What drama to end the women’s Eurotour here is Slovenia as Russia’s Kristina Tkach wins the Predator women’s Lasko Open beating Germany’s Kristina Grim 7-6 in today’s final. Kristina Grim had Tkach on the ropes, and twice let her of the hook, most notably when leading 6-5 and missing a straight 9-ball for the match. At 6-6, Grim again had the chance to seal her first victory but again, the nerves bit the young German and she gifted Tkach the win.
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The young Austrian, Anna Riegler, 9-ball Bronze medallist at the recent girls European youth championships, proved her worth by beating the Predator Sankt johann Eurotour winner Anna Gradisnik 7-5 to book her place in Sunday’s single elimination. The jubilant youngster had already beaten France’s Nathalie Rohmer 7-3 before dispatching the Netherlands top player Tamara Rademakers 7-6 in the earlier rounds. Anna Gradisnik made it through the losers qualification with a win over Norway’s Ine Helvik 7-4 to keep the host nations hopes alive.
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Spain’s Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz wins his first ever Eurotour stop beating Greece’s Alex Kazakis in a thriller here in Lasko Slovenia. In a match that had it all, we were treated to everything, jumps, scratches, kicks and a lot of emotion as these two players put on one hell of a performance in front of an excited crowd. With so much happening, the last rack simply sums this match up.
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Friday the 13th is unlucky for some, none more so than Norway’s Mats Schjetne. For some unknown reason, Mats failed to show up for his 2nd match today and gifted fellow Norwegian Emil-Andre Gangflot the win.
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