:00:11. > :00:41.Hello and welcome. Extended highlights of the sniko
:00:42. > :00:50.championship. The feature or the final match seemed Barry Hawkins
:00:51. > :01:11.take on Marco Fu. All eyes will be on Barry Hawkins to
:01:12. > :01:18.see how he plays this afternoon after that unbelievable win against
:01:19. > :01:27.Ronnie O'Sullivan. It does take a little bit out of it but he must be
:01:28. > :01:37.delighted to be here. Hard to pick a winner out of these two, John? It
:01:38. > :01:55.should be a good matchup. 6-54 Barry Hawkins. -- 6-5. 2013, Barry won all
:01:56. > :02:02.three of them. It is a good point you make, last night historic
:02:03. > :02:09.victory, you need to put that at the back of your mind. He had not beaten
:02:10. > :02:12.him for a long time. A big turnaround in form but you have to
:02:13. > :02:39.forget about it today. APPLAUSE. That was a useful little
:02:40. > :02:43.flick off the yellow. There is a path on the right-hand side of the
:02:44. > :02:47.table. They are both attacking players, terrific builders and also
:02:48. > :03:09.good in the tactical department. That has certainly opened the reds
:03:10. > :03:23.up. A bit of mishit that one. Try to get the big Mac... -- cueball. It
:03:24. > :03:33.does not seem to travel very far for either of these this is the first
:03:34. > :03:44.test of the afternoon. He has passed with flying colours. Always nice to
:03:45. > :03:53.knock a long word in. A little bit of a conflict in the Griffith 's
:03:54. > :04:04.household. You have Terry walking with Hawke and is and his son
:04:05. > :04:15.working with Marco Fu. When he moved back to Hong Kong, he took over
:04:16. > :04:21.looking after him. But Ronnie paid tribute to Barry, said he played
:04:22. > :04:25.very well. He wanted the scrappy frame. We always talk about that, if
:04:26. > :04:32.you win the scrappy frame is important. Barry just delighted to
:04:33. > :04:37.play like he can against Ronnie. Such a talent Ronnie O'Sullivan, it
:04:38. > :04:41.could be intimidating. Especially if you have a poor record against
:04:42. > :04:48.someone before first time, in quite a while, Barry Hawkins played as
:04:49. > :04:58.well as he can do, and it was against Ronnie.
:04:59. > :05:24.Mmm. I would have fancied him knocking that one in.
:05:25. > :05:37.Not the best shot in the world there, from Marco. A bit bemused. He
:05:38. > :05:45.should have been back in the table. He will have to take the pink to
:05:46. > :05:48.avoid the yellow which is off its spot slightly which might help a
:05:49. > :06:01.little bit to get him back in towards the reds.
:06:02. > :06:15.Absolutely brilliant in his opening match, Marco Fu beating Peter well.
:06:16. > :06:23.Peter saying he never felt as though he got a shot. His playing was
:06:24. > :06:28.effortless. When he plays like that, he can beat anybody in the game. I
:06:29. > :06:35.think he's one of the most underestimated match players. He's a
:06:36. > :06:52.quiet, unassuming man. He wants to win.
:06:53. > :07:02.I am not trying to be clever but if I was in Barry Hawkins's camp, I
:07:03. > :07:07.would be happy. It was quite an emotional victory over Ronnie
:07:08. > :07:12.O'Sullivan, and it can take a bit out of it. Players will not be
:07:13. > :07:17.playing this evening so they can have a rest and come back tomorrow
:07:18. > :07:22.so if I was Barry, something like 4-4, would not be a bad result.
:07:23. > :07:31.Obviously, he would like to be in front. But if he was all square at
:07:32. > :07:37.the end of the session, I think it would be satisfied with that. A
:07:38. > :07:47.great chance for Marco. There you see it. These are pots that Barry
:07:48. > :07:58.knew he should be taking if he had not missed the red along the
:07:59. > :08:06.cushion. 22. Just left himself a little awkward, this. Just slightly
:08:07. > :08:13.off straight. It looks like a black is likewise. Even though there is
:08:14. > :08:15.plenty of distance between the reds, a nice positional shot. You cannot
:08:16. > :08:37.play a run through there. Foles. That was a little beauty.
:08:38. > :08:43.Terrific amount of back spin. He pulled it back far enough to
:08:44. > :08:50.generate the screw back. It is a very elaborate cue action. A little
:08:51. > :08:59.bit like James used to do. It is a carbon copy of James Wattana. At
:09:00. > :09:01.would have been unfortunate not to be on a red since he has played that
:09:02. > :09:14.shot. It is a cracking chance. He will kick himself if he did not
:09:15. > :09:55.win the frame here. Nice chatting to Danny Willett.
:09:56. > :09:59.Smarty, they call him. Just chatting the difference between the snooker
:10:00. > :10:05.and golf and the big difference is what you are watching here. You make
:10:06. > :10:09.a mistake, as Barry did, and you have to go back to your seat and sit
:10:10. > :10:22.there and you can do anything about it as your opponents keeps going.
:10:23. > :10:34.The black that he had earlier. Since then he has had to sit and watch top
:10:35. > :10:41.it is the one thing I enjoy playing golf, you play your own ball. Here
:10:42. > :10:44.he have to sit and suffer stop I wouldn't mind you play my bowl at
:10:45. > :11:20.golf, John. LAUGHTER. 51. Taken at these very well so far stop
:11:21. > :11:25.as I mentioned earlier, the cue ball is not seem to move very far at all
:11:26. > :11:33.when both of these players are playing. Other players you see the
:11:34. > :11:39.cue ball whizzing around the table but these two, it is very good, very
:11:40. > :11:54.controlled. A few pots away from taking this opening frame. His soap
:11:55. > :12:02.consistent, is Marco. 34 centuries last season. 36 this year. He has
:12:03. > :12:12.made 403, that is going some, in his career. He didn't know himself. One
:12:13. > :12:22.of the matches he passed the 400. He would be please, not many players
:12:23. > :12:31.achieve that. Yes, he is just a lovely person to have around the
:12:32. > :12:35.snooker. Will talk about nicknames, Marco does not think there should be
:12:36. > :12:44.nicknames when players are introduced. A chance, if he gets
:12:45. > :12:45.split correct here, that he could start the match with a century
:12:46. > :13:03.break. Wouldn't that be something. No. He concentrated on the cannon,
:13:04. > :13:09.didn't get the cannon so now he stays in his seat and the best
:13:10. > :13:17.possible start for Marco Fu. He leaves one frame to zero.
:13:18. > :13:32.Well, that was unusual for someone like Marco to hit the break so
:13:33. > :13:39.poorly. Got the red backup... Got away with it. Yes, nearly contacted
:13:40. > :13:50.the second one. Players generally played the outside red.
:13:51. > :13:59.And, immediately, missing that long pot, he has left Marco in with a
:14:00. > :14:05.decent chance early on in the second frame.
