Daniel Sanchez vs. Marco Zanetti

we didn't permit number one please on April 21 2005 volition Sammy Sanchez introduced to the crowd the Catalan 43 years old the current world number one and the defending World Games champion the world number three Marcos NSE as we get rid of we get ready for the lag which will decide you and go to first pretty close this one looks like Sanchez has won the lag his cue ball the white ball closest to that ball cushion as you seen three cushion bullet billiards unlike pool or snooker no pockets on this table which is ten foot long and five foot wide approximately three meters by one and a half meters dimensions of the table Sanchez with the opening shot it's the object ball first and scores a point saw they're hitting the object ball the red ball and then hitting the yellow ball Sanchez will have the white board throughout this contest Zanetti the yellow its first 240 points and they're on the forty second shot clock you can see in the background you can see that clock ticking down they have three timeouts if you like Sanchez trying to make it to and he succeeds [Applause] so this first inning Sanchez keep going until his run stops to run of two so far he just putting on an extension on the cue give him a bit more length to reach this shot first 240 points two cushions already there's the third and a fourth but just misses the red so Sanchez with an opening run of two which brings the neti to the table for the first time in this final the Italian 55 years old you can see striking the yellow ball that's his cue ball plenty of right hand side used on the shot I think he's done it he has excellent shot to see that yellow ball his cue ball still spinning in a bit unlucky with the his cue ball landing flush against the cushion at least the other cue ball the white ball is against the cushion that makes this shot slightly easier less room the yellow to miss it makes a bit of a bigger target when it's closer to a cushion that just missed so one for the nettie and he trails to one at the end of the first inning no easy task for Sanchez here with good deal of distance between the cue ball and the other tooth since you've pace and he's a lot of luck seeing these kissed the red that's not worked out so scoreless inning for Sanchez and the chance for the Neffe to go into the lead looking good so the Nessie on level terms now can he forge ahead having better think about this one can't sink for too long with the forty second shot clock he could ask the clock to be stopped she can do three times during the match made it [Applause] these two met several times down the years the last time I can see was in Lausanne last December where Sanchez won 40 points to twenty six twenty four innings quite a good indicator of the quality of plays the average simply dividing the number of points by the number of innings and anything 2 or above is very very good indeed quite get there it will another once is an Etsy goes into a 4-2 lead run of three here in his first round victory over Konstantinos core chorus or grease the Nettie put together a run of 13 today was a very quick so the likelihood is it will get there and it does again part of the reason for them being so quick is that they are heated might have seen earlier cover over the table just to keep the heat in very quick cloth some of the shots you'll see attempted cue ball going up and down the table four or five times no problem with pace here's it quite got the right line looks good run of five a blue-eyed Italian he's into a 6-2 lead we have an interval in the school one of the players reaches 25 minute interval and then it's back on in the race to 40 Sanchez was to reach 41st he went first to then Zanetti has a chance to level what's called the equalizing inning Zanetti making fast starts to this final this is looking very good again twice world champions Annette II 2002 and 2008 the defending World Games champion here she took bronze four years previously Kaohsiung and Chinese Taipei see that huge amount of check side and it again if you haven't seen 3-cushion billiards before you can probably appreciate already the great skill involved in this game if you want an idea go down to your local pool hall or billiard hall where they have these pocketless tables and try it yourself it is far from easy to hit one Zanetti is on a run of seven very thin cuts on the object-ball he's getting close just missing both and Effie breaks down at seven a very good run there from the Italian and he leads 82 after two innings Sanchez won't be too perturbed he's seen it all before won his first round match against David Tana Han of Poland 40 points to 9 in just 14 innings an average of two point eight six incredible average turning around the table a couple of times it's the offline though might just get there might just get there just short from Sanchez committees back at the table very quickly now those two balls close together he may well sometimes you see them going cushions first before striking the two balls just missed there he's trying to get those three cushions using that corner didn't quite work to say sometimes you see when the the to object balls if you like a closer together see them trying to go off there's three cushions first and then hit the two balls so letting didn't try at that time now can Sanchez get back into the match just kisses that yellow [Applause] that's looking good as I said earlier it's slightly old it's not what just missed out it's slightly easier and one of the object balls is near a cushion means if you miss it one side you might hit it on the way back Sanchez's missed out there I think he would have expected score at least another point there what must be running through sir hit the red going into a nine three lead we have a bit of a puzzle to increase that lead on this visit can be sending this yellow right around the table hopefully avoiding he's avoided the double kiss he'd gone round the back he has just that Rhett had been slightly near with a cushion chance of going around the back so it would have been decreased it's nine three after four innings Sanchez trying to see a way of hitting both this is far from easy that's an excellent shot sword or first cushion was before hitting the first ball and then two cushions after that before hitting the second ball now can he get going in this match he had a run of two the opening inning but nothing better since what can get that one right trying to use the corner obviously very unpredictable bounce from the corners of