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U.S. OPEN 14.1 Straight-Pool POCKET BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP |
Meanwhile, both defending champions continued to win. Oliver Ortmann handed a hot Tony Robles his second and final loss in a close match 150-116 and Shin-Mei Liu sent fan favorite Gerda Hostatter home with a 100-65 loss. In the last match of the round, Helena Thornfeldt surprised Karen Corr 100-40 to end Karen's tournament. After Oliver Ortmann ran 129 to set the new high run mark, Tony Robles shattered it with a run of 148. Tony stepped to the table in his match against Johnny Archer trailing by the score of -2 to -1 and the next time he sat down, he was leading 146 to -1. The crowd gave Tony a rousing applause for his feat which was just a bit louder than their applause for Johnny when he stepped to the table next and made a ball. The margin proved to be too wide for Johnny who lost 150-24 and was eliminated from the event. Tony will move on to play Oliver Ortmann this afternoon. Other matches saw The G-Force Gerda Hofstatter beat Jennifer Chen 100-65 and also Karen Corr defeat Monica Webb 100-25. |