:00:35. > :00:44.Good evening. We have two bites at the quarterfinal cherry for you. We
:00:45. > :00:50.will catch up with Neil Robertson very shortly. First, to the match in
:00:51. > :00:54.round two and a final session that did not look like it would have much
:00:55. > :00:57.milage. The Welshman has been did not look like it would have much
:00:58. > :01:10.dominant against the 24-year-old from Gloucester. Dominic led 7-1 and
:01:11. > :01:10.12- four going into the session and needed only one more frame for
:01:11. > :01:12.victory. What sort of needed only one more frame for
:01:13. > :01:41.he summoned? Let's find out. Michael was lead breaks off. --
:01:42. > :01:46.Wasley. Dominic Dale has played some superb snooker. He finished off the
:01:47. > :02:13.last frame with a break of 62. It looked like Anna Taki safety shot
:02:14. > :02:19.but let's look again. -- looked like an attacking safety shot.
:02:20. > :02:29.Straightaway, Dominic has given himself not barred chance. The black
:02:30. > :02:38.is awkward though. -- not a bad chance. Dominic 17 frames in our
:02:39. > :02:43.road. He is going somewhere, I can tell you. Michael has made a couple
:02:44. > :03:00.of 66 breaks. -- 17 frames in a row. He only has a very slight chance. He
:03:01. > :03:16.has to win all of the remaining frames. Dominic dominated the first
:03:17. > :03:30.session, 7-1. A good demonstration of how to play under pressure.
:03:31. > :03:38.A couple of reds available but he will have to find the gap around the
:03:39. > :03:57.back of those to the blue. Blue on the spot would be better. He
:03:58. > :04:02.can pot the blue. As long as he avoids the yellow which is in the
:04:03. > :04:10.road. He bypassed the yellow and played that very nicely. That was a
:04:11. > :04:18.bit of a shock, really. Look at how he opened the reds. Michael wasn't
:04:19. > :04:21.expecting that. You can tell that he couldn't believe that that went in.
:04:22. > :04:36.50. Dominic has played some of the best snooker this year. I have not
:04:37. > :04:42.seen a player like this since he won his crime spree. This is how he was
:04:43. > :04:49.planning to defeat John Higgins. -- won his grand prix.
:04:50. > :05:02.He is a very clever player. He does not build big drakes but is a safety
:05:03. > :05:07.player. He is excellent. -- big break player. Every time he has a
:05:08. > :05:21.chance, he has nailed it. I tell you what, he nailed that one.
:05:22. > :05:30.He nailed the reds. Especially bridging over the reds, to rethink
:05:31. > :05:41.Ewing there. -- terrific cueing there.
:05:42. > :05:50.Harry Hawkins is waiting to play the winner of this match. I think that
:05:51. > :05:56.that will be Dominic. Just a matter of winning this match. The way he is
:05:57. > :06:06.going, he might do it in this opening frame.
:06:07. > :06:19.He has them now. He has the pink in play. He can stun them. Michael
:06:20. > :06:23.knows that he might not get a shot. The pink is available now. Into the
:06:24. > :06:38.corner and the middle. Well, what was that? Did all the
:06:39. > :07:00.hard work and then misses a sitter. The old boat hire looks a bit tight
:07:01. > :07:07.again. It was the other day. He had to leave the arena to adjust it.
:07:08. > :07:15.What has happened, as he showed me in the practice room, the top button
:07:16. > :07:22.is quite proud. He keeps feeling it when he is down on the shot, he
:07:23. > :07:31.said. Obviously, you could cut it off if you wanted but I think he
:07:32. > :07:37.likes his shirt done up you have to do have a doctor's note not to wear
:07:38. > :07:52.a tie. There are a few players. They can't wear a tie. How will we ever
:07:53. > :07:54.played with the ties in the 70s, the size of them was amazing.
:07:55. > :08:19.He played that rather quickly. He needed a little more care. Not the
:08:20. > :08:29.easiest of shops. -- shot s. Talking of the bow ties, I remember one who
:08:30. > :08:37.said that he looked at them and they had a tack on the back of them.
:08:38. > :08:50.Dominic is in front, 12- four. He will not have the same enthusiasm as
:08:51. > :09:00.when 0-0. Concentration drops a small level. That is enough
:09:01. > :09:08.sometimes. One feels that he has plenty of scope to win this match. I
:09:09. > :09:14.think that he would like nothing better than to get it out of the
:09:15. > :09:21.way. It is a bit unlucky, that. He tried to develop the black and to
:09:22. > :09:25.read them. He is still OK. He has the black and the blue. That would
:09:26. > :09:33.be ambitious. He has the extension on the back of
:09:34. > :10:19.his kilt. I think that Michael Wasley could
:10:20. > :10:25.have done well in the first round. Some centuries there. He did 103, I
:10:26. > :10:32.think it was. He was down and took off and went back on. There is a lot
:10:33. > :10:36.to look back on even if he loses off and went back on. There is a lot
:10:37. > :10:42.this match. Hopefully he will have learnt a lot from his experience in
:10:43. > :10:53.the Crucible. Unlucky. Trying to bring it into play. He could have
:10:54. > :11:02.done better than that. He is out of it. Touching balls. He has to
:11:03. > :11:09.nominate. If he got down and played the pink, in theory, he would have
:11:10. > :11:12.hit the blue and the pink which is why the referee asked him to
:11:13. > :11:26.nominate. APPLAUSE.
