World Pool Championships 2025, July 21-26, Jeddah
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Who is Fred?
I watched part of one of his matches. He did play very well at times, but he also shot one or two shots that looked wild, as in out of control. I see he is going to be on Table 1 tomorrow against Anton Raga.
14:00h #49 / W#57 T1 Fedor Gorst vs Mario He
14:00h #50 / W#57 T2 Duong Quoc Hoang vs Jefrey Roda
16:00h #51 / W#58 T1 Anton Raga vs Ameer Ali
16:00h #52 / W#58 T4 Konrad Juszczyszyn vs Kledio Kaci
16:00h #53 / W#59 T2 Francisco Sánchez Ruiz vs Casper Matikainen
16:00h #54 / W#59 T3 Bernie Regalario vs Patric Gonzales
14:00h #55 / W#60 T3 Ko Ping Chung vs James Aranas
14:00h #56 / W#60 T4 Carlo Biado vs Jeffrey Ignacio
14:00 = 7AM EDT
16:00 = 9AM EDT
They seem to have ignored you, but all the matches will be streamed. Pick your poison.
you mean Russia
Never heard him called that in all the years I've been around him.
You must be thinkin’ of someone else. I didn’t hear the Tetris theme song playing for his walk out music.
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Russia and the European pool scene made him the player he is, not the American pool scene.
He might be an American now, but he is FROM Russia. He will always be from Russia.
Russia and the European pool scene made him the player he is, not the American pool scene.
By Poolmanis's writing (like "Boeing" instead of "being" and so on, lol) one can see he is already drunk celebrating, because he's happy for CasperI actually trolled Casper hard when he came our Open tournament(because i still could..)
Said : " congratz your European 9-ball Championship win! Maybe some day you can beat me too"
Because last time before European Champs i beat him on quarter finals Boeing 4-7 down and then i played perfect and won 9-8..
That's actually not true. No doubt, his incredible fundamentals were developed in Russia, but as recently as four years ago, his tactical play left a lot to be desired. It was not until he competed regularly in America that he developed into an elite defensive and tactical player. I would also add that taking up one pocket, a game played chiefly in America, had a lot to do with the growth of his tactical skills, especially his speed control.
moreover, FG will be an American in future, and now he is not yet
But too few try to get this down. Kudos to Matchroom
And now when he decided to wear some funny glasses (have to admit, they give him a cool new look) paired with those jeans, it's time to call him Nerdy Fred
When play was paused at main table and the camera was wandering around other tables in play, at least one table flashed a device you are talking about. The digital shotclock, and the ref was basically pushing the button to start the countdown. The only thing it is missing I guess is any sort of a notification.
(Jeezuz, how hard is that?! We run a local ring game regularly, and use a speaker connected to a smartphone with an app, fully adjustable to our needs. One of the settings we get is a 10 sec vocal warning)
I heard the ref announce 10 and then 5 two seconds apart from each other a good number of times.
Yes, for stroke fundamentals. Not even close to accurate for his defensive and tactical skills.
Lot of disappointments: Ouschan, Filler and Ko the biggest, but Kaci, SVB, Chua also played below par.
I think of it more as, other players stepped up. The favorites felt the pressure, no doubt. Lots of players did, even those who won. Roda I’ve seen with the yips before. Great game he has when he doesn’t feel the nerves.
Casper was fun to watch. SVB really should have beaten him, but the Finn played with confidence and abandon. He figured, why not, and didn’t overthink things. His break has been working and he really smashes the ball.
I think Fedor — my favorite Russian who’s becoming more and more American — is the favorite at this point. But Chung is picking it up, Biado has been clutch and FSR has found his second gear.
Darkhorses? Raga is very clever and, I did not see this coming, Aranas is playing without nerves. He always gets nervous.
I don’t consider Duong a dark horse. He is an in be tweener. His game has gotten so much better since he became a regular on the WNT tour. If Fedor doesn’t win, I hope Duong does. He is a lifelong pool sufferer, if you know what that means.
I think of it more as, other players stepped up. The favorites felt the pressure, no doubt. Lots of players did, even those who won. Roda I’ve seen with the yips before. Great game he has when he doesn’t feel the nerves.
Casper was fun to watch. SVB really should have beaten him, but the Finn played with confidence and abandon. He figured, why not, and didn’t overthink things. His break has been working and he really smashes the ball.
I think Fedor — my favorite Russian who’s becoming more and more American — is the favorite at this point. But Chung is picking it up, Biado has been clutch and FSR has found his second gear.
Darkhorses? Raga is very clever and, I did not see this coming, Aranas is playing without nerves. He always gets nervous.
I don’t consider Duong a dark horse. He is an in be tweener. His game has gotten so much better since he became a regular on the WNT tour. If Fedor doesn’t win, I hope Duong does. He is a lifelong pool sufferer, if you know what that means.