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Jerry Forsyth- WPA Press Officer

The great eight had their shot at the spotlight in Fujairah and three of them made the most of the early going.  45 minutes into the round Ruslan Chinakhov led Jeff de Luna 5-1, Karl Boyes enjoyed the same lead over Vicenancio Tanio and Darren Appleton had a 4-1 gap over Joven Alba. Neils Feijen and Andreas Roschkowsky were being a bit more dramatic as Feijen led their match 3-2 at that point.

None of our leaders would ever falter. Ruslan Chinakov and Karl Boyes both won their matches by score lines of 10-5, Darren Appleton squeked past Joven Alba 10-8 and Niels Feijen gradually widened the gap between he and Roschkowsky until he sank the final ten ball at 10-6.

Day Four of the World 8-Ball Championships
-Jerry Forsyth-
WPA Press Officer

The World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, UAE, held the round of 32 first today. This is single-elimination so that any loss means the end for the losing player. It is a race to ten games with the winner breaking. Our first round featured half of the remaining field and there are very few players left who cannot be mentioned as possible candidates to take it all.

The first player eliminated today was Scott Higgins. He ran into an extremely sharp Ronnie Alcano and got buzz-sawed 10-3. Alcano simply gave him no air. It seemed that every time Alcano had a shot he ran out the table, including at least six break and run performances.

-Jerry Forsyth-
WPA Press Officer

Our second day of competition at the Etisalat World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, UAE, began with a round of winner’s side match-ups. The Russian powerhouse, Ruslan Chinakhov, got his day underway with a satisfying 8-6 victory over David Alcaide after Alcaide had led the match early at 3-0.  Ronnie Alcano also trailed early in his match against Mohammed Hosani and at one point trailed 5-1 only to dig down deep and rally to an 8-6 win.

First Round of Play in the UAE

-Jerry Forsyth-

WPA Press Officer

The first round of the elimination stages began today at the Etisalat WPA World 8-Ball Championships in Fujairah, UAE in the beautiful Fujairah tennis club. In the very first group to go out Joven Alba set what must be a record for finishing a race to eight in 8-Ball. He defeated Ali Nasih 8-0 in under thirty minutes!

Allen Hopkins Super Billiard Expo in Valley Forge, Convention Center, Pennsylvania now in its 18^th year was bigger then ever. With a whopping 179 Diamond Pool Tables and plenty of deals on billiard merchandise with over 130 vendors to choose from.

The Super Billiards Expo has earned its reputation as the largest consumer tradeshow in the industry by continually bringing you the finest manufacturers, retailers, and custom cue makers in the billiards world. Plan ahead for next years Super Billiards Expo 2011 date is March 10-13

Rich Senna

New England 9-Ball Series  Stop 14

Senna hangs on to win double elimination final on New England 9-Ball series

Rich Senna came back from a victory by Nick Kafalas in the opening set of a true double elimination final to win the second set and take home the first place prize in the New England 9-Ball Series stop on March 28. The $100-added, BCD handicapped event drew 44 players to Buster’s Billiards in Somersworth, NH.