:00:36. > :00:50.Hello. We are at the semifinal stage of the UK Championships. We are
:00:51. > :00:56.intrigued to see who will be playing in the final tomorrow. Will it be
:00:57. > :01:07.Mark Selby? He has been embroiled in a scrappy match so far. He is up
:01:08. > :01:13.against Ricky Warren -- Ricky Waldron. Mark is on a seven break of
:01:14. > :01:43.49. Let's get back to the action. He is on all rates and blacks. Just
:01:44. > :01:56.look at how they are placed. ?59,000 if a player cannot imagine them in.
:01:57. > :02:05.-- can knock a maximum in. I am sitting next to a gentleman who has
:02:06. > :02:10.done it on 11 occasions. That equals the record along with Ronnie O
:02:11. > :02:20.Sullivan. He has a chance here. Absolutely. The only obvious problem
:02:21. > :02:26.is the red on baulk but that is not too difficult. This is possibly what
:02:27. > :02:36.Mark Selby needed, to really focus his mind. He has been breaking down
:02:37. > :02:43.in not in the 50s and 60s in this match so far. -- breaking down a
:02:44. > :02:45.lot. That is the frame is safe. He can concentrate 100% on the big
:02:46. > :02:58.prize. The reds are in a nice position. You
:02:59. > :03:02.would think the cue ball anywhere you would be in a good position to
:03:03. > :03:12.get back on the black. He is just playing in that area all the time.
:03:13. > :03:21.He has achieved a maximum break on one occasion in 2009 in China.
:03:22. > :03:33.What a place to do it in the UK Championships semifinal!
:03:34. > :03:41.If I were Mark I would be looking to play that read on baulk. If you do
:03:42. > :03:50.not get on it properly, you have the insurance.
:03:51. > :04:17.It would be interesting to see if he takes your advice.
:04:18. > :04:26.You made a great call. He has done exactly as you predicted. A key shot
:04:27. > :05:04.coming up. It is fair. It is there. If the
:05:05. > :05:32.brown passes the blue, if he gets that far, it may not be a problem.
:05:33. > :05:46.A good shot to make sure he was high on the red.
:05:47. > :05:54.Absolutely perfect on the black. Even Ricky Walden would love to see
:05:55. > :06:07.all these balls disappeared for that magical 147.
:06:08. > :06:28.He is clearing the colours for 147. It still is very magical. When you
:06:29. > :06:29.have been struggling a little bit with your game, this is something
:06:30. > :06:51.very special we are watching. Smiles from Mark. He knows he has
:06:52. > :07:02.come up a little bit short. Oh, dear! He has a slight problem.
:07:03. > :07:51.That was a fabulous shot. dear! He has a slight problem.
:07:52. > :08:10.side cushion or drop it in of one condition.
:08:11. > :08:33.The old Jeff Death From The Crowd. -- Jester from Leicester
:08:34. > :08:47.has a bit of fun with the crowd. Get in! He will have two roll it to
:08:48. > :08:57.the middle pocket. He is not on the black. What a shot he will have two
:08:58. > :09:12.take! Come on! Everyone is urging his on. Roll this black into the
:09:13. > :09:21.middle pocket. -- urging him on. Get in! Well played, Mark Selby! That
:09:22. > :09:27.was absolutely fantastic. The defending champion as everyone gets
:09:28. > :09:31.to their feet. He has made the magical 147. What a special moment!
:09:32. > :09:47.Absolutely brilliant that was fantastic. You have just
:09:48. > :09:55.witnessed the one hundredth professional break in professional
:09:56. > :10:01.snooker. I do not think I have ever seen anyone put a black into the
:10:02. > :10:07.middle pocket for the 147. He has held himself together so well. It
:10:08. > :10:13.has gone right in. There is one point when you think it is going top
:10:14. > :10:19.knuckle and in it goes. As you said to me, we told you he was
:10:20. > :10:27.struggling. Where did that come from? He has pulled it out of the
:10:28. > :10:35.bag. He was totally focused. What about the brown? He missed the
:10:36. > :10:44.middle pocket and it was perfect. The 99th was against Mark Selby. We
:10:45. > :10:49.had another one from Neil Robertson in the qualifiers. He was watching
:10:50. > :11:00.every ball. Like everyone now is, he was willing Mark to make the 147.
