American Billiards Team Claws a Point Back

American Billiards Team Claws a Point BackAmerican billiards team secured their first victory in five matches as Corey Deuel and Mike Davis recorded a fine 6-3 doubles success against Nick van den Berg and Imran Majid.It closes the overall gap to 6-4 in Europe's favour but USA would be hoping to secure more wins in the third day of the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup at the Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup
“Nick and Imran played pretty good but we got the breaks and there were a couple of key shots in the match," said Deuel.“We had a bad day yesterday so we needed to come out with a win and hopefully we can continue."Davis added: “The fans here are good but there’s a lot of pressure. Johnny Archer warned me about it but it’s a good feeling to play here.”USA, who badly needed to win this encounter, claimed the opening lag but made the opening mistake as Mike Davis (pictured right) missed a shot at the red 3. However, it did not prove costly as a foul from Nick van den Berg gave the Americans ball in hand and they promplty made the score 1-0.Imran Majid broke in the second rack and sunk the brown five but Europe could not win the rack in one visit as they lost position. But a missed kick-shot from Corey Deuel left the 1-ball on and that set up Europe to level the encounter at 1-1.America ran through the third before the Europeans were forced to push out in the fourth. The hosts were soon back at the table and a fine effort by van den Berg to sink the 1-ball and a later excellent shot from Majid that saw the 6-ball roll along the rail and into the pocket helped it become 2-2.Once again USA ran through a rack to edge back in front. Europe were given an opportunity to bring it back to 3-3 after Davis scratched when he jumped over the 9-ball and pocketed the 2-ball but then saw the cue ball also disappear off the table.But the Europeans ran out of position and America made it 4-2. They then reached the hill with a 6-9 combination from Deuel after Majid had left the blue 2 hanging over the bottom left pocket.Europe kept the match alive as they ran out the next as the score went to 3-5 but America would have then been hoping to seal the match as they broke in the ninth rack.As expected, they clinched the victory as Davis, who had earlier produced an excellent shot to bank the 2-ball earlier in the rack, sunk the decisive 9-ball.

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