Shanghai, China- China's Xiao-Fang Fu has been crowned the 2010 Women's World 9-Ball Champion. Fu toppled a star studded field and overcame legendary Allison Fisher in the finals to become the second consecutive Chinese woman to win the World 9-Ball.

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Two premier special events in professional billiards will be hosted by Green Valley Ranch Resort in Henderson, Nevada on September 1 - 2. The Semifinal matches and the Championship match of both events will be telecast by ESPN beginning in November.
International Speed Pool Challenge will feature four top players from an international roster competing for a purse of winner-take-all $25,000. Luc Salvas (pictured), the 2009  and 2006 International Speed Pool Champion, will attempt to defend his title. Bobby McGrath, also a two-time winner, captured the title International Speed Pool Champion in 2008 and 2007. Dave Pearson, the 2009 and 2008 International Speed Pool Runnerup holds a Guinness Book of World Records Speed Pool listing. Thorsten Hohmann, World Straight Pool Champion, secured a berth in the event through recent Speed Pool competition.

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This Monday, August 23rd  2010, four of the world’s top players will come together for a New York City vs. Florida exhibition match at Amsterdam Billiards & Bar.

The Poison Cues NYC vs Florida Challenge will feature NYC's World #1 ranked and reigning U.S. Open Champion Mika “The Iceman” Immonen teamed with former BCA Open 9-Ball Champion Tony "The Silent Assassin" Robles, against Florida's former U.S. Open champion Rodney "The Rocket" Morris and former BCA Open 9-Ball Champion Charlie "The Korean Dragon" Williams.

The four team round robin tournament will start at 7PM, followed by the singles challenge matches and finishing with the pros playing a race to 9 scotch doubles match.

Play a Pro!

Players and fans will have the opportunity to play against one of these pros in singles and in a special round robin scotch doubles format with a pro as a partner. For the singles against a pro: One rack: $10; Race to 2:  $15; Race to 3:  $20

For the special Round Robin tournament: $150 to play with a pro in a race to 2 for three rounds against three other teams. The team with the best record after three rounds wins a brand new Poison cue which goes to the amateur player teamed with the pro.

The round robin event will be limited to four teams. These spots will sell out quickly so contact napleagueinfo@aol.com if you want to hold a spot!

Amsterdam Billiards, Dragon Promotions, Poison Cues, Simonis Cloth, Master Chalk, The National Amateur Pool League (NAPL), & CueTable.com (Pool.bz) are the official sponsors of this exhibition.

The culmination of weekly APA League play is the APA National Team Championships, being held August 19-28 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This event consists of three individual National Team Championships: 

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New Iberia, LA:  USA #1 Johnny Archer and USA #3 Shane Van Boening proved to be a formidable duo in the round robin stage of the 3rd Annual DP Poison Pro Classic. Archer and Van Boening were the only undefeated team, winning all four of their matches. 

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From ESPN Star:  Jundel Mazon staged a comeback victory against Irsal Nasution to win the inaugural Guinness World Series of Pool crown. It looks like the Philippines' newest billiard sensation has arrived.

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Runner-up Karen Corr (left) and champion Ga Young Kim pose with their US Open 9-Ball Championship trophies. Photo by Anne Craig

Ga-Young Kim successfully defended her 2009 WPBA U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship title (she won her first US Open in 2004) to become a three-time winner of one of the WPBA's most prestigious titles. On her undefeated way to the title, Kim took convincing stage one victories over Veronique Menard 9-2, Dawn Hopkins 9-5 and Monica Webb 9-4.

When the players re-drew into the final sixteen single elimination stage of the tournament, Kim re-drew Monica Webb! The match went to the hill, but Kim came away with the victory, 9-8. The final eight were broadcast by ESPN matches, lowering the race to 7. She defeated Austrian native and 2010 San Diego Classic champ Gerda Hofstatter 7-3 in the quarter finals, followed by former world champ Julie Kelly 9-2 in the semis.

Kim's opponent in the finals was Karen Corr. Corr had defeated veteran pro Vivian Villarreal 7-0 in the semifinal and looked to be the player to beat this trip. In a nailbiter final bout, both players arrived on the hill, 6 games apiece, with a single game on the line for the title. Ga Young Kim broke, pocketing the two, and took down a tough rack (see WPBA.com) that ended with a razor-thin cut on the nine to take the title!

64 of the world's top pros competed in this year's U.S. Open 9-Ball Championships, held at the Riverwind Casino in Norman, Oklahoma.