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@OfficialPDC @matchroomsport Wishing Barry all the best as he recovers. You got this Barry!

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@RichLernerGC Well I know that...

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@dynamite76 Thanks pal. Still working at this hour!

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Congratulations to 19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia for his amazing 13-11 win over Taiwan's Chang Jung Lin and becoming the 2019 World 9-ball Champion. Well done Fedor!

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It's the wily 34 year old veteran Chang Jung Lun from Taiwan vs. the 19 year old upstart Russian Fedor Gorst for all the marbles. 9-ball supremacy is on the line.Come on pool fanatics, we want to hear from you. Who will be the new king of 9-ball?

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Russia's Fedor Gorst defeats Taiwan's Ko Ping Chung 11-7 to advance to the final of the 2019 World 9-ball Championship in Doha.

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SEMI-FINALS
Tuesday, December 17 11am, GMT +3
Race to 11, Alternate Break

Jung Lin Chang(TPE) vs. Lui Haitao(CHN)
Ping Chung Ko(TPE) vs. Fedor Gorst(RUS)

FINALS
3PM Doha
Race to 13, Alternate Break

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RESULTS QUARTERFINALS
World 9-ball Championship

Jung Lin Chang(TPE) 11 – 10 Casper Matikainen(FIN)
Lui Haitao(CHN) 11 – 8 Alex Pagulayan(CAN)

Chung Ko Ping(TPE) 11 – 6 Do The Kien(VET)
Fedor Gorst(RUS) 11- 6 Pin Yi Ko(TPE)

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Here is the link to the draw for the Final 64 which begins shortly. 2 sessions today, single elimination, race to 11, alternate break. We'll be down to the final 32 after today.

https://t.co/EyrqxUyHo1

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Live scoring: https://t.co/SxVXcqNt4C

Free Live Stream two tables:

https://t.co/avH0JFBWaF

https://t.co/XZgcBQteAL

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Day 2 action is now underway here in Doha, Qatar. The first two sessions today are losers side matches. If you win one match, you are through to the final 64. The loser is gone. We will then conduct the draw for the final 64 which will be played in the afternoon.

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32 PLAYERS BOOK THEIR SPOTS IN THE KO ROUNDS IN A ROLLER COASTER FIRST DAY IN DOHA
Read the inside story from the WPA's Ted Lerner https://t.co/icAgRIsx76

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Group 8
Lin Ta Li(TPE) 9 – 1 Hassan Shhada(JOR)
Enrique Rojas(CHL) 9 – 7 Abdullah Alyusef(KUW)

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Group 6
Tomasz Kaplan(POL) 9 – 5 Ali Alobadili(QAT)
Do The Kien(VET) 9 – 3 Ricky Yang(IND)

Group 7
Liu Ri Teng(TPE) 9 – 5 Abdulatif Alfawal(QAT)
Radoslaw Babica(POL) 9 - 1 Nadim Okbani(ALG)

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Group 4
Kong Dejing(CHN) 9 – 6 Matt Edwards(NZL)
Jalal Al Sarsi(VEN) 9 – 7 Marc Vidal(SPN)

Group 5
Waleed Majid(QAT) 9 - 5 Mohammad Al Amin(BAN)
Oliver Szolnoki(HUN) 9 - 3 Woo Seung Ryu(KOR)

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Group 2
Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) 9 – 5 Mohammad Soufi(SYR)
Mieszko Fortunski(POL) 9 – 6 Kong Bu Hong(CHN)

Group 3
Pijus Labutis(LTH) 9 - 8 Gerson Martinez (PER)
Dang Jinhu(CHN) 9 - 7 Saki Kanatlar(TKY)

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Results from 1st session on Day 1. Winner needs one more win to qualify for the Final 64. Loser goes to the one loss side of their group.
Group 1
Bashar Hussain(QAT) 9 – 6 Hasan Hwaidi(IRQ)
John Morra(CAN) 9 - 7 Jerico Bonus(PHL)

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And we're off! The action has begun here in Doha for the 2019 World 9-ball Championship.

Live scoring at this link...

https://t.co/SxVXcqNt4C

Two tables free live stream this first session. Here are the links.

https://t.co/oOS1XmNHae

https://t.co/ACdAKcIp4f

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We are ready here in Doha. 96 players, 5 days, the winner to be crowned the next king of 9-ball. Play begins at 10am local time, GMT +3. Live scoring and free stream at https://t.co/awbQVpAxFq. Enjoy!

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Check out this interview with defending World 9-ball Champion Joshua Filler on the eve of the 2019 Championship in Doha, Qatar.
https://t.co/9LXwHRDrID