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NEWS - 09-29-03 - Paris Open 9-Ball – van den Berg defeats Tschudi |
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The
final round of the third edition of the Paris Open 9-Ball was played in
the „Clichy Montmartre“. 16 players were „invited“ and were
opposed to 16 players who played the qualifications. Unique was the fact
that the best three qualifiers had won two spots each in the main field.
If this was the reason why the invited players had to pay a surprising
registration fee of € 100,00 instead of € 50,-, has not been answered
yet. In
round 1, I played E. Robaine from France. After a slow start and an
intermediate score of 2-2, I managed to take a 6-2 lead. After two good
safety shots and five lucky situations for my opponent, the score evolved
all of a sudden to 6-6. But an easy miss of my opponent brought me back on
the winning streak (9-6). In my second match against I. Majid from
Great-Britain, I did not have the slightest chance until the 0-5. Then he
missed a 9 ball and I could benefit to come back into the match, and could
equal the score at 5-5. But a black break allowed the Englishman to again
take the lead (7-5). Then Majid shot a black break and I finished the
entire match to win 9-7. In the quarter finals, M. Tschudi (SUI) was
already waiting for me. After trailing 0-2, I could take a 5-2 lead. But
when I missed a safety shot and another shot, Tschudi came back into the
match. He could equal the score and with two lucky positions even managed
to lead 8-6. Although I could reduce the score to 7-8, I finally had to
concede the match 7-9. In spite of my good game, I could achieve nothing
more than a 5th rank. |
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