2024 China Open - where are the elite Chinese pros?
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My friend was 3-0 down Vs Biado before he even put his cue together earlier... I watched them play till 5-2 to Biado, and went to get some dinner downstairs in the mall... Watched my friend win it whilst stuffing my face full of Char Siu! If My friend beat Biado, and I have beat my friend, can I count that as a victory for both of us?(jokes jokes, my friend is 1000x the player I am, and I'd never play him for money)
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i always liked that way of reasoning because with it i have beat souquet, feijen and immonen. so yes would've been a victory for both
. how about beating a guy that once beat a guy that beat kevin bacon?chalk it up as another filler trophy.. with that break rule he's pretty much unstoppable
oi always gets shaky in semis. he lead 6-2, now down 6-8
edit: lost 6-11. quite incredible with alt break
edit: lost 6-11. quite incredible with alt break
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Yup, and with no B&Rs on his 5 breaks in that 9-game winning streak.
8-4 filler. konrad has seen this movie before
The arena setup is quite impressive for this event.
I can't wait for pool to return to the western hemisphere!
World 8-ball finals began at 2:00 AM New York time. Now, the China Open finals begin at 1:30 AM New York time.
Don't reckon I'll be watching any of this. Need my beauty sleep.
maybe the most predictable final ever. filler got this format down to a dot. hijikata looked almost as jumpy as oi in the semi. even with alt break i would be surprised if he gets to 6 racks.
And the world #1 is there as a spectator because Fedor oozes such integrity that Filler can't even fathom.
Kristina didn't qualify for Stage 2. Eliminated two days ago.
Well, Hijikata did get to 6. In fact, they were tied at 6. But Filler won the last 5 games to take the match 11-6. It didn't seem like prime Filler, despite his 4 B&Rs in 8 breaks (vs. Hijikata's none).
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last year he was sick but still won the qatar open.
Kristina wasn't alone. Here are some group stats.
Stage 3 was 16-player elimination stage: median rating 750
Stage 2 was 48 player group stage: median rating 723
Top players who, like Kristina, failed to make the elimination stage
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Getting to group stage was no picnic for some. 40 invited directly in. The other 8 came from stage 1 prelims. 35 players in the prelims median rating 655 with 9 over 700. Top players who failed to advance from prelims to group stage
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These Asian females are could bet the Kristina's of the world giving the the 7 out and the breaks. Not even close.
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Yes, it is time to stand up and applaud the level of excellence of the two best woman players today and, in my opinion, they are two of the four best ever women pool players.
Siming Chen tends to get more press than Han Yu, mostly because she once mixed it up with Shane and survived. In fact, Siming Chen, in my opinion, is the women's game's most talented player, but greatness is measured in titles, and...
Han Yu has to be the most underrated woman pool player of all time. For most of her career, the three hardest events to win in women's pool have surely been the WPA World 9-ball, the China Open, and the All Japan.
Han Yu (32 years old) now has three WPA World 9-ball titles, four China Open titles, and two All-Japan titles, despite taking a couple of years off for maternity.
By comparison, Siming Chen (30 years old) has two World 9-ball titles, two China Open titles, and two All Japan titles.
There's no need to say who is the better of these two proven superstars, but they are putting together the kind of competitive resumes that only Jean Balukas and Allison Fisher have enjoyed to this point in women's pro pool history.
For those that don't watch women's pro pool, you might want to reconsider for, led by these two mega-stars, the top women are putting on a display of truly exceptional pool that might just shock you.
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