:00:34. > :00:41.Hello again, day eight of the World Championship, we're still here and
:00:42. > :00:46.still punching. So, too, is Rory McIlroy. The oldest man in this
:00:47. > :00:51.year's draw and the world number 54 scored that incredible victory over
:00:52. > :00:55.the current world number two joint favourite for title Judd Trump in
:00:56. > :01:00.the opening round and his reward is a matchup against a former world
:01:01. > :01:06.number two, Stephen Maguire, who has taken a long time to get back into
:01:07. > :01:10.form in the Crucible. His victory over Anthony McGill was his first
:01:11. > :01:16.win here for five years. Their second-round match is the best of 25
:01:17. > :01:24.frames this time, the first to 13 will be going through. Maguire took
:01:25. > :01:34.the first frame. 35 minutes, a sign of things to come? Frame two. Ken
:01:35. > :01:43.Doherty and Dennis Taylor I or commentators.
:01:44. > :01:56.Excellent pot, more like it. May want to just get onto the red to the
:01:57. > :02:19.right of the black, get it out of the way.
:02:20. > :02:30.Just a couple of loose threads to the left of the pack. Not quite sure
:02:31. > :02:32.what he will do to get into the pack, he does have a lot of cube
:02:33. > :02:53.power. And those shots, his bridge hand is
:02:54. > :02:55.quite close to the cue ball, he seems to vary it depending on the
:02:56. > :03:14.shot. This is a key shot coming up and a
:03:15. > :03:19.chance to see the cube power of Rory McLeod but make sure you pot the
:03:20. > :03:31.black and let the white take care of itself.
:03:32. > :03:40.He is a bit unlucky here. The white stopped and spun back but he hasn't
:03:41. > :03:50.got himself onto a red. Nothing available, I don't think. A
:03:51. > :04:11.plant up into the right corner. A little unfortunate. He is shaping
:04:12. > :04:16.up to have a look at this red in the left-hand corner pocket. Very fine
:04:17. > :05:03.cut back. He has to count himself unlucky not
:05:04. > :05:25.to have a red to go on. Stephen Maguire looking at whether
:05:26. > :05:48.anything is going to pot into this right-hand pocket.
:05:49. > :06:00.He picked a plant out there. Very brave shot, wasn't it? A bit of
:06:01. > :06:07.distance between those two reds and it could've gone very wrong. And
:06:08. > :06:31.this is a tough shot. One more good pot to get himself
:06:32. > :06:36.into good position. Referee just caught this down the centre of the
:06:37. > :06:50.table, giving the referee some time to get behind them.
:06:51. > :06:59.Stephen Maguire has made his mind up. He doesn't want to get bogged
:07:00. > :07:06.down with tactical play. The first round when talk words, almost 35
:07:07. > :07:13.minutes. -- went awkward. At the start of the opening frame, Stephen
:07:14. > :07:53.was a very aggressive and attacking player.
:07:54. > :08:05.He was trying to clear the pink spot area. He cleared the spot but the
:08:06. > :08:13.red was sitting on the spot. That was a nice little cannon. He was
:08:14. > :09:12.thinking about the black but it is still tied up somewhat.
:09:13. > :09:23.Looking at his facial expressions, he might not beyond this red. --
:09:24. > :09:25.might not be on this red. Looks like he will play a safety shot. Quite
:09:26. > :09:43.unlucky there. He hasn't played the best safety
:09:44. > :09:54.shot back in the world, that's for sure, he has left a few possible
:09:55. > :10:12.shots for Rory McLeod. Inwardly, he is smiling at his bad misfortune.
:10:13. > :10:21.I think that jumped as well. The red seemed to jump up and the whites
:10:22. > :10:26.didn't come back so that must have been heavy contact. It jumped right
:10:27. > :10:52.off. He won't be happy with that shot. He
:10:53. > :10:54.could still cut the brown back in, but he should have landed nicely on
:10:55. > :11:32.a colour. He is in quite a bit of trouble
:11:33. > :11:39.here, Rory McLeod. At least five reds out in the open, it's going to
:11:40. > :11:44.be hard. The two reds close to each cushion, the left and right crucial,
:11:45. > :11:47.that is the one he's looking at, whether he tries to lay the cue ball
:11:48. > :12:08.on one of those. It isn't straightforward.
:12:09. > :12:19.Sometimes you are in a situation and there is no shot available to you. I
:12:20. > :12:25.can't see any shot available to Rory here. No easy path to land on one of
:12:26. > :12:31.the reds either side of the table but even if you did that, you'd
:12:32. > :12:35.leave a pot on. Sometimes, when you're in a situation like this, you
:12:36. > :12:59.have to hit and hope you hit it safe.
:13:00. > :13:03.He's going to try to hit one of the reds to the right of the black,
:13:04. > :13:25.maybe. Yeah, no way I could see him getting
:13:26. > :15:29.out of that fairly difficult situation.
:15:30. > :15:55.He's just having a quick glance at the scores.
