On the evening of March 7, Beijing time, a piece of good news came, and Fu Jiajun announced on his personal social media account that he had just registered for this year's World Championships. For the first time, netizen fans have left messages to congratulate, and the official social account of the World Snooker Tour has also forwarded Fu Jiajun's dynamics and congratulations: Welcome! Great news! Send little red flowers!
As a result, China's six major champions (Fu Jiajun, Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi) competed in the World Championships, and the dream lineup was exciting!
Fu Jiajun is a first-generation Chinese snooker prodigy! In 1997, at the age of 19, Fu Jiajun won five championships in one fell swoop, earning him the reputation of Wonder Boy. In 1998, at the age of 20, Fu Jiajun began to compete in the world professional snooker world, and reached the final of the British Grand Prix of Snooker in his first season, becoming the first Chinese to enter the final of the snooker professional competition. In the following seasons, Fu Jiajun made history and shot his first career score of 147, becoming the first Chinese to reach the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In 2007, Fu Jiajun defeated O'Sullivan in the final of the London Grand Prix to win the first ranking competition of his career. With the rise of Ding Junhui and consecutive championships, Fu Jiajun and Ding Junhui became The business card of China's snooker, after which Liang Wenbo won the English Open championship, and the era of China's snooker troika was officially formed.
In recent seasons, especially this season, the new Chinese snooker force has begun to carry the flag, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi have won the ranking championship, and there are three major championships, and the number of ranking champions in the history of China's snooker has reached a record 6.
However, after losing to Ding Junhui in the first round of the Welsh Open in February 2020, due to the consideration of the epidemic situation and safety factors, Fu Jiajun began to no longer play in professional snooker matches, of course, Fu Jiajun did not announce his retirement, but Fu Jiajun, who has been in a truce state, still triggered everyone's wild thoughts, and the retirement rumors did not go away.
Now, on personal social media accounts, Fu Jiajun finally personally broke the retirement rumors with the 12 words of "just signed up for this year's World Championships", Fu Jiajun returned, this moment, Chinese snooker fans have waited too long! All the top 6 ranking champions in the history of China Snooker will compete collectively in this year's World Championships (including the qualifiers), which is exciting to think about!