Europeans turn the screw to leave USA in doldrumsEurope  8 – 4  USA There was more joy for the European billiard team as the Saturday afternoon session played out at the 2006 PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup at the Cruise Terminal, Rotterdam. The team claimed two out of the three doubles matches to increase their lead to four points and leave the Americans facing an uphill struggle if they are to retain their Mosconi Cup title.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi Cup
Both captains changed their pairings around from Friday but it was Euro coach Johan Ruijsink who reaped the dividends as his charges delivered the goods to leave their opponents reeling and under severe pressure.Things started bad for Europe though as the pairing of Nick van den Berg and Imran Majid failed to match their showing yesterday. They went down 6-3 to an assured looking Corey Deuel and Mike Davis to give the USA just the start they were looking for.Mika Immonen David Alcaide kept the pressure up though in the next and they beat the increasingly fragile looking pairing of Rodney Morris and Earl Strickland.Previously all-conquering as a duo, The Americans were never at the races as Immonen and Alcaide kept on top of them throughout.That win restored the European lead to three points and that was upped to four in the final match as the German pairing of Souquet and Engert, playing together for the first time, made light work of the two Johns, Archer and Schmidt.Engert who looked a little shaky yesterday, fed off Souquet and they looked flawless in victory.There are three singles matches tonight and Team America will have to win the session to keep their Mosconi Cup dreams alive.
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