03/12/2013

:00:31. > :00:37.We are seeing a new legend in the making tonight, I think he will be

:00:38. > :00:38.entertaining for years to come. The reception was unbelievable. I can't

:00:39. > :01:07.believe it. Hello, it has been two years since

:01:08. > :01:10.Ronnie O'Sullivan's last campaign in the United Kingdom championship. He

:01:11. > :01:14.missed it 12 months ago when he was on his sporting sabbatical but this

:01:15. > :01:17.is the event that launched the Rocket into our imagination and our

:01:18. > :01:22.living rooms, when he claimed this beautiful trophy 20 years ago at the

:01:23. > :01:26.tender age of 17. He turns 38 on Thursday and I am sure he would love

:01:27. > :01:34.to be in the thick of things here on his birthday. He has plenty of work

:01:35. > :01:38.to do today, though. In fact, he had to work hard last night.

:01:39. > :01:44.Sheffield's Adam Duffy asked a few questions of the Rocket. He came

:01:45. > :01:49.through 6-3. It is deja vu for his opponent, Scotland's Marcus Campbell

:01:50. > :01:53.was the first man to play Ronnie after his sabbatical at the Crucible

:01:54. > :01:57.in April. The rest is history. History is what Neil Robertson would

:01:58. > :02:01.love to make. He has landed the world title and the Masters already

:02:02. > :02:05.but the UK would give him a career triple Crown. And we hope you will

:02:06. > :02:12.join the conversation today through e-mail, Twitter or Facebook.

:02:13. > :02:16.We are with you for the next five hours or so and I hope you have got

:02:17. > :02:19.the time, at some point, to sit down, enjoy and wallow in the

:02:20. > :02:22.snooker with us for the next few hours. But I have gotten used to

:02:23. > :02:30.bring you from the main arena because we have been underway since

:02:31. > :02:34.9:30am this morning and Milkins has seen off a former champion, Matthew

:02:35. > :02:40.Stevens of Wales, by six frames to two. The Gloucester potter who

:02:41. > :02:43.impressed us at the Crucible this year cemented his place in the top

:02:44. > :02:50.16. Looking good for a place in the Masters, as well. Milkins into the

:02:51. > :02:54.last 16, the 2003 champion is out. David Morris of Ireland has ended

:02:55. > :02:59.the dream run of our last remaining amateur, Mitchell Travis, the

:03:00. > :03:03.21-year-old from Sheffield who knocked out Marco Fu on the way.

:03:04. > :03:07.Mitchell goes back to his day job in a call centre and a part-time barman

:03:08. > :03:12.but we hope we will see him again, if and when he turned professional.

:03:13. > :03:16.It has been a great run, fantastic to watch. Well done to David Morris,

:03:17. > :03:22.though, through to the last 16. It is all go in the arena because we

:03:23. > :03:28.have a final frame decider between two very, very serious contenders

:03:29. > :03:33.for this title. A two time champion in the UK championship, Mark

:03:34. > :03:38.Williams of Wales, and Ricky Walden, the world number 12, semifinalist at

:03:39. > :03:39.the Crucible this year. It is 5-5, this is the decider. Dennis Taylor,

:03:40. > :03:50.Willie Thorne, all yours. Missing the jaws, it is possible he

:03:51. > :03:59.has played the pot. That could be costly. He thought he was taking the

:04:00. > :04:06.pot on as a shot-to-nothing. It it far too thin. All you want is one

:04:07. > :04:08.decent chance. Ricky Walden has that. How many can you score from

:04:09. > :04:24.that? A very talented player, Ricky

:04:25. > :04:28.Walden. He had a great chance in the world championship this year. Net

:04:29. > :04:31.Barry Hawkins in the semifinal and was going great guns then came

:04:32. > :04:39.unstuck. He nearly came unstuck there with

:04:40. > :05:04.that black, it wiped its feet. If this last frame had been a

:05:05. > :05:07.tactical frame, you could have fancied Mark Williams, but Ricky

:05:08. > :05:11.Walden is one of the better break builders in the game. This is the

:05:12. > :05:16.kind of chance that Dennis mentioned you are looking for. He should be at

:05:17. > :05:22.least 40 or 50 in front before he has to do anything to dangerously.

:05:23. > :06:10.Very quick when he gets in and around the blackspot.

:06:11. > :06:20.Ricky has won two ranking titles, both in China. He seems to play

:06:21. > :06:26.better away from home. He will be looking for a good run in this UK

:06:27. > :06:27.championship. He has got a great chance for that one to continue

:06:28. > :06:44.here. Just overran that slightly there, he

:06:45. > :06:49.wanted to be straight on the red. He does not want to risk having to play

:06:50. > :06:54.any unwanted cannons. He might have to cannons are bred to the left of

:06:55. > :06:58.the black kid just hold position. -- to cannon that red to the left of

:06:59. > :07:22.the black just to hold position. He has wobbled that one as well, so

:07:23. > :07:44.he is feeling the pressure out there.

:07:45. > :07:50.It is essential that the next black leaves a good angle, and if the case

:07:51. > :07:55.goes right it could be the end of Mark Williams' challenge in this

:07:56. > :08:14.championship. It is all about the next colour.

:08:15. > :08:18.This is the key shot, he does not want to go into the red at the back

:08:19. > :08:42.full ball. He caught it on the side, only a

:08:43. > :08:51.couple of pots away from knocking out the two-time UK champion. If the

:08:52. > :08:55.red at the back looks like it puts he can continue on blacks. Very

:08:56. > :08:57.unusual to have a maximum in the final frame. Stephen Hendry had won

:08:58. > :09:03.a few years ago against O'Sullivan. That looks a bit tight. The main

:09:04. > :09:26.thing is to win the match. It has been an excellent break. Mark

:09:27. > :09:29.Williams played a very poor safety, a shot-to-nothing, hit it far too

:09:30. > :09:34.thin, left the red relatively close to the corner pocket. But he has

:09:35. > :09:40.played these beautifully, a very good break. A great fightback from

:09:41. > :09:45.5-3. I know we say it is a toss of the coin, a deciding frame, but you

:09:46. > :09:50.would have made mark the favourite, the way things were going, but Ricky

:09:51. > :09:56.Walden has taken these very well indeed.

:09:57. > :10:01.It is hard to describe how a player feels inside. When you are walking

:10:02. > :10:06.around the table, you know you have won the match, there is no better

:10:07. > :10:08.feeling. It is such a buzz, absolutely. He will be bouncing now,

:10:09. > :10:18.Ricky. If the red pots, why did he not go

:10:19. > :10:22.for the maximum a few shots ago when he was on 64? From the picture

:10:23. > :10:35.there, you can see it does pot. He could have gone for the 59,000! I

:10:36. > :10:39.think he just wanted to make sure of the match, and clearly you can see

:10:40. > :10:44.the red did pot but there was no pressure on that.

:10:45. > :11:06.This is a terrific way to finish the match.

:11:07. > :11:14.He is always fast around the table, and he chalks his cue more than

:11:15. > :11:15.anybody else. He has got if you little mannerisms that are all his

:11:16. > :11:45.own. -- he has got a few. Well, what a way to win a match. You

:11:46. > :11:51.cannot do any better than make a century break.

:11:52. > :12:08.That tells you how he is feeling now.

:12:09. > :12:19.As I mentioned, Mark Williams, twice a winner of the UK championship, way

:12:20. > :12:25.back in 2002, 1999. But he could not do anything about this. He made one

:12:26. > :12:32.mistake, tried to chip that red in, hit it too thin.

:12:33. > :12:35.He did not get the chance that is all you are looking for in a

:12:36. > :12:52.deciding frame. The black for a total clearance,

:12:53. > :12:58.doesn't really matter. What a way to finish the match! Ricky Walden, 5-3

:12:59. > :13:02.in front, Mark Williams battled back, and didn't he do it in style?

:13:03. > :13:07.Ricky Walden comes out the winner, 6-5.

:13:08. > :13:11.Two Welsh winners of the UK championship are out this morning,

:13:12. > :13:17.Stevens and Williams, and we have got two former UK champion Tia,

:13:18. > :13:21.Stephen Hendry and John Parrott. Strapped into their seats, we would

:13:22. > :13:28.not want them to get away! Stephen, your reaction to the frame winning

:13:29. > :13:33.137 at the end? Beautifully done? Fabulous, fabulous break. As Dennis

:13:34. > :13:37.said in commentary, you are looking for one good chance and he took

:13:38. > :13:43.advantage of it. There was no way he was going to take the risk on 64.

:13:44. > :13:48.5-3 in front, head back to 5-5, the pressure is on. It was a fantastic

:13:49. > :13:54.break in the end. Ricky is playing with a new cue this season will stop

:13:55. > :13:59.he was unlucky to go out at the Crucible. He seems on a mission to

:14:00. > :14:04.prove that was no fluke, and this represents his best progress, he has

:14:05. > :14:08.not been beyond the 32 in the big events this season. He is one of a

:14:09. > :14:19.few players like that, John Higgins has not been passed 16 since June,

:14:20. > :14:22.which you would not believe. They have not this tournament down from

:14:23. > :14:27.nine to six to be in the winning score. He wants to play well in the

:14:28. > :14:31.big tournaments. That was a fantastic way to finish the match.

:14:32. > :14:34.We have had some good stuff this morning already.

:14:35. > :14:38.The last amateur has gone home, ritual Travis, and Matthew Stevens

:14:39. > :14:43.has gone out. One other match to bring you up to date with some of

:14:44. > :14:48.the world number nine, Mark Allen of Northern Ireland, playing Michael

:14:49. > :14:54.Holt of Nottingham, who is enjoying his best season ever, moving to a

:14:55. > :14:58.career-best world ranking 20, having already reached the semifinals of

:14:59. > :15:03.the Shanghai Masters. He has given a good account of himself in this

:15:04. > :15:07.match. It is five - for in Mark Allen's favour. We will join them in

:15:08. > :15:19.the company of Ken Doherty and John Virgo.

:15:20. > :15:25.JOHN: Thank you, Hazel. This has been interesting. Michael got it

:15:26. > :15:30.back to 3-3, then went behind. The last game was very scrappy. All

:15:31. > :15:45.smack red Mist, normally you would not win a friend missing balls like

:15:46. > :15:50.that -- balls missed. Mark Allen have missed a few pots that normally

:15:51. > :15:54.he would clinch the frame from. Again, a shake from the head, he

:15:55. > :16:01.wanted to be closer to the Reg to have a nice angle to bring more reds

:16:02. > :16:04.into play. Not 100% sure he is even on the red now. If he is not, just a

:16:05. > :16:17.safety shot from here. But, yes, the match is in the

:16:18. > :17:01.balance, no doubt about that. This was the first miss in the last

:17:02. > :17:03.frame from Mark Allen. Then have a look at this one. He tried to blow

:17:04. > :17:16.this one in. Another error for Mark Allen. The

:17:17. > :17:24.red closest to the cue ball popped into the yellow pocket, I'm sure it

:17:25. > :17:28.does. A pretty straightforward shot. Made a little easier with the fact

:17:29. > :17:29.that he does not have to do a lot with the cue ball to automatically

:17:30. > :17:45.be on the black. A bit more pace, that might not have

:17:46. > :17:53.gone in. Certainly wiped its beta bit, didn't it. -- wiped its feet a

:17:54. > :18:03.bit, didn't it? Michael has just come around to have

:18:04. > :18:26.a look whether this popped into the corner. -- whether this pots.

:18:27. > :18:34.In potting this red he can come down to the black, even stay on the pink,

:18:35. > :18:40.but more importantly bring some reds into play.

:18:41. > :18:45.A bit surprising with that shot because it just makes this next

:18:46. > :19:04.positional shot a little bit more tricky.

:19:05. > :19:08.Eventually he will have to disturb the reds if he is going to win the

:19:09. > :19:48.frame from this visit. I never really liked playing to the

:19:49. > :19:53.pink, you have to be absolutely inch perfect on it. If you are too

:19:54. > :19:58.straight then you cannot get the cannon. He is walking around pretty

:19:59. > :20:07.quickly so he must have the slight angle he was looking for.

:20:08. > :20:24.It will need a lot of power, top spin on the cue ball. He did not get

:20:25. > :20:28.the top spin, but it looks OK. He stunned it a little bit as opposed

:20:29. > :20:48.to using the top spin. But he is still on a red.

:20:49. > :20:53.Nicely on the brew. What a chance this is to take this into a decider.

:20:54. > :22:03.-- nicely on the blue. a jump, but when you play these

:22:04. > :22:07.shots you get the cue ball bouncing. But he is nicely on the red, he can

:22:08. > :22:40.drop it in for blue or pink, if he wishes.

:22:41. > :22:45.Just a series of little stunned shots, you would have thought,

:22:46. > :22:49.around the pink and he should be able to accumulate enough points to

:22:50. > :23:15.put this frame out of reach of Mark Allen and force a decider.

:23:16. > :23:22.39 head, 59 remaining. Two reds, two blacks, that would be more than

:23:23. > :23:56.enough. It has been a good break, he has

:23:57. > :24:22.worked the cue ball very well. I think you would have to say, in

:24:23. > :24:26.the last frame, of the balls that particularly Michael missed, he was

:24:27. > :24:30.lucky to get away with that frame. It is amazing something like that

:24:31. > :24:35.can move the impetus to you. You think, maybe I am destined to win

:24:36. > :24:45.this match. I have made a lot of mistakes, and I am still in it. It

:24:46. > :24:49.certainly does give you a bit of confidence when you expect your

:24:50. > :24:52.opponent to put you away, and there is a spring in his step as he is

:24:53. > :24:59.walking around the table, Michael Holt.

:25:00. > :25:07.15 or 20 minutes ago, his head was in the sand a few times when he

:25:08. > :25:55.thought it was gone. He is back in it now.

:25:56. > :26:00.Looks like we are heading for the 63rd century break of this year's

:26:01. > :26:11.williamhill.com UK Championships. Well played, very well played,

:26:12. > :26:16.Michael Holt. Definitely, now, in for a nail-biting finish.

:26:17. > :26:22.I don't know why the players do that, but they always seem to want

:26:23. > :26:29.to smash that ball. At least it stayed on the table. Mike Allen --

:26:30. > :26:41.Mark Allen leaving the arena. We are ready for that one frame shoot out.

:26:42. > :26:47.HAZEL: It was very interested for Michael Holt to come back. We all

:26:48. > :26:52.love to see a final frame decider, see the players but a little bit.

:26:53. > :26:56.When you look at Michael Holt's record, his performance under

:26:57. > :27:01.pressure under TV light is always, by his own admission, been a little

:27:02. > :27:06.suspect. Do you feel he is holding himself together? It is different

:27:07. > :27:10.coming from behind with nothing to lose but his temperament has always

:27:11. > :27:14.been a suspect part of his game. He let things get the better of him.

:27:15. > :27:18.His talent has never been in question but he looks pretty

:27:19. > :27:22.together that. He is having a great season, got to the semifinals in

:27:23. > :27:28.Shanghai, his best progress in any major championship. He must have

:27:29. > :27:35.some confidence as a consequence? Mark Selby plays with him quite a

:27:36. > :27:38.bit, and you have to concentrate practising with Mark Selby. I liken

:27:39. > :27:46.into a bottle of pop, take the top of hand he goes fizzing around the

:27:47. > :27:55.place -- I liken him to a bottle of pop. He reminds me a bit of Alex

:27:56. > :28:00.Higgins, fidgeting around the table, he shows his emotions. A real

:28:01. > :28:06.talent, it will be interesting, this last frame. Thankfully he has

:28:07. > :28:13.stopped banging the table, he has realised mahogany is stronger. He

:28:14. > :28:17.did it once and broke his wrist! Generally, if you do show your

:28:18. > :28:24.emotions, does it give your opponent an advantage? Sometimes, Mark Allen

:28:25. > :28:29.will know what he is like, so sometimes it can be a double bluff,

:28:30. > :28:34.shoving emotions. Well, they are playing for the right to meet Judd

:28:35. > :28:41.Trump in the next match. Who will it be, Mark Allen or Michael Holt?

