Evening Rounds at the 2003 U.S. Open

Evening Rounds at the 2003 U.S. Open By InsidePOOL StaffThe evening rounds have concluded at the 28th Annual U.S. Open. U.S. Amateur tournament winner James "Shorty" Henson won his match against Rodney Strickland 11-6, while the runner up in that same event, Scott Tollefson, won his first match against Tommy Lipps 11-6. Mark Gregory of Atlanta, GA, upset Viking Cue 9-Ball Tour Champion Larry Nevel 11-7. Buddy Chilton defeated Mike Mather 11-3, and Karl Sloezen won his match against Bill Handry 11-5.Mark Gregory recently took third place in the Legends of Straight Pool and one-Pocket. After his match with Nevel, Mark Gregory said, "I knew I had to play well. He's a great player. I think he took himself out of the match when I got a big lead where he's a good enough player to come back at any time."
Jimmy Reid, a past U.S. Open champion, forfeited his match against Thomas Techner in the 9 p.m. matches, and George SanSouci delivered a 11-7 defeat to Tommy "TK" Kennedy, another past U.S. Open champ. In the final round of matches at 11 p.m., Filipino master Rodolfo Luat delivered Duke Weaver an 11-3 defeat. His compatriot, Santos Sambajon, won his match against Timmy Hall by the same 11-3 score. Jeff Pillon defeated Randy Labonte 11-1.Tomorrow's 11 a.m. matches are as follows:Troy Frank vs. Lee HoltBill Hammock vs. Fabio PetroniRobert Hicks vs. John KucikowskiRobert Ruffalo vs. Young Hwa JeongRyan McCreesh vs. Jarrod CloweryJohn Moody vs. David BaranskiWill Slone vs. Shuti OkudaPeter Ghostine vs. Stepanov KostantinFeature match at 3PM (to be included in pay per view broadcast)Buddy Hall vs. Keith McCreadyVisit InsidePOOL for the latest in the sport of billiards and pool.

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