Day 10 World Championship Snooker Extra

So, the safety shot is on. He will be pushing a red towards this left-

hand corner, though. But sometimes, you have got to take a chance of

REFEREE: Foul, Mark Davis, four. TERRY GRIFFITHS: That has given

Mark Davis a choice here. With the blue off the spot, I do not think

he will be going for the red. He is opting for safety, trying to bring

Did not quite catch it. Just about covered the potting angle on that

one. He can see the red, but I am not quite sure if he can get to the

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It is a straightforward safety shot, but of course, it is the two reds

He played the safety in the end. will be interesting to see who wins

this safety battle. The person who gets the first red would fancy

himself to get a 30-40 point lead. But this first red will be very

That's a lucky kiss. The first one was, the second one wasn't. How

confident his Mark here? Will he play to hold for the black or will

You would fancy him knocking this in if he had not lost the first two

TERRY GRIFFITHS: Shot of the day so I'm not sure what he played for

then. It has taken him away from He has got the brown in the middle,

unless it is straight. In that case, So, Mark Davis, giving himself a

little bit to do again here. This It was another good shot, he is

under a lot of pressure out there. He will have to play a cannon here.

He has got to be careful he does Well, we did not take that into

account, I'm afraid. He got the split, but he did not put enough

attention on to the pot. Disaster This will be a body blow if Stuart

The good thing is that once you have cleared up once, it becomes a

little bit easier the second time. The almost expect yourself to make

He knows from the scoreboard that he will not be needing the black.

Any one of the baulk colours will be fine, no need to play for the

blue. The a massive moment in this He was twitchy. Yes, he took along

time over it, to decide what to play. He did not quite catch the

That's a very good safety shot. If he can get through there,

between pink and black, it is quite Mark Davis has to win at this visit,

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TERRY GRIFFITHS: So, this should be a straightforward clearance. It is

a must-win frame. Proclaim Stuart Bingham sitting there, he will

probably feel like he has let something slip here. Mark Davis

will be thinking, this is handy, I have played all sorts of bad shots,

but I could be just one frame He has gone all or nothing to get

What a strange frame, both players with chances, but in the end, it is

Mark Davis who gets back into the match.

So, a quarter-final place at stake here. Just getting a little bit

closer, both players, to the target of 13 frames. Mark Davis will not

be getting there with shots like Just passing Severn's hours now. It

is a long time to concentrate, and I do not think the players can keep

full concentration for seven hours. Of course, they are not on the

table for that length of time, but even then, it is hard to

concentrate sometimes. Yes, I think this match is one of the few which

is being played over three days. Ronnie O'Sullivan's match has also

been played over three days. It is That last frame has made a slight

difference, for me, in the mindset of Stuart Bingham, compared with

He was just able to get enough of that red to try to get behind the

The only problem here, he has put the Blair safe. But he has not left

anything on. -- the black. That's the first job, in any safety shot

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Well, he has played that one too thin. Stuart Bingham has really

gone off the boil, but he has been pretty fortunate there. He has not

left Mark Davis an easy red. This one into the corner is available,

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That was a brave shot to go for, a little unlucky. If it had gone into

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the heart of the pocket, he would He played safety, and he felt the

ball turned to the left. That's why he got the double kiss. How quickly

things can change. I did not really see that moving too much. But he

has got a better view than us, of course. But again, he may feel

He is on the pink, but he is very fortunate. When you consider he

played for the blue or the brown, three kisses later, perfect on the

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He has not got a lot of angle off this green. And the pot is missable,

but it gives you the certainty of Well, it was a good pot, but I do

not think he is on another red. He was fortunate to get onto the pink,

in the first place, but this time, So, Stuart Bingham has not been

punished for his poor safety. He is just going through a spell where

everything he is doing is going wrong. He could do with a little

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safety exchange just to calm the He has found a gap... How is the

cue ball? At first glance, no good, because it is on the wrong side of

the brown. He played it well, he So, he has a chance here now. The

only trouble is, the black will go on its own Spartan possibly cover

the pink as well. Suddenly -- on It may be worth risking the cannon

here. He has played it, but missed the black anyway. This match has

gone very strange, hasn't it, Terry? Just watch what happens here.

He is just so disappointed with that shot, he missed the black by a

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This is the last frame now before the midsession interval. There will

be a 15 minute interval coming up, so the players will have time to

If one of the doors was open on the left-hand side of the theatre, that

one may have blown in. You cannot really control those things. He can

just about get on to the potting angle. He might think about hitting

one red on to the other. That gives him a better chance of screwing

back for the black. Not quite, but if he has got a path through the

baulk, because he is looking at the That was a really good pot under

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I was just going to say, there were no complications this term, but he

has missed the pink off the black spot. That is one which you would

pot 99 out of 100. There is no degree of difficulty in that shot.

But there is a lot of pressure out Mark Davis is doing nothing, really,

just hanging on in there. There is every chance he could level it here.

He will go into the interval feeling 12 foot tall, and Stuart

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Neither of these players has been to the quarter-finals here in the

World Championships before. It explains a bit why they have had

their ups and downs in this match. He would have to play this badly to

Catching balls, so he can play a way. In this case, that will be a

help to Stuart Bingham. It gives him every chance of playing another

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So, once again, it will be side He went down to have a go at the

one into the centre, but then changed his mind. It looks to me as

if he just needs a chance in the balls, he may close this match out.