:28:42. > :28:49.JOHN: Michael Holt gets the next frame under way. That is a decent

:28:50. > :28:55.enough break. Mark Allen, one of those types of players, to me, who

:28:56. > :29:03.just seems to raise a gear at vital times. I know he needs to do one

:29:04. > :29:08.now. Would you believe it, it was a plant! A full ball kiss on the

:29:09. > :29:12.Greenwood be nice. Not quite. Will he be tempted by the brand? -- by

:29:13. > :29:30.the brown? I don't think he has got the

:29:31. > :29:35.snooker. That is careless, to enable your opponent to hit a ball. Should

:29:36. > :29:40.have been tight behind the brown. This is a free shot, isn't it,

:29:41. > :29:46.John? He can try to stun a cross for the blacks, and if he misses the red

:29:47. > :29:50.there is a chance that would just be safe. The only possible but he could

:29:51. > :29:55.leave is the one he is going for, so if he could stun the cue ball across

:29:56. > :29:57.the face of the pink, the black into the same pocket. Requires very, very

:29:58. > :30:13.good cueing. Must keep his head still on this

:30:14. > :30:30.shot. Well, it wasn't far away, but he

:30:31. > :30:35.will be disappointed the way it kissed. Having said that the potle

:30:36. > :30:38.angle on the red, you have to play a good shot, because I don't think the

:30:39. > :30:42.black goes to the right conner, which would be the obvious

:30:43. > :30:46.positional shot, so a bit of work to do with the cue ball. Good cueing

:30:47. > :30:56.required. -- corner.

:30:57. > :31:03.That was an excellent shot as you called it. Excellent cueing, perfect

:31:04. > :31:08.angle on the black, he will still be on this red. Over the right hand

:31:09. > :31:16.corner pocket. That is very unlucky.

:31:17. > :31:23.You could say he could have got into it with a bit more pace, but you

:31:24. > :31:25.would never have expected to stick on the red like that. The red does

:31:26. > :31:36.pot. Good recovery, he needs a kiss on

:31:37. > :31:43.the brown. That was a happenedy full-ball kiss.

:31:44. > :32:02.-- happy full back kiss. He is one of these player, Mark

:32:03. > :32:08.Allen, he can up a gear, and he doesn't look as though he is going

:32:09. > :32:13.to miss. Be it is deciding frame or anything,

:32:14. > :32:14.he is such a great talent, just sometimes he seems to switch off to

:32:15. > :32:17.me, half way through matches. When he is fully focussed, he is a

:32:18. > :32:41.handful. He will leave a nice angle, that is

:32:42. > :33:03.where he wants the cue ball. In is what our friend Willie calls a

:33:04. > :33:07.flat backpack, but you have to stun into it. You can't screw into it,

:33:08. > :33:13.stun, then you get the cue ball running through it. He played it

:33:14. > :33:17.better that time. But it could have worked out better. He played the

:33:18. > :33:19.stun, there was nothing wrong with that, maybe he can get through to

:33:20. > :34:11.the red to the right middle. This looks pretty good. Excellent

:34:12. > :35:02.positional shot that was. He wanted to be straight on the red

:35:03. > :35:04.to the right middle. He still can pot it but there is more work do

:35:05. > :35:14.with the cue ball now. Yeah, fully committed to it.

:35:15. > :35:34.Stunned it off the top cushion. This red goes past the pink. Already

:35:35. > :35:55.a 49 point lead. Now, if he plays the canon just on

:35:56. > :36:00.the couple of reds, he has to sort of hit in between these two reds.

:36:01. > :36:04.He can still be on the red to the middle. He has to hit it a bit

:36:05. > :36:09.harder than that, if he had a bit more pace, he was always going to be

:36:10. > :36:14.on the red to the right centre, so that is end of break.

:36:15. > :36:22.As you say, a bit more pace, so there is light at the end of the

:36:23. > :36:25.tunnel for Michael Holt. I was thinking before, isn't it strange

:36:26. > :36:30.that Mark Allen played a snooker, didn't get it. Forced Michael in

:36:31. > :36:34.into playing that long pot. It looked like a frame winning

:36:35. > :36:44.opportunity, but not now. 57 ahead, but still 75 remaining.

:36:45. > :36:47.Well no real difficult balls. So Mark Allen has to be very careful

:36:48. > :37:11.now. He is trying to protect that lead.

:37:12. > :37:23.Well, a good break but he will be disappointed. He didn't score more.

:37:24. > :37:39.This frame, and he knows it, isn't over just yet.

:37:40. > :37:46.He has caught the red much too thin, will the yell low come to his

:37:47. > :37:52.rescue? -- yellow come to his rescue? It hasn't. So that could be

:37:53. > :38:11.Michael's last shot in this UK Championship.

:38:12. > :38:22.He will be very relieved. Black will put him 65 points ahead with 67 on

:38:23. > :38:27.the table. So one more red requires. -- required.

:38:28. > :38:35.But he will be mighty relieved, plal mall, no doubt about that. -- Mark

:38:36. > :38:40.Allen, no doubt about that. So this red to put him into the next

:38:41. > :38:48.round, and a meetings with Judd Trump.

:38:49. > :38:55.They played each other in the final here a couple of years ago, and it

:38:56. > :39:07.was an absolute cracker. I am sure that match up will be another

:39:08. > :39:13.fantastic prospect. With Mark Allen you never know what you are going to

:39:14. > :39:21.get, but when you get his best he is capable of beating anybody. Is he

:39:22. > :39:27.consistent enough? Well, these results don't sew that, a tremendous

:39:28. > :39:43.player, every shot in the book. Michael Holt's race has been run, he

:39:44. > :39:50.just want s to... So he can shake his hand. He is making as though he

:39:51. > :39:55.is going to go on the table. Game playeded in a good spirit, but it is

:39:56. > :39:58.Mark Allen who moves into the next round, and what a match up that is.

:39:59. > :40:08.With Judd Trump. You said it, what a match in

:40:09. > :40:12.prospect against Judd Trump, Trump playing brilliantly last night. I

:40:13. > :40:15.did the commentary on the Ronnie O'Sullivan match, I was looking on

:40:16. > :40:19.the table to my left and boy, there was some playing there. The Chinese

:40:20. > :40:25.boy had two century, Trump had three, he was right back to his

:40:26. > :40:34.best, that is a cracking match in prospect --s prospect. It is a

:40:35. > :40:37.repeat of the 2011 final. Yes, Mark had four centuries is and still came

:40:38. > :40:42.up a loser. He is desperate to win a big event. He has had success in

:40:43. > :40:46.China, but he wants to do well in this sort of masters of the world,

:40:47. > :40:51.to establish himself as one of the top players. He has had a couple of

:40:52. > :40:55.whips on the European tour and he leads the order of merit stand, heap

:40:56. > :41:01.peers to be warring up. How do you rate his form by comparison, to

:41:02. > :41:06.Judd's at the moment? I haven't seen all of Judd's play, but he is

:41:07. > :41:13.probably playing the more impressive scoring snooker. I commented on the

:41:14. > :41:17.match with Dave Harold. I don't know if he is comfortable with four

:41:18. > :41:22.table, so his concentration drift add bit and I think 5-3 ahead today,

:41:23. > :41:28.maybe it happened again, although Michael Holt did well. He has to

:41:29. > :41:33.sharpen that up. A word from molt Holt before Mark join us. He is a

:41:34. > :41:38.bit sloppy in the final frame, could have done bet, he got forced into

:41:39. > :41:44.the long red, but the last safety shot was poor to leave Mark straight

:41:45. > :41:49.in. He would have liked to have played some safeties. But he has had

:41:50. > :41:55.a good tournament. He has, he is up to world 20. You were saying Mark

:41:56. > :42:01.Will ym's exit means we will probably not see him at the Masters:

:42:02. > :42:05.Think he told me at the beginning sh he need ed a semifinal place, I

:42:06. > :42:16.might be wrong, he need ed a good tournament to be in the Master, he

:42:17. > :42:21.is not in the top 16. That is why I think Milkins needed it. Here he is.

:42:22. > :42:28.Well played. Is relief the word? Yes I would have

:42:29. > :42:32.been gutting to lose. I don't feel like I did that much wrong, but I

:42:33. > :42:37.didn't do that much right either. A lot of frames went scrappy, I didn't

:42:38. > :42:41.gain a rhythm. I am glad I got a chance and play ed a good safety. I

:42:42. > :42:44.am happy to get through. I feel my form is good so hopefully I can show

:42:45. > :42:49.that. We were talking about the fact you have won calm of European tour

:42:50. > :42:54.vents, in Germany and in Gloucester as well, you can coming up, you seem

:42:55. > :43:00.to be warming up nicely, is that the way you feel? Let's hope so, I have

:43:01. > :43:04.done that the last couple of sevens and not performed. I have a bad

:43:05. > :43:07.record on the BBC, that was an extra bit of pressure. It is probably a

:43:08. > :43:12.silly think thing to be thinking about. I have lost a lot of matches,

:43:13. > :43:17.on BBC, so hopefully I can get a good run and show I can play this

:43:18. > :43:22.game. I think we saw you can play it a couple of years ago when you were

:43:23. > :43:26.playing Judd in the final. And it is Judd again. You play ed a brilliant

:43:27. > :43:31.part, up against Judd, how do you feel? I am confident. I have played

:43:32. > :43:35.him twice already in season in the tournaments I works on I know what

:43:36. > :43:39.to expect. He will go for his balls and score heavy, but I am quietly

:43:40. > :43:43.confident, I am sure he won't be looking forward to playing me. It is

:43:44. > :43:48.one of those match, we are good and whoever plays better on the day will

:43:49. > :43:52.get through. You are working with Terry Griffith, and I know he has

:43:53. > :43:59.helped so many player, you included Stephen. You said he made a bit of a

:44:00. > :44:04.technical change, can you elab rate about that? Because I have a bit of

:44:05. > :44:09.a weird cue action and grip, I rely on timing really, I was getting a

:44:10. > :44:15.bit tight, and my third finger and Terry was able to spot that, he is

:44:16. > :44:20.that good. It was a matter of trying to loosen my grip and take a longer

:44:21. > :44:24.back swing. I was getting a bit tight so the timing wasn't there.

:44:25. > :44:30.Overnight it made a difference and I won a tournament three day later. If

:44:31. > :44:33.people at home were thinking, you slackened off on your third finger

:44:34. > :44:41.and won a tournament, people would think you were off your rocker. My

:44:42. > :44:45.grip is unique, it takings a minor thing for it so go badly wrong. I

:44:46. > :44:49.was struggling to get back to the cushion. I was timing it so badly.

:44:50. > :44:57.He has helped me big time. It is a shame he is not here he is not very

:44:58. > :45:03.well. He is meticulous. He keeps can at you. It is great to have him in

:45:04. > :45:07.your corner. He has that knowledge which is helpful. Mark, you have

:45:08. > :45:11.done it, you are there, we are looking forward to this match

:45:12. > :45:15.against Trump. Well played today. Well, we are going to get into some

:45:16. > :45:21.live play very shortly, because next up, on the table that Mark has

:45:22. > :45:27.scrated will be the Rocket. He is up against Marcus Campbell. He won't be

:45:28. > :45:38.until we have exposed him to our commentators' eye.

:45:39. > :45:43.Ronnie O'Sullivan is a genius.st he good for the game? He has been great

:45:44. > :45:48.for the game. Following in the likes of Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, he is

:45:49. > :45:52.the man who gets people in, creates an atmosphere, superb.s has a few

:45:53. > :45:57.problems off the table, we all sit back and say, hang on, if we were

:45:58. > :46:01.there good, why would we not want to play? He has a few demons come

:46:02. > :46:05.about, but he has been one of the greatest things that has happened

:46:06. > :46:11.for the game over the last few year, and kept in game in the spotlight,

:46:12. > :46:15.where it belongs. For me, Rocket Ronnie has over taken the great

:46:16. > :46:18.Stephen Hendry. I would say Ronnie O'Sullivan is the greatest play er

:46:19. > :46:23.that pick ed a snooker cue up, and a lot is down to that technique. Right

:46:24. > :46:30.handed, left handed, doesn't matter which hand he play s with, you can't

:46:31. > :46:35.fault that technique. He is almost up there with the great John

:46:36. > :46:39.Higgins. When he is right he is great, when he is not he doesn't try

:46:40. > :46:46.too hard in the safety defendant. When he does try he is unbelievable.

:46:47. > :46:54.In the break building department he is getting close to Steven Hendry's

:46:55. > :47:00.record. There is plenty of years left for him to overtake that

:47:01. > :47:03.record, the thing is, is Ronnie going to be round long enough, will

:47:04. > :47:10.he go on, will he retire? I think there is one thing at the back of

:47:11. > :47:16.his mind, and that is to equal or not better Stephen Hendry's modern

:47:17. > :47:21.day record of seven world titles. I think he can achieve it. If he wants

:47:22. > :47:27.it, he can have it, because as I have said before, he is a genius.

:47:28. > :47:31.Interesting stuff from the boy, he has made a bit of a play about that

:47:32. > :47:35.himself, in a way almost perhaps to give him a target is you. Your

:47:36. > :47:42.record in the World Championship. Yes, I had the target Steve made six

:47:43. > :47:45.and that was my target through my career and Ronnie, it is a

:47:46. > :47:51.tremendous thing to have, to sort of set yourself that goal, and it is

:47:52. > :47:57.weird, I commentated on his first round in but I don't want to do it

:47:58. > :48:04.because it was 11 each. What we are talking about him having target s

:48:05. > :48:09.contradicts some things he was say last night. Maybe it was a bit of

:48:10. > :48:14.devilment among the press corps. He was say he wants to play the. Is,

:48:15. > :48:17.that is how he puts it he wants to get enough prize money to take a few

:48:18. > :48:21.more months out of the game. Of course, that has led us into

:48:22. > :48:24.thinking there are possibilities within the game to be able to do

:48:25. > :48:30.that, because the new ranking system comes in, it is no long er going to

:48:31. > :48:37.be a ranking points system that will enable us to see the, that will fall

:48:38. > :48:43.in line with other sports such as golf. It will and for the players it

:48:44. > :48:48.is nirvana, the ones who don't want to play in a small vent, they don't

:48:49. > :48:53.have to, they can pick and choose their schedule. What they have done

:48:54. > :48:57.is fantastic, to give everybody the opportunity to earn the money they

:48:58. > :49:00.can. This is better for the player, this is perfect. They don't want to

:49:01. > :49:04.go here, they don't have to, they can take a few days off. Refresh

:49:05. > :49:08.themselves and play in the tournaments they want to play in.

:49:09. > :49:12.This kicks in the day after the crucible final next May. And just

:49:13. > :49:17.for a bit of fun, we have done some rankings as they are now, the world

:49:18. > :49:21.ranks, if we were to switch to a money list right now. This is how it

:49:22. > :49:25.would look. Ding Junhui after the three world ranging wins would be at

:49:26. > :49:32.the top of the pile. This money has been earned in the last two seasons,

:49:33. > :49:37.the 2012/13 to this point. So there you can see Ronnie O'Sullivan is

:49:38. > :49:41.ranked 29 in the world but he would be at number five, having just

:49:42. > :49:44.picked to come and play in the World Championship itself and having won

:49:45. > :49:50.itle so you can see the point he is make, if he can do that he can do

:49:51. > :49:56.anything he likes. The big thing was the PTC, a lot of players don't

:49:57. > :49:59.enjoy them, but because of the ranking points you had to. Now they

:50:00. > :50:05.don't have to play in them, it is brilliant for the top players.

:50:06. > :50:09.Steven Hendry could be getting his cue back out. One of the reasons you

:50:10. > :50:13.packed in you didn't want to play in everything. You have family life,

:50:14. > :50:20.you won't be, you could do it, couldn't you? Interestingly, there

:50:21. > :50:25.is John Higgins he has slipped down the rankings, by the way when it

:50:26. > :50:32.comes to world rankings you are slipping down gently, I looked last

:50:33. > :50:38.time you were ranked 85ish. So all things are possible. Am I still

:50:39. > :50:43.above Steve? No. There is your goal. You need a goal. Get above Steve

:50:44. > :50:49.Davis. I am glad you are more soberly dressed than he has been in

:50:50. > :50:52.the jungle. It is going to make a huge difference to the tour in

:50:53. > :50:58.coming years. It is a brilliant idea. I do. I think it is brilliant.

:50:59. > :51:03.The players can have nothing for that system being introduced. You

:51:04. > :51:07.might see one two of them dropping out of some of the vent, that is

:51:08. > :51:13.great opportunity for those lower down. We are talking about Ronnie,

:51:14. > :51:17.had been will be due out shortly, he is against Marcus Campbell. They

:51:18. > :51:22.have faced one another five times before, over the last 15 years in

:51:23. > :51:27.fact, and Ronnie has prevailed on all five occasion, most recently, as

:51:28. > :51:31.we have said at the crucible this year, it was Marcus who had the

:51:32. > :51:35.dubious honour of playing Ronnie when he had been out for a year, it

:51:36. > :51:40.was all about up and down as to what his form would be like, but Ronnie

:51:41. > :51:45.ran out a 10-4 winner so Marcus has to try and face him all over again,

:51:46. > :51:49.a few months later, so there we are. They are walking fourth a place in

:51:50. > :51:53.the last 16 of the World Championship. Still best of 11 and

:51:54. > :52:00.it is Ken Doherty and John Virgo again today.

