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Favourite players out The quarter-finals brought some unexpected results

Saturday, April 02, 2011: , Huidji See, David Alcaide… all names of players with a great history and with a lot of titles under their belt. And there is something more they have in common now: They all lost their quarter-final matches in the Dynamic European Championships. Souquet had another heartbeat match with Radoslaw Babica. The Polish player could have won 8:6 already but he missed the 8-ball, giving Souquet another chance at the table. Souquet made the score 7:7. Then Babica had his own break. He fired into the rack, pocketed two balls and ran the whole rack, eliminating Souquet from the competition. (RUS) dominated Huidji See (NED) throughout the whole match. He took a 3:1 and 4:2 lead over See who achieved to come back and close the gap, still trailing 3:4. At that score, Stepanov did not allow See to take another rack, winning the match 8:3. David Alcaide (ESP) was already 6:5 up when his opponent Manuel Gama (POR) pulled out his A-game and left Alcaide sitting in his chair, winning the match 8:6. In the women’s division, Gerda Hofstaetter (AUT) lost to Russian newcomer Nataliya Seroshtan with 3:6.

Men’s Quarterfinals 10-ball results: Ralf Souquet (GER) v Radoslaw Babica (POL) 7:8 Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) v Huidji See (NED) 8:3 David Alcaide (ESP) v Manuel Gama (POR) 6:8 Henrique Correia (POR) v (FRA) 3:8

Women’s Quarterfinals 10-ball results: Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) v Line Kjoersvik (NOR) 6:0 Anna Majirina (RUS) v Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS) 6:5 Nataliya Seroshtan (RUS) v Gerda Hofstaetter (AUT) 6:3 Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL) v Melissa Rademakers (NED) 6:1

Published April 2, 2011, 15:24

more Page 2 Final day of the Dynamic European Championships 2011 has begun Men’s Semi-finals 10-ball: Radoslaw Babica (POL) v Konstantin Stepanov (RUS) Manuel Gama (POR) v Stephan Cohen (FRA)

Women’s Semi-finals 10-ball: Jasmin Ouschan (AUT) v Anna Majirina (RUS) Nataliya Seroshtan (RUS) v Kamila Khodjaeva (BEL)

Wheelchair Semi-finals 10-ball: Jouni Tahti (FIN) v Roy Kimberley (GBR) Aslum Aboobakar (GBR) v Henrik Larsson (SWE)

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