German Open 2015 Archive

Makkonen wins his first Euro-Tour tournament

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06/06/2015 Petri Makkonen (FIN) has just won his first Euro-Tour tournament of his career, winning the final match with a convincing 9:3 result over Konrad Juszczysyn (POL). Juszczysyn had the tougher fight in the semi-final match the round before. While Makkonen overcame Florian Hammer (GER) quite easily with 9:4, Juszczysyn needed the full distance to oust former World Champion Karl Boyes (GBR) from the Dynamic Billard German Open. In the final match, Juszczysyn’s break shot did not work at all for him. He seemed not to be able to find a proper mean against Makkonen who almost steamrolled him. Makkonen played as confident as he did all day long. His first match in the single elimination was a 9:8 over Pijus Labutis (LIT) last night. Today, things went better for him. He defeated Nick van den Berg (NED) 9:5, Denis Grabe (EST) 9:7, then Florian Hammer 9:4 and finally Konrad Juszczysyn with 9:3 even. „I think my break shot worked better today than yesterday“, stated Makkonen in an interview after the final match. „This game […]

Ouschan terminated Ortmann in a classic thriller

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05/06/2015 It was definitely a day of many surprises at the Dynamic Billard German Open in Baunatal, Germany, today. The tournament is down to the final 16 players now. The round of the last 32 players was the last round of the day and many surprises happened. One feature match was the encounter between Albin Ouschan (AUT) and Oliver Ortmann (GER). They met on table 1 and the match was an ongoing fight over the whole distance. Ouschan went on the hill first, taking an 8:7 lead over Ortmann. But the German fought back and got to the hill himself, tying the match at 8:8. The drama was so real and present in the venue. Many spectators held their breath when Ortmann broke and pocketed a ball, but the necessary conditions for a legal break were not met so Ouschan got to the table. He cleared the table until he got to the 7-ball. The positions he played got harder and harder and consequently, Ouschan missed the 7-ball since he had to jack up his […]

Souquet and Drago take a shattering defeat

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04/06/2015 At the Dynamic Billard German Open in Baunatal, Germany, Ralf Souquet (GER) loses his first winner’s round match to Kevin Becker (GER) by a whisker with 8:9. The first huge upset of the German Open has happened. Ralf Souquet lost his first match to Kevin Becker with 8:9. The match was a tough fight from start to the end. However, after 14 racks at a score of 7:7, it was Souquet to get on the hill first, turning the scoreboard to 8:7 in his favor. Rack 16 brought some safety shots by both players when suddenly Souquet had the better end on his side, being at the table in command of the match. But he committed a grave mistake. He attempted to play a safety shot on the 6-ball, hiding the cue ball behind the 9-ball. But the cue ball rolled too far and the outcome was an easy layout for Becker. Kevin Becker pocketed that 6-ball and the remaining other balls to turn the match into a hill-hill thriller at 8:8. Then again, […]

German Open 2015

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Petri Makkonen (FIN) gewinnt German Open 2015 im Finale gegen Konrad Juszczyszyn (POL) mit 9-3. Den 3. Platz belegen Florian Hammer (GER) und Karl Boyes (GBR). Vom 04. – 06. Juni 2015 finden im nordhessischen Baunatal die German Open 2015 statt. Im August 2011 gab es zuletzt einen Euro-Tour Stopp in Deutschland, dieses damals in Brandenburg ausgetragene 10 Ball Pool Billard Event, die German Open 2011, gewann der Schweizer Dimitri Jungo im Finale gegen Serge Das (BEL) mit 8-5. In Baunatal laufen die Vorbereitungen für diese 9 Ball Veranstaltung auf Hochtouren und es werden mehr als 150 Pool Billard Spieler in der Stadthalle Baunatal an den Start gehen. Natürlich kommt der Großteil der Teilnehmer aus Deutschland, dennoch werden viele europäischen Top-Spieler am nächsten Wochenende erwartet. Im April 2015 fand das letzte Turnier der Euro-Tour statt, in Portugal hieß der Gewinner Mateusz Sniegocki (POL), er gewann die Portuguese Open 2015 ziemlich souverän im Finale gegen Marcus Chamat (SWE) mit 9-3. Die Liste der Topfavoriten bei den German Open 2015 ist ziemlich lang, einige davon sind der […]