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Thursday-Sunday 12-19 May 2013

CHEN SIMING AND LIU SHASHA REACH THE FINALS OF THE CHINA OPEN 9-BALL
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 sport in awe.

And now, the two friends will finally get a chance to go head to head in the finals of one of the biggest tournaments of the year in the world of pool, the 2013 China Open 9-ball in Shanghai. The finals will take place at 1:30pm( GMT +8 ) inside the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium arena. The match will be a race to 9, alternate break.

Both players have achieved fantastic successes in their own short careers but it was Liu who pulled off the most amazing feat, winning the 2009 Women�s World 9-ball Championship when she was just 16 years old. That same year, Chen won the China Open, also at the age of 16.

In the highly competitive world of Chinese women�s pool, however, it is Chen is who considered to have a freakish talent. Much is expected of Chen from her coaches and fans of the sport. Since winning the Philippine Open 10-ball in 2010, she has faltered in the big events in China and she seems to play under more pressure than does Liu.

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The finals will surely be a back and forth affair as both players put in rock solid performances throughout the long day of play today. Chen first took down Austria�s Jasmin Ouschan in a messy match, 9-7. She then manhandled the Philippines� Rubilen Amit, 9-2.

In the semi-finals, Chen met up with defending champion and world number one Kelly Fisher. The Brit had relatively easy wins over Taiwanese Tsai Pei Chen 9 - 3, then Lan Hiushan 9-5, and looked to be cruising towards a repeat of the last year.

Fisher surely knew, however, that she would be in for a much stiffer test in the semis against Chen. The match, which was about as good a pairing as you could find in women�s pool, was appropriately played on the TV table in front of a packed house and shown live on CCTV around China.

Chen grabbed an early 3-0 lead but Fisher fought back to tie. From there on in the two stars sparred in a high quality, give and take match with Chen getting a one rack lead, then falling back in to a tie, then getting a lead, then back to tie again.

The whole match came down to two mistakes by Fisher, one in rack 13 with the match tied at 6-6 and one right at the end. Chen was up 8-6, but Fisher fought back to force a one rack decider. In the final frame, Fisher thought she left a lock down safety on the 2-ball, but Chen could see enough of the long shot to sink the pot. She then calmly ran the table for the win and a spot in Sunday�s final.

�I played really good today,� Chen said afterwards through an interpreter. �I�ve been practicing a lot in the last few months and my confidence is getting better every time I play. After I lost in the group stages I tried to tell myself to relax and not take it too seriously. Kelly played solid, especially early in the match. At 6-6 she made a mistake and I was able to hold on.�

Fisher was disappointed but resigned to the fact that her two mistakes spelled the difference.

�It was a quality match,� Fisher said. �She played solid. I made a few mistakes in the middle of the match and that cost me. In the last rack I thought the safety I played on the 2 ball was perfect but I guess she could see just a little bit of the ball.

�She�s always been at that very high standard. But this time she�s held it together better than she�s done in the past. I made two more mistakes than her and in a way she deserved to win.�

Like Chen, Liu had caught a gear at just the right time, first beating Japan�s Chichiro Kawahara 9 � 7, then easily waltzing past 2011 World 9-ball champion Bi Zhuqing 9 - 4. The semi final was another east vs. west affair as Liu went up against Hall of Fame legend Allison Fisher.

As in Chen�s match with Kelly Fisher, Liu grabbed an early lead and fended off every attack by Fisher. The match was close throughout and Fisher nearly closed the small gap right at the end. But at 8-6 down Fisher missed a 9-ball and Liu stepped up and potted the long leave to send the hometown crowd into cheers and herself into a finals date with Chen.

The winner will receive $30,000. The runner-up will take home $15,000.

