Day 3 World Championship Snooker Extra

Welcome to snooker extra. Tonight we are concentrating on the

concluding session of the first round match between the pit doesn't

54 champion Shaun Murphy and Jamie Jones. Shaun Murphy held a narrow

Jimmy Jones is in. 5-4 behind. Two centuries in the match. A good few

tough of frames. A lot of safety play. Looking forward to the

conclusion of the match. Nicely balanced. Shaun Murphy is slightly

ahead. A good performance from He doesn't cue like most people. If

he plays for the years have cute like that. That's Mac cued like

A lot of good potters have been He is contemplating this red. He

came around to have a look at where There is a big target behind the

It is not the best safety shot he If this red was right in the jaws

of the Polish it would be straightforward. The fact that it

is about an inch or two away from the pocket makes it more difficult.

He's had take a look to see if he can come off the cushion and clip

He's going to play the plant. A big target. Let us have a look at

it again. Missed the red can be be. If this pink goes into the left

centre it is not a bad result. It There you see it does. It has

worked out a treat for Shaun Murphy. But does have a look at the shocked

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again. He tried to bring more reds That was a nice pot. He has a

choice of pink or black. He would love to have the black back on its

spot. Is not a difficult pot. The pink is a little bit easier. He

certainly but later it the black back on its spot as quickly as

A lovely spread. A practice routine these players would have been

practising in the practice room. It is all about cue ball control.

Shaun will be looking for a good run. He has got to the final of the

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Masters. He went out early. He is He is one of the top players in the

game now. He is one of those players who you expect to be at the

business end of most events. He has not had his best season. He would

expect him to win at least a couple He was the winner here in 2005. He

He is one of those players that possesses a wonderful cue action.

It is very smooth. And it's a great reaction of the cue ball.

delivery is very positive. He can He should have won more tournaments

in his career since his break Jamie is sitting out after that

If he wins this frame it will be the first time he has had a two

frame gap. It could be quite 65 ahead. 67 on the table. Black

A good pot. The pack -- the fact that it did not given to the middle

of the pocket is why he has lost the cue ball's flight beat. -- the

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He misses the pink but that is Below it looks his choice. --

He needs an angle than this red the people play for the black at this

stage. He has got a bit of angle. The pink is off the centre. It

He stayed down quite long after hitting the ball. It is not a bad

It's more this guarantees that will It really is impressive when he

gets going. He set up a nice opportunity for himself. A couple

He will try and take the red. The The red just to the right goes into

is that hand corner pocket. He does not have to worry about splitting

One. He does with the cue ball well. It is a big advantage. It gives him

more shots available. It is not about hitting the ball hard it is

He needs a good connection here potting the blue. He does not have

The resort the chance when you hit the reds that hard that that sum

He has got a 39 point lead. He will try and get on the pink and bring

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A pot but not a good position on A disappointing shot. A huge gap

He has given it plenty of time. You cannot get down quickly in

A little bit lucky. Some would say he deserved it up to such a good

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It will only just reached the He did a look as if it would be a

big break. But he has made it. He A chance of his second century of

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He may play for the black here. He Very impressive. We mentioned

earlier on in this match that we expected him to win more

tournaments over the years. This is the reason why. He's very

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He did not have that red for long. He needs some good form at the

moment. Shaun Murphy is looking in dominant form. He has been here so

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many times before. It is Jamie A misjudgment there. He caught it

What is he looking at a? It looks as though they raised one on in the

He is pretty straight on this blue. He will just try and drop it in or

That was a good shot. A bit of pressure on it. He be had missed it

Certainly unexpected. The pink into Jamie Jones tried to get on the

pink and bring it back on the table. I'm not quite sure it was the right

choice of shot. It looks like the two reds in the pink spot would

have tied up the pink. The fact It looks a very strange from an

I can see why he is not rolling up, because it is quite an easy escape.

How well did he hit it that one? That is a superb shot. Yes, a great

shot. APPLAUSE. We would love to get those Reds away from the pink,

but because the black is also tied up, you have to try to get the pink

back up to the end -- to this end off the table. Fails to do it on

that occasion, but he also has the red at the right middle. APPLAUSE.

