Marco Fu reaches quarter-finals after dramatic win as Ronnie O'Sullivan bags 147

Hong Kong’s Marco Fu Ka-chun hailed the “biggest win of my career" after sealing his place in the last eight of the UK Championship with a dramatic 6-5 win over Shaun Murphy, while Ronnie O’Sullivan surged into the quarter-finals with a 147, despite playing on a broken ankle.

Murphy beat Fu 10-9 in a tense 2008 final and the pair went the distance again, with the match being decided on the final black.

The Englishman had looked on course to seal a place in the last eight when he built a 5-3 lead, helped by a superb 137 in the fifth frame, but Fu battled back to level things up at 5-5.

Murphy again seemed to have the edge in the final frame but, after compiling a break of 54, he snookered himself on the final yellow and Fu did not let his opportunity slip, the 36-year-old potting all the colours to take the decider 74-62.

“Overall I’m not happy with the way I played but I regard this as the biggest win of my career,” said world number 10 Fu. “I’ve won matches against top players when I’m playing well but today I don’t feel capable of making a 20 break when I get the chance. Shaun was playing very well and cueing well under pressure.