:00:00. > :00:37.It has been a wild old ride here in York. We are not just talking about
:00:38. > :00:49.the weather in this part of the world. This championship has seen
:00:50. > :00:54.120 players come and gone from this Barbican Centre n the most
:00:55. > :00:59.prestigious event of the sport, leaving us with eight of the world's
:01:00. > :01:03.best. As for Ronnie O'Sullivan, celebrating his 38th birthday today,
:01:04. > :01:05.he didn't get many happy returns from Stuart Bingham today. The
:01:06. > :01:25.Rocket is out. Oh, that is a good shot!
:01:26. > :01:37.He's cleared the table there with a magnificent 131 and he leads 2-0.
:01:38. > :01:41.Ronnie O'Sullivan will be much happier now.
:01:42. > :02:00.He leads by 2-1. Good cueing here!
:02:01. > :02:11.Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! He now leads 4-1. This is tough!
:02:12. > :02:26.Brilliant! And look at that for a shot!
:02:27. > :02:34.What a shot - it is 4-3. He now leads 5-3.
:02:35. > :02:42.Needs one more! There you see it... And now you
:02:43. > :02:52.don't! Well done Stuart Bingham. 6-4.
:02:53. > :02:56.Another brilliant torn. I've had a brilliant match. He's having a good
:02:57. > :03:02.season again. He's getting to the latter stages of the major events
:03:03. > :03:08.now. I have to congratulate him on a victory. Whoever you are, you get
:03:09. > :03:12.chances. I've played him three times in the past three weeks. It's nice
:03:13. > :03:20.to get one on his birthday. There you go - right in the heart of
:03:21. > :03:45.the pocket! 4-0 is a fair score line, I think.
:03:46. > :03:49.How frustrating this game can be at times!
:03:50. > :03:57.Jimmy Robertson, pretty pleased, he's through to the semi-finals in
:03:58. > :04:02.the end. 6-2. I felt for Stephen a bit there. He had some massive
:04:03. > :04:06.bounces off the cushion, which led the white to be out of position.
:04:07. > :04:11.That happened to me as well. I just think I dealt with it a little bit
:04:12. > :04:17.better and was more solid on the day. A convince convincing win. John
:04:18. > :04:22.Parrott won this 22 years ago. Ronnie O'Sullivan will not win a
:04:23. > :04:28.fifth this year. How well did Stuart Bingham stand and hold his ground
:04:29. > :04:31.today? I think he came of age today. This is the biggest biggest
:04:32. > :04:36.tournament in the world. It means so much to the players. It is so
:04:37. > :04:42.prestigious. Everything at him from 3-1 down. He stood up to everything
:04:43. > :04:48.he was given. He only previously had one victory over Ronnie. He had all
:04:49. > :04:51.to baggage and jibes from other players that he didn't have the
:04:52. > :04:55.so-called bottle to be able to finish the job. I think he proved a
:04:56. > :04:59.lot of people wrong today. That is as good as I have ever seen him
:05:00. > :05:04.play. Because of how well he was playing, I felt he was brilliant
:05:05. > :05:09.today. He thoroughly deserved to win. Not many stood up to Ronnie at
:05:10. > :05:14.the Cruisable. As for Robertson, a very slick job on Maguire. That will
:05:15. > :05:20.hurt the Scot, no doubt about it. Is he the man to beat this week? He's
:05:21. > :05:24.dismantling everybody in his way. He's outstanding. He's focussed.
:05:25. > :05:32.When he speaks to us he looks like he wants the first prize and And his
:05:33. > :05:38.mum has come all the way from Australia to see him play. Robertson
:05:39. > :05:43.is in the semi-final along with Stuart Bingham. What about the other
:05:44. > :05:47.two berths? These are the matches we will enjoy.
:05:48. > :05:53.Ricky Walden reached the last four of this year. He is up against Mark
:05:54. > :05:57.Allen, the man who knocked out Judd Trump.
