Hurricane Isabel has thrown her best at the 28th Annual US Open 9-Ball Championship, but was unable to close it out.
The Chesapeake Conference Center has sustained no damage, but is without power as of Thursday night. Generators will be brought in on Friday morning at 10:00 AM and the tournament will go on.
No players will have their matches forfeited and information on match times can be obtained by calling the Conference Center at 757-382-2500 or the Holiday Inn at 757-523-1500.
Winners side matches schedule for Friday include:
Niels Feijen vs Corey Deuel
Danny Hewitt vs Johnny Archer
Mike Davis vs Jose Parica
George San Souci vs Scott Frost
Francisco Bustamante vs Santos Sambajon
Earl Strickland vs Fabio Petroni
Luc Salvas vs Nick Varner
John Schmidt vs Jeremy Jones
Brackets are online and we have posted the gallery from the players meeting as well as a gallery from the tournament itself. Look for more pictures to be added to the gallery on Friday.
Photo courtesy of Diana Hoppe - Pool Pics by Hoppe