Day 10 World Championship Snooker Extra

has been from day one. Ali Carter meets Jamie Jones whose amazing

debut campaign continues. He had already won two matches just to get

here. And utterly absorbing contest between Neil Robertson and a Ronnie

O'Sullivan. An all Welsh derby between the best of friends Matthew

In total we have three qualifiers into the quarterfinal. We will

serve the three Welshman, it two Scots, an Australian it and a

couple of Essex boys. It all kicks off in the quarterfinals tomorrow

morning at 10am. You'll be able to see it as the Scottish and while

Derby's kick things off. Then after we are on the air at 1 am on BBC

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Two. It just gets better and better Here at the Crucible we've had

suspense, intrigue there are some One of the games featured Peter

Matthew Stevens against Barry Hawkins. This was a very close

match as we join it. Stevens had been zero-3 and 3-6 behind. First

two to 13 will book a place in the quarterfinals. We now hold up with

He has to get this perfectly It is a positive shot but there's

always this the case you can leave If that cue ball had not have

finished up as it did, Matthew had NEC read mac to the left corner.

If he could pot this, he could leave the ball close to the blue.

opening He has quite an amazing record here

at the Crucible. He has played 38 This is a really good chance. It

was not all made possible by a good shot to start. The red balls are

When you think of the two finals that he played in 2000, he lost 18-

16 to Mark Williams. In 2005, the I remember travelling on the coach

with his supporters and he was well ahead of Murphy and Murphy just

It is great to see him back playing He is back in the top 16 again and

I am sure he appreciates it won the Talking about the matches in the

crucial ball, everyone thinks about Jimmy White being the one who

should have won the championships. -- the Crucible. You could argue

that Matthew Stevens the certainly Maybe he will put it right at this

here. I think the long matches allow him to relax and play his

It is like riding a bicycle. You never forget how to play the game,

it is just you lose your confidence. When you lose the confidence, it is

difficult to get it back. Stephen It is good to see the Welsh boys

playing well. They are keeping the I think a might have said Mark

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Selby then, of course it was Mark Of course the other Welsh player

that, Ryan Day. He has played fantastic snooker but here this

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He does this a lot. He gets down to If he were to win this frame, it

would be four in a row. Of the two players, the man sitting in his

chair, Barry Hawkins, is not He would have had no shot himself

if the pink had gone in. He has been very lucky there, especially

the in the way the ball has re It looks as if Barry Hawkins is

going to try and develop that black It would be nice to knock a red be

Ray cushion here. He is playing the Matthew has left is a risky shot.

The one near the cushion it's much you miss that you could have got an.

He hardly hit that and it was beautifully played. It was a

As you mentioned earlier, slight the worrying times for Barry

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Hawkins because the Welshman looks He missed one ball in the frame, a

pink in the middle. Pretty good He has already made three century

breaks. Believe it or not, Barry's highest break in the tournament is

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We don't -- we know that breaks He is well off with that pink, but

it makes no difference. Matthew Stevens has won four frames in a

Barry Hawkins gets his frame under way and he's lost fos lost fos lost fos lost fo

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Let's see how well he is killing. - A good pot, but he looked up to the

heavens because of what he did with the cue ball. Not a lot of point in

potting the black into the middle Berry is making sure he can hit the

edge of the red balls and avoid coming into the black. If not, is

going to come off a couple of Touching ball would help Matthew

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That means he can get around the Barry Hawkins can stand up one end

of the table and that you can stay up this end and they can keep going

It could be the same story here I know how much Barry Hawkins

favours this one there. It is an ill wind shot, so he may have to

Can you believe it? He is still It will not be easy to get on to a

colour, but if he can do it will be He pushed it away and it went

towards the red before it has If he had played it slow, I think

This is a big test for Barry Hawkins. He has lost four frames in

The brown to now is the time to go into the bunch. It is not a good

It was the right idea, he could have stuck their if he screwed it

His safety is not right up to the scratch at the moment. It is safe,

but the red on the bright side of He could have made it very

difficult for Matthew. He has to be careful because he is going to open

If he swings it off that red, that He was so close to playing a very

good shot there. Not an easy shot to play. It is one of the shots

that perhaps on a club table it is Barry was hoping to get the cue

ball out rather than knowing what Maybe he can get in behind that the

Once again he is OK. He can drop the blue in and then the red to the

He really has to kill this frame off with this chance. Full

It has usually taking him a couple of visits to the table to win

Without a doubt, even if it gets close, scoring will have to move up

a notch. He is good enough and I think he gained a lot of confidence

for winning the shoot-out in He has made 22 centuries this

season. He is a pretty good break This coming at just the right time

for Barry Hawkins. The frame is He may still get the century but

there are two reds very close to the cushions. He may be able to

bring them out. He just drops in behind it. He looks where he has

finished. There's a slight angle on that red. The next shot coming up

tells you how well you cue when Pretty good! A very good cue.

a good confidence booster. Not much pressure but an indication of how

well you're a cueing with that particular type of shot.

