Trio of Fisher, Fisher and Ouschan Saves the Day – West Closes Gap 2-4 to Team Asia

Manila, Philippines - Team West redeemed itself in the final match of the day of the JBET.com Queens Cup. They had gone on a three match losing streak including losing eight games in a row to Team Asia. It took the European trio of Kelly Fisher, Allison Fisher and Jasmin Ouschan to stop the bleeding.

 

Thus far the only match won by Team West was by Jasmin and Allison. This pair was brought back along with Captain Kelly Fisher. They faced Amit, Chen, and Tsai with Captain GYK opting to keep herself out of this match. The duo of Ouschan and Duchess of Doom seemed to be the lucky charm the West needed as they won the very first game. Asia came back in the next game to level at 1-1. Then it was the West. Then Asia. It seemed it would be going to the wire until a miss by new World 10-Ball  champion Amit gave West the breathing room they needed with a couple of fancy tough shots by Kelly Fisher to win 4-2.

 

The West ended the day with a two match deficit instead of four. Final Score for day 1 of the Queens Cup: Asia 4  West 2.

 

"That was a huge match for us. We could be going into tomorrow with bigger problems. But we played well and we will be having dinner together tonight to discuss tomorrow's strategy ", said Kelly Fisher.

 

In the late evening, both Captains submitted their new lineup for today. Interestingly, the Captains pick will see a re-match with Chen and K.Fisher.