:00:35. > :00:41.Welcome to snooker extra, extended highlights of the 2017 Betfred World
:00:42. > :00:44.Snooker Championship. Our future tie comes from the second round, Stephen
:00:45. > :00:49.Maguire taking on Rory McLeod who surprised everyone in the first
:00:50. > :00:54.round by knocking out Judd Trump. Maguire has a 6-2 lead going into
:00:55. > :01:00.the second session. Commentary from Willie Thorne and Peter Ebdon.
:01:01. > :01:19.Rory McLeod didn't get a foothold until he was five behind.
:01:20. > :01:30.Rory McLeod got back into the Judd Trump 4-0 behind. It will be an
:01:31. > :01:36.uphill battle here. Yes, Rory is playing one of the very best match
:01:37. > :01:37.players in the game. Certainly one of the heaviest scorers in Stephen
:01:38. > :01:45.Maguire. This is a real test of his cueing
:01:46. > :02:19.here. It is pretty straight. What are
:02:20. > :02:28.shots! -- what a shot. Nice position on the brown, which are deserved.
:02:29. > :02:35.The black is available, that is what he'll be playing for. Whatever he
:02:36. > :02:47.scores from this visit, he deserves after that shot.
:02:48. > :03:38.He should be 40 or 50 points in front before he has to play anything
:03:39. > :04:08.difficult. A little surprised he didn't run
:04:09. > :04:14.further than that. It isn't good. To get the deep screw when he needs, he
:04:15. > :04:40.has to be careful he doesn't play a push shot here.
:04:41. > :04:47.Wasn't the black that was the bad shot. The referee has forgotten
:04:48. > :05:04.about it! I think Leo was more concerned about
:05:05. > :05:09.the possible push shot. So nice to see him back. Had a bit of a cancer
:05:10. > :05:14.scare earlier on this year. He has fought that off and it is so nice to
:05:15. > :05:22.see him back at the Crucible. Yes, lovely man, Leo. Greatly respected
:05:23. > :05:27.by his fellow professional referees and, indeed, professionals poker
:05:28. > :06:10.players. Nice little safety from Stephen
:06:11. > :06:14.Maguire. Rory will be very disappointed not to have scored more
:06:15. > :06:26.at that opportunity. Because it was a good chance.
:06:27. > :06:33.Being the wrong side of the black made things difficult for him and
:06:34. > :06:37.that was end of break. If he is going to claw his way back into the
:06:38. > :06:42.match, he's going to have to score much heavier than that. To put
:06:43. > :07:03.Stephen Maguire under any pressure. This red passes towards the yellow
:07:04. > :07:07.pocket so he won't take the miss, he will take the red on. I was very
:07:08. > :07:17.impressed with Stephen against Anthony McGill. Anthony McGill only
:07:18. > :07:18.scored one point in seven frames. That has never been done before at
:07:19. > :08:06.the Crucible! That's the difference between these
:08:07. > :08:12.two players. Stephen Maguire, every chance, he tries to win the frame at
:08:13. > :08:17.one visit. Rory tends to be a little bit more careful. Peter mentioned,
:08:18. > :08:29.he has to score more heavily. He needs to knuckle down, win the
:08:30. > :08:50.frame in one visit, just to get some more confidence.
:08:51. > :09:02.Stephen Maguire will recognise the importance of this visit. With the
:09:03. > :09:03.6-2 lead, he will try to keep Rory McLeod under as much pressure as
:09:04. > :09:19.possible. And Stephen scores so heavily in
:09:20. > :09:27.amongst the balls, normally. You feel that Rory will need to go up a
:09:28. > :09:38.gear or two to compete in this match. That hasn't worked out
:09:39. > :09:45.perfectly. Long red into the yellow pocket.
:09:46. > :10:10.Well played. That could be a frame when, that shot. -- A-frame winner.
:10:11. > :10:20.Only thing that was missing was the 71 but had locks of bricks above 40
:10:21. > :10:27.in the opening session. I believe this is going to be a very high one.
:10:28. > :11:30.He had a bit of a bad contact their but still not a bad read.
:11:31. > :11:36.38 point lead so needs another two reds, two colours, then he can
:11:37. > :12:34.concentrate on making the century. Could have done with a fraction
:12:35. > :13:09.harder, but it isn't a problem. He's one of those people, Stephen
:13:10. > :13:13.Maguire, he bullies you, doesn't he? You certainly have to be very strong
:13:14. > :13:29.when you play him. He certainly can be very
:13:30. > :13:39.intimidating around the table. But like anything else, you can only be
:13:40. > :13:48.bullied if you let somebody put EU. -- bully you. But he is a great
:13:49. > :13:56.player, that is for sure and he is in great form.
:13:57. > :14:43.Already the highest break of the match so far.
:14:44. > :14:53.Very well played! Stephen Maguire's first century in this tournament. It
:14:54. > :14:58.is the 45th of the Championship. What would please him more than
:14:59. > :15:05.anything else, the balls are going right into the middle of the pocket.
:15:06. > :15:09.Rory McLeod, first chance to be disappointed not to have scored.
