Gorst meanwhile was put through the wringer by Yuma Dorner and Imran Majid to make the final knockings. Chua pulled two back on Yapp but the Singaporean always held the chips and he came good for 10-2 and will meet Fedor Gorst in the Last 16. Recent World Cup of Pool winner Chua took down Vietnam’s Nguyen Cong Thanh earlier in the day but fell at the mercy of a rampant former US Open finalist in Aloysius Yapp who ran up an 8-0 lead with very little concern. Maciol put on one of the strongest showings of the week so far to send the defending champion home. Still, he couldn’t make it pay in what proved to be the concluding rack after losing position on the five to leave the table open for Ouschan to step in and reach the Last 32 against Poland’s Daniel Maciol who had earlier knocked out former World Champion Mika Immonen.
Ouschan kept Shaw at arms length for most parts before Shaw pulled it tight to 8-9. On a day that saw the field cut from 64 to the final 16, Shaw tumbled at the first hurdle of the day against defending champion Albin Ouschan despite his best efforts to salvage something in a scrappy affair which saw both players leaving balls hanging with neither at their best. Defending champion Albin Ouschan, Ko Pin Yi, Johann Chua, and Jayson Shaw were the heavy hitters to fall on the fourth day of the 2023 European Open Pool Championship at Hotel Esperanto, Fulda, Germany live on DAZN in the USA, and networks worldwide.