:15:56. > :16:08.The problem is he hasn't got the cue ball out. OK, he is on the blue,
:16:09. > :16:15.but... Going to have to play a good positional shot here. I think if he
:16:16. > :16:20.gets down, rolls the blue, it might slip past the red and if he flicked
:16:21. > :16:37.it, he'd be out of position as well. It isn't ideal.
:16:38. > :17:00.He can get it up into the corner, the red. He only needs this red.
:17:01. > :17:53.He has judged this nicely, excellent shot.
:17:54. > :18:00.If he gets his nose in front, which she has done, two frames up, he
:18:01. > :18:09.might take a bit of stopping because we know what he's like. He is
:18:10. > :18:15.introduced as On Fire Stephen Maguire. He can certainly Roelof
:18:16. > :18:21.frames in quick succession, and he did that in McGill. He is looking
:18:22. > :18:38.pretty good and confident. It will be a tough match for Rory,
:18:39. > :18:44.over the best of 25. In goes the black and, indeed, the wide. Stephen
:18:45. > :18:47.Maguire making all the run in in this match so far. He leads Rory
:18:48. > :19:03.McLeod now, 2-0. Stephen Maguire gets frame number
:19:04. > :19:13.three under way. That second frame just lasting half the time the first
:19:14. > :20:19.one did. Not the best break off, Rory can snick this red in.
:20:20. > :20:56.If he can finish although on this black, he will have a nice angle.
:20:57. > :21:05.Decided against that. But the black and get on the red to the left of
:21:06. > :21:22.it. He's very nervous, Rory McLeod, at
:21:23. > :21:28.the moment. He isn't making a lot of wrong decisions out there -- he is
:21:29. > :21:32.making a lot of wrong decisions out there and it's understandable. There
:21:33. > :21:34.was a little bit of movement there, I think, caused by a little bit of
:21:35. > :21:48.tension. In his opening match against Judd
:21:49. > :21:56.Trump, I think he missed one black out of 40. That has to be down to an
:21:57. > :21:59.little bit of tension. You never really settle until you win your
:22:00. > :23:01.first frame, no matter how long the match is.
:23:02. > :23:19.Didn't play that yellow too well. He wanted to be straight on that red.
:23:20. > :23:28.Can he get to the far side of the blue? No, come up short again. He
:23:29. > :23:33.can do at the black, though. The angle on the black, it is more
:23:34. > :23:35.difficult, but he can get onto the reds with a little bit of right-hand
:23:36. > :23:49.side. Oh, unlucky. Unlucky all around
:23:50. > :23:57.because he hit them perfectly but the white stuck in the pack of reds.
:23:58. > :24:52.Three-ball plant into the middle pocket.
:24:53. > :25:00.Anxiously coming around to have a look, seeing if he has left a red
:25:01. > :26:18.into the middle centre, but he's OK. One red has come out and that is not
:26:19. > :26:24.a good shot from Stephen Maguire because he's left a chance into the
:26:25. > :27:07.left-centre or yellow pocket. Struggling out there, Dennis. He'd
:27:08. > :27:18.have been coming in with great expectations, Rory McLeod.
:27:19. > :27:29.Especially after the way he played against Judd Trump. But he's started
:27:30. > :27:45.this match very poorly, 73% his pot success. These longer matches, you
:27:46. > :27:46.play them in smaller sessions. Rory hasn't settled yet in this second
:27:47. > :27:58.round match. Saying that, he was 4-0 down to Judd
:27:59. > :28:08.Trump in his first round match and finished the session 5-4 ahead. Not
:28:09. > :28:55.a great plan this, though. Don't think he meant it.
:28:56. > :29:08.The middle red that bunch will pot. -- of that bunch. The top red pots
:29:09. > :29:46.as well. I thought he had missed this.
:29:47. > :30:01.Usually at that pace they stay.. When they hit the jaw of the pocket.
:30:02. > :30:14.-- they stay out. Beautiful shot. That is a potential frame winner. He
:30:15. > :30:50.tried to force that angle with his power.
:30:51. > :31:05.I think he is just about OK. Yeah, I thought the pink might have been
:31:06. > :31:43.just tied up. But there was plenty of room.
:31:44. > :31:51.The pink will have two go on the black spot, but once again, no
:31:52. > :32:05.problem. Just a couple of pots away from taking a 3-0 advantage.
:32:06. > :32:21.Snookers required already. Black to make absolutely certain. Just check
:32:22. > :32:27.the scoreboard. What is the score? He needs one more red with a colour.
:32:28. > :32:39.He has finished a bit awkward on the black.
:32:40. > :32:50.Here, got the wrong angle on the black. Just his -- just see how the
:32:51. > :33:14.position works out here. That is very well played.
:33:15. > :33:21.Well, big smiles from Stephen. But that was very careless there when he
:33:22. > :33:40.needed the red. He could afford to take one blue but
:33:41. > :33:48.he would need a black off the final red. If he got a red and a blue, he
:33:49. > :33:54.would be 34 behind. Then a last red and a black, and all of the colours
:33:55. > :34:04.would give him the frame by one point. What a steal that would be.
:34:05. > :34:13.The problem is taking this red. He has two hit it with a lot of pace.
:34:14. > :35:08.-- to hit. He didn't go for it in the end. That is a surprise.