:05:58. > :06:01.And the World Championship runner up in May, Barry Hawkins, is having
:06:02. > :06:05.another great run. He finds himself up against Mark Selby, for what is
:06:06. > :06:11.the sixth time this year. By the way, the Hawk has the keen advantage
:06:12. > :06:13.in those matches. How do both of those players view this re-match
:06:14. > :06:27.once again tonight? Obviously Mark is so hard to play
:06:28. > :06:32.because he's so good at everything. He's a different class and then he
:06:33. > :06:38.can score obviously unbelievable as well once he gets going as well. So
:06:39. > :06:43.I don't get any tougher. I beat him a few times. Hopefully he'll think
:06:44. > :06:48.the same, he's got a tough game with me.
:06:49. > :06:54.Played each other recently in Shanghai. Barry won 5-4. We both
:06:55. > :06:59.played really well. If we play similar to that it will be a good
:07:00. > :07:04.match. Whoever comes out in top, let the best man win: In a big BBC event
:07:05. > :07:07.like this one - to be in the thick is great. I'm in the quarter-finals
:07:08. > :07:14.now. I'm in the business-end of things. Anything can happen now. Won
:07:15. > :07:17.it last year. It will be nice to defend it this year. There is a long
:07:18. > :07:23.way to go. Remarkably this is Barry Hawkins's
:07:24. > :07:26.first time in the UK quarter-final in this championship. Mark Selby
:07:27. > :07:31.attempting to become the third man in history to win back-to-back
:07:32. > :07:37.titles in this event. Only when haend Davis have done that. So --
:07:38. > :07:42.only Hendry and Davis have done that.
:07:43. > :07:49.All yours, Rob. Thank you. Good evening, ladies and
:07:50. > :07:52.gentlemen. Welcome to buoyant Barbican Centre in York, where after
:07:53. > :07:57.ten days of action at the snooker championship there is only room for
:07:58. > :08:02.two more players in this year's semi-finals. Sit back, relax and
:08:03. > :08:13.enjoy this snooker feast tonight. Please welcome first of all, a
:08:14. > :08:19.player semi-finalist at this year's championship, he reached the
:08:20. > :08:23.quarter-final here in 2011. A two-time ranking winner in China -
:08:24. > :08:38.Ricky Walden. APPLAUSE
:08:39. > :08:44.His opponent, beating Judd Trump yesterday n a re-run of their final
:08:45. > :08:48.here two years ago. Twice a winner of the World Open. One of the best
:08:49. > :08:55.young players to watch on the circuit. That is why he's the pride
:08:56. > :09:09.of Northern Ireland. Here comes Mark The Pistol Allen.
:09:10. > :09:13.APPLAUSE And here, on table number one,
:09:14. > :09:19.please welcome a player who came of age winning the ozsy open a year
:09:20. > :09:25.ago. He knocked out a former world and UK champion, Shaun Murphy,
:09:26. > :09:43.yesterday. He's the Hawk, he's Barry Hawkins.
:09:44. > :09:47.APPLAUSE And his opponent, one of the most
:09:48. > :09:52.colourful colours on the circuit. Bidding to become the first player
:09:53. > :09:57.since Stephen Hendry 17 years ago to successfully defend his UK crown.
:09:58. > :10:06.Beating Graeme Dott yesterday. Here comes the Jester from Leicester,
:10:07. > :10:19.it's Mark Selby. APPLAUSE
:10:20. > :10:27.Both matches are available online via the BBC sport website tonight.
