On November 8, Beijing time, the 2015 World Women's 9-Ball Championship ended in Guilin, Guangxi. In the final, China's Liu Shasha defeated Austria's Ou Sichun 9-4 and successfully defended her title.
This is the third time that Liu Shasha has been crowned world champion, becoming the first Chinese player to defend her title at the World Championships and the first player in Asia to win the World Championships three times. It's just one step away from Alison Fisher's record for four crowns.
This year, Liu Shasha, who wore the defending champion's battle robe, was full of confidence, especially in the three matches a day on November 7, showing a strong fighting spirit, beating Wei Ziqian of Chinese Taipei 9-5, sweeping Gao Meng 9-2, eliminating Zhou Jieyu of Chinese Taipei 9-7, and breaking into the final of this top competition for the third time. In the final, Ou Sichun, who eliminated Pan Xiaoting 9-4, successfully defended the title.
Mention of nine goals, we have to mention Pan Xiaoting, the "nine-ball diva" reached the final at the 2007 Amway Cup Fancy Billiards World Championships, and picked up filipino player Emmett 11-5 to win the first world championship for Chinese billiards, thus setting off a sustained nine-ball fever in China. At this World Championship, China's "nine-ball diva" Pan Xiaoting won the Most Popular Player Award.
Of course, there has never been a shortage of beautiful women in the Chinese billiards world, in addition to the diva Pan Xiaoting, Liu Shasha is also regarded as a high-value champion, and beauty and ball skills coexist.
At just 22 years old, Liu Shasha won the World Championship as early as 2009. At that time, liu Shasha, who was just 16 years old, went all the way from the outside game to the final to reverse Karen Cole, who was the world number one at the time, becoming the youngest world champion at the women's 9-goal World Championship. At the same time, Liu Shasha is also the first player to participate in the World Championships to win the championship, the first player to start from the side event and finally win the championship.
For winning the world championship, in the selection of the Best Non-Olympic Athlete of the Year award at the 2009 CCTV Sports Awards Ceremony, 16-year-old Liu Shasha defeated Chang Hao (Go), Zhu Baozhen (fins), Gu Li (Go) and Liu Jiao (finswitting) to win the Best Non-Olympic Athlete of the Year Award.
In addition to the nine goals, in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games women's American 8-goal final, Liu Shasha defeated South Korea's "little witch" Kim Jiaying 5-4 to add a gold medal to the Chinese delegation, jin Jiaying missed the black 8 in the decider with the advantage, and gave up the championship.
Since then, Liu Shasha has never touched the world championship again, until 2014, Liu Shasha once again reached the final of the World Championships. In the final, Liu Shasha faced compatriot Chen Siming, the two fought for 17 rounds, Liu Shasha practiced 3 sets in the case of 6-8 behind, and reversed Chen Siming 9-8 to win the championship. This is also the second time that Liu Shasha has won the women's nine-ball world championship after 2009.
Liu Shasha is from Lankao, Henan, and was born in 1993. Originally a rural girl, she did not start to touch the nine balls until 2007, and then practiced with her sister Fu Xiaofang and the famous coach Zhang Shuchun.
She and her classmate Fu Xiaofang, the "Double Champion" of the World Women's Billiards Champion, were known as the "Chinese Sister Flowers of the World Women's Billiards Champion".
Although serious during the competition, Liu Shasha in private is very cute and likes to shop and shop.
After winning the World Championship, Liu Shasha had a unique way of celebrating: "When the competition came, I said that I wanted to open a clothing store, called Sasha's small wardrobe, just in the county town, I went to buy goods, I was happy to enjoy the process." ”
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