Ga-Young Kim & Allison Fisher
Ga-Young Kim had no easy road to the Ultimate 10-Ball Championship hot seat. This Princess of Precision had to face many very tough opponents to arrive there. Among the foes she vanquished were Siming Chen (7-3), Jasmin Ouschan (7-4), Line Kjoersvik (7-2) and Allison Fisher (7-2). She appeared to get stronger with each succeeding match.
Ga-Young would face Allison again in the finals. After her loss to Ga-Young for the hot seat, Ms. Fisher had to take on Line Kjoersvik to get that rematch. Fisher barely slid by Kjoersvik 7-6 and then had to enter the final arena with the memory of the recent trouncing in her mind.
Neither player began comfortably in the early innings, but by the third rack both had settled down into their rhythms. Ga-Young found the pace first and won the first three racks. Fisher had been here before and fought back to tie things at 4-4 after 8 racks in the race to 9 games.
Ga-Young then caught a higher gear and won the next three racks to take a 7-4 lead. A couple of racks were traded but in rack 14 with the score at 8-5 Ga-Young wound up aiming at the case 10 ball, with a fairly routine cut into the corner. Just as she pulled the trigger a fan focused a camera phone on her and the infra-red depth-finder on the camera sent a sudden shot of red light into Kim's eyes when it was too late to stop the stroke. The 10 ball bobbled the jaws and hung there. Fisher took the shot and the rack.
Kim wouldn't be denied though, and won the next rack to take the title of Ladies 2013 Ultimate 10-Ball Champion.
Thanks must go out to the entire staff of this event. Ken Shuman and crew ran the event without a hitch. And the organizers wish to once again give thanks to the companies who joined their names to this event and helped make it a success. Iwan Simonis Cloth, Predator Cues, Aramith Balls, Diamond Tables, Master Chalk, Lucasi Hybrid Cues, Tiger Products, Poison Cues, OB Cues, The Super Billiards Expo, Viking Cues, CSI, Seyberts Sporting Goods, McDermott Cues, Fury Cues, the APA, and Mueller Sporting Goods all receive a tip of the hat.
Editors note: Full finishing positions and payouts are available at www.ultimate10ball.com.