:35:09. > :35:16.Stephen Maguire will be delighted to see that pink girls safe. Rory will
:35:17. > :35:28.need that pink should he get another chance to win the frame.
:35:29. > :35:40.Another good slice of fortune. He held his hand up to apologise. But
:35:41. > :35:51.he had got a pretty good cue ball with the flick off the yellow, so...
:35:52. > :35:57.A very timely fluke. You would have to say, that has given Stephen
:35:58. > :38:21.Maguire this third frame, barring snookers.
:38:22. > :38:27.Yes, that is three in a row over Stephen Maguire. -- for Stephen
:38:28. > :38:53.Maguire. It is the yellow going to come to
:38:54. > :39:06.Rory's rescue? I don't think so. A poor break off in the last frame. He
:39:07. > :39:15.has done exactly the same. At the moment he doesn't seem with it. A
:39:16. > :39:20.bit of nerves, concentration. You don't want to be gifting too many
:39:21. > :39:36.easy opportunities to this man if he gets into a bit of form. Nice red to
:39:37. > :39:59.split the bunch of reds. Played it nicely, very nicely.
:40:00. > :40:16.Didn't want that kiss on the red. Again, he has got an angle. He will
:40:17. > :40:29.take the red on the go into the bunch of reds, bring some more reds
:40:30. > :40:38.into play. He is slightly hampered. That was a great shot. How is your
:40:39. > :40:42.luck? He can't even pot it into the left centre. The red is in front of
:40:43. > :41:13.it. I think we mentioned when this match
:41:14. > :41:21.started that Rory had beaten Stephen Maguire twice. Stephen has one
:41:22. > :41:29.victory. That was a group stage in the 2007 Grand Prix. The others,
:41:30. > :41:38.well, qualifiers at the Welsh Open. That was way back in 2002. And then
:41:39. > :41:49.he won 4-1. It was a second round in a PTC event. Those events are no
:41:50. > :41:54.longer played. Now we have got a very awkward table with five reds
:41:55. > :42:37.already up the other end of the table.
:42:38. > :42:45.We could finish with all 12 reds up the other end of the table. There
:42:46. > :42:57.are nine of them already passed the blue spot. -- pasta.
:42:58. > :43:07.Stephen Maguire has played a decent shot as we look at Rory McLeod's
:43:08. > :43:17.last pot time. Coming up to more than 22 minutes. Difficult to get
:43:18. > :43:21.the cue ball back behind the black. He might try to leave the cue ball
:43:22. > :43:31.in the baulk area but it is difficult with the red over the left
:43:32. > :43:36.centre, unless he takes that away. He could rest the cue ball on the
:43:37. > :43:44.right-hand side cushion. He has to be careful where the red goes. Where
:43:45. > :43:53.is the red going to finish? He has done very well from that position.
:43:54. > :43:56.An excellent shot. A nice tap on the table. Stephen Maguire will do very
:43:57. > :44:27.well to get it back from there. Are they going to start knocking all
:44:28. > :45:04.of these reds back up the table again?!
:45:05. > :45:13.Is he looking at trying to pot this red into the left centre? He
:45:14. > :45:21.certainly is. What a shot that was. A/C on the black. Very well worked
:45:22. > :45:26.out. -- is he on the black? What a clever little shot that was. It is
:45:27. > :45:38.worth another look. He has finished oak-wood on the black. He knows he
:45:39. > :45:46.has got to get it. -- awkward. You would think he is bound to finish on
:45:47. > :45:51.a red if he pops the black. -- pots. That is the angle he is looking at.
:45:52. > :45:55.It is whether the fight goes near the right middle pocket, that is
:45:56. > :46:05.what he has got to avoid. That if he just plays it plain ball. He has got
:46:06. > :46:10.the black and the cue ball to worry about. He is taking it on. It is a
:46:11. > :46:29.big shot for Rory, 3-0 down. He played it well. It is the sort of
:46:30. > :46:35.shot that those gives you confidence. -- that does give you
:46:36. > :47:02.confidence. He would have preferred to have
:47:03. > :47:13.avoided those reds. But he is still on this black.
:47:14. > :47:27.No. No. There was a bit of pressure, of course. Never easy when you are
:47:28. > :47:47.3- down. When you are three - front -- 3-0 in front...
:47:48. > :47:54.It's amazing in any sport how different one-day can be to the
:47:55. > :47:58.next. How you can play, how you can feel. Confidence wise you don't get
:47:59. > :48:02.off to a good start, you struggle a bit. That is exactly what has
:48:03. > :48:07.happened to Rory today. It has always been the same. I used to
:48:08. > :48:11.watch Ray Reardon and John Spencer play exhibitions. One night, one
:48:12. > :48:19.would win 7-0 and the next night the other woodwind 7-0. It is the way
:48:20. > :48:23.the nature of the game is. Rory is probably trying too hard. He has
:48:24. > :48:32.done so well to the one of the favourites. He wanted to come out.
:48:33. > :48:41.He was looking forward to it. Maybe he is trying that little bit too
:48:42. > :49:10.hard. Yeah, just couldn't get into position.
