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Four finalists for Mr 100 in Lier

06/29/2013

Published by frits bakker

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Davy van Havere is in a good company: semi finals with Merckx, Caudron and Forthomme

LIER - The four players who will play the semi-finals and final of the BTS tournament in the Mr 100 in Lier, tomorrow (Sunday) are Eddy Merckx, Davy van Havere, Roland Forthomme and Frédéric Caudron. Three finalists will play for sure, only Caudron is uncertainty. He plays a Grand Prix tournament in Ronchin this weekend.

There is one chance that he will appear in the BTS event: if he does not reach the semi-finals in the CEB Grand Prix. Then he will travel to Lier on Sunday to play against Davy van Havere.
The other final is between Eddy Merckx and Roland Forthomme.

If Caudron does not play, Frank de Groof is his substitute. He is the player against whom Caudron won in the quarterfinals of the fourth and final BTS tournament.

The sixteen best players in the ranking, who will show up in the Superprestie in Lommel are known now. Eddy Merckx, Frédéric Caudron, Roland Forthomme and Peter Ceulemans are the leaders of the groups. The other twelve players are:

Eddy Leppens, Peter De Backer, Jef Philipoom, Francis Forton, Ronny Daniels, Martin Spoormans, Steven van Acker, Davy van Havere, Pascal Claus, Kurt Ceulemans, Thomas Broux and Frank de Groof.

Frédéric Caudron and Davy van Havere had already qualified for the semifinals in Lier. Roland Forthomme and Eddy Merckx joined them last night.

Forthomme defeated Martin Spoormans in the eighth finals 40-36 (23 innings) and Steven van Acker in the quarters (40-30 in 29). Eddy Merckx had a narrow escape against Peter De Backer, whom he beat with one carom (40-39 in 33) and Francis Forthon (40-20 in 15).

The elimination of Eddy Leppens was sensational: he with a big margin against Steven van Acker (40-16 in 17).

The semifinals tomorrow (Sunday) at 14:00:
Merckx-Forthomme
Davy van Havere-Caudron (or De Groof).

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