Preliminary Round
Shane Van Boening 7-3 Jakub Koniar Last 16
Naoyuki Oi 5-7 Eklent Kaci
David Alcaide 3-7 Skyler Woodward
Skyler Woodward knocked defending champion David Alcaide out of the Dafabet World Pool Masters with a 7-3 last 16 win at Europa Sports Complex, Gibraltar.
Eklent Kaci is also through to the quarter-finals after an eventful 7-5 win over Naoyuki Oi, while Shane van Boening won the last of the preliminary round matches with a 7-4 success over Jakub Koniar.
Despite losing the first rack after a missed 8 against the US No.1, Koniar was able to build a 4-1 lead with some sharp shooting. After the thinnest of cuts on the 1 early in the sixth, the Slovakian missed the 6 ball and Van Boening made it with the bridge.
The American won this event back-to-back in 2014 and ’15, and the key then was his ability to break and run, leaving his opponents marooned in their chair. Van Boening did that to Koniar to make it 4-3 and though the eighth wasn’t so straight forward, a tricky cut on the 3 denied the Slovakian a fifth rack and Van Boening was able to level at 4-4.
A brilliant clearance oozed class from Van Boening to go 5-4 up and he ran the next to reach the hill. A good break also left a straight-forward shot on the 2, and Van Boening had a road map to the quarter-finals. The American cleared the table to win 7-4 and will face Fedor Gorst in the last 16.
Kaci had defeated Petri Makkonen in his preliminary match to reach this stage, where Oi lied in wait. The Albanian Mosconi Cup winner cruised to a 3-0 lead, but a remarkable incident happened in the fourth. Shooting the 4 to the top right corner, Kaci hammered it in, only to see it leap out of the pocket. Oi cleared the table, ran the next rack for 3-2, and then levelled after Kaci missed a 6 to the same pocket which had just cheated him of the fourth rack.
He recovered in the seventh and from there extended to a 6-3 lead. He was hooked on the 1 after breaking for the match, and Oi took the rack. He took the next too for 6-5, but a poor safety gave Kaci a shot at the 1.
An eventful 12th saw both players have fortune, mis-fortune and flukes, but eventually Kaci got a chance when Oi was forced to beat the shot-clock beeps and took a hit and hope on the 3. He didn’t make it, and Kaci cleared for a place in the quarter-finals.
The evening’s closing match saw Alcaide begin his title defence against Skyler Woodward, a beaten semi-finalist at the last Masters.
Woodward took the first but a failed jump in the second gave control to Alcaide, who took three racks to lead by two. Woodward fought back, though, and won five consecutive racks to reach the hill 6-3 up.
Alcaide had a chance in the tenth but had to bank the 8 – almost a reverse of the shot he made to win the event two years ago. This time, though, with four-inch pockets, it didn’t drop, and Woodward had two simple balls which he took for victory.
The Dafabet World Pool Masters continues on Monday afternoon with Max Lechner against Mieszko Fortunski, Albin Ouschan facing Denis Grabe and Jayson Shaw in action against Niels Feijen.
The event is broadcast globally including on Sky Sports, DAZN and Zhibo.tv. Coverage is available on Matchroom.Live in nations without a TV broadcaster. Full details can be found at www.matchroompool.com.
