Ab dem kommenden Donnerstag, den 23. Mai wird das nächste Euro Tour Event ausgetragen. Bis zum Samstag wird in Sankt Johann/Österreich annähernd die gesamte europäischen Spitze bei den Austria Open 2013, um das Gesamtpreisgeld von 34.000 Euro spielen. Im Vorjahr gewann der Grieche Nikos Ekonomopoulos im Finale gegen Wojciech Szewczyk aus Polen mit 9-4 die

[weiterlesen ...]

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

[weiterlesen ...]

May 14, 2013 (Las Vegas, Nevada) The World Professional Billiard League has expanded its previous roster of 48 players (36 fulltime and 12 alternate) to 60 by adding a second alternate to each team. The WPBL season will kick off Thursday May 30th at 6pm PST with a free live broadcast from the WPBL Arena

[weiterlesen ...]

“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)

[weiterlesen ...]

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

[weiterlesen ...]

Exciting upsets during the 9-ball competition Portoroz, Slovenia:  In an amazing match, Bahram  Lotfy  (DEN) eliminated former World Champion Oliver Ortmann (GER) with 9:5. The match probably could not have gone any better for Lotfy  or any  worse for  Ortmann.  Statistics  of  the  match  say  that  both players  played  on  an  equal level.  They  both 

[weiterlesen ...]

Bad day for German Men Team Portoroz,  Slovenia:  Martine  Christiansen  (NOR)  accomplished  her mission over Katerina Spyrou (CYP) with 7:3. Spyrou had a great start  but  she could not keep that  level throughout the whole match.  In fact,  her  safety  play  and  break  shots  need  to be improved.  “I normally  play  black  ball and  snooker. 

[weiterlesen ...]

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

[weiterlesen ...]

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

[weiterlesen ...]

Souquet in the loser’s round Portoroz,  Slovenia:  In  a  real  tough  struggle,  Marika  Poikkijoki  (FIN) remained victorious over Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS) with 6:5. The match was a head-to-head race at all times. It was also determined by many  missed  shots  from  both  contestants which proved the amount of nervousness that was obviously  striking them. But

[weiterlesen ...]