Hong Kong Masters 2022 LIVE updates – Mark Selby in early action before Judd Trump v John Higgins

SELBY 2-4 FU Ad What a magical break of 49 that is! Fu works his way into a winning position and then produces a sublime double on a red to the middle right. He follows it by teasing one into the bottom right from a tricky angle but can’t do the same with a similar attempt on the black to the opposite corner. It matters little though as he does enough to move within one frame of victory.

SnookerWilliams replaces Zhao at Hong Kong Masters after positive Covid test9 HOURS AGO SELBY 2-3 FU (1-25) Selby clips a red hovering over the pocket into the bottom left corner but then fails with an attempted cut on the pink to the opposite corner. The crowd respond by urging Fu to take full advantage. Can he seize the moment? SELBY 2-3 FU (0-25) There’s a gasp of dismay from the crowd as Fu can’t convince a red tight to the bottom cushion to drop into the bottom right pocket.

SELBY 2-3 FU Selby blasts into the pack via a blue pot to the middle left and loosens a trio of reds. It’s the key to reducing the arrears as he marauds to a break of 112, just missing out on the clearance as the black refuses to go down. SELBY 1-3 FU (0-11) Selby’s luck is out once again when a long red attempt to the bottom left ends with the cue ball rolling into the middle right.

Fu steps in but he fails to sink a black to the bottom right as he tries to prise a few reds out of a tight pack. SELBY 1-3 FU Fu looks in trouble as Selby leaves him stranded in a snooker behind the brown on the left cushion. The home favourite digs out a brilliant shot after an initial foul and somehow wrestles the initiative back his way to go in 3-1 up at the interval with a break of 39.