:02:05. > :02:09.Hello and welcome to Snooker Extra. Tonight it is the second session of
:02:09. > :02:14.the second round match between Stephen Maguire and world number 26,
:02:14. > :02:20.Joe Perry. Maguire led 5-3 after their opening session. We will join
:02:20. > :02:25.the action with our commentators, Dennis Taylor and John Parrott.
:02:25. > :02:31.Perry gets the first frame in this second session under way. If it is
:02:31. > :02:36.anything like their opening session we are in for a treat. Not the best
:02:36. > :02:42.break from Gentleman Joe as he was introduced as. He did remarkably
:02:42. > :02:45.well to win the last frame to get himself just two behind. Looked
:02:45. > :02:53.like he couldn't possibly have been four behind, so it was a great
:02:53. > :02:58.frame. Three centuries to start this match, one by Joe and then two
:02:58. > :03:08.by Stephen Maguire. It was a brilliant standard. Look at the pot
:03:08. > :03:13.
:03:14. > :03:19.I am not sure if that black goes, John, what do you think? It might
:03:19. > :03:24.be tight but that was a big shot to have for the very first shot of the
:03:24. > :03:31.opening frame today. If you knock it in it is great for you but if
:03:31. > :03:34.you miss it you know that you are leading them on. If he screws this
:03:34. > :03:40.back he could clear the path. You can see the black won't go, you
:03:40. > :03:43.have the perfect - if he can position that, canon the other red
:03:43. > :03:46.he might slip behind the black believe it or not. That would be
:03:46. > :03:51.some shot and it would really open the game up. The other thing about
:03:51. > :03:56.it, it clears the black spot properly. If he can do this and get
:03:56. > :04:06.this right, certainly opens up the path for both pockets for the black
:04:06. > :04:17.
:04:17. > :04:22.He knocks that century in the opening frame and then all of a
:04:22. > :04:29.sudden he missed a few easy balls - three or four very easy balls - but
:04:29. > :04:34.he did get it going again at the back-end of the match. Of course
:04:34. > :04:44.when you are playing three sessions in this second round you can afford
:04:44. > :05:04.
:05:04. > :05:09.to have a few, well, dodgy little Just what Joe would have been
:05:09. > :05:14.looking for today. A good chance in this opening frame. Does want to be
:05:14. > :05:18.going 6-3 behind. Puts more pressure on the mix the frame. If
:05:18. > :05:28.he can just reduce that deficit to one you feel as if you are right
:05:28. > :05:30.
:05:30. > :05:36.He is very good to watch. He is easy on the eye, Joe Perry, the way
:05:36. > :05:44.He doesn't rush around but he is certainly not slow, that is for
:05:44. > :05:47.sure. Lovely compact action. Oh, that bounced off the curbion. Look
:05:47. > :05:51.at where the cue ball has finished there. I am not surprised he is
:05:51. > :05:55.looking up and having a laugh. we have seen one or two occasions
:05:55. > :06:00.of that in this first week here of Sheffield but that is by far the
:06:00. > :06:09.worst. That came off, well, twice the speed it went on simply. Of
:06:09. > :06:13.course now he has to hit a colour. He is going to have to get the
:06:13. > :06:17.spider out and nominate brown or yellow here. Possibly even the
:06:17. > :06:21.green. It is going to be awkward cuing. I think the green would be
:06:21. > :06:27.the better one because if he missed the yellow he might leave that
:06:27. > :06:34.longish one. Do you not fancy the black, Dennis? Well, it is an easy
:06:34. > :06:37.escape on to the black. It is just a case of how many panels he points.
:06:37. > :06:42.There was no apparent red there that was on. I don't know if there
:06:42. > :06:50.is at the back of the pack. I would probably play the back, but there
:06:50. > :07:00.must be. He is going to go down - he has decided to play the yellow.
:07:00. > :07:01.
:07:01. > :07:07.Yeah, he had a choice of all three colours there. That is pretty close
:07:07. > :07:11.but it doesn't matter how close he gets the miss will be called. As
:07:11. > :07:15.John mentioned, it is much easier to hit the black but he doesn't
:07:15. > :07:19.want to hit the black. The only thing with this shot playing the
:07:19. > :07:29.yellow f he hits the yellow full ball he will leave a possible pot
:07:29. > :07:36.
:07:36. > :07:46.on. That is why I thought maybe go for the green or the brown. It is a
:07:46. > :07:56.
:07:56. > :08:05.slightly easier angle to hit the He has missed it the other side. He
:08:05. > :08:11.He has missed at the left side, he has missed at the right side F he
:08:11. > :08:15.can find somewhere in the middle he should hit the yellow full ball.
:08:15. > :08:21.This is annoying for Joe because it wasn't really his fault that he
:08:21. > :08:27.finished in this position - it was just the bounce off the cushion.
:08:27. > :08:37.Now we have the perfect picture there. Yes, spot on, right in the
:08:37. > :08:38.
:08:38. > :08:43.As I say, the only thing with taking the yellow he was always
:08:43. > :08:47.going to leave it if he hit - it was one of the occasions where
:08:47. > :08:50.he wouldn't afford to hit it much harder because if he missed the
:08:50. > :08:59.yellow he could bring the cue ball back. You said this was always
:08:59. > :09:05.going to be on. This is not a gym me by a long stretch but someone
:09:05. > :09:15.with his capabilities will screw back and there is a chance.
:09:15. > :09:25.
:09:25. > :09:30.played it the other way and played the run through. He didn't risk
:09:30. > :09:40.anything. Normal shots that he was playing he was refusing them and
:09:40. > :09:56.
:09:56. > :10:00.playing tight, as if he had a game He might have just stuck it over
:10:00. > :10:03.the middle pocket. If he can drop this in, I'm not sure if he can
:10:03. > :10:06.hold for the blue but there are a couple of reds available if he
:10:06. > :10:11.can't do that. It wouldn't be the way I would have been playing that
:10:11. > :10:15.one I'm afraid. I think I would be leaving the cue ball beside the
:10:15. > :10:19.side cushion there. Still, we all see the game different limit I
:10:19. > :10:27.don't really know why he played it at that speed. The red was never
:10:27. > :10:37.going to go anywhere away from the cue ball if he missed. There is a
:10:37. > :10:44.
:10:44. > :10:47.red at the back of that bunch that He hit it a little bit too hard but
:10:47. > :10:52.it might work to his advantage because he is going to have to open
:10:52. > :10:56.up the reds now. He is going to have be-to-be careful that he
:10:56. > :11:00.didn't leave the cue ball on the side cushion. Would he be playing
:11:01. > :11:06.this with top spin or crewing this back? I think looking at the angel
:11:06. > :11:10.he might be able to run it through the reds - angle he might be able
:11:10. > :11:14.to run it through the reds. He certainly did that but where is the
:11:14. > :11:22.cue ball going to finish? I think the pink might pot you know. He has
:11:22. > :11:28.to get the rest out but I think it You don't get much more positive
:11:28. > :11:33.than that. Look at them there. You will see them in a minute, it looks
:11:33. > :11:37.like an explosion in the paint factory. That was a perfect example
:11:37. > :11:47.of top spin, the way the white stopped and ran right through the
:11:47. > :12:04.
