Surging Towards The Finish Line
After a day of dramatic thrillers, Taiwan’s Chang Jun Lin leads the charge into the quarterfinals at the Kuwait Open 9-ball Championship. By Ted Lerner – WPA Press Officer Photos By Takayama Takao (Kuwait City)–With the biggest prize fund in 9-ball pool this year, the Kuwait Open 9-ball Championship predictably attracted as good a collection of the professional games’ best to this Gulf nation of just over 4 million people. And on the third and penultimate day of the sport’s newest event, all that talent and all that promise came to a dramatic head. It was a day that saw the game’s best engage in one epic battle after the next, with match after match taking unexpected twists, with many going right down to the very last rack, and even the very last ball. 64 players commenced battle at 10am, and when it was over close to midnight, eight warriors were left standing, ready for what surely will be a thrilling showdown to the finish on the final day Saturday. In one quarterfinal, surprise entrant […]
