. > :23:21.

:23:21. > :23:31.I thought Mark Allen would have settled for that one, it only cost

:23:31. > :23:32.

:23:32. > :23:42.him one point. This was another tremendous pot. Right in the heart

:23:42. > :24:04.

:24:04. > :24:14.of the pocket and unlucky not to be That is a great shot. I can

:24:14. > :24:22.

:24:22. > :24:29.remember one player who used to It is just fun at the moment for

:24:29. > :24:33.him. But what is surprising I think we have all said that I remember

:24:33. > :24:39.our ex-colleague, Clive Everton telling me, ore four or five years

:24:39. > :24:41.ago that Judd Trump was the real deal. And it took him so long to

:24:41. > :24:46.get through, you wonder whether that would have affected his

:24:46. > :24:51.confidence. But now he has come out on the big stage and he is loving

:24:51. > :24:55.every minute of it. Surprising he didn't break through sooner.

:24:55. > :25:00.played him in the German masters less than a year ago and beat him.

:25:00. > :25:05.And I didn't he had learned anything about the game. He was

:25:05. > :25:13.going for incredible raw slots. But then he won the China Open and he

:25:13. > :25:19.is a different player. You have got to feel comfortable out there on

:25:19. > :25:29.the big stage and maybe that win in China and his run in the World

:25:29. > :25:55.

:25:55. > :26:05.Championship that, has made a man Not the best safety shot from

:26:05. > :26:26.

:26:26. > :26:36.You try to get the cue ball as close as you can to the baulk

:26:36. > :26:39.

:26:39. > :26:49.He has got to produce good safety here. He has got the Snook we are

:26:49. > :27:03.

:27:03. > :27:08.the yellow. But again, short of Well that was an instance where the

:27:08. > :27:18.safety was more difficult than the pot and now Mark Allen has his

:27:18. > :27:23.

:27:23. > :27:33.first chance to get his hand on the The first ball he has potted in the

:27:33. > :28:09.

:28:09. > :28:13.At the moment he has only got the Well he is OK, he has got a

:28:13. > :28:23.straight forward blue to the far left corner and the red to the left

:28:23. > :28:44.

:28:44. > :28:54.That is another poor positional shot. He needed a good angle on the

:28:54. > :29:12.

:29:12. > :29:16.If he was to see that again, he would see the brown didn't go in

:29:16. > :29:22.the middle of the pocket. If it had have done, I think he would have

:29:22. > :29:32.had better position. He is just not timing the ball as well as he can

:29:32. > :29:50.

:29:50. > :29:58.He just needs one will pink shot, you know yourself, when you hit a

:29:59. > :30:03.ball properly, that's it undue done. -- one well-timed shot. The potting

:30:03. > :30:13.this to the right corner, the two wits to the right, one of them will

:30:13. > :30:20.

:30:21. > :30:30.go to the left corner, so it is REFEREE: will you sit down, please?

:30:31. > :30:31.

:30:31. > :30:40.Someone decided to stand up just as That cue ball just about got the

:30:40. > :30:46.angle. At least one of these two writs will go into the with corner,

:30:46. > :30:54.then he could possibly play for the pink from it. Only thing is, the

:30:54. > :31:04.pink does not spot. He could stun for the pink to the left centre,

:31:04. > :31:04.

:31:04. > :31:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:31:55. > :32:05.He has left an angle to cannon this He has whittled away nicely on

:32:05. > :32:09.

:32:09. > :32:19.these. Lost position a few times. There, you see it, there-6 ahead. -

:32:19. > :32:29.- 36 ahead. It doesn't matter how you get the job done. Once you get

:32:29. > :32:31.

:32:31. > :32:36.that first frame on the scoreboard, you never settle until you do.

:32:36. > :32:45.Still needs two reds. We can see the one to the left of the black is

:32:45. > :32:55.available. It is the CRUSE reds to the right of the black. -- the

:32:55. > :32:58.

:32:58. > :33:06.three reds. He may well least those reds, but it could go wrong -- he

:33:06. > :33:13.may release those reds. Is he going to take the chance? Yes, he is. Has

:33:13. > :33:23.it gone wrong? Can he get to this black? If he can, he just needs

:33:23. > :33:31.

:33:31. > :33:39.It is there, and he has got it past the pink, or on frame ball red.

:33:39. > :33:42.This is a wonderful reply. Was no done with the style that Judd Trump

:33:42. > :33:49.to the first frame, but how important is this, for Mark Allen,

:33:49. > :33:54.to show to his opponent, you make a mistake, and I can win in one visit.

:33:54. > :34:04.I am counting him home, but, in all honesty, he should not have missed

:34:04. > :34:07.

:34:07. > :34:17.Incredible. His arm did not can't roost right. He knew that that was

:34:17. > :34:19.

:34:19. > :34:23.frame ball. -- come through straight. Still the big favourite,

:34:23. > :34:30.but Judd Trump could still get through to that red. The blacks and

:34:30. > :34:40.the remaining reds and all the colours and he could win this frame

:34:40. > :34:46.

:34:46. > :34:51.by one.. This could be an hourly Kitting from the wall -- from the

:34:51. > :34:59.last red to the black is a problem for most players, but not for did

:34:59. > :35:09.Trump. I can only sit and watch and wonder how Mark Allen missed that

:35:09. > :35:09.

:35:09. > :35:18.frame ball red. Never really got hold of it. He has just about crept

:35:18. > :35:22.past the blue. The only way to get position on the black, and Mark

:35:22. > :35:32.Allen might see some hope here, is to pot the red, and use the green

:35:32. > :35:38.to screw back. But can he hit the green fully enough, to get the

:35:38. > :35:45.backspin? If the red was towards us a little he could stun in between

:35:45. > :35:55.the green and brown. But it is hard to hit it very hard with the rest,

:35:55. > :36:01.

:36:01. > :36:08.He tried to play the screw, but it turned out to be more of a stun. If

:36:08. > :36:14.he pots the pink, he can still tie. If he misses it, he needs two

:36:14. > :36:22.snookers. It is as simple as that. He is playing the black, surely

:36:22. > :36:29.this is more difficult than the pink. Well, there you go. Mark

:36:29. > :36:39.Allen has had a let-off. Judd Trump is there to be points behind, only

:36:39. > :37:10.

:37:10. > :37:16.And the concession comes from Judd Trump in the end. Mark Allen missed

:37:17. > :37:21.a golden opportunity. It could have been comfortable, it wasn't. This

:37:21. > :37:24.is a battle of the new generation of snooker players. Methods of

:37:24. > :37:29.cueing have visibly changed over the years. John, what have you

:37:29. > :37:33.noticed about this? If you look at the old black-and-white photographs

:37:33. > :37:39.on the walls of snooker clubs, you will notice them cueing with a very

:37:39. > :37:46.straight left arm. If I play with a straight left arm, and I hit my

:37:46. > :37:49.chest, you can see I have only just gone past the cue ball. The modern

:37:49. > :37:56.method is to bend the left arm. This enables you to get through the

:37:56. > :38:00.ball. I have got my elbow, fingers on the Beth, move through and go

:38:00. > :38:05.and hit the chest. I have doubled the distance through the ball. What

:38:05. > :38:09.does that do? It gives you plenty of action on the cue ball. If you

:38:09. > :38:14.are playing in a club and struggling, move in a little closer,

:38:14. > :38:21.bend that left arm, nice and smooth, through the ball. Straight through

:38:21. > :38:26.the ball, and back down the table. You never lose it, John. He got to

:38:26. > :38:34.the semi-finals of the World Seniors this year, didn't he? Come

:38:34. > :38:38.on, nobody knows that! That is the situation. Some reflection on its

:38:38. > :38:44.second frame, Ken and steep. How did you rate the shot selection

:38:44. > :38:48.from Judd Trump? That was a fantastic break from Mark Allen. It

:38:48. > :38:52.was a miss you did not expect from Joe from. The second last red, just

:38:52. > :38:56.a little bit careless on it. He could have been higher up the table,

:38:56. > :39:03.making sure he had a nice angle on the plaque to get onto that break

:39:03. > :39:13.next to the green, and instead, he came a little bit straight. Because

:39:13. > :39:15.there is so much more margin for error there. Snooker players lives

:39:15. > :39:20.or died by their decision-making and Judd Trump was left with the

:39:20. > :39:24.pink, to draw, or the very precocious black to go for the win.

:39:24. > :39:29.It was a tough shot might. I did have heated to be what he was. He

:39:29. > :39:35.could have refused the last red and played the safety shot. Decision-

:39:35. > :39:38.making is what it is all about. Mark Allen is very good at

:39:38. > :39:48.decision-making. Tells you all you need to know about Judd Trump that

:39:48. > :39:53.

:39:53. > :39:59.he was going to go for that black, Normally, at the break of, we see a

:39:59. > :40:06.possible pot, but not this time. Can he find that baulk cushion? He

:40:06. > :40:16.has not been finding it too much. That is a little bit PC. It could

:40:16. > :40:30.

:40:30. > :40:40.finish behind the green, of course. Does it reach? No, it is short.

:40:40. > :41:04.

:41:04. > :41:14.REFEREE: file and a miss, Mark REFEREE: world, and a miss, Mark

:41:14. > :41:36.

:41:36. > :41:44.He has given eight points away already, playing the shot. Hit it,

:41:44. > :41:47.this time. We just need to see whether those eight points he has

:41:47. > :41:57.gifted Mark Allen make any difference to the outcome of this

:41:57. > :42:10.

