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BEYOND BORDERS<br />
China Open:<br />
Big Purses,<br />
Big Trophies,<br />
Stellar Play!<br />
Germany’s Thorsten<br />
Hohmann, known<br />
for bagging the big<br />
purses after his $350,000 win at the<br />
IPT championships in 2006, proved<br />
he’s the one to beat for the cash!<br />
Thorsten went undefeated<br />
through an international field to<br />
capture the China 9-Ball Open and<br />
a hefty $40,000 purse. Defeating<br />
Xian-Li Bo and Toru Kuribayashi<br />
in the group stages, Hohmann<br />
progressed to the final 16 single<br />
elimination with wins over <strong>Vegas</strong><br />
Kristiansen, Jian-Bo Fu and<br />
Kuribayashi and Hui-chan Lu.<br />
Pitted against the Netherlands’<br />
Niels Feijen in the finals,<br />
Hohmann grabbed an early<br />
4-0 lead, eventually winning by<br />
a comfortable 11-5 margin.<br />
In the women’s division of<br />
the China Open, tough global<br />
competitors included the likes<br />
of American Vivian Villarreal,<br />
Norway’s Line Kjorsvik and<br />
Austria’s Jasmin Ouschan.<br />
But when the dust settled in<br />
the expansive arena, it was Pei-<br />
Chen Tasi who took the crown.<br />
Tasi lost a match to Taiwan’s<br />
Shin-Mei Liu in the group stages,<br />
but made it to the final 16 with<br />
a win over China’s Ye Sisi.<br />
In the final sixteen, Tasi came back<br />
and eliminated Liu 9-6, then went<br />
on to defeat crowd favorite Austrian<br />
Jasmin Ouschan 9-6. Tasi then<br />
took hill-hill victories over Xiao-<br />
Fang Fu 9-8 and Ireland’s Karen<br />
Corr 9-8 for the heart-stopping<br />
victory and a $25,000 payday!<br />
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Above, Lucasi<br />
player rep<br />
Thorsten<br />
Hohmann<br />
pockets a<br />
$40,000<br />
payday.<br />
At right, Pei-<br />
Chen Tasi is<br />
overwhelmed<br />
by flowers,<br />
trophy and<br />
a $25,000<br />
check!<br />
From left to right: runner-up<br />
Niels Fiejen, champion Thorsten<br />
Hohmann, women’s champion<br />
Pie-Chen Tasi, and women’s<br />
runner-up Karen Corr.<br />
Photos courtesy<br />
www.jasmin-ouschan.com<br />
Euro-News<br />
100th Euro Tour bonus<br />
prize to be Awarded:<br />
The IBPF announced<br />
at the recent Dynamic German<br />
Open Euro Tour event that it<br />
will be paying a bonus of 2000<br />
Euros to the player who is<br />
ranked 100th on the European<br />
rankings after the Dynamic<br />
Euro Tour in Austria, celebrating<br />
the 100th Euro Tour event since<br />
the series began in 1992.<br />
IBPF President David Morris said<br />
“It is a great achievement to reach<br />
the 100th Eurotour and what a<br />
prize to give. Somebody will be<br />
smiling after that event with 2000<br />
Euros that they never thought they<br />
could win by being ranked 100th<br />
on the European rankings!”<br />
Penalty for Darren Appleton<br />
During the European<br />
Championships in Austria 2009,<br />
UK’s Darren Appleton broke his cue<br />
on a table after losing his match.<br />
Tournament director Ed De-Jonge<br />
issued him a fine of 200 Euros.<br />
Appleton apologized immediately<br />
after the incident and said it was<br />
out of frustration at not playing<br />
to his ability. He also said that<br />
he meant no disrespect to either<br />
the EPBF or its sponsors. He<br />
did not appeal the tournament<br />
official’s decision and paid the<br />
fine with a promise that this<br />
would not happen again.<br />
The EPBF took no further<br />
action against Mr Appleton<br />
and upheld the decision by<br />
the tournament official.<br />
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