Moritz Neuhausen, Yale Billiards owner Bobby Hilton and Lukas Fracasso-Verner
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour was back in action, at Yale Billiards in Wallingford, CT, over the April 6th – 7th weekend and young gun Lukas Fracasso-Verner was back, looking to return to the ever elusive winners circle. Fracasso-Verner had earned three runner-up finishes, with his last attempt, back in early March, ending with a two set final match loss to another young gun, Germany’s Moritz Neuhausen.
A day and a half of matches led to the showdown between Neuhuasen and Fracasso-Verner for the hot-seat, with Fracasso-Verner winning 9-7 to send Neuhausen packing to the left side of the board.
Any chance that Fracasso-Verner had to relax in the hot-seat was very short lived. Neuhausen found Jeremy Sossei waiting for him on the one-loss side. Sossei had lost his first match of the event on Saturday, but had then put together an eight match winning streak to earn his shot against Neuhausen in the semi-finals. That match was a quick one, with Neuhausen winning 7-1 and the rematch with Fracasso-Verner in the finals was on.
Neuhausen won the first set of the finals 9-7 and then cruised in the second set with a lopsided 7-2 win for his second Joss NE 9-Ball Tour win of the year.
The bracket for Sundays second chance tournament looked a lot like the bracket for the main event, with Mike Renshaw winning the hot-seat with a 3-1 win over Steve Mack, only to see Mack come through the one loss side to double dip Renshaw with back to back 3-1 wins in the finals.
The Joss NE 9-Ball Tour will be at Fairway Billiards on April 20th – 21st for the first time, to play on their beautiful 7’ Diamond tables.
0 comments