On February 26, 2021, according to the news released by the Hong Kong media "Sports Road", Fu Jiajun, who has been away from the World Snooker Tour for more than a year, is seriously considering changing his original plan to participate in the World Championship qualification tournament in the UK. According to the rules introduced by WST this season, Fu Jiajun can continue his professional qualifications as long as he enters the main competition.
In January last year, Fu Jiajun formally appealed to the District Court, accusing his former brokerage company and former agent, nicknamed "Daniel", Chen Enneng, without his knowledge or consent, to take away the management of his Facebook Page and ask the court to order the defendants to return all their rights and interests. After a year of trial in the case, Fu Jiajun won the case last month, and although some of the claims were dismissed, meaning that the lawsuit for breach of contract would continue, Fu Jiajun had at least taken back his Facebook account.
After 19 months, Fu Jiajun finally restarted Facebook, posting that in the past year and a half, he deeply felt that many things are not taken for granted, and learned to be grateful and cherished. He mentioned that in the past 500 days, many unpredictable things have happened in Hong Kong and the world, the epidemic has made everyone face unprecedented challenges and crises, some people have lost their careers, health and even lives, and athletes have also been under pressure. Whether the Olympics will be held as scheduled remains unknown. All these factors are putting enormous pressure on our professional athletes and the sports industry. ”
Fu Jiajun also said that during the epidemic, the Hong Kong Sports Academy and the local billiard club were forced to close, and he tasted for the first time that he could not play for more than two months, and he had not been able to participate in professional competitions overseas for more than a year, the world ranking continued to decline, and there was a great chance of losing his professional status, but he was still glad that "during the epidemic period, I was forced to participate in high-risk areas because of the needs of life, and I was still grateful." ”
Fu Jiajun has not returned to the UK to play in the ranking tournament since returning to Hong Kong after losing to China's famous Ding Junhui in the first round of the Welsh Open in early February last year. At present, Fu Jiajun's world ranking has fallen to 72nd, and if it continues to fall, it will lose its professional qualifications. Last November, Fu Jiajun announced that he would give up all competitions this season and hope to get a wild card next season. However, Fu Jiajun's voice at that time did not receive a positive response from WST.
Now, in an interview with hong Kong media "Sports Road", Fu Jiajun revealed that he may change his original intention and consider a "comeback" and is discussing the possibility of participating in this season's World Championships with Wayne Griffiths ,son of Terry Griffiths). "In fact, there has been no game in a year, and the ranking is still around 70, which is better than expected." The World Championships are always the most important event, and Wayne wants me to be able to get into the main tournament through the qualifiers, try to get points, and get higher rankings, in order to be more advantageous to apply to WST for a wild card for the next two seasons and continue to play professional events. However, whether to participate in the final competition or not, it is still subject to the decision of the epidemic situation in the United Kingdom. Fu Jiajun said.
The 2021 World Championship Qualifiers take place at Sheffield from 7-14 April. According to the latest and temporary rules issued by WST this season, fallen players who make it to the main stage of the 2021 Snooker World Championship can qualify professionally for the next two seasons.