Maite Ropero Garcia vs. Kristina Zlateva ▸ Predator Canada Open 2022 ▸ Predator Pro Billiard Series

hand on that check for a minimum of 3000 so if you hit this too hard you have to be careful with the side pocket you have to hit it pretty soft and it's a big angle so wasn't it amazing oh that was beautiful yeah a nice shooting tent is located in the side pocket, so take a look at it to make sure that's something players should also do, is walk around the table more just to see exactly what the angle is, don't make sure that she was pretty direct on this and she looks very, very comfortable in one setup and 2-0 up in the second and you just get the feeling that Mighty is just kind of like he's lost his concentration a little bit, don't you know? who is in that kind of confusion right now?

It's not in a good place that you know you want to be, of course, you need to be in a bubble like a cocoon where everything feels good and you can't not hear anything else. You're healing gently. You have that peace of mind when you're sitting in your seat. It just doesn't look like that and I think I'd rather be on the surfboard right now I probably need the surfboard right now maybe that's the key is to close my eyes and get out on the surfboard and I just let it happen almost to me. I fell asleep so I think everyone at home went to sleep well Christina rested enough to go up the hill good solid hit again I don't think she's going to get any reward no I'm looking at all the pockets there's nothing in them they're all there still on the table let's see if she can make something happen no one has done it until they're done you know I've seen players come back and they've almost given up on the hit. where it doesn't matter anymore is just yes, you only have one swing, nothing to lose, let it go.

We saw in our first match of the day that some fish took on Kelly Fisher. It was a tremendous match. Kelly up 3-0 in the second and it was over. up well, she won the set in the end but then lost in the penalty shootout allison came up again it was really a tremendous match there, there is a lot of work ahead here the two and the three are there but the three are not I'm not sure all three are going to have a pocket, but at least focus on making these two balls and then you'll play it safe or deal with all three later.

Oh, she's okay, yeah, I was going to say if she scratched there. That would be very unfortunate, it was a good shot, a decent bounce there, so you have to play it safe here, she's going to see, this is for the turn 10 ball on the side, she called it right, if she gets this , it will be an incredible shot. Well he almost made it but in the wrong pocket I think he played it on the side now that seven went in a guaranteed combo he mentioned big prize money and to have big prize money you need big sponsors and we have them in

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s whose global partners csi kamui and alpha coin thanks to them, oh that's a very good shot, oh okay, imagine if those three had decreased a little, she would have the 310 combination to be kicking Christina, deep in thought, again. real one I don't like these she keeps trying them I don't like them I'm going to attack them with two rails try to kick behind him you know you're never going to get distance playing like that you have to make it

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the balls there really wasn't much future in that shot to be honest, no, definitely, the two, the two rails that come behind, you kick it down the group of balls on the left, but this is, you know, this is all part of it. from the learning she will return to her trainer esposito from her oh, don't keep saying that well, I have a great match for you after this, a really amazing game and it's between Brittany Bryant herself and Canada's Bean. she hung Australia's number one player, an excellent player who will arrive next 2 p.m. mt mountain time, but there's still a way to go on this, I think you know what I like to do here, move that nine away from the eighth player, Karen is guaranteed to be in the guaranteed one. be on the seven on the side that she's turning and take a look now, let's see, you still have to know exactly where things are going because what you don't want is you don't want one of those balls to be launched towards the middle . off the table and then you can't see the seven, well she hit the wrong ball, okay, although now she can get to the eight, okay, that's a pretty good shot, it actually just brings the cue ball to the center of the table again and she's in it. good shot looking at the clock very calm nature, right?

Yeah, any of the ones that collided were a good shot just to give the balls a little space from each other. decent shot, slower, slower, so then accelerate one of the two yes for the left foot although this is fine she is not thinking she is thinking about playing it with the right she is thinking about stretching and playing well with this right hand this is a shot brave she is right handed lefty yes she is a lefty well, that was nice, I'll tell you what it was very, very, very risky, I don't know why she played that she has an extension, she did a john mora, she hmm wow wow, that could change things now, he calls it a bank.

