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More action from the Betfair World Snooker Championship here at the | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Our featured matches the opening session | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
between Neil Robertson and Robert Milkins. Roberts arrived on the back | :00:52. | :00:58. | |
of winning the China open in March. Wilkins ended Jimmy White's run in | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
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the qualifiers. We start on the forward to. Milkins has had a new | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
lease of life over the last few years playing some great stuff | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
against one of the favourites of the tournament, Neil Robertson, who has | :01:21. | :01:28. | |
been world champion before. I have Stephen Hendry with me and we have | :01:28. | :01:33. | |
to be a little bit careful with Milkins, he is very dangerous. | :01:33. | :01:41. | |
Yes, very much so. Knocked out the fans favourites, Jimmy White, in the | :01:41. | :01:47. | |
last round in Sheffield. When the draw came out, he could not have | :01:47. | :01:57. | |
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picked a much tougher one with Neil best in this match to have any | :01:57. | :02:07. | |
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snooker on the big occasions. Great records in the UK, the Masters and | :02:36. | :02:43. | |
the world championship. That is the first mistake by Milkins. How about | :02:43. | :02:48. | |
this for a first rate in the first frame? Yes, hit the wrong ball, | :02:48. | :02:55. | |
didn't he? Just caught the first red and didn't play that so it is an | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
excellent opportunity for Milkins to get his hand on the table. Even | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
though he has been here many occasions, you always need those | :03:03. | :03:13. | |
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single ball potter, I think this gentleman is now. His break skills | :03:17. | :03:22. | |
have improved tremendously over the years. | :03:22. | :03:28. | |
Can you describe to me what a single ball Potter is, please? | :03:28. | :03:38. | |
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When you are playing match shot to potting a huge percentage of long | :03:40. | :03:50. | |
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don't think he has come high enough to get back on the black. He is | :04:48. | :04:53. | |
wearing a pair of new shoes today. The carpet is very slippy so he has | :04:53. | :04:56. | |
to be careful when stretching. You can see your face in those, very | :04:56. | :05:06. | |
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get to get a colour at all here. Maybe he feels he can't even pot the | :05:17. | :05:27. | |
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is feeling today. A very positive shot in the first round of the world | :06:10. | :06:17. | |
championship. He is a little lucky not to have an | :06:17. | :06:21. | |
easier pot than this. Get it around three cautions and he would expect | :06:21. | :06:28. | |
to have another part at least. That is the end of break, just playing a | :06:28. | :06:38. | |
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he will be taking it on. He doesn't the safety now. He should get a good | :08:33. | :08:41. | |
wide here. It is amazing how he has never been | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
a journey man. The last two or three seasons he has really come to | :08:46. | :08:56. | |
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hand there. That plant was on. He did not raise his hand to say it was | :09:05. | :09:15. | |
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a fluke. A little bit careless by pot, wasn't it. He must have had a | :09:28. | :09:38. | |
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black not being available, that is why he is having to cut back. He | :11:04. | :11:10. | |
can't get onto a colour. Usually you would be airing on the | :11:10. | :11:17. | |
side of missing its same, but completely? Then you could adjust | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
accordingly on the next shot. He unfortunately has not left | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
anything. You should know where to aim this time providing the referee | :11:26. | :11:29. | |
puts the cue ball in the correct place. | :11:30. | :11:35. | |
Not terribly important, the red, but it is important to get the pink in | :11:35. | :11:41. | |
the right place. He is just having a look at where they were before. Not | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
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touching the red, so it has to be same shot. His choice of two reds to | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
get back into the baulk. He has to be careful he does not play the same | :12:20. | :12:25. | |
shot again because he could leave an easy red. He came very low last time | :12:25. | :12:30. | |
and it looks to be lower this time as well. Hit them both at the same | :12:30. | :12:40. | |
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time. I think it was red first, so afternoon how quick Robert Milkins | :13:22. | :13:29. | |
is. He does not mess about when he gets going. That was an excellent | :13:29. | :13:39. | |
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single ballpark? I don't think so because he is going to play the blue | :14:18. | :14:25. | |
here. We will just have to agree to differ on the single ballpark | :14:25. | :14:30. | |
analogy. It was a great part, I agree with | :14:30. | :14:34. | |
you and he is undoubtedly the best at that kind of shot at the moment. | :14:34. | :14:39. | |
A kiss on the pink and leaving the blue to play to the two reds and | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
that will complete the game out. There is every chance, actually, | :14:45. | :14:48. | |
that would potting the blue and kissing those two reds, he could | :14:48. | :14:53. | |
