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Bali’s $150,000 Aramith Men’s Open has ripped through the last 16 and quarters — world 10-ball king Wojciech Szewczyk is gone, the Kaçi brothers met each other in knockout, and the last four is set. Meanwhile Shenzhen’s snooker semis are the live board in China, with Judd Trump vs Wu Yize due this afternoon UK time.
Bali Aramith: Amoroto ousts Szewczyk; semis locked
Single-elimination arrived in Nusa Dua and it did not mess about. Absolute Pool’s live board has the last 16 and quarters in the book:
Last 16 (sets)
- Robbie Capito (HKG) 2–1 James Aranas (PHI)
- Kledio Kaçi (ALB) 20 Eklent Kaçi (ALB) — brother vs brother, younger Kaçi through
- Daniel Macioł (POL) 21 Jeffrey De Luna (PHI)
- Mi Le (CHN) 2–0 Sean Mark Malayan (PHI)
- Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (ESP) 2–0 Pijus Labutis (LTU)
- Kyle Amoroto (PHI) 2–0 Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) — the Saigon World 10-Ball champ dumped
- Carlo Biado (PHI) 2–0 Alex Pagulayan (CAN)
- Joshua Filler (GER) 2–1 Fabio Rizzi (FRA)
Quarters → semis
- Capito 2–1 Kledio Kaçi
- Mi Le 2–0 Macioł
- Sanchez Ruiz 2–0 Amoroto
- Filler 2–0 Biado
Semis on deck: Capito vs Mi Le · Sanchez Ruiz vs Filler. Event runs through 5 October ($42,000 to the winner). Watch via Billiard TV / Pro Billiard TV and https://wpalive.tv/.
Women’s Worlds + Doubles: business end in Bali
Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball Worlds — final four locked after Friday’s quarters (WPA):
- Seoa Seo (KOR) vs Tzu-Chien Wei (TPE)
- Chihiro Kawahara (JPN) vs Chieh-Yu Chou (TPE)
ISAK Billiard Men’s Doubles 10-Ball Worlds — last eight teams: Chinese Taipei, Poland, Syria, USA, Indonesia, Philippines, Spain, Finland.
Shenzhen Open: first SF a scrap; Trump–Wu tips ~12:30 BST
Best-of-11 semis at Bao’an Sports Centre (Saturday):
- Yuan Sijun vs Jimmy Robertson — morning session. Yuan raced 3–0 clear, then Robertson stormed back to 3–3 with a 100–0 frame in the sixth (Chinese live reports). Winner joins Sunday’s best-of-19 final.
- Judd Trump vs Wu Yize — scheduled ~12:30 BST / 19:30 local (bo11). Wu’s first ranking semi since the Crucible title; Trump blanked Selby 5–0 on Friday.
Champion’s cheque: 177,000. UK coverage typically via TNT / discovery+; China on CCTV5 / Huya / Migu confirm on the day.
Where to watch / what’s next
- Bali trio — Women’s Worlds, Mens Doubles, Aramith Men’s: https://wpalive.tv/, Pro Billiard TV (YouTube)
- Shenzhen Open — WST platforms / regional rights holders as above
- Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships — Ahmedabad, 7–10 October (Veer Savarkar Sports Complex): billiards, snooker, heyball, 10-ball, blackball medal events
- WPA Blackball World Championship — Thistle Heathrow T5, 2028 October
— Reggie
