Second Round - Part 2 UK Snooker Championship

We've seen the best of British in tennis in Belgium, and now the

crowds have come to watch the contest back home to become champion

of the United Kingdom. At York's Barbican Centre it's the turn of

snooker's ace in the pack today, Judd Trump.

I think after I won my first couple of events I was full of confidence

and it sort of hits you. You have a few bad results and you go a bit too

negative. Over the last probably four years

now I've tried to work on what I'm not as good at, especially the last

two seasons, I've done a lot of practise on my safety and other

aspects of my game that weren't that good.

APPLAUSE. I don't think I was ready before, but now I've matured as a

player and as a person, I'm a lot more hard working and I know I need

to win a lot more enormous the future. Good evening, Judd's an

entertainer and he nearly pipped Ronnie O'Sullivan to this

championship title last year. 9-4 down in the final and within 45

minutes we were level. Ken Docherty and Steve Davis remember that. It

was astonishing. It was when we realised that Judd Trump was a very

special player. We thought Ronnie is the master here but the way Judd

Trump took the game to him, and how many people in the world can make

Ronnie over Sullivan look like a bystander. He didn't convert it but

we saw how astonishing he can become. He has immense cue power and

can destroy anybody on his day, for certain. How uneasy does it make you

feel knowing that he's got in that explosive pace of play as well. He

can reel off frames in the matter of minutes. He's an exceptional talent.

As Steve says, he's got tremendous cue power. Great to watch and he's

ready to take over the mantle I think from the likes of Ronnie

O'Sullivan. As chief entertainer, yes. Absolutely. But, with him

having such a beautifully open style of play, is there a suggestion that

at times he can be vulnerable because of that? We still haven't

seen the full, finished article really. That comes perhaps at the

end of your 20s as it has perhaps with Ronnie and the likes, but there

is the possibility that a player that's playing hugely attacking

stuff, which is what we see amongst the modern-day players, their B game

isn't necessarily strong enough to win the bread and butter games. Like

a John Higgins, even in third gear can grind out the wins when it's

needed and later in the tournament can produce the goods. You've got to

get yourself in position all the time. Possibly Judd can be mugged

every now and then early in the tournament. That's your professional

opinion. Let's get some more. The future of snooker I think, he's

got the flair and the personality to sell snooker. I would love to see

him become world champion. He can make a big difference to the future

of snooker. He's the Alex Higgins of the modern game, or the Jimmy White.

He's able to play every shot in the book. Flamboyant. A great entertain

ter. Probably misunderstood off the table. People see him as too

flamboyant, a bit of a partygoer, but if you know Judd and his family,

he's a brilliant kid, a brilliant player. Sometimes he gets unfair

stick for his attitude, but I love that attitude. It is great for the

game, so crack on, mate. Judd Trump, hard, quick, quiet, and a very good

player. Devastating pot per. He's rounded his game. That's maybe taken

a little bit off his potting but in the long run it will be better for

his career. One of the best potters the game Air Force seen. He's got

everything. Judd Trump loves naughty snooker, plays for everything. The

crowd love to watch him, I love to watch him and I'm sure he's a world

champion in the making. Sean, he's certainly been close a couple of

times. It is a touch of deja vu for Judd today, because he played Stuart

Carrington in April. The 25-year-old from Grimsby gave a decent account

of himself before succumbing 10 games to six. It is the best of 11

in York. The first of six go through to round three. We'll join it in the

opening frame, Stuart Carrington ahead, but only just.

They didn't find the gap. Needs the blue to come to his rescue, and it

has. Might have a go at this plant, because he'll screw the white back,

a half safety shot. It is not in a direct line. He's looking to see

where he'll have to knock the first red, just to the left of the pocket.

He might make this. A good, clean pot there. A little

bit of pressure on that one starting off the match.

APPLAUSE. Stuart's going to make the most of his opportunity.

. The red is available next to the black. He was looking to see where

the cue ball really needs to be. Going around for a little check. It

is quite tight, the black. Hm, never easy when looking from behind the

pocket. You can make anything go, can't you, Dennis, but it is the

other side that's important. We'll see how he feels, whether he can

screw back from the blue if he thinks the blacks a little bit

tight. Well, that's the worst shot I think I have ever seen Judd play.

He'll have to take the black now. He obviously felt he could miss the

reds and pink and get back up on the blue, and now, well, he's had a good

look from both ends. No margin for error if he takes it on. But he's

sort of forced to take it on now, you would think.

