Scores level after wearing Session

Outsider Marco Fu is becoming snooker’s marathon man after an attritional opening session of his 888.com World Championship semi-final with Peter Ebdon at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.

Fu, bidding to become the first Asian player to reach the world final, had been involved in a 59-minute frame – the longest of the 2006 tournament – during a quarter-final win over Ken Doherty that spanned nearly nine hours.