US Open Day Three Complete

Luc Salvas

Day three is complete at the 29th Annual US Open and the evening matches saw a number of top seeds sent to the left side of the board.

On the feature table, Shannon Daulton made quick work of Canada's Chris Orme 11-1. Canada had it's revenge in the next feature match as Luc Salvas beat Allen Hopkins 11-7. Salvas' opponent on Thurdsay will be Tyler Edey who handed Earl Strickland an 11-9 loss Wednesday evening.

Strickland was not the biggest shock on Wednesday. Reigning World Champion Alex Pagulayan lost an 11-8 decision to Nicolas Guimond and Mike Davis lost 11-7 to Keith Bennett.

The ring game is scheduled to take place Thursday evening and will broadcast online as part of the Billiard Club Network Online PPV. Confirmed players for the ring game are Rodney Morris, Johnny Archer, Alex Pagulayan and Ralf Souquet. Both Efren Reyes and Luc Salvas have shown an interest in playing but are not yet confirmed.

Online brackets are updated with Wednesday results and there are more pictures added to Carol Whiteside's online photo gallery.

Photo courtesy of Carol Whiteside