:42:10. > :42:13.There is a gap between pack and the two ridge to the right of the black,

:42:13. > :42:21.with a chance of a pot, if he can seek the white through the gap. He

:42:21. > :42:25.has played safe. Has he started to play tonight? Maybe, looking at the

:42:25. > :42:31.angle, he was uncertain he could get to it, but it was a good,

:42:31. > :42:41.attacking safety, good length, and he has opened the reds, so there is

:42:41. > :42:54.

:42:54. > :42:59.some pressure on this reply know, This looks good. Nice, attacking

:42:59. > :43:04.safety shot now that he has opened the reds, but now, he might be

:43:04. > :43:14.wishing that he double did that. That was one of Mark Allen's better

:43:14. > :43:20.

:43:21. > :43:30.This red he's looking at is the only red he can get to. He could be

:43:30. > :43:35.in a spot of bother here. Wind to play a containing safety. Some reds

:43:35. > :43:45.available into the middle pocket. He has played that pretty nicely,

:43:45. > :44:19.

:44:19. > :44:26.but Mark Allen has the upper hand What has he left? Certainly a red

:44:26. > :44:31.to the left corner. It was a good safety shot, and as we see so many

:44:31. > :44:35.times from Judd Trump, am not saying there was an easy escape, a

:44:35. > :44:42.difficult safety or difficult pot, you know which one hears win to

:44:42. > :44:52.choose, but he has left a choice of reds, it would appear. -- you know

:44:52. > :44:57.

:44:57. > :45:07.Played that nicely. And the black will go on its spot and be

:45:07. > :45:35.

:45:35. > :45:39.available. This is a decent chance As you said, Stephen, Judd Trump

:45:39. > :45:45.played the attacking safety, and it just took one good safety shot from

:45:45. > :45:50.Mark Allen, and he got the initiative. As you said, he's

:45:50. > :45:57.always going to choose the pot, rather than the City. That was the

:45:57. > :46:01.way I like to play -- rather than the safety. Mark Allen is going to

:46:01. > :46:10.get a lot of opportunities in this final. If he takes them, he is

:46:10. > :46:20.going to be hard to beat. In the days of Ray Reardon versus Alex

:46:20. > :46:21.

:46:21. > :46:25.Higgins he would purposefully leave him at tempts. -- attempts. You

:46:25. > :46:31.know if he has the choice between a difficult safety shot and a

:46:31. > :46:35.difficult pot, you know which one he is going to choose. It is up to

:46:35. > :46:43.Mark Allen to take these opportunities. He almost did in the

:46:43. > :46:48.last frame, but missed frame ball, and luckily, it didn't cost him.

:46:48. > :46:53.There are a couple of ways of playing this, the little screw to

:46:53. > :46:57.cannon -- cannon those reds to the left of the pink. That is the one

:46:57. > :47:03.he played, but if you do not catch that full ball, he may be OK,

:47:03. > :47:08.because there may be a red that passes the pink to the middle.

:47:08. > :47:12.did not get this done that he wanted all the white. Almost all

:47:12. > :47:22.through with the white, rather than standing it. -- almost for that

:47:22. > :47:25.

:47:25. > :47:34.route. Rather than stunning it. will be desperate for this red to

:47:34. > :47:39.go past the pink. You then question whether it does go and stop at last

:47:39. > :47:46.chalk was unusual for Mark Allen because I consider him one of the

:47:46. > :47:53.best in a game for the little cannons around the pink and black.

:47:53. > :47:59.There is certainly not all of the pocket available here. He will be

:47:59. > :48:05.mightily relieved, because it was a poor positional shot. He looked and

:48:05. > :48:15.looked. He was not aware that red was available until it was the only

:48:15. > :48:16.

:48:16. > :48:22.red he could play for. He was a bit fortunate, there. John Parrott was

:48:22. > :48:32.good at that, when you think he was out of position and he would get

:48:32. > :48:33.

:48:33. > :48:39.done and pot one. -- get down. There must be a little bit of

:48:39. > :48:46.tension in his arm you, because he's not quite getting the reaction

:48:46. > :48:56.he would normally get. This is a big day for Mark Allen, we know

:48:56. > :49:01.

:49:01. > :49:07.that, but we know that if he does not produce his A-game, he will not

:49:07. > :49:17.be winning this match. Now, back in perfect position. He has had a few

:49:17. > :49:36.

:49:36. > :49:46.Again, did not quite stun or enough, but a nice shot, to the blue. Now,

:49:46. > :49:54.

:49:55. > :50:04.he has a choice of reds to play for. It should be plain sailing from

:50:05. > :50:14.

:50:14. > :50:19.We will see it gets -- if it gets high from this one for the stun. He

:50:19. > :50:29.played that much more positively. Even the sound of the ball going

:50:29. > :50:34.

:50:34. > :50:44.into the pocket, you can tell he This black, to go 63 points in

:50:44. > :50:56.

:50:56. > :51:02.front, with 83 remaining. Just two He judged that nicely. He did not

:51:02. > :51:12.have a lot of Maja form -- margin for error, with that red to the

:51:12. > :51:14.

:51:14. > :51:24.Just lost the cue ball a little bit. This will put in 76 points in front

:51:24. > :51:42.

:51:42. > :51:47.That was a positive stroke, so easy to put a bit of side on that.

:51:47. > :51:53.noticeable there, as this brick has gone on, he is starting to hit the

:51:53. > :52:00.ball better -- this break. He knows the importance of taking his

:52:00. > :52:08.chances today. He's concentrating so much on making the pot, rather

:52:08. > :52:18.than the position. Soon enough, you can let the game flow naturally,

:52:18. > :52:18.

:52:18. > :52:22.Many times I have watched Mark Allen playing and you could accuse

:52:22. > :52:29.him of playing a loose shot, but he really looks up for this, doesn't

:52:29. > :52:35.he? There is a fine line between giving too much emphasis on the pot,

:52:35. > :52:45.rather than the position, but slowly but surely, he seems to be

:52:45. > :52:46.

:52:46. > :52:50.getting the cue through a lot Chance to make his second century

:52:50. > :53:00.of the tournament. He will need to make a cannon, to get one of those

:53:00. > :53:10.reds to pot, the red to the right, half ball. Perfectly described and

:53:10. > :53:44.

:53:44. > :53:47.A few loose positional shots half- wit who this break which, if you

:53:47. > :53:55.are not in the right frame of mind, can put you off and make you miss

:53:55. > :53:58.an easy ball, but he has kept his concentration, and now, he is

:53:58. > :54:08.cueing the ball beautifully. This will stand him in good stead for

:54:08. > :54:12.

:54:12. > :54:19.People may have come along thinking that's Judd Trump, because of the

:54:19. > :54:29.way he pots and break builds, but you could see, Mark Allen, in this

:54:29. > :54:37.

:54:38. > :54:42.frame, is stealing Judd Trump's Magnificent! Magnificent break. 141,

:54:42. > :54:50.absolutely super. Played a great safety shot, put Judd Trump in

:54:50. > :54:57.trouble, and he did the rest. That was brilliant. 2-1, Mark Allen! It

:54:57. > :55:01.does not get much better than that, does it? Phenomenal stuff by Mark

:55:01. > :55:06.Allen. A couple of slightly lacks strikes of the ball in the middle

:55:06. > :55:14.of that break, but he rescued it well. And it is not all about Judd

:55:14. > :55:19.Trump. That is the important thing. It is a very psychological game.

:55:19. > :55:24.This was the good safety shot that Mark Allen played. I cannot see a

:55:24. > :55:28.good safety shot, so the way that Judd Trump likes to play, to try to

:55:29. > :55:34.pot his way out of trouble, he went for this difficult pot, there was

:55:34. > :55:42.no path back to baulk, should he miss it, he went back to his seat,

:55:42. > :55:47.and we witnessed a wonderfully compile break of 141. If Judd Trump

:55:47. > :55:51.thought this was going to be easy, he is now aware that Mark Allen is

:55:51. > :55:54.up for that. Some of the determination that Mark Allen

:55:54. > :56:04.showed in this frame will stand them in good stead for what should

:56:04. > :56:12.

:56:12. > :56:17.All the talk has been about Judd Trump and how well he has played,

:56:17. > :56:22.and his flamboyant style, but that is all the motivation somebody like

:56:22. > :56:28.Mark Allen needs. Somebody talking up Judd Trump's game. He will just

:56:28. > :56:38.go about his business. He has been in the top 16 for a few years now.

:56:38. > :56:38.

:56:38. > :57:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:57:23. > :57:33.He is an established, top player, That cue ball is close to the

:57:33. > :57:35.

:57:35. > :57:41.corner pocket. It has stayed in the jaws. It ended up a pretty good

:57:41. > :57:46.safety shot. Judd Trump having a look to see there is a possible

:57:46. > :57:56.plant. Those two reds may be in line. That is what he is having a

:57:56. > :58:00.look at. And not sure whether one cleanly goes on to the other. If

:58:00. > :58:06.you hit the right hand side of the first one, it will push the second

:58:06. > :58:16.one to the left. I am not sure that this will work. Well, it did, it

:58:16. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:29.did! He has made more plants than anyone in the tournament. Just

:58:29. > :58:34.

:58:34. > :58:38.When Mark Allen rattled in the jaws and stayed near the baulk cushion,

:58:38. > :58:48.you thought, that was Judd Trump in trouble, but will spotted with that

:58:48. > :58:52.

:58:52. > :58:59.plant. -- well spotted. Mark Allen was maybe careless not to look for

:58:59. > :59:09.that plant, because it was there before he played his safety. Fair

:59:09. > :59:17.

