Emily Duddy vs. Margaret Fefilova ▸ 2022 Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open

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, we have a great matchup here for you as Margaret Faithful from Belarus will do it. We will face Emily Duddy from the USA, the referee is Dwayne Payne and the commentators for this match are Jim White and I, Tim the writer, how are you today? Jim, happy to be next to you, Tim, front and center, best seat in the house, join this whole Port.

Rich hospitality, so we have Margaret Favilova here, she won the stage, so she will start on the first crash, we are playing two races before and if both players win a set each or go to a decisive shootout playing the rules of the Probeard series, that means we have early temples. all as long as you call them that's just not on the break and we have a 30 second shot clock with an extension per player on each rack so like I said a pretty good game here for the bad on tour for a long time . Now I think I've known her for eight years.

It was also the last time he played in the European championship. She won the European nine-ball championship and qualified for the world games, but then fortunately Al couldn't play and will be chasing. a great victory in this tournament right here, well, I have heard a lot about penalties, I have not seen it yet, this is my fourth match, so at some point they tell me that I will be in luck, yes, it is a very stressful situation, stressful for the players, there is a lot of pressure but yes some of them like it and some of them don't, that's always how it works, it was a good

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shot from Emily controlling the cue ball back very well.

About both of them, a little security effort at LAX by Margaret and that gave Emily the opportunity and I think it's also fair to say that Tim at this level right now, opportunities like this, we have to bring them home, yeah , and especially if you look. Seeing how the balls are distributed right now, there isn't much else to do since a six seven eight is all connected, you may have gone too straight on the five so you may have to cheat the ball a little. pocket to approach six, so he left a small angle. We'll have to play this with a bit of a right turn.

It is a turn to the left or to the right. I think I would choose the right one and go to the short side for the seven in the lower right corner or on the side, of course, like the original plan, so now it is important to get a certain angle on the eight to go back down for the ball nine, probably just stun the cue ball with two or three balls and perfect lefties reach this comfortably and can easily go two rails always go two rails on this shot just because you can go straight for that nine ball guaranteed to get to the nine but she's Misty eight yes that's a break and she knows it Margaret I think it's fair to say prohibitive favorite in this match too yes I know Emily Duddy has been on the tour for a long time she's obviously had good results but never among the world-class players, so I think so, and faithful since I was young, I was already chasing as always. to compete with them and as I said, she missed the eight, so a little nerves begin.

The soccer players don't feel very well, but the front runners always have to iron out their nerves to get used to the conditions, both They had the opportunity to hit some balls. on the table before this match starts, but it's never the same and it also really changes the players when they enter the arena, the arena really creates a different feeling than now they start to feel nervous and think they might miss shots. because there are people watching and it's big and all these cameras and they add pressure. Well, she played at a good speed and missed out on the professional side.

She left it long and hard, of course, she would have liked to make the egg, so I think she would still have to do it. go for this cut yeah i think she thinks you're right it's called extension yeah you see steyer's name on the back of her shirt recently married to an american pro tyler steyer a formidable couple they make fighting against their children, they will be billiard players. There's a big chance of that happening, yeah, oh, and she moved a little bit, kind of stood up with her body on it, so now I'm curious to see what Emily is going to play with this eight because I don't care. likes to attack.

On this eight I think I'll probably cut the ball too much, leave the eight ball on the short rail and bring the cue ball down. If you missed her eight, chances are she'll run out, so you either go for it and take it well, she tried to play it safe and got lucky with that double kiss, yeah, a little nervous start, but like we said, it's the first position both players will adapt to this, she could, I could go for the bench. she here she is she playing it safe, is she leaning she still between no? oh, that blow to the temple I think worked pretty well because she might have left a little edge of the egg looks like she still manages it oh, now she might, how does she get along?

That nine is not consecutive, but it is not one of the most difficult shots. If you hit the eight, you're pretty much a favorite to make this nine, yes, she did and she totally deserves it, so Emily, dad, is going to take the first game here, yes, and that will give her confidence. It's a good help as this match goes on, Tim, that was a good eight, yeah, and I've been in these succession series for a while and I haven't really seen Emily play in many of those events, I think she was the first time. I tried to play one in Michigan like two three months ago, so it might also be a pretty new and refreshing experience for her to play in this kind of arena and the environment is very different, well it's one of the nicest places I've ever seen .

I've been to a lot of top level Q sporting events for a long time and this is as nice as it gets, it hasn't been derailed here and I mean from the conditions to the environment, it's sponsored, it's promoted, it's got all the talent. would you want that, yeah, just look, just look at this arena with the

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s so bright and colorful Puerto Rican style, so Emily, dad, also broke the second wreck breaking from the railing, something came up that we don't really see many times in this format. dry not the most square bumps almost scratching the sides one of the reasons not all the bars really started to move push outward push towards another jump Maybe it shows that she feels safe with the jump signal I don't see Emily jumping this oh okay so she's not jumping she's getting real.

