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Guangzhou on cue to host snooker shootout

eguangzhou.gov.cn | Updated:2017-11-24

A special trick shot contest between a couple of the world's top female snooker players ahead of the 2017 Chinese Billiards & Snooker Association (CBSA) Guangzhou Haizhu Nine-Ball International Open.

Chinese professional pool player Pan Xiaoting and Britain's Kelly Fisher attempted to "out-trick-shot" each other at Guangzhou's iconic Canton Tower on Nov 23.

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Pan Xiaoting, known as "Queen of Nine-Ball" in China, performs a trick shot at the Canton Tower on Nov 23. [Photo/southcn.com] 

The Guangzhou Haizhu Nine-Ball International Open is set to be held at the Haizhu Sports Center from Nov 26 to 30.

The top-level pool competition has attracted 192 professional pool players from more than 20 countries across the world including Kelly Fisher, Austrian professional pool player Jasmin Ouschan and German pool player Thorsten Hohmann.     

According to the organizers, a prize pot from 600,000 yuan ($90,500) to 1 million yuan ($151,000) is up for grabs.

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Pan Xiaoting poses for a photo with a model of the Canton Tower ahead of the 2017 CBSA Guangzhou Haizhu Nine-Ball International Open which takes place from Nov 26 to 30. [Photo/southcn.com] 

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The 2017 CBSA Guangzhou Haizhu Nine-Ball International Open will be held at the Haizhu Sports Center from Nov 26 to 30. [Photo/southcn.com]

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