It is a pity that the british male commentator continually uses surprised tones when she continues to win more games. There is no surprise here, she is a quality player
You don’t win 2.5 million by the age of 25 playing pool of all sports if you aren’t practically a winning machine. That cue action is something to behold.
She played great. I thought the commentary was quite patronising at the start. Obviously Ellerman wasn't having his best day so that didn't help matters but she showed lovely technique and composure.
The one UK commentator is constantly under-rating Chen the entire match. "You'd have to say she's actually a favorite to win from a 6-1 lead!" Dude, she was *actually* a favorite to win from the opening break. "She doesn't seem affected by the enormity of what she's about to accomplish." What enormity? Winning a match she was always a slight favorite to win?
The fact that Chen was WPA 9 ball champion 2017, once wpa ranked 1st, player of the year 2011, but he still underrated her, is a clear sign of racism against Asian, and sexism against female.
@@carlvernon7531 He definitely made a big leap from some mildly condescending remarks from the commentators to "clear sign racism". If anything at all, it's incredibly ambiguous if there was any racist intent in the commentary. Some people like to connect 2 dots that are so far apart to even consider them related.
Ms.Chen played very well. I like her style of play. Very aggressive and not afraid to use the rails when getting shape. Most female players tend to be not as aggressive and shy on the table. Not Chen though she looked very comfortable. Good job!!
33:55 this is what seperates pros from amateurs, i would have panicked and hit the cue hard with center top, fearing it will curve if i put any sort of spin at that distance. Looks easy this shot, but far from it in fact.
She is and he sucked, don’t really follow pool all that much so I don’t know if this guy is any good but he definitely sucked in this match. How can u get ball in hand after the brake with an open table and not run out.
In snooker a player can ask about the color of a ball in case of color blindness. Is there such a rule in pool? That's an interesting question, I don't know. THERE ARE NUMBERS ON THE POOL BALLS!!!
That British announcer, does he know anything about pool? If he doesn’t know who she is and what she is capable of makes you wonder! This was no fluke win
Not so weird since she is way better than him if you look at the FargoRate. Mitch Ellerman has a FargoRate of 752 and Siming Chen 797. She is number 37 worldwide, including all men. Mitch is somewhere in the 200 or 300. She has just as many points as Tyler Woodward, and Tyler is number 3 in the USA (after SVB and Mike Dechaine.) And the commentators are telling us Mitch was the favorite to win lol.
@@robdetuinman2 Well, the match was the better part of 2 years ago so the numbers were slightly different back then, but I'm 90% sure that even then her Fargo was higher than his.
I think this video was already up, just reuploaded for women’s day. All good, siming Chen’s strong enough to represent the ladies well. Would still be tough for her to break through and win a tournament, but she probably has the best chance.
Mitch is a great player. His break just wasnt working at all. He got to the Semi-Final of the US 10 ball, 1 year previous. Siming Chen could not do that
The commentators don’t know anything about her, and they are sexist and racist. Chen is 27 now, she defeated Allison Fisher in China Open in 2010 (age 17), 2010 6-red snooker gold medal in Asian Games, she was player of the year 2011 (age 18), won Philippine Open and All Japan Championship, 2017 world women 9 ball champion, and former ranking No.1. She is on the level of Van Boeing, Strickland, Reyes, and Allison Fisher. The fact that she is well known, and commentators still underrated her, shows how naturally western male think Asian woman are submissive, weak, and sex object.
Saw one of her matches against Pan Xiaoting. Exciting, though you wouldn't know it by the dead pan audience, lol. CCP casts a pall over everything y'know
@@jj66c She is from Heilongjiang, Mainland China. The commentator pronounced the place poorly. The flag shown in the corner is the flag of People’s Republic of China, not Republic of China.
