On March 3, Chinese genius snooker girl Bai Yulu defeated 12-time world champion Evans, known as the "Queen", 5-3 in the semifinals of the 2023 Women's World Snooker Championship in Thailand, and reached the final in her first women's snooker World Championship. Today, Bai Yulu will face host Thailand's Slipapong in the final to challenge for the women's world champion!
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Debut is the pinnacle
The women's World Championship debut was 127 points
Broke the 20-year-old single-shot record
Bai Yulu was born in 2003, a native of Weinan, Shaanxi, and came to live with her parents in Dongguan, Guangdong when she was a child. Bai Yulu began to learn billiards in 2012, under the tutelage of Li Jianbing, a famous golfer and president of the Dongguan Youth Billiards Association. The talented Bai Yulu soon met a rare opponent in the domestic junior competition, and she was only a teenager and had already chosen to participate in the U21 youth competition.
In 2017, 14-year-old Bai Yulu won the Chinese Junior Snooker Series Finals. In 2018, Bai Yulu won the runner-up of the 2018 IBSF World Youth Snooker Championship and the champion of the 2018 Asian Women's Snooker Invitational Tournament. In 2019, Bai Yulu won the runner-up of the Asian Championships in Chandigarh, India.
In recent years, Bai Yulu has opened a social media account and often shares some videos of her training matches, which has attracted the attention of many billiards fans. Bai Yulu, who can often pass 100 shots in training confrontations, is also known as "genius girl" and "woman Ding Junhui" by fans! In order to prepare for her first women's snooker world championship, Bai Yulu began special training under the leadership of Li Jianbing. On the first day of the Women's World Championships, Bai Yulu was a blockbuster, and she scored 127 points in the third game against India's Amekamani, breaking the 20-year-old record for women's World Championships.
Previously, the women's World Championship single-shot record was set by a legendary player Kelly Fisher in 2003 to score 125 points, and no female player has broken this record in the past 20 years, which partly reflects the current situation of women's snooker. And Bai Yulu's "debut is the peak", breaking the record on the first day of her first participation in the Women's World Championships, which caused a shock in the Taiwan arena. Ferguson, president of the World Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, also issued a special article to praise Bai Yulu, who is actively expanding the market of snooker women, said excitedly: "Bai Yulu's start to the Women's Snooker World Championship is impressive, with a single shot of 127 points breaking the record! ”
Rush to the championship today
Eliminate the Empress
Bai Yulu is expected to become the next diva of women's snooker
In fact, Bai Yulu had the opportunity to extend the record to a single 140 points in this game, but unfortunately with a single 127 points in hand, the final clear powder ball made a mistake and failed to clear the table. However, the 127 points is dazzling enough, and Bai Yulu, who has only turned 20 this year, is still very young, and she still has many opportunities to set her own record.
In the group stage of the Women's World Championships, Bai Yulu won all four games to advance to the first place in the group, including defeating defending champions of the Women's World Championships and host Thailand's Wangharutai 3-2 in the fourth game. In the 1/8 final, Bai Yulu easily kept a clean sheet to eliminate her opponent; In the quarterfinals, Bai Yulu once again kept a clean sheet against O'Sullivan's cousin Catalano 4-0 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.
Group photo of the semifinalists of the Women's World Snooker Championship
In the semifinals, Bai Yulu faced Evans, a 12-time women's world champion and famous player known as the "queen". In this crucial match, Bai Yulu started badly, trailing 1-3, but she then won four consecutive games to win 5-3. In the 8th game between the two sides, Bai Yulu was overscored, Evans refused to admit defeat, she fought around the green ball, hoping to use snooker to save the defeat - can force the 12-time champion to this point, Bai Yulu's strength can be seen.
After eliminating Evans to advance to the final, Bai Yulu will face hosts Slipapong for the title today. The latter, who eliminated her compatriot, reigning women's world champion Wangharutai in the semifinals, should not be underestimated. However, now Bai Yulu has become a favorite for the champion, and if she wins the championship, she will receive a two-year professional qualification and officially become a professional player. The outside world believes that once Bai Yulu is crowned the world champion, she may succeed Evans as the next diva of women's snooker!
Red Star News reporter Jiang Shan
Edited by Ou Peng
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