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2013 Highlights, flashbacks, wishes (part 2)

12/21/2013

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ANDERNOS - Frédéric Caudron is the Player of the year in 2013, according to many players. He was voted by 17 of 27 players in the world, interviewed by Kozoom. The World championship three cushion in Antwerp was in many ways the best organized and most spectacular tournament of the year.

The flashback and interviews, part 2:

KOZOOM/FB: Which players were your top three last year?

Frédéric Caudron: ,,I think the three best players of 2013: Caudron-Zanetti-Blomdahl (or Blomdahl-Zanetti).''

Torbjörn Blomdahl: ,,1 Marco Zanetti, 2 Frédéric Caudron and 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Martin Horn: ,, 1 Marco Zanetti, 2 Frédéric Caudron, 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Eddy Merckx: ,,Frédéric Caudron, Marco Zanetti, Eddy Leppens.''

Ruben Legazpi: ,,1 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 2 Frédéric Caudron, 3 Dong Koong Kang.''

Murat Naci Coklu: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 3 Dani Sánchez.''

Sameh Sidhom: ,,Filippos Kasidokostas, Dani Sánchez, Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Marco Zanetti: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 3 Dong Koong Kang and Tayfun Tasdemir, who are now stable in the top 12 of the world ranking.''

Daniel Campos Duarte: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, world championship in Belgium and World Cup in Colombia, 2 Filippos Kasidokostas, 3 podiums consecutive, 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl, record average 2.739.''

Tayfun Tasdemir: 1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 3 Marco Zanetti.'' 

Dick Jaspers: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Marco Zanetti and 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Jérémy Bury: ,,1 Marco Zanetti, 2 Frédéric Caudron, 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Josep Maria Mas: ,,1 Zanetti, 2 Caudron, 3 Blomdahl.''

Eddy Leppens: 1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Marco Zanetti, 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Jérôme Barbeillon: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 3 Marco Zanetti.''

Natsumi Higashiuchi: ,,Difficult to choose... 1 Mr Caudron, 2 Mr Zanetti, 3 Mr Blomdahl.''

Therese Klompenhouwer: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Torbjörn Blomdahl, 3 Glenn Hofman.''

Glenn Hofman: ,,1 Frédéric Caudron, 2 Marco Zanetti, 3 Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

 

KOZOOM/FB: Who was your overall sportsman of the year?

Frédéric Caudron: ,,I have a big respect for Roger Federer, for his level of playing during his entire career and still playing so well!''

Torbjörn Blomdahl: ,,Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who made some incredible goals this year. I don't think we will see that again.''

Martin Horn: ,,German Formula one racing driver Sebastian Vettel.''

Dong Koong Kang: ,,I like baseball very much, so I would choose Clayton Kershaw, the professional pitcher from LA Dodgers, who won the Cy Young Award.''

Jérémy Bury: ,,Rafa Nadal for his wonderful comeback to the 1st place of the ATP ranking.''

Glenn Hofman: ,,Michael van Gerwen, a Dutch professional darts player, with a fantastic focus on the game.''

Murat Tüzül: ,,Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva.''

Dani Sánchez: ,,Rafa Nadal.''

Tayfun Tasdemir: Lionel Messi.''

Kyung-Roul Kim: ,,James LeBron, a baseball player in NBA.''

Therese Klompenhouwer: ,,Tennis player Novak Djokovic.''

LÜtfi Cenet: ,,Cristiano Ronaldo.''

Sameh Sidhom: ,,Arsenal football player Mesut Özil.''

Pierre Soumagne: ,,I'm always crazy about Usain Bolt's fantastic runs.''

Dick Jaspers: ,,Dutch athlete Epke Zonderland with his gold medal at the world championship gymnastics.''

Eddy Leppens: ,,Sebastian Vettel.''

Tayfun Tasdemir: ,,Torbjörn Blomdahl.''

Josep Maria Mas: ,,Tennis player Rafael Nadal.''

Julian Torres: ,,Rafael Nadal.''

Murat Naci Coklu: ,,World figure skating champion and also Olympic champion, Korean Yu-na Kim.''
Jérôme Barbeillon: ,,Rafal Nadal.''

Nikos Polychronopoulos: ,,Barcelona striker Lionel Messi.''

Daniel Campos Duarte: ,,Lionel Messi.''

Natsumi Higashiuchi: ,,Japanese famous baseball player and pitching star Masahiro Tanaka, who's wife is the Japanese idol Mai Satoda.''

Ruben Legazpi: ,,Marc Marquez and Rafa Nadal.''

Eddy Merckx: ,,Belgian triathlete Luc van Lierde.''

Martin Horn: ,,Dick Jaspers, because for me he is always a gentleman, even when he loses a game!''

 

KOZOOM/FB: What was the best three cushion tournament of the year?

