Earthquake in the Final Four at the U.S. Open

Earthquake in the Final Four at the U.S. Open By InsidePOOL StaffIn the featured match-up of this evening's rounds, "Earthquake" Keith McCready and Jose Parica battled it out on the televised table at the U.S. Open. The event began Monday, September 15, and will conclude tomorrow evening. McCready, who gained fame by his role in "The Color of Money" and now is an instructional writer on InsidePOOL Magazine's staff, had the lead the entire length of the match. His play was awe-inspiring, and his free-wheeling style and playful banter were entertaining for the crowd. After running out to bring the score to 4-2 in his favor with the help of a "dipsy-do shot," he took the score to 9-4 in a seemingly effortless manner. He faltered a bit when he bobbled a 9 ball that led to Parica getting another three games under his belt, but when Parica missed a 2 ball in the next rack, that was all McCready needed. With a "There it is!" he shot the 9 to get on the hill, and then broke and ran the final rack to win the match 11-7.
Earlier in the evening in the one-loss side, Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer played out a difficult and lengthy match with defending champion Ralf Souquet and ultimately triumphed 11-9, which eliminated "The Surgeon." Niels Feijen defeated straight pool player and New Jersey room owner Jose Garcia 11-9. Italian superstar Fabio Petroni triumphed over Nick Varner 11-7, sending the only player to win back-to-back titles at the U.S. Open home. And Efren "The Magician" Reyes defeated George "Ginky" SanSouci by the score of 11-3.In the later one-loss rounds, Petroni went on to stage an amazing victory over Reyes in a tremendous hill-hill match that he won after Reyes pushed out and then was forced to shoot himself. Left with a shot in the side, Petroni ran out the rack, hesitating on the 9 ball before making it cleanly. In the match between Johnny Archer and Niels Feijen, it was a lengthy and hard-fought battle, but the die-hard fans stayed around to root on their favorite player. However, early in the morning hours, it was Feijen who went on to play Rodney Morris after vanquishing Archer by the score of 11-10.In the match for 5th/6th place between Fabio Petroni and Jose Parica, they were tied the entire match until it reached 8-all. Parica won the next two to reach the hill, and then when Petroni scratched on the 6 ball in the last rack, he conceded the game and match to Parica. In the last match of the evening, Morris dominated Feijen for the first half of the match until the score was 10-5. Feijen then initiated a thrilling comeback to make the match 10-9, Morris. The ill-fated comeback ended when Feijen missed a one ball that set up Morris with an easy one-nine combination. Parica will play Morris on Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m to decide the fourth place finisher.Sunday's matches will begin at 12 p.m. The hot seat match is between Keith McCready and Jeremy Jones, who was responsible for knocking Rodney Morris into the one-loss side earlier by the score of 11-7. Visit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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