Flying Marco Fu advances to third round at The Crucible

Marco Fu dominated the final session to beat Anthony McGill 13-9 and reach the third round of the World Snooker Championships.

The 14th seed, bidding to reach the quarter-finals for the second time in his career, went into last night’s final session with a 9-7 lead in their best-of-25 encounter.

Fu won the first three frames of the session to get within one of victory and although McGill pegged him back, the Hong Kong cueman held his nerve to set up a clash with either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Barry Hawkins.