The 8-ball titles at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for men, women and wheelchair athletes have been collected by Kristina Tkach (RUS), Henrik Larsson (SWE) and Vitaliy Patsura (UKR).
The final match in the men’s division between Vitaliy Patsura (UKR) and Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP) started out quite even for both contestants. They both took two racks in a row and the scoreboard displayed a score of 2:2 after four racks. The first „mistake“ committed in the match happened at 4:3 in favor of Sanchez when Patsura’s break was coming up. He broke the balls and the cue ball scratched in the side pocket. Sanchez got ball in hand and managed to take a two point lead over Patsura with 5:3. Whether that influenced Patsura heavily or not is hard to say. However, he missed another easy shot in the next rack. This brought Sanchez up with 6:3.
Patsura decided to take a time-out and get his things together again. And it seemed to work for him. He won the next three racks and leveled the match at 6:6. Then it was Sanchez’ time to interrupt the match with a time-out. But the match stayed exciting and both players took another rack to make the match a hill-hill thriller at 7:7. It was Sanchez’ break coming up. He broke them hard and everything was spread out nicely… but no ball went in. Patsura got to the table like in his match yesterday with Niels Feijen when it was hill-hill so he knows how to handle these pressure situations. And he did. He ran the rack and won his first European Champion title in the men’s division with 8:7 over Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz as one of the youngest players ever being 18 years of age.
歐錦賽今晨在奧地利 St. Johann i.Pg 結束8號球的競爭。最終分別由烏克蘭小將 Vitaliy Patsura, 俄羅斯新星 Kristina Tkach 及瑞典好手 Henrik Larsson 奪下冠軍。
男子組決賽在烏克蘭小將 Vitaliy Patsura 與西班牙好手 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 之間展開。比賽中，雙方你來我往，比分交替上升，四局過後，比數停在 2-2 平手。在比數來到 4:3 Sanchez 領先之下，Patsura開球母球洗袋，這不但給了 Sanchez 自由球，更讓他取得 5:3 的2局領先。母球洗袋的犯規是否給Patsura 帶來影響不得而知! 然而，他在下一局中發生另一次的失誤，也讓他處於 3 局的落後。Patsura 接著請求暫停，那暫停似乎在他身上起了作用。他連下三局將比數追平 6:6。那計暫停也似乎打亂了Sanchez 的比賽節奏。雙方接著再各下一局，使得比數來到 7:7 決勝局。Sanchez 在決勝局的衝球相當漂亮且球局鬆散，但不幸地是沒有任何球進袋，此時的 Patsura 頂住壓力並順利清光自己求局，最終就以 8:7 險勝 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz。以18歲之姿拿下個人的第一面歐錦賽冠軍。
- Vitaliy Patsura (UKR 烏克蘭)
- Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP 西班牙)
- Sandor Tot (HUN 匈牙利)
Denis Grabe (EST 愛沙尼亞)
Left to Right: Vitaliy Patsura (UKR 烏克蘭), Henrik Larsson (SWE 瑞典) & Kristina Tkach (RUS 俄羅斯) / Photo © EPBF
In the women’s division, Kristina Tkach defeated Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR) 6:3. The match took a strange course for Polovinchuk. She dominated in the beginning and went up 3:1 over Tkach. Then rack five was tough for really hard by both. Tkach won it and took a time-out. When she came back she seemed to be more composed and straight in the zone. She collected point after point, not allowing Polovinchuk any chances anymore. Finally, 6:3 was the score that brought Tkach her Championship in women’s 8-ball.
女子組方面，Kateryna Polovinchuk 開賽後居於主導地位，取得3:1領先 Tkach。五局過後，Tkach 喊了暫停，當她回來後似乎變得更加沉穩進入狀態中。在此之後，她一局接著一局的拿下，沒有讓 Polovinchuk 有絲毫的機會。最終就以6:3拿下比賽，奪得女子8號球冠軍。
- Kristina Tkach (RUS 俄羅斯)
- Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR 烏克蘭)
- Sandra Baumgartner (AUT 奧地利)
Amalia Matas (ESP 西班牙)
In the wheelchair division, Henrik Larsson took down Tony Southern (GBR) with 5:2. The final match was mainly a one man show in favor of Larsson. He played better and much more solid than Southern and rightfully picked up the trophy in the wheelchair division.
最後在輪椅組方面，決賽更像個人秀，瑞典好手 Henrik Larsson 整場比賽得發揮明顯優於他的對手，並沒有給對手太多機會，最終以5:2擊敗英國的 Tony Southern 拿下冠軍。
- Henrik Larsson (SWE 瑞典)
- Tony Southern (GBR 英國)
- Matej Brajkovic (SLO 斯洛維尼亞)
Daniel Lee (GBR 英國)
Medal table after 4 of 5 events 四項賽事後 獎牌榜:
The Dynamic Billard European Championships will continue tomorrow morning at 10:00 local time with matches in the 9-ball individuals.
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歐錦賽將於今天奧地利當地時間上午10點繼續最後一個項目9號球的賽程。全部的24張球台都將由Kozoom提供付費視頻直播服務。登入Kozoom網站 (https://www.kozoom.com/en/pool-billiard/) 先加入會員後，即可線上購買會員通行證 (Premium Pass) 成為Premium會員。Premium會員啟用後，即可觀看所有歐洲台球協會舉辦之賽事，如歐錦賽、歐巡賽。賽事結束後，還可觀看影片庫中過往所有比賽視頻。
Alison