:14:06. > :14:18.APPLAUSE. I think it is important for Barry Hawkins to get off to a
:14:19. > :14:23.reasonably good start after that fabulous win we have been talking
:14:24. > :14:30.about. The last thing you want to do is lose the first to or three frames
:14:31. > :14:36.and start thinking about how you beat the favourite. It is all mind
:14:37. > :14:47.games sometimes, in this game of Speaker. -- snooker Stephen
:14:48. > :14:54.mentioned early before we came on air, it is not the physical aspect
:14:55. > :15:01.but the mental aspect. It had not beaten Ronnie O'Sullivan for a long
:15:02. > :15:05.time and to beat him at the Crucible was a great result. It must have
:15:06. > :15:10.been difficult for him to sleep last night. Sometimes it is difficult to
:15:11. > :15:20.actually get to sleep and you have to go back to work the next day and
:15:21. > :15:30.start all over again. He is at the Crucible Theatre. An early tee shot
:15:31. > :15:37.coming up now. If he pots the blue and hits the people ball, he can
:15:38. > :15:43.open all the game here. That is the tournament balls potted by other
:15:44. > :15:52.players, 621. That is amazing. Well, he has hit the pink nicely. Yes, he
:15:53. > :16:00.did not hit the pink absolutely full ball but it was good enough. He just
:16:01. > :16:07.called it three quarters ball. Because of that, not as many of the
:16:08. > :16:17.reds spread out. I just wondering, Dennis, if there was a shot on. He's
:16:18. > :16:26.bound to be on pink or blue... Oh, he got it to the vote still not too
:16:27. > :16:33.bad. He tried to open the cluster. If he hit the middle red,... Clever
:16:34. > :16:36.shot. Good call, John, he seemed to get a little bit right-hand side,
:16:37. > :16:52.which he did not want. APPLAUSE. Not the best. He
:16:53. > :17:00.concentrated so much on the pot, he does not have a good cue ball. A
:17:01. > :17:04.very difficult read up into the right corner pocket. I do not think
:17:05. > :17:08.it goes past the peak. He has had a quick glance. This other one is a
:17:09. > :17:14.very acute angle in the right middle pocket. It looks easy from that
:17:15. > :17:19.picture but you have to be absolutely spot-on. And that is
:17:20. > :17:28.spot-on. APPLAUSE. Good pot. These balls are
:17:29. > :17:39.just awkward. APPLAUSE. Fought in a cluster, they
:17:40. > :17:46.will not pot. -- four in a cluster. He has tried to force this out but
:17:47. > :17:51.that is not ideal. You have to be very accurate with these if he is
:17:52. > :17:54.going to take the red down the cushion. The problem with these, if
:17:55. > :18:31.they do go in... -- do not go in... If he could somehow... You can only
:18:32. > :18:36.see a little bit of the red... But if he could cannon that it would
:18:37. > :18:40.open all the reds are. He needs to keep all his concentration on the
:18:41. > :18:47.pot because he is guaranteed a cannon and if he flicks that one,
:18:48. > :18:52.you could really open them up. You see, he caught the one that just in
:18:53. > :18:59.front of it. He is still OK. He has won parts of the pink but he did try
:19:00. > :19:01.to cannon E. He just clipped the one nearest the lack that he is still
:19:02. > :19:27.OK. -- the black.. You mentioned it before, Dennis, the
:19:28. > :19:30.middle pocket. This one just catches the bumper. Two draws and it has
:19:31. > :19:42.missed. -- draws. Trust me, that is an acute angle to
:19:43. > :20:07.the middle pocket. He certainly got away with one of
:20:08. > :20:32.their, Marco. All he could do was play safe. The problems. First look
:20:33. > :20:38.to get anywhere near the back area. Too many balls spread out. If he
:20:39. > :20:46.screwed off the closest, he would have the scent and other red of the
:20:47. > :20:54.table. He is looking at the plant. Every chance of sending one red into
:20:55. > :21:00.another red. You would have to be careful he could bring a red back up
:21:01. > :21:09.the table. Past the blue and through the reds on to the black? I do not
:21:10. > :21:17.know. The possibility, Dennis. Good call, John. That is what he is
:21:18. > :21:23.trying. As you can see, though, he has just flicked the reds there. It
:21:24. > :21:28.was a shot to nothing until he just glanced at the reds are there to put
:21:29. > :21:38.one on for the left middle. That was amazingly well thought out until
:21:39. > :21:41.this happen. OK, these are not give Ms into the middle pocket but it is
:21:42. > :22:07.a chance. Mmm. I think the green is coming to
:22:08. > :22:15.his rescue. He just needs an easy start to get his cue action going.
:22:16. > :22:30.Normally expecting the dog that one in but he has not settled here. Oh,
:22:31. > :22:37.that will give him bit of confidence as Marco cued right across that.
:22:38. > :22:44.Fancied him for this but did not cue it very well. Yes, most unusual for
:22:45. > :22:55.him. Left him with a slightly tricky one. But this is a big chance for
:22:56. > :23:05.him if he can drop this in. Pink waiting over the centre pocket.
:23:06. > :23:14.Well, that's surprising. That could be the end of the second frame so
:23:15. > :23:20.that's a couple of chances are that Barry has let slip. I think... Well,
:23:21. > :23:30.he is so good with the rest, it you do not expect him to do that. It is
:23:31. > :23:36.only his second missed. That was his chance to get back into this frame.
:23:37. > :23:44.If I was Marco Fu I would dissent think this was a very big session.
:23:45. > :23:47.Last night, Barry Hawkins went past Ronnie O'Sullivan and all the signs
:23:48. > :23:57.are he is not quite recovered from that match so if Marco can kick on,
:23:58. > :24:03.he could give himself a good head start. You need to make the most of
:24:04. > :24:50.it. Six. Seven. Great chance for 2-0, this.
:24:51. > :24:59.Without really being at his best. A break of 73, the first frame was a
:25:00. > :25:05.very good. I do not think he is enamoured with that positional shot
:25:06. > :25:10.either. That is a lapse in concentration with that shot for
:25:11. > :25:23.Marco. Did not intended to finish quite like this.. Having a quick
:25:24. > :25:30.look around the scoreboard. He is 62 in front so a couple of more pots.
:25:31. > :25:43.If you pots at the red and the peak, snooker 's needed. -- the pink. The
:25:44. > :25:48.way the match has gone so far, if I was Marco will be trying as hard as
:25:49. > :25:57.possible to keep Barry Hawkins of the table as much as possible. He
:25:58. > :26:26.has not got going yet, Barry. All the players play this longer
:26:27. > :26:36.matches. For France. He set a target of 3-1. If you win four that's a
:26:37. > :26:46.bonus. -- four frames. APPLAUSE.
:26:47. > :26:53.A little bit of rest since his previous match for Marco. It looks
:26:54. > :27:09.pretty fresh out there. Doesn't really matter about that. He
:27:10. > :27:48.has conceded the second frame and the man from Hong Kong leads 2-0.
:27:49. > :28:05.Once again, the balls are not too bad. I think he can get through to
:28:06. > :28:11.the one on the left-hand corner but he is looking at the safety shot. He
:28:12. > :28:20.knows he is not cueing well so he is refusing it. And he has hit this a
:28:21. > :28:25.little bit too hard. It will be interesting to see if Marco takes
:28:26. > :28:33.that on. The reason Harry did not take that and, he is bound to be
:28:34. > :28:38.leaving Marco in the balls but he has lost a little bit of confidence
:28:39. > :28:39.and that is why he has played the safety shot. Let's see what happens
:28:40. > :28:54.here. APPLAUSE. He is probably thinking to
:28:55. > :29:03.himself, I should have had a go at that long one. I suppose, John, you
:29:04. > :29:09.start thinking to yourself, I missed a few, I 2-0 down, don't miss the
:29:10. > :29:15.long one but sometimes you have to play the natural game. Yes. Some
:29:16. > :29:21.days you are right and some days are you a wrongful top at the moment, he
:29:22. > :29:27.is just a little bit off. It doesn't take much at the level we are
:29:28. > :29:30.playing, we are down to the quarter-finals, after all. You do
:29:31. > :30:03.not get too many shots in a session. Well, that is a bad mess, if he has
:30:04. > :30:09.got away with that, then I think he is very fortunate. That wasn't
:30:10. > :30:18.difficult. The reds have blocked the path of the easy starter. Barry has
:30:19. > :30:19.discovered to hang in there until he gets a big chance amongst the
:30:20. > :32:04.balls. Well, what a kiss that was. Split
:32:05. > :32:12.the two reds and finish there. It is lovely. There we go. Good pot.
:32:13. > :32:13.Cannons into the two reds. Opens them up and perfect on the pink.
:32:14. > :33:04.Lovely. Just a little bit short with the cue
:33:05. > :33:16.ball though. Ideally on the role you would like to have just coral either
:33:17. > :33:25.side of it. -- just gone. Hasn't happened so far today as yet. Well,
:33:26. > :33:37.at the moment, last night is taking its toll.
:33:38. > :33:48.Usually keeps very still but there was a bit of movement on that shot.
:33:49. > :33:54.In the chance now for Marco. He has got the perfect angle. He could
:33:55. > :33:59.cannon into the black and red here and open the game up. It looks as if
:34:00. > :34:04.he is just going to concentrate on the single red, but he has quit to
:34:05. > :34:16.get into those. Or will he get a better angle? -- he has got to. He
:34:17. > :34:23.has a slightly bigger target now. The pink and black will be readily
:34:24. > :34:38.available. He has good to get into them somehow. That should be now. He
:34:39. > :34:43.has got the perfect angle if he pots the blue anywhere near the black, he
:34:44. > :34:58.could even open the reds up and both pink and black ear. -- here. It has
:34:59. > :35:06.finished awkwardly. "High-value colours up, but he has been a bit
:35:07. > :35:38.unlucky. -- it has opened both. Very unlucky.
:35:39. > :36:56.That was a bad piece of fortune. He didn't want to move.
:36:57. > :37:19.Good pot but the cue ball is in the middle of no man's land. Could go
:37:20. > :37:26.for the blue, Barry, but he has got a black to take on, but this is
:37:27. > :37:30.tricky. The way everything has gone the way everything has gone this
:37:31. > :37:38.afternoon so a good shot. Can't quite reach, so just a little
:37:39. > :37:44.extension on the end of the cue. Bigshot coming up, really. -- big
:37:45. > :37:58.shot. Normally wouldn't have been saying
:37:59. > :38:04.that, but you can just see what is going on at the moment. You're
:38:05. > :38:08.trying as hard as you did last night, but it is just not happening.
:38:09. > :38:13.And possibly, you are just trying that little bit too hard. When you
:38:14. > :38:25.miss a few, the harder you try, the tougher this game becomes at times.
:38:26. > :38:43.Good pot. Tricky. If I was Marco Fu, I would be trying doubly hard here.
