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Zanetti and Caudron battle for gold

03/16/2013

Published by frits bakker

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Marco Zanetti, a great finish, a run of 15 and a place in the final against Caudron.

LAUSANNE - Marco Zanetti raised his arms in joy after his win against Torbjörn Blomdahl when Frédéric Caudron, his captain in the topteam of Agipi, was still playing for the victory against Dick Jaspers. But eventually the Belgian finished with a significant margin as well.

Zanetti and Caudron will battle for gold in the final tomorrow.

Both for Blomdahl and Jaspers the evening of the semi-finals turned out in a deception. The Swede was nailed on his chair by a brilliant run of fifteen, that brought Zanetti to a definitive lead  in the eleventh inning.

Dick Jaspers, who played already far below his normal level in his last group match (25 in 23), could not bounce back in his next match for a place in the final. The Dutchman was again overpowered, now by Caudron and again performed barely above one average.

Frédéric Caudron and Marco Zanetti deserve to move up to the final. The Belgian primarily due to his great start of the tournament, the Italian thanks to the way he fought back after losing against Caudron in the group match.

The two met each other already at the start of the tournament, with a brilliant Caudron (20 in 2 innings) from the spots and eventually a victory with 40-30 in 14 innings. That was the best match so far of the tournament, although Zanetti with his fifteen innings against Blomdahl came very close.

His run of fifteen was magnificent and only was stopped at five caroms from the finish.

In the next inning Zanetti came to 39 with four, then he missed his matchball two times before closing the match at 40-32 in 15.

Caudron and Jaspers had a poor start with scores  of 11-11 in 11 and 14-14 in 14. Then the Belgian attacked with seven, first to 23-15 and later to 31-23. His two last points, including a lucky shot for 39, brought him to the finish: 40-28 in 25.

The final Caudron-Zanetti is on Sunday at 14.30. The battle for third place between Blomdahl and Jaspers at 11.00.

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