O'Sullivan tries a 147, Fails and then Selby Counterattacks ...

Ronnie O'Sullivan getting frame three underway, just missed out on the century there, missed the black on 93. But of course it's not just about centuries, 90s, 80s, 70s can win you frames as well. Well he felt he was forced into taking that one on. And that red coming back down the table has left him at least that chance there. 1, 8, 9, 16, 17. It's going to be interesting if he gets a chance of a maximum again. Well, if he didn't want 12 grand, you'd assume he wouldn't want 6, but there's a slight complication. 25. Nicely on this red. I just wonder if he'll touch the reds. 33. Could play the cannon to the middle of those reds. 40. Nicely on reds to both middles. He's playing for the black. Yep, he's playing for the black. This is the one that leads to the black. Didn't want the kiss. 41. Now that's interesting, isn't it? Now he's playing for the maximum. 48, 49. Nice angle to go into them if he wishes to. Now again, the frame isn't safe here. 56. So if he plays for the black again from this red to the middle or the corner, he's got to be very careful here. 57. Yep, well played. Well, imagine if we saw two maximum breaks on the same afternoon. We're not going to, and as Joe says, the frame's not over yet. Ronia Sullivan, 57. Yes, he'd done all the hard work. 1. He's got the black safe, but blue and pink available. Could be a big frame in this quarterfinal, this frame. Could have won it easily by not playing for the black. 6, 7, 12. And by taking that red, now the pink will go to the left corner. Sit and wait. 19. Well, he could hold it. And that's the right side of the pink. Looks like it will re-spot. Not actually on the spot as it is now. 31. He's got both. And his favorite to take this frame now, Mark Selby. Well, it'd be ironic after everything we've seen this week if Sullivan loses a frame because he was going for a maximum. 37. That's what would have happened. 38. He's just hit that a little too hard. He could take the yellow. Found the angle beautifully there. He is, of course, going to need the black, which is the only awkward ball. 45. He didn't really give that thought early enough, did he? If he'd have played for the pink, he wouldn't. And that can make a massive difference in this frame. 52. 57. Now, do you think he'll play for the double? Or try and drop in behind it? Played for the double, but he hasn't gone far enough. He needed another 6 inches in pace. And that's difficult from there. Easy safety. So a black ball frame. Mark Selby, 63. It's always going to be about the black ones. He actually needed it, and he didn't get on it as intended. He's hit the wrong cushion. He wanted to hit the black cushion first, and the black would have finished halfway up the cushion. No. Oh, that was so close. Yu De Liu fluked the black in his opening frame against Ronnie O'Sullivan. And this isn't easy either. Type of shot where you leave the cue ball on the ball cushion if you miss it. Great putt. Was it ever. What a fantastic long black from Ronnie O'Sullivan. He leads Mark Selby 2-1.