free the black. At the moment, paint out of play and you rarely see a | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
player win again on blues alone. It may be worth playing that cannon. | :14:59. | :15:09. | |
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Just having a look at the two reds Lucky enough to get on something | :15:22. | :15:32. | |
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Robertson. He had to do a job. He doesn't looked edgy at all. I have | :16:20. | :16:25. | |
seen one or two top players looking edgy in the first round already. He | :16:25. | :16:35. | |
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work into coming to Sheffield. He is striking the ball beautifully. | :17:05. | :17:11. | |
Allegedly he does not like to get up to early to play and practice. He | :17:11. | :17:21. | |
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obviously a chance to win the frame now. This black will be a frame | :17:33. | :17:40. | |
ball. Good performance, this so far. A couple of bits of good fortune, | :17:40. | :17:48. | |
but after that he has cued very nicely. | :17:48. | :17:51. | |
Not the start that Milkins was after. He would have been hoping | :17:51. | :17:55. | |
that Neal would be nervous and edgy in the first round, but he was | :17:55. | :18:05. | |
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suggest Robert getting to the table and potting a few balls getting his | :18:11. | :18:15. | |
ongoing. That is presuming that Neal breaks down. Normally he likes to | :18:15. | :18:23. | |
pot every ball on the table. Yes, I think it is key with it being | :18:23. | :18:27. | |
the first frame that you do not let Robert have practised time. He is | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
still a little cold at the moment. He will be a little bit annoyed, | :18:32. | :18:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :18:42. | :19:51. | |
Robert. The fluke was the thing that Can't cue any better than that. This | :19:51. | :19:56. | |
is another one he needs to cue perfectly, but not this time. Her | :19:56. | :20:06. | |
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fabulous break of 78. That break was very good form as he breaks off in | :20:10. | :20:18. | |
frame two. Good to see what Robert Milkins has now after sitting out | :20:18. | :20:28. | |
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centre, should he want to play straight to that corner. He would | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
have to be quite accurate with the cube although. Just to follow | :21:10. | :21:13. | |
through with a touch on the right-hand side. Square the line of | :21:13. | :21:23. | |
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the cue ball back up. He could not have placed that in a better | :21:24. | :21:29. | |
position. Now, if the red above the black pots the left corner, he would | :21:29. | :21:33. | |
have two have an angle of that to nudge the red to the right of the | :21:33. | :21:43. | |
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Looks just about OK, as well. He needs to hit this thick. He could | :21:58. | :22:02. | |
have done with another two into the pace on the cue ball. He needs to | :22:02. | :22:07. | |
come another few inches down. He needs to make sure he does not take | :22:07. | :22:17. | |
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push the red out of the corner, but it didn't work. Just going round to | :23:00. | :23:10. | |
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safety shot and swing the cue ball round, but red and blue are in the | :23:38. | :23:42. | |
way to be absolutely sure of getting the white. He is a very aggressive | :23:42. | :23:52. | |
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player, Robert. That is why he has played the three and if this runs, | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
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it is very good. Very good if it to hit the right-hand side of the | :25:02. | :25:12. | |
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first red, not the left-hand side of Milkins there. The cue ball should | :25:36. | :25:40. | |
have been in behind the green. About a foot to the left from where it is | :25:40. | :25:50. | |
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safety shot. He can't play the two reds below the pink. If he plays the | :25:54. | :26:04. | |
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two reds on the cushion, he will well. It may just run up to them. | :26:12. | :26:18. | |
Need to rely on the table to be pretty true and it was. I think that | :26:18. | :26:25. | |
is a very negative shots to play. You should really be in trouble. He | :26:25. | :26:35. | |
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keeps giving Robert Milkins the pink. The cue ball is further over | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
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to the centre of the table. If he to go straight into the bunch of | :27:21. | :27:30. | |
reds here and play for the loose one. | :27:30. | :27:33. | |
Played the correct aggressive shot. Not as good a contact as he might | :27:33. | :27:39. | |
have liked. A little bit unfortunate not to win anything, but he did | :27:39. | :27:43. | |
strike the pack in the correct place. Caught the first red just a | :27:43. | :27:53. | |
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blue in playing this safety shot, he does not want to cannon into the | :27:57. | :28:05. | |
green either. Nothing has gone right so far for Rod Milkins. Has not done | :28:05. | :28:15. | |
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that with a lot of right-hand side. Obviously, Robert cannot see the | :29:41. | :29:51. | |
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red that is next to the pink or he Neil Robertson is looking at the | :30:46. | :30:50. | |
red on the black cushion closest to the left hand corner. He's just | :30:50. | :31:00. | |
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checking to see what he is going to He can't afford to let the cue ball | :32:03. | :32:08. | |
