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FISHER IN A ROUT!
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe and Yu Yan/Top147.com (Shanghai)--Britain's Kelly Fisher came into Sunday's final at the China Open feeling pretty good about her game....
ORCOLLO WINS IN A MASTER CLASS!
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe and Yu Yan/Top147.com (Shanghai)--With a grand finale performance that spoke of true greatness, the Philippines Dennis Orcollo capped an...
UNHERALDED WU GRABS A SPOT AT THE EXPENSE OF LUI
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)--Yes, perseverance does indeed pay off. Wu Jing, the 12th ranked female player in China, had played 2009...
WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR CAST SET
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)--The 2012 China Open women's event is now down to four players, and as befitting a tournament featuring the...
EKONOMOPOULOS POWERS HIS WAY THROUGH
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer (Shanghai, China)--Greece's Nick Ekonomopoulos certainly has a name that is not easy to say, but surely not easy to forget either. And if the Athens native continues...
POOL’S BEST READY FOR SHOWDOWN IN SHANGHAI
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo by Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)--Shanghai is a city where people come to make their dreams, to reinvent themselves, to put pedal to the floor and...
MELLING AVERTS FIRST ROUND FLOP
By Ted Lerner/WPA Press Officer Photo by Tai Chengzhe/Top147.com (Shanghai, China)--The 2012 China Open got underway on a rainy Thursday afternoon here in Shanghai, and it didn't take very long for...
‘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...
