"I've got to take confidence from a win like this, to be up against it all the way and come through in the end, and to win the last frame in style in one visit is very pleasing," said Hendry, who made his Crucible debut in 1986, the year Allen was born. The Scot staged a superb comeback to beat Northern Ireland's Mark Allen after winning the last three frames to seal a 10-9 victory. Tuesday's evening session also saw former world champion Shaun Murphy confirm his status as one of the favourites for this year's title as he powered to a 7-2 lead over an outclassed Dave Harold.Įarlier Hendry insisted he can defy the doubters and win an eighth World Snooker title following a thrilling first round win. There are two other Chinese cuemen who have made the finals, Liu Chuang and Liang Wenbo.īritish bookmakers William Hill face a 100,000 pounds (200,000 dollars) payout to Dr You Sen Huang from Beijing, who, 11 years ago staked 200 pounds at odds of 500/1 on a Chinese-born player becoming world champion before 2010. The Chinese star made nine points before breaking down, and repeated the mistake soon after.īut a superb escape from a tricky snooker behind the green swung the match back in Ding's favour, and he took full advantage with a 76 break taking him into the second round.ĭing's emergence along with Fu has been credited with eliciting a huge interest in the sport in Asia which was illustrated when a staggering 110 million people tuned into the China Open final in 2005 when Ding made his breakthrough by beating seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry. The final frame started with both players missing testing long reds, but Fu's effort ended up over the pocket, gifting Ding his first chance. The 21-year-old Ding - who is the youngest player ever to win three ranking titles the China Open and UK Championships in 2005 and the Northern Ireland Trophy in 2006 - led 5-1 but the less spectacular Fu recovered to trail 5-4 at the end of the opening session.įu carried on that run of form against a player who has yet to make it past the quarter-finals in a ranking tournament this season to take a 6-5 lead.ĭing, though, regrouped and two breaks of 97 and 114 saw him resume control of the clash, before the world number nine took his third chance in the decider.ĭing looked to be in total control of the opening session after breaks of 113, 87 and 99 saw him soar four frames clear. Ding eliminated Fu in the deciding frame of the best-of-nineteen game. China's Ding Junhui (front) and Marco Fu from Hong Kong of China react during the first round of the Snooker World Championships in Sheffield of England April 22, 2008.
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