Fu Xiaofang's Career

Fu Xiaofang, born in 1988, began to practice in the northeast with his uncle at the age of 15. Northeast China is dominated by Chinese eight balls. In the first three years, Fu Xiaofang put all his energy into eight goals. Before the Third National Games in 2006, Fu Xiaofang switched to playing nine balls, representing the Heilongjiang team at that time. Heiba and Jiuqiu both took part, and won the fourth and sixth place respectively. Fu Xiaofang began to make his mark in billiards.

After playing nine balls, Fu Xiaofang became a close disciple of national champion Zhang Shuchun. Under the guidance of Zhang Shuchun, Fu Xiaofang's skills advanced by leaps and bounds. On July 25th, 2009, Fu Xiaofang Billiards Club was grandly opened under the care of Master: "With your own ball room, you will have a sense of belonging, and it will be more convenient to practice in the future. At the same time, I also hope to discover and train young players through the billiards club and make my own contribution to the billiards cause. " Fu Xiaofang said.

On June 4th, 2009, the first World Nine-Ball China Open ended in Shanghai, and four players from China 16 reached the top. Xiao-Ting Pan stopped in the quarterfinals due to back pain and the pressure of home games, but another female player from Henan, Fu Xiaofang, made it to the semi-finals after beating several strong players.

The China Open is not the first time that Fu Xiaofang has achieved such good results in international competitions. In Osaka Open in 2007, Fu Xiaofang won the World Professional Team for the first time and became a rising star in Ran Ran. Nine goals in the net reached the semi-final again, and her world ranking rose to 22 nd. In this way, Fu Xiaofang, who is six years younger than Xiao-Ting Pan, is called the "First Sister" of the New Nine Balls, but Xiao-Ting Pan's brilliant record of winning three world professional championships still needs her efforts to surpass it. Until nearly 13 years old, Liu Shasha still didn't know what billiards was. I didn't even touch the club. I just heard that Fu Xiaofang, who left the village to study outside three years ago, "had a good time". At this time, Fu Xiaofang is already a national champion and quite famous in billiards. Liu and Fu have a close relationship. When Fu Xiaofang's mother came to Zhangjia and asked Sasha, who was still dissatisfied with 13, if she wanted to learn the ball, the girl who was in the first grade but "not very fond of learning" immediately agreed.

Next, Liu Shasha almost completely copied Fu Xiaofang's growth path. First, Fu's uncle studied billiards in Heilongjiang for two years, and then came to Beijing to study under his tutelage.

Coach Zhang didn't want to accept Sasha as an apprentice at first, mainly because he was afraid that his energy was limited, he couldn't take care of it and couldn't take it well. Therefore, Fu Xiaofang learned from Master and passed the scriptures on to Sasha. The coach saw that "this is not a problem either" and simply taught together.

On the day of practice, at least 8 hours a day, during which you can't send text messages or make phone calls. There are no weekends. "I can have today, I really don't know how to thank Xiao Fang's sister, master and uncle in Heilongjiang. If they hadn't taught me billiards, I might still be working at home or somewhere else. " At the press conference after winning the championship, Liu Shasha insisted on hanging his gold medal around the master's neck and sharing the trophy with Fu Xiaofang. Before the game, the coach set their goal as the top four in the small square and before Sasha 16. When both of them entered the semi-finals, the coach also had ideas about the gold medal, but at that time he pinned more hopes on Xiao Fang. After all, Sasha was still "too young". However, Fu Xiaofang lost to Cole 8-9 in the rematch. On the other hand, Liu Shasha narrowly beat Xiao-Ting Pan by the same score.

"Although it's a pity that I can't meet Sasha in the final, I'm really happier to see her win the championship than I am to win it myself." Fu Xiaofang said this with a hoarse voice. That's when she cheered for Sasha in the final. Two female disciples, one is the first and the other is the fourth. When adapting to the status of "the most successful coach", Zhang Shuchun found himself a little busy. In addition to Liu Shasha's successive celebration banquets on the night of winning the championship, there were numerous interview requests that made him "headache". In just a few days after returning from Shenyang, he can't remember how many reporters he received and how many poses he posed with his disciples to meet the photographer's requirements. As a coach and agent, he has to arrange various competitions and trainings for Sasha and Xiao Fang, and also take care of the sponsorship and signing. "To tell you the truth, I have no culture, except playing ball. Now a lot of things have to be learned slowly. " Zhang Shuchun said.

Before the age of 20, he had fished, dug oil and sold small department stores, but they were all boring. Until I met billiards. At that time, in order to play ball, he had "only slept for a few hours in a few days".

But the family didn't agree. As the eldest of nine children in the family, parents, brothers and sisters don't want him to "hang out in the billiards room every day". Even his girlfriend left him because of this. After four years of persistence, he put down his club and started a taxi. I am so tired every day that I have no time to touch the pole. Until a traffic accident two years later, when he stopped the car, he couldn't help but return to the ball room. Later, he went to Beijing to practice and teach. He became a member of the national team, and his disciples became world champions until today.

But who would have thought it would be today?

At first, everyone thought that all the people who went to the billiard hall were hooligans, and none of them were good people. However, it was true that fighting there was commonplace at that time, and the character and quality were generally not high. Moreover, there were not many games at that time, and the bonuses were even less. I have to rely on gambling to support myself. After a long time and fame, no one wants to gamble with you. Zhang Shuchun sat in his club and recalled playing ball in the basement. Ding Junhui, Xiao-Ting Pan, they are idols, and Liu Shasha. The educational level of players has improved, and players have become people with status and status. In fact, billiards has always had a mass base, but it has not been recognized by everyone before.