Marco Fu reaches his first major snooker final

Marco Fu of China's Hong Kong reached his first major snooker final since 2008 on Saturday and credited his run at the German Masters to becoming a father for the first time. The 35-year-old Fu defeated England's Barry Hawkins 6-4 to set up a final meeting with another Briton Ali Carter who beat Australia's former world champion Neil Robertson 6-2 in his semifinal in Berlin. Fu's wife Shirley gave birth to their first baby, a girl called Alicia, on December 22 in London.

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