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| Peach vs Dechaine. Photo courtesy of Richard Walker |
Today in Doha, Qatar at the World 9 Ball Championships the winners side of the brackets were played. With 16 groups of 8 players in each group, players needed to win both matches to continue on to the final 64 while the losers side of the bracket will play out tomorrow.
One of the bigger match ups today was American #2 player Mike Dechaine up against former World Champion Daryl Peach. Even though Peach has won major titles, it has been sometime since he has consistently preformed at the highest level. Dechaine did come in a favorite in this match but this is also the first time in recent memory that he has traveled overseas to play on the big stage, but that did not appear to be an issue as he went on to win with ease 9-5.
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| Shane Van Boening. Photo courtesy of Richard Walker. |
Shane Van Boening was also in action today looking to follow his countrymen on to the final 64.
He played Richard Jones of England and was able to advance in the same manner as Dechaine 9-5.
Fellow North American threats Jason Klatt and John Morra were also looking to move on to the redraw undefeated.
In Klatt's match against Filipino sensation Jeffery Ignacio there was a bit of controversy that has come after the fact. On a thread on Azbilliards forums, "Skip100" took several screenshots of the racks that Ignacio's racking. If you notice each rack is very similar and according to my partner Erik Hjorleifson not the most aggressive of pattern racks available.For those not familiar with pattern racks which at one point or another most pro's do use, it is placing the balls in a certain order to make the racks more predicable resulting in more run outs. The question to me here is not is this cheating, but why is it rack your own in a World Championship, and not the referee?
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| John Morra. Photo courtesy of Richard Walker |
Without seeing what of kind of racks Klatt was giving himself compared to Ignacio it is hard to make an argument whether or not it made a huge difference in the outcome of the match. However Klatt went on to lose 9-6 and will have to win one more match to guarantee his spot in the redraw. Morra who was full of momentum after his 9-8 win over Mario He after being down 7-3 made quick work of Han Lian of China 9-4. I am not familiar with this player but as we have all come to realize over the past decade anyone to come out of China can play.
Tomorrow Canadians Shannon Ducharme and Tom Theriault will be in action trying to keep their World Championship hopes alive. They are in tough as Ducharme will be up against Warren Kiamco while Theriault will be taking on Lee Van Corteza.
Check back daily for more updates as we get closer and closer to crowning this years World Champion. If you are up early check out the live free stream from Doha http://live.qbsf.qa/en/login and cheer on your favorite player. Here are the complete brackets http://competition.kozoom.com/en/home/qatar/.
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| Ralf Souquet. Photo courtesy of Richard Walker. |
Other Notable Scores:
SOUQUET (Ralf) 1-9 SNIEGOCKI (Mateusz)
OUSCHAN (Albin) 8-9 SATOSHI (Kawabata)
AN (Wang) 9-4 BIJSTERBOSCH (Marc)
BABICA (Radoslaw) 8-9 RUBEN (Bautista)
CHING SHUN (Yang) 6-9 YUKIO (Akagariyama)
EKONOMOPOULOS (Nik) 9-6 LONG (Zhou)
A QING (Wu) 9-2 MEDENILLA (Oliver)
IMMONEN (Mika) 9-5 ORTMANN (Oliver)
PIN CHUNG (Ko) 9-2 CHRISTOPHER (Tevez)
FEIJEN (Niels) 8-9 KAZAKIS (Alexander)
ORCOLLO (Dennis) 9-6 SAYEEM (Hosain)
HO SUM (Lo) 6-9 MAJID (Imran)
ALOISIUS (Yapp) 7-9 GRAY (Mark)
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