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The Kamui WPA Women’s 9-Ball World Championship last sixteen closed overnight in Bali — and Friday’s quarter-final board is now locked. On the same floor, the Aramith Men’s Open losers’ qualification finished this morning and fed a stacked last-32 sheet, while Shenzhen’s snooker quarters tip in China.
Bali Women’s Worlds: last eight locked
Race to three at the Bali International Convention Centre cut the field to eight. Headline results from the completed last sixteen:
- Chezka Centeno edged Shi Tianqi 3–2 — Shi had dumped Pia Filler through losers’ qualification earlier; Centeno still found a way.
- Kristina Tkach beat Rubilen Amit 3–1.
- Seoa Seo blanked Shui Ching Chiang 3–0.
- Tzu-Chien Wei blanked Aleksandra Guleikova 3–0.
- Chia Hua Chen blanked Xin-Yu Hong 3–0.
- Chihiro Kawahara blanked Savannah Easton 3–0.
- Chieh-Yu Chou blanked Silviana Lu 3–0.
- Huang Qing Ning blanked Annita Kanjaya 3–0.
Quarter-finals (next): Seo–Centeno · Tkach–Wei · Chen–Kawahara · Chou–Huang.
The Women’s Worlds run through 4 October ($200,000 prize fund).
Aramith Men’s: losers’ qualification done — L32 board set
Overnight and into Friday morning, the $150,000 Aramith Men’s Open (10-ball) finished losers’ qualification and locked the last 32. Big names clawed back onto the single-elim sheet:
- Jayson Shaw blanked Felix Vogel 2–0 → L32 vs Robbie Capito
- Eklent Kaçi beat AJ Manas 2–1 → L32 vs Aloysius Yapp
- Alex Pagulayan beat Roman Hybler 2–1 → L32 vs Paolo Gallito
- Wojciech Szewczyk blanked Radosław Babica 2–0 → L32 vs Naoyuki Ōi
- David Alcaide blanked Tobias Bongers 2–0 → L32 vs Kledio Kaçi
- Also through: Phương Nam Phạm, Bryant Saguiped, Sun Yi Hsuan, Denis Grabe, Yannick Pongers, Hsu Jui An, Sean Mark Malayan, Kyle Amoroto, Olivér Szolnoki, Jonas Magpantay, Wiktor Zieliński
Winners’-side holdovers still waiting include Dương Quốc Hoàng (vs Amoroto), Joshua Filler (vs Magpantay), Carlo Biado (vs Szolnoki), Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (vs Grabe) and Daniel Macioł (vs Phạm).
Doubles Worlds: losers’ qualification on the floor
The Isak Billiard WPA Men’s Doubles 10-Ball Worlds have Chinese Taipei, Poland, Syria and USA already through winners’ qualification. Losers’ qualification was live this morning (Indonesia–Germany, Philippines–Netherlands, Vietnam–Spain, Great Britain–Finland) with the last four QF berths still to fill.
Shenzhen Open: Friday quarters tip
Best-of-nine quarters at Bao’an Sports Centre are underway today (local): afternoon Trump–Selby and Jimmy Robertson–Wakelin; evening Murphy–Wu Yize and Holt–Yuan Sijun. Champion takes £177,000 on Sunday — full scores to follow once the frames close.
Also on the board
Commonwealth Cue Sports (Ahmedabad): Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, 7–10 October — snooker, English billiards (debut on the CCSC programme), 10-ball, heyball and blackball. India’s home squad is named; entries still firming across the Commonwealth.
WPA Blackball Worlds: Heathrow, London — 20–28 October.
Where to watch
- Bali Women’s Worlds / Aramith Men’s / Doubles — Pro Billiard TV + PBS/CueScore live scores
- Shenzhen Open — WST / TNT Sports / Eurosport / WST Play (and regional partners)
- Blackball Worlds (from 20 Oct) — WPA / BPF updates as broadcast confirmed
Sources: CueScore / Pro Billiard Series (Women’s L16 & QF board; Aramith Men’s LQ→L32; Doubles LQ live, 1–2 Oct); WST match centre (Shenzhen QF schedule, 2 Oct); WCBS / BSFI (Ahmedabad CCSC); WPA (Blackball Worlds).
