American Pool: 9-Ball Eurotour Austria
In a nail biting final rack John managed to secure victory against snooker star Tony Drago after spawning a previous chance to win the match 10-8 and allowing Tony to pull it level at 9-9. Luckily for John he was breaking in the final rack and was able to take control of the match and close out for his first victory on the Eurotour.
Unfortunately Tony Drago will have to wait yet again for his first victory on the Eurotour, which is sure to come at some point judging by his consistent performances over the last few seasons.
Some great performances were seen throughout the event most noteably Jasmin Ouschan, who defeated Fabio Petroni, Stephan Cohen and Tony Drago before she fell to World Masters champion Tomas Engert in the last 16. Other strong performances came from what are becoming regular faces in the latter stages of Eurotour events now and can be found in the final placements for the top 16:
1. John Vassalos (Greece)
2. Tony Drago (Malta)
3. Nick van den Berg (Holland)
3. Markus Juva (Finland)
5. Thomas Engert (Germany)
5. Tomasz Kaplan (Poland)
5. Konstantin Stepanov (Russia)
5. Niels Feijen (Holland)
9. Ralph Souquet (Germany)
9. Jonni Fulcher (Great Britain)
9. Stephan Cohen (France)
9. Huidji See (Holland)
9. Albin Ouschan jr. (Austria)
9. Zuroan Svilar (Russia)
9. Imran Majid (Great Britain)
9. Jasmin Ouschan (Austria)
Exciting moves have now been made at the top of the Eurotour Rankings, points were tight and are still tight at the top with only 105 points separating the top 5 players. With his consistant performances over the last season, Konstantine Stepanov, pictured left, has thoroughly deserved his number 1 spot. Hot on his heals only 30 points behind is Great Britain's Jonni Fulcher who also reaches his highest ranking to date.
The top 20 now looks as follows:
| 1 | STEPANOV Konstantin | RUS | 2145 |
| 2 | FULCHER Jonni | SUI | 2115 |
| 3 | FEIJEN Niels | NED | 2105 |
| 4 | PETRONI Fabio | ITA | 2090 |
| 5 | PEACH Daryl | GBR | 2040 |
| 6 | ORTMANN Oliver | GER | 2030 |
| 7 | REIMERING Christian | GER | 1990 |
| 8 | SOUQUET Ralf | GER | 1980 |
| 9 | ENGERT Thomas | GER | 1975 |
| 10 | TSCHUDI Marco | SUI | 1945 |
| 11 | DRAGO Tony | MLT | 1930 |
| 12 | VAN DEN BERG Nick | NED | 1925 |
| 13 | MURATORE Bruno | ITA | 1875 |
| 14 | ALCAIDE David | ESP | 1835 |
| 15 | KEMPTER Martin | AUT | 1780 |
| 16 | FAZANES Antonio | ESP | 1775 |
| 17 | SCHMIDT Michael | GER | 1750 |
| 18 | DABOVIC Dejan | AUT | 1730 |
| 19 | KAPLAN Thomasz | POL | 1730 |
| 20 | BABICA Radoslaw | POL | 1650 |
More results and pictures can be found at www.eurotour.nu.
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3 comments:
Hi Jonni,
You've got yourself down as from Great Britain in the results but from Switzerland in the ranking table. Struggling to decide where your loyalties lie?? :-)
Andy
I noticed that too! What's the story Jonni - are you from a mixed background?
I know the feeling well, having recently applied for a new British passport at the embassy in Dublin, stating on the form that I was born in Calgary!
I could technically apply for British, Canadian and Irish passports! It makes it hard to know who to cheer for in sports events!
Especially this year's Rugby World Cup, since my name is Welsh, but I also follow England, Canada and Ireland!
hmmm... well... it is simple really.
I am British, but live in switzerland... eurotour initially put me down as Swiss, but then changed it to British when I made a semi-final stating that I had to have a passport. Since then they have updated some of the records... but missed others...
I know that is a bit dull... hmmm... perhaps I should invent something a little more glitzy?
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