12-17 February 2012
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Party in Chinese Taipei !
Fu Che Wei and Chang Jun Lin will play for the
2012 World 8Ball Championship
Credit: Ted Lerner
World
8-ball supremacy, along with $35,000 in cash, is assured of a home in
Taiwan for the next year, as Fu Che We and Chang Jun Lin both won their
semi-final matches this afternoon at the Fujairah Tennis and Country
Club.
The all-Taiwan
final between Fu and Chang will begin later today at 5pm local time (GMT
+4). The match will be a race to 11, alternate break.
Fu completely
dominated China’s Liu Haitao winning easily 9-3. Fu has been playing red
hot 8-ball in the last few days, breaking well and barely missing any
balls. It's a recipe for success in professional 8-ball and has brought
the veteran campaigner into his first world championship final.
Chang's semi-final
match against Chris Melling was much closer but the 26 year old from
Taipei put in a brilliant performance in overcoming the confident
Englishman. Melling raced out to a 2-0 but then saw Chang, with his
deliberate style, crawl back in the match.
Chang took the lead
at 4-3 and never looked back. Melling had trouble all afternoon with the
break, consistently coming up dry. Chang took advantage and built up a
6-3 lead. Melling battled back to 6-5, but Chang broke and ran for a 7-5
lead. Melling again broke dry in rack 13 and Chang pushed the lead up to
3. Melling had one last fight back, moving the score to 8-7. But Chang
held his nerve in rack 16 to get over the finish line first.
The winner of the
World 8-ball Championship will receive $20,000, while the runner up will
receive $15,000