00:00What's required to take a two-frame lead for the second time in this German
00:05Masters final with two more to play in this session. Trump in charge, leading
00:1054 from Judd Trump. It wasn't quite frame clinching and Sean Murphy did have the
00:14chance for a steal but he missed the black and Trump gratefully accepted the
00:19reprieve to go two clear with two to play before they come back this evening
00:25at seven o'clock. Ten required to be crowned champion walk away with that
00:29first prize of 100,000 pounds and the coveted Brandon Parker trophy. Trump
00:34hoping to make it four titles in this event. Murphy chasing his first and he's
00:43got to put that black out of his mind quickly.
00:47And then from Murphy from this position is taking one of the remaining two. He'd love
01:01to be leveled but of course Trump has other ambitions to forge a really
01:08commanding lead.
01:38now this time he has left one that
01:43Yeah, this time he has left one
02:06that I don't think Judd will refuse
02:09the far corner
02:11he'd be very surprised
02:13if he did
02:14That's incredible, isn't it?
02:27For Judd Trump to refuse a shot like that
02:29that he would maybe get
02:32shaved more than 50% of the time
02:35it's clear
02:37that he wants to make Sean's job
02:40as difficult as he can
02:41from the tape to the winning line
02:47in this final
02:48that's the way he's set his stall out
02:52working so far
02:53Thank you
03:33I do understand Judd's tactic in lots of ways.
03:55It's obvious that he's aware that Sean can dismantle any opposition.
04:03Not so much over the whole final, but for periods of that final.
04:09Three, four frame bursts where you can do nothing about it.
04:13You just have to sit and watch.
04:15He's been mindful not to let that happen.
04:24Secondary kiss there.
04:26And then the cannon on the blue, not what Trump had in mind.
04:30What's the damage?
04:32Trump very much in control at the moment because the worst he can be is level.
04:36And he wants to make sure that Murphy really earns his opportunities to get out of this
04:45session relatively unscathed, or maybe even at four each, which would be ideal.
07:19In a final of this length.
07:24So far it's been all about the brakes.
07:2950 plus in every frame, a couple of centuries.
07:31One from each player.
08:04Trump more than Sean.
08:07The miscue.
08:11Unusual that kind of miscue.
08:13It looks very clumsy, doesn't it?
08:14Kind of thing you see down the snooker hall.
08:17But anyway, put back.
08:20So just the four-point penalty.
08:24Yeah, Judd.
08:26Uncompromising in...
08:27The fact that he won't risk, or hardly ever will risk, playing thick off a safe red.
08:37Or a safety shot.
08:39That's part of the reason why these reds have congregated down the centre of the table.
08:47There again, no risk strategy.
08:53There again, no risk strategy.
08:53I wonder if one of them might ask for a re-rack.
09:01I wonder if this continues.
09:05I wonder if this continues.
09:05Strange to say, I know, but...
09:20You know, if it's one of those...
09:21Either player doesn't get reds in open play, then the frame's not going anywhere.
09:28What can he do with his cue ball?
09:29Good point.
09:50I actually struck it better than he was expecting.
09:53It was the other red he wanted to cannon.
09:55Leave the straight black.
09:56So this is quite a nasty one.
09:59Just...
10:07Just...
10:09Yeah, I mean, some people say, oh, it's caught the near jaw on the way in, but it's...
10:13That was the deadest of dead weights.
10:16And it just brushed it on the way in.
10:18No problem with that.
10:20Sometimes they go in, sometimes not.
10:24It's a great bit of cueing, given how awkward it was.
10:29But it's end to break, nevertheless.
10:38John Murphy, eight.
10:46John Murphy, eight.
10:47John Murphy, eight.
10:48One moment of silence.
10:49John Murphy, eight.
10:49Every time they go in.
10:51That's it.
10:53Sorry.
10:55I know that.
10:55Oh, God.
10:57I see.
22:13playing this quite slowly and use the pink to open more reds I think if he will
22:22he'll pot it but they're not prepared to take any undue risks so healthy lead
22:33but not a decisive one
22:43oh dear
22:54Murphy just struggling at the moment
22:58fought back impressively to win frames three and four after the early blitz from Trump but
23:05things have not gone to plan since the interval
23:07so
23:14so
23:18a further twist the in off from Trump and the lead only 30 points this frame becoming bigger
23:47by the moment
23:48wow it's getting tense in this seventh frame
24:17one
24:34yeah the mistake in the in off by Judd could have been a final changer
24:44but Sean
24:46obviously could have
24:48with the cue ball in hand he could have left the straight red which was unmissable but
24:52he wanted that black back on its own spot for good reason
24:57so what looked like a terrific opportunity to get right back in it
25:05eight
25:06it's gone by the wayside
25:08and yeah things are getting tense
25:11Judd
25:14for all money
25:16nine
25:16should really win the frame from here no problem
25:21a difficult frame initially in terms of the position of the balls which were awkward
25:39a series of errors but Murphy's looks like being fatal
25:44in the seventh frame and it means Trump is guaranteed a lead but how big is he going to be
25:52he's really kicked on since the interval
26:03pegged back by Murphy to two each from two nil but
26:06a third straight frame
26:09let's put in firmly in charge here at the temper
26:13and the onus
26:27is now very much on Sean Murphy to produce something in the final frame of this afternoon session to stay in the hunt
26:35a tense frame
26:40an error stream frame
26:42but it was Sean Murphy's miss after Trump's in off that proved decisive
26:46and the three times German Masters champion
26:49now in a really strong position
26:51three up for the first time
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