Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

Kyung-Roul Kim lifts first World Cup trophy in Turkey

Kyung-Roul Kim (South Korea) won the World Cup event in Antalya, Turkey.

Kim edged multiple-winner Dutchman Dick Jaspers 3-2. The frame scores were 13-15, 15-7, 15-11, 2-15 and 15-8.

Defending champion Martin Horn from Germany and Filipos Kasidokostas (Greece) lost out in the semifinals.

This was the 29-year-old Korean's first World Cup title. His previous best was second in the 2008 Suwon World Cup. In that final he lost 3-2 to Jaspers.

He received €5,500 for the victory and Jaspers got €3,500 for second place.

Marco Zanetti (Italy) had the highest general average among the 56 competitors with 1.846. Daniel Sanchez (Spain) had the highest single match average in the final stage with 2.464. Japanese Kouji Funaki's 13 was the highest run in the event.

With this being the first World Cup event of the season the Korean naturally leads the 2010 World Cup Ranking.

The win also moved Kim from sixth to fifth in the World Players Ranking. Jaspers improved from fourth to third. Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) stays on top with Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) in second place.

The event took place 15-21 February 2010 at the Belconti Resort Hotel, Antalya, Turkey. It was the first of at least four events in the 2010 World Cup. The next events is in Suwon, South Korea, 6-11 April 2010.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Martin Horn lifts first career World Cup trophy in Turkey

Martin Horn from Netherlands earned his first World Cup win by capturing the World Cup event in Antalya, Turkey.

In the final Horn defeated fellow Dutchman, and last season's Tour champion, Dick Jaspers 3-1. The frame scores were 15-13, 7-15, 15-11 and 15-14. Torbjörn Blomdahl (Sweden) and Frédéric Caudron from Belgium lost out in the semifinals.

Horn received € 5.500 for his first victory and Jaspers got € 3.500 for second place.

Caudron had the highest general average among the 54 competitors with 1.713. Savas Bulut (Turkey) had the highest single match average of 2.307. Frenchman Jeremy Bury' perfect 15 was the highest run of the tournament.

Horn moves from 17th to second in the World Cup Ranking. Jaspers improves seven places to fifth. Caudron stays on top and Jozef Philipoom (Belgium) drops from second to third.

The winner jumps to sixth in the World Players Ranking. Jaspers, Blomdahl and Caudron remains the top three.

The event took place 4-10 May 2009 at the Otium Hotels Sun Zeynep, Antalya, Turkey. It was the second of four events in the 2009 World Cup. The next event is in Suwon, Korea, 16-21 November.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

Orie Hida wins Ladies World Three Cushion Championship - again

Japan's Orie Hida won the Ladies World Three Cushion Championship for the third time of a possible three.

In the final against Karina Jetten from Netherlands she won 3-0, with the set scores 12-8, 12-8 and 12-2. Su Ah Park (South Korea) and Gülsen Degener from Turkey captured the bronze medals.

Orie had the highest over-all average, with 0.947. She and Gerrie Geelen (Netherlands) had the highest runs in the event with 7.

This was the third instalment of the championship. Hida also won the first two, in 2004 and 2006.

The championship was held in Sivas, Turkey between 5th and 7th September, 2008.

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Monday, April 09, 2007

Blomdahl wins Manisa World Cup event for third title in a row

Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl from Sweden captured his third title in a row by winning the three cushion World Cup event in Manisa, Turkey.

In the final he defeated Spain's Daniel Sanchez, 3-2. The deciding set was won 15-11 by the Swede.

Dick Jaspers from Netherlands and Turkey's Semih Sayginer shared third spot.

Jaspers had the highest average in the tournament, with 1.966. He also had the highest run of 15. Blomdahl had the highest single match average, with 2.812. He managed this impressive number in his quarter-final clash with Jean Paul de Bruijn.

The win means Blomdahl stays atop the World Cup Ranking.

It will also take him to No.1 in the World Players Ranking.

The event took place April 2-8 2007, at the Manisa Anemon Hotel, Manisa, Turkey. This was the second leg of the World Cup. The next event is in Corfu, Greece, June 12-17.

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Sunday, May 21, 2006

Caudron is new European three cushion champion

Frédéric Caudron from Belgium won the European Three Cushion Championship in Antalya, Turkey.

In the final against home hope Semih Sayginer he came back from two games down to prevail 3-2. Current Spanish world champion Daniel Sanchez and Dick Jaspers from Netherlands captured the bronze medals.

Caudron had the highest average in the tournament, with 1.937. Brian Knudsen (Denmark) had the highest single match average with 3.750. Knudsen and Filipos Kasidokostas (Greece) both made runs of 15 in the event and shared the honors for highest break.

Swedish legend Torbjörn Blomdahl finished in a disappointing 17th place.

Caudron is No.3 in the current World Players Ranking and won the World Three Cushion Championship in 1999.

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