Bai Yulu () is a snooker player, World junior champion from

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Early life

Bai was born in

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, China in 2003.

Career

Hong Kong World Women Snooker Masters

While Bai Yulu was round about 16 year-old in 2019, she was restricted from travelling to participate in all the snooker competitions around the world. When Bai Yulu traveled to Hong Kong for 2019 Hong Kong World Women Snooker Masters, she was accompanied by her mother. Bai played well in the 2019 Hong Kong World Women Masters, finishing as runner-up to

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World Womens Snooker

She was 2019 reigning World junior champion, as well as took part in 2019 World Women Snooker (WWS). Bai was runner-up to at the

2023 World Women's Snooker Championship The 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 28 February to 4 March 2023 at the Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand, sponsored by the venue and by the Billiard Sports Association of Thail ...

. Her 127 break in her group match against

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was the highest in World Women's Snooker Championship history, surpassing the 125 break made by

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at the 2003 event. It was the only century break of the tournament. She defeated twelve-time champion

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in the semi-finals and faced

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in the final. Nuanthakhamjan won 6–3. Bai won the 2023 British Open.

Snooker Championship for Juniors

When 2019 International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Snooker Championship for juniors (men Under-18 and women and men Under-21) was held in the Olympic Center of

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during 4—13 of July, Bai Yulu won in final in the women's group, and she also celebrated her 16th birthday during the competitions. There Bai Yulu won 6–1 against

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, Thailand (who was last year champion), in final. She reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 IBSF Women's World Snooker Championship and also made the three highest of the tournament: 91, 81 and 78.

References

External links

* 2019 Hong Kong World Women Masters Final Bai Yulu vs Rebecca Kenna, YouTube vide

Living people 2003 births Chinese snooker players Female snooker players People from Dongguan 21st-century Chinese people {{Snooker-bio-stub