:11:27. > :11:57.Some of his support enjoyed without one. -- enjoyed that one.
:11:58. > :12:07.APPLAUSE. I'm just wondering if he has blocked
:12:08. > :12:13.this. If he hasn't, Dominic might be able to take a black double on. He
:12:14. > :12:21.could double its into the right-hand corner pocket. He could see enough
:12:22. > :12:46.of the other side to play the safety shot.
:12:47. > :12:59.He has not dropped Dominic there. He can see a red but can't do much with
:13:00. > :13:09.it. It is risky to kiss wine into the other. That is a bit more like
:13:10. > :13:12.it. -- kiss one. That will make it awkward for his opponent. Nowhere to
:13:13. > :13:48.go here where that white is. That is all he could do. Advantage
:13:49. > :13:56.now to Michael Wasley. A chance now if he wants to take the raid on. A
:13:57. > :14:16.chance that he could pot it. -- take the red on.
:14:17. > :14:37.Another safety wasn't very good. Another chance here.
:14:38. > :14:45.He hasn't even looked at the green. He was just going to go around and
:14:46. > :14:49.tucked in behind the yellow but the shot is on. He is back to the yellow
:14:50. > :15:12.but the shot is on now. That was the shot which was
:15:13. > :15:20.available. Pot the green and then look at the red balls. He could just
:15:21. > :15:30.take the shot across and make it land on the reds. He may be in
:15:31. > :15:38.trouble here. He can get a thin edge and then back to the yellow, I
:15:39. > :15:39.think. A little thin one off the red and he could get back in behind the
:15:40. > :16:03.yellow. Swerve around the yellow. If it had
:16:04. > :16:09.gone up the table, that would have been better. Still not an easy shot
:16:10. > :16:17.for Dominic to pot here on the right. I tell you what, if he pots
:16:18. > :16:27.this, look at the angle he would have on the black to move underneath
:16:28. > :16:40.his left arm there. He would have a good chance. He has the angle now,
:16:41. > :16:49.he could drop the red. He could move it as we show you the long pot.
:16:50. > :16:54.Which way will he go with this? He is planning to leave it along the
:16:55. > :17:03.cushion. If it is tight, it will make it slightly easier. If it is
:17:04. > :17:06.tight on the cushion. It is not far off tight. That may cling to the
:17:07. > :17:21.cushion. I think with a delicate little
:17:22. > :17:32.screw, he can get up onto the yellow. He could hold this. Holding
:17:33. > :17:39.on to the cushion, there. This is the key to winning the match, this
:17:40. > :17:46.1-shot here will take him over the line.
:17:47. > :18:00.Why is he going off two cushions? Adele is -- delicate little screw up
:18:01. > :18:05.to the yellow. It is not so bad as it turned out. A smile to get to
:18:06. > :18:31.this position. He tried to make something happen
:18:32. > :18:39.there. At least he has it safe but he could be in trouble.
:18:40. > :18:45.This is the shot that I thought he would play. A delicate little screw
:18:46. > :19:16.and he would be perfect around the ankles. -- angles. Not quite.
:19:17. > :19:26.Dominic just looking as the yellow passes the black. To fire up to play
:19:27. > :19:37.his caution far off the black -- too far up. He could be towards the
:19:38. > :19:44.green if he takes it on. Dead weight there. Couldn't have hit it any
:19:45. > :19:49.harder. A good weight but a terrible kiss on the pink. A lot could go
:19:50. > :19:54.wrong with the positional side of it. He could hit the colour which he
:19:55. > :20:01.did do. He could snooker himself behind the brown. Michael is left
:20:02. > :20:10.with a similar shot to the one which Dominic had. If he cuts of this in,
:20:11. > :20:14.he will head up towards the brown. -- cuts this in. I don't think he
:20:15. > :20:47.will cannon into the pink. Very clever shot from Dominic there.
:20:48. > :21:00.He really is very knowledgeable when it comes to the tactical side of the
:21:01. > :21:13.game. What about that for a shot? APPLAUSE.
