FISHER AND ZHOU GO FOR CHINA OPEN CROWN

FISHER AND ZHOU GO FOR CHINA OPEN CROWN

By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)–After a night of high drama, Britain’s Kelly Fisher and China’s Zhou Doudou emerged victorious by the absolute slimmest of margins and will now face each other...
WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR CAST SET

WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR CAST SET

By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)–The 2012 China Open women’s event is now down to four players, and as befitting a tournament featuring the best in the world, the top three ranked players in the world...
EKONOMOPOULOS POWERS HIS WAY THROUGH

EKONOMOPOULOS POWERS HIS WAY THROUGH

By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer (Shanghai, China)–Greece’s Nick Ekonomopoulos certainly has a name that is not easy to say, but surely not easy to forget either. And if the Athens native continues to play like he has this week in Shanghai, his five...
MELLING AVERTS FIRST ROUND FLOP

MELLING AVERTS FIRST ROUND FLOP

By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo by Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)–The 2012 China Open got underway on a rainy Thursday afternoon here in Shanghai, and it didn’t take very long for the fireworks to start going off inside the Shanghai...