Mosconi Cup - Last Day - Frame by Frame live
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2-0 Earl and Rocket lead
Morris Steals Vital Point via www.mosconicup.com
RODNEY MORRIS edged past Alex Lely in a topsy-turvy encounter which could have gone either way.
Morris re-asserted Team USA's two-point lead – but it was only a stroke of luck when Lely scratched on the break in rack eight which gave him the chance.
Lely looked nervous on the lag when he failed to even reach the head-string, but Morris relinquished the advantage the extra break gives when he left the 2-ball hanging, and Lely completed a clearance to take the lead.
A break and run saw him open up clear water before Morris ran out to get off the mark.
Lely took the score to 3-1 with a neat 2-9 combination before Morris again cleared from the break to cut the deficit.
And the scores were soon level after Lely missed a bank of the green 6 and Morris cut it in before benefiting from a touch of fortune as the cue ball bounced back off the bottom rail and sent the 9 spinning into the top corner.
The match was back on break with Morris in the driving seat, but the Hawaiian overcut a long shot on the 2 to leave an open table for Lely to advance to the hill.
But a scratch on the penultimate rack break from the Dutchman saw another swing in the balance of power.
And three balls on the final break left a road map for Morris to claim the vital victory.
"I was very lucky, Morris said. "I needed things to roll my way and it changed right at the end.
"Losing the white ball almost cost me the match from the first rack and Alex just had to hold serve but I got very fortunate when he had the roll.
"It was huge for me to win because they would have been level with the momentum but now we have the slight advantage again.
"This is the best tournament in the world – the best atmosphere and the best format – it'd be great to win it again."
RODNEY MORRIS edged past Alex Lely in a topsy-turvy encounter which could have gone either way.
Morris re-asserted Team USA's two-point lead – but it was only a stroke of luck when Lely scratched on the break in rack eight which gave him the chance.
Lely looked nervous on the lag when he failed to even reach the head-string, but Morris relinquished the advantage the extra break gives when he left the 2-ball hanging, and Lely completed a clearance to take the lead.
A break and run saw him open up clear water before Morris ran out to get off the mark.
Lely took the score to 3-1 with a neat 2-9 combination before Morris again cleared from the break to cut the deficit.
And the scores were soon level after Lely missed a bank of the green 6 and Morris cut it in before benefiting from a touch of fortune as the cue ball bounced back off the bottom rail and sent the 9 spinning into the top corner.
The match was back on break with Morris in the driving seat, but the Hawaiian overcut a long shot on the 2 to leave an open table for Lely to advance to the hill.
But a scratch on the penultimate rack break from the Dutchman saw another swing in the balance of power.
And three balls on the final break left a road map for Morris to claim the vital victory.
"I was very lucky, Morris said. "I needed things to roll my way and it changed right at the end.
"Losing the white ball almost cost me the match from the first rack and Alex just had to hold serve but I got very fortunate when he had the roll.
"It was huge for me to win because they would have been level with the momentum but now we have the slight advantage again.
"This is the best tournament in the world – the best atmosphere and the best format – it'd be great to win it again."
Timberly said:Rodney The ROCKET was playing... that's what happend. The whole set didn't take anytime at all!
for a moment i read roney the rocket
but thats in snooker. bleh 
0-3 and still lose 5-4. hope at least my fellow guys gave a nice show. who knows i might be playing collin soon in the musconi cup me+my fin female partner vs colling and scott aka snapshot. hehe or even better. kimberly and jennifer barreta? or 9ballgirl and marissa? bleh need to go to bed, ill never be able to wake up. damn pool adiction!!! look what uve done to me. *trows a evil look at AZB posters*
Solartje said:for a moment i read roney the rocket
bleh need to go to bed, ill never be able to wake up. damn pool adiction!!! look what uve done to me. *trows a evil look at AZB posters*
We love you though!
haha...my HTML is not up to it.Donovan said:
btw: Readers can also follow score updates at Berry's site on the left side
http://www.poolkrant.nl/
Donovan said:We love you though!
ah well thats nice to read. *solly blushes all over*
about the match, i thought chamat didnt got a good chance.
will be a quick killer.next match is: Earl - marcus: earl 5-2
archer/jones - Lely/hundal: 5-3
dont think we will win much more, but i got to hope. Lely is still my favorit player off all who participate, so... i HOPE lely will win in the double vs archer, but realistically, i think US will win.
T
Timberly
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That last win sealed it up for the Americans did it not? Unless I'm missing something, there's no way the Europeans can win, right?
hard to choose between niels and alex. but nice to see a US player choses a european player. one more free beer for donovan
if anyone want to see the life score of the 2005 national 9ball finals tomorow. i made it in the last64 but dont think i got a chance to win any more matches.
http://www.bpbf.be/2005/10/a-wed.html <--- here's the link. (im ramos pereira bruno and i play at 11AM (CET+1) so... no idea how late that is for u.
At least a european will have a chance to win this time
good night folks, was nice to watch the mathes in real time without seeing a ball. Just is SO more fun, to imagine what happens when u see the score move.
if anyone want to see the life score of the 2005 national 9ball finals tomorow. i made it in the last64 but dont think i got a chance to win any more matches.
http://www.bpbf.be/2005/10/a-wed.html <--- here's the link. (im ramos pereira bruno
and i play at 11AM (CET+1) so... no idea how late that is for u.At least a european will have a chance to win this time
good night folks, was nice to watch the mathes in real time without seeing a ball. Just is SO more fun, to imagine what happens when u see the score move.
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Timberly
Guest
A big congrats to the American team!! Shawn was the only rookie on the American side if I'm not mistaken.... that's got to be an awesome feeling! As if getting invited to play isn't great enough but then winning too! WOW! Good for the whole team!
Rude Dude, I wish I had seen it live so that I could make an educated guess as to who deserves the MVP!
Rude Dude, I wish I had seen it live so that I could make an educated guess as to who deserves the MVP!