Zhou Jieyu defeated Xu Xuya and won the World Women's 9-Ball Championship for the second time

Zhou Jieyu defeated South Korean female player Xu Xuya in the final and won the World Championships for the second time. (Taken from the official website of the conference)

[Reporter Xu Mingli/Comprehensive Report] "Big-eyed girl" Zhou Jieyu defeated South Korea's "pool princess" Xu Xuya 3:1 in the final of the 2026 World Women's 9-Ball Championship held in Bali, Indonesia tonight. After winning this competition for the second time in 2023, she took home the championship trophy and a bonus of US$55,000 (approximately NT$1.75 million), which also tied the record of the most championships among Taiwanese female players in the World Championships held by "Queen of Pool" Ryu Shin-mei.

Zhou Jieyu, who is about to celebrate her 40th birthday in December, still maintains excellent condition and feel. She passed the World Championships all the way this year. In the top 8, she defeated this year's Asian Championship champion Huang Qingning of China with 4:2, 4:2, 4:1. In the top 4, she defeated the Chinese female player Huang Qingning with 4:2, 4:2, 4:1. :1, 4:3, 4:3 defeated Japan’s top player Chihiro Kawahara; 23-year-old Xu Xuya played the role of the “Taiwan Killer” and defeated Zhou Jiajia and Jiang Shuijing successively. The top four defeated the “Shadow Killer” Wei Ziqian with a set score of 3:1, advancing to the finals for two consecutive years.

Zhou Jieyu overcame a 2:6 deficit in the top four of the 2023 World Championships, and finally defeated Xu Xuya 9:7 to advance to the finals. In the end, she defeated the British "Queen of Pool" Alison Fisher and won the No. 9-ball World Championship for the first time. They met again today. The first two sets were tied at 4:1 and 1:4. In the crucial third set, Zhou Jieyu won 3 consecutive sets at the beginning. In the fourth set, although she charged for the cue ball and washed the bag, her opponent recovered the 1 set, but then Xu Xu The defense of Asia's No. 2 ball failed, and Zhou Jieyu successfully cleared the table and won 4:1. In the fourth set, Zhou Jieyu fell behind 0:1 and took advantage of her opponent's offensive errors and fouls to win the game 4:1.