:38:44. > :38:46.It is not many times you turn up to a quarter-final and your opponent is
:38:47. > :38:51.struggling as much as Barry Hawkins is at the moment. Every session in
:38:52. > :38:54.this match would be completely different, so when you have got your
:38:55. > :39:03.opponent in trouble, keep them there. All the great champions, all
:39:04. > :39:04.the multiple winners, when they smelt danger, they made the most of
:39:05. > :39:21.it. I think therefore Sophia was never
:39:22. > :39:27.give a sucker an even break. -- their philosophy. Steve Davis
:39:28. > :39:33.throughout the 80s, Stephen Hendry throughout the 90s. When they have
:39:34. > :39:37.got you on the rack, they really pressed home and that is where you
:39:38. > :39:51.have got to do, in any sport. -- that is what you have got. He hasn't
:39:52. > :39:55.missed too much, Marco, just a couple of little shot see has let
:39:56. > :40:01.your straight. I mean, they are not sitting all that well here, but well
:40:02. > :40:13.enough to not have to play any cannons just yet. -- astray.
:40:14. > :40:20.I think he has got a slight angle on the pink. The red that the pink
:40:21. > :40:26.would be passing looks to be available into the same pocket, if
:40:27. > :40:32.he can just follow through on leave that one. You can see it there, he
:40:33. > :40:36.has got the angle to do that. In fact, he has punched it in to get
:40:37. > :40:41.back for the other one, which is just as good. That was very well
:40:42. > :40:49.played, excellent shot. Perfect on the outside red. Still sitting up
:40:50. > :40:58.for the pink. He could play a run through if you want softer side
:40:59. > :41:06.cushion. -- if he wants off the side. I think the red might be an
:41:07. > :41:10.acute angle so he might play for the one behind the black spot instead.
:41:11. > :41:15.He is looking to that red in the middle but he is going to be further
:41:16. > :41:20.away from it. He might elect to play the one that is further away from
:41:21. > :41:55.the blackspot. Just needs this red with a colour.
:41:56. > :41:59.No, in fact he was going to need one more red after the pink, so he has
:42:00. > :42:35.let that chance slip away. Now, this would really be a huge
:42:36. > :42:56.confidence booster if he could pinch this frame.
:42:57. > :43:04.Yes, that is typical when you are struggling. A nice pot on the blue
:43:05. > :43:16.and open up the side cushion for the reds. Got the one cannon he didn't
:43:17. > :43:21.want. When you are playing well and everything is in full flow, you will
:43:22. > :43:25.play that cannon. When you are scrapping for a bit of form,
:43:26. > :43:52.everything seems to go awkward. Good safety shot though.
:43:53. > :43:59.Good shot. It is just going to flip off the black there and go into or
:44:00. > :44:49.is the pocket. I think he can get past the pink. He
:44:50. > :45:02.could be sending the red over towards the black and reds.
:45:03. > :45:24.Obviously didn't fancy that. He might be over in that position. Not
:45:25. > :45:29.quite, but he has got an angle to get round to a similar position
:45:30. > :45:39.here. Swing the White in between the pink and black, win the blue. You
:45:40. > :46:35.have diskette to be a little careful with laying the shot.
:46:36. > :46:44.All departments at the moment are bit of a struggle for Barry. His
:46:45. > :46:52.safety, which is usually fantastic is out of kilter. Another chance for
:46:53. > :47:07.Marco. If anything, he hit that too well. Look at the cue ball now. 33
:47:08. > :47:10.in front. The pink if it is dead straight is going to be difficult.
:47:11. > :47:16.Just a slight bit of an angle but even then, it needs good cueing,
:47:17. > :47:29.tucked up on that push on. -- cushion. Can he find that red?
:47:30. > :47:54.Teapots won more red, he is 39 in front. -- if he pots one.
:47:55. > :48:02.He would be delighted if he could get out of this first session format
:48:03. > :48:26.-4, if he is 3-0 down now, which is looking likely, he will definitely
:48:27. > :49:08.be delighted. Barring a couple of sneakers, Marco Fu is going to lead
:49:09. > :49:12.three Mac-0. -- snookers. 3-0. I am afraid at the moment, mentally,
:49:13. > :49:14.Barry Hawkins is really struggling. That shot was nowhere near his usual
:49:15. > :50:03.standard. Doesn't matter about the yellow,
:50:04. > :50:15.Barry walks out the Crucible arena and Marco Fu will be absolutely
:50:16. > :50:20.delighted he leads 3-0. Marco Fu breaks off in frame for Mac. He will
:50:21. > :50:24.be delighted with the scoreline. In the first frame he played pretty
:50:25. > :50:28.well with a break of 73 but since then he hasn't had to be anywhere
:50:29. > :50:34.near his best. Hawkins has been struggling a bit. Feeling the
:50:35. > :51:05.effects of last night, if you ask me. He has got to get to work again.
:51:06. > :51:19.Might turn into a bit of a scrappy frame, to red is already up the
:51:20. > :51:25.other end of the table. -- two reds. It all depends on the angle. If it
:51:26. > :51:43.was dead straight, he may be tempted. No, he is screwing it back.
:51:44. > :51:47.It was like the last frame in his match against Ronnie O'Sullivan, it
:51:48. > :51:54.was a little bit like this, he never got a shot for three frames. It
:51:55. > :52:00.suited him, it gave him a chance to settle down again. It did, but
:52:01. > :52:04.didn't he take that chance as well when they came up as well? Ronnie
:52:05. > :52:14.O'Sullivan played very well in that match. Yes, there were five or six
:52:15. > :52:19.reds tied up with the yellow is at the moment. Five or six between the
:52:20. > :52:23.pink and black and Barry potted a fantastic one into the right corner
:52:24. > :52:27.past the green as we look at it and got himself a nice 50 point
:52:28. > :52:42.advantage, which paved the way for that victory. The likes of that shot
:52:43. > :52:52.as well. The cue ball should be tight on the cushion. Having a
:52:53. > :52:53.little smirk to himself, Barry, doesn't quite know what is going on
:52:54. > :53:10.at the minute. That is where the cue ball should be
:53:11. > :53:14.going. Tight to the cushion. I think it is OK just at the moment, he has
:53:15. > :53:19.still got the red to run to, to leave it safe. The safety is on,
:53:20. > :53:39.which is behind the blackspot area. You can roll two. The one to the
:53:40. > :53:49.right of that gorgeous leave the thing. -- or just. Looking to see
:53:50. > :53:57.the could leave the cue ball up there and what of position he would
:53:58. > :54:17.leave. He is reluctant to just roll to the red again.
:54:18. > :54:23.Here is OK, heading towards the pocket but he is OK. That would be
:54:24. > :54:41.the last thing he wanted, to see the white go in. -- he is OK.
:54:42. > :54:53.I was looking at those two reds before. The fact that shot is being
:54:54. > :55:00.played there, not anywhere near pocket. I wouldn't fancy making it
:55:01. > :55:08.from the cue ball being so far down in the yellow pocket, so I think you
:55:09. > :55:20.will be leaving that one alone. -- I think he. Look at the plans again.
:55:21. > :55:28.Just wondering if you please the red on the right, is it a deadweight
:55:29. > :55:44.shot? This is risky, he has a red he can play. But what a shot. Very
:55:45. > :55:51.risky, but what is the reward going to be? Because the planet wasn't on,
:55:52. > :56:04.as you could clearly see. -- plant. To make it from where he was with
:56:05. > :56:12.the cue ball was fantastic. Yes, totally agree. He has finished
:56:13. > :56:17.awkward. He has got another one that he can maybe take to get up for the
:56:18. > :56:22.blue or pink. Funny thing is, he has slightly lost position but it could
:56:23. > :56:26.work in his favour. If he plays this across the table and gets the pink
:56:27. > :56:31.and pots that, then he is a brilliant chance. If he can get on
:56:32. > :56:38.pink ear, this is fantastic for him. -- pink here. Just slightly hampered
:56:39. > :56:52.with the cue, it may make and take the brown instead. -- make him.
:56:53. > :56:58.Ideally, Marco would love to be able to get that pink back up the table.
:56:59. > :57:10.It would just make the breaks summer Chizzy. -- so much easier. He had a
:57:11. > :57:13.quick look at the black and it seems to be available into the left
:57:14. > :57:27.corner. That is what he is looking at. Probably that is the reason he
:57:28. > :57:31.is not concentrating on getting the pink back on its spot. He would have
:57:32. > :57:35.needed it if that black had been tied up. One of those situations
:57:36. > :57:40.where if you could drop on it without having to do anything, it
:57:41. > :57:49.was ideal. A couple of shots ago, he definitely played on it, he just got
:57:50. > :57:54.hampered cueing wise. The problem there is, where he has left the cue
:57:55. > :57:58.ball, black only goes in one of the top two pockets as you mentioned. It
:57:59. > :58:07.is not ideal position wise on that now. That was a little careless
:58:08. > :58:21.positional shot. He didn't get the white where he wanted. It has made
:58:22. > :58:41.it difficult now. He is having to take a more difficult blue.
:58:42. > :58:50.Is he going to drop on the red? Have to go back for the blue again
:58:51. > :59:05.though. Wow, what a difference that made. He has just been scrapping for
:59:06. > :59:06.position here, he has not quite have the cue ball in the last five shots
:59:07. > :59:27.in this break. This time he has got the white where
:59:28. > :59:42.he wanted it. What a start that would be.