A(APPLAUSE).. He won't worry much about missing that. That came just

at the right time for Barry Hawkins. He closes the gap 10-9-Matthew

The referee asks them to be quiet. It's mid-session on the other table.

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And another good safety shot. Barry Hawkins seems to be plain most his

Along way short fall the safety. Some of those safety shots have

Where will the next colour come from? Going for the black would be

quite ambitious. It looks like he may want to play it. The pot is

tough enough. He needs to keep a nigh on the cue ball here to see

way he finishes. If he can find a gap, they may be a shot. (APPLAUSE).

And he does manage to find a gap and that was quite a shot. Little

The gives himself a chance after that terrific positional shot. 11-9.

He is concerned about the black as to which it may go. The spot is

free but it may be possible. He screwed too much. I think he may be

OK for the black. The cue ball is He will need the rest to play this.

Can he reach it with the extension? He was the first player to use this

It's quite a stretch. He was one of the first to use that very long

extension. That is the result. He It was the shot before when he ran

out of position. He's not quite sure what he he's left with. He has

He needs to be patient. Barry does He was quite a good shot. Matthew

is in some trouble. He can manage of one red. He needs to get the cue

ball back to the baulk line. That may be difficult. It's not easy. He

may get one other red on the white -- right-hand side of the pack.

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It's almost to the point when it may not be a shot. He needs to

avoid the other red on the way back. That that was a very good safety

Barry it is quite an attacking player. He looks for the red into

A little bit of tension is creeping in but look where the pink finishes.

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Can he get past the pink? Look at I think the red came more way

around the table and the smile tells you that it is available. If

he pots that and screws back he can open up the open up the he does screw

back he should be able to get back onto the blue. Let's see if he

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pushes through this. He was relying This is a worry for Matthew Stevens

No problem this time with the position. The cannon onto the red.

That worked perfectly for Barry. A great chance now to knock quite a

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There's not much angle there it is Not straight enough. He will need

the red above it. Now he's on the wrong side at of the blue. Another

big shot needs to be played for the He flicked into the yellow now he

is a short. All these little things are mounting up. If he'd have

missed the yellow he would have been perfect for the next red. He

is a right-handed player with the You said at the start, you thought

this may go all the way down to the wire. You may not be far wrong. 33

points in front. Three very easy red balls available. This is a

great performance from Barry Hawkins losing the two opening

frames, that was four in a row, now he will win two in a row to get

himself squared up. He still has some work to do. I think he should

win it. He will not meet does to other red balls behind the black.

He should be too many points in front. That was nicely played.

There are some signs that he is stepping up. He does need to do

that. He is always a tenacious player. More is required than that

in the best of 25 frames with That blue and the other red is all

he needs. I don't expect him to be He keeps himself on track to go

through to his first Crucible quarterfinal. There is a long way

to go in the best of 25. Now it's down to the best of five frames.

The first player to win three Matthew will carry on. But this

He misses that one and he concedes. They will now have a short break.

He played that well but the black is still safe and that will annoy

him a little bit with all of those others out in the open. The pay is

his right. -- the pace. But that cue ball has been left a bit short.

what may happen. He wants to send a red towards the corner pocket.

Has a possible path down there. Matthew has 92 per 4 is potting

rate. But he misses that one with his first safety. Ad 8% for his

Matthew is well in front with his A chance here. The pink may not be

able to go on its spot. It may have to go to the black spot. A little

bit awkward there with the red. Well the pink be tied up? Is there

Just enough to put that one out of commission. He can get onto the

blue and cannon into the pink and then the reds I think that maybe

This is an early key shot in this We will find out shortly whether

the pink is available. It obviously was not. It could have been better.

It could have worked out a lot better for Matthew. (APPLAUSE).

must be very tight with the red close by will go to the middle. It

does, he has a choice of the blue or possibly the pink depending on

that angle. He's looking at the angle. He looks at the angle from

behind the red ball. Then he comes back around. Terry Griffiths used

The red comes back out into the open. Barry wants to go past the

yellow. It's not easy. His hand was Very nicely struck. He will be

relieved that Matthew did not make Let's just have a look at that red

again. He punches that. Look how much the white jump into the air.