:15:10. > :15:46.Stephen Maguire increases his leave 7-2.
:15:47. > :15:58.I didn't see that 13 ball plant! When you go for plants, you've got
:15:59. > :16:11.to get them, that is the key thing. How the flipping heck have I missed
:16:12. > :16:36.that, he was saying. Do you think this might be an
:16:37. > :16:37.attempt at some sort of reverse psychology to fry Stephen Maguire's
:16:38. > :17:20.brain? Not sure that'll work. Pink or black are fine. It isn't an
:17:21. > :17:30.easy pot. The pink avails an easier position. Stephen knows if this goes
:17:31. > :17:36.in, he'd expect to win the frame so there is a lot of pressure on this.
:17:37. > :17:50.He took an awfully long time to play that shot. It didn't do him any
:17:51. > :17:51.favours. Oh, the old 13 ball plan to reverse psychology. Works every
:17:52. > :21:44.time! With the next few shots, Rory would
:21:45. > :21:48.like to get nicely on the red covering the black spot to get the
:21:49. > :22:10.black back on its spot. Strangely enough, although the red
:22:11. > :22:16.closest to the left hand black pocket looks an easy pot, it's the
:22:17. > :22:22.sort of shot that can be missed unless you get onto it properly. The
:22:23. > :22:27.yellow is in the way to play the little one up the line. Plain ball
:22:28. > :22:37.is, fine but coming down the right-hand side, it's no good.
:22:38. > :22:50.He likes to dig down on the ball, he makes it missable this way. He
:22:51. > :22:58.doesn't really play in areas that give him a choice of shots.
:22:59. > :23:53.This is the red I was talking about a moment ago. This is missable.
:23:54. > :24:03.He'd be pretty pleased to be getting back to the table so soon.
:24:04. > :24:08.You can see him getting the next three reds and three blacks without
:24:09. > :24:43.any problems. Then the work starts. I think Stephen was playing an
:24:44. > :24:47.aggressive shot there, trying to bring the two reds into play,
:24:48. > :24:57.knowing he is bound to be on the pink or black.
:24:58. > :25:06.He has brought one of them on to play -- into play but I'm sure he'd
:25:07. > :25:12.like both of them. At first glance, he may not have anything. These two
:25:13. > :25:23.reds have covered themselves up. He won't be playing this shot with
:25:24. > :25:35.plenty of confidence. The red in the left centre is far
:25:36. > :25:59.too difficult. This is a tough shot. He played it well. As you suggested,
:26:00. > :26:05.very wary of leaving himself a black into the centre. Played it as a
:26:06. > :26:06.screw shot with a touch of right-hand side and played it very
:26:07. > :26:30.well. The black going back onto its own
:26:31. > :27:22.spot will help these two reds. A lifeline for Rory. Coming to the
:27:23. > :28:47.table three points behind. Stephen Maguire will be expecting to
:28:48. > :28:55.get another chance in this frame. Because the yellow will be very
:28:56. > :28:59.difficult into the green pocket. Certainly, even more difficult to
:29:00. > :29:20.pot the yellow and get onto the green.
:29:21. > :29:27.There's a possibility that after this next back and red, Rory could
:29:28. > :29:36.leave himself an angle onto the blue in the centre to possibly can in the
:29:37. > :29:43.yellow of the baulk cushion. He's not very happy at the way he has hit
:29:44. > :29:53.that at all. That was a very poor positional shot from Rory, very
:29:54. > :29:55.disappointed with that. Difficult to get a positional shot. He's very
:29:56. > :30:10.adept with the screwballs. If this is straight or just off
:30:11. > :30:16.straight, he could possibly pot this into the green pocket but needs to
:30:17. > :30:25.be wary of playing the push shot. Great shot, well played! 12 point
:30:26. > :30:30.lead, needs to get nicely on this yellow.
:30:31. > :30:38.Make sure you don't get a kiss off the green if you're playing off two
:30:39. > :30:43.cushions. As we mentioned a few moments ago, it'll be very difficult
:30:44. > :30:45.to get onto the yellow in such a way that he could pot the yellow and get
:30:46. > :31:02.on the green. Completely mis-hit it and he will
:31:03. > :31:41.take second prize. If Rory decides to take this on, he
:31:42. > :31:46.needs to be really, really accurate. And, even then, he needs to play it
:31:47. > :31:53.at a sufficient pace that the pocket will accept the ball. He knows how
:31:54. > :32:08.difficult this is. That's why he's taking the time.
:32:09. > :32:14.This is exactly the sort of shop that you would miss rather than get
:32:15. > :32:16.that is why he has decided to play it safe. He has played a good safety
:32:17. > :32:29.shot. Has a very big target there between
:32:30. > :32:38.the green and the blue and that was very well worked out from Rory. This
:32:39. > :32:45.shouldn't be too difficult to hit off one cushion.
