3-Cushion
Dick Jaspers has to take a dangerous obstacle, if he wants to be crowned on Saterday as the winner of the World Cup 2010. The Dutchman was at this evening's draw coupled to Roland Forthomme, the Belgian who today in the qualifying round made a very strong impression. Frédéric Caudron is playing against Tonny Carlsen in his first match and is classiefied in the upper part of the playing system with Kyung-Roul Kim and Torbjörn Blomdahl.
Dick Jaspers, the most important contender for winning the the World Cup, meets the winner of the match between Marco Zanetti and Lütfi Cenet as he has defeated Forthomme, but that will be a hugh jub for the number one of the world.
Eddy Merckx begins the tournament against Javier Palazón, Daniel Sánchez against Alexander Salazar.
The results of the draw:
Frédéric Caudron (Bel)-Tonny Carlsen (Den)
Sameh Sidhom (Egy)-Barry van Beers (Neth)
Eddy Leppens (Bel)-Jung Han Heo (Kor)
Tayfun Tasdemir (Tur)-Javier Teran (Ecu)
Jérémy Bury (Fra)-Gerhard Kostistansky (Aus)
Torbjörn Blomdahl (Swe)-Emilio Sciacca (Ita)
Sung-Won Choi (Kor)-Savar Bulut (Tur)
Kyung-Roul Kim (Kor)-Ryuuji Umeda (Jap)
Eddy Merckx (Bel)-Javier Palazón (Spa)
Daniel Sánchez (Spa)-Alexander Salazar (Col)
Filippos Kasidokostas (Fre)-Ihab El Messery (Egy)
Jef Philipoom (Bel)-Ruben Legazpi (Spa)
Martin Horn (Ger)-Jérôme Barbeillon (Fra)
Nikos Polychronopoulos (Fre)- Kouji Funaki (Jap)
Marco Zanetti (Ita)-Lütfi Cenet (Tur)
Dick Jaspers (Neth)-Roland Forthomme (Bel).
The schedule starts at 12.00 (Paris time 11.00) with Caudron-Carlsen, Sidhom-Van Beers, Leppens-Heo and Tasdemir-Teran. The later sessions are at 14.30, 17.00 and 19.30.
Kozoom will broadcast the matches live for Premium Pass holders (kozoom.com).