00:00Potential 11 frames, what a night we've got in prospect.
00:04Of course, Trump has lost in three finals this season.
00:09Sean Murphy, the winner of the British Open in early season,
00:13runner-up in the Jeanne Grand Prix.
00:15He's had 10 centuries, including the two this afternoon.
00:18That's a record in the German Masters.
00:20Trump made nine two years ago.
00:22So Murphy's scoring well, but he is trailing as they restart.
00:30One.
00:33Great cheer as that reg goes in.
00:34I think, Neil, this is going to be a memorable evening, one way or another.
00:38Good evening, yes. Thank you, Dave.
00:39I agree, and it is one of the big nights in this Nougat calendar, isn't it?
00:43The final here in Berlin.
00:46Incredible pulsating atmosphere.
00:48And like you say, two leading lights.
00:51The 5-3 lead is very useful, but it is not necessarily match-defining at this point,
01:04especially the way that Murphy's been playing.
01:05As Dave pointed out, he's been scoring very well, even today.
01:10You feel that he is going to come out firing this evening,
01:17and it's a question of can he pay Trump back early, I think.
01:22If Trump wins some of the early frames, he might take the wind out of his sails,
01:26but we'll enjoy watching.
01:27These two both had really good junior careers.
01:42Sundays were about going to places like Willie Thorne's in Leicester
01:46and other clubs around Britain, playing the other leading juniors,
01:49dreaming of occasions like this, when, of course, they're both world champions
01:53and two of the most accomplished players of the last 20 years.
02:0219.
02:10Yeah, I guess Murphy knew that that run of frames unanswered.
02:14Well, very few frames went against him, put it that way.
02:17He only lost three frames here in Berlin.
02:19He lost a couple in the qualifier to get here,
02:21but all week he's played some of the best players in the world
02:24and just lost three frames in total.
02:28So tonight was always going to be,
02:30or this final was always going to be a little different to that
02:32against someone like Judd Trump, who's also there playing well.
02:38Now, this next shot, he won't be certain of where the cue ball's going,
02:43but he's going to try and top it through the bunch.
02:45A lot of reds to pass here.
02:50And he's flicked one.
02:51Glorious uncertainty of snooker, isn't it, sometimes?
03:02I've read that he hit first of all.
03:04It's gone all the way up into the yellow pocket.
03:06Can you believe it?
03:07Well, dramatic start, because Trump had a pretty outrageous fluke this afternoon, didn't he?
03:16Got a couple of kisses, a red one in the middle,
03:18but Murphy kind of needed that in.
03:20It's gone in.
03:21Yes, it seemed very difficult to avoid the yellow, didn't it, there?
03:31So, I mean, it was a big fluke, but how big?
03:35He has a shot right through the gap, I think, to this red, to the right corner,
03:39but that is difficult from that sort of distance.
03:41He's playing well and scoring.
03:43This long game is working, but this, by any standards, is a very difficult long pot.
03:49It's a terrific shot.
04:07I mean, it really is.
04:08Look how far away he was, and look how well he hit it.
04:12It did not touch the sides.
04:17He's come out fully pumped up, hasn't he?
04:19I thought the walk-on, he gave it that 360, didn't he,
04:21with the clenched fist, like at the Masters last year.
04:24Alexandra Palace.
04:28And they're still going in here.
04:29Good Brown as well.
04:30He's always going to be leaving this red had he missed it.
04:33So now back around the black spot with every chance to pull one back.
04:37It was 5-2, remember?
04:39He won the last of the afternoon.
04:40It's the reverse of 2015.
04:42His only previous appearance in this final.
04:44He was 5-2 up against Mark Selby.
04:46Selby stole the eighth frame and beat him 9-7 at night.
04:49Of course, this is first to 10.
04:54I think even the brown to middle that he rolled in
04:58and landed on that bottom red was a very assertive shot, I think.
05:03Yes, he had the fluke, but you need luck along the way.
05:11Just come out showing great body language, isn't he, Murphy, here.
05:17Really hitting the ground running.
05:20Determined to produce his best snooker now in this final session.
05:24His record in finals compared to some of the other top players
05:31doesn't quite measure up.
05:34He's actually lost more ranking finals than he's won.
05:37He's lost in 15.
05:38He's won 13.
05:39But this is a great chance to reduce the gap
05:44and to do it in style as well.
05:46Might have to play the red to middle.
05:50It's not the one he played on, but red to corner has got awkward queuing.
06:0055.
06:01Still a little bit to do.
06:03From blue to red, I don't know.
06:07He may have to play a little cannon from the blue onto a red to hold.
06:10That is one of the reasons perhaps he's looking at a bulk colour,
06:14but I think he'll come back to the blue,
06:17and this is not straightforward.
