In the early morning of April 13, Beijing time, the 2023-24 World Snooker Championship qualifying tournament continued. In the second round of qualifying, Hong Kong's Fu Ka-chun faced world champion Ken Doherty, who won three match points 9-6 after the 15th game. In the first round, Fu Jiajun defeated the women's world champion Sripatong 10-1.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament has been released. Fu Jiajun, a star from Hong Kong, China, who has reached the top 4 of the World Championships twice, is currently ranked 83rd in the world.
In the first round of the World Championship qualifiers, his opponent was the 24-year-old women's world champion Sripatong. In this match against Sripatong, Fu Jiajun played extremely domineering, and after the ninth game, he won 9-0 match points and won 10-1 to advance.
In the second round, Fu Jiajun faced 1997 world champion Kendaherty, who had a bye in the first round. In the first stage of the second round with Doherty, the two players played very closely, and after the ninth game, Fu Jiajun fell behind his opponent 4-5.
Regarding the performance of the two players in the first stage, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "In the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament, 112 into 80 rounds, Ken Doherty scored 71 and 50 points in a single stroke, leading 2-0 at the beginning, and Fu Jiajun won three games in a row to achieve a 3-2 overtake. ”
The official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour continued: "Doherty won two games in a row and overtook 4-3 again, and Fu Jiajun equalized the score 4-4 with 61 points in a single stroke. In the chaos of the ninth game, Fu Jiajun left a chance to pocket the blue ball, and Doherty cleared the table to complete the super score, and finally Doherty 5-4 Fu Jiajun ended the first stage. ”
After a few hours of rest, Fu Jiajun and Doherty started the second stage of the battle. The two sides won one game each, and the score was tied at 5-6. From the twelfth game to the fifteenth game, Fu Jiajun launched a strong counterattack, he won four games in a row, overtook the score and won 3 match points 9-6.