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More action from the Betfair World Snooker Championship here at the

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Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. Our featured matches the opening session

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between Neil Robertson and Robert Milkins. Roberts arrived on the back

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of winning the China open in March. Wilkins ended Jimmy White's run in

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the qualifiers. We start on the forward to. Milkins has had a new

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lease of life over the last few years playing some great stuff

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against one of the favourites of the tournament, Neil Robertson, who has

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been world champion before. I have Stephen Hendry with me and we have

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to be a little bit careful with Milkins, he is very dangerous.

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Yes, very much so. Knocked out the fans favourites, Jimmy White, in the

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last round in Sheffield. When the draw came out, he could not have

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picked a much tougher one with Neil best in this match to have any

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snooker on the big occasions. Great records in the UK, the Masters and

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the world championship. That is the first mistake by Milkins. How about

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this for a first rate in the first frame? Yes, hit the wrong ball,

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didn't he? Just caught the first red and didn't play that so it is an

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excellent opportunity for Milkins to get his hand on the table. Even

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though he has been here many occasions, you always need those

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single ball potter, I think this gentleman is now. His break skills

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have improved tremendously over the years.

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Can you describe to me what a single ball Potter is, please?

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When you are playing match shot to potting a huge percentage of long

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don't think he has come high enough to get back on the black. He is

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wearing a pair of new shoes today. The carpet is very slippy so he has

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to be careful when stretching. You can see your face in those, very

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get to get a colour at all here. Maybe he feels he can't even pot the

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is feeling today. A very positive shot in the first round of the world

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championship. He is a little lucky not to have an

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easier pot than this. Get it around three cautions and he would expect

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to have another part at least. That is the end of break, just playing a

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he will be taking it on. He doesn't the safety now. He should get a good

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wide here. It is amazing how he has never been

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a journey man. The last two or three seasons he has really come to

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hand there. That plant was on. He did not raise his hand to say it was

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a fluke. A little bit careless by pot, wasn't it. He must have had a

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black not being available, that is why he is having to cut back. He

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can't get onto a colour. Usually you would be airing on the

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side of missing its same, but completely? Then you could adjust

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accordingly on the next shot. He unfortunately has not left

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anything. You should know where to aim this time providing the referee

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puts the cue ball in the correct place.

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Not terribly important, the red, but it is important to get the pink in

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the right place. He is just having a look at where they were before. Not

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touching the red, so it has to be same shot. His choice of two reds to

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get back into the baulk. He has to be careful he does not play the same

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shot again because he could leave an easy red. He came very low last time

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and it looks to be lower this time as well. Hit them both at the same

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time. I think it was red first, so afternoon how quick Robert Milkins

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is. He does not mess about when he gets going. That was an excellent

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single ballpark? I don't think so because he is going to play the blue

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here. We will just have to agree to differ on the single ballpark

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analogy. It was a great part, I agree with

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you and he is undoubtedly the best at that kind of shot at the moment.

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A kiss on the pink and leaving the blue to play to the two reds and

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that will complete the game out. There is every chance, actually,

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that would potting the blue and kissing those two reds, he could

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free the black. At the moment, paint out of play and you rarely see a

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player win again on blues alone. It may be worth playing that cannon.

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Just having a look at the two reds Lucky enough to get on something

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Robertson. He had to do a job. He doesn't looked edgy at all. I have

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seen one or two top players looking edgy in the first round already. He

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work into coming to Sheffield. He is striking the ball beautifully.

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Allegedly he does not like to get up to early to play and practice. He

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obviously a chance to win the frame now. This black will be a frame

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ball. Good performance, this so far. A couple of bits of good fortune,

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but after that he has cued very nicely.

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Not the start that Milkins was after. He would have been hoping

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that Neal would be nervous and edgy in the first round, but he was

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suggest Robert getting to the table and potting a few balls getting his

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ongoing. That is presuming that Neal breaks down. Normally he likes to

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pot every ball on the table. Yes, I think it is key with it being

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the first frame that you do not let Robert have practised time. He is

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still a little cold at the moment. He will be a little bit annoyed,

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Robert. The fluke was the thing that Can't cue any better than that. This

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is another one he needs to cue perfectly, but not this time. Her

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fabulous break of 78. That break was very good form as he breaks off in

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frame two. Good to see what Robert Milkins has now after sitting out

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centre, should he want to play straight to that corner. He would

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have to be quite accurate with the cube although. Just to follow

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through with a touch on the right-hand side. Square the line of

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the cue ball back up. He could not have placed that in a better

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position. Now, if the red above the black pots the left corner, he would

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have two have an angle of that to nudge the red to the right of the

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Looks just about OK, as well. He needs to hit this thick. He could

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have done with another two into the pace on the cue ball. He needs to

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come another few inches down. He needs to make sure he does not take

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push the red out of the corner, but it didn't work. Just going round to

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safety shot and swing the cue ball round, but red and blue are in the

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way to be absolutely sure of getting the white. He is a very aggressive

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player, Robert. That is why he has played the three and if this runs,

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it is very good. Very good if it to hit the right-hand side of the

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first red, not the left-hand side of Milkins there. The cue ball should

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have been in behind the green. About a foot to the left from where it is

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safety shot. He can't play the two reds below the pink. If he plays the

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two reds on the cushion, he will well. It may just run up to them.