:52:01. > :52:05.Good afternoon Hazel. Marcus Campbell, Ronnie will not be

:52:06. > :52:12.taking him lightly, because there is that great bit of snooker history,

:52:13. > :52:19.in this tournament, in 1998, when Marcus beat Stephen Hendry 9-0. I

:52:20. > :52:24.remember it well. We couldn't believe our eye, he is capable of a

:52:25. > :52:28.big shock, Marcus Campbell is, he doesn't have a great result against

:52:29. > :52:41.the Rocket though. He has played him five times and lost five times.

:52:42. > :52:48.If anybody could possibly upset Ronnie, it is probably the type of

:52:49. > :52:54.game Marcus possesses. Takes his time, plays good safety.

:52:55. > :52:58.He has a solid game. It depends on the start, doesn't it, very

:52:59. > :53:03.important for Marcus Campbell to get off to a good start here. Doesn't

:53:04. > :53:05.want to let Ronnie just try and run away and dominate this match as he

:53:06. > :53:15.would like. That is what Ronnie can do, he can

:53:16. > :53:19.steamroller his opponent. So Marcus, he will have to play good safety and

:53:20. > :53:22.when he gets the opportunity, he has to score.

:53:23. > :53:46.Ronnie loves the hot water. Trying to do a bit too much with the

:53:47. > :53:49.cue ball. Through it off line. Has he been lucky? -- threw it off line.

:53:50. > :54:03.He could have left the red he played.

:54:04. > :54:09.Red on the pink spot does pot here, he has to try and find if gap. Try

:54:10. > :54:18.and get on to the black. It is not easy to pot this and get

:54:19. > :54:42.on the black. These are the type of chances,

:54:43. > :54:46.aren't they, if you were in Marcus Campbell's corner, he has to sort of

:54:47. > :55:08.take. A bit of tension in the arm there,

:55:09. > :55:12.you can always tell when a player hits the ball hard but hardly gets

:55:13. > :55:17.any movement with the cue ball. So he has rolled up. Played the

:55:18. > :55:24.snooker but you would be surprised if Ronnie left anything.

:55:25. > :55:31.Having said that it is not a straightforward come off the left

:55:32. > :55:34.hand side cushion into that cluster, he may leave a pot on to the right

:55:35. > :55:52.middle. He has to be very careful here, he

:55:53. > :55:56.doesn't want to knock this red on that is just above the black. That

:55:57. > :56:22.is exactly what he has done. It was all about the pace there.

:56:23. > :56:55.That is two chances for Marcus Campbell.

:56:56. > :57:07.This is a little tester, blow and -- blue and green into the pocket.

:57:08. > :57:20.Not straight forward. Looking a bit edgy at the moment.

:57:21. > :57:27.Think Ronnie has been fortunate, having missed the blue the the blue

:57:28. > :57:32.nudged the rofrd so didn't leave a pot for Marcus.

:57:33. > :58:05.That is a good safety that, I think he has stopped the escape down the

:58:06. > :58:10.left hand side of the table as we look. It is very congested on the

:58:11. > :58:16.right hand side. I don't see a path back to baulk, at first look.

:58:17. > :58:23.Yes, for all the accolades, that are thrown at Ronnie for his break

:58:24. > :58:28.building, maximum century breaks, he is one of the best players I have

:58:29. > :58:33.ever played from a safety department as well, so clever.

:58:34. > :58:40.I remember Stephen Hendry saying Afrony beat him, he said it was the

:58:41. > :58:44.best safety exhibition he had ever seen. That is something coming from

:58:45. > :59:00.Stephen Hendry because he has seen them all.

:59:01. > :59:03.Beat him, he said it was the best safety exhibition he had ever seen.

:59:04. > :59:04.That is something coming from Stephen Hendry because he has seen

:59:05. > :59:07.them all. Nnie Is he trying to

:59:08. > :59:12.He did with the screw, he has got a red. He has a bonus. He fluked the

:59:13. > :59:26.red. Where is the black going? Just shows you there was no idea he

:59:27. > :59:31.didn't think a red would go in. He was just trying to get this red and

:59:32. > :59:35.screw back up the table. Somehow the red has gone in an it was nearly

:59:36. > :59:38.fouled in the same pocket by the black.

:59:39. > :00:29.Once the black didn't go in he felt it was time to apologise. So

:00:30. > :00:38.careless. If the red goes in clean, the black stays over the corner.

:00:39. > :00:44.Going off the black, but the blackout of commission, he is not a

:00:45. > :00:46.make over. Can't get through to the blue, so he will just be looking for

:00:47. > :01:49.a safety. He won't be playing to pot the red,

:01:50. > :01:55.he will be playing to hit it in to get the cue ball back to the baulk

:01:56. > :01:59.end. He got it wrong. You could say he is unlucky to knock the

:02:00. > :02:08.blackened. Ronnie may put him back in here. No pot on, to safety.

:02:09. > :02:18.Rather your opponent play it than yourself. Unlucky to pot the black

:02:19. > :02:25.but he gets a double whammy, gives seven points away and has now got to

:02:26. > :02:35.play eight to safety. -- play eight of safety.

:02:36. > :02:42.That is snooker all over. Ronnie did not fancy that pot, and why would

:02:43. > :02:49.you? It was a difficult one and if you did not pot, where would the cue

:02:50. > :02:57.ball finished? But now the red has gone in and another chance for

:02:58. > :03:08.markers. Good pot, that. -- a good chance for Marcus four chances I

:03:09. > :03:10.think he has had in this frame. Only managed eight points. I think he

:03:11. > :03:21.will be disappointed with that. If you ask any snooker player, when

:03:22. > :03:27.they miss an easy shot like that, they could not tell you. It is just

:03:28. > :03:34.amazing what can be missed. So used to seeing all of these century

:03:35. > :03:37.breaks. It can only be a little bit of tension, can't be anything else.

:03:38. > :03:48.You would not miss that on the practice table. Ronnie would love to

:03:49. > :03:51.get the black back on its spot. He is just contemplating whether to get

:03:52. > :03:57.on the pink will go back up for the black.

:03:58. > :04:04.Excellent shot, there. The only reason he wanted the black on the

:04:05. > :04:05.spot is because he's obviously thinking about winning the frame

:04:06. > :04:29.from this position. From those couple of shots, look at

:04:30. > :04:42.the position now, black into play, back on the spot. Another couple of

:04:43. > :04:43.shots away, trying to get into spreading the bunch of reds around

:04:44. > :04:59.the pink spot. He is snooker brain works so

:05:00. > :05:04.quickly, doesn't it, John? As you said when he played for the black,

:05:05. > :05:08.it was an important position all shot to get position on the black,

:05:09. > :05:13.played it absolutely beautifully and with the black was on the spot, as

:05:14. > :05:21.you say, the frame just talk on a completely different complexion. But

:05:22. > :05:26.Marcus Campbell will be very disappointed with this start. We

:05:27. > :05:30.always say that you need a good start. Sometimes you don't get

:05:31. > :05:35.opportunities, but when you have got an opportunity and you don't take

:05:36. > :05:39.it, it is even worse. Ronnie has got the perfect angle on the black to

:05:40. > :05:45.split the five reds. Could be frame over.

:05:46. > :05:52.They couldn't have broken much better. He does not mind the red

:05:53. > :05:57.going against the side cushion, he has got a 40 point lead. Four reds

:05:58. > :06:15.in the middle of the table are more than enough.

:06:16. > :06:33.Just this red and a high-value colour.

:06:34. > :06:42.I'm sure when Marcus Campbell missed the blue into the middle pocket, he

:06:43. > :06:49.would not exactly Ronnie was going to win the frame from that position.

:06:50. > :06:56.But one very, very clever shot from money, brings the black back into

:06:57. > :07:06.play, on its spot. Opens the door to win the frame. He won't be bothered

:07:07. > :07:13.about a missed red into the middle, a break of 60 from Ronnie O'Sullivan

:07:14. > :07:16.and he goes into A1 -0 lead. In the same arena, let's update you

:07:17. > :07:21.with a couple of the school is bigger. Ward number two Mark Selby,

:07:22. > :07:27.defending champion, up against the world ranked 101, Stuart

:07:28. > :07:31.Carrington, who is at the table now. He has equalled his best ever

:07:32. > :07:37.performance, the last 32. He is losing to -0 to Selby at the moment.

:07:38. > :07:40.Next door we have got Fergal O'Brien and Dean John way. King at the

:07:41. > :08:17.table, a -0 advantage # Ding Junhui. The referee just setting the balls

:08:18. > :08:23.up, and a lot to reflect on from that frame for Marcus . A catalogue

:08:24. > :08:33.of misses. Trying to get that one safe, did not get enough action, and

:08:34. > :08:35.this one was a poor miss. Not good memories from that first frame. He

:08:36. > :09:12.breaks off for the second. Excellent opener. Just a little bit

:09:13. > :09:23.unlucky he did not get a full ball cannon on the red. Just a safety

:09:24. > :09:24.shot. An ominous sign for Marcus Campbell when Ronnie O'Sullivan

:09:25. > :09:43.starts knocking in those long balls. It is probably one part of his game

:09:44. > :09:46.that is probably not have good as has been in the past, Ronnie, his

:09:47. > :10:10.long pots, particularly this week. A perfect angle on the blue here to

:10:11. > :10:18.split the reds. Wow! Look at that for a split. That is what you call a

:10:19. > :10:24.split! Unfortunately, I am not sure whether he is on a red.

:10:25. > :10:33.Yeah, it did not work out too well. No easy red to continue the break

:10:34. > :10:35.with, he has tied up the black. Could not have gone much worse,

:10:36. > :10:49.really. Just playing safe. He has got a difficult red close to

:10:50. > :10:53.the right corner, but it is too risky, so if you are going to play

:10:54. > :10:59.safe, just play of the knuckle of the middle pocket here. Needs to

:11:00. > :11:53.miss the green to be any good. Not much good, he has left the pot on.

:11:54. > :12:07.No colour, it appears. much good, he has left the pot on.

:12:08. > :12:33.More or less forced into playing an easy safety, but it

:12:34. > :12:40.More or less forced into playing that part. I didn't think each you

:12:41. > :12:51.did that bad, just a fraction off. -- didn't think he cued it that bad.

:12:52. > :12:53.What can Marcus do with this opportunity? The first red, the

:12:54. > :13:11.starter, is a little bit tricky. Well played, well played.

:13:12. > :13:14.Particularly after the pots he missed in the first frame. He must

:13:15. > :13:59.have been dreading that one. Played it nicely, though.

:14:00. > :14:06.A little nudge on the red, he may have knocked a plan, there. -- may

:14:07. > :14:26.have knocked a plant on there. He was trying to bring the black

:14:27. > :14:30.into play, but, once again, considering he hit it so hard, he

:14:31. > :14:37.did not get a lot of movement on the cue ball. Just not getting through

:14:38. > :14:46.the balls he would like. Could be a fourball Plantier!

:14:47. > :14:56.How about that for a shot? You did say if you shots ago that he knocked

:14:57. > :15:15.it on to a planned. That is a bit too advanced for me!

:15:16. > :15:43.Well, another blue, another miss for Marcus Campbell.

:15:44. > :15:50.When you are playing one of the best players in the world, sometimes you

:15:51. > :15:55.think you have to play too well, sometimes. It is a strange thing to

:15:56. > :15:59.say, but you feel you have got to play absolutely... And it puts

:16:00. > :16:10.pressure on you. You sort of feel it is almost like no missed snooker to

:16:11. > :16:16.put pressure on these players but it doesn't work out like that. It looks

:16:17. > :16:20.like that is what Marcus Campbell is doing to himself in these opening

:16:21. > :16:25.exchanges. Relatively simple shots he is missing. Yes, if they were

:16:26. > :16:28.difficult, you could understand it, but straightforward, he missed an

:16:29. > :16:40.easy blue in the first frame, the easy blues are.

:16:41. > :16:46.The way the balls were, they were very awkward, so not the best chance

:16:47. > :16:48.for Ronnie to score heavily there, but I did not expecting to miss that

:16:49. > :17:50.red. -- did not expect him. He knocked in a good long red at the

:17:51. > :17:56.start of this friend, but, as you alluded to, Ken his long potting is

:17:57. > :18:28.not really a patch on his safety when he gets in amongst the balls.

:18:29. > :18:32.Nice shot, queued that well. Is not really a patch on his

:18:33. > :18:42.Nice shot, queued that well. Is there a gap

:18:43. > :18:46.Nice shot, queued that well. Is is right behind it and if you are

:18:47. > :18:58.bit of the pocket. I think if you can drop it in, just

:18:59. > :18:58.bit of the pocket. I think if you left-hand side of the pocket. He

:18:59. > :19:03.does not really He did not played that very well,

:19:04. > :19:44.definitely does slide in and He did not played that very well,

:19:45. > :20:02.but I would say a fortuitous kiss on the black.

:20:03. > :20:12.He did not want the knowledge on pocket there. Here is the fortuitous

:20:13. > :20:15.nudge on the black as you mentioned, John. Could have done

:20:16. > :20:18.without the little nudge off the middle pocket. Makes this pot a lot

:20:19. > :20:41.more tricky. I think he is coming glad to have a

:20:42. > :20:45.look to see if the red close to the left corner is portable. If it is,

:20:46. > :20:57.he may take the yellow onto the right -- if it is cuttable. Looks

:20:58. > :21:18.easy enough from that view. You would think, coming from this

:21:19. > :21:20.angle, he needs to straighten it up slightly. Needs a little bit of

:21:21. > :21:31.left-hand side. That was an excellent shot. Is it a

:21:32. > :23:42.advantage to Ronnie That was an excellent shot. Is it a

:23:43. > :23:44.two ball plant to the right corner? It is like gardeners world at the

:23:45. > :24:04.moment! He could talk in behind the blue

:24:05. > :24:20.here, play a snooker behind the blue. Marcus Campbell has got to be

:24:21. > :24:31.careful here if he comes off the side cushion. The obvious shot... It

:24:32. > :24:37.will be a bit of a stretch, as well. You might need the spider. It would

:24:38. > :24:45.be difficult to get at. That type of shot, you are knocking the red over

:24:46. > :24:51.the whole, if... -- if he hits it with too much pace. This could go

:24:52. > :24:58.wrong. REFEREE: Foul and a miss. Wally

:24:59. > :25:15.O'Sullivan four. -- Ronnie O'Sullivan, four.

:25:16. > :25:21.Little bit surprised he did not have the balls replaced there. He

:25:22. > :25:28.obviously thought he could get in behind the green, but he misjudged

:25:29. > :25:33.it. Marcus cannot see enough of this red to pot it. He has got to catch

:25:34. > :25:45.this mighty thin. The white event.

:25:46. > :25:50.REFEREE: Foul. Ronnie O'Sullivan, four.

:25:51. > :26:06.He tried to swerve that and possibly... The red. -- possibly pot

:26:07. > :26:08.the red. Just six points in it, Ronnie behind. It is anybody's

:26:09. > :26:19.frame. He has not got the right angle on

:26:20. > :26:23.the pink. Can he pot the blue, avoid the kiss on the black, can he pot

:26:24. > :26:24.the blue, avoid the kiss on the black, cannon the red? He can, but

:26:25. > :26:40.just did not catch them for enough. That is an example with having such

:26:41. > :26:42.a beautiful cue action. He played the cannon from the blue, hit it so

:26:43. > :27:10.well, that is why he finished Snooker on both reds. Points all

:27:11. > :27:31.square. Ronnie favourite for the frame now.

:27:32. > :27:41.Half a chance for Marcus Campbell but it could have been enough to you

:27:42. > :27:48.via, no doubt about that. He could screw the cue ball over to the

:27:49. > :27:49.left-hand side of the table as we look and you would not expecting to

:27:50. > :28:02.leave the red, should he miss it. He tried to screw in behind the

:28:03. > :28:09.green and back around, made it a little bit more difficult, but still

:28:10. > :28:13.a pot you would expect him to get. After the Mrs he made in the first

:28:14. > :28:19.few frames, you can understand him hedging his bets -- after the

:28:20. > :28:22.misses. Tremendous pot from Ronnie. As you say, a bit of a sign if he is

:28:23. > :29:14.starting to knock in long ones. Always makes a lovely sound when it

:29:15. > :29:18.hits the back of the pocket. He has not left himself good on the green.

:29:19. > :29:21.He might not be able to hold for the brown and if he is going to go up

:29:22. > :29:22.and down the table, he has got the colours, the pink particularly and

:29:23. > :29:48.the black, to avoid. That was a bit PC. -- pacey. But he

:29:49. > :29:52.only needs the brown, this to go ahead... But it is not there, so

:29:53. > :30:11.Marcus Campbell is still in this frame, somehow.

