Balk-Line 47/2
DIJON - Andernos-player Nicolas Gérassimopoulos has won his second national tournament in France in the balk-line 47/2 this year. In Dijon he defeated David Jacquet 250-1 in five innings. After he already dominated in Schiltigheim, it was Gérassimopoulos' second win in three tournaments.
In his first match, the later winner defeated Julian Marchal 250-147 in fifteen. From then, he increased he level with four wins in 7, 6, 3 and 5 innings against Benjamin Ikkache, Brahim Djoubri, in the quarterfinals Willy Gérimont and finally David Jacquet.
In the final ranking Gérassimopoulos is the proud leader with 321 points and 40.83 overall. With two victories and one lost final he took a big advantage. David Jacquet is second with 30.33, Gérimont third with 44.15 and Jean-François Florent fourth with 29.39.
The sixteen players for the French championship in Saint-Maur are:
1 Nicolas Gérassimopoulos 321-40,83
2 Willy Gérimont 216-32,78
3 David Jacquet 159-24,82
4 Jean-François Florent 153-32,05 (title holder)
5 Eric Castaner 135-32,42
6 Emmanuel Lefranc 120-28,50
7 Patrick Dupont 120-24,89
8 Brahim Djoubri 87-23,86
9 Olivier Careaux 81-65,65
10 Pascal Dessaint 77-17,62
11 Nicolas Charote 72-17,69
12 Cédric Zoppi 63-25,02
13 Benjamin Ikkache 62-18,86
14 Johann Petit 62-14,94
15 Jean-Michel Fray 62-12,25
16 Claude Bauduin 62-12,10.