Tennis Hall of Training Base of Hunnan,
Liaoning 32
Hunnan Mid Road
Hunnan New District
Shenyang
110168
China
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22 - 25 September 2011
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DOOMSDAY FOR THE DUCHESS
September 22nd, 2011 will be a day Allison Fisher would love to soon forget.
Fisher, one of the greatest women players of all time and a four time World 9-ball champion, crashed out of this year’s Women’s World 9-ball Championship just barely after the event had gotten underway in the northeastern city of Shenyang, China. The “Duchess of Doom,” who finished second last year in this event, lost twice in one day and will now have to watch the remainder of pool’s premiere women’s tournament from the stands.
Things began ominously for the Hall of Famer when she drew Taiwanese great Shin Mei Lui in her first match of the group stage in the 64 player event on Thursday. With six world titles between them, the two slugged it out right to the end, with Liu taking the win by a nose, 7-6.
This sent Fisher over to the losers side of her group where she faced a do or die battle against rising Korean talent Park Eun Ji in the last session of the evening. The match took on extra significance because it was played on the TV table in front of a packed house inside the Liaoning Hunnan Sports Training Base arena.
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With the score tied at 2-2, things started to go awry for Fisher, while everything came together for Park. The 23 year old Korean played the match of her career, potting confidently while working the cue ball with absolute precision. When she did get a chance at the table Fisher simply couldn’t find a groove and found herself down 6-2. Fisher started a fight back but then, at 6-3 behind and running the table, she lost position on the 9-ball then proceeded to scratch, literally handing the match to Park.
Park now gets one more chance on Friday to move into the knockout stage of 32.
This is the third year running that the Women’s World 9-ball Championship is being held in this city of 7 million people. The 64 players have come from 25 nations and the strong field of the world’s best women pool players promises plenty more fireworks to come over the next three days.
The three sessions played in the afternoon and evening on day one saw 16 players eliminated from the field with Fisher clearly the biggest name to exit the tournament so far. It was easy pickings for the other big names, though, especially the popular Chinese stars. 2009 World 9-ball Champion Liu Shasha, 17 year old phenom Chen Siming and superstar Pan Xiaoting all cruised to easy victories.
The Philippines lone two entries are still alive. Rubilen Amit romped to a 7-1 win in her first match, while Iris Ranola rebounded from a 7-1 drubbing at the hands of Pan Xiaoting to win her losers side match 7-1 over India’s Indira Gowdi. Britain’s Kelly Fisher got one back after losing earlier in the day with a well deserved 7-1 win over Singapore’s Chai Charlene.
The ladies are back at it on Friday morning in Shenyang for a busy day of action. The group stages will be completed by the afternoon with the first round of the final 32 single elimination knockout stage set to begin in the evening session. The field will be down to the final 16 by the end of Friday's play.
The total prize fund for the 2011 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship is $150,000 with $30,000 going to the winner on Sunday.
The WPA will be providing full coverage of all the action at the 2011 Women’s World 9-ball Championship. Fans around the world can follow matches as they happen via our live scoring platform. The live scoring button can be seen on the front page of the WPA’s website, www.wpa-pool.com . There you can also see the brackets icon which will give you updated standings from each group and the knockout stage.
The World Pool Association(WPA) is the world governing body of pool. The 2011 Women's World 9-ball Championship is being sponsored by Chevrolet Automakers. Star is the official pool table, while Andy is the official table cloth. The event is sanctioned by the WPA and the Chinese Billiard and Snooker Association, (CBSA).
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
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2011 WOMEN'S WORLD 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
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THE PRIZE FUND | ||
| Winner: | US$30,000 x 1 | |
| Runner Up: | US$15,000 x 1 | |
| Third Place: | US$10,000 x 1 | |
| Fourth Place: | US$7,000 x 1 | |
| Quarter-Finalists: | US$5,000 x 4 | |
| Last 16: | US$3,000 x 8 | |
| Last 32: | US$2,000 x 16 | |
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Kremlin Cup 9-Ball Open
Sports complex “Olympic”
Olympic Avenue 16
Moscow
Russia 129090
www.mosbilliard.ru
www.billiard.su
7 - 10 December 2011
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Players invited to register for the Kremlin Cup 9-Ball Open
The Kremlin Cup has always been predominantly about the exacting game of Russian Pyramid - the exclusively Russian billiard game with ultra large white balls on the huge table with the toughest ball to pocket ratio of any cuesport, and it's impossible to stress enough how highly this event is regarded in Moscow, although the fact that it has been proudly called "the Wimbledon of Billiards" by one Russian pundit should give you an idea, and the first events were actually held inside the Kremlin Palace!
