TWO TIME FORMER WORLD CHAMPION WU JIAQING(FORMERLY WU CHIA CHING) MAKES A SURPRISE SPLASH IN AN ACTION PACKED DAY 1 AT THE 2013 CHINA OPEN By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Jin Li / TOP147.com (Shanghai)–You don’t come to the China Open with the gall thinking you are going to win this

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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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Final day begins with team’s quarter-finals Portoroz, Slovenia: In a classic thriller, Team Netherlands  defeated Team Germany with 2:1. It  is   a  historical  event  for  Team Germany.  It  will  be  the  first  time  that  they  go home  from  a  European  Championships without  any  medal.  They  have  given  their Dutch  opponents  a  hard  time  though.  Niels

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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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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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Many surprises in Portoroz at the Dynamic Billard European Pool Championships Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In  an  intense  battle,  “The  Maharaja”  Imran  Majid (GBR)  defeated 10-ball World Champion Huidji  See  (NED) by  a hair’s breadth 8:7.  It looked like  it  would be Majid’s match from  the very  beginning.  He was leading 6:3 after nine racks and See

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Chicago, Illinois -  Steinway Billiards has been selected as the official location of the 73rd World Tournament of 14.1 ! The championship will take place in New York City on August 19th-24th,2013. Dragon Promotions, in cooperation with Dr.Michael Fedak, will once again produce the greatest straight pool championship in the world in its eighth consecutive

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Koshovyi sends “The Maharaja” to the loser’s side Portoroz,  Slovenia:  Niels  Feijen  (NED)  just  outscored  David  Alcaide (ESP) with 8:3. The start  was a bit  rough for Feijen since his  break shot did not  work too well for him. But he still got his  chances and used them so Alcaide could not get away. After

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Souquet loses to Ekonomopoulos Portoroz,  Slovenia:  Konstantin  Stepanov  (RUS)  defeated  Zoran  Svilar (SRB) with 8:5 in 10-ball and secured his sport among the last 16 players in the field. Stepanov  was  simply the  better  player in  that  match.  His  break  was  more  efficient than Svilar’s.  He  always  had  a ball  down on his break and

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