Fu sets up OSullivan final clash

Marco Fu set up a final against Ronnie O'Sullivan of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix in Aberdeen after battling to a late-night win over Gerard Greene.

The world number 27 finally won 6-5 in a match lasting four hours and now takes on O'Sullivan, who came from 5-2 down to beat Shaun Murphy 6-5.

It is Fu's first ranking final since the Grand Prix in 1998.

"I'm very happy to be in the final. It was a real struggle to get over the line," said Fu, who had trailed 4-3.

His recovery saw him move to within one frame of victory with a 5-4 lead but Greene snatched the 10th frame on the black to set up a decider.

Greene looked set for victory when Fu missed an easy pink but the Kent-based Northern Ireland international failed to capitalise and missed out on the final.

Fu, who made breaks of 73 and 106, added: "I'm very disappointed with that performance.

"I wasn't nervous, but I was very tired towards the end of the match. I feel terrible after that match, I didn't play well.

"It's frustrating because nine years is a long time to reach a second ranking final. Today I struggled.

"I've been to semi-finals since then, but that doesn't mean anything. Mentally I've not been strong enough, but hopefully I can put that right in this year's final."

Murphy was dominant early on with breaks of 138 and 108 helping him to build up a comfortable advantage.

But O'Sullivan came to life to run off breaks of 75, 72 and two 62s to claim victory.

"I felt the tension out there in a situation like that - you wouldn't be human if you didn't feel like that," said O'Sullivan.

"It's good to come back like that. I didn't think I could - but I kept plugging away.

"I just felt tension from the off. It was a strange kind of game; I've done well to win it in the end."

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