After a break last week due to the Shanghai Masters, the Premier League returned and visited Plymouth this week. Up first was a battle between the Marks: Williams against Selby. It would be the Jester From Leicester Mark Selby who got off to a flyer with a 101 break to win the first frame. That was followed up by a 85-0 frame victory in the second for Selby to immediately put the Welshman Williams under pressure. However he dealt with the pressure remarkably well and posted a 113 break to net a couple of thousand pounds and make the score 2-1. The fourth frame was the closest and most defensive but that always seems to work in Williams' favour and he took the frame 61-52 to level the match. That meant that the winner of the fifth frame would guarantee themselves a point and Williams secured the turn around with a break of 82. Selby didn't have much of a chance after winning the first two frames and he lost the final frame 73-3 to make the final score Mark Williams 4-2 Mark Selby.
The other match of the day saw Ding Junhui play against Ronnie O'Sullivan; Ding lost 5-1to Shaun Murphy in the first week while O'Sullivan drew 3-3 with Marco Fu. However it was Ding who came out all guns blazing netting a quick £2000 after taking out a 122 break in the first frame. O'Sullivan levelled in the second frame with a very defensive state of play the score finished 71-33. O'Sullivan then took the lead in the third with a 119 break to net himself another £2000. Ding levelled again in the fourth which made the result like it could go to a draw. He missed a pink to miss out on another century but just getting level I think would have been good enough. O'Sullivan then took the fifth to guarantee himself another point in another defensive frame, he came out 67-7. The last frame saw both players miss chances a getting level in Ding's case but O'Sullivan just needed to pot the pink for victory and by his standards it was a very easy pink, however he missed it and conceded at 53-44 in Ding's favour to finish the match as a draw. The second consecutive draw for Ronnie and the first point from two games for Ding.
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