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00:00Not the best break off. He's done that a couple of times.

00:07Yeah, it certainly is. It still gives you goosebumps. I still get jealous.

00:15Joseon Tong has been doing this whole World Championship. Long game.

00:21It's been excellent.

00:25Seven. He's settled so quickly into every match.

00:33Against Chris Wakelin. Fifteen.

00:40He's got a wonderful touch. Twenty-three.

00:44Doesn't rush around the table, but he's...

00:50Both of these players average shot.

00:54Thirty-one. Open reds from it.

00:58He hasn't done. He's left it.

01:02Thirty-eight.

01:08Forty-six.

01:14Oh, he's planted well.

01:18Fifty-four.

01:24Hmm. This could be under break.

01:28No signs of any nerves whatsoever.

01:30Cool as a cucumber.

01:32Sixty.

01:36One.

01:54Yeah, no, that'll do nicely. That's another little bit of insurance to prevent...

01:58One.

02:00One.

02:01One.

02:02One.

02:03One.

02:04One.

02:05One.

02:07Bruno Sullivan, one.

02:09He's going to push it over the other corner pocket, so that's a mistake.

02:23And, Ron.

02:24Real?

02:27Played with a lot of drag.

02:29He's lost the cue ball.

02:34Now.

02:36So, fifty-nine points remaining.

02:39And only sixty-three behind.

02:41This'll go in.

02:44Oh!

02:45Should've done.

02:46A green or yellow

02:57Just to move

03:02No way make it not such a nice target

03:16Why can't he cut this red in?

03:31Well he didn't

03:40Interesting that Ronnie's carried on here

03:44One

03:51I'll tell you what Stephen, there's no sign of nerves out there from Ziaz

03:58It's a real deal, he knows how about it

04:08This is emphatic, the way he's played this first frame

04:23Could you make sure your phones are on silent please?

04:30He's hit that much too thick

04:37He's hit that much too thick

04:52That's the reason he's hit

04:54Wonderful piece of cueing

04:57Wonderful piece of cueing

05:09Seven

05:11Managed to get

05:16Top spin on the cue ball

05:18Look where the white's gonna go

05:22Long way off that but I think he's been very fortunate

05:28Very lucky

05:30One

05:31Well he's played the hole for the black

05:45Now this is not

05:47Nine

05:48Oh he's overcutted it

05:51I thought he would play it

05:52I thought he would play it

05:53It's not the cue

05:57It's actually the cue action

05:58cue 9 15 anything but straight on the black is good and he stunned it perfectly

06:2523

06:30putting of the pack whenever he's going into the pack he's done it perfectly every time the right

06:44there's a skill to play in that shot it's not just blindly going into the bunch and hope

06:4937

06:54it's the semi-final of the world championship and at the moment the way he started he's coping

07:0114

07:05i've had a few messages from friends

07:18beautifully played

07:29doesn't want to cannon straight into it it's a tricky one not be and have a look at that shot

07:42have a look at that

07:47having Tom 62

07:51and

07:53He's going to be unlucky.

08:12No, that wasn't straightforward.

08:24So.

08:42Yeah, we've been saying all this championship and Ronny actually admitted last night.

08:56You would think this sort of, you would think his tattooing has got to be good in the semi-final.

09:05As Jalsing Tong continues to play like this, because if Ronny's...

09:12That much too thin.

09:15He's going to cover the red, the left corner with the pink.

09:21I can just force it with lots of topspin.

09:25Magnificent shot.

09:34One.

09:39It's red.

09:40Got to judge the cannon on the red that was next to it and it's...

09:45Nine.

09:52There's so many great players now.

09:55And I think this...

10:04Of course, Ronny beats Si-Xiao away.

10:07would only have been one frame behind.

10:10And this is a pretty good escape.

10:13A pretty good escape.

10:19And this is another one.

10:21Equally as great.

10:22Trying not to make those unforced errors positionally, because Ronny's not playing well at the moment.

10:30Jaoxing Tong is.

10:37Oh, look at this.

10:38He might have got...

10:39Behind the blue.

10:40What a shot.

10:41He's playing the similar shot to the one Ronny played.

10:51And that is pretty...

10:52Behind the black, can he?

10:53Yeah, he could.

10:54He's not going to reach...

