Day 2 World Championship Snooker Extra

Tonight we are concentrating on the final session between David Gilbert

and Martin Gould. There is work for Gould to do to get back. Frame ten.

Martin Gould to break. Martin Gould 6 - 3 down. He's capable of turning

this match around but he needs to make an early in a row. At least he

David Gilbert played pretty well yesterday. He made over a half

century in every one of the six frames he won. By far the better of

That was well played. He had to get a lot of backspin to avoid the

middle pocket. He needs to get a good start. 3 - 1 would be a good

start for him. Yesterday, a few mistakes here and there. Unusual

for Maarten. He is a very solid player normally. -- for Martin

Gould. He should be thinking about how he felt and how his opponent

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The shot before on the black has There was an excellent safety shot.

Martin Gould was behind in his match last year and managed to make

a comeback. It is not beyond him to do so. Some trouble for this

particular shot. If you can just get to the edge of that read on the

right. Middle of the table. -- on that red. What you cannot just play

the dump shot. Playing as if using a snooker. This needs to be

extremely accurate. I'm not sure how that shot is going to work. He

has made contact. It is not an easy one but it has given David Gilbert

These are not nice. He did very well. It is guaranteed to go behind

Similar pattern here. In the first session in yesterday, the Bulls

were opened pretty early on that is why we had so many breaks and both

these players wanted to get in amongst them and have a fast moving

play. David Gilbert was here in 2007. He led 5 - 1 in that match

and lost 10 - 7. The last thing he needs to be thinking about. He has

been a professional since 2001. He is a more experienced player. He

may be forced to lead the pink on here. -- lever. That is if the pink

actually pots. I suspect that it does not. It will have to be the

black. He has already played one shot, cueing awkwardly. I would not

think there was enough of that to pot it. He might be playing safe.

That would be disappointing. I am not sure what he's looking at here.

He is trying to straighten the Maybe with that touch of right-hand

side he could straighten the angle but you do not want to play those

kind of shots unless you absolutely have to. If he misses it he might

cover the pocket with the red. What is the looking at here? He's cueing

on the red? Your guess is as good as mine. It will be a very good pot

He has managed it. It is a very great shot. I must say, in my

opinion, that was a poor choice of shot but it could win him the frame.

You saw that he was trying... The pot was not on but he managed to

straighten it up. A terrific shot. That is Martin Gould in his chair

thinking. He has always been a good player, David Gilford, but

occasionally in the past he has not He has been around a while. 11 he

used as a professional. As I recall, his struggle to get his ticket. He

missed out by one place on two or three occasions. It is all behind

him now. He is one of the players going through the qualifying

schools. He took the speed out of the cue ball. Qualifying school

starts on 13th May and there are well over 100 entries. The four

semifinalists qualify for the mentors. -- the main tour. This

year, you can keep the card for two years. When you see people like

David coming through to the Crucible, it would inspire some of

the players going through the qualifying schools. If you look at

the history of the game, players that have dropped off the tour,

Robertson dropped off the tour, as did champs Murphy because in one

year it was always difficult to make an inner passion. David

Gilbert had the pressure taken off him in that regard. That came as no

surprise after some of the shots that he got a during that break. He

Drew a did a little wide. Did not quite hit through it. -- she

Good opening round from a Martin Gould. He would not have been

expecting this opening. He has a slight angle to try to force the

blue up and down the table but not a lot to play with. Unlucky twice.

It was a big ask to get in and out The red in to the right corner that

David Gilbert has gone now has to be unlucky. For the first time in

the match, David Gilford showed a little bit after he missed.

Yesterday he did not show at all. I watched him in qualifying before

any has a tendency to lose his control out there a little bit. But

does not everyone? That he shows it a little bit. He was knocking all

Today is where it is all about. Getting over that line which she

could not do when he played here once again. It will be against

tournament with a cue that he had only been using for a week. The

experience showed -- showed through He is not going to get a colour but

even itching get close to one of the balls they he could get a

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snooker and put David Gilbert under REFEREE: Foul and a miss. That is

the kind of escape he has tried here. Sometimes off the second

cushion its lights. It is usually the way you would miss the down to

There is even further away than the first effort. He made the

correction as he saw it but he was a long way out. It is not an easy

shot. Worse because it was searching the cushion. -- touching

the cushion. This is very close. Very good shot. Well done. Problem

Not this time. Worth a try. He's very aggressive and normally with

Oh dear, that is the worst shot that he has played in the match. He

hit both Reds. He must have hit the first read much too thin. -- the

first red much too thin. He cannot give to your opponents' chances. --

He knocked in a 2 reds, he must be in a bit of a hurry. It is probably

better going in then blocking the pocket if there is a colour he

needs to put in there. This is a good chance now. The two reds both

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He had two things on his mind, the pot and the cannon. It was a little

bit tricky. When you had your mind on that, the pot is sometimes

forgotten. Martin Gould wants to hang himself and David Gilbert was

thinking why could he not have left me and easier read than these? That

is how we get to with the pressure. It would be wonderful if we could

hear the player's mind. What they're thinking about. This is

Once you miss the baulk colour. He has a guaranteed Staker. Getting

behind the Green. -- guaranteed snooker. It is not very easy at all.

