Attackers Become Tacticians | Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Judd ...

Little unfortunate not to be on a colour of any kind. Well, you wouldn't want to put that back. He wouldn't miss it a second time, I'm sure of that. And he could find himself snookered. Great putt. And he's got an angle on the yellow. Needs to miss the pink. Played it well. And the question remains. Oh no. I never thought of this. And neither did I. Yeah, yellow spot held. Next highest available, the black spot. Well, that kind of just rubs it in, doesn't it? Really. What a slap in the face that is. That's a good safety. Now way back to walk. Ron Sullivan. This is short, I think. And he's left the red on. Miss. That's on four. So another chance for Judd Trump. Difficult table. Would help if... Yes, he's got an angle. Eight. Now the yellow curls back onto the black spot. Eleven. Forty. Now he could play for that mass loose red. But it's a nice angle, this, to open the reds up. Maybe get the pink back on its own spot. Now, is he on one? Twenty. Well, that's a good recovery shot. Wrong side of the pink. Now he could screw the cue ball back to be sure of being on this red to the right corner. Plays it with topspin like this and gets a kiss. Well, that's okay because that's what I was going to say. He should bring the cue ball back to, he's on this red to the right corner. Or the one to the left corner. What's good is he's still going for his shots, he's showing how Sullivan is still in there fighting. And that's gone wrong. Yeah, could have done without the kiss. Well, it could have done with being closer to the cushion. Well, that's brought the blue away from the cushion. Let's see what he plays. Oh, he's hit the yellow first and that red's coming back down. His problem here is if he plays one of the reds, one of those two reds, screws the cue ball back towards the black, then he could be snookered next shot. Unless you pop one like that. Now what? Doesn't want to bring the black off the cushion. This black would hug the cushion. A clever shot from O'Sullivan. Bringing the blue into play. Maybe just push that red next to the black. Towards those three reds, leaves the cue ball on the right side cushion. Is an option. Didn't want it to kiss the brown though. Yes, a few murmurs in the audience after that last shot. So, 30 points in it. He had a lot of room to play with there. Misses the brown, it's safe. One. So, one difficult red, difficult yellow. Seven. One of the reds would go to the left corner. And that would release the other red. But he's too hard. And it's very difficult from there to get to a colour. Twelve. What a great shot. Powering the red in. Now, can he get to that red? That's as good as he could get on the red. Well, does he ever miss? Too far on the black and blue. Difficult to get to the red from either of those two colours. I was going to say a deep screw. But he may be able to power it through the two cushions. And he has done. Another great positional shot from O'Sullivan. Doesn't want the brown to go safe. Problem is, he can't get good position to the yellow from a colour. So that's got to be the shot. It was a great 24 as well. Six points in it. Last frame of the session. And Trump snookered. How did he get round the back of that? Got Trump in trouble again. He'll be happy with that. I'll just sit back and enjoy this safety battle. Watch the clever things that both players play. Looks good. Is it too hard? It was just a little too hard. That's a let off. Another good safety. Full in the ball. Should have a chance of a snooker. And listen to the crowd. They want this to be a little closer. That's the biggest cheer of the day. For a snooker. This could be a free ball. It is. What do you do here? You play the green. You play the blue. Problem is, if you do take the blue or the green and miss it, you leave the frame. It's a dangerous pot to take on. He's got an easy safety. And he'll settle for that. Well, that doesn't look too bad. Brown stopping the yellow going into the pocket. Well, I think it does. That's another snooker. Near enough. Looks good. Well, pushing the green to the cushion has made things a little bit harder. Getting to the brown from there could be difficult. And that looks good. Looks pretty good, that one. Full ball snooker. I'd be tempted just to push the yellow towards the green. Well. It's going to come down to that green then. He's unfortunate to going off. But the problem with striking the ball hard is you don't know where it's going to go. Well, could he have played that any better? What a great shot from O'Sullivan. And he's unfortunate if it's straight. Well, a very dramatic end to the session. One point in it. O'Sullivan misses the green. This is a tough green. 7-1 down. Very tough. Now that's a great pot. That's a great pot. It's a measure of what this session has been like. 7-2 would feel like some sort of result for Trump at one stage. We were talking whitewashes. But if he pots blue and pink, he's given himself just a glimmer of a chance. He's going to have to throw everything at O'Sullivan when they resume. This could be a big, big frame to win. Trump has won it. It's been Ronnie O'Sullivan's session. Make no mistake, he's the happier of the two as they head off to the dressing rooms. But Trump, as I say, has just kept himself in touch by winning the last frame of the session.