Doppeltriumph für Österreich: Jasmin Ouschan gewinnt in Klagenfurt!

Jasmin Ouschan hat in ihrer Heimatstadt Klagenfurt ihren 16. EuroTour-Titel gefeiert! Im Finale gelang der Österreicherin ein 7:4-Erfolg über Ana Gradisnik aus Slowenien. Nach dem Sieg von Mario He ist somit der Doppeltriumph für die Gastgeber perfekt. Auf dem dritten Rang landen Vania Franco (POR) und Kristina Tkach (RUS). Unten folgt der offizielle Turnierbericht der EPBF.

Jasmin Ouschan, winner of the EPBF Klagenfurt Open 2018

Once again, Jasmin Ouschan dominated the field at a women’s Euro-Tour tournament. It is always special for her to perform in her hometown in front of her home crowd. But nonetheless, she demonstrated pool in high class quality. She smashed all of her opponents on her way into the final with the exception of Kateryna Polovinchuk (UKR) who took Ouschan to the limit. Polovinchuk demanded everything from Ouschan and got to hill-hill when Ouschan kept her nerves together and took the match against Polovinchuk. Ana Gradisnik on the other hand had some tough struggles to survive on her way into the final match. Like Ouschan, Gradisnik was undefeated but with Sandra Baumgartner (AUT) and Kristina Tkach (RUS) she had to deal with two extreme powerful opponents. However, today she took care of them and made it into the final match against favoured Ouschan.

The final match started as expected. Ouschan gained the upper hand in the early stage of the match and Gradisnik did not have too much to oppose to her stable and solid performance. After six racks, Ouschan had a comfortable 5:1 lead over Gradisnik. But then the Slovenian started a little comeback. Ouschan could not finish the match and Gradisnik made use of the opportunities that she was given. After ten racks, the scoreboard displayed 6:4 in favour of Ouschan and the heat was on for the local player. But Ouschan is so experienced that she knows how to handle heat and pressure. She played her style and took rack #11 to win her hometown tournament, the EPBF Klagenfurt Open 2018 with 7:4 over a tough opponent Ana Gradisnik.

„I did not have the best start into the match“, stated Ouschan after the match, „but I stayed calm and got back into the match by finding my rhythm and staying cool“. „There was a stage in the match when I kind of lost my focus,“ Ouschan admitted, „since I had a long day and I am very happy that I was able to overcome that stage and get back into gear to be able to take this title and keep it here in Klagenfurt.“

Top Eight Finishers
1. Jasmin Ouschan AUT
2. Ana Gradisnik SLO
3. Vania Franco POR
    Kristina Tkach RUS
5. Tina Vogelmann GER
    Kateryna Polovinchuk UKR
    Marharyta Fefilava BLR
    Christine Feldmann SUI

Euro-Tour Rankings Women
1. Marharyta Fefilava BLR
2. Kristina Tkach RUS
3. Jasmin Ouschan AUT
4. Oliwia Czuprynska POL
5. Ana Gradisnik SLO
6. Natalia Seroshtan RUS
7. Kateryna Polovinchuk UKR
8. Tina Vogelmann GER
9. Pia Filler GER
10. Ine Helvik NOR

That concludes the coverage of the Dynamic Billard Klagenfurt Open 2018. Tomorrow, the EPBF Klagenfurt Open 2018 for Women will continue at 10:00 with matches from the last 16 players single elimination.

The event is hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organised by International Billiard Promotion (IBP).  Play starts Thursday at 09:30 local time, for further information and reference please go to the federation website eurotouronline under the Eurotour tab. You can also visit us on our Facebook page or check out the EPBF YouTube channel for regular news clips or contact our press office press@epbf.com.

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