Imran Majid Blasts Johnny Archer at Mosconi Cup

Imran Majid Blasts Johnny Archer at Mosconi CupRookie billiard player Imran Majid recorded a fantastic 7-2 singles victory against American captain Johnny Archer.Discuss the PartyPoker.com Mosconi CupThe result takes Europe into a 5-3 lead, the first time they had been two points ahead and followed up David Alcaide's earlier victory against John Schmidt.
A lot of credit for the performance has to go to Europe's non-playing coach Johan Ruijsink who got the full benefit from being brave enough to put the two European debutants into early singles action and was rewarded with two victories.Majid could hardly hide his delight after the victory. He said: "Being on the TV table, this is probably the best result of my career. It was hard to get the last couple of racks and there was a lot of pressure. But I was getting good advice from the more experienced players like Mika and Ralf."The crowd does help with the clapping and cheering and it got me over the line. It's a great crowd and I want them to keep it up for the rest of the tournament. I tried to block it out that I was playing against Johnny Archer who is one of the best players in the world and the No.1 American. He was a big favourite and I'm just pleased to win."We are very well prepared for this tournament we've got a good chance and he's put us through some good techniques. We're better prepared than the Americans."The Englishman made a good start as he sealed the lag by the narrowest of margins and American captain Johnny Archer remained in his seat through the first rack as Majid run out.But Archer then did likewise in the second to make it 1-1 in this first-to-seven encounter before Majid sealed the third to restore his one-rack lead at 2-1.There had been few mistakes in the first three racks but Archer made an error in the fourth as he lost position on the green six and left it more difficult than he would have liked.The American captain subsequently missed his next shot and Majid sunk the remaining four balls on the table to take what looked to be a crucial 3-1 lead. It should have become 4-1 as Archer tried a one-rail escape to hit the one ball in the fifth rack but misjudged the effort and left a chance at the same ball for Majid.But Majid missed the brown five before both players started to show their nerves as they failed to convert the 9-ball. Archer could not believe his luck as he made it 3-2 when it should have been 4-1 to the Englishman.However, Majid again moved two racks ahead after an error-filled spell of play from Archer saw him miss the pink 4 twice, when he would have been expected to convert either chance.A 4-5 combination from Majid helped him to another rack as he closed in on the seven needed for the win.Archer broke in the eighth and looked to make it 5-3 but, after doing well to pot the six and seven balls, missed the 8-ball by some distance and left a gift for Majid as the ball remained just over the pocket.He made it 6-2 and with the break in the next was always favourite to seal the victory, which he did as Europe moved two points ahead for the first time.

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