:59:17. > :59:19.comment. Let's have a look. Those two reds just below the pink. If he

:59:19. > :59:27.had played the safety shot match, he may have thought he was covering

:59:27. > :59:32.the main bunch of reds. But that is why you've always got to have a

:59:32. > :59:39.look at the pack of reds. You never know what might be there, with are

:59:39. > :59:44.you looking for a plant, or the safety, or just so that you don't

:59:44. > :59:50.need -- leave anything for your opponent. Has he overrun this? Yes,

:59:50. > :59:59.he has. Unless he plays another plant, and this is not a certainty,

:59:59. > :00:03.by any means. You can only commentate on what you have seen.

:00:03. > :00:13.He could play a safety to the cushion behind the black to try and

:00:13. > :00:16.

:00:16. > :00:21.cover the pocket. But this is not! -- nuts! Well, I could not think of

:00:21. > :00:24.any other player won the game who would play that, but I am never

:00:24. > :00:29.going to criticise his choice of shot, because at the end of the day,

:00:29. > :00:35.it is his decision, not mine. cannot criticise anyone in the

:00:35. > :00:45.final of the UK championship or the final of the worlds, it's the way

:00:45. > :00:48.

:00:48. > :00:58.He was fortunate not to leave Mark anything easier than that. That was

:00:58. > :01:22.

:01:22. > :01:32.Played that nicely. There are a He may have a slight angle. But you

:01:32. > :01:45.

:01:45. > :01:50.have to force the cue ball and you He will settle for that. I have

:01:50. > :01:54.never been a great fan of that shot. If you catch it it will nestle into

:01:54. > :02:04.the reds. But he caught the top half and the pink helped to keep

:02:04. > :02:15.

:02:15. > :02:22.Perfect on the blue. There is a mid session interval after this frame.

:02:22. > :02:32.There is a good chance that Mark Allen, after losing the first frame

:02:32. > :02:32.

:02:32. > :03:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:03:20. > :03:25.Mark Allen started this... Ooh well, would you believe it? If he catches

:03:25. > :03:29.the join of the two reds, he is going on on it. Questionable I

:03:29. > :03:34.think Stephen, maybe should have played it with more pace. If you

:03:34. > :03:44.play at that pace and you don't catch the red right, the cue ball

:03:44. > :03:53.

:03:53. > :04:00.I thought that was in. He was going around to play the pink. REFEREE:

:04:00. > :04:06.Touching ball. He looked in prime position. It was close but play at

:04:06. > :04:15.that pace, if it rattled and got close it was going to stay there.

:04:15. > :04:25.Is he going to be on a colour? Well he will be disappointed he is not

:04:25. > :04:52.

:04:52. > :04:57.You would think the ideal red to try and hit is the one closest to

:04:57. > :05:04.the top cushion. But I don't think the one cushion escapes, because he

:05:04. > :05:14.is so close to the yellow. If you use two or three cushions, then...

:05:14. > :05:15.

:05:16. > :05:18.It makes it that much more difficult to be precise. If he

:05:18. > :05:26.could gate one cushion escape to the red near the top cushion he

:05:26. > :05:31.would have played it by now. So it begs the question - what is the

:05:32. > :05:36.alternative? The only other shot I can see is to come off one cushion

:05:36. > :05:46.and land on the two reds that are together. But that is very

:05:46. > :05:47.

:05:47. > :05:57.difficult. That is the only other safe place can I see. This must be

:05:57. > :06:12.

:06:12. > :06:22.Well he got the line. Well it was The only positive thing for Mark

:06:22. > :06:23.

:06:23. > :07:16.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:07:16. > :07:21.Allen, he has knocked a red in the He is going to need the four

:07:21. > :07:31.remaining reds, so it is not a straight forward run to the winning

:07:31. > :07:58.

:07:58. > :08:04.He is trying to stun over to play Yes it would have been easier if he

:08:04. > :08:09.has been straighter on the pink. has misjudged the cannon. Now well

:08:09. > :08:15.this the most difficult red, the red that's closest to the side

:08:15. > :08:25.cushion. But surely even for Judd it is too risky. He has an 18 point

:08:25. > :08:55.

:08:55. > :09:01.lead. Good safety is the order of It wasn't an easy safety shot. So

:09:02. > :09:05.he thought it was worth a try at playing the pot. With the knowledge

:09:05. > :09:09.unless he got rally close to the jaws, the only red he could leave

:09:09. > :09:14.was the one he was playing. So it was reasonably safe and Judd won't

:09:14. > :09:24.want to bring the red that is closest to the side cushion into

:09:24. > :09:24.

:09:24. > :10:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:10:11. > :10:21.Don't risk all just to keep a ball A shake of the head. I don't think

:10:21. > :10:54.

:10:54. > :11:00.It was risky to play it like that. I would be more concerned in trying

:11:00. > :11:05.to swing it a bit wider. He can't get through to the red near the

:11:05. > :11:15.black spot. Well maybe he could. It is a thin cut though. Just seeing

:11:15. > :11:24.

:11:24. > :11:34.if he can hit enough of this red. A terrific pot. And he came to the

:11:34. > :11:48.

:11:48. > :11:58.table 18 points behind. He is rate A good pot there has given him a

:11:58. > :12:20.

:12:20. > :12:30.Just left himself a bit too straight on that black there. Does

:12:30. > :12:43.

:12:43. > :12:53.He has played that absolutely superb. He couldn't be better on

:12:53. > :12:56.

:12:56. > :13:06.the blue here. Four points the lead. Up to and including the blue for a

:13:06. > :13:28.

:13:28. > :13:33.If he is too straight, depend, you can always tell how quick a player

:13:33. > :13:42.gets down. The fact he is looking and having a shake of the head. He

:13:42. > :13:49.is straight enough. Brown and blue needed. Well trying to force the

:13:49. > :13:59.brown in. He has got position on the blue. But he didn't pot the

:13:59. > :14:00.

:14:00. > :14:06.brown. As we see, all about fractions. If he had a nice half

:14:07. > :14:15.ball angle on the brown, it would have been a formality. Judd nine

:14:15. > :14:25.points belandlady, means brown, blue and pink. He played that with

:14:25. > :14:38.

:14:38. > :14:48.a slight degree of safety. He will If he can get right behind the

:14:48. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:58.brown, as he has done, that is a pretty good shot. You would think

:14:58. > :15:10.

:15:10. > :15:15.that is safe for most people. But The first to 10 to win it. But you

:15:15. > :15:25.can feel a bit of tension in the air already. It has become a big

:15:25. > :15:33.

:15:33. > :15:40.Always we think it is a big frame when both players have had a few

:15:40. > :15:44.chances to win it. It gains in importance. Whoever loses it will

:15:44. > :15:54.reflect on the chances they have missed. If you win it, you will

:15:54. > :16:21.

:16:21. > :16:30.That is a good shot. The Brun's in the middle of the table. -- bruen's

:16:30. > :16:40.in the middle of table. -- brown's in the middle of table. This is a

:16:40. > :16:44.

:16:44. > :16:54.case of hitting the brown and He will be pleased with that. It

:16:54. > :17:11.

:17:11. > :17:16.Has he got the snooker? I think he's covered the potting angle. But

:17:17. > :17:26.Mark Allen will be happy if he could get through to any part of

:17:27. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:49.Oh he has hit it too thin. But it's OK. It's OK. It just travelled

:17:49. > :17:51.

:17:51. > :18:01.enough. Mark's got the advantage of a bit of the run of the balls in

:18:01. > :18:21.

:18:21. > :18:25.REFEREE: Foul and a miss. The old glance at the score board.

:18:25. > :18:32.Surprised he put that back there. I thought he may have chosen to play

:18:32. > :18:37.the safety. It is easy to get back behind the blue, pink and black and

:18:38. > :18:47.bring the brown off the cushion. is thinking if he is going to play

:18:48. > :18:51.

:18:51. > :19:01.it dead weight, he is going to be He doesn't want to miss it again.

:19:01. > :19:05.

:19:05. > :19:15.Just very thin off the brown and He missed a trick there, but he has

:19:15. > :19:20.

:19:20. > :19:24.Well it has found Judd Trump out. Because he has hit the brown too

:19:24. > :19:34.thick and the kiss on the pink has left the chance that Mark Allen is

:19:34. > :19:39.

:19:39. > :19:49.Brown and blue needed. But just wide. Automatically on the blue if

:19:49. > :19:50.

:19:50. > :20:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:20:30. > :20:40.it went in. A big shot that. And a Once again contact, but this time

:20:40. > :20:46.

:20:46. > :20:51.it's not safe. He needs the four Hitting that hard and if they don't

:20:51. > :20:55.go in and they rattle the jaws, they usually finish up on the floor.

:20:55. > :21:01.I'm surprised he mitt that so hard. It looked like a natural angle just

:21:01. > :21:11.to play with top spin and come back for the blue. He sort of stunned it.

:21:11. > :21:15.

:21:15. > :21:19.Well it means that Mark Allen just And in it goes. So it looks certain

:21:19. > :21:29.now as they go to the mid session international that Mark Allen will

:21:29. > :21:46.

:21:46. > :21:52.Only one snooker needed. So Judd That cue ball is close to the

:21:52. > :21:56.middle and that bump has left it and Judd Trump has conceded and he

:21:56. > :22:01.wipes his cue across the table, knocks the blue off and Mark Allen

:22:01. > :22:08.will be relieved. He lost the first frame. But he has won the next

:22:08. > :22:12.three. He leads 3-1. HAZEL IRVINE: I don't think this is a scoreline

:22:12. > :22:18.that most people would have predicted. But Mark Allen playing

:22:18. > :22:22.out of his skin. He is keeping the heat on Judd Trump and Judd played

:22:22. > :22:28.that very optimistic plant early in the frame and he has given the

:22:28. > :22:35.chance of the brown and goes for them and goes with force and

:22:35. > :22:40.hitting this hard, wobbling it in the jaws, they can jump off the

:22:40. > :22:46.table.Less Not tempered the strength at which he hits the ball.