APPLAUSE. He could bounce off the pink. Sometimes when you play a poor

shot like that it forces you to take on a ball that might not go. This is

where the top-class match players, your John Higgins and Steve Davis,

they would be skinning off the pink into the baulk area, but he thinks

it goes. That's the only reason he's taken it. And it does. What a great

shot. APPLAUSE. Good cueing there. Well

done after the last positional shot, which wasn't the best. So now, what

a chance this is. That's the target he's looking for,

70 points. That will leave his opponent needing snookers. And it's

always good if in the opening frame you can make a frame-winning

contribution. So many of the top players are so good at starting

quickly. Oh, he didn't time that one as he would have liked. The blue

now, looking at the angle. That it wasn't too bad but a good

shot needed. He's not quite had the cue ball on this break so far. He

should still pot this, but relying on a couple of little cannons, but

back in perfect position now. You mentioned about people starting

quickly, Dennis. Stuart's going be kicking himself for that opportunity

he had, perfectly on the blue, reds spread everywhere. Can only get six

there. Very disappointing. Believe it or not, Judd made 82

century breaks last season. And this season he's only made 17. That tells

a story. As John said in the opening frame, he'll be wanting to have a

good run in this year's UK Championship. Looks to be cueing

nicely. He's just run out of position but

he's well ahead in this frame. His opponent is already needing

snookers. He's pretty good when he switches hands, Judd.

APPLAUSE. Dropped it in. That should see the frame off. So, there's one

real opportunity in this frame. He's taken very well.

APPLAUSE. And that tells you how well he's cueing. When you're on the

cushion and you stroke them in like that. That's a good indication of

how well you're cueing. Needs to drop the red. Well

how well you're cueing. Needs to drop the red. - needs to develop the

red. Oh, dear, just hit this one as hard as you can and hope you fluke

it somewhere. There you go! APPLAUSE. As we used to say, there's

six pockets on the table and if you hit it hard enough you might find

one of them. That was a very difficult blue he

took on, but Stuart played a bad positional shot and Judd Trump took

full advantage. He takes the opening frame and leads 1-0. A nice settler

for Judd. Needed 42 and 32 to get over the line in frame two. Into the

third now. Judd is six points behind over the line in frame two. Into the

third now. Judd is six points behind here. A little awkward for Judd

being left-handed. That was a lot thinner than it looked. He took it a

bit quickly didn't he? In the end he hit it like a quarter ball. Looking

at that picture, Dennis, it looks so easy, but these tables are cut on

the corner pockets, very tight. I don't think he took enough time

there really. Just needs to land on a colour here.

I have a sneaky feeling that white might have drifted a little bit or

he got a little unwanted side on that, because he played it thin and

ended up thick. Originally it looked like he was on nothing. This isn't

easy by a long stretch, but he may actually be on this. Where he's

finished he's got no choice, he's got to take it on.

Very well played. An excellent shot. APPLAUSE. Superb, that was. Best

shot of the match from Stuart. No doubt about that. Lots of pressure

on that. If you miss it you could be throwing the frame away, so that was

superb. Now come on, concentrate. This is a great chance for you. Need

to get involved in this match. He's had chances in the two opening

frames, but just ran out of position a couple of times. I think that's

why he's giving it a little more thought time now. His highest break

is 20. These are beautifully spread, these

reds. Doesn't have to play on the black. He's got lots of little stuns

and screws around the pink area. The pink's available in a few of the

pockets. When you are struggling a little bit to get involved, this is

a nice way to make a break, just little screws, stuns. Don't

manoeuvre the cue ball around too much.

Of course, if he was playing in the club here, Dennis, these would all

be gone. There wouldn't be any danger of it. All these players are

tremendously talented, but there's pressure out there. On television,

against one of the best players in the world, you want to show

everybody that you can play as well. He turned professional in 2011, did

Stuart. So he's gaining with every match. There is no substitute for

experience. It is just learning how to do it

under the match conditions. That's what he's looking for there, that 69

will leave Judd needing a snooker. I noticed with Stuart's cue action

there, he was looking straight down the camera, looks pretty much

left-eyed when he cues up. Yes, very left-eyed. Snooker players always

have one eye they prefer. The late, great Graham Miles was predominantly

one-eyed when he cued up, and Stuart certainly is. You would think he

would have the cue in the middle of your chin, but it's not like that

with the players. It always has been the secret, just

to deliver that cue through in a straight line. Some players don't

even feather the cue, push the cue in and out. Some just point it and

pull it back once and straight through. Yes, the great player James

Watt son James -- James Watt son. Was world number three at one point.

