Chinese women player Yulu Bai gave a shock defeat to multiple time world champion in different disciplines Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan of Thailand 3-0. With that win she is now in the final of World Under-21 Women Snooker final and will meet the defending champion Nuanthakhamjan of Thailand for best of seven frames final.
Against Yulu, Siripaporn accelerated in first frame with good scoring shots but soon she started losing control and went down 49-77. Yulu by the time had taken over the charge and dominated all around in second frame to make two breaks of 36 and 33 points and won 85-00. However, there was an attempt by Siripaporn to recover and she fought hard for that but towards the end she fell short by 9 points and lost the match 0-3.
In second semi-final, Nutcharat Wongharuthai knocked out her compatriot Ploychompoo Laokiatphong by identical score 3-0. This also remained one-sided match where Nutcharat dominated and ended the match with a big break of 61 points. Her score was 46-03, 57-14 and 118(61)-04.
Yulu Bai of China
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