10:55About the miss.

11:04He wants to...

11:31Really...

11:32Been a problem...

11:33For Ronny.

11:34One.

11:35The straighter wins.

11:41Laying a best of 33 match, but...

11:43Nine.

11:44Jaoxing.

11:52Seventeen.

12:1433.

12:2741.

12:28Yes.

12:29It's first real chance in amongst two...

12:31Opening frames.

12:34It was just in the frame.

12:36Just one little position of shot.

12:3849.

12:43Ronny's not going to need at least a pink here.

12:4757.

12:4864.

13:03Left middle.

13:06It did.

13:0712 and 64.

13:08And it did.

13:0915.

13:10In the past, we've seen Ronny use so many tips in one tournament.

13:28He's the sort of player he could play with a broom handle.

13:3416.

13:3514.

13:361.

13:37Those are the ones that don't break.

13:38We're going to get a room for each other.

13:4115.

13:4215.

13:4315.

13:44A 10.

13:4516.

13:4615.

13:4715.

13:48A 10.

13:4916.

13:5015.

13:5116.

13:5216.

13:5317.

13:5416.

13:5517.

13:5618.

13:5718.

13:5820.

13:5915.

14:0017.

14:0120.

14:0220.

14:0320.

14:04and he's overcut it and just caught one of those reds as he got away with it

14:13but right in the center of the pocket

14:17five

14:45this is the part of the game

14:46that it's the that's the kind of stuff is having to go right away the other end

14:57of the table instead of being able to stay for the black it's millimeters of

15:00precision he's dealing with when he's out by that much does frustrating good

15:0725 just score so quickly

15:17but we're in for a treat because xiaoxing tong and ronnie then had a 64

15:35and it looks as if he's going to make enough to win he could have a cracker on

15:40our hands steven yeah we lost position at 2-0 that's the sort of thing he cannot

15:46afford but to be on it the whole time 57 for this 33 frame match

15:51got this man that's at the table

15:54because he'll just be all over you

15:5864

16:0165

16:0473

16:20the frame's safe could he make another c9 centuries but not in this frame is it going to drop

16:27it's going to stay

16:28there's going to be a good one

16:33thank you sema and much better break off from ronnie o'sullivan there okay hasn't got in

16:42but

16:44yeah it's building up very nicely and that's a nice little can you get to the one table situation at the crucible

16:54average frame time just under 12 minutes this is not going to be a slow match slower than he has been

17:10he's in the balls it's much quicker

17:26he's in the ball

17:38start but they'd be tinged with a bit of frustration having been in with that chance in the third frame

17:44when he was on top in this match

17:50red that's okay but he's played a better pace with the cue ball this time

18:04might go in off this

18:08might go in off this

18:10I mean that's a well judged shot there

18:20the red sprung out

18:26and that's where the problem arises with the cue

18:34and the tip playing the shot with lots of side

18:56but straight in the middle of the pocket

19:15i'm gonna get a you would think a lot of chances are

19:20certainly the vast majority of the scoring chances are going to come from

19:23winning six

19:38it's just indicating that he didn't

19:47that was middle pockets we keep telling you they're so tight

20:02it wasn't a bad

20:06well that was a difficult red that ronnie decided to go for

20:17so

20:23an

20:26well

20:27it's

20:28it's

20:31it's

20:37it's

20:40it's

20:43What's too thick a contact, one, and he's made breaks of eight.

21:13Not a problem, doesn't cause him any sort of problem.

21:27The semi-final for Zhao Xintong, this is now three frames in a row, it's not a full-blown

21:33crisis, but...

21:40Silly and a best of 33, four-session match.

21:4535.

21:46Oh, no problem.

21:5242.

21:54Just a little screw to get absolutely prime position in the blue.

22:0648.

22:07They were very awkward, the balls, and it looked like we were going to have a fire, but even

22:16that's...

22:1754.

22:18It's going to be allowed in the 17-minute mark.

22:25Let's have a look at Zhao Xintong.

22:30Sullivan, 60.

22:31And the...

22:32Charles Xintong, he nods.

22:37One.

22:51Not expecting a lot of time to get the pop.

22:54Curtis Sullivan, one.

22:58One.

23:03Eight.

23:04Could do it this time, but it'd have to be around the angles, as he judged it to perfection.