bounce off the baulk cushion because the red next to the pink | :32:08. | :32:18. | |
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might be available. It has got to Has he gone far enough? No, that | :32:19. | :32:29. | |
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Robertson has won the second safety He cut it very thin, and as you can | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
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Not easy to see where the car was going to come from. He could stun | :33:15. | :33:25. | |
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for the black to the right centre but that is not easy by any stretch. | :33:26. | :33:35. | |
He will have to hit it really hard It is not straightforward, this | :33:35. | :33:45. | |
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opportunity. Looking to play a free That was a lovely little short. | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
Played the red in-off the red that was over the pocket. I did not | :34:03. | :34:08. | |
think there was room for that first red to go past. It gives him a good | :34:08. | :34:18. | |
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I don't know whether he can get If he plays it slow enough to get | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
on to the then the red to the right of the black should pot. That could | :34:59. | :35:06. | |
beat a possible chance of winning the frame. -- lead to a possible | :35:06. | :35:15. | |
chance. Robert Milkins has just played one bad safety shot and has | :35:15. | :35:25. | |
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the possibility of going 2-0 behind. He has to be patient, Robert. That | :35:36. | :35:41. | |
is not one of his strongest attributes. Sometimes, if he's not | :35:42. | :35:46. | |
playing well, his temper can let him down. But it is a long match. | :35:46. | :35:56. | |
He is going to get chances. You can't spend too much time dwelling | :35:56. | :36:00. | |
on your past mistakes. You're not in the right frame of mind when you | :36:00. | :36:10. | |
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Just trying to make sure that he can get onto this cut red and get | :36:22. | :36:28. | |
the cannon and still on the black. We don't know door, if he can play | :36:28. | :36:38. | |
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the cannon on was two was. -- we don't know if he can play the | :36:43. | :36:49. | |
cannon on those two reds. These next two shorts, we will know | :36:49. | :36:59. | |
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whether he can win the frame at A little lower on the black know. | :38:16. | :38:22. | |
He can still hold it or go in and out of baulk, whichever way he | :38:22. | :38:32. | |
fancies playing it. The red will slow the cue ball down and now it | :38:32. | :38:37. | |
is a frame winning chance. Well what is sitting in his chair | :38:37. | :38:41. | |
shaking his head. He has only played one bad shot in two frames | :38:41. | :38:51. | |
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and he is 2-0 behind. He knows that This is impressive stuff by Neil | :39:27. | :39:37. | |
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Robertson. He has worked this out Before he plays each shot, he works | :39:40. | :39:44. | |
everything out to make sure he is 100% in his mind on what is | :39:44. | :39:54. | |
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He could not strike the ball any better than he is doing at the | :39:57. | :40:07. | |
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You cannot do much better than this. Two visits, two frames. He has | :40:51. | :40:57. | |
already had 44 centuries this season and 27 Crucible centuries. | :40:57. | :41:07. | |
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He has been in great form or you. That will please him greatly. He is | :41:08. | :41:18. | |
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playing well, and Robert Milkins It is a big edge been the best | :41:23. | :41:26. | |
players in the world and having people being frightened to play | :41:26. | :41:31. | |
against you sometimes, but it will not be the case in the tournament - | :41:31. | :41:37. | |
- 4 Robert. He has only played Neil Robertson ones and he lost that | :41:37. | :41:42. | |
match. He has played all the top players and the world, at one time | :41:42. | :41:52. | |
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He has its Likud Neil behind the yellow but I would rather have put | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
the cue ball tight on the baulk cushion. He will have a two-cushion | :42:34. | :42:43. | |
escape here. And that is very well played. The chance of a pot to the | :42:43. | :42:53. | |
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Last time Robert came to the table he had a chance from the blue to go | :43:27. | :43:33. | |
into the reds and get onto a red. This time Neil Robertson has put | :43:33. | :43:39. | |
the black safe. Everything is a little bit awkward at the minute. | :43:39. | :43:45. | |
He can play for them loose red and try and bring pink and back -- | :43:45. | :43:53. | |
black into play. He got the pink in play, he has caught the black | :43:53. | :43:58. | |
slightly move, and he has not got onto a red. Quite an aggressive | :43:58. | :44:08. | |
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shot, but nothing happening for him He is not being rewarded at the | :44:12. | :44:17. | |
moment for playing the right shots. He has to be patient. Chances will | :44:17. | :44:25. | |
come. He cannot afford to play careless safety shots like that. He | :44:25. | :44:35. | |
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has to find that baulk cushion Obviously the black being tied up | :44:55. | :45:00. | |
is stopping him going for one of these long reds down the left-hand | :45:00. | :45:08. | |
side. The middle red of the CRUSE on the left-hand side looks like he | :45:08. | :45:14. | |
can get the white back to where it is no. Or maybe he has spotted | :45:14. | :45:24. | |