:59:43. > :00:05.He was seven time world champion Joel Pulman, unbelievable voice,
:00:06. > :00:18.commentated for the BBC. He has done well with this break,
:00:19. > :00:24.Marco. You see the balls spread around the table but initially he
:00:25. > :00:31.had the cue ball under the greatest of controls. Nice to keep it going.
:00:32. > :00:39.Just has got to not do anything stupid here. Keep your focus. A
:00:40. > :00:45.dream start in the quarter-final would be 4-0. Already in the match,
:00:46. > :00:53.you would have your opponent up against it.
:00:54. > :00:59.Played many sessions in this wonderful auditorium when things
:01:00. > :01:06.have been going all right and well but plenty of sessions where they
:01:07. > :01:10.haven't and sometimes, a little bit of self preservation, to get out of
:01:11. > :01:14.a session a little better than you should have done could help the
:01:15. > :01:23.match. Barry Hawkins needs to win the next session at least 3-1, have
:01:24. > :01:31.a good nights rest because at the moment he is second best. It has
:01:32. > :01:36.been a long ten years since Marco Fu has been on this stage and the world
:01:37. > :01:47.Championships. After this semi-final back in 2006, he has lost in three
:01:48. > :02:00.second round matches. Last couple of years he lost in the second round
:02:01. > :02:07.but what a start the season for him. The interval coming up after this
:02:08. > :02:16.after this break. The frame will be over. You can eat as many Swedes as
:02:17. > :02:22.you want in the interval. Frame ball, you would think. And it is
:02:23. > :02:35.straight in the middle of the pocket. Without any major accidents,
:02:36. > :02:40.it will be 4-0 at the interval. And he is doing what you have to do. We
:02:41. > :02:45.mentioned about the great champions playing in this place, when they are
:02:46. > :02:52.on top, they maintain the pressure on you. Marco has done very well
:02:53. > :02:58.here. He can sense Barry Hawkins is not at the races. When you get to
:02:59. > :03:04.the quarter-final stages, you feel that you are halfway through the
:03:05. > :03:06.championship. When you get to the quarters, that is when the
:03:07. > :03:18.nitty-gritty really starts. It does not matter about the blue.
:03:19. > :03:26.Barry has had in now. It has been the worst possible start for Barry
:03:27. > :03:29.Hawkins. He has not settled at all and Marco Fu goes to the interval
:03:30. > :03:47.leading 4-0. Barry Hawkins breaks off in the
:03:48. > :03:53.frame five and fair to say, so far in this match, he has just not got
:03:54. > :04:01.going. Marco Fu has been doing what he has had to. His opponent
:04:02. > :04:11.struggling a little bit after last night efforts. 13-12 in a thriller.
:04:12. > :04:56.Good shot on the green. Already a decent chance here. Maybe not to win
:04:57. > :05:30.the frame but certainly get a few points on the board.
:05:31. > :05:35.This is a typical examples showing you how important that break shot
:05:36. > :05:48.is. Look at the points scored. Three more comfortable reds
:05:49. > :06:18.available. Great chance now because he has a
:06:19. > :06:27.red away from the bunch. Another good pack much to open but should
:06:28. > :06:33.still finish nicely. Almost going to have this one. He did not get quite
:06:34. > :06:37.into them as much as he intended. . Wanted more of a stun shot into them
:06:38. > :06:52.rather than screwing them back. Would not ordinarily be a problem
:06:53. > :07:01.chipping this in the corner but a little bit worried about the cue
:07:02. > :07:10.ball. Trying to hold the white. Yes, that is what he has played. He did
:07:11. > :07:16.not want that to happen. He was wanting that bred to be the one he
:07:17. > :07:20.potted after the blue. A bit unfortunate, that. He cannot believe
:07:21. > :07:40.he popped that and that acute angle. Well, he is lucky to hit the yellow
:07:41. > :07:46.because he missed the blue a mile. He held his hand up and apologise.
:07:47. > :07:51.It is not want to ease up. Marco Fu really wants to push on here because
:07:52. > :07:54.it is only matter of time before Barry Hawkins settles down, you
:07:55. > :08:12.would feel. He's just all over the place at the
:08:13. > :08:16.moment. These safety shots, nothing working for him at present. He needs
:08:17. > :08:30.an easy chance just to settle down. APPLAUSE. Excellent safety from
:08:31. > :09:01.Marco. He needs to be a bit careful playing
:09:02. > :09:06.the safety, the cue ball could go to the corner pocket. Contemplating
:09:07. > :09:22.whether to run into the pack instead but he is going to play this. He has
:09:23. > :09:30.two be careful about the jaws. Pretty good effort, that.
:09:31. > :09:39.Makes a good to get in the Hind, the blue is pretty good if he can go to
:09:40. > :09:46.the other side of the table, which he has elected to do.
:09:47. > :09:53.APPLAUSE. You imagine Barry needs something easy to get himself
:09:54. > :09:59.going. The shot he is looking at is far
:10:00. > :10:16.from easy. As we swing around, we can see that
:10:17. > :10:28.read, not the sort of shot you want to be attempting when you are 4-0
:10:29. > :10:31.Hind. Playing the safety shot. Better late this time with the
:10:32. > :10:45.safety. APPLAUSE.
:10:46. > :10:54.Yes, well played, there. The green and brown, quite a big target. One
:10:55. > :10:58.of the players are to get the cue ball behind. Marco would do well to
:10:59. > :11:12.do it from there. People do well not to leave the pot
:11:13. > :11:19.unless he gets the cue ball absolutely varied on the cushion
:11:20. > :11:28.gets something behind it. -- buried. Yes, here is your chance,
:11:29. > :11:39.Barry. Marco purposely tried to move the
:11:40. > :11:42.red that was available but in fact he has cannoned it and left an easy
:11:43. > :11:51.one. -- easier. Good pot needed. Good position
:11:52. > :12:08.needed. There is the pot and it is nicely on
:12:09. > :12:16.the blue. First bit of a chance he has had for a while, John. It was a
:12:17. > :12:27.good shot, that. To get the cue ball onto the blue. Excellent. Don't know
:12:28. > :12:34.whether his position is OK, is it? A have just sneaked through. Yes, you
:12:35. > :12:40.can just see it. He can see the red and the left-hand side of the black.
:12:41. > :12:52.Yes, this is remarkable. Trying to nudge that read but one cannoned
:12:53. > :12:59.into it is easier. Just shows you the importance about getting the cue
:13:00. > :13:06.ball tight and the cushion and the safety shots. Because Marco Fu could
:13:07. > :13:12.not cue it... Well... I did not expect that one either. It is not
:13:13. > :13:16.good to watch when this is happening. A player that played so
:13:17. > :13:21.well just last night and he is smiling fair, Barry. I mean, just
:13:22. > :13:27.such a talented player and he cannot get himself going. Talking about
:13:28. > :13:35.someone who has had two semifinals and a final in the last two years at
:13:36. > :13:42.the Crucible is. Genuinely has a chance of winning the championship.
:13:43. > :13:50.It just shows you, this game... You only have to be a little bit off and
:13:51. > :13:54.it finds you out. There is no margin for errors. It is all fractions in
:13:55. > :14:05.snooker and if you are slightly off, and you can miss the easiest of
:14:06. > :14:13.shots. Not going to be easy for Marco Fu, here. He has a ready got a
:14:14. > :14:21.28 point advantage. One good shot to get in the black and then he can
:14:22. > :14:26.cannoned in the reds. Is afraid that he can take quite easily now. -- it
:14:27. > :14:42.is a frame. No. Potted that on the wrong side of
:14:43. > :14:45.the pocket. I was going to say, he would be hoping the red was not
:14:46. > :14:52.straight. He did not want to be straight because it is difficult to
:14:53. > :15:02.get the screw back onto that Distin spot and back into the red. --
:15:03. > :15:27.distance. He potted it into the right side, he
:15:28. > :15:38.wanted it on the left. This is tough. Oh, well played! Well
:15:39. > :15:46.played. If the cannons to reds here, it could be and of frame. Yes, that
:15:47. > :15:50.was a beauty, wasn't it? Just cannons right in between the two
:15:51. > :15:54.reds and it is frame over, you would say.
:15:55. > :16:07.APPLAUSE. Perfect. Beautiful little cannon that and all made possible,
:16:08. > :16:12.of course, by that excellent shot in the middle pocket. But that was
:16:13. > :16:18.lovely. And already, a couple of more shots and Marco Fu is going to
:16:19. > :16:25.guarantee himself a lead going into this next session because he will be
:16:26. > :16:35.5-0 up. Amazing scoreline, do not think could have addicted that. --
:16:36. > :16:36.predicted. I am wondering what the odds would have been against that
:16:37. > :17:26.happening. That definitely guarantees 5-0.
:17:27. > :17:33.Really worrying times for Barry Hawkins. You cannot win the match in
:17:34. > :17:44.the first session but you can certainly lose it. 7- one. The next
:17:45. > :17:53.three frames in this session are massive.
