Shaw and Savannah beat Kristina & Dimitris Loukatos. Loukatos played about as bad as I've ever seen a professional play in an event like this. He must have had a half dozen poor shots and another half dozen that looked like they just pulled a random guy out of the crowd to play with Kristina. It was hard to watch
Predator's WPA Women's World 9 Ball
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Wow, this field is loaded. It will take a great performance from somebody to snap off this title.𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝟗-𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏
𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝟏𝟔 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐔𝐏𝐒
Shasha Liu vs
Rubilen Amit
Kelly Fisher vs
Allison Fisher
Seo Seoa vs
Eylül Kibaroglu
Wan-Ling Wang vs
Margarita Fefilova
Jasmin Ouschan
Chihiro Kawahara vs
Meng-Hsia Hung vs
Earlier this year, Jasmin Ouschan won the World 8ball, Chezka Centeno won the World 10ball and Kelly Fisher won the World Heyball. Let's see if one of them can make it two world titles in a single calendar year.
industries?
anyways. surprising han yu didn't make L16. and rubilen vs shasha could be a final
Not really. Savannah was already a capable cueist at age 13 and, in a country that hasn't produced a BCA hall-of-fame caliber female player in a long time, any player showing promising form at such an age is sure to earn our attention.
I had the pleasure of meeting Savannah during the BCA Nationals this past February. She is congenial and has a lot of charisma. She's exactly the kind of player and person that I would want to see succeed.
I've yet to meet Sofia Mast, whose game came into fullest bloom at closer to 15 years old, but I root for both her and Savannah. Both are improving, and I hope that one of them can become a World top 25 player down the road.
The standard in women's pro pool continues to rise, and there are presently 25 players at Fargo 720+. The Top 14 are all Fargo 750+. There is some rarefied air these days at the top of women's pro pool.
We see their performance as pretty much indistinguishable over the last 3 years
Yes, based on Fargo, Sofia is #68 and Savannah is #72, but performance in the WPA sanctioned majors can be an important indicator of potential and Sofia, with a World Junior 9ball Championship and a Top 5 in the World 10ball, has more credentials in world championship level play than Savannah to this point. We'll see how it all plays out.
While I have nothing against the young lady personally, I myself cannot see what the hype is all about. She shoots well (she could beat the hell outta me!), but she is WAY behind the curve in her mental game and safety play. She sulks at her mistakes, mopes around the table with drooping shoulders when her cue ball positioning isn't as exact as she wanted. She sits in her chair and literally beats herself up.
I watched her play doubles with Shaw for a few matches over the last two days. When it was her time to shoot, she literally walked up to the table and stood there like a statue (about 75% of the time) waiting for Shaw to tell her what to do, which now has me doubting her decision making.
People on the chats just love her, and many predict that in 5 years she will be a world champion. I don't see that happening, but like you, I'd be delighted to be wrong about this. She has quite a way to go before she will consistently beat the Asian and European women. Winning a World Championship is going to demand for that to happen.
BEEP BEEP! I wish you the best of luck!
I am meaning more than simply comparing their ratings. Both are punching above their ratings by near 30 points and have been performing in the 680 range. I'm saying even when we break it down and estimate performance for 1000-game segments or 6-month segments or whatever, and difference in their performance is within the uncertainty.
I think a good way to speed up the game of pool is to shorten the shot clocks to 25 seconds and give each player TWO 15 second extensions per rack.
So many players overthinking shots and expending energy constantly walking around the table exploring every possible angle when in reality, they already know exactly what shot they need to take and where the cue ball is headed afterward.
Enjoying the faster players (example: Soufi) is so much more enjoyable to watch.
yep, totally agree. here's what a lot of people don't understand; the pockets are tighter because the players are better and fields are deeper than ever. the pocket size is a factor that makes the game more determinative. race length is another factor that makes the game more determinative. but the shot clock is a legitimate factor too. if you can't play without taking forever you don't belong on the pro scene. i would like to see at least ONE pro event with a 20 or 25 sec shot clock. the other factors can be softer - pockets can even be 4.5" and/or the race can be shorter, because the ability to make up your mind and execute in a timely manner will be determinative in itself. just one event. let the chips fall where they may.
I hope she goes far, but it won't be with my viewership as long as she spends more time surveying than shooting.
The same goes for the guys.
One thing I have noticed about these analytical players is they think too much if you ask me.
For example, they look at the table forever and then decide to push out to a spot on the table.
Then, when the shot get passed back to them, they stand there and analyze the shot forever figuring out what they are going to do with it.
I think you are supposed to have that figured out before you pushed.
The table layout hasn't changed since you pushed.
been watching the fishers. incredible how competitive allison still is at her age, glasses and all.. cues as straight as ever
allison through to QF. that was remarkable, great play from the veteran
edit, QF not semis
edit, QF not semis
