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Sunday 3 Dec3mber 2023
Rico Diks with the Masters Trophy from London's Finest Pool
All photography courtesy of ©Andrew Phan - used by Pro9 with permission.
2023 TOUR - MASTERS FINAL
Reporter: Dan Suh
Photographer: Andrew Phan
WHAT A FINAL! 16 of the best players from the London's Finest Pool 2023 Tour gathered last weekend to battle it out for the final top prize of the season.
With a few surprising results and long matches at the start of the day, there was already some fantastic match drama to kick us off. Imran Majid looked comfortable all day barely dropping any racks as he cruises through the winners side bracket.
On the other side of the winner's side table, Rico Diks makes a steady climb up the table battling through a tough field particularly a tough match against Gabriel who found some form but made 1 crucial error against Rico and lost out in the winner's semi-final on the hill.
Imran and Rico meet in the winner's side final where Imran claims the first win sending Rico to the loser's side bracket. Rico meets Gabriel again in the loser's side final where we have another tense match up.
Gabriel taking the lead looking like he's going to win it but once again, Rico shows resilience and experience to claim the win setting up a re-match with Imran. As we played true double elim, Rico would need to beat Imran twice to claim the win.
A late start to the final, both players have had a long day of tough matches and Rico draws first blood, comfortably getting the job done with an 8-4 win looking stronger than he's been all day. The 2nd round final Imran comes in full force, dominating with a 5-1 lead.
Rico starts to pull it back but it's not enough as Imran extends his lead to 7-3. It looks like it's all over as Imran is comfortably ahead on the hill. But with a few small errors, Rico gets his chances and claws back the scoreline to hill-hill.
Imran gets the break, makes a ball but hooks himself on the 2-ball. He takes his chances and goes for a jump shot. He misses, handing the table to Rico where he makes a flawless clearance to claim the title - our Masters Final champion 2023.
It was a cracking final between Rico and Imran - if you missed it, be sure to check out the live stream of matches on our Facebook page.
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