:17:54. > :18:23.At the start of this match, it was evenly matched. Barry, 6-5. But the
:18:24. > :18:30.last three times they have played, Barry won all three. But this is not
:18:31. > :18:37.the start he was after. I think he has got to definitely win two of the
:18:38. > :18:48.last three frames, Dennis, all he has mountains to climb. -- or.
:18:49. > :19:00.63. APPLAUSE. Such a brilliant
:19:01. > :19:07.temperament, Marco Fu. You would not know if he was leading 5-1 all
:19:08. > :19:16.losing 5-1, the expression stays the same. -- or. A little exhibition
:19:17. > :19:20.positional shot, there. All the way around the houses. Came up a little
:19:21. > :19:27.bit short but it does not matter whether the black goes in or not.
:19:28. > :19:35.The back for good measure. And, well, that rate of 81 extends his
:19:36. > :20:02.lead, it is now, believe it or not, 5-0!
:20:03. > :20:12.Marco Fu, frame six, 5-0 ahead. Knocked out the champion five times
:20:13. > :20:19.at the Crucible. Barry Hawkins has just got to get a couple of frames
:20:20. > :20:27.from somewhere and that is a great start. A great pot.
:20:28. > :20:42.That is a bit of a confidence booster. It is not a good chance
:20:43. > :20:49.just yet for him. Well... What did he do there? Did he get a kick or
:20:50. > :20:56.did he not line it up? I honestly doubt know. He's looking at the
:20:57. > :21:02.cushion. It was the weirdest thing. It is like a complete miscue. A
:21:03. > :21:08.completely skew and he was looking at the side cushion. He is shaking
:21:09. > :21:17.his head. He cannot believe what he has done himself.
:21:18. > :21:36.That was our very good shot from Marco. The black is out of
:21:37. > :21:43.commission. The pink is available in the corner but there is a red there.
:21:44. > :21:48.He is perfect and the blue. Marco is having a look to see whether the
:21:49. > :21:53.black would sneak through but I do not think so. And also, the bottom
:21:54. > :22:01.red of the pack, whether he could play a little cannon to open it up
:22:02. > :22:09.but... It is not a great chance just yet. But I bet Marco could not
:22:10. > :22:18.believe he was going back onto the table. He has played a poor
:22:19. > :22:23.positional shot there, though. He cannot get to the correct side of
:22:24. > :22:33.the blue. That was a little bit careless. He had to play up for the
:22:34. > :22:40.pig, for the middle. It was not his intention but it could turn out to
:22:41. > :22:49.be to his advantage. Can he get through to the black, John? Maybe he
:22:50. > :23:00.can! As I said, he had a little look at it before. Not that cannon.
:23:01. > :23:07.Although it looks like he has lined up the red and to the middle pocket,
:23:08. > :23:23.there is very little pocket you can see. We write his cue here. Is it
:23:24. > :23:28.fair? No. -- is it there. He has left the red at the back. That is
:23:29. > :23:35.careless. That is actually a very poor shot he has played, there. He
:23:36. > :23:44.has just turned a free shot into one that is very expensive.
:23:45. > :23:56.Yes, pull shot from Marco but there is pressure on these black. He left
:23:57. > :24:01.the bottom red when he missed it. He could have still taken the red and
:24:02. > :24:14.with a little sun shot and would not have left anything. All right,
:24:15. > :24:17.Barry, time to go. That was well played, under the circumstances. It
:24:18. > :24:21.may have looked like straightforward black when you are down in the
:24:22. > :25:02.quarter-final, nothing is easy. 16. I cannot believe I saying this
:25:03. > :25:11.but this is his highest break of the match, believe it or not.
:25:12. > :26:03.23. So cue ball in good position now.
:26:04. > :26:21.Good positional shot, really. And that is a lovely little play. Could
:26:22. > :26:28.not have played that any better. Lovely contact on the pink, opening
:26:29. > :26:34.the reds out. A great chance this again his first frame and the ball
:26:35. > :26:40.but even that, Dennis, has gone a little too far. He has given himself
:26:41. > :26:53.a bit to do. Has to play at cannon to make short the white has not run
:26:54. > :27:02.away to the table. Nicely played. 36.
:27:03. > :27:33.Well, at the moment every shot is looking difficult. How has he left
:27:34. > :27:38.the cue ball there? Had not think it can believe it himself, the moment.
:27:39. > :27:41.All the time, the pressure is adding up because the cue ball is not in a
:27:42. > :27:48.great position. 43. Good recovery but awkward and
:27:49. > :28:39.the yellow again. -- and the yellow. Barry Hawkins, 43. It is 43 but he
:28:40. > :28:42.was looking to secure the frame with that chance but kept getting himself
:28:43. > :29:13.out of position. I have had a few of these sessions
:29:14. > :29:18.myself over the years and they are tough when they come. You need to
:29:19. > :29:25.get a bit of self-preservation and scrap something out of it, when you
:29:26. > :29:29.are not feeling right. When you cannot hit the middle of the cue
:29:30. > :29:36.ball consistently, your opponent is on top, but you simply have to get
:29:37. > :29:44.something out of the session. And there is no hiding place out there,
:29:45. > :29:49.John. You are and your own, sitting there at the Crucible Theatre with
:29:50. > :29:53.800 people. To start to feel a little bit embarrassed, making
:29:54. > :29:56.mistakes you were not making in the last round. He has to sit there and
:29:57. > :30:07.hope that it turns around. That is the thing about it being an
:30:08. > :30:10.individual sport. You cannot pass the ball to your mates. It all down
:30:11. > :30:35.to you. Yes, sometimes that can be the
:30:36. > :30:41.loneliest seat in the world. He will automatically finish on the black.
:30:42. > :30:48.The thing is, Dennis, he played a plank exactly like this -- plant. He
:30:49. > :31:19.would be thinking he would be getting this one. Get set. Ashe it's
:31:20. > :31:26.hit. -- it's hit. He could leave it for the middle. The only thing is,
:31:27. > :31:36.the yellow is up behind the blackspot, so there is no easy way
:31:37. > :31:40.to the winning post on this frame. All the time he is getting some
:31:41. > :31:45.points, he has over screwed that one. One thing you don't want to do
:31:46. > :31:52.there is go past the blue. Just had to leave that low. Pot the blue, up
:31:53. > :31:58.towards the red, but now, you see the side coming off, just fizzes it
:31:59. > :32:02.off. Too high and the position is gone. But he is in the frame in a
:32:03. > :32:08.frame he didn't look like he was going to be in a minute ago. If he
:32:09. > :32:09.had have been on the blue, he could have potted the white and left it
:32:10. > :32:22.there. You didn't make the clearance but he
:32:23. > :32:35.has cut himself right back in the frame. Only eight points behind. It
:32:36. > :32:39.is one of those sessions that I can see Barry Hawkins coming out,
:32:40. > :32:55.hitting it in sticking their head up. -- and sticking the head up. It
:32:56. > :33:00.is not bad, he will settle for this. The only problem here is, Marco
:33:01. > :33:05.could swing this around the angle to get in behind the green. The red
:33:06. > :33:16.should stay somewhere near where it is at the moment. Didn't attempt to
:33:17. > :33:20.get in behind the green, but it's not bad. He tried to use blue and
:33:21. > :33:42.pink for lining up. Vigo, he stuck it up. You can just
:33:43. > :33:57.see the way it is going in the sessions. Marco Fu, what chance this
:33:58. > :34:04.is to go 6-0 up. Well, it is all going to be about yellow to green.
:34:05. > :34:10.He can take the yellow, he will come back on its spot. He is on the black
:34:11. > :34:18.Kia. It just depends how he feels is the easier shot to get him on to the
:34:19. > :34:24.green. I don't think that first shot was a particularly good one. He
:34:25. > :34:31.would love to be on the yellow more easily than this. He has left
:34:32. > :34:42.himself a bit more to do from yellow to green.
:34:43. > :34:53.Still got a chance in this frame, Barry Hawkins. It is not
:34:54. > :35:02.straightforward. This is the key shot.
:35:03. > :35:10.He'd love to play it without using the rest. He is going to get as
:35:11. > :35:18.little extension. It is just about knocking the agreement. Just make
:35:19. > :35:19.sure of the pot. He can play nice and slowly, give the pocket every
:35:20. > :35:52.chance. No, it is a lifeline. What a chance
:35:53. > :35:58.for Barry Hawkins. He didn't really get it into the jaws of the pocket.
:35:59. > :36:04.You never really settle until you get your first frame on the board
:36:05. > :36:07.and he has been handed a gift. Marco Fu will be kicking himself because
:36:08. > :36:13.he had his opponent right on the rack. Barry Hawkins won't believe
:36:14. > :36:19.his luck to be going back to the table. Must have thought it was all
:36:20. > :36:24.over. That red in the middle, his positional shot wasn't very good.
:36:25. > :36:39.For me, that would have been frame over. Barry Hawkins is going to get
:36:40. > :36:47.his first frame on the board. He is not going to bother with the black.