I am not sure that he looked at that red that is on the pink spot.

He will not be able to win this frame with the blues. A well, he

could do, but it could taking a long time as well. -- it could take

him a long time. It just makes the break so much more difficult if you

do not have the pink and black in their spots. He has to work hard

for these points. An ideal position in the bottom right-hand corner

pocket. E it will be interesting to this pink. Does he tie it up or

will it be available? APPLAUSE. think it goes into the bottom right

corner pocket. That is quite tight - it goes p - it goes ped, but he

would like it to be a bit straighter. Very good. Showing a

bit of courage already in this match. He looks as if he could go a

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few frames behind. Shaun Murphy overran the cue ball, wanted to be

straighter, just below the pink. Straighter on the red. This has

been quite good, a little bit unorthodox, but he has potted that

very well. Excellent shot. Eight perfect angle. APPLAUSE. This will

certainly making still good, because it has been an impressive

break. Red and pink will be enough to leave the Shaun Murphy leading

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the snooker. APPLAUSE. Has missed the pink. That is enough with an

excellent break of 68 for Jamie Jones. He has close the gap once

again to one, but it is still Shaun Murphy who leads seven frames to

six. Jamie Jones getting the final session underway. APPLAUSE. He may

be disappointed at being 7-6 in front. The difference in these

longer matches is that there is a possible six frames. And players

have gone for their interval. A bit of crowd movement, which you always

get at the Crucible. It is not good when you are looking to war the

crowd. That can put you off. It is tight here as well. So close to the

great at miss here that the Crucible gives us. -- the great

atmosphere. That is always tricky when the balls are so close

together. Sometimes you have to push the ball. His choice of tomb'

Reds. -- two Reds. He would love to see that red again. Blocking the

path of the black in the left-hand corner pocket. Trying to keep the

black Open at the birth pockets. -- both pockets. He has asked for the

cue ball to be cleaned. I am not quite sure whether he got a kick.

Heavy contact. He does night like that middle pocket. He missed the

pink in the last round and it cost him. -- does not like that middle

pocket. APPLAUSE. That could have been better. Shaun Murphy would

have been cursing his luck with the bad contact he had on the red in

his last position. It will be worth it if this brown goes in. Jenny

Jones pocketed a spectacular brown in the previous round. The choice

of a couple of Reds in this circle. The red just write off the pink, to

left centre, is still on. -- just to the right of the pink. A similar

shot to what Shaun Murphy had on the other side. Just could not get

comfortable on that shot, Terry. He was showing a lot of that cue from

his bridge hand. -- throwing. It sometimes takes the cue off line.

Let's have a look at that. I have be left the circle up in the same

position for Shaun Murphy. He tried to disturb the Reds, but, he had a

good angle on the green and you would expect him to hit that,

because it is a big target. APPLAUSE. That is a bonus. Having a

good look at this green. It looks like the brown into that corner

pocket. He still has the yellow, but that he is more difficult.

APPLAUSE. The two chances Shaun Murphy has had in this frame and he

has not made the most of them. Pace is so important in these shots.

Where, what can you say about that one? APPLAUSE. Perfect. They have

not left Shaun Murphy safety. No other choice. The last thing you

want to do here is to leave a twitching ball for your opponent,

Terry. Well, you saw that red just roll back there on to the cue ball.