:12:04. > :12:09.Mentioned there how the white ran through the red with the top spin.
:12:09. > :12:13.That is where you hit the ball when you are playing top spin. It sort
:12:13. > :12:17.of stops and watch the ball. Look at that, the spin takes effect. It
:12:17. > :12:21.is lovely. You would never see that without those red dots on the ball.
:12:21. > :12:31.I don't think the players would be too happy if they had to play with
:12:31. > :12:38.
:12:38. > :12:43.He has finished strict on the blue. He hasn't got himself into prime
:12:43. > :12:47.position just yet. One good shot this time and he should be OK.
:12:47. > :12:52.only thing to guard against here is that red on the left-hand side. He
:12:52. > :13:02.would be reaching over to get very close. I am not surprised he is
:13:02. > :13:12.
:13:12. > :13:22.A good clean cut and he would be extremely disappointed not to win
:13:22. > :13:29.
:13:29. > :13:39.The way the red is situated it doesn't matter which side of the
:13:39. > :13:39.
:13:39. > :14:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:14:28. > :14:35.The young Belgium sensation, but the young player did show a lot of
:14:35. > :14:45.potential. The youngest player ever to play the Crucible, superceding
:14:45. > :14:50.
:14:50. > :14:58.It looked as if the young man wasn't going to been to tour, John,
:14:58. > :15:01.and he has a wildcard, him and Tony Dragoss and I think it was the
:15:01. > :15:05.right decision to do that and it will be niece to have the
:15:05. > :15:09.international flavour there. He has always been extremely popular in
:15:09. > :15:15.Belgium. I used to love going over there and playing in the town
:15:15. > :15:25.meants that they had.Ter clubs were always full -- the clubs were
:15:25. > :15:28.
:15:28. > :15:31.always full of enthusiastic players. Luckily it hasn't affected the - it
:15:32. > :15:41.has just affected the cue ball but with the red up the other end he is
:15:42. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :16:03.OK. He has finished almost straight on this but there is an abundance
:16:03. > :16:05.
:16:05. > :16:09.of cue power in his action. Did you see the reverse side on that cue
:16:09. > :16:14.ball? That would have come back and hit the yellow. As it is he will
:16:14. > :16:18.have to take - I don't know if the blue pots past the yellow but if
:16:18. > :16:28.not brown or green. Just watch this, normally that would come back and
:16:28. > :16:41.
:16:41. > :16:51.Well, I don't think he can see this red either now. I think that is
:16:51. > :16:55.So I mentioned earlier he would be extremely disappointed not to win
:16:55. > :17:05.this frame. He is going to have to pull a cracking shot out here to
:17:05. > :17:05.
:17:05. > :17:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:17:56. > :18:02.Surely he hasn't got away with this. He can't get through to that red
:18:02. > :18:06.and he will be hoping that the red can pass the pink. If not Stephen
:18:06. > :18:10.Maguire has had a result but I think the ped right just pass - it
:18:10. > :18:15.will be very tight, though. But it is not very straightforward. If you
:18:15. > :18:18.think like that sometimes you are better off concentrating on the one
:18:18. > :18:25.that you absolutely know goes. It is the one on the right-hand side
:18:25. > :18:35.and OK it is a more difficult shot. Well, it looks OK from there but
:18:35. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:39.when Joe gets down to look that will be very tight to him. The
:18:39. > :18:44.other thing about this shot, if you take the one on the right-hand side
:18:44. > :18:54.and you knock it in, it is the only one that is reasonably awkward so
:18:54. > :18:59.
:19:00. > :19:05.there is no reason why you can't Stephen Maguire had an unbelievable
:19:05. > :19:10.result with his last visit to the table when he missed - I thought
:19:10. > :19:15.Joe might have run that through to get on the black. The angle he had
:19:15. > :19:19.there he could have rolled it in and finished on the black and
:19:19. > :19:29.wouldn't have left this red that Steven is looking at. The cut into
:19:29. > :19:46.
:19:46. > :19:56.the corner. It was a thin one but at least it stopped the whiets
:19:56. > :19:57.
:19:57. > :20:01.going anywhere near the middle Is the side going to take here?
:20:01. > :20:06.Yeah, that is a great shot, you know f he can get past the green.
:20:06. > :20:13.Terrific amount of right-hand side to get up on to that red. I mean,
:20:13. > :20:23.it looks so easy but cuing the ball with so much right-hand side at
:20:23. > :20:30.
:20:30. > :20:40.that pace was excellent. Watch the white, see it? All done with side
:20:40. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:48.spin. He would be pretty relieves, Stephen Maguire. For all the world
:20:48. > :20:54.it looked as if Joe perperwas just going to -- Perry was just going to
:20:54. > :21:00.get back to one frame behind but he was a bit lucky, there, steef
:21:00. > :21:10.Maguire to, be fair. When you maisz a shot like that you and -- miss a
:21:10. > :21:20.
:21:20. > :21:30.shot like that and you happen to get a little bit lucky you take it.
:21:30. > :21:35.There was a fair bit of pressure on In yesterday's session, Stephen
:21:35. > :21:39.Maguire looked so focused. He looked a little bit edgy in his
:21:39. > :21:47.first round match here but the way he has started this match, he
:21:47. > :21:52.looked up for it. I think he feels that, you know, it is his time to
:21:52. > :21:57.lift the world title. It doesn't matter about the blue so the best
:21:57. > :22:07.possible start for steef Maguire. He had an earlier break of 47 but
:22:07. > :22:18.
:22:18. > :22:22.Joe had his chances, didn't take them, it 16-3 to Stephen Maguire.
:22:22. > :22:32.That is a very poor break off from Stephen Maguire. My goodness he has
:22:32. > :22:40.
:22:40. > :22:46.left that a long way short. A chance for Joe here. They are
:22:46. > :22:56.confidence boosters these. I think there is a built of chocolate
:22:56. > :23:00.
:23:00. > :23:10.munching going on by somebody and it is putting the players off.
:23:10. > :23:15.
:23:15. > :23:20.you mentioned, he looked a little He must have hit that with a little
:23:20. > :23:30.bit of side on the cue ball to hit it that straight. He has not
:23:30. > :23:31.
:23:31. > :24:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:24:18. > :24:26.settled down yet. That is quite a good shot from Joe. That is a bit
:24:26. > :24:32.more pressure on Stephen's safety shot to return to the balk area.
:24:32. > :24:42.looks a nice bar of chocolate as well. It has just disappeared there
:24:42. > :24:49.
:24:49. > :24:59.into the Crucible. I don't know That was a very good pot. Might
:24:59. > :25:06.
:25:06. > :25:12.need another one here. It might look easy, but these are tough,
:25:12. > :25:22.especially if you are going to - I think the Phantom chocolate eater
:25:22. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:40.I tell you what, it doesn't put Stephen Maguire off. He got up,
:25:40. > :25:43.back down and just stung that in. A terrific shot to roll the brown in
:25:43. > :25:47.from that position is tough enough. A couple of reds available - the
:25:47. > :25:57.two at the back look like they are available into both corners. So no
:25:57. > :26:02.
