Dani Sánchez on his way to 50 victories

LLINARS DEL VALLÉS - The expectations have come true again. Dani Sánchez was victorious in the Grand Prix of the Catalan town Llinars del Vallés. The former world champion retained his best match for the final game against Javier Palazón: 40-25 in 15. Thereby, Sánchez took his 48th victory in Spain.
The two best players in the tournament faced each other in the final match. Dani Sánchez recorded the best average, 200 caroms in 109 innings (1.835). Javier

Palazón played the best match: 40 points in 10 innings (4.000) and the best run (12). Palazón finished 1.542 average. David Martinez was defeated in the shootouts of the semifinals by Palazón 2-1.

On the stage were also Jaime Sanchez and David Martinez.

The final ranking:

1 Dani Sánchez, 1.835

2 Javier Palazón, 1.542

3 Jaime S. Faraco, 1.108

David Martinez, 1.135

5 Carlos Crespo, 1.224

6 Ruben Legazpi, 1.506

7 Joan Bouterin, 0.994

8 Esteve Mata, 1.059

9 Ricardo Garcia, 1.169

10 Armando Moreno, 1.182

11 Raul Cuenca, 1.190

12 José M. Manteiga, 1.065