3-Cushion
SCHILTIGHEIM - The Agipi arena, where during the Masters already has been played so many top match this year, was in the French league the stage for three cushion on a very high level. There was no tension at all in the match, because the home team of Agipi had a walkover against Gravelines. Marco Zanetti, Frédéric Caudron and Jérémy Bury demonstrated why the six fold European champion this year also is the big contender in the own league.
Zanetti continues playing matches over 2.000 average, just as he did two weeks ago in the Masters. Tonight the Italian was the best player of his team. He won, including a run of fourteen in the first part of the match, 50-31 against Ronny Daniels, having played before and just after the break (36-16 and 40-16) a long time around the three average.
Frédéric Caudron finally defeated his bogey opponent Martin Spoormans. The Belgian clash missed the tension it had in other confrontations between the two players. Caudron took an average of 34-15 and then walked away with small runs to a 50-30 victory in 27 innings.
Jérémy Bury was the big hitter before the break in his match with Gino Gremain. The French number one in the ranking almost played the same average as Zanetti and was in 22 innings at the finish (50-18). Jean Christophe Roux completed the maximum score for Agipi by winning 50-28 against Jérôme Vanuxem.
The team of Agipi has eight match points in four games now and played a general average of 1.850 this evening.