:26:02. > :26:07.need to go into the reds. If he wins this frame it opens up four-
:26:08. > :26:17.frame advantage. He is the sort of player that can bully you. He won't
:26:18. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:23.let go. That is what you have to do at this game. Steve Davis bullied
:26:23. > :26:28.everything in the '80s. If you have your opponent where you want them
:26:28. > :26:33.you keep on pushing on. As I mentioned about Joe Perry not
:26:33. > :26:42.looking nerve free, Stephen Maguire manages to win this frame it is
:26:42. > :26:46.going to make it even worse for Joe. A little shake of the head. That is
:26:46. > :26:51.why, he wanted to be straight on to roll that in. The other red to the
:26:51. > :26:58.right of it as we look was available for the other corner so a
:26:58. > :27:08.slight change of plan. Now screwing back instead of running through for
:27:08. > :27:13.
:27:13. > :27:18.the black. I am not quite sure. He should finish on pink or blue. He
:27:18. > :27:25.has an unwanted kiss on the blue, but is it not a bad kiss because it
:27:25. > :27:30.is almost straight and he is screw up to the back of the bunch.
:27:30. > :27:35.would go so far as to say that was a wonderful kiss. A cracking angel
:27:35. > :27:41.to keep that. Now all he needs to do is be leaving himself half ball
:27:41. > :27:49.on the back so he can canon up into the pack. He has to make sure he
:27:49. > :27:52.gets the cue ball leaving yourself an angle on the black. He has left
:27:52. > :27:55.that angle you mentioned. He couldn't go for the blue this time
:27:55. > :28:00.which is easier to go into the bunch simply because the pink is
:28:00. > :28:05.away from the reds, and that was the reason he decided on the black
:28:05. > :28:15.rather than the blue. He has excellent cue power as you
:28:15. > :28:22.
:28:22. > :28:27.mentioned earlier, Dennis, and you should see it here. There is one or
:28:27. > :28:31.two he can have. He is not absolutely plum on the ones in the
:28:31. > :28:41.middle pocket, so it is this one. Be careful, you don't want to play
:28:41. > :28:47.
:28:47. > :28:57.They have opened up beautifully, but he did open them up himself so
:28:57. > :29:16.
:29:16. > :29:20.Well, well, well. Stephen Maguire, that would annoy him I can tell you.
:29:20. > :29:24.He has kicked the cue and you don't blame him, he does that, but that
:29:24. > :29:30.was just a lapse in concentration there. And that is what he was
:29:30. > :29:40.doing in his first-round match. Played some great stuff in that but
:29:40. > :30:03.
:30:03. > :30:06.He only gave that cue I think one Joe really has to go to work here.
:30:06. > :30:16.His opponent has let him off the hook with that mistake and you have
:30:16. > :30:55.
:30:55. > :31:00.That is OK. He might elect to try to bring the pink into play simply
:31:00. > :31:05.because he has gone a little bit further than he intended but it
:31:05. > :31:09.could work to his advantage here. He has decided not to risk the
:31:09. > :31:12.canon on this occasion. I don't blame him because all of those reds
:31:12. > :31:17.will open each other up and the pink is available into the right
:31:17. > :31:26.corner. That was the reason he didn't risk the canon but he could
:31:26. > :31:34.hold for this one. As he gets on one of those four reds it clears
:31:34. > :31:44.the path for another couple. This will do Joe's confidence the world
:31:44. > :31:48.
:31:48. > :31:53.of good if he can nick this through. Clever little shot that, the way he
:31:54. > :32:03.played it. Left himself the option of two pots here - one in the
:32:04. > :32:07.
:32:07. > :32:11.As Dennis said, the reds will start to clear themselves once this one
:32:11. > :32:15.has gone below the pink. The other two will be available - one into
:32:15. > :32:19.the corner and the other one into the centre. No excuse for not
:32:19. > :32:29.getting the next three or four reds. Yes, the one on the cushion, that
:32:29. > :32:39.
:32:39. > :32:49.That is OK, just a perfect angle to leave the choice of three reds
:32:49. > :33:00.
:33:00. > :33:10.Interesting to see when he leaves the angle to try to bring the
:33:10. > :33:18.
:33:18. > :33:23.Not a bad idea to get that one the If he had have been straight on
:33:23. > :33:26.that he could have potted the red, left the angle on the pink and
:33:26. > :33:36.tried to canon that one out F he leaves it to the very last he will
:33:36. > :33:51.
:33:51. > :33:55.only have one chance. Now he will have to do wit the back, as you can
:33:55. > :34:04.see - it with the black, as you can see. Just a little circle anywhere
:34:04. > :34:07.near there would be perfect. He has overdone that. Careless from Joe.
:34:07. > :34:17.Very careless. That was a good chance but he can't move the red
:34:17. > :34:17.
:34:17. > :34:22.Yes, I am a little bit surprised he screwed that. He has left quite a
:34:22. > :34:26.bit of angle on that. He could have played a soft stun and bounced it
:34:26. > :34:30.off the cushion and back but he has let it go. But now that chance of
:34:30. > :34:33.removing the red is gone. If you pot the black you have to leave
:34:33. > :34:43.yourself in a position to play a good safety on the last red, so
:34:43. > :34:50.
:34:51. > :34:56.Knocking that brown relatively safe is not a bad thing from Joe's point
:34:56. > :35:05.of view. Because if he does slip up the colours are all on their spots
:35:05. > :35:15.I tell you what, it is pretty tough to get this safe as well. It is not
:35:15. > :35:15.
:35:15. > :35:24.one you can bump and knock around the angles. As we look at it, he
:35:24. > :35:34.could hit it on the left-hand side, send the ball across the top of the
:35:34. > :35:35.
:35:35. > :35:39.table and up off the baulk area. If he hits that thin and brings the
:35:39. > :35:49.red across the table, he can get back around that way. It is just an
:35:49. > :36:01.
:36:01. > :36:11.Where is that cue ball? He hit it much too thin, didn't he? It wasn't
:36:11. > :36:16.
:36:16. > :36:26.easy. Not often you see the pros take a double n but that was one
:36:26. > :36:33.
:36:33. > :36:40.occasion where it was worth the As I mentioned about the brown
:36:40. > :36:45.going safe, and he is nicely on the yellow, but that brown was a good
:36:45. > :36:48.ball for Joe Perry to finish up relatively safe. Yes, it was always
:36:48. > :36:51.a big help that Stephen Maguire didn't hit that black properly.
:36:51. > :36:56.Knew immediately as soon as he had struck that one it was coming close
:36:56. > :37:06.to the green with the cue ball, and this is a very fine cut. And
:37:06. > :37:14.
:37:14. > :37:24.Has he got away with this again? He nearly went into the middle pocket.
:37:24. > :37:25.
:37:26. > :37:35.He missed the yellow because he had Not a snooker, just got to be
:37:36. > :37:46.