:49:11. > :49:19.Just leaving the black. A little bit of insurance if he runs out of
:49:20. > :49:59.position. He has always got the black.
:50:00. > :50:05.It has been pretty straightforward for Stephen Maguire. He has had a
:50:06. > :50:11.lot of chances. And Rory will be in the same situation that he was
:50:12. > :50:14.against Judd Trump. He will be 4-0 down at the mid-session interval.
:50:15. > :50:23.Still are few more balls to be parted. But I can't see Stephen
:50:24. > :50:32.slipping up. I suppose if he can reflect on how well he came back
:50:33. > :50:38.against Judd Trump from being 4-0 down... Of course, he has got more
:50:39. > :50:45.frames to get himself back. The best of 25. The last 16 match. I'm just
:50:46. > :50:47.thinking, this is the 12th frame in a row Stephen Maguire has won.
:50:48. > :51:18.Incredible, isn't it? That blue puts him 51 ahead with 51
:51:19. > :51:26.remaining. I can't see him missing his red into the centre. Stephen
:51:27. > :51:33.Maguire has been quite solid without playing at his best. It has been a
:51:34. > :51:47.bit scrappy, these first four frames. The highest break only 67.
:51:48. > :51:51.It has been more of a workmanlike performance but he won't mind. It is
:51:52. > :52:12.a good start. He is coming to the table. But
:52:13. > :52:35.barring four snookers, Stephen Maguire has won all four frames.
:52:36. > :53:04.If he could pot here, he would be nicely on the black.
:53:05. > :53:08.The red above the black to the right obviously pots into this corner
:53:09. > :53:26.pocket. A nice angle on the black. If he can
:53:27. > :53:31.stun into the red directly above the black, if you can get into the
:53:32. > :53:40.middle one, knock that out of the way, he will be on. It's OK. Not as
:53:41. > :53:51.he planned but he will settle for it. That has not four reds out. As
:53:52. > :53:56.well as this into the right centre. It is a good opportunity. Yeah, you
:53:57. > :54:06.would think you would be totally relaxed having that four frame
:54:07. > :54:15.advantage. It is a three-day match, this. Some of the rounds our over
:54:16. > :54:26.two days. Tomorrow afternoon and then we conclude Monday evening. But
:54:27. > :54:30.the way things are going, unless Rory can get up and running, there
:54:31. > :54:40.might not be that many frames to be played in the final session. I think
:54:41. > :54:46.the key for Stephen Maguire, when your opponent is struggling a bit,
:54:47. > :54:49.he hasn't got going, you have to try to keep your concentration. It's
:54:50. > :55:01.very easy to drop your concentration. You have to try to
:55:02. > :55:05.keep it and keep the advantage. Yeah, don't lift your foot off the
:55:06. > :55:26.pedal, that's what they say. Because the whole thing can change around.
:55:27. > :55:43.He might have to play another little cannon. A little cannon into the
:55:44. > :55:58.reds. He is nicely on a red now. He looks set to make 67.
:55:59. > :56:14.He will now just concentrate on trying to make a century. He has
:56:15. > :56:32.made 30 centuries this season. He hasn't made a century so far this
:56:33. > :56:39.year in the world Championship. And we have already had 40 in total.
:56:40. > :56:42.That red has just gone safe. It may just prevent him from the possible
:56:43. > :57:13.century. Difficult red in a couple of shots
:57:14. > :57:22.time. He make get himself onto the green in such a way that he can get
:57:23. > :57:28.it into play. It's the best ball to move the difficult red off will stop
:57:29. > :57:33.let's see if he can do that. No, he is going to do it off the blue. It
:57:34. > :57:37.is difficult of the blue because the green and brown are in their way. He
:57:38. > :57:40.has to come around the back of the Brown to move it. He will have to be
:57:41. > :57:49.very precise with his positional shot. Oh, well. He has missed the
:57:50. > :57:55.blue, he has missed the cannon on the red. It doesn't matter. It was a
:57:56. > :57:56.fine break of 71. Nothing has changed. Stephen Maguire takes the
:57:57. > :58:30.frame. He now leads by 5-0. Not quite sure what's happened here.
:58:31. > :58:57.The marker had to go out somewhere. Not sure what they are doing there!
:58:58. > :59:12.Is it the button on his jacket? Possibly.
:59:13. > :59:22.OK, everything back to normal. It is the button on his jacket! It has
:59:23. > :59:30.come away. He is using a little safety pin. That's the first time
:59:31. > :59:37.I've ever seen that in the history of the World Championships! look at
:59:38. > :00:15.this! He has spooked red as well! Now, will that huge slice of luck
:00:16. > :00:20.give dividends? He has Rory McLeod in all sorts of problems. Even if
:00:21. > :00:26.you can get to the right corner pocket, he could slip round but back
:00:27. > :00:35.of it and leave one on. There is a red in the middle of where he's
:00:36. > :00:44.looking, but he'd have to go very close to another red.
:00:45. > :00:50.That is the sort of angle would have to look at that red but if he
:00:51. > :00:57.doesn't get it absolutely spot-on, he is going to leave something on
:00:58. > :01:04.them. He is playing the shot standing up, which is unusual.
