Please help me - Who is Yu Lung Chang???
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Well put. I agree.
he knows how to deal with an alternating break format. he made sure that whenever he breaks, he takes the rack. his break was really good. i dont think he had a dry break during the finals match, or when he played Lee Van.
now, when the opponent breaks, he does everything to steal the rack and make the point. and when he does that, he puts extra effort on the next rack which puts his score up by two.
in an alternating break format, if you're on a 2-point advantage and then play consistently, you're more likely to win the match.
also, he already won this same title back in 2010 after beating another Filipino, Antonio Lining.
now, when the opponent breaks, he does everything to steal the rack and make the point. and when he does that, he puts extra effort on the next rack which puts his score up by two.
in an alternating break format, if you're on a 2-point advantage and then play consistently, you're more likely to win the match.
also, he already won this same title back in 2010 after beating another Filipino, Antonio Lining.
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he knows how to deal with an alternating break format. he made sure that whenever he breaks, he takes the rack. his break was really good. i dont think he had a dry break during the finals match, or when he played Lee Van.
now, when the opponent breaks, he does everything to steal the rack and make the point. and when he does that, he puts extra effort on the next rack which puts his score up by two.
in an alternating break format, if you're on a 2-point advantage and then play consistently, you're more likely to win the match.
also, he already won this same title back in 2010 after beating another Filipino, Antonio Lining.
Guess he must have a horse shoe up his.... since we have been told by our own house pro it's a Tourney of luck
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Seriously question. During one of the streams and the stands were all but deserted. I mean EMPTY. Is snooker really what the Chinese prefer? Are these pool players really just guys not good enough to play snooker at the top level in China?
I'm sure the last matches must have drawn some people but obviously people weren't storming the doors to see the international players?
If I'm wrong let me know. I'm too lazy to google snooker in China
I'm sure the last matches must have drawn some people but obviously people weren't storming the doors to see the international players?
If I'm wrong let me know. I'm too lazy to google snooker in China
That's a good question ,, I have heard some snooker guys say China is going to explode into the snooker world,,
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Guess he must have a horse shoe up his.... since we have been told by our own house pro it's a Tourney of luck
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i dont think it's luck to formulate a very effective break, especially cue ball control after the break; and run out the rack. if you dont have a shot on your first ball after the break, you make a push that forces your opponent to give the shot back. Chang made sure that he shoots what he pushes. he can kick balls pretty decent, but he's fantastic when it comes to jump shots. i guess the key is to not let your opponent be on the table, as much as possible. on the other hand Jeff Ignacio made it sure that he wins his own break. he just did not have much opportunity to steal the rack whenever Chang breaks - the Taiwanese was so good; and Jeff also made some mistakes.
he knows how to deal with an alternating break format. he made sure that whenever he breaks, he takes the rack. his break was really good. i dont think he had a dry break during the finals match, or when he played Lee Van.
now, when the opponent breaks, he does everything to steal the rack and make the point. and when he does that, he puts extra effort on the next rack which puts his score up by two.
in an alternating break format, if you're on a 2-point advantage and then play consistently, you're more likely to win the match.
also, he already won this same title back in 2010 after beating another Filipino, Antonio Lining.
I think this is the first time Chang has won the China Open.
http://www.azbilliards.com/tours_an...n/6096-china-open-2014-mens-division/results/
it's his second china open title. http://www.cna.com.tw/proj_tl_eng/Detail.aspx?Category=1&TNo=74&ID=201009290002
Of course the last thing I think of is that it's luck ,, I think fading the things the haters speak of only shows how much more in focus you need to be in this type format ,, it's truly a format where you better not stumble at the start or you lose
That might not set well for our happy go lucky players who wait to fall into stroke
There is no waiting in this drag race be ready or go home
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Chang Yu Lung was 1st on TW official ranking in 2011, and has been top tier TW player for years. this is his 2nd China Open title. This first was in 2010 when he had to play through qualifications (3 days, 128 players each day compete for 2 slots, single elimination, they have to play morning til mid night and win 6 consecutive matches).
With winner breaks format and existence of a knock-out stage, anyone can win any tournament, they are all extremely good players. Jeff Ignacio is another example, so it is totally understandable that some guys relatively unknown to you can win a big event.
With winner breaks format and existence of a knock-out stage, anyone can win any tournament, they are all extremely good players. Jeff Ignacio is another example, so it is totally understandable that some guys relatively unknown to you can win a big event.
Unknown to who ? Americans , this guy is hardly unknown on the world stage
I can assure these guys would travel here and rake up the cash if it was worth there while
Our so called second best player here is winning 1500 a pop and some consider him a world beater ,, ya ok
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So that everyone understands, Chinese and Taiwanese utilize different
conventions (between them) when using Western letters.
Would take too long to explain, but suffice it to say, there are no English
names for them. They only use characters.
When they (China and Taiwan) use Western letters they are merely doing
us a favor so that we might get an approximate sound to
their true pronunciations. It's called transliteration.
Case in point: Wu chia ching is originally from Taiwan, when he
"declared himself" to China his name was "changed" to Wu jia qing.
The characters remained the same however, they didn't change, only how it is was
represented to the West.
Also note: Always use their last names first—opposite of Western naming.
This is coming from someone who has studied four years of Mandarin.
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That about sums it up. He controls break well, steals break when opponent makes mistake, makes least mistakes and has awesome safety gamehe knows how to deal with an alternating break format. he made sure that whenever he breaks, he takes the rack. his break was really good. i dont think he had a dry break during the finals match, or when he played Lee Van.
now, when the opponent breaks, he does everything to steal the rack and make the point. and when he does that, he puts extra effort on the next rack which puts his score up by two.
in an alternating break format, if you're on a 2-point advantage and then play consistently, you're more likely to win the match.
also, he already won this same title back in 2010 after beating another Filipino, Antonio Lining.
Different guy. JL Chang is Chang Jung Lin (or Chang Rong Lin) the more famous Chang that rest of world know who has won World 8b champ, All Japan and was quite dominant on Asian Tour few years ago. This is the Chang who will play Orcullo in upcoming CSI event in July
First we have to make distinction- Taiwan and China . Women's pool and men's pool.
In China, men's snooker is much bigger than men's pool. Ronnie O and Ding Junhui are quite well known here whereas the pool superstar are relative unknowns. Look at number of new snooker tourneys added to snooker calendar. Women's pool is way more popular than men's pool but is still not one of the most popular sports. The best men pool players and monsters are still from Taiwan not China. The best players from China are players like Fu Jianbo, Li Hewen, Chu Bingjie, Wang Can but IMHO they play below speed of top Taiwanese men players.
Wu is from Taiwan but now playing for China.
Women's pool (men's pool not yet) is really taking off in China producing many champions and surpassing Taiwan women players.
On other hand reverse is true in Taiwan where pool is more popular than snooker.
There is misconception that men's pool is big in China probably cos of the growth of women's pool but men's pool in China still have long way to go to produce world champions
+1 Well said.
That's right. Names written in English also depends on whether it is converted from Mandarin or other dialect. China uses Mandarin so names are written in English are Mandarin sounding whereas in Taiwan dialect is Hokkien and in Hongkong dialect is Cantonese though Mandarin is used also in Taiwan and Hongkong. :grin:
true. even the lag is very important.