:37:46. > :37:49.careful if he sends this around the angles. Played it well this time.
:37:49. > :37:59.Stephen just stepping aside letting the referee see the exact location
:37:59. > :38:12.
:38:12. > :38:16.of the ball, just in case there is That was about the west he could do.
:38:16. > :38:20.A chance for Joe to get behind the black Ben but he has to be careful
:38:20. > :38:30.with the cue ball. And also the other ball. He wants to keep it
:38:30. > :38:38.
:38:38. > :38:48.safe also. That is much better. He has rathered to miss the snooker
:38:48. > :39:00.
:39:00. > :39:08.It has gone in but he was trying to knock the brown out there. It was
:39:08. > :39:13.quite a clever shot he came up with there.. Did he get a little bit of
:39:13. > :39:19.a double-kiss? I am not sure when he hit the yellow. It is as if
:39:19. > :39:29.there was a slight double-kiss. No. But you are right, John, he tried
:39:29. > :39:35.
:39:35. > :39:40.to move the brown and fluked the Even though it is the first to 13,
:39:40. > :39:46.this is quite a key frame we are watching here. Will it be four
:39:46. > :39:51.frames or will it be two the difference. Not really much he can
:39:51. > :39:55.do with this but try to chip the brown behind the black and leave
:39:55. > :39:59.the white somewhere near the blue between blue and pink which is a
:40:00. > :40:08.simple shot if you want to play that. He has gone for the double,
:40:08. > :40:14.has he? That is a couple of doubles he has pulled off. Joe must be
:40:14. > :40:24.thing that Joe thought that Stephen Maguire would try there was a
:40:24. > :40:29.
:40:29. > :40:39.double from that position. Is he going to clinch this frame with
:40:39. > :40:47.
:40:47. > :40:53.Well that is a big win for Joe Perry. He made a break at 56, it
:40:53. > :41:03.looked as if he was going to be two frames behind but after that double
:41:03. > :41:11.
:41:11. > :41:15.on the brown Stephen Maguire takes the frame and he leads 7 -3. He
:41:15. > :41:25.needs to get another frame on the board. Four behind to Maguire. He
:41:25. > :41:47.
:41:47. > :41:51.really needs to win the next two of this mini session. Once again not a
:41:51. > :41:59.bad result for Stephen there getting the double-kiss and he
:41:59. > :42:09.hasn't left anything. The red that Joe is playing off might just knock
:42:09. > :42:17.
:42:17. > :42:23.the black safe. It has certainly knocked the black safe, that is for
:42:23. > :42:29.sure, but he has left a possible pot. There is -the pink that would
:42:29. > :42:38.go into the middle pocket behinding on the angle he has there or you
:42:38. > :42:42.could get off the pink and back up to the blue. Some times if you are
:42:42. > :42:47.unlucky to have a bump on the middle pocket but that is not one
:42:47. > :42:52.of the cases there. Joe just didn't have enough side on the ball to
:42:52. > :43:02.make sure he hit the cushion first. It is all going a bit funny for him
:43:02. > :43:07.I think he has hit that too hard. He needs to pull up, but it does.
:43:07. > :43:11.Can he slip past the red? I am not sure if the pink goes in the left
:43:11. > :43:16.corner pocket, but he may not be able to avoid the canon into the
:43:16. > :43:21.red that is to the right of the bunch. He is just looking to see if
:43:21. > :43:31.he was to canon that red would the pink be available? Into the left
:43:31. > :43:40.
:43:40. > :43:44.middle. It would be. There is a gap there, but what is the angle like?
:43:44. > :43:47.Nicely played. He is playing very well. That opened up and playing
:43:47. > :43:57.beautifully. There is always a shot there for him but that is what
:43:57. > :44:18.
:44:18. > :44:21.What sort of angle does he have on this red? We now the power he has
:44:21. > :44:26.and he is looking at the one into the right corner. I thought he
:44:26. > :44:31.would pop this one and risk the canon on the pin become a bit of
:44:31. > :44:41.power and he could possibly bring the black into play also. We will
:44:41. > :44:45.Yeah, that has cleared the black and the pink believe it or not.
:44:45. > :44:55.Just got to negotiate the brown and the yellow to get back up for two
:44:55. > :44:59.
:45:00. > :45:04.reds that are available. He decided to swing it the other way between
:45:04. > :45:12.green and brown and he is coming up a little bit short. He might be
:45:12. > :45:17.hampered slightly now. If he had of gone between brown and yellow he
:45:17. > :45:21.would haven't had that, even there he is not happy. It is funny that
:45:21. > :45:24.shot, some people like to prefer the in between with the yellow and
:45:25. > :45:34.the brown with a bit of check on it but some people to play it like
:45:35. > :45:35.
:45:35. > :45:38.that. Now it looks like he may have I think it is a good time to play
:45:38. > :45:46.the safety shot, actually, because Joe is in a little bit of trouble
:45:46. > :45:51.at the minute. As you said yesterday he was getting in a tight
:45:51. > :45:57.spot - well, change of plan. He is so disappointed with that
:45:57. > :46:01.positional shot he is going to take this on with a spider. You can so
:46:01. > :46:07.easily put a little touch aside and miss this. It looks easy, but I
:46:08. > :46:17.tell you what it is far from. I think he should have just put the
:46:18. > :46:19.
:46:19. > :46:25.safety shot in. Yes, it was a pretty low percentage shot that one,
:46:25. > :46:34.I have to say. He has his opponent on the rack, it is not like he is
:46:34. > :46:37.chasing the game Stephen. We will show you that one more time so you
:46:37. > :46:47.get a little bit of unwanted side when you are striking down on the
:46:47. > :47:08.
:47:08. > :47:15.The black is on. This is a key shot early on for Joe Perry. Might not
:47:15. > :47:20.be that bad. There is only one possible red will go. Into this
:47:20. > :47:30.left corner. He is under it. Quite a bit of pressure now, Joe Perry.
:47:30. > :47:30.
:47:30. > :47:36.That last frame has taken quite a He knows he had every chance of
:47:36. > :47:46.just being two behind F he can swing this around, knock the red in,
:47:46. > :47:53.
:47:53. > :48:03.get around for the blue, there is a Played further up the table for one
:48:03. > :48:27.
:48:27. > :48:34.of the bold colours and this red Yes, he might be struggling a touch
:48:34. > :48:37.but he is not getting the best run, either. That comes up - as I say,
:48:38. > :48:47.one more introduce the cue ball and that is a brilliant chance where it
:48:48. > :48:52.
:48:53. > :48:59.has finished. It is time to tuck He could have tucked him up a
:48:59. > :49:03.little bit tighter. There we go. Stephen never even thought about an
:49:03. > :49:09.escape route. There was very little he could land on. He must have
:49:09. > :49:13.worked that out and peedly just gave them a good -- immediately
:49:13. > :49:17.just gave them a good old bash and hoped for the best. I thought he
:49:17. > :49:22.would have played it milder than that F he was going to play that
:49:22. > :49:27.shot I thought he would have given them a complete Yahoo. He certainly
:49:27. > :49:33.could have hit them harder. Yes, he didn't want to make them look
:49:33. > :49:38.reckless. Right, Joe, you have to capitalise on that rush of blood
:49:38. > :49:47.from Stephen Maguire. That is not the way you are going to do it.
