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‘I’M READY FOR THE BATTLE’
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Anyone who happened to catch Chris Melling's performance over four days last year in the China Open in Shanghai knew right away that they had seen something special....
FINLAND TAKES GLORY IN MANILA!
The Final Finland 10-8 Poland By Luke Riches/Matchroom Sport FINLAND are the 2012 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions as they put paid to the dreams of Poland, winning 10-8 in a tight final...
FINNS FINISH OFF GERMANS
Round 2 Finland 8-4 Germany Philippines B 8-5 Canada Round 1 Japan 8-6 Russia Holland 8-7 Croatia Poland 8-6 Australia Italy 8-7 Vietnam By Luke Riches/Matchroom Sport (Manila, Philippines)--THE...
SWISS ACES STUN MANILA
Round 1 Results Chinese Taipei 8-6 Indonesia Switzerland 8-7 Philippines A England 8-2 Belgium Finland 8-6 Korea China 8-4 Singapore Spain 8-3 Hungary BY LUKE RICHES/MATCHROOM SPORT (MANILA,...
OLD STAGERS REYES AND BUSTAMANTE DELIGHT CROWD IN MANILA
Round 1 Results Austria 8-2 Kuwait Philippines 8-3 Hong Kong Germany 8-1 Serbia Thailand 8-4 Malaysia Canada 8-7 Serbia USA 8-7 India By Luke Riches/Matchroom Sport (Manila, Philippines)-- DOUBLE...
‘WE’RE STILL HUNGRY’
September 4, 2012 By Ted Lerner (Manila, Philippines)--Defending PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool champions Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann of Team Germany know they have the right stuff to become...
CHINESE-TAIPEI AND JAPAN TO BATTLE FOR WORLD TEAM TITLE
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--Team Japan, who have laughed and smiled their way through this entire event, had the last laugh tonight as they stunned a shell shocked China 2 team via a sudden...
CHINESE-TAIPEI ALL THE WAY
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--Joy riding a powerful wave that had been building steadily all week, the four member Chinese-Taipei pool team cruised to an emphatic 4-0 finals victory over Japan, to...
SHOOT IT OUT LOUD!
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--With team supremacy and national pride riding on every shot, Great Britain and Japan stared down some heavy pressure and won dramatic sudden death shootouts to...
POOL’S BEST IN UPHILL CLIMB TO THE TOP
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--The 2012 World Pool Team Championship has arrived at the business end of the proceedings as the field of 24 pool playing nations has been reduced down to 16 teams,...
POOL POWERHOUSES POISED FOR SHOWDOWNS
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--While the atmosphere here in sultry Beijing amongst pool's elite has certainly been cordial and relaxed, on the table the heavyweights of the pool world were in no...
FOR FLAG AND COUNTRY
By Ted Lerner (Beijing, China)--It's not often that the best pool players in the world perform their normally solitary craft as members of a team. But this week in hot and muggy Beijing, we're about...
IT’S DYANMITE IN DOHA!
By Ted Lerner Photos courtesy Vinod DivaKaran, Doha Stadium Sports Weekly (Doha, Qatar)--In one of the most thrilling and surreal finals ever witnessed in pool history, England's Darren Appleton won...
THE GANG OF FOUR GOES FOR GLORY
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar)--After a brutally taxing day of championship pool at the highest levels, England's Darren Appleton, Japan's Nayoki Ohi, Germany's Ralf Souquet and China's Lee He Wen all...
IT’S APPLETON AND LEE FOR WORLD 9-BALL SUPREMACY
By Ted Lerner (Doha, Qatar) --After clocking in workmanlike performances, England's Darren Appleton and China's Lee He Wen have advanced to the final of the 2012 WPA World Pool Championship in Doha,...