A fantastic scorer. Meanwhile he's taking these very well. Obviously

had a couple of chances in the first two frames and let them go back in.

This is looking very good so far. If he can clinch the frame with this

visit it will do his confidence the world of good.

And that's the frame more or less safe. It will be nice if he can

carry on and possibly make a century break here. 28 centuries in his

career. It is great to win in one visit, but

as you say, Dennis, builds up the confidence and the scoreboard

changes a lot quicker when you're doing it instead of having to graft

all the way through a frame. Might gist have spoiled the century there.

At the moment the Bluebell Children's Horse it has over ?9,000

from our sponsor this year. Every 100 break is made they give a prize,

and it is over ?9,000 at the moment. Unfortunately no century but Stuart

won't bother about that. He needed to get a frame on the board and he

did in style. Judd Trump still leads 2-1. As Stuart Carrington won the

next as well, so he hauled himself back into this. It is all square in

the interval, but into frame five there's a 30-point advantage for the

Juggernaut. He's 30 points behind. If this goes

in, what a chance, but it's not an easy one by any means.

Good cueing. An excellent shot, that. Really was good. There were a

couple of shots today, a black early on in one of the frames, where he

would probably do the frame in if he missed it. Would have left a chance

for Judd if he left that one, so he's got a bit of bottle under

pressure, no doubt about it. He's a dangerous opponent, Stuart. Judd

will have to work this afternoon. I think last season he had a great win

against the darling of Dublin, Ken Docherty, 6-3 in qualifying for the

international. So he can play. He only turned professional in 2011.

He's growing in confidence as each season goes by, and he's getting

better results. I think qualifying for that World

Championship back at the Crucible and putting in a pretty good

performance against Judd has stood him in good stead.

APPLAUSE. There's nothing like going to that wonderful venue for the

first time and playing there. It is a little bit daunting, but if you

can put up a decent performance you look forward to going back again,

knowing full well that you're capable of playing in there. This is

a wonderful opportunity for Stuart. OK, he's a few points behind, but

the way these balls are spread, no reason why he can't win the frame

off this if he does what he's capable of.

There's not a ball safe on the table. They are all pottable.

I don't know whether the two reds next to the one he's going to take

are a little awkward. He may choose to cannon here and stay on the

baulk, or run through and move it. Just move them slightly. There you

go. A choice of green or blue. Fabulous chance.

Well, if you snookered yourself there, Stuart, I cannot believe

you've played that shot. He may play some bad shots this afternoon but he

won't play one worse than that. The only thing you've not got to do is

leave the cue ball in the baulk area behind the green spot. What a

mistake that is. The margin of error he had there, I will stick a circle

up, anywhere in that circle and he's got either red. The one thing he

couldn't do is come up short. Amazing. That's the type of shot

that can cost awe match, never mind a frame. It is such a bad shot,

anywhere, get the cue ball past the baulk line and you've got three reds

to pot. To leave it there... Well, unforgivable. He'll do very well to

get out of this without sticking the game up.

I think he's thinking about playing the screw shot into the cushion

maybe. He tried to flick off the back of

that red. Foul and a miss. Stuart Carrington 20, Judd Trump 4. No

hesitation from the judge. Get the cue ball back, please.

I think if he can hit the cushion and flick that red and leave the

white anywhere up the right-side of the table, the threads are near the

pink aren't pottable. T-side -- reds. You have to make sure when you

flick it you don't hit the bump as well. That's a fabulous shot. He's

got himself out of a right pickle there. Having said that, Judd might

slot this into the middle pocket. APPLAUSE. That was a brilliant pot.

Honestly, Stuart played a stinker to leave himself in no-man's-land

behind the green. He played as good a shot as he could possibly play,

but that one in the middle was fantastic. Now Judd, come on, you

need to concentrate. Need to get playing properly in this match. It

could get very dangerous if you don't start scoring. He is the

favourite to lift this year's bet way UK Championship. He was

favourite before the tournament started. And that adds a little bit

of pressure to a player. A little bit of pressure on this. Should pot

this, obviously, but he wanted to be on the green or the brown. A good

pot. Stuart missed his chance. I'm not so

sure that Judd will. Was in great chance, just a little

careless. A lot careless. Didn't come far enough and snookered

himself in behind the green. You can give them 50 attempts at that and he

wouldn't leave it there. He did leave it today. At a stage when he

didn't want to do it that the UK Championship.