Frédéric Caudron: ,,Without any hesitation, the World championship in Antwerp, this was a real championship how players like it.''

Torbjörn Blomdahl: ,,The World championship in Antwerp. What Ludo Dielis and his team realized there, was the best I've seen in twenty years.''

Ruben Legazpi: ,,The Greek World Cup, because I was playing like never before and enjoyed it so much. I also got the support of my friends and many people. This tournament gave me one of the best feelings of my life.''

Therese Klompenhouwer: ,,The USBA Women's invitational in New York. I beat former- and current World champions Hida and Higashiuchi.''

Natsumi Higashiuchi: ,,The World championship for ladies.''

Dick Jaspers: ,,The World championship in Antwerp.''

Jérôme Barbeillon: ,,World championship in Antwerp.''

Dani Sánchez: ,,The Spanish championship.''

Lüfi Cenet: ,,The World championship in Belgium.''

Murat Naci Coklu: ,,The World championship in Antwerp.''

Jérémy Bury: ,,The Antalya World Cup in February, when I reached the final after a fantastic game against Dick Jaspers (40-23 in 12 innings). My general average was 2.076.''

Martin Horn: ,,Im still looking back to the World championship in Antwerp, one of the best atmospheres I've ever played in, with Frédéric Caudron as a glorious winner.''

Kyung-Roul Kim: ,,The World championship in Antwerp.''

Pierre Soumagne: ,,Regarding the level, the World Cup in Greece.''

Tayfun Tasdemir: ,,The World championship in Antwerp.''

Josep Maria Mas: ,,The European's in Brandenburg.''

Eddy Leppens: ,,The World championship in Antwerp was the best, for sure, but I also have a lot of respect for the organization of the World Cup in Colombia. They made a successful Worldcup in only a few months.''

Nikos Polychronopoulos: ,,The European championship with nation teams in Brandenburg.''

Murat Tüzül: ,,It was in Kocaeli 90km from Istanbul, the Atatürk Cup, I won and played 1.740 general average. That was really good for me.''

Glenn Hofman: ,,World Championship three cushion in Antwerp.''

Dong Koong Kang: ,,The World championship, simply the best tournament ever.''

Daniel Campos Duarte: ,,The Agipi Masters.''

 

KOZOOM/FB: What was your best sports moment of the year?

Frédéric Caudron: ,,The red devils of Belgian football, classified for the World championship in Brazil. Long time ago:-)''

Torbjörn Blomdahl: ,,I go for Ibrahimovic's bicycle kick goal against England (4-2).''

Natsumi Higashiuchi: ,,When the 2020 Olympics were adjudged to the city of Tokyo.''

Murat Tüzül: ,,The sport that I like the most is athletics, so watching the world championship was perfect for me.''

Dani Sánchez: ,,For me Torbjörn Blomdahl, when he played the world record average in the Greek World Cup. After many years on top of the world in billiards, a great moment.''

Marco Zanetti: ,,Perhaps the World Games in Cali/Colombia, our ‘Olympic games'.''

Glenn Hofman: ,,Dutch athlete Epke Zonderland winning the gold medal at the World championship gymnastics horizontal bar.''

Tayfun Tasdemir: ,,The European Cup final between Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund.''

Lütfi Cenet: ,,Whey my favourite football team, Galatasaray, beat the famous team of Juventus.''

Kyung-Roul Kim: ,,Samunsung's three successive wins in the Korean championship baseball.''

Jérémy Bury: ,,When the French basketball team won the European championship for the first time.''

Therese Klompenhouwer: ,,Epke Zonderland, who wins gold at the World championship gymnastics.''

Martin Horn: The football champions league final, Bayern München vs Borussia Dortmund.''

Dick Jaspers: ,,Dutch lady cyclist Marianne Vos who took the world title again after having been the best already for so many years.''

Pierre Soumagne: ,,I didn't watch a lot of sport on tv, but certainly some football matches with my friends, where we drank more beers than supporting our team.''

Sameh Sidhom: ,,Winning the Arabian championship in Hurghada in my first participation.''

Eddy Leppens: ,,The Belgian football team getting qualified for the World championship soccer in Brazil.''

Dong Koong Kang: ,,Hyun-Jin Ryu, the Korean, playing for Dodgers since this year, shut out the LA Angels by 3 to 0.''

Josep Maria Mas: ,,The world championship Marc Marquez took in Moto GP.''

Nikos Polychronopoulos: ,,Greece qualified for the mundial in Brazil (football).''

Julian Torres: ,,The second place of Nairo Quintana (Colombia) in the Tour de France.''

Eddy Merckx: ,,Belgian football team to World championship in Brazil.''

Daniel Campos Duarte: ,,Daniel Corral wins a historical silver for Mexico at the World championship gymnastics.''

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