Romania’s Ioan Ladanyi and England’s Chris Melling have punched their tickets to the semifinals of the 8-Ball Classic Championship. Playing in his home country, Ladanyi overcame a 7-2 deficit to upset Russia’s Fedor Gorst, 13-11 at the IDM Club in Bucharest, Romania. Ladanyi took advantage of a handful of unforced errors and missed opportunities by…
Chris Melling has long been considered one of the premiere 8-ball players in the game of pocket billiards. Twice he’s been crowned world English 8-ball champion and this year he finished second at the ICEA Chinese Pool World Championship. His unorthodox runout last year in the World Pool Series’ RYO Rack Classic that included a…
After an afternoon of tough competition, the final 16 of the World Pool Series 8-Ball Classic Championship is officially set. The remaining competitors were re-drawn after three rounds of play earlier today. All eight matches will be played this evening and divided into two sets – with four taking place at 6:30 p.m. local time…
The contingent of competitors from Poland and Romania playing in this week’s World Pool Series 8-Ball Classic Championship made their presence known with some early upsets on the opening day of the tournament. Competing in the first round on the winner’s side, Daniel Maciol sent two-time WPS champion Eklent Kaci over to the one-loss side…
After traveling across the Atlantic Ocean, the World Pool Series gets underway today, with the some of the world’s most accomplished pool players competing in the 8-Ball Classic Championship at the IDM Club in Bucharest, Romania. Competition opens with seven first-round matches beginning at noon and eight additional contests starting at 2:30 pm and the…