It certainly cost him the frame and be interesting to see what happens

from here if that one is going to be the big turning point. I'm with you,

what I read that he put in the middle pocket,. I thought it would

be a good shot and it was. Absolutely fabulous.

Poor positioning, but doesn't really matter.

And tell you what, you will not see a better positional shot than that.

Right away I around the houses. I can't believe you didn't suss that

one out! Likes to play a few exhibition shop.

He had a couple of chances, he took that second one and that break of 49

gets up from back that second one and that break of 49

gets up from back into the lead. Judd Trump is the 5-1 joint

favourite for this title alongside Neil Robertson, 3-1 the UK title

four years ago and would love to do it one more time. Carrington with

his hand on the table, 12-0 up. You see the ball is taking off

there. The referee called in, cleaning it up. The way it has

finished, not the worst, drop this in with a little bit of side and get

onto the black. He can cannon into the red because he is guaranteed to

be on the one that is on its own at the right of the black. Not a good

little bunch of reds to go into but making sure he doesn't plan one into

the middle pocket if he played that cannon. Those two reds are in line

and you have to be careful if you try to hit them with any pace. That

is why he didn't. Nice chance year, he has got other

red will stop that is the reason he didn't cannon into them. You would

have knocked that plan into the middle. Funny little setup, the

reds, never seen five reds like that in a free months never before. Not

an obvious chance if you have to move some rides around.

We'll be looking for an angle he can play off, there is one read in the

centre if you can play the accurate positional shot. They did in such a

way that if he wasn't on was on the other.

Like to break build and give himself options.

Judd Trump has a break of 87 in the opening frame but nothing really

since that, just in the 40s because he lost some concentration and was

missing a fairly straightforward shot. Lets see if you can keep

things going here. Pot success rate, way ahead. 93%, he

is normally in the 90s. I have to say she has got these out

so well so far. Had to go into a few reds and get them around, his

positional play and that he has been able to cherry pick the reds. Just

nudging a little one into play. Good stuff.

Not sure what happened there. Eem to kick, just went a bit further than

he wanted, but he has such a good cue ball he might be able to just

hold this. He made it look easy, delicate little screw shot. Best

break of the match, using this very well. Go back to the last frame.

Could have gone 3-2 ahead. Now 4-2 behind. Oliver that difficult red on

the cushion as to whether he can make a century break.

Has he got an angle to bring it into play? He has brought it into play.

And he has played it beautifully. Terrific shot. Every chance of

another hundred pounds for the charity. They have fought over

?9,000 so far from our title sponsor, a great gesture. Deserves a

century. This break has been wonderful, that shot to remove the

last race of the few was special. Played in fits and starts but when

he is fully focused and concentrated and his cue ball control is as good

as this, he is as good as anybody. This has been a marvellous break.

Wonderful control will stop. After little bit short but just making

sure of the brown. Looking around the angles. You pop them around. Is

it in the middle pocket? Get in? Yes! APPLAUSE

. He only needed one chance in this

frame, that was a magnificent injury break just dumped and he extends his

lead now, 4-2 now. They shared the next two friends, staying in touch

with the 55 contribution and Judd Trump is waiting for a chance to get

over the line, nine points to make up in the next.

COMMENTATOR: It is amazing, she misses an easier one and then Knox

in -- not have that chance. But at the

bottom of the pack after not that one in. You can get a little stunned

cannon on the back. Good chance. Get this in there, play a little cannon

on the outside red if you want to move that allowed. Fantastic opening

pot. Now is your cannon to bring another

reds into play. Probably go through with this one and flip another out.

The one to the opposite corner. He one at the back of the bunch

available. -- he made the one at the back of the bunch available. That

was almost straight and look at the action he got on that. A lot of that

going to cue action but a lot of that fantasy is very lively clots, a

shot you couldn't have played many moons ago with the figure of lofts,

but he hasn't got any action on that. -- dinner cloths

Two already in this break, the opening shot and that one.

He will want to get this much over with, Judd Trump, tough tournament

2-1 the United Kingdom championship, eg the NTU reserves. -- unique to

dig into your reserves. Has not been at his best today, still flashes of

brilliance. Certainly has to improve on what he has shown here, but I'm

pretty sure that he will and has to get this match out of the way.