:32:46. > :32:54.Mentally, he will be thinking about the line that he would play if he
:32:55. > :32:57.was trying to put the cue ball into the left-hand black pocket. Well, I
:32:58. > :33:08.didn't expect him to play it like that! Rory will take the miss they
:33:09. > :33:13.are guaranteed which means Stephen Maguire has to hit this, 26 points
:33:14. > :33:20.in the game with 27 on and he has to make contact with the other this
:33:21. > :33:28.time. Stephen played it as a deep screw shot to check the cue ball up
:33:29. > :33:40.off that cushion to square it up. It looks as though he can play this...
:33:41. > :33:46.Could you bring it up? A touch of run in side -- inside. Here you see
:33:47. > :33:50.the original position for the ball is now, it is almost identical and
:33:51. > :34:02.they are both having a little laugh that. -- a little laugh about that.
:34:03. > :34:33.It is a good hit. Has he left the yellow? He has.
:34:34. > :34:41.This will make Rory Phelan a lot better. He had every chance in the
:34:42. > :34:50.opening two frames. -- will make Rory Phelan a lot better. He was in
:34:51. > :34:54.first in frame number nine when the Maguire actually made 114 but Rory
:34:55. > :34:58.was in first in the balls, had a good chance in the second frame, but
:34:59. > :35:35.now he has won the third. No big breaks in the frame but Rory
:35:36. > :35:37.will be pleased to have won it, he has closed the gap but still trails
:35:38. > :35:53.by 33. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
:35:54. > :36:31.Frame 13, Stephen Maguire to break. A good break off therefrom Stephen
:36:32. > :37:52.Maguire at the start of frame 13. Stephen Maguire can obviously put
:37:53. > :37:59.this match to bed in this afternoon session if he won the remaining four
:38:00. > :38:01.frames. He does not want to let Rory when the remaining four frames to
:38:02. > :38:12.get right back into the match. Played that nicely. You can see the
:38:13. > :38:54.black does go. He can take the pink. Nice strike. I don't think he is on
:38:55. > :38:57.the red there, Peter, I think he has overscrewed the pink. Looking at
:38:58. > :39:02.this next picture we will show you, I think he is on the red, but he is
:39:03. > :39:08.concerned that he cannot get onto the black in the same pocket,
:39:09. > :39:12.because he not have the angle. You can see that the red is clearly
:39:13. > :39:20.available, he might be able to screw off the pink and down onto the black
:39:21. > :39:30.on the same pocket. Alternatively, he could play the top spin. Touch of
:39:31. > :39:34.the right-hand side. I agree with Willie, there is more value in the
:39:35. > :39:42.screw shot. Got onto that really well. Unfortunately, just slightly
:39:43. > :39:46.the wrong side of the blue. Yes, we were not quite sure if he played off
:39:47. > :39:52.the pink, the pace he played it, gave himself an option. Three loose
:39:53. > :39:57.reds to the right-hand side of the table, he can get on all three reds
:39:58. > :40:00.here, a little bit too hard to get onto them in the corner.
:40:01. > :40:12.APPLAUSE. He will take that. You saw a wonderful example of
:40:13. > :40:23.Stephen Maguire's cue power. I think he thought that was in. Just
:40:24. > :40:42.slightly wide. Just slightly wide. He thought that
:40:43. > :40:53.was in. Just the pace, really, that kept that out. Now, Rory, you need
:40:54. > :41:22.to take this chance and you need to score, you need to score heavily.
:41:23. > :42:10.Does have a few loose reds, but also has a nice angle to play top spin
:42:11. > :42:20.into the pack to play an aggressive shot. Deciding against that.
:42:21. > :42:52.It was a tricky pot. Would have liked to have been straight on that
:42:53. > :42:56.red. Again, he will be bitterly disappointed. The way he finished on
:42:57. > :43:01.the red, it was almost like a blind pocket shot. He will be
:43:02. > :43:32.disappointed. He did not play for the red in the middle.
:43:33. > :43:39.APPLAUSE. Stephen Maguire looks like he has lost a bit of concentration.
:43:40. > :43:47.Thinking he can possibly get over the line in this afternoon session.
:43:48. > :43:51.Obviously, if Rory was playing at his best, he could not do that, but
:43:52. > :43:58.at this moment in time, he is struggling.
:43:59. > :44:06.APPLAUSE. This is really then. But as a wonderful pot.
:44:07. > :44:21.-- that is a wonderful pot. Cute that beautifully. With Rory not
:44:22. > :44:27.taking his chances, and not scoring, he is not putting Stephen Maguire
:44:28. > :44:34.under any pressure. So Stephen will feel that he is able to push the
:44:35. > :44:44.boat out a little, so to speak. As in the previous ten to read that he
:44:45. > :44:50.took into the black pocket. I don't think he would have taken that on if
:44:51. > :45:09.it had been 6-6. Beautiful shot. Well played.
:45:10. > :45:16.This is one of the reasons why Stephen Maguire scores so heavily in
:45:17. > :45:20.amongst the balls when he is playing well, really is very aggressive and
:45:21. > :45:32.opens the balls at the first available opportunity.
:45:33. > :46:26.Do you think there was a possibility that Rory put himself under pressure
:46:27. > :46:31.coming into this match with having such a fine win against Judd Trump?