He has dominated the previous two Mark Davis does not to know -- does

not look too happy in the So, the first meaningful chance to

either player in this 23rd frame. The pink goes into this left corner.

He has got an angle to pot this red and stay for the pink. But is he up

Amazing, how much the balls leave the bed of the table, in slow

Well, he took the chance to try to dislodge a few reds, but he did not

want the cue ball could end up on that side cushion. I'm not sure if

he has got a shock on now, to get Sometimes, you have got to make

things happen out there, you cannot Not quite sure what he was trying

then. It was a difficult pot, and no possible way of getting on to a

colour. But it is his turn to get a bit of fortune - how on earth has

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He needs to get down the right-hand side of the table off this red.

That's a poor shot. All had sold and he had to do was to get it down

the right-hand side of the table. He did not have to get it down

TERRY GRIFFITHS: He was hoping to avoid that red, but he is still OK.

He is on the blue. With the brown it off its spot, it makes it OK to

get in and out of baulk. He has given himself a bit to do here. Why

Well, it has turned out OK, but it He might even play the cannon into

the pink here. By he did not quite catch it right. And he has put the

black out of position. So, it is That was nicely played, just about

held for the blue. The somebody of Bingham's class will be annoyed if

he does not bring the pink Decided not to, and that surprises

That was not a bad shot, it was the one before. He is struggling a

little bit with those shots, in the previous session as well as this

session, he has missed quite a few By he is a very aggressive break

builder. Which was what surprised me about him not going into the

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He did go into the pack once, and he was a bit unlucky not to bring

the pink or black into play. At this stage, you would give anything

just to get enough points to win It is going to be hard to win off

blue and baulk colours, that's for You can see what hard work it is,

he has got to play a great shot to I think he actually played for the

blue and Son. I do not think he played for the cannon. -- for the

He struck that well, did not make the next shot easy. This break has

been an excellent effort. This break is proving a point, but you

can win a frame off simply blue and That was not hard enough, and the

Yes, what Willie is talking about is, if the pink and black are in

play, you do not have to play them 35 points in front, and the pink

and black are still safe at this moment. He took the risk to bring

the black into play. Areas a red to the right of the pink. He can go

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You never know, sometimes you can pick something up, he might get

another chance. It is worth a go... Did not really see the value in the

way he played this. He has put so much pace into it, the chances of

He had to be careful there that he did not push a red over the corner.

Snookered on all the reds here. Should be OK to drop on to these

Bingham leads by 35, and he does not want to bring those three reds

into play. That's why he is looking That is a good safety. It certainly

was, and he has got the added bonus of taking the black out of play. It

was available before that. So, with a 35 point LEA, it will not be easy

for Mark Davis, even if he does get That was an excellent safety shot,

He has hit every one of those thick all day. Surely he has not got away

with that? Do you think he is lining it up wrong? Every time he

plays a safety shot, he plays it with a little good at helping side,

and he is just pushing it thick. How he has got away with that is a

mystery. You would think he would have addressed that problem. It is

the pressure, I do not think either of these players have been to a

quarter-final before. Yes, you have You just feel that Mark Davis is

winning the safety battle at the moment. Bingham undoubtedly has --

has been the more aggressive of the That was a great pot under pressure.

He just potted that red slightly on the thin side in the pocket, that's

why he kissed the red. Now, he needs a little bit of luck - and he

has got it. I think the cue ball was going a little bit quick to get

on to the two reds at this end of the table. Now, the pink has come

into play as well. Now, he has a chance to win frame and match at

He just has to be careful now, red, black, and he is in his first

That puts him 52 in front, with only 51 left. Mark Davis's only

chance is if he misses this pink, and then he gets the one snooker

In the next round, Stuart Bingham's pot success rate will have to be

higher, but this has been a good performance since the interval. He

will not have been feeling great at What is he doing here, playing the

cue ball anywhere near a pocket? His heart would have been in his

mouth as it was travelling down the Good effort.

TERRY GRIFFITHS: That was well controlled. Bingham does not want

to leave Mark Davis an easy first red. It is so close out there when

you're in this position, and yet WILLIE THORNE: The fact that he

knows he will be through to the next round if he pots this puts a

bit of pressure on it. Yes, I could see that happening. He is worried

about Mark Davis getting two reds and two blacks, and then getting a

snooker. That was an anxious one. Well, did not expect him to miss

If he puts too much side on this, this could go wrong. This could go

wrong... But it hasn't! Well done, Stuart Bingham, you are in your

first quarter-final. You have made decent breaks in this session, and

you came good at the right time. Mark Davies will be disappointed.

He just did not compete in the break building department in this

match. He has competed in every other. He has had a great season,

but his season has come to an end. The old butterflies have gone now

for Stuart Bingham, he can relax now, knowing that he has completed

a very good win. At times he struggled, losing three on the trot

when he was 7-5 in front. But when it came down to the nitty gritty,

he stood up and made breaks of 111, It is amazing how they go in so

clean when there is no pressure on Both very good friends as well,

they practise together. But Stuart Bingham proved the stronger over

the three sessions. It takes the match in the end quite comfortably,

13-10. So, Stuart Bingham, through to the quarter-finals here at The