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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 Championship.

The race to 11, alternate break showdown will take place at 7pm local time(GMT + 7).

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FU XIAOFANG, TSAI PEI CHEN, LUI SHASHA AND KELLY FISHER REACH THE SEMI FINALS OF THE WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
By Ted Lerner

Ga Young Kim

HAVING WON THREE IN A ROW, CHINESE WOMEN LOOK TO DOMINATE YET AGAIN IN 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 opening stages of world championships.

But for Chinese 9-ball fans, Monday produced one of the biggest downers imaginable as China’s wildly popular Pan Xiaoting lost twice on the very first day of the 2012 Women’s World 9-ball Championship and was sent packing from the 64 player field.

It is in this atmosphere that the other big names in the women’s game will have to contend. Hall of Famer Allison Fisher, World Ten Ball Champion Kelly Fisher, and two time US Open Champion Ga Young Kim are all big time stars in their own right in China.  But the home team seems to carry a massive advantage on Chinese soil.  The numbers certainly speak for themselves. Over half the field of 64 players entered in this year’s championship is from China.

The Laurel Highlands TAP spring Titleholder is history. 54 teams from three states showed up to battle it out for a portion of the $13,100 prize fund in Derry, Pa at the Cooperstown Vets.

The stunned defending high school champions, the South Garland Colonels, had watched in agony as their (27-25) match lead against the Yellowjackets in the final round of play slipped away to bring the match even (27-27) with only one game left to play.

The two best BETTER High School Billiard Program teams in the Dallas, Texas area were ready and set for action at AMF Richardson Lanes on May 22^nd, 2012. The competitive game they played was 9-ball and they were playing a total of 55 games and were racing to 28 to win the coveted title of “œ2012 BEF Texas High School Billiard Finals” champions.

Arriving to the final eight undefeated were defending champion Allison Fisher, with a 9-3 victory over Jennifer Barretta; national junior champ Brittany Bryant over Taiwan’s Jennifer Chen 9-3; Norway’s Line Kjorsvik over Californian Melissa Herndon 9-5, and Gerda Hofstatter, six months pregnant with her second child, over Atlanta’s Helena Thornfeldt 9-4!