The Battle of the Bull, a World Nineball Tour ranking event in Roanoke, VA, ended about 30 minutes ago. The field was loaded with foreign players who will play in the U.S. Open next week. With the finalists playing 5 matches today (Saturday), Johann Chua defeated Shane Van Boening for the title.
Stage 2, the single-elimination stage for the Last 32 players, was played entirely today. Six of those Stage 2 matches were shown on the main streaming table:
The conditions for those matches were seemingly the same as for the main WNT events, although the table (a Diamond) may have had more generous pockets. Here are a few aggregate statistics for those 6 matches (94 games):
Stage 2, the single-elimination stage for the Last 32 players, was played entirely today. Six of those Stage 2 matches were shown on the main streaming table:
1. Fedor Gorst defeated Aleksa Pecelj 9-3 (Last 32)
2. Aloysius Yapp d. Pijus Labutis 9-3 (Last 32)
3. Felix Vogel d. Moritz Neuhausen 9-6 (Last 16)
4. Johann Chua d. Wiktor Zielinski 9-6 (Quarterfinal)
5. Shane Van Boening d. Chang Yu Lung 11-8 (Semifinal)
6. Chua d. Van Boening 13-8 (Final)
The conditions for those matches were seemingly the same as for the main WNT events, although the table (a Diamond) may have had more generous pockets. Here are a few aggregate statistics for those 6 matches (94 games):
• Successful breaks -- 80% (75 of 94)
• Breaker won game -- 54% (51 of 94)
• B&R games on all breaks -- 34% (32 of 94)
• B&R games on successful breaks -- 43% (32 of 75)
• Games ending in 1 inning -- 56% (53 of 94)
• Avg. number of balls made on all breaks -- 1.4
• Avg. number of balls made on successful breaks -- 1.6
• Games with one or more safeties (approx.) -- 36%
• Games (excl. B&Rs) with one or more safeties -- 55%
• Minutes per game -- 6.1
