Day 4 Comprehensive of The World Chinese 8ball Masters Grand Final – 總決賽第四日綜述

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The 5th World Chinese Eight Ball Masters Grand Final 2017 concluded its fourth day of competition in Qinhuangdao, China.  Fans of DAI Yong were all expecting him to break the curse and make it into the semi-final.  Despite taking down WANG Yun and ZHANG Guanghao previously, Dai totally lost his feel on the table and lost 4:13 to ZHANG Kunpeng.  Dai then had a tough ride against Gareth Potts in the consolation bracket. Despite trailing 4:4, Dai managed to square it at 6:6 and 10 all.  However, Potts was stronger than ever, winning five racks in a row to see off Dai after a long battle of 140 minutes.

ZHENG Yubo appeared to be down on physical and was totally off-form on the day against ZHAO Ruliang.  The progressive score was 0:3, 2:6, 3:11 and 4:13.

After a massive win over GONG Haifeng, WANG Peng faced Gareth Potts for a second time.  Wang had a great opening and was leading 8:3 before Potts made his way back to square the match at 9:9.  In the end, t was Potts who had a better day to win it.  After the match, perhaps gutted by his disappointing performance to gave the match away, Wang glued himself to his seat for an ultra long while.

“Final” was the target set by ZHANG Kunpeng before the tournament began, not only that he had now achieved his plan, but also in a magnificent way.  During his path to the hot seat, he took down great players such as ZHAO Ruliang, DAI Yong, as well as LI Hui.  His last match in the winner’s bracket on the day was against SHEN Chongyang.  Without any doubt, when the score was at 2:2, both players felt immense pressure during that moment.  Halfway through the match, Zhang was trailing by 6:8, but was able to keep himself calm and turn around to win 13:10 eventually.

2017 World Chinese 8ball Masters Grand Finale - DAY 4 Gareth Potts

第五屆喬氏杯中式八球國際大師賽全球總決賽結束了第四日的爭奪。 絕殺王云,斬落張廣豪的代勇強勢崛起讓球迷眼前一亮,無不期盼這位馳騁賽場16年的老將能夠打破半決賽的魔咒,只是,在對上張堃鵬時,突然失了手感,4:13被殘忍的血洗,而今敗部再戰,與老對手Gareth Potts相遇,1:4落後,6:6追平,一直到10:10,兩人的比分步步緊逼。然而經過140分鐘的苦戰,代勇終究沒能抵擋住Potts的瘋狂狙擊,連輸5局,10:15敗下陣來。

鄭宇伯在今日比賽中並沒有發揮出往常水準,看起來狀態疲軟,0:3,2:6,3:11,直至最後以4:13的大比數敗給了趙汝亮,以最殘酷的方式被斬落馬下!

帶著大勝宮海峰的喜悅,王鵬迎來了與波茨的二度對決,王鵬從8:3領先,接著9:9被追平到最後以11:12輸掉比賽。賽後王鵬坐在椅子上久久沒有離開。或許,他輸的不甘心,不服氣! 因為,無關對手,而是他自己親手葬送了眼前的勝利!

“決賽”… 賽前談及目標,張堃鵬篤定的說出了這兩個字,現在看來,他不但實現了,而且是以最華麗的方式實現了既定的目標,一路走來,張堃鵬斬落趙汝亮、代勇、李輝等眾多實力好手,在今日勝部迎來了申重陽。對於這兩人來說,2:2的開局,無論對於哪一方,都是一種壓力的存在,在6:8落後的情況下一路追趕,張堃鵬憑借穩定的發揮,以13:10逆轉獲勝,以不敗的戰績率先闖進決賽!

CN: Chen Chen/AC
EN: Samuel Lai

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