Robinsons Galleria
EDSA cor. Ortigas Avenue
Quezon City
Philippines
www.robinsonsmalls.com
www.WomensWorld10Ball.com
www.DragonPromotions.com
25-29 October 2010
Jasmin Ouschan - 2010 World 10-Ball Champion.
All photographs ©Emille "Biboy" Soriano - used by Pro9 with express permission.
Finally! Jasmin Ouschan Clenches Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship
Trailing 4-0 to Korea's monster Ga Young Kim, Jasmin Ouschan could feel the World Championship slipping away. But the determined young Austrian, backed by a vocal crowd of Jasmin fans, turned the tide and fought back to win the match and her first ever World Championship win. This was the conclusion of the 5 day Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship that drew 48 of the world's best women in billiards.
The Dragon Promotions produced event took place starting October 23 starting with the Stage 1 Qualifier at Star Billiards Center in Manila, the players meeting and press conference October 24, and then the main event October 25-29th,2010 taking place at Robinson's Galleria connected to the Crowne Plaza, host hotel of the event. Nuvo City Lifestyle Center hosted the non-televised matches at their nearby event hall in Quezon City. 48 of the world's greatest women's players will attend the event to become the World Champion of 10-Ball. This year's event is title sponsored by Yalin Tables, the premier billiard table manufacturer in China. The Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship was sponsored by BCN Balls, Leqi Cloth, Crown Plaza Galleria Ortigas, Magic 89.9, Philippines Star, Nuvo City, and Robinson's Galleria. The event will be airing on ABS-CBN and internationally on ESPN Star Sports. The event will be broadcasted live for all five days of the main event with 25 hours of broadcast television coverage.
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In the second semi-finals, England's Kelly Fisher and Austria's Ouschan were both on the hunt for their first World Championship win. But Ouschan was the one who came out strong first while Fisher looked completely lost in her game. Capitalizing on every mistake Fisher would make, Ouschan built a seemingly insurmountable 7-2 lead with only 2 games away from her first ever finals of a World Championship. But Fisher scraped her way one game at a time, and soon Ouschan was the one leaving opportunities as Fisher won the next 5 straight games. At 7-7, Fisher made a bad error in a strategic push, and gave Ouschan the out to lead 8-7. In the next game, it was Ouschan who faltered and gave Fisher control again. Fisher would tie the match at 8-8 and for a final game, but she made the 9-ball and scratched making the cueball as well giving Ouschan an easy 10-ball for the win. Ouschan looked up to the sky seemingly as if to say what did I do to deserve this gift, and then moved on to the finals.
"You kind of hate to win that way when your opponent hands you the win, but what can you do", said Michael Neumann, Ouschan's lifelong coach since she was a child.
In the final match, Ouschan only had moments to recover from her traumatic win before facing her biggest challenge of the event in Ga Young Kim. Kim had previously won two World Championships in 9-Ball, but was looking for her first in 10-Ball, which is widely regarded as a much more skillful game than 9-Ball. Kim had also just recently beat Ouschan just one week earlier in the USA in the finals of an ESPN championship event.
Kim looked like she would run away with the match as she quickly built a 4-0 lead. Ouschan then stopped the bleeding and ran out off a bad safety by Kim and then broke and ran two racks in a row. Kim then started a series of missed shots and mistakes and gave new life to Ouschan and Jasmin ended up winning a total of 7 straight games to turn the tide over her Korea nemesis. At 7-4, Kim finally made some great shots including a long cut on the 10-ball to close to 7-5. But a mistake in the next rack again pushed Jasmin back to 8-5. At 9-6, Kim made her final error with a botched safety attempt on the 3ball , and Ouschan started her final run for the win. As she came to the final 10-ball, tears in her eyes and a wave of emotion could be visibly seen on her face. As the final 10-ball was pocketed, Ouschan let out a yell and a mountain of emotions poured out of her slim frame.
"I can't believe I won this event, especially in front of my favorite fans in the billiard capital of the world. I just want to thank Michael for coaching me and Dragon Promotions for orgazining this great event. It's going to take me a few hours still for this to all sink in and hit me", said Ouschan tearful in her championship speech.
"She's won this event so early in her career, she's only 24 years old. I'm just worried to keep giving her goals to achieve", said Neumann.
Ouschan previously had swept all four of the European Championships for women, won several tour stops in the USA, and a World Games gold medal. But this win by far exceeds all other of her accomplishments. Jasmin will be able to enjoy being called The World Champion for the next several months.
