Play resumes Sunday morning at 10 a.m. local time with Chou facing Seoa in the first semifinal and Fisher taking on Tkach in the second match of the day. The finals are scheduled for 4 p.m. Coverage of the event is available on the CueSports International YouTube channel as well as on Billiard TV, which is available on Roku and other streaming devices.
A Billiard Congress of America Hall of Famer with the last name of “Fisher” will be competing on the final day of the Kamui WPA World Women’s 9-Ball Championship but it isn’t the player most people were expecting.
Kelly Fisher’s four-year reign as defending champion came to an end in the most frustrating of ways, missing a pair of shots down the stretch after building a late lead to fall 9-8 to Seo Seoa of South Korea in the quarterfinals of the championships Saturday night at Harrah’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
Seoa SEO 徐序亞 (KOR)｜©Pro Billiard Series
After Fisher fought her way to a 9-4 victory in the round-of-16 against Melanie Sussenguth of Germany, she found herself trailing to Seoa throughout the first half of the match until she used a jump shot to clear the table and cut the lead to 6-5 then pocketed the 9 ball on the break to tie the match. Fisher had the opportunity to take lead in the next rack but scratched in the corner pocket, allowing Seoa to briefly regain the lead until she scratched on the break in the subsequent rack.
After Fisher climbed onto the hill with a victorious safety exchange in the 15th game, she appeared to be in position to clear the table and close out the set but missed a makeable 5 ball. Seoa used a combination shot on the 9 ball to tie the match and appeared to be in control of the deciding rack before she missed a makeable 8 ball in the corner pocket. Fisher banked in the object ball but then missed the winning 9 ball, allowing Seoa to pocket the ball after the two traded missed shots.
Seoa heads to the semifinals will face Women’s World 10-Ball champion Chieh-Yu Chou, who survived her round-of-16 match against Woojin Lee, 9-8, then cruised to the semifinals with a 9-2 victory over South Korea’s Jin Hye Ju.
Kelly Fisher｜©Pro Billiard Series
As Kelly Fisher was being eliminated, fellow Hall of Famer Allison Fisher was turning back the clock a bit, defeating Chezka Centeno, 9-7, in the quarterfinals. Fisher jumped out to an early lead and maintained the momentum, carrying an 8-5 advantage until the Filipino tacked on a couple of games to close the gap to 8-7. Centeno had another opportunity in the 16h game after Fisher played a safety but she failed to contact the 2 ball with her kick shot, giving her opponent ball-in-hand and a pathway to close out the match.
“I can’t even believe it. It was a dream,” said Fisher of her win. “I dogged a couple of balls at the end there and I got really fortunate,”
Fisher celebrations｜©Pro Billiard Series
Fisher’s opponent will be , who erased a two-game deficit down the stretch to defeat Jasmin Ouschan in the round-of-16 then gutted out a 9-7 win over Chihiro Kawahara in the quarterfinals. Ouschan built an early 4-1 lead and had a chance to increase her lead further but missed the 2 ball. The Russian replied, winning the next three games to tie the score before missing a cut shot on the 1 ball. The Austrian returned serve by winning four of the next six racks to take an 8-6 lead and climb within one shot of the win. Ouschan, who has twice finished second the event, appeared to be in position to clear the table in the 15th game but missed a 3 ball in the corner pocket and gave her opponent new life.
“To be honest, I thought I was done,” said Tkach. “She gave me another chance and I thought ‘well, I will just go with the flow.’”
The flow allowed her to clear the table and break-and-run to tie the match, then finish off the comeback when she missed the 2 ball in the corner pocket only to watch as it rolled into the corner pocket on the opposite side.
Kristina Tkach｜©Pro Billiard Series
Facing Kawahara in the quarterfinals, She built an early 4-1 lead but got uncomfortable in the chilly tournament room and watched the lead disintegrate. The two competitors traded racks until Tkach took an 8-7 lead when her opponent scratched on the break. The young Russian appeared to be positioned to run out the rack in the 16th game until she mishit her shot on the 4 ball and suddenly found her path to the 5 ball blocked by the 6 ball. She pulled out her jump cue and methodically slammed the ball in, then finished off the rack to close out the match.
