World Championship: Marco Fu stuns Luca Brecel, Mark Allen and Shaun Murphy also go through

ByEurosport

Updated 17/04/2017 at 22:09 GMT

Marco Fu produced a brilliant comeback to recover from a 7-1 defecit to beat Belgian youngster Luca Brecel at the Crucible in Sheffield.

Marco Fu

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Fu, who was well off his game in Sunday's late session, eeked his way back into the game against an increasingly nervy opponent.

And, with the arena's divider up and the full crowd watching, Fu triumphed in a nail-biting deciding frame.

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On the other table on Monday night, Mark Allen also survived a tough encounter, sneaking past Jimmy Robertson 10-8.

EVENING SESSION

Marco Fu 10-9 Luca Brecel

7-86 (55), 0-109 (109), 24-61, 5-78, 8-94 (94), 69-30, 10-78 (62), 0-76 (76), 105-0 (105), 83-29 (75), 83-17 (83), 7-64, 88-8, 66-9, 81-22, 61-53, 17-99, 85-13, 104-1 (56)

Centuries: Two

Mark Allen 10-8 Jimmy Robertson

30-82 (60), 37-100 (86), 69-55 (Allen 63, Robertson 55), 8-96 (61), 105-0 (105), 1-86 (78), 68-39, 62-50, 100-0 (100), 20-66, 16-102, 74-51, 29-124 (66, 54), 76-7 (60), 70-56, 1-70 (66), 63-18, 97-0 (97)

Centruries: One

BINGHAM AND MURPHY THROUGH

Stuart Bingham moved into the second round at the World Championship with a 10-5 win over Peter Ebdon.

The 2015 world champion arrived at Monday’s session with a 5-4 lead, but pounced on Ebdon’s errors to secure a comfortable win.

Bingham goes onto play Kyren Wilson in the last 16.

Meanwhile, Ding Junhui fired three centuries - including a tournament high 136 break - to dominate the first session of his clash with Zhou Yuelong. He leads 7-2.

In the afternoon session, 2005 champion Shaun Murphy edged a close encounter with 17-year-old Yan Bingtao, eventually winning 10-8, to set up a second-round clash with Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Three-time winner John Higgins took a commanding 7-2 lead over Martin Gould and will complete his match on Tuesday morning.

AFTERNOON SESSION

Shaun Murphy (Eng) 10-8 Yan Bingtao (Chn)

85-11 (52), 22-109 (109), 89-23 (54), 128-6 (112), 119-6 (118), 41-66, 46-85 (67), 75-40, 81-0 (81), 62-28, 4-96 (56), 59-63, 109-16, 54-70, 0-94, 0-108, 0-72, 67-65

Centuries: Three