Snooker 900 — Changsha
Chinese eight-ball star Zheng Yubo took the Kangxi Shengshi Snooker 900 Open in Changsha overnight, beating World Snooker Tour pro Jiang Jun 10–2 in the best-of-19 final and pocketing the 300,000 yuan winner's cheque.
The format is the story as much as the scoreline: each frame is capped at 900 seconds with a 20-second shot clock, which squeezes classic snooker defence and rewards the tempo Zheng brings from Chinese pool. He trailed Lan Yuhao 3–5 in the semi-final before flipping it 6–5; Jiang scraped past Xiao Guodong 6–5 after leading 5–1. In the final Zheng led 7–2 at the interval and closed it out 10–2, per Chinese sports reports this morning (Sina Sports and NetEase).
Ronnie O'Sullivan opened the Changsha stop as a guest earlier in the fortnight but did not play the main draw.
Reyes Cup — Makati, tomorrow
The Roobet Reyes Cup tips off tomorrow (15–18 October) at Makati Coliseum. Francisco "Django" Bustamante captains Team Asia in search of a three-peat; Ralf Souquet leads Rest of the World, with Francisco Sánchez Ruiz among those pushing for a first Reyes win. Live on WNT TV in available territories, and on ESPN+ in the US.
Ultimate Pool League
Rail Huggers are into the UPL UK Nationals final after a 38–6 semi-final win, having already knocked out Pool Runnings 38–4 in the quarters (per Ultimate Pool League UK / RackEmApp). Semi-final 2 is set for Monday 19 October; the national final follows on 26 October.
Also on the board
- Pink Ribbon at Landywood: last night's final four was Bingham, Joyce, Moody and Wakelin after whitewashes and deciders in the quarters (per CueTracker). Semis and final ran overnight; full scores were not yet on CueTracker at copy time.
- BetVictor Northern Ireland Open: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, 18–25 October.
- Qatar World Cup 10-Ball: Doha, 19–29 October, US$450,000 prize fund at the Ezdan Palace Hotel.
Feature image: “To pot the red” by MichaelMaggs, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