Unless he gets in behind the Green, the snooker is not that difficult

That was the right thing to do but it does not look particularly

difficult. Not quite sure why he did not cover the right hand a

cushion. It looks like Martin Gould is going off the left-hand cushion.

Much easier off the other cushion. There you are. Amazing. Absolutely

amazing. David Gill but is out of his chair -- David Gilbert. That is

the most outrageous fluke you will see. Quite incredible. That could

be one that turns the match. He did shake his head but I know players

that would have shaken it more than he has. One of them would have been

me. It was unbelievable. Yes, clicks a very bad but the truth is

that David Gilbert had three or four chances here. That was the

type of flick you will see once in -- fluke. This frame is now a huge,

both players have had chances to That was the other thing that

happened, missing the Green, he could fluked the snooker as well.

It is amazing though, yesterday's session of the snooker was a good

standard. But this is where the match is won and lost so I can

understand why this morning's session would be more tense and

The problem with the brown is he has to play the pace and the cue

ball not swerve. He could play at this low and hit the Green easily

say he's trying the same shot again. But he did exactly the same. You

can convince yourself out there you can play the shot, but it is so

easy to drop off the bottom cushion. It is all about the pace. If he

plays it slower, the swerve has time to take. Chip the Green over

the middle pocket. That is the He has raised the cue higher and

that allowed him to get a little bit more spin. He will take that

resolved. He had luck in this frame, I wonder we he's going to pot this

Green. He has played it well. Green. He has played it well.

There is unbelievable. -- that it is unbelievable. No-one has said

this game was easy but it is mind You feel there is quite a lot of

snooker to be played in this first He has the green. He needs a good

tight safety on the ground. He could probably hit it down behind

Good judgement on Engel the earth. He puts the pressure now when Dave

Gilbert. -- on nerf Dave Gilbert. Ideally now he would like this off

the question. -- the cushion. That would be the idea. Yesterday, every

time he got in he seemed to make a He played it Krishan first but he

actually hit it on the way up. -- If you look, it just glances it on

the way down. Not easy. He is thinking about all kinds of things.

It is not an easy part. It is just That was a better shot than it

looked. It is all about judging He played that one particularly

He has done pretty well there, David Gilbert. He extends his lead

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That is the red that is holding things up a bit. If he can part

that one, he can make this a frame A bit of movement because the other

table has reached a mid-session Can you leave quietly please, thank

you. The referee just making sure With the yellow away from its pot,

it was always going to be get a ball. He is on that read that I

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mentioned. -- that read. -- that 31. That one has been cleared away

now. He would feel an excellent chance to go on and Paul a frame

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back. It was -- 8-5, there is Just what the doctor ordered for

Morton Gould. He is taking these well. He has had a few tests within

this group but he has passed them. -- within this break. Still to do

within the frame but almost there. -- a lot to do within the frame. I

would question the shot selection of Dave Gilbert when he went for

the yellow early in this shot. Called us under pressure. -- Martin

Gould is under pressure. He will have had a bit of a think about it

in the interval. No matter how much you are in front, you still doubt

yourself, don't you? I don't think he would have expected a lead of 8-

5 when he woke up this morning. He should be pleased enough with how

things are going. Things will come to an end here, you would assume.

