1-Cushion
BLANKENBERGE - He could be happy with the first win of the day. Eddy Leppens will come another two times to the table today, but in his first performance he defeated Johan Loncelle 3-1 in the eighth final of three cushion. Loncelle came to the second round by a win yesterday night over Johan Claessen.
The victory of Leppens was not a walkover, despite the 2-0 lead in sets with 15-0 and 15-8 in five and nine innings. Loncelle came back in the match and won the third set: 15-5 in nine innings, but in the fourth set he missed a setbal. And after he missed, Leppens finished with a run of three.
He will meet in the quarterfinal the winner of the match between Peter Ceulemans and Ronny Brants.
The other matches in three cushion today are: Frédéric Caudron-Martin Spoormans, Roland Forthomme-Marc Roofthooft, Peter de Backer-Frédéric Mottet and Peter Ceulemans-Ronny Brants.