By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--There was something special in the air throughout the day today at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, and it wasn't the crisp cool air conditioning offering comfort to...
THE DRAMA OF 9-BALL
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BEARING DOWN FOR SURVIVAL
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--32 players saw their dreams of glory crash and burn after a busy day 2 of the 2012 WPA World 9-ball Championship came to a close here in searing hot Doha, Qatar. The...
NEW TALENTS, OLD HANDS SHINE IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--With 128 of the world's best pool players on hand contesting the 2012 World 9-ball Championship, and all playing a slew of matches in their groups and trying, over the...
THE BIG ONE IS HERE
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--The Big One is finally here. The WPA 2012 World 9-ball Championship, considered perhaps the most prestigious title in men's professional pool, has gotten underway at the...
KELLY CLAIMS THE GOLD!
BY TED LERNER Photos Courtesy of Zhao Yue (Shenyang, China)--Capping an all around solid week of pool with yet another air tight performance, Britain's Kelly Fisher won the 2012 WPA Women's World...
CHAMPIONS BREAK FOR THE FINISH LINE
By Ted Lerner (Shenyang, China)--With plenty of high drama and jangling nerves coursing through the beautiful Richgate Shopping Center in Shenyang, China, the 2012 Women's World 9-ball championship...
AN EPIC WORTHY OF A FINAL!
By Ted Lerner Photos courtesy of Pan Yulong (Shenyang, China)--Korea's Ga Young Kim and Great Britain's Kelly Fisher are two giant names in today's world of women's professional pool. And today, as...
STARS RISE, A BIG STAR FALLS AT WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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...
POMP AND PAGEANTRY OPEN 2012 WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
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...
FU AND FISHER TO BATTLE FOR GLORY
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...
CHANG ALL THE WAY!
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...
GREAT ESCAPE INTO THE FINAL FOUR
BY TED LERNER (Fujairah, United Arab Emirates)- It's never over until it's over. Liu Haitao must surely be singing the praises of that universal phrase about now, after the hard nose Chinese turned...