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2014 World Cup of Pool
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Alexandra Park
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO2 9QA
UNITED KINGDOM
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Tuesday-Sunday 23-28 September 2014

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England A 7-1 Greece
Germany by a whisker as China and England A coast

England A set up a quarter-final clash with old rivals USA by dispatching Greece 7-1 on an evening which also saw China give England B no chances in a 7-0 win. Earlier Canada had gifted Germany victory as the final round two fixtures played out at the Betway World Cup of Pool at the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth.

Before the tournament Karl Boyes said he would love the chance to �shut Earl Strickland up�, after the pair had a fiery Mosconi Cup singles match in Las Vegas last year. Boyes and his team-mate Darren Appleton booked their match against USA with a confident 7-1 victory over Greece.

Nikos Ekonomopoulos and Alexander Kazakis were sloppy early on but as England A gained momentum the only further chance Greece were allowed came in the sixth rack when Appleton scratched. They took the chance to make the score 5-1 but Kazakis� subsequent illegal break handed control back to England A, who pounced to reach the hill and then take the match in the following rack.

�We are looking forward to the match with USA now,� said Appleton. �It was in the back of our minds but we weren�t going to look past Greece because they are a great team.

�They didn�t play at their best tonight and we were solid. We broke better tonight and just need to get a better feel of the table now.

�We are here to try and win the tournament and we knew if we beat Greece we would play America. The Ryder Cup is on right now and we really wanted that match. We look forward to beating them tomorrow.�

Boyes added: �They had a couple of chances at the start of the match but the table caught them out. Darren has adapted brilliantly and played two good matches, he was flawless tonight.

�We didn�t break too well in the first match but we have put a lot of hours in since then and figured something out.�

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