:10:28. > :10:32.First of six frames will play into the semi-final. Waiting for us in
:10:33. > :10:38.the commentary box, two men who know what it is like, Ken Doherty and
:10:39. > :10:42.John Virgo. Good evening, gentlemen. Good evening, Hazel. We are all
:10:43. > :10:49.ready to go. What a match this promises to be. Barry Hawkins, as we
:10:50. > :10:55.know, runner up in the World Championship, playing the current
:10:56. > :11:00.champion. Both in great form and hard on the face of it to pick a
:11:01. > :11:06.winner. I just hope that both players play at their best, Ken, and
:11:07. > :11:11.then we will see some fireworks. Yes. I am looking forward to this
:11:12. > :11:15.match. It will be tough to call. On paper you would say Mark Selby is
:11:16. > :11:19.the favourite as defending champion. By the way Barry Hawkins has been
:11:20. > :11:24.playing and particularly the way he played on the match we comment tated
:11:25. > :11:27.on the other night when he beat Shaun Murphy, he played
:11:28. > :11:31.exceptionally well, Barry Hawkins there. He's becoming one of the
:11:32. > :11:36.toughest players to play on the circuit now. Barry Hawkins had a
:11:37. > :11:40.great run of course to the World Championship final and that has
:11:41. > :11:50.given him great confidence going forward into this season as well.
:11:51. > :11:54.They are both tough match players. You don't get easy chances against
:11:55. > :12:05.these two guys, who know their way around the table.
:12:06. > :12:14.If it wasn't the first frame, he may take it on, but just once we get
:12:15. > :12:17.used to the ta pace of the table and get your arm going before you take
:12:18. > :12:35.any undue risks. There's a first example - the first
:12:36. > :12:44.good safety shot from Barry Hawkins. Mark Selby just coming down to see
:12:45. > :12:56.if he Nestle into the back of the pack. He's on the red, next to the
:12:57. > :13:01.Pink, but that is no good to him. Maybe go off one cushion. It looks
:13:02. > :13:08.like two. He has to be careful he doesn't leave a red to the centre
:13:09. > :13:11.here. here.
:13:12. > :13:20.NEBREAK He spotted it. He has left a red to that left-middle.
:13:21. > :13:51.Yes, he didn't want that. He was not certain where the cue
:13:52. > :14:06.ball would finish. He kept his eye on the pot - that was the most
:14:07. > :14:12.important thing. Just avoided that. That is what you're looking for in
:14:13. > :14:16.the first frame - get your hands on the table. Some points on the board.
:14:17. > :14:40.Nothing settles you better. I am sure he's had a look to see the
:14:41. > :14:51.that the pink will be covered after this. I am sure it will be.
:14:52. > :14:58.The referee is going to have a quick look - no, he doesn't. I think it's
:14:59. > :15:02.worth getting the ball-marker out. So it will go in line with the black
:15:03. > :15:13.and the cushion, in line with its own spot, of course. As close to
:15:14. > :15:18.those reds as potssable. -- possible.
:15:19. > :15:22.They have played quite a few tournaments now before we, usually
:15:23. > :15:26.the UK used to be one of the earlier tournaments in the season, but of
:15:27. > :15:31.course now they go over to the Far East, in Europe and an interesting
:15:32. > :15:39.fact, and I don't know whether this bears any relationship on the form
:15:40. > :15:43.they are showing, this season Barry Hawkins has made nine century
:15:44. > :15:48.breaks. Mark Selby, 25.
:15:49. > :15:52.Well, that may tell a story in itself. This match will have to wait
:15:53. > :15:58.and see. It's a bit of a difference, isn't
:15:59. > :16:05.it? Wants to try and go into the pink and possibly the red next to it
:16:06. > :16:06.and split this. That's a nice shot. Just look the cue ball. He's still
:16:07. > :16:24.on the red behind the black. As you say, he's still on this red
:16:25. > :16:32.behind the black. He can drop it in. Doesn't have to do much with the cue
:16:33. > :16:35.ball. He played it beautifully and very
:16:36. > :17:10.confidently. Just looking at Barry's record of
:17:11. > :17:17.century breaks. The rank in tour is 151 century breaks. Of course Mark
:17:18. > :17:21.Selby, 314. But the funny statistic I am looking
:17:22. > :17:24.at in front of me, John, is that they played each other ten times.
