Allison Fisher
Allison Fisher has won her second title of the 2007 season, as well as her 50th career title on the WPBA tour at the WPBA US Open 9-Ball Championship August 1st – 5th in Lincoln, RI.
Fisher started this campaign with a dominating 9-3 win over road warrior Rachael Abbink, followed by a hill-hill scare against Tracie Hines. A 9-6 win over Vivian Villarreal got Fisher into the re-draw for the final sixteen players where she drew Villarreal again. This time, the result was 9-4 in Fisher’s favor.
Next up was Jennifer Barretta in one of the TV matches. Fisher took a quick 2-0 lead and kept control to go ahead 5-2 and cruise to a 7-3 win.
Fisher’s semifinal match against Ga-Young Kim saw Kim take a 1-0 lead before Fisher took complete control for a 6-2 lead and 7-3 win.
Allison Fisher’s opponent in the finals would be Kelly Fisher. Kelly was also undefeated with wins over Debbie Schjodt, Janet Atwell, Tiffany Nelson, Laura Smith, Xiao-Ting Pan and Kim Shaw on her way to the finals.
The final match could not have been more even as the players were tied at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3 before Allison crept out to a 5-3 lead. Kelly came back with two games of her own to tie the score at 5-5 and then got to the hill first at 6-5. The tournament looked to be over with Kelly running out in the twelfth rack, but a scratch late in the game gave control back to Allison who won that rack for a 6-6 score.
A safety battle after the break was won by Allison, who ran out the last rack for career win #50.
Photo courtesy of Bill Powers – Statewide Photo