:46:32. > :46:36.I would imagine so. He was expecting to play a lot better than this and
:46:37. > :46:41.he has not not had chances, it is the way he has gone about it when he
:46:42. > :46:45.has had the chance. He is such a good break-builder, he has made
:46:46. > :46:48.centuries in tournament play but he seems to have gone into his shell
:46:49. > :46:55.and is looking for problems rather than playing it loose. He is under a
:46:56. > :46:59.lot of pressure, it is a massive match for him. He can't stop playing
:47:00. > :47:28.the right shots. APPLAUSE. Didn't quite have the
:47:29. > :47:35.angle on the pink to play the start and run through to get from the
:47:36. > :47:51.black onto the red. He did have the angle, just, well played.
:47:52. > :48:44.Can't make the century of course, but 90 point break can be achieved,
:48:45. > :49:26.which you think he would do from here.
:49:27. > :49:37.Well played, Stephen Maguire, and at the moment there is little
:49:38. > :49:44.resistance from Rory McLeod, disappointing, from the point of
:49:45. > :49:52.view of his supporters. Frame 14, Rory McLeod to break. So, Rory
:49:53. > :50:02.McLeod breaks off in frame 14, desperately needing to find some
:50:03. > :50:03.fluency. He has had chances. He just hasn't managed to capitalise on
:50:04. > :51:07.them. Good break off short. -- shot. Once again a very aggressive safety
:51:08. > :51:10.shot from Stephen Maguire, that has made this next safety shot very
:51:11. > :51:16.tough, very tough to get back into the ball-carrier.
:51:17. > :51:28.At first glance, I cannot see an easy path into baulk.
:51:29. > :51:37.Rory could play the double case back to baulk but I don't think he has
:51:38. > :51:42.looked at that. That is a double case on the red which is almost in
:51:43. > :51:45.direct line on the cue ball at the black cushion. And in this
:51:46. > :51:51.particular instance, I think it would be a good choice for him. At
:51:52. > :51:56.the cushion he is bound to get a double-kiss, and not half ball
:51:57. > :52:02.either side, he will get back into baulk. I don't think it is a bad
:52:03. > :52:12.I don't think he has thought about it, Willy. No, this is a lot more
:52:13. > :52:15.difficult, he is trying to screw this around. It seems to be the only
:52:16. > :52:21.shot that he liked Purley, the three-cushion escape. He just about
:52:22. > :52:47.got away with that. Stephen play that is a shock to
:52:48. > :52:49.nothing, slightly over cutting the red. Knowing that he would be
:52:50. > :53:00.getting a good cue ball. And with the reds spread and Stephen
:53:01. > :53:11.Maguire cueing very well and very freely and scoring heavily... Rory
:53:12. > :53:38.is coming under more and more pressure. And these safety shots...
:53:39. > :53:47.Taking this on, deep screw back to baulk.
:53:48. > :53:56.And he got a pretty good cue ball, but unfortunately, pushed the red
:53:57. > :54:02.towards the left corner. This is far from easy because it is just off
:54:03. > :54:10.straight. And it may well be difficult for Stephen after potting
:54:11. > :54:17.this red to get the cue ball away from the side cushion. He has
:54:18. > :54:18.already gone round to see if the black goes into the opposite corner
:54:19. > :54:36.pocket. Wow! Great cueing. Great shot not to
:54:37. > :54:42.be on a colour, he hit it perfectly, he is 10-3 in front and can perhaps
:54:43. > :54:46.play this with a bit of freedom. As long as he misses that off with a
:54:47. > :54:51.screw shot, he will be fine. Not much you can say about that, he
:54:52. > :55:45.has left himself a difficult red. That is a very good shot, very good
:55:46. > :55:52.shot, little star and run through to the black, but that is an even
:55:53. > :56:11.better shot to play. Played to perfection, that one.
:56:12. > :56:18.Not ideal on this red, by any means, to straight and taking the more
:56:19. > :56:28.difficult one on along the condition, this is missable. Yes.
:56:29. > :56:34.That was tough. Slammed the cue on the floor, kick the butt of the cue,
:56:35. > :56:36.not happy with that at all, if you just touch the near knuckles, they
:56:37. > :56:48.will not drop. So, Rory, this is a very good chance
:56:49. > :57:55.now. You need to make a telling contribution.
:57:56. > :58:06.This is a great chance to win the frame. His only chance in this
:58:07. > :58:14.match. Can't afford this. He has to score, that is a frame-winning one.
:58:15. > :58:18.In practice, it would be no problem making 60 from here but when you go
:58:19. > :58:19.three behind in the World Championship, nothing is
:58:20. > :59:23.straightforward. For some reason, Rory gets straight
:59:24. > :59:29.on so many balls. Got to get angles on balls or make sure you're not
:59:30. > :59:31.hitting them straight. He must finish straight on five or six
:59:32. > :00:11.blacks already this afternoon. And the problem with finishing
:00:12. > :00:15.straight issue can either only go forwards or backwards and
:00:16. > :00:23.invariably, you have to play with a lot of pace and if you play with
:00:24. > :00:45.pace and side, you can mess. -- miss.