:49:47. > :49:51.That is a shocker. No wonder he puffs his cheeks out. To be
:49:51. > :49:56.perfectly honest with you, he didn't have to play that canon. He
:49:56. > :50:00.has a red in the baulk area he could have played up finished low
:50:00. > :50:06.on the blue, pot the blue and up into the baulk area no. Reason for
:50:06. > :50:16.that canon to be played. Now he is going to take a different green on
:50:16. > :50:25.
:50:25. > :50:35.Very good. Excellent. Under the circumstances I give him 10/10 for
:50:35. > :50:35.
:50:35. > :51:23.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:51:23. > :51:30.that. Yes, it was D minus for the I suppose that was quite a brave
:51:30. > :51:33.decision to play on the pink there, what happened to the bounce on the
:51:33. > :51:42.side of the cushion what happened earlier today. It came off
:51:42. > :51:49.perfectly there. Believe it or not he is going to need one of those
:51:49. > :51:55.two difficult reds that are together. If he got that far.. He
:51:55. > :52:05.wouldn't be enough in front. There is still quite a bit to do here.
:52:05. > :52:11.
:52:11. > :52:16.The one the left side of the table A bit early to risk trying to canon
:52:16. > :52:25.into those two. The black will go back on its spot, so easy to get on
:52:25. > :52:29.the red next to it. But in a few shot's time he is going to have to
:52:29. > :52:33.think about those two. I am just wondering whether he can drop
:52:33. > :52:43.behind them and the bottom one of the two will pot in the centre
:52:43. > :52:57.
:52:57. > :53:01.pocket. So he will know better than us down there. Oh, he was unlicky,
:53:01. > :53:09.just flicked that red. He knew he had this one over the corner pocket.
:53:09. > :53:13.He was so close to just nudging it. The reason he played the canon on
:53:13. > :53:17.that occasion is he knew he had this one as a back-up if he missed
:53:17. > :53:21.it. It is a thin one and the white - well, where is it going to hit?
:53:21. > :53:31.It should just miss the brown. It might come back up towards the pink
:53:31. > :54:09.
:54:09. > :54:13.Canoned the yellow and that spoilt Tough shot coming up. He missed
:54:14. > :54:23.that by a long, long way. Where is that cue ball going? It doesn't
:54:24. > :55:02.
:55:02. > :55:06.It was a good break but not a good Difficult to get in behind the
:55:06. > :55:12.yellow and he has left a pot on there. The fact that Joe has got
:55:12. > :55:18.such a lead it was always going to be a big as sk to get in behind
:55:19. > :55:28.that yellow. He has a 32-point advantage. That is a tricky one
:55:29. > :55:47.
:55:47. > :55:54.into the middle pocket. He doesn't like that one. Don't blame him. The
:55:54. > :55:57.only problem with that shot is he has to key if it comes up over the
:55:57. > :56:07.middle pocket, but look at the colours now. The ones that were not
:56:07. > :56:09.
:56:09. > :56:13.ideally placed before they were The most thin contact on this. Well,
:56:13. > :56:20.I think he has completely mishit that. I think he is on the wrong
:56:20. > :56:24.red. Yes, he played a thin one, you called it, he was playing a thin
:56:24. > :56:28.one off the right middle pocket and mishit it. He was trying to get
:56:28. > :56:32.back into the middle of the table. Because he was bridging over the
:56:32. > :56:42.yellow, he just put a little bit aside and missed the red he
:56:42. > :56:42.
:56:42. > :57:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:57:31. > :57:33.John mentioned at the start of this frame that Joe Perry could do with
:57:34. > :57:43.taking the two before the mid- session interval. He has certainly
:57:44. > :57:51.
:57:51. > :57:58.got this one. So he is on track for that. I say he is on track for it,
:57:58. > :58:08.but baring snookers, Joe Perry,000 he has one back, he is three -- now
:58:08. > :58:21.
:58:21. > :58:26.he has one back, he is three behind A bad miss this and very careless
:58:26. > :58:30.because you are going to put yourself through a bit more Ange
:58:30. > :58:36.wish before you put yourself over the line and on this frame it
:58:36. > :58:45.should have been done and dusted. Yeah, it is two snookers that is
:58:45. > :58:48.required but we have seen quite a few frames lost from that position.
:58:48. > :58:58.He thought about conceding, did Stephen, and then decided to come
:58:58. > :58:59.
:58:59. > :59:05.back to the table. This is a pretty good effort if it hits the green.
:59:05. > :59:10.Well, he factored it in better, had he not hit the green it is an easy
:59:10. > :59:20.escape. The only problem for Joe there make sure you don't hit the
:59:20. > :59:20.
:59:20. > :00:10.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:00:10. > :00:20.red on the right said as we look at A bit short. APPLAUSE. Stephen
:00:20. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :00:36.should be able to hit this red from behind. APPLAUSE. What a fluke. At
:00:36. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:46.think he can swerve and get out of it. -- i think he can. Eight kiss
:00:46. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:13.on the pink for Stephen. --. Play this as if he can leave the red
:01:13. > :01:23.somewhere near the blue line. entirely like that, but that will
:01:23. > :01:33.
:01:33. > :01:43.do. Once again he left the why it a long way short. -- left the white
:01:43. > :01:45.
:01:45. > :01:55.ball. If he misses it going back down, he will leave a free ball.
:01:55. > :02:21.
:02:21. > :02:28.five point penalty for hitting the blue. APPLAUSE. Well done. Cover
:02:28. > :02:32.behind the yellow this time. That is easy to escape from. Still
:02:32. > :02:42.trying to get behind the green, because he knows if he can get
:02:42. > :02:51.
:02:51. > :02:53.behind that, it will be tough to escape from. It is going to pull up.
:02:53. > :03:03.The crowd makes anticipate Jimmy noises when the ball is going to
:03:03. > :03:12.
:03:12. > :03:16.war the pocket. -- noises of anticipation. I go back to that
:03:16. > :03:26.earlier. About missing that last red. He should not have been doing
:03:26. > :03:27.
:03:27. > :03:31.that. So important not to get carried away. That will help.
:03:31. > :03:39.fact it does help because Stephen Maguire does not want to know about
:03:39. > :03:45.it. That fluke was just what Joe needed. He needs said that badly,
:03:45. > :03:55.he has got it, and he now trails seven frames to four. -- needed
:03:55. > :04:03.
:04:03. > :04:13.that badly. In session interval coming up after this frame. Joe
:04:13. > :04:16.
:04:16. > :04:22.session. He will return the compliment and to win this one. He
:04:22. > :04:29.will just be 2 behind, but not with safety shots like that. He was very
:04:29. > :04:39.quickly off his cue there. He knew that the cue ball would make fuller
:04:39. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:47.contact. APPLAUSE. Stephen has looked twice at this pink to see if
:04:47. > :04:57.it is available into the right corner. That looks a little too
:04:57. > :05:01.