I'm going to focus on safety here oh she's got okay it's good speed I did it at good speed but I know she's disappointed well look at this there's a big pocket there with the ten ball in there so just hit the nine . even if you miss it a little bit by watching a replay of the double attempt, the bench attempt, this looks good, it looks very good, she didn't even touch it right somehow because now she's guaranteed to hit it and what a great shot . That's something like this that can change the whole charm of the game and you know it goes back to that shot that Christina played when we see the 10 disappear, you know it goes back to that shot that she played with the eight ball, why stretch out and play it? right-handed, okay, stretch out and play with the right hand, but don't stretch out and play with the wrong hand, yeah, even unless you're super good with both hands because you've got to hit that ball a little bit, you've got to hit it.

Well, there aren't many Ronnie O'Sullivans in the world. Do you play with both hands? Yes, equally good at

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s. Just as good. Yeah. Well, and she has that Q extender, so if she needed to reach, she could use the Q extender with her left. That's one. Of the shots, she probably wishes she could go back and have a replay and a mulligan, like you will with Joanne Ashton on the hill against Burrows in her first set at the outside table. Back to this one, a powerful breakup, well, it's a powerful breakup. Plus, it's a very good break.

I think it's her best break of the day so far. Alright, one ball, two balls down, two right on the side, she looks at that shot right on the side, yeah, and that's the ball you're looking for. outside of that break also that is the side ball on ball 10 very well played from one to three white ball follows the white ball towards nine we have to hit this very soft she is drawing it beautifully that is a great shot it requires a lot of control because I had than to reduce it and a beautiful drag, wasn't it really that good and now just a little bit of stretching basically to where it is now?

A kind of line, traffic here always has to avoid the eight or nine. I feel its rhythm. It slows down a little bit on these few shots here, yeah, I guess it had to be that way, right? I always think that if you can keep your opponent off the hill suffering right now, it's pain. I feel very sorry for the players when this kind of thing happens. It happens, you know she didn't get the best angle on those four to be honest, but I think she thought she could lift it a little bit over the side pocket and it bounced back, but she didn't have that angle, no.

I would have caught the nine if I had done yes right, another gift, yes, just follow this down two lanes, I think they come towards the seven ball, if you try to hit this one and get it out, it takes too much control, you have a nine there, you can get stuck behind, so I really like to follow this one, it's a good job, okay, although it's a little low and you can still cut this on the side, now that three rails come out it'll leave it at a big angle. the 8. I'll probably end up playing the eight ball in the top left, top right as we watch the shot clock go off at the same time.

I wonder if that was playing on her mind. Yes, indeed it was because at the moment the shot clock arrived. she quickly stroked, see that yes, stab Christina has a shot in the powerful seven of the back on the table, rolls it forward or is it a touch, it's a delicate thing, all these shots are a little fun, that's the word, I think she. she needs to turn this down a bit and maybe even get to the eight, let's see if she does the eight or the ten, oh she's backing up behind him, oh look at this, well I don't see where she could have gone with that there . no, I think she could have hit it to move the 10 a little, go all the way into the 10 and then take the 8 to the side and she would have done well not to scratch it there, if she had done that it definitely would have been like that. everywhere and there you see, I'm sorry, to be honest, she hasn't given her best performance today and she must have been looking forward to this TV table, excellent condition, this is when you wish you weren't. on TV, although sometimes I do, and you know, sometimes I wish I wasn't in the comment box too because I'm a big softie, I'm really very sensitive and I hate to see someone lose, I'm telling you, they're lucky. that 10 went in there because there could have been a combo if she had staggered and stayed on top, so you have to call it, that doesn't count even though she made the 10.

