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The 6th and second last stop of the Euro Tour was played in Switzerland.
212 participants competed in the two venues in Frauenfeld and Weinfelden.
In group D, I had a walk-through and then had to play Mohammed Yassin from
Germany. After a cautious start, I gained control over the match and could
benefit from two fouls made by my opponent to finally win 9-4. In my next
match against the solider of the sports battalion of the German army Philip
Rüthemann, I could even improve my performance and won 9-5. To qualify for
the final round, I had to win against G. Menillo from Switzerland. Another
good match, an undisputed 9-3 and I was qualified for the KO bracket of the
last 32 players.
Now, I had the chance to
take my revenge for my first round defeat at the World Games. My opponent
was, as several weeks ago, the Greek player Evangelos Vettas who plays for
the German team Dachau. But this time, I did a better job and entered the
next round by winning 9-6. But, as so often during these last two years,
this was my last win. In spite of a good performance, I could not win
against Englishman Imran Majid. Three fruitless breaks, a bad contact
between the cue ball and the object ball, a foul which was not given when my
opponent missed a jump shot, all this was too much to win the match. After my early 3-1 lead, I lost 5-9. In the overall rankings, I lost two spots from
4 to 6.
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Frauenfeld-Island Billard
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Other German players had the better end and after a long period of lack of
success, they dominated this Eurotour event. In the semi-finals,
Thomas Engert defeated his opponent Thorsten Hohmann 9-6 and the third German player Andreas Roschkowsky won
9-4 against Majid.
The final was a tight
match until the end. Finally Thomas Engert from Düren won 9-7 and
confirmed his current excellent shape, after his title in Benidrom
two weeks ago. In the overall rankings, Engert jumped from 11 to 4,
and runner-up Roschkowsky improved from 9 to 5. Niels Feijen (NED) is
still leading, followed by Sandor Tot (HUN) and Marcus Chamat (SWE).
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Thomas Engert
Ralf
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