China vs Europe: Fu Xiaofang vs Immonen Hangzhou, China – China will take on Europe in two separate matches during the World Mixed Doubles. In the first, China’s team of Xiaofang Fu and Haitao Liu will take on Finland’s World Champion Mika Immonen and Marika Poikkioiki. Then China’s Siming Chen and Hewen Li will...
THE QUEEN IS BACK A RESURGENT PAN XIAOTING JOINS SIX OTHER CHINESE PLAYERS AS SHE ESCAPES INTO THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Pan Xiaoting by Ted Lerner Shenyang, China – Riding an unstoppable wave that she helped create, Chinese superstar Pan Xiaoting, moved into the quarterfinals of the 2011 Women’s World...
Field Reduced to Final Four in China Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer Two rounds were completed on Saturday at the Kappa 209 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship. In the first round the field was reduced from sixteen players to eight. This round found number one seed Chou Chieh-Yu (CHN) upset 9-4 by Zhou Doudou (CHN) and Allison...
World 8-Ball Championships Field Narrows to 32 Fujairah, UAE by WPA Staff One half of the billiards field has now been eliminated from the World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, UAE. There are some powerful cues that will not again leave their cases here. Darren Appleton, a strong 8-ball player from Great Britain, was eliminated...
Philippines Knocked Out of World Cup Defending champions Philippines have crashed out of the 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool. The Filipino duo of Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante suffered a shock 9-6 defeat against the Chinese pairing of Fu Jian-bo and Li He-wen. Philippines won the 2006 World Cup of Pool but suffered...