Can she hold it together four balls away? It seems very easy, right? it's right in front of the pocket but it's not because the tent is big here oh she's taking another risk here I think it was a good smart play because anywhere there she has a chance at the eight yeah she just needs to make sure that she was on that side of the table, yeah, now it's a natural angle to come back behind the nine ball, come on, she just missed her swing, lost a little confidence or saw a little slowdown, it's hard not to feel the pain, yes, you know. those who haven't seen her play before, I can guarantee you that she is much better than what she is doing here, she is just not quite on her game today, but she is a wonderful player and in fact one of my favorites to watch , to be honest, because when it is in motion it is a beautiful thing about your shots, you can do wonderful things with the cue ball, but today it just doesn't work for whatever reason, it could be one of the many things that you never know why a person is happening inside, yes, what is happening inside is what is affecting. your game and if you can close it out, that's great, but sometimes it's just not possible to get in the mindset of this and then go up the hill and hit it in the back of the pocket and actually she's on the hill, don't forget that the next is At this table we have the wonderful Britney Bryant and she is playing against an equally wonderful player.

The best player in Australia is called Bean Hung, a wonderful player, so she will be an absolute classic. Hopefully then, of course, we can tell you. at 5:00 pm it will be rocker versus matas portugal versus spain that's at 5 pm mountain time this has been a great place to play they have the convention center here the hotel is attached there are restaurants that have great food so the

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s picked a really good place for us to come play, yeah the food has been amazing, it was a really nice break, that big break, seven on the side, was kicked by the nine shot in one, so she's on the hill, yeah, take this with that cue ball, naturally.

Heading towards the two she doesn't want to take any chances she decides to keep it tight and has left a space there now she has a choice here this will be cut off if she feels safe enough to take it on. I could play it safe. I think she is looking at the angle of the putt. She's going for this. She is at the point of no return. I think we could see the jump queue here. Yes, she comes right back. If he can stop, if he can jump, it's a straight shot, pretty straight. I'm going to have put some position on the two balls, naturally, it's very empty, it's very athletic, can't you see?

If I put my leg up there, I'll never come back down, I'd have to fall off the table, so unfortunately I didn't. I'm not going to make the jump, so come on, show us what you can really do because I know what you can do. It's okay, she has a chance here to redeem herself a little. She blows the cobwebs out of her head. Look there again. The shot clock comes into play. hampered slightly by the four bolts needed to remove it more than that meant to play that shot a little fast, it's hard when you hear the beep because I think if it was 10 seconds you wouldn't feel so stressed, but five seconds go by really quickly when you're down , it always reminds me of a heartbeat monitor that you meet in hospitals, where it sounds like this, now you can say that and that's what you know, yes, oh dear, it looks like her.

I just can't wait to get out of the arena to be honest it's a bad day at the office I guess you can say yes that happens unfortunately if we all played perfect every time we played yeah but look where the cue ball went anyway, she would do it. I haven't had any photos, it's beautiful with the balls, look at the balls, they are socolorful ones that would make a nice piece of art for my wall, there you have it, I don't have a wall, although I think I have to have one. I have one to take with me and put in hotels when I'm there.

I was going to say you don't have a wall. That's an idea. Someone should come out with some transportable artwork that you can pack in your suitcase. If I want to go. There you go, I think we could start a company, we should do Hopkins and White Art to continue, oh, you do realize what we just did there, right? We just gave someone who is listening a very good idea a couple of years from now. We're going to read about a millionaire who was listening to two people talking at a pool game and had the idea to make art to say, "Wait, that was our idea, but look, it's documented, so we have it written down now." Does that count?" I do not know, I do not think so.

Bank shot here. Would you take a bank? Just stop the cue ball. We have a very famous artist in the UK. He started out as a graffiti artist, but he's still a graffiti artist, but he's very well known. -millionaire and his name is Banks. Is he a pool player? No, it should be, but shouldn't it? Yeah. With a name like that, the problem is that he keeps spraying paint all over the walls, okay? Like his jump didn't jump very well last time, let's see wow he really stuck that in the base of the table, didn't he? ?

