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Florian-Ben: Take 2 in Men’s semis!
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After having claimed victory by 5 Frames to 1 facing Florian Nüssle in the U21 event final, Belgium’s Ben Mertens is two matches away from a possible double at the 2022 EBSA European Snooker Championships.
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Aged 17, Mertens meets again the 20 years old Austrian star and U21 event runner-up but now on the semis of the Men’s event to be played also best of 7 Frames on Friday June 17th at 10 a.m. And Nüssle aims for a different outcome of their 12th June U21 final.
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Five days later, ‘Take II’ arrives for Florian battling with Mertens, but now on the main one of the nine events of this championships.
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In their quarterfinals matches, this Thursday evening, Florian overcome Poland’s Antoni Kowalski by 4 Frames to 2 and Mertens claimed victory facing England’s Josh Tomond in the decider.
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On the other Friday semifinal to be played at the simultaneously Friday morning at 10 a.m. at Shengjin’s Delfin Resort, the competitors will be Estonian’s Andres Petrov and Germany’s Umut Dikme.
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Dikme claimed victory in his quarterfinal facing Ukraine’s Anton Kazakov by 4 Frames to 2 while Petrov ended up with Ukraine’s hopes in the event facing their other competitor still in the tournament, Iulian Boiko, by 4 Frames to 1.
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The final of Men’s event will be played best of 9 Frames on Friday at 4 p.m.
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On the other 18 tables of the venue, the first stage of the Teams events – Men, Women and Seniors – will be on the run all day long, also, for the fans to attend and enjoy.
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