Marco Fu held his nerve to upset 15th seed Alan McManus 13-7 and reach the last eight for the first time in his career.

The qualifier from Hong Kong triumphed over the out-of-form Scot in a match full of safety-dominated frames.

With Fu leading 10-6 overnight, McManus soon reduced the deficit, but a break of 75 put Fu within sight of victory.

The world number 27 then rattled in a 57 break, and when McManus missed a straightforward brown in frame 20, Fu took full advantage to clinch the match.

Remember what match it was in 1998? Marco reached the final by beating O'Sullivan...and was defeated by Stephen LEE's brilliant performance...but is still the fisrt chinese snooker player who ever appears in the final stage in the UK...

QUOTE (南华北翼 @ 28 Apr 2003, 16:45)

Remember what match it was in 1998? Marco reached the final by beating O'Sullivan...and was defeated by Stephen LEE's brilliant performance...but is still the fisrt chinese snooker player who ever appears in the final stage in the UK...

I think it could be the best record of Chinese snooker player in the World Championship.

In 1998, it was Grand Prix.