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2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE SCHEDULE
Saturday 5.30pm
22 May 2021
Preliminary - Kelly Fisher (GBR) - Justin Sajich (AUS)
Preliminary - Eklent Kaci (ALB) - Petri Makkonen (FIN)
Preliminary - Chris Melling (GBR) - Sanjin Pehlivanovic (BIH)
Preliminary - Billy Thorpe (USA) - Skyler Woodward (USA)
Sunday 11.00am
23 May 2021
Preliminary - Niels Feijen (NED) - Jeffrey De Luna (PHI)
Preliminary - Mieszko Fortunski (POL) - Kristina Tkach (RUS)
Preliminary - Denis Grabe (EST) - Roberto Gomez (PHI)
Last 16 - Joshua Filler (GER) - Chris Melling (GBR)
Sunday 6.00pm
23 May 2021
Preliminary - Shane van Boening (USA) - Jakub Koniar (SVK)
Last 16 - Naoyuki Oi (JPN) - Eklent Kaci (ALB)
Last 16 - David Alcaide (ESP) - Skyler Woodward (USA)
Monday 12.00pm
24 May 2021
Last 16 - Maximilian Lechner (AUT) - Mieszko Fortunski (POL)
Last 16 - Albin Ouschan (AUT) - Denis Grabe (EST)
Last 16 - Jayson Shaw (SCO) - Niels Feijen (NED)
Monday 5.30pm
24 May 2021
Last 16 - Alexander Kazakis (GRC) - Justin Sajich (NZL)
Last 16 - Fedor Gorst (RUS) - Shane Van Boening (USA)
Quarter Final - Eklent Kaci (ALB) - TBC
Tuesday 12.00pm
25 May 2021
Quarter Final - Skyler Woodward (USA) - TBC
Quarter Final - TBC - TBC
Quarter Final - Joshua Filler (GER) - TBC
Tuesday 5.30pm
25 May 2021
Semi Final 1
Semi Final 2
Final
2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE PRELIMINARIES
Billy Thorpe
1 : 7
Skyler Woodward
Kelly Fisher
3 : 7
Justin Sajich
Eklent Kaci
7 : 3
Petri Makkonen
Niels Feijen
7 : 3
Jeffrey De Luna
Shane Van Boening
7 : 4
Jakub Koniar
Mieszko Fortunski
7 : 2
Kristina Tkach
Chris Melling
7 : 4
Sanjin Pehlivanovic
Denis Grabe
7 : 6
Roberto Gomez
2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE LAST 16
David Alcaide
3 : 7
Skyler Woodward
Alex Kazakis
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Justin Sajich
Naoyuki Oi
5 : 7
Eklent Kaci
Jayson Shaw
-vs-
Niels Feijen
Fedor Gorst
-vs-
Shane Van Boening
Maximilian Lechner
-vs-
Mieszko Fortunski
Joshua Filler
7 : 5
Chris Melling
Albin Ouschan
-vs-
Denis Grabe
2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE QUARTER-FINALS
Skyler Woodward
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Joshua Filler
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2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE SEMI-FINALS
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2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE FINAL
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2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE PRIZE FUND
1st
US $ 25,000-00
2nd
US $13,000-00
3rd
US $ 7,500-00
4th
US $ 7,500-00
5th
US $ 3,750-00
6th
US $ 3,750-00
7th
US $ 3,750-00
8th
US $ 3,750-00
9th
US $ 2,250-00
10th
US $ 2,250-00
11th
US $ 2,250-00
12th
US $ 2,250-00
13th
US $ 2,250-00
14th
US $ 2,250-00
15th
US $ 2,250-00
16th
US $ 2,250-00
17th
US $ 1,750-00
18th
US $ 1,750-00
19th
US $ 1,750-00
20th
US $ 1,750-00
21th
US $ 1,750-00
22th
US $ 1,750-00
23th
US $ 1,750-00
24th
US $ 1,750-00
Total Prize Fund: US $ 100,000-00
2021 EDITION
WORLD POOL MASTERS
THE WINNER'S LIST
1993
Werner Duregger
AUT
1994
Ralf Souquet
GER
1995
Daryl Peach
ENG
1996
Ralf Souquet
GER
1997
Earl Strickland
USA
1998
Francisco Bustamante
PHI
1999
Alex Lely
NED
2000
Ralf Souquet
GER
2001
Francisco Bustamante
PHI
2002
Ralf Souquet
GER
2003
Tony Drago
MLT
2004
Thomas Engert
GER
2005
Raj Hundal
ENG
2006
Ralf Souquet
GER
2007
Thomas Engert
GER
2008
Alex Pagulayan
PHI
2009
Darren Appleton
ENG
2010
Dennis Orcollo
PHI
2011
Ralf Souquet
GER
2012
Karol Skowerski
POL
2013
Niels Feijen
NED
2014
Shane Van Boening
USA
2015
Shane Van Boening
USA
2017
David Alcaide
ESP
2018
Niels Feijen
NED
2019
David Alcaide
ESP
2021
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