Mario He (AUT) just defeated Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) in the final of the Dynamic Billard North Cyprus Open with 9:5 and took his first Euro-Tour title ever.
The final match saw both players under completely different conditions. Ekonomopoulos especially needed the points from the victory to make it to the Mosconi Cup Team Europe again. He was under a lot of pressure. On the other hand, Mario He had once entered a Euro-Tour final in 2009 which he lost. Last year, he achieved a few third places but really had not so much to lose. He is on fire at the time, winning the German Bundesliga with his team and a Grand Prix event in Austria in the last weeks. Both of the contestants started out quite self-confident. Rack 3 saw the first missed shots of the match. After five racks, He was leading by a small margin 3:2. He then took the next two racks and increased this advantage to 5:2. That was a huge lead in a race to 9. At that point in time, Ekonomopoulos had just committed some mistakes and needed a time-out which he took in order to get his senses together again. But he could not stop He from winning his racks. The Austrian was too strong today for Ekonomopoulos and he consequently took the points he needed to win the event 9:5.
„I really played well here“, stated He after the final, „I am feeling well and I can put this in my game and on the table when I play“. „This is my first Euro-Tour victory and I feel really self-confident about my game at the moment“, added He.
Top Eight Finishers 八強
- Mario He (Mezz Cues/Exceed cues) – AUT 奧地利
- Nikos Ekonomopoulos – GRE 希臘
- Jayson Shaw – SCO 蘇格蘭
Mika Immonen (Mezz Cues) – FIN 芬蘭 - David Alcaide – ESP 西班牙
Sebastian Ludwig – GER 德國
Karol Skowerski – POL波蘭
Ralf Souquet – GER 德國
The Women North Cyprus Open will continue tomorrow morning at 09:00 local time with matches from the loser’s qualification round. The final match is scheduled for 15:30 local time.
On Monday morning, the North Cyprus Challenge Cup will begin here in Kyrenia, North Cyprus.
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Mario He takes his first Euro-Tour title
Mario He 摘生涯歐巡賽首冠
歐巡賽-北塞浦勒斯公開賽於昨日落下帷幕，奧地利好手Mario He (Mezz Cues/Exceed cues) 在決賽中 9-5 擊敗希臘名將Nikos Ekonomopoulos，摘得個人職業生涯首個歐巡賽桂冠。
在稍早進行的半決賽中，何與 Ekonomopoulos 分別擊敗從敗部突圍的“冰人” Mika Immonen 和蘇格蘭名將 Jayson Shaw 會師決賽。決賽對於二人均有著不同尋常的意義，Ekonomopoulos特別需要冠軍積分來進軍莫斯考尼盃，而 He 則是自2009年決賽失利後，時隔六年再度殺入決賽。
比賽中，兩人均展現了強大的實力，直到第三局才出現第一個失誤。五局過後，He 以3-2的微弱優勢領先。之後，他突然發力，連下兩盤，將比分優勢擴大到5-2。對於搶9的比賽來說，這個分差已經足夠大了。此時，失誤漸多的 Ekonomopoulos 請求暫停，希望能借此調整狀態，但這並未能夠阻擋 He 的獲勝步伐。最終，發揮出色的何將比分定格在了9-5，強勢奪得個人首個歐巡賽桂冠。
“我在這裡真的打得很棒，” He 在賽後說到，“我感覺很好，從而可以在台上打出我想要的效果，這是我第一個歐巡賽冠軍，它讓我變得很自信。”
女子組比賽將於當地時間今天早上9時繼續進行敗部的比賽，決賽將在15:30上演，而北塞浦勒斯挑戰盃則將於周一早上拉開大幕。
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