Hosts Team Europe are in complete control of the 30th anniversary Duelbits Mosconi Cup following the opening two days of play at the Alexandra Palace in North London.
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The title holders – seeking a fourth consecutive crown – followed up their opening day clean sweep by collecting three of the four points on offer during Thursday night’s session to extend their lead to 7-1, and they now need only four more points to claim a 16th overall title. The six-point advantage is the joint-largest gap between the teams after day two in the competition’s history.
A crumb of hope finally arrived for Team USA in match seven when they broke their duck and got on the scoresheet through Shane Van Boening & Fedor Gorst with a doubles point, but the visitors face a monumental task to overhaul such a big deficit against the reigning champions.
Day Three Line-Ups/Matches
- Match 9: Jayson Shaw & David Alcaide v Skyler Woodward & Shane Wolford
- Match 10: Shaw v Woodward
- Match 11: Shaw & Francisco Sanchez Ruiz v Woodward & Fedor Gorst
Friday night’s action at the ‘Ally Pally’ will begin with a crucial doubles encounter between Jayson Shaw & David Alcaide versus Skyler Woodward & Shane Wolford. All four players will be chomping at the bit having not featured on the felt during day two.
Shaw and Woodward will then stay out and face each other in singles play, and they are both set to star yet again in match three when they partner up with reigning World Champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and former World Champion Fedor Gorst, respectively.