Chinese teenage sensation stuns Marco Fu
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Zhao (right) is considered one of China's most promising teenagers. |
Chinese sensation Zhao Xintong made a superb clearance in the deciding frame to beat Marco Fu 5-4 in the first round of Shanghai Masters.
Shenzhen's 17-year-old Zhao was runner-up at the World Amateur Championship last year and is considered one of China's most promising teenagers. He beat Matthew Selt in the wild card round and then scored the best result of his career so far with victory over world number eight Fu.
Fu started with a break of 117 but Zhao won the next three frames with top runs of 114 and 56. The next two frames were shared then Fu battled back to 4-4 and looked set for victory when he led 64-1 in the decider. But a missed match-ball blue to a centre pocket allowed Zhao back to the table and he cleared brilliantly with 64 to snatch it by a single point.
Robertson suffers defeat
Michael White recovered from trailing 3-0 to complete a stunning 5-4 win over Neil Robertson in the first round of the Shanghai Masters.
World number two Robertson became the latest leading name to depart the tournament early on with Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Barry Hawkins all ousted in the first round.
Elsewhere, world champion and world number one Mark Selby beat Ken Doherty 5-2 with a top break of 99. In-form Stephen Maguire enjoyed a 5-1 win over Jimmy Robertson 5-1 while Mark Allen top scored with 87 in a 5-3 defeat of Andrew Higginson.
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