Sameh Sidhom
Egypt’s Sameh Sidhom lived up to his #1 seed to win the 2023 Carom Cafe International Open at the Carom Cafe on July 31st – August 6th.
By virtue of Sidhom’s #1 seed, he and #2 seed Tayfun Tasdemir were able to avoid the first round of play, which consisted of ten groups of seven players each.
Americans Hugo Patino and Pedro Piedrabuena led the way out those group stages, both going undefeated through their groups. They were joined by Alexander Salazar, Roland Forthomme, Huberney Catano, Muammer Rahmet, Luis Aveiga, Quoc Tuan Vo, Raymon Groot and Carlos Mario Villegas who were #1 players out of each group.
The top thirty players from the first round groups were then joined by Sidhom and Tasdemir in four groups of eight players.
Top players in each group from this stage were Piedrabuena, Rahmet, Tasdemir and Forthomme with only Piedrabuena and Rahmet being undefeated through their individual groups.
The top sixteen players from those groups were then put into a final single elimination board to determine an event winner. Sidhom, Tasdemir and Piedrabuena were all first round winners, with Rahmet dropping a 40-25 match to Hugo Patino to finish in 9th place.
The quarterfinal round of play saw Sidhom, Piedrabuena, Tasdemir and Luis Aveiga all advance. Sidhom then eliminated Piedrabuena and Aveiga outlasted Tasdemir in the semifinals.
The final match was a close one, with Sidhom winning 40-37 in 30 innings of play.
The 2023 Carom Cafe International Open was sponsored by Carom Café Billiards, PredatorCRM, Classone, Dynaspheres, Vector, Royal Pro and CaromSports.
Five&Six and AfreecaTV were the official media partners, and the event was sanctioned by UMB (Union Mondial de Billard), CPB (Confederación Panamericana de Billar), USBA (United States Billiard Association).
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