:00:46. > :00:53.Just roll this and play ball and leave virtually a half ball black to
:00:54. > :00:57.roll off the cushion and get their two reds off the paying. He has
:00:58. > :01:53.played the blue and I do not understand why.
:01:54. > :02:04.Just a slight angle on the blue. Not sure if there is a red that goes in
:02:05. > :02:10.the right-hand black pocket, which is the left-hand of the two reds you
:02:11. > :02:14.can see below the pink. That red certainly goes in the red Centre.
:02:15. > :02:25.He's just coming round to make sure that it does.
:02:26. > :02:40.He has played the cannon and it has gone wrong.
:02:41. > :02:48.With a 40 point lead, you'd expect Rory to be playing a good safety
:02:49. > :02:56.shot back now because if he takes this difficult red on and this is
:02:57. > :03:01.missable, if he misses it, it could cost him the frame. Oh, well played!
:03:02. > :03:28.Good shot, very good pot. The red to the left of the two reds
:03:29. > :03:33.below the pink goes into the right-hand pocket and definitely
:03:34. > :03:49.goes into the middle. Can Rory play a good positional shot?
:03:50. > :03:57.If the red next to the pink does pot, and we saw that it did, he will
:03:58. > :04:02.play to miss the yellow and then come down that side of the table
:04:03. > :04:19.rather than the side of the table. Perhaps he thinks it doesn't pot.
:04:20. > :04:37.Could have done with playing a good safety shot. This may well be
:04:38. > :04:50.pottable. It is very thin. If he cuts in, the cue ball could
:04:51. > :05:07.move the other two of the cushion. Too thin but he was trying to bring
:05:08. > :05:09.the two reds into play. Has he finished straight on the pink? If he
:05:10. > :05:27.has, that's fortunate. It is a player's choice what to do
:05:28. > :05:37.now. Perfect angle to play it off the
:05:38. > :05:53.black. What he doesn't want to do is go
:05:54. > :06:12.between them in the gap. And he has played that very well indeed.
:06:13. > :06:30.Another nice shot. Slightly trickier than it looked.
:06:31. > :06:47.He isn't happy about that at all. Quite possibly got heavy contact.
:06:48. > :06:58.Either way, he isn't happy with the outcome.
:06:59. > :07:03.Needs to put it out of the back of his mind, though and play a good
:07:04. > :07:18.safety shot. He decided to play the negative
:07:19. > :07:33.safety shot. Rory may well tried to play the
:07:34. > :07:44.cocked hat 33 cushions into the right centre here.
:07:45. > :08:13.A few moments ago, we'd thought this match would go into the final
:08:14. > :08:15.session, it looked like Rory McLeod would get to four, which would mean
:08:16. > :09:22.they'd have to come back tomorrow. This will really hurt Rory McLeod,
:09:23. > :09:24.losing this frame. He's had plenty of chances, just not been scoring
:09:25. > :09:40.heavily enough. So, with that clearance, Stephen
:09:41. > :09:51.Maguire now moves into 11-3 lead against Rory McLeod.
:09:52. > :09:56.Stephen Maguire two frames away from victory, can he win them both with a
:09:57. > :10:41.session to spare? That is a shot that Rory has
:10:42. > :10:52.struggled to play well so far today. That time, he played it very well.
:10:53. > :11:04.Just slightly thin on the reply from Stephen Maguire.
:11:05. > :11:11.Rory has a shot to nothing but its deep screw left-hand side. Managed
:11:12. > :11:17.to afford the blue and it's a good safety shot. Didn't have the angle
:11:18. > :11:18.to play the pot and under the circumstances that was a very good
:11:19. > :11:34.safety shot. Stephen has pushed the red towards
:11:35. > :11:39.the right corner and he hasn't covered it. So, this is a chance for
:11:40. > :12:01.Rory. Just off straight. He played it well. Because he potted
:12:02. > :12:08.the red thicken to the pocket, he created an angle. You see the red
:12:09. > :12:13.goes in the right knuckle. It had a touch of right-hand side on it. It
:12:14. > :12:19.was the right-hand side that pushed the cue ball... The left-hand side
:12:20. > :12:23.push the cue ball to the right which is why he hit the red thick,
:12:24. > :12:58.creating an angle that wasn't there naturally. So it worked out nicely.
:12:59. > :13:10.I wonder if we're reaching the stage of the match where Rory can loosen
:13:11. > :13:13.his cueing arm up a touch and play with a little bit more freedom and.
:13:14. > :13:18.It would be interesting to see if you does that but once again he's
:13:19. > :13:27.lost the cue ball. Every time he plays with bottom and decide on, he
:13:28. > :13:29.doesn't have the control. He is nowhere on the colours. Heed of love
:13:30. > :14:12.to of been on the blue. I'd be happy with that position on
:14:13. > :14:16.the black. Get straight into them. OK, he has to play it thin with side
:14:17. > :14:22.but the pack of reds is flat at the back. If you hit the middle of the
:14:23. > :14:43.three reds directly above the black, he will be on that red.