:11:01. > :11:11.There we are! He was not sure whether we were going to get the
:11:12. > :11:22.last couple. Pink to black as well. Neal was not clapping. He was
:11:23. > :11:27.absolutely gutted if truth be known. ?50,000 in the bank account. It is a
:11:28. > :11:33.nice moment for Mark. He has missed one on the black. You have missed
:11:34. > :11:38.one on the black. It is a rotten feeling to get over. It might give
:11:39. > :11:44.him inspiration that he might need. I do not know where it came from. He
:11:45. > :11:51.picked that up from his shoelaces. Hats off! It is a great milestone.
:11:52. > :11:57.With a big tournament as this, it is a marvellous milestone. You will not
:11:58. > :12:04.forget it. In the overall shape and context of this match, clearly it
:12:05. > :12:09.puts him in the driving seat. Now he needs to refocus. He has another
:12:10. > :12:13.frame to play and a match to win. I do not blame him going out and
:12:14. > :12:19.trying to compose and south again to win the last frame. That will be
:12:20. > :12:23.difficult to do. Tell us about the spectators from Ricky 's point of
:12:24. > :12:31.view. He will be pleased with the history value of it. How does it
:12:32. > :12:36.affect the players? If he loses this frame, it'll be very hard to see him
:12:37. > :12:44.coming back. If he wins it, he will still be in the match. Quite a few
:12:45. > :12:50.people in the audience are very happy with the odds.
:12:51. > :12:56.Congratulations! One more frame to play.
:12:57. > :13:06.Obviously, Mark Selby is a BBC Two player. We were on BBC One all
:13:07. > :13:12.afternoon and he struggled a little bit. Switch channels and he knocks
:13:13. > :13:17.in a maximum break. Fantastic! I have never seen a player get an
:13:18. > :13:24.ovation like part after coming back from a comfort break. The crowd was
:13:25. > :13:32.still buzzing. Ricky has a job to do in the last frame.
:13:33. > :13:41.Mark is an experienced campaigner. He will try to put that last frame
:13:42. > :13:44.in the back of his mind. This shot into the middle pocket. That was
:13:45. > :14:00.very special. Go on, my son! He is looking at the pink. Take the
:14:01. > :14:19.black! Why not make back-to-back maximums?
:14:20. > :14:33.That was a bit of a stretch to try to reach that. It was not easy.
:14:34. > :14:41.If Ricky Walden can get out of this numeric 5-numeric three, he will be
:14:42. > :15:03.feeling OK for this evening. -- 5-3. It is the first time in a long time
:15:04. > :15:24.in this match that he has the chance to get points first in a frame.
:15:25. > :15:42.It is awkward because the pinks are so far away from the bunch.
:15:43. > :16:06.A bread at the back of the bunch will pot. -- red.
:16:07. > :17:13.What a shot for Ricky Walden to take on.
:17:14. > :18:22.He knocks a pressure pot like that in.
:18:23. > :18:28.He underscrew that, he should be okayed but you want to keep it as
:18:29. > :18:32.simple as possible. If he was further out into the table, stun the
:18:33. > :18:48.blue in, a couple of reds. That is what can happen, the
:18:49. > :18:53.previous shot where he didn't get nicely on the blue. You have to play
:18:54. > :18:57.that cannon, he was a bit unlucky to push through the bunch but he
:18:58. > :19:24.wouldn't have had to play the cannon had he been nicely on the blue.
:19:25. > :19:31.He potted a difficult red into the middle pocket to get this break
:19:32. > :19:42.going. This is even more difficult to the opposite middle pocket.
:19:43. > :19:53.That is a golden chance that slipped away.
:19:54. > :19:57.Those are the chances you have to take to have a chance of winning
:19:58. > :20:12.these semifinals. A bit of difference between those
:20:13. > :20:15.highest breaks. ?59,000. That will buy a few presents for Vicky this
:20:16. > :20:30.Christmas. buy a few presents for Vicky this
:20:31. > :21:14.Christmas. built up over the tournaments,
:21:15. > :21:51.?5,000 for a built up over the tournaments,
:21:52. > :22:21.Ricky will be disappointed with the will know
:22:22. > :22:29.Ricky will be disappointed with the way he played but his long game has
:22:30. > :22:31.been poor. As I said earlier, if you're potting long balls, you are
:22:32. > :22:43.getting in to the frame first. That is what you talked about, the
:22:44. > :23:06.long pot success rate. 36%. He has only potted four out of 11.