And what all great champions do, started in style, won the first

frame with a break of 87, though he finished in style with a winning

contribution here? He has half a century, 101. Stuart Carrington had

75. But he has played this very nicely.

A lot better shot than it looked. Very difficult to play, just wait

angle. -- just widen the angle. The bottom red goes as well. Goodness

me. Then he goes and does that. That was such an easy pot compared to the

one he knocked in previously, just purely a lack of concentration.

Giving himself a talking to there. Just looking to see if that red

would sneak in past the black. Looks like it from here. More importantly,

from the other side where it counts, he doesn't seem to think it counts.

I don't know whether he can get to the red on the right-hand side. That

is making it a very big pocket, the black ball. As long as you are

somewhere near this, the cushion first and of the black it will go

in, very good chance you cannot this in -- he can not this in. Should be

a matchwinner. It certainly could be a matchwinner.

Quite a good way to get onto the green!

47 the difference. A red and anything above the blue. He is on

the blue. We have had a little bit of

everything from Judd Trump in this match, some brilliance, some poor

shot, Stuart Carrington had a good chance early on, made a bad mistake

and seemed to turn the match around, you mentioned a few times snookered

himself on the green was we spotted and that was a big turning point

stop you will not feel that. Getting on television stages, on the TV and

playing against the big players, it is what you have got to do. Well you

are still in it you can win it and he will get better. Another

exhibition shot. Will he just rolled us read into the

corner? -- this red. Yes, at 100 mph! And he is on the black. What

about that for a shot! The frame and the match is over but very

entertaining to see something like that. This is no disrespect to his

opponent, something he loves to do and the crowd love to see it

happening. He cannot pot this yellow? Can he,

will it pass the brown? No. Handshakes all around, Judd Trump

wasn't at his brilliant best but the favourite did more than enough, made

a nice century break and in the end he ran out a very comfortable

winner, six frames to three. Not the greatest and I have played,

little bit scrappy. My concentration wasn't great. Not a great last

couple of tournaments but when I get into the tournament I just relax and

start playing my game. Always nice to get through the first few rounds

quite comfortable in and produce your best snooker. Judd Trump in the

last 32, what year was he in today? He could have been made to fight a

lot harder had Stuart Carrington not Mr Lee positional shot, perhaps he

wasn't stretched enough but what you do know about Judd Trump, and he is

not in Top Gear, she can get to it very quickly, it is one of those

games, he is supposed to win it. Just get over it and do not judge it

too much. We saw flashes of his great style. One particular shot.

The amount of top spin he generates on the cue ball. Little bit of luck

involved, but the shot itself, that is what he does, he goes for his

shots and sometimes you can miss and easy black but pull off a great shot

like that and that is why people will always want to see him, wasn't

a great performance by his standards but he is in the next round and

plenty more to come. An interesting season because he looked like he was

beginning to mortar, but the Shanghai final to be beaten by

Wilson, that was a big breakthrough, but since then Judd

Trump had a couple of really unfortunate defeats at very

low-level, 128, I wonder how much that knocks you off your stride when

you are expected to win. You can do but the players cannot let that

affect them because it will happen more and more often and so many

players capable of beating each other that you have to be mentally

harder. It is just the vagaries of how it goes, you have to be ready

when you get your chance to take it. For me, Judd Trump is maturing as a

player as John Higgins said in the interviews, it is not like he hasn't

got a second game, that is getting better all the time and the more

tactically aware he becomes to balance it out, the more dangerous

he will become and there are not that many players of his age group

that are best placed to dominate the game, he is in a good position. He

is the book is joint favourite, is he one of yours? Certainly one of

them. You don't win tournament in the first couple of rounds, you win

on the Sunday night. He is one of them and he will be there or

thereabouts. Been fantastic this afternoon, Judd Trump out there and

we have had the world number one Mark Selby, what of him? He was the

champion here in York three years ago and this event, a runner-up on

his defence 12 years later. This year, he knows he has got a tough

against the charismatic 20-year-old Oliver Lines, the rookie of the year

last season. I used to play football at a young

age but I used to always spend my school holidays with my dad at the

centre and I decided that I just wanted to copy him and placement. --

play snooker. Put a lot of time and for me, if I ever need anything or

if I am in a bad place. He has always believed in me since I was

about 15 and that he has always told me that I will go to the top of the

game. When I first turned professional he told me that I will

be overtaking him in no time and I have done that now! I can keep

going, I will make him proud of me for sure. My dad plays a very

defensive game. Compare to me. I have been practising with my dad

quite a bit, trying to learn a bit of safety. My dad tells me that my

strongest thing is my long potting but working very hard with my dad

and my manager to try and work on my brick building because if you can

score heavy, you can scare people and they don't like playing safety

is very often because if you pot one then that is the end of the frame.