We did not realise in our day other balls jumped around the table

Matthew looking at the TV monitor. Barry Hawkins is pretty good with

the rest and he does not miss much. He controlled that one very well.

Originally I thought it may hit the He has been struggling for the blue

on the right side but he's still Will he decide to go for the reds?

There are a few available but he may go into their this time. How is

his luck? Pretty good at! An excellent shot. (APPLAUSE). Let's

see that again. This is how you play that shot. He could not have

played that any better. As you said, you need some luck as well and he

had it there. He deserved that. He has made sure he goes on top of the

blue but maybe a little bit too far. He is not getting very many big

breaks. The most was 69 in the match. Generally, not scoring as

many as other players in the It may just be OK the red. If he

gets past the pink and it back onto the blue. That was pretty tight. If

he was behind it, if the white went further lifted would have been much

easier. From this angle, much Paul difficult in fact he does not feel

as if it will go. It's much more difficult. That's pretty good! Does

he have enough pace? If he has the correct angle he can roll the brown

ball in and leave himself on that That was a very good cut back. It

all depends on the angle. If he goes towards the blue he may have

to force it but if he can roll it Unusual bridging. Look at his hand

Did he come far enough? I do not think so. The expression tells you

everything. I'm not even sure which one he was playing for. Which red

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He place safe. Not many options at It is her pet hate to catch a ball

when you're trying to play a safety shot. That means the brown hand the

green are now better at targets for whoever has the chance. It looks

like Barry may take this on. But there are no colours available. Oh

deer! That turned out, it's not too He was aiming to try to stun that

and play the red but there he needs to play a safety shot. It's hard

enough, he may have a good one and it is! (APPLAUSE).. He is snookered

on all of the reds. To the right side, I'm not sure if he can get

down past the green ball. Maybe the blue sitting on its own. He can. He

can only hit it on the side. walks down the table to see what is

left. He might leave the cue ball something near the pink into the

right corner. He needs to think again. He may come off the side

leaving the white and he could be OK. A not sure what he has lined up.

He plays that well. (APPLAUSE).. That's was an absolutely brilliant

shot. He cannot believe how well he has played that shot. I think he

has the snooker. He does not want that one back. That snooker was a

bonus. When he landed on the pink it was even better. It a very funny

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I bet his heart skipped a beat debt. He thought he was going to leave

He has reached it though. Matthew is in lots of stripy up. -- strife

He would love to mend on the red that is to the right of the pink,

but there are a lot of obstacles in the way. He would have to be so

It looks as if he may be electing to... He needs a bit of luck now. I

tell you what. He will settle for He did not play absolutely hit and

hope, but there was something like a lucky shots needed. Will he try

and brisket and put himself on the He's not going to risk it at this

He has hit the wrong red. What a How costly is that going to be?

That might be the kind of mistake that cost so in the match. -- costs

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It is not an easy run to the winning post in this frame. There

are quite a few obstacles that are fairly awkward. I think he might be

Even if he gets to the one that is closest to the pink, it will pass

into the corner. Looking at the It is proving to be very costly,

He's going to have to go for the blue here. I do not think he can

What has Matthew Stevens done That is a little bit of tension

there. He missed a black into that He can drop on either of these Reds,

but he has to be careful. In his to The break well and after the next

shot, because there is no way he It is much easier if you are at the

right side of the black to shoot the angles. If he goes over the

left side of the table, it is a He has snookered himself. What has

he done here? Both players making elementary mistakes. What a mistake

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that was. I think he's getting Berry has to be careful do to catch

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Matthew would like to keep the red I think he's very relieved to be

back at the table after missing that very easy red in the corner

pocket. Can he hold himself together here? He has the green,

the brown and the blue. They are normally a formality, but these are

not normal circumstances. This is the key shot. It's come up a little

bit short. He has to get onto the blue. It's a natural to come down

the table for the blue. These can be missed. He has had a look at the

He did not try anything too clever 20 points the difference, with 13

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Barry Hawkins concedes the frame. Matthew Stevens is to up, with a

Barry Hawkins breaks of them. He hopes it is not going to be his

last break off shot. Once again, not the best break of. He has left

a possible pot and a path around A couple of pots available, but no

easy path back this time. Is he going to attempt this red into the

left corner and try a very delicate positional shot to try and get

Good cueing and he controlled the cue ball pretty well. It ran a

He knew if he can end that red he was in with a great chance. --

We have seen him play the shot once or twice and push a red out. I

think Barry is building a bit. He still has a chance, but just the

last few shots he's played have not been the standard he has played up

It will be some shot to get around the red to the back of that

position. He has to cannon into something here. He will need a bit

He has played that beautifully. Because he had so much right-hand

It is unbelievable he has finished It's twice that he's been in and

twice that he's quickly broken down. The way the red it is situated

there, you could see 60 points without having to do much work. He

is going to have to wait for It's a better safety shot this time.

