Ko Pin Chung plays his first overseas final

Ko Pin Chung in action

14 year old Chinese Taipei whiz kid Ko Pin Chung will be appearing in his first oversea tournament final later tonight, after defeating Patrick Ooi from Malaysia 11-6 in the Semi Final of the 2nd Golden Break 9 Ball Invitational Championship 2010.

After lagging off for the break, Patrick cleared to claim Rack 1 but Ko replied to clear 7 racks in a row, leading by 7-1. Ko missed in Rack 9 to let Patrick back on the table to claim 1 more rack but lost 2 more to trail at 9-2.  Rack 12 and 13 were split between them, at 10-3 with Ko needing only 1 more rack to book a spot in his first ever overseas final. Patrick however was not going to give up easily and won the next 3 racks to narrow the gap to 10-6, but that was all he could do as Ko broke and cleared Rack 17 to advance into the Final.

Malaysia's hope now falls on the shoulder of No 1 Seeded Ibrahim Amir who plays World Ranked No 7, Antonio Lining from Philippines later at 5pm.

2pm Semi Final Results
Ko Pin Chung (TPE) 11 vs 6 Patrick Ooi (MAS)