23:22It's pretty good.

23:2414.

23:25They're an absolutely beautiful, grew through the right side of the bunch, to the right

23:30side of the table.

23:31But that's a very...

23:3322.

23:34The angle's okay, but...

23:39One thing I don't want to do is miss the pot.

23:45One.

23:50Six.

23:51No, he's going up to the bulk end.

24:06He could have potentially cannoned that red to the left of the black.

24:13He doesn't want to start missing too many like that.

24:18The poor miss from Bronny.

24:21One.

24:22Fair.

24:23It's one.

24:25He's lost three frames in a row.

24:4225.

24:4925.

24:54Couldn't have played it any better.

24:5933.

25:04Needs one more red.

25:09What was that for a strike?

25:16Cube bullet that was up.

25:24It's not far away.

25:25Doesn't matter about the black.

25:29Doesn't matter about the black.

25:32One.

25:53One.

25:57I would love to play for the red, or get on the red to the left of the black spot.

26:01That's why I didn't play for the black there.

26:06Six.

26:15That just shows you how difficult it is to control.

26:21Fourteen.

26:27That's finished a little off.

26:34Twenty-two.

26:48Twenty.

26:50Wonderful shot.

26:53Just a little facial expression.

26:57Thirty-six.

26:58Forty-four.

27:03Fifty-four.

27:04Fifty-eight.

27:05Fifty-eight.

27:06Fifty-eight.

27:07You would say vintage O'Sullivan in terms of pristine, can you see that black was the highlight,

27:10screwing off the bunch of reds with Czech side.

27:11Sixty-six.

27:12Might

27:16Fifty.

27:25Fifty.

27:26You would say vintage or Sullivan in terms of pristine, can you see that black was the highlight, screwing off the bunch of reds with Czech side.

27:36Sixty-six.

27:39Might just prevent the century break, you know.

27:45Seventy-four.

27:48But not a problem.

27:55Walk with reds.

27:57Eighty-two.

28:01No, he's missed the black.

28:14We're a long way off the pot.

28:20We're a long way off the pot.

28:33Fight of the black.

28:34One.

28:37He's not going to keep missing then.

28:42Played his last shot of this session.

28:45Yeah, over there.

28:51Yeah, for whatever reason he didn't fancy that shot.

28:54That red.

28:56To right corner.

28:57And thought, maybe he's not confident enough in his cue.

29:03I might be wrong, but it looked to me like he didn't back himself to hit the middle.

29:07That's my guess.

29:08Eighteen.

29:09But it's a dream semi-final, really.

29:19You've got the seven times champion up against.

29:22Twenty.

29:24Twenty-two.

29:25From China to lift the world title.

29:26So it's a...

29:28We'll win a world title this year.

29:31Maybe one, maybe a year or two.

29:34Twenty-two.

29:35Twenty-two.

29:44Roan O'Sullivan.

29:46It's definitely not his best, Roan O'Sullivan, Dennis, but it's still...

29:51The moment.

29:53But that...

29:56is good enough.

29:57Red's going in the direction of the...

29:59Seven.

30:00The left corner pocket, that.

30:03It's another wonderful split.

30:06What a...

30:09Eleven.

30:10Wow, he's got...

30:19Nineteen.

30:21It's our...

30:22No excuses for not winning this frame now for Chelsea.

30:27Twenty-seven.

30:28Especially in this place.

30:29You get to the semi-final stage of the world championship.

30:32You're not supposed to...

30:33Because obviously you're up against the best players.

30:36Thirty-five.

30:37Thirty-five.

30:48Forty-three.

30:49On that last red, it's next to the pink.

30:52Fifty-one.

30:53Fifty-one.

30:54As.

30:57Fifty-one.

30:58As.

31:08Fifty-one.

31:09Wow, good job it's the last frame.

31:1666.

31:17And look at this.

31:2068.

31:22With balls all over the crucible floor.

31:27I think 4-4 is fair, Dennis.

31:29Absolutely, and it's been very...

31:31I think it's been a fascinating watch.

31:337-5.

31:35And it's only going to get better.

31:3880.

31:44For tomorrow morning.

31:50That's a big pocket, that, Steven.

31:52That's where this could go out onto the street.

31:56All around the standing of agent from the crucible floor.

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