The final matches in 8-ball have been determined today at the Dynamic Billard European Championships in St. Johann i.Pg., Austria. In the men’s division, Vitaliy Patsura (UKR) will play against Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz (ESP). In the women’s division, Kristina Tkach (RUS) will be up against Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR). In the wheelchair division, Henrik Larsson (SWE) will encounter Tony Southern (GBR).
It was probably a huge surprise for the European pool world that Vitaliy Patsura has made it to the semi-finals today at all. His day started with an 8:3 victory over Nico Mobilia (BEL). Then he took down strong Swedish Marcus Chamat with 8:3 as well. He had a heartbreaker with Marc Glatz (LUX) where the match went hill-hill but Patsura was able to win 8:7. Then he met the defending Champion Niels Feijen (NED). In that match, after 8 racks no mistakes were made at all. Both players broke and ran their racks and consequently the scoreboard showed 4:4. Then they both made a mistake but still the match was leveled. Being on the hill first, Feijen broke the balls but the cue ball scratched in a pocket. That was enough chance for Patsura. He ran that rack and another one on Feijen to win once again 8:7. In his semi-final match, Patsura was up against Sandor Tot (HUN). Tot has been around for many years and even won a Gold medal in 2002 in Tampere, Finland. The semi-final between Patsura and Tot again was very high class 8-ball with hardly any missed shots at all. Being 7:6 up, Patsura managed to get to the table and eliminated Tot’s hopes for another final appearance in 8-ball this year, winning the match 8:6. The opponent in the final will be Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz. The Spaniard today defeated Kushtrim Prenga (ALB) 8:1, Georg Hoeber (AUT) 8:4, Kristoffer Mindreboe (NOR) 8:2, Karol Skowerski (POL) 8:6 and Denis Grabe (EST) 8:5 in the semi-finals.
歐錦賽8號球項目爭奪進入尾聲。男子組中，烏克蘭球員 Vitaliy Patsura 接連淘汰 Marcus Chamat、Niels Feijen 等豪強與西班牙名將 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz 會師決賽，堪稱此次賽事最大黑馬。女子組決賽為Kristina Tkach 對陣 Kateryna Polovinchuk，而輪椅組的決賽雙方則是 Henrik Larsson 與 Tony Southern。
男子組比賽，Patsura 出人意料的出現在半決賽賽場上。在此前進行的比賽中，Patsura先是用兩個8-3將比利時的Nico Mobilia 和瑞典名將 Chamat 淘汰出局，接著再以兩個8-7將包括衛冕冠軍 Feijen 在內的二人擊敗。半決賽中，帕Patsura 向匈牙利頂尖好手 Sandor Tot 發起挑戰，後者曾在2002年奪得此項比賽的金牌。比賽中，雙方均展現出了強大的實力，比分交替上升。最終，Patsura 憑借微弱的優勢8-6擊敗 Tot 與西班牙球星 Sanchez-Ruiz 會師決賽。而他的決賽對手 Sanchez-Ruiz 則是連過四關，分別以 8:1、8:4、8:2、8:6 接連擊敗來自阿爾巴尼亞的 Kushtrim Prenga、地主選手 Georg Hoeber、挪威的 Kristoffer Mindreboe 與波蘭好手 Karol Skowerski 闖入半決賽。最後在半決賽上，再以 8-5 力克愛沙尼亞名將 Denis Grab。
Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR 烏克蘭)
In the women’s division, Kateryna Polovinchuk really came up with a great effort today. Though she had some health issues, she came through the loser’s round and she stood tall at the table defeating Tuija Tiihonen (FIN) 6:2, Sara Rocha (POR) 6:5, Claudia Kunz (SUI) 6:4, Nataliya Seroshtan (RUS) 6:5 and Amalia Matas (ESP) 6:5. It was a very long and exhausting day for Polovinchuk and hopefully she will have recovered a bit by tomorrow. Her opponent in the final match will be Kristina Tkach. The young player from Russia also came from the loser’s side of the draw. She defeated Ana Gradisnik (SLO) 6:0, Veronika Hubrtova (CZE) 6:4, Oliwia Czuprynska (POL) 6:3 and Sandra Baumgartner (AUT) 6:1 in the semi-finals.
女子組決賽雙方 Kateryna Polovinchuk 與 Kristina Tkach 均從敗部突圍而出，前者僅管飽受傷病困擾，但在今天的比賽中發揮得異常出色，前三場比賽先後以 6:2、6:5、6:4 戰勝芬蘭的 Tuija Tiihonen、葡萄牙好手 Sara Rocha 及瑞士的 Claudia Kunz，接著再以2個 6:5 力克俄羅斯名將 Nataliya Seroshtan 和西班牙好手 Amalia Matas 艱難殺入決賽。而 Tkach 的晉級之路則相對輕鬆，先以 6:0 完封斯洛維尼亞的 Ana Gradisnik，再以6:4、6:3 擊敗捷克好手 Veronika Hubrtova 與剛拿下團體賽冠軍的波蘭選手 Oliwia Czuprynska，並在四強賽中擊敗地主奧地利的選手 Sandra Baumgartner 挺進決賽。
In the wheelchair division, both semi-finals turned out to be a close affair. Henrik Larsson was by far the favored player over Matej Brajkovic (SLO). But the Slovenian has had a great day so far, even defeating defending Champion Fred Dinsmore (IRL) with 5:3 in the quarter-finals. Larsson and Brajkovic have already met in the winner’s qualification round where Larrson had smooth sailing and took the match with 5:2. In the semi-final however, things were different. Brajkovic came up strong and gave Larsson a hard time. In the end, Larsson was again able to win the match with 5:4 after an exciting and action-packed performance. The other finalist, Tony Southern (GBR) ousted his teammate Daniel Lee (GBR) with 5:3.
最後在輪椅組方面，Henrik Larsson 在半決賽面對的是自己此前在勝部比賽中輕鬆擊敗的 Matej Brajkovic，而這一次，Brajkovic給 Larsson 制造了相當大的麻煩。好在，Larsson 頂住了對手的反撲勢頭，5-4艱難贏下，闖入決賽。另一場半決賽爭奪中，Tony Southern 5-3 擊敗英國隊友 Daniel Lee，與 Larsson 相約決賽。
The Dynamic Billard European Championships will continue tomorrow morning at 09:00 local time with first round matches in the 9-ball individuals. The finals of the 8-ball competition will be played tomorrow evening at 18:00 CET.
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