Jayson Shaw, Mika Immonen and defending champion Aloysius Yapp are all through to the last 16 of the Seybert’s Michigan Open, while Jasmin Ouschan, Allison Fisher and Margaret Fefilova are into the single elimination stage of the women’s event at the fourth 2022 stop on the Predator US Pro Billiard Series presented by CSI.
Fefilova followed her opening-day victory over Kelly Fisher with a 4-0, 4-1 win against Shanelle Loraine to come through the winners’ side of the draw and into the last 16. Karen Corr rolled back the years to beat Canada Open champion ‘Amber’ Chia Hua Chen by shootout for her place in the single elimination stage, and Allison Fisher defeated Kristina Tkach, also by shootout.
Immonen beat Naoyuki Oi｜©Pro Billiard Series
In the open event, Immonen produced a strong performance to beat Naoyuki Oi 4-0, 4-3 for a place in the single elimination stage. The Finnish Hall of Famer won the lag and ran three racks before a dry break allowed Oi out of his chair. However, a misplayed 1-ball bank left a 1/10 combo for Immonen to win the set.
In a reversal of the first set, Oi took the first three racks of the second. However, Immonen was determined to avoid the shootout and put together a brilliant four-pack to win the set 4-3.
“That is probably the best I have played in a little while,” said Immonen. “It was nice to come out of the gates strong and put a three pack on him. He got into the game a little bit in the second set and was 3-0 up. I made a few mistakes but I finally ran out and broke and ran three to close the door to him. When you win the first set, the worst case is you go to shootout, but it was nice to close the door.”
Chang Jung-Lin was taken to a shootout by Sharik Sayed after their first two sets finished 4-1, 2-4. Sayed had sent Carlo Biado to the losers’ side earlier in the day with a 4-3 shootout win, but wasn’t as sharp from the spot against Chang, missing his first two as Chang made three in three to advance to the last 16.
Aloysius Yapp 葉浚惟｜©Pro Billiard Series
Yapp and Shaw both also needed shootouts to advance. Yapp, winner of this event last fall, won 4-1, 1-4, 3-2 against Bader Alawadhi and Shaw was a 4-2, 1-4, 4-3 winner against Pijus Labutis.
Fedor Gorst, Vitaliy Patsura, Robbie Capito and Joven Bustamante complete the eight players who have made it through to the last 16 from the winners’ side, with three rounds of play on Friday set to determine the other half of the single elimination draw.
Among the big-name players returning on the losers’ side are Alex Pagulayan, who lost in a shootout to Ukraine’s Vitaliy Patsura on Wednesday, John Morra, who was defeated 4-0, 4-1 by Shaw, and Biado after his defeat to Sayed.
In the Women’s event, Amalia Matas, Jennifer Barretta and 12-year-old Savannah Easton need two wins to qualify for the last 16, while Chen, Tkach and Kristina Zlateva are among those returning in the losers’ qualification round.
Recent World Women’s 10-Ball Championship runner-up Wei Tzu-Chien is among the players who join Fefilova, Corr, Allison Fisher and Ouschan in reaching the last 16 without defeat.
Chang Jung-Lin 張榮麟｜©Pro Billiard Series
由美洲豹集團 (Predator) 與 CSI 聯手合作推出的美國職撞系列賽 (US Pro Billiard Series) 新一站賽事 Seybert’s密西根公開賽在密西根州 Battle Creek 的 Kellog Arena 場館結束了第二天的賽程。
名人堂球員、芬蘭名將 “冰人” Mika Immonen 在主桌對陣日本名將大井直幸，Immonen 比球拿下率先衝球權，Immonen 開局後連拿三局，第四局開球沒球進後讓大井直幸有機會上台，但1號球的灌袋失誤並留下1、10組合球讓 Immonen 在第一盤以4-0拿下。大井直幸在第二盤中率先拿下前三局，然而卻慘遭 Immonen 4-3 的逆轉搶勝。
“這可能是我這段時間以來打得最好的一場。雖然我在第二盤中發生些失誤，但很高興我最終逆轉獲得勝利。Immonen ” 賽後說道。
新加坡的 Sharik Sayed 此前在勝部第二輪的比賽中通過點球 (4-3) 將菲律賓名將 Carlo Biado 打落敗部，而在下一輪的勝部資格賽與“火雲邪神” 張榮麟打成平手。再次進入點球大戰。然而，與張榮麟的點球當中 Sayed 前兩次機會都沒能進球，反觀張榮麟則是連進三球，張榮麟也憑藉此場比賽的勝利順利晉級最後16強。其他台灣選手方面，吳坤霖在勝部資格賽中不幸落敗後，將在敗部資格賽中等待其對手以尋求晉級單敗機會。同樣落入敗部的謝佳臻、郭玄偉則需連勝兩場以突圍進入單敗。
另外，俄羅斯好手 Fedor Gorst, 烏克蘭年輕小將 Vitaliy Patsura,香港小將 Robbie Capito 以及 Joven Bustamante 都順利地從勝部晉級最後16強，同樣居於勝部的新加坡新星葉浚惟與蘇格蘭名將 “鷹眼” Jayson Shaw 則雙雙憑藉點球大戰獲勝晉級單敗淘汰賽。
女子組方面，連勝三場的 Margaret Fefilova (白俄羅斯) 順利晉級單敗淘汰賽，而落入敗部的 Amalia Matas (西班牙)、美國名將 Jennifer Barretta 以及賽場中年紀最輕，年僅12歲的 Savannah Easton 則尚須連勝兩場才得以獲得晉級最後16強；與此同時，加拿大公開賽冠軍陳佳樺與重新回歸主賽事的俄羅斯好手 Kristina Tkach 和保加利亞的 Kristina Zlateva 在勝部資格賽中分別落敗於愛爾蘭名將 Karen Corr、”毀滅女公爵” Allison Fisher 以及奧地利名將 Jasmin Ouschan，其中 Corr 與 Fisher 均憑藉著點球大戰而獲勝。因此她們三人將在敗部資格賽中等待她們的對手以尋求晉級最終16強的機會。
Savannah Easton｜©Pro Billiard Series
Play continues from 10am local time on Friday, with six more matches to be broadcast live on watchbilliard.tv and the World Billiard TV YouTube channel.
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