In the final match of the straight pool competition at the Dynamic Billard European Championships for Seniors and Ladies in Tirana, Albania, Vegar Kristiansen (NOR) defeated Sandor Tot (HUN) with 100:64 and took the first Gold Medal of the event.
The contestants of the final match were practically a logical conclusion regarding the flow of the straight pool tournament. Tot as well as Kristiansen have both played rock solid and performed steadily most of the time. Though Tot lost his first match to Sanne Azar (SWE), his overall performance in straight pool was worth a Champion. So was Kristiansen’s acting. Naturally, the final was expected to be a great show.
After a few safety shots, Tot started pocketing some balls but only came up with eight before he missed. Kristiansen got to the table and fired 21 balls in before he gave the table away to Tot. But this time, there was no shot for the Hungarian. The safety battle went again in Kristiansen’s favor. Tot tried to play a good safety but failed and Kristiansen’s march on the road to glory continued. But unlike in the matches before, both players could not get a really high series of points. They missed shots and that kept the match exciting for the audience.
When Kristiansen was 44:24 in the lead, he missed a break shot to the corner pocket. That was the possibility for Tot to get back. The Hungarian took the chance and ran 42 balls to turn the scoreboard to 66:44 in his favor. The break shot that he left for himself was a bit too thin so he decided to play a safety shot. Kristiansen is also very experienced in this and the match saw a few safeties exchanged back and forth. Tot made a mistake and left a shot for Kristiansen. The Norwegian made that difficult shot and ran the match from there. He scored 57 balls in a row to win the match and the title.
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Vegar Kristiansen (NOR 挪威)
在阿爾巴尼亞 地拉那 (Tirana) 所進行一連串賽事中的最後一項賽事歐錦賽元老組也於8號開賽。結束了14-1的爭奪戰。挪威的Vegar Kristiansen 100:64擊敗匈牙利選手Sandor Tot奪下金牌。
由於Tot和Kristiansen在前幾輪比賽的出色表現，決賽在他們二人之間展開是意料之中的事。儘管Tot第一場比賽意外失利，但他的實力在14-1項目中實屬頂尖，他的對手也是如此。所以，決賽上演了一出巔峰之戰。比賽開始後，經過一番安全球大戰，Tot率先上手，僅得8分後中斷，Kristiansen趁機拿下21分後讓出球權，好在沒有給Tot留下好的進攻機會。兩人再度展開防守較量。一番僵持後，Kristiansen找到破綻，但並沒有形成連續的進攻，兩人狀態也似乎有些下滑，均不能得到很高的分數。
當比分來到44-24的時候，Kristiansen發生簡單失誤，面對良機，Tot連轟42分，將比分反超為66-44。此時，Tot走位失誤，主動轉為防守，同樣經驗豐富Kristiansen也開始用安全球進行周旋，場面再度陷入僵持。最終，又是Kristiansen發現破綻，強勢拼下難度頗大的一顆球開始了連續得分，這一次，他沒有再給Tot機會，直接得到足夠分數，拿下整場比賽，斬獲金牌。
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Semi-final results 四強賽果:
Sandor Tot (HUN) v Kostas Konnaris (CYP) 100:49
Vegar Kristiansen (NOR) v Tomi Ahonen (FIN) 100:0
Kristiansen finished the match in two innings, running 85 balls in his second visit at the table!
| Final Eight Straight Pool Seniors 八強 | ||
| 1. | Vegar Kristiansen | NOR 挪威 |
| 2. | Sandor Tot | HUN 匈牙利 |
| 3. | Kostas Konnaris | CYP 賽普勒斯 |
| Tomi Ahonen | FIN 芬蘭 | |
| 5. | Jim Telfer | NED 荷蘭 |
| Sanne Azar | SWE 瑞典 | |
| Manuel Pereira | POR 葡萄牙 | |
| Simo Korpela | FIN 芬蘭 | |
Medal table after 1 of 5 events 總獎牌數 (第一項賽事結束後)
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