Bucheon, Korea - Jeanette Lee successfully defended her Empress Cup crown against Yu Ram Cha in a repeat of last year's finals. The 3rd Annual Empress Cup took place at La Festa Shopping Mall featuring Allison Fisher (ENG), Shanelle Loraine (GUAM), Zarah Delrosario (PHL), and Koreans Yu Ram Cha , Gui Young Lee, and Jeanette Lee. The Dragon Promotions event is aired on XTM and XPORTS, leading Korean channels and sponsored by Takini Cloth, Predator Cues, Poison Cues, Vigma Balls, Ra Beauty Core, Whois.co.kr, La Festa, and Min Tables.

The Black Widow stayed in top form once again in Korea. Cha and Lee pictured with Dragon Promotions General Manager Myung Jin Kim. Photo courtesy Dragon Promotions 

The six women were divided into two groups of three players each in a round robin, with the top player in each group entering the finals. Lee's route to the finals included a 3-1 win over Allison Fisher and then a close call escape over Shanelle Loraine 3-2. Meanwhile Cha dominated Filipina Zarah Delrosario 3-0 and then took care of Gui Young Lee 3-1. 

The final match between Cha and Lee was a repeat of last year's finals, with Lee winning in the decisive sudden death game. The finals was race to 2 games, 2 sets, and split sets would result in a one game sudden death playoff. This year Lee was able to avoid the sudden death as she won both sets 2-0, 2-1 to retain her title as Empress.  

After the finals, a special 10-Ball ring game with Fisher, Lee, and Cha was filmed as the players raced to 3 in the ring game format. Fisher came out on top with 3 games first, with Lee and Cha at 1 game apiece.

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