It is who wins the frame that counts and it will go to Martin

called. -- Martin Gould. It is a He could be a bit nervous on the

next shot because he could see a red and he will be warned by the

referee if he puts one back. The If he does miss again, it is end of

frame. We have seen it before once or twice. Ken Doherty, I am sure he

lost a frame in that way. He had to play different shot to ensure he

hit a red. I was there watching Ken Doherty play that game. He played

Steve Davis in the deciding Masters and Davies played three consecutive

misses and was warned and lost the match. -- Davies. He never

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recovered from that. It was about 1. A very clean pot. A bit close to

the side cushion one of land. -- A good shot. That was a very

difficult part. He has to commit himself to every shot. He does that

most of the time anyway. In this situation, it is a time you have to

keep a positive attitude. Try and disturb the thought of your

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opponent -- thoughts of your 20. Certainly some more positive

He did not really have that spring in his step earlier on. He is a

happy-go-lucky character who puts a lot of balls. I would like to think

he could get that back now when he needed most. -- when he needs it

most. He won the power snooker which was a game he adapted to very

quickly. He beat Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final. No mean feat. Very

different to this longer form of the game. Everyone remembers the

year he was 11 -5 up against Neil Robinson. Neil Robinson came back

to beat Martin then won the championship. Martin has beaten

Marco Fu a few times and has fond memories of playing here. You do

feel there is a chance he could get close. He is looking underneath

that cushion, making sure everybody knows it had bounced. I'm not sure

what he could do to the cushion to make it any better. This will be a

good shot to go into the reds from here. A great effort. That is bad

luck. A very thin shot but he was hoping for so much better. There

was a time the group, he fancied The problem with that is there is a

very thin cut and will stay near He could collide with the reds

after putting this one. -- portend. His luck is not too bad. That Pink

goes past the blues and reds. At least he has spread the reds and he

is putting into a full pocket. -- Took a long time down on that shot.

Thought that it would hit it before the time that he did. That is the

second shot he has missed IntoNow frames and a collar. He knew

there'd be did miss, it would probably cost him the frame. I

think he had to play it. He had to play the pink. I think he'll a was

a silly shot to play but the pink was a good choice. But I agree that

he took too long with the shot. He is quite a quick player. He seemed

to take forever to hit the ball there and that can only bring out

into the mind. -- doubts into the mind. Snooker players practise all

day every day with a certain type of rhythm and then come into the

match and change it. At the end of the day, they run the practising to

play well in the match. But he has another chance. That was an easy

black but at this point you would have expected him to make it. We

will probably see more mistakes as we go along because this is the

time we will win or lose and then when you will find your best. --

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It is an opportunity he probably thought he would not get after he

missed that long pink. He can get into the frame here. Three reds

tiny group up but they will all part in certain pockets. He would

like the black on its spot really. It makes getting on to those reds

He is looking very possibly getting on the back. He has not got a great

angle. -- on the black. He did not want to play with the rest but he

could have got the cue ball over further and the black would have

been straight. Now he could take the back on and possibly play for

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That is a very good shot. He deserves it. He would have played

in behind the two reds. Off straight to the left middle, it is

not bad. It is almost dead straight. He can't really run through on to

the blow. He sees hardly any angle there at all. He is a bit close to

the black. He will have to get it spot on. He is getting deliberately

short on the blue. The red he is looking at is slightly more

He is caught between three different shot here. He could not

afford to miss turgid. There is no margin for error. Amazing what you

can see out there when you're under pressure. He plays the more

difficult road. -- red Bull. I It is not often you see that. Both

players missing a shot you would expect them to get into the same

pocket. That was not an easy read that Masten played. -- easy red

ball. That was a narrow angle to He has been a professional 11 years

and this would be the biggest match of his life. He did qualifier

earlier and lost to Stephen Hendry but this would be the biggest that

she has ever played. To win a match at the Crucible against a top 16

players. That would be why this has turned out to be a bit of a mental

Most of the hurdles are mental any way at this professional level.

Beryl great players. You watch them practise and think they're going to

win the championship. It is another ask when you get out there. A

little awkward, this one. His bridge arm is stretching there. A

little bit of tension. It gets a player through to the best of 25,

three session matches, a junior you have arrived then. All that is

ahead of him. -- you know you have Won't be needing the pink, that

could be awkward. He only needs Another frame that has had a lot of

twists and turns. Martin called has missed quite a few chances and so

has David Gilbert. -- Martin called. It is getting to a vital stage in

this match. It is taking him into a David Gilbert had this is the last

frame of the match. Has four Martin Gould he just has to come out and

play a few shots and see where it takes him. He has to give notice

takes him. He has to give notice That is one good chance gone out of

the way. He could have gone for ever colour. It would have been a

70 or 80 would be good here for His highest break has been 75 in

this match. He has done quite a lot of good stuff. He has mixed is up

He has played for the black and did not quite get the colour he wanted

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He could have done but the cue ball going up a few more inches. It is a

little awkward. It is not directly over the pink. Well played. He goes

on to 37th. He made 38 the previous frame and lost it. He needs to push

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He needs to make it a fairly quick He looks to have a good handle here.

