Saturday starts with great showdown matches
Jun 2, 2012
Szewczyk makes a short shrift with Dalmatin
“Czech attack” Roman Hybler (CZE) ended former World Champion Oliver Ortmann (GER) with 9:4.
The match between the two contestants started out quite even. After five racks, the score was 3:2 for Hybler. In the 6th rack, Oliver Ortmann committed a grave mistake. He ran all balls and left himself an unnecessary tough position for the 9-ball. He aimed at it… and dogged the 9-ball. That somehow gave momentum to Hybler. He performed a power break shot and ran an easy rack, taking a 5:2 lead over Ortmann. Then again, Ortmann made a mistake in the next rack. When exchanging safety shots, Ortmann committed another avoidable foul and Hybler ran the rack. Powered up through his opponent’s mistakes, Hybler again performed a monster break shot and again pocketed 3 balls. But this time Hybler runs out of position for the 8-ball and misses it. That gave Ortmann the chance to step back into the match, making the score 6:3. But in the 10th rack, Ortmann again loses a safety battle and leaves the first open shot to Hybler. The “Czech attack” runs out and takes another point in his account. Ortmann was not only playing far below his possibilities, he was also unlucky at times. In the 11th rack, Ortmann tried to pocket a tough 1-ball and missed. Additionally, he scratched with the cue ball and made Hybler’s life easier. Hybler ran out again. Ortmann took rack 12 but then Hybler ran out after his own break again, winning the match with 9:4.
Other notable results include Polish youngster Wojciech Szewczyk smashing Croatia’s Karlo Dalmatin with 9:1. For the first time, Nicolas Ottermann (GER) reaches the quarter-final in a Euro-Tour event by defeating Cliff Castelein (BEL) with 9:4.
Results from the Last 16
Karlo Dalmatin
CRO
v
Wojciech Szewczyk
POL
1 :
9
Nikos Ekonomopoulos
GRE
v
Darren Appleton
GBR
9 :
7
Nicolas Ottermann
GER
v
Cliff Castelein
BEL
9 :
4
Nick van den Berg
NED
v
Bruno Muratore
ITA
6 :
9
Artem Koshovyi
UKR
v
Phil Burford
GBR
9 :
6
Roman Hybler
CZE
v
Oliver Ortmann
GER
9 :
4
Marcus Chamat
SWE
v
Kristoffer Mindreboe
NOE
9 :
5
Ralf Souquet
GER
v
Niels Feijen
NED
3 :
9
Quarter-finals:
Nicolas Ottermann
GER
v
Roman Hybler
CZE
Niels Feijen
Artem Koshovyi
NED
UKR
v
v
Marcus Chamat
Wojciech Szewczyk
SWE
POL
Bruno Muratore
ITA
v
Nikos Ekonomopoulos
GRE
The quarter-finals will begin at 12:00 CET.
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