:36:48. > :37:05.A big smile from Barry Hawkins, at last, he has got a frame on the
:37:06. > :37:13.board, he still trails 5-1. It is Barry Hawkins who breaks off. He is
:37:14. > :37:25.a bit amused as to his performance today, Barry. He has left Marco with
:37:26. > :37:35.chances. Not easy, of course. These are two very big frames in this
:37:36. > :37:40.opening session. Marco doesn't need to get too anxious thinking he
:37:41. > :37:43.should have won the last frame. You have discovered to forget about it
:37:44. > :37:49.and play every ball in front of you as it is every frame as it is. But
:37:50. > :37:59.the scoreboard take care of itself. -- let the scoreboard. That was
:38:00. > :38:05.absolutely terrific. He couldn't pot that without the little swerve shot.
:38:06. > :38:19.Just have a look at the white, see how it bends around the yellow? All
:38:20. > :38:32.done with mirrors, that. Well, let's see how confident Barry is feeling
:38:33. > :38:49.after winning the last frame. That's a bit more like it. Perhaps he has
:38:50. > :38:57.over screwed it. He hit it the best so far. Is it too good. Just a
:38:58. > :39:04.safety coming up. It has been a horrible session all round for Barry
:39:05. > :39:05.Hawkins, this. He has just to keep any on in there and get something
:39:06. > :41:24.out of it. -- keep hanging on. Would never wanted to have left
:41:25. > :41:28.Marco this red. That is handy. Bear in one shot lies the difference.
:41:29. > :41:44.What that has done, given him a chance to pot blue and get onto the
:41:45. > :41:47.red next to the black. That really was a little nudge off the corner of
:41:48. > :42:11.the pocket. It couldn't have worked out better.
:42:12. > :42:22.Has it covered it? Think he is OK the way he is walking around, but he
:42:23. > :42:35.looked a bit anxious for a second. Only just.
:42:36. > :42:43.We are talking quite a bit about Barry Hawkins not being at the races
:42:44. > :42:49.today. Marco Fu has gone about his business, if it doesn't come out of
:42:50. > :42:55.this session at least 6-2 ahead, he will consider it a poor afternoon
:42:56. > :43:02.really. You would think he would deserve to be four frames ahead.
:43:03. > :43:11.Always interested in the psychology of these long matches. You're just
:43:12. > :43:16.trying to press your advantage home. You have the scope to try and keep a
:43:17. > :43:18.lid on it. Whether you are in front or behind really, but it is
:43:19. > :43:46.difficult to do. He has let that one run away. That
:43:47. > :43:53.is about 12 inches up the table further than he intended. Look at
:43:54. > :43:58.the angle he has left himself. The plant is going to be a bonus. This
:43:59. > :44:05.is a plant to the rescue. He got the pink. He has played for
:44:06. > :44:29.the black but I think the pink goes. I am not so sure it does damage.
:44:30. > :44:50.That last shot was a shocker from Marco. It has to be said. What a
:44:51. > :44:55.recovery that is. That is a billion baht. Wonderful cueing. He must have
:44:56. > :45:00.been disappointed not to have been on the black but to put that behind
:45:01. > :45:11.him and pot that in so well, it is a testament to his great temperaments.
:45:12. > :45:19.You can just sense that Marco Fu is realising these two frames are
:45:20. > :45:24.enormous. And if he can win them both, he can book himself another
:45:25. > :45:58.match. I think the red just to the right of
:45:59. > :46:03.the pink is able to be potted. Side cushion, a little bit of run inside
:46:04. > :46:15.will stop that will be the red Marco will play on. Yes. The running side,
:46:16. > :46:19.that is where he hit it on the right side and the ball comes further up
:46:20. > :46:39.the table than it would do without the side on the ball. I was going to
:46:40. > :46:45.say, we haven't had too many kicks, but that was a monster. This
:46:46. > :46:53.completely took office in as he hit it. Look at that jump off the bed of
:46:54. > :47:18.the table. It has just messed up his position. There was only one red
:47:19. > :47:23.available. Into the right corner, everything else is blocking each
:47:24. > :47:28.other. He has a choice of shots it, he can play a little stunned
:47:29. > :47:33.COMMENTATOR: Stunt or run through for the black. I don't blame him,
:47:34. > :47:48.that would have been my preferred choice of shot. The problem is, how
:47:49. > :47:54.does he get on the next red here? Maybe he can play in ball this off
:47:55. > :47:59.the cushion and back over. He has gone around the angles. It has come
:48:00. > :48:07.up a little bit short at it was still a good shot. You did like to
:48:08. > :48:11.punch them. You could always tell when you on the next table. You
:48:12. > :48:43.could hear them hitting the back of the pocket. Now it just goes quiet.
:48:44. > :48:55.This has been a fabulous break, it really has, from Marco Fu. He knows
:48:56. > :48:56.the importance of the session. Nose at the moment he has got his
:48:57. > :49:38.opponent in big trouble. He has made breaks of 73. He is
:49:39. > :49:44.doing what he needed to do. Just one pot away of leaving the snooker
:49:45. > :49:51.required and he hasn't played a good shot. We were just saying how well
:49:52. > :50:16.he was doing on the one sure he needed to get around was the last
:50:17. > :50:20.one. Just caught the knuckled at the pace kept it in. It was a clever
:50:21. > :50:35.shot. Even if he had have missed that, it was still a good shot. Good
:50:36. > :50:48.play to put the black safe. Barring snookers, Marco Fu extensively now
:50:49. > :50:59.looks like 6-1. -- ostensibly. Could bring the black into play here. Two
:51:00. > :51:02.snookers needed. There was funny, Marco played the safety shot but
:51:03. > :51:06.unfortunately, there was a perfect plant right on top of the black.
:51:07. > :51:56.Barry has played a very good shot there.
:51:57. > :53:16.Won't be too bothered with his cue ball at the moment in this.
:53:17. > :53:26.Just a final formalities of this frame. Keeping the pressure on his
:53:27. > :53:29.opponent, Barry Hawkins. We have a massive frame coming up at the end
:53:30. > :53:41.of this session. It is definitely 6-1. Barry Hawkins has got to win
:53:42. > :53:55.the last. He has got Barry Hawkins in all sorts of trouble is Marco Fu
:53:56. > :53:58.takes a 6-1 lead. -- as Marco. It has to be said, Marco is getting the
:53:59. > :54:04.break of shot much better than Barry. He is coming up short on
:54:05. > :54:07.leaving a possible pot on all the time. For some reason he is not
:54:08. > :54:20.getting an outsider in his record shots. Marco is. -- break off.
:54:21. > :54:26.This is about a length, he has pushed the red towards the pocket.
:54:27. > :54:46.-- up as a length -- a better. He is playing for the black. He has
:54:47. > :54:55.played it perfectly. Just struck to that end. Wonderful. It really was
:54:56. > :55:00.wonderful. I hated those shots, they were horrible. He played that
:55:01. > :55:14.superbly well. Dropped it in, perfectly on the black. They require
:55:15. > :55:37.very good cueing, those. And I can see at least 40 points available
:55:38. > :55:45.before he has to move anything. Look at that, he has spotted 169 balls to
:55:46. > :55:49.Barry's 32. It has been a bad day at the office for Barry Hawkins because
:55:50. > :55:53.that is what we call the arena here when you are at the table, it is
:55:54. > :56:07.your office, it is your place of work. He hasn't turned up for work
:56:08. > :56:10.today, hasn't Barry. The people watching will think, how did he
:56:11. > :56:15.knock out Ronnie O'Sullivan last night? This is a tough old place to
:56:16. > :56:21.play. The effort he put in last night to knock out the rocket, five
:56:22. > :56:28.times champion of the world, was a pretty big effort. When you wake up
:56:29. > :56:40.in the morning, you have got to go back to work again. It is a proper
:56:41. > :56:49.test. Well, he put everything into that and he had to lift his head to
:56:50. > :56:58.get the one required. He could've worked out a lot than this. He has
:56:59. > :57:05.got one to the left middle, a possibility to get on the black.
:57:06. > :57:09.Just wondering whether he can actually get on the Blacky without
:57:10. > :57:14.having to get a cannon. Looks like he might cannon the red to the left
:57:15. > :57:25.of it. And he did cannon at, but only faintly. He was a good shot
:57:26. > :57:32.that. -- cannon it. Play it with top spin, let the white take care of
:57:33. > :57:44.itself. Is it there? He has overdone it. He has overcooked it. Well, is
:57:45. > :57:50.that our pot available? Yes, there is one to the right middle pocket.
:57:51. > :57:57.This is a must win frame for Barry Hawkins. Maybe he can't get to the
:57:58. > :58:05.potting angle. If he has got away with this, Marco, he has had a
:58:06. > :58:09.result and a half. Isn't it amazing, when the session is not going your
:58:10. > :58:14.way. For Barry Hawkins to come to the table with all those reds spread
:58:15. > :58:23.out after the shot Marco has played, to not have a red to go
:58:24. > :58:53.out... Huge shot for Barry Hawkins, this. Not quite.