:01:05. > :01:17.Is he going to slip around the back of it? Well played! That is a super
:01:18. > :01:27.escape, and he hasn't left the red to the left corner. That makes that
:01:28. > :01:30.an even better shot. Excellent escape, wasn't it? That had to be so
:01:31. > :01:42.precise, and it was. He is looking at another plant here,
:01:43. > :02:12.red onto red, cue ball up. CROWD GROANS.
:02:13. > :02:16.He has played it pretty well, though, he has covered the red to
:02:17. > :02:41.the bottom right-hand pocket, he wasn't too far away, either.
:02:42. > :02:51.What a cracking shot that is! OK, fortunate to cannon the red and
:02:52. > :02:55.leave the black but when you pot a shot like this, you deserve
:02:56. > :02:59.everything you get from it. That is the sort of pot he was knocking in
:03:00. > :03:19.against Judd Trump so can he get himself going here?
:03:20. > :03:25.Well, he put everything into the pot there, there was noise coming from
:03:26. > :03:29.the other side of the arena, just finishing a frame off but he carried
:03:30. > :03:36.on. It's typed this whether he can get near the one near the black. He
:03:37. > :04:00.might have enough. She played it well, excellent shot,
:04:01. > :04:08.well played. He's going to require another good
:04:09. > :04:45.pot, though. That was a good pot, deserves to be
:04:46. > :04:50.on something and he is. Probably his best chance for quite some time to
:04:51. > :05:18.get a few points on the board, get his arm going, get some confidence.
:05:19. > :05:29.When there was ever a time he needed a frame-winning break, it is now.
:05:30. > :05:38.I'm looking at the table. There are six reds available so you can see
:05:39. > :06:19.40-50 points, as long as he doesn't do anything care less.
:06:20. > :06:26.Plenty of reds to play for. He could play into the reds but he doesn't
:06:27. > :06:31.want to risk it because he could stick into the back of them. Better
:06:32. > :06:47.to knock some few points in the first of all.
:06:48. > :06:57.Believe it or not, that break off 30 supersedes his previous ties break,
:06:58. > :07:29.which was 24. -- his previous highest break.
:07:30. > :07:36.That beautifully played shot, he had reverse side on that. He would've
:07:37. > :07:44.gone across the table to the side of the reds but with so much reverse
:07:45. > :07:48.side to come out to he has. There is another loose red at the back of the
:07:49. > :08:04.little bunch of six there that he can get on.
:08:05. > :08:21.He has played that nicely, he had to power that in.
:08:22. > :08:30.Side bar showed you he needs another 22 points. More or less to leave the
:08:31. > :08:44.frame safe. He's going to do what you said, Ken,
:08:45. > :08:51.you said he could do well with winning the frame in one visit. He
:08:52. > :08:57.isn't far away from doing that. But keep your concentration because you
:08:58. > :09:04.still need a few more. Rack, a good break under the circumstances, it
:09:05. > :09:06.has to be said. It started off with a long red, a couple of tricky
:09:07. > :09:14.blacks. This pink puts him 60 points ahead.
:09:15. > :09:43.Still 75 remaining. Under the circumstances, I must say
:09:44. > :09:49.he has been quite impressive, short of pace, he wanted to be topside of
:09:50. > :10:04.the blue. Well, he started this break with an
:10:05. > :10:14.absolutely cracking pot virtually on the blue line so can't do much with
:10:15. > :10:18.the cue ball. So, a medium length pot on the red that would secure his
:10:19. > :10:38.first frame. The frame is well and truly over
:10:39. > :11:16.now. Stephen will stay in his seat, he
:11:17. > :11:22.signals to the referee he has conceded. He's had to wait an
:11:23. > :11:26.awfully long time and the crowd respond, Rory raises his hands as he
:11:27. > :11:28.leaves the auditorium with his first frame on the board but he still has
:11:29. > :11:51.a long way to go. 5-1 behind. Pop the red, play it with pace, hope
:11:52. > :12:16.for the best. That is all he can do. Well, does the pink pot into the
:12:17. > :12:24.right centre? He is looking at it. It must be very tight. No.
:12:25. > :12:33.He will need a good pot on the blue. He is going to take it on. A couple
:12:34. > :12:38.of reds available if he gets it, a couple of reds available should he
:12:39. > :12:48.miss it, adding that little bit of pressure.
:12:49. > :13:25.Maybe, just maybe, that last frame has settled him down.
:13:26. > :13:32.A little side from Rory, he's disappointed to be straight on the
:13:33. > :13:37.blue. He needed a nice angle to try to take one of those reds closest to
:13:38. > :13:48.the black. He doesn't have the angle. He can only drop the blue in.
:13:49. > :13:54.Didn't want to hold the spot so, hopefully, the blue will go back
:13:55. > :13:58.onto its own spot. If he held the spot, the blue would go up to the
:13:59. > :14:08.highest available, which would be the yellow.