The enthusiastic fans cheer for Jasmin Ouschan, one of the tournanment favourites.
All photographs ©Emille "Biboy" Soriano - used by Pro9 with express permission.
The Final Four Big Guns
Kim, Ouschan, Fisher, Amit. It's a pool fan's dream final four as the big names in women's billiards will be duking it out today for the World Championship title. And with the two Asians bracketed against each other and two Europeans the same, it will be a guaranteed East vs West final! The Dragon Promotions produced Yalin Women's World 10-Ball Championship is in its 5th and final day with all remainder matches at Robinson's Galleria in Manila, Philippines.
Kim will be the most experienced of the four semi-finalists.
Day 4 started with Taiwan's Pei Chen Tsai coming in as the #1 seed in stage 2 of the event waiting for outcome of lower seeds Eun Ji Park and Zhou Shiming of China. Park squeezed out a 8-6 win and then proceeded to shock the pool world by taking down Tsai 8-6. This put Park in the quarter finals. A dream come through for the young 22 year old South Korean.
"I don't have the same caliber of experience that the other players have, but my goal was to come here and get into the top 8. And I've done that now so I'm very happy", said the shy,soft spoken Park.
In a all Korean showdown, Ga Young Kim blew out Yu Ram Cha 8-3 in a highly anticipated match. The two ladies were in Manila only a month ago but as teammates. Kim then proceeded to smash Park 8-1 to advance to the semi-finals. This will be Kim's 4th semi-finals appearance in a World Championship. She had already won two times in 9-Ball.
Karen Corr of Ireland looked good as she stopped Japan's champion but then took a hard 8-2 loss from the overpowering Jasmin Ouschan. Corr would be left in 5th place this year, an improvement of her 9th place last year.
Kelly Fisher - England.
Kelly Fisher of England won easily over Germany's Ina Jentschura and China's last hope Jia Li. This would be Fisher's first world championship win in pool if she pulls it off.
Rublien Amit is still on her dream run of successfully defending her title as she escaped from 6-7 behind when China's Han Yu missed the 9-ball with the 10-ball hanging near to win the match. Amit followed up with a runout to win 8-7. Amit then proceeded to eliminate Norway's Line Kjorsevik 8-2 to the delight of the hometown fans to enter her second consecutive semi-finals at the World 10-Ball.
Rubelin Amit - Philippines.
One notable fact is that all the Chinese players and Taiwanese had been eliminated before the semi- finals. There were six Chinese women and two Taiwanese. The experience of the Koreans, Filipina, and Europeans in 10-Ball seemed to be a definite advantage as 10-Ball is a more difficult game than 9-Ball.
Korea vs Philippines today with Kim vs Amit. Next will be Great Britain vs Austria with K.Fisher vs Ouschan. Finals will be Asia vs Europe.
Hang on to your seats!
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | |
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | |
THE PLAYERS | |
