| - Thanks for joining me this evening; make sure you stick with Eurosport for all the latest Snooker news... | |||
| 9-7 ...AND HIGGINS DOES IT! The crowd erupt as the hometown hero seals the win with an emotional clearance! He looked shaky at times, but held on to see off the fightback and win the title! | |||
| 8-7 Day misses the penultimate red to allow Higgins to the table with a 54-36 lead...what a pot! The long red goes down... | |||
| 8-7 Higgins makes 46 before a poor split on the reds halts him in full flow...an outrageous fluke on a red gets Day going... | |||
| 8-7 Day races to a break of 90 to keep this final alive...great break, that one...Day looks like he has decided to go for everything...which should make it an interesting conclusion... | |||
| 8-6 An ill-judged back-double from Day allows a clearly struggling Higgins to add a few more points to his tally and leave Day leaving a snooker...which he can't get. Higgins is within one frame of the match. | |||
| 7-6 Day twice almost messes up his clearance after Higgins lets him in with a poor shot with the rest on the final red...but Day does clear to clinch his fourth in a row. | |||
| 7-5 Day makes 89 to comfortably win the first frame back after the interval...three successive frames now for the Welshman...is Higgins beginning to feel a little uncomfortable? | |||
| 7-4 Day looks good before a kick leaves him out of position and he is very unfortunate to knock in the pink when firing home a wonderful recovery red...Higgins then immediately gets an enormous slice of luck to snooker Day when missing a red...BUT DAY STEALS IT AT THE DEATH! Bad safety from Higgins on the yellow allows Day to step in. | |||
| 7-3 Day settles himself down with a frame-clinching break of 69 to win the tenth...still a long way to go, although he will be feeling a lot better now... | |||
| 7-2 Day misses a simple red with the rest after failing to kill off the frame with a break of 52...Higgins takes full control of the match by punishing the Welshman again... | |||
| 6-2 Ryan Day takes an age over a red...he misses it, and Higgins steps in...lots of work to do, but a superb break of 62 helps him over the line. Big frame that, and Higgins stretches his lead... | |||
| - Hi, welcome back; the players are just about to re-enter the arena for the second session... | |||
| - So, that's it for the afternoon session; Higgins holds a three-frame lead as the players take a break. Join us at 7pm for a further ten possible frames... | |||
| 5-2 Higgins makes 65 before laying a snooker behind the black...Day rushes an attempt to get out of the snooker, misses the final red and concedes the frame. | |||
| 4-2 Day gets out of jail a little as Higgins hands him a second chance to clinch the frame...an 82 clearance to the blue gets the Bridgend potter rolling again. | |||
| 4-1 Higgins makes 52 before running out of position and playing safe...Day leaves a red over the corner with his first safety...Higgins rolls it in but again plays safe afterwards...a 53-point lead with seven reds left...and Higgins returns to the table to clinch it. He is beginning to pull away here... | |||
| - The players are back out after their interval; Ryan Day will be keen to get into the match as soon as possible - he doesn't want the double-world champion to get away from him... | |||
| 3-1 Bisping makes 57 before a split into the remaining pack of reds is unkind and he has to play safe...and a poor safety from Ryan allows the Scot to step in and seal it to take a 3-1 lead into the mid-session interval. | |||
| 2-1 A missed red from Higgins when well set on 24 hands a chance to Day...this one, the Welshman takes with a break of 64. Higgins returns to the table needing two snookers...he can't get it, and Day finishes things off. | |||
| 2-0 Day makes an opening contribution but falters just short of the half-ton...Higgins steps in to win it with a classy 85 to take a 2-0 lead. | |||
| 1-0 Higgins's lead is 63, leaving Day needing snookers. He manages to take both of them but misses a yellow with the rest... and Higgins makes the opening frame safe. | |||
| 0-0 Higgins already building points and a healthy lead over the Welshman. Up to 40 at present. | |||
| 14:45 Play starts, Higgins already looking to build a break. | |||
| 14:40 Here they come - the 'Wizard of Wishaw' and 'Dynamite' Day. | |||
| 14:30 Play is due to start shortly - the crowd are in and expectant as their man looks for a fourth title here in the Grand Prix. | |||
| - Welcome to the final of the Grand Prix in Glasgow, where hometown hero John Higgins takes on Ryan Day. |