Ekonomopoulos wins Dynamic Austria Open
Jun 2, 2012
Greece over Poland in the final match
Nikos Ekonomopoulos (GRE) has won the final of the Dynamic Austria Open and defeated Wojciech Szewczyk (POL) with 9:4.
The tournament was different to other Euro-Tours. That could especially be witnessed in the latter stages of the event. IN the quarter-finals, eight different nations were represented. In the semi-finals, three out of four players have never gotten so far. The two finalists, Ekonomopoulos and Szewczyk belonged to them. The match started out quite evenly. After 7 racks, Ekonomopoulos was leading 4:3. Up until then, none of the two players was able to get an advantage over the other one of more than one rack. But suddenly, Ekonomopoulos seemed to get in better shape. He benefitted from some mistakes from Szewczyk and took a three point lead.
The scoreboard showed 6:3 for Ekonomopoulos. The 10th rack was determined by safety play. Szewczyk came out on top of the Greek and put another point in his account. But it was still 6:4 in favour of Ekonomopoulos. The next two racks were taken by Ekonomopoulos who went on the hill and took an 8:4 lead over Szewczyk. The pressure was on. In the 13th rack, Ekonomopoulos executed the break shot and came up dry. However, he was a bit lucky since Szewczyk could not see the 1-ball. Wojciech Szewczyk tried a safety shot but left a tough but makeable 1-ball for Ekonomopoulos. That was all that the Greek player needed. He finished the rack and took the Euro-Tour tournament victory for the first time in his life.
Final standings Top 16 Dynamic Austria Open:
Nikos Ekonomopoulos
GRE
3.400,- €
Wojciech Szewczyk
POL
2.200,- €
Marcus Chamat
SWE
1.400,- €
Nicolas Ottermann
GER
1.400,- €
Niels Feijen
NED
1.000,- €
Roman Hybler
CZE
1.000,- €
Bruno Muratore
ITA
1.000,- €
Artem Koshovyi
UKR
1.000,- €
Ralf Souquet
GER
900,- €
Darren Appleton
GBR
900,- €
Nick van den Berg
NED
900,- €
Oliver Ortmann
GER
900,- €
Karlo Dalmatin
CRO
900,- €
Kristoffer Mindreboe
NOR
900,- €
Cliff Castelein
BEL
900,- €
Phil Burford
GBR
900,- €
Top Ten Euro-Tour rankings:
1.
Dimitri Jungo
SUI
2235 pts
2.
Nick van den Berg
Darren Appleton
NED
GBR
2190 pts
2190 pts
4.
Chris Melling
GBR
2160 pts
5.
Marcus Chamat
SWE
2135 pts
6.
Albin Ouschan
AUT
2115 pts
7.
Mark Gray
GBR
2105 pts
8.
Ralf Souquet
GER
2010 pts
9.
Oliver Ortmann
Serge Das
GER
BEL
1960 pts
1960 pts
That concludes the coverage of the Dynamic Austria Open 2012.
The event was hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organized by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.epconline.eu, follow us on twitter @EPBF_News or contact our press office.