Where are the Taiwanese at the World 9-ball Championship?
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Word has it in another thread Taiwan is in a Coronavirus lockdown
You're kidding, right?
I'm sure all the top players of Asia were invited, but most of Asia is in a lockdown with confining travel restrictions, so nearly all these invitations would have been turned down. It's not just Taiwan. Chinese players Wu Jiaqing, Liu Haitao, and Xiahuai Zheng are all missing from the field, and so are Filipinos Raga, Orcullo, Biado, Corteza, Biado and Aranas. All eight of them, based on Fargo, are among the twenty best players in the world.
Yes, this is the weakest field we've seen at the World Championship since the 1980s, but you should revel in the fact that Matchroom managed to stage the event at all given the times.
Yes, a case can be made that the title is a bit devalued because so many top players are absent, but the best any participant can accomplish in this or any other event event is to beat all comers. Since when is a world championship in any sport renamed because many of the top players fail to show up?
I'm sure all the top players of Asia were invited, but most of Asia is in a lockdown with confining travel restrictions, so nearly all these invitations would have been turned down. It's not just Taiwan. Chinese players Wu Jiaqing, Liu Haitao, and Xiahuai Zheng are all missing from the field, and so are Filipinos Raga, Orcullo, Biado, Corteza, Biado and Aranas. All eight of them, based on Fargo, are among the twenty best players in the world.
Yes, this is the weakest field we've seen at the World Championship since the 1980s, but you should revel in the fact that Matchroom managed to stage the event at all given the times.
Yes, a case can be made that the title is a bit devalued because so many top players are absent, but the best any participant can accomplish in this or any other event event is to beat all comers. Since when is a world championship in any sport renamed because many of the top players fail to show up?
CanadianGuy
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lesser field, but tough conditions none the less with so many playing from extended absences,
the easy rails and pockets on the tables on the other hand........
the easy rails and pockets on the tables on the other hand........
If you are really interested in the Taiwanese players, I can lead you on social media run to post on their accounts.
Are you more interested in the Taiwanese players from Taiwan or the Taiwanese players from the mainland?
Consider me as a tour guide for their social media accounts. Would you like to pursue an excursion?
Are you more interested in the Taiwanese players from Taiwan or the Taiwanese players from the mainland?
Consider me as a tour guide for their social media accounts. Would you like to pursue an excursion?
If you say this to a person in Taiwan, they may be offended, but for sure they will think you are a really dumb American.
No I grew up in America dealing with this forever
I am Filipino in America. My family is Filipino from Philippines.
Are you Asian? I don't know if you can understand this issue if you are not Asian.
There are Taiwanese people that grew up outside of Taiwan.
People don't look at me and ask which part of America I am from.
The way your statement read to me is that you are calling Taiwan one with China. Taiwan is an independent country, and if you go to Taiwan and tell all the Taiwanese they are part of China, then they will laugh at you. If you didn't mean it that way, then I retract my response.
No its just something I like to mention when people talk about Asian people.
From my experiences most are not sensitive to those issues.
Yes I agree Taiwan is not part of China.
Taiwan is an Island Nation like the Philippines.
They have their own government and country flag.
Their style of written Chinese is even different.
To OP: so what you're saying one more year with no WPC would be a better solution...
I'm glad Matchroom see it another way.
I'm glad Matchroom see it another way.
taiwan is in partial lockdown since may, international travel is difficult if at all possible. mainland china is also very strict on travel atm, we're talking two weeks of being in a government quarantine center at your expense, you have to be vaccinated with a specific vaccine etc. i don't know about PI, but i think the filipino players who are in the tournament have travelled there from the US or have been in the UK for a month or so.
Already there. Dennis, for example, has been in frequent action in the US for the length of the pandemic.
To us die hards we know the field is weakened. But I'd imagine every sporting event going on right now would be. Question though that I think is more relevant: This is the first time in many years MR has hosted the WPC. Did the "square public" or the "bar room pool player" have more viewing time and/or awareness of the WPC than prior years? That's really all that matters IMO, if they were given a good show and drawn in for more. They don't even know any names of the Taiwanese players.
Taiwan is very 'Ko-dependent'.
Yeah, unlike those who are stuck in Asia, both Carlo and Dennis had the chance, but sadly declined. Obviously, I have no idea nor is it any of my business whether they've been vaccinated.
That was exactly my point. Show me your CDC card proving that you've been vaccinated and you're good to go. Why would Dennis not be there? He's been in America for months (or at least that's the impression I've got). With a weakened field he could very possibly win. If he can beat Shane in a race to 120 he can beat anybody.