:21:14. > :21:17.Play into the jaws of the pocket with some backspin and get the
:21:18. > :21:24.Greenaway and bury the black. What do you think? That sounds easy,
:21:25. > :21:34.doesn't it? This was a terrific little shot. So delicate.
:21:35. > :21:41.If he could have hit that harder, he would have had the snooker and find
:21:42. > :21:47.himself behind the black again. He could raise the part of his cue and
:21:48. > :21:57.get a screw on this one. Up goes the cue.
:21:58. > :22:06.It's all right, but he could have done with the green not being that
:22:07. > :22:11.close to the cushion. It gives Dominic wide target to escape from.
:22:12. > :22:27.If that Green had bounced and come into the middle of the table, it
:22:28. > :22:35.would have been very tough. A lovely touch and there. He could have
:22:36. > :22:42.knocked the greenback down the table but that would have been more risky.
:22:43. > :22:44.He needs to hold onto shot and hopes that he is not snooker to the next
:22:45. > :23:06.one. -- snookered for the next one. You
:23:07. > :23:09.do not see that often, players playing the other ball rather than
:23:10. > :23:16.the cue ball. That was all he had there. He has the snooker behind
:23:17. > :23:25.it. Dominic will hope to knock the green towards the black. He has
:23:26. > :23:30.played this well. The black should be blocking the pocket even if it is
:23:31. > :23:42.not. If he was right behind the green, he could take it on but... He
:23:43. > :23:53.is a long way from it. He could play the cushion first. APPLAUSE. In
:23:54. > :24:04.towards the blackspot area. Not taking the pocket on, surely? Years.
:24:05. > :24:07.-- he is. He could have been waiting a long time for that to go in with
:24:08. > :24:31.that power. Came out, though. Anywhere at the right side of the
:24:32. > :24:58.table, as it is, it is going to be safe.
:24:59. > :25:02.The little thin one should get him back up the table. He will not push
:25:03. > :25:31.the green into the corner. Oh. At the moment, Dominic needs of
:25:32. > :25:32.the green, brown, and blue. Michael needs the green, brown, blue, and
:25:33. > :25:43.pink. He keeps trying to get behind the
:25:44. > :25:54.brown but this time he has brought the green up. Is it going to go far
:25:55. > :25:59.enough for him? Not quite. He needs a pot and a half to tuck the green
:26:00. > :26:09.down when you are tucked up on the cushion. What a shot! What a
:26:10. > :26:19.brilliant pot that is! So unlucky to finish there. You will not see many
:26:20. > :26:26.better pots from that position. That was magnificent. He looked
:26:27. > :26:36.disappointed but he tried to bring the pink into play. He was trying to
:26:37. > :26:42.bring back into play as well. Need another good pot here but is playing
:26:43. > :26:53.snooker behind the pink. He could send that behind the table and screw
:26:54. > :26:57.into the pink. Because he knows the brown will be safe because of the
:26:58. > :27:08.plaque. He might have got it behind the blue. Not quite. Just keep an
:27:09. > :27:15.eye on the ground if it comes back across the table. It could go near
:27:16. > :27:21.the corner pocket. This is playing anything one. Michael is having to
:27:22. > :27:30.look to see if the brown will pass the plaque. It might do from that
:27:31. > :27:50.position. That is from our camera pocket. APPLAUSE. Good judgment
:27:51. > :27:59.there, but he will be faced with a very difficult pink. Look at that.
:28:00. > :28:11.How accurate was that? Well, it is safe. A little smile from Michael
:28:12. > :28:21.there. It was not all that easy that, on the cushion again. You feel
:28:22. > :28:40.after such a good pot on the brown you deserve a better reward. He has
:28:41. > :28:48.hit it a bit hard. Could be there all day trying to do that again. Not
:28:49. > :29:01.a lot of choice. He cannot get in behind the black. That is a meeting.
:29:02. > :29:10.That is amazing. To get around the back of the blue. We know the blue
:29:11. > :29:18.was not moved. It is just the black. We are looking at the monitor. There
:29:19. > :29:25.is a monitor they can look at. I think they are a bit closer together
:29:26. > :29:28.than this. Maybe they are a little further apart. Let's have a look at
:29:29. > :29:46.the original. That is where they were. In fact the blue needs to go
:29:47. > :29:54.forward. He got around the back of the blue, so why was the blue moved?
:29:55. > :30:15.Let's have a look at the original again. That is unlucky. Now he has
:30:16. > :30:27.to hit it the next time because 17 is the difference. He only needs the
:30:28. > :30:43.blue stories not having it replaced. Just pleased to win the match. --
:30:44. > :30:48.blue. Michael Wasley, a fantastic win against Ding Junhui. He just did
:30:49. > :31:01.not get off to a good start against Dominic Dale. But every credit to
:31:02. > :31:07.dominate Dale. Barring sneakers he has got himself into his very first
:31:08. > :31:33.World Snooker Championship quarter-final. Well done, Dominic.