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Need to rely on the table to be pretty true and it was. I think that

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is a very negative shots to play. You should really be in trouble. He

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keeps giving Robert Milkins the pink. The cue ball is further over

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to the centre of the table. If he to go straight into the bunch of

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reds here and play for the loose one.

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Played the correct aggressive shot. Not as good a contact as he might

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have liked. A little bit unfortunate not to win anything, but he did

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strike the pack in the correct place. Caught the first red just a

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blue in playing this safety shot, he does not want to cannon into the

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green either. Nothing has gone right so far for Rod Milkins. Has not done

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that with a lot of right-hand side. Obviously, Robert cannot see the

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red that is next to the pink or he Neil Robertson is looking at the

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red on the black cushion closest to the left hand corner. He's just

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checking to see what he is going to He can't afford to let the cue ball

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bounce off the baulk cushion because the red next to the pink

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might be available. It has got to Has he gone far enough? No, that

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Robertson has won the second safety He cut it very thin, and as you can

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Not easy to see where the car was going to come from. He could stun

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for the black to the right centre but that is not easy by any stretch.

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He will have to hit it really hard It is not straightforward, this

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opportunity. Looking to play a free That was a lovely little short.

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Played the red in-off the red that was over the pocket. I did not

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think there was room for that first red to go past. It gives him a good

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I don't know whether he can get If he plays it slow enough to get

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on to the then the red to the right of the black should pot. That could

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beat a possible chance of winning the frame. -- lead to a possible

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chance. Robert Milkins has just played one bad safety shot and has

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the possibility of going 2-0 behind. He has to be patient, Robert. That

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is not one of his strongest attributes. Sometimes, if he's not

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playing well, his temper can let him down. But it is a long match.

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He is going to get chances. You can't spend too much time dwelling

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on your past mistakes. You're not in the right frame of mind when you

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Just trying to make sure that he can get onto this cut red and get

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the cannon and still on the black. We don't know door, if he can play

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the cannon on was two was. -- we don't know if he can play the

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cannon on those two reds. These next two shorts, we will know

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whether he can win the frame at A little lower on the black know.

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He can still hold it or go in and out of baulk, whichever way he

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fancies playing it. The red will slow the cue ball down and now it

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is a frame winning chance. Well what is sitting in his chair

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shaking his head. He has only played one bad shot in two frames

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and he is 2-0 behind. He knows that This is impressive stuff by Neil

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Robertson. He has worked this out Before he plays each shot, he works

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everything out to make sure he is 100% in his mind on what is

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He could not strike the ball any better than he is doing at the

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You cannot do much better than this. Two visits, two frames. He has

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already had 44 centuries this season and 27 Crucible centuries.

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He has been in great form or you. That will please him greatly. He is

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playing well, and Robert Milkins It is a big edge been the best

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players in the world and having people being frightened to play

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against you sometimes, but it will not be the case in the tournament -

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- 4 Robert. He has only played Neil Robertson ones and he lost that

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match. He has played all the top players and the world, at one time

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He has its Likud Neil behind the yellow but I would rather have put

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the cue ball tight on the baulk cushion. He will have a two-cushion

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escape here. And that is very well played. The chance of a pot to the

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Last time Robert came to the table he had a chance from the blue to go

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into the reds and get onto a red. This time Neil Robertson has put

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the black safe. Everything is a little bit awkward at the minute.

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He can play for them loose red and try and bring pink and back --

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black into play. He got the pink in play, he has caught the black

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slightly move, and he has not got onto a red. Quite an aggressive

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shot, but nothing happening for him He is not being rewarded at the

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moment for playing the right shots. He has to be patient. Chances will

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come. He cannot afford to play careless safety shots like that. He

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has to find that baulk cushion Obviously the black being tied up

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is stopping him going for one of these long reds down the left-hand

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side. The middle red of the CRUSE on the left-hand side looks like he

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can get the white back to where it is no. Or maybe he has spotted

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The very unusual. I do not understand that shot. And I am sure,

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He did not want to play in the baulk because the red is over the

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right corner pocket, but it is a negative shot to play. The red