The first thing I have is that if she hits one, the cable will go to the six oh and she did oh, she didn't want to call it on the other and well, this is a problem. she didn't nominate that corner, so that means Margaret had the chance to either return it or shoot herself, yes it worked against her, wasn't it a coincidence that she now kicks both of them? I like to kick this with some, oh, it's I'm going to say pretty fast because it was going to send both of us into a very open space on the table, especially with the new slide conditions.

It's actually very obvious that he missed it just because the twist doesn't catch as much. I don't have to move the cue ball too much Tim not yet, anyway, everything is open, you have the possibility of a five seven combination at the bottom, it just depends on how it lands on the floor, yes, that five seven could be a little difficult, although you need to do it. Really go straight to all five to get it right. He can go straight to the ground, which he didn't, so now he may have to take a tough Michelle in the five, travel between the railing and the Egg, and shoot the five in the top corners. yeah, that's not a bad option, actually go ahead and put the cue ball under the five, he's got the angle to do that here, maybe it's possible to run to the eight if he can do it, although it hit a little soft and that might be enough. like she just got there she cut the ball a little oh yeah she's wasting another opportunity Margaret will have to fix that, we're lucky she didn't make it easy for Emily, if anything Emily just kicked this one again so Margaret very lucky after that Miss on the five, well Emily has a big cube with that seven ball, so if she can send the five or two words to the seven, there is a good chance that in this case she will scratch the white ball, but in the other cases she could have made the five and ten ball points go back up.

You see, she hit it from behind, then after the seven ball reappeared on the table, now this design looks quite promising to me. Yeah, you can't really see Margaret failing now. I've just taken a couple of bites of the cherry on this one, so at this stage now even she knows she has to get out. I see straight into the sixth, now you just need to replace the cue ball with the six, basically, oh, and in the other direction. He was probably afraid to make the seven and run towards the eight, that's why he played this.

It's a little sensitive so you have to spin the cue ball probably very left towards the center of the table to place it, just stop. turn she could end up way off the eight he just made a difficult turn so a longer eight ball we've seen her miss this particular shot on the first crash so we're wondering if she can get a little more feel in her bang. In this he did much better now and very well in the nine, yes, cute, that cute, his head stayed well and even so I was surprised by the last crash where he moved the ball, missed and moved a little in the shot because normally it doesn't. it really moves like it's just that arm moving, oh, and it came up a little short in the store, still a high percentage of 10 balls to even the score one each, oh, she doesn't want to give Emily too many chances like that, yes, you can color me, surprised.

She missed that one, it seemed like she was starting to get a good idea of ​​the conditions that were out there and Big Ten in this one for Emily helps Margaret remember that missy, she did exactly that, recorded it in Fafalova's memory banks and Margaret left the sand here. wants to clear his head and get back to the table and we'll take a short break we'll be right back when Margaret returns stay tuned thank you and welcome back to the media

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Puerto Rico open here in San Juan Puerto Rico, we are currently waiting for Margaret Faithful to return, since she just took a time out, she didn't have the best start here, she's losing 2-0 against Emily Daddy, yeah I don't think it was the worst break.

Margaret has ever had opportunities to win the top two shelves and it's been more a case of what she hasn't done than what Emily has done, so she'll probably go quick to the bathroom, you know, wash your hands, wash your face , give yourself a We talked a little bit too and then we hit the reset button yeah that's for sure and just look at this nice place here we have 20 nine foot Predator tables and in the back we have the CSI Caribbean Expo with 24 nine foot tables seven feet Apex Predator and this place is It's going to be very crowded these two weeks.

There are a lot of people at this time. Tim on the first day is pretty good. Usually the first day is pretty empty, but not here. It really is an amazing place. I mean, it's a great place to host. a pool tournament now the weather is fantastic the hotel and the live hotel they have us all in is as nice as can be the food is excellent what more do you want? You have the pool. Yes, this will definitely become a destination. period, it will be on every pool player's radar for years to come, yes this is the table, the Predator Apex table and we are getting ready.

Margaret is back. Dwayne Payne gives Cuba to Emily and she is ready to break the rack number too. Three coming off the rail again takes more punches from Square than last time. I felt like she didn't really get it right. Square's shot better, look at the tree, it just came too high, well, not even the men are making many balls from the break. 10 very difficult balls, I mean if you look at it, all the balls reacted the same way they normally do, you just have to get the right speed with the right shot. It's a combination of all kinds of things, it's not.

