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THEY’RE GOING ‘GA GA’ OVER GABICA
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Takayamo Takao/onthehill.jp, Richard Walker and the WPA (Doha, Qatar)--Over a 15-plus year professional career, Antonio Gabica has often been...
PLAYERS FEEL THE HEAT FROM ON HIGH
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--When players and fans talk about the "pool gods," they're referring to that mysterious force that seems to...
THE BIG DANCE STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Richard Walker, Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--Relief and pure joy were two emotions on wide display on Day 3 of the 2013 World 9-ball...
BREAKING TOWARDS SOME BIG TIME SHOWDOWNS
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of QBSF, Takayama Takao/onthehill.jp, and Richard Walker (Doha, Qatar)--As the long, slow grind of this week-long World 9-ball championship wound its...
KICK OFF RIGHT ON SCRIPT
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Richard Walker and Takayamo"Mathilda" Takao/onthehill.jp (Doha, Qatar)--Fans of the World 9-ball Championship have become accustomed to the fun of...
‘I KEEP PINCHING MYSELF’
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER (Doha, Qatar)--I first met Darren Appleton back in 2007 before anyone in the pool world had ever heard of the Brit. I was covering the qualifiers for the 2007 World...
THE 9-BALL JEWEL IN THE DESERT IS HERE
By Ted Lerner WPA Press Officer If you like the very best in professional pool squaring off for ultimate supremacy on the felt pitch, then the next 11 days will be nothing short of Valhalla. The...
HAN AND LIN GO ALL IN
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos courtesy Alison Chang/Alison-chang.com (Shenyang, China)-- Han Yu of China and Lin Yuan Chun of Chinese-Taipei will square off for the 2013 WPA Women's World...
HANDS DOWN FOR HAN!
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy Tai Chengzhe/top147.com (Shenyang, China)--It's true that hard work and perseverance do pay off. Han Yu, who joined China's national billiard team...
IT’S CHINA VS. CHINESE-TAIPEI IN MONDAY’S FINAL FOUR
BY TED LERNER WPA Press Officer Photos Courtesy my147.com (Shenyang, China)--Chinese-Taipei and China are natural rivals and friends in many arenas, and the sport of pool is certainly no exception....
A LEGEND LOOKS TO CARRY ON
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengze/top147.com Photo of Jasmin Ouschan Courtesy of Alison Chang/alison-chang.com (Shenyang, China)--To say that Karen Corr is a big name in...
IT’S ANYONE’S GAME IN SHENYANG
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Tai Chenghze/top147.com Photo of Alison Fisher courtesy of Alison Chang/alison-chang.com (Shenyang, China)--After a day of ups and downs as only...
THE PAGEANTRY OF WOMEN’S POOL
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER Photos Courtesy of Tai Chengze/top147.com (Shenyang, China)--Anyone who has ever been to any kind of event in China knows the importance that the Chinese place on...
WOMEN’S WORLD 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP SET TO KICK OFF THIS WEEK
BY TED LERNER WPA PRESS OFFICER (Shenyang, China)--From the ancient imperial city will rise the new queen of 9-ball. That's the intriguing scenario this week as the world's best women pool players...
Kim and Immonen Take the Titles at the Ultimate 10-Ball Championships
By Jerry Forsyth Photos Courtesy of JP Parmentier Ga-Young would face Allison again in the finals. After her loss to Ga-Young for the hot seat Ms. Fisher had to take on Line Kjoersvik to get that...
