Day Three of U.S. Open - One-Loss Bracket Matches

Day Three of U.S. Open - one-Loss Bracket Matches By InsidePOOL StaffEric Durbin is still alive after the afternoon round at the 28th annual U.S. Open. The Open began last Monday and is scheduled to finish this Sunday, September 21. Play will be suspended on Thursday but resume the next day. Durbin, who was recently the star of the Derby City Classic back in January 2003, also won the 8-ball division of the VNEA event last May in Las Vegas. His match against French champion Stephan Cohen was a nailbiter almost to the end. Hailing from Middleton, OH, Durbin is well known for being a master of the backroom match-ups, but he is setting a new reputation for himself as a feared opponent in tournament play. He forfeited his first match on Tuesday morning at 11 a.m. but has been winning in the one-loss bracket since. His first match of the day against Larry Kressel he won 11-6 and then went on to play Cohen. Cohen had an early 4-3 lead, but Durbin began getting into his groove and pulled ahead 8-6 slowly but surely. After a 2-9 combo and a missed 8 ball by Cohen, Durbin was on the hill with his opponent at 7. He broke and ran out the next rack to win the match 11-7.
In the 3 p.m. round, high-rolling Tony Watson matched up with Ryan McCreesh. Watson had his first match against Francisco Bustamante last evening, which he barely lost 11-9. His match against McCreesh went much worse for him, and he ended up being eliminated 11-4.Tony Chohan of Sacramento played a tight match against Chris Szuter in which the two traded racks until they knotted at 7. Chohan pulled ahead when he won two games in a row, and then with an awesome 1-9 carom, he won the match 11-8.The winners' bracket matches will begin tonight at 6:30 p.m., with the featured match-up on the telivision table between Mika "Iceman" Immonen and Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer. The results from Wednesday's 11 a.m. one-loss bracket matches are as follows:Masaaki Hasimoto d. Bill BrownSam Siolas d. Teruki Kitamara 11-1Buddy Hall d. R. Molineira 11-8Larry Nevel d. Ben Zimmer 11-3Martin Rimlinger d. Bill Handry 11-7Nick Schulman d. Mike Mather 11-6Randy Labonte d. Allen Hopkins FTimmy Hall d. Bobby Hicks 11-7Glen Olson d. Duke Weaver 11-2Tommy Lipps d. Frank Krenzer 11-3Ryan McCreesh d. Robert Ruffalo Roberto Valle d. David Ascolese FHoward Vickery d. Delton Howard FEric Durbin d. Larry Kressel 11-6Mark Gregory d. Ed GastThe results from Wednesday's 1 p.m. one-loss bracket matches are as follows:Ronnie Wiseman d. Lee Holt 11-4Tommy Kennedy d. Don Polo 11-8Tony Chohan d. Barry Strickland 11-2John Gabriel d. Chris Aiardo 11-4David Hanshaw d. Ed Brooks 11-4David Larrsen d. Michael Deneault FSam Siolas d. Mike Lebron 11-4Buddy Hall d. J. Sorencenski FRicky Bingham d. Voytek Partika 11-4Larry Nevel d. Dennis Coulter 11-7Mark Gregory d. Tony Crosby 11-10Masaaki Hashimoto d. Nathan Rose 11-5Rodolfo Luat d. Bill Hammock 11-2Howard Vickery d. Mike FieldhammerChad Pike d. Stefanos Araviakis 11-0Eric Durbin d. Stephan Cohen 11-7The results from Wednesday's 3 p.m. one-loss bracket matches are as follows:John Gabriel d. Paul Raval 11-7Nick Schulman d. Larry Pierce 11-4Rick Zeiner d. John Kucikowski FRyan McCreesh d. Tony Watson 11-4David Rowell d. David Baranski 11-7Nick Prinsloo d. Shuti Okuda 11-4Tony Chohan d. Chris Szuter 11-8Timmy Hall d. Jose VegaGlen Olson d. Tommy Kay 11-4Tommy Lipps d. Robb Saez 11-6Nick Bewley d. Teddy Garrahan FJarrod Clowery d. D. Jerrold 11-4Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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