Only if you pop the white ball, you will get three balls guaranteed. I'm glad to see that I've seen it too much in my life, so there's no open shot on Margaret's, probably thinning the first beam towards the six and getting the cue ball behind the 10-7 caught it a little thick and oh, le He left Emily a chance here a combination of two, I think if she places if she plays a stopped shot on the one and doesn't play it very firm, I think she can move. the one ball made it to the corner pocket just a little bit for a next shot and she decided to roll it too oh no she went after the combination full of danger this might be the best chance feflover will have to get the back of his arm greased . a little time at the table, she works on that flagging confidence, yes, and now with those two and the three around it would be good for Margaret to get going a little, it shouldn't be too difficult to go from three tofour, I think if she can get from four to five very well, then the balls are fine, but I've said it before and we really need Margaret to calm down a little, that might be enough, but that was a sweater, yeah, not even I shouldn't even. been in the equation on that shot you really have to hit that one yeah so it looks like you can make it and if you just drop it you're going to have to get the cue ball out so it's very straight on this floor so I'll see a shot of Pretty long draw, hopefully between the 10 and the six, although it has a little mini angle towards the 10, so if he misses when he makes four balls in the bucket, he could run towards the 10.

No, he did very well. Q right now so draw this again.step back just to leave a good angle on the six to drop below the ten for the seven so just step back about 12 to 14 inches right where she was holding the cube and so just stun the cue ball just to pass it and then you don't You don't want to go too low, although you don't want to leave the angle on the seven, you're going to have to raise the table again, so it's still not just oh, I'll stun it there, that's what we have. to be precise about this like this, you know, you just have the feeling, don't you, Tim?

She's not going to make any mistakes this time, well, it's a little scary to say that the alarm has gone off. The bells have rung. Well, I'm sure she's determined to do it. No more mistakes, still a little more angle on that nine ball than she expected. I thought she was going to play top left and she was just going to use the second reel to control the speed a little better, so she's going to have to do the nine and stun. to the back of the tent on this course, which if you set the right speed, the nine ball has a great chance of falling still, so it's favorite to do this and it's nice on the temple a little extra time, this time it still hurts from that lost 10 on the previous rack right in the throat of the pocket, so Margaret Fefilova opens her account here still the first set race to four two sets and if they are tied 1-1 you will get that elusive shootout that you haven't yet I have seen well.

I can guarantee you'll see a couple of them. I'm sure we might have a team, it really depends, so I think if Margaret keeps fighting like she did at the beginning of this first set, then we might have a shootout, she starts playing like I know. that she can play, I think it will also be very difficult for Emily to beat Margaret, yes, if she finds a team, I am not sure Emily can keep up, so let her break from the side. I know Margaret's been playing with a couple of Doshi's fans. Tyler especially has been playing a lot of them, so they really thought too much about the break and tried to find ways to make the side ball or that four cushion eight ball, so well in this case she made a seven ball, with little luck , but he didn't. she gets a shot at the only pretty one.

Square hits only that cue ball that was kissed a couple of times with a couple of balls that is actually following into that side pocket and was kissed out of the way, so at least maintaining control of the table should be pushing and the The choice will fall to Emily, so she decided to take the four out of the equation, yes she has a chance here, there is a colored wall to drop that white ball behind, yes I think she would play that soft, if only to get there the right side. They both stop at the subway on the same corner, so in case you missed the one you'll still be fine, look this way with the speed, like she's always going to look at the one that still went pretty well, I just think is completely hooked.

It's better to just leave distance, maybe you can place the two rail ball back on the table where the cue ball is and place the wire behind the three or ten and you can choose to run to the 10. She played the Else way, oh this is great, just the cable needs to stop, but that was a thin and very difficult shot, which many players don't really like to shoot. You are sitting next to one of them. I need young eyes to play. like those, yes, she played almost perfectly, so she missed a ball and it improves because if they feel outmatched, you know that she has earned another opportunity, the last one she had with the balls in the open air, she got that back arm to another chance here and everything is clear, so she played a couple of times well, like she did a push out, she played a good safety, so I think little by little her game will improve, so just one wing up she doesn't want leaving too much angle in the field. tree I think I can safely say that the straighter you are in this tree, the easier it will be to find a good angle, this way she can float the ball and be straight on the five, so this is a little tricky.

You'll just need a good angle, you know, maybe you can kill the cube in a diamond so you can play, follow the sixth ball and go back up for the eight. I think she likes you to think that you should always be careful with that nine. they'll miss the cue ball but I worked and I also have the angle now she was looking to shoot just to roll the eight ball and shoot the nine ball in the other corner. Now I'll probably play low right and just shoot. nine on the side is a little bit of a preference because if you play these really short angles all the time and these really short shots now, when you have to hit a big shot, you won't really understand it, so you need to do it.

