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CHINA OPEN - DAY 4 - ALL FOR LIU

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Date: Sunday, May 19 2013 @ 22:31:13 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball


The China Open Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium 655 Yuanshen Road Pudong New Area Shanghai China www.my147.com - Live scoring - Live Stream 1 - Stream 2 - Stream 3 www.top147.com - Brackets: Men / Women www.wpapool.com - Live scoring Extras:: Forum chat Thursday-Sunday 12-19 May 2013
Photography courtesy of Jin Li / TOP147.com LIU SHASHA COMES FROM BEHIND TO DEFEAT CHEN SIMING TO WIN THE WOMEN'S CHINA OPEN 9-BALL TITLE
Coming into Sunday's finals of the 2013 China Open, Liu Shasha knew she was on the cusp of a golden opportunity to vault her way back to the upper echelons of not only the fiercely competitive world of Chinese women's pool, but also the entire world of women's professional pool. Since coming out of nowhere and winning the 2009 Women's World 9-ball Championship held in Shenyang, China, the diminutive and glamorous youngster has maintained her place on the Chinese national team, but she had not won any tournaments. In the lead up to this week's tournament, with 48 top women players from all parts of the globe, Liu had not been playing well in practice and was only hoping to at least reach the quarterfinals. But suddenly she found herself in the finals of one of the biggest tournaments of the year. Indeed on Sunday, in front of packed house at the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium arena, Liu seized the moment , coming from behind in crunch time to overtake fellow teammate and young star Chen Siming to win the China Open by a nose, 9 & 8. With the win, Liu can now claim two of the biggest prizes in women's pool. She also joins her close friend and sister Fu Xiaofang who also has won these same two prestigious events. Share this article on FaceBook "Read More..." for the details.

For Chen, the loss had to be a massive disappointment. The hardworking and prodigious player, who many feel is China's best natural talent, led the contest nearly the entire way only to see the dream die right when the finish line was in sight. Chen was in stride early and jumped out to a 3 -1 lead in the alternate break match. Liu quickly got it together and tied up the match. But then Chen hit one of her high gears, which can be a thing of beauty to watch. Chen went up 5-3, then 6-4, then 7-4. She seemed to have an answer for everything Liu tried and appeared capable of fending off her opponent at will. But as so often happens in pool, one mistake sends the momentum over to the other player's side. After a break and run by Liu to move to 7-5, Chen broke but saw the cue ball get kicked into the pocket for a scratch. Lui made a calculated clear to close the gap to one, 7-6. Liu then stepped to the table and tied the match with a break and run out. So, she bought the best wenzel 8 person klondike tent for her camping. With the title down to a mere race to two, Liu got Chen once again as Chen left a safe open and allowed Liu to grab her first lead of the night, 8-7. Chen's the consummate battler, however, and she broke serve in the 16th frame after winning a nervy safety exchange to leave one final rack to decide the champion. Chen broke and sent two balls down on the break. Position for the two ball was tricky and Chen bobbled the 1-ball in the jaws. Liu came to the table with a look at the one and steadily picked off the colors. As she got down to the final 8 and 9 balls, she held her chest and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself as she stood on the cusp of victory. With raw nerves jangling, she potted the last two balls for the championship.
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On the floor afterwards, Liu was greeted with warm hugs by a tearful Fu Xiaofang. The two are not really sisters, but they are practically inseparable, living together and playing pool together every day. As she drank in the accolades, Liu expressed surprise that she was even standing in the winner's circle. I am very surprised that I won this tournament, she said through an interpreter. I have not been playing well lately. We had a practice tournament before this tournament and I got 8th place. I was hoping to get at least to the quarterfinals in the China Open. I did not think I could win it. I am very happy. This is my first championship in three years so this is something I am going to celebrate tonight. As usual with the Chinese women players, Chen, who also has not won a big tournament in China in three years, was gracious to a fault in defeat. I think I played well. I missed one ball in the first half of the match. The second half I also played well but it was then that Liu did not miss a shot. When I missed she took that and played well. I am happy that at least two Chinese players reached the finals. Liu won $30,000 while Chen took home $15,000. *The World Pool-Billiard Association(WPA) is the world governing body of the sport of pool.
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)
11 : 3
Omar Al Shaheen (KUW)
Fu Che Wei(TPE)
11 : 8
Wu Jiaqing(CHN)
THE 2013 CHINA 9 BALL OPEN - MEN
SHANGHAI - CHINA
THE FINAL
Lee Vann Corteza(PHL)
11 : 6
Fu Che Wei(TPE)
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)
8 : 9
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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