Starlight Phase II: Pan Xiaoting, Queen of Nine Balls
01
first dreams
Ink and ink painting gallery
One morning in the early summer of 1997, a notice from the Academy of Fine Arts made her 12-year dream vanish in an instant.
God closes a door and opens a window for you at the same time, and a beam of light outside the window illuminates the dim stadium for her.
02
fresh start
What do you say to succeed?
Since then, a single bed has been added to the small warehouse in the arena utility room. Her father became her coach and gave her a hard rule to practice at least 8-12 hours a day.
There are no weekends, so I can only take half a day off a week. Even if I get sick, I have to keep practicing.
03
First crown in life
The new dream shines into reality
The real powerhouse is not a person who sheds tears, but a person who runs with tears.
In 1998, at the National Women’s Nine-Ball Open, the father outside the stadium was nervously smoking a cigarette, but Pan Xiaoting on the court was unusually calm, with a cold face, “recruiting and controlling the enemy.”
That year, at the age of 16, she won the championship trophy for the first time, and her brilliant career officially set sail.
04
will be the top
The pinnacle of a brilliant career
Open Pan Xiaoting’s transcript, you will know how the title of Queen came!
In 2000, Pan Xiaoting participated in the national nine-ball competition 6 times and won 6 championships.
From 1998 to 2000, he remained unbeaten in domestic competitions. In the domestic women’s nine-ball event, it can be said that there is no opponent.
In the 2002 World Cup Men’s and Women’s Mixed Tournament in Asia, defeated many male players to win the championship.
In 2002, the 35th World Women’s Nine Ball Open won the championship. Pan Xiaoting, 20, won the first world-class title.
In 2003, he won the 12th Asian Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.
defeated the Filipino player Amy Lublon 11-5 in 2007 and won the Nine-Ball World Championship for the first time.
05
Hand in hand with star
Signed with Star Billiards in 2005
Become a contracted star of the world-renowned billiards brand star brand, which makes Pan Xiaoting’s billiard career go further. With the support of Xingpai, the popularity and influence have also been further improved.
06
Achieve the Grand Slam
Pride under the five-star red
In the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, Pan Xiaoting represented China in the nine-ball event and won the championship. Since then, she has completed a career Grand Slam.
07
After the glory
The queen who walked off the “sacred altar”
Some people say that Pan Xiaoting, the former “Queen of Nine Balls”, now only has the title of “Queen of Heaven”.
Perhaps, we once loved her like the sky, and we must love her to end.
The veteran does not die, but will gradually wither. This is reality.
08
new journey
a different and wonderful new life
From 1997 to 2017, the twenty-year career has come to a happy ending, no regrets.
Now, she wants to enjoy her own wonderful new life.
Youth only gives us the first chance,
All this will never come again,
won’t leave again,
will not see you again.
Maybe I will travel farther,
Maybe I will become a better version of myself,
Maybe I will walk into a different world,
Maybe I will meet that good time soon.
——Pan Xiaoting “Stop in the Best Time”