8-ball titles go to Sweden – 歐錦賽8號球落幕 瑞典選手包攬兩組別金牌

Ulrika Andersson and Sanne Azar (both SWE) take the Gold Medals at the 8-ball individuals of the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies in Tirana, Albania.

Sanne Azar defeated Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER) in the final of the seniors with 7:5. The match was filled with ups and downs on both sides. In the beginning, the show was 100% on Azar’s side. He was on fire and left no chance to Wirsbitzki who had problems in getting started at all. After four racks, the score was 4:0 in favor of Azar. Then, Wirsbitzki got some momentum and managed to put Azar under pressure. The German won three consecutive racks and Azar could feel the tension rising. Then, it was Azar’s match again. He won two racks and got to the hill with 6:3. But Wirsbitzki is a fighter. He hung in there and won another two points to once again come close to Azar. Being 5:6 down, Wirsbitzki scratched on his own break. That was enough of a chance for Azar to finish the match and take the crown over his German opponent with 7:5.

2016年歐洲錦標賽8球項目較量全部結束，瑞典女球員Ulrika Andersson上演驚天逆轉，斬獲職業生涯首枚金牌，另一瑞典球員Sanne Azar則在元老組決賽中力克德國名將Wirsbitzki，幫助瑞典隊實現包攬。

元老組決賽在Azar和德國的Reiner Wirsbitzki之間展開。比賽進程跌宕起伏，在開局階段，Azar占據壓倒性優勢，直落四盤取得大比分領先。隨後，Wirsbitzki展開反擊，連扳三局將比分追為3-4。此時，Azar再度發力，連勝兩局6-3奪得賽點。Wirsbitzki沒有放棄，連追兩局後將比分迫近為5-6。關鍵時刻，Wirsbitzki衝球失誤，Azar順勢清台，最終以7-5的比分力克對手，奪得金牌。

Semi-final results 四強賽果:

Sanne Azar (SWE) v Sami Karttunen (FIN) 7:6

Reiner Wirsbitzki (GER) v Alex Habo (HUN) 7:2

Ulrika Andersson and Sanne Azar

The final match in the ladies division was determined by a hue comeback from Ulrika Andersson. Germany’s Susanne Wessel was already leading 3:1 which is a comfortable advantage in a race to 5. In rack five, Andersson broke and scratched on the break shot which gave Wessel ball in hand with an open table. It was expected that she went on the hill but she missed the second-last ball of her group. Trailing 1:3, Andersson pocketed some balls and played a clever safety shot which forced Wessel to commit a foul. Andersson ran the remaining balls and the comeback started. She pulled rack after rack from Wessel who lost her game completely. She missed shots and fell out of position big time. On the other hand, Andersson got better and better and in the end took a deserved 5:3 victory to gain the first title in her career in the ladies division.

女子組方面，決賽由Ulrika Andersson對陣Susanne Wessel。開局階段，剛剛摘得10號球項目金牌的Wessel氣勢如虹，很快便取得了3-1的領先。第五局比賽，Andersson衝球失誤，給對手留下手中球和完全開放的大好局面。就在人們以為Wessel會直取賽點時，Wessel卻在倒數第二顆球上發生失誤，Andersson笑納大禮並在接下來的比賽中牢牢占據攻防兩端優勢，最終她連扳四局，反敗為勝，在上演大逆轉的同時奪得職業生涯首枚金牌。

Semi-final results 四強賽果:

Ulrika Andersson (SWE) v Cristina Moscetti (ITA) 5:3

Susanne Wessel (GER) v Patrizia Ignesti (ITA) 5:2

Medal table after 3 of 5 events:

Medal table after 3 of 5 events 總獎牌數 (第三項賽事結束後)

The Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies will continue tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with matches of the 9-ball individuals.

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