DIAMOND Billiards will be the Official Table Supplier of the US Open 9-Ball Championship for the next two years, Matchroom Multi Sport is pleased to announce.
The news means DIAMOND Billiards will continue its long-standing partnership with the US Open 9-Ball Championship and will provide all 34 match tables for this year’s event, which will take place at Mandalay Bay Resort, Las Vegas from April 21-26.
With a full field already confirmed for the event, 33 tables will be used at the double elimination stage to whittle the 256 entrants down to the final 16. At that point, the event continues in the DIAMOND Arena when the format switches to straight knockout with every match played on the TV table and broadcast live around the world.
Chad Sharlow, President of Diamond Billiards, said: “We are very excited to continue the long running relationship between DIAMOND and the US Open 9-Ball Championship.
“As the Official Table for the US Open, DIAMOND looks forward to elevating the game with unsurpassed playability and quality, assisting Matchroom Multi Sport in taking this great event to the next level.
“It is awesome to have an event of this magnitude in the United States and to have a US manufacturer provide the Official pool tables. The US Open is the longest running 9-Ball event in the United States and DIAMOND has been the Official pool table for many years. We are excited to continue this relationship between the most prestigious billiards promotion company in the industry paired with the best playing pool tables in the world.”
Emily Frazer, COO of Matchroom Multi Sport, added: “We are thrilled that Diamond will continue to provide the match tables for the US Open 9-Ball Championship. Both Matchroom Pool and the US Open have a long history with DIAMOND and it is great news for our full field of 256 players that they’ll be playing on the world-class DIAMOND tables again this year.
“DIAMOND is one of the longest-established and most respected brands in pool and we are thrilled to have them on board for the US Open for at least the next two years. Our TV Arena for the final three days of the event will also take DIAMOND’s name, giving global prominence to their association with the US Open 9-Ball Championship.”
DIAMOND, which was formed in Louisville, Kentucky and is now based in Jeffersonville, Indiana has seen its table used in well over 100 major tournaments around the world.
Tickets for the 43rd US Open 9-Ball Championship are available now at www.matchroompool.com from as little as $10 with VIP packages also available for the final three days of the tournament.
The tournament will be split into two stages with the full field playing double elimination down to the final 16 from Sunday April 21st until Tuesday April 23rd across multiple tables. From Wednesday April 24th until Friday April 26th the final 16 players will play straight knockout in the TV Arena in front of a global television audience.
Matchroom Multi Sport很高興地宣布，DIAMOND Billiards將成為未來兩年美國公開賽9球錦標賽的官方球桌面應商。其意味著DIAMOND Billiards將繼續與美國公開賽9球錦標賽保持長期合作關係，並將為今年的比賽提供所有34張比賽球桌，賽事將於4月21日至26日在拉斯維加斯的Mandalay Bay Resort舉行。
在已確認賽事所有參賽名額已額滿情況下，33張球桌將在雙敗淘汰賽階段使用，將256位選手減至最終16位。屆時，比賽將進入16強單敗淘汰，所有比賽都將於DIAMOND Arena進行，每場比賽都將於電視主桌進行，並在世界各地直播。
Diamond 鑽石球台總裁 Chad Sharlow 說道: “我們非常興奮繼續保持DIAMOND與美國公開賽9球錦標賽之間的長期合作關係。在美國舉辦如此規模的賽事並由美國製造商提供官方比賽球台是非常棒的。 美國公開賽是美國歷史最悠久的9球賽事，而DIAMOND多年來也一直為其官方指定球台。我們很高興繼續保持著行業中最負盛名的台球推廣公司與世界上最好的台球桌之間的關係。作為官方指定用台，DIAMOND期待提升賽事至卓越可玩性與其質量，協助Matchroom Multi Sport將此賽事提升至一個新的層次。”
Matchroom 首席營運長 Emily Frazer 加以說道: “我們很高興DIAMOND將繼續為美國公開賽9球錦標賽提供比賽球台。DIAMOND是台球中歷史最悠久，最受尊敬的品牌之一，我們很高興至少在接下來的兩年都將有他們的參與。Matchroom 美式台球 (Pool) 和美國公開賽都與DIAMOND有著悠久的歷史，對於將參賽的256名球員來說這更是好消息，他們將再次在世界級的DIAMOND球台上比賽。而在賽事最後三天的電視主桌也將以DIAMOND為名，提升並強化他們在全球的聲望與美國公開賽9球錦標賽的連結。”
CN/Alison