O’Sullivan makes his mark on FU

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN avenged his most disappointing defeat of 2003 by beating Marco Fu 5-1 to reach the second round of the £400,000 European Open at the Hilton Conference Centre in Malta yesterday.

O’Sullivan was beaten by Fu in the first round of the Embassy World Championship 11 months ago despite recording a second Crucible 147.

O’Sullivan opened the contest with a break of 110 and played solidly to carve out victory with Fu mustering only one break of more than 40.