:17:25. > :17:29.Barry Hawkins has won six out of those ten. So, he's got a good
:17:30. > :17:34.record against Mark Selby. Not a lot of players in the game could say
:17:35. > :17:38.that over the ten matches they've played. I think one of the main
:17:39. > :17:44.reasons for that, you alluded to at the very start, Ken s the fact that
:17:45. > :17:48.Barry is one -- Ken, is the fact that Barry can compete against Mark
:17:49. > :17:55.Selby if it comes to a tactical safety game, he will not be phased
:17:56. > :18:01.by that. Going into them. Well, he's on one - possibly two,
:18:02. > :18:09.but it should have been easier than. This look at the gap he found there!
:18:10. > :18:17.And he's got a red to the far right corner, but as I say, he was
:18:18. > :18:44.expecting and entitled to be on something easier.
:18:45. > :18:50.He decided to play in the middle and the reason he did that is because he
:18:51. > :18:59.felt there was an element of safety in it.
:19:00. > :19:11.Once he came to the baulk line, the yellow was a possibility.
:19:12. > :19:23.Boy, that cue ball was close to the middle, wasn't it? Just feel that
:19:24. > :19:28.the cue ball could have gone wider. He did it well. You just feel now,
:19:29. > :19:34.if he can knock this red in, get on pink or black, he's going for the
:19:35. > :19:43.blue, is he? No, pink or black - if this goes in, he should win the
:19:44. > :19:56.frame. That would be a dream start. Do it in one visit. A couple of
:19:57. > :19:57.beauties in this frame already. Especially with the cue ball close
:19:58. > :20:27.to the cushion. Well, would you believe it! It is
:20:28. > :20:31.probably the easiest one of a lot more difficult ones that he's
:20:32. > :20:44.potted. You would never have expected him to miss that one.
:20:45. > :21:08.So a chance for a count er a -- counter attack.
:21:09. > :21:12.In his last match, when he beat Graeme Dott. I thought Mark was
:21:13. > :21:21.cueing very well. It was just occasional, simple pots he was
:21:22. > :21:25.missing. And he's not good here with
:21:26. > :21:41.position. If he played for this, he would want to be straighter on it.
:21:42. > :21:45.He may have got away with it. The cue ball looked straight to the far
:21:46. > :21:50.left corner. Barry Hawkins missed that last red
:21:51. > :21:55.he missed on his last visit and didn't have the confidence to play
:21:56. > :21:59.it. It was a poor positional shot to
:22:00. > :22:48.leave himself that angle on the red. It caused the miss.
:22:49. > :23:35.Wants to get these two reds out into open play.
:23:36. > :23:48.Pink more than the yellow came to Barry's rescue there. This red that
:23:49. > :23:52.Mark is playing safe off will cut to the corner. Whether he wants to hit
:23:53. > :24:01.it that thin or not - I don't know - but it will pot.
:24:02. > :24:32.The length of the cue ball - excellent!
:24:33. > :24:42.More or less forced to take this thin cut on.
:24:43. > :24:50.He's left this red for Mark. But close to the cushion. And well, the
:24:51. > :24:52.straight straightest red, certainly if you pot it, you will kiss into
:24:53. > :25:20.the red near the top cushion. He would love to be on the ground
:25:21. > :25:25.and he is, just about. A fantastic pot. Tucked under the
:25:26. > :25:30.cushion. Excellent cueing. As you said, John,
:25:31. > :25:33.what a cracking pot. He's got a lovely angle if he wants to take
:25:34. > :25:35.this other red into play. Not on this occasion, but the angle is
:25:36. > :26:11.there. Would have expected him to get it
:26:12. > :26:48.though. Would have expected him to get it
:26:49. > :26:59.Would have expected him to get with that shot. He's left this red,
:27:00. > :27:58.certainly far from easy, but, A chance of a pot into the right
:27:59. > :28:01.corner. He's going to be running into other balls. Concentrate on the
:28:02. > :28:17.pot. Make certain you get it.