:14:09. > :14:18.There is an area where he could put the cue ball. He's got the red but
:14:19. > :14:23.if he could get it in the circle, he could cannon the other red. He
:14:24. > :14:30.wouldn't even have to cannonade. He could just ability and to be beyond
:14:31. > :14:36.the black. -- he could just roll it into be on the back. If he is
:14:37. > :14:45.straight and this red, he can roll it in, have the black, and, all of
:14:46. > :14:50.these sudden, he has got a decent chance.
:14:51. > :14:56.Don't think this is the best angle. He might take the red into the right
:14:57. > :15:10.corner pocket. Looks like... Played it very nicely, didn't he?
:15:11. > :15:37.Had to dig down on the cue ball. What has he done here? That was a
:15:38. > :15:44.bit of a lapse in concentration because that now, he has to cut this
:15:45. > :15:57.very thin one in and he needs to watch the white.
:15:58. > :16:04.Almost centred into the middle pocket. But it is the end of break
:16:05. > :16:06.unless there is a planned on at the back of the reds, as we show you
:16:07. > :16:22.that thin shot. He has got an angle on the yellow
:16:23. > :16:27.but he also has a nice angle on the green, if he wants, and the red
:16:28. > :16:35.beside the left of the pink or the red right of the black. He has
:16:36. > :16:37.looked at both of your choices, there are two reds available so
:16:38. > :17:52.shouldn't really be a problem. He's having a look, to see if he can
:17:53. > :17:57.pot anything into this right-hand pocket. Nothing does so he needs an
:17:58. > :18:31.angle. Has he pushed the two reds into a
:18:32. > :18:39.plant? An anxious look on his way back to his seat. And I think the
:18:40. > :18:45.way he's shaking his head, he may have left a plant on. He shouldn't
:18:46. > :18:50.have really missed the red into the middle pocket. Let's have a look as
:18:51. > :18:53.we pull out. He can make that. It is slightly going to the left side of
:18:54. > :18:55.the pocket but there's enough distance between the reds to make it
:18:56. > :19:13.into a plant. But he hasn't got the cue ball where
:19:14. > :19:16.he wanted. He was trying to brush it off the side of the pack, he has cut
:19:17. > :19:55.the pink full ball. He was trying to get a good position
:19:56. > :21:13.type to this baulk crush on. He will be disappointed with that.
:21:14. > :21:20.Had that have dropped in, look where the green was coming back to, it
:21:21. > :22:00.would have been a free ball. Well, he tried to screw the cue ball
:22:01. > :22:07.back to the baulk, taking the pink off the side crush and purposely as
:22:08. > :22:14.well. He needs the pink out in the open. The fact he has kissed the
:22:15. > :22:43.yellow has left a half chance here. Long way away from that. He has got
:22:44. > :23:42.away with it. They have gone very awkward here,
:23:43. > :23:59.the balls. So, a 36 point advantage is pretty
:24:00. > :24:06.good with the way the table is looking. He won't risk the double,
:24:07. > :24:10.will he? He could possibly get it into the left centre. Double is also
:24:11. > :24:31.a possibility. He tried for the double. Stephen
:24:32. > :24:35.Maguire might get the extension out to try to knock the red up the
:24:36. > :24:42.table. That was the only thing with the double Rory took on, he was
:24:43. > :24:51.going to be putting himself in a spot of bother with the white.
:24:52. > :26:27.Reasonably awkward safety shot Mac to play after this one.
:26:28. > :26:36.That was quite an ambitious shot that he attempted. If this red
:26:37. > :26:37.doesn't pass this other red into the middle pocket, it isn't all that
:26:38. > :26:44.bad. Oh, there is plenty of room for it
:26:45. > :27:03.to go. Just having a look at the blue, he'd
:27:04. > :27:09.love to get the blue or the pink back on its spot.
:27:10. > :27:22.He could take the easy green but the blue would help matters. Doesn't
:27:23. > :27:27.have to do much here. Not too much pace, either, give the blue a chance
:27:28. > :27:38.to drop into the pocket. Quite an acute angle. Would love to be closer
:27:39. > :27:54.to the blue. But he is going to take it on.
:27:55. > :28:11.Good pot. Nicely on the red into the left centre.
:28:12. > :28:19.He can't get back onto the black from the red in the left centre
:28:20. > :28:43.which is why he is taking this one into the bottom right-hand pocket.
:28:44. > :28:50.Should be able to control the wide. It's always difficult with the ball
:28:51. > :28:56.in the pocket but a little trace of left-hand side was always going to
:28:57. > :28:58.leave him nicely on this red. There is still a pretty awkward table,
:28:59. > :29:38.though. If you can remove the red, that
:29:39. > :29:56.would clear the path to pot the one to the right. -- if he can. This
:29:57. > :30:06.looks about perfect. Well, I say perfect, I think he is just OK. He
:30:07. > :30:11.can pot that. He has got the one near the middle pocket. A tricky one
:30:12. > :30:18.along the caution to the right corner pocket. -- cushion. He just
:30:19. > :30:22.came up a fraction short of where he wanted to be. Just needed to go a
:30:23. > :30:36.couple of inches more. He may play exactly the same shot
:30:37. > :30:55.here. He played the same shot. I think he
:30:56. > :31:08.is short again. It's amazing, isn't it? Fractions. He is virtually in
:31:09. > :31:13.the same spot. Now this is a tough because the black doesn't go into
:31:14. > :31:18.the left corner pocket. So how does he get himself onto a colour? The
:31:19. > :31:29.harder you hit this, the less chance you have of the pocket accepting the
:31:30. > :31:37.red. How hard is he going to play this?
