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2013 Women's World 9-Ball Championship
Shared Hall of the Richgate Shopping Center
128 Harbin Road
Shenyang
China
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Qualifiers: 6-8 August 2013
Main Tournament: 9-12 August 2013

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64 GREATS OF THE WOMEN'S GAME WILL CLASH IN HISTORIC SHENYANG, CHINA
BY TED LERNER
WPA PRESS OFFICER

From the ancient imperial city will rise the new queen of 9-ball.

That�s the intriguing scenario this week as the world�s best women pool players take center stage in the beautiful and historical city of Shenyang, China, as the 2013 WPA Women�s World 9-ball Championship gets underway with qualifiers August 6-8, and the main event August 9-12.

This is the 5th straight year that the Women�s World 9-ball Championship has taken place in Shenyang, which sits very near the border with North Korea. The city�s history goes back 2300 years and was once the very center of Chinese culture and society in the 1600�s, before Beijing emerged as the new capital. Today the bustling metropolis of nearly 8 million people is one of China�s key manufacturing hubs. The main attraction for visitors today is the sprawling grounds of the fascinating centuries old imperial palace.

Whether ancient or modern, it�s clear success and grandeur have long been at the very heart of Shenyang�s fabric. And thus the city offers the perfect environs to bring out the best among the greats of the game of women�s pool.

Defending champion Kelly Fisher of Great Britain achieved her greatest triumph here last year, when she won her very first World 9-ball championship with a brilliant run through a stacked field of the world�s best. Fisher�s victory, cemented with a 9-6 finals win over China�s number one, Fu Xiaofang, was a milestone on many levels for the affable Brit.

With the career defining win, Fisher not only vaulted to the top of the women�s game worldwide, she also stemmed the tide of what looked to be absolute domination by a freight train full of incredible Chinese talent.

The first three years in Shenyang had produced all home side winners. In 2009 16 year old Liu Shasha came out of nowhere to win the world title. The next year Fu Xiaofang fulfilled her promise of greatness by winning the title. Then in 2011, tiny and boyish looking unknown Bi Zhu Qing shocked everyone by storming through the field to take an unlikely world title.

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