Make sure your game is ready to do anything, but if she plays it simple, who am I to tell her the wrong thing? Hits for different people. Tim, the same pocket invites 10, so the score is 2-2. The first four shelves have been divided. faflova has seen Mr Momento change chairs, yes I made a good safety shot on that one, so thin on the one he got behind the six, it was a very strong shot from Faithful that won him this rack and I think She's slowly getting that table feel, she also looks a lot more threatening at the table than Emily does.

I mean, Emily hit a couple of really good balls on the first two shelves, a lot of young fans attended and stayed up pretty late. School here in the morning, rack number five now. dead center, two each, race to four, oh, he almost made a ball hang and just walked over and took a quick look to see if he had left the one available for Emily, yes, it is difficult to get both balls, It's not an easy opener. be able to play two lane one lane long reel long to go to the right side of the two stun with the left can draw too much the keyboard because of the five this way she would always be quite on the high side of the two and No I think she has a chance at both, well you can always go crazy, but I don't think she's going to do that.

I think she'll park the cue ball behind four seven, top left spin, she'll try to stun the wire behind. there and she needs to do it, and this is risky in the succession series. The first few Temples count as a win and leaving that Temple hanging over the pocket most of the time isn't the best move you can make either, that's very attractive to the incoming player Margaret might just choose to file and shoot the 10 , but she missed it, so, oh, and that's a pretty big mistake, yeah, that'll cost the rack and it'll get Emily to the Hill 210 combination and she's really trying to do it. just take that 10 off so it's not an early win and it turned out to be an early three to two win Emily

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well, surprising, I'm talking about not just the shot selection but the lack of execution and this is the combo I got her to the hill, the pool bomb, that's what his t-shirt says and, in fact, he also has a large number of followers on social networks.

She used to do a couple of TV shows in New York and that's where Emily Duddy is from and yeah, she told me everything. At Michigan, she's done a lot of things for Paul, but I've never had a chance to chat with her. I certainly know her name and the fact that she has been playing for quite some time. I know she was from New York, I'm not sure if she's from New York, I just know she's there right now, so I know she lives there now, so breaking from one side, I think it's a good option, it doesn't break the balls too madly, so from the beginning. side you can have better results, but she did not hit it Square unless the cue ball and the last call for Margaret yes, there is a cue ball available on the other side of the table twice to land on the two fours if she hits it well, let's avoid contact with the colors on the opposite side yeah just stop spinning that would be nice oh she caught that a little thick and that's why it's behind the nine so I like to go for two rails on these two rails and if you hit the back of the two, I'll send it back to the table if you hit a drill.

I would like to hit it with a lot of speed in case you hit it. You separate the balls this way. She hit a little too soft for me. She was always going to have both balls in the open with this speed, good initial shot from Emily three and four, well placed, just needs a little angle to keep the cue ball in the center of the table to attack the five, yeah , does not want to go over it. the six, yes, you just overcooked it a little, it can be hindered a little, otherwise the natural angle will take the cue ball towards the center of the table, that's where it needs to be for the five, oh, you priced it too much, Yes, the only thing I had. what you need to do is make the force, she was always going to be good at the five, she needs to get behind the six five, but again, it was not a successful safety shot, here again, indicating on a ball, so life no It'll be easy for Emily, I think she.

If she does all four and just stops there, I think she has enough of a chance at all five. I don't want to do too much. I don't want to force the follow-up. Did she have a little luck? No, she left all four. now it doesn't go over the flat, uh, over the six or the eight, sorry, it's got a little bit of an angle to the long rail, so if you throw the four, you're most likely going to end up on the long reel and have to shoot a really tough fireball. she goes to play in a daze, oh that was sweet, that's a good shot that might have been the best shot she's ever hit and she can't afford any more mistakes losing 3-2.

She hit that So Soft draw here and that's the six ball a little bit. a little bit, but it's still okay, I'll probably play a reel, a little draw, a little turn to the right to get back to the center of the table, oh that's a little thin, but I still go in. Margaret trying to force a shelf to decide the initial set we have. three balls, you still have a deposit before we get there and there's not much else that can go wrong here other than losing a ball somewhere with the 10 hanging over the hole, this should just be a little you, but it really isn't you have to get it.

Linda with the 10 ball, you can leave yourself a little more time, it's okay as long as she can reach it, but this is going uphill in the first set, well, this time she will come in and break this rack from the first set. and we'll take a quick one minute break, stay tuned for the last set of this overseas set, this is it and we're back here at the convention center in San Juan, Puerto Rico scores Hill in this first set, really ready to let Margaret break the balls. and actually Margaret was ready to break and uh we had to hold her back eager to get to it during the commercial break he just had to hold her back we don't want to miss any of this action so breaking from the side again The results have been a bit of a change, a little different here and there, okay, I cut a ball too much and didn't make any balls, but it didn't really leave anything easy for Emily to start with.

