World Cup - Porto

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The World Cup in Porto is down to the Main Tournament of 32 players.

I was surprised that Jorge Theriaga didn't play. Does anyone know why?

The talk of the tournament is the play of the Korean In-Won Kang. He was so lightly regarded that he had to play through four rounds of qualifications. In the pre-pre-pre-qualifier he won his group averaging 1.764. In the PPQ he won with a 1.224 average. In the PQ he won and averaged 1.578. In the final qualification he wound up in a group with Andreas Efler of Austria and Luis Aveiga of Ecuador -- both world-class players of much experience. He beat Aveiga averaging 1.461, then lost to Efler despite averaging 1.809. Although he had the highest average in the group (1.617) he lost out to Efler on net sets won. Has anyone ever heard of this Korean player?

Mark
 
They are down to the final four after a couple of, what I consider, upsets is the quarter-finals. Filipos Kasidokostas of Greece creamed Jaspers three sets to one averaging 2.269, and Forthomme beat Sanchez 3-2 although Sanchez had the better average. The semi-finals tomorrow will be Blomdahl v. Kasidokostas and Forthomme v. Caudron.

Mark
 
Forthomme knocked out Caudron in one semi-final, and Blomdahl came back from two sets down to beat Kasidokostas by averaging 3.0 for the last three sets. The final is underway with Blomdahl leading 2-0. Blomdahl is averaging about 2.1 for the tournament.

Edit: It's over. Blomdahl over Forthomme 3-0 in 17 innings for all three sets giving Blomdahl a tournament general average of 2.153.

Mark
 
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mbvl said:
... Edit: It's over. Blomdahl over Forthomme 3-0 in 17 innings for all three sets giving Blomdahl a tournament general average of 2.153 ...
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I think it has been a while since he won a tournament with a 2.0+ average, but at one time he had more 2.0+ averages (in tournaments won) than all other players combined. Where is Cees Sprangers when you need him?
 
Great to hear Blomdahl is back in the winners circle. Even Raymond Ceulemens thinks he might be the best of all time, I'd hate to see him fade out with diminished skills because he is absolutely phenomenal when he's on.

It's like trying to beat Strickland when he used to run 6-packs in nine ball in 10 minutes, its almost impossible to beat these guys when they're in top form. I have a bunch of tapes of Blomdahl where his opponent averages 1.0 and is down like 30-14 in no time- he just plain crushes his opponents when he's really feeling it.

One of my favorite players ever to hold a cue and as talented overall as Efren in my opinion.
 
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