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Mortreux secures a 6-Reds medal after beating Vaitzman
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Nicolas Mortreux secured France a medal from the 6-Red event at the 2023 European Championships in Albena (Bulgaria) after beating David Vaitzman (Israel) 4:1. Playing on the main table Mortreux fell behind early before turning the match around after potting the black in the third frame.
In the fifth the Frenchman made a nice green from middle distance before Vaitzman handling him the win by leaving the brown over the corner.
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Israel also secured its first medal from the Championships thanks to Shachar Ruberg. Last year’s Wels Open finalist beat veteran John Farrell (Ireland) 4:0 and will face later on Sunday Harvey Chandler.
The Englishman was on fire in his quarterfinal against Peter Bullen (Belgium) firing breaks of 66 and 64 on the way to a 4:1 win.