3-Cushion
The double winner of the Agipi Masters will need a hard fight and lot of luck to survive the qualifications tomorrow. Dick Jaspers lost to Jung Han Heo this evening, who passes his Dutch opponent in the ranking. The Korean even has a better average than Jaspers, both of them won two matches, Jérémy Bury in this group won three times.
Jung Han Heo plays his last match against Pierre Soumagne tomorrow, Dick Jaspers will meet Jérémy Bury, who is due to his average almost certainly seeded for the finals.
It was, this evening, the match of the resurrection of Heo, who played in the afternoon a very moderate match against Bury with a poor average (1,000). The revenge was stunning: Heo grabbed to higher powers, especially in the final of the match, when he made a marvellous run of fourtheen to crush his opponent.
Jaspers so needs a lot of luck on the final day and a match on a very high level against Bury. The Dutchman only in that case has a small chance to pass Heo on average. Jaspers has 1.969 after his match in the evening, the Korean 2.105.
Pierre Soumagne gave more color to his tournament tonight by defeating Kyung-Roul Kim. The Frenchman showed again how much progress he made last year in three-cushion, but still he got some problems at the end of the match.
The tournament ended for the big Korean as a great disappointment: the worlds number two lost all his matches. He still had a chance to tie with Soumagne after a run of nine, but missed the breakshot for three more points (50-47 in 29).