Yes, you know he's getting up on the ball, but it's not really her. You see the way he bounces. about the place I tell you what that was coming towards us at one point it's going to break the window of our stand, yes, keep in mind our beautiful plexiglass thing, it's more of a flexi plexi, isn't it? It's very thin, okay, back up a little, stay out of it. that shot clock, if she doesn't have a shot clock you're going to have to move faster so you don't, she needs to be on the line, well she's going forward that's fine as long as she goes as far as she can. beyond the nine, I'm not sure she might need to be a little more towards the center of the table, but I think she could force him past the nine, just look over the edge of the nine, maybe pinch the good one a little, this is a great shot and she is playing beautifully, well played, very nice, perfect from the nine ball just to cut the nine ball, so it didn't take any power away from the shot, good shot, now the same shot again for this railing just don't hit it hard, just stroke it hard, you know, with these short

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she can recover and get back in and then we're in a shootout that can happen, say that hit is just beautiful and when she what she does when she's not concentrating, you know she misses her shot, it was beautiful to see, she's as good as anyone in the world, that shot right there, that's why later it's well played, she's making a game, now it's three, two and then.

Of course, we have another game going on and they are three three on the hill in their first set and we are going to take a quick break, but we promise to be back, so those of you interested in the media tournaments, Tonight it will happen At seven o'clock. Well, you join us for an intriguing battle. Powerful at the table looking to make a ball. She's put a lot into that eight ball on the side. Well, I'm not sure. She has a chance. in which he has easy security to play wow, what power he had, it was tremendous, I think all his anger was in one shot, I think he goes to the corner, I think he comes in this lower right corner, yes, you see it there . and she has a chance to go around a couple of rails here, what a nice shot, beautiful shot now, so this is pretty sharp in this side pocket, it was a great shot with the pressure, now it looks totally different and she's got the safety behind her as well . the store, nice shot, it's a winner right there and look, if she misses it, maybe there's a 210 combo, it would be nice to get a quick win and break to win the set, so she's calling this here on the corner. she's going to kick it on a rail, give it a little spin to the left, oh she missed it, look at that ball in her hand, I don't think she'd go for the combo here because all the balls are wide

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and the combos too they are.

It's hard to run away, she definitely goes for the content. Okay, I don't know, I wouldn't do that. She looked at him a little and thought no, it's not hard to get to the three ball, so stay in it. line get the speed right feel the shot closest extension get a little closer from where the sixth ball is sitting so you have an angle at three to jump to four yes, I like that I'm with you there saying exactly that and then before As much as you can, you can be pretty straight, you don't want to be exactly straight to be on the rail with the cue ball after you shoot the four, but pretty straight on the four, the five is there, not to the left. as you can see hitting, I'll just mark it on that rail, you see, just move it around this end of the table, very well played, similar shot down here, this time, just to hit it, hit it down the route, bring the cue ball. out, just turn it towards the railing and step back a little for a straight shot into the side of the six, just shows how quickly a match can turn around, doesn't it?

The momentum has changed, it seemed. she was, yeah, she looked like she was out of it, yeah, and now she's bouncing around the table again caressing the ball with ease, looking good, that's not bad, it's a little bit more of an angle, I think that's what she wants , I think it can just roll. this just drop it there are two ways if you can go for the nine you could just draw it a little bit behind the seven and play this yes you can play the seven in the other pocket a careless shot all your concentration was on the cue on the cue ball not even I had thought oh, I'm so sorry for you, to me, she played the wrong shot there, oh, very powerful, I bet Christina can't believe it, she probably thought she wasn't going to be the one to win. this game or return to the table, I should say that she hasn't won yet and of course anything can happen here, that's the exciting thing about watching this game, yes, very wisely, Christina realizes that this is the chance to win the game, he just takes the time and asks for the extension.

She returns to the chair, cleans her tail and prepares for the last three balls and three very important balls because they will take her to the quarterfinals. I think that could be everything since Tony Robles says that is all that a friend wrote, Tony, the encouragement. that's all. here because when you get to the end the nerves you know, the excitement of it all um she doesn't want to take too long because the clock is running out you don't want to hear the beeps again while you're down she maybe a little bit of adrenaline in the arm now yeah that's the excitement i was talking about and you may have heard some applause at an outside table joanne ashton just won the first set against ashley burrows by four three this then to take christina through let's see and here goes christina will advance to the quarterfinals the game is over unfortunately for mighty ripero thank you very much for being in the booth with me again dawn we return with another more or less immediate match don't go too far m mark white thanks for seeing us see you soon