OKBET Pro Billiard Series | STARS FALL ON DAY ONE OF HIS OHIO OPEN DEFENSE
Stars were eliminated on the first day
This year’s FargoRate Ohio Open champion Mario He has advanced to the winners’ qualifying round, but some of pool’s greatest stars were eliminated on the first day of competition at the Roberts Center in Wilmington, Ohio.
He started his competition with a 4-1, 4-3 victory over Lian Han Toh. Dimitris Loukatos, champion of the Germany Open, awaited in the following round. The Austrian won the first set 4-1 and was on his way to the summit 3-0 in the second before missing an easy 4. Loukatos cleared the table, but his chances of a comeback were dashed by a dry break, and he won the set 4-1, 4-1.
He then goes up against Michael Schneider and says, “I got a bit hurt, so I can’t walk quickly, but I’m feeling fine and playing well right now.” I’ll do my best to get deep and perhaps defend my crown.”
Because of the caliber of this week’s field, some famous names have found themselves on the losing side early in the event. After losing shootouts in the first round, Ko Ping Han and Ko Pin Yi may have to play each other on Thursday. Petri Makkonen defeated Ping Han 2-4, 4-3, 4-2 despite missing the 9 at hill-hill in the second set, while Dutchman Jan van Lierop defeated Pin Yi 4-3, 3-4, 6-5.
Wojiech Szewczyk was defeated by Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz, Darren Appleton was defeated in a shootout by Kang Lee, and Wiktor Zielinski was defeated by Albin Ouschan.
Chang Jung-Lin, who subsequently lost to Justin Martin, defeated Eklent Kaci 4-3, 4-1. The 23-year-old from North Carolina won the first set 4-1 and the second set 4-2 against Chang, and will face Sanchez-Ruiz in winners’ qualifying tomorrow. “This is a major triumph for me because I have a lot of respect for Chang,” Martin remarked. “I played consistently well and was fortunate to have enough opportunities to win the match.”
The players that have yet to be defeated now have two opportunities to advance to the final 16. In the winners’ qualification round, Alex Kazakis will face David Alcaide, Seybert’s Michigan Open champion Aloysius Yapp will face Jani Uski, and Fedor Gorst will face Mika Immonen on Friday.
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