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19-22 April 2007
Jasmin Ouschan receives her trophy at The WPBA San Diego Classic
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Ouschan beats reigning World Champion and finishes second!!
After the disappointing result at the world championship in Taiwan two weeks ago and the bad start in this tournament by losing to Jeanette Lee in the first round, the 21 year old Austrian earns her spot in the elite of women's billiards by finishing in second place.
In the first TV Semi-Final match (ESPN) Ouschan crushed the two weeks old world champion Xiaoting Pan (CHN) with a flawless performance and a clear 7:3 Score.
In the final Ouschan faced the former Snooker World Champion, and Nr. 3 in the current WPBA ranking Kelly Fisher who won this event in two consecutive years. Ouschan, who beat Fisher at the World Championship, started with a few unforced errors which gave Kelly Fisher the chance to take a rapid 3:0 lead.
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Jasmin Ouschan at The WPBA San Diego Classic
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After this nerve-racking start the balls were not rolling Ouschan's way and Fisher took the opportunity to win her third San Diego Classic in a row with a hefty 7:0 score (details:
http://www.wpba.com/...pdf)
"All in all I am satisfied with this result. First I was able to kick the Nr. 1 ranked player of the WPBA out of the tournament and then I beat the new World Champion as well. Tough matches like the final can happen and I just have to cut this match out and focus on my next goals and then the balls will roll my way again."
Ouschan and her coach will stay in the US until the big show-down in Las Vegas (Enjoypool.com Open; 13-20 May 2007) where the Austrian is the defending champion.
Jasmin Ouschan and Allison Fisher at The WPBA San Diego Classic
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Ouschan beats Fisher and proceeds to Semi-Finals!
Day 3 at the WPBA's San Diego Classics and "losing is forbidden" as all the remaining players enter the single elimination stages of the competition.
The Austrian Jasmin Ouschan started the morning session in grand fashion in the one-loss-side quarter-finals with a sovereign 9:4 victory over Angel Paglia from the US.
With a devastating 9:0 result in the single elimination "Last 16" stage against the surprise player of the tournament Janet Atwell, Ouschan went straight to the Quarter-Finals.
In the Quarter-Final match Ouschan faced the top favourite player of this tournament Allison Fisher.
Fisher, several times World Champion and most successful women player of all time has swore revenge after losing in the final last year against Ouschan in the BCA Open in Las Vegas.
Jasmin Ouschan at The WPBA San Diego Classic
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Untouched by this statement Ouschan continues the good performance from her last match and does not give Fisher much air to breath. With pool playing of the highest level Jasmin Ouschan wins game after game and earns an 8:2 lead over Fisher.
After missing a match winning 8-ball, Fisher was able to make three more racks, but the English player's come-back was not to be, as with the alternating break format, Ouschan took her next break to run-out and win this match with a score of 9:5.
In the Semi-Finals tomorrow Ouschan has another big player to face:
Reigning World Champion Xiaoting Pan from China.
1 Allison Fisher
2 Ellen Van Buren
3 Gail Grecar
4 Candi Rego
5 Tiffany Nelson
6 Pam Treadway
7 Anna Kostanian
8 Dawn Hopkins
9 Gerda Hoffstatter
10 Morgan Steinman
11 Miyuki Sakai
12 Heather Lloyd
13 Helena Thornfeldt
14 Holly Sholes
15 Janet Atwell
16 Kim Jones
17 Monica Webb
18 Aileen Dimick
19 Val Finnie
20 Caroline Pao
21 Ga-Young Kim
22 Amanda Lampert
23 Ewa Laurance
24 Liz Ford
25 Xiaoting Pan
26 Jennifer Chen
27 Hsin Huang
28 Jessica Barnes
29 Kim White
30 Cathy Metzinger
31 Alice Rim
32 Joanne Ashton
33 Kelly Fisher
34 Kristen Haney
35 Tracie Hines
36 Susan Wilbur
37 Jennifer Barretta
38 Julie Melman
39 Laura Smith
40 Debbie Schjodt
41 Vivian Villarreal
42 Stacy Hurst
43 Angel Paglia
44 Vicki Paski
45 Sarah Ellerby
46 Susan Willams
47 Megan Minerich
48 Ramona Biddle
49 Jeanette Lee
50 Jasmine Ouschan
51 Julie Kelly
52 Leslie Anne Rogers
53 Kim Shaw
54 Naomi Williams
55 Belinda Calhoun
56 Darlene Stinson
57 Karen Corr
58 Sueyen Rhee
59 Melissa Little
60 Tara McCracken
61 Melissa Herndon
62 S. Young
63 Mellisa Morris
64 Racheal Abbink
THE LAST 16 | ||
Allison Fisher | 9 : 3 | Alice Rim |
Jasmin Ouschan | 9 : 0 | Janet Atwell |
Monica Webb | 9 : 5 | Ga-Young Kim |
Xiaoting Pan | 9 : 4 | Rachael Abbink |
Kelly Fisher | 9 : 7 | Miyuki Sakai |
Anna Kostanian | 9 : 5 | Sarah Ellerby |
Julie Kelly | 9 : 7 | Kim Shaw |
Karen Corr | 9 : 6 | Jennifer Chen |
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Jasmin Ouschan | 9 : 5 | Allison Fisher |
Xiaoting Pan | 9 : 5 | Monica Webb |
Kelly Fisher | 9 : 3 | Anna Kostanian |
Julie Kelly | 9 : 6 | Karen Corr |
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Jasmin Ouschan | 7 : 3 | Xiaoting Pan |
Kelly Fisher | 7 : 1 | Julie Kelly |
THE FINAL | ||
Kelly Fisher | 7 : 0 | Jasmin Ouschan |