Ireland's Ken Doherty is due to face Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Open today after beating Hong Kong's Marco Fu in their third-round clash in Newport last night.

Ken Doherty has opened a 5-3 first session lead over twice champion John Higgins in the Powerhouse UK Championship today.

Ken Doherty stormed back to snooker prominence by cruising to the Regal Welsh Open title.