Tang Chunxiao won the first Chinese billiards World Championship.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Nanchang, December 15th
The women’s final of the 6th Chinese Billiards World Championship of China Billiards Association was held in Yushan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province on the 15th. The famous Tang Chunxiao beat Liu Xiazhi 19-9, winning the Chinese Billiards World Championship for the first time in her career.

　　Tang Chunxiao is in the competition.

　　The final of women’s team adopts the system of 19 wins in 37 games, which is divided into two stages. In the first stage, which ended on 14th, Tang Chunxiao made a dream start of 12:0, and gained a huge advantage of 14:4 after the 18th inning. At the opening of the second stage, Liu Xiazhi chased two games in a row, while Tang Chunxiao grabbed the 21st game to stabilize his position after some chaos, and then won two games to expand his advantage by 17:6, and the game gradually lost its suspense. In the end, Tang Chunxiao sealed the victory at 19:9 and won the first prize of 1 million yuan.

　　Tang Chunxiao’s promotion process was not smooth sailing. In the first stage, she was dragged into the deciding game by Zhang Muyan. In the quarter-finals, she faced Fu Xiaofang, the champion of the 2017 event. She won three games in a row and made a thrilling reversal when she fell behind at 8:10. Zhang Muyan met again in the semi-final, and Tang Chunxiao won at 13:9, welcoming his first World Championship final.

　　Liu Xiazhi didn’t encounter too much trouble in the double defeat stage. After entering the single defeat, she beat Russian player Pimenova in the quarter-final, eliminated defending champion Chen Siming at 11:9 in the quarter-final, and completely defeated "Dark Horse" He Xinru in the semi-final, which also made her debut in the final stage of the World Championships.

　　The 16th is the last match day of the Chinese Billiards World Championship, and the men’s championship will be won by two "post-00" players, Zhao Ruliang and Shen Shenyi.