:31:34. > :31:42.DL in all over the pocket, that's what you do when your opponent is
:31:43. > :31:55.needing snookers. You'd have to hit the cushion first, Dominic. He must
:31:56. > :32:03.be feeling terrific inside. Dominic has been a professional since 1992
:32:04. > :32:12.and now he is going through to his first ever world quarter-final. In
:32:13. > :32:20.fact it is his second. He was in the semi- -- quarter-final once before.
:32:21. > :32:26.To come back and do it again. Michael is displaying a trick shot.
:32:27. > :32:33.There you go. Dominic Dale was just too strong and the end. Well done to
:32:34. > :32:45.Michael Wasley. He beat one of the favourites, Ding Junhui. If you had
:32:46. > :32:50.asked all told me beforehand I was going to win by that much, I
:32:51. > :32:56.probably would not have believed you. I think I did the damage in the
:32:57. > :33:07.first session. I played solid sneaker. The problem is when you get
:33:08. > :33:16.a lead like that you can have a cheap generating effect on your
:33:17. > :33:28.focus sometimes. -- degenerating. The other guy cannot win it, I can
:33:29. > :33:33.only lose it. I have to try and keep my focus and try and pretend the
:33:34. > :33:42.scorer is a lot closer than it is and that is easier said than done.
:33:43. > :33:50.Back into a quarter-final for the first time in 14 years. Hard time
:33:51. > :34:00.marches on. Now to a potentially tight game between Neil Robertson
:34:01. > :34:11.and Mark Allen. There was a tantalising subplot to the match.
:34:12. > :34:23.The Australian, Robinson, went in for 99 -- with 99 for the season.
:34:24. > :34:27.Would it be 100 after this game? It would be very special to do it here.
:34:28. > :35:17.At the World Championships. Well, Robertson led going into the
:35:18. > :35:21.last session. As far as the 100 centuries it is just as important
:35:22. > :35:25.for him to get to the quarter-finals. He will be thinking
:35:26. > :35:42.about it but the most important thing is to win the match. It will
:35:43. > :35:49.be interested to see if there is a dodgy shot, if he takes it. Probably
:35:50. > :35:53.not today because as he has said Mark Allen is an excellent match
:35:54. > :36:05.player. Capable of beating anyone in the world. All the statistics that
:36:06. > :36:16.are going at the bottom of your screens, some of them favour Mark
:36:17. > :36:22.Allen. But he is not won a century in this match yet. It is very close
:36:23. > :37:07.on points. Only six points in it. After all these frames. There is no
:37:08. > :37:21.problem in playing off the side. A little bit negative this but it is
:37:22. > :37:40.too negative -- risky to go to the pork -- baulk. A little bit
:37:41. > :37:46.reluctant putting the white in exactly the same place as it was
:37:47. > :37:53.before to try and stop Robertson rolling into the pack. You have to
:37:54. > :38:43.get the weight right. That is a clever shot. A good shot.
:38:44. > :38:53.Could have a view shots like this. If you contain and safety is. He
:38:54. > :38:57.will be looking for the opportunity to get the call bowl -- tuple in
:38:58. > :40:04.behind the green. The fact that he is touching them, I
:40:05. > :40:20.would be surprised if it does not try and get the cue in behind the
:40:21. > :41:05.green now. He is not playing it. I thought he would be playing two
:41:06. > :41:44.cushions in behind the green spot. Pretty cagey stuff at the moment.
:41:45. > :42:47.Straightaway he has an angle on the black. He will have to play this
:42:48. > :43:03.with a bit of pace. He did not hit as hard as they thought he might.
:43:04. > :43:21.This red can be played to the far right corner. Looks like he is
:43:22. > :43:27.taking your choice. Leaving the tuple where it is now would be good.
:43:28. > :45:05.-- cue ball. It is getting to the situation now
:45:06. > :45:25.where the safety is more and more important. I would be surprised if
:45:26. > :45:37.he takes this one on. A very cagey start. I think they are also showing
:45:38. > :45:44.great respect for each other. Some players getting through to the
:45:45. > :45:51.second round that we would not expect and some players not getting
:45:52. > :46:39.through. This is a top second-round match for both of these players.
:46:40. > :46:52.If he had not seen these players play before, you would be thinking
:46:53. > :46:54.they are very cautious players. The one on my left-hand side was not too
:46:55. > :47:24.bad. I thought for a minute he had
:47:25. > :47:31.flipped one. Mark Allen may have to make something happen then I thought
:47:32. > :48:28.this red was in. The red is next to the pink.
:48:29. > :48:32.That would have been perfect but heading it to ten bought the green
:48:33. > :49:39.into play. -- to be in. That is very early in the session.
