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NEWS June 17, 2008 GenerationPool.com Championships – Jones and Pan |
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For
the first time of the history of the BCA Open, which was named this year „GenerationPool.com
Championships“, were held in the context of the Billiards in Charlotte,
North Carolina. The women’s field with 64 participants started in a
billiards center and moved over to the Convention Center with the last 32
players. At the same time, the 32 men field started also there. The format
was 9-Ball in a double KO bracket with alternating break i races to 11 (9
for the ladies) until the quarter-finals. Then, the format was swapped to a
single KO bracket in races to 7 for both women and men. In
round one, I played the US player Shawn Putnam who gained a good reputation
over the last years. He played well and made use of my mistakes, so that I
had to accept my 6-11 defeat. In the loser’s bracket, my first opponent
was another strong US player, Dennis Hatch. Even if I played better than
before, I still made too many mistakes and so the match remained open until
the end. Lucky form e, Hatch did not have his best day either and so I
finally managed to win 11-8. The
next day, I really had to play better against Mike Davis (USA), but I could
not putt his resolution in practice. I played a bit better, but again
committed too many easy mistakes and always brought my opponent back into
the match. If I only had managed to play up to 70 % of my possibilities, I
would most probably had won 11-6. But 50 % was all I could deliver and was
eliminated at this early stage losing 9-11 and finishing on a disappointing
17th rank. Well, something to forget quickly and I better concentrate on the
next event in the Philippines. Men: Women: |
