Session 1 of US Open on Thursday, April 25
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Another 23-year-old in the Last 16, Hsu Jui-An from Taiwan will have his hands full with Can Wang from China, but he is a fierce competitor and has what it takes to win. He will be one to watch--and watch closely. After taking the gold in 2017, an emotional Hsu ran to embrace his parents and said, “I want to become the Michael Jordan of billiards, and I want to become one of the world’s most influential athletes." He expressed how grateful he was to his parents who run a breakfast shop. In the past, they had borrowed money so he could go overseas to compete, and he said how they had been made fun of for “wasting money." Although this hurt him, he stayed confident, and he showed off his skills to those who laughed at him and took the gold medal for Taiwan in 2017. "My goal is to become one of the world’s most influential athletes. I know that’s difficult, but I will do my best to achieve it," he said. What a nice prophecy for this young man if he wins it all this week!
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And what a lot of us Americans have been waiting for, American Shane Van Boening hails from the State of South Dakota, a humble player with a punch that can be heard around the world when he's in the zone. Shane, 35 years young, is America's great hope to win this title, and you can be sure a lot of us will be chanting "USA, ALL THE WAY" between shots during his match.
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Wu Jiaqing, 30 years old, is a Taiwanese-born Chinese professional pool player, nicknamed the Taishan Shentong ("Little Genius from Taishan"). Previously known as Wu Chia-ching, the spelling of his name was changed upon moving to mainland China. Raised by his grandmother from the age of 2, Wu began playing eight-ball at the age of 10 at his family-run pool hall. When he became serious about pool, his grandmother would shuttle him from one competition venue to another on her scooter. In 2005, after only six years of playing, Wu became the youngest player (at 16 years, 5 months old) ever to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship.
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He's still only 30. Seems like he's been around forever. I remember watchin' him win in '05. Some kind of talent. That being said i hope SVB scorches him.
I do remember when he won the World Championship. Taiwan gave him $100,000, if memory serves me right. I'll have to dig up the thread, so that info is subject to check.
Then they wanted to draft him in the military, and he said, "No way, Jose." I hope somebody can add some info to this because my memory is fuzzy at my old age.
Meanwhile, how 'bout our Captain America still in the fight! :grin-loving:
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He's still only 30. Seems like he's been around forever. I remember watchin' him win in '05. Some kind of talent. That being said i hope SVB scorches him.
:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
These guys are independent contractors who don't get paid unless they produce. My hats off to anyone with the brains, guts and $ it takes to play this game especially considering the usual paybacks.
All good stuff here! :thumbup:
Go USA
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Hahahahahahahahaha! :grin:
only two matches today?
quarter finals is later on today
Nice match going on right now. Some early mistakes but both seem to be getting in the groove. Hsu just hit a sweet jump down the rail on the one after being hooked on the break and was running out the rack for the win. However after running into the nine and having to bank cross-side, missed, and Wang took the game.
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