I feel like Emily has made a couple of balls to go up the hill but she hasn't really been able to get rid of it or the flow continues, I could cut this one and play with the top left between three and eight using two rails to return to two he played. It's safe and she needs to add a little more speed to get there. She left the combination of one seven now. The main thing you have to think about is whether she makes a one seven combination. What is the one who is going to run going to do? between the five of them and they're going to get together or she's going to play fast enough for them to separate after they get back together she wants to think about it some more she just called the extension she's looking at seven you're absolutely right, Tim, it's controlling where she goes that's the key, you'd expect her to get position seven, that's another story, well she can also choose to play, pick up the one that's coming after five and let's go, well she's on the ground from no one. here she called the bench just because the trunk makes a cube much bigger oh and she got it very good, yes she straightened it with a little twist to the left while looking to straighten the angle a little and where she hit. a great one, she's also perfect on ball two, so now she might be able to get to that four.

I think the four ball could be the tricky thing to go from a three to a four just because on the right side you have the four ball where you can put the hook behind it if your speed is not right and she is also very straight on the three , so it is not easy to reach the otherside of the floor. You are going to draw the cube line perfectly between the three. four and six or that's what I said, this was the riskiest, I think she could have gotten there and this is, she's on the edge, yes, she's standing in line, she can pass by there, she can count herself a little lucky, but she noticed.

He tells us that he's still feeling it a little bit now, this will really show how well he adapts to the table speed so far in this first set because it's very easy to get behind the eight or get left on the long rail, which you would like go a little off the rails. I think she did it, she did it very well. She has a small angle. She can stun the cable for the figure eight on the side or in the upper right corner. If she is straight, you may have to stop. Not the white ball there, she can stun the white ball.

I like her better, yes, she is doing them well and it is also noticeable that she is not accelerated at the table, as if there were some nerves, she is not indicating it, she is controlling it very well, we have said. Tim, you never try to ignore it or let people think you don't feel the pressure, just embrace it, you know, let it guide you, increase your concentration and you rise to the occasion so that this Temple still steals the first set and the steel. She did great because Margaret Fafilova took the first set 4-3. They pressed her and she responded like a champ and it looks like Emily Duddy is ready to take a break so let's take a little break.

Also keep an eye out for the foreign set number two in San Juan Puerto Rico, we are having two tournaments here right now , the media shines a light on the Puerto Rico Women's Open and the men's open and then on the other side, we have CSI Q Sports International running the CSI Caribbean Expo, which is a great thing. I'm very happy that Predator and CSI bought their stuff together because it will also bring a lot of people together in the same building, a lot of fans. I see a lot of professional players taking pictures. and signing signs and doing tons of stuff, so it's really cool to see.

I think it's good for the sport. He is a good friend of mine. Alex Peggy Lyon at the table. He is arguably one of the best Canadian Q athletes we have ever had. he won the national title in billiards eight balls nine balls ten balls one Yuri one at all yes, many people do not know that he even went and tried to sign his hand in professional billiards Tim did not pass the qualifying rounds but managed to get an invitation due to the virtue of his game there, yes, he was on the tour a little bit.

I followed him and Corey dueled, they both tried to get there, it was the same period, it's very difficult because yes, his technique is obviously very different from the professionals and his finesse on the pool table is very different from the professionals. pool players, but they still managed very well in the pool scene. One of his sponsors, yes, speaking of sponsors, why don't we give him a little recognition? give a shout out to the sponsors, certainly if you are a beer drinker, one of the tastiest beers here in Puerto Rico, madala light sponsors, obviously, the predator has the balls, the cloth, the predator, the Arcadia cloth , Arena lights up the Bows and Arrow balls, shipwrecks and they have the pants and then we also have Puerto Rican rums discover Puerto Rico Q Sports International, of course, and our US testamentary series partners are seabirds, buried supplies, Kamui Alpha Coin cryptocurrency, Jam up Apparel and Fargo fees, thank you all and be sure to check out our sponsors. because they are very important to us, of course, and if you are in the area, come to the ballroom here at the convention center in San Juan because they have booths set up and they will show you first hand this break. from Emily Duddy proving to be successful in her best break easily and I took a look at the one I'm doing two balls and having form that has a good angle to go to two, not a bad start to start this series and just need to make sure she has a little angle on the two, I think she has enough to go two lanes, well it was funny when Margaret took her break, she was two to none, she came back and won three, well she actually won four of The next five, oh. and I'm surprised to see that she didn't play topspin, she just stunned the ball with spin and all that.

