Fedor Gorst survived a huge scare in the opening match of his World Pool Championship defence as he fought back from 5-1 and 6-2 down to defeat Estonia’s Mark Magi 9-7 at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes.
Jayson Shaw found himself 6-0 down against World Under-17 champion Moritz Neuhausen of Germany. But the former US Open champion and current Mosconi Cup MVP, being watched by European captain Alex Lely, wasn’t going to lie down and began a confident fightback, winning eight racks without reply. The German youngster cut the deficit to 8-7 with Shaw on the hill but the Scot wrapped up the match 9-7.
Fedor Gorst (L) and Mark Magi (R)｜©Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
There were also opening session wins for Predator Championship League Pool winner Albin Ouschan, who beat Fabio Petroni 9-5, and Finland’s Mika Immonen who beat Kristina Tkach 9-4 having been 3-1 down early on.
The World Pool Championship opens with a double elimination group stage, so those who have already won one match are one away from reaching the last 64. Those who lost their opening fixtures play again on Monday, against another player who has suffered defeat and the loser will be eliminated.
Former World Champion Thorsten Hohmann came through a hill-hill finish against German compatriot Tobias Bongers, and World Under-19 Champion Jonas Souto Comino of Spain inflicted a 9-3 defeat on Karol Skowerski.
Alexander Kazakis｜©Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
Alex Kazakis, who was recently crowned World Pool Masters champion, was up against his mixed-doubles partner Kelly Fisher, the Women’s World Champion, and the Greek star was a 9-1 winner.
Gorst had twice been four racks down on the TV table at the start of the session, but took five in succession to lead Magi 7-6. The defending champion missed a 9 to reach the hill, but having levelled at 7-7 Magi didn’t take another rack and Gorst won 9-7. He’ll face Mark Gray for a place in the last 64.
The World Pool Championship continues at 6pm (UK) time on Sunday, June 6 and is broadcast live on Sky Sports, DAZN and Matchroom.Live. Live scoring as well as complete tournament results and match schedule can be found at www.matchroompool.com.
Kelly Fisher｜©Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
Gorst 逆轉 Magi 保下首勝
世界撞球錦標賽今日 (6日) 在英國米爾頓凱恩斯 (Milton Keynes) 的馬歇爾競技場 (Marshall Arena) 拉開帷幕。在直播台比賽方面，衛冕冠軍 Fedor Gorst 開賽後兩度 (1-5、2-6) 落後至4局，接著把握住機會連下5盤取得 7-6 反超領先愛沙尼亞的 Mark Magi，Gorst 一記9號球失誤而致使錯失取得聽牌，然而 Magi 並未把握住機會，最終 Gorst 以 9-7 逆轉保住首勝。
新科世界花式撞球大師賽冠軍 Alex Kazakis 9-1 輕取女子世界冠軍 Kelly Fisher。前美國公開賽冠軍、現任莫斯考尼盃MVP 英國名將 Jayson Shaw 碰上來自德國的青少年世錦賽冠軍 (U17組)，年僅17歲小將 Moritz Neuhausen。開賽後 Shaw 陷入 0-6 落後之下展開反擊，連下8局，將比分反超並得聽牌優勢，Neuhausen 雖將比數縮小至 8-7，最終仍 7-9 不敵 Shaw 落入敗部。
Jayson Shaw｜©Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
在其他場次方面，Predator 撞球冠軍聯賽冠軍，奧地利名將 Albin Ouschan 9-5 擊敗義大利傳奇名將 Fabio Petroni；芬蘭名將 Mika Immonen 則以 9-4 打敗俄羅斯女子新星 Kristina Tkach；德國名將 Thorsten Hohmann 驚險地以 9-8 擊敗同胞選手 Tobias Bongers；另一位青少年世錦賽冠軍 (U19組)，來自西班牙的年輕小將 Jonas Souto Comino 則以 9-3 取勝波蘭選手 Karol Skowerski。
賽事於 Sky Sports, DAZN 以及 Matchroom.Live 上進行直播. 比分直播、比賽成績等完整比賽資訊請上 www.matchroompool.com。
CN/Alison