April 12-16, 2000

U.S. OPEN 14.1 Straight-Pool POCKET BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP


 
Champions dethroned.

Vivian Villarreal handed Shin-Mei Liu her final defeat.
Anytime a player has to play Vivian Villarreal, there is a good chance they will lose. Even worse are their chances when Vivian ducks into a proverbial phonebooth and The Texas Tornado emerges. That is exactly what happened to defending BCA 14.1 champion Shin-Mei Liu in her match tonight with Vivian.

The Tornado was in form tonight as Vivian made ball after ball occasionally asking the cheering crowd what ball to shoot next when it was obvious what she would shoot. Vivian will get a chance to ask the crowds opinion again tomorrow as she faces Loree Jon Jones with the winner moving on to play Allison Fisher in the finals.

Meanwhile in the men's brackets, The Magician Efren Reyes dethroned the men's champion by the score of 150-83. Efren will play Ralf Souquet tomorrow for the chance to play red hot Min-Wai Chin and possibly avenge his only loss in the finals.