Now he put himself in a much more difficult position than he wanted, he has a mini angle on the tree, but she is crossing the ground he is about to say let's see what the little break can do for Emily's game he left himself hard there she knows it wasn't so much missing that shot it's a positional shot and she left it pretty easy now, for Lova to clean up, yeah she'll just float on this four ball leaving the cue ball along the short bar and then she'll go back to up for the seven in the top right corner, probably with a little bit of a right turn inside, no, she. she didn't play inside, but that's how she also got a little bit straighter at five, but normally I play with a little bit bigger angle.

She seems to play smaller angles all the time. Well done, good angle on seven. Thanks, you just need to do it. float this one on Tim, she should be fine on the 10. Yeah, she left herself a little more time on the nine than I expected her to. She might as well have gone straight to nine. She's definitely the favorite to do this. She's not going to shoot as well. difficult, just the speed of the bucket makes it easier for the ball to slide in if you catch it a little thick and Temple will take a first game in this second set, yes, bury it one to none.

Margaret secures Emily's opener after a good rest. really in the driver's seat just a bad positional shot she fell asleep herself was hindered by the ball and a little too much to do yeah and I think the main reason most players miss shots is like we just saw them happen threes to fours like to go over a ball or get stuck on the railing and that's where they usually start losing balls if they don't get into these weird positions. I think they should. They'll both be fine, especially Emily has done it quite a bit. a couple of times now, well Emily has to stay positive, she has to believe that she will have a chance he played some good pool here and certain situations will try to improve his game, bring it out when he needs to, it sounds like someone has a hammer tire here in the place, well, me.

I wouldn't recommend hitting balls with that, but sure. Okay, so it's this forceful break here. Pretty. Square managed to do all four and I think there is a one, yes, there is a combination of one, two, which is also very easy to control. It's not going anywhere, she's looking at it exactly right, well, I'm surprised she played at that speed, yeah, especially at speed, and if she wanted to play at that speed, why didn't she hit the seven to purpose, yeah, and it's quite a surprise, uh, yeah, the way she played a combination was really surprising to me, yeah, I didn't even have the words for it, that's what made me sure, because playing with combinations on softer bits, like you said, maybe he'll be more committed to running. the white ball towards the seven maybe that's what he tried to do, he just missed it, he hasn't left Emily anything easy in the bank possible if he goes through the three and I think he does, it's hard to get a position on the tree then since it doesn't It doesn't go to the top left corner or if you can stop the cube or if I don't know the angle of one is if you can stop the cable where it is.

I'm not sure if he just called the one or the 10. Yeah, I think he's trying to do the 10 and well, there was a big scratch there, so he was actually very lucky he didn't get scratched, he didn't leave a chance, there could have been I have left the combination of one seven, but it is still not straight. some work to do on this quick look to see how much space there is between one and seven yeah I think he called it so it's a good opportunity to have one just pull up a rail up three on the other side pocket and secure it with a slow movement. down a little bit more, hit this and called the combination temple V10, oh and he played it actually first on the 10th, pretty hard to do and I think if you look at it, the temple is pretty out of place, it's pretty hard to make a 10 doing that and I think she was lucky after it's not a horrible outcome, family Dad, there's no way she's earned herself a guilt-ridden opportunity now, on the second chance to even things up, Emily would hope to get out of here, she let herself a bit. she more angle on the five and she expected her to do it, she can still be fine if she stands very soft and smooth, she can still hold the cue ball, but she doesn't want to run to the seven, she is fine, she she did it. she died pretty well there, there is a huge pocket with a 10, now we have to take the cue ball directly to the seven, probably yes, she would like you to guide us directly to the seven, where she can, where the eight is, but also you can go to one. oh, she called a 10. no, no, okay, after she called a six, I'm happy she called a six, but yeah, I'm not really sure she called it, then she called a 10 and Then he says no, I'm not going. to shoot the 10. but she never checked that she liked a different line to hit the ball, yeah I think she was between two minds and in the end she never really committed to either one and I could give her the benefit of the doubt . a good shot for Margaret good speed I think she just got there I think she got nice and straight on the seven yeah it's okay if she floats he says she'll be close in age but she might as well leave that nice little angle again stun to the other side oh, that's a big angle on this eight, yeah, it's definitely a little more angle than she wanted, maybe she'll have to run to the nine, hit the nine to get it off the rail, could you?

Can I do it with a little turn to the left? she still serves the white ball to the right side of the nine she played the safety there are no longer any risks for Margaret she just wants to finish this match and move on to the next round Emily must be happy to return to the table even if she even faces this yes, no you can complain if you already made one or two mistakes, you can't complain afterwards, like when you still have a chance to go back to the hotel, we can never complain again and that's not it, it's pretty good, it's not horrible, I just thought she was leaving to go For a little finer contact, taking the eight ball along the rail is pretty risky, so a big visceral shot coming from the eighth on the rail is actually unfortunate for Emily because, oh, okay, she wasn't, I was going to say with a little bit of inside spin that makes the 8 a lot easier so you can go up and down the rails, which was a pretty good shot, a good shot to contain, maybe forced Emily to go towards the bench, she called it top left corner as we watched, thank you and there was unfortunately it wasn't the right shot, she really hit the ball very firmly.

