Marco Fu is set to strive his utmost to achieve the Crucible Theatre after profitable his second World Snooker Championship qualifying match on Friday.

The 2-time former semi-finalist hasn’t featured on the venue phases since 2018 however beat Ken Doherty 10-6 to achieve the penultimate preliminary spherical in Sheffield.

Fu trailed the 1997 world champion 5-4 after the opening session however reeled off breaks of 136, 104, 97, 71, and 61 within the night session to advance.

The 46 year-old from Hong Kong is a former world quantity 5 and a three-time rating occasion winner however has struggled with numerous points in latest seasons.

The previous Masters runner-up was badly impacted by the restrictions of the worldwide pandemic, and he has additionally suffered from eye issues which have affected his imaginative and prescient.

After beating Mark Selby in January, Fu needed to forfeit a match on the German Masters because of the latter concern.

Nevertheless, Fu has no intentions of constructing the identical determination on this occasion having made it midway by way of the qualifying competitors on the English Institute of Sport.

“It’s at all times been a privilege, a dream for everyone, simply to have the ability to play on the Crucible,” Marco Fu, who will subsequent face Hossein Vafaei, advised the World Snooker Tour.

“I miss taking part in there, positively. However I’m simply going to take it one match at a time. I wanted to win 4 matches right here, I’ve gained two.”

“That’s simply midway. It’s going to get tougher to any extent further, so I’m simply going to get pleasure from it.

“That’s crucial factor, I’m beginning to get pleasure from my snooker once more. That’s an enormous plus already. The Crucible is the dream, however one match at a time.

“[The eye problem] is on and off. That would occur tomorrow, that might occur any time. However I’m not going to drag out, it doesn’t matter what occurs right here.

“I’m simply going to strive my finest, strive any method to win. Qualifying for the Crucible could be my aim, however subsequent up is a really robust opponent in Hossein.

“I simply must be 100% and hopefully my eyes will likely be okay for that match.

“I wish to play so long as I can, so long as I’m having fun with myself and taking part in snooker to a good commonplace. That’s necessary as effectively.

“If I can play to the usual tonight, there’s no purpose why I can’t simply keep it up.”

Elsewhere, 2006 world champion Graeme Dott recorded a 10-5 overcome Mostafa Dorgham whereas Irishman Aaron Hill thumped Daniel Womersley 10-3.

It was even higher for veteran Andy Hicks, with the 1995 World Championship semi-finalist thrashing Lengthy Zehuang 10-2.

Chinese language duo Ma Hailong and Jiang Jun secured tight successes in opposition to Martin O’Donnell and Fan Zhengyi respectively.

Oliver Brown beat Dylan Emery 10-8 and Julien Leclercq simply dismantled the problem of Haydon Pinhey in day 5’s different outcomes.

The heavy hitters, in the meantime, will start to enter the fray on this 12 months’s World Snooker Championship qualifying competitors on Saturday.

These ranked from 17 to 48 on this planet rankings be part of the motion within the third spherical, together with the likes of Jack Lisowski, Ricky Walden, Matthew Stevens, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh who’re all concerned on day six.

World Snooker Championship qualifiers draw

All matches are one of the best of 19 frames performed throughout two classes.
Scorelines in italics point out the tip of the primary session.

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