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New local faces to meet at 2018 Chinese Pool World Championship finals

Xinhua,March 29, 2018 Adjust font size:

YUSHAN, China, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Chris Melling became the only foreign player remaining in the two finals at the 2018 Chinese Pool World Championship after Thursday's semifinals. He will meet Zheng Yubo while Liu Shasha will play against Han Yu in the women's final.

The "magician" from Britain overwhelmed Dang Jinhu 13-2 in the afternoon session before beating Shi Hanqing, winner of men's group in the 2016 championship 13-10. His opponent of the final Zheng Yubo downed winner of the 2017 Yang Fan 13-6 in the quarterfinal and then outscored Wan Tongle 13-10 at night.

"Every match is different, every day is different, In my opinion, Shi Hanqing is the second best player, Yang Fan is the third best player and Zheng Yubo is the best. Not a lot of differences, but in my opinion they are the best three players," said Melling after the semifinals, "If you want to win the tournament, you need to beat the best ones to win it. I am looking forward to tomorrow. "

There will be a Chinese derby in women's finals, as two Chinese national teammates will meet on Friday night. Han Yu beat Wang Ye 11-5 in the semifinal while the so-called "little devil girl" of South Korea Kim Ga-young lost to Liu Shasha 6-11.

In the fourth year of the world's highest-level Chinese pool tournament, there will be only new names on the champion trophies, as all four players are first-timers in the finals. Enditem

 

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