:14:44. > :14:49.He gave himself very little chance to be on the red, the way he played
:14:50. > :16:04.that. Played that very well, digging down
:16:05. > :16:12.into the cue ball with lots of right-hand side. OK, he has left a
:16:13. > :16:16.long red which Rory will take on into the left-hand black pocket. He
:16:17. > :16:18.can play it as a shot to nothing or something, really, because he can
:16:19. > :16:28.take it on. It was a decent attempt at a safety
:16:29. > :16:51.shot from Stephen Maguire. That shot required good timing. Oh
:16:52. > :17:05.dear. He will be very disappointed with that effort. Not enough speed.
:17:06. > :17:27.It then called the red. Really struggling.
:17:28. > :17:32.As Maguire has done all day, he didn't finish on the black. --
:17:33. > :18:10.straight on the black. Played it nicely. OK, second prize,
:18:11. > :18:41.but there's still one at the bottom of the pack.
:18:42. > :18:53.He will settle for that. Choice of the thin cut into the corner, which
:18:54. > :18:58.would really opened the balls up. Taking the long red into the green
:18:59. > :19:03.pocket, he could screw back for the black or play with top spin for the
:19:04. > :19:13.blue. Taking the aggressive shot to open up the balls.
:19:14. > :19:26.That is fortunate for the pink to go over the hole-mac.
:19:27. > :19:42.You always knew he would at least have a long blue into the corner.
:19:43. > :19:56.That's been the difference between the two players. Stephen Maguire has
:19:57. > :20:03.taken the opportunity to develop the reds. To play the attacking shot.
:20:04. > :20:13.And Rory has been in a very cautious frame of mind, not wanting to open
:20:14. > :20:19.the balls up, picking the reds off one by one. As you mentioned, it's
:20:20. > :20:32.very difficult to do that at this level right now.
:20:33. > :20:35.Ideally, he'd have liked to have been in the middle of the three
:20:36. > :21:13.reds. This goes right, this is a
:21:14. > :22:09.frame-winning opportunity. It looks as though after this red
:22:10. > :22:11.and colour, there is a red that goes into the right-hand black pocket. He
:22:12. > :22:40.may well have a red into the centre. Three more reds and colours needed
:22:41. > :22:54.to be sure of the frame. Not ideal on this red.
:22:55. > :23:40.Good shot. Might need the spider for the next shot, though.
:23:41. > :24:04.Stephen will be taking a long red into this pocket.
:24:05. > :24:12.It's the sort of shot that if you miss those, you miss those thick,
:24:13. > :24:21.especially when playing with side. May have got away with that, though.
:24:22. > :24:27.That's what happens when your in front and doing well. Rory is
:24:28. > :24:32.unlucky not to have a pot on a red. He will think the world is against
:24:33. > :25:16.him at the moment. That is a good safety shot.
:25:17. > :25:25.As you can see here, just click the green, that's the reason it is being
:25:26. > :25:30.replaced. This could take a while to get the is exactly right. Stephen
:25:31. > :25:34.thought he could get past the green and play a plant on these two reds
:25:35. > :25:50.as a shot to nothing. Stephen will play the one on the
:25:51. > :25:53.cushion rather than risking the thin clip. You have to get this exactly
:25:54. > :26:06.right. He's going to play a different shot
:26:07. > :26:33.anyway, which is fair. Finest of fine shots. 29 points in
:26:34. > :26:54.front as we see this safety shot played again.
:26:55. > :27:01.He played with the left-hand side and if you play it again, you've got
:27:02. > :27:24.to play at plain ball. Stephen Maguire will be playing the
:27:25. > :27:35.plant as a shot to nothing. And he's got it. Well played.
:27:36. > :27:40.Very similar to the shot he wanted to play a few shots ago when making
:27:41. > :28:03.contact with the green. That is a good pot on the brown into
:28:04. > :28:11.the centre. Trust needs this red now to lead by 12 frames to three. At
:28:12. > :28:17.this stage, I'm sure there is a part of Rory that just wants to get out
:28:18. > :28:20.of the auditorium. Absolutely, he'd love to win the last train to go
:28:21. > :28:25.into the last session but would he want to come back trailing 12-4?
:28:26. > :28:30.You've got to give you all in every frame. Stranger things have happened
:28:31. > :28:40.in sport. Just going back to the brown Stephen
:28:41. > :28:46.Maguire played. The way Rory plays, he would roll up behind the brown to
:28:47. > :28:51.play snooker. Stephen Maguire, one of the top players in the game, and
:28:52. > :28:52.the reason for it is because he plays to win the frame at every
:28:53. > :29:21.visit. Wouldn't be too worried about that,
:29:22. > :29:24.Stephen Maguire. More than enough to take a 12-3 lead. Just one more
:29:25. > :29:43.frame needed to win this match. Rory mitres what have go at this
:29:44. > :29:51.one, shot to nothing, finish on the black. He plays safety first, which
:29:52. > :30:04.he feels that would have found him a better chance at some stage.
:30:05. > :30:17.Stephen taking the long red into the yellow pocket.
:30:18. > :30:37.At first glance, he's left very little.
