Today, the 10-ball competition started at the Dynamic Billard European Pool Championships 2019 in Treviso, Italy. Some hot guns entered the stage since they have just flown in from the US Open in Las Vegas to make the total number of contestants 101 in the men’s division. That includes the winner, German superstar Joshua Filler.
Being the defending Champion in 10-ball as well, Filler was having a walk-over in his first round today. In the second round, he met Maximilian Lechner (AUT). The Austrian is also on fire at the moment and just took his first tournament as a pro, the Bunny Open in Rankweil. But Filler was again an obstacle too high for Lechner. 8:4 was the clear end result that puts Filler in the single elimination stage where his opponent will be drawn against him after all matches of the loser’s side have been played.
Also straight in from Las Vegas is Thorsten Hohmann (GER). The former World Champion from Germany who nowadays resides most of the times in the US did not get a good start into the tournament today. He encountered Bahram Lofty (DEN) in his first match. Lotfy won his first Gold Medal in the men’s division of the European Championships last year in Veldhoven, The Netherlands. Since then, the likeable player from Denmark has constantly practiced and even got back to the Championships in a better shape. That shape today was too much for favoured Hohmann. Lotfy took him down in the end with a clear 8:5 result and paved his way into the single elimination stage, leaving Hohmann the detour over the loser’s side. There, Hohmann wasted no time with Massimiliano Corso (ITA) and won his next match 8:2 to join Lotfy in the round of the last 64 players.
Earlier today, Nick van den Berg (NED) encountered Stefano Dellino (ITA). Van den Berg, who has stopped playing the Euro-Tour on a regular basis about a year ago, had a tough opponent in Dellino so it came to blows at 7:7. It was the break shot of the Dutchman. Van den Berg broke the rack and had a ball down. He also had a shot at the 1-ball but the 7-ball blocked the pocket. After a long period of thinking, van den Berg went for a two-way-shot. He attempted the 1-ball over two rails in the side pocket and put the cue ball in a position where it would be quite safe for him in case the 1-ball does not fall in the pocket. But van den Berg made the 1-ball with a brilliant shot and then ran the remaining balls to win the match with 8:7 over Dellino. This victory puts van den Berg in the round of the last 64 players single elimination in the men’s 10-ball division.
In the women’s division, 43 contestants step up in order to win the coveted title in the 10-ball competition. Defending Champion is Yana Shut (BLR). In her first round, she made light work of Jessika Nilsson (SWE), winning the match with a comfortable 6:2 result in the end. But in the next round a nightmare happened to Shut in the form of Silvia Lopez (ESP). The Spaniard handed a whitewash to Shut, sending her to the loser’s side with an impressive 6:0 score. What an upset for the women’s division that was! Shut will now wait for the winner of the match between Valeriia Trushevskaia (RUS) and Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) to try and get back on track in the single elimination stage. But that was not the only upset on the women’s chart. Multiple Champion Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) fell with 5:6 to Kristina Zlateva (BUL). What a huge disappointment for Ouschan so far. She could not achieve a medal in straight pool and already lost her match in 10-ball, needing another win on the loser’s side.
Also the wheelchair division kicked off today at the Best Estern Premium BHR Treviso Hotel. 19 players from 14 countries are doing their best to fight for the title in the wheelchair division. Defending Champion in the wheelchair division is Jouni Tahti (FIN). Today, he left no doubts that he is on a quest to defending his title. He smashed Matej Brajkovic (SLO) with 5:1 and never really left a chance for the Slovenian player. Two of his all-time rivals are Fred Dinsmore (IRL) and Henrik Larsson (SWE). While Dinsmore also got a good start into the event with a 5:1 win over Peter Selinga (SVK), Larsson struggled and lost 3:5 to Roy Kimberley (GBR).
The Dynamic Billard European Championships 2019 for men, women, U23 and wheelchair athletes will commence tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with matches in the 10-ball individuals competition men and women.
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Left to right: Larsson, Trushevskaia and Filler
10號球項目於昨日在特雷維索開打。衛冕冠軍 Joshua Filler 第一輪輪空，次輪碰上了奧地利的 Maximilian Lechner。Lechner 在近期在奧地利的Rankweil贏得Bunny Open，其也為 Lechner 在近期正式轉為全職業選手後所拿下的第一項賽事。然而，剛拿下美國公開賽的 Filler 向一堵高聳的巨牆擋在 Lechner 面前難以征服，最終4-8落敗，Filler 晉級最後64強單敗，他的對手將在今日所有敗部賽事結束後揭曉。
多半時間旅居美國的德國名將 Thorsten Hohmann 多年後重返歐錦賽，Hohmann 的首場比賽碰上是來自丹麥的 Bahram Lofty，Lofty 去年在荷蘭的歐錦賽上贏得了第一 面金牌。從那時起，他便不斷練習，甚至以更好的狀態來到今年的賽場。終場，Lofty 以8:5擊退對手進入單敗。落入敗部的 Hohmann 下一場對上義大利的 Massimiliano Corso，比賽並為花費 Hohmann 過多的精力，最終以8-2輕取對手，同樣聽進單敗淘汰階段。
而約莫在一年前停止參加歐巡賽的荷蘭名將 Nick van den Berg 遭遇到強勁的義大利選手 Stefano Dellino 的挑戰。雙方來到7-7搶尾局，Van den Berg 在最後一局關鍵衝球有球進袋 。1號球被7號球擋住袋口，經思考過後，他試圖擊打1號球在兩顆星後落袋，同時更兼顧到母球的走位的位置以防1號球未進袋。最終就以這記關鍵的進球 8-7 力克 Dellino 進入男子10號球單敗階段。
女子組方面，衛冕冠軍 Yana Shut 首場比賽6-2輕鬆擊敗瑞典的 Jessika Nilsson，但下場比賽卻慘遭西班牙的 Silvia Lopez 6-0 血洗。奧地利名將 Jasmin Ouschan 在勝部資格賽不幸以5-6敗給保加利亞的 Kristina Zlateva，Ouschan 需在接下來的敗部資格賽取得勝利以晉級單敗。
最後在輪椅組方面，衛冕冠軍芬蘭名將 Jouni Tahti 沒有給斯洛維尼亞選手 Matej Brajkovic 任何機會，5-1擊敗對手。而 Tahti 歷年來最大的兩位競爭對手愛爾蘭的 Fred Dinsmore 以及瑞典名將 Henrik Larsson，前者以 5-1輕取來自斯洛伐克的 Peter Selinga 取得勝利。反觀 Larsson 則不幸落敗給英國的 Roy Kimberley。
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Alison