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@OfficialPDC @matchroomsport Wishing Barry all the best as he recovers. You got this Barry!

PDC Chairman Barry Hearn has tested positive for Covid-19 and begun a period of self-isolation in accordance with UK government guidelines. Barry feels well and is not displaying any symptoms. Additional staff & family members have also been tested and all found negative.

@RichLernerGC Well I know that...

Norman ‘96 Masters to me the saddest collapse. When he rinsed it @ 16 I’d never seen a great player look so beaten. #golfsgreatestrounds

@dynamite76 Thanks pal. Still working at this hour!

Well done to Ted Lerner you worked your ass off this week, you picked up the load big time.. good job 👏

Congratulations to 19 year old Fedor Gorst of Russia for his amazing 13-11 win over Taiwan's Chang Jung Lin and becoming the 2019 World 9-ball Champion. Well done Fedor!

It's the wily 34 year old veteran Chang Jung Lun from Taiwan vs. the 19 year old upstart Russian Fedor Gorst for all the marbles. 9-ball supremacy is on the line.Come on pool fanatics, we want to hear from you. Who will be the new king of 9-ball?

Russia's Fedor Gorst defeats Taiwan's Ko Ping Chung 11-7 to advance to the final of the 2019 World 9-ball Championship in Doha.

SEMI-FINALS Tuesday, December 17 11am, GMT +3 Race to 11, Alternate Break Jung Lin Chang(TPE) vs. Lui Haitao(CHN) Ping Chung Ko(TPE) vs. Fedor Gorst(RUS) FINALS 3PM Doha Race to 13, Alternate Break

RESULTS QUARTERFINALS World 9-ball Championship Jung Lin Chang(TPE) 11 – 10 Casper Matikainen(FIN) Lui Haitao(CHN) 11 – 8 Alex Pagulayan(CAN) Chung Ko Ping(TPE) 11 – 6 Do The Kien(VET) Fedor Gorst(RUS) 11- 6 Pin Yi Ko(TPE)

Here is the link to the draw for the Final 64 which begins shortly. 2 sessions today, single elimination, race to 11, alternate break. We'll be down to the final 32 after today. esnooker.pl/turnieje/2019/…

Live scoring: esnooker.pl/live/en/tsnew.… Free Live Stream two tables: youtube.com/watch?v=RNPw5A… youtube.com/watch?v=0XMoLC…

Day 2 action is now underway here in Doha, Qatar. The first two sessions today are losers side matches. If you win one match, you are through to the final 64. The loser is gone. We will then conduct the draw for the final 64 which will be played in the afternoon.

32 PLAYERS BOOK THEIR SPOTS IN THE KO ROUNDS IN A ROLLER COASTER FIRST DAY IN DOHA Read the inside story from the WPA's Ted Lerner wpapool.com/32-players-boo…

Group 8 Lin Ta Li(TPE) 9 – 1 Hassan Shhada(JOR) Enrique Rojas(CHL) 9 – 7 Abdullah Alyusef(KUW)

Group 6 Tomasz Kaplan(POL) 9 – 5 Ali Alobadili(QAT) Do The Kien(VET) 9 – 3 Ricky Yang(IND) Group 7 Liu Ri Teng(TPE) 9 – 5 Abdulatif Alfawal(QAT) Radoslaw Babica(POL) 9 - 1 Nadim Okbani(ALG)

Group 4 Kong Dejing(CHN) 9 – 6 Matt Edwards(NZL) Jalal Al Sarsi(VEN) 9 – 7 Marc Vidal(SPN) Group 5 Waleed Majid(QAT) 9 - 5 Mohammad Al Amin(BAN) Oliver Szolnoki(HUN) 9 - 3 Woo Seung Ryu(KOR)

Group 2 Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) 9 – 5 Mohammad Soufi(SYR) Mieszko Fortunski(POL) 9 – 6 Kong Bu Hong(CHN) Group 3 Pijus Labutis(LTH) 9 - 8 Gerson Martinez (PER) Dang Jinhu(CHN) 9 - 7 Saki Kanatlar(TKY)

Results from 1st session on Day 1. Winner needs one more win to qualify for the Final 64. Loser goes to the one loss side of their group. Group 1 Bashar Hussain(QAT) 9 – 6 Hasan Hwaidi(IRQ) John Morra(CAN) 9 - 7 Jerico Bonus(PHL)

And we're off! The action has begun here in Doha for the 2019 World 9-ball Championship. Live scoring at this link... esnooker.pl/live/en/tsnew.… Two tables free live stream this first session. Here are the links. youtube.com/watch?v=BA2ikx… youtube.com/watch?v=ZxmtkK…

We are ready here in Doha. 96 players, 5 days, the winner to be crowned the next king of 9-ball. Play begins at 10am local time, GMT +3. Live scoring and free stream at esnooker.pl. Enjoy!

Check out this interview with defending World 9-ball Champion Joshua Filler on the eve of the 2019 Championship in Doha, Qatar. youtube.com/watch?v=BxDACw…