He has found his range. That the looks a bit anxious there are. --

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He needs the yellow, but it is not If he's dead straight at this red,

That is the shot that might be available to him unless he plays a

In hindsight, it has worked out They are the two red balls that he

Barry Hawkins did not think he would have this chance. It has to

I'm just wondering if - it is going to come back and haunt Matthew

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He uses his left tend when he uses the rest. -- right hand. A lot of

All of a sudden, Barry Hawkins has a spring in his step. He has to

He has come up a little bit short again. Being left-handed, if he

rolls the billion for that red that is available in the middle of that

group... That's why he had to run it a little bit close to the

Luckily cued that. You can see the way he cued right across that. He

has got away with it here. It was not a good shot. I don't think he

It is a heady advantage, but he should have run the frame in one

visit. He finds himself in some I think he can get just past the

pink to catch the red and come back If he plays off that red, he can

get to the right side of the table. But it is important that he does

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Just a containing shot as well. He Gary is trying to push the red to

the safe left side to protect the Matthew is bringing it back off the

cushion a little bit too far. He sees the red passed the yellow a

bit thin. He can come back down to the state his own. He has played a

few containing shots but he is trying to get back down the table.

Has he covered the red Meir the pocket? He certainly has. He covers

it with a red. It's not really a shot you could play in. It is not

exactly hanging over the pocket. He may have to play that one over the

pocket. Can he cut it in? He may pass the red blocking it and leave

the white pot in the jaws of the corner pocket. That is how close to

the pocket it is. He will have to (APPLAUSE). I think he may have put

the red there with a gap with the ball over the pocket. It is a

chance there. The shake of his head tells you he has left exactly what

you're looking at and there is a It's not an easy chance. There are

That did not help. He did not intend to cannon. He has a slight

angle here. He is pretty good with his opposite hand. Even then, the

bridging is a little bit awkward with the mark in the middle. It's

He hit that one very well. It will take an almighty clearance from

What kind of shot would he have had? Maybe he can cut it along the

cushion but it is not an easy shot. He can run along behind the black

perhaps. (APPLAUSE).. That what he attempted. (APPLAUSE). It will not

be straight on this one and he may be on the pink. Dead straight. He

needs a bit of left-hand side when he screws back. Look at the white

That's the reverse angle. He spins around to the left. If he can get a

good angle on this next colour he He did get the angle. He may elect

to come off two cushions and drop in behind them but he has a perfect

angle to move them. That is his angle. If he pots the black ball,

with a bit of screwing and a bit of side, he may drop in behind them.

It's up to Matthew how he feels. Where will he put the cue ball? He

goes to move them how is his luck? He wanted push the red out towards

the middle. He took all he could. He may think about that red. Maybe

the top right hand pocket. It's difficult when the cue ball is

(APPLAUSE). Terrific recovery. Matthew Stevens just three points

behind. That was a very delicate shot into that middle pocket. Barry

knows the red is awkward, that last red. Well he leave that the double?

He did have to do. No double now. He wanted the white ball further

out but it's a good safety shot. If he can get in there behind the

black. Then he can be four points in front. He did plan to leave that

double but he did not hit it hard enough. They are double may have

put him on the black. That's the shot he played, screwing around but

he wanted to go further up the table. He can get a good advantage

here, four points in front. He may put Barry in trouble. Then he may

get through. Now he battles away. His next shot may be difficult. He

still played the double. That was crazy! I cannot believe that. He

was very lucky there. I do not think it was even on. That shot was

not on. He should have gone behind the black. He took the double. He

always struggled to make that angle. He flukes this snooker. Is this how

Barry Hawkins will go out? It all depends what happens here. Will he

He may possibly be snookered. He was in a bit of a whole there.

has been composed up until now and always tends to play the right shot.

The sea is not as easy as it looks. It's not easy. He needs to cover

The shot from Barry Hawkins was extremely well played to leave it

all went like this. He needs to (APPLAUSE). And he gets the snooker

and it's a bit more difficult for Matthew is quite believed. -- he is

relieved. He knows he played the wrong shot and he knows he has

He gets the snooker back. It is all happening out there. This is the

crucial stage of the match. Look at Maybe not quite a snooker. Looking

at the shot, he could go to the It is not a snooker. Ken Barry

Hawkins knock the long red ball in and keep his hopes alive in this

championship? It's a big shot Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant

from Barry Hawkins. He screwed back a little bit too far but it was a

tremendous pot. He would have liked to have been a little bit

A delicate shot on the pink. It is He plays with top-spin. A very good

shot to get to the yellow. Not much He did not want to risk going

across to the other side because the middle Popat was in the way and

A lot of noise on the other side of the arena. They are in between

Matthew Stevens must wonder about that fluke. When he took the double,

it was not available in really. It could have been the difference in

this frame. (APPLAUSE). This is a very gritty clearance. Well done!

