Archive for November, 2009

Burden and Yee win golds in the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championships

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England’s Alfie Burden and Ng On Yee from Hong Kong won gold medals at the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championships.
Burden beat surprise finalist Igor Figueiredo (Brazil) 10-8 in the men’s final while Yee overwhelmed Australia’s Kathy Parashis 6-1.
Yu Delu (China) and finished third in the men’s event and Bi Zhuqing (China) [...]

Chinese sensation Susha wins 2009 Women’s World 9-Ball Championship

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16-year-old Liu Shusha from China came out on top in the 2009 Kappa Women’s World 9-Ball Championship.
In the final she won the last eight games to defeat three-time runner-up Karen Corr (Ireland) 9-5. The comeback included five consecutive break-and-runs.
In the all-Chinese bronze match Xiotang Pan trounced Fu Xiofang 9-1.
Shushua edged 2007 [...]

Kasidokostas wins 2009 Three Cushion World Championship

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Filipos Kasidokostas from Greece captured the 2009 World Three Cushion Championship.
Kasidokostas played to a high standard in the final where he beat Eddy Merckx (Belgium) 3-1. The set scores were 11-15, 15-8, 15-13 and 15-3.
Two-time defending champion Marco Zanetti (Italy) and Eddy Leppens (Belgium) shared third place.
Kasidokostas took away €4,800 for [...]

Ouschan ends season on a high by winning the 2009 WPBA Championship

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Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan won the season-ending 2009 WPBA Championship.
In the final she beat Xiaoting Pan (China) 7-2.
The semifinals saw Ouschan edge Jeanette Lee (USA) 7-6 while Pan beat Kelly Fisher (England) in a 7-2 drubbing.
This was Oushan’s first WPBA Championship win, her third victory of the season, and her fifth Classic [...]