:49:40. > :49:46.He would like to get this century done in the first frame and is
:49:47. > :50:02.concentrate on winning. Really focused on winning the frame.
:50:03. > :50:05.Doesn't appear to be any cannons. That was the only two red is he
:50:06. > :50:42.appears to have had to move into play.
:50:43. > :51:50.He may even play the canning -- can amount to those two rents.
:51:51. > :52:04.That seem like quite a straightforward shot. Obviously he
:52:05. > :52:11.was not that comfortable with it. He had that one quite nicely. Just not
:52:12. > :53:21.far enough to get back on the plaque -- black.
:53:22. > :53:44.They think there is any doubt he is thinking about making this century.
:53:45. > :53:51.He is walking around the table, looking at things to all three
:53:52. > :54:01.times. He wants to get that out of the way as soon as possible. He may
:54:02. > :54:35.decide to play it for the blue here. Head seeks century breaks in
:54:36. > :54:50.this tournament so far. APPLAUSE. He must make contact. Either side of
:54:51. > :54:58.the two reds. But not peak. I am not sure how he is going to play it. He
:54:59. > :55:02.is being very careful. He has played it. Like we were saying, if he hits
:55:03. > :56:02.it peak, it is not good. -- thick. He has to be careful that the tuple
:56:03. > :56:13.is going. He should be able to get it between the brown and the green.
:56:14. > :56:29.Not getting any easier. Hard to judge whether it he is
:56:30. > :56:40.playing for the black or the Pluto. Just a matter of of dropping it in
:56:41. > :56:42.with a trace on the left-hand side. Blues to the left centre is probably
:56:43. > :57:15.the easier pot. And excellent pot. I think that the
:57:16. > :57:21.red next to the pink will pot. It is red disappears, you can bet your
:57:22. > :57:32.life that he was going for the century -- if the red disappears. I
:57:33. > :57:39.think that this could be made. I think that if you can flick it to
:57:40. > :57:46.the other side... This is what we were talking about before. Does he
:57:47. > :57:52.take a risk? Five reds and five blacks. It is probably worth the
:57:53. > :58:05.risk, hitting the red to the far green pocket.
:58:06. > :58:11.Field that it is too dangerous to give the six points away so he will
:58:12. > :58:16.take the red and probably screw the white back a few inches. -- feels
:58:17. > :58:46.that it is too dangerous. Couldn't have hit that much better.
:58:47. > :59:22.That was a great shot. Stephen mentioned that it will be
:59:23. > :59:34.very difficult to get back. I would say that it is impossible, really.
:59:35. > :59:40.APPLAUSE. It needs to get somewhere near the fault line. There is a
:59:41. > :59:46.chance of that it could get thin enough to come around for the red
:59:47. > :59:57.and still get the black. It has to be thin though unless he wants to
:59:58. > :00:03.risk the kids on the red -- kiss. Think that even if he got a half
:00:04. > :00:12.ball on the red, he could cannon off the cushion and come back down but
:00:13. > :00:18.it is hard to judge the pace. That is a clever shot. He has covered the
:00:19. > :00:24.blackspot and it might do into the brown spot so it is a lot easier. To
:00:25. > :00:32.take the black off the red furthest in the let corner. Good thinking. --
:00:33. > :00:37.left corner. If he takes the long read on, the one nearest to him, the
:00:38. > :00:43.one over the pocket, I can't see how that would go into the black. You
:00:44. > :00:49.would think that he would play with the left-hand side and cannon from
:00:50. > :00:50.left to right. The bulk is on the left-hand side cushion. Black is
:00:51. > :01:09.into the corner. That was so close to being
:01:10. > :01:14.absolutely perfect. Watch the white. This was a controlled shot. He was
:01:15. > :01:40.planning not to kiss the yellow. Unlucky.
:01:41. > :02:15.Just over on its slightly to make the black certainty. He will not be
:02:16. > :02:32.playing the pot on the last red. 39 in it to go. Still tied it the
:02:33. > :02:59.black. -- if he takes the black. Worst would have been putting the
:03:00. > :03:03.black on the cushion. Now it is one of his main targets for snookering
:03:04. > :04:18.in behind. Just making doubly certain that the
:04:19. > :04:28.break of 59 is enough. He leads by ten points. -- 10-7 points.
:04:29. > :05:01.APPLAUSE. It black was available, he would be
:05:02. > :05:17.tempted to go to the left-hand side but none is available.
:05:18. > :05:28.From a cushion straight into the pack. He would love to disturb the
:05:29. > :05:31.red and black. Maybe feels it is too thin and angle but it looks good
:05:32. > :05:56.from here. Is it time for the risk around the
:05:57. > :06:01.black? The perfect angle to do that. If the kids doesn't work, he can
:06:02. > :06:10.still do it in a way that it comes off the blue. -- the kiss.
