by wpapool-admin | Jun 18, 2012 | World 9-Ball Champs - Women
By Ted Lerner (Shenyang, China)–With short races to 7 racks, the world’s best pool talent on hand, and the pressure of a world title at stake, pool fans have come to expect plenty of upsets in the opening stages of world championships. But for Chinese...
by wpapool-admin | Jun 17, 2012 | World 9-Ball Champs - Women
By Ted Lerner (Shenyang, China)–Glitz, glamour and plenty of guts. That would be an apt description for the scene tonight in the atrium of the Richgate Shopping Center in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, as 64 of the best women pool players gathered to...
by wpapool-admin | Jun 11, 2012 | World 9-Ball Champs - Women
By Ted Lerner (Shenyang, China)–It’ll be a high quality battle of east vs. west as China’s Fu Xiaofang will meet Great Britain’s Kelly Fisher in the finals of the 2012 Women’s World 9-ball Championship. The race to 11, alternate break...
by wpapool-admin | Feb 18, 2012 | World 8-Ball Champs - Men
STORY AND PHOTO BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, UAE)–Call it a case of the student surpassing the master. Taiwan’s Chang Jun Lin, who for the last ten years has been a pupil of fellow countryman Fu Chei Wei, did his pool teacher proud by winning the 2012 World...
by wpapool-admin | Feb 17, 2012 | World 8-Ball Champs - Men
STORY AND PHOTO BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, UAE)–World 8-ball supremacy, along with $35,000 in cash, is assured of a home in Taiwan for the next year, as Fu Che We and Chang Jun Lin both won their semi-final matches this afternoon at the Fujairah Tennis and Country...