Move over Ding, let Tian join in

Dark horses are pulling ahead of homegrown heroes at the ongoing World Snooker China Open, with local ace Ding Junhui and Marco Fu from Hong Kong both crashing out in the first round to a new generation of players.

Pundits are now clamoring around the likes of Tian Pengfei after he derailed world No 14 Fu's campaign at the get-go yesterday with a 5-2 thumping in front of the television cameras.

"Tian did a good job today in terms of controlling and defending," said Fu after his loss to the rising star. "I seemed to play with a top-eight ranked player and he grabbed every opportunity in the game."