:30:12. > :30:37.Does he play to the corner pocket or the middle?

:30:38. > :30:44.In looks pretty good. The brown held up. Thought it was going to be a

:30:45. > :30:47.full-ball snooker. A chance for Marcus Campbell here.

:30:48. > :31:20.Nice kiss on the pink. Think he has the snooker now. There

:31:21. > :31:25.it. OK. An easy swerve to hit the brown but the same old story, not

:31:26. > :31:28.hitting it, can you get it safe? So he is going to nestle up to this

:31:29. > :31:31.dead weight, you would have thought. No, he is trying to get it off two

:31:32. > :31:38.cushions. Where is the brown going? Well it could have finished up worst

:31:39. > :32:04.than that. That is not one of Ronnie's best

:32:05. > :32:08.shots. The way he played it, it was always going to send the brown to

:32:09. > :32:13.the corner pocket, you can't bank on guaranteeing a snooker, it wasn't

:32:14. > :32:15.that kind of situation. So Marcus, he has a chance, he has to fully

:32:16. > :32:35.commit on the brown. And he did fully commitlet that cue

:32:36. > :32:42.ball needs to slow up a bit. Now, which pocket the this pink go into?

:32:43. > :32:45.Does this pink go into. He is looking. It goes in this pocket,

:32:46. > :33:00.certainly. Needs a lot of power to get through

:33:01. > :33:17.this one. Dumb. Think it is covered. The only

:33:18. > :33:19.possibility is playing a little snooker. But, delicate little shot

:33:20. > :33:28.this. But he would be disappointed, it was

:33:29. > :33:54.straightforward. That is pretty good.

:33:55. > :34:18.Well, a chance for the black into the far right corner. He was looking

:34:19. > :34:45.for something easier than this. Not really close.

:34:46. > :34:58.Well, how many chances has he had to pinch this frame?

:34:59. > :35:04.Where is black? Well, I tell you that double kiss on the black has

:35:05. > :35:08.done Ronnie a favour. Because that black looked to me as it was going

:35:09. > :35:11.to go over the corner. Ronnie, half apologised to Marcus

:35:12. > :35:30.there, lucky boy! It has left him almost straight on

:35:31. > :35:35.the black. I am not sure whether he can double it up and leave it at the

:35:36. > :35:39.middle of the cushion. Marcus may try to chip it on to the right side

:35:40. > :35:41.cushion, over the green spot. Cue ball over on the left hand side of

:35:42. > :35:56.the table. Three cushions into the middle

:35:57. > :36:09.pocket? No, just the safety. Would you be tempted? He is looking

:36:10. > :36:38.at the potting angle. Well that bump off the middle pocket

:36:39. > :37:09.has made it safe, at least. Well, that is a bit pacy. But he has

:37:10. > :37:21.left another chance for Marcus Campbell.

:37:22. > :37:24.if you get close to the pot and it doesn't go in, they stay in the jaw,

:37:25. > :37:35.it is a risky shot if he is playing it.

:37:36. > :37:39.That is the problem for me, when you playing them thin like that, you

:37:40. > :37:42.don't have a lot of pace on a the object ball. If you miss it you can

:37:43. > :37:55.leave it, and he has. Well, he has missed it.

:37:56. > :38:01.Would you believe it? ! He has got away with it as well.

:38:02. > :38:08.I think if I was Marcus I would be happy to still be in this frame.

:38:09. > :38:15.Well, possibility here, it is a slim one, but he may try and double this

:38:16. > :38:27.off this cushion into the top right hand corner pocket.

:38:28. > :38:30.He did go for it, quite a long way away. Concentrating on getting a

:38:31. > :38:53.good cue ball. He has done. A better pace than Ronnie, -- from

:38:54. > :39:36.Ronnie. It is not a bad cue ball but Marcus

:39:37. > :39:40.will be going for this one. Ronnie just hit that a bit too

:39:41. > :39:44.thick, I think he was trying to play it off the top cushion, side cushion

:39:45. > :39:50.and back to the top cushion, but catching it a bit thick as he did.

:39:51. > :40:05.He has left this pot on, or possible pot.

:40:06. > :40:09.it's safe. Ronnie won't be potting this.

:40:10. > :40:16.He will have to be careful he doesn't get a double kiss and go in

:40:17. > :40:28.off. Heart in the mouth stuff. Excellent

:40:29. > :40:44.stuff that was. Well, this is... If someone asked

:40:45. > :41:05.for a rerack I am not going to be in favour!

:41:06. > :41:09.He has missed it. He has missed it. How has Marcus won that, he gives a

:41:10. > :41:13.little punch. He missed and missed and still wins it. So there you are

:41:14. > :41:14.Marcus, anything can happen, it is one apiece.

:41:15. > :41:20.I have to say we are flabbergasted. We have John Higgins and Stephen

:41:21. > :41:27.Maguire and they were gluing to that. Everyone is in shock. John?

:41:28. > :41:31.Gobsmacked. I cannot believe, I have never seen that before ever. It is

:41:32. > :41:34.unusual situation with, for the black ball to finish in that

:41:35. > :41:38.position. To come off the side cushion, he is wondering where to

:41:39. > :41:42.go. You are saying he could have played it harder. If he played it

:41:43. > :41:46.off a bit of side and knocks the black up and leaves the cue ball on

:41:47. > :41:51.the cushion, but I never saw that coming. Before that miss there was a

:41:52. > :41:54.call from John Higgins rerack, as John Virgo said, have you ever

:41:55. > :41:59.witnessed anything like that? No, not at all. But, and saying that,

:42:00. > :42:03.before the match started Marcus probably thought, I might get half a

:42:04. > :42:08.dozen good chances in the match. He has had six or seven in each of the

:42:09. > :42:14.frames, it has been poor stuff from Ronnie. Suddenly we have a situation

:42:15. > :42:19.where we are even Stevens and has changed the momentum of the match.

:42:20. > :42:22.The big thing is Marcus doesn't seem to be settled. Sometimes getting

:42:23. > :42:25.that many chances, you hope to get that many, sometimes it puts more

:42:26. > :42:29.pressure, you keep coming to the table and you are not making the

:42:30. > :42:33.most of them. You generally think you won't get that many and if you

:42:34. > :42:36.don't take the first few you get the pressure builds up on you. The score

:42:37. > :42:41.line in the World Championship when they played is mislead, it was 10-4

:42:42. > :42:45.but there were three frames where O'Sullivan made brilliant clearances

:42:46. > :42:48.and it would have been seven each. He has always given him a decent

:42:49. > :42:52.game but he has not settled down yet. John Virgo made a point about

:42:53. > :42:57.trying too hard and trying to raise your game to a level you haven't

:42:58. > :43:02.achieved so far in the season to play Ronnie. If you came into the

:43:03. > :43:07.match and never missed and easy ball how well you would do, it the easy

:43:08. > :43:12.ones that make the difference, if he can cut out the easy misses he will

:43:13. > :43:17.do well. Ronnie doesn't look on it to me. Back to frame three.

:43:18. > :43:23.I have never seen a black ball game finish like that before, but, that

:43:24. > :43:29.is the one thing with Ronnie, that you never know what you are going to

:43:30. > :43:33.get, do you? Here it S look. One jaw and hit the other and he has punched

:43:34. > :43:47.the air, even Ronnie can see the funny side of it.

:43:48. > :43:53.Steven made a very valid point in the studio that Ronnie doesn't look

:43:54. > :43:54.on it. His concentration is wavering, he has watched the other

:43:55. > :44:09.match the other side of the table. He has potted another nice long red

:44:10. > :44:24.and this time he has had a nice result. Black on to the left middle.

:44:25. > :44:28.Well! Did that black just seem to go straight on, just for a split second

:44:29. > :44:32.when he hit it. Whatever, it never went in, so, good chance for Marcus

:44:33. > :44:34.now, at the start of this third frame.

:44:35. > :44:41.Can he make the sizeable contribution? Nothing settles you

:44:42. > :45:12.down more. This of course will help him,

:45:13. > :45:26.getting rid of this red. He won't be able to get on the black from here.

:45:27. > :45:30.He doesn't want to be straight. I am looking at Marcus's face and that

:45:31. > :45:41.grimace saying that, it tells you a story he may have to force this in a

:45:42. > :45:51.bit. He played that very well. Excellent shot.

:45:52. > :45:57.It is quite easy when you play that shot to put a bit of unintentional

:45:58. > :46:01.side but he kept a true line with the cue ball and he has finished up

:46:02. > :46:50.in perfect position. wouldn't expect him to and he won't

:46:51. > :46:53.ex. But I think he is OK. Well, he has not left anything for his

:46:54. > :46:58.opponent. But he is getting a few scars here

:46:59. > :47:02.of balls missed. It doesn't help your confidence when you are praying

:47:03. > :47:08.somebody like Ronnie O'Sullivan you need your confidence to be on a

:47:09. > :47:10.high. -- you are playing somebody like

:47:11. > :48:03.Ronnie O'Sullivan. Where is the cue ball going? He

:48:04. > :48:13.found a good path back to the baulk end, I suppose you could say a bit

:48:14. > :48:17.unlucky to go in off. If hadn't gone into the jaws, it may have come back

:48:18. > :48:21.and left Marcus a chance, so it is cue ball in hand, straight red,

:48:22. > :48:25.doesn't have to do anything with it. If he pots the red automatically on

:48:26. > :48:40.the blue, just got to push that cue through straight.

:48:41. > :48:46.He pushed it through straight just a fraction out.

:48:47. > :49:20.Cued it nicely. you have to trust the table. Just

:49:21. > :49:24.roll into the middle red of the top three. He is coming off the side

:49:25. > :49:29.cushion, he feels as though he can get it safe here, but he has to be

:49:30. > :49:39.careful. He could leave a red to the far left corner.

:49:40. > :49:56.Perhaps he could leave a red to the left corner as well. Maybe not.

:49:57. > :50:14.Trying to get this cue ball tight behind the green here.

:50:15. > :50:22.that cue ball over on to the left hand side of the table as we look,

:50:23. > :50:27.just makes Ronnise next shot a lot more difficult. -- Ronnie's next

:50:28. > :50:31.shot that bit more difficult. Somewhere behind the yellow if you

:50:32. > :50:54.can. That is pretty good. Excellent shot.

:50:55. > :50:59.A bit careless that from Ronnie. OK, play that red, but you are trying to

:51:00. > :51:05.drop on it dead weight. Too much pace, just flicked it, and that is

:51:06. > :51:07.why the cue ball wandered up the table and left a nice easy starter

:51:08. > :51:48.for Marcus. you go.

:51:49. > :51:57.-- have a look at this black. There you go.

:51:58. > :52:07.What a chance this is for Marcus Campbell now.

:52:08. > :52:13.27 point lead. You would have to say doesn't have a lot of work to do to

:52:14. > :52:14.build up a, enough of a lead to leave Ronnie in a snooker required

:52:15. > :54:04.stage here. Think he would have liked to have

:54:05. > :54:08.been straighter on the black so he could play for the red there. I

:54:09. > :54:12.don't think he wanted to be playing into that cluster of four, playing

:54:13. > :54:23.the canon, but I think that is the only shot he has got.

:54:24. > :54:29.He needs this to go right. Well, it gives him a s thety pot

:54:30. > :54:35.here. He knows it will be a frame winner should he get it. A bit of

:54:36. > :54:38.pressure on this one. -- testy pot here. Red colour red is

:54:39. > :54:42.what is required. In is the type of shot you have to

:54:43. > :55:14.fully commit to. Took a bit of pressure off the shot.

:55:15. > :55:26.He knew the green was up near the baulk cushion, he has a nice angle

:55:27. > :55:31.on the green. He needs a kiss here to stop this

:55:32. > :55:37.cue ball. He will settle for that. He will settle for that. 62 points

:55:38. > :55:40.in front at the moment, 67 remaining so just this red required.

:55:41. > :56:00.But for the kiss he may well have been on nothing.

:56:01. > :56:06.Just making certain of the frame ball red.

:56:07. > :56:07.If he pots the black, I don't think Ronnie will bother coming back to

:56:08. > :56:19.the table in this frame. So that should be enough for

:56:20. > :56:25.concession from Ronnie, one more frame after this before the

:56:26. > :56:41.mid-session interval. He needs to get his act together, really.

:56:42. > :56:48.And that is enough for Ronnie. So, Marcus Campbell, without really

:56:49. > :56:53.doing much, finds himself 2-1 in front. HAZEL IRVINE: Steven said he

:56:54. > :56:58.didn't think Ron was was on it and that possibly is the case, early on

:56:59. > :57:03.in this match. It is Campbell who has the 2-1 advantage. Mind you, he

:57:04. > :57:08.was behind twice against Duffy last night and still came through, so

:57:09. > :57:13.intriguing afternoon to come. Let me update you with what is happening in

:57:14. > :57:18.the other matches. Gp Mark Selby has take en a lead

:57:19. > :57:24.over Stuart Carrington, they are playing for the right to play Graeme

:57:25. > :57:28.Dott in the last 16. So Selby looking comfortable. More

:57:29. > :57:38.than he has done in the first couple of matches here, and so to Wendi

:57:39. > :57:40.Deng, because he too has take en a 4--- -- Deng.

:57:41. > :57:52.He has made hard work of it, the he looks much happier about things

:57:53. > :57:56.so far today, so that is the situation in those other matches. We

:57:57. > :58:01.will bring in the new Robertson match. Back we go. And we are all

:58:02. > :58:11.getting ready for the last one before their interval.

:58:12. > :58:22.COMMENTATOR: Yes, Ronnie, when he was watching Marcus finish that

:58:23. > :58:34.frame, he undid his waistcoat. Big frame this.

:58:35. > :58:41.To go into the mid-session interval, Kent, with a 3-1 lead, if

:58:42. > :58:44.it was for Marcus Campbell, with the balls he has missed, he will be over

:58:45. > :58:53.the moon. Absolutely. I just think Ronnie has

:58:54. > :58:57.to steady the ship here. His concentration is pretty poor. You

:58:58. > :59:05.see the port success rate, 77% for Ronnie O'Sullivan, 74% for Marcus

:59:06. > :59:11.Campbell. That is pretty low. You really want it in the mid to high

:59:12. > :59:15.90s. It would have been quite a long time since we have seen a pot

:59:16. > :00:03.success rate for Ronnie O'Sullivan down at 77%.

:00:04. > :00:11.Well, that was an excellent pot. Maybe Marcus's confidence is just

:00:12. > :00:37.beginning to rise a little. That was OK, he has won to the left

:00:38. > :00:44.middle. -- he has a red. He has a nice split here, red to

:00:45. > :00:58.left middle, pink or possibly blue to follow here.

:00:59. > :01:11.He will be disappointed with that, betwixt and between little bit. A

:01:12. > :01:14.little surprised he did not try to screw red in and take the pink to

:01:15. > :01:18.the opposite middle. Certainly an easy shot. Will he take this green

:01:19. > :01:35.on? That is a good shot, nice pot for

:01:36. > :01:37.Marcus Campbell, and that tells a story in itself of how much his

:01:38. > :02:02.confidence has grown in the last couple of frames.

:02:03. > :02:13.Well, he has fluked it, but I am not quite sure why he was scoring all

:02:14. > :02:18.the way back to a baulk colour, it made that pot so much more

:02:19. > :02:21.difficult. Yes, you look at where the cue ball finished and he didn't

:02:22. > :02:31.play it with any confidence whatsoever.

:02:32. > :02:39.Clinging along the top cushion, we see it happen so many times.

:02:40. > :02:51.That is not the one he wanted to hit, he will leave a pot on.

:02:52. > :03:02.I said he would leave a pot on, it looks like it is. Safety success,

:03:03. > :03:09.81% Marcus Campbell, as low as 69% for Ronnie.

:03:10. > :03:21.It looks like he should be able to get through to this red.

:03:22. > :03:31.Comfortably. Now, nicely on the black. Just don't want any easy pot

:03:32. > :03:58.so missed here. Not perfect. The reason I say that,

:03:59. > :04:02.he has the red to the left corner, but I don't think the black goes

:04:03. > :04:08.into the left corner, so it is not just a case of rolling the red in.

:04:09. > :04:13.He has a little bit of work to do with the cue ball. When you have to

:04:14. > :04:34.do that it makes the pot miscible, any pot. -- miscible.

:04:35. > :04:40.He managed to find the gap. I was going to CE could not have finished

:04:41. > :04:53.any better on the blue, but he has run on a fraction. But no problem.

