Zheng Yubo and Chen Siming, the top four defending champions, were eliminated from the Chinese billiards World Championships.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Nanchang, December 13th-The 6th Chinese Billiards World Championship of China Billiards Association ended its quarter-final competition in Yushan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province on December 13th. Zheng Yubo and Chen Siming, the last champions, were both out of the men’s team and women’s team, so they missed defending their titles.

　　Zheng Yubo, who is expected to hit the third consecutive championship this time, met john young, the champion of the 2017 tournament. John young established a 10:4 lead early, and Zheng Yubo struggled to catch up, but still lost 11:13. John young will play against his apprentice, Zhao Ruliang, who lost to Zheng Yubo in the last final. In the other semi-finals, Xu Tianwei, the "dark horse" who eliminated the famous Zhang Jianpeng, played against Shen Shenyi.

　　In the women’s group, defending champion Chen Siming lost 9-11 to Liu Xiazhi, who will compete with He Xinru for the final ticket. In the second half of the quarter-finals, the winners and losers were all decided by the deciding game. Tang Chunxiao won three games in a row while falling behind at 8:10, and reversed the 2017 champion Fu Xiaofang and Zhang Muyan with the same score in the direct dialogue between the two "post-00 s".

　　This tournament attracted 496 players from 41 countries and regions, and the number of participants reached a new high. It is the largest Chinese billiards competition in the world. According to the schedule, the men’s and women’s finals will be released on the 14th.