Ortmann Wins German Open

German former world champion Oliver Ortmann ruled the Dynamic German Open 2004, the second tour-stop of the new Diamond 9 series staged in the billiard-café “Die Drei” in Sindelfingen.  In the finals of the event that featured 177 players from 25 different nations, Ortmann came to a clear 9-2 victory against British Daryl Peach. In his nerve-wracking semifinal, he had defeated Holland’s Niels Feijen with a score of 9-8, while Peach came to a 9-4 win over Radoslaw Babica from Poland.  In the overall-rankings, current world champion Thorsten Hohmann still leads the board despite an early out in Sindelfingen.  Ortmann pushed away Swedish Tom Storm (now 6th) from the second-place ranking.  With Thomas Engert and Ralf Souquet following closely behind, the overall rankings now see four German players in the top-spots.

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