No touching ball has been called, so... i played in a match as an

amateur and the referee in Dublin - the balls war quite close together

and he called, not touching, would you believe it. I only heard the

word, touching, and I played away. That is the only time I have heard

a referee call that. The referee, of course, has to declared a

touching ball. You cannot make that decision yourself - like all

decisions out there. His there a red? It is half a chance. No, not

quite. He could not quite get to the red he is close to now - to the

potting angle on it. He can see most of it, but not enough to pot

it. Not touching, the referee said than. Ha. ha ha. We are blessed

with a lot of a very efficient referees these days. It was not

always like that. When you played in the local league, the referee

was one of the players in the team - normally the best fighter that

won the match. He is looking for a way out here. Neither player would

like this type of safety bout, because there is no advantage for

either of them. He has to be very careful. He said, he may have to

catch this. Audience laughter. has to bounce the cue ball. He has

played that very well. APPLAUSE.. An excellent shot. He could not

have played that much better. it is nice to bring the audience

into the game, I think it breaks the quiet spell for them. The only

trouble is in the Crucible, if they are all laughing and the other

table is on, it can disturb the other players. Some players have

complained about that. Many players complain about anything and

everything these days. The outside red does go down into the bottom

left pocket. Well, look at that. Has he covered that red or not? He

to --. One thing he had to do is get past the wine. Three colours. A

very thin cut on the yellow. In the previous frame he took an

aggressive brown into the middle, got it, won the frame from it. He

is taking an aggressive approach here. Should he get it, this will

provide it dividends. A APPLAUSE. It is there. That is the cue ball.

Not too bad. An excellent shot. He has a perfect angle on the red. He

can knock the red away from the black and bring the red into play.

Just move the red, just to the right of the black. Well done.

APPLAUSE. That really opens things up now. An excellent opportunity

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now to level the match. He does not want to be too straight on this

black. Just overscrewed it, a little bit of adrenalin. He has to

run this cue ball off two cushions now. No, that is poor. Just trying

to get a clip on those two Reds which were quite close together. He

will be very disappointed. Just trying to clip that red. It was an

Jamie Jones, when he plays top-spin, is stick is not that high. He just

loses that little bit of momentum. Like a lot of players these days, a

bit lower down with the tip. If the top-spin was quicker, he would have

made the cannon into those two Reds. They look great when they go in.

But when you miss them you leave yourself open to criticism. High

risk. You are only going to cannon into the second red and take the

cue ball down the table. Not an easy red, this one. This was not

easy, into a blind pocket. Shaun Murphy will be devastated - not

just missing, but leaving the red on. He got away with it, Shaun

Murphy. That could have been a lot easier for Jamie Jones. Again, he

has lost the cue ball. Played a couple of a very loose positional

shots today. And here is another one. A couple of frames ago we saw

how he overran a cue ball on the cushion. It cost him. The end of

the break. I'm just wondering, Ken, if in the previous frame when Jamie

Jones made a lovely 68. It puts a seed of doubt in the mind of Shaun

Murphy if he will win this match. In this frame he has played a few

poor shot, when you would expect him to push on. Another one.

Certainly getting a little bit nervous out there for both players

now. This is a big shot. An excellent shot. APPLAUSE. Fully

committed to the pot. A few more inches for the pink or for the

black. He had to put his full concentration into the pot them,

but even after playing another good shot, I cannot believe he has taken

that. It would be blue all day for me. Audience size. It looked in.

am not sure what he could have, held it for that red below the pink.

The problem is that he is playing it so slowed to cover the pocket

that it did not reach. I am not quite sure whether he even tried it

in there or just tried to go up again. APPLAUSE. If he tried to

track the cue ball,... The only problem for Shaun Murphy is he does

not want to bring this red closer to the cushion. Bringing it to the

left-hand side off the table if possible. He has to be careful

there. To avoid the Reds. Once you believe a red on the left-hand side

off the table, there is always a but I am not quite sure whether he

is on this red. Let's have a look. It is very tight. His body language

What an act from both players. They are both playing very aggressively.

Want to go into a defensive shell, A big frame this. Both players have

good chances. They could make too much of them. That was excellent

from Jamie Jones. 13 points in That did not go into the middle of

the pocket. Subsequently, it He wants to stay away from that

cushion. A strike for it. Trying 21 points ahead. The green would

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There D8. That was a scrappy try angle. He has shown Shaun Murphy

And Shaun Murphy has got a lot to think about. A few seeds have gone

out already. The top seeds think What an excellent long pot from a

He's starting to get a spring in his step. Shaun Murphy look like he

was going to win. But he has played a few loose shots and gone for a

few that maybe in the Order today. He is starring Jamie Jones a

Jamie Jones has stood up to everything that Shaun Murphy has

thrown at him so far. There may be greater test to come in this match.