:22:46. > :22:52.I was surprised why he had to dig down on the cue ball. But he could

:22:52. > :22:57.have played it as a natural, a bit of top spin, like it was a natural

:22:57. > :23:02.angle to come back for the blue. But Mark Allen's heaping -- keeping

:23:02. > :23:07.the heat on and picking off nice little breaks. He is not smashing

:23:08. > :23:13.the balls open and making, he is just picking them off nicely and he

:23:13. > :23:17.is very composed and he has started off this final well. How would you

:23:17. > :23:22.view the look of the first four frames? Well, we thought that it

:23:22. > :23:27.was going to be Judd that would be the dominance force. It is stating

:23:27. > :23:32.the obvious when the guy is 3-1 up. But he looks very calm and he looks

:23:32. > :23:38.like he is not go to mess his chances up. I'm very impressed with

:23:38. > :23:42.how Mark Allen's grasping his first world final. And particularly that

:23:42. > :23:46.this is that, his first one. You would expect nerves to play a

:23:46. > :23:50.significant part. But Judd has the benefit of having gone all the way

:23:50. > :23:55.to a world final? Yes he has more experience in that department. But

:23:55. > :24:01.once you get out there and get the few frames under your belt, you're

:24:01. > :24:07.just enjoying it and he looks more relaxed than 4 has done in previous

:24:07. > :24:13.matches hire and is scoring heavier and he is keeping the pressure on

:24:13. > :24:18.and playing good safety and his shot selection at the moment is

:24:18. > :24:23.better than Judd's. You say world final, I think some of the BBC

:24:24. > :24:27.events have much more of a standing than any of the other events so and

:24:27. > :24:34.they are magnified. If you play on the big occasion in these three

:24:34. > :24:38.events on the BBC, you can have a game of snooker. Well it is

:24:38. > :24:42.intriguing. Dr Parrott is enjoying it. And we have a couple of

:24:42. > :24:48.interesting questions. First from Paul, who says what is the best way

:24:48. > :24:52.to put a new tip on and it is best to have it flush with the cue or

:24:52. > :24:58.hanging over. Bear with me. First be careful with the Stanley knife

:24:58. > :25:03.when you take the old tip off and get a file and take off the old

:25:03. > :25:11.residue and make it as flat as possible. You will have a tip that

:25:11. > :25:20.has been stamped out, get sand paper and rup it -- rub it. One

:25:20. > :25:26.thing also to remember, if you have a 10 millimetre cue, buy an 11

:25:26. > :25:34.millimetre tip. Sometimes it is difficult to get it balanced on. If

:25:34. > :25:40.it moves you have to take it off and start again. Or put some

:25:40. > :25:45.insulation tape around it and run it down to here, why? So the glue

:25:46. > :25:52.doesn't run down the wood. And then you have your glue and your tip and

:25:52. > :25:58.you have it it proud. It is up to you whether you leave that. I would

:25:58. > :26:03.play and this one is flush but when it was bigger you could see it. It

:26:03. > :26:10.is personal preference. When you're sand papering, do this, always down

:26:10. > :26:15.wards, never do it up. Because you will split the leather. Use a rough

:26:15. > :26:21.grade and then a medium grade and then a fine grade and then play it

:26:21. > :26:26.for week to bash it in then you will have a perfect cue. Top tips

:26:26. > :26:32.on tips. Nick says, why do you watch players like Mark Allen and

:26:32. > :26:42.see their finger tapping before they strike the ball. Probably the

:26:42. > :26:48.most prominent one was Tony Mayo. And you're sitting in front of

:26:48. > :26:52.someone who is a finger tapper, Mr Doherty. It is to do with

:26:52. > :26:59.concentration. We should ask you Ken, were you aware you did it?

:26:59. > :27:05.never. You don't notice it. I don't know whether Steve did it. You war

:27:05. > :27:08.leaner in a previous life! -- you were a leaner in a previous life!

:27:09. > :27:13.Thank you for everyone who has been getting in touch. We know Judd's in

:27:13. > :27:17.the final and there noise fluke about that. But -- there is no

:27:17. > :27:23.fluke about that. But if it weren't for couple of fluebs in his first

:27:23. > :27:33.match he may not have got beyond the first hurdle. Everyone needs a

:27:33. > :27:47.

:27:47. > :27:57.bit of luck and there has been Well he is introduced as the wizard

:27:57. > :28:04.

:28:04. > :28:12.Where is the red going? Oh can you believe it? And only the pink

:28:12. > :28:19.needed. If he pots the pink, Rory needs a snooker. If he doesn't hit

:28:19. > :28:28.the pink, it would have been a much more difficult scape than this. --

:28:28. > :28:38.escape. Not another fluke? Would you believe it? Rory stands and his

:28:38. > :28:47.

:28:47. > :28:57.smiles and he thinks, what has Hell he fluebged it. You can't --

:28:57. > :29:00.

:29:00. > :29:10.fluked it, you can't believe what Is it in the middle pocket? Yes!

:29:10. > :29:19.

:29:19. > :29:29.Have a bit of that, Neil. He would probably like to save that

:29:29. > :29:41.

:29:41. > :29:46.fluke for a more important part of Where has the red gone in where's

:29:46. > :29:56.the red gone? Well... Have all the skill you like, but you can't beat

:29:56. > :29:56.

:29:56. > :31:20.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:31:20. > :31:30.That is one way of getting on a Way is the red going? Surely he is

:31:30. > :31:35.

:31:35. > :31:40.not getting that. That could be Well, that was reckless. It has not

:31:40. > :31:50.finished yet. Surely it is not going in the middle pocket? What is

:31:50. > :31:57.

:31:57. > :32:07.Poor old Dominic Dale. As Gary Player once said, the more I

:32:07. > :32:35.

:32:35. > :32:42.Yes, plenty of spot on the BBC today. Now, all three of my guests

:32:42. > :32:52.are united in their cheers for once. And there was a real debate sparked

:32:52. > :32:53.

:32:53. > :32:59.by one of our viewers yesterday. She asked who they thought the top

:32:59. > :33:06.five players in the world would be in five years' time. This is what

:33:06. > :33:16.they decided upon. I think they're roughly came up with the same five,

:33:16. > :33:21.

:33:21. > :33:27.with the exception of Ken Doherty. Interestingly, Steve Davis has gone

:33:27. > :33:37.for Ding Junhui to be their No. 1 player in the world. It takes a bit

:33:37. > :33:37.

:33:37. > :33:45.of doing to look into the crystal ball? Firstly, it is very hard to

:33:45. > :33:49.predict with a very young players how well we will come through. But

:33:49. > :33:59.of course, the players who are already established are not going

:33:59. > :34:02.

:34:02. > :34:05.to go away quickly. Of course, the likes of John Higgins and Ronnie

:34:05. > :34:15.O'Sullivan that spring to mind. If they want to put their mind to it,

:34:15. > :34:15.

:34:15. > :34:24.they could still be up there. Those two players are so good, they are

:34:24. > :34:32.two of the older players who could break the mould. Yes, also Mark

:34:32. > :34:37.Williams, who is another one who could do that. These guys are

:34:37. > :34:46.making all the noise at the moment and the younger players,

:34:46. > :34:52.particularly Mark Allen and Judd Trump, look to be the future.

:34:52. > :34:57.he will only be about 27 years of age at that point, which is a time

:34:57. > :35:03.when we expect the snooker player to actually be coming to his peak.

:35:03. > :35:13.But we do not have a crystal ball and I still expect E Ronnie

:35:13. > :35:14.

:35:14. > :35:19.O'Sullivan or a John Higgins to be At that time, most of these guys

:35:20. > :35:29.have seen it and done it and a lot depends on their attitude and

:35:30. > :35:31.

:35:31. > :35:34.appetite? Yes, we have got a history of people becoming world

:35:34. > :35:44.champions in their early twenties, but we are now possible looking at

:35:44. > :35:50.at teenager doing it. Now, some of these new kids on the block are

:35:50. > :35:58.some of the people we can expect to see in years to come. This teenage

:35:58. > :36:08.prodigy is from Belgium. At 14 years of age he won the European

:36:08. > :36:13.

:36:13. > :36:18.Championship. Another is a practice partner of Judd Trump. This is

:36:18. > :36:23.Michael White, a Welshman. At the age of nine, he became the youngest

:36:23. > :36:33.player to make a competitive century. He is a really hot

:36:33. > :36:36.

:36:36. > :36:45.prospect. And what about the tour school graduate from China? He lost

:36:45. > :36:48.here in his first major TV Appearance to Shaun Murphy. And

:36:48. > :36:54.that there is the youngest ever professional. He is only 15 years

:36:54. > :36:59.of age. He is based in Gloucester and we think he is the future world

:36:59. > :37:04.champion. Those five are some of the main to look out for. You have

:37:04. > :37:12.seen most of them, Steve, and you will even have played eight against

:37:12. > :37:18.a few of them. Who do you think is the best prospect? That is actually

:37:18. > :37:28.just a few of them. As I said earlier, it is very hard to be able

:37:28. > :37:31.

:37:31. > :37:37.to judge how players will keep improving when the UN that young.

