Marco Fu Sidelined for Twoโ Months with Fractured โขElbow
Hong Kong snooker star โคMarco Fu will beโค out of action for approximately two monthsโค after sustaining โคa fractured โelbow, accordingโ to โa report from SnookerHQ.com.โ the injury casts doubt โคon his participation in several โฃupcomingโ tournaments, including the UK Championship at the end of November.
Fu recently qualified for โthe Northern โIreland open in Belfast, defeating Amir Sarkhosh and Jamie Jones,โ but the โคinjury haltsโฃ his upward momentum โคon the rankings list. This latest setback adds to a history of health challenges for the 46-year-old,including laser โฃeye โsurgery in 2017โข to โคtreat retinalโ degeneration and a previous incident of doubleโข vision โคat the 2024 German Masters,forcing โa โฃmid-match withdrawal.
A mainstay on the professional snooker circuit for over โtwo decades,โ Fu turned professional in 1998 after winning the IBSF World Amateur Championship. He โquickly established himself as โคa topโค player,reaching the final of the Grand Prix in Preston shortlyโค after.
Fu has secured three ranking โtitles โthroughout his career: the 2007 Grand Prix, defeating Ronnie O’Sullivan โ9-6; the โข2013 Australian Goldfields Open; and the โ2016 Scottishโข Open, where he โtriumphed over โNeil Robertson and โJohn Higgins.He was also โขrunner-up to Ding Junhui at the 2011 Masters and โฃreached the semi-finals atโข the Crucible Theatre twice.more recently, he reached the final of โthe 2022 Hong Kong Masters,โ ultimately losing toโข O’Sullivan.