:05:01. > :05:11.tight to me. He would have to screw back. He was a long way off. I
:05:11. > :05:17.would settle for the outcome. Having said that, I wonder whether
:05:18. > :05:24.Joe will be tempted to pot into the corner. It is so risky. It is a
:05:24. > :05:32.shot he could take on, but I do not blame him for playing safe. Under
:05:32. > :05:39.other circumstances Joe would have had a go at that. He has chosen the
:05:39. > :05:45.right shot. Yes, he just has not played it so well. He has
:05:45. > :05:55.disappointed himself. It is not putting Stephen's safety under any
:05:55. > :05:55.
:05:55. > :07:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:07:06. > :07:16.He did not time that one very well. He got close to the pot, but... But
:07:16. > :07:48.
:07:48. > :07:58.once again he has not left anything easy for Joe. REFEREE: faltered.
:07:58. > :08:01.
:08:01. > :08:11.Stephen Maguire fought. He dropped the butt of his cue. Joe was forced
:08:11. > :08:21.to taking that safety on. It is one of those situations, when you do
:08:21. > :08:21.
:08:21. > :08:27.get a run of the ball, you have to capitalise and air. APPLAUSE.
:08:27. > :08:37.capitalise on it. He will be sitting very pretty. I liked that
:08:37. > :08:43.shot. He is going to clear the pink. The pink is clear anyway, so he
:08:43. > :08:53.could play for it. Quite a good chance, even though
:08:53. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :09:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:09:54. > :10:04.tied up. Joe Perry put everything Still not in prime position that he
:10:04. > :10:33.
:10:33. > :10:43.certainly has opened the pink up to a few pots. Looking good now for
:10:43. > :10:48.
:10:48. > :10:58.Stephen Maguire. Where the reds are situated at the moment, he does not
:10:58. > :10:58.
:10:58. > :11:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:11:41. > :11:46.If he does go on to win this frame it will really hurt to Joe Perry.
:11:46. > :11:53.He got a lucky at the start of this break. He had a good try on the
:11:53. > :12:00.long pot that he made. Difficult for him to play safe, so he had to
:12:00. > :12:10.go for the red. Subsequently he had to sit in his chair and watch all
:12:10. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:24.these. So, as good as these players are, sometimes it does not workup.
:12:24. > :12:34.He put everything into the red, there. He not an Lee missed the red,
:12:34. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:42.but the cue ball disappeared. -- not only missed the red. No problem
:12:42. > :12:52.with the red over the middle pocket. Still pretty straightforward at the
:12:52. > :13:08.
:13:09. > :13:15.moment. Already 58 ahead. A couple more reds still available. The one
:13:15. > :13:19.Between the pink and black goes in the right corner. Has he left
:13:19. > :13:29.himself straight on the blue? He will have to power this with top-
:13:29. > :13:33.
:13:33. > :13:38.spin. Ha ha spin. Ha haa terrific shot because he was almost
:13:38. > :13:46.dead straight on the blue. I thought he was going to break the
:13:46. > :13:56.pocket there. There the cue ball went across the table like a tennis
:13:56. > :14:08.
:14:08. > :14:18.ball at Wimbledon. Backwards and forwards. Some power. You play at
:14:18. > :14:27.many sessions. You have a target of winning them 3-1. That is what he
:14:27. > :14:30.will do here, especially after that lovely little pot. APPLAUSE.
:14:30. > :14:40.will have an advantage again as we show you that delicate little
:14:40. > :14:42.
:14:42. > :14:47.cannon. After the session interval, Joe has to think that he has to win
:14:47. > :14:54.to give himself a chance. This match opened with three century
:14:54. > :15:04.breaks. Joe had the very first one. Stephen Maguire then replied with
:15:04. > :15:07.
:15:07. > :15:17.two breaks of 101. We have had 34 this year so far at the Crucible.
:15:17. > :15:26.
:15:26. > :15:30.APPLAUSE. Stephen has had three, two, as I mentioned, in this match.
:15:30. > :15:40.Neil Robertson has five centuries, so he is leading the century table
:15:40. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:51.at the moment. APPLAUSE. A bit of noise from the other table, they
:15:51. > :15:56.are that they interval. It was not the crowd, but it was the kick that
:15:56. > :16:06.spoil her. But he will be delighted. With the break of 91, he extends
:16:06. > :16:06.
:16:06. > :16:54.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:16:54. > :17:04.his lead again. Four in front as we Stephen Maguire is out for revenge.
:17:04. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:35.He lost to Joe Perry in 2008. I did not realise that it is four years
:17:35. > :17:37.
:17:37. > :17:43.since Stephen Maguire has won a ranking event outside China.
:17:43. > :17:47.way he plays the game and how good he is, I would not have thought it
:17:47. > :17:57.would be that long between victories. This will be a great
:17:57. > :17:58.
:17:58. > :18:08.place to corrected. The power shot again. The FA Cup on the cue ball.
:18:08. > :18:11.
:18:11. > :18:21.He has been UK champion. -- the arc on the cue ball. Stephen Hendry,
:18:21. > :18:23.
:18:23. > :18:27.Graeme Dott. Stephen Maguire would like to join them. He has never
:18:27. > :18:34.really played his best snooker at the Crucible, so he will try to put
:18:35. > :18:44.that right. In 2007 he was brilliant, beating John Higgins in
:18:45. > :18:45.
:18:45. > :18:55.the semifinal 14 frames to 10. Higgins refused to be beaten. He
:18:55. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:04.won the last several frames. It was very close. Those reds are not
:19:04. > :19:10.available. They are all covering each other around the pink. You can
:19:10. > :19:14.see the right-hand side to get the correct side of the blue. So, a
:19:14. > :19:19.nice night. Even if he played a gentle cannon on the one to the
:19:19. > :19:25.right, that would open things up. If he just nine shows that he will
:19:25. > :19:35.open the reds up. Bar to Stephen likes to play with a little more
:19:35. > :19:40.
:19:40. > :19:49.power sometimes. -- but Stephen likes to it depends on how he feels.
:19:49. > :19:59.It is a tricky group of reds, this. You can go either side of that pink
:19:59. > :20:13.
:20:13. > :20:17.spot to pay the cannon. He needs an angle to get on the blue because
:20:17. > :20:27.Sears bridging over the red. If you force them, it will be more
:20:27. > :20:37.
:20:37. > :20:45.difficult. That is a problem now. Not a bad shot just to roll on to
:20:45. > :20:55.the blue here. If he just rolled up to the blue it would relieve it
:20:55. > :21:09.
:21:09. > :21:17.awkward. -- really leave it. APPLAUSE. There is an escape route
:21:17. > :21:27.for Joe Perry. It is a thin contact. Careful that he does not push the
:21:27. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:44.red into the corner pocket. This is an excellent shot. APPLAUSE.
:21:44. > :21:54.
:21:54. > :22:00.Stephen Maguire has found that the red closest to the pot is pottable.
