Polychronopoulos beats Forthomme in GP Andernos

ANDERNOS - The Greek Nikos Polychronopoulos has won the Grand Prix of Andernos. He beat Roland Forthomme in the final 40-35 in 29 innings and was rewarded with the first prize of 4,000 euro. The Belgian earned 3,000 euros with his second place.

The tournament was organized by Kozoom in the Andernos billiard room in the two days after the Kozoom Challenge final was played in Lège Cap Ferret last Sunday.

In the semi-final, Polychronopoulos was the winner over Francis Connesson (40-24 in 22), the routined French who had beaten Dick Jaspers in the quarter-finals. Roland Forthomme eliminated Jérôme Barbeillon in the semi-final in a match with a thrilling ending (40-37 in 34). Barbeillon won against Marco Zanetti in the quarterfinals.

Nikos Polychronopoulos had beaten Gwendal Maréchal in the quarter-finals and Roland Forthomme was the better of Marc Boingnères in the same stage.