Question: Will the World 9 Ball Championship ever be played in the United States?

[AtLarge]

... Kevin Cheng slugged thru this year and won the US Open... That was a superhuman feat.. It's worth more than Ko's World 9ball and 10ball combined..... ...

Cheng Yu-Hsuan's path to victory in the 2015 US Open 9-Ball Championship:
1. L. Kang 11-2
2. Francisco Ruiz-Sanchez 11-9
3. Corey Deuel 11-6
4. Justin Bergman 11-10
5. Ruslan Chinakhov 11-6
6. Hsu Kai-Lun 11-8
7. Karl Boyes 11-4
8. Karl Boyes 13-6 (Finals)

Ko Pin-Yi's path to victory in the 2015 WPA World 10-Ball Championship:
1. Leonardo Didal 8-9
2. Stephan Doiron 9-0
3. Mika Immonen 9-8
4. Alex Kazakis 11-10
5. Reuben Bautista 11-3
6. Irsa Nasution 11-5
7. Yang Ching-Shun 11-7
8. Ko Ping-Chung 11-2
9. Carlo Biado 11-9 (Finals)

Ko Pin-Yi's path to victory in the 2015 WPA World 9-Ball Championship:
1. Denis Grabe 9-4
2. Matey Ullah 9-6
3. Justin Campbell 11-7
4. Carlo Biado 11-4
5. Warren Kiamco 11-9
6. John Morra 11-6
7. Wu Jia-Qing 11-10
8. Shane Van Boening 13-11 (Finals)

 

[arps]

Sorry but for pretty much the entire existence of the WPA "world" championships the "US Open" has exceeded them in strength of field.... Yep I made the w in world lower case because it is...

not in 2013. If I remember correctly, only 1 player came from the Philippines. only 1 from China. and then the usual people - Appleton, Feijen, Boyes, Shaw, Hohmann, Immonen, Souquet, Earl, Morra.
None from Taiwan.

 

[tommy84]

What annoys me most is that the broadcast is only on par with every other tournament that is streamed live from a pool hall like CSI does or our recent German Tour event.
I wish broadcast quality was up to Matchroom standards. Seems like Qatar ran out of money when it came to streaming...