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The very unusual. I do not understand that shot. And I am sure, | :45:30. | :45:40. | |
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He did not want to play in the baulk because the red is over the | :45:51. | :45:57. | |
right corner pocket, but it is a negative shot to play. The red | :45:57. | :46:01. | |
closest to the cue ball pots to the right corner but then it will be | :46:01. | :46:10. | |
hard to get up for the blue. In an exhibition a practice match he | :46:10. | :46:16. | |
would have played it by now, but at 2-0 down, he's finding things | :46:16. | :46:22. | |
difficult. There is a possibility of potting it with the cannon on | :46:22. | :46:32. | |
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He wanted to play the cannon on that red to the right of the black | :46:44. | :46:49. | |
but tied we think the natural angle was there to do that. -- I don't | :46:49. | :46:59. | |
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think. How do you cover this red to Like this, I would say - excellent | :47:03. | :47:13. | |
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I was about to suggest that the slow you play that shot, the more | :47:52. | :48:02. | |
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of the chance of this were taking. -- the swerve taking. I don't know | :48:03. | :48:08. | |
whether the black will go back on its own spot quite easily. But he | :48:08. | :48:14. | |
would like to move the red away from the black. He can screw this | :48:14. | :48:18. | |
end and play the cannon on the red and be on two reds into the middle | :48:18. | :48:28. | |
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but he needs to clear that red away He took a chance, and it was a very | :48:36. | :48:43. | |
good shot, but unfortunately the red stayed on the cushion. He needs | :48:43. | :48:47. | |
a good pot now to keep this break going, either the one to the middle | :48:47. | :48:57. | |
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He needs to play this with right hand side to miss the kiss on the | :49:11. | :49:21. | |
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red to the left of the black. Well It is not getting any easier, this | :49:26. | :49:36. | |
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break, is it? Now a tester of a You can see how easy a style Robert | :49:51. | :49:56. | |
Milkins has. He just went down and played that as if it was a practice | :49:56. | :50:02. | |
match. He just gets down and hits it. It is sometimes a bad thing, | :50:02. | :50:08. | |
but that is how he plays. It is good to watch when he gets going. | :50:08. | :50:12. | |
The green being off its spot will help you because it will go round | :50:12. | :50:18. | |
and pass the green short if he hits it properly. He creates a lot of | :50:18. | :50:28. | |
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cue ball movement. He has got a -- quick cue. Lots of players play | :50:39. | :50:42. | |
with a 9-pin the litre cue tip, but the one he uses is a lot thicker | :50:42. | :50:52. | |
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than most. -- 9-10 millimetre. If he can make this into a frame- | :50:57. | :51:07. | |
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winning break, we're going to have He looks to be striking the ball | :51:12. | :51:19. | |
very well. An excellent touch through to the black spot. And that | :51:19. | :51:29. | |
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blue that he played going round the He played that well, with enough | :51:51. | :51:55. | |
pace that the cue ball slightly follow-through which means that he | :51:55. | :52:05. | |
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is on this red to the left corner. He was a little bit careless there | :52:36. | :52:43. | |
more to get a better angle on the black, but he has played it well. | :52:43. | :52:53. | |
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He has got a little wry smile on You can't get a much better | :52:59. | :53:05. | |
standard than this, so 4. Both players hitting the ball very well | :53:05. | :53:15. | |
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indeed. -- so far. They are making the game look ridiculously easy at | :53:15. | :53:25. | |
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This is an excellent chance of his first Crucible century. It is his | :53:29. | :53:36. | |
second appearance here. It is an excellent chance. He has surpassed | :53:36. | :53:46. | |
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his highest break from his previous He does not appear to want to make | :53:54. | :53:59. | |
century, given how relaxed he is. There have been at 12 Crucible | :53:59. | :54:09. | |
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centuries in the first few days. He generates so much movement. He hits | :54:09. | :54:19. | |
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There could have been three centuries in this match so far, but | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
Robert Milkins makes the highest break of the match so far, to make | :54:24. | :54:33. | |
it 2-1. The referee asking the crew to be quiet as Neil Robertson gets | :54:33. | :54:39. | |
frame four under way. You do not like to be 2-0 in front and then | :54:39. | :54:46. | |
going to the interval 2-2, because you like to take a lead into the | :54:46. | :54:53. | |
next session. Yes, it feels like an opportunity lost. But it is when | :54:53. | :54:56. | |
you have had lots of chances yourself and thrown frames away | :54:56. | :55:03. | |
that you go back feeling irritated at the interval. Neil Robertson | :55:03. | :55:09. | |
will still be in a positive frame of mind. This is one of his | :55:09. | :55:15. | |
trademarks - he expects to get these. He would do well to get | :55:15. | :55:21. | |
round the back of the red on the far right hand side. He pots a | :55:21. | :55:26. | |
large percentage of those when he plays at General pace, but he had | :55:26. | :55:36. | |
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This red obviously passes the green. This is a great chance for Robert | :55:40. | :55:45. | |
