Comebacks, Blowouts, and Near Shut-outsby Rick DavisThe top 16 came out in force as the action got hot while the sun went down in South Florida on the Cuetec Cues Florida Classic. Defending champion Karen Corr zipped through two matches to reach the semifinals on Sunday, defeating Sarah Ellerby and Gerda Hofstatter 9-2 and 9-4, respectively. Hofstatter just got off a major win against Melissa Herndon, who was ahead 5-1 before Hofstatter came back with six racks straight plus another pair after giving away one more. Hofstatter said, “Silly things happened like missing the nine. I decided she won the first set to five—my goal was to win the next one.”View the tournament bracket
On the other end of the board, Allison Fisher defeated Jennifer Barretta 9-7 after losing to her the previous evening, then reached the semifinals by knocking out Tiffany Nelson 9-4. Monica “The Assassin” Webb defeated Vivian Villareal 9-3 then Ga-Young Kim 9-6 for the right to face Fisher in the semis. After defeating these two major opponents, Webb said, “I feel great going into the last day—better than I ever have.”  The last player to reach Sunday was Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee, who defeated Kim Shaw 9-2 then Xiao-Ting Pan 9-1.Defending champion Corr has her sights on the repeat title, but on the other hand, only three times in her career has Fisher not taken a first-place finish in three consecutive events. This would be another third event in a row for her not to take first.Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.
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