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FOUR MORE FOR THE BIG SCORE
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--After a marathon day of pressure packed championship pool played at the highest levels, Taiwan's Chang Yu Lung, the...
EARLY HOUSE CLEANING AT THE AL SAAD
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--Most of Day 2 at the 2014 World 9-ball Championship was given over to the losers. That is, the players who lost their...
EXPERIENCE CARRIES THE OPENING DAY
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--Long time followers of the WPA World 9-ball Championship know that the event is always full of surprises. The...
TIME FOR THE GOLD RUSH IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--There's been a tangible buzz in the lobby of the Holiday Villa Hotel here in blazing hot Doha over the last two days. As...
‘THEY’LL HAVE TO PLAY THEIR BEST TO BEAT ME’
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer Germany's Thorsten Hohmann kicked off his campaign in the 2013 World 9-ball Championship in Doha with a resounding 9-4 defeat at the hands of Taiwan's talented Lo Li...
2014 WORLD 9-BALL SUPREMACY UP FOR GRABS IN DOHA
By Ted Lerner World Pool & Billiard Association Drama, tension, excitement, heartbreak and glory. These are the enticing elements on offer to pool fans around the globe as the biggest and most...
THE BRITISH ARE COMING!…AND SO ARE THE FILIPINOS AND TAIWANESE
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Richard Walker and Takayamo Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--There's something about Judgement Day in the World 9-ball Championship that brings out...
HOHMANN RAISES THE BAR!
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly and Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--Playing with a laser-like focus and an intensity that spoke of a clear...
THEY’RE GOING ‘GA GA’ OVER GABICA
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Takayamo Takao/onthehill.jp, Richard Walker and the WPA (Doha, Qatar)--Over a 15-plus year professional career, Antonio Gabica has often been...
PLAYERS FEEL THE HEAT FROM ON HIGH
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--When players and fans talk about the "pool gods," they're referring to that mysterious force that seems to...
THE BIG DANCE STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Richard Walker, Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--Relief and pure joy were two emotions on wide display on Day 3 of the 2013 World 9-ball...
BREAKING TOWARDS SOME BIG TIME SHOWDOWNS
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of QBSF, Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp, and Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--As the long, slow grind of this week-long World 9-ball championship wound its...
KICK OFF RIGHT ON SCRIPT
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker and Takayamo"Mathilda" Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--Fans of the World 9-ball Championship have become accustomed to the fun of...
‘I KEEP PINCHING MYSELF’
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER (Doha, Qatar)--I first met Darren Appleton back in 2007 before anyone in the pool world had ever heard of the Brit. I was covering the qualifiers for the 2007 World...
THE 9-BALL JEWEL IN THE DESERT IS HERE
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer If you like the very best in professional pool squaring off for ultimate supremacy on the felt pitch, then the next 11 days will be nothing short of Valhalla. The...