:37:37. > :37:47.liked the look of the Belgian player. I think he is very good and

:37:47. > :37:52.scores very heavily when he gets in are amongst the balls. Most people

:37:52. > :38:02.will not know anything about and, but he is going to be cleaning up

:38:02. > :38:07.

:38:07. > :38:15.the rankings in the years to come. There are some fantastic talents at

:38:15. > :38:23.their. Playing five or six a words and a club with Ronnie O'Sullivan

:38:23. > :38:30.is not going to do you any harm. Yes, we have good players from

:38:30. > :38:36.Belgium, China and even Poland. It just shows that is becoming a much

:38:36. > :38:45.more international game? Yes, especially with the ranking system

:38:45. > :38:54.now going up to 64 and possibly going up to 128. It opens up the

:38:54. > :39:04.game a lot more. And the precocious age of 22, Judd Trump has set the

:39:04. > :39:08.

:39:08. > :39:14.tone. It has got a bit manned recently. I have used the word

:39:14. > :39:21.naughty a lot and everyone has picked up on it. I just meant shops

:39:21. > :39:30.like that are ones which you might normally just play in an exhibition.

:39:30. > :39:35.We asked him to show was a couple of them. You put a lot of top spin

:39:35. > :39:44.on it and it would normally have gone back up the table, but it

:39:44. > :39:54.stays down at that end of the table. I played that one with a lot of

:39:54. > :39:54.

:39:54. > :40:02.back spin and sidespin. It arcs around the cloth and goes like a

:40:02. > :40:12.banana. I have tried to calm my game down a bit, but it is still a

:40:12. > :40:13.

:40:13. > :40:23.bit naughty sometimes. That word has been all over Judd's Twitter

:40:23. > :40:27.

:40:27. > :40:33.I normally just tweaked to take my mind off the game. You just want to

:40:33. > :40:43.take your mind off the being and it is just nice to see all the support

:40:43. > :40:44.

:40:44. > :40:54.I am getting. Describing himself as a part-time snooker player and

:40:54. > :40:59.

:41:00. > :41:04.full-time international playboy has added to his attraction. It has

:41:04. > :41:14.helped me relax, but may want table performance has not been great.

:41:14. > :41:18.There is still a lot of improvement to come. The game is popular and

:41:18. > :41:26.the prize money is good at the moment, so I am going to enjoy

:41:26. > :41:31.myself away from the table as well. Judd Trump missed out on the World

:41:31. > :41:41.Championship in April, but the UK Championship would be a good

:41:41. > :41:43.

:41:43. > :41:53.consolation. Interesting way, Judd Trump has already been tweeting in

:41:53. > :41:53.

:41:54. > :42:03.the interval. He says he is going to put his and not the head on. --

:42:04. > :42:14.

:42:14. > :42:24.We will try and do some naughty commentary, Hazel. He did play a

:42:24. > :42:32.

:42:32. > :42:42.Mark Allen when these three frames and with that break of 141, he has

:42:42. > :42:56.

:42:56. > :43:06.shown us to be in scintillating Very good length with that safety

:43:06. > :43:14.

:43:14. > :43:24.shot. This is this plant that Judd I am not surprised they are

:43:24. > :43:28.

:43:28. > :43:38.laughing at that one. That is great He was so annoyed he was trying to

:43:38. > :43:46.

:43:46. > :43:56.get the snooker behind the green Stephen Hendry was seen that dean

:43:56. > :44:03.

:44:03. > :44:13.That is the pot calling the kettle black!. Stephen Hendry went for a

:44:13. > :44:21.

:44:21. > :44:31.It is great to see two young players out there having a bit of

:44:31. > :44:47.

:44:47. > :44:57.Another cracking safety shot there. And even the referee is having a

:44:57. > :45:21.

:45:21. > :45:28.laugh and the crowd. Everyone is Both these players proving that the

:45:28. > :45:38.a very good tactical players. OK, he has left a red, but that was a

:45:38. > :45:46.

:45:46. > :45:56.He found a cannon on to another red, which has left everything still

:45:56. > :46:03.

:46:03. > :46:13.In the previous frame, remember he played the brown? I do not know

:46:13. > :46:41.

:46:41. > :46:51.what he is reluctant to roll the I am not sure if he can come off to

:46:51. > :46:54.

:46:54. > :47:04.cushions and rest into the back of He is going to have to go close to

:47:04. > :47:14.

:47:14. > :47:24.the black to escape from this. And Mark is just thinking about that,

:47:24. > :47:24.

:47:24. > :47:29.before he has it replaced. The referee is just policing he cue

:47:29. > :47:39.ball and will probably have a quick look at the monitor, just to make

:47:39. > :47:44.

:47:44. > :47:54.sure he has got both feet white and There is Jan Verhaas, the other

:47:54. > :47:59.

:47:59. > :48:09.referee. Letters have a look. That is where they wear. It is slightly

:48:09. > :48:15.

:48:15. > :48:25.different, which I think will make If he goes on the other side of the

:48:25. > :48:27.

:48:27. > :48:35.black, he would have to rest That angle was not there. He could

:48:35. > :48:43.not have got any closer to the black. I think he will have to find

:48:43. > :48:51.an alternative. As Dennis just explained, if he goes the other

:48:51. > :49:01.side of the black, he could leave key red over for the left-hand

:49:01. > :49:06.

:49:06. > :49:16.Can he get enough side on it just before the middle pocket? He is

:49:16. > :49:18.

:49:18. > :49:28.having to swell of it to try and do that. He has hit the pink this time.

:49:28. > :49:28.

:49:29. > :49:38.At least we know the shot is on now. I think that is probably as good as

:49:39. > :49:49.

:49:49. > :49:59.That looks pretty good, but the only way he can get the peace of

:49:59. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:14.Yes, I think the slower the better. That will give the sidespin a

:50:14. > :50:17.

:50:17. > :50:27.Mark is just suggesting that the pink should be a bit near or at the

:50:27. > :50:34.

:50:34. > :50:44.Let us have a look now. Yes, I think it is just that raid baulk

:50:44. > :51:00.

:51:00. > :51:10.This is where the where and this is where they are now. That looks

:51:10. > :51:10.

:51:10. > :51:16.pretty good to me. Now, the slower the better, as I suggested. Now,

:51:16. > :51:26.the sidespin will take here. Unfortunately, it caught the middle

:51:26. > :51:29.

:51:29. > :51:39.pocket. Yes, the fact that he is swerving it, makes it more

:51:39. > :51:47.

:51:47. > :51:56.It did not have enough peace. This is proving very costly, this

:51:56. > :52:01.snooker. But it is one of these situations, where you do not even

:52:01. > :52:11.mean giving away something like 40 points, as long as you do not end

:52:11. > :52:27.

:52:27. > :52:33.up leaving an easy opening for your Yes, he found a way to get it done.

:52:33. > :52:43.It was well worth giving away a few points to make sure that in the end,

:52:43. > :53:03.

:53:03. > :53:10.The balls have now gone a bit awkward. There where a couple of

:53:10. > :53:19.frames which where clinched in virtually one visit. I think the

:53:19. > :53:28.green has come to his rescue. Mark is having a look. He certainly

:53:28. > :53:38.cannot now pot it into the middle pocket. At this moment in time,

:53:38. > :53:48.

:53:48. > :53:58.Mark Allen is definitely playing Mark can have a go at this. Judd is

:53:58. > :54:12.

:54:12. > :54:21.not going to change his game. He is He is playing very well at the

:54:21. > :54:25.moment, Mark Allen. He is maybe getting a slight run of the balls.

:54:25. > :54:35.But that always seems to be the case when you're playing well. You

:54:35. > :54:55.

:54:55. > :55:05.It is a little bit risky to play for the black at this stage. Let us

:55:05. > :55:07.

:55:07. > :55:15.just see the way he plays the first. If there had been a red neon the

:55:15. > :55:25.cushion, which she could have just rolled in and left it sitting here

:55:25. > :55:58.

:55:58. > :56:03.for the black, I think he would The pink is available in to the

:56:03. > :56:13.bottom right-hand corner. He is concentrating on the blue at the

:56:13. > :56:32.

:56:32. > :56:36.He hit the wrong red there. He intended to play the cannon. With

:56:36. > :56:46.the black way it is, I am surprised he did not hit into the pink. He

:56:46. > :57:06.

:57:06. > :57:10.would have been very unlucky not to He has come up shot. I said that

:57:10. > :57:17.the pink would pot into the bottom right-hand corner, which also means

:57:17. > :57:27.it would go into the left middle pocket, but I think he has actually

:57:27. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :58:04.At this moment in time, I mentioned the safety battle earlier. So far,

:58:04. > :58:08.the safety play has been the key point to me in this match. At the

:58:08. > :58:18.moment, Mark is just getting this one big chance each frame, and that

:58:18. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :58:38.He deigns to play a lot of shots right handed, just as Ronnie

:58:38. > :58:43.

:58:43. > :58:53.O'Sullivan plays with his left. how he's the weight on the shot. So,

:58:53. > :58:53.

:58:53. > :58:58.this is now a good chance for the counter attack in this frame. He

:58:58. > :59:08.has played for the Borwick, because of the angle that he had it on the

:59:08. > :59:22.

:59:22. > :59:32.He finished dead straight on that. He will be disappointed with that.

:59:32. > :59:42.

:59:42. > :59:50.He was really keyless not to leave I honestly thought he could have

:59:50. > :00:00.screwed back on to the other red and left the pink into the middle.

:00:00. > :00:25.

