3-Cushion
HOOGLEDE - The form of Frédéric Caudron is amazing already for weeks. That makes him to the most important candidate and great favorite for winning the Belgium Cup. The 43-year-old defending champion, who starts the tournament against Tom Persijn this afternoon at 13.00, won the Kersttoernooi in Zundert at the end of last year, was sovereign in the French championship for teams with Agipi, in which he defeated Dick Jaspers two times and he was acting on the highest level in the Dutch league in the last performances with Crystal Kelly.
After his Belgian titles in one cushion, the balklines 47/1, 47/2 (Belgian record of 200.00) and 71/2, the all-rounder is looking for a new title in three cushion in Hooglede from today until Sunday. His main competitors are Eddy Merckx, Eddy Leppens, Peter de Backer, Roland Forthomme and Jef Philipoom, all players who can act on global level.
The Belgian Cup is one of the highlights of the year for these top players. In De Gulden Zonne the first sixteen players will compete for a place in the semifinals today. Tomorrow sixteen other players come in the arena. The remaining four players compete for the Belgian Cup on Sunday.
Together with the Belgian Cup on the match table there is a competition on the small table for the Belgium Cup.
The program for today:
13.00: Francis Forton-Frédéric Mottet, Geert Meylemans Marc Celen, Frédéric Caudron-Tom Persijn, Henk Blauwblomme-Jurgen Goris.
15.00: Alain Clabots-Johan Loncelle, Marco Janssen, Victor Herreweghe, Peter de Backer-Patrick Kesteloot.
Eddy Merckx has a bye because Koen Ceulemans gives a forfait.
17.00: Eighth-finals of these groups.
19.30: Quarter Finals (from the quarter-finals to three winning sets).
The winners of the quarter-finals together with the winners of the quarter finals on Saturday will play the semi finals on Sunday.
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