Former two-times Masters Champion Ralf Souquet of Germany produced a marvellous comeback to beat Thunder from Down Under Johl Younger today at Lakeside Shopping Centre.

In a match of the highest quality Johl got off to a flyer, playing near-flawless pool to move into a 4 - 1 lead and leave Ralf looking vulnerable. However, the Kaiser is not one of the best players in the world for nothing and he staged a tremendous revival as Younger was left to sit it out for five racks as Ralf moved into a 6 - 4 lead.

Younger finally got back to the table to take the 11th rack, but the mighty Kaiser regained the initiative to take the next rack and the match. He now faces fellow countryman Thomas Engert for a place in the semis.

Commented Ralf, " I thought I played pretty good and so did Johl. The table was breaking very hard at the beginning and three times I didn't make a ball off the break. Finally, I made a ball on the break and I was really focused on not letting him back to the table.

" The deciding shot was at 6-5 when he played a push-out, I gave it back to him and he left me a good opportunity to hook him and that was the key shot. I broke up two balls while playing the safety so it was difficult for him to hit the 3. With ball-in-hand on an open table I made no mistake.

" Me and Thomas play in the same team but this an individual tournament so there will be no mercy! I am capable of beating Thomas but in a race to seven anything can happen. "

Quarter-Final Line-Up ( All matches take place today )

Tony Drago (Malta) v Steve Knight (England)
Ralf Souquet (Germany) v Thomas Engert (Germany)
Alex Lely (Holland) v Corey Deuel (USA)
Efren Reyes (Philippines) v Fabio Petroni (Italy)

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