You would say that was right in the heart of the pocket if you were a

Welshman. Jamie Jones is 24. You see all these young lads. They had

been playing in Welsh junior events when you could only just see over

the table. Nice to see boys come through on to the circuit from the

amateur games. Jamie got back in through the walls Association

events. That has stopped now because the new system is only the

He is looking good. He looks confident and at peace with himself.

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A couple of loose tries before he That was a nice angle. It was

screwed up for the bill. Aloft the angle on the blue one. -- i love

That has worked at a treat. Has the red come have recovered? Now he is

Let's have a look at the player hitting the pink full on. It worked

Jamie Jones has broken into the top 32 for the first time. That has

given him a lot of confidence. He will be included with a Ricky

Walden up in the qualifiers a week ago. He's very ambitious. And sure

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he will be trying to push next year Shaun Murphy is going to have to

think about it. For only the second time in this match, Jamie Jones has

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been in the lead. Shaun Murphy is Florida Peter and on the Crucible,

-- for a debutante on the Crucible, It would be nice to get a total

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It is a very difficult shot. problem with trying to drop it in

is that you walk leave the red that is on the black spot. It is a very

hard shot. Could it have gone off the edge? He didn't have to get

back into the baulk area. He could have played it on to the black

Another chance for a share and Murphy -- Shaun Murphy. He doesn't

have the angle on the pink. It Maybe just dropping the pink in and

playing it from distance... We have seen examples of it, his cue action,

throughout the match. He needs to rely on it here. This is a tough

He has not been making the big shots in this session. That

certainly was an easy one. But were not used to seeing him a knock that

Jamie Jones has got to go for it but it does not a very pleasant one.

A good attempt. To win off the cushion at an angle is never easy.

That was a very good safety shot. He can't really roll-up to this red.

He will leave himself in trouble. He is going to have to play at a

That is a possible angle. He needs to be careful. Out. Shaun Murphy

seven. Shaun will be putting it Brechin. It is not only difficult

to hit the black, being so close to the red, but it is also very

Jamie Jones is trying to hit the red ball fall and he is quite a

long way out. He hit to the cushion It is easy to play of the other

cushion to hit the red, but you could count on the black and leave

the red on. That is why he has gone to the opposite cushion. He has

come out OK. He will be happy with This frame has been running for 33

minutes. What a huge frame it is He has covered the pot. He has

covered the red. You can just see the edge of the red. It is not easy.

What a wall of the ball. This would have been straight forward for

Shaun Murphy. It is not difficult to hit, but the problem is not

hitting the red, it is trying to get it safe. You can't come off the

right-hand side of the cushion. Is it going to swerve? This is

If the brown is close enough to the ball ball, it will be OK, it will

This could go wrong. This could go horribly wrong. It is a tough

swerve because there is such a You have got to trust to luck here

with this round. Has he got it? It is close. I think he has left a

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Took the score a few times, take a deep breath. This is huge. The

frame is going on. He could lose He played that perfectly.

(APPLAUSE) he has taken the 37 minutes that frame took. But

He has not cut a good portion of the Reds in today. That will be a

He really has to start taking it vantage of these chances and win at

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A nice little angle. He can still be on the loose red at the bottom

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The last of the open reds. If he That was OK. It could have been

better. But he has got a red into the bottom right-hand corner pocket.