I'm very excited, never played in the main arena here in York, only

played you twice, but I've been out both times and been in the arena

when the crowds are good, it looks unbelievable, so excited.

Snicko certainly in the blood in the Lines family, his dad Peter reached

the quarterfinals of the event a few years ago. -- snooker.

Oliver beat Mark in a major tournament in China and the

youngster came down from 4-0 down to win 6-4. That would have crossed

their minds that we will see this from the first frame and let's join

the commentators to talk us through it.

Little bit careless there. That margin for error to get the cue ball

seafarer. Little bit nervous. Understandable, I suppose -- to get

the cue ball safe there. Going into finals, you would be nervous, what

about first-round matches? I think you have to have nerves in order to

play your best, first round nerves are different to denounce you get

further in the tournament. And finals it is more excitement, you

cannot wait to get out there, in the first round, the nerves are negative

that you don't want to go out in the first round. Most of them when he

played anybody, you are much higher rank than the player you were

playing and in age no win situation, like Mark Selby, he is

expected to win, they have only played twice and it is 1-1.

For the main contenders for this tournament, just getting through the

first couple of rounds is the most important thing, always nice to play

your best but the result is what matters. Just concentrate.

You will want to stamp his authority early on this match, Mark Selby,

against his less experienced opponent. Very early on, what order

would you put them on, the Masters or the UK? The Masters, for the only

reason it used to be a top 16 players in the world. Such a

prestigious event. Certainly the three big ones as we call them now,

you would set you solid for the season to win them. -- set your

stall out. Not a lot missing in Mark Selby's

game now. One of the game given great big builders, one of the

game's great safety players. He has got everything. When I was still

playing, he would score so heavily. Couple of years he started to get

bogged down and was playing a more steady, safety percentage game. I

much prefer him when he is in amongst the balls scoring heavily

with every shot back in the book. You will get an example of some time

in the match but he has the best screw up at point fall in the game.

-- the best screw at a white ball in the game. As I have said many times

on commentary, I never thought he would be this good. Amazing how he

has blossomed and that is pure dedication and hard work and

deserves everything he gets from that. Quite catch the pink full.

That was a shot you developed. Choice of friends to the middle. --

choice of reds. If you do a lot with the cue ball, I don't think he is

leading a lot should he miss it, no pressure, I would expect him to get

it. APPLAUSE That one on the top of the pack,

this is some of the stuff that Stephen was talking about. He will

play for it this time. Because that one was loose at the back of the

pack, when he gets through the pack and the white spends twice, we will

see that I'm sure throughout the afternoon. -- spins twice.

The two reds on the pink spot, if he hits that join to the red to the

left, it would push one to the right hand corner pocket and one to the

left. This is a delicate stun into the pack rather than a screw into

the pack. There must be another loose one somewhere. Where's that

one coming from? Would you play a little cannon there, Steve? It

looked a certainty to be on two reds. I can only think his reason is

there's three pottable reds and he's thinking he will be at the snookers

required stage if potting those. It is almost impossible not for him to

be in something and now he's pushed one of the reds that were unsafe. He

might be regretting not playing that cannon now.

Two more reds and killers required to make absolutely sure. This is all

off that safety shot that Steven talked about. Oliver had to put the

white anywhere near the green spot area, and overhit it and left that

red in the middle. This has been excellent though. Very

relaxed and focused. He's very much had the cue ball through this break.

When you've gone through the bunch you are relying on a little bit of

luck, but all these shots in open play have been played perfectly.

That was beautifully played, got the perfect angle on to the black. Both

available into the corner. What a way to start. Just a reminder that

Bluebell hospice are getting ?10 for every had 00 points. So far they've

got ?9,000. That's how many points have been scored so far. ?10 a point

above 100. This for the 100. Very well played

Mark Selby. What a beautiful break that is. That's ?20 and counting now

for the charity. Every point now is ?10. Welcome to the big time for

Oliver Lines. One slack safety shot and he sat in his chair. It is

amazing how many times the top players, and you and Steve were at

your best, the number of times you made a frame-winning break in the

first frame was amazing. It would almost be seven out of 10, the first

frames would make 80 or point of view. That's the way of stamping

your authority on any match. Obviously there were occasions when

you were playing me, but that's another story.

