Pool Cue News and Review

First off, congrats to Sarah Rousey for making it to the redraw. Sarah took out Kim Shaw 9-7 and is rewarded with a matchup against defending champ and reigning Gen Pool champ Xiaoting Pan. Well done you foxy thang!

Lots of new names in the redraw and a couple big names that got bounced. Jasmin got bounced by Monica Webb, continuing her streak of extremely spotty play. Megan Minerich(!!) got by Gerda 9-6, Yu Ram Cha downed Helena Thornfeldt by the same score and Tiffany Nelson took down Debbie Schjodt 9-4.

Here’s how the matches are going to play out:

Allison Fisher v. Tiffany Nelson
Brit-Brit v. Megan Minerich

Jeanette Lee v. Yu Ram Cha
Karen Corr v. Dawn Hopkins

Xiaoting Pan v. Sarah Rousey
Kelly Fisher v. Vivian Villareal

Sarah Ellerby v. Jennifer Chen
Ga Young Kim v. Monica Webb

Once again Allison and Karen have been drawn into the same bracket, so the WPBA has spared us of any chance of yet another Fisher v. Corr finals. Assuming everything goes according to plan, we should see Allison get a chance to avenge her loss at the Gen Pool event to the little gum snapper. Stay tuned for more updates.

Day Two - The Veterans Strike Back

Half of the Round of 16 is set and it looks like the old guard really stepped up their game.  As expected, Allison and Karen are in.  Ga Young and Xiaoting are in as well, as is Brit-Brit, who scored a 9-4 drubbing of Dawn Hopkins.  Kelly Fisher absolutely drilled Debbie Schjodt 9-0 putting her into the next round, but the biggest surprise in my book is the play of J-Thug, who took down Gerda 9-5 and grabbed a slot in the Sweet 16.  Sarah Ellerby, who had probably the easiest route to the round of 16, took down Jennifer Chen (I guess Chen got her debts to the mafia paid off) 9-3.

As for my favorites, Sarah Rousey lost a 9-8 heartbreaker to Ga Young Kim and will play Kim Shaw this afternoon.  Thin Lizzy didn’t fare quite as well.  After losing to Dawn Hopkins, she took down The Mad Hatter but then lost to Tiffany Nelson 9-4.  Tiffany will play Debbie Schjodt today for one of the 8 remaining spots in the round of 16.

I’ll have more updates later today.  Don’t forget that if you want to see some of the WPBA ladies in action, the San Diego Classic is on The Deuce today and on ESPN tomorrow!