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New heights as Hong Kong snooker star Marco Fu delights at his highest-ever world ranking
Hong Kong cueman returns from the world championship, where he reached the quarter-finals, and says he owes his new-found success to his family and coach
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Hong Kong star Marco Fu Ka-chun has credited his family, his coach and a “bit of everything” for helping him achieve his best-ever season-ending world ranking of No 6.
Celebrating 19 years as a professional, the 39-year-old is enjoying a new-found confidence in his game, which garnered one ranking tournament victory in the recently concluded season – last December’s Scottish Open – plus a final appearance at the Players Championship. He also made two other semi-final appearances at the UK Championship and World Grand Prix. Last week, he reached the quarter-finals of the world championship at the Crucible, losing to eventual champion Mark Selby of England.
“Ive been ranked sixth before [2013/2014 season] but that was a provisional ranking. It’s great to finish the season on a high,” said Fu. “I had a consistent season, winning one tournament and reaching semis in three others. I’m happy with that.”
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Fu was delighted that he finished the season on a career high as he pushed his career earnings past £2.3 million (HK$23m).
The Hong Kong cueman is ranked behind world No 1 Selby, former four-time world champion John Higgins of Scotland (2), England’s Judd Trump (3), China’s Ding Jinghui (4) and England’s Barry Hawkins (5).
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