2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championships: Day 5 - Update
The fifth day of the 2011 Betfred.com World Snooker Championships at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield England, saw an unexpected exit of Marco Fu of Hong Kong. Marco Fu, the world number 21, suffered a defeat from the Englishman Martin
Gould in the match on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.
Marco Fu was conveniently ahead of his English foe with an over-night score-line of 6-3, but Gould started the second session of the play in a very promising manner winning five frames in quick succession. Fu responded to Gould’s dominance,
but could only muster two frames back before Martin wrapped up the match with a 10-8 score-line.
Fu, who had been on the top in the first session of the match, blamed inconsistency in potting to be the cause of his over-night loss.
“Some of the pots I made were good but I’m inconsistent,” said Fu. “It’s just frustrating.”
This is the second consecutive year that Gould had beaten Fu out from the first round at the Crucible. Next he will be facing his compatriot, Judd Trump, in the best-of-twenty-five frames second round.
In the other game for Wednesday night show-down, the Scottish Ace, Graeme Dott, felt the Crucible vibe to aid his progress into the last-16. The Larkhall cueist moved a step closer to his second world title after moving past Mark King
of England with a 10-7 score-line.
"I love playing here, I always have. There's no reason I can't win it,” said Dott after the victory. If I play as well as I did last year, especially in the first session of the Final, I'll be playing at a good enough standard to win.”
Dott rejoined the snooker table with a three-frame lead over the Englishman and soon increased the lead to four-frames. The Romford snooker star rebounded well by winning three successive frames, but was halted as Dott concluded the
game soon to a well-deserved victory.
Dott was quite determined from the start of the tournament, coming with the memory of last year’s event, where he almost made it to the championship title. Dott admitted about the other title contenders, who have formed the opposition
for one another tougher than ever.
“It’s fair to say John Higgins is the favourite just because of the way he’s playing,” said Dott. “But, if you take John out of the equation, you’ve got Mark Williams, who is playing fantastic, and a lot of other players who are serious
contenders. The tournament’s wide open."
However, having the top league players like the world number one, John Higgins, Ronnie O’Sullivan and the two time world champion, Mark Williams, in the running for the title, Dott was adamant that he shall have to play beyond his
limits to come on top of players of that calibre.
He shall play another Englishman, Ali Carter, for the last-16 match-up on Friday & Saturday.
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