Ko Ping Chung and Fedor Gorst will contest the 46th US Open Pool Championship final at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City – live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom & Ireland and DAZN in the United States – after a history making afternoon in New Jersey.
Appearing in his first-ever Matchroom major semi-final, Aleksa Pecelj took the moment in before walking into the arena. Opposite him stood Fedor Gorst, arriving to a rapturous ovation from the American crowd.
There was clear indication as to who the crowd were rooting for, but Pecelj was able to brush off and focus by establishing an early lead. The Serb brought out the spectacular, showcased with a fantastic full-table jump shot when hooked on the 1-ball to allow him to clean up the table. 1-0 down quickly became 5-1 and the 23-year-old looked to have established control.
But the man in the opposite corner was no ordinary player. 2019 World 9-ball champion Gorst has a plethora of experience, despite his young age. In taking the seventh rack following a scratch from Pecelj, the ‘Ghost’ could settle into the match and find his rhythm on the grey baize.
What followed was domination, as he clicked into gear. Across the next 11 racks, Gorst won 10 of them, as Pecelj could barely feature at the table. Even by his standards, this was an exceptional display by Gorst to see out an 11-6 victory and reach his maiden US Open Pool Championship final.
The same script wasn’t followed in the second semi-final, where Shark’s International Open winner Ko Ping Chung met 2021 US Open runner-up Aloysius Yapp. Despite a range of top-level experience across the globe, Chinese Taipei’s World Cup of Pool star Ko had never reached the final after losing out to Max Lechner hill-hill in last year’s semi-final.
He wasn’t in the mood to repeat history, producing one of the most dominant performances in the history of the World Nineball Tour. Yapp could only sit and admire as Ko dictated proceedings throughout barely giving the Singaporean a sniff.
Making the one in the side pocket, in every single rack, the Chinese Taipei star produced seven break and runs – more than the total number of shots Yapp had in the entire match. From 11 racks, Ko Ping Chung has pocketed all 108 balls in this race to 11. Yapp had zero. One of the most one-sided clinics you will ever see on the World Nineball Tour.
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柯秉中準決賽零封對手 晉級美國公開賽決賽
在美國大西洋城哈拉度假飯店所進行的第46屆美國公開賽9號球錦標賽在經過稍早兩場半決賽之後，最終決賽將由柯秉中對戰 Fedor Gorst。
首場半決賽由首次挺進 Matchroom 四強的塞爾維亞年輕好手 Aleksa Pecelj 迎戰23歲俄羅斯名將 Fedor Gorst。前五局結束 Pecelj 4-1 的領先，第六局 Gorst 長距離2號球安全球，母球落入中袋，讓 Pecelj 再下一城取得 5-1 大幅領先。 接下來 Gorst 上演了一場反擊大戰，在八局比賽中拿下七局，最終 11-6 逆轉擊敗 Pecelj 挺進決賽。
然而，同樣的劇本並沒有發生在第二場準決賽，比賽由 Shark 國際公開賽冠軍柯秉中迎戰 2021年美國公開賽亞軍葉浚惟。柯秉中在去年的半決賽中賽點敗給奧地利的 Max Lechner 而止步；今年柯秉中一路殺進半決賽，並在半決賽中以令人折服的 11-0 零封了新加坡新星葉浚惟晉級冠軍戰。
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Match Schedule
Sunday 30th September – 4:30pm Eastern
Final – Fedor Gorst v Ko Ping Chung (TPE) – Race to 13
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● Saturday, 30th September August – 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm
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