:30:38. > :30:43.He needed to get a good cue ball and he got a very good cue ball. Very
:30:44. > :31:05.well played. This is a tough safety shot back and
:31:06. > :31:20.he needs to be very careful of catching the jaws on the way back.
:31:21. > :31:33.Excellent shot. Good cue ball. Had to make sure he got past the baulk
:31:34. > :31:39.line with that safety. If he'd have played it thin, middle pocket jaws
:31:40. > :31:40.came into place and he couldn't have played it better. Rory is in more
:31:41. > :32:52.trouble here. Chance of a long manner, Stephen
:32:53. > :32:59.Maguire into the left-hand pocket. -- red. There is a gap he can play
:33:00. > :33:03.for as well. It just depends how he sees it, he can either try and hold
:33:04. > :33:07.for the black into the same pocket or go for the blue, play for the
:33:08. > :33:14.black into the same pocket knowing that the pink was also in the left
:33:15. > :33:21.centre. And the left-hand side that he put on the cue ball. That meant
:33:22. > :33:29.that he threw the red slightly thick onto the right-hand jaw as you see
:33:30. > :33:34.on mirror. An opportunity for Rory. -- as you see on the screen there.
:33:35. > :33:39.He is under so much pressure now, he has had a terrible day, he has
:33:40. > :33:44.played badly, has not taken his chances and he is under so much
:33:45. > :34:07.pressure now, it is difficult to see a way back for him now.
:34:08. > :34:28.He expected to pot that one. Rory has had a quick look at the pack of
:34:29. > :34:30.reds,. They look a bit high. At least he can get back into the baulk
:34:31. > :34:43.area. He did make it. Once again, not a
:34:44. > :34:49.favourable kiss. These are one of the things that happen when you're
:34:50. > :35:10.struggling, on a bad day you end up having to need the rest.
:35:11. > :36:30.Little unlucky there, great pot. Unfortunately, got into the cue ball
:36:31. > :36:36.too much this time. Don't know whether he can get through to the
:36:37. > :36:38.pink. If not, you can see the pink thin then, he can get the cue ball
:36:39. > :37:06.in baulk. This is a tough pot into the green
:37:07. > :37:24.pocket. APPLAUSE. It was a good pot. But he
:37:25. > :37:27.certainly did not go for it full-blooded Lee, played it as a
:37:28. > :37:37.shock to nothing, he was not confident about getting the pink.
:37:38. > :37:38.OK, it is six points, but it was an opportunity to score in amongst the
:37:39. > :37:52.balls. A decent safety sharp but
:37:53. > :38:32.unfortunately another wasted opportunity. -- safety shot.
:38:33. > :38:44.APPLAUSE. He is going to have a dip at the one that is nearest the
:38:45. > :38:50.pocket. He will be kissing it into the other red. Either of the two
:38:51. > :38:52.reds that are together on the left-hand side, he can pot either of
:38:53. > :39:01.those two balls. APPLAUSE. He will take on the blue,
:39:02. > :39:29.I am sure. Just a soft stun here to slide past
:39:30. > :39:41.the red and it is there, all the way. Excellent shot.
:39:42. > :39:51.Very nicely controlled from Stephen Maguire. And this is the
:39:52. > :39:59.opportunity. The opportunity he has been looking for. To clinch the
:40:00. > :40:05.frame and the match. The balls are open. The reds are covering each
:40:06. > :40:12.other. He needs to retain good position. But this is an excellent
:40:13. > :40:25.chance now. To win this match, at this visit.
:40:26. > :40:31.Has not played that very well. As a matter of fact, I do not think he
:40:32. > :40:51.can pot a ball. He overs screwed that by eight or
:40:52. > :40:54.nine inches. I did mention previously that the reds are
:40:55. > :40:57.covering each other but I still did not expect Stephen to play such a
:40:58. > :41:13.bad positional shot. Nothing is coming easy for him at
:41:14. > :42:43.the moment, though. That was a decent pot. Almost
:42:44. > :43:00.certainly take their pink here because the blue is no good to him.
:43:01. > :43:08.Excellent pot. OK the black is tied up at the moment, but if he can get
:43:09. > :43:09.onto the playing, that is two or three shots and the black will open
:43:10. > :44:12.itself up. Onto the pink. Kiss on the red or black would be
:44:13. > :44:19.nice now. Decided to play down for one loose red. Sometimes you have to
:44:20. > :44:26.take the chance of bringing balls into play. Only using the pink,
:44:27. > :44:28.these reds on the left-hand side it will be tough to get onto the pink
:44:29. > :44:48.from those reds. Has to play the cannon this time on
:44:49. > :44:56.the black, gentle, does not have to play it hard, just move the black
:44:57. > :45:58.away from the red. He will regret it in a couple of shots time.
:45:59. > :46:08.Now you can see why he brought that black into play. This is the last of
:46:09. > :46:19.the reds he can get. Here's got to go on to the pink now to move a red.
:46:20. > :47:16.-- he has got to go. He can't keep pushing the boat out.
:47:17. > :47:37.And the first chance that he got, he played the cannon. That Willie
:47:38. > :47:47.suggested Rory could have played a few shots ago.