We see the cue ball going through It doesn't have to go into the Reds

if he doesn't want to. It is the Shaun Murphy 46. You can see from

that camera angle, he just came right across the shot. He had to

put a touch of stun on to hold for the black. It would have been a

very disappointing miss for him. He has been hitting the ball nicely in

Have a look at this one. You can tell from where the cue ball

finished, it was it in a straight line for the black. He should on

the wrong side. The recount a for A problem for Jamie Jones at the

moment. He will be thinking this is He is not frightened of beating the

top, John Higgins, in the final. It was a big win. He beat Ricky Walden

in the qualifiers. I think it was 10-2. Yes, an emphatic win against

a former top 16 player. You only need one final. It is just that

hope that to get a good chance. The red is closest to in the pink

spot. That would be his next truce That was an excellent shot. He has

got a perfect angle on the blue. There is one loose red. It must go

into the bunch for the blue. He doesn't have it too hard. Just a

little bit of pace. It just went into the side and he hit it for one.

It's not to bat. It is wanted to Shaun Murphy, Terry, will be

fearing the worst as he sits in his chair. The only thing in his favour

is that he had a 46 point lead. Just a little bit to do. He red

left to get on off this black. If there is anything easy at this

stage. Everything magnified at this stage. The pressure, the degree of

difficulty. The disappointment if you do not make the shot. Try and

get low on the black here now. The red has a nice angle. That looks

pretty good. Now, just one good split he for Jamie Jones. APPLAUSE.

Must be on a red, and that looks just about perfect. APPLAUSE.

it to the left centre. Red to the left centre. His heart will be

racing at the moment. The first time he has played in the Crucible.

APPLAUSE. That is the Shia pressure of the Crucible Theatre. --.

took a long time on that shot. He was down to long, made the shot to

important. If I get to this, I could win the match - that is what

that shows. Somebody who has not been here before trying to beat a

former world champion. That will certainly give a Shaun Murphy a bit

of confidence. How much world Jenny chance live to regret that meets? -

- we all are Jamie Jones lived to regret that do you. How much will

Jenny Jones leave to do you regret that missed ball? Brown and blue

required. Just a few moments ago Jamie thought he was in the next

round. Shaun Murphy thought he was on the way home. This match is well

and truly still alive. There goes the pink. APPLAUSE. And Shaun

Murphy takes the frame. So, off we go again. The 18th frame. Jamie

Jones breaks off. Still a little bit disappointed, alright. He will

be OK, Jamie Jones. He is a tough cookie, I can tell you. APPLAUSE.

It is so difficult out there when you are one frame away from victory.

You can sense it on every shot. How many have fallen here, Ken? The

words in the mind - I should win from here. I think we have both

done that, Terry, a few times. I think everybody has. APPLAUSE.

has to clear his mind. He played a good defence in safety. Ford Jamie

Jones, a few safety darts, a good five minutes just to settle him

down. -- safety bouts. A's! -- APPLAUSE. Even those these shots

can be unsettling under pressure, he has not left anything, just

maybe hit it too thin or too hard, or maybe both. It has just given

Shaun Murphy a better chance of a more difficult safety to play. He

has certainly done that. You are looking at the red to the left of

the pink, possibly. For one lower down toward the back cushion. --.

Things are going wrong. How is his luck? What a difference that can

make. Shaun Murphy could have seen that red as a nice, easy start. Is

got momentum now. APPLAUSE. Is got a second red. -- he has got a

second breath. APPLAUSE. Excellent. Let's have a look at this again.

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Watch the reaction on the cue ball. will be very unlucky if he is not

on this black. APPLAUSE. It looks like if he wants to pot the black

he will have to swerve it. APPLAUSE.!! The very unfortunate,

there. He took the aggressive approach, and tried to move the red

off the black spot. That was not working. Howard Ding Junhui just

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can't that red full ball? -- how do you just cut the red? What a shot.

APPLAUSE. Jenny Jones took a difficult red on and he was trapped.