these tables Sanchez one and done in that inning now what can the Nettie do cleanse your topspin and the shot that's good splits off it see a bit of anguish on his face is that yellow ball rolls on making the next shot more difficult got to avoid the double kiss he's got past the white looking good always just missed by a whisker thought he was just going to clip the red they're like Sanchez the nettie only are you pulled to score one on that run there I can see Sanchez going cushions first I was going off the three cushions and hopefully the yellow then the red gone in between though so things not quite going Danny Sanchez's way at the start of this world games final first 240 points he trails Marcos and 80 10 points - for now the Metis trying to go cushions first three cushions before hopefully hitting the red and the white he's done it credible knowledge of the angles and knowledge of what the ball will do and spins imparted on it good see who's aiming in a completely direct different direction to the other two balls plenty of right hand side to make it go where he wanted he got the desired result it's like he's trying something similar this time he chained to your left-hand side this time that's a brilliant shot again from the net see takes him into a 12-4 lead in this the sixth inning of this match seam digging down trying to get some backspin into the cue ball into his yellow cue ball didn't quite get there a red hitting the cue ball see the frustration there believe in good shape the Italian 12:4 ahead after six innings Sanchez of course more than capable of putting a big run together to close that gap go around the back just goes round the back of the yellow that shot looked pretty good right until the end so let see back at the table again bit of left-hand side on the cue ball just missing only a matter of time surely before Sanchez gets going in this final it's called just for points in the opening seven innings he takes one good inning to turn it all around power and screw it's not going to run there back again it has he know he's got the contact this time your fanciest chances here always a bit easier in your bit closer to one of the two object balls in this case the yellow siletti's cue ball matches his best run of this final he's got the yellow into near a corner she's often helped lots of topspin sending the white up and down the table hopefully hitting the yellow at some point we're cross in that case you've been successful run us three now applying that chalk to the q-tip and again he always need plenty of chalk to get that spin shook their improve the contact between q-tip and the board since you've pasted again some of the yellow stays away might be alright he's just missed again so run of three for Sanchez whose best of the match so far it still trails 712 in this world games three cushion billiard final since you've names of this sport and vertical carom billiards carom three cushion or just three cushion or Karen ball cannonball a depending which part of the world you are Leonetti again trying to go cushions first before hitting the other two balls he's done it again the third time he's done that today [Applause] looks to have brought either you going to this final Zanetti that's looking pretty good to reach 2.0 in his opener 2.22 in his quarterfinal win over Pedro Pietro Perona the United States and then average 1.74 in his seventh semi final win over the number two seed dick Jasper's with the Netherlands so he's been playing pretty well a week the Italian the pace and he's got the line he's already had a run of seven in this match in the second inning he is asking for the shot clock to be stopped actually asking for his cue ball to be clean so he won't have a timeout taken from his three if you've seen pool or snooker in particular before see the cue ball cleaned regularly the last thing you want is what's known as a kick but it's a bad contact between the cue ball and the object ball and you often see the cue ball just jump in the air enter your fans young and old in the Centennial Hall in Rossler Congress Center to watch this 3-cushion final sanity puts another point on the board [Applause] with the way the balls are placed it'd be pretty hopeful of getting at least one more on the board lots of right hand side he's not sure he's done it he goes back to his seat he knows it's not going to hit oh it has hit I think that surprised him he walks away thinking it missed it this file from the nettie the run continues is up to five now raise of the eyebrows all Sanchez can do is sit there and watch quite interesting some of the earlier rounds when there was action going on in the other tables you'd often see that the billiards players looking away watching the action on the 9-ball tables rather than watch their opponent play 20th pace and he's just kicks the red taking the run up to six he looks set to take a commanding lead into the mid-session interval we have a break when one of the players reaches 20 points and Zanetti just two away played some excellent stuff in this first half he's offline there I need some luck he won't get it so that's the end of the run at 6:00 he's had a seven in this match as well so good scoring from Zanetti and he leads 18 seven after eight innings and again he hasn't left anything easy for Sanchez who's going cushions first managed to hit the yellow full in the face so no cannon Sanchez's fifth scoreless inning of this match now Zanetti we've seen him have some success going cushions first for hitting two balls wonders will see him try that again having a long think about this one you know let's be playing this with plenty of bottom I'll give you a screw back show but he looks to be going cushion first unless he's playing some sort of mass a swerve shot brilliant shot love to see a replay of that great improvisation from Zanetti it's needs one more to take us into halftime if you like just missed the contact so Sanchez gets another chance before the break can he get something going had its best running the eight just three though you need something a bit bigger if he's going to get back into this match at least I could start though [Applause] going to cushions first than the red here years and it's works very fine shot [Applause] suppose on like pool or snooker only thinking one shot time here pool or snoot you're always thinking about the next shot and then the shot after that but this game is so hard just to make a point Sanchez on a run of three again here crowd transfixed by this action here