I think she didn't really have to do much on the bench. Good shot on the eight and also left a good angle to get the cue ball away from that left hand. side cushion to attack the 10. she understands this, you can too if you read Margaret's behavior now as if she was being really patient and doing enough to cross the finish line and I just saw Emily in her chair, no She seems so convinced like she's no longer convinced that she's going to have a big scalp here like she looks a little defeated right now, which she probably still feels like she should have won the first set and she's not wrong, I'm sure. not wrong two nothing In the second set, Margaret began to dictate the pace, but there are no prizes for guessing which of them has the most positive body language.

Emily is almost resigned in her chair and Margaret is a little more upright, a little more positive and that was reflected in the score, so Margaret broke from the side again. I had a couple of good breaks here and there, good square shots and I just hit a couple of balls here and there, so it would be good to repeat that, okay, not so square when she hit. him before so all that movement didn't make a ball at the break, didn't leave Emily anything, yeah I liked her kicking that to be honest with you Tim, she just played it with a little more pace than I thought but someone here.

He won the lottery and it looks like Alan Roland from Puerto Rico I think he just won his match. I think he beat a good friend of mine Alex Montpellier. That is what it seems. It's good to see big crowds. Yes, there is a lot of commotion. and Margaret chose to play the shot while all that cheering was happening, like we said, there's a lot going on here in the ballroom, and that's also why I say that playing in this type of environment is very different than in your own club. or your own table at home, as I know people who play absolutely brilliantly and when they get into this kind of scene they play maybe two balls at their own speed, it's a very important thing and it left another chance for Margaret, she will be able to do it. cut this and let Cuba Go show it to a short wheel, just two reels back to the center of the table, look quickly to see if that three goes through the 10 to the corner pocket, it resists from our angle, You know how it is.

He played it, he should go, oh, or he goes to the top right, to the top left corner in this view, or he could play safetybehind 10-9, yes, she looks like a much more confident player and she started this match. At one point she was behind Emily in the first set two to none since then she has really been in control, yes it's just that the nine ball needs a little work as it doesn't go in the top left corner in this view but I could play position. the bench on the nine ball, yes, wisely ask for an extension, she wants to commit to this shot, she knows exactly what she's doing, so just take a little more time, reevaluate the situation and recommit to the shot, always It is important, you know, very often.

I'll see even professional golfers, if they ever get distracted, they stand up, especially on a putt, they stand up and go through the motions again. Yeah, like I said, it's just that nine and ten are a little complicated, you still need an angle. go up to the table for the bank at nine and just one thing I was looking at is that there might be a 910 combination in the bottom right corner in case she doesn't really get there, now she also has an angle to run into them, but running. Entering them is a big risk. I like the bank.

I think the bench is my favorite. Oh, she decided to run into them and how did she make that cute little billiard to make the tent? Yes, I think the belly should not play most of the time. Now in this case, most of the time they hit that a little bit, oh, she's cut, is she she's cutting the knife? I like billiards, if I have the feeling that I'm hitting too hard on the 10, I'm playing it with too much spin to the left, it's cutting the nine, this is thin, it's banking well, that's certainly a mistake, I'm not really sure what that means. he was trying to do whatever he was trying to do he gave it to Emily dude and like that 2-1 so fasten your seatbelts We could go to one of those shootouts you've been talking about.

I'll take a little bit of that victory that didn't have to do much. Whimsy is a victory. Yes, and we will do that later this week too. I will have the wall Junior NineThe ball championships here will begin on November 18th they will have three divisions, the boys are under 17 years old. The under 19 boys and also the girls in the finals of each division will be live on the B8 pro series Facebook page and you will be able to see all the tables. free at kazoo.com, so be sure to go there and subscribe. Create an account and then you can see all the tables for free.

Come on, she almost scratches her side, but then she curls up and hooks Margaret for no worse result well, yeah, speaking of Juniors, the game right before this one, how about that 12 year old Savannah Easton? I mean, she should have taken Kelly Fisher to a shootout, she had a couple chances and she just turned 12. she has a bright future, well the main thing is to keep enjoying the game and try to learn new things all the time, you know, try to refresh your brain with new inspiration and have fun, I think that's especially at that age, so she's good security. of Emily and she has put the three against the nine, so unless that offers a combination, she has taken the three out of the game.

