Marco Fu has revealed his intentions to play on this 12 months’s World Snooker Championship in Sheffield.
The Hong Kong cueist hasn’t participated on the Important Tour for the reason that begin of 2020, when he misplaced within the first spherical of that 12 months’s Welsh Open.
Fu, a former World Snooker Championship semi-finalist, has abstained from the circuit through the international coronavirus pandemic.
Because of this, the 44 year-old shortly dropped outdoors the highest 64 on the official rankings listing and was subsequently relegated.
However Fu was instantly granted an invitational tour card in recognition of his achievements within the sport and the weird circumstances surrounding his extended absence.
Though he hasn’t utilised that possibility till now, the three-time former rating occasion winner will quickly be making his long-awaited comeback.
“I’ve simply entered this 12 months’s World Championships!” Fu tweeted on Monday to the delight of many snooker followers.
Referee Jan Verhaas replied that it was “nice information” and there have been dozens of extra messages of help.
The previous world quantity 5 will, after all, have to begin proper initially of the qualifiers when he rejoins the motion in Sheffield subsequent month.
Meaning Fu might want to win 4 matches in whole earlier than he’ll probably have the chance to compete on the Crucible Theatre once more.
It’ll be fascinating to see what sort of customary he’ll be capable to produce and it’s certainly inevitable that he might be a bit rusty.
However there might be many opponents within the qualifiers who might be determined to keep away from somebody of Fu’s calibre.
Along with reaching finals of each the UK Championship and the Masters, Fu gained silverware on the 2007 Grand Prix, 2013 Australian Open, and 2016 Scottish Open.
The World Snooker Championship qualifiers get below method on April 4 on the English Institute of Sport.
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