:06:11. > :06:38.He had to hit the red, not the black.
:06:39. > :06:51.A little careless to catch about colour that. A straightforward
:06:52. > :06:57.safety shot. -- a colour there. That black there is making a shot... The
:06:58. > :07:04.shot he would normally play is offered to cushions. I am just
:07:05. > :07:08.asking because I know that there is a crowd capacity here. The other
:07:09. > :07:12.match has finished so they are asking for the wall to be brought up
:07:13. > :07:44.to create a better atmosphere here at the Crucible.
:07:45. > :07:53.Now, how did that red initiative they are? It is amazing. -- manage
:07:54. > :07:59.to finish there. It shows you how to look at the pack
:08:00. > :08:30.sometimes. We are playing the black year.
:08:31. > :08:38.Cannons into the red. A nice angle on to the blue on the right. He may
:08:39. > :08:45.play that shot. Putting it into -- putting the black into the bunch
:08:46. > :08:57.would be brilliant. Pretty unlucky not to be online. -- on one. Doing a
:08:58. > :09:01.lot of walking around the table at the moment. He is being careful in
:09:02. > :09:06.every shot he plays. Understandable: This is a big match.
:09:07. > :09:18.He plays much better when he gets on with it.
:09:19. > :09:30.You mentioned being unlucky but this is a half ball. That is exactly what
:09:31. > :09:38.happened. He didn't get enough. Into the cue ball that. Anything, he put
:09:39. > :09:44.moronic, not less. A bad case was a thimble. -- put more on it, not
:09:45. > :11:03.less. Excellent pace. It forces him to
:11:04. > :11:08.play the? Reds on the side cushion. We all learn how easy it is to get a
:11:09. > :11:13.double kiss on this close to the cushion. He did well. The cue ball
:11:14. > :11:57.is running loose. He hit that one nicely while
:11:58. > :12:00.managing to stay on the pink. From his bodies language, you can see
:12:01. > :12:39.where the next red is coming from. Once again, unlucky with the kiss. A
:12:40. > :12:45.very good shot he played on the pink about, trying to get something to
:12:46. > :12:47.happen. How he managed to get through the gap, I don't know. A
:12:48. > :13:40.safety shot again. He has to compete with Robertson in
:13:41. > :14:06.the second department and so far this afternoon, he is not doing...
:14:07. > :14:22.Cue power! That was beautiful. Both of us couldn't conceive of it. Our
:14:23. > :14:26.cue action wasn't quite like that. The pace he played it, it wasn't
:14:27. > :14:52.hard. He times it so well. This is an excellent chance to win a
:14:53. > :15:00.second frame. Getting the pots to all four pockets. Certainly has his
:15:01. > :15:07.business had on this afternoon, as you would expect. He is against a
:15:08. > :15:12.good opponent. They did think I have ever seen him take as much time on
:15:13. > :15:19.shots as he is doing at the moment. -- I don't think. That is pretty
:15:20. > :15:28.pedestrian for Robertson, normally he is on 22 seconds. He does look
:15:29. > :16:30.very focused. 14.
:16:31. > :16:34.Just a fraction too low on the blue. Obviously a gap between the reds on
:16:35. > :16:39.the right-hand side to go through if he wishes to bite he probably needs
:16:40. > :16:45.to play a cannon on the one to the right of the blacks, really. He came
:16:46. > :16:57.on the right line but he has hit the pink. If he is on the red, he has
:16:58. > :17:05.been fortunate. Watched the replay. Orion smile that. He wasn't playing
:17:06. > :17:13.for this red. If he had missed the pink, he would have been perfect
:17:14. > :17:15.anyway. -- a wry smile. When you are in the chair, you don't think
:17:16. > :17:52.logically like that, anyway, do you? He will have to get another four
:17:53. > :17:59.reds and four colours to make himself safe. He is working his
:18:00. > :18:15.socks off. To be fair, if he does not look like
:18:16. > :18:41.missing... 32. He is doing what world number one is
:18:42. > :18:43.supposed to in these sessions, which is stamped his authority very
:18:44. > :19:09.early. 40.
:19:10. > :19:13.There are enough balls on for a century but it is unlikely that we
:19:14. > :19:17.will see a century here. The key thing is to win the frame with this
:19:18. > :19:25.visit. He is only two shots away from doing that. I think he got a
:19:26. > :19:30.kick that which took the pace out of it which does pot. From his body
:19:31. > :19:32.language... He took all the pace out of the cue ball. He is nicely on the
:19:33. > :20:05.raid. -- red. The fact that that is frame ball
:20:06. > :20:17.means that he will get the black off this red, I think. It is very calf,
:20:18. > :20:25.where the ball is. You will get on that nicely. You would think that
:20:26. > :20:44.yellow to green that would be the tough shot.
