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Huidji See (NED), David Alcaide (ESP), Nick van den Berg (NED), Phil Burford (GBR)
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Nick van den Berg wins Dynamic Billard Treviso Open and Euro-Tour 2013
In an intense final match, Nick van den Berg (NED) defeated Phil Burford (GBR) 8:5.
The final match was determined by safety play in the beginning. After seven racks, van den Berg was leading 4:3 when Burford had an open layout in front of him. He got to the 10-ball and ran a bit out of position. However, he managed to pocket the 10-ball but shockingly scratched with the cue ball. Instead of tying the match at 4:4, suddenly he found himself trailing 3:5. Van den Berg made use of that situation and carried the advantage through until he was on the hill, leading 7:5. It was again Burford at the table then. He ran out of position for the 8-ball. He tried hard and left a very tough shot for van den Berg. „El Niño“ aimed at the ball and fired it in. He then pocketed the remaining two balls to wear the crown at the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2013. Van den Berg did not only take the title, he also won the Euro-Tour series 2013 by finishing as ranked number 1 player.
„It feels great to win the tournament“, stated van den Berg after the final, „but it feels even greater to be number 1 at the end of the year.“
„All in all I’m quite happy with my second place here in Treviso. Hats off to Nick, he played a very good match against me and deserved the victory“, added Burford.
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In the semifinal match between Burford and Alcaide, the Brit was already trailing with 3:1 when he started a great comeback and took four consecutive racks to take a 5:3 lead. That broke Alcaide’s neck and the Spaniard could not get a foot in the door anymore. 8:5 was the final result that booked Burford’s seat in the final match.
The other semi-final was an all Dutch clash between van den Berg and Huidji See. It can be clearly stated that van den Berg simply was the better player today, leaving no chance for See and winning rightfully with 8:3.
The women have also continued with their event today. Favorite player Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) who just flew in today from the USA, won her first two matches with 6:1 and 6:1 and easily entered the single elimination stage. Ina Kaplan (GER), currently ranked number two behind Ana Mazhirina (RUS), had more work to do when she met her teammate Christina Schagan (GER). With 6:5 she managed to defeat Schagan by a hair’s breadth. Number 1 ranked player Ana Mazhirina as well as Dutch top favorite player Kynthia Orfanidis are still alive in the event and will be playing tomorrow in the single elimination round.
Richard Jones (GBR)
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Dynamic Billard Treviso Open down to last 32 single elimination
After a long day of tough matches and fascinating, sometimes frustrating pool action, the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2013 Euro-Tour is down to the last 32 players.
Among those 32 is Richard Jones (GBR). He made his long way through the loser’s side after having lost yesterday to his roommate and good friend, Mark gray (GBR). Jones defeated Gregory Bartoccioni (LUX) 8:1, then got the best of Senharip Azar (SWE) by a hair’s breadth with 8:7 and finally ousted Poland’s Mateusz Sniegocki wit 8:7. That was definitely a rough way for Jones who got drawn to play Denis Grabe (EST) in the round of the final 32 players. Unluckily, Jones lost 7:8 to Grabe and has to settle for 33rd.
Another player who has a long journey behind him is Albin Ouschan (AUT). The number 1 of the current Euro-Tour rankings lost his second match yesterday to local hero Daniele Corrieri (ITA). Then he took on Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) with 8:3 this morning, continued with Switzerland’s Eric Juvet 8:4 and finally got the best of Jesse Waltteri Huttunen (FIN) with 8:3 to book his seat in the single elimination stage of the Dynamic Billard Treviso Open 2013. There, he met former World and multiple European Champion Oliver Ortmann (GER) who could not necessarily considered to be an easy draw for Ouschan. Ouschan however managed to just overpower Ortmann with 8:7 and sent the German home.
Huidji See (NED), reigning World 10-ball Champion, also had to take the detour over the loser’s side. After a strong fight, he lost his match with Roman Hybler (CZE) in the winner’s qualification round with 7:8. He then needed another victory. His victim was Arjan Matrizi (ALB) who got a clear 2:8 defeat from the World Champion. See played Mario He (AUT) in the single elimination round tonight. He remained the upper hand and stayed alive in the tournament with an 8:6 victory over He.
Three Italian players were still waving high their flag on their home soil in the round of the last 32: Bruno Muratore went to work against Gabor Solymosi (HUN). Fabio Petroni dealt with Tomasz Kaplan (POL) and Daniele Corrieri took on Karol Skowerski (POL). Amazingly, all three Italians lost their matches with 7:8 and condemned the event to continue without local participation. The only player with Italian nationality, who is currently living in Germany, who still defends the Italian Colors, is Antonio Benvenuto who won over Radoslaw Babica (POL) with 8:7
Overall, it was real remarkable that five out of ten players from Poland have made it to the stage of the last 32 players. That once again proves their high level of performance.
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