Milkins. He may take the chance of playing through the gap between | :55:45. | :55:55. | |
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these reds to get on the red just What kind of shot as that? He | :56:00. | :56:10. | |
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underhit that by about a foot. was playing the shot you suggested | :56:10. | :56:20. | |
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to try to get on the red above the Having a look to see if the pink | :57:14. | :57:19. | |
will still pot, and that will help if it does. It is all about the | :57:19. | :57:23. | |
river of the black. If he can get on the pink exec we straight he can | :57:23. | :57:31. | |
get onto that red and if it is not top side of the blue, he will not | :57:31. | :57:41. | |
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be happy chappie. It is amazing how many times that happens. The amount | :57:44. | :57:54. | |
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of times that players underhit it, He has played for the other red. He | :57:59. | :58:07. | |
will want to land high on this red that is above the black. He is a | :58:07. | :58:12. | |
beautiful striker of the cue ball. I had not seen him play much, but | :58:12. | :58:18. | |
he's -- he strikes the ball as good as anybody. He has been trying to | :58:18. | :58:25. | |
get on this red for the last six shots. He could just clear forcing | :58:25. | :58:35. | |
shot and play on to the right. -- play a forcing shot. He has decided | :58:35. | :58:39. | |
against it. He has a little bit of work to do to get onto the next red, | :58:39. | :58:49. | |
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cushion into the pack. He is now looking at the yellow. He has to | :59:00. | :59:03. | |
play a cannon of some sort if it wants to keep this play going. I | :59:03. | :59:09. | |
would play the green. Yes, there is a big target of green | :59:09. | :59:19. | |
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and blue. A bigger target off the if you don't catch the painful in | :59:24. | :59:29. | |
the face, you have a good chance going off. | :59:29. | :59:34. | |
The yellow is not a bad choice. If he keeps the black in his eye line, | :59:34. | :59:40. | |
anywhere near the black or cannon the black, he knows that the bottom | :59:41. | :59:44. | |
red pot he could come by the black at a certain place. He has decided | :59:45. | :59:50. | |
on the blue so is playing some sort of cannon. That is the one Stephen | :59:50. | :00:00. | |
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was talking about. A few slides by, the minute, Robert and he should be | :00:10. | :00:20. | |
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of situation, getting up behind the green is no real advantage. You | :00:54. | :00:57. | |
would rather let see the reds, wouldn't you? | :00:57. | :01:07. | |
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Absolutely. Making your opponents roll into the two reds in the pink | :01:14. | :01:22. | |
spot. He would have preferred, almost, to finish between brown and | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
green. He is just looking at the plant. Surely he won't play that | :01:27. | :01:32. | |
unless it is a certainty. It is dead set. We have a picture from another | :01:32. | :01:42. | |
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camera angle. He might take this on. angle, doesn't it? | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
That is close enough for me, that one. | :02:10. | :02:20. | |
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It looks like he is reluctant to playing the plant. Didn't play the | :02:30. | :02:34. | |
plans, he hit the wrong ball. I bet he wishes he could have that shot | :02:34. | :02:44. | |
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baulk. He will have to try to kiss the red to the black -- to the right | :02:49. | :02:59. | |
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then he would take the blue onto the yellow pocket, but a bit too | :03:18. | :03:25. | |
awkward. Then again, that is a little bit careless. This red below | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
the pink main part to the right corner. If we can see enough of it. | :03:29. | :03:39. | |
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It looks like he is playing the red kiss on the green, of course. He | :03:52. | :03:58. | |
played a short similar to this in frame to when he hit a safety shot | :03:58. | :04:03. | |
half draw and hit the jaws. He has to be careful not to hit one of | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
these reds too thick and leave the white in the middle of the table | :04:06. | :04:16. | |
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to leave that red on, but he covered it. In fairness, it looks to be a | :05:20. | :05:26. | |
very good safety. The reds on the right-hand side with the blue. You | :05:26. | :05:32. | |
can see him with his head going down because he thought he left the pot | :05:32. | :05:38. | |
on, but he got the pace right. He can get back into a similar position | :05:38. | :05:43. | |
to what he is in now. He has to be at least that wide otherwise he will | :05:43. | :05:53. | |
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long red up, but there may be a gap between the pink and the blue to get | :06:40. | :06:50. | |
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to the reds to the right of the two through. Can he not go the other | :07:07. | :07:17. | |
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side of the brown? Does not look like it from there. | :07:18. | :07:25. | |
No, he hit the wrong red. You can tell by the reaction, he is not | :07:25. | :07:31. | |
impressed. To be honest, Robertson was | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
fortunate not to have left anything on after such a poor safety shot. He | :07:36. | :07:46. | |
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thought he could pocket, but hit the glance, but they are stopping the | :08:53. | :08:57. | |
black from potting and the pink is out of the way to a similar | :08:57. | :09:01. | |