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE GROUPS
GROUP A 1. ChangJung Lin (TPE) 2. So Shaw (IRA) 3. Zhu Hongming (TPE) 4. Al Shaheen Omar (KUW) 5. Han Haoxiang (CHN) 6. Zhu Xihe (CHN) 7. Xu Kailun (TPE) 8. Oi Naoyuki (JPN)	GROUP B 1. Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 2. Nguyen Ann Tuan (VIE) 3. Salaheldeen Hussein (UAE) 4. M. Ahmad Al-Bin Ali (QAT) 5. Phil Burford (GBR) 6. Seungwoo Ryu (KOR) 7. Ke Bign Zhong (TPE) 8. Thorsten Hohmann (GER)
GROUP C 1. Fu Che Wei (TPE) 2. Sharik Aslam Sayed (SIN) 3. Dang Jinhu (CHN) 4. Fu Jianbo (CHN) 5. Kenny Kwok (HKG) 6. Rafath Habib (IND) 7. Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 8. Karl Boyes (GBR)	GROUP D 1. Li Hewen (CHN) 2. Carlo Biado (PHL) 3. John Morra (CAN) 4. Zhou Long (CHN) 5. Oscar Dominguez (USA) 6. Afrinneza Isral Nasution (IND) 7. Jeffrey De Luna (PHL) 8. Chris Melling (GBR)
GROUP E 1. Darren Appleton (GBR) 2. Jalal Yousef (VEN) 3. Cristian Tuvi (URU) 4. Wang Can (CHN) 5. Niels Feijen (NED) 6. Wu Jiaqing (CHN) 7. Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) 8. Nick Van Den Berg (NED)	GROUP F 1. Ko Pin Yi (TPE) 2. Chu Bingjie (CHN) 3. Zeng Zhaodong (CHN) 4. Johann Chua (PHL) 5. Tursaikhan Amarjargal 6. Nick Malai (ALB) 7. Lee Van Corteza (PHL) 8. Do The Kien (VIE)
GROUP G 1. Ralf Souquet (GER) 2. Zbynek Vaic (RSA) 3. Hunter Lombardo (USA) 4. Chang Pei Wei (TPE) 5. Bashar Hussain (QAT) 6. Radoslaw Babica (POL) 7. Zhang Yulong (TPE) 8. Liu Haitao (CHN)	GROUP H 1. Dennis Orcollo (PHL) 2. Ahen Yuxuan (TPE) 3. Albin Ouschan (AUT) 4. James Delahunty (AUS) 5. Alejandro Carvajal (CHI) 6. Daryl Peach (GBR) 7. Cheng Tsung Hua (TPE) 8. Huidji See (NED)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE PLAYERS
1. Kelly Fisher(GBR) 2. Liu Jia(CHN) 3. Xia Yuying(CHN) 4. Karen Corr(IRL) 5. Chichiro Kawahara(JPN) 6. Pan Xiaoting(CHN) 7. Tan Ho Yun(TPE) 8. Chan Ya Ting(TPE) 9. Hyun Ji Won(KOR) 10. Yang Fan(CHN) 11. Doan Thi Ngoc Le(VIE) 12. Lin Yuanjun(TPE) 13. Liu Shasha(CHN) 14. Gao Meng(CHN) 15. Ma�sum Fathrah(IND) 16. Wei Tzu Chien(TPE) 17. Angeline Magdalena Ticoalu(RSA) 18. Chen Xue(CHN) 19. Yu Ram Cha(KOR) 20. Eunji Park(KOR) 21. Brittany Bryant(CAN) 22. Carlynn Sanchez(VEN) 23. Allison Fisher(GBR) 24. Ga Young Kim(KOR)	25. Chen Siming(CHN) 26. Mrjana Grujicic(VEN) 27. Li Jia(CHN) 28. Zhu Tingting(CHN) 29. Jasmin Michel(GER) 30. Lan Hiushan(TPE) 31. Han Yu(CHN) 32. Bi Zhu Qing(CHN) 33. Charlene Chai Zeet Huey(SIN) 34. Nicola Ilse Rossouw(RSA) 35. Jing Jia(CHN) 36. Chou Chieh Yu(TPE) 37. Tsai Pei Chen(TPE) 38. Keiko Yukawa(JPN) 39. Wu Jing(CHN) 40. Liu Yichen(CHN) 41. Akimi Kajatani(JPN) 42. Jasmin Ouschan(AUT) 43. Zhou Doudou(CHN) 44. Bai Ge(CHN) 45. Liu Shin Mei(TPE) 46. Han Fang(CHN) 47. Rubelin Amit(PHL) 48. Fu Xiaofang(CHN)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE LAST 32
Chang Pei Wei(TPE)	11 : 10	Do The Kien(VIE)
Zheng Yu Xuan(TPE)	11 : 9	Afrinneza Isral Nasution(IND)
Lee Van Corteza(PHL)	11 : 8	Albin Ouschan(AUT)
Ko Pin Yi(TPE)	11 : 9	HAN Haoxiang (CHN)
Radislaw Babica(POL)	10 : 11	Omar Al Shaheen(KUW)
Karl Boyes(GBR)	11 : 6	Salaheldeen H. Alrimawi(UAE)
Xu Kailun(TPE)	11 : 8	Ralf Souquet(GER)
Zhang Yulong(TPE)	11 : 5	Alex Pagulayan(CAN)
Fu Che Wei(TPE)	11 : 3	Chris Melling(GBR)
Dennis Orcollo (PHL)	11 : 10	Johann Chua(PHL)
Li Hewen(CHN)	11 : 7	Niels Feijen(NED)
Ke Bing Zhong(TPE)	7 : 11	Chen Tsung Hua(TPE)
Wu Jiaqing(CHN)	11 : 10	Thorsten Hohmann(GER)
Nick Ekonomonopoulos(GRE)	11 : 9	Darren Appleton(GBR)
Ryu Seungwoo(KOR)	8 : 11	Carlo Biado(PHL)
Fu Jianbo(CHN)	7 : 11	Chang Jung Lin(TPE)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE LAST 16
Zheng Yu Xuan(TPE)	11 : 6	Chang Pei Wei(TPE)
Lee Van Corteza(PHL)	11 : 6	Ko Pin Yi(TPE)
Omar Al Shaheen(KUW)	11 : 10	Karl Boyes(GBR)
Hsu Kai Lun (TPE)	11 : 9	Zhang Yulong(TPE)
Fu Che Wei(TPE)	11 : 8	Dennis Orcollo(PHL)
Chen Tsung Hua(TPE)	11 : 8	Li Hewen(CHN)
Wu Jiaqing(CHN)	11 : 10	Nick Ekonomonopoulos(GRE)
Carlo Biado(PHL)	11 : 8	Chang Jung Lin(TPE)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE QUARTER FINALS
Lee Van Corteza(PHL)	11 : 7	Zheng Yu Xuan(TPE)
Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)	11 : 8	Hsu Kai Lun (TPE)
Fu Che Wei(TPE)	11 : 10	Chen Tsung Hua(TPE)
Wu Jiaqing(CHN)	11 : 6	Carlo Biado(PHL)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE SEMI FINALS
Lee Van Corteza(PHL)	0 : 0	Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)
Fu Che Wei(TPE)	0 : 0	Wu Jiaqing(CHN)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE FINAL
---	0 : 0	---