He spread them well but they have all gone into positions that are

not favourable. The thumbs up there which means the opposite. He feels

a bit unfortunate. It is difficult Currently 67 in it. He can put the

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He missed a long red but I thought Times like this he would say it may

Other players could equal that. We More importantly he showed David

He will be aware that it is never going to be that easy for someone

who has never won here before to get over the line. He estimated as

difficult as possible. They could be a lot more snooker left in this

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It is amazing how the game can change. For a moment the pressure

came of him. He decided to do some his shoulders and take a few shots

on. He's a different player to what we have seen through the whole of

That was a really excellent break from Martin Gould. He had a lot of

trouble but had not given up. He Six. He hopes there will be another

It is always a worry on that shot where you pushed the red near the

Chipped it over the pocket. The question on whether Martin can get

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I wonder if he can build on that Eight. Those are the ones that hurt.

There is a while to go yet. Those pots he would normally get.

Unmissable. Considering he just made a total clearance he has a

good bit of table time. His rhythm Eight very acute angle here. It was

never in. Not even close, to be A shake of the head. He does not

It is more like him hitting through the ball. Well played. He strikes

He has missed a few easy balls this Everybody suffers with self-doubt

and demons. It is a matter of whether you want to cure them or

not. It is almost impossible to avoid them. Because David Gilbert

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his last position the easy red at He may play to get in other pink.

A few frames earlier things were When you're playing well be balls

Once again into the pack with confidence feeling that he would be

on something. David Gilbert be sitting there. You have to expect a

backlash from a seeded player. They were not lie down easily. He had to

There will be a crunch time when the pressure will come back on

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A round of applause from the Most of the audience would have

played the game or at least watched it for many years. They get to know

70. It is always nice to think people have played the game before.

Otherwise they will believe it is the easiest game in the world the

way these guys play. I can assure At the moment he looks like a

different player completely. He was edgy and tents. He has a chance to

You see the game look too easy. Four most players snooker is

sometimes defined as an end to this series of tragedies obscured by the

I suppose that is one way of You have been saying that one up

Back-to-back centuries. A very easy red in this frame. He has recovered

from it. Everybody misses easy shots. It is how long you take to

A shame he missed the black. He has closed the gap even further. Martin

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Gould now trade -- trails by nine Seven. That is a very good safety

shot. The Ritz a red available into Sometimes when you hit the ball

good and get a good safety he cannot with the control all of the

He has a favourable angle. Looking from here that he's not many reds

on. None of the reds from the pack His worst nightmare come true. He

seemed to play this at a good angle. He nudged one out and left Martin

He did not seem that difficult a shot. That is not one of his best

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He did not have the angle there to play that shot in the way he wanted.

The shot before caused a problem. It would have been him off with

long way away from the next red. A chance missed. He will feel

slightly relieved about that. He is It is not the type of shot she

He hit it straight on. You do not think he can get the red in either

corner to the pot. He hit it from As usual when someone is making a

comeback at you the heat does not You feel like you're defending

something all the time when you're He took a chance there. A good

chance if he missed it of leaving He had a nice little kiss on the

yellow. He needed it. He has only scored a few points. Ten points in

the last three frames. He has been sitting out a long time. When you

get to the table, it is not easy. What angle has he got here? He is

not sure again. He is having a good look. If he is just off straight,

you could try and force the cue ball down towards the reds on this

He has played that well. He is on the red, that is an excellent shot.

There is an excellent shot. He would not have been deserved -- he

would not have deserved to have been stupid by the black. This

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could be the chance he has been He played the big shot, but not

lucky this time. I do not think he really played it full-blooded Lee.

The prequel in here. Martin Gould might feel like you got away with

something that. He has not got the EC safety shot with the red in the

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bulk area either. What will he do That is a brave shot to play. I

suppose it was potentially worth the risk. David Gilbert having an

anxious look to see if he has left this read on. The one that he

played has cut back game. It was a horrible shot. -- cutback in. The

pot is difficult and the cue ball He certainly attacked bad result. -

- that result. He made that look very easy. It was a very difficult

cart. You're on the edge of missing the ball and it takes courage to

play that type of very thin cut Such a then shot. -- theme a shot.

He is still in that mode where he is taking these shots on. I'm

wondering if at some point things will get to him again as in earlier

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If he had a chance to make it 9-8, Dave Gilbert will be thinking,

should I have gone for the double in the middle? There were doubts

surrounding his decision. He will be thinking that every time Martin

Gould kept saying, all the balls are on. But that is not quite true.

-- gets in. Martin Gould has had to make all the balls and he has

25. He is looking now like what he is, a very good player. He was

quite tentative earlier. He could take the three in the middle of the

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He will not need that read down the cushion. This is a serious comeback.

