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RUIZ TITLE DEFENCE COMES TO AN END
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz's title defence as World Pool Champion came to a devastating end at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal City Sports Hall in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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The former defending champion, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, was outplayed by the Danish Viking, Mickey Krause, who delivered a masterclass performance. A 5-9 carom shot in rack 15, followed by a golden break in the final rack, secured Krause’s spot in the Last 32, where he proceeded to defeat Billy Thorpe 11-9.
The upsets continued for Jayson 'Eagle Eye' Shaw, who, despite advancing through the Last 64 by defeating Mustafa Alnar with a convincing 11-3 victory, fell short against David Alcaide. The Mosconi Cup teammates exchanged racks in a tense showdown, with Alcaide maintaining the lead to the hill. Shaw was hooked, forcing him to scratch, allowing the European Open champion to clear up and secure his spot in the next round.
Joshua Filler’s run for his second World Pool Champion title remains on track, with further success for the German. Filler struggled in the first half of the day against Fitim Haradinaj but staged a fierce comeback with a seven-rack win streak to clinch the match 11-9. Living up to his nickname ‘The Killer’, Filler carried his momentum into the Last 32, dominating the American Oscar Dominguez 11-1.
Joining Filler in the pursuit of a second World Pool Championship title, Shane Van Boening and Fedor Gorst advanced to the Last 16, claiming victories over Alexander Kazakis and Chang Yu Lung, respectively. The day also saw a triple KO, with the three Ko brothers all being eliminated, alongside the pool veteran Ralf Souquet, and the Austrians Mario He and Max Lechner.
Tomorrow the Last 16 stage commences in the afternoon sessions, followed by the quarter-finals in the evening. Mohammad Soufi vs Johann Chua kicks off at 1 pm KSA / 11 am BST, available on Sky Sports, SSC, Shahid VIP Sports, MENA, and DAZN.
Friday 7th June - 13:00 pm KSA time - Afternoon Session
TV Table - Where to Watch
Mohammad Soufi vs Johann Chua
Table 1 - Live on Matchroom Pool YouTube
Mickey Krause vs Dang Jin Hu
Table 2 - Live on Matchroom Multi Sport YouTube
David Alcaide v Jeffrey Ignacio
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THE 2004 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
JEDDAH - SAUDI ARABIA
THE LAST 64
Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 7 : 11 Mickey Krause
Oliver Szolnoki 8 : 11 Billy Thorpe
Lee Vann Corteza 11 : 7 James Aranas
Kuo Po Cheng 7 : 11 Dang Jin Hu
Aloysius Yapp 5 : 11 Mohammad Soufi
Marco Teutscher 10 : 11 Bader Alawadhi
Denis Grabe 8 : 11 Max Lechner
Ko Ping Han 5 : 11 Johann Chua
Jayson Shaw 11 : 3 Mustafa Alnar
Kledio Kaci 6 : 11 David Alcaide
Jonás Souto Comino 10 : 11 Jeffrey Ignacio
Ko Pin Yi 9 : 11 Patric Gonzales
Eklent Kaci 11 : 2 Sanjin Pehlivanovic
BJ Ussery 11 : 10 Alex Pagulayan
Marc Bijsterbosch 11 : 9 Konrad Juszczyszyn
Ko Ping Chung 11 : 4 Bernie Regalario
Shane Van Boening 11 : 9 Wu Kun Lin
Albert Manas 1 : 11 Alexander Kazakis
Pijus Labutis 11 : 5 Francesco Candela
Moritz Neuhausen 2 : 11 Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski 11 : 4 Ajdin Piknjac
Robbie Capito 10 : 11 Ralf Souquet
Aleksa Pecelj 10 : 11 Naoyuki Oi
Fu Che Wei 6 : 11 Joao Grilo
Joshua Filler 11 : 9 Fitim Haradinaj
Ali Al Obaidli 2 : 11 Oscar Dominguez
Liu Ri Teng 3 : 11 Anton Raga
Mario He 11 : 9 Hunter Lombardo
Ameer Ali 9 : 11 Fedor Gorst
Jani Uski 9 : 11 Chang Yu Lung
Toh Lian Han 4 : 11 Chris Melling
Elliott Sanderson 11 : 5 Roland Garcia
THE 2004 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
JEDDAH - SAUDI ARABIA
THE LAST 32
Mickey Krause 11 : 6 Billy Thorpe
Lee Vann Corteza 8 : 11 Dang Jin Hu
Mohammad Soufi 11 : 7 Bader Alawadhi
Max Lechner 10 : Johann Chua
Jayson Shaw 8 : 11 David Alcaide
Jeffrey Ignacio 11 : 7 Patric Gonzales
Eklent Kaci 11 : 4 BJ Ussery
Marc Bijsterbosch 11 : 4 Ko Ping Chung
Shane Van Boening 11 : 7 Alexander Kazakis
Pijus Labutis 8 : 11 Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski 11 : 6 Ralf Souquet
Naoyuki Oi 4 : 11 Joao Grilo
Joshua Filler 11 : 1 Oscar Dominguez
Anton Raga 11 : 10 Mario He
Fedor Gorst 11 : 10 Chang Yu Lung
Chris Melling 11 : 10 Elliott Sanderson
THE 2004 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIP
JEDDAH - SAUDI ARABIA
THE LAST 16
Mickey Krause 0 : 0 Dang Jin Hu
Mohammad Soufi 0 : 0 Johann Chua
David Alcaide 0 : 0 Jeffrey Ignacio
Eklent Kaci 0 : 0 Marc Bijsterbosch
Shane Van Boening 0 : 0 Wojciech Szewczyk
Wiktor Zielinski 0 : 0 Joao Grilo
Joshua Filler 0 : 0 Anton Raga
Fedor Gorst 0 : 0 Chris Melling
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