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| - Fu: "Ronnie made this night very special for me. To play against Ronnie is great because he's the best in the world. This is a dream come true. I played very well today." | |||
| - O'Sullivan: "He played well and he deserved it. It's a big week for Hong Kong and for him." | |||
| 6-9 IT'S ALL OVER! Fu wins his first ranking event trophy, the Grand Prix in Aberdeen, by a margin of nine frames to six. | |||
| 6-8 O'Sullivan records a 52 break, replied by Fu with 34. The former seems set to take the scores to 7-7 but leaves with only 58... and Fu storms to the frame! A red nudged down the left cushion to the top pocket shows the guts this man has got - they have taken him to the brink of this title. | |||
| 6-7 Fu's 44 points not enough as his Essex opponent piles on the points all the way to the pink to snatch a narrow 13th frame win. That could prove crucial. | |||
| 5-7 Fu seems set to extend his lead closer to the nine frames he needs to win this match but misses on 62. That gives the Rocket a chance to come back... he misses to the top left! Fu leaves a red on again and O'Sullivan goes for it, but this time the ball ricochets off the bottom right jaws. After a quick safety exchange Fu does enough to claim the frame. His rival is struggling now. | |||
| 5-6 With the scores at five apiece Fu takes control and does not stop until the blue, 117 points later. That will be the frame to him, then. | |||
| 5-5 Ronnie, on four points, forced to zig-zag the table to rescue a Fu snooker but leaves the red open to the right middle. The Hong Kong cueman wastes little time in dispatching it before building a 94 break to draw level. | |||
| 5-4 Fu back in it as he capitalises on a missed red from his opponent. This one looks like it could go down to the wire. | |||
| 5-3 O'Sullivan takes his lead to two frames in two significant visits, playing both right-handed and left-handed at times and looking equally comfortable with either. | |||
| 4-3 The players emerge for the evening session, the last one of this Grand Prix tournament, the second to be played in the 2007-2008 season. The first, the Shanghai Masters, was won by Dominic Dale. | |||
| 4-3 Ronnie it is who takes that narrow lead into the evening session. Fu gets to 33 before leaving the table and O'Sullivan holds his nerve to close out the frame. | |||
| 3-3 A 68 run this time from O'Sullivan to square it up with one frame to play in this first session. He had a bit of good fortune as he missed an early long red to the bottom right corner but the splitting balls fell nicely and Fu was forced to play safe. | |||
| 2-3 Well Ronnie does indeed win a frame back with a fabulous century break. It will be interesting to see how this match develops - largely a battle of the big breaks so far. | |||
| 1-3 Fu now two frames to the good at the mid-session break after a more drawn out contest involving quite a bit of safe play. This final is best of 17 so O'Sullivan really needs to win one back soon. | |||
| 1-2 O'Sullivan does not get to the table beyond the early exchange as Fu records a century break of 110 to move ahead once more. The Rocket is still the favourite with bookmakers though. | |||
| 1-1 Ronnie hits back in the second frame though to level things up, clearing the table with speed. When he is playing like that he is something to behold. | |||
| 0-1 Marco Fu compiles an assured break of 78, giving lie to his pre-match odds of 4/1. O'Sullivan makes some outrageous pots but isn't interested in playing for snookers and it is first blood to Fu. | |||
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