The Kremlin Cup was originally exclusive to invited Russian Pyramid players, but more recently the event has been opened up to international competitors, and although it's always been difficult to get results from this tournament, I do know that the 9-Ball event was won by Sandor Tot in 2005, and by Ruslan Chinakov in 2006 - and this year this televised event will feature participants from England, Holland, Germany, China, Italy, Sweden, Poland, the Philippines, Croatia and more!
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2011 KREMLIN 9 BALL OPEN |
MOSCOW - RUSSIA |
INFORMATION AND FORMAT |
Moscow Sheremetyevo - 30 km, Moscow Domodedovo - 50 km Schedule: 07.12 -arrival day, till 7.00 p.m. accreditation in the arena 8.00 p.m. - draw 8.12 — 10.00 a.m. - start of matches 10.12 – final 11.12 – departure day Mode: Entry-fee: €150 Total prize-money: 1400000 rub. (about € 35000) Max. No. of participants: 256 9-Ball, preliminary-rounds Double-KO, Last 32 Single-KO. All rounds races to 9, alternate breaks. Magic rack will be used. Three balls rule. Dresscode: Solid long-sleeved shirts, long dress trousers of freely chosen colour (no jeans will be permitted), dark shoes and matching socks Accommodation: Hotel “Bega” 125284. Begovaya alleya, 11, Moscow, Russia Room-rates: single / double room € 100,00 per night incl. Breakfast, Fitnes center, Wi-Fi and all taxes. When booking hotels online www.bega-hotel.ru special price- € 85,00 per night. Booking programs - Stay 4, pay for 3! Official Equipment: Table: Dynamiс 9Ft Olimpic, Cloth: Iwan Simonis 860, Ball: Aramith Super Pro TV, Shuttle-Service: In case of arrival at 07.12.2011 and departure at 11.12.2011, a fee required shuttle-service is installed for both ways. The charge therefore will be around €30,00 per person. If you intend to use this service, please add the following to your booking confirmation: Airport’s name, date of arrival/departure and flight number. Shuttle service booking up to: 05 december 2011 – Lev Yaroslavtsev — e-mail: info@billiard.su Visa: If anybody need a visa please contact the – info@billiard.su |
2011 KREMLIN 9 BALL OPEN | ||||
MOSCOW - RUSSIA | ||||
THE PRIZE FUND | ||||
1st | € 7,000-00 | |||
2nd | € 4,200-00 | |||
3rd-4th | € 2,500-00 | |||
5th-8th | € 1,500-00 | |||
9th-16th | € 800-00 | |||
17th-32nd | € 400-00 | |||
2011 KREMLIN 9 BALL OPEN | ||||
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THE CHAMPIONS | ||||
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Ricardo Indyana Jones UK
Mark Gray UK
Longdi Zhou CZ
... Tomáš Onderek CZ
Zdenda Vobořil CZ
Pavel Němec CZ
Karel Žaludek CZ
Nikolas Szarkezi CZ
Mario Szarkezi CZ
Daniel Pokrývka CZ
Pavel Zeman
Michal Gavenčiak CZ
Jaroslav Tichý CZ
Pavel Šumbera CZ
David Žalman CZ
Filip Ondrejo CZ
Vojtěch Daněk CZ
Martin Kudláček CZ
Marek Hajdovský CZ
Al Tamimi Zaid CZ
Vladimíra Venhodová CZ
Eva Mašková CZ
Radko Majerčík CZ
Kristian Walach CZ
Dávid Eros CZ
Jozef Lisík SK
Tomáš Krovina SK
Vojtech Štofko SK
Kubo Koniar SK
Roman Michálik SK
Dominik Zajac PL
Piotr Kaminski PL
Mariusz Roter PL
Jacek Dmochowski PL
Arivukkannan Balan Sandapriya IND
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