:00:25. > :00:29.But now the black is at least back It is a good length again. He could

:00:29. > :00:36.do with knocking this in. The white will go near the middle pocket if

:00:36. > :00:46.it does not cannon the red to stop it has cannoned the red but it has

:00:46. > :00:47.

:00:47. > :00:52.not dropped him in anything. Good pot, though. Cracking pot, always

:00:52. > :00:55.going to be difficult to avoid that cannon, at that pace, in the.

:00:55. > :01:02.was a shame he knocked the red in baulk, because it would have been

:01:02. > :01:11.such an easy safety shot. Now, he has to play a negative safety, just

:01:11. > :01:15.to try to make it awkward cueing. There has a red that is dead

:01:15. > :01:25.straight into the yellow pocket. If he gets the white past the blue

:01:25. > :01:26.

:01:26. > :01:30.spot area, it might be were taking this on. -- it might be worth. The

:01:30. > :01:36.key thing here is not to leave Judd Trump the pot at length, because he

:01:36. > :01:46.will go for it. The left hand of the two will obviously well into

:01:46. > :01:53.

:01:53. > :01:58.Not sure whether he can play the red below the pink and try to get

:01:58. > :02:04.in towards the green. There could be some mileage in playing that,

:02:04. > :02:09.and it might even sneak behind the green. He has decided just a

:02:09. > :02:18.trickle up to this red. No, he has played behind the green. He needs

:02:18. > :02:24.that blue to come to his rescue. That is pretty good. Well four out.

:02:24. > :02:32.-- well thought out. Had to be absolutely perfect with that,

:02:32. > :02:40.because he would have left that red behind the yellow. All covering

:02:40. > :02:48.each other, all four of them available into the opposite corner

:02:48. > :02:51.pocket. If he sensed this red around the angles with some top-

:02:51. > :02:55.spin, the white should follow it through and finish on the cushion

:02:55. > :02:59.behind the black. It is a tough shot to play, but there are not a

:02:59. > :03:03.lot of other options unless he comes off the cushion to knock the

:03:03. > :03:12.one near the yellow back of the table, but that is quite risky,

:03:12. > :03:17.also. The white could come back up the table if he hits it full ball.

:03:17. > :03:21.That is the problem. He got the perfect angle if he played it with

:03:21. > :03:30.a bit more pace. He tried to judge it to knock the red onto the side

:03:30. > :03:35.cushion but the same shot with a bit more pace would have been ideal.

:03:35. > :03:40.Yes, the red would not have kissed the yellow, and would have gone

:03:40. > :03:48.right up to the pink and black spot area. Mark Allen is winning every

:03:48. > :03:55.safety battle at the moment. gives him an advantage. I don't

:03:55. > :04:05.think he is on a colour, and he has not potted the red. Sometimes you

:04:05. > :04:11.

:04:12. > :04:21.can play a bad shot and created an opening for yourself. It was not a

:04:22. > :04:24.

:04:24. > :04:30.gimme, across the nap of the cloth. And a chance for Judd Trump, here.

:04:30. > :04:35.It is different, playing in the final, being 3-1 behind, not

:04:35. > :04:40.playing your best, your opponent is playing better. You need to stab

:04:40. > :04:44.you're authority on the match and this is a chance to do just that,

:04:44. > :04:54.and this will heart Mark Allen, because he knows he should have won

:04:54. > :05:05.

:05:06. > :05:15.Used such an attacking player, Judd Trump, it will be interesting to

:05:16. > :05:16.

:05:16. > :05:24.see how he goes about moving that Always better to move the difficult

:05:24. > :05:31.red when potting a collar, rather than when potting a red. -- a

:05:31. > :05:38.colour. The pink will be the ball he plays on to get to the difficult

:05:38. > :05:48.red, in a couple of shots' time. He could pot this and take the risk

:05:48. > :05:49.

:05:49. > :05:54.and doing the other red into play. -- bring the other red. Key shot. I

:05:54. > :05:57.don't blame him for that because he could unstuck on the cushion.

:05:57. > :06:07.Better trying to move that red from a colour, which is what he's going

:06:07. > :06:15.

:06:15. > :06:19.to try to do. A little unlucky. Just caught it, quarter ball. If

:06:19. > :06:25.you straight on the pink he can win through and with him being left-

:06:25. > :06:35.handed he can have the perfect angle on the black, and this time,

:06:35. > :07:01.

:07:01. > :07:05.The green ball is going to play a Well. It was going to be difficult

:07:05. > :07:09.to get on the yellow in such a way to move the green, but to move the

:07:09. > :07:19.green, it is going to be virtually impossible to stop nicely on the

:07:19. > :07:20.

:07:20. > :07:25.yellow. He can only pot the yellow, he can play it to get on the green.

:07:25. > :07:35.No value there, whatsoever. But he is right back in this frame, 17

:07:35. > :07:38.

:07:38. > :07:48.The way this match has gone, Mark Allen would be disappointed if he

:07:48. > :07:51.

:07:51. > :07:55.lost this game. He has controlled the scheme. -- this game. He was up,

:07:55. > :08:05.before he finished the shot, so, he felt that he did not hit it as

:08:05. > :08:12.intended. You would expect Judd Trump to just roll this in, but he

:08:12. > :08:22.likes to punch everything. He is reluctant to play any type of shot

:08:22. > :08:30.

:08:30. > :08:40.slowly. A beautiful short. Lots of Almost spoiled it there, but he's

:08:40. > :09:02.

:09:02. > :09:06.Quite a tactical frame, this. And a little exhibition shot, a great

:09:06. > :09:14.frame for Judd Trump. He's going to have a go at the black. This might

:09:14. > :09:18.go off the table here. He has just try to drop it in, which is quite

:09:18. > :09:23.unusual, but it was an important frame Bob Judd Trump. He did not

:09:23. > :09:31.want to fall three behind, and he certainly has not, he has closed

:09:31. > :09:34.the gap and it is 3-2, to Mark Allen. Amazing who you bump into in

:09:34. > :09:41.the practice room, Terry Griffiths, who works at Mark Allen. So far, so

:09:41. > :09:46.good. Yes, it has been an easy few days for me. Is easy to work with?

:09:46. > :09:53.Yes, yes. We are very comfortable with each other, despite the age

:09:53. > :09:59.gap. I think he looks at me as his grandfather or something! He's very

:09:59. > :10:06.sharp, in his knowledge of the game which was surprising at first when

:10:06. > :10:13.I was coaching him. He's very aware of things that happen, even under

:10:13. > :10:17.pressure, which makes it easier for me. In the intervals, I just sat

:10:17. > :10:21.down and talk about a few shots with him, which he likes to do,

:10:21. > :10:26.which have gone on in the first four frames. Most people would like

:10:26. > :10:31.to know that, there are no cameras in there, what do you say at the

:10:31. > :10:35.interval? Is it all to do with what is happening or the people just let

:10:35. > :10:39.off steam? It depends on the situation. The last few days, he

:10:39. > :10:49.went 3-1 in front against Ricky Walden, so that was not a bad

:10:49. > :10:52.interval. Then I spoke to him, then he went in front again. It is not

:10:53. > :10:58.always like that. I have got very little time to make a decision

:10:58. > :11:02.about who I am going to address the position at the player is in.

:11:02. > :11:08.is the biggest match of his snooker career. How did you approach it?

:11:08. > :11:12.Starting off, we came in for practice, had and knock about, I

:11:12. > :11:15.make him fully aware of the size of the occasion, how great it is

:11:15. > :11:19.foreign did be in his first major final, and what it means when he

:11:20. > :11:28.goes out there to that wonderful deception, and he has a very good

:11:28. > :11:34.opponent, and it suits them, they coupled pretty open players. To and

:11:34. > :11:39.do you good at watching? I am OK, watching. Sometimes I find it

:11:39. > :11:49.difficult and I will go for a walk, but most times, I am OK. I have

:11:49. > :11:55.enjoyed it today, because they are One of the game's great coaches now,

:11:55. > :11:59.Terry Griffiths. He was an unbelievable safety player. Mark

:11:59. > :12:07.Allen's safety play has been Tom draw. That has been the difference

:12:07. > :12:12.in the two matches. Once again, playing lots of stun, as he tends

:12:12. > :12:17.to do on those long pots. On reflection of what we have seen,

:12:17. > :12:26.Mark Allen deserved to win that last frame. A break of 52, forced

:12:26. > :12:31.the opening, but missed the red in I mentioned the run of the ball in

:12:31. > :12:37.the previous frame, that it was favouring Mark Allen, but that last

:12:37. > :12:40.shot Judd Trump played, it is his turn to have a run of the ball

:12:40. > :12:50.because he could quite easily have left that red over the middle

:12:50. > :13:03.

:13:03. > :13:08.That is a good opener from Judd The black was tied up, as you could

:13:08. > :13:12.see, and he took the chance to bring the pink and a few reds into

:13:12. > :13:22.play. He did not take long about making his mind up about what he

:13:22. > :13:22.

:13:22. > :13:27.was going to play either! Well- judged again. When things are going

:13:27. > :13:32.badly for you, you end up having no shot, but he has brought the pink

:13:32. > :13:38.into play, and he will bring the yellow into play to get that out of

:13:38. > :13:43.the way, and this could soon be level at 3-3, and a few moments ago

:13:43. > :13:49.we thought he was going to be going 4-1 behind. An amazing talent, this

:13:49. > :13:59.young man. He has proved that he has got a superb temperament.

:13:59. > :14:09.Nothing seems to faze the Champs man. -- this young man. Kept his

:14:09. > :14:13.