| 1 . A Donola PHI 2 . A Tulauan PHI 3 . A Vargas PHI 4 . Akimi Kajatani JPN 5 . Allison Fisher GBR 6 . Amalia Matas ESP 7 . Amy Chen USA 8 . Angel Paglia USA 9 . Brittany Bryant CAN 10 . Charlene Chai Zuey SIN 11 . Claudia Kunz SUI 12 . Dara Aft USA 13 . E J Park KOR 14 . Ga Young Kim KOR 15 . Gillian Go PHI 16 . Han Yu CHN 17 . Hyun Ji Won KOR 18 . Ina Helvik NOR 19 . Ina Jentschura GER 20 . Iris Ranola PHI 21 . J M Maldonado PHI 22 . Jasmin Ouschan AUT 23 . Joanne Ashton CAN 24 . Julie Kelly USA | 25 . Junko Tsuchiya JPN 26 . Karen Corr IRL 27 . Keiko Yukawa JPN 28 . Kelly Fisher GBR 29 . Li Jia CHN 30 . Line Kjoersvik NOR 31 . M Almero PHI 32 . Marika Poikkiokki FIN 33 . Mica Claveria PHI 34 . Mijana Grujicic VEN 35 . Miyuki Fuke JPN 36 . Rubelin Amit PHI 37 . Shanelle Lorraine USA 38 . Silvia Gaudino ITL 39 . Tamara Rademakers NED 40 . Tan Ho Yun TPE 41 . Tsai Pei Chen TPE 42 . Veronique Menard CAN 43 . Wu Jing CHN 44 . Yu Ram Cha KOR 45 . Z Oryan PHI 46 . Zheng Xiao Chun CHN 47 . Zhou Doudou CHN 48 . Zhu Shuming CHN |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | |
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | |
THE GROUPS | |
| GROUP A 1. Rubilen Amit PHL #1 2. Tsai Pei Chen TPE 3. Angel Paglia USA 4. Dara Aft USA 5. Johanna Espinoza VEN 6. Qualifier | GROUP B 1. Allison Fisher GBR #1 WPA ranked 2. Akimi Kajatani JPN 3. Zhou Doudou CHN 4. Amy Chen USA 5. Mirjana Grujicic VEN 6. Qualifier |
| GROUP C 1. Kelly Fisher #2 2. Charlene Chai Zeet Huey 3. Brittany Bryant CAN 4. Joanne Ashton CAN 5. Gillian Go PHL 6. Qualifier | GROUP D 1. Ga Young Kim KOR #3 2. Julie Kelly USA #11 3. Han Yu CHN 4. Silvia Gaudino ITL 5. Keiko Yukawa JPN 6. Mika Claveria PHL |
| GROUP E 1. Yu Ram Cha KOR #4 2. Miyuki Fuke JPN 3. Veronique Menard CAN 4. Amalia Matas ESP 5. Iris Ranola PHL 6. Wu Jing CHN | GROUP F 1. Karen Corr IRE #5 2. Tamara Rademakers NED 3. Ina Helvik NOR 4. Marika Poikkiokki FIN 5. Li Jia CHN 6. Shanelle Loraine GUA/USA |
| GROUP G 1. Jasmin Ouschan AUT #6 2. Hyun Ji Won KOR 3. Line Kjoersvik NOR 4. Claudia Kunz SUI 5. Hoa Shu Wah SIN 6. Zheng Xiao Chun CHN | GROUP H 1. Tan Ho Yun TPE #8 2. Monica Webb USA 3. Ina Jentschura GER 4. Jennifer Chen TPE 5. Zhu Shuming CHN 6. Junko TSUCHIYA JPN |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||
THE LAST 32 MATCHES | ||
Eunji Pak | 8 : 6 | Zhu Sjuming |
Ga Young Kim | 8 : 5 | Hy Ji Won |
Line Kjoersvik | 8 : 6 | Marika Poikkiokki |
Rubilen Amit | 8 : 2 | Joanne Ashton |
Ine Jentschura | 8 : 6 | Zhou Doudou |
Brittany Bryant | 4 : 8 | Wu Jing |
Karen Corr | 8 : 2 | Dara Aft |
Miyuki Fuke | 8 : 4 | Keiko Yukawa |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Tsai Pei Chen | 6 : 8 | Eunji Park |
Ga Young Kim | 8 : 3 | Yu Ram Cha |
Tan Ho Yun | 7 : 8 | Line Kjoersvik |
Rubelin Amit | 8 : 7 | Han Yu |
Kelly Fisher | 8 : 3 | Ina Jentschura |
Wu Jing | 7 : 8 | Li Jia |
Karren Corr | 8 : 5 | Akimi Kajatani |
Miyuki Fuke | 5 : 8 | Jasmin Ouschan |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Eunji Park | 2 : 8 | Ga Young Kim |
Line Kjoersvik | 2 : 8 | Rubelin Amit |
Kelly Fisher | 8 : 3 | Li Jia |
Karen Corr | 2 : 8 | Jasmin Ouschan |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Ga Young Kim | 9 : 5 | Rubelin Amit |
Kelly Fisher | 7 : 9 | Jasmin Ouschan |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Ga Young Kim | 6 : 10 | Jasmin Ouschan |
WOMEN'S WORLD 10 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||||
MANILA - PHILIPPINES | ||||
THE PRIZE FUND | ||||
1st | US $ 20,000 | |||
2nd | US $ 9,000 | |||
3rd - 4th | US $ 5,000 | |||
5th - 8th | US $ 3,000 | |||
9th - 16th | US $ 1,500 | |||
17th - 24th | US $ 1,000 | |||
4th Place in Group | ( US $ 250 x 8 ) | |||
5th and 6th Place in Group | ( US $ 250 x 8 ) | |||
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