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Souquet strikes again in Netherlands Open

Germany's Ralf Souquet won his 14th Euro Tour title in the Netherlands Open.

In the final the 20-time Euro champ dominated fresh face Mehmet Cankurt (Turkey) 9-5. The victory was worth €5000. Cankurt's second place was worth €3300.

In the semi-finals Souquet defeated the home country's newly-crowned straight pool world champ Niels Feijen 9-6. Cankurt beat Russia's Konstantin Stepanov 9-6.

Souquet and Cankurt each lost exactly one match in the event – to each other. Cankurt beat Souquet 9-6 in the opening rounds. After that loss Souquet didn't look back, with scores of 9-1, 9-1, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6, and finally 9-5 versus Cankurt.

This was Souquet's first win in the Netherlands Open and 14th Euro Tour win overall, from 23 finals. It was his first since Belgium in 2003 though. He now has more wins than anyone on the all-time list. His long-time rival Oliver Ortmann has 13 wins. Ortmann was ousted by Souquet in the round of 32 in this event.

Defending champion, Imrad Majid from England lost 9-2 to Russian youngster Ruslan Chinahov in the round of 16.

The win takes Souquet from 20th to 6th in the Euro Tour Ranking. Losing finalist Cankurt moves from 48th to 24th. Mark Gray (England) once again holds on to the top position. Bruno Muratore (Italy) improves from third to second and Feijen moves from sixth to third.

The tournament was played 11-13 September at House of Billiards, Weert, Netherlands. It was the fifth event of seven on the 2008 Euro Tour. The next stop is the Dynamic Swiss Open which runs from 16-18 October, 2008.

See also:

• Netherlands Open 2008 (Event page)
• Netherlands Open Photo Gallery (www.eurotour.nu)
• Official Website of the EPBF - IBP Eurotour
• Souquet Goes to Weert (AzBilliards)
• ET Netherlands Open 9-Ball - First victory in 5 years (Ralf Souquet)
• Another intense pool-week (Katrine Jensen)
• EPBF Dynamic Netherlands Open 2008 now underway! (Pro9.co.uk)
• Eurotour Weert (Pro9.co.uk Forum)
• Termin: Dynamic Dutch Open - Martin Kempter 9. Platz (OPBV - German)
• Ein Finale - Zwei Gewinner (Billard-Aktuell - German)
• Ralf Souquet (Official player page)
• Ralf Souquet (Wikipedia)

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• Tony Drago wins French Open (2008 Euro Tour)
• Darren Appleton captures Italy Open (2008 Euro Tour)
• Engert wins Germany Open for ninth Euro Tour title (2008 Euro Tour)
• Nick van den Berg takes Austria Open title (2008 Euro Tour)

Majid on top in Netherlands Open

England's Imrad Majid won his second Euro Tour title by capturing the Dynamic Netherlands Open.

In the final he defeated Roman Hybler (Czech Republic) 10-7 to win €5000. Hybler took home €3300 for the runner-up position.

In the semi-finals Majid beat Ruslan Chinahov from Russia 10-8 and Hybler defeated England's Mark Gray 10-6.

This was Majid's second win on the Euro Tour. He also won the 2006 Dynamic Billiard Italian Open.

The win takes Majid from 25th to sixth in the Euro Tour Ranking. Losing finalist Hybler moves from 28th to 14th.

Konstantin Stepanov (Russia) and Jonni Fulcher (Switzerland) hold on to the top two places. Daryl Peach (England) improves two positions to No. 3.

The tournament was played 12-15 June at the House of Billiards, Weert, Netherlands. It was the fifth event of seven this season. Next stop is the Swiss Open (October 24-27).

See also:

• Dynamic Netherlands Open (Event info)
• Official Website of the EPBF - IBP Eurotour
• Magique Majid! (Kozoom.com - French)
• Majid gana el Euro Tour de Weert, pero el líder es Stepanov (Billarnet - Spanish)
• Netherlands Open – Majid defeats Hybler (souquet.de)
• IBP Euro Tour Weert/Holland (jasmin-ouschan.com)
• Dynamic Netherlands Open "EuroTour" (Bahram Lotfy - Danish)
• Eurotour (AzBilliards Forums)
• Imran Majid (Official player page)

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• Alex Lely wins Euro Tour event on home turf (2006)
• Wojciech Trajdos is surprise winner in Czech Open
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• Vassalos is surprise winner of Austria Open

Alex Lely wins Euro Tour event on home turf

Alex Lely from Netherlands won the PoolComps.com Netherlands Open and the top prize of €5,000. In the final he defeated German veteran Oliver Ortmann 10-8.

Thomas Engert (Germany) had his second successive third place finish. He was joined by David Alcoberro from Spain, the surprise package of the event.

The tournament was played 20-22 September at the House of Billiards in Weert. In total 234 players participated. It was the fifth event of the season. There are two more stops, in Switzerland (Oct 4-7) and in Spain (Dec 6-9).

With this victory Lely leaps from 30th to 7th in the Euro Tour Ranking. Engert retains his lead. He is followed by Nick van den Berg (Netherlands) and Imran Majid (England), both moving up one place.

Losing finalist Ortmann jumps from 7th to 4th, Christian Reimering (Germany) moves from 6th to 5th and Niels Feijen (Netherlands) drops from 2nd to 6th.

See also:

• Official Website of the EPBF - IBP Eurotour
• EuroTour (Kozoom.com - French)
• Alex Lely's official homepage
• IBP Euro Tour Weert/Holland (jasmin-ouschan.com)

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