Child stars shine at the World Championships in Chinese billiards

On February 3, with the first attempt of hand billiards, the British fancy nine-ball world champion Alberton unexpectedly won the men's championship, the first Chinese billiards world championship of the 2015 cbsa "Delle" Cup ended in Yushan, Jiangxi. The local Chinese masters who came to the battle, plus Selby, Williams, Robertson, Murphy, Dort and other snooker masters, as well as Kelly? Fisher, Alison? Fisher, Jin Jiaying and other nine-ball big names, their brilliance does not need to be repeated, but there are two child stars in the Chinese billiards arena shine, the limelight is not inferior to the big names.

The first was the 9-year-old Russian teenager Rubinia, who appeared in the qualifiers. Rubinia is the daughter of Russian team leader Rubinia Sr. and the youngest athlete to compete at the World Championships. Rubinia, who needs to wear thick heightening shoes and is not as tall as a club, is meticulous in playing. Her first opponent was Anantasia, also from Russia. Sengoreni, the second opponent is Angela from Indonesia, the third opponent is Wu Zhiting from Chinese Taipei, although Rubinia lost unsurprisingly, but the audience gave the warmest applause to this sweet-looking little girl, as an opponent Wu Zhiting even gave chocolates to this little sister after the game to show encouragement.

The other was Wang Wuka, who was playing treasure at the opening ceremony. This little guy who claimed to have started practicing ball at the age of 1 is only 5 years old now, but after a video of him "stepping on a chair to play billiards, almost entering a quasi" became popular, Uka suddenly became a celebrity in the billiard circle, shooting short films, introducing interviews, this child who would blush shyly before, now does not care about the big scene of thousands of people under the stage. When the host asked him which player he liked the most, Uka said without hesitation: "Pan Xiaoting! At this time, Pan Xiaoting, who was sitting in the audience, got up to greet him, and Wu Ka said, "When I was offstage just now, I kept secretly watching Pan Xiaoting. The childlike tone made the audience laugh. After getting off the stage, the little guy ran straight to Pan Xiaoting's side and had a close contact with his idol.

These popular child stars, as well as those who are already radiant superstars, fully demonstrate the wide participation of Chinese billiards. Statistics from the Chinese Billiards Association show that billiards were introduced to China from the West, after 30 years of development, it has taken root and grown into a towering tree, and now China's billiards enthusiasts have reached 80 million people, of which 25 million people often play billiards, and 500,000 to 1 million people play billiards every day.

In the past few days, the streets and alleys of Yushan can be seen everywhere with posters and slogans of the Chinese Billiards World Championships, hunting windward light box knife flags are the star lineup of participants, the walls along the street are sprayed with Chinese billiards World Championship logos and posters, the doors of star hotels and express hotels are erected with signs of "Welcome friends from all over the world" and signs of "Citizens Civilized Viewing Etiquette", wherever there are electronic screens - from hotels to restaurants, from supermarkets to barbershops - all rolling "Chinese billiards dream of Yushan" content. The first Chinese Billiards World Championships will be a catalyst, with up to 20 billion cubic meters of ribbed stone (ribbed stone slabs are the best plates for making billiard tables) reserves, will also invest more in billiards projects: On January 28, Xingpai and The Yushan County Government held a signing ceremony for the joint construction of an international billiards cultural industry project, covering an area of about 630 acres and a total investment of about 3 billion yuan.

As Wang Tao, director of the Third Department of the Small Ball Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport and secretary general of the China Billiards Association, said in an interview with the First Financial Daily, "Chinese billiards will show the original billiard culture of China.". From a 5-year-old billiard prodigy to a world-famous snooker player and nine-ball big name, from a thin bluestone slab to the "International Billiards Culture City" with a total investment of 3 billion yuan, Chinese billiards shows extensive participation and exuberant vitality.