:00:34. > :00:40.Hello again, here in York's Barbican Centre we are watching the first of
:00:41. > :00:46.the semifinals of this year's United Kingdom championship. It's not the
:00:47. > :00:49.line-up anyone would have predicted. Liang Wenbo trying to
:00:50. > :00:53.become only the third Asian player to make it to the final tomorrow and
:00:54. > :00:58.David Grace of Yorkshire, world number 81, the lowest ranked player
:00:59. > :01:01.for 25 years to make it this far in the championship. Liang Wenbo is at
:01:02. > :01:06.the table now but it is David Grace, the Yorkshire man, who leads the
:01:07. > :01:07.match 4-2. This is the seventh frame. I will hand you over to Ken
:01:08. > :01:36.Doherty and Dennis Taylor. If he missed that is exactly what
:01:37. > :02:23.happened. I said earlier in the frame it was a
:02:24. > :02:25.huge frame for Liang Wenbo. Heading in the right direction to close the
:02:26. > :02:40.gap to just one frame. He still moving on the shot a little
:02:41. > :02:45.bit, so still feeling the pressure out there. It was a bit of an
:02:46. > :02:58.awkward frame where a lot of the reds got pushed up to the other end
:02:59. > :03:01.of the table. With a 31-point advantage and still a couple more
:03:02. > :03:09.the reds available, but that's it and then he's got to move something.
:03:10. > :03:12.Those two near the yellow spot, the yellow blocking the path for those
:03:13. > :03:17.into the right corner, the two on the right safe, the one on the left
:03:18. > :03:22.side question safe, not an easy chance. If he could get the yellow
:03:23. > :03:31.back on the spot it would open up those two reds on the yellow spot to
:03:32. > :03:37.the corner pocket. He might be able to get onto those two reds now. He
:03:38. > :03:41.didn't hit the cue ball hard enough. He might have to go up for
:03:42. > :04:06.the red on the left of the pink spot.
:04:07. > :04:08.Unfortunately for Liang Wenbo that has knocked the blue and pink safe
:04:09. > :04:28.now. But at least he knows he's left the
:04:29. > :04:31.two reds next to the yellow available now, he did remove the
:04:32. > :04:34.yellow and get it back onto its spot. He needs a couple more good
:04:35. > :04:44.pots. No, no. At least it's gone safe for
:04:45. > :05:48.him this time. Look at the way the reds are.
:05:49. > :05:53.Amazing. Two, two, two,. I've never seen them in that pattern before.
:05:54. > :06:01.They say there are never two frames the same. Yes, it's quite unusual.
:06:02. > :06:05.Just playing a bit of cat and mouse at the moment. Liang Wenbo, because
:06:06. > :06:13.of his 38 point lead, wants to keep the reds safe. David has got to try
:06:14. > :06:50.and bring the reds out into open play.
:06:51. > :07:05.It's just a little bit awkward with the way the reds are at the moment.
:07:06. > :07:14.In the opening frame we had a bout of safety on the blue, which was
:07:15. > :07:29.exceptional. It went on for something like 14 minutes just on
:07:30. > :07:32.the blue. That has brought one of the reds out into the open. Which
:07:33. > :07:57.David needs. He's looking at that red that David
:07:58. > :08:05.Porter the right of the pink and blue. It does pot into the left
:08:06. > :08:09.corner pocket -- that David put to the right. But then they would be no
:08:10. > :08:13.colour. Maybe he will just try and knock it safe again. But he might
:08:14. > :08:31.have a go at it, and he did and it is a cracker. That is a bit
:08:32. > :08:37.special. Terrific shot. Beautiful shot. I think he has a nice angle on
:08:38. > :08:42.the brown, and he could get on the red below the yellow. The top one of
:08:43. > :08:46.the two below the yellow pots into the green pocket and he could stun
:08:47. > :08:51.by the yellow and take the red. Is coming around to take a look.
:08:52. > :08:58.Putting his finger down. He pointed into the pack with his finger. A bit
:08:59. > :09:03.unusual. But he took the red on because of the way the other reds
:09:04. > :09:15.were situated. But it was still a belter of a pot.
:09:16. > :09:29.43 ahead with 67 remaining. A couple of reds and a couple of browns. That
:09:30. > :09:38.would be enough. It would leave David Grace needing a snooker. I
:09:39. > :09:49.thought as he got down to play he could go in-off this. He nearly
:09:50. > :10:08.did. He almost went in-off the other red.
:10:09. > :10:18.It's an excellent pot. He will have a look at the score. He's 46 points
:10:19. > :10:22.ahead. So, red and brown would only be 51 with 51 remaining. He may go
:10:23. > :10:26.down for the black here, it may be worth going down for the black. He
:10:27. > :10:31.wants to see if the pink or the blue goes into the bottom hand corner
:10:32. > :10:41.pocket. He may have an angle just to drop into the middle of the table
:10:42. > :10:46.and take the pink on. He just moved a little bit again on
:10:47. > :10:51.the shot. He's doing that quite a lot in this match. There was a lot
:10:52. > :11:02.of movement. Just watch his body here.
:11:03. > :11:27.I thought for a second there he was going to have a terrific result, but
:11:28. > 0:04:32he's