:47:48. > :47:55.It is only because all the reds at the left-hand side, it is impossible
:47:56. > :47:57.to get behind them to get onto the pink. It is not impossible to get on
:47:58. > :48:13.behind them to get onto the black. He may play this at pace to run
:48:14. > :48:20.through into the middle of the three reds into play. That is the way he
:48:21. > :48:23.has played. Very clever shot, that could be a matchwinner. That is the
:48:24. > :48:28.difference, Stephen Maguire is always looking to win a frame, not
:48:29. > :48:44.just get a few points and Rory missed a trick again in this frame.
:48:45. > :48:52.But these super tournament he has had, to beat the favourite it --
:48:53. > :48:58.with some bookmakers in Judd Trump. He won the next five to go 5-4 and
:48:59. > :49:04.then held on, a very good win and that would have given him a lot of
:49:05. > :49:09.confidence. He will be very disappointed, the way he has played
:49:10. > :49:14.in this match. Once again, he was in first in this frame as well. He has
:49:15. > :49:36.just not scored. He will need the yellow to win the
:49:37. > :49:43.frame and match if he just pots the reds and colours. I would imagine he
:49:44. > :49:44.will try and get into the blue off the last red and try and bring the
:49:45. > :50:27.yellow interplay. -- in to play. Just wonder whether he might risk
:50:28. > :50:32.playing the red off the top condition, if he misses the kiss, he
:50:33. > :50:35.will be on the black are the pink, obviously not this time, he can move
:50:36. > :50:41.either onto the pink or the blue in a few shots time. He knows this is a
:50:42. > :50:58.great chance to win frame and match at this visit.
:50:59. > :51:25.Movie yellow. Just caught the knuckle. Left centre.
:51:26. > :51:46.Just missed the car man. -- cannon. Just looking to play the snooker
:51:47. > :51:51.Is he taking on the long blue, leaving himself a double on the
:51:52. > :51:58.yellow? He moved the yellow that time,
:51:59. > :52:20.Willie. Rory, this is your chance to take
:52:21. > :52:32.the match into the final session. Obviously, blue to pink will not be
:52:33. > :52:58.he would like to play. -- will not be a shot he would like to
:52:59. > :53:02.ten points behind as we speak, he will need the four remaining
:53:03. > :53:27.colours. Not straight, surely. APPLAUSE. If Rory decides to play
:53:28. > :53:36.this at pace, this blue is permissible. -- missable. That is a
:53:37. > :53:45.great shot, look at the side on Matt, what a shot!
:53:46. > :53:51.Needless to say, this is really tough cueing, from tight under this
:53:52. > :54:01.side cushion. Very tough shot, tight under the
:54:02. > :54:26.side cushion there. Good opportunity to play a safety
:54:27. > :54:34.shot behind the black here. Just a little too thick. The most important
:54:35. > :54:44.part of that shot was getting the pink safe, which he has done. Rory
:54:45. > :54:47.does have the opportunity they want to take the chance of getting the
:54:48. > :54:48.cue ball behind the black, because he would be getting the pink onto
:54:49. > :55:17.the side cushion. But in playing the negative safety
:55:18. > :55:20.shot there, he gave Stephen Maguire at the opportunity to play a snooker
:55:21. > :55:28.of his own behind the black and he did not play that very well. This is
:55:29. > :55:41.a tough safety shot now for Rory, though.
:55:42. > :55:55.Whether Stephen Maguire being one point in front, he may just decide
:55:56. > :55:58.to roll this pink again. He will have no shot on the black at all but
:55:59. > :56:03.it is easy to played twice across trying at the snooker in behind the
:56:04. > :56:11.black but he will have two chances to win frame match. Twice across.
:56:12. > :56:54.OK, the pink is safe, but another opportunity for its Stephen Maguire
:56:55. > :57:10.to play a better safety shot. Trying to get the pink behind the
:57:11. > :57:17.black this time, slightly underhit it.
:57:18. > :57:28.This is not an easy safety shot for Rory now, because the pink is tight
:57:29. > :57:39.on the black cushion. Very difficult to try and clip this thin. Maybe
:57:40. > :57:47.playing the double kiss on the ball, that is what he tried, but he played
:57:48. > :57:57.it terribly. APPLAUSE.
:57:58. > :58:12.So just this black them to win with a session to spare. The winner of
:58:13. > :58:16.Graham. And Barry Hawkins awaits. -- Graeme Dott. Rory McLeod will be
:58:17. > :58:19.disappointed. What a great tournament he had but unfortunately
:58:20. > :58:26.Stephen Maguire was too strong for him and he goes into the next round
:58:27. > :58:29.a 12-3 victor. JASON MOHAMMED: Many congratulations to Stephen Maguire
:58:30. > :58:33.he is through to the quarterfinals. That is it for now, but we are back
:58:34. > :58:41.at one o'clock with more live coverage from the Crucible. We will
:58:42. > :58:59.see them. Goodbye for now. -- -- we will see you then.
:59:00. > :59:02.It's time to clock in... Whoooa!
:59:03. > :59:06.If they did challenge me, then they're going to lose.