06:21On the left side of the table,
06:22I don't think anything pots to the right corner.
06:25He could pot the blue and gently nudge the reds.
06:27How does it look?
06:41He's walking round very purposefully.
06:46He's not on it unless he uses left-hand side.
06:49He's not on it playing ball.
06:50So from the blue,
06:55you could sense that maybe position was not simple.
07:00The frame is not one.
07:20Well, it's a good lead,
07:24but there's nothing safe, is there?
07:26There's nothing on a cushion, so...
07:3060 in front, but not over the line yet.
07:412.
07:42Goodness me, I think he's angled him.
07:59I think he's angled him.
08:00I'm not sure.
08:02And, of course,
08:03Marcel Eckhart would need to know about this.
08:05This is where I think that things can get a little bit...
08:08uncomfortable.
08:09He's looking to see if he can see a ball full-on.
08:13He might have to replace it.
08:16But sometimes when the ball is that close to the jaw,
08:18you really don't know yourself.
08:20You're down on the shot,
08:21and you think you can see an edge,
08:22but you're never really that certain
08:23because the jaw of the pocket
08:25is not quite like another ball in the way.
08:28And a very suspicious look from Marcel again.
08:39Well, if you play the swerve,
08:46it's hard to think you'd get the keyboard back.
08:50It's a slight worry, this, for Murphy.
08:52Yes, he's 60 in front.
08:54What will that count for if he leaves a chance?
08:57Well, now.
09:13How big a moment could that be
09:15where he angled him there?
09:17And all of a sudden,
09:18he looked as certain to him in the frame when he was in,
09:20and now very much less certain.
09:23Yes, he was fortunate for Trump,
09:26but, of course, Murphy's fluke on the way to the 60
09:29was fortunate.
09:30These things happen.
09:31It's up to Trump to try and take advantage now.
09:46One.
09:53One.
10:18One.
10:20Nine.
10:20Nine.
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10:5015
10:54He's really taking his time here understandably
11:00because this is such a big visit
11:03first frame of the night because they've had about three hours in between
11:06but now we're right into what feels like the biggest frame so far
11:09the way it's played out
11:10Murphy was looking so confident wasn't he
11:16when he was making that break
11:17looking good to pull back to 5-4
11:19yes I wonder what
11:21decision
11:23he's going to make here
11:25he could play to move that red
11:26it's not entirely safe
11:28but he might do
11:29he's got to go past it
11:30I'm putting this one
11:32well there you saw
11:34I think it's pretty safe to say
11:35he did try and move it
11:36he just grazed past it
11:49amazing
11:54this table is so responsive
11:56I mean he didn't even
11:57hit that very hard
11:58so the crunch is coming up now
12:01colour to that other red
12:04it's whether this frame will be one or lost
12:19he'd like to have that one again
12:24he's very slightly developed the red
12:28but I mean he's terribly awkward queuing
12:30he could have played that shot
12:34an awful lot better than the one he did
12:47shot run 33
12:48yeah it was too awkward
12:50so
12:5027 in it
12:53it means Murphy
12:54will just need the red
12:56but everything else is basically on its spot
13:18good shot to use the
13:44as many of the bulk colours as he could to cover the red
13:47he's very much tempted to play the little swerve but he
14:01he's very much tempted to play the little swerve but you're not under any real control
14:16of where the ball's finished playing that
14:20it's not really such an easy shot
14:24there's all that here
14:26whatever he tries
14:27of course if he doesn't
14:29hit the red and miss
14:31we'll certainly be called
14:32at first it didn't look a very threatening snooker but the more you see it
14:44you realise it is
14:46I think the black is covering the
15:02natural line for the up and down
15:04directly into it
15:05which doesn't leave much else
15:11might have to play it with a trace of sight
15:18to just change the angle
15:19let it with left hand side
15:24little heavy handed
15:28give it a chance
15:38not easy
15:39one
15:54it's only the first frame of the evening session but this feels like quite a nerve wracking
16:13moment in the match
16:14four
16:17six
16:27nine
16:39yeah I just thought Murphy looked so confident after that walk on and knocked in the long
16:47red and balls were flying in
16:49had a chance to not only pull one back but really put the pressure on Trump but
16:55you'd fancy Trump to pop these three balls now
16:58and go back to three in front
17:0118
17:06what a start to the night
17:0924
17:1924
17:19frame full of drama
17:23judge Trump with the black
17:25to lead 6-3
17:26very coolly done
17:34there was pressure on all of those
17:36does
17:39Oh
17:40hey
17:42alright
17:45we
17:45hold up
17:48let's do
17:48let's do
17:49press
17:50there
17:50you
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