:04:54. > :04:59.It has been an amazing turnaround, hasn't it? He had for micro chances

:05:00. > :05:06.in the first frame, didn't take one of them. -- he had for micro

:05:07. > :05:11.chances. -- he had four chances. Ever since Ronnie missed that shot

:05:12. > :05:44.things have turnaround in this match.

:05:45. > :05:50.Yes, this is where the match had a complete turnaround, when he missed

:05:51. > :05:55.that black and gave the frame to Marcus Campbell. He did have a smile

:05:56. > :05:57.about it, but it has certainly changed the whole complexion of this

:05:58. > :06:15.match so far. It needs to run. That is a poor

:06:16. > :06:21.shot. He will be very disappointed with that. Not quite sure whether he

:06:22. > :06:27.can get on the pink. I don't think he can. But from that position he

:06:28. > :06:32.will be very disappointed he did not win the frame from there.

:06:33. > :06:36.Yes, and particularly with that table shot, you have this done it on

:06:37. > :06:40.and off the cushion rather than run it round. Even if you are not on the

:06:41. > :06:45.black, then at least you have a chance at the pink. He put all of

:06:46. > :06:49.his eggs in one basket there. Years on nothing, end of break. -- he is

:06:50. > :07:32.on nothing. Is this a plant? He is certainly

:07:33. > :07:55.looking at it with enthusiasm. No. Nice safety shot, though, good

:07:56. > :08:00.length with the cue ball. I think he played that as a two ball planned,

:08:01. > :08:03.not a three ball plant. That is a bit thick from Ronnie! He needs the

:08:04. > :08:11.green to come to his rescue, and it hasn't. There is a cut on the red

:08:12. > :08:15.here to the left middle. The only thing is, the cue ball is running

:08:16. > :08:34.loose. It could carry into another read. Make certain of the pot.

:08:35. > :08:45.I know that Marcus has missed a few shots, but I cannot remember a

:08:46. > :08:48.player getting so many opportunities from Ronnie O'Sullivan in a match as

:08:49. > :08:58.we have seen in these first four frames. Quite incredible.

:08:59. > :09:00.As they said in the studio, sometimes it is quite off-putting

:09:01. > :09:06.when the other games are going on, as well. We have seen it with a lot

:09:07. > :09:12.of players, the concentration has wavered. Certainly, Ronnie, as we

:09:13. > :09:21.look at the form tables, -- the four tables, Ronnie has concentrated on

:09:22. > :09:25.the matches on the other tables more than he has on his own at the

:09:26. > :09:58.moment. He needs to get his concentration back.

:09:59. > :10:09.I am not quite sure whether he was totally confident and going for that

:10:10. > :10:35.shot. What can Ronnie do? He just came a little bit too

:10:36. > :10:39.straight on the pink and was trying to force it. By forcing it and

:10:40. > :10:43.playing with a trace of site he has just overrun it slightly. -- trace

:10:44. > :10:55.of side. This is fully committed, tremendous

:10:56. > :10:56.shot. Tremendous shot. It really was, he went all out for it and

:10:57. > :11:24.didn't think about missing it. Just too straight on this red. In

:11:25. > :11:26.trying to screw back he has miscued. Do you know? I think he has got away

:11:27. > :11:36.with it. Amazing. When you are into mains like this

:11:37. > :11:40.you have to get up, and he didn't. He stopped, then he thought about

:11:41. > :11:47.it, then he thought, I will leave this screw with reverse side, he

:11:48. > :11:53.just never prepared for the shot. Sometimes, Ken, as we all know, it

:11:54. > :11:57.is one of those situations where do I not getting in, you're not getting

:11:58. > :12:04.any fluency, and every time you get in you don't get the right angles.

:12:05. > :12:09.As I say, too straight on this red. Yes, everything comes a little bit

:12:10. > :12:12.awkward, but he is dipping down on his back arm, that is exactly why he

:12:13. > :12:30.jumped the cue ball there. But, again, he has given Marcus

:12:31. > :12:36.another chance. He didn't have a good safety, he

:12:37. > :12:37.just tried to roll that red in then he should be thinking of safety

:12:38. > :12:43.shot, but this is an for Marcus. 19 point scum of the lead. -- 19

:12:44. > :13:08.points, the lead. Well, he tends to do that quite a

:13:09. > :13:13.lot, Marcus, he plays quite a lot of shot 's with safety in mind. Instead

:13:14. > :13:18.of fully committing for the shot he has tried to get on the pink to the

:13:19. > :13:24.right centre. Certainly a chance to get into the pocket. He is just

:13:25. > :13:33.making it much more difficult, hitting it at that pace.

:13:34. > :13:36.I could not agree with you more. When you get the opportunities come

:13:37. > :13:39.and they have been coming thick and fast, you want to concentrate on

:13:40. > :13:44.taking them admitting the most of it. He has missed a trick here. It

:13:45. > :13:49.will not be easy for a mackerel to win the frame at this visit because

:13:50. > :13:54.the brown is not on its sport. -- it will not be easy for me micro to win

:13:55. > :13:59.the frame. But you would be surprised if he is not reading near

:14:00. > :14:04.the business end of the frame. -- not easy for Ronnie.

:14:05. > :14:12.Just trying to work out, hang on, nine points behind, three reds,

:14:13. > :14:22.three pinks, 21, that will put him 13... No, he will need the brown. It

:14:23. > :14:30.is not as if he can play for the black. I suppose the way he plays

:14:31. > :14:36.left-handed the brown might not be a problem if he gets on it nicely. It

:14:37. > :14:37.is a great advantage, being ambidextrous as he is, and so

:14:38. > :14:48.proficient with it, as well. He is quite lucky there, he could

:14:49. > :15:03.have been snickered. -- snookered. He is trying to work out a way to

:15:04. > :15:11.get there and just need the brown. You know, if he is to get from brown

:15:12. > :15:15.to blue, that could be tricky. Potting the pink, he will need

:15:16. > :15:53.yellow, green and brown to clinch the frame.

:15:54. > :16:02.Beautiful shot. That was absolutely magnificent.

:16:03. > :16:05.Believe me, on these superfine cloths.

:16:06. > :16:23.Just as he ordered that brown with his left hand, Marcus Campbell shook

:16:24. > :16:25.his head in the corner. He could not believe he was taking that one

:16:26. > :16:32.left-handed and it never touched the side is, what I shot. It was the

:16:33. > :16:36.shot from the green, wasn't it? That was magnificent duelling. A

:16:37. > :16:42.little bit of magic has appeared and it was needed before this

:16:43. > :16:50.mid-session interval. All square, Marcus Campbell had his chances, but

:16:51. > :16:55.Ronnie came to the plate. STUDIO: And from the miscued earlier

:16:56. > :17:00.on in the frame to beautiful stuff. He pulled it out, didn't eat? He was

:17:01. > :17:05.definitely looking like 3-1 behind. Not many people could have made it

:17:06. > :17:09.clearance like that. Has concentration been part of the

:17:10. > :17:14.problem? I think he gets... Board is probably

:17:15. > :17:22.too strong a word but he gets not up for it. This is what separates him

:17:23. > :17:28.from the rest. It is almost like an exhibition -- clearance, the shots

:17:29. > :17:31.he was playing. The yellow to green was superb around the angles, then

:17:32. > :17:37.the green to brown, these are shots you play in exhibitions. Yes, and as

:17:38. > :17:40.you are finishing off, let's play left-handed on the brown while we

:17:41. > :17:45.are at it. And that is what Marcus is up

:17:46. > :17:48.against, because every time he seems to make progress he can wallop you

:17:49. > :17:52.like that. Yes, all of a sudden he pulls that

:17:53. > :17:57.out and when you are in the chair you are pulling your hair out.

:17:58. > :18:00.It is pretty soul destroying. Is he quite hard to read as an opponent

:18:01. > :18:03.when you are sitting in the other chair?

:18:04. > :18:06.You think, I might have a chance because maybe his concentration is

:18:07. > :18:12.wondering what he does not look at the races, then he does that.

:18:13. > :18:16.Absolutely. But as I said earlier, if Marcus does not miss anything

:18:17. > :18:24.easy he has a great chance, but he keeps missing easy shots and playing

:18:25. > :18:30.bad positional shots, giving Marcus -- Ronnie lifelines. You have to

:18:31. > :18:34.keep pressure on him all the time. When the opportunities come, you

:18:35. > :18:41.have to score heavily. If you start missing two or three

:18:42. > :18:46.and think they are not going to win anyway, they will steam-roll you.

:18:47. > :18:51.But Johnny can play one good shot then it just figures him to go and

:18:52. > :18:55.make a clearance like that. They are in their interval, but in snookered

:18:56. > :18:58.as in every single sport we admired different facets of games and

:18:59. > :19:03.players. If you want to take the best bits of

:19:04. > :19:08.everyone and put them together to make some kind of turbo-charged

:19:09. > :19:13.snooker player, which bits would you use two that is what we have asking

:19:14. > :19:14.many of the top stars now, we started with the world number one,

:19:15. > :19:30.Neil Robertson. Mine.

:19:31. > :19:36.I think probably if you were to look at Ronnie's frame winning rate to

:19:37. > :19:42.frame ratio it would be better than anyone else's.

:19:43. > :19:48.Mine. Ding Junhui, his cue ball control is

:19:49. > :19:53.probably the best in the game at the moment.

:19:54. > :19:59.I would say John Higgins. All-rounder safety play.

:20:00. > :20:20.Shaun Murphy? Yes, the best rest player I have ever seen.

:20:21. > :20:37.Ken Doherty is very good at that, good activity coming of the

:20:38. > :20:47.cushions. Ronnie O'Sullivan, by a long way. He

:20:48. > :20:51.is by far and away the best I have ever seen.

:20:52. > :20:56.He is the worst player to be behind against, for sure.

:20:57. > :21:06.Tactical awareness, I would say John Higgins.

:21:07. > :21:09.John Higgins is a worst player to have a big lead against, I would

:21:10. > :21:19.say. Well, I would say there is a fair

:21:20. > :21:22.ratio of Neil Robertson in that perfect player of Neil Robertson!

:21:23. > :21:27.And why not? At least you got in on one of the categories. That was

:21:28. > :21:31.quite nice. I would have said a lot of mine, as well. You don't get to

:21:32. > :21:35.world number one without that, do you?

:21:36. > :21:45.Is Neil Robertson's opponent this afternoon? 20 -- 23-year-old Chinese

:21:46. > :21:51.student Li Hang. He has had some notable successes, not least a win

:21:52. > :21:54.over Judd Trump. But he lost a big match in Chengdu and Robertson fired

:21:55. > :21:59.in four centuries against him on that day. How will he fared today?

:22:00. > :22:03.Let's have a quick look, because this is a situation as we join them

:22:04. > :22:25.with commentary from Willie Thorne and Dennis Taylor in frame one.

:22:26. > :22:40.DENNIS TAYLOR: not a bad chance here, still another three reds that

:22:41. > :22:43.are portable. -- pottable. He has only lost one frame so far

:22:44. > :22:49.this year in the UK Championship, Willy. 6-0 against Dylan Mitchell

:22:50. > :22:54.and then 6-1 against Robbie Williams.

:22:55. > :23:00.It has been a favourable draw, to be fair, two players that have had not

:23:01. > :23:04.much television exposure. But the key thing is he has been making

:23:05. > :23:09.massive amounts of centuries, he has already had 52 this season. Scoring

:23:10. > :23:13.has been fabulous and he may well get a couple of centuries in this

:23:14. > :23:57.match if he goes on to win it, you never know.

:23:58. > :24:03.Very powerful player, Neil, he gets through the ball as good as anyone

:24:04. > :24:05.in the game. He will have to play a tearful shot to get into the pack,

:24:06. > :24:13.because it is pretty closely knitted. -- careful shot. He will

:24:14. > :24:15.need a good angle on this next black. He has not got it this time,

:24:16. > :24:28.I don't think. He has done well there to have any

:24:29. > :24:33.sort of shot nothing mackerel. That has finished perfect. -- any sort of

:24:34. > :26:20.shot on a red. It is amazing down the years, all

:26:21. > :26:23.the great players, people like Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, the

:26:24. > :26:47.always seem to start a match with a big rate. -- with a big break.

:26:48. > :26:55.Yes, greater chances now to not only win the frame at one visit, but to

:26:56. > :26:59.add to the amazing number of centuries he has already made this

:27:00. > :27:01.season, he has a chance of beating Judd Trump's record, which I think

:27:02. > :28:04.is 61. Should be OK, he has come up a

:28:05. > :28:11.little bit short, the cannon pushed the cue ball on through.

:28:12. > :28:20.In fact, it has afflicted the plank -- pink into play, also. If he

:28:21. > :28:25.popped the pink he would have to go behind of those reds, also. That is

:28:26. > :28:27.why he is taking the black and playing for the red to the right of

:28:28. > :28:42.the three. Now the frame is obviously beyond

:28:43. > :28:43.any doubt, so now he can try and make that a century in the first

:28:44. > :28:56.frame. He has not had too much television

:28:57. > :28:59.time, Li Hang, so obviously playing someone like the world number one on

:29:00. > :29:05.television is a big ordeal for him. Our British viewers have not seen

:29:06. > :29:08.much of Li Hang, but he is a very good player. Not the quickest

:29:09. > :29:15.player, as you will see later on in the map. -- in the match.

:29:16. > :29:19.Well, if Neil carries on playing like this we might not see too much

:29:20. > :29:37.of Li. Just doing a little bit of mental

:29:38. > :30:05.arithmetic here to see if he can beat the highest rate. -- rate.

:30:06. > :30:17.Amazingly enough, with all of the century is so far, the highest is

:30:18. > :30:19.137. He is so disappointed. He would not think he needs the extra few

:30:20. > :30:37.grand! It shows you how hard meal is trying

:30:38. > :30:43.to improve on the 52 centuries -- Neil Robertson. I think he will not

:30:44. > :30:55.hit the pink and red at the same time. Well played. But it will not

:30:56. > :30:59.be easy to make the century. He would have to try to move the red

:31:00. > :31:02.because the one to the left of the black, they are not quite on. A

:31:03. > :31:19.cannon required. He has had to come back across the

:31:20. > :31:25.table. He is timing the ball beautifully at the moment, Neil

:31:26. > :32:08.Robertson. This red for a century in the opening frame. Very well played.

:32:09. > :32:18.He is taking the pink which is as difficult as the Black would have

:32:19. > :33:08.been. How well is he cueing at the moment?

:33:09. > :33:35.All the way around the houses to get on the black.

:33:36. > :33:44.What a start from the world number one. He got one chance. What a

:33:45. > :33:56.clearance, magnificent. The highest break of this years UK

:33:57. > :34:06.Championship, his third century of the last couple of days. He is right

:34:07. > :34:20.at the top. Judd Trump made three last night. That is the situation.

:34:21. > :34:25.You would have thought that was the pro viewed to him taking a lead. It

:34:26. > :34:31.is not quite how it turned out. The young man from China has pushed his

:34:32. > :34:39.way back into this match, Li Hang. He levelled it at the interval. If

:34:40. > :34:47.you want to continue to watch the match, feel free to do so on the red

:34:48. > :34:53.button and online. We will keep you up-to-date with everything today. It

:34:54. > :34:58.has been a remarkable few months for Ronnie O'Sullivan taking the year

:34:59. > :35:09.off and coming back to win back-to-back world champions. If you

:35:10. > :35:12.weeks ago, in his autobiography, he feels it is exercised away from the

:35:13. > :35:26.table that has played a crucial part in his recent success.

:35:27. > :35:38.There is always pressure to do well and I have learnt to play with the

:35:39. > :35:43.pressure, ever since I was a junior. I was used to winning tournaments

:35:44. > :35:48.and if anything winning was like a relief at the end, a bit of a

:35:49. > :35:56.come-down. You have won the World Championships, for me, I was thank

:35:57. > :36:03.God it is over. I was buzzing after a race. It was the first race I

:36:04. > :36:11.did, I came 100 out of 200 and in six years I won. I was pretty

:36:12. > :36:15.chuffed with myself. In some ways, there's more of a sense of

:36:16. > :36:23.achievement from the running than snooker. If I didn't win, it was

:36:24. > :36:29.seen as I had not fulfilled my true potential and expectations. I think

:36:30. > :36:40.I got more satisfaction from running than snooker.

:36:41. > :36:51.I used to be miserable and I connected with running clubs where

:36:52. > :36:55.tournaments were. Snooker tournaments became a chance to

:36:56. > :37:01.explore different running clubs and meeting running friends. Snooker

:37:02. > :37:08.became a hobby for me in 2004 because as long as I had my burning

:37:09. > :37:17.kit, the running came first. It got me to the snooker tournaments, in a

:37:18. > :37:22.way. Playing at the top level, if you don't perform then someone, a

:37:23. > :37:27.top player will take you out. Whether it is Usain Bolt, Tiger

:37:28. > :37:31.Woods, they come with a reputation but if he doesn't run nine points

:37:32. > :37:39.six, they are still running nine points seven. I still believe you

:37:40. > :37:46.have to produce the goods. There is a place him on the athletics team!

