For Pan Xiaoting, sports fans will not be unfamiliar, although she was born in 1982 and is almost confused, but in the past 20 years, the title of "Nine-Ball Diva" has never been taken away. Pan Xiaoting first became famous in 2002 at the 35th Osaka Nine Ball Open in Japan, and five years later, in April 2007, Pan Xiaoting won the World Championship final and successfully ascended to the world championship throne, becoming China's first billiards world champion, the holder of the ten-time nine-ball world championship record, and the leader of the women's nine-ball sport.
Pan Xiaoting is so hot, that is really a commercial endorsement, there are currently eight billiard halls or billiard clubs named after her in Shanghai, in 2013, Pan Xiaoting and "Rocket" O'Sullivan played an exhibition match, which is undoubtedly the "Queen of Heaven" and "Heavenly King" battle in the billiards world, which further proves how popular Pan Xiaoting is.
In 2013, there was also an embarrassing thing that made the nine-goal diva feel embarrassed, that is, in the amway Cup World Women's Pool Open Pan Xiaoting and Lai Huishan, Pan Xiaoting was sentenced by the referee to violate the law for touching the ball in the chest and lost the game.
At that time, the big score between the two sides was 6 to 6, and there were still four balls left on the table: 6, 7, 8, and 9, Pan Xiaoting aimed at the No. 6 ball on the far platform, and when she was ready to hit the ball for the second time, she leaned over and suspected that her chest touched the No. 9 ball. The referee ruled that Pan Xiaoting's chest touched the ball on the table, and the slow-motion review afterwards also showed that the penalty was correct, and Pan Xiaoting eventually lost to Lai Huishan 6-7.
Recently, when participating in an online program, Pan Xiaoting also responded to the "billiards" incident of that year: I have actually been grumpy all the time, others have never taken the initiative to mention it without asking me, and since I asked about it today, I will say it. It was impossible to judge, the billiards didn't move, and then the referee said I had touched the billiards. I asked to see the replay, and it turned out that there was only one slot replay, and there was no other slot that could show a more comprehensive way, and then I was convicted of a foul. But some of the outside public opinion on me may be more concerned than I won the championship, which is actually a very sad thing for athletes.
In recent years, Pan Xiaoting has also begun to take the variety show route, especially recently her endorsements and announcements have gradually increased, borrowing the program to respond to the controversial events of the year to pull herself and the popularity of the program is understandable. However, she has never hyped up her emotional problems in the past 20 years of fame, in fact, Pan Xiaoting, as a Shandong girl, is still conservative on many issues, including when she took a photo of "Men's Clothing", she was also very unhappy, and the only "stain" on her career may be that she was wrapped up in the "Zhongjin" fundraising fraud case.
In April 2016, the "Zhongjin System" investment and wealth management products exploded, and tens of thousands of investors were trapped. After the incident, many investors claimed to have invested in Pan Xiaoting's endorsement advertisement after watching the "Nine Ball Queen", and some investors gathered in front of Pan Xiaoting's billiard hall to claim compensation. For a time, the spearhead of rights protection was directed at its endorsement star Pan Xiaoting, among which Mr. Zhao, the victim of the "Zhongjin" fund-raising fraud case, sued Pan Xiaoting in court, demanding that she compensate for losses of 200,000 yuan.
In August this year, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court finally ruled that Pan Xiaoting had provided evidence to prove that she had fulfilled her duty of review when accepting the invitation to speak for endorsement, and that when measuring Pan Xiaoting's fault, the duty of care of ordinary people should be used as a yardstick, rather than the consequences of the criminal case after the fact. Therefore, it is difficult to determine that Pan Xiaoting knew or should have known that the content of the advertisement was false in her endorsement in this case. In the end, the Shanghai Second Intermediate People's Court finally ruled that it did not support Mr. Zhao's litigation claim. It should be pointed out that after the explosion of the "Zhongjin System", although Pan Xiaoting did not make any public response, she has taken the initiative to cooperate with the public security organs to refund all endorsement fees.
Although she has the support of the law, Pan Xiaoting, who has always been clean and self-righteous, is sure that she will be more cautious when she takes over the endorsement in the future.