Feature: pool cues on a rack — SMcCandlish / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Bali is about to own the pool calendar again. From Monday 28 September through 5 October, the Predator Pro Billiard Series parks three major events at the Bali Nusa Dua / International Convention Center — and the headline ticket is the Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship.
Sixty-four of the world’s best women will chase a $200,000 purse across the week (finals window through 4 October). Fresh off her Poison Saigon Open triumph — already covered on this board — Germany’s Pia Filler heads into Bali as the player to beat, with the women’s world crown the next target on the Pro Billiard Series trail. Live coverage is lined up on Pro Billiard TV YouTube; draws and scoring sit on the Pro Billiard Series event hub.
It is not a one-title week either. Running alongside:
- Aramith Men’s Open presented by PBC — men’s 10-ball, field expanded to 128 players, $150,000 purse (28 Sep–5 Oct).
- Isak Billiard WPA Men’s Doubles 10-Ball World Championship — 32 national teams, $200,000 purse (28 Sep–5 Oct), country colours as much as individual form.
Combined purse across the three Bali shows: north of half a million dollars. That is a genuine SE Asia centre of gravity for the next eight days — and a clean break from the Saigon and Marrakech threads that have dominated this board’s last 48 hours.
Shenzhen Open tips overnight — snooker’s ranking tour goes east
While Bali racks women’s worlds and doubles, World Snooker Tour’s new ranking stop opens at the Bao’an Sports Centre in Shenzhen from Monday 28 September to Sunday 4 October. Total fund £850,000 (winner £177,000); Mark Williams is top seed after his 2025 Xi’an Grand Prix win as the event relocates and rebrands.
Monday’s early held-over slate (BST) includes Williams vs Fan Zhengyi (02:30), Judd Trump vs Huang Jiahao and Neil Robertson vs Liu Hongyu (07:00), then a lunchtime cluster of Zhao Xintong vs Scott Donaldson, Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Jiang Jun, Chris Wakelin vs Liam Davies and Si Jiahui vs Oliver Lines (12:30). Mark Allen has withdrawn; Ben Mertens takes the walkover. Chang Bingyu’s 147 from Leicester qualifying is already in the books.
Where to watch
- Bali Pro Billiard Series — Pro Billiard TV on YouTube; results/draws via probilliardseries.com.
- Shenzhen Open — UK/Ireland: TNT Sports + HBO Max; mainland Europe: Eurosport + HBO Max; China: CCTV5 / SMG / Huya / Migu and partners; elsewhere: WST Play.
Also on the board
- Commonwealth Cue Sports Championships — second staging, first in India: 7–10 October at Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad (snooker, English billiards, blackball, heyball, 10-ball; men’s and women’s medals in each). India have named an 18-member squad spanning those five codes.
- IEPF Marrakech — finals day wraps today at Aqua Mirage. Sharkey–Brennan and Saturday’s team medals still lack a verified public scorecard in the open press as of this midday filing (~12:30 BST); Ultimate Pool Association YouTube and AllScores Live remain the places to watch for confirmation. We will not invent a champion.
- NSCI Delhi 8-ball — All India window still open at NSCI Club (₹5 lakh purse); no verified session scores in English wires by midday.
Global sweep
- SE Asia / WPA — Bali is the fresh lead; Saigon’s men’s 10-ball crown (Szewczyk) is already filed.
- China / WST — Shenzhen is the overnight ranking opener.
- India — Ahmedabad Commonwealth in under two weeks; Delhi’s domestic 8-ball week continues.
- Blackball / IEPF — Marrakech closes Sunday; medals pending verified reporting.
- USA / APA — no fresh overnight APA headline locked for this slot beyond the already-concluded summer Worlds / Southeast Challenge cycle.
Two continents tip tomorrow. Cue up Bali for the women’s world title chase, Shenzhen for the ranking points — and keep one eye on Marrakech until a frame count finally lands.
— Reggie Rutherford, Cueball Talk