:37:47. > :37:51.He loves it and likes playing. He is not running away with this match so

:37:52. > :37:58.far. Marcus Campbell has been around for a very long time. Over 20 years,

:37:59. > :38:04.a good pro, great results, a winner of one of the PDC events. It has

:38:05. > :38:19.been patchy at times. Yes, the mid-session interval is

:38:20. > :38:26.over and now we played to a finish. First to 6, remember. Interesting to

:38:27. > :38:36.see what sort of Ronnie O'Sullivan comes out.

:38:37. > :38:44.The clearance may inspire him. We will wait and see. I saw him at the

:38:45. > :38:54.interval and he said he did not feel he was getting through the ball

:38:55. > :38:55.correctly. It is little things like that that can give you the

:38:56. > :39:05.confidence. A well played shot from Marcus. It

:39:06. > :39:32.wasn't easy. Excellent return from Ronnie

:39:33. > :39:38.O'Sullivan. If the cue ball... This is more

:39:39. > :40:14.difficult. He was more concerned about bringing

:40:15. > :40:37.the black into play. He has to avoid the black. This

:40:38. > :40:59.could go wrong. Not bad. A problem to contend with

:41:00. > :41:32.but he has made a good fist of it. Another excellent safety shock from

:41:33. > :41:52.Ronnie. If you find the cushion, you make it difficult for your opponent.

:41:53. > :42:20.He will be disappointed to have missed that. He had enough angle to

:42:21. > :42:58.not really causing much of a problem.

:42:59. > :43:09.He has a nice angle on the black if you want to disturb those couple of

:43:10. > :43:17.rides. He really wants the black spot completely clear. He might be

:43:18. > :43:26.taking a chance to go into the reds. He needs a lot of pace.

:43:27. > :43:33.He needed to be harder than that. He cleared the black spot but... The

:43:34. > :44:00.big question is what is he on? Will he be tempted with this plant,

:44:01. > :44:33.a lot of distance between the two reds.

:44:34. > :44:40.It was a good pot. He avoided the case. If the Green goes, there's no

:44:41. > :44:55.reason why he shouldn't take it on. The natural potting angle will bring

:44:56. > :44:59.him on to the reds. He did not want to risk it. He should have got

:45:00. > :45:38.snooker. to risk it. He should have got

:45:39. > :45:59.him on to the reds. He did not want to

:46:00. > :46:39.him on to the reds. He did not want as you say.

:46:40. > :46:46.This is where it was. The green has to go back a little bit and out from

:46:47. > :47:02.the cushion. A possible 2-ball plants in the

:47:03. > :49:05.reds. I didn't see that one! How perfect

:49:06. > :49:47.is that? Wow! A wry smile from Ronnie. He completely mishit that.

:49:48. > :50:00.After the stroke of luck that he had not to take advantage of it is

:50:01. > :50:10.unforgivable. Why hit it so hard? I don't understand.

:50:11. > :50:33.He has played it well. He cannot believe he is back at the table

:50:34. > :50:43.after that Farouk of Marcus's. -- fluke.

:50:44. > :52:38.He managed to hold it. That was good cueing.

:52:39. > :52:59.Quite happy playing for the pink. A 36 point lead now.

:53:00. > :53:12.A quick glance at the scoreboard. He needs three of these remaining reds.

:53:13. > :53:22.Well, the next after the pink will be OK.

:53:23. > :53:48.I try to add the extra red because that keeps your opponent off the

:53:49. > :54:01.table. Ronnie knows that. No heroics.

:54:02. > :54:18.He has taken these well but he has gift -- he was gifted this chance.

:54:19. > :54:26.He did not make his mind up on matte black. -- make up his mind on that

:54:27. > :54:38.black. Marcus Campbell will be very

:54:39. > :55:04.disappointed. The first opportunity.

:55:05. > :55:17.It is unusual to see a century without the black being potted. The

:55:18. > :55:25.pink for the 100. That is inch perfect.

:55:26. > :55:38.Beautifully taken. He was given an opportunity. And he did the rest in

:55:39. > :55:44.style. Marcus Campbell will be kicking himself. What HRT had. But

:55:45. > :55:53.you have to pop the balls. Ronnie leads by three frames to two. Mark

:55:54. > :55:59.Selby has completed his victory today over Stuart Carrington.

:56:00. > :56:06.Selby, his high break was here in the last frame. That puts him

:56:07. > :56:15.through to play Graham dot, that would be a really good match.

:56:16. > :56:29.That is a repeat of the semifinal of the Masters. A bit of a pattern

:56:30. > :56:37.emerging. Yes, his opponents cannot argue. Marcus missed a black he

:56:38. > :56:44.would never miss against anybody else but he missed it today. They

:56:45. > :56:53.are not taking the chances. It is the luxury have of being the best

:56:54. > :56:58.player in the world. People cannot play their best game against you and

:56:59. > :57:04.you can relax. Marcus has missed so many easy balls. He will be

:57:05. > :57:13.horrified. Is that an aura, is that a mystique one has? Yes, you are

:57:14. > :57:18.getting a two or three frames start. You know players cannot beat you and

:57:19. > :57:25.it's a lovely position to be in. Who else has the advantage? When they

:57:26. > :57:32.play as good as they can, Selby, Robertson, you sit and watch him and

:57:33. > :57:42.cannot think that is good but there is an intimidation factor. Well,

:57:43. > :58:04.there is some work to do. Campbell falls behind.

:58:05. > :58:15.Yes, Marcus Campbell will be so disappointed with the chances he has

:58:16. > :58:20.had. Sometimes it is strange, you don't mind when someone plays well

:58:21. > :58:23.but when you have had chances, chance after chance as Marcus

:58:24. > :58:32.Campbell has had, that is more disappointing. And it goes back to

:58:33. > :58:36.what I said earlier, you put pressure on yourself because he is

:58:37. > :58:41.expecting Ronnie Knotts and miss. It has not worked out that way. When

:58:42. > :58:51.you are in the arena, you cannot see that would for the trees. He has to

:58:52. > :58:53.stop missing the easy balls. If you pop the ball long, at least to play

:58:54. > :59:00.the next shot. He has got the game, it is the easy

:59:01. > :00:10.balls that have cost him. Yes, good long pot, he knew he was

:00:11. > :00:16.going to be running into the black. Was hoping he was going to be

:00:17. > :00:26.getting a better result than this. If he hits it right, he could get

:00:27. > :00:32.the snooker. He will be pleased that he hit it,

:00:33. > :00:37.because we know that with them this rule -- Miss rule you can give quite

:00:38. > :00:48.a few points away. He will be wary of leaving the red

:00:49. > :00:53.over the corner pocket. He knew he was sending one towards

:00:54. > :00:58.the corner pocket so played with a little bit of extra pace to make

:00:59. > :01:03.certain he came on and off the side cushion. He didn't really get a good

:01:04. > :01:07.length with the cue ball, it should be easy for Ronnie to pay -- play a

:01:08. > :01:19.better safety than that. Having said that, it is Ronnie's

:01:20. > :01:31.turned to not read over the corner. Is there a gap between the green and

:01:32. > :01:46.pink? -- it is Ronnie's turn to knock a red over the corner.

:01:47. > :01:56.There is the pot success, 77% is low. Can he get position on the

:01:57. > :02:03.colour? Is he on the black humour to if he

:02:04. > :03:56.is not, -- cat -- is he on the black? He is on nothing.

:03:57. > :04:07.Well, surely he has not covered the red to the middle? Know. I know what

:04:08. > :04:12.he was trying to do, he was trying to play the run-through. And almost

:04:13. > :04:19.impossible pot, but he was trying to get the cue ball close. Of course,

:04:20. > :04:21.he headed the wrong side of the red. He would have been lucky to get

:04:22. > :04:44.away with it, and he hasn't. He definitely did not play for the

:04:45. > :05:06.gap there. He always knew he would have the pink there.

:05:07. > :05:14.He just overshot the cue ball little bit, he wanted to be straight on

:05:15. > :05:28.this loo. -- he wanted to be more straight on this blue.

:05:29. > :05:35.I shot like that, Ken, he made it look so easy, but he just had to

:05:36. > :05:45.find a gap and have enough pace on the cue ball. He played absolutely

:05:46. > :05:55.perfectly. And immediately he wants the Black

:05:56. > :06:02.back on its spot, of course. In another couple of shots it will be

:06:03. > :06:05.open in both pocket 's and the frame will be at his mercy. -- in both

:06:06. > :06:29.pockets. I know it is early days, but, again,

:06:30. > :06:34.as in the last frame, you would expect Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the

:06:35. > :06:38.frame from this visit. He has up his pace a little bit. -- he has upped

:06:39. > :06:49.his case. There you go, 16 seconds for Ronnie

:06:50. > :07:05.O'Sullivan, average short time, 29 seconds for Marcus Campbell.

:07:06. > :07:14.As the boys said in the studio, if you don't take your chances, the

:07:15. > :07:20.longer the match goes on against players like Ronnie O'Sullivan, they

:07:21. > :07:25.get stronger. Yes, if there opponent is not

:07:26. > :07:31.punishing them it takes a little bit of pressure off them, if they are

:07:32. > :07:35.struggling a little bit. As I said, Ronnie did not seem as if he was

:07:36. > :07:39.getting through the balls as he would like, but now he is getting

:07:40. > :07:44.the opportunity, years getting the arm flowing, he is not being put

:07:45. > :07:50.under any pressure from his opponent. Just this red and it is

:07:51. > :08:15.snooker is required. -- snookers required.

:08:16. > :08:25.A lovely touch, isn't it? He made a 108 break in the last frame. Apart

:08:26. > :08:31.from the red along the top cushion, you would not bet long odds against

:08:32. > :09:02.it being back-to-back centuries here.

:09:03. > :09:06.That was an excellent shot. So difficult those, along the top

:09:07. > :09:19.cushion, and particularly with pace. Another wonderful century from

:09:20. > :09:28.Ronnie O'Sullivan. 66 of the tournament so far.

:09:29. > :09:34.He has missed the yellow but it is back-to-back centuries and you just

:09:35. > :09:41.get the feeling that Marcus Campbell may have missed the boat. Ronnie

:09:42. > :09:50.O'Sullivan two frames ahead at 4-2. STUDIO: Breaks of over 100 in the

:09:51. > :09:57.last two frames, and Ding Junhui has just tied up a 6-1 victory over

:09:58. > :10:02.Fergal O'Brien of Ireland. He will go on to play Ricky Walden

:10:03. > :10:07.in the last 16. He has made a bit of work for himself in the last couple

:10:08. > :10:11.of matches against Anthony Parsons and James Wattana, but it looked a

:10:12. > :10:17.whole lot more straightforward for him today. Ding Junhui is through,

:10:18. > :10:21.as is Mark Selby. Just a quick word on that, he has not looked as fluent

:10:22. > :10:24.early in this tournament as we have seen in the last couple of

:10:25. > :10:30.tournament 's, but do you see signs he is warming up? As I said at the

:10:31. > :10:32.start of the tournament, those first few rounds are a bit of an

:10:33. > :10:38.inconvenience for the top players, their concentration did not need to

:10:39. > :10:42.be 100%, but now at the business end of the tournament you are seeing all

:10:43. > :10:46.of the top players and the last 16 will be the top players of the

:10:47. > :10:51.world. Definitely the way to go, start off slowly and build up. With

:10:52. > :10:55.better players coming along you will have to plenty of petrol left in the

:10:56. > :10:59.tank for the best players. I am sure that Mark Selby will be relieved

:11:00. > :11:04.because he particularly seemed jaded in the first few matches. He looked

:11:05. > :11:07.a bit heel yesterday, he said he was all right, but then again that may

:11:08. > :11:15.be because he practices in doors everyday! As you say, it is a little

:11:16. > :11:19.bit of an inconvenience, they consider it that way. On this match,

:11:20. > :11:25.I agree with John Virgo, I think Marcus Campbell has missed the boat.

:11:26. > :11:29.The boat is sailing and sailing fast and he will have to jump on board,

:11:30. > :11:45.Marcus Campbell, if he is too slow O'Sullivan up.

:11:46. > :11:57.JOHN VIRGO: he should be pleased with the way he is cueing now. But

:11:58. > :12:02.it has been mainly due to his opponent not punishing him.

:12:03. > :12:11.Touching ball? Mill. -- know. If it had been, the

:12:12. > :12:17.referee would have called it. That is why Ronnie could not play

:12:18. > :12:39.the escape up to the baulk end. He is looking at a three ball

:12:40. > :12:47.plant. The last red, directly behind the pink, into the right centre, but

:12:48. > :12:53.very, very risky. It looks pretty much like it is on, but it is just

:12:54. > :13:02.too risky to take on. You are going into other reds. Just a safety.

:13:03. > :13:09.He does not want that cue ball going into the pocket, though. That is

:13:10. > :13:15.careless. That is extremely careless.

:13:16. > :13:27.A three shot for Ronnie O'Sullivan there. -- free shot.

:13:28. > :13:34.It is just the one part of his game, it is just not up to the standards

:13:35. > :13:40.he would like it to be, that is for sure. Yes, he started off OK, he

:13:41. > :13:44.knocked in a few good long ones, but, as you say, that has been his

:13:45. > :13:53.Achilles heel. Long potting.

:13:54. > :14:27.There you see it, 57% for Ronnie O'Sullivan, 53% for Marcus Campbell.

:14:28. > :14:30.That was quite a clever little shot, that, using the yellow to

:14:31. > :15:01.block the red. The brown was always in the way and

:15:02. > :15:02.that a simple little shot from Ronnie O'Sullivan has created have a

:15:03. > :15:25.chance here. -- half a chance. He did not expect that, he did not

:15:26. > :15:50.get into the cue ball enough. Nicely spotted three ball plant from

:15:51. > :16:27.Marcus Campbell there. Just having a look to see, does the

:16:28. > :16:58.pink ball to the right corner? No, he is just not with it today,

:16:59. > :17:04.Marcus Campbell. As we said, he needed a good start and he didn't

:17:05. > :17:05.get it. The game is looking very difficult for him at the moment,

:17:06. > :17:45.isn't it? It happens that way. He has just flicked off them, and he

:17:46. > :18:35.will be on the green. Well, if he could pot this red and

:18:36. > :18:41.try and leave a nice angle on the green or yellow, he could possibly

:18:42. > :18:49.go into the bunch of reds in a couple of shots' time. He has an

:18:50. > :19:00.angle on the yellow, but he will be hampered by the brown.

:19:01. > :19:10.Of course, the red that is on the blackspot, it is always there

:19:11. > :19:16.available for him. He may be forced into taking this loo here, because

:19:17. > :19:39.the yellow is a little bit awkward. -- this blue.

:19:40. > :19:44.It looks as though he has run through too far and he is nothing.

:19:45. > :19:53.There a bit of pressure on that blue. He has just run through too

:19:54. > :19:59.far. Or not far enough, whichever you prefer.

:20:00. > :20:26.He just can't get going and to score heavily when he gets the chances.

:20:27. > :20:35.That is a good shot, it was like a magnet taking it to the baulk

:20:36. > :20:39.pollution. -- cushion. He is doing this right, because there is every

:20:40. > :20:45.chance he could knock one towards the corner pocket here.

:20:46. > :20:53.Well, it has gone in! That is not what he played. He does apologise to

:20:54. > :21:24.Ronnie, but you take what you can. Well, it is all right having a bit

:21:25. > :21:31.of luck, but you have to try and take advantage it. And not for the

:21:32. > :21:32.first time. He has had a few flukes in this match, just not making the

:21:33. > :21:57.most of them. He did not want to play for the

:21:58. > :22:02.black, if he had knocked that red he would have played for the black.

:22:03. > :22:07.Being along the top cushion, there is no way he would have missed it.

:22:08. > :22:12.He just can't get to that bottom red, can't see enough of it.

:22:13. > :22:17.Obviously, the red does not pass the blue to the left middle. He cannot

:22:18. > :22:21.play into the baulk end so he will play a little trickle of the red and

:22:22. > :23:22.leave the cue ball near the top cushion.

:23:23. > :23:28.He would like to try and get the cue ball back to the top cushion. He is

:23:29. > :23:40.slightly hampered by the black, so just another role in I would have

:23:41. > :23:47.thought. There will not be a re-rack here.

