Hundal, Hohmann Win First Round

Hundal, Hohmann Win First RoundOnly 36 of the original 200 players at the North American Open 8-Ball Championship returned for today’s matches. Players today are guaranteed $17,000, which leaps to $30,000 tomorrow.One of the first matches to finish was the Raj Hundal/Rodney Morris rematch of the 2005 World Pool Masters finals. “It went great—I ran the first two out of the block, had a chance to run three but made an error, and Rodney capitalized but then broke and scratched. I never really gave him a chance. I think I broke and ran five racks in that match, so I played real good on him and beat him eight-two.”IPT discussion forumDay 5 image galleryMatch scheduleWhen asked how he felt about the rest of the day, he said, “I feel good because I just creeped in the backdoor yesterday in the most naughtiest of ways possible. But I’m here, I’m here to play, starting off the day real good, just beat a good friend of mine eight-two, you know—one of the world’s most greatest players, Rodney Morris, you can’t ask for anymore.”
Another European who won by a wide margin was Thorsten Hohmann over Earl Strickland in one of the televised matches this morning. “I won eight-three—I was supposed to win eight-one. My break was working for me almost every time, and I had nice patterns and layout—he was trying to shark me, saying I was playing slow, but that’s not true. The very last game I had a very tough shot—the eight had to pass one of his balls and I had the wrong angle, not one of my favorite shots, and I just missed it." Hohmann added, “I started off playing slow the first day and I’m getting better and better. Yesterday I had one of my best matches and now against Earl. I’m confident and enjoying my tournament here and every match I play.”Also finishing with lopsided scores, Australia’s former snooker star Quinten Hann bested Nick Van den Berg 8-2, while Marlon Manalo won by the same score over Sandor Tot of Serbia.Round 4 Group 74Group 75C. DeuelM. ManaloD. PeachA. LelyS. TotD. AppletonGroup 76D. OrcolloA. PagulayanM. ImmonenN. FeijenY. BeaufilsR. LuatGroup 77A. LiningR. MartinezS. PutnamL. NevelR. DiksD. MatlockGroup 78R. SouquetR. MorrisJ. KirkwoodM. ChamatR. HundalE. StalevVisit Inside POOL Magazine for the latest pool and billiard news from the North American Open 8-Ball Championship.

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