:22:00. > :22:10.He did not anticipate the red coming back up also. I do not think
:22:10. > :22:33.
:22:33. > :22:43.that will cut into the middle. APPLAUSE. He has to find a gap, and
:22:43. > :22:45.
:22:45. > :22:53.he has. This is excellent. APPLAUSE. Once again he does that one closest
:22:53. > :22:56.to the pink cut. Only this time when he comes back up to the table
:22:56. > :23:06.he will have to be careful he does not go close to that red that is
:23:06. > :23:17.
:23:17. > :23:27.near the middle pocket. He is concerned about cannoning into that
:23:27. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:45.red. He is looking at taking it back up to the top. That was OK. He
:23:45. > :23:45.
:23:45. > :23:52.was planning to pot that but he did not get anywhere near the pocket.
:23:52. > :23:59.The white has gone all around the table and safe. If he can get the
:23:59. > :24:09.safety shot right, he has a target in the brown. This looks good, very
:24:09. > :24:19.
:24:19. > :24:29.good. He has found the gap - amazing. They are all key frames,
:24:29. > :24:40.
:24:40. > :24:50.but this is a must-win. What a mistake that is. A wry smile from
:24:50. > :24:52.
:24:52. > :25:02.Stephen. That was too thin. He was trying to get behind the green off
:25:02. > :25:09.
:25:09. > :25:17.a few cushions. He did not get that right. The cue ball being near the
:25:17. > :25:25.side cushion is making the shot more difficult. He has to make sure
:25:25. > :25:35.he pots this and positions the cue ball so he can at least pot the
:25:35. > :25:43.
:25:43. > :25:48.black. No. He was under the cosh with that shot. That is the type of
:25:49. > :25:58.shot he is so good that, but he did not push the cue through in a dead
:25:59. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:11.straight line. A couple of little things have happened, otherwise he
:26:11. > :26:32.
:26:32. > :26:38.would have been a lot closer to Stephen Maguire. APPLAUSE. He has
:26:38. > :26:45.left himself a little straight on this. We know that he has power
:26:45. > :26:55.with the cue, so that should not be a problem. He did not try to over
:26:55. > :27:12.
:27:12. > :27:18.do that. A little bit further off the cushion. I do not think he
:27:18. > :27:24.intended to be that close to the pocket - is a little smile tells
:27:24. > :27:34.you that. Luckily he can just drop it in and get on the one close to
:27:34. > :27:40.
:27:40. > :27:47.the pink. APPLAUSE. Throughout this match he has held himself together
:27:47. > :27:57.a little better than Joe Perry. He has been very controlled amongst
:27:57. > :28:05.
:28:05. > :28:10.the balls. It has come mostly from Joe Perry today. He could quite
:28:10. > :28:20.easily have got on the black, but he wanted to make it as easy as
:28:20. > :28:25.possible to get on to the last red. But he is on the wrong side. He
:28:25. > :28:34.does like to power them into the pocket. And look at the side on
:28:34. > :28:44.that. Here only needs this red so he can just play to chip it in. It
:28:44. > :29:00.
:29:01. > :29:10.does not matter where the cue ball goes, really. APPLAUSE. 31 the
:29:11. > :29:14.
:29:14. > :29:22.difference. At the moment Joe Perry needs one -4 point snooker to tie.
:29:22. > :29:32.APPLAUSE. He will roll in behind the brown and Joe Perry will
:29:32. > :29:36.
:29:36. > :29:46.concede the frame. He is coming to the table, but little chance, the
:29:46. > :29:56.
:29:56. > :30:06.way the balls are situated. APPLAUSE. They see is one of the
:30:06. > :30:14.
:30:14. > :30:24.snookers needed. He needs three of them. This one might not be too
:30:24. > :30:25.
:30:25. > :30:34.difficult. Talk about dropping He could have done better there. He
:30:34. > :30:44.should have been tight behind the blue. He was no win it. I would not
:30:44. > :30:54.be surprised if he misses this one. I've don't blame Joe for trying.
:30:54. > :30:58.
:30:58. > :31:06.The green is it a good position. That's the best ball to get behind.
:31:06. > :31:12.This should be easy to come off the cushion. He may get to this one
:31:12. > :31:20.correctly. There is no value in him potting the yellow one because he
:31:20. > :31:30.needs to keep the green ball where it is his. He could not even pot
:31:30. > :32:08.
:32:08. > :32:18.the yellow if he wanted. In the end This is a worrying time for Joe
:32:18. > :32:21.
:32:21. > :32:29.Perry. Stephen Maguire is starting to dominate the match. There are no
:32:29. > :32:39.breaks in this frame just their break of 34 but that was enough. He
:32:39. > :32:58.
:32:58. > :33:05.is extending his lead. Now tend to Fall this is the shot. He probably
:33:05. > :33:15.has enough of the angle. As long as he gets the right angle he can go
:33:15. > :33:24.
:33:24. > :33:34.They may be one possible pot. He can play up there if it does. It
:33:34. > :33:37.
:33:37. > :33:47.will not ago. Splitting the pack did not work. He could have got
:33:47. > :33:47.
:33:47. > :33:57.more power into that. He did finish relatively straight. I wonder about
:33:57. > :34:20.
:34:20. > :34:27.I noticed yesterday that Stephen Maguire is playing well but he
:34:27. > :34:35.never risks anything. It was a straightforward safety shot but he
:34:35. > :34:43.is feeling more confident now. He has played at you long pots and has
:34:43. > :34:49.not got anywhere near them. He is leading by ten points. The long
:34:49. > :34:57.game is do win the comparison. He has not been close on many
:34:57. > :35:07.occasions. Emotionally he still looks like he can score. He needs
:35:07. > :35:32.
:35:32. > :35:42.55% per John Perry with his long Stephen has many six from 14 of
:35:42. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:28.This frame is a little bit awkward. The brown ball is on the cushion.
:36:28. > :36:55.
:36:55. > :37:05.Only be yellow and the green remain If he can find a little bit warm in
:37:05. > :37:12.
:37:12. > :37:22.these last few frames it is not He's been coming here since 1977.
:37:22. > :37:22.
:37:22. > :38:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:38:13. > :38:23.Obscene lot of players win from Will need to go for the green ball
:38:23. > :39:02.
:39:02. > :39:12.One more good shot is needed. A good cannon. That was it. Nice
:39:12. > :39:15.
:39:15. > :39:25.played. Now he can play another cannon. He will be on the pink.
:39:25. > :40:02.
:40:02. > :40:08.This will do. There's a loose Red Only one choice of shot there. I
:40:08. > :40:18.thought he would play that one safe but he missed by a mile. This led
:40:18. > :40:23.
:40:23. > :40:28.It's good to see he is still competing. It's been a difficult
:40:28. > :40:34.afternoon. He has not had a great run and he has missed a few chances.
:40:34. > :40:44.His opponent got away after a few mistakes. But he is still in there
:40:44. > :40:52.
:40:52. > :41:02.That's his highest break since the opening frame when he had a
:41:02. > :41:02.