:58:54. > :59:13.Marco does have a red into the centre but when we say that, it
:59:14. > :59:20.sounds like it's easy, it's not. Back and he is on the black, it is a
:59:21. > :59:28.free shot. How close is this one? He thought he had got that. He thought
:59:29. > :59:31.he knock to that end, I did. I was right behind the shot. I thought, he
:59:32. > :59:42.has got the scene. What a great effort that was. -- got this in.
:59:43. > :59:47.Brilliant try, that was so close. Actually, it was that close, that is
:59:48. > :59:53.why it has stayed near the pocket. When you six -1 down, you haven't
:59:54. > :59:56.had things for you, not the most appetising of shots that red, even
:59:57. > :00:14.though it looks near the corner pocket.
:00:15. > :00:26.And the funny thing is, even if he took the red, do not think it would
:00:27. > :00:34.be on the black. I don't know, this is not great. Cueing up, showing
:00:35. > :00:40.that if he left the cue ball and that corner of the table, he might
:00:41. > :00:52.get a safety shot and, at the same time, he might just pop this in the
:00:53. > :01:00.middle pocket. Oh, unlucky, but he has the cue ball where he wanted. I
:01:01. > :01:07.think he has covered the one in the fright Corner. The last two shots
:01:08. > :01:14.have been brilliant attempt, like these two boys. I thought this was
:01:15. > :01:20.going to be in. It was the pace, the one beforehand, from Marco. He
:01:21. > :01:28.played one of those earlier today and it vanished to drop in. Looking
:01:29. > :01:31.whether he can paint one onto the other and, if it leaves the cue ball
:01:32. > :01:34.where the Brownies, he would not cover the other pocket so in the
:01:35. > :01:51.sing choice of shot, this. APPLAUSE. Well, it is a beauty, it
:01:52. > :01:57.really is. Using the ground to snooker the red that was over the
:01:58. > :02:04.Konta pocket. He knew if he got the plant he got the ground. That was a
:02:05. > :02:09.brilliant plan. That was a plant that could pave the way to him
:02:10. > :02:17.taking this last frame. He is already 30 in front and look at
:02:18. > :02:27.where he is sitting. What a session from the man from Hong Kong. Black
:02:28. > :02:37.over the pocket which even you could knock in, Dennis. You might, John, I
:02:38. > :02:43.think I might miss it. Angles for the red into the middle but also
:02:44. > :02:49.played position. I do not know those two reds... The cue ball could be
:02:50. > :02:58.perfect there. Just having a look at it, Marco. He has landed on that
:02:59. > :03:05.one. It is a bonus. Just over two hours, Marco has not been hanging
:03:06. > :03:14.around. Barry hasn't been to the races, in this session.
:03:15. > :03:22.He is going to have enough to think about what he knows, he has been
:03:23. > :03:31.here. It is three sessions. You could easily do the same thing in
:03:32. > :03:40.the third session but what Battle or that it would be. It looks like he
:03:41. > :03:45.is going to be six behind, instead of four behind. I am pretty short
:03:46. > :03:50.Barry Hawkins will be in a better frame of mind tomorrow, in his
:03:51. > :03:55.approach to the match. He would have had a good nights sleep and the
:03:56. > :04:09.Rugby O'Sullivan match would have been forgotten about. -- rummy. --
:04:10. > :04:10.rummy. It can happen in three sessions, in the quarter-final to
:04:11. > :04:38.come back. Just played in an area to leave
:04:39. > :04:51.himself options. APPLAUSE.
:04:52. > :05:00.Mmm. Just a little bit careless that last positional shot. Still OK but
:05:01. > :05:06.it could have been a lot easier. Just a little bit of doubt about
:05:07. > :05:15.that one. A query as to whether he can maintain position with the other
:05:16. > :05:23.reds. He drops this one instead. 28. Quietly efficient, isn't he? Marco
:05:24. > :05:29.Fu. Cue ball control excellent. Heavy break-builder. The last few
:05:30. > :05:36.frames I have been impressed with him because he missed agreed
:05:37. > :05:41.earlier, it'll clock he was going to go 6-and kneel in front, only gave
:05:42. > :05:47.the frame to Barry Hawkins but since then he has been in control, putting
:05:48. > :05:54.pressure on his opponent. One good positional shot here. A couple of
:05:55. > :06:02.more balls and Barry Hawkins is staring down the barrel of 7-1. A
:06:03. > :06:15.couple of world ranking titles, Marco. His class in Australia, 2013.
:06:16. > :06:22.Every player's condition when they turn professional is to win a title
:06:23. > :06:29.here at the Crucible Theatre stop well and his way to give himself a
:06:30. > :06:38.chance this year, the way his plan. He was hugely impressive in his
:06:39. > :06:45.first round against Peter. He hit the ball as good as anyone in that
:06:46. > :06:51.round. He has or has been a class act, and underestimated. Not by the
:06:52. > :06:55.players, they know how good he is because he has beaten every one of
:06:56. > :07:01.them. He could play, this boy, don't worry about that. Doesn't matter the
:07:02. > :07:09.fact he has run out of position here, the cannon did not wake up but
:07:10. > :07:12.the green is blocking the path so it will be difficult but, as they say,
:07:13. > :07:20.it does not really matter. Barry Hawkins comes forward to shake the
:07:21. > :07:26.hand of Marco Fu. Only a frames played in this session and bad start
:07:27. > :07:37.from Marco Fu. I bet it it cannot believe it. But he is in the lead,
:07:38. > :07:43.believe it or not by 7-1. This match, the Scottish Deby. We joined
:07:44. > :08:24.it in frame six. He cannot go through to the
:08:25. > :08:30.right-hand side of the pack. Kush in first. Not option to play a good
:08:31. > :09:01.safety. And this type of shot, the pace is
:09:02. > :09:06.instinctive but if you drop shot a few times, you try to hit a bit
:09:07. > :09:15.harder which is not really the best thing to do because it will happen
:09:16. > :09:26.by itself. Just asking to come and look at this agreed. -- green.. That
:09:27. > :09:54.is not too bad. APPLAUSE. Better pace.
:09:55. > :09:59.APPLAUSE. He will be happy now. You can have the brown and yellow in a
:10:00. > :10:05.minute. Three times on the trot. LAUGHTER. Pushing the red away from
:10:06. > :10:08.the black so he can still get there. Played one cushion this time, rather
:10:09. > :10:47.than two. He has been here three times. Of
:10:48. > :10:54.course, that red has come away from the Kush and mouth stop maybe it
:10:55. > :11:00.will catch the edge of the pack. Looking at the gap between brown and
:11:01. > :11:10.yellow and blue. He feels he can get to the edge of the pack and the
:11:11. > :11:20.middle red the one he can hit. Fail, and a miss. He is playing that John
:11:21. > :11:28.Higgins will play a pot. -- praying.
:11:29. > :11:39.Blue is going to be available. He is looking down there again. There is
:11:40. > :11:45.one red that looks as if it could but it is very tight. It looks from
:11:46. > :11:58.the commentary box as if it can pot that. Oh, no. This will be fun. All
:11:59. > :12:10.right, how many reds were moved? I think it was about four. You can get
:12:11. > :12:13.it through the gap of the yellow but obviously more reds being moved.
:12:14. > :12:17.They are having a little chat together. Good friends on and off
:12:18. > :12:31.the table. We will have a little look at the
:12:32. > :12:37.original to seek how many reds have been moved.
:12:38. > :12:48.Not too many reds have been moved. For me, he could have played the
:12:49. > :13:03.same shot. Not worried about reds on the left-hand side.
:13:04. > :13:24.The red has to be put back in the right place.
:13:25. > :14:27.This red was underneath those two, was its?
:14:28. > :14:32.That is the original. It is important that he can get through
:14:33. > :14:42.the gap of the blue and the yellow. I think it has to go a fraction to
:14:43. > :15:09.the left. I agree, he can definitely get
:15:10. > :15:15.through the gap but he needs to move the cue ball.
:15:16. > :15:25.APPLAUSE. Obviously cutting it to seek. --
:15:26. > :16:34.thick. John Higgins, one. John Higgins has
:16:35. > :16:40.had a fantastic season at this moment in time, McManus is going to
:16:41. > :16:46.take advantage. You will not have John Higgins playing like this
:16:47. > :17:10.tomorrow. It is very good news the way things have gone so far.
:17:11. > :17:36.Not a straightforward plot, this. He would like to get the red left of
:17:37. > :17:42.the black, if he could. A little lucky he did not get the contact. At
:17:43. > :18:03.first glance, there is nothing on now. Six. A bright green. -- rye
:18:04. > :18:13.grin. This is more difficult now. Somehow he managed it.
:18:14. > :18:59.He can get past the brown for one of the reds in the corner. Such is the
:19:00. > :19:16.side of the reds and black on the way down. Oh, no. A little bit of a
:19:17. > :19:21.miss with that woman. -- that one. You would not believe it was the
:19:22. > :19:42.same player that played the first four frames. For both of them.
:19:43. > :19:49.If anything, it would give you confidence which you need when you
:19:50. > :20:00.are struggling, it is your opponent missing as well. McManus has missed
:20:01. > :20:08.3-4 pots in a row. It will give Higgins confidence. When you're
:20:09. > :20:13.playing well, hitting frames, but then the Demons come along from
:20:14. > :20:22.somewhere and every shot looks like the hardest you have ever played.
