imo that oversight can be excused as well as the foul, if it was a foul, by the hour of day. yes you can execute the shots until 04:00, that's muscle memory, but this kind of alertness or awareness is surely not at its peak at that time.
Fedor vs SVB score
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imo that oversight can be excused as well as the foul, if it was a foul, by the hour of day. yes you can execute the shots until 04:00, that's muscle memory, but this kind of alertness or awareness is surely not at its peak at that time.
And SVB can keep up with Fedor, and then some, which was the question going into this match. Shane is at the magic age where many pool players turn into pumpkins. I could see a drop off this time from his match some years ago against Dennis O. He was other worldly, absolutely crushing the player most considered the best in the world at the time. this time he simply won.
shane himself contends he hasn't declined at all, but that the rest have simply caught up. in quality and quantity. he said that in response to people on this forum saying his game had dropped, and then he went and snapped off the world 8-ball championship!
I don’t think there is any doubt that SVB is playing better than ever. His assessment of the competition is absolutely correct.
He has continued to adjust and improve his game, chasing a moving target. Still capable of hitting the bullseye too.
That may be true. But you can`t ask a pool player to critique himself. I remember Earl, at 60, claiming that "I play as good as I ever did".
So you don't think you could work that many hours over 3 days? I mean that's what pool is to a professional, work, a livelihood. I think most people have nights where they play outstanding and can do no wrong with their cue and then other nights it seems that it might their first week playing. How many nights of pool for a mere mortal did these guys plays over 3 days, performance levels are expected to swing.
I am actually surprised that this shot is the only potential controversy for the entire match? Those close cue ball hits come up all the time in One Pocket but rarely in rotation games. The fact that the cue ball traveled say an extra 1-2 inches does not mean a double hit ocurred. Too me, Shane didn't properly position the cue ball behind the ball and probably wanted to brush the object ball more to slow down the cue ball. Also, Fedor questioning Shane could also mean he was looking for a way to gain a tactical advantage given the score and that Shane himself might agree on the "good it, bad hit" question. So, we'll probably never know for sure????????????
I don't know.
He's missed the money ball too often now I think.
The day he won his 5th US Open is as good as humanly possible imo.
Beat multiple world champions in the last two days to win it.
Poor Dennis shot some .930+ ( might have been .940+ ) and got beat bad.
But, the way Fedor plays now is also unreal.
But, you can't beat Shane's break.
And Shane plays defense a little better .
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BlueRaider
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Shane's World 9 Ball run in 2022 is also pretty legendary. Mika was in top form when he completed the comeback against him (with Mika sitting on the hill the entire time) and then he went on to beat Ko, Chang, Kazakis, and Ouschan all in a row.
Badpenguin
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Humans need more than 3-4 hours of sleep a night over 72 hours. Just watch the finals of the last couple of Derby City's or International Opens to see how it drastically affects the performance of _young_ players (Gorst and Filler for examples).
Van Boening's path to victory for his 5th US Open 9-Ball Championship in 2016:
1. Bye
2. Frankie Hernandez 11-7
3. John Morra 11-10
4. Chang, Jung-Lin 4-11
5. Thorsten Hohmann 11-6
6. Corey Deuel 11-4
7. Daryl Peach 11-7
8. Mike Dechaine 11-6
9. Brandon Shuff 11-4
10. Alex Pagulayan 11-9
11. Jeremy Jones 11-5
12. Dennis Orcollo 11-5
13. Jayson Shaw 11-9
14. Chang, Jung-Lin 13-9
Total -- 138-92 (winning percentage 60%)
then play a different game. the break is a big part of rotation games. don't like it play/watch something else.
You can't punish the one who's perfected his break.
Van Boening's path to victory for his 2022 World Pool Championship:
1. Waleed Majid 9-4
2. Jan Van Lierop 9-6
3. Bakram Letfy 11-9
4. Mika Immonen 11-10
5. Ko Pin Yi 11-8
6. Chang Jung-Lin 11-8
7. Alex Kazakis 11-7
8. Albin Ouschan 13-6
Total 86-58 (winning percentage 60%)
fedor had his chances
DeeDeeCues
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He sure did. A wasted 11 game lead near the end of the match, he crumbled like a month old cookie. Very similar to what happened to Earl in his match with Efren in Hong Kong.