:23:48. > :23:54.Maybe a chance for Ronnie now to get the cue ball back to the top

:23:55. > :23:59.cushion. Now the shoe is on the other foot,

:24:00. > :24:40.so to speak. Well, that was risky. Too risky. It

:24:41. > :24:46.is as though Marcus got a little bit impatient there.

:24:47. > :24:59.Yes, that is not what you would expect from Marcus.

:25:00. > :25:10.Slowly but surely, he is seeing this match fall away from him.

:25:11. > :25:26.He led 2-1, looked like he was going to go into the mid-session interval

:25:27. > :25:32.3-1 ahead. But since that frame it has been all Ronnie. And he has had

:25:33. > :26:02.chances, Marcus Campbell. He certainly can't grumble. But he just

:26:03. > :26:09.didn't take certainly can't grumble. But he just

:26:10. > :26:29.generate a lot of pace due to the amount of

:26:30. > :26:50.cushion. That is why he tried to get the

:26:51. > :27:00.cushion. That is why he tried to get He just cue that in beautifully,

:27:01. > :27:01.didn't he? You did not expect him to miss that

:27:02. > :27:37.one. Well, it is going from bad to worse

:27:38. > :27:48.for Marcus. That was a thin cut, but not that thin. Ronnie will cannon

:27:49. > :27:53.into the pink, two disturbs events. -- to disturb the reds. Now the

:27:54. > :28:10.frame is at his mercy. Well, that was a little bit closer

:28:11. > :28:22.than he would have liked. I thought he had missed that for a second.

:28:23. > :28:32.The pace helped that into the pocket.

:28:33. > :28:37.This red does not go past the green, so back-up for these two reds to the

:28:38. > :28:56.right of the pink. No applause, but what a wonderful

:28:57. > :28:59.positional shot that once. A bit careless and there, though, to be

:29:00. > :29:05.the wrong side of the blue. He will be annoyed at that. That red does

:29:06. > :29:07.not pass the green, he will have to play for the red to the right of the

:29:08. > :29:19.pink. It is a little bit too swift. He is

:29:20. > :29:21.not winning the frame at this visit. 33 points ahead, but still 43

:29:22. > :30:31.remaining. Ronnie is looking for a red and

:30:32. > :30:49.colour. The colour now is all he needs. The

:30:50. > :32:01.pink is ready and waiting. Ronnie made breaks of 108 and 100

:32:02. > :32:36.but nothing like that in this. Both players put their queues on the

:32:37. > :32:45.table. Ronnie O'Sullivan looks in complete control now, one frame away

:32:46. > :32:54.from a place in the last 16. Do you see a way back for Marcus? His

:32:55. > :32:58.resolve has dissolved. He has played a red in the middle pocket. He is

:32:59. > :33:09.playing shots he would not play against anyone else. There can only

:33:10. > :33:14.be one victor. I agree. Ronnie is just doing enough, mopping up what

:33:15. > :33:20.is left. Marcus is a much better player than what he has played

:33:21. > :33:26.today. He will be disappointed. I think he is demoralised now. It

:33:27. > :33:37.looks like you want to be out of there soon. You have played against

:33:38. > :33:47.him many times. What happened? I don't want to get into it. Let's

:33:48. > :33:58.talk about this match. I enjoyed every bit of it. It was the 1998 UK

:33:59. > :34:05.Championship. It was a very unusual scoreline. It went from bad to

:34:06. > :34:12.worse. When it got to four and five and six, I wanted to get out of

:34:13. > :34:21.there. He can play but there is something about O'Sullivan that is

:34:22. > :34:27.blocking him. It is easy shots. He's had so many chances. The occasion is

:34:28. > :34:31.intimidating. You get embarrassed by your own performance and it

:34:32. > :34:39.accumulates. We have all been out there and had a shocking afternoon.

:34:40. > :34:44.He is a much better player. A great result against Michael White so we

:34:45. > :34:47.know he can do it but not today. Let's see if there is any resolve

:34:48. > :35:02.left in Marcus Campbell. It can be the loneliest place out

:35:03. > :35:52.there. There is a loose red button may go

:35:53. > :36:03.into the pack from the blue. He decided against.

:36:04. > :37:50.If he makes a century from this visit, he would have made three

:37:51. > :38:03.centuries and not played his best form. He has looked good in patches

:38:04. > :38:05.but given some chances away. His standard will have to improve on the

:38:06. > :38:42.next round. The Pops Access is 88%. Everyday in the game of snooker is a

:38:43. > :38:49.different day. Yes, and he has had help from his opponent. As you say,

:38:50. > :38:57.with the two centuries he has made and the possibility of another one

:38:58. > :39:02.here. We know this is in the locker. If you seasons ago, if he started

:39:03. > :39:08.off badly, he may have dropped his head but there was none of that, to

:39:09. > :39:13.be fair. He has missed the red. 68 points in front. One snooker

:39:14. > :39:35.required for Marcus. He still needs to get reds, blacks

:39:36. > :40:05.and one snooker. How disappointing for Marcus. He

:40:06. > :40:13.never brought his game to it and Ronnie, not at his best, comfortably

:40:14. > :40:25.through to the last 16. Yes, comfortable in the end. Your

:40:26. > :40:28.verdict? I agree, it was patchy. He made a couple of centuries,

:40:29. > :40:37.brilliant finishing off a match. There are bits where he would have

:40:38. > :40:42.to improve, 2-1 for the tournament. He has not played as a two to one

:40:43. > :40:50.shot yet but tomorrow he could be brilliant. This is only his second

:40:51. > :40:59.world ranking event of the year and this is the furthest progress. He

:41:00. > :41:06.has picked about what he is doing. What you make of this form? He did

:41:07. > :41:12.what he had to do. Marcus missed the boat in the first four frames. He

:41:13. > :41:17.should have been ahead at the mid-session interval. Ronnie stepped

:41:18. > :41:27.up again. He looks more decisive in amongst the balls. You do not play

:41:28. > :41:33.your best in the last 32. What has Robert Milkins got? Do not miss the

:41:34. > :42:10.easy balls. If you are to be the best players,

:42:11. > :42:18.when the balls are great but it can be like tough. Mark Williams would

:42:19. > :42:21.have been all right. The black ball game was strained. I played some

:42:22. > :42:31.decent safety but I didn't know what to do. I missed the black and four,

:42:32. > :42:37.here we go. I didn't really care. I wasn't even disappointed. It was par

:42:38. > :42:43.for the course. There was a bright smile. Overall, where are you in

:42:44. > :42:53.comparison, paired with your form in May. I kept a good head and managed

:42:54. > :43:01.to get three matches but I only played well in the final. Leading up

:43:02. > :43:06.to the world champions and previously I was playing well in

:43:07. > :43:11.practice, for the couple of years and gave me confidence but the last

:43:12. > :43:22.month have not been really seeing it as well. It can get tough. Where is

:43:23. > :43:27.your confidence level? The confidence should be up but it does

:43:28. > :43:32.not seem to matters sometimes. If I am playing well, I could have had

:43:33. > :43:45.bad results but then it is just you and balls. You can struggle even

:43:46. > :43:54.with victories. This is a big event. I want to do well. Last night you

:43:55. > :44:01.were saying against Adam Duffy that you want to play the system a little

:44:02. > :44:06.bit. Yes, I have done for my career. We talked earlier about the

:44:07. > :44:10.change to the new system, doing away with the ranking points and a

:44:11. > :44:18.straight money list. Will that play into your hands more? I hope so.

:44:19. > :44:25.Money on the board means you can pick and choose. You don't want to

:44:26. > :44:29.play in all of the events. You want to choose. Yes, I think so but you

:44:30. > :44:37.have to do well and carried the prize money. I am OK next year

:44:38. > :44:44.because I won the world but I am looking for the year ahead. I can

:44:45. > :44:48.take as long as I like. I will play a few tournaments. If it becomes a

:44:49. > :44:58.chore, it is nice to have a rest. Put your feet up, put your feet up

:44:59. > :45:04.and take a break. If we were to look at the graphic, this would be the

:45:05. > :45:09.money list right now. You are world ranked 29 and you would be fifth.

:45:10. > :45:16.You will be well up there because you won the world title. You talk

:45:17. > :45:26.about the overall plan, if you were to take breaks, how long would they

:45:27. > :45:33.be? It is until I get bored again. I am enjoying it all right at the

:45:34. > :45:38.moment. Maybe I need sometime off after this to enjoy it and relax. I

:45:39. > :45:45.liked doing other stuff and being on tour can be tough to get everything

:45:46. > :45:52.you want to do in your life. You have to work the system to your

:45:53. > :45:58.advantage. Cliff Wilson used to make the top 16 and go on holiday! That

:45:59. > :46:05.is the philosophy I have got. It is nice to win tournaments but it can

:46:06. > :46:12.be a grind. You have to get the balance. And if it is a grind, the

:46:13. > :46:15.enjoyment factor goes. No matter how much you enjoyed, being on the

:46:16. > :46:24.circuit week in, week out is a grind. I went to the O2 and watched

:46:25. > :46:28.the tennis and they have the TB macro and Federer said it is a grind

:46:29. > :46:41.on tour. Being any tour can be a grind. Your mind camp matrix. You

:46:42. > :46:52.have to be tough to get through. It is relentless. -- your mind can play

:46:53. > :47:00.tricks. I do not think we have played many times. He has improved a

:47:01. > :47:06.lot. He had a good Crucible beating Neil Robertson. He is one of those

:47:07. > :47:12.players who given opportunities will not bottle it. He relishes the

:47:13. > :47:20.pressure. Another tough match. Are you going for a run now? No, I went

:47:21. > :47:27.this morning. I ran for 20 minutes. I am not enjoying that at the moment

:47:28. > :47:33.either. It is all a grind. Go and dressed up before the next match and

:47:34. > :47:37.thank you for coming. We will go straight back into the match

:47:38. > :47:43.featuring Neil Robertson and Lee hanged. It had gone 2-2 at the

:47:44. > :47:56.interval. We join them in frame five.

:47:57. > :48:51.Neal is left-handed. The pink is not too bad at the moment.

:48:52. > :49:39.Now, a chance to win the frame at this visit.

:49:40. > :50:04.He was feeling the cushion. A quick bounce off the cushion.

:50:05. > :50:40.Yellow and brown both on but both difficult.

:50:41. > :50:49.That was a beautifully played shot, wasn't it? Really had to dig into

:50:50. > :50:56.the cue ball to hold it off the cushions. Not quite out of the woods

:50:57. > :50:58.yet. He needs one more good shot. They are in the way of one another

:50:59. > :51:56.at the moment. A bit of movement in his line of

:51:57. > :52:06.sight. There is movement all over the arena these days.

:52:07. > :52:17.Ken Doherty said if they raise it that you cannot see the table and

:52:18. > :52:21.the crowd could still see for tables but not as low. It might be better.

:52:22. > :52:23.There wouldn't be the distraction and you would not see the other

:52:24. > :52:40.tables. It is not a bad point. A beautiful Cameron. -- cannon. I

:52:41. > :53:34.think he lost his concentration. Neil Robertson will lead three -

:53:35. > :53:40.two. And he did. We are moving into frame six. Robertson 36 points

:53:41. > :53:54.behind this time. He started off with 141 break but

:53:55. > :54:21.has looked a bit ragged, the world number one.

:54:22. > :54:31.That was a really attacking shot. I did not see that coming.

:54:32. > :54:41.The pink has gone in. Neil isn't left with an easy chance to get onto

:54:42. > :54:51.a colour nicely. He might have to play a slow cannon.

:54:52. > :55:55.After that bad miss from Neil, a chance to get himself flowing again.

:55:56. > :56:00.Li Hang was head but you expect Robertson to win the frame at this

:56:01. > :57:33.visit. Just a little too close for comfort

:57:34. > :57:35.here. He would like to see more of the pocket. A couple of inches high

:57:36. > :57:45.off the pocket as well. This is the key shot. The pink to

:57:46. > :58:23.red. He would have to get absolutely

:58:24. > :58:24.pinpoint position here to leave an angle to bring those two reds into

:58:25. > :59:10.play. He has looked at the brown but the

:59:11. > :59:28.yellow will be the best ball to bring the reds into play.

:59:29. > :59:33.Maybe that red pots after all. So, there was never a problem. Plenty of

:59:34. > :00:02.room. Yes, moving around a table at some

:00:03. > :00:08.pace, Neill. He missed an easy read earlier on in the frame that he is

:00:09. > :00:25.fully focused again. It is going to be 4-2.

:00:26. > :00:30.Li Hang tried to play an attacking shot, but we were not aware those

:00:31. > :00:34.two reds next to the yellow were pottable. Having had a streaky start

:00:35. > :00:41.to the second session of this match he has managed to win both of the

:00:42. > :00:45.frames. Li Hang has had chances in boards of the opening two frames

:00:46. > :00:49.after the interval. Certainly, barring the kick, I think he would

:00:50. > :00:56.have been a long way in front of this frame. The trick shot does not

:00:57. > :01:03.work this time, but a very nice break of 68 from Neil Robertson and

:01:04. > :01:11.he takes a 4-2 lead. STUDIO: Yes, 24-year-old Li Hang

:01:12. > :01:16.reached the final of one of the Lee Asian tour events last year.

:01:17. > :01:22.And now we reach frame seven from the top.

:01:23. > :01:26.Could have played a slightly more aggressive safety shot on that, and

:01:27. > :01:29.he has not played it well. He has been very good in the safety

:01:30. > :01:33.department, I think that is the first time he has not been within

:01:34. > :01:53.two or three inches of the baulk pollution. -- cushion.

:01:54. > :02:00.Not a favourable cannon on the reds. This is a very awkward blue. He is

:02:01. > :02:02.having a look to see what is available into the right corner if

:02:03. > :02:15.he takes the blue on. That was a poor effort, it has to be

:02:16. > :03:18.said, from Neil. Even though he is 4-2 behind his

:03:19. > :03:23.facial expression has not changed, he is not fazed by the fact he is

:03:24. > :03:27.behind. I am sure like everyone watching we have not seen too much

:03:28. > :03:32.of this young man playing before, it is my first chance of seeing him

:03:33. > :03:35.come and I am impressed with his safety play. He has a room to

:03:36. > :04:02.improve a little, but he certainly looks capable.

:04:03. > :04:07.Not quite as he was intended -- as he intended but he always had a

:04:08. > :04:29.chance of at least four reds there. Yes, I think every single shot he

:04:30. > :04:39.gives 100% concentration, even with the rest. He never rushes shot. --

:04:40. > :05:10.his shot. He has finished a bit straight on this light. -- black.

:05:11. > :05:16.It looks like the red at the back of the pack, it is a straightforward

:05:17. > :05:23.shot to get back onto the black and run through the pack. He is making

:05:24. > :05:26.the cue ball do a lot of work here. The only problem with playing the

:05:27. > :05:33.way he has done there, of course, if he gets onto the next two reds and

:05:34. > :05:38.pinks and doesn't get an angle on the back red it could be end of

:05:39. > :05:53.break. But we will see what happens.

:05:54. > :05:57.He could do with being almost straight on this red just to roll it

:05:58. > :06:28.in and leave the black. Now, that red that Willie mentioned

:06:29. > :06:30.at the back of the bunch is available. If he cannons the two to

:06:31. > :06:46.the right of that he would be OK. He did play the cannon. He has left

:06:47. > :06:57.himself a choice, one to the middle, or the one at the back.

:06:58. > :07:10.It is a good, solid technique this young man hands. As I say, he does

:07:11. > :07:13.not rush the shot when he is down , he pushes the cue in and out of

:07:14. > :07:19.three or four times, then stops and delivers it.

:07:20. > :07:54.He has got a nice pause just before he delivers the cue.

:07:55. > :08:02.Does not miss many with the rest, Li. That confirms it, look at that,

:08:03. > :08:21.100% success rate. He has potted four out of four, and

:08:22. > :08:26.Neal has potted six out of six with the rest. I am glad it wasn't around

:08:27. > :08:35.when I was playing, the success rate. What would mine have been,

:08:36. > :08:40.Willie? Nine out of ten? This is an excellent chance to claw

:08:41. > :08:43.a frame back. He just needs the cue ball to bounce

:08:44. > :08:53.and it has bounced perfectly. You are kidding the! -- me! How is your

:08:54. > :08:57.lucky? That was remarkable, I mean, he split the ball is beautifully and

:08:58. > :09:00.for that red to come back of the cushion...

:09:01. > :09:10.Especially being a 51 in front. Very unlucky. He has opened all the rents

:09:11. > :09:17.up, and now he is wishing a couple of them went on the cushion rather

:09:18. > :09:24.than mostly into pottable positions. -- he has opened all the reds.