:28:18. > :29:34.It was OK trying to play back, but if you didn't cover the red in that
:29:35. > :29:41.half of the table, then you were asking for trouble I is an easy
:29:42. > :29:51.safety now -- for trouble. It is an easy safety now for Barry.
:29:52. > :29:58.They didn't make the most of it. To me, when you play that shot, you've
:29:59. > :30:05.got to get that cue ball as close to the baulk cushion address you can.
:30:06. > :30:12.OK, he was -- as you can. OK, he was thinking - you can make it easier
:30:13. > :31:32.for your opponent to play a better safety, with his hand on the table.
:31:33. > :31:44.Much too thick. Something easier, but here's half a
:31:45. > :32:15.chance for Mark. As clean as a whistle. An expel
:32:16. > :32:23.leapt pot. -- excellent pot.
:32:24. > :32:33.There's a good chance black will go on the spot and pot into the upside
:32:34. > :32:44.pocket. He's on the bottom red.
:32:45. > :32:51.Must finish high on the black. It's not what he would have liked.
:32:52. > :32:56.There is still that red next to the pink, of course.
:32:57. > :33:28.Would have preferred to try and take these two below the black first.
:33:29. > :33:39.Just got enough on the blue now to come back to the black spot area.
:33:40. > :33:46.Yes and these are the type of situations that Mark Selby is so
:33:47. > :33:52.good at. John Parrott, nicknamed him the
:33:53. > :33:57.hoover - he was good at cleaning up the last few, especially when he's
:33:58. > :34:10.40/50 behind. A little bit short of pace there.
:34:11. > :34:17.Still OK. Go in and out of baulk. Take the red - that's closest to the
:34:18. > :34:24.green. Should he win this for the visit.
:34:25. > :34:27.Barry Hawkins has had a couple of chance chances to win this frame
:34:28. > :34:39.already. I am not sure what happened there,
:34:40. > :34:44.John. Did he get a big bounce off the cushion? I can only assume he's
:34:45. > :34:46.played this red near the top cushion. It was easier to play for
:34:47. > :35:02.the red that he's playing now. I see no harm done, but he's still
:35:03. > :35:08.got to play a shot to get on the red near the top cushion. Maybe he felt
:35:09. > :35:17.that the blue was the best chance to play for this red, but he was well
:35:18. > :35:23.short. Now, can he judge this one right?
:35:24. > :35:30.It's not straightforward, this. I think the main ball that would catch
:35:31. > :35:38.his eye is probably the yellow. So, you know, you can swing it wide.
:35:39. > :35:44.He checked it to play with a lot of right-hand side now. Is it going to
:35:45. > :35:50.run? You bet! A beautiful positional shot. A fantastic shot, wasn't it? A
:35:51. > :35:57.nice angle on the red as well. Just drop it down for the black.
:35:58. > :35:59.Yes and they are all there. One good positional shot now. Black
:36:00. > :36:17.to yellow. So, that now puts Mark six points in
:36:18. > :36:21.front. So, yellow, green, brown and blue and Barry Hawkins will be very
:36:22. > :36:28.disappointed. He had the frame at his mercy. This, an easy red.
:36:29. > :36:30.This is the one. For all the world, you thought he
:36:31. > :36:59.would win the frame. If you could pot this green and
:37:00. > :37:05.leave the cue ball almost exactly where it is now it would be perfect.
:37:06. > :37:08.Somewhere around there. He'd prefer to be able to reach it without using
:37:09. > :37:21.the rest, of course. That looks pretty good. Almost in
:37:22. > :37:32.exactly the same spot. This is frame ball. A bit of
:37:33. > :37:52.pressure on this shot. As you say, Ken, that was the frame
:37:53. > :37:56.ball, because he would automatically be on the blue and the blue now to
:37:57. > :37:59.go 20 ahead, with just 13 remaining. So, an early setback for Barry
:38:00. > :38:16.Hawkins. Well, he may come back to the table.
