Taiwan has just held an internal trial to decide who should represent the country to play in the Asian Tour in 2007.
There are 4 seats. But one had already gone to Chao. So only the remainng 3 seats were up for grabs.
It was the final phase of the trial, with only 8 pro players remained to compete.
Yang proved he's still the king of the island by winning the trial with one round to spare. (there were 5 rounds in total)
Competition for the remaing 2 seats was stiff.
Wu Chia-Ching struggled at first but mangaed to pull together and took the 2nd place.
Controversy arose in the all-important match in the final round between 3rd-place hopefuls Guo and Chang YL. Having taken the 3rd straight rack, Guo made a mistake - he forgot to mark his win! (yes, the players had to mark their own scores in this competition). Guo didn't realize his error until after the break in the 4th rack. He asked the judge if he could correct the score. When the judge was about to say yes, his opponent Chang protested. So Guo had to settle for the 2-0 score. The frustrated Guo got distracted afterwards and began to lose games. The atmosphere had changed too. Some said Chang began to taunt Guo (unproven). In the 8th rack, trailing 3-4, Guo sudden announced to quit the game.
Chang went on to win 2 more matches and took the 3rd-place, joining Chao, Yang and Wu for the tickets to the tour.
But had Guo win the match against Chang, he'd be guaranteed 3rd.
3 time junior world champ Wu YL was 4th. He'll be playing in the Taipei stop of the tour, in which the host is given 5 seats.
Here's the final points of the trial:
1. Yang CS 62 (for 4 rounds)
2. Wu CC 52
3. Chang YL 52
4. Wu YL 50
5. Guo PC 49
There are 4 seats. But one had already gone to Chao. So only the remainng 3 seats were up for grabs.
It was the final phase of the trial, with only 8 pro players remained to compete.
Yang proved he's still the king of the island by winning the trial with one round to spare. (there were 5 rounds in total)
Competition for the remaing 2 seats was stiff.
Wu Chia-Ching struggled at first but mangaed to pull together and took the 2nd place.
Controversy arose in the all-important match in the final round between 3rd-place hopefuls Guo and Chang YL. Having taken the 3rd straight rack, Guo made a mistake - he forgot to mark his win! (yes, the players had to mark their own scores in this competition). Guo didn't realize his error until after the break in the 4th rack. He asked the judge if he could correct the score. When the judge was about to say yes, his opponent Chang protested. So Guo had to settle for the 2-0 score. The frustrated Guo got distracted afterwards and began to lose games. The atmosphere had changed too. Some said Chang began to taunt Guo (unproven). In the 8th rack, trailing 3-4, Guo sudden announced to quit the game.
Chang went on to win 2 more matches and took the 3rd-place, joining Chao, Yang and Wu for the tickets to the tour.
But had Guo win the match against Chang, he'd be guaranteed 3rd.
3 time junior world champ Wu YL was 4th. He'll be playing in the Taipei stop of the tour, in which the host is given 5 seats.
Here's the final points of the trial:
1. Yang CS 62 (for 4 rounds)
2. Wu CC 52
3. Chang YL 52
4. Wu YL 50
5. Guo PC 49
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