The balls go where they want to go. -- Jamie Jones. It was very

unfortunate, wasn't it? An excellent pot. Very unlucky not to

be on the black there. APPLAUSE. That was pretty good. It looks like

he has Shaun Murphy inane lot of trouble here. Cover the Reds on the

left-hand side off the table. Can he just come off the side cushion

and maybe Nestle into this pack of Reds. It looks a bit hard. Quite a

good shot from Shaun Murphy, because he got quite close to

hitting the pink. He could not come off the edge of the Reds, because

he would have put them in the middle. APPLAUSE. Is has been a

great match. There is more to come, but it is the perfect blend. Top

seeds and world to champions against the newcomer Jenny Jones. -

- Jenny duck. Quite a bit of risk involved. If he could take the blue

full on, the shot would have been a lot easier. APPLAUSE. Just before

the cue ball hits the red, the spin goes off. Points for Jenny Jones. -

- Jamie Jones. He has a couple of Reds to go out here before he

contemplate so going into break some. The red to the extreme right

pots into this bottom left-hand corner pocket. If he leaves a

little angle, it looks like he may have, he may be able to just brush

off the Reds on the way up for... He is looking to see, can he hold

it? He may be able to hold it for the pink. I am with you, Ken. I

think he should move the red if he can. Could not have wished for

better. Really well. APPLAUSE. was very unlucky. He played it the

black very positive. I like that. He has not made too much of me live

it. He just looked at the balls, walks away and this is the safety

shot he has to play now. APPLAUSE. He had a feeling that a good case

on those Reds in this match was done and dusted. That is very well

played. APPLAUSE. He saw Jamie Jones tapping his cue on the table

in appreciation. An excellent Return of safety from Shaun Murphy.

Shaun will have to pull another good safety shot out here. He has

to be careful of way he put the red. He has not covered it. He has been

very fortunate if he has done. is getting tense out there.

APPLAUSE. I mentioned earlier, everything gets difficult tour the

end of the match under this sort of pressure. You see the twitching of

the players in the chair, and their disappointment if they come to the

table and they have not been left with a shot to go one way. At the

end of the day, there is and the one happy person at the end of the

game. Is got a difficult choice here, Shaun Murphy. -- he has got a

difficult choice. He has over is hit by a couple of feet. There is

nothing straightforward here for Jamie Jones. A East none of those

three Reds go into the left corner pocket, middle, Surrey. It is worth

taking this red on. It is going to be a more difficult pot. APPLAUSE.

A good attempt, but he was keeping the cue ball down toward the back

cushion. He would not really have been on a colour. Audience groans.

Well, that could be Shaun Murphy's last shot in this year's World

Championship. He just had a knuckle of the middle pocket. Let's look at

the chances he has left Jamie Jones. 25 points ahead. He has over down

that one. The top red does not go. A bit of adrenalin overscrewed it.

With the brown and blue tied up, it is not easy now. The APPLAUSE.

Maybe some doubts coming into the mind now. APPLAUSE. A big shot. He

is committing. And he has got it. What a beautiful shot. That was

perfect. APPLAUSE. Yes, good pot. The fact that he was going into the

blue nates a little more difficult. He has judged it very well. -- made

it a little more difficult. Going for the pink into the centre of. 29

points ahead. So just one red and a whole family of colour. He is

taking some deep breaths as he top side of the blue. That looks

about perfect. The blue will put him 51 ahead. He needs one more red.

This has been an excellent performance from Jamie Jones.

Audience groans. It is not over yet. Can you believe it? Oh, my goodness.

51 ahead. 51 still remaining. Amazing. What can happen out there.

He was two inches short on that red off the blue to win frame and match

and now he has a much tougher wrote here over distance. Tougher.'s!

APPLAUSE. A bit of a motion from Jamie Jones - that it shows you how

much that meant to him. He has had to work for it, no doubt about that.

It is still not over yet. Stay in your seats, folks. 48 ahead, 43

left on the table. C the in the next round? Has so much

drama, so much tension, so much excitement. That's what this game

is about. Bass looks pretty good. That looks very good. An excellent

shot. APPLAUSE. He is 48 points behind, Shaun. It is also possible

for one snooker to get the opportunity. APPLAUSE. Good shot.

It is the wrong shot from Shaun. He is leaving a chance there for Jamie

Jones. APPLAUSE. Now a reaction this time, but I am sure that will

see him through to the next round. It has been an excellent

performance. The first time at the Crucible and he has played so well.

APPLAUSE. He congratulates Jenny Jones. Shaun Murphy will be very