Dominant Marco Fu thrashes world champion Mark Selby to move into the semi-final of the Players Championship
Hongkonger completes one of his finest performances of the season as he overcomes world number one in the quarters in Wales
Classy Marco Fu Ka-chun completed one of his finest performances of the season on Thursday as he overcame world number one Mark Selby in the quarter-finals of the Players Championship in Wales.
The Hong Kong potter was at his brilliant best to complete a 5-2 win over the reigning world champion.
His prize for beating the Leicester man is a semi-final date with either Chinese number one Ding Junhui or Scotland’s Anthony Hamilton who meet later today.
In a repeat of the 2016 World Championships semi-final, Fu was forced to twice come from behind to level the score at 2-2 after Selby began the stronger opening up with an 86 break.
From there it was all Fu as breaks of 85 and 68 helped the 39-year-old to his fifth semi-final appearance of the season.
“I’m very happy with the result,” Fu told worldsnooker.com. “I wasn’t that pleased with how I played, but it is always good to beat the world number one.”