It goes to 120. The highest break was Stuart on 143. What a fantastic

start this is. APPLAUSE. Mark Selby can't get

better than that. He stamps his authority on this match straight

away and leads by one frame to nil. STUDIO: Selby's ninth century of the

season, his second of the week in York. Almost as if saying to the

youngster, I'm world number one and don't you forget it. Let's see how

Oliver Lines responds. One red is left on the table here. I think he

played it like that actually. I think this may red may pass the

yellow. Certainly can't hit the left hand drawer, so he would have to put

it into the centre of the pocket or favour the right hand jaw. You can

only see half of the pocket. Will probably refuse this. He's having a

good look. Can only go in-off the right hand jaw.

Wow! We had the perfect camera a few moments ago show how little of that

pocket was left to play into and it went in as clean as a whistle.

Should never had had the opportunity though, should he. A great pot

though. Likes to be straight on this yellow

to the corner so he can screw back directly for the green. This is now

a tricky shot to get nice on the green.

Two or three different ways. Lots of right-hand side. Seemed to play that

plain ball, so put a touch of side on that. That's why the cue ball

hasn't come out this side of the table.

It is such an easy safety shot to play but it is also that he would

love the play the blue in the middle. The white was another two

inches away from the green he would play it into the middle, but it is a

little too close, it would make it almost a blind pocket. Still fancies

playing it, by the looks of things, but not any more.

Should he take the green into the middle? He's having a good look at

it again, but not this time. Thin in behind the brown. Cue ball hopefully

behind the black or pink. I think he may have left a bit

sticking out. There's a perfect angle for the

swerve there. Where's the green going? Well, I don't know. You've

got make your mind up when playing that shot, either play it very thin

or hit it full ball. Unfortunately he did neither.

A little bit short of pace, but this is game ball. Selby was in first

with a break of 43, and Oliver Lines was on 24. I expected him to score a

little bit more. Once again an escape out of the snooker, left the

green on, cost him the frame. Mark Selby now leads by two frames to

nil. STUDIO: And 2-0 quickly became 3-0

with knocks of 46 and 48 and a danger of things running away from

the world number 67 as he head into trim 4. Is Selby to play, five

points adrift. Not the snooker, surely? Like you

when you were number one in the world, Steven, the run of the ball

you used to get was unbelievable. APPLAUSE.

The only good news is the white is closer to the cushion. He can't do a

lot with this cue ball. Always a danger to keep the white in open

play there. It's finished OK. But he needs the blue.

That's not his best is it? He'll be taking the green on to the black

pocket here at this end of the table, screwing back for the brown.

It is a natural angle if he plays it in the middle, because he won't kiss

the pink. Middle is his choice. The only problem with that shot is

going a nice angle on the brown. Should be able to take this off

three cushions or certainly the baulk cushion and left-hand side

cushion with a lot of bottom. I don't think he'll be planning to

move it, because he only needs the blue. He'll be trying to drop the

cushion 9 inches beyond the blue. Needs to finish tight on the

cushion. If he's not tight he may not play it. This is smelly isn't

it? It is one of those, do I or don't I? It has just made it

missable. The slower you hit it, gives it every chance of dropping it

in, even if it hits the jaws of the pocket.

This is a really tricky shot. Give the pocket every chance. Don't play

it too hard. That's unbelievable. I don't they if it is the referee or

the player, just walked straight out in front of Mark Selby there. That

was why the wry smile appeared on his face.

APPLAUSE. Very good. He was making sure he gave the pocket every

chance. This is a frame that will hurt Oliver Lines more than the

other three, because he knows he should have won it.

A little bit disappointing for Oliver Lines's supporters, it is 4-0

going into the interval. STUDIO: Even after the interval

there was no let-up. A break of 78 put him 5-0 in front and so far

Oliver Lines has scored 91 against a former champion in relentless mode

so far. To frame six, Oliver Lines to break.

That was a little bit desperation wasn't it.

One good kiss here and the bull's nicely spread.

He probably feels the only way he can hold the black on the right-hand

side is by kissing into the black. So he needs to kiss this ball. Just

push it over the corner. Very, very good.

APPLAUSE. Now he can get rid of the red that's

causing him a problem and that will open the black to both pockets.

The surprising thing is Mark Selby has only made two maximum breaks in

tournament play. Some players have made seven, eight and ten.