:14:13. > :14:20.cool against Ronnie O'Sullivan. He When you think that in his first

:14:20. > :14:25.round match he had almost given up against Dominic Dale, and had an

:14:25. > :14:31.outrageous fluke on the pink at 4-2 behind. Without that he might not

:14:31. > :14:41.even be here. It was good to see that compilation off looks at the

:14:41. > :14:45.

:14:45. > :14:55.mid-session interval. -- of flukes. If we had done that in the 80s, you

:14:55. > :14:57.

:14:57. > :15:04.would never have featured, because she didn't get any -- you didn't

:15:04. > :15:14.get any flukes, Willie! Just looking to see if this possible red

:15:14. > :15:19.

:15:19. > :15:29.Look at the red he has let himself. This one, to the right of the bunch,

:15:29. > :15:39.

:15:39. > :15:45.and he is going to have to use the He tried to pinch the pocket with

:15:45. > :15:51.the blue. I don't blame him for taking this on because he has made

:15:52. > :15:56.the opening but the shot previously, when he hit the blue at 100 mph, he

:15:56. > :16:00.just needed at a couple of inches to the left. But because the blue

:16:00. > :16:10.went straight into the centre of the pocket that did not happen and

:16:10. > :16:13.

:16:13. > :16:23.that made the short using the rest Mark Allen has not finished very

:16:23. > :16:43.

:16:43. > :16:53.That was a tough shot as well. Not sure if he can get past the black

:16:53. > :16:59.

:16:59. > :17:03.and red to cut in the one near the The two reds near is the pink will

:17:03. > :17:12.pot into the right hand,. So there is not a lot to do with the cue

:17:12. > :17:22.ball here. Just come a little bit too far. He would have liked to be

:17:22. > :17:46.

:17:46. > :17:54.straight on that, so he can get the Far from Strip for what, just yet,

:17:54. > :18:00.but he has a healthy 31 point advantage. Just looking to see if

:18:00. > :18:04.he has an angle to play a cannon, to get on to the pink or blue next

:18:04. > :18:14.time, but he has decided against it and is going to play for the one

:18:14. > :18:17.

:18:17. > :18:26.loose red. In a couple of shots He might have to go into the reds

:18:26. > :18:34.and screw back this time. That has opened the four reds up, beautiful

:18:34. > :18:44.shot. He has got a quick brain, as well, Judd Trump. Did not take him

:18:44. > :18:45.

:18:45. > :18:55.long to figure out how to open the reds. So he can score enough with

:18:55. > :18:56.

:18:56. > :19:05.loose reds and pinks. And in the blink of an eye, even though the

:19:05. > :19:15.balls were a little bit awkward, it is going to be 3-3. You would

:19:15. > :19:21.expect, in a minute or two. The key think at the interval, and sure his

:19:21. > :19:31.brother and friends will be talking to him, and suggesting that he does

:19:31. > :19:31.

:19:31. > :19:34.not get further than two frames behind going into this evening

:19:34. > :19:40.who's session, but that is not going to happen, he could very well

:19:40. > :19:47.be level or even in front. That is probably one of the worst

:19:47. > :19:56.positional shots he has played. He was hoping to leave a slight angle

:19:56. > :20:01.to get on one of the two reds that he needed, and one more red. Get a

:20:01. > :20:05.colour on the cushion if you are not taking a pot on. Given that is

:20:05. > :20:15.51 in front, a big collar would be better than a baulk colour. Make it

:20:15. > :20:23.

:20:23. > :20:33.harder to get the poise. -- a baulk colour, and make it harder to get

:20:33. > :20:34.

:20:34. > :20:37.the points. He has got the snooker, as well as getting the yellow safe.

:20:37. > :20:47.If Mark Allen gets away with this he will have brought the black into

:20:47. > :20:57.play, as well. A pot from Judd Trump should seal this frame and

:20:57. > :21:01.

:21:01. > :21:05.they are both on, into the middle. It is the way he likes to play.

:21:05. > :21:09.He's more comfortable playing it that way, rather than rolling it.

:21:09. > :21:19.It is the way he has always played the game and the way he will

:21:19. > :21:28.

:21:28. > :21:38.Last two safety shots capping top draw, from Judd Trump. -- have been

:21:38. > :21:44.

:21:44. > :21:54.I don't think you can see the red to clear the pocket. That is why he

:21:54. > :22:20.

:22:20. > :22:30.is playing off two cushions. Good Does he take this on and try and

:22:30. > :22:32.

:22:32. > :22:42.get on the black? There is your answer. He would have preferred not

:22:42. > :22:47.to have moved this red but he cannot do much else about it.

:22:47. > :22:51.reason he would have liked to have left that red, if he had not got

:22:51. > :23:01.the other red and the black it would have been so easy to get a

:23:01. > :23:32.

:23:32. > :23:37.snooker behind the black. He is far He will look for the snooker on the

:23:37. > :23:47.colours. That was a poor red. Anything much straighter on the

:23:47. > :24:22.

:24:22. > :24:27.black. -- anything but Street -- It was a good effort but not hard

:24:27. > :24:33.enough. This will cut. He has got to be a little bit careful, Judd

:24:33. > :24:43.Trump. If he pots it he has got to keep this white ball away from the

:24:43. > :24:46.

:24:46. > :24:56.left corner pocket. He was frightened of the end-off, that was

:24:56. > :25:17.

:25:17. > :25:21.probably what caused him to miss He doesn't want to get the one near

:25:21. > :25:29.the pink if he plays it then. That would leave Mark Allen an easy

:25:29. > :25:39.chance of the snooker. I think the yellow is in. Always the chance

:25:39. > :25:43.

:25:43. > :25:48.that he can pull that shot off. That puts the frame beyond any

:25:48. > :25:53.reasonable doubt. Judd Trump has done what he needed to do going

:25:53. > :25:59.into the interval. In fairness, Mark Allen was the better player

:25:59. > :26:08.before the interval. Mark Allen looks at the referee and

:26:08. > :26:12.acknowledges defeat. The first scrappy frame of this game has

:26:12. > :26:21.brought Judd Trump level. He promised he would bring his brand

:26:21. > :26:30.of naughty snooker to this level. don't know what naughty is, I am

:26:30. > :26:39.cold! It was a very scrappy frame. But they all count. All level again.

:26:39. > :26:45.In comparison to the scoring of both players, Judd Trump's high

:26:45. > :26:49.break is 70, it is moderate by his standards. He has not really

:26:49. > :26:54.performed well. But he is sticking in there, and he has overturned

:26:54. > :26:58.that deficit quickly, he can score quickly and when flames quickly.

:26:58. > :27:03.Questions have been asked about him and he has answered them.

:27:03. > :27:08.Impressive, how he has managed to dig his way back into this, so far.

:27:08. > :27:13.Yes, but it takes two in that department, and Mark Allen knew

:27:13. > :27:16.that he had a chance to open up a sizeable lead. That makes it more

:27:16. > :27:22.difficult to open up that lead, some pressure on the person in

:27:22. > :27:32.front in the final, so he will be sitting, thinking, if I had got him

:27:32. > :27:32.

:27:32. > :27:42.a bit more under pressure, that is now Judd Trump off the leash.

:27:42. > :27:46.

:27:46. > :27:50.Did not quite get the white where he wanted from the break off. The

:27:51. > :27:57.black is tied up because of the red next to it, tied up to the left

:27:57. > :28:05.corner pocket, that is. Otherwise, Mark Allen would have taken this on.

:28:05. > :28:11.But look how straight it is. What about that for cueing? What about

:28:11. > :28:21.that for cueing! If Terry Griffiths was watching this, to deliver the

:28:21. > :28:31.cue through and not that in and screw back, is a bit special. --

:28:31. > :28:38.

:28:38. > :28:42.Especially having lost the two previous frames. To play two shots

:28:42. > :28:47.like he has just played, it just shows you the confidence of this

:28:47. > :28:54.young man. And the yellow, with the rest, was very, very good as well.

:28:54. > :29:04.Perfect position. I mentioned the black was tied up. It is not tied

:29:04. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:19.up now. There is still a red He has got an angle to pot this and

:29:19. > :29:20.

:29:20. > :29:25.develop the reds and, hopefully, get himself back on the black. It

:29:25. > :29:30.is amazing the number of times that the white goes near the cushion.

:29:30. > :29:35.And now he is limited. He can drop the black in, but if he drops in

:29:36. > :29:45.the pink, what is available? If he stunned the pink he would have two

:29:46. > :29:50.

:29:50. > :29:59.reds available. He might have to roll this. He has got to leave a

:29:59. > :30:09.long pot, but after the opening pot, you would say that this was or

:30:09. > :30:15.

:30:15. > :30:21.I can only think we are in for something very special, from what

:30:21. > :30:31.we have seen today. There for us in front in this match or whether his

:30:31. > :30:41.behind, I think this is going to We have seen some excellent pots

:30:41. > :30:46.

:30:46. > :30:56.Yes, I think Mark Allen is relishing this final. There is an

:30:56. > :31:05.ice plant available. That is a nice bonus. I think the fact that he was

:31:05. > :31:10.up again someone like Judd Trump, who is being talked about as one of

:31:10. > :31:16.the greatest potters the game has seen. I think Mark Allen had

:31:16. > :31:26.something to prove, because he has shown that he is no slouch when it

:31:26. > :31:42.

:31:42. > :31:52.Just slightly got into it too much. It means this red, into the middle

:31:52. > :32:00.

:32:00. > :32:10.or recorder, is more difficult. -- He was up very quickly the. Very

:32:10. > :32:11.

