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Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Luca Brecel's on the entry list for the Vienna Open. Quite a few amateur players of note entered too, plus some places reserved for 'wild cards' - suspect they're trying to sign some pros for those places. Other entries include Jürgen Kesseler (Germany), Joris Maas (Netherlands), Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium), Dominik Scherübl (Austria) and Lukáš Křenek (Czechia).

Some 'less obvious' countries represented are Bosnia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Portugal.

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Opening stages will involve 16 groups of 6 players. Each of the Pros has been seeded to a group, the other seeds are Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium), Lee Richardson (England), Joris Maas (Netherlands), Jack Bradford (Wales) and 4 Austrians - Dominik Scherübl, Hans Nirnberger, Garry Balter and Sebastian Hainzl.

As well as Austrian players, the competition has attracted a number of players from other central European countries - including Slovakias Jakub Koniar, Kevin Čižmarovič and Miroslav Šedo, Hungary's Pál Vantara and Ede Dunai, Germany's Daniel Schneider, Alexander Ethner and Thomas Brünner, Serbia's Bojan Janković, Nenad Milojevic and Marko Vuković, Bosnia Herzegovina's Robert Kovačević and Danijel Vranješ and Aleš Herout and Daniel Mily of Czechia.

Also in the field are Kevin Chan and Jeroen van Driel of the Netherlands, Ireland's Stephen Browne & Craig Dowling, Garri Kozhanovskiy of Kazakhstan, Mongolia's Mendsaikhan Bat-erdene, Portugal's Francisco Domingues, Spain's Francisco Rodriguez and Daan Leyssen of Belgium.

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Eight groups played today, eight groups play tomorrow.

I gather Luca Brecel withdrew. In his absence, Group D was won by Alexander Tröster (Austria) with Boris Tetřev (Slovakia) 2nd

Ross Muir won Group G with Jakob Berger (Austria) 2nd

James Cahill won Group H with Jürgen Kesseler (Germany) 2nd

Group J was won by Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium) with Lukáš Křenek (Czechia) 2nd.

Group K was won by Daniel Schneider (Germany) with Lee Richardson 2nd.

Jack Bradford won Group M with Daniel Milý (Czechia) 2nd.

Sebastian Hainzl (Austria) won Group P with Ede Dunai (Hungary) 2nd

Jakub Koniar (Slovakia) won Group R with Hans Nirnberger (Austria) 2nd

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

So todays groups:

Group B was won by Mark Joyce (who had a couple of century breaks), with Austria's Manuel Pomwenger 2nd.

Nigel Bond took Group C, Jeroen van Driel (Netherlands) was 2nd.

Group E was won by David Grace with Emanuel Stegmeier of Austria 2nd.

Malta's Alex Borg took Group F from Daan Leyssen of Belgium.

Joris Maas of the Netherlands won Group L with second going to Ales Herout (Czechia)

Chau Zi Kim won Group N from fellow Austrian Dominik Scherübl

and Group Q was won by Austrian Bernhard Müllner with Garry Balter (also Austria)

Group A hasn't been completed, Mark King has won all 3 matches he's played so far, two more to go. And Mendsaikhan Bat-erdene of Mongolia is also unbeaten, having won 4 from 4.

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Last 32 (group winners vs winners of a best of 3 intermediate round, one intermediate match still to be completed)

Mark King v Francisco Rodriguez (Spain)
Jakub Koniar (Slovakia) v Lee Richardson

Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium) v Garry Balter (Austria)
James Cahill v Manuel Pomwenger (Austria)

David Grace v Jeroen van Driel (Netherlands)
Jack Bradford v Ebrahim Baghi (Austria)

Chau Zi Kim (Austria) v Alexander Gauss (Austria)
Daan Leyssen (Belgium) v Alexander Tröster (Austria)

Nigel Bond v Georg Schlager (Austria)
Sebastian Hainzl (Austria) v Daniel Milý (Czechia)

Joris Maas (Netherlands) v Dominik Scherübl (Austria)
Alex Borg (Malta) v Daniel Urban (Slovakia)

Ross Muir v Mendsaikhan Bat-erdene (Mongolia) OR Francisco Domingues (Portugal)
Daniel Schneider (Germany) v Hans Nirnberger (Austria)

Bernhard Müllner (Austria) v Lukas Krenek (Czechia)
Mark Joyce v Jürgen Kesseler (Germany)

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Last 32 (top half results)

Mark King 3 - 0 Francisco Rodriguez (Spain)
Jakub Koniar (Slovakia) 0 - 3 Lee Richardson

Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium) 3 - 2 Garry Balter (Austria)
James Cahill 3 - 0 Manuel Pomwenger (Austria)

David Grace 3 - 0 Jeroen van Driel (Netherlands)
Jack Bradford 3 - 1 Ebrahim Baghi (Austria)

Chau Zi Kim (Austria) 3 - 2 Alexander Gauss (Austria)
Daan Leyssen (Belgium) 3 - 1 Alexander Tröster (Austria)

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Last 32 (bottom half results - one awaited)

Nigel Bond 3 - 0 Georg Schlager (Austria)
Sebastian Hainzl (Austria) 3 - 2 Daniel Milý (Czechia)

Joris Maas (Netherlands) 1 - 3 Dominik Scherübl (Austria)
Alex Borg (Malta) 3 - 0 Daniel Urban (Slovakia)

Ross Muir 3 - 0 Mendsaikhan Bat-erdene (Mongolia)
Daniel Schneider (Germany) 1 - 3 Hans Nirnberger (Austria)

Bernhard Müllner (Austria) v Lukas Krenek (Czechia)
Mark Joyce 3 - 0 Jürgen Kesseler (Germany)

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Last 32
Bernhard Müllner (Austria) 1 - 3 Lukas Krenek (Czechia)

Last 16
Mark King 3 - 1 Lee Richardson
Bjorn Haneveer (Belgium) 1 - 3 James Cahill

David Grace 3 - 2 Jack Bradford
Chau Zi Kim (Austria) 1 - 3 Daan Leyssen (Belgium)

Nigel Bond 3 - 1 Sebastian Hainzl (Austria)
Dominik Scherübl (Austria) 1 - 3 Alex Borg (Malta)

Ross Muir 3 - 0 Hans Nirnberger (Austria)
Lukas Krenek (Czechia) 1 - 3 Mark Joyce

Re: Pros at Vienna Open 8 - 11 May

Postby roy142857

Quarter finals
Mark King 3 - 2 James Cahill
David Grace 2 - 3 Daan Leyssen (Belgium)
Nigel Bond 3 - 0 Alex Borg (Malta)
Ross Muir 1 - 3 Mark Joyce

1st Semi final
Mark King 4 - 0 Daan Leyssen (Belgium)