Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)The thick, hazy skies finally opened up over Shanghai this afternoon, bringing with it torrential downpours and booming sounds of thunder and...
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IMMONEN, ORCULLO, CHANG, DUEL AND FEIJIN EARLY WINNERS
(Shanghai, China)--Mika Immonen, Dennis Orcullo, Chang Jun Lin, Corey Duel and Niels Feijin were among the first to claim victory as the first session of the $275,000 China Open has just been...
THE LEGEND AND THE UPSTART HEAD IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--57 year old Efren "Bata" Reyes of the Philippines, perhaps the greatest player in the history of pool, showed he had plenty left to offer as he...
LOOMING SHOWDOWN IN SHANGHAI
Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--An all-star cast of the finest men and women professional pool players from around the world has finally arrived and settled in here in muggy and...
SHANGHAI HERE WE COME!
Shanghai, one of the great cities of the world, and China's bustling commercial hub, will play host to the world's best men and women pool players as the China Open kicks off June 6-12. In just its...
SEE-ING IS BELIEVING!
(Manila, Philippines)--Entering the 128-player World 10-Ball Championship, Huidji See was hardly among those dozen likely title contenders. The 29-year-old Dutch journeyman was without a defining...
Field of 32 Taking Form at the World Ten Ball Championships
Group B finds Artem Koshovoj and Thomas Engert coming through undefeated. Engert bested Charlie Williams and Francisco Diaz-Pizarro. The one-loss escapees into the final 32 are Carlo Biado and...
BEIJING BLING!
His next opponent had promise of being a very tough match. Feng-Ban Zhao had just come from a solid 11-4 trouncing of newly crowned Philippine Open champ Thorsten Hohmann but Chang was simply an...
Hohmann, Chen Win Philippine Open
Thorsten Hohmann had a bit more of a battle on his hands in his victory. He and Ralf Souquet went rack for rack with never more than a single point between them until Souquet gained his first lead...
Chinese Teenager wins Philippine Open Women ‘s Event
She proved it on Monday's women finals as she beat veteran Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, 9-3 at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong. The 17-year-old won all her six matches over Reggie Gregorio, Line...
Day Four: Souquet, Liu advance to Final Four
The two asserted their dominance Sunday by pulling off two more wins to stay unscathed in this WPA-sanctioned tournament. They are the only undefeated players in the tournament. Souquet, a double...
Day Three: A Battle of titans
The rivalry between Ralf Souquet of Germany and Dennis Orcullo of the Philippines was rekindled on the third day of the Philippine Open Pool Championships with fans and pool experts anticipating a...