:41:02. > :41:12.magnificent 115. It could not have come at a better time. 73. There's
:41:12. > :41:34.
:41:34. > :41:44.a possibility of the century here. I will correct my opinion, this is
:41:44. > :41:48.
:41:48. > :41:58.It very difficult to pot this one to be on the blue. He would love to
:41:58. > :42:01.
:42:01. > :42:08.get the century. I hope he can do it. He will earn �200 for every
:42:08. > :42:17.century going to the charity, the Children's Hospital. I hope he can
:42:18. > :42:27.pot this one and get back on the pink. Brilliant! It did not look
:42:28. > :42:33.
:42:33. > :42:39.like a century. This will be his 35th century here at the Crucible.
:42:39. > :42:43.The pressure was really on. Joe Perry gets a terrific round of
:42:43. > :42:53.applause from this audience. He deserves it and that was
:42:53. > :43:07.
:43:07. > :43:17.If they put these tables into the club's there will be very few
:43:17. > :43:29.
:43:29. > :43:39.frames finished. They are much It was a pretty awful break. Joe
:43:39. > :43:50.
:43:50. > :43:56.I don't think he has the angle to finish on to the black. That's the
:43:56. > :44:06.problem. He needs to do a little bit of work with his cue ball for
:44:06. > :44:08.
:44:08. > :44:17.the position. That was unlucky. He's on the pink but it is awkward.
:44:17. > :44:27.It was not a natural angle for the black. Not a bad choice. He hit
:44:27. > :44:42.
:44:42. > :44:48.that one little bit hard. The pink His last frame with his century
:44:48. > :44:58.will be him confidence but there is always pressure on him after being
:44:58. > :45:08.behind ten points to five. He needs to pot the red and move the black.
:45:08. > :45:16.If it pots he may be able to hold. Came he avoid the cannon on the
:45:16. > :45:26.Reds to the right. It was not on. He sensibly played it of round the
:45:26. > :45:35.
:45:35. > :45:45.This match will finish tomorrow morning Stephen Maguire would love
:45:45. > :45:55.
:45:55. > :46:03.to go to bed tonight knowing just It's not an easy chance just yet
:46:04. > :46:13.but he is going in with a few balls with a bit of work to do. It's not
:46:14. > :46:14.
:46:14. > :47:31.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 49 seconds
:47:31. > :47:41.This may hurt. He gives himself a hit on the side of his hit with his
:47:41. > :47:48.
:47:48. > :47:58.He wants this frame badly even though he has the five frame
:47:58. > :48:32.
:48:32. > :48:37.He's just had one of those afternoons with the balls have gone
:48:37. > :48:43.slightly and wrong. He's just off the straight on one or two. You do
:48:43. > :48:53.have sessions like that when it does not going away. From this with
:48:53. > :48:58.
:48:58. > :49:08.both of those shots with the red it He may have left himself the pink
:49:08. > :49:17.
:49:17. > :49:27.of the black but now it's more Any more pace than that would
:49:27. > :49:35.
:49:35. > :49:45.No problem. But he now needs to cannon into the black and he needs
:49:45. > :50:01.
:50:01. > :50:08.He may try to play that softly but If he can get out of this he will
:50:08. > :50:18.feel a lot better about himself. Ten points to four looked like he
:50:18. > :50:43.
:50:43. > :50:53.He shoved everything at that one. He tried to force the tangle. Not
:50:53. > :50:57.
:50:58. > :51:07.often you see him do that. -- he tried to force the angle. It was a
:51:08. > :51:09.
:51:09. > :51:15.strange little move. 20 points in front. Has a problem with this
:51:15. > :51:25.safety back into the baulk area. He will have to go into the pack. He
:51:25. > :51:25.
:51:25. > :51:35.needs to be careful with this one. He played that softly to get behind
:51:35. > :51:54.
:51:54. > :52:02.He looking to see if there is any possible plant. When he led 10 and
:52:02. > :52:10.fall he had the long red with an easy safety and the long pot was
:52:10. > :52:17.very low and he did not get near that. Joe Perry eventually made 103.
:52:17. > :52:26.It's been a turning point. Despite not really hitting the long shots
:52:26. > :52:32.very well today. It may have been the case of a bit of confusion with
:52:32. > :52:39.the safety shot. He is looking at a double shot here looking to double
:52:39. > :52:44.the red it in and then a plant. He is studying this. It may make it.
:52:44. > :52:50.If the ball goes to the left of the pocket with three reds there, it
:52:51. > :52:54.may squeeze in and he may take the other red it into the left. There
:52:54. > :53:01.are two balls impossibly disappearing here if he takes it on
:53:01. > :53:09.and it maybe a good trick circuit eyes on both corners. He needs to
:53:09. > :53:19.concentrate 100% on his one shot to knock the red in. He needs to
:53:19. > :53:20.
:53:20. > :53:27.concentrate on the long pot. Look at that cue ball! He screwed it in
:53:27. > :53:37.and out of the baulk area. He did not hit that as hard. I think he
:53:37. > :53:53.
:53:53. > :54:01.may have made it. The first red it When has been a shot with more
:54:01. > :54:11.pressure he has not been up to the task today. He's had a few of those
:54:11. > :54:23.
:54:23. > :54:33.down that side and he both hit them It is the red passes the green he
:54:33. > :54:43.is OK. But it did not. That was not as he intended he wanted it to be
:54:43. > :55:11.
:55:11. > :55:15.There is a good shot for him if he wants it. If he gets the brown he
:55:15. > :55:25.leaves himself low with a red at the back of the bunch and he can
:55:25. > :55:27.
:55:27. > :55:37.pot the red. Then he will have the pink. The cue ball just ran away a
:55:37. > :55:41.
:55:41. > :55:51.little bit. Another six inches he could have played it. He potted 500
:55:51. > :55:55.
:55:55. > :56:02.balls. That was this year in the Championship. This is a good
:56:02. > :56:12.question how many balls have you potted in your career? No to as
:56:12. > :56:33.
:56:33. > :56:43.They are there for the taking and the black is back on its spot. Just
:56:43. > :56:43.
:56:43. > :56:49.one point behind. He needs the red balls and some high value colours.
:56:49. > :56:59.He will not want to pot the pink. He does not want at back on its
:56:59. > :57:05.
:57:05. > :57:15.spot to get in the way off the red When he removes this won it will
:57:15. > :57:29.
:57:29. > :57:39.He has a choice to go for this one. Once he gets it out of the way he
:57:39. > :57:45.
:57:45. > :57:54.may have to go for the blue. The The best way to think about this
:57:54. > :58:01.match is it needs to be a bit more clinical. Jolt is shaking his head
:58:01. > :58:11.knowing he has not been at his best. He need to go for that because of
:58:11. > :58:24.
:58:24. > :58:34.Just two more reds and two blacks and it will give him a six frame
:58:34. > :58:51.
:58:51. > :58:59.He was the winner of the opening session 5-3. This will be 6-2. He
:58:59. > :59:09.is starting to dominate the second round and he gets revenge for
:59:09. > :59:33.