Jean-Michel SAIVE (BEL) can't believe he won Doha, Qatar, 8 March 2002. Jean-Michel SAIVE has played very well for the last year and he also had good results – but not even he had ever imagined that he could win the strongest and best paid Pro Tour event ever. Click here to read more
Doha, Qatar, 8 March 2002. The World Champion WANG Nan is still on top, and she will still be safe as nr. 1 on the World Ranking after beating compatriot and competitor ZHANG Yining (nr. 2 in the World) at the Qatar Open. Click here to read more
Doha, Qatar, 8 March 2002. They reached the final at the Qatar Open last year – and lost. This year once more they had so let somebody else walk away with the title. KIM Hyon Hui and KIM Hyang Mi (PRK) are great fighters but they couldn’t stop the two young Chinese NIU Jianfeng and LI Jia.
Doha, Qatar, 8 March 2002. Jean-Michel SAIVE (BEL) cannot deny that he is not young anymore – but at the table he can still run away from age. Playing very well on Friday he overcame the Olympic Champion KONG Linghui (CHN) and reached the final at the Qatar Open which will be played later on Friday.