19-26 February 2011
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Only 16 left in World 8-Ball
Credit: Jerry Forsyth
Some
days you have good days and some days you have bad days. On Thursday Raj
Hundal of India had both. He began great, destroying Konstantin Stepanov
of Russia 9-0 in a perfect match where he broke and ran the set.
Stepanov never had a single chance at the table as Hundal won 9-0 to
progress. But then the tables turned on him and Joven Alba of the
Philippines eliminated him from the tournament 9-7.
This was a day of
joy and heartbreak for many. In this single-elimination stage any loss
means the end of the road. US Open 9-Ball Champion Darren Appleton
survived the day by overcoming Huidje See 9-3. Others in his section of
the chart to make it into Friday included Bashar Hussain and Ronnie
Alcano. Alcano had to defeat Oliver Ortmann 9-6 while Hussain ended the
run of Salah Al Remway 9-5. The next section found legendary player Ralf
Souquet escaping Joven Bustamante 9-7only to then fall victim to Nick
Van Den Berg 9-1. Omaral Shaheene won over Rudolfo Luat 9-5 and then
gave similar treatment to Manuel Gama 9-4 to keep his hopes alive.
Niels Feijen is
having a good week. He is still in it via his wins over Do Hoang Quan
9-7 and Rodney Morris 9-2. And Oliver Medinilla also continues his quest
as he rolled over Vilmos Foldes 9-5. Chang Jun Lin is still here. He
defeated Roberto Gomez 9-6 while David Alcaide put down both Naoyuki Oi
(9-3)and Lee Van Corteza (9-3). Thomas Engert had to get past two very
tough players. First he beat Raymund Faron 9-8 and then Earl Strickland
9-7. Mika Immonen also reached his goals of the day by getting past
Bruno Muratore 9-4 and then putting our defending champion Karl Boyes
out of the event 9-1.
One
very strong player making his entrance onto the world stage is Carlo
Dalmatin. He beat Yukio Akakariyama 9-7 and then destroyed one of the
tournament favorites, Antonio Lining, 9-4. Another former unknown making
his debut here is Takhti Zarekari. His strength overcame Thorsten
Hohmann 9-8 and then Alok Kumar 9-6. Shane Van Boening is also still in
the competition as he got past Nguyen Phuc Long 9-7 and Jalal Yousef
9-2. Our final player left is Dennis Orcullo. He ruined things for
Stephan Cohen 9-0 and then barely got past Vincent Facquet 9-8.
At 1 PM on Friday
we will watch as Orcullo takes on Shane Van Boening, Zarekari faces
Carlo Dalmatin, Chang Jun Lin will go up against David Alcaide and
Thomas Engert meets Mika Immonen. The other half of the field will find
Nick Van Den Berg against Omaral Shaheeme, Niels Feijen against Oliver
Mendinilla, Basher Hussain against Joven Alba and Darren Appleton
against Ronnie Alcano.
At the end of the
day there will be only two men left with a chance to be the next
Champion of the World.