A real beast. When I first saw him in 07 playing the Guiness 9 ball tour in asia i could not believe what I was seeing.
back then pretty much efren and the pinoy contingent were dominant up to that point and then there was a nine-tournament streak where they all went to the taiwanese. three were won by Yang Ching Shun, who back then was still showing why efren regarded him as the best player to never win the world 9 ball title.
The other six of course, was this upstart called chang jung lin. he neither had the flair nor the finesse of the filipinos, but whenever he was at the table, you always had the feeling that he was never going to make a mistake, never going to miss, and by the end stages of the match, he was never going to lose.
I 'hated' him back then because he always took out my heroes in the tourneys but eventually i became a huge admirer of his mental strength and consistency. so many players have arguably better skills but so few are able to manage themselves to his level.
i was actually rooting for little ko in this tourney because i was hoping he would break his duck and hopefully announce himself on the world stage – this little monster possibly has more potential than his brother – but AK Guy pointed out something i've forgotten: CJL had been playing bridesmaid in several major international tourneys already and perhaps this is the best outcome