:32:11. > :32:21.quickly. A bit of a slip up. He is not happy with that. But at least

:32:21. > :32:29.

:32:29. > :32:39.he red that he missed has conceived. Most players would play off that

:32:39. > :32:44.

:32:44. > :32:49.red and try and get the white pate He is looking up the table, but

:32:49. > :32:59.sometimes, you just have to stick a good safety shot in and this is one

:32:59. > :33:13.

:33:13. > :33:23.Yes, it is not always about potting. And he could not have played that

:33:23. > :33:26.

:33:26. > :33:36.safety shot any better. As Hazel mentioned in the break, there is

:33:36. > :33:50.

:33:50. > :33:55.not one frame that has been one I think this is the first match of

:33:55. > :34:05.the tournament where the pot success rate has been less than 90

:34:05. > :34:25.

:34:25. > :34:30.I think it will get up there. I Now, the pink must pot. No, that is

:34:30. > :34:40.tight. I think he will have to take the bone. He does not want to be

:34:40. > :34:47.

:34:47. > :34:57.He is the fantastic potter, but even Judd Trump cannot pot the ball

:34:57. > :34:59.

:34:59. > :35:09.It is quite amazing that this match is so similar to his semi-final

:35:09. > :35:10.

:35:10. > :35:20.yesterday. It looks like he could possibly lose four frames on the

:35:20. > :35:22.

:35:22. > :35:27.trot. Let us see if these same thing happens again. But, at least

:35:27. > :35:37.he can go into the evening session thinking, I have done it once, so I

:35:37. > :35:52.

:35:52. > :36:02.He is giving himself plenty of time, because this is a tricky situation.

:36:02. > :36:09.

:36:09. > :36:17.There is one red in the middle of Right into the centre of the pocket.

:36:17. > :36:27.He is OK. Been it left-handed, he can stun over and leave himself be

:36:27. > :36:38.

:36:38. > :36:48.Apart from the first frame, of where Judd Trump won at one visit

:36:48. > :36:49.

:36:49. > :36:59.with the break of 70, this has not been the case. But he is really

:36:59. > :37:21.

:37:21. > :37:31.Just the one very difficult red, the one nearest to the right middle

:37:31. > :37:56.

:37:56. > :38:06.Just over two hours much time. And as you said, he is going to need

:38:06. > :38:17.

:38:17. > :38:27.He has tried to move that red again. I wonder if he has finished with

:38:27. > :38:27.

:38:28. > :38:37.enough angle on the boat to bring the other red into play? -- or on

:38:38. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :39:03.He may now play to knock it out. That is very attacking. He still

:39:03. > :39:03.

:39:04. > :39:10.has to pot the colour, but if he does so, that shot is brilliant.

:39:10. > :39:20.Whatever happens in this match, Judd Trump has played some

:39:20. > :39:24.

:39:24. > :39:34.excellent positional shots in the He tried a couple of times. He

:39:34. > :39:35.

:39:35. > :39:44.eventually brought the one on the left into play. He just needs the

:39:44. > :39:49.green here. He is that shot again. He judged it to perfection. Yes, he

:39:49. > :39:59.was disappointed with his previous shot, because it should have been

:39:59. > :40:18.

:40:18. > :40:22.He won the opening frame and then lost three in a row. But it just

:40:22. > :40:30.shows you the temperament and character of this young man. He has

:40:31. > :40:35.now come back and won three frames in a row. He has made many

:40:35. > :40:45.centuries in his career, but this break is as good as anything he has

:40:45. > :40:56.

:40:56. > :41:02.He tried to get a black ball into You could say that was an all-round

:41:02. > :41:05.fantastic break. Mark a non-starter the frame well, but it is this

:41:05. > :41:15.potting machine that finished it and has got himself back in the

:41:15. > :41:19.

:41:19. > :41:24.lead for the first time since the Just like you to remind you that

:41:24. > :41:32.the new world ranking list comes out tomorrow. Now, win or lose,

:41:32. > :41:42.Judd Trump will be a number five in the world. Mark Allen, if he wins,

:41:42. > :41:42.

:41:42. > :41:52.will move up to number seven. He is already at Number 10. Looking

:41:52. > :41:55.

:41:55. > :41:59.further down, Ronnie O'Sullivan is now down at number 15. Now, he is

:41:59. > :42:09.not planning to play any of the lesser events over the next couple

:42:09. > :42:17.

:42:17. > :42:26.of weeks, so he could be in some Now, it entry to a few of the major

:42:26. > :42:36.tournaments is only guaranteed if you are in the top 16. But he will

:42:36. > :42:42.

:42:42. > :42:52.be at the mass stores where he will Absolutely. It just shows you how

:42:52. > :42:54.

:42:54. > :43:02.tough this game is now. If Ronnie drops out of the top 16, it just

:43:02. > :43:07.shows you about the talent and dedication of the younger players.

:43:07. > :43:17.He had to run up in, but it went straight into the middle of the

:43:17. > :43:31.

:43:31. > :43:41.What cueing that was an look at the If we go back to the frame number

:43:41. > :43:48.

:43:48. > :43:58.five, Mark Allen has the easiest of You can see white jumping, which is

:43:58. > :44:04.

:44:04. > :44:14.why he did not get back onto the ball ball as he intended. -- the

:44:14. > :44:21.

:44:21. > :44:27.That was a nice finish. The running has changed. Suddenly, his poor

:44:27. > :44:37.success rate has gone up. I did see it would not take long for it to

:44:37. > :44:38.

:44:38. > :44:48.get into the Nineties. And have you ever seen a split like that? Look

:44:48. > :44:54.

:44:54. > :45:04.There is only two or three players who can play that shot consistently.

:45:04. > :45:10.

:45:10. > :45:20.The that is one of the best split It is definitely worth showing you

:45:20. > :45:29.

:45:29. > :45:36.that again. That was just created Mark Allen has done nothing wrong.

:45:36. > :45:46.I can only remember hint missing one shot. As you say, it is amazing

:45:46. > :45:54.

:45:54. > :46:02.Yes, he was the favourite to take the 4-1 lead. Like you, I cannot

:46:02. > :46:10.remember anything easy that he has missed. But that last frame was

:46:10. > :46:20.just a remarkable clearance. The balls arc set up as if he was in a

:46:20. > :46:25.

:46:25. > :46:35.practice session and they would not The last couple of frames have been

:46:35. > :46:43.

:46:43. > :46:53.an example of why this young player John Parrott mentioned in

:46:53. > :46:53.

:46:53. > :47:03.Commentary how quickly he scores. And it probably does not take

:47:03. > :47:03.

:47:03. > :47:11.anything out of you if you are They are back on at 8 o'clock

:47:11. > :47:21.tonight. I cannot wait for the conclusion of this. He has overcut

:47:21. > :47:29.

:47:29. > :47:39.it. That was just a lapse in I tell you what, I had already got

:47:39. > :47:41.

:47:41. > :47:46.the match down as 5-3. Look at the shock on his face. He cannot

:47:46. > :47:56.believe it, we cannot believe it and I am sure Mark Allen could not

:47:56. > :48:21.

:48:21. > :48:31.I think he tried to flick that one He tried it again and got it this

:48:31. > :48:34.

:48:34. > :48:39.time. All of a sudden, there is only one difficult red. Judd Trump

:48:39. > :48:49.will have just under three pause to think about it if he loses this

:48:49. > :49:00.

:49:00. > :49:10.frame. Yes, as you said, just a So, does he have the angle on this

:49:10. > :49:18.

:49:18. > :49:27.plaque? I think that looks perfect. This one shot could make it 4-4 if

:49:27. > :49:37.it goes right. He took an extra bit of time to make sure of the cannon,

:49:37. > :49:48.

:49:48. > :49:58.He had to try and create the angle I am just wondering if he can cut

:49:58. > :50:20.

:50:20. > :50:30.Has he got it this time? He is unlucky. He may have to take on the

:50:30. > :50:41.

:50:41. > :50:51.If he could clear up, it would be It was the tough shot to take on.

:50:51. > :50:51.

:50:51. > :50:55.He went for glory and you cannot blame him. A lot of that time, we

:50:55. > :51:05.suggest that playing a double is not the best shot, but I think it

:51:05. > :51:09.

:51:09. > :51:16.We are in for an absolute treat this evening. As you said, Mark

:51:16. > :51:25.Allen was 5-3 frames down to Ricky Walden and came back and one and he

:51:25. > :51:34.is quite capable of doing that again. In fairness, Judd Trump has

:51:34. > :51:42.played superb and the session. It is right out of the top draw. He

:51:42. > :51:48.missed the yellow, but what a fabulous session of snooker. It was

:51:48. > :51:58.remarkable. Judd Trump is now in position to win his first major

:51:58. > :52:01.

:52:01. > :52:08.championship. He now leads by 5-3. What a series of frames from Judd

:52:08. > :52:16.Trump. How do you rate his ability? He just has this boundless

:52:16. > :52:26.enthusiasm. It is impossible to keep him down. If he was the dog,

:52:26. > :52:26.

:52:26. > :52:36.he would be a red setter, jumping all over you. I am never going to

:52:36. > :52:38.

:52:38. > :52:46.get that image out of my head! we said, Mark Allen started really

:52:46. > :52:50.well and ask questions of Judd Trump. And he answered them.

:52:50. > :53:00.now, Mark Allen has to do exactly what he did last night against

:53:00. > :53:01.

:53:01. > :53:10.Ricky Walden? Yes, but just to mention what the guys were seen in

:53:10. > :53:14.the commentary box, what a break that was. Thank you gentlemen.