:20:23. > :20:28.This is one of those places where even the black off the spot looks
:20:29. > :20:36.difficult. LAUGHTER. Extreme. That is a bit better. --
:20:37. > :23:03.16. 25. He would like to have been
:23:04. > :23:11.slightly straight on this blue but now he will probably have to play
:23:12. > :23:26.the loose red. APPLAUSE. The lead goes to 34.
:23:27. > :23:39.John Higgins break over 30 cents the 63 he made in the first frame. They
:23:40. > :24:06.say, nothing like a good start. And that is a bit better.
:24:07. > :24:49.38. Not a nice place to be, in the chair. See things slip away.
:24:50. > :24:57.A bit more difficult now, for John stop not quite short if he can get
:24:58. > :25:43.on to this red. 47. A nice handle on the brown, he
:25:44. > :25:49.can play on to the red and pink. Just depends how he feels stop he
:25:50. > :26:17.has played the one at the back Kush. -- cushion.
:26:18. > :26:51.John Higgins, 51. APPLAUSE.
:26:52. > :26:59.Looking to play the cross double, if the misses the two reds, he will
:27:00. > :27:09.play the cross double. It was a dangerous play and it has
:27:10. > :28:50.cost him. Where is the cue ball going? That is
:28:51. > :29:00.a little unlucky. Just slightly misjudged. 59 point infra and with
:29:01. > :29:13.59 on. John Higgins hoping he pops this red to level the scores at 3-3.
:29:14. > :29:33.APPLAUSE. Beautiful. Struck that really nice.
:29:34. > :29:40.John has found a bit of his form. They both lost it for a little
:29:41. > :30:13.while. The concession comes from John
:30:14. > :30:19.Higgins now in his chair. Alan a little concerned with his neck. It
:30:20. > :30:51.seemed OK in frames two, three, four.
:30:52. > :30:59.That gives him a few choices. This is right in the heart of the pocket.
:31:00. > :31:35.Green is his choice. I thought that John Higgins won his
:31:36. > :31:39.last two championships without playing anywhere near his best form.
:31:40. > :31:44.It is a great achievement to be honest about it. But he does have
:31:45. > :31:48.spells in and out in his game but when he is good, you know he is
:31:49. > :31:54.very, very good and a potential winner of this championship this
:31:55. > :32:07.year. A lot of the seeds have been out. Just the one remaining loose
:32:08. > :32:10.red now so he needs that angle to get the ability to smash into the
:32:11. > :32:17.bunch. Sitting on the blue would have been the better choice. That is
:32:18. > :32:22.the first bad bounce we have had today. He played for that red in the
:32:23. > :32:33.middle, that shows you how bad that bounce has been. He has been
:32:34. > :32:58.struggling a little bit. It seems he has got his form back. On the table
:32:59. > :33:41.messes him up. -- vendor -- then the.
:33:42. > :33:56.There doesn't appear to be a gap available. That is why he has played
:33:57. > :35:56.a safety. Red and pink causing the problem for
:35:57. > :35:59.this third safety shut. There is obviously quite a big gap between
:36:00. > :36:11.red and pink but it is still very hard to judge.
:36:12. > :37:38.There you go. He is looking for a ball behind the green. He would like
:37:39. > :37:57.to get two, but I can't see an angle getting there. Taking a while to
:37:58. > :38:13.decide what to do here. He is not the kind of player to just hit and
:38:14. > :38:15.hope with the snookers. Is it may be time for a hit and hope? I can't see
:38:16. > :38:52.how he can get to that red. Excellent shot. Mind you, I think
:38:53. > :39:04.this red passes into the middle pocket. That is why he has a wry
:39:05. > :39:17.smile. He got unlucky there are bit. Hit it fractionally too full I
:39:18. > :39:24.should say. This is good stuff. Good safety play. The boys are both
:39:25. > :39:31.looking as though they are going to make a few when they get in. John
:39:32. > :39:38.will be absolutely delighted. Kept off the table for the first four
:39:39. > :39:48.frames. Went into his shell a bit in frame five. Scrappy frame. He now
:39:49. > :41:08.looks almost certain to go 4-3 in front.
:41:09. > :41:16.Certainly got some sort of rhythm back now, has John. And frame five
:41:17. > :41:24.he really struggled until he made that 32 to get back into the game.
:41:25. > :41:40.The 3-1 behind he was looking like McManus would pull away. Just a
:41:41. > :41:53.little bit too low on the blue. Might swing it around to two
:41:54. > :42:05.cushions behind. Not perfect. 59 as the lead, surges to make more reds,
:42:06. > :42:06.two colours. He can't be behind going into tomorrow's second
:42:07. > :42:44.session. -- so, just two. Just one more red needed, so he
:42:45. > :43:18.won't be doing anything heroic here with this red.
:43:19. > :43:31.He missed a black like this in frame five, but it didn't cost him. He'll
:43:32. > :43:57.be delighted, because he has not played one in the session at all.
:43:58. > :44:14.Just gone off the ball little bit, has that young man. Higgins has a
:44:15. > :44:43.chance to reply with his own 100 here. Purposely playing for the pink
:44:44. > :45:11.so he can bring the red into play. If this kiss goes right, he is on
:45:12. > :45:12.for number six. John Higgins is coming into a bit of form now. He
:45:13. > :45:37.has won three on the trot now. John Higgins the happier of the two
:45:38. > :45:45.players at the moment. He has been through his little bad run in this
:45:46. > :45:54.session but looks a lot and now. -- a lot better. I think if Alan gets
:45:55. > :46:32.this frame he will be more than happy.
:46:33. > :46:42.Could have been a fraction higher to make the cannon into the pack easy.
:46:43. > :47:26.Didn't expect and to miss that. Seems to have heard something in the
:47:27. > :48:01.auditorium, don't know what it is. He was awesome in the first four
:48:02. > :48:02.frames. Never missed the ball. All of a sudden, the world is on his
:48:03. > :49:44.shoulders. Not the best angle on the pink. That
:49:45. > :49:52.has turned out well. He had a few choice is there, he could have
:49:53. > :50:11.kissed it. Lives in a few choices. Please it nicely. He has left
:50:12. > :50:17.himself straight on the pink again. He is blessed with 20 of cue power.
:50:18. > :50:38.He can get back out to the loose red on the right-hand side. He dismayed
:50:39. > :50:56.shone in -- he just made sure that when he came over left there was a
:50:57. > :51:22.choice of two reds. You have a slight angle on this site. Not been
:51:23. > :51:26.timing it that great this afternoon. They think he delivered his entry to
:51:27. > :51:41.make sure he didn't cannon into the red he was playing for. It was
:51:42. > :51:47.perfect the way it turned out. Gave him the opportunity to loosen a few
:51:48. > :51:55.reds from the pack. When he went to the bounce, he didn't get one. Yes,
:51:56. > :52:02.he had about six or seven inches to play with there, didn't he? He can
:52:03. > :52:15.screw it back and play it as a shot to nothing for the pink. That is a
:52:16. > :52:23.mile away. He'll be pretty pleased to get out of this session, if
:52:24. > :53:13.possible, 5-3. 42 points in front. Shaking his head. Not happy with
:53:14. > :53:19.that so far. Should have found the cushion them, even if he didn't get
:53:20. > :53:39.it high and the pin. Should have left the cueball tight on this
:53:40. > :53:52.cushion. Put a few of these rates perhaps in a safer position. He
:53:53. > :53:57.could follow up a touching ball behind the pink, after he has
:53:58. > :54:28.apologised. There are no friends out there.
:54:29. > :54:43.A little too full. The only saving grace is the cueball is not far off
:54:44. > :54:49.the cushion. Let John Higgins run through this red on to the blue or
:54:50. > :55:00.is he going to cannon near the red? He played that well. Knew he was
:55:01. > :55:12.going to cannon it. Left himself an angle on the blue. And playing that
:55:13. > :55:17.red, he has pushed the other red on to the side cushion, so in case he
:55:18. > :55:22.misses while Alan is still in the frame, that red has gone safe. I
:55:23. > :56:13.would expect him to put another two reds from here, with colours. Play
:56:14. > :56:17.for the green. He left a bit of difference between the red in the
:56:18. > :56:50.centre. He is looking down there as you can see. Made that look easy. .
:56:51. > :57:16.One raw red should be enough to seal it now. -- one more red. Without
:57:17. > :57:32.having to do too much, he has got himself in front in this first
:57:33. > :57:39.session. Yes, that should seal it now. I can't see how I'm getting up
:57:40. > :58:21.and slogging through this phase. He had a bit of trouble with his neck.
:58:22. > :58:29.John Higgins will be delighted. 5-3 in front in this session. STUDIO:
:58:30. > :58:35.And that match resumes later this morning at 10am when we are back on
:58:36. > :58:41.BBC Two. With further coverage of the 2016 Betfred snooker World
:58:42. > :59:01.Championship. .