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closest to the cue ball pots to the right corner but then it will be

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hard to get up for the blue. In an exhibition a practice match he

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would have played it by now, but at 2-0 down, he's finding things

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difficult. There is a possibility of potting it with the cannon on

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He wanted to play the cannon on that red to the right of the black

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but tied we think the natural angle was there to do that. -- I don't

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think. How do you cover this red to Like this, I would say - excellent

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I was about to suggest that the slow you play that shot, the more

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of the chance of this were taking. -- the swerve taking. I don't know

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whether the black will go back on its own spot quite easily. But he

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would like to move the red away from the black. He can screw this

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end and play the cannon on the red and be on two reds into the middle

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but he needs to clear that red away He took a chance, and it was a very

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good shot, but unfortunately the red stayed on the cushion. He needs

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a good pot now to keep this break going, either the one to the middle

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He needs to play this with right hand side to miss the kiss on the

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red to the left of the black. Well It is not getting any easier, this

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break, is it? Now a tester of a You can see how easy a style Robert

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Milkins has. He just went down and played that as if it was a practice

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match. He just gets down and hits it. It is sometimes a bad thing,

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but that is how he plays. It is good to watch when he gets going.

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The green being off its spot will help you because it will go round

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and pass the green short if he hits it properly. He creates a lot of

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cue ball movement. He has got a -- quick cue. Lots of players play

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with a 9-pin the litre cue tip, but the one he uses is a lot thicker

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than most. -- 9-10 millimetre. If he can make this into a frame-

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winning break, we're going to have He looks to be striking the ball

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very well. An excellent touch through to the black spot. And that

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blue that he played going round the He played that well, with enough

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pace that the cue ball slightly follow-through which means that he

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is on this red to the left corner. He was a little bit careless there

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more to get a better angle on the black, but he has played it well.

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He has got a little wry smile on You can't get a much better

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standard than this, so 4. Both players hitting the ball very well

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indeed. -- so far. They are making the game look ridiculously easy at

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This is an excellent chance of his first Crucible century. It is his

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second appearance here. It is an excellent chance. He has surpassed

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his highest break from his previous He does not appear to want to make

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century, given how relaxed he is. There have been at 12 Crucible

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centuries in the first few days. He generates so much movement. He hits

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There could have been three centuries in this match so far, but

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Robert Milkins makes the highest break of the match so far, to make

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it 2-1. The referee asking the crew to be quiet as Neil Robertson gets

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frame four under way. You do not like to be 2-0 in front and then

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going to the interval 2-2, because you like to take a lead into the

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next session. Yes, it feels like an opportunity lost. But it is when

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you have had lots of chances yourself and thrown frames away

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that you go back feeling irritated at the interval. Neil Robertson

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will still be in a positive frame of mind. This is one of his

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trademarks - he expects to get these. He would do well to get

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round the back of the red on the far right hand side. He pots a

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large percentage of those when he plays at General pace, but he had

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This red obviously passes the green. This is a great chance for Robert

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Milkins. He may take the chance of playing through the gap between

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these reds to get on the red just What kind of shot as that? He

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underhit that by about a foot. was playing the shot you suggested

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to try to get on the red above the Having a look to see if the pink

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will still pot, and that will help if it does. It is all about the

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river of the black. If he can get on the pink exec we straight he can

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get onto that red and if it is not top side of the blue, he will not

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be happy chappie. It is amazing how many times that happens. The amount

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of times that players underhit it, He has played for the other red. He

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will want to land high on this red that is above the black. He is a

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beautiful striker of the cue ball. I had not seen him play much, but

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he's -- he strikes the ball as good as anybody. He has been trying to

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get on this red for the last six shots. He could just clear forcing

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shot and play on to the right. -- play a forcing shot. He has decided

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against it. He has a little bit of work to do to get onto the next red,

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cushion into the pack. He is now looking at the yellow. He has to

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play a cannon of some sort if it wants to keep this play going. I

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would play the green. Yes, there is a big target of green

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and blue. A bigger target off the if you don't catch the painful in

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the face, you have a good chance going off.

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The yellow is not a bad choice. If he keeps the black in his eye line,

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anywhere near the black or cannon the black, he knows that the bottom

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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

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was talking about. A few slides by, the minute, Robert and he should be

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of situation, getting up behind the green is no real advantage. You

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would rather let see the reds, wouldn't you?

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Absolutely. Making your opponents roll into the two reds in the pink

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spot. He would have preferred, almost, to finish between brown and

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green. He is just looking at the plant. Surely he won't play that

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unless it is a certainty. It is dead set. We have a picture from another

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camera angle. He might take this on. angle, doesn't it?

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That is close enough for me, that one.

