Fisher defeated Chieh-Yu Chou in 2 units to assert her second consecutive Michigan Open victory.

The ultimate day in Battle Creek, Michigan couldn’t have been extra thrilling, with ladies’s Last 4 showcasing an impressive degree of play.

The opening semifinal faced-off Chinese language Taipei stars Chieh-Yu Chou and Tzu-Chien Wei. Reigning world 9-Ball and 10-Ball champion Chou took the opening set 4-2. Wei Wei, final 12 months’s Michigan Open runner-up, performed flawlessly to start with of the second set, however made a few unforced errors to go on the hill. Chou capitalized on Wei’s miss on the 9-Ball to steal the second set 4-3 and advance to the ultimate.

Outstanding efficiency from Chihiro Kawahara, the event’s underdog, who reached the semifinals with out dropping a match. till she encountered defending champion Kelly Fisher. Kawahara, who was 3-2 up within the first set, assisted to a carom masterclass by Fisher making 2 unbelievable early 10-balls that flip across the rating. Fisher ended up profitable the essential first set 4-3. The second set was filled with safeties from Fisher and gorgeous escapes from Kawahara. One among them, an unbelievable 2-rail kick shot, may simply be the shot of the event. Kawahara tied the match profitable the second set 4-2 however couldn’t maintain Fisher within the third set (4-2).

Last began shaky for each gamers. Chou took benefit and clinched the primary set 4-1. Regardless of Fisher’s struggles in the beginning of the match, she discovered one other gear within the second set and began flying in direction of her again to again victory. 4-1 in each second and third units for Fisher, who couldn’t consider it: “I’m completely delighted to have gained that event. Who would have recognized? Coming in, I didn’t actually have any expectations. I simply got here in and was going to play my greatest. I’ve been in China so much, taking part in Chinese language pool and never as a lot 10-Ball, so I’m completely thrilled. Truthfully, I actually can’t consider it. So joyful to have gained it two years in a row.”

The Michigan Girls’s Open offered by Samsung TV Plus had a troublesome subject of 48 gamers and a complete prize fund of $60,000. Champion Kelly Fisher took $18,000 first prize, whereas Chou earned $10,500 as runner-up. This victory implies that Kelly Fisher not solely turns into the two-times defending champion but in addition holds the document for essentially the most Professional Billiard Collection titles with a complete of 5. Fisher gained the Austria Open in 2021, Las Vegas Open and Germany Open in 2022, and two back-to-back titles in Michigan.

The Michigan Open was the third cease of the 12 months for the Predator Professional Billiard Collection. The Collection will host three WPA World Championship occasions in Austria in October: The Predator WPA World 8-Ball Males’s Championship, Predator WPA World 10-Ball Girls’s Championship, and Predator WPA World 10-Ball Junior Championships. The 12 months ends in San Juan, Puerto Rico with the Medalla Mild Puerto Rico Males’s and Girls’s Opens and the WPA World Groups Championship