:38:17. > :38:21.Two snookers required, but that is enough for Barry. He concedes. So
:38:22. > :38:25.Mark Selby will be well pleased to get that first frame on the score
:38:26. > :38:29.board. He leads 1-0. Something of a steal there for
:38:30. > :38:37.Selby. What was remarkable was that you could see Selby's arm shaking as
:38:38. > :38:41.he drew the cue back there. It's actually shaking from side to side.
:38:42. > :38:47.See it there - look! I don't know how he pots the ball doing that! Is
:38:48. > :38:52.that adrenaline, nerves or both? He's keyed up for it. It is unusual
:38:53. > :38:55.to see it so pronounced as that. He's obviously keyed up. When you
:38:56. > :39:00.think about Selby's season last year, he won this, he won the
:39:01. > :39:06.Masters and a couple of smaller events. The constant thorn in his
:39:07. > :39:09.side was Barry Hawkins. Beat him of course at the World Championships.
:39:10. > :39:14.What makes these two so evenly matched? The way they play. I think
:39:15. > :39:17.they are as close to anybody in the circuit in their style of play. The
:39:18. > :39:21.boys said it in commentary, he can match him for safety play, for the
:39:22. > :39:25.all-round game he's got. They are very, very similar. It makes for a
:39:26. > :39:33.tough match. You look at this and you think, if they play it should be
:39:34. > :39:39.6-4, 6-5. Are we in for a long night? I think so. I would get a
:39:40. > :39:42.take-away number ready! What will we have tonight then? Let's have a
:39:43. > :39:51.think as we go back! So Mark Selby breaks off.
:39:52. > :39:56.It is quite interesting listening to John Parrott there about how much
:39:57. > :39:59.Mark Selby actually shakes on the shot.
:40:00. > :40:06.Totally different to Barry Hawkins. When you watch Barry Hawkins, when
:40:07. > :40:14.you get a close-up view - his head, he's so still on the shot. Just
:40:15. > :40:19.watch his head. It never moves. So straight - the cue is very
:40:20. > :40:25.straight. Mark Selby, when he's down and a few of those pots and that
:40:26. > :40:29.last frame, visibly shaking, his arm and his head shaking.
:40:30. > :40:41.There we go - nice and straight. Nice and still.
:40:42. > :40:52.If you get a chance to look at Mark Selby's...
:40:53. > :41:02.It is moving slightly. His body is moving a little bit, but - the rn
:41:03. > :41:17.most important thing is delivers the cue nice and straight.
:41:18. > :41:33.Thin he wanted to be. As soon as he hit it, he must have feared the
:41:34. > :41:38.worst. I remember another player who used
:41:39. > :41:45.to move around on the shot, John Higgins.
:41:46. > :41:48.-- Alex Higgins. I think, his natural ability just gets you
:41:49. > :41:53.through it. And he's a very talented player is
:41:54. > :41:57.Mark Selby. It is amazing the improvement he's
:41:58. > :42:03.shown. I think he came of age. That one he lost in the final of the
:42:04. > :42:08.world to John Higgins, he seemed to come from age from that moment on to
:42:09. > :42:14.me. Became a different class of player.
:42:15. > :42:20.It is confidence, isn't it? He was 12-4 down, wasn't he in that world
:42:21. > :42:28.final. Came back to within one or two frames of John Higgins.
:42:29. > :42:33.A real dogfight. Over the last few years he's so consistent. Probably
:42:34. > :42:37.the toughest player to play on the circuit now.
:42:38. > :42:47.Got such a great knowledge of the angles. Safety always top quality.
:42:48. > :42:50.And a great fighter as well. He's... He never gives up. We saw that many,
:42:51. > :43:19.many times over the last few years. If he can just drop it in and still
:43:20. > :43:38.be able to pot the red that he's developed, then fair enough.
:43:39. > :43:42.When you're near the cushion, you have to play with that extra power,
:43:43. > :44:14.it makes the pot more difficult. He fell for it there.
