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Ludo Dielis deserves a great farewell at Supergala

02/04/2011

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Ludo Dielis poses with two players for the Supercup, Dani Sánchez (left) and Dick Jaspers.

ANTWERP - In the buildings of the newspaper Gazet van Antwerpen, during the press conference of his event, Ludo Dielis posed with the Super Cup, with the candidates for the title Player of the Year, he put the sponsors in the spotlight, welcomed the unsurpassed Mister Magic Semih Sayginer for a demonstration trick shots and looked forward to the Super Gala, tomorrow night at the Hilton Hotel in Antwerp.
 
It is Dielis' tenth year as organizer of the World Super Cup, the election of the World Player of the Year, preceded by the Antwerp Billiard week, and after ten years he retires as the shining organizer of the event.
 
What does not mean that there is no successor, because Dielis would like nothing better. ,,This has become such a beautiful monument in billiard, it may not stop with my retirement'', says the Belgian, who would like to be rememberd, he said on Thursday during a press conference, in the shadow of ,,Mister 100'' as ,,Mister fifty percents''.

Tomorrow the upstairs room of the Hilton hotel will be filled with many billiard fans, friends of Ludo, sponsors and others who will make the event to a success again. They will be there for the atmosphere, for a great dinner, delicious wines, but first of all to see the best billiard players in the world.

Dani Sánchez, the world champion, will play with Dick Jaspers, who won the World Cup in 2010, for the World Super Cup in a match to the best of seven with sets to seven points. Those two players, together with Frédéric Caudron, are also nominated for the title Player of the Year, chosen by the players from the top of the world.

On the list of honour there are a lot of famous players. Torbjörn Blomdahl and Dani Sánchez won the Super Cup twice. Marco Zanetti, Ryuuji Umeda, Frédéric Caudron, Semih Sayginer and Eddy Merckx each one time.

Dick Jaspers, who duels tomorrow with Dani Sánchez, so far never won this cup in his illustrious career. The Dutchman is the most important candidate winning the title Player of the Year, in the last nine years won by Torbjörn Blomdahl (twice), Marco Zanetti, Semih Sayginer, Dani Sánchez (three times), Dick Jaspers and Frédéric Caudron.

The gala, with about five hundred guests, starts tomorrow at 18.00. The billiard room is sold out.

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