The 2023 International Open Championship continues today LIVE from the Simonis Aramith Arena at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk VA.
When last we ‘spoke,’ a report on the progress of the 2023 International 9-Ball Open noted the existence of “intriguing potential matchups” in the 16-entrant, single-elimination Stage 2 of the $50,000-added event. The report went on to project the advancement of the tournament’s more renowned players; its defending champion, Jayson Shaw and the top three competitors in our own AZBilliards Leaderboard among them – Fedor Gorst, Joshua Filler and Shane Van Boening. The winner and runner-up of last weekend’s American 14:1 Straight Pool Championships, Mario He and Lee Vann Corteza were mentioned too, as the report speculated on the number of different ways that advancement on the single-elimination bracket might play out as the day (Friday, Nov. 3) progressed toward spectator hopes for an entertaining final today.
Yeah, well, none of that happened. None of it. Jayson Shaw didn’t make it out of the opening round, falling to Japan’s Naoyuki Oi 10-8. Neither did Shane Van Boening, who dropped his opener to Spain’s David Alcaide 10-6. Germany’s Josh Filler lost his opening round to Austria’s Mario He 10-8, while He’s opponent in the straight pool championships last week, Vann Corteza lost to Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp 10-6. The report did mention that it was pool, after all, and anything could happen. And it did.
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When last we ‘spoke,’ a report on the progress of the 2023 International 9-Ball Open noted the existence of “intriguing potential matchups” in the 16-entrant, single-elimination Stage 2 of the $50,000-added event. The report went on to project the advancement of the tournament’s more renowned players; its defending champion, Jayson Shaw and the top three competitors in our own AZBilliards Leaderboard among them – Fedor Gorst, Joshua Filler and Shane Van Boening. The winner and runner-up of last weekend’s American 14:1 Straight Pool Championships, Mario He and Lee Vann Corteza were mentioned too, as the report speculated on the number of different ways that advancement on the single-elimination bracket might play out as the day (Friday, Nov. 3) progressed toward spectator hopes for an entertaining final today.
Yeah, well, none of that happened. None of it. Jayson Shaw didn’t make it out of the opening round, falling to Japan’s Naoyuki Oi 10-8. Neither did Shane Van Boening, who dropped his opener to Spain’s David Alcaide 10-6. Germany’s Josh Filler lost his opening round to Austria’s Mario He 10-8, while He’s opponent in the straight pool championships last week, Vann Corteza lost to Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp 10-6. The report did mention that it was pool, after all, and anything could happen. And it did.
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