:44:15. > :44:18.Pok ketds always in that -- pockets always in that same position. He
:44:19. > :44:22.must have just hit the red a little bit thinner than he intended. It
:44:23. > :44:26.went right in the middle of the pocket. No excuse. That's not
:44:27. > :44:44.unlucky. If he doesn't catch the brown there,
:44:45. > :44:52.it will be the perfect safety. That target - the brown, black and green
:44:53. > :44:55.is there for Barry. Just checking he's not going to
:44:56. > :45:00.knock anything towards the right corner. He's got to knock something
:45:01. > :45:04.towards the right-hand side of the train, just concentrate on that big
:45:05. > :45:09.-- of the table. Just concentrate on that big target.
:45:10. > :45:35.If he's not covered the red, it's a poor shot.
:45:36. > :45:43.Wanted to catch both reds together. If he had done he would have pin
:45:44. > :45:48.finished on the pink. If he caught the two reds together it would have
:45:49. > :45:52.spotted the cue ball. Catching one the cue ball kept running. Now he
:45:53. > :45:58.can get that cue ball behind the green, black and brown.
:45:59. > :46:02.OK, he may have left one red, but there's no return to baulk, so a
:46:03. > :46:09.little bit of a problem here for Barry.
:46:10. > :46:15.He may be forced into having a go at this red.
:46:16. > :46:20.He's coming around to look. If believes the cue ball near this
:46:21. > :46:25.pocket, he'll still be on the pink. He's looking to see what he may
:46:26. > :46:30.leave. The red looks very, very straight though.
:46:31. > :46:41.Coming up to 25 minutes now since Barry last potted a ball.
:46:42. > :46:49.That's what he wanted to do. Leave the cue ball as close to the cushion
:46:50. > :47:00.as possible. What he's left. There is one red to the left-centre.
:47:01. > :47:07.I would be tempted by this red to the left-middle.
:47:08. > :47:11.If he avoids the kiss on the blue, then he'll run into the black and
:47:12. > :47:19.the brun, but could be onnen -- brown, but could be on one of them.
:47:20. > :47:26.He's missed it. Has he left it? I think he may have
:47:27. > :47:28.done. I think it was a pot worth taking
:47:29. > :47:43.on. So, after quite a time, Barry now
:47:44. > :48:09.has got a chance. Of He seems quite happy with that.
:48:10. > :48:34.He looks like he's inch-perfect. A good chance this. If he's got the
:48:35. > :48:44.angle, no reason why he can't nudge up to that cluster. Oh! Barry!
:48:45. > :48:49.Well, he's going to struggle to win this match if he's missing
:48:50. > :48:55.opportunities like this. He did knit the first frame. It cost him. It
:48:56. > :49:06.could well cost him in this. He was perfect! . No excuse.
:49:07. > :49:15.He could have left something easier. This is no... He has to hole for the
:49:16. > :49:18.pink. The red is in. How's the pace? Pretty good!
:49:19. > :50:11.APPLAUSE The way he's sizing up there, he's
:50:12. > :50:14.not taking this red on. A bit of value taken along, particularly
:50:15. > :50:22.where the black is, but well, maybe if we look at the double, the double
:50:23. > :50:27.come safety shot. Maybe that is what he was looking at. Was there a path
:50:28. > :50:31.through those reds? Well, the usual sign the the player will apologise
:50:32. > :50:36.if he has a bit of luck. Maybe he did look at that cross double. He
:50:37. > :50:41.never looked at Barry. He never put his hand up and apologised. Just a
:50:42. > :50:44.smile that he's hampered by the brown. He should still pot this
:50:45. > :50:54.black. And I think that, well, obviously
:50:55. > :51:00.the black has occupied the highest available. The brown spot, so what a
:51:01. > :51:07.chance now to clinch the frame at this visit. And this will really
:51:08. > :51:41.hurt Barry Hawkins. Or maybe not! Or maybe not!
