Naoyuki Oi knocked Joshua Filler out of the World Pool Championship at the last 32 stage, while Americans Shane van Boening and Skyler Woodward won through to the last 16 at Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes.
Oi inflicted an 11-6 defeat on Germany’s Filler, a recent World Cup of Pool winner and the 2018 World Champion. That sets up the popular Japanese player with a last 16 match against Spain’s Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, who ended the dreams of four-time Mosconi Cup winner Karl Boyes, who was beaten 11-3.
“I am really happy with the win, it was the best match I have played in the tournament and I am looking forward to the next round,” said Sanchez-Ruiz. “I knew it would be a tough match but I played perfect at the beginning of the match. This is the most important tournament of them all and it would be a dream to win it.”
Skyler Woodward defeated Bahram Lotfy 11-4 and will now meet Roberto Gomez, who beat Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp 11-7. Woodward’s Mosconi Cup USA teammate Van Boening continued his run of fine World Championship form with an 11-4 win over Lithuania’s Pijus Labutis.
Joshua Filler (L) and Naoyuki Oi (R)｜© Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
Albin Ouschan registered an 11-7 success over Germany’s former World Champion Thorsten Hohmann, and Marc Bijsterbosch beat Billy Thorpe in a hill-hill thriller. Ouschan’s Austrian compatriot Max Lechner came from 9-5 down to Brit Elliot Sanderson to win 11-9.
There was a big win for Kuwait’s Omar Al Shaheen who beat Chris Melling 11-10 despite having missed an easy 9 to win a rack earlier.
The last 16 plays from midday on Wednesday, with Sanchez-Ruiz facing Oi on the TV table before Skyler Woodward plays Roberto Gomez, live on Sky Sports, DAZN and Matchroom.Live. The quarter-finals will then take place in the evening session from 6pm.
The full draw and brackets for the knockout stages can be found at matchroompool.com, along with live scoring throughout the event. For all the latest news and announcements follow Matchroom Pool on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
Omar Al Shaheen｜© Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
大井直幸淘汰 Joshua Filler 晉級16強
2021 世界撞球錦標賽於英國米爾頓凱恩斯 (Milton Keynes) 的馬歇爾競技場 (Marshall Arena) 結束第三日單敗淘汰賽階段賽程，並產生16強選手。日本名將大井直幸以 11-6 淘汰了2018年世錦賽得主 Joshua Filler 挺進16強。而他的對手將是西班牙的 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz，Sanchez-Ruiz 在32進16比賽 11-3 擊敗四屆莫斯考尼盃冠軍 Karl Boyes。
Sanchez-Ruiz 賽後說道: “我知道這將是場艱苦的比賽，但開賽後我表現地非常好，我很高興獲得勝利，這是我在此賽事中打得最好的一場比賽，我期待下一輪比賽的到來。對所有人來說世錦賽都是最重要的一項賽事，贏得它將是夢想的實現。”
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz｜© Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
美國選手 Skyler Woodward 以 11-4 擊退丹麥的 Bahram Lotfy，下一場將遭遇以 11-7 力退新加坡年輕好手葉浚惟 (Aloysius Yapp) 的菲律賓選手 Roberto Gomez。另一位美國選手，名將 Shane van Boening 則延續其在世錦賽出賽的表現，以 11-4 打敗立陶宛的 Pijus Labutis。
2015年世錦賽冠軍 Albin Ouschan 以 11-7 戰勝德國前世界冠軍 Thorsten Hohmann，而荷蘭的 Marc Bijsterbosch 在搶尾局中 以 11-10 驚險擊敗美國選手 Billy Thorpe。Ouschan 隊友 Max Lechner 一度居於 5-9 落後英國選 Elliot Sanderson，最終 11-9 逆轉擊敗對手，挺進下一輪。科威特選手 Omar Al Shaheen 在與英國名將 Chris Melling 對戰中雖在一記9球上出現失誤，而錯失機會，但最終仍有驚無險地以 11-10 力克 Melling。
Max Lechner｜© Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport
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