3-Cushion
EVIAN-LES-BAINS - Jérémy Bury is back on the highest podium in France. In a whirlwind finale, the French number one defeated his opponent Jean Reverchon 40-7 in fourteen innings, recording 2.857 average. The French Masters championships in all disciplines are played in the Palais des festivités in Evian-les-Bains from 13 to 21 June and broadcast live by the French billard federation.
Jérémy Bury took over the title from Jean-Christophe Roux after a difficult start and a brilliant final, which is undoubtedly the best ever played at a French championship. The one-man show from Bury in the final match started after five innings when he led 7-0. Then the Saint Maur player exploded and ran to the finish with 6-10-0-3-0-0-5-8-1.
However, the run-up was not so easy for Bury: after a first convincing victory against Eric Brousses (1.904), Bury lost against the strong Marc Boingnères (36-40 in 25 innings), which forced Bury to win his third match against the dangerous Cédric Melnytschenko: he succeeded in the final sprint: 40-37 in 32.
In the quarterfinals Bury was then facing the defending champion Jean-Christophe Roux (40-33 in 28) and in the semi-finals Jérôme Barbeillon was his opponent. The Andernos player just had finished a match with 2.000 average against Eric Tromas with a run of 15 (the best of the tournament). The start against Bury was promising: Barbeillon led 14-10 after four innings, followed by a bad phase: in the next seven innings only one carom. Bury took a 24-15 lead in eleven and closed the match 40-22 in 20 innings.
Jérémy Bury recorded 1.685 thanks to his last three performances. It was his third best average in a French championship after Schiltigheim in 2011, 1.786 and Saint-Maur in 2013, 1.748 average.
The two finalists in the French Masters: Jérémy Bury (right) and Jean Reverchon (left).
Jean Reverchon played his sixth final in a Masters three cushion. He aimed for his second title, but could not stop Bury's avalanche of caroms in the final. Reverchon started the Masters with a loss against Louis Edelin and then defeated Thierry Roxo and Bernard Baudoin. In the quarterfinals, he beat Louis Edelin 1.818, in the semi-finals he bested Marc Boigneres 40-29 in 33. Reverchon's overall average was 1.112.
The bronze medal belonged to two Andernos players: Jérôme Barbeillon (1.405) and Marc Boingnères (1.128), the only player who beat the later champion.
Jean-Christophe Roux finished fifth with 1.215, Louis Edelin sixth with 1.209, Pierre Soumagne seventh with 0.950 and Eric Tromas eighth with 0.832.
The average of the sixteen participants was 1.070.
Today is the final of one cushion at 18.00.
The matches are broadcast live: live.ffbillard.com/fr/login
The program starts every day at 9.00 until 23.00.