An opportunity to play a cannon here. Always going to get something

to the right corner. Probably an angle on the black, to

leave a red to the right corner. A bit of a position on the table.

Could you get your leg up right that? That's amazing the position

he's in there. Got to be fit to get into that position. Maybe he's

touching the cue ball, the red is closest to the cue ball the right

corner. A choice of two reds here. As we've seed many times in

break-building when you play for maximums you couldn't always get

pinpoint position. It will be interesting to see

whether he doesn't get the red whether he'll play for the black.

Looks like he finished OK, so he'll definitely be playing for the black

from here. Key now to get a good angle on the black. Sooner rather

than later. Leaves those four reds bringing into play. He doesn't want

to leave it until the last shot. It is always best to play a cannon into

the reds while the reds are still on the. On. If he gets into that joint,

they won't be playing for a loose red here.

He played that nicely. It is now open to the two reds to the left of

centre. A nice margin for error here. A

choice of two reds. May have to stun through the gap

here between pink and the bunch of four. This to put the frame and

match beyond any doubt at all, then he can really knuckle down and...

Just needs one kiss to happen here and there should possibly be a

maximum break. I was wondering, the four reds, the one furthest to the

left finishes that pots to the right centre of the left corner. If that

does, there is no need to play any cannons. He has played the cannon

and that's OK. This is the one. Going to have to

bounce this off the cushion. Once you start playing those with check

side it slows the white down. I think he's just got enough. That's a

poor shot. Disappointing with that. So far so good. This crowd now

realise that 147 is truly on. Oh you're kidding! What a shame.

That was an excellent chance, but a very good performance from Mark

Selby. He didn't do anything wrong during the match. Missed a few but

is a convince a convincing winner by six frames to nil. I think Oliver

didn't settle as much as he liked. He was nervous. I knew if I got

under a good start I would put him under pressure. I had 136 in the

first frame and managed to continue that sort of form throughout the

match. A couple of people said it might have been a kick, it might not

have been. I think I was concentrating so much on trying to

land high on the red I took my eye off the black. He's got great

memories of making what was the 100th maximum in snooker a couple of

years ago. He got close didn't he? Very close. Sometimes you are

concentrating on your next position and you think the black is so easy.

Listen, I know all about missing blacks. But yes it was fantastic.

Great to see him in really good form. How good did he look to you.

133 a fantastic start. As a statement of intent, can't get much

better than that Every match you play is a potential banana skin,

especially on TV when you are one of the favourites. So to get off to a

good start is always good for the morale of the player. It put Oliver

firmly in his place. As the game got on it is not easy to dig yourself

out of that hole. From Oliver's perspective, I wouldn't even say it

is a learning curve. He won't have liked that but it will probably give

him more resolve to dig in here. It is not something that's going to

drop his head for long before he's back on the practise table. Down the

line with match play on TV, he'll get used to it totally and then

you'll see a different Oliver Lines, because he's a great player. He's

had some notable scalps this season already, Ali Carter and a certain

Ken Docherty? He certainly has. He's a great cueist. Sometimes bad

experiences can be good ones. He's in front of the crowd and on TV, and

he will learn frit. He's one for the future, no doubt about that. Mark

goes on to play Jamie Jones or Xiao Guodong. Plenty has been happening

here today. In fact this is what's been going on. Mark Alan, who won in

Bulgaria and was a runner-up in the champion of champions, and Ali

Carter 6-3 against Daniel Wells of Wales. Mark Joyce-2 against Sydney

Wilson, a first-timer on the circuit this season. Michael Holt has teamed

up with his coach this season to rather good effect. He's had some

very good wins already this season. That's another one over Chris

Wakelin. It will be interesting to see how Michael goes under the

tutelage of Terry over the next few months. Matthew Selt, surely one of

the most improved players over the last 12 months. A good win over Sean

O'Sullivan. And Ryan Day, that's a surprise. He was the man that was in

the final in Bulgaria with Mark Allen, who was beaten by Dechawat

Poomjaeng. Tonight there's more high-class stuff coming your way as

Australia's Neil Robertson fakes on India's hugely talented Aditya

Mehta. Neil is calling that one the clash of the vegans, by the way.

Maguire has to overcome Jamie Cope this evening. You can see the

evening session's action on both the red Button and the BBC Sport

website. If you fancy a late night,ly be back much, much later

with highlights of it all at midnight. But in the meantime from

Ken and Steve, me and the team, thank you for your company. Catch

you soon. Bye-bye.