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nine ball

n.
1. A pool ball that bears the number nine.
2. A game in billiards played with a cue ball and nine object balls, numbered 1 to 9, in which the cue ball must strike the lowest-numbered ball on the table first, the object being to pocket the number nine ball last.
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Biado and De Luna won three consecutive racks to go on the hill at 6-3 before weathering Kaci and Spahju's comeback attempt to reach the last eight of the annual nine-ball doubles competition.
Ayaz Babar contributed 32 off just eight deliveries (five fours and two sixes), Tariq Haroon a 20-ball 31 (two sixes and a four), Arif Khan 30 off 29 balls (two sixes), Shah Hussain a nine-ball 24 off (four fours and a six.
Rarely, if ever, do you hear talk of a draggy, overly long nine-ball duck, but Jennings got quite close here.
The third gold came in nine-balls pool while Al Remawi got the fourth in single nine-ball.
Warwickshire's reply was given early momentum by William Porterfield's nine-ball 16.
He did so in fine style, beating Aslam Abubaker 7-4 in the final of the GNO Southern nine-ball Open held at the newly-opened BWPPA/BWCSA Wheelchair Cue Sport Academy at Stoke Mandeville.
The Unified Triskelion of Qatar will be organizing a Nine-ball Billiards Tournament for a cause to be held at the Rendezvouz Billiards Hall in Bin Omran on April 18.
Amit, the inaugural champion, muffed a carom from the six-ball to the nine-ball, which hung on the jaws of the corner pocket, in the eighth rack - leaving her Taiwanese opponent with an easy table to clear and clinch the win.
Holly Colvin's nine-ball 16 not out gave England a late boost after four wickets had fallen for six runs, and New Zealand started their chase confidently with Sophie Devine (25) combining well with Suzie Bates.
Host favourite pool player Cha Yu-Ram, who won gold for nine-ball singles in the 2009 Asian Indoor Games and also the Goodwill Amabassdor of the 2013 AIMAG, lit up the torch.
Monday a gold medal in the nine-ball competition in the 12th Arab Games hosted
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