The Korean fans are in for a treat as 3 Korean players are in the final 8 of the mens event and 2 Korean women in the semi finals. Other countries remaining are USA, Germany, Finland, Taiwan and Japan.
Todays highlights included Thorsten Hohmann knocking out Young Hwa Jeong 9-8. Shin Young Park took down Max Eberle. Charlie Williams ran over Chia Ching Wu 9-2 and Kunihiko Takahashi cooled the Iceman Mika Immonen to the losers side.
On the womens side Jennifer Barretta lost back to back matches to Ga Young Kim and then Miyuki Sakai avenged her earlier loss to Barretta. Y.C. Lin of Taiwan breezed through Korea's #2 Yun Mi Lim to make it to the semi finals.
Tomorrows line up will have the mens quarter finals with Williams(USA) vs Keun Jae Lee(KOR). Heong Jo Jeong (KOR) vs Thorsten Hohmann(GER). Shin Young Park vs Mika Immonen. and Kunihiko Takahashi(JAP) vs Max Eberle (USA)
Womens lineup will be Ga Young Kim(KOR) vs Yun Mi Lim(KOR) and Y.C. Lin(ROC) vs Miyuki Sakai(JAP)