Play resumes Sunday morning at 10 a.m. local time with Chou facing Seoa in the first semifinal and Fisher taking on Tkach in the second match of the day. The finals are scheduled for 4 p.m. Coverage of the event is available on the CueSports International YouTube channel as well as on Billiard TV, which is available on Roku and other streaming devices.
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Seoa SEO 徐序亞 (KOR)｜©Pro Billiard Series
周婕妤挺進女子9球世錦賽半決賽
隨著 2023 KAMUI 世界女子9號球錦標賽於美國大西洋城的 Harrah’s 渡假村第三日比賽的結束也意味著最後挺進四強的選手正式出爐，”大眼妹” 周婕妤、韓國小將徐序亞 (Seo Seoa)、”毀滅女公爵” Allison Fisher 以及 “The Crystal” Kristina Tkach 四人從64名選手中脫穎而出進入半決賽。
9號球世錦賽衛冕冠軍 Kelly Fisher 在16強以 9-4 淘汰德國選手 Melanie Sussenguth 之後，在8強賽爭對戰韓國小將 Seo Seoa (徐序亞)。開賽後 Fisher 始終處在落後的局面，第11局 Seoa 衝球後，雙方在1號球上進行了一番的攻防，Fisher 在處理 Seoa 留下的安全球上選擇跳球，Fisher 成功跳球後 1號球一顆星之後落入底袋，Fisher 清光台面，中場休息前將比數緊咬在 5-6 的一局之差。Fisher 在第15局 3號球成功的防守下，讓她把握住機會清光台面，率先取得 8-7 聽牌局面。Fisher 在緊接著第16局中打丟了5號球，讓 Seoa 獲得機會回到場上， Seoa 打進6-9組合球並追平了比數。決勝局由 Seoa 衝球， Seoa 的8號球薄中袋未進，Fisher 上場接手後 8號球灌進底袋，但卻意外地打丟了最後的9號球，最終韓國小將 Seo Seoa (徐序亞) 就以 9-8 力克衛冕冠軍 Kelly Fisher 。
周婕妤 Chou celebrations｜©Pro Billiard Series
Seoa 將在半決賽對上世界女子10號球冠軍 “大眼妹” 周婕妤；周婕妤在 16強賽中以 9-8 戰勝韓國選手 Woojin Lee (李梧靜)，在接下來的八強賽碰上另一位韓國選手 Jin Hye Ju (陳慧主)，”大眼妹” 9-2 大比分之差打敗對手進入四強。
隨著尋求衛冕的 Kelly Fisher 遭到淘汰同為名人堂成員的 Allison Fisher 在16強與 Chezka Centeno 的比賽中始終保持著領先優勢，雖然 Centeno 一度將比分縮小到 7-8，最終仍無力扭轉局面，Fisher 9-7 拿下勝利。
Fisher 的對手將是重回大舞台的 Kristina Tkach。Tkach 在16強賽之中9-8 險勝奧地利名將 Jasmin Ouschan，接著在隨後的四分之一決賽再以 9-7 擊敗日本名將河原千尋闖入半決賽。
“老實說，我就那樣結束了這次的比賽，她又給了我一次機會，我想著 ‘好吧!’ 那我就順其自然!” Tkach 賽後表示。
比賽將繼續於美國時間周六 (22日) 上午10點 (台灣時間22日晚間11點，時差 -13 小時) 展開。第一場半決賽將由周婕妤對戰徐序亞 (Seo Seoa)，第二場半決賽由 Allison Fisher 對決 Kristina Tkach。決賽將預計在當地時間下午4點 (台灣時間23日凌晨5點) 進行。直播方面，TV桌將於 World Billiard TV 頻道或 Billiard TV 上免費觀看，其他全部桌次則可於 Kozoom 平台上付費 (€19.99 歐元) 觀看。
對戰表/比分直播｜Draw and Live score / Match schedule
Tkach celebrations｜©Pro Billiard Series
第 三 日 賽 果
【16強】
周婕妤 9-8 Woojin Lee 李梧靜 (KOR)
陳佳樺 6-9 JIN Hye Ju 陳慧主 (KOR)
Allison Fisher (GBR) 9-8 王婉菱
【四分之一決賽 QF】
Kelly Fisher 8-9 Seo SEOA 徐序亞
周婕妤 9-2 JIN Hye Ju 陳慧主
Allison Fisher 9-7 Chezka Centeno
Chihiro Kawahara 河原千尋 7-9 Kristina Tkach