Well, there could be a kick shot at one and then maybe call the combination 10 or 3 9, but Margaret is kicking. the Shore Grill, oh, and she's missing one, and this could also be a possible 110 combination. Yes, I think you'll see Emily go with the 110 dice, where the three is two on the opposite end of the table, like this that why not? being able to put the cue ball right behind the one to line it up with that 10. That's exactly what she's doing. I mean, it's hard, there's quite a distance between one and ten. It couldn't have been much worse, really.

I mean, she If I guess you could say Saving Grace is that she's in hiding, but I mean she opened everything up completely, yeah, the main thing not to do is open the 39. That's it, but like you said, she still hooked on Margaret so somehow BTW she's still fine but I actually prefer her to do this jump oh yeah that's a good shot for me too yeah that's easy to say after this great shot but the match how the match has changed Emily's complexion it might as well have been 2. -2 and she should have been breaking oh she needs to be careful well I think she could try it here with the 310 combination she can even play so that, if he does not succeed, he leaves the cue ball a little stuck with the nine. two-way action, I mean you can do it either way, you can try 100 or she's running out, okay, just going to the five ball can be a little tricky, you have to play this ball on the ground with the top right going for the five ball. the top right corner in this view here the bottom right I think it's the best option and it's not a good one.

Channel six would have liked to be a little straighter, so I would probably use the long left lane to go back down. She hit that. good good speed and now it will probably just float the seven to the other side of the eight so the eight in the top center cube in this field you still have to be a little bit cautious, be careful which side of the nine you are on because the 910 combination It looked pretty easy and if this is correct, you will have no choice but to play it, yes, and I think you got it right, so you will play the combination of nine things, but it shouldn't be too difficult if you can do it that straight. as possible on that nine, well, I could have been a little further away with the cue ball, it made it a little easier, so there is a distance between this nine and ten, yes, this can certainly be missed, but come in and she is on the hill.

Margaret's favorite is a 3-1 over Emily Duddy, yes she will be broken for the match, which could have been a combination of the 10 that Emily missed to get 2-2 and broken, we will take a short break and be right back with the rest. of the set I'm going to break foreign the break and we're back media light Puerto Rico open Margaret Fifi lovas leading a set and three to one in the second set over Emily

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she's about to break on the hill to two balls and I was standing the one I don't think she has a chance at the one, but a pretty easy safety at the one to play Just rolling the cue ball behind the eight, yeah, you're not going to like Emily Duddy's shot when she comes to the table, that's for sure, as you said, simple and direct billiards behind the eight, well, she is possible on the bank and why not, she can play the position with the three numbers, there is no point in just keeping that door ajar , you might as well put your shoulder to it. that's the philosophy that Margaret Faflova is employing and you know Tim as he's looking at the balls now it's all out in the open this is a great opportunity for Margaret yeah let's put this to bed to seal the deal so I'm sure we leave a little angle for the center of the table, although I would have liked to be a little straighter on the five, so she is playing a hard turn here using the left long rail to come back and be a little straighter, a little less than she would have been ideal. position yes, I would have liked to be much more direct on this five, she will probably have to play on two bands, oh, and she is in the family of five important to be on the high side of the six, not on the low side, because she wants to have the angle towards the seven, I think she could go back straight, this is a fireball that is still a little stuck on the long rail, she decided to face it in the side bucket, but that is a difficult and difficult shot from here , Emily, one of the few players who still use a traditional wooden cue called or extension shot quite nervous, not easy stopping the cue ball might be enough, but if it rolls too far forward, then the cut in the things of the 70, so maybe I'd like to go back. a ball or two sixes and she left it, yeah, just a little bit of a trip for Margaret, so she cuts to six and I'm not sure how she'll get to seven, oh she tried to hold the cue ball and I'm not sure .

If that were possible, there were things, so I think this will be the last call. Family, she needs to finish this to stay on this set. She finishes this match. Are you doing well on two lanes towards the eight ball? Get a little longer, but now it's okay. You can choose to play this with some inside spin to the right or just play with a stun to go two lanes to the center of the table. It is a preferred player with interior interior definitely easier with an old fabric and with a newer fabric, sometimes it is difficult to judge how much.

It's going to bend, oh, and that 9 ball didn't want to go in so easily. I just have to stay still on this one, yeah, you know what I knew. She was nervous on that one. I could tell just from the way she approached it. It was almost as if she had succumbed to the moment of staying in this, it was never easy, she knows she was a bad miss, too bad it had to end like this, but Margaret Faffilova remains undefeated, she will remain in the winners' group and Emily, well, will have to fight his way into the loser's bracket, well, it was fun, Tim, it's been a long first day, but a lot of action, a lot of action still to come, another eight days of play here in San Juan, we hope you make it.

Join us in all of this, yes, so be sure to tune in tomorrow at 10am. m. for the second day. This was Jim White, thanks Jim, my name was Tim, the writer, and we'll see you tomorrow, thanks.