World 9-Ball Pool Championship 2010
Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation
Al Muntazah Street, Doha, Qatar
29 June - 05 July 2010
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Bad day for champs at World 9Ball
Credit: Jerry Forsyth
Sometimes being a
World Champion puts a big target on your back. Defending Champion Daryl
Peach will not repeat his feat as he has gone two and out in Doha and
his countryman and former World 10 Ball champion Darren Appleton shared
that fate..
Peach lost his
matches to Israel Rota of Qatar and Artem Koshovoj of the Ukraine,
Appleton lost first to Jason Klatt of Canada and then to Taqi Moustafawi
of Algeria. Today was mostly a day for the one-loss side to weed itself,
but four men have made it through the winner’s side without a loss and
so have graduated from the group stages into the final rounds. They are
Shane Van Boening of the USA, Ibrahim Bin Amir of Malaysia, Lui Hui Chan
of Taipei and Scott Higgins of Great Britain.
Imran Majid had a
bad stay in Doha. Another two and out victim, he lost to two very fine
players in the form of Martussz Skoneczny of Poland and Bruno Muratore
of Italy. Most of the other big names are still alive, but there are
many more one-loss matches to be played so some of them will no doubt
bite the dust and never reach the last stage.
Play resumes on
Thursday and we will keep you updated as to the fates of all the
players.
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