Qilu. com Lightning News December 15 thChina Jiangxi Shangrao Yushan 6th CBSA Chinese Billiards World Championship ended the women’s final this afternoon. Tang Chunxiao, a famous player, defeated Liu Xiazhi 19-9, winning the women’s team championship of Chinese billiards World Championships for the first time in her career.
As a favourite to win the championship before the competition, Tang Chunxiao’s promotion process was not completely smooth. She was dragged into the deciding game by Zhang Muyan in the first stage of the promotion round. In the quarter-finals, she faced Fu Xiaofang, the champion of the 2017 tournament, and Tang Chunxiao was 8-10 behind, winning three consecutive games in a thrilling reversal. Meet Zhang Muyan again in the semi-final, and Tang Chunxiao won 13-9, welcoming his first World Championship final.
Liu Xiazhi faced neither Chen Yihan nor Xia Yuying in the double defeat stage. After entering the single defeat, she beat Russian player Pimenova in the quarter-finals, eliminated defending champion Chen Siming 11-9 in the quarter-finals, and completely defeated "Dark Horse" He Xinru in the semi-finals, which also made her debut in the final stage of the World Championships.
The final of women’s team adopts the system of 19 wins in 37 games, which is divided into two stages. In the first stage that ended yesterday, Tang Chunxiao made a dream start of 12-0 and took a huge lead of 14-4 after the end of 18 games. At the opening of the second stage, Liu Xiazhi chased two games in a row, while Tang Chunxiao grabbed the 21st game to stabilize his position after some chaos, then won two more games, 17-6 expanded his advantage, and finally 19-9 sealed the victory and won the first prize of 1 million.
At 14:00 on December 16th, the 6th CBSA Chinese Billiards World Championship ushered in the last match day, and the men’s champion was born among Zhao Ruliang and Shen Shenyi.
Lightning journalist Wang Zhiqin reports from Yushan.
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