:31:38. > :33:07.Just watch the cue power of Rory here. Great shot. Brilliant shot.
:33:08. > :33:12.It is worth seeing that again. The white came back quicker than it went
:33:13. > :33:24.through. He couldn't have placed that better
:33:25. > :33:33.with his hand. Fantastic positional shot. 19 ahead. The black will be
:33:34. > :33:45.26. Another red and black would be 34. He will put himself in a very
:33:46. > :33:53.strong position here. Red and black would be 34 with 35 on. Now he has
:33:54. > :33:57.got to work out as to whether to try to leave an angle to bring that
:33:58. > :34:08.difficult red into play, or leave a double. What sort of angle has he
:34:09. > :34:13.got? If he has a nice enough angle, he can screw back. We saw the cue
:34:14. > :34:17.power and he had with that green. Yeah, I think he can screw back. You
:34:18. > :34:30.have the picture there to see the outcome. Great effort. Just a
:34:31. > :34:41.fraction away. That was unlucky, wasn't it? He had to try to force
:34:42. > :34:53.the black in. He is still in a strong position. The pink is safe.
:34:54. > :35:07.The cue ball down behind the black here.
:35:08. > :36:16.He has left a gap between blue and green.
:36:17. > :36:22.Issey going to attempt the red into this bottom right-hand corner
:36:23. > :36:36.pocket? -- is he going to attempt to?
:36:37. > :36:47.This may be a chance for Stephen Maguire. That is a bad mistake. Has
:36:48. > :36:51.it gone far enough? He will have two force the cue ball in and out of
:36:52. > :37:06.baulk to get back down for the black.
:37:07. > :37:13.It is a tough black. He needs the black. The natural angle of the cue
:37:14. > :37:21.ball is going towards the yellow. Just concentrate on potting this
:37:22. > :37:24.black. Fantastic pot. Great pot. How is his luck on the yellow? He needs
:37:25. > :37:47.an angle and he has got it. Just got into it too much. He could
:37:48. > :37:52.play the snooker. He is shaping up to take the green on. He could play
:37:53. > :38:00.the snooker behind the Brown if he wished. It was a difficult pot.
:38:01. > :38:11.You might have been better if he had played the snooker. What do you
:38:12. > :38:18.think? Here, it was one of those. It depends how you feel on the table.
:38:19. > :38:39.Rory would like to see this green disappearing.
:38:40. > :38:54.That was a nice run of the ball for Rory. The Brown came to the rescue.
:38:55. > :39:03.And that is a nice run of the ball for Stephen Maguire. Blue coming to
:39:04. > :39:18.the rescue. We have had all sorts here.
:39:19. > :39:34.Where is the green going? What a chance now for Stephen Maguire. He
:39:35. > :39:50.needs green to black to win by one point. Has he hit it hard enough?
:39:51. > :40:10.Checking ahead. He should have been straighter on this Brown.
:40:11. > :40:18.He played that pretty well. Anything but straight and he can get a up to
:40:19. > :40:24.the pink. He could play to drop in behind the pink. About 12 inches
:40:25. > :40:29.behind the pink would be perfect. Watch the side. He will have to do
:40:30. > :40:35.it with the rest. This is much more difficult than he would have liked.
:40:36. > :40:41.He is going to fully commit and roll the pink in. I think he played the
:40:42. > :40:44.blue quite quickly. He should have made sure he got closer. This is
:40:45. > :41:11.tough, Dennis. Lots of noise coming from the other
:41:12. > :41:13.table. And Stephen, that's not the first time we have seen him get a
:41:14. > :41:29.little annoyed with himself. Just the pink to get a second frame
:41:30. > :41:38.on the board. A little awkward with the extended rest and the extended
:41:39. > :41:43.Q. He is quite a long way from it. It is quite a bit of a stretch. Just
:41:44. > :41:49.the pink required. He doesn't need to get on the black. And it is
:41:50. > :42:00.there! What a fantastic comeback for Rory McLeod. Rory McLeod will get
:42:01. > :42:07.the final frame of this session under way. And he is sort of doing
:42:08. > :42:13.what he did against Judd Trump. He lost the first to four and came back
:42:14. > :42:17.and won five. He lost the first five here. If you this it would a
:42:18. > :42:25.fantastic comeback, wouldn't it, Ken?
:42:26. > :42:31.It would. Good pot from Stephen Maguire. Great control of the cue
:42:32. > :42:48.ball as well. It wasn't a great pack to go into.