situation to frame one where he needs to get black into play. He | :09:01. | :09:06. | |
could risk doing it now playing the cannon into the two reds at the | :09:06. | :09:16. | |
:09:16. | :09:22. | ||
that was putting reds onto the cushion, but he has managed to do | :09:22. | :09:27. | |
that tumbled the blackout. Still won't play for the black because | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
when it spots it will still be blocked up. | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
That is the beauty of the top players. They see a chance to win | :09:36. | :09:41. | |
the frame, but a lot of players would not want to play that | :09:41. | :09:51. | |
:09:51. | :09:54. | ||
best chance to win the frame in one visit. Those are the shots you have | :09:54. | :10:02. | |
to play. You keep just taking what is available. You can come unstuck a | :10:02. | :10:12. | |
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here. But it is blocked up if it is re-spotted. He will probably play on | :10:26. | :10:33. | |
the right-hand side and go back out for the blue. He played the natural | :10:33. | :10:40. | |
angle, but did not plan to catch the red. He has been very fortunate. | :10:40. | :10:44. | |
Looking at Robert in his seat shaking his head as he finished plum | :10:44. | :10:54. | |
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blackspot would help here. Oh, hasn't played it. That takes potting | :11:03. | :11:09. | |
the black out of the equation, you see. | :11:09. | :11:19. | |
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Could play a cannon now run the back behind the back of the black with a | :11:23. | :11:33. | |
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touch on the left-hand side. Back up This would have been a lot easier, | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
but it has worked out so that he is not able to get on the black. It is | :11:51. | :11:54. | |
essential to get high on the blue and then play the run on the | :11:54. | :12:04. | |
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rid of this red, but he is getting weird of it at the right time. | :12:40. | :12:46. | |
Right back into the frame and has become favourite to win it now. Oh, | :12:46. | :12:53. | |
until then. Played the full ball cannon and did not get it right. He | :12:53. | :13:02. | |
can still wallet in, but played the full cannon not the quarter cannon. | :13:02. | :13:07. | |
OK, it was thicker than it looks from the commentary position. The | :13:07. | :13:12. | |
green is the key ball for Milkins. The only problem is, Robertson is | :13:12. | :13:19. | |
left-handed which makes the green and little easier. | :13:19. | :13:23. | |
Something is amusing Robert. He is always smiling sat in his chair and | :13:23. | :13:33. | |
:13:33. | :13:39. | ||
chair. Obviously, being a left-hander the green will be more | :13:39. | :13:47. | |
comfortable than it would be to a right-handed player. He has a | :13:47. | :13:57. | |
:13:57. | :14:07. | ||
potting the green, but judging the pace on the cue ball for the brown. | :14:07. | :14:10. | |
It is about the only place it is no good, isn't it, tight on the | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
cushion. Any sort of bounce would have been easy to play for the | :14:15. | :14:25. | |
:14:25. | :14:41. | ||
brown, but he may have to play into brown miscible. Without the kiss, it | :14:41. | :14:51. | |
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would have been unmissable. He will aggrieved. Robertson will be pretty | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
pleased having won the open two frames without giving Robert Mattar | :15:25. | :15:35. | |
:15:35. | :15:44. | ||
the chance. -- Robert much of a these players. Robert Milkins shakes | :15:44. | :15:49. | |
his head. Robertson did what he had to do. Milkins check -- trails at | :15:49. | :15:59. | |
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it is not a straightforward safety. The angle is going back towards the | :16:27. | :16:37. | |
:16:37. | :16:37. | ||
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yellow area where it should be. Not does not win the frame on this | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
:17:31. | :17:31. | ||
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make the frame safe. He won't need the yellow. 26 points in front. Lack | :18:39. | :18:47. | |
34, so just the red. Not a bad kick. He may have to play the cannon into | :18:47. | :18:52. | |
the red now. You wanted to just roll the black in, but that may not be an | :18:52. | :19:02. | |
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catch it correctly, but it was a Robertson the chance to play red and | :20:14. | :20:24. | |
:20:24. | :20:44. | ||
the black here. Kiss on the brown is on. He may have to it at pace | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
between the brown and the green. If the black was on its pot, it should | :20:49. | :20:55. | |
be no problem, but whether black is, he could snooker himself. To the | :20:55. | :20:59. | |
natural angle, kissing into the brown is why he is looking at the | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
possibility of going round the back of the green. He must pot the black, | :21:03. | :21:13. | |
:21:13. | :21:31. | ||
black was on its pot, it would be so easy to get at. If he misses it, it | :21:31. | :21:40. | |
is end of the frame. The pink is the easier shot, but he won't win with | :21:40. | :21:50. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :21:50. | :24:13. | |
that cushion. We had a lot in the Selby game last evening when it came | :24:14. | :24:17. | |
click off this top cushion, there is another example. That finished about | :24:18. | :24:27. | |
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a foot higher than it should have, cushions every three days. They used | :24:32. | :24:42. | |
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here. Playing at a more crisp pace. He would like to leave an angle high | :25:04. | :25:09. | |
on the black here, although, but I would add to play in the pack from | :25:09. | :25:12. | |
