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- Updated: December 4, 2016
Ronnie O’Sullivan will face Mark Selby in a mouth-watering Betway UK Championship final after beating Marco Fu 6-5 in an epic Saturday night semi in York.
Selby defeated Shaun Murphy 6-2 in his semi-final and will now bid to become just the fifth player to win the UK and World crowns in the same year.
O’Sullivan is among that elite quintet and victory in Sunday’s final would see him tie Steve Davis for the most ever UK titles (six) and also move him second outright on the all-time list of players with the most ranking titles.
O’Sullivan had only dropped five frames all week in reaching the last four but was not at his brilliant best against Fu, despite establishing a 4-2 lead.
Fu had …