:09:25. > :09:30.Neil thought he had lost the frame, but when he saw the red comeback to

:09:31. > :09:35.the black he would have thought, not just over yet, this frame.

:09:36. > :09:44.Well done. I say well done because he has got the brown safe, that is

:09:45. > :11:15.his bit of insurance. Now then, he might be able to take

:11:16. > :11:24.the red that is on the blue spot and get the pink back up the table. All

:11:25. > :11:35.of a sudden, there is a half chance for Neil Robertson here.

:11:36. > :11:41.I don't know what angle he has on the pink here, but amazingly enough

:11:42. > :11:46.he could have the angle to save the deep screw into the red and black.

:11:47. > :11:53.Even if he misses the kiss he is bound to be on one of the other

:11:54. > :11:58.reds. No, he decided it was not on. But until he gets that red into play

:11:59. > :12:00.next to the black he cannot win the frame at this visit, so he will be

:12:01. > :12:18.thinking of a way of getting it out. Looking at the angle, there may be a

:12:19. > :12:20.chance to bring the red on the right hand side of the table into play

:12:21. > :12:31.here. Which he has done. Just the one

:12:32. > :12:40.difficult read, the one that Willie mentioned. Next to the black.

:12:41. > :12:47.I think he just pushed that red a little bit too far. I am not sure

:12:48. > :12:52.whether he can play this slow enough to hold for the pink in the corner.

:12:53. > :13:17.He may have to pay for it in the same pocket as the red.

:13:18. > :13:24.Well, he decided to try the cannon onto the red and missed it. The

:13:25. > :13:27.cannon would have sent the black towards the corner pocket, but he

:13:28. > :13:34.put all his eggs in one basket there.

:13:35. > :13:40.If you were playing a safety shot here, Dennis, would you bring the

:13:41. > :13:57.brown into play? Yes, he needs the brown into play.

:13:58. > :14:36.He got the double kiss and left it safe.

:14:37. > :14:44.What a cracking pot. He played that as a shot to nothing, screwed the

:14:45. > :14:58.right back all the way. -- screwed the white all the way back.

:14:59. > :15:09.37, the difference, still a possible 43 on the table. And that last shot,

:15:10. > :15:12.when he top in behind the blue, I would have been tempted to put the

:15:13. > :15:19.blue safe, as well, as extra insurance. Yes, he only has one ball

:15:20. > :15:21.safe, and if he pots the brown down the problem the blue is no real

:15:22. > :15:36.problem. He may live to regret that.

:15:37. > :16:10.Now, he may have to risk playing the thin cut here. If it is too thin,

:16:11. > :16:13.there is nothing wrong with trying to double this red and screw the

:16:14. > :16:22.white back onto the cushion. He will probably just lay the standard

:16:23. > :16:29.safety shot. I don't know if he can get possibly in... Well, he cannot

:16:30. > :16:34.get in behind the black, but if he nestled on the black. As long as he

:16:35. > :16:39.keeps this red safe. Did he have a look again to see whether he could

:16:40. > :16:56.cut it in? It looks uncomfortable from that position, definitely.

:16:57. > :17:03.He did try and nestle in behind the black and he has made a pretty good

:17:04. > :17:05.job of that. Terrific shot, acknowledged by the world number

:17:06. > :17:42.one, just tapping the table. REFEREE: Foul and a miss.

:17:43. > :17:49.A quick glance at the scoreboard, it was a poor effort to miss the pink

:17:50. > :17:57.there. That may hand the frame to Li.

:17:58. > :18:08.This was such an important frame for the Chinese player. Had he fallen

:18:09. > :18:10.5-2 behind the would not be given much of a chance, but he is only

:18:11. > :19:07.going to be one behind. Just pushed the brown a little bit

:19:08. > :19:18.further than intended, but it will still go if he can get past the

:19:19. > :19:26.brown. It doesn't really matter. Whoops! You have to keep one foot on

:19:27. > :19:31.the floor Li, he just slipped a bit there. It would not be a good thing

:19:32. > :19:37.to play with new issues out there, Willie, when you stretch you cancel

:19:38. > :20:08.it and do yourself an injury. -- you can slip.

:20:09. > :20:17.Well played, Li Hang. He had an earlier break of 52, and then he has

:20:18. > :20:21.cleared them up there just to win the frame. He is back in this

:20:22. > :20:41.match, he is just one behind at 4-3. Definitely not true. The sport has

:20:42. > :20:47.grown up a lot in that sense in the last 20, 30 years, the game has

:20:48. > :20:51.become more professional. If you had a night out with a bunch of the top

:20:52. > :20:59.players I am sure they would show you a pretty darn good time.

:21:00. > :21:03.Definitely the case three years ago, but now it is probably a little

:21:04. > :21:09.bit too much of a job. In terms of the hours of practice, I

:21:10. > :21:16.have probably practised less than anyone in the top 20.

:21:17. > :21:23.No, definitely something I don't do, I don't moan about travelling at

:21:24. > :21:26.all. I think I deal with it a lot better than most other players, for

:21:27. > :21:33.sure. I have just got Jim and treadmill

:21:34. > :21:39.installed in my house now so I have no excuse to be unfit. One of my

:21:40. > :21:44.goals is to be as fit as any other player on the tour, if not more.

:21:45. > :21:49.I used to be at all lately terrible, there might -- absolutely terrible

:21:50. > :21:58.here made of matches I have just got to, but I am a lot better now.

:21:59. > :22:02.It is either you are watching DVDs on a laptop or playing computer

:22:03. > :22:03.games, so it is important to keep it under control and do everything in

:22:04. > :22:16.moderation. I never set off for being a one-time

:22:17. > :22:23.world champion, I want to win two or three World Championships, for sure.

:22:24. > :22:34.It must be quite a worried Neil Robertson getting frame eight under

:22:35. > :22:39.way. Li Hang is doing well in this match.

:22:40. > :22:45.Yes, when you think he only lost one frame in his two opening matches,

:22:46. > :23:10.this is a whole new ball game against Li Hang.

:23:11. > :23:21.There is the old credit double kiss, every snooker player's

:23:22. > :23:26.nightmare. -- credit double kiss. There is the pot success rate, you

:23:27. > :23:39.have to be in the 90s. Safety success rate. Not too bad.

:23:40. > :23:46.This is a good chance for Neil Robertson, because the red next to

:23:47. > :23:49.the black, he is having a look to see whether the red or the black

:23:50. > :23:57.will go, and if the black goes, where will it spot? Both go.

:23:58. > :24:05.He might want to be a little straighter on it.

:24:06. > :25:30.Just trying to bring an angle onto the next black so he can go into the

:25:31. > :25:33.bunch. He has the pink in the middle, as well that may appeal a

:25:34. > :26:22.better position. Played perfectly to go straight into

:26:23. > :26:26.the pink. Even if he was to go to the right of the think he would be

:26:27. > :26:30.OK, but full ball would be OK -- ideal.

:26:31. > :26:49.Well, that is dreadfully unfortunate. It is amazing.

:26:50. > :26:56.Just when he looked like he was going to stamp his authority on this

:26:57. > :26:58.match again, that happened. Very unlucky to finish next to those

:26:59. > :27:31.reds. He has gone for the part. It did not

:27:32. > :27:38.work on. Good shot. Yes, but a thin snick. OK, it was a

:27:39. > :28:08.bit of a shot to nothing, but will -- well judged.

:28:09. > :28:15.Just trying to see, he is worried about not being on the pink nicely.

:28:16. > :28:19.He can pot this red and stunned into the other but he has to make sure

:28:20. > :28:24.the red does not get in the way of the pink. He has risked playing for

:28:25. > :28:30.the pink, I presumed that could happen. That was what was worrying

:28:31. > :28:36.him, that is why he took his time on that shot and he will be very

:28:37. > :28:39.disappointed. He might have a go at this yellow, he is in one of those

:28:40. > :28:44.moods where he doesn't want to be out here any longer than is

:28:45. > :28:50.possible. It looks like he is going to play the safety. 41 is not a bad

:28:51. > :28:54.read with five of the remaining reds being very nearly cushion. -- very

:28:55. > :29:55.near the cushion. Neil has given Li something to think

:29:56. > :30:55.about here. It looks like just a safety.

:30:56. > :31:07.He should not have a problem, some noise coming from the camera. No

:31:08. > :31:27.problem winning the frame at this visit.

:31:28. > :32:33.Joe Perry awaits the winner of this match. That will be a tough game.

:32:34. > :32:44.That should be end of frame now. He has to pot at least two more reds so

:32:45. > :33:05.Li Hang will not come back to the table.

:33:06. > :33:27.He get through the balls so well and effortlessly.

:33:28. > :33:38.For such a tall player, he is very elegant.

:33:39. > :33:52.He leads by five frames to three. The Australian on the brink of a

:33:53. > :35:07.third victory. Excellent reply. Great reply from

:35:08. > :36:26.Robertson. He does not really want to bring the

:36:27. > :36:41.black back into play. He may be able to get back into baulk.

:36:42. > :36:49.Another excellent safety shot. He has got all of the shots. Robertson

:36:50. > :37:53.will try to burn it -- print pink or black interplay.

:37:54. > :37:59.Neil has the balls in a position where it is OK to score but it is a

:38:00. > :38:10.tough safety shot. He deserved that. Neil Robertson's

:38:11. > :39:21.special. The three comfortable reds

:39:22. > :40:05.available. Just a fraction short of pace.

:40:06. > :40:07.Amazing the difference it makes. He will be left with a read at

:40:08. > :40:22.distance. He really has some cue power. It

:40:23. > :41:23.generated so much speed from that. Gradually closing in on the deficit

:41:24. > :41:28.in this frame. Ten points behind now. He would like to get the match

:41:29. > :41:45.over in this frame. A good angle on the pink and he

:41:46. > :41:51.might be able to screw into the four reds.

:41:52. > :42:43.It is not bad. He only moved one red.

:42:44. > :42:59.He would rather have the right side of the table to pot the blue and get

:43:00. > :43:04.over to the reds but he cannot do that. It is slightly more difficult

:43:05. > :43:24.from that side. He may be able to get onto the pink

:43:25. > :43:39.half ball. His idea would be off the cushion

:43:40. > :43:41.and if he gets the kiss right, hopefully push the one over the

:43:42. > :44:08.middle. Well, not a bad effort. It was never

:44:09. > :45:12.Could that be his last shot in the front.

:45:13. > :45:30.Could that be his last shot in the tournament?

:45:31. > :45:43.Not looking good for the Chinese player at the moment.

:45:44. > :45:47.He is gaining in experience all the time. He is up against the world

:45:48. > :46:07.number one here. No problem for Neil Robertson with

:46:08. > :46:15.his cue power to get up to the yellow.

:46:16. > :46:28.The world number one has done just enough to win this match today. He

:46:29. > :46:31.is snapping his fingers. There was someone in his line of sight he was

:46:32. > :47:06.moving around. Well, he won his two opening

:47:07. > :47:21.matches, 6-0 and 6-1. Li Hang has made him work a little bit harder.

:47:22. > :47:35.And exhibition shot. Smiles all around. Neil Robertson ran out a

:47:36. > :47:41.comfortable winner. Six frames to three. Congratulations. You must

:47:42. > :47:50.have thought it was plain sailing but he showed some resistance. Yes,

:47:51. > :47:58.I started off perfectly, 141. The second frame, I played a loose shot

:47:59. > :48:04.but the first chance, it looked like he would make a total clearance

:48:05. > :48:10.himself. He is a much better playing down his ranking suggests. His

:48:11. > :48:16.safety was incredible. So, a decent work-out for you? Yes, it is always

:48:17. > :48:24.good to be tested at this stage. My first two matches were pretty

:48:25. > :48:29.comfortable, playing inexperienced players but Li Hang has a lot of

:48:30. > :48:37.experience in China. I knew it would be tougher today. It was a

:48:38. > :48:43.hard-fought match. Overall, I can play better but I was happy. Where

:48:44. > :48:51.are you on the scale of one to ten in terms of how much is still to be

:48:52. > :48:57.seen? That match, around 6.5 out of ten. It depends how the balls go. It

:48:58. > :49:04.was pretty scrappy so there wasn't much I could do. Overall, I was

:49:05. > :49:09.pretty happy. Joe Perry in the next round, he is your regular practice

:49:10. > :49:15.partner. Do you find that difficult playing someone you know so well?

:49:16. > :49:21.Yes, we played in the quarters in Australia and I beat him there. The

:49:22. > :49:30.home crowd were giving him stick. Other than that, we have not both

:49:31. > :49:36.been having good seasons. This is the first time we are playing will

:49:37. > :49:39.be both on good form. He credits you and watching you and playing with

:49:40. > :49:44.you in practice as the reason he has improved so much this season, the

:49:45. > :49:54.way you tape your season. How much do you owe him because he was there

:49:55. > :49:59.for you in the early days. Yes, it is obvious that if it wasn't for Joe

:50:00. > :50:05.I would not be here today. The help he gave me, he was only generous the

:50:06. > :50:13.first couple of seasons when I could not buy my own table. He will tell

:50:14. > :50:22.you I have never paid! A really great friend and it's fantastic to

:50:23. > :50:32.have him where we play and it's a great atmosphere. I will to him but

:50:33. > :50:39.he is starting to earn a little bit for me. He used to burn himself out

:50:40. > :50:44.before tournaments so it will be a good match tomorrow. We are all

:50:45. > :50:51.looking forward to it. It is tomorrow evening and we wish you

:50:52. > :50:55.well. To the last remaining amateur through to the 32, Mitchell Travis

:50:56. > :51:02.from Sheffield. What a time he has enjoyed. He beat Marco Fu and then

:51:03. > :51:12.another victory after. Today, it all came to an end. My grandad has been

:51:13. > :51:31.my coat. -- coach. The year I was born, 1991, John

:51:32. > :51:37.Parrott won the World Championships. We have all played snooker. We had

:51:38. > :51:43.the dream that he might get somewhere with it. Many people fall

:51:44. > :51:55.off when they get to a certain age. He is brilliant. My son was a very

:51:56. > :52:05.good player, and now my grandson is better than both of us. He deserves

:52:06. > :52:09.this. For me, this is payback time. My grandad always thought I would be

:52:10. > :52:16.good, natural talent as a four-year-old at a bitter camera on

:52:17. > :52:24.the for a drink and I was sticking my tongue out at the camera. We are

:52:25. > :52:29.a bag of nerves when he is playing. We know he's capable of doing it but

:52:30. > :52:37.there is tension and pressure. We feel he has excelled himself. He is

:52:38. > :52:50.flying and buzzing. I love the game. I want to play all day, every day. I

:52:51. > :52:56.hope this puts me in good stead. Ronnie O'Sullivan said it was a

:52:57. > :53:02.fantastic win against Marco Fu. He is my hero, what are you doing

:53:03. > :53:14.talking to me? Exclamation mark I am loving every second of it. It came

:53:15. > :53:20.to a halt against David Morris. It is back to the day job and part-time

:53:21. > :53:26.bartender. But we hope to see him again. It had to end somewhere. I am

:53:27. > :53:32.over the moon with how I have been playing. I have amateur tournaments

:53:33. > :53:36.coming up. People know me now. My name is out there. Bring on those

:53:37. > :53:45.tournaments. He is a breath of fresh air. Well done to Mitchell. He is

:53:46. > :53:51.not in the last 16. These are the men who are. Selby against Graeme

:53:52. > :54:24.Dott. Shaun Murphy against Barry Hawkins is tonight.

:54:25. > :54:31.So, David Morris. What do we think of his progress? A great result in

:54:32. > :54:39.the first round, beating Peter Ebdon. That was a great win for him.

:54:40. > :54:46.The last 16, it is a great performance. He was off the tour. He

:54:47. > :54:53.has done well. He was only an hour away from not putting his name down

:54:54. > :55:00.for qualifying. It is amazing how these things work out. Should I,

:55:01. > :55:04.shouldn't I? And now the last 32. We will probably go for dinner

:55:05. > :55:11.tonight. We watched the football together the other night. Great

:55:12. > :55:16.stuff. When you look at the draw, it is intriguing because after all of

:55:17. > :55:23.the confusion of 128 players, the top names are there again. It shows

:55:24. > :55:26.you the professionalism. You look at all of the tournaments, in China and

:55:27. > :58:24.the winners have been the names pretty full on week here in York.

:58:25. > :58:26.We will have coverage on the red button, otherwise Jason Mohammed

:58:27. > :58:29.will be here this evening with the highlights of what should be too

:58:30. > :58:36.terrific teams. He will be in the chair around 11:20pm this evening.

:58:37. > :58:40.It has been a full on afternoon of entertainment, enjoy your evening

:58:41. > :58:43.whatever you are up to, and from us here in York, goodbye for now.