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It looks like he is reluctant to playing the plant. Didn't play the

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plans, he hit the wrong ball. I bet he wishes he could have that shot

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baulk. He will have to try to kiss the red to the black -- to the right

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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.

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It looks like he is playing the red kiss on the green, of course. He

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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

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to leave that red on, but he covered it. In fairness, it looks to be a

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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

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long red up, but there may be a gap between the pink and the blue to get

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to the reds to the right of the two through. Can he not go the other

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side of the brown? Does not look like it from there.

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No, he hit the wrong red. You can tell by the reaction, he is not

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impressed. To be honest, Robertson was

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fortunate not to have left anything on after such a poor safety shot. He

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thought he could pocket, but hit the glance, but they are stopping the

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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.
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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

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when it spots it will still be blocked up.

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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

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best chance to win the frame in one visit. Those are the shots you have

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to play. You keep just taking what is available. You can come unstuck a

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here. But it is blocked up if it is re-spotted. He will probably play on

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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.

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Looking at Robert in his seat shaking his head as he finished plum

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blackspot would help here. Oh, hasn't played it. That takes potting

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the black out of the equation, you see.

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Could play a cannon now run the back behind the back of the black with a

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touch on the left-hand side. Back up This would have been a lot easier,

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but it has worked out so that he is not able to get on the black. It is

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essential to get high on the blue and then play the run on the

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rid of this red, but he is getting weird of it at the right time.

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Right back into the frame and has become favourite to win it now. Oh,

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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.

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OK, it was thicker than it looks from the commentary position. The

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green is the key ball for Milkins. The only problem is, Robertson is

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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

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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

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potting the green, but judging the pace on the cue ball for the brown.

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It is about the only place it is no good, isn't it, tight on the

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cushion. Any sort of bounce would have been easy to play for the

:14:15.:14:25.
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brown, but he may have to play into brown miscible. Without the kiss, it

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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.
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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

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yellow area where it should be. Not does not win the frame on this

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make the frame safe. He won't need the yellow. 26 points in front. Lack

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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

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catch it correctly, but it was a Robertson the chance to play red and

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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,

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black was on its pot, it would be so easy to get at. If he misses it, it

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is end of the frame. The pink is the easier shot, but he won't win with

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that cushion. We had a lot in the Selby game last evening when it came

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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

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on the black here, although, but I would add to play in the pack from

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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

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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,

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playing this next shot will spread and bundles of top spin so the cue

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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

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black pot to the left corner so no problem just going off one cushion.

:26:48.:26:58.
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So you would have to say, this looks slight sign of danger, not playing

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well and losing of frame, is to tournament is 142 by Judd Trump.

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There is a possibility of 144 on the table at the moment if he takes one

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It is interesting to Huw you see about Neil Robertson getting down

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to pot the black, which would give him another century. Look at that

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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.
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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.
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Ricky Walden must have thought that his 140 would be in with a chance

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of winning the big break. But now, The angle was just about cookie,

:30:57.:31:07.
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but he's going to have to play it The highest break is purely cash.

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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.
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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,

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140 was not enough, 142 was not enough, will 140 ft be enough? The

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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

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with you. If Robert Wilkins has any aspirations of winning this match

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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.
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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.

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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

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himself. He's a very quick player. He could win this frame in six or

:34:12.:34:22.
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An opportunity to go into the bunch here. Three open reds he can play

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We've seen that a few times today from both players. Didn't see much

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of a jump from the black. Just have to trust Robert that he got a bad

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The bunch of reds will be opened up here with this safety shot.

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Important to get a good white - and Getting to the three reds below the

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pink would be an ideal choice if he can get off of the left-hand

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cushion with loads of sight. If he has to swerve it is a lot more

:37:14.:37:24.
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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

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These reds a beautifully placed for a sizeable break. -- are

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beautifully placed. I think he needs a to win the frame at this

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visit, not only for the frame, but Stephen mention that if he wins the

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next frame, that takes it-5-4, and Neil Robertson can then think that

:41:01.:41:11.
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Well, barring snookers, Robert Milkins has reduced the deficit to

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55 victory. Although we will Robertson is going to carry on. --

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This is an excellent opportunity for Neil Robertson to pot four reds

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Milkins has closed the gap to trail by two frames, at 5-3. So, a big

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frame for Robert Milkins, he breaks off in the final frame of the

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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.
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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

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He did not get into the cue ball, did he? A lot of screw shots, the

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white ball has not been reacting in the way that the players expect. He

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will be moving reds, so it could Maybe not. Robert Milkins has been

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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.
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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.
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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

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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.
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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,

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Now, I think it may have always been a snooker but the double kiss

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on the green made sure of it. That is about as good as he could have

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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

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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

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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

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