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Marco Fu in titanic tussle against Neil Robertson at World Snooker Championships
Nothing between the two men as they head to final session locked at 8-8
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Hong Kong snooker star Marco Fu Ka-chun is locked in a ding-dong battle with Neil Robertson, with the score at 8-8 as they go into tonight’s final session.
Fu had to battle back from 4-1 down to 4-4 in the first session at the Crucible, but in the second session neither player could stretch ahead.
Both men traded big breaks, Fu notching 109 to take the score to 5-5 before former world champ Robertson hit 91 to go ahead once more.
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Fu snuck ahead to 7-6, Robertson hit back for 8-7 and Fu levelled with the final frame of the session.
Meanwhile, defending champion Mark Selby looks comfortably placed to reach the quarter-finals, needing just three frames on Monday to see off Chinese opponent Xiao Guodong.
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The 33-year-old Englishman leads Xiao 10-6 after the second session.
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