Kelly Fisher won the Amway Cup

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Kelly Fisher won the Amway Cup 11-8 against Jasmin Ouschan tonight in Taiwan:thumbup:
 
Strong win! Congratulations to Kelly and Jasmin both. :clapping::clapping::clapping:
 
Great match, congrats to Kelly on the win and Jasmin on her runner up! TBH both played amazing, I think I can count the number of mistakes made on one hand...
 
Congrats to Kelly. She is a true international player. I hope they put her in the Hall of Fame when she's old enough. She is very under rated by most pool fans. Johnnyt
 
Kelly and Jasmin have both brought their games up to meet the challenge of the young Chinese women. That is the stuff of champions, the willingness to do what it takes to be a winner! Hats off to both of them! :thumbup2:
 
jay helfert said:
Kelly and Jasmin have both brought their games up to meet the challenge of the young Chinese women. That is the stuff of champions, the willingness to do what it takes to be a winner! Hats off to both of them! :thumbup2:
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Yep very impressive, the events over hear definitely help keep these gals in tune. Industry should offer em 1/2 price entry into the US Open? Be nice to see em play, all of em. And the media loves to attend with the gals around, me too.
 
JoeyA said:
Two thumbs up for American Champion, Kelly Fisher!
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That would be nice Joey and although Kelly did come to the USA to make her home for the past decade unfortunately the American government didn't think her partner Val Finnie was worth granting a green card to and so Kelly and Val moved back home at the beginning of this year. They were forced to leave their house, car, property and a decade of friends.

Well forced isn't the right word. They could have chosen to have Val leave and live outside the USA somewhere while Kelly stayed in the USA by herself.

Anyway, Kelly also just recently lost her father and she sent me a message saying that this win was dedicated to him. He, a former boxer, instilled the fighting spirit into Kelly at a young age and encouraged her every step of the way.

Jay is right about Kelly stepping up her game to compete. But it's not that she stepped up her game because her game was always there to compete with any female in the world regardless of where they come from. What Kelly did was change her mindset and how she prepares for tournaments half a world away from her home and played on different equipment under different, shall we say, handling of procedures, and in different cultures. Once she flipped that switch then she was able to bring her existing game to the forefront and keep it throughout the events.

She may never dominate as Allison did. Maybe never even as much as Karen did. And one reason is because the younger generation was inspired by Allison to truly step up their games and they did. So Kelly has it much tougher than Allison did as there are a lot more runout players on tour who aren't afraid of anyone's "name".

So to me, as a follower of women's pool, these past 20 years, Kelly's victories now are against a much tougher field and under tougher single elimination conditions. Although not as many as Allie's they are nevertheless very meaningful.
 
JB Cases said:
That would be nice Joey and although Kelly did come to the USA to make her home for the past decade unfortunately the American government didn't think her partner Val Finnie was worth granting a green card to and so Kelly and Val moved back home at the beginning of this year. They were forced to leave their house, car, property and a decade of friends.
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Absolute crying shame.

Congrats to Kelly for winning against a seriously tough field.

-roger
 
JB Cases said:
That would be nice Joey and although Kelly did come to the USA to make her home for the past decade unfortunately the American government didn't think her partner Val Finnie was worth granting a green card to and so Kelly and Val moved back home at the beginning of this year. They were forced to leave their house, car, property and a decade of friends.

Well forced isn't the right word. They could have chosen to have Val leave and live outside the USA somewhere while Kelly stayed in the USA by herself.

Anyway, Kelly also just recently lost her father and she sent me a message saying that this win was dedicated to him. He, a former boxer, instilled the fighting spirit into Kelly at a young age and encouraged her every step of the way.

Jay is right about Kelly stepping up her game to compete. But it's not that she stepped up her game because her game was always there to compete with any female in the world regardless of where they come from. What Kelly did was change her mindset and how she prepares for tournaments half a world away from her home and played on different equipment under different, shall we say, handling of procedures, and in different cultures. Once she flipped that switch then she was able to bring her existing game to the forefront and keep it throughout the events.

She may never dominate as Allison did. Maybe never even as much as Karen did. And one reason is because the younger generation was inspired by Allison to truly step up their games and they did. So Kelly has it much tougher than Allison did as there are a lot more runout players on tour who aren't afraid of anyone's "name".

So to me, as a follower of women's pool, these past 20 years, Kelly's victories now are against a much tougher field and under tougher single elimination conditions. Although not as many as Allie's they are nevertheless very meaningful.
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John,
Thanks for keeping me in the loop.
 
JB Cases said:
That would be nice Joey and although Kelly did come to the USA to make her home for the past decade unfortunately the American government didn't think her partner Val Finnie was worth granting a green card to and so Kelly and Val moved back home at the beginning of this year. They were forced to leave their house, car, property and a decade of friends.

Well forced isn't the right word. They could have chosen to have Val leave and live outside the USA somewhere while Kelly stayed in the USA by herself.

Anyway, Kelly also just recently lost her father and she sent me a message saying that this win was dedicated to him. He, a former boxer, instilled the fighting spirit into Kelly at a young age and encouraged her every step of the way.

Jay is right about Kelly stepping up her game to compete. But it's not that she stepped up her game because her game was always there to compete with any female in the world regardless of where they come from. What Kelly did was change her mindset and how she prepares for tournaments half a world away from her home and played on different equipment under different, shall we say, handling of procedures, and in different cultures. Once she flipped that switch then she was able to bring her existing game to the forefront and keep it throughout the events.

She may never dominate as Allison did. Maybe never even as much as Karen did. And one reason is because the younger generation was inspired by Allison to truly step up their games and they did. So Kelly has it much tougher than Allison did as there are a lot more runout players on tour who aren't afraid of anyone's "name".

So to me, as a follower of women's pool, these past 20 years, Kelly's victories now are against a much tougher field and under tougher single elimination conditions. Although not as many as Allie's they are nevertheless very meaningful.
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Nice read, very true, but Tiger Woods.....could be a mentor for Kelly. Since she's on top, it makes her Much more difficult to beat.
 
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