:20:45. > :20:56.He will try to lead and angle to bring the red into play. He would
:20:57. > :21:04.like to leave it. This is an excellent snooker. 51 and counting
:21:05. > :21:09.on this frame. It is straight. He is on the black. Just a slight angle.
:21:10. > :21:27.He might bring it into play. Certainly be taking the pot on. It
:21:28. > :21:31.is not surprising. He is desperate to make this century. Being
:21:32. > :21:47.left-handed, as I said before... No century but once again, a
:21:48. > :21:54.fabulous performance from Robertson. He has gone further clear at 11-7.
:21:55. > :22:50.Thank you, quiet down please. Frame 19.
:22:51. > :23:06.Once again, he is not finding the top cushion, Alan. The safety has
:23:07. > :23:08.got to be tighter. -- Allen. He looked at the red in the right
:23:09. > :23:27.cushion. A dangerous pot. That was brilliant. That is
:23:28. > :23:38.brilliant. He does not look like he has missed a single pot. He has some
:23:39. > :23:46.margin of error but he can't afford to let him lose the last two frames.
:23:47. > :23:57.Whatever he scores, he deserves, after that red.
:23:58. > :24:01.We will talk about being in the zone in sport. We are watching someone
:24:02. > :24:12.right now who is there. I am going to call it early, this is
:24:13. > :24:30.a 100 century coming up. As mentioned, it is going to
:24:31. > :24:36.happen. You would think that he would get it but I'm not so sure. He
:24:37. > :24:41.is just so focused on winning the frames at the minute. It is past the
:24:42. > :24:50.70 mark that he will take it on. 17.
:24:51. > :25:28.A little bit short of pace. 25.
:25:29. > :25:30.So many players these days don't go after the blue enough to get out of
:25:31. > :25:43.ball. That is obviously why he is making
:25:44. > :25:51.so many big breaks. One time his positional play. Just coming a
:25:52. > :25:56.little bit far for comfort there. There is not much distance between
:25:57. > :26:04.the pink Panther pack. In the middle red are those three. -- the pink and
:26:05. > :26:09.the pack. He was trying to line up there. Another player would see that
:26:10. > :26:19.shot and play into the middle but I don't think that he is on... Having
:26:20. > :26:24.another look. I suppose that if you wanted to be risky, you could play a
:26:25. > :26:28.shot that suggested it. Not favourable going into the pink
:26:29. > :27:01.unless he hits it full. That was and he shot. A touch of the
:27:02. > :27:41.left-hand side. 31. The angle he has on the pink is
:27:42. > :27:45.not favourable. It is not good. If he is dead straight on the pink.
:27:46. > :28:29.Full stop. The reds will be well split here.
:28:30. > :28:38.The more conservative shot is the red to the left corner with the
:28:39. > :28:48.rest. Yes, I think you will have choice of pink or blue. When you
:28:49. > :29:00.have that much cube power it is easy to get through the ball. He can
:29:01. > :29:25.certainly get on the black in one pocket at the moment.
:29:26. > :30:00.43. He would like to be on the red that is closest to that corner. 44.
:30:01. > :30:09.If he ever did see a player in the zone, this is what he is. His facial
:30:10. > :30:10.expression has not changed. An enormous amount of pressure on him
:30:11. > :30:34.here. Could play the one that is nearest
:30:35. > :30:50.the pocket. That is the one he is playing. Be great if he could kiss
:30:51. > :30:57.the red but it did not happen. The tuple close to the cushion here --
:30:58. > :32:11.tuple. He still does not have the cue ball
:32:12. > :32:18.under perfect control. Now he has got to 64. We can have our fingers
:32:19. > :32:29.crossed now and hope that he makes his 100 century. I think this
:32:30. > :32:31.Crucible audience may or may not give him a standing ovation because
:32:32. > :33:12.it is an amazing feat. APPLAUSE. 69. Incredible match. Nothing that Mark
:33:13. > :33:25.Allen can do about it. Basically he is just a spectator. Should he get
:33:26. > :33:42.three reds and three blacks he does not have to worry about that
:33:43. > :33:57.difficult read. -- red. Neal, I am rooting for you now. A fabulous
:33:58. > :34:04.performance. 85. He must be tingling inside, thinking this is it.
