After 2 rounds (of Round robin stage), 3 teams are through to quarterfinals and guaranteed $12K each.
Unseeded USA are through after 2 superb wins over group seeds Philippines and Spain.
Taiwan and Austria are also through after thrashing Peru and Canada. They play each other today to determine...
But they can also say it is a "Team" championship not individual championship :LOL: A Team championship that allows team bonding, mingling. And players playing singles in team event do deliver different performances from individual event.
Draw for Last 32 Single Elimination (Best of 3 sets)
Last 32 at 8pm and last 16 at 10pm
Top half has 8x800+ and much tougher than bottom half which has 5x800+
Likely mega matchups in last 16
Gorst v Biado
SVB v Filler
FSR v Chang Jung Lin
Only 3 teams have 750+ female players Philippines, Taiwan, GB. Remaining teams have 750- female players so understandable they have this rule.
This rule though is not mentioned in their Rules & Regulations :D...
My nomination for Shot Of The Year (2023).
This 4 railer by Alcaide to corner pocket in 3rd set mixed doubles vs Puerto Rico
I am sure there are many great shots this year but like many pool folks, I suffer from recency bias :LOL:
Round 2 at 430pm (local time) about 6 hours from now
On Youtube stream https://www.youtube.com/@ProBilliardTV
Table 1 Canada v Austria
Table 2 Indonesia v Japan
Defending champion Philippines on verge of early exit (a la defending champions Austria in 2021 WCOP). They must beat ascendant Spain...
LIVE
Loser Round 3
Mieszko Fortuński vs Darren Appleton
Followed at 1130am by
Women's Winners Qualification
Chieh-Yu Chou vs Rubilen Amit
Yuki Hiraguchi vs Kelly Fisher
Round 1 starts today about 9 hours from now
On Youtube stream https://www.youtube.com/@ProBilliardTV
Table 1 Philippines v USA
Table 2 Spain v Puerto Rico
Defending Champion Philippines is big favorite to win 1st set Women singles and 3rd set Mixed Doubles. So best route for USA to upset...
So there will be quarterfinals round. In Stage 1, each team plays 3 matches in their round robin group. Top 2 teams from each group qualify for quarterfinals in Stage 2 (Single Elimination)
FIXTURES
STAGE 1 (Round Robin Group)
STAGE 2 (Single Elimination)...
Day 1
Round 1
LIVE 9am EST
José Alberto Delgado vs Gerson Martinez Boza
Men's Draw / Matches https://probilliardseries.com/puerto-rico-open-2023/stage-1/
Women's Draw / Matches https://probilliardseries.com/puerto-rico-womens-open-2023/stage-1/
Final leg of Predator Pro Billiard Series (PBS) tour for 2023.
Men’s Open (7-10 Nov), Women’s Open (7-11 Nov)
These events are part of the pool fiesta extravaganza expo in Puerto Rico that includes the World Teams 10 Ball Championship (8-12 Nov)...