Pool Cue News and Review

Well, the round of 16 is set and while none of my favorites made it, there are some very interesting matchups that will hopefully (for the sake of the WPBA) make for good TV. Ladies and Gentlemen, here are your “sweet” sixteen:

Allison Fisher vs. Cathy Metzinger
Melissa Herndon vs. Helena Thornfeldt
Anna Kostanian vs. My-Hanh Lac
Karen Corr vs. Vivian Villarreal
Xiaoting Pan vs. Kelly Fisher(c)
Monica Webb vs. Gerda Hofstatter
Sarah Ellerby vs. Caroline Pao
Ga Young Kim vs. Eleanor Callado

Predictions? Obviously the Fishers are the obvious choice, but My-Hanh Lac is an interesting sleeper choice. After a disastrous first game, Lac has turned it on, beating Jeanette Lee, Jasmin Ouschan and Julie Kelly to make it this far. I’d love to see Anna Kostanian make the TV round as well, but I don’t see her beating My-Hanh Lac to get there.

Alright, Alright… this event gets more and more interesting every day. As you know, Liz Ford got bounced by Miyuki Sakai 9-3 yesterday, but my favorite little pixie is just one win away from the round of 16! Sarah Rousey beat Maria Catalano 9-8 and is now matched up against Caroline Pao who yesterday got rolled 9-3 by Karen “The Librarian” Corr.

In other results, teeniebopper Anna Kostanian took time out of her mall tour to beat 3 time champ Kelly Fisher who is matched up against Dawn Hopkins. Anna will be joined by tour regulars Allison Fisher, Karen Corr, Xiaoting Pan, Ga Young Kim, Sarah Ellerby and Monica Webb. In addition, they’ll be joined by another surprise winner in Melissa Herndon who hasn’t been on TV since that godawful show “Ballbreakers”. Final matches in the losers bracket will conclude this afternoon and the next round of matches are scheduled to start at 9:00PM tonight. Stop by later and I should have some updated results. I leave you with an action shot of Jasmin Ouschan courtesy of the WPBA, who hasn’t lived up to the hype she built with her 2007 BCA/EnjoyPool/GenerationPool 9 Ball Championship. We forgive her though since she is such a foxy little minx!