high on the cushion. It is always good to play in the pack when there | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
is one loose red. It takes a scenario out stunning | :25:17. | :25:24. | |
into them. He has not played it very well and will have to run round to | :25:24. | :25:31. | |
cushions or screw back. Because it is at the bottom of the pack, | :25:31. | :25:41. | |
:25:41. | :25:57. | ||
playing this next shot will spread and bundles of top spin so the cue | :25:57. | :26:05. | |
ball hit the pack at topspin. Took the cue ball careering forwards. You | :26:05. | :26:11. | |
are never entirely sure what colour you are going to be on, but he will | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
be delighted with that result. I think you will be tied up when it is | :26:16. | :26:19. | |
potted here, but he won't be bothered about that because the | :26:19. | :26:29. | |
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black pot to the left corner so no problem just going off one cushion. | :26:48. | :26:58. | |
:26:58. | :27:07. | ||
So you would have to say, this looks slight sign of danger, not playing | :27:07. | :27:17. | |
:27:17. | :27:54. | ||
well and losing of frame, is to tournament is 142 by Judd Trump. | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
There is a possibility of 144 on the table at the moment if he takes one | :28:00. | :28:10. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :28:10. | :29:22. | |
It is interesting to Huw you see about Neil Robertson getting down | :29:22. | :29:29. | |
to pot the black, which would give him another century. Look at that | :29:30. | :29:38. | |
cushion again. There is another shot where he has swung of a foot | :29:38. | :29:43. | |
further than he meant to. He might have to go and down twice to get to | :29:43. | :29:53. | |
:29:53. | :29:59. | ||
I think he can hold this. He can afford one pink, if he does get | :29:59. | :30:06. | |
another big bounce off the cushion. He's on the pink, that's fine, but | :30:06. | :30:16. | |
:30:16. | :30:26. | ||
Ricky Walden must have thought that his 140 would be in with a chance | :30:26. | :30:36. | |
:30:36. | :30:57. | ||
of winning the big break. But now, The angle was just about cookie, | :30:57. | :31:07. | |
:31:07. | :31:23. | ||
but he's going to have to play it The highest break is purely cash. | :31:23. | :31:32. | |
You are playing for money. There is a golden cue this year. You get a | :31:32. | :31:38. | |
prize as well. Trust me, he's not thinking about that cue. It is | :31:38. | :31:48. | |
:31:48. | :32:06. | ||
There is the bounce again. And now, This will be the highest Crucible | :32:06. | :32:12. | |
break of his career if this pink and black goes in. Well played, | :32:12. | :32:22. | |
:32:22. | :32:29. | ||
140 was not enough, 142 was not enough, will 140 ft be enough? The | :32:29. | :32:39. | |
:32:39. | :32:44. | ||
highest break of the tournament so You will Watson breaks off with two | :32:44. | :32:54. | |
range remaining in this first I would have to say that I agree | :32:54. | :33:00. | |
with you. If Robert Wilkins has any aspirations of winning this match | :33:00. | :33:10. | |
:33:10. | :33:20. | ||
he needs both of these frames. -- You can see the frustration in his | :33:20. | :33:26. | |
face. The fact that he knows that Neil Robertson is 96 times at the | :33:27. | :33:36. | |
:33:37. | :33:39. | ||
100 going to knock this in. -- out And there is the four times out of | :33:39. | :33:47. | |
100 that he doesn't, so Robert Milkins could be given a chance. | :33:47. | :33:54. | |
You would have put your house on Neil Robertson potting that. | :33:54. | :33:59. | |
Perhaps those scrappy frames have affected him. This is a nice chance | :33:59. | :34:07. | |
for Robert to get his cueing arm going. He doesn't take much out of | :34:07. | :34:12. | |
himself. He's a very quick player. He could win this frame in six or | :34:12. | :34:22. | |
:34:22. | :34:52. | ||
An opportunity to go into the bunch here. Three open reds he can play | :34:52. | :35:02. | |
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We've seen that a few times today from both players. Didn't see much | :35:18. | :35:28. | |
:35:28. | :35:29. | ||
of a jump from the black. Just have to trust Robert that he got a bad | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
:35:39. | :35:53. | ||
The bunch of reds will be opened up here with this safety shot. | :35:53. | :36:03. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :36:03. | :37:02. | |
Important to get a good white - and Getting to the three reds below the | :37:02. | :37:05. | |
pink would be an ideal choice if he can get off of the left-hand | :37:05. | :37:14. | |
cushion with loads of sight. If he has to swerve it is a lot more | :37:14. | :37:24. | |
:37:24. | :37:53. | ||
That is nowhere near. Foul, and a That was careless from Neil, wasn't | :37:53. | :37:59. | |
it? It was a long way from the desire of safety shot he played off | :37:59. | :38:09. | |
:38:09. | :38:27. | ||
These reds a beautifully placed for a sizeable break. -- are | :38:27. | :38:35. | |
beautifully placed. I think he needs a to win the frame at this | :38:35. | :38:45. | |
:38:45. | :38:45. | ||
Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :38:45. | :40:54. | |
visit, not only for the frame, but Stephen mention that if he wins the | :40:54. | :41:01. | |
next frame, that takes it-5-4, and Neil Robertson can then think that | :41:01. | :41:11. | |
:41:11. | :41:18. | ||
Well, barring snookers, Robert Milkins has reduced the deficit to | :41:18. | :41:28. | |
:41:28. | :41:29. | ||
55 victory. Although we will Robertson is going to carry on. -- | :41:29. | :41:39. | |
:41:39. | :42:03. | ||
This is an excellent opportunity for Neil Robertson to pot four reds | :42:03. | :42:13. | |
:42:13. | :42:28. | ||
I suppose it would be easy to get in behind the pink rather than the | :42:28. | :42:31. | |
black but it depends on the position he gets in the next couple | :42:31. | :42:35. | |
of shots whether it is the one on the cushion of the one near the | :42:35. | :42:45. | |
:42:45. | :42:54. | ||
pink. -- or the one near the pink. Robert Milkins got himself a nice | :42:54. | :42:57. | |