Matthew Stevens had a chance but he did not take it. Barry Hawkins is

Barry Hawkins once two frames. There is tension here. There are

It's an early difficult chance for Barry Hawkins. He feels he can take

this on. He will avoid the cannon Where will the red finish and where

Cam the red passed the middle pocket? He needs to do something

with the cue ball to get to a colour. There's enough room to take

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It was a bit thick but the cue ball deep trouble. -- it did travel.-

Matthew has put some cold water on his face and wiped himself down

(APPLAUSE). He picks those shots from nothing out very well. He

takes the pot. He has a chance of a colour. If not, he will be safe and

this is a key early shot in that (APPLAUSE). That not too far down

the table. He ensures that the brown ball goes in. He has a good

It's not an easy chance just yet. There are a few reds to the right

of the pack and just above the black. It is an angle on the yellow.

I don't think he will go into the bunch just yet. He plays that are

I'm not sure it one of those two red balls to the left will go. He

looks at that. You can see it is not available. A bit too tight. He

went for the other one. That's not a good position. The pink ball is

away from the red. He can get onto the blue but it's not ideal to

split the rents. -- the red balls. He does have the angle on the blue

ball but because of the situation with the pink ball, if he needs to

play that he would have to heed the pink ball fault in the face to

disturb the red balls. We will he run around? He is. How is his luck?

He played that really well. Good power. Good accuracy. He hit it

He looks at those two red balls to The other red nearby may also be OK

and so he has a choice. He takes He just makes sure. Matthew has

reached 7 quarterfinals here at the He decided to go off that red ball.

But he that was the safest way. did not want to disturb the others.

They are gradually opening up. This Him a drop this one in.

opposite corner pocket may be possible. Barry Hawkins is hoping

to come back to the table but it is not guaranteed. It looks like a

dangerous shot. There is a cannon above it and he needs to make sure.

The pink ball goes over the middle pocket. He apologises. He always

had a chance for the blue ball. What a terrific opportunity. 49

points in front. He has played some tremendous snooker. He is as good

as anyone in the tournament with three centuries. Can he close it

out here? That another good shot. He holds his hand up. He was going

for the black ball. Maybe he has been a little bit lucky but I think

he deserves this. The pink ball behind the spot. He is not on to

the red. He realises what has happened. This needs to be done to

perfection. It is a chance he may not be on the red ball. That was

the previous shot. The cue ball goes on to the pink spot. This is

very important. I do not think he will be able to pot this one. They

are not supposed to be touching. There is supposed to be a gap. As

he fears, it's not easy for the red balls. Maybe this match still has

some mileage in it. It would be easy to drop the red in. It could

This is very thin. 56 points in front. He may finish on a colour

but it's very it in. It is there! The brown ball was a cannon. He can

always go tied behind the green Barry Hawkins is still in the

championship but look what he is facing. He is in the driving seat

now. How can Barry hit the red ball and not leave one on? Maybe he can

afford to not hit the red on two occasions but these points from

He looks at the possibility of the red ball near the black but there

He hits the red on the left side, he needs to stick 1 up. He shakes

his head. I cannot see an easy way He waits to see the outcome of this

shot. If it goes wrong, he is in the quarterfinals. The more he

looks, the harder it seems. It's one thing to hit the ball. It's

hard to imagine how he can leave the safety. One red and Kenny

colour is all that Matthew Stevens Sometimes you come to the table and

it is no shots available. That's why he stands there shaking his

head. He raises his hand. He has been thinking about this for over

two minutes. This may be his last shot in this tournament. He cannot

see a shot. To put five minutes says he needs to take as long as he

(APPLAUSE). Unfortunate. He need to put that one back. The shot after

this he may not be able to win. He There is still a possible 67 points

(APPLAUSE). What an effort! And an saluted brilliant shot. To hit that

side of the red and it keeps him in the tournament hanging on by a

friend. A brilliant escape. Matthew does not have anything available.

He will leave as many red balls When you consider how well Matthew

Stevens has played, it says quite he lot about his opponent. Barry

That's a bit too thick. There is no easy pot available for Matthew. He