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2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 28 Feb 2023 Read

Under way in Thailand amidst signs that the four professionals have a number of serious challengers.

Recent Asia-Pacific winner and Under21 serial winner Ploychompoo Laokiatphong, World Cup winners Amee Kamani and Anupama Ramachandran, debutant Bai Yulu, 2022 beaten finalist Wendy Jans to name but five.

Other intriguing entrants include 73-year-old Renu Bharaktiya, Seniors quarter-finalist in 2006, two seemingly familiar names Saravalee Songsermsawad and Chanidapha Wongharuthai, and four women from Mongolia including Bayarsaikhan Narantuya first to record a 50+ break in the tournament.

Up-to-date information can be accessed here.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby Wildey » 28 Feb 2023 Read

Bai Yulu from China in her first event on the ladies tour made a break of 127 a new record in the Ladies World Championship beating the previous highest of 125 made by Kelly Fisher in 2003.

She even switched hands on the Yellow and nailed it.

Woman Snooker has a new Superstar and has potential to get on to the main tour eventually

Watch Break Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpQOsPVL4U&t=743s

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby Dan-cat » 28 Feb 2023 Read

Wildey wrote:Bai Yulu from China in her first event on the ladies tour made a break of 127 a new record in the Ladies World Championship beating the previous highest of 125 made by Kelly Fisher in 2003.

She even switched hands on the Yellow and nailed it.

Woman Snooker has a new Superstar and has potential to get on to the main tour eventually

Watch Break Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpQOsPVL4U&t=743s


Ace!!

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby lhpirnie » 28 Feb 2023 Read

Wildey wrote:Bai Yulu from China in her first event on the ladies tour made a break of 127 a new record in the Ladies World Championship beating the previous highest of 125 made by Kelly Fisher in 2003.

She even switched hands on the Yellow and nailed it.

Woman Snooker has a new Superstar and has potential to get on to the main tour eventually

Watch Break Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpQOsPVL4U&t=743s

It will be difficult for Bai Yulu or Wendy Jans. They would need to win this tournament to get professional status. WST have basically chosen their 4 women players, who have been receiving enormous backing. As soon as Reanne Evans and Ng On Yee get relegated, they will immediately be reappointed via the Women's Rankings.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 01 Mar 2023 Read

lhpirnie wrote:WST have basically chosen their 4 women players, who have been receiving enormous backing.


Why the choice of these particular four? Only Nutcharut Wongharuthai is under 30.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 01 Mar 2023 Read

Nutcharut Wongharuthai and Bai Yulu look set to qualify from the group of death but Amee Kamani came mighty close to beating the reigning world champion. The key moment in the deciding frame Amee Kamani potting blue then only able to watch helplessly as the white travelled the length of the table before dropping.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby HappyCamper » 01 Mar 2023 Read

gninnur karona wrote:
lhpirnie wrote:WST have basically chosen their 4 women players, who have been receiving enormous backing.


Why the choice of these particular four? Only Nutcharut Wongharuthai is under 30.


it's a bit much to say they have been 'chosen'. they have been comfortably the best players in recent history and the actual criteria is performance based, either winning the world championship or the highest in the rankings. one of evans, ng, and mink have won all the world championships for the last decade and a half, and are consistently at the top of the rankings.

to usurp that order someone would need to win the world championship (not likely in direct competition with the aforementioned dominant and now professional players), or do consistently well enough in tournaments to move up the rankings. there are also obvious issues for at least some amateur players being able to consistently compete enough for the rankings to be viable. i don't think either jans nor bai have competed frequently on the women's tour so are not high in the rankings.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby Wildey » 01 Mar 2023 Read

Bai Yulu wins 3-2 and she laid some impressive Snookers to make it difficult for Mink in the decider.

i tell you she is the Best Woman player ive ever seen with Experience and someone taking her under their wing she could go far in the game the potential is all there

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby GeF » 02 Mar 2023 Read

gninnur karona wrote:Bayarsaikhan Narantuya knocks Ng On Yee out.


With this, she needs Mink, Evans or Kenna to win the worlds in order to stay on the tour.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby HappyCamper » 02 Mar 2023 Read

GeF wrote:
gninnur karona wrote:Bayarsaikhan Narantuya knocks Ng On Yee out.


With this, she needs Mink, Evans or Kenna to win the worlds in order to stay on the tour.


or she could qualify for the crucible!

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 02 Mar 2023 Read

Intriguing quarter-final line-up. Balance of youth and experience.

Nutcharut Wongharuthai [1] v Rebecca Kenna [4]
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan [11] v Bayarsaikhan Narantuya
Reanne Evans [2] v Ploychompoo Laokiatphong [7]
Bai Yulu v Maria Catalano [14]

Particularly looking forward to watching the Bai Yulu (providing she qualifies) semi-final tomorrow.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 03 Mar 2023 Read

The even slower Nutcharut Wongharuthai versus Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan semi-final is also live on Youtube. The reigning world champion currently trails 3-0 and needs two snookers to force a respotted black in the fourth frame.

Reanne Evans just about worth her 3-1 interval lead. Tactic to play negatively and try to win by attrition working so far but it's a difficult watch.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby SnookerEd25 » 03 Mar 2023 Read

Iranu wrote:I’m watching Evans-Bai. The standard is atrocious.


Isn’t it? But most newspapers are these days. That’s why I don’t buy them, myself :sad:

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby HappyCamper » 03 Mar 2023 Read

SnookerEd25 wrote:
Iranu wrote:I’m watching Evans-Bai. The standard is atrocious.


Isn’t it? But most newspapers are these days. That’s why I don’t buy them, myself :sad:


isn't the standard free these days.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby SnookerEd25 » 03 Mar 2023 Read

HappyCamper wrote:
SnookerEd25 wrote:
Iranu wrote:I’m watching Evans-Bai. The standard is atrocious.


Isn’t it? But most newspapers are these days. That’s why I don’t buy them, myself :sad:


isn't the standard free these days.


Darn. Got me on a technicality :grrr:

Still wouldn’t pick it up though.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby LDS » 03 Mar 2023 Read

gninnur karona wrote:Reanne Evans just about worth her 3-1 interval lead. Tactic to play negatively and try to win by attrition working so far but it's a difficult watch.


It's really picked up after the interval, small breaks being exchanged at quite a pace, with YuLu finishing off both with something around half a century.

Re: 2023 Women's World Championship

Postby gninnur karona » 03 Mar 2023 Read

Odd how everything changed after the interval. Once Bai Yulu rediscovered her swagger there seemed to be an inevitability about the final result. Lots to learn certainly but the potential is clearly there. Bai Yulu would be a worthy addition to the main tour. Just one more match to win.
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