On April 5, the first round of the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifiers entered the second matchday, and the Chinese team made many appearances. Fu Jiajun, a famous Player from Hong Kong, China, who has not appeared on the professional stage for two years, returned this time to compete in the World Championship qualification round, trying to impact the Crucible Main Tournament. But the overall state is not good, and finally in the case of falling behind, chased to the decider, regrettably lost to the English player 5-6, the world ranking only 110th Ian Burns, stopped the first round, regretful farewell. As of press time, the Chinese Legion has 4 people out.
Fu Jiajun, a famous player in Hong Kong, China, was once the leader of the Chinese legion in the professional snooker field, and he had already achieved the achievement of ranking championship long before Ding Junhui landed in the professional field, and then became the twin star of the Chinese legion with Ding Junhui. At the World Championships, he also reached the top 4, becoming the first professional player in Asia to achieve this achievement. However, in recent years, his state has fluctuated, coupled with the impact of eye diseases, so he gradually faded out of the professional arena after the outbreak of the epidemic two years ago, and he was relegated at the end of the season last year.
Fortunately, the World Snooker Tour, based on Fu Jiajun's outstanding contribution and influence on the professional field, gave him the opportunity to pass for two years, allowing him to continue to stay on the professional field. However, due to the impact of the epidemic, Fu Jiajun has not been able to return this season, but has lived in Hong Kong for a long time, carrying out related work in the field of snooker and maintaining training. Until recently, he officially announced his return and will participate in the end of the season, starting from the qualifiers. Since he has never competed, he is at the bottom of the world rankings and has to face the test of four qualifiers.
In the first round of the qualifiers, Fu Jiajun's opponent was Burns, who had a mediocre performance this season, the best result was to reach the round of 32 in the single-time limited time, and the other competitions were basically dismal rounds, ranking 110th in the world. Perhaps it was Fu Jiajun, who had not played for a long time, that allowed Burns to find a certain feel and state, and he took a 3-0 lead at the beginning of the game, and played a large break of 141 points in the second set, refreshing the highest single score in the qualifiers. Fu Jiajun then recovered from his form, winning three consecutive sets and chasing him to a 3-3 draw. Burns then won two more consecutive sets to take a 5-3 match point. Fu Jiajun, who was forced to the end of the road, sent out a single shot of 122 points to break the hundred, chasing 4-5. In the 10th set, Fu Jiajun chased points successfully in the case of falling behind, and won two consecutive sets to drag into the decider. However, in the decider, Burns took the lead in scoring a single shot of 73 points to complete the super point, Fu Jiajun tried to defend and chase the points unsuccessfully, and finally regretted losing 5-6, stopping the first round out.
In the many matches that have been concluded before, among the players who appeared in the Chinese Legion, Zhang Anda, Zhang Jiankang, Xu Si and Yuan Sijun all won and successfully advanced to the second round. Zhao Jianbo, Chen Zifan and Hong Kong Women's Snooker World Champion Wu Anyi, plus Fu Jiajun, the four have ended the entire season ahead of schedule. Among them, Zhao Jianbo suffered the doom of relegation, and if he wants to return to the professional arena in the new season, he needs to participate in the professional qualification tournament in the offseason and strive to return.