:34:05. > :34:13.Normally he would be planning to move the red ink to paper I do not
:34:14. > :34:28.think it will be playing that here. -- in two play. 93. Starting to
:34:29. > :34:55.breathe a bit deeper now. He knows the significance. Come on. This is
:34:56. > :35:00.the one. 94. Can you believe it? I knew it would happen. I knew the
:35:01. > :35:09.precious -- pressure was so much there. It just issued what it means
:35:10. > :35:26.is player to break the record -- shows you what it means to this
:35:27. > :35:35.player. Unfortunate. But 12-7. Thank you. Quite down please. He just has
:35:36. > :35:50.to get his focus back because it has been flawless so far. The last chief
:35:51. > :35:53.frames have just been flawless -- two frames. Just wait in frame away
:35:54. > :36:57.from victory. -- one frame away. This is his pot success rate just
:36:58. > :37:09.for today's play. I think he has only missed two pots so far. 94%.
:37:10. > :37:33.You can see that Mark Allen is on 79%. It is not missed many at all,
:37:34. > :37:41.does he? -- he does not miss many. Obviously in the first round Neil
:37:42. > :37:43.Robertson did not have the toughest of matches but in this one to get
:37:44. > :38:44.over 90 is excellent. Here we go again and. . This is just
:38:45. > :39:10.flawless Matchplay snooker, it really is. 25. 26. Ideally here he
:39:11. > :39:17.would like to finish low on this thread so he can bring more into
:39:18. > :39:37.play, and he has finished low on the red. APPLAUSE. This is so good what
:39:38. > :39:44.he is doing this afternoon just absolutely hitting the ball as well
:39:45. > :39:47.as he could possibly hit it. He is in that great place as a snooker
:39:48. > :40:00.player where you do not think you are ever going to miss. He will have
:40:01. > :40:50.to leave himself some sort of medium-range pot here, though.
:40:51. > :41:00.If he was straight enough to halt the spot he would hold the spot here
:41:01. > :41:11.that he is just off a bit so he cannot hold it. He will need a good
:41:12. > :41:35.pot here to keep the break going. One good pot and it wins him the
:41:36. > :41:54.match. So this is a big shot. Applause. Just an easy game at the
:41:55. > :42:02.moment. As everybody who is sitting in the audience who plays this game,
:42:03. > :42:24.they know how difficult a game it is. He has a chance again. Force is
:42:25. > :42:42.six -- 46. 47. Place the cannon into the red and pink. Should be on 1's.
:42:43. > :42:52.You can take your eye off the pot here concentrating on cannons. I
:42:53. > :42:59.wasn't aware that the red was available into the middle. Needs to
:43:00. > :43:18.get a good angle here. Can I have the radio down here please? Radio?
:43:19. > :43:26.Someone listening to music? 55. Did not hit that as well as he would
:43:27. > :44:01.like. May have to play this with a trace of left-hand side now.
:44:02. > :44:36.APPLAUSE. He is still on this right to the right centre. 63. They are
:44:37. > :44:50.just the black. -- now just. Mark Allen has done pretty much nothing
:44:51. > :45:03.wrong. He is just sitting there. APPLAUSE. This time he needs four of
:45:04. > :45:10.the reds to get the century. He is trying to be almost too careful at
:45:11. > :45:23.the moment. He is looking at things that can go wrong rather than things
:45:24. > :45:42.that can go right. 71. So that is the match over. The last frame. Does
:45:43. > :45:46.not need the difficult read. Try to get on to be more difficult of the
:45:47. > :45:54.two reds to make it easier to get on to the last one. He is looking at
:45:55. > :46:06.the scoreboard all the time, making sure he does not need that difficult
:46:07. > :46:19.one, which it doesn't. Cannot afford one more pink though. Must take
:46:20. > :46:24.blacks. The Crucible packed arena this afternoon. They would love to
:46:25. > :46:34.see this magnificent achievement done, just as we would hear in the
:46:35. > :46:57.commentary box. Flawless last few rounds. Poyntz. -- Poyntz. You think
:46:58. > :47:11.about when Ronnie O'Sullivan was down. Does not want to be straight
:47:12. > :47:20.on this last red. A similar sort of black 30 missed on the last
:47:21. > :47:38.occasion. -- that he missed. Come on now. Unbelievable, isn't he?
:47:39. > :47:44.Absolutely flawless snooker. He has played perfect match play snooker.
:47:45. > :47:57.He goes into the quarter-final, when it -- winning by 13 frames to seven.
:47:58. > :48:08.Winning by that amount against Mark Allen is fantastic. He is a
:48:09. > :48:15.world-class player. The toughest match for the second round you could
:48:16. > :48:28.have. Pretty much flawless for the last few frames. If the tapes -- he
:48:29. > :48:41.keeps playing like that there will be no one that can beat him. Played
:48:42. > :48:47.a bad shot and left myself low on the black. I was just about to
:48:48. > :48:55.celebrate with Stephen Hendry in the box but he will have to wait a
:48:56. > :49:03.little bit longer. He will have a another match to try and get over
:49:04. > :49:12.the 100 mark. Sleep well. Good night.