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE LAST 16
Kelly Fisher(GBR)	9 : 3	Tsai Pei Chen(TPE)
Lin Yuan Jun(TPE)	6 : 9	Lan Hiushan(TPE)
Yu Ram Cha(KOR)	8 : 9	Rubelin Amit(PHL)
Chen Siming(CHN)	9 : 7	Jasmin Ouschan(AUT)
Fu Xiaofang(CHN)	9 : 8	Bi Zhuqing(CHN)
Chichiro Kawahara(JPN)	7 : 9	Liu Shasha(CHN)
Tan Ho Yun(TPE)	7 : 9	Allison Fisher(GBR)
Gao Meng(CHN)	6 : 8	Chou Chieh Yu(TPE)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE QUARTER FINALS
Kelly Fisher(GBR)	9 : 5	an Hiushan(TPE)
Chen Siming(CHN)	9 : 2	Rubelin Amit(PHL)
Liu Shasha(CHN)	9 : 4	Bi Zhuqing(CHN)
Allison Fisher(GBR)	9 : 7	Chou Chieh Yu(TPE)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE SEMI FINALS
Kelly Fisher(GBR)	8 : 9	Chen Siming(CHN)
Allison Fisher(GBR)	6 : 9	Liu Shasha(CHN)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE FINAL
Chen Siming(CHN)	0 : 0	Liu Shasha(CHN)

THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE PRIZE FUND
1st	US $ 40,000-00
2nd	US $ 20,000-00
3rd - 4th	US $ 10,000-00
5th - 8th	US $ 5,500-00
9th - 16th	US $ 2,400-00
17th - 32nd	US $ 1,200-00
33rd - 64th	US $ 700-00
THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - WOMEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE PRIZE FUND
1st	US $ 30,000-00
2nd	US $ 15,000-00
3rd - 4th	US $ 7,500-00
5th - 8th	US $ 4,000-00
9th - 16th	US $ 1,800-00
17th - 32nd	US $ 900-00
33rd - 48th	US $ 500-00

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