little break of 45 there, and now he's going to be snooker the next | :42:57. | :43:02. | |
time he comes to the table. It is just a case of how difficult the | :43:02. | :43:12. | |
:43:12. | :43:18. | ||
If it is on the cushion I can't see importing anything, if it is off | :43:18. | :43:26. | |
the cushion, it is missable. It has kicked. That was a shame. He's | :43:26. | :43:31. | |
giving in. He did not get the snookers he needed, so Robert | :43:31. | :43:41. | |
:43:41. | :43:42. | ||
Milkins has closed the gap to trail by two frames, at 5-3. So, a big | :43:42. | :43:45. | |
frame for Robert Milkins, he breaks off in the final frame of the | :43:45. | :43:55. | |
:43:55. | :43:56. | ||
session. If he can get out of this 5-4 down, he will be delighted. And | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
Neil Robertson will be disappointed with a 5-4. At some stages this | :44:01. | :44:06. | |
afternoon he has looked fantastic and at other times he has looked | :44:06. | :44:16. | |
:44:16. | :44:30. | ||
You can see again when he senses a bit of danger. He can step up a | :44:31. | :44:40. | |
gear and producer big break when it really matters. -- produce a big | :44:40. | :44:50. | |
:44:50. | :45:26. | ||
He did not get into the cue ball, did he? A lot of screw shots, the | :45:26. | :45:34. | |
white ball has not been reacting in the way that the players expect. He | :45:34. | :45:44. | |
:45:44. | :45:44. | ||
will be moving reds, so it could Maybe not. Robert Milkins has been | :45:44. | :45:54. | |
:45:54. | :45:56. | ||
given a lifeline. He will be just dropping this red in. For an angle | :45:56. | :46:02. | |
on the black to clear into the pack. But it is quite a narrow pack from | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
that direction. There is a good chance of the cue ball disappearing | :46:06. | :46:13. | |
up to the baulk end. He will try to get the cue ball to the right hand | :46:13. | :46:20. | |
side cushion. That is what he is playing - off the cushion and into | :46:20. | :46:28. | |
the bunch of reds. He would like to get the middle of those three reds | :46:28. | :46:35. | |
to the right of the pack. You would have been playing that a lot harder | :46:36. | :46:44. | |
than that. It is strange. He has played a few shots into the pack- | :46:44. | :46:48. | |
day and has played them full strength. I assume that he was | :46:48. | :46:58. | |
:46:58. | :47:14. | ||
frightened of the cue ball There is nothing like a bit of luck. | :47:14. | :47:18. | |
And the way that Robert is shaking his head he probably feels he has | :47:18. | :47:28. | |
:47:28. | :47:37. | ||
not had much luck this afternoon, The two West to the right of the | :47:37. | :47:43. | |
pack, he will be hoping one of them pots to the left corner. Depending | :47:43. | :47:53. | |
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He has got the left-hand side on it, but just a little bit too much | :48:01. | :48:08. | |
angle. He can pot the red but it is closer to the red than he wanted it | :48:08. | :48:16. | |
to be, which makes it missable. He has missed it, as well. Has he | :48:16. | :48:25. | |
covered it? Maybe the one of the balls is changing. -- run of the | :48:25. | :48:35. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :48:35. | :50:27. | |
He was a bit unfortunate to leave the cue ball tight to the side | :50:27. | :50:31. | |
cushion. It limits what Neil Robertson can do positionally. That | :50:31. | :50:41. | |
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is why he may not take the pot on He can't hit the edge of the pack | :51:17. | :51:22. | |
near the pink. You can just about get through to the red that's an | :51:22. | :51:32. | |
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open play, but can he leave it safe He has left the red at the bottom | :51:36. | :51:43. | |
of the bunch to the right corner. It is a big shot, it could be a | :51:43. | :51:53. | |
:51:53. | :52:02. | ||
chance to win the frame of this goes in. -- if this goes in. Can't | :52:02. | :52:11. | |
see him going for a pot from here - it will be cue ball behind blue, | :52:11. | :52:21. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :52:21. | :53:38. | |
Now, I think it may have always been a snooker but the double kiss | :53:38. | :53:47. | |
on the green made sure of it. That is about as good as he could have | :53:47. | :53:57. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :53:57. | :54:51. | |
Now this is a chance for Robert. Will he play the shot to nothing | :54:51. | :55:01. | |
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and swing it out for the green, He may have second prize here, he | :55:15. | :55:24. | |
dead straight pink. There is pressure on this one. Very well | :55:24. | :55:31. | |
done. A simple shot to the corner and he will be nicely on the pink | :55:31. | :55:39. | |
and then four reds and colours will leave them only one behind going | :55:39. | :55:49. | |
into tomorrow's session. Considering Robertson has made such | :55:49. | :55:56. | |
high breaks, to come out of the session trailing 5-4, he has done | :55:56. | :56:06. | |
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If I was in Neil Robertson's shoes, to be 5-2 up and only have a 5-4 | :56:11. | :56:18. | |
lead, I would not be happy. Although you are in front, it is a | :56:18. | :56:28. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 57 seconds | :56:28. | :57:52. | |
He will be very pleased with himself. His head has been shaking | :57:52. | :57:57. | |
when things have not been going right but he has had a good put of | :57:57. | :58:01. | |
fortune in the last couple of frames, and you can see what kind | :58:01. | :58:09. | |
of player he is when things are going right - excellent potter. | :58:09. | :58:19. | |
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Exhibition shot here, try to hit Neil Robertson will be very | :58:25. | :58:31. | |
disappointed, to be 5-2 in front and come out 5-4. The handshake | :58:31. | :58:36. | |
will come, it has been a very good session of snooker, scrappy in the | :58:36. | :58:42. | |
middle but very good at the event, we will worsen will be disappointed | :58:42. | :58:47. |