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Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--17 year old Chinese pool star and defending champion Chen Siming lived up to all the accolades and adoration when she stunned Austria's Jasmin...

Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Great Britain's Chris Melling proved that his current number 2 ranking on the brutally tough Euro Tour is no fluke, as he put in a series of stellar...

Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Two relative unknowns on the 9-ball circuit. Two players playing lights out pool. One sure to be entertaining final. Britain's Chris Melling and...

Story and Photo by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Playing virtually mistake free 9-ball, and seemingly immune to the pressure, Fu Xiao Fang defeated fellow Chinese and defending champion Chen Siming...

Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Give Chris Melling an inch, and he takes a mile. That's just how Chinese Taipei's Hsu Kai Lun must feel right now, as the burly Englishman put on...

by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)-- After two days of non-stop, high quality 9-ball action, the China Open has moved into the business end of things as the single elimination knockout stages have...

Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Shock upsets and plenty of tense drama filled the Shanghai Pudong Yuanshen Stadium in suburban Shanghai as the men's field of 32 was reduced to 16...

Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Going about her business with steely fortitude and dead-eyed accuracy, China's 17 year old sensation Chen Siming took dead aim at defending her...

Story and Photos by Ted Lerner (Shanghai, China)--Mika Immonen sure is getting a good workout here in Shanghai. Immonen, who two years ago commenced what would become one of the greatest winning...

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...

(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...

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...

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, 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...