The 2022 World Snooker Championships officially kicked off, with a championship prize of up to £500,000, and the winner will become the world champion, which is far less important than other tour competitions. To this end, the active players will do their best to play well and strive to play well at the World Championships. What makes fans excited is that after two years, the famous snooker star Fu Jiajun will officially return to the tournament to participate in this World Championship!
Fu moved to professional racing in 1998 and has won three ranking titles in his 24-year career – the 2007 World Grand Prix, the 2013 Australian Open and the 2016 Scottish Open. In the three major competitions, he reached the final of the 2008 British Championship and the 2011 Masters and finished second.
The last time Fu Jiajun participated in the tournament was at the 2020 Welsh Open, but he stopped because of his loss to Ding Junhui. Subsequently, Fu Jiajun had to undergo surgery due to eye disease, and many competitions could not compete. After the eye disease improved, and in time for the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, Fu Jiajun always chose not to participate in the snooker competition at home.
It wasn't until last month that Fu decided to return to the tournament and rush to England for the 2022 World Championships, but starting with the qualifiers. According to the arrangement, Fu Jiajun will face the 37-year-old Burns in the first round, and the two have met as early as the 2017 World Open, when Fu Jiajun won 5-3.
Fu Jiajun did not participate in any competitions in two years, and after returning to the United Kingdom, Fu Jiajun revealed that he practiced at Ding Junhui Snooker College and Victoria College, and felt good in practice, during which he scored a staggering 149 points. Fu Jiajun said: "I am very happy, I can return to the tournament again, I have missed a lot in two years. ”
"After a period of training, I feel that my competitive form is slowly recovering, but despite this, the real race is still an unknown and full of uncertainty. When I received an invitation email from the Tour, I was hesitant to attend until recently when I made up my mind. I want to tell myself to play again. ”
"In my career playing snooker, I have won some championships, and although it is not a World Championship, a Masters or an English Championship, being able to compete with the top snooker players has been the highlight of my career. What I remember vividly is that in the 1998 Grand Prix I beat Roño Sullivan 5-2 and even reached the final. I didn't have much hope of beating O'Sullivan, you know, he was the best snooker player in the world. ”
Fu Jiajun, who returned to the tournament, will finally achieve what kind of results, let us wait and see. Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong, the rising stars, began to shine, Ding Junhui's competitive state has slowly recovered, and now That Fu Jiajun is back, I believe that Chinese players will set off a wave of excitement in snooker!