:42:49. > :44:36.He has a red though. Left of centre. Far too thin a contact therefrom
:44:37. > :44:39.Rory. There was nothing on but you want a telling safety to try to
:44:40. > :44:55.force your opponent into making a mistake. Preferably behind one of
:44:56. > :45:04.the colours. A better safety shot, this. But having said that it has
:45:05. > :45:05.just pulled up somewhat. And Rory might just be forced into taking
:45:06. > :45:34.this pot on. Just off straight. What another cracker! What another
:45:35. > :45:49.beauty he has pulled out of there. Look at straight. The Highlander
:45:50. > :45:50.strikes again. Rory McLeod. Rob Walker introduces him as the
:45:51. > :46:21.Highlander. He thought he had a nice split but
:46:22. > :46:29.that red has just come down to block the path of this other red into the
:46:30. > :47:21.corner pocket. The red just drifted down, blocked the path.
:47:22. > :47:37.A nice pot. Using his foot to put a brake on the cue ball. That was
:47:38. > :47:38.funny. He thought the white was going to run on. He was stomping the
:47:39. > :48:09.floor. What a mess. That is the type of
:48:10. > :48:19.shot he was missing in the opening frame. -- what a miss. But he might
:48:20. > :48:26.just have got away with this. I'm not sure what Stephen said to
:48:27. > :48:32.someone in the audience. I think he said, would you like to come down
:48:33. > :48:36.and try? Is pretty tough out there. Can he pot this past the Brown and
:48:37. > :48:43.screw back and leave the black on due it is a very difficult pot but
:48:44. > :48:44.it is definitely worth the risk. We will know if it is in before he
:48:45. > :49:40.does. Good shot. There was a good pot on the black.
:49:41. > :49:52.He is nicely on the red into this corner pocket.
:49:53. > :50:01.Good angle, the way he used that other red. Push the cue ball over
:50:02. > :50:32.towards his cushion and he will have a nicer angle on the pink.
:50:33. > :50:39.He is one of these players, Stephen Maguire, when he gets annoyed and
:50:40. > :50:44.get a bit angry, he can play better. He certainly was annoyed when he
:50:45. > :50:55.missed the pink. It sort of fires him up.
:50:56. > :51:08.Sometimes it can go one way or the other. It does seem to get him a bit
:51:09. > :51:26.more focused. He needs a little bit of an outlet.
:51:27. > :51:34.Whatever happens in this frame, Rory McLeod has given himself a chance
:51:35. > :51:42.anyway. He missed that sitter of a Brown where he could have gone on
:51:43. > :51:48.and won three frames in a row. Just looking at the monitor to see the
:51:49. > :52:00.situation of the table. This was the very straightforward Brown that he
:52:01. > :52:04.missed. Yeah, could have possibly been 5-3. But for all the world at
:52:05. > :52:12.the moment it looks as if it is going to be 6-2. But there are quite
:52:13. > :52:24.a cue ball is to be potted. -- a few balls.
:52:25. > :52:31.Just concentrate on taking reds and pinks. There is no point in even
:52:32. > :52:40.thinking about the black at the moment. They are nicely situated.
:52:41. > :52:43.Potting that red will release another red into the same pocket. He
:52:44. > :53:27.has these two reds left of the pink. Just a series of Little stunneds and
:53:28. > :53:37.Crewe -- screws in this frame. Here, he has worked it quite well. He will
:53:38. > :53:42.certainly be pleased with his afternoon's work of 6-2. I suppose
:53:43. > :53:47.Rory McLeod, even though he got off to that very slow start, will be
:53:48. > :53:59.pleased he got a couple of frames on the board. All to play for in the
:54:00. > :54:11.next session. If he wins the next session 5-3, he is right back in
:54:12. > :54:18.this match. That is an absolute cracking shot. It doesn't really
:54:19. > :54:32.matter. The fact it has gone on the cushion. Rory is coming to the
:54:33. > :54:34.table, but barring snookers, Stephen Maguire has got himself into a sixth
:54:35. > :56:06.- two lead. -- 6002 lead. Lots of noise coming from the other
:56:07. > :56:18.side. Play has finished. Rory needs four snookers. That is the first
:56:19. > :56:26.one. Stephen Maguire probably hit most of them. I think it was the
:56:27. > :56:38.frame before the mid-session interval he needed four snookers.
:56:39. > :56:47.But... It might be time to just shake hands, go out for a nice meal,
:56:48. > :57:41.early night and get yourself ready for tomorrow's second session.
:57:42. > :57:48.Handshakes all around. Stephen Maguire will be happy with his
:57:49. > :57:53.afternoon's work. He won the first five frames. Rory had a chance to
:57:54. > :57:55.get back to just two behind. In the end of a good session for the man
:57:56. > :58:02.from Glasgow. He leads by 6-2. Some acquire very
:58:03. > :58:08.much in the ascendancy in this match. They will come back for their
:58:09. > :58:13.second session on Sunday afternoon. Join us in few hours because at ten
:58:14. > :58:18.o'clock in the morning two for the second round matches get under way.
:58:19. > :58:23.We have got Graeme Dott, a former champion, taking on Barry Hawkins,
:58:24. > :58:27.who knows what it takes to get to a crucible final, having done it
:58:28. > :58:31.himself. And then a blockbuster of a match between Marco Fu and Neil
:58:32. > :58:33.Robertson. Plenty to look forward to. In the meantime, get some sleep.
:58:34. > :59:01.Good night. I've had enough of this!
:59:02. > :59:05.A man's dead!