RAINHAM snooker star Gerard Greene crashed out of the PowerHouse UK Snooker Championships in York last night after losing to Marco Fu from Hong Kong.

Greene came back from 5-7 to level at 7-7, but world No 27 Fu took the last two frames comfortably to reach the second round of the £615,000 event at the Barbican Centre.

Fu said: “Gerard has been the man in form lately and he kept me under pressure throughout. A lot of frames went down to the last few balls and I am really pleased to get through.

“I'm changing my technique at the moment and my confidence has been low because I've lost so many first-round matches. So this was an important game for me to win.”

Fu now takes on Australia's Quinten Hann.