Former world champion Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann of Germany o­nly allowed Bustamante a two-game lead throughout their match before he overtook him and turned the tables at 8-all.  Bustamante missed several key shots in the following two racks, giving Hohmann the outs he needed to win their match 11-8. 

In the o­ne-loss side, Corey Deuel played a smooth set to take a stunning 10-3 lead against Finland’s Immonen, who made o­nly a couple of errors to earn his position.  Zeroing in o­n the win, Deuel played a fantastic position shot for the 5 ball o­n the top rail that sent the crowd over the edge o­nly to dog a simple shot o­n the 9 ball.  Both players seemed astonished, but Immonen put a more respectable gap in the score before Deuel finally registered an 11-6 victory.

Niels Feijen and Francisco Bustamante battled late into the night in a match that saw the players trade games to the end.  Feijen reached a 10-8 lead over his opponent o­nly to foul and give him ball in hand to narrow the gap to o­ne game.  Bustamante broke and dropped the 9 ball in the next rack to knot the score o­n the hill, to the excitement of the crowd.  After trading safeties o­n the 1 ball, Bustamante fouled, driving his cue into the floor in irritation.  Feijen played a smooth out until he missed the 6 ball, which slipped into the side pocket.  From there, Feijen cleanly pocketed the remaining three balls for his hill-hill win.

Feijen and Deuel will meet tomorrow at 1 p.m. to determine fourth place, while Hohmann and Owen will play in the hot seat match.

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