Taiwan players eye third win in 9-ball tournamant

The annual tournament, which is now in its 13th year, will be held from March 4-7 at The Living Mall, a major shopping center in downtown Taipei.

The competitors are a mix of experienced veterans and talented youngsters, including defending champion Chou Chieh-yu, U.K. veteran Allison Fisher, 14-year-old Kamila Khodjaeva of Uzbekistan, and China's 17-year-old Liu Sha-sha, who is ranked No.1 in the world.

Other notable players are Taiwanese veteran Liu Shin mei; South Korea's Cha Yu-ram, Kim Ga-yong and Lim Yun-mi; Monica Webb and Vivian Villarreal of the U.S.; Japan's Chihiro Kawahara; and Taiwan's Lai Hui-shan and Chang Shu-han.

In the tournament, 24 of 48 players will advance from eight preliminary groups to the playoffs after a round robin “race to seven.”

A single-elimination format will be used in the playoffs, where players will match up in head-to-head battle. Semifinalists will play in a “race-to-nine” competition, with winners meeting in a race-to-eleven title game.

Chou Chieh-yu, 23, beat Ireland's Karen Corr 11-9 in the final last year to take the title. Taiwan's Lin Yuan-chun was the champion in 2008.

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