Women’s World 9-Ball Championship Down to the Single Elimination Rounds with the Remaining 32 in Battle

The Women’s World 9-Ball Championships is catching a gear, and it has shifted to the single elimination format segment of the tournament. Every pool player dreams of one day of being a World Champion, and there are now 32 players remaining that are in the running for this title.  This year’s event is being held in Shengyeng, China and is sponsored by athletic wear company, Kappa.

WPBA stars Karen Corr, Allison Fisher, Gerda Hofstatter, Xiaoting Pan, and Yu-Ram Cha are currently leading the way as the top American fan favorites in the event, but their Asian challengers are proving worthy opponents.  Case in point, recent WPBA National Tour Champion, Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, was recently eliminated by China’s Gao Peng.  The single elimination rounds should prove to be very interesting, and will show who really has the heart of a world champion.

Read on in the story to check out the brackets and read the press release from WPA Press Officer, Jerry Forsyth.

Asians Take Control in Kappa Women’s World 9-Ball Championship!

- Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer -

The power of the Asian pool-playing contingent has surged to the forefront of the Kappa 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship. Now in the single-elimination knockout stage, our field of 32 players has tonight been reduced to 16. Of these 16, 13 hail either from Taipei, China, or Korea. Indeed, only Karen Corr (GBR) seemed to be able to withstand the Asian onslaught when she defeated C Z H Charlene of Singapore 9-3.

For the most part, the victories tonight were not even close, with domination being the theme of the evening. Number one seed Chou Chieh-Yu (TPE) rolled over Liu Jia (CHN) 9-1, and Chen Xue (CHN) bested Liz Ford (USA) 9-4. Allison Fisher (GBR) lived up to her billing with the 9-0 destruction of Brittany Bryant (CAN). Pan Xiaoting (CHN) ruled Keiko Yukawa (JPN) 9-3, Yu-Ram Cha (KOR) continued her strong year by beating Chang Su-Han (TPE) 9-4, Chen Siming (CHN) ran past Akimi Kajatani (JPN) 9-3, Liu Shasha (CHN) defeated Tamara Rademakers (NED) 9-4 and Gerda Hofstatter (AUT) ended the tournament for Johana Espinoza (VEN) 9-4.

The next round on Saturday will bring our field down to the Great Eight. It will be interesting to see how the dominating players of Friday when pared against one another. Will domination continue or will close play be the call of the day? We will bring you the news of these rounds as soon as they reach fruition.

Check out the brackets of the all the action from the Final 32 Women pool players in action.

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