CHEN SIMING AND LIU SHASHA REACH THE FINALS OF THE CHINA OPEN 9-BALL By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer (Shanghai)–Chen Siming and Liu Shasha are both 19 years old. They are both members of the Chinese national women’s team. And they each have a prodigious talent with a cue stick that leaves fans of the

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IT’S THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT AS JUDGEMENT DAY TAKES ITS TOLL AT THE CHINA OPEN 9-BALL By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer  Photos Courtesy of Jin Li / TOP147.com (Shanghai)–There’s nothing quite like Judgement Day in the world of professional pool. Otherwise known as the Day of Reckoning, it’s when

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AS SHE GETS SET TO DEFEND HER CHINA OPEN TITLE THIS WEEK IN SHANGHAI, KELLY FISHER REFLECTS ON AN AMAZING 2012, AND WHAT SHE EXPECTS TO ACHIEVE IN 2013 By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer (Shanghai)–When Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher won the 2012 China Open 9-ball in Shanghai last September, she knew straight away that

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“Lee Vann Corteza (PHI) gewinnt World 9 Ball China Open 2013 im Finale gegen Fu Che-Wei (TPE) mit 11-6. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Omar Al Shaheen (KUW) und Wu Jiaqing (CHN). Bei den Damen gewinnt Liu Shasha (CHN) im Finale gegen Chen Siming (CHN) mit 9-8. Den 3. Platz teilen sich Kelly Fisher (GBR)

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Feijen dedicates title to his little daughter Portoroz,  Slovenia:  The  9-ball  finals  in  this   year’s   Dynamic  Billard European  Pool  Championships  have  been  played.  The  new  Champions   are Niels Feijen (NED), Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) and Fred Dinsmore (IRL). The men’s  final match was a contest between two equal players. However, Zoran Svilar  (SRB)  committed  four unnecessary 

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9-Ball individuals down to final matches Portoroz, Slovenia: In the men’s  semi-final, Niels Feijen (NED) destroyed Mateusz Sniegocki (POL) with 9:4. Feijen was  simply  too strong  for Sniegocki who could  never  get  to his A-game.  Sniegocki committed two fouls  in the first  two racks and was  easy  prey for  Feijen  who  capitalized  from  these mistakes

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Ouschan and Poikkijoki battled it out again Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In  the  women’s  team   event,  Team  Austria  with Sandra  Baumgartner  and  Jasmin  Ouschan  defeated Team Finland,  consisting of Marika Poikkijoki and Riikka Saaranen with 2:0. The  format  is   easy.  Two  players  per Team,  the  disciplines  are  8-ball  and  9-ball. Either  one  team  wins  2:0  or  there 

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Terrific comeback from the Dutch youngster Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In an exciting  thriller,  Ivo Aarts  (NED)  prevailed over Mikael Oegaard (NOR) with 9:7. In the beginning of  the match it  did not  look good for Aarts. He scratched twice on his own break  shot  and  missed the 9-ball once,  so Oegaard  took  his chances  and gained

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8-ball competition down to final matches Portoroz,  Slovenia:  What  an  amazing  match  in  the  women’s semifinal. Marika Poikkijoki (FIN) once more defeated Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) with 6:4. The  story  of  the  match is quickly  told.  Ouschan  has made  mistakes that could hardly  be ever witnessed from  her. Poikkijoki played strong and rock solid and punished

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One sided match for the young Russian Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In a very  one sided match,  Ruslan Chinakhov  (RUS) defeated Tomasz Kaplan (POL) clearly with 8:2. Both players had a great  start  and ran their  racks to  get to  1:1.  On  paper,  one  would  have expected  the match to stay  very  close since the two contestants 

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