Wales' World Cup Dream Ends at PartyPoker.net Word Cup of Pool

Wales' World Cup Dream Ends at PartyPoker.net Word Cup of PoolIn the final billiards match of the evening session on day two of the PartyPoker.net Word Cup of Pool the German billiard team of Thomas Engert and Oliver Ortmann made light work of home hopes as they demolished Wales 9-2.But in all fairness to Ben Davies and Rob McKenna they did not enjoy the best of luck in the early stages but the Germans' finishing was clinical. McKenna was disappointed with the outcome but felt the Welsh side had not performed badly. "Germany played fantastic but we played OK and did next to nothing wrong," said McKenna. Who do you think will win? Discuss World Cup of Pool here. “If we could have got our hands on the table then it would have been a similar scoreline but to us. We didn’t have the chances but they played very strongly."
Germany took the opener as they broke and ran out the first rack with ease and there was further woe for Wales in the second as McKenna unluckily scratched on the break as the white was kicked into the middle pocket. With ball in hand Germany advanced to a two rack lead. The Germans looked comfortable in breaking and running the next before Davies nearly made a golden break in the fourth. There was nothing much available for the Welsh and an error handed the onus back to Germany. Ortmann and Engert pulled away with an elementary 7/9 combination to leave the Welsh in deep trouble at 4-0 down. It was strictly one way traffic now as the Germans took the next two racks to go into what looked like an unassailable 6-0 lead. A weak attempt on the 1 ball by Engert failed to drop but Davies was forced to jump. He managed to fluke the yellow up table into the corner pocket and from that position the Welsh dragons cleared the table to get their name on the scoreboard. Wales had a great chance to take the next but Davies left McKenna in trouble after potting the 7 ball. He left the white tucked right up against the 9 ball and with awkward bridging, McKenna missed the slow rolled 8 ball to give the rack to Germany. Germany took the next from the break to go to 8-1 but there was some fight left in the Welsh as at last, McKenna avoided the bad luck on his break and he and Davies ran out in their quest for respectability. That was to be it for the Welsh though as the Germans wrapped up the final rack to run out 9-2 winners. Engert believed the German team had handled the partisan crowd well. He said: “We knew we had to well at the beginning because the crowd goes crazy. “We only missed one ball in the whole game so it wasn’t bad. Sometimes in the first round you struggle, aren’t confident and don’t know the table but it was a really good performance.”

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