We saw many years ago Nigel Bond was 9-2 down. Not many players have

Concession there from David Gilbert. This matches really are now. There

is some applause for Martin who has pulled it back. He has won three in

Superb. He played it with a bit of safety in mind but it was a very

good shot. He is complaining after playing a wonderful shot that he is

That looks to be unlucky. It just glided off the side of the red he

was close to. You would think, he has the red over the pocket, it

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I think he has left the road close to the pocket. -- left the red. It

is not an easy one at all. This has to go in a few plays the pot. -- if

How about that? Pretty safe to say if you miss that -- if you missed

that, it could have been his last Martin does seem to be a bit

unlucky. He can't see the red in the right corner. He played for the

other run the left. -- the other red in the left. He just slightly

misjudged the throw off the cushion. This is a tough pot. Not easy to

get the white a way past the pack of reds to one of the other cause.

He can't see any of the cause apart from the back and I'm not sure if

we can see that. How on earth can he finished there? He has got to be

unlucky. Pretty devastated about He will play with the left-hand

side, green. David Gilbert should take some c take some com that. He is

not the only one who has had some He knocked a good long red in

What we work there. He has got to be under pressure. The biggest

match in his life. -- wobbly work. We need the chance would come. It

certainly has now. This is a proper chance. This is the second very

good a long red he has potted in this frame. He has had so little

He needs to take his time deciding what shot to play. He does not need

to take too much time when he is down on the table. That is the

secret of playing under pressure. Not rushing into anything and not

taking too long when you're on the shot. Sometimes in the heat of

battle, when your form as fluctuating, you can lose that

He has come a long way in the last few months. He did not get through

in the first two competitions but got through in the end. He is back

11 months on, here he is. Playing on the game's biggest stage with a

chance to beat a top seed. World number 12 Martin Gould has not

played well until it looked like he was beaten. At that point, he gave

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So far, he has held themselves together very well. At this rate,

he could clear the path for the other two reds in the right corner

35. He might have the angle to That is a good shot. I'm very

impressed by how he has played. At that he would have to scrape over

the line almost but that is not how this rain has developed. He potted

the long red at the start, got a little awkward and that position,

did not stop him. He had a terrific read at the start of this break. He

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He is getting to that stage now 49 points in front. 59 left on the

table. One red and pink would do it. He is having a drink of water to

settle himself down. When he gets down to be shot, he has to play it

at his normal rhythm. -- down to the shot. If he misses it and

leaves the red on, there could be a further twist. He has given it his

full care and attention. But it is the kind of road that if he does

miss it, its days are over the pocket. -- the kind of red. Very

nice. 50 points the difference. I don't expect him to be too

concerned about playing on the road It looks as if Dave Gilbert is

Kurri to win this match ten frames to eight and go on to the second

He will not feel he is quite there until he sees another red Bull go

Just one more red should absolutely clinch it. It will be the biggest

He has not really played great in this session. In this second

session he has only made one break over 30 so far. That is minus the

54 he has made in this frame. That is a great shot in the middle. He

needs a chance to get on the black. If he takes a collar of a lower

number, he will have more than one Now, it gets interesting because it

is all about that read it down the table. He was not certain. If he

gets on the back from this, he gets a guaranteed snooker on the final

Not bad. He came very close. It did Still may be a twist here. He

should get the snippy here. He would like would like o be out in the

Howell was not sure at first. It might be one he could swerve but he

It the gets too much swerve and hits the blue, then Martin Gould

could win. If he misses the red, he will only type. -- only tie. He

could be in trouble. Once again, behind the ear lobe. It is a

question of where the red finishers. He would be looking at the point of

contact of the red on the cushion to follow it with the white. That

is the safest option up and down. That is a big target that way. He

has many ways he could hit directly. It is quite a big target. Got to

get the equipment out from under the table. I think the cue ball was

too tight at the were to go off the upper cushion. -- at the yellow.

You cannot give more than four points away. He should not leave a

He must have wondered if he would go around the back of it. It was a

heart-stopping moment. Another I think he is looking to see if he

can go round the back of this. He could play off the right-hand side

cushion and go into the red. It is a straightforward one cushion

escape, but under pressure it is not. He does not want to hit it at

pace and miss it. He could get past the black and off the cushion and

hit the red. It comes down to whether there is enough room to go

How about that. It was a fluke but David Gilbert is absolutely

Who would deny him this wonderful Masten think about carrying on but

that was a massive moment. He must be so relieved. He made good