China's Ding becomes first Asian to reach world final

(Reuters) - China's Ding Junhui became the first Asian player to reach the world snooker championship final after beating Scotland's Alan McManus 17-11 in Sheffield, England on Saturday. Ding, the world number 17, compiled seven century breaks in the match to set a world championship record and will play England's world number one Mark Selby or Marco Fu of Hong Kong in the best of 35-frame final, which starts on Sunday. Selby and Fu were level at 12-12 after the third session of their semi-final