:51:42. > :51:49.If there's one thing that will make you forgive yourself for missing an
:51:50. > :51:53.easy chance is if your opponent doesn't punish you. What an
:51:54. > :51:58.opportunity Mark Selby had there to keep Barry Hawkins in his seat.
:51:59. > :52:04.This isn't going to be easy for Barry to win the frame at this
:52:05. > :52:08.visit. He's 17 points behind and a little bit messy, the table. At
:52:09. > :52:36.least he's got the pink and the black at the business end.
:52:37. > :52:48.He's going to need at least that yellow, even if he takes four reds
:52:49. > :53:04.and four high-valued colours with these reds, of course.
:53:05. > :53:11.He knows he's going to need that yellow. And the green, I think
:53:12. > :53:12.that's the thing. Of course, being left-handed, the yellows slightly on
:53:13. > :53:20.the wrong side of the table for him. Just need needs cue-ball control at
:53:21. > :54:00.this vital stage of this frame. Come around and have a look and
:54:01. > :54:05.leave the cue ball somewhere just a couple of inches above where the red
:54:06. > :54:12.is now. Pot the red and the cue ball low on the black, because he wants a
:54:13. > :54:19.nice angle from the black to yellow. It is just about perfect. Ideally
:54:20. > :54:32.would love to get that cue ball as close to the yellow as possible.
:54:33. > :54:41.That's pretty good. He's got a nice angle now.
:54:42. > :54:57.He's 20 points ahead. So, he only needs yellow and green.
:54:58. > :55:03.APPLAUSE Expel leapt shot. He's doing very
:55:04. > :55:10.well here. You have to say, he was given a second chance, but when you
:55:11. > :55:15.get them, you still have to take them and he's taken them very well.
:55:16. > :55:21.As I say, this will make him forget that easy miss in the first and the
:55:22. > :55:26.easy miss in this frame. He will make certain this brown, he doesn't
:55:27. > :55:32.want Mark Selby to come back to the table.
:55:33. > :55:36.That's what will happen - he'll be disappointed, but at least his
:55:37. > :56:25.opponent does need a snooker. Well, he's got the full ball of
:56:26. > :56:30.snooker. You would expect Barry Hawkins to come off one cushion to
:56:31. > :56:36.hit this blue. Well Mark Selby, he's missed it. He cannot believe it. It
:56:37. > :56:39.is such a straightforward shot! Mark Selby was disappointed with that
:56:40. > :56:44.particular shot because he wanted a cue ball tight. He hoped Barry
:56:45. > :56:50.Hawkins would hit this blue very easily, but that's a surprise. You
:56:51. > :56:54.always think if you leave one cushion escape at this level that it
:56:55. > :57:00.won't be good enough. Can't believe he didn't hit the blue. The blue,
:57:01. > :57:05.pink and black needed. Didn't go for it that time.
:57:06. > :57:09.Can't blame him for not going for it. It was one of those that if you
:57:10. > :57:16.went for it and you didn't get it, more likely he could leave it. So,
:57:17. > :57:20.Barry - would he consider taking this blue on? He only needs the
:57:21. > :57:44.blue. He's looking at the potting angle. I think he's going for it.
:57:45. > :57:48.He decided against it. He thought, hang on, there's a better shot here.
:57:49. > :58:31.He's not played a bad one. Oh, it is tantalising, isn't it? You
:58:32. > :58:35.will not believe this - we have to go here on BBC Two. Do not worry, I
:58:36. > :58:38.hope we've given you a decent an tiezer. You can stick with both of
:58:39. > :58:43.these matches throughout the evening if you fancy. They are available
:58:44. > :58:47.online for you. Otherwise I will be back at 11. 20pm with a look at how
:58:48. > :58:50.it all turns out in the highlights programme. Mean time, from John and
:58:51. > :58:57.me and the rest of the team here in York, it is goods bi. Enjoy your --
:58:58. > :59:01.it is goodbye. Enjoy your evening.