SVB is out of the WTB :(

nathandumoulin

nathandumoulin

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Shane just lost his second match 9-6 to Konstantin Stepanov. He's out.

.....Man this is a tough field this year. I'm scared to see what other favorites go down in flames tonight.
 
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I am surprised to see that Konstantin Stepanov managed to snap this off.

Konstantin is a young Russian, age mid 20s, and was the #1 ranked in Europe three years ago, finishing high in every Eurotour-event, plus medals in the European Championships and awarded with a spot on the Mosconi Cup.

Since then his game has dropped a little, and even though he knocked Efren out of the World 9-ball Championship in 2007, he hasn't performed like he used too in the last 2 years.

Definitely good enough to beat Shane Van Boening, but I guess that the score was a result of SVB underachieving while Konstantin played his normal speed. If they both performed their top speed Shane would have won that match.

Will be interesting to see what people in the arena (or those who have watched it if it was on live-stream) has to say about the match.

No matter what it is great for Konstantin's confidence.

Konstantin has perhaps one of the most beautiful strokes, rhytm and playing style in all Europe, so it would be fun to see him perform well in this event. Unfortunately I don't think he will be able to keep his game going for the whole event.
 
What do you think about Lee Van Corteza then? He is destroying Ching Shun Yang 6-0 at the moment!!!

Or what about the 16 year old Russian player, Chinakov Ruslan, who beat Oliver Ortmann 9-4!!! :o

Edit: and Hijakata beat Immonen 9-6
 
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:eek:WOW!! Lee Van Corteza just demolished Ching Shun Yang 9 to 0. While other tables still have a score of 2 to 1, their game was finished early.

Too bad for SVB. I guess he has time now for some gambling with Alex, Busti or Efren.
 
nathandumoulin said:
Who's the guy with the pony tail on the streamed table #1 right now? He's ***painfully*** slow.
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I don't have the stream, but I know that Bruno Muratore from Italy is playing now.

He isn't playing with the speed of Drago, Salvas or Morris, but he isn't playing like Archer either.

He do have a pony tail though
 
Roy Steffensen said:
I don't have the stream, but I know that Bruno Muratore from Italy is playing now.

He isn't playing with the speed of Drago, Salvas or Morris, but he isn't playing like Archer either.

He do have a pony tail though
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As soon as I said that, he seemed to relax. He's playing about 5 times faster all the sudden, and its really improved his game. Maybe he saw my post on his i-phone while the Ref racked the last game. :p
 
Boyes was down 7-5, and played a safety by pushing the 3 on to the 10 ball. Froze them together, lined up at the pocket with a full ball showing. lol

He's now on the verge of being sent to the losers bracket. He does not look impressed...

EDIT. 9-6 final
 
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Chavez makes final 64

Congratulations go out to Ignacio Chavez for making it to the final 64 and playing strong in the group that consisted of Shane Van Boening,
Konstantin Stepanov and other great players.
 
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