3-Cushion
It's not without any fear that the champion team of Agipi (Schiltigheim) starts the match against Andernos this afternoon. The two teams meet in the third round of the competition in the first division on the borders of the Bassin d'Arcachon. The matches are this afternoon at 16.00 and 18.00 and will be broadcasted live on kozoom.com.
Peter de Backer opens the ball this afternoon against Marco Zanetti. The Belgian, who together with Roland Forthomme yesterday had a delay due to bad weather during the trip by Thalys train from Brussels to Bordeaux.
De Backer can be rarely seen in international tournaments since last year, but he weekly shows a good form in the Dutch and Belgian league. Zanetti last week played the World Cup in Hurghada. He defeated Lütfi Cenet after a thriller in the fifth set 15-14, in the eighth finals Zanetti was eliminated by Dick Jaspers.
Marc Boignères plays on the other table at 16.00 against Jean Christoph Roux.
In the evening matches the match between Roland Forthomme and Frédéric Caudron is the eyecatcher. Caudron lost the World Cup in Hurghada in the final against Filippos Kasidokostas, Roland Forthomme was eliminated in the first round of the main tournament against Dick Jaspers, but shone with a maximum run of fifteen in the second set.
Francois Connesson plays against Jérémy Bury, who played a very goud tournament in Hurghada until his last match against Caudron.
The matches in Andernos:
16.00: De Backer-Zanetti Boignères-Roux.
18.30: Forthomme Caudron, Connesson-Bury.