"Folk experts" and world champions receive awards on the same stage! The 12th Pudong Tangcheng 9-Ball China Open has concluded successfully
On the evening of September 10th, 2023, the 12th Pudong Tangcheng 9-ball China Open successfully concluded at the Tangzhen Cultural and Sports Center. In the final, German player Feiler and Chinese player Han Yu won the men's and women's category championship.
The four-day competition is exciting and intense. Under the leadership of the national team, Chinese players still demonstrate strong competitiveness by facing challenges from experts from various countries at home. In the knockout stage of the group stage, 7 members of the men's group advanced to the round of 32, while Dang Jinhu, Liu Haitao, and Zheng Xiaohuai advanced to the round of 16. Unfortunately, Liu Haitao was eliminated from the round of 4; Eight contestants from the women's group advanced to the round of 16, triggering the first round of the knockout stage with three Chinese derbies. All 7 members of the national team advanced to the knockout stage of the second stage, fully demonstrating the pre match training results. This transcript is generally satisfactory for the national team undergoing a transition between old and new.
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The single defeat knockout stage is cruel and exciting, with "Jiang still being old and spicy". Liu Shasha and Han Yu, two veteran players, played steadily along the way, and the women's final was played between these two national team teammates. Both sides know the root and bottom, reducing error rates has become an important weight in determining the balance of victory and defeat. In the end, Han Yu narrowly defeated his teammate Liu Shasha 9-7 and became the "triple crown" winner in the women's group of the competition. After winning the championship, Han Yu said that this is another time that Chinese players have won the women's final championship and runner up. "Currently, American billiards has a very good competition atmosphere in Shanghai and even across the country, and I also believe that this sport will develop better and better."
The men's final was played between Germany's top tier player and the 2017 9-goal China Championship champion, Feiler, and Philippine player Laga. In the end, Feiler won the championship again with an overwhelming 11-5 lead. "To be frank, I had never won a championship before 2017. Winning the China Open in 2017 was a good start to my career." After the game, Feiler excitedly said, "Winning the championship here for the second time is unbelievable! Thank you to the organizing committee, thank you to the audience!"
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The closing ceremony also presented awards to a group of "folk experts", allowing them to fulfill their beautiful wish of receiving awards on the same stage as world champions. At the 2023 Pudong Tangcheng World 9-Ball China Open Billiards Carnival, 38 participating teams and 114 athletes were formed by citizens from Tangzhen Community, Pudong New Area Campus Billiards Alliance, Shanghai Billiards Club, and Shanghai enterprises and institutions to participate in the event, enjoying the fun and health of billiards together, and further enhancing the popularity and participation of billiards. The top four sports team representatives in the event will receive awards. In addition, at the closing ceremony, Ishan Singh, President of the World Figure Billiards Association, represented the organizing committee to present the event promotion commemorative award to the Tangzhen Community Public Welfare Foundation.
This competition is hosted by the World Billiards Association, China Billiards Association, and Shanghai Sports Federation. It is operated and promoted by the Pudong New Area Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the People's Government of Tangzhen in Pudong New Area, the Shanghai Billiards Association, the Shanghai Pudong New Area Sports Federation, the Tangzhen Community Public Welfare Foundation in Pudong New Area, and Five Star Sports Media Co., Ltd. The Pudong New Area Billiards Association is responsible for operation and promotion.
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*Reprinted from official WeChat account released by Pudong