

A brilliant clearance in the eighth frame helped Marco Fu of Hong Kong, China to stun former world champion Stephen Hendry of Britain 5-4 at the 2007 China Open snooker tournament here on Tuesday.

Ding Junhui battled through his opening match to keep his fans happy at the Honghe Industrial 2007 World Snooker China Open.

"I am afraid it is very unfortunate both for Ding and Ronnie to meet each other in the first round of the Champions," Stephen Hendry said of his young opponent Ding Junhui and peer rival Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Chinese teenager Ding Junhui continued his impressive run at the British Masters at Wembley when he crushed former world champion Stephen Hendry 6-2 in semi-final.
"I has ranked Ding Junhui as my No.1 rival", world best snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan said of Chinese snooker ace upon his arrival last weekend for Snooker China Open kicking off today.
Chinese ace Ding Junhui made sure this year's SAGA Insurance Masters started in sparkling fashion Sunday with the first maximum 147 break seen at the Wembley Arena in 23 years.
