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Kalev Sports Hall
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Tallinn
10132
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Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 February 2024

Pia Filler with trophy.
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Predator Women's Tallinn Open - Filler Seals ET Win No.2

Reporter: Luke Riches on behalf of the EPBF
Photography: ©EPBF

THE FILLER NAME was once again on a Euro Tour trophies as this time it was Pia who was victorious to take the PREDATOR Women’s Tallinn Open, outlasting Ina Kaplan 7-5 in an absorbing final at the Kalevi Sports Hall. It was Filler’s second Predator Women’s Euro Tour title, following her win in Slovenia in October 2022, and she came through one of the biggest fields assembled on the Tour in recent times.

The match was hard-fought and of high quality but it was Filler who had the extra resolve down the final stretch. “I expected it to be a close match because I know Ina and she’s a good player she’s won multiple Euro Tours and European Championships. At the end of day, I just wanted to focus on myself because I knew I was playing well and breaking well. Actually, I never doubted that I could snap it off this time so I just did what I had to do.”

It was Filler who won the lag and delivered a nice break that saw two balls drop, leaving her a good look on the 1-ball. She duly ran through the balls but missed a difficult 9, cueing off the rail to gift Kaplan the rack and the early lead.

Kaplan made a legal break in the next but needed to push out with the 1-ball blocked. Filler got the initiative with a bold pot on the 1 and her snooker, playing the 4-ball, caused Kaplan to foul trying a one-rail escape. With ball-in-hand Filler levelled the score. She then crunched home her break shot in the third game and it paid dividends, leaving her a makeable 2/9 combination which she executed to take the lead at 2-1.

Kaplan pushed out once again, leaving a short jump shot for her opponent. Filler though, missed the 1-ball completely to present a great opportunity to Kaplan. She ran the table to once again level the match. A dry break from Filler got Kaplan back to the table and she kept her focus to come up with some big shots as she ran through the balls for a 3-2 lead.

Filler got to the table early in the next and put Kaplan in a table length snooker but she jumped the 2-ball in with some aplomb. That allowed her to keep the pressure on Filler with a good snooker but Filler was equal to it with the jump stick to leave Kaplan in trouble. With the initiative, Filler went on to take the rack and level the scores up.

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