:23:07. > :23:08.If you watched Ricky Walden practice and other matches, he knocks a high
:23:09. > :23:27.percentage of the long pots in. A glimmer of hope for Ricky. A bit
:23:28. > :24:35.of a stretch. He should be OK. It should have been easier.
:24:36. > :24:47.You could see the cue in that loop bridge. The Canadians used to play
:24:48. > :25:05.with that sort of bridge. Looking good now, 30 ahead. If he
:25:06. > :25:09.takes the baulk colour would be red he only needs the red in the corner
:25:10. > :25:26.pocket to secure this final frame of this session.
:25:27. > :25:35.He will know exactly what TE needs and Ricky knows what Mark requires.
:25:36. > :25:40.He requires the green and the red that is near the pocket but tight on
:25:41. > :25:45.the cushion. He would like to get a bit closer to it but is he dead
:25:46. > :25:53.straight on the green? He is. A slight angle.
:25:54. > :26:04.If he tries to force it to get closer to the red he might miss the
:26:05. > :26:06.green! He is going to the yellow. He can get closer to the red by taking
:26:07. > :26:46.the yellow. Made at salute is certain of that.
:26:47. > :26:50.-- made absolutely certain. You would think that makes absolutely
:26:51. > :27:11.sure... It should be enough for Mark Selby,
:27:12. > :27:32.you would feel. 36 the difference. That is one of the three snooker is
:27:33. > :28:16.one of the three snookers he needs. -- snookers.
:28:17. > :28:23.He could have taken the chance previously to pot yellow, green and
:28:24. > :29:39.brown anti-would only need to macro snookers. -- two.
:29:40. > :30:10.Ricky comes forward to shake Mark 's hand. A great afternoon 's work from
:30:11. > :30:15.the Jester from Leicester. He has made a fabulous maximum break. Ricky
:30:16. > :30:24.Walden has his chances but did not take them. That suddenly becomes a
:30:25. > :30:30.very good advantage for Mark Selby. The match was pretty tense and
:30:31. > :30:40.tight. It was error stream. Out of the blue, maximum entertainment!
:30:41. > :30:45.Particularly on the colours, this was a fantastic shot. He missed the
:30:46. > :30:49.middle pocket. You must always be careful of the middle pocket.
:30:50. > :30:58.Anxious watching but he played it perfectly. He could have come down a
:30:59. > :31:04.lot further than he did. He would have been disappointed to finish.
:31:05. > :31:12.Which is the most difficult shot for him? The black into the middle
:31:13. > :31:17.pocket. They are so difficult. You cannot see the pocket from his
:31:18. > :31:24.angle. You need to try to drop it in. He gets the extension at with
:31:25. > :31:32.this. He has got into the blue to match. He has gone into it a little
:31:33. > :31:37.bit. He has had to mess about with getting the extension. When you see
:31:38. > :31:45.him play the shot, he has a massive bridge. You have never seen anyone
:31:46. > :31:50.laugh and joke with the crowd like him. The concentration and
:31:51. > :31:59.estimation mark I thought he was going to lose his concentration. --
:32:00. > :32:11.the concentration! It was a lovely moment. This shot was fraught with
:32:12. > :32:14.danger. It never went anywhere else but the middle. Because it has the
:32:15. > :32:20.cue extension, it is not like playing with the same weight of your
:32:21. > :32:29.own cue. No doubt in my mind what would have crossed his mind. Just
:32:30. > :32:38.this second of the black he missed. I am sure for a split second, he
:32:39. > :32:47.probably thought, not again! He missed one in the China open earlier
:32:48. > :32:54.this year. There he goes! That was for ?59,000. That was it fabulous
:32:55. > :33:01.snooker shot. Magnificent excavation mark you have rarely seen one with
:33:02. > :33:09.the black to the middle pocket. -- magnificent! The camera angle was
:33:10. > :33:19.perfect. To get the black in, you always aiming to the far shore. It
:33:20. > :33:26.fell in just perfectly. Having been scrappy at the start of the match,
:33:27. > :33:36.it has been fantastic entertainment. We will be back with the remainder
:33:37. > :33:42.of this semifinal. It remains to be seen if the Jester from Leicester
:33:43. > :33:46.has the last laugh. That is what is important for him this evening. He
:33:47. > :33:56.wants to go on and defend his title. Do join us again at 7pm. We are off
:33:57. > :34:00.to get our breasts breath back.