On April 6, 2022, the Snooker World Championship continued, and Hong Kong's Fu Jiajun made his season debut, returning to the field after two years, and finally Fu Jiajun lost 5-6 to Ian. Burns, who was eliminated in the first round of qualifying, was not a surprise.
Fu Jiajun 44 years old, currently ranked 120th, has won the ranking championship three times, twice reached the world championship four, the best result of the three competitions runner-up, compared to the personal achievements of Chinese players, Fu Jiajun is second only to Ding Junhui, after obtaining the professional wild card issued by the World Taiwan Federation, he has not participated in the competition, this time is also Fu Jiajun after two years, the first battle to return to the field, received everyone's attention.
Ian. Burns, ranked 111th in the world, has won many times over seeded players, has a certain personal ability, and the two sides have only met once in their careers, when Fu Jiajun eliminated Ian. Burns advanced and came up to draw Ian. Burns is not a good signing, Fu Jiajun has been away from the field for too long, it is difficult to play at a normal level, both sides have a chance to win, and in the end it is still up to the impromptu play.
Fu Jiajun was not in good shape in the first set, and there was a simple mistake in losing the opportunity ball, Ian. Burns won the fight 72-26, and in the second set Fu Jiajun did not defend well and directly missed the ball, Ian. Burns completed a high-quality clearance, blasted out a single 141 points to win another set, refreshing the highest single score, and in the third set Ian. Burns took advantage of the chase, shooting a single 53 points to win another set at 67-14 to suppress Fu Jiajun.
In the fourth inning, the two sides made mistakes against each other, and Fu Jiajun seized the opportunity to play a single 50 points to return the color at 82-49, and after the intermission, the game continued, Ian. Burns only scored 20 points to interrupt the attack, Fu Jiajun played a single 99 points to win another set, the sixth set of the two sides fought for a long time, and finally Fu Jiajun completed the clearance, won 68-54, Fu Jiajun 0-3 behind the equalizer.
Then Ian. Burns stopped the loss in time, seized Fu Jiajun's simple mistake, and played a single shot of 90 points, and in the eighth set Ian. Burns played several times, won another set 76-35, won the match point 5-3, and in the ninth set Fu Jiajun blasted out a single shot of 122 points to save a match point, followed by Fu Jiajun's narrow victory of 67-55, the decisive game Ian. Burns scored a single 73 points to end the game and eventually beat Fu Jiajun 6-5.
In the game that ended earlier, Yuan Sijun blasted out a single shot of 130 points, 105 points, 62 points, 58 points to eliminate Rose 6-3. Muir, who became the fourth Chinese player to win the first qualifying round, was eliminated after Wu Anyi lost 2-6 to McLeod, and Chang Bingyu led Daniel 5-4. Wells, who got the match point, was stopped because the game was too slow and had to wait for the other players to continue after the game was over.