three-cushion billy's final in Zanetti producing the fireworks so far Ken Sanchez get back into this plenty of top on the cue ball here and side miss that by a good distance so three in that run for Sanchez leaves him 10:19 down to the Italian done that across and off the stock cushion for sufficient I've got another point so we will have a break after this with Zanetti reaching 20 bit of a malfunction with a scoreboard but I can assure you is 20 points to 10 in front we'll be hoping for at least a couple more before the interval I think he's got another one here he had won't to talk take it away the balls are placed could be another one on here sending this yellow around the table looks pretty happy with it he is desperately lucky not to hit that so that's the end of the run in the end of the first half Marco Zanetti leading by 21 points to ten players go off and five minutes before the resumption Sanchez going first with the white board Jannetty the yellow ball and it's a nettie who had much the better the opening exchanges he leads 21 10 after 10 innings an average of 2.1 for the Italian Sanchez only averaging one seeing some of the highlights that first session huge amounts of check side they're making that yellow rebound at an angle you wouldn't expect so much spin on the cue ball you can see it twice rebounding different angles so Nephi definitely on top in this match is reflected in school I nearly 21 10 in this world games final seeking to retain his crown the Italian yellow ball continuing to revolve seen some wonderful shots from Zanetti already in this match this one here would be quite a conventional shots that played a couple where he said to come off three cushions first before hitting both balls and theythey choosing to watch his opponents at the table here's one of those where he went cushions first before hitting the other two balls and again this was Sanchez just going round the back the yellow note just managed to score a point on that one he had had a couple of near misses the Catalan it's why he trails ten points to 21 the midway stage of this world games final Sanchez seeking his third World Games title on the gold medal in 2001 and 2005 2001 was when bilious sports or Q sports were introduced to the world games in Akita Japan in both of those finals Sanchez beating dick yes pers the Netherlands the Dutchman losing out in the bronze medal playoff to Sami Sid home of Egypt yesterday now Sanchez see the balls exactly as they were before the interval he's going cushions first but unable to score a point so this is the start of the 11th inning and a scoreless one for Sanchez early chance for the neti to increase his lead didn't want Matt white to contact white hitting the red but he still might have got the point he has apologizes for Sanchez bit of luck going his way therefore the Italian for hand up an apology as the cliche goes you make your own luck so Nettie has been the better player so far since you've checked side dancing that's quite going to hit break the run ends at 1:00 normally you'd expect him to score a point here but there is some pressure on Sanchez now 12 points behind it's gone into the corner but that's fine [Applause] 43 years old Sanchez the current world number one 3-cushion billiards that looks pretty good always nice when one of the two balls you need to hit is close to a cushion no chance of going around the back of that one here the yellow ball in the corner just gives you a bit more room to work with he's sending it round across the table and making the point sorry didn't make the point so the run into two still 10 points behind cue ball is not in a bad position the white ball I should say for the Nettie it's got the point we please that white ball has stayed near the corner makes this shot it easier is very similar to the previous shot using the corner I'm just missing thought he might send that yellow rounds the table as he did in the previous shot but went the other way just missed out here with a healthy healthy advantage though 23 12 ahead after 12 innings now this looking looking good Sanchez [Applause] just a few signs that the world number one is finding his range a bit plenty of pace several times around the table and he just made the contact our female stuff there as a thought for a split second it might go around the back again but you to think the yellow in a good position here be very unlucky to get round the back of that yellow takes the run two three and now the Reds near the opposite corner the left-hand side of the yellow standard shot this makes the contact say his best run of a match now and he needed it up to four the red remains in the corner they go I thought he might go cushions first perhaps but see he's carrying might be going across the table just misses so his best run of this final he still seven behind see having a good walk around the table and think about this one lots of topspin got it as well topspin just making the cue ball follow-through striking on the right-hand side he's yellow q-ball quite enough so just one for the nettie there leads by 24 points to 16 in this first to 40 world games 3-cushion billiards final see Sanchez striking on the right-hand side of his white cue ball hits that unfortunate double kiss he could get lucky here he could get lucky if it keeps going he has a real slice of good fortune there for Danny Sanchez can he take advantage unless he doesn't look too impressed by that not what Sanchez intended you've got plenty of pace having a bit of a joke with an SES that's another point another apology from suspensions and vanetti takes it quite phlegmatically Sanchez starting to make inroads into that lead Sanchez was say Zanetti was 20 to 10 ahead at the interval lead nail down to 6 make that 5 and chairs on a run of three said more than his fair share of good luck in this run can he keep it going four can yellow is near the side cushion the Reds not too far away from bottom cushion on your screen so opportunities here for Sanchez to close that gap even further just four points behind now [Music] you've gone round the back of it he has another run of for San chaired consecutive runs of for those his best in the match leaving him fall behind it's the middle of the 14th inning Zanetti coming to the table it's gonna be a fair bit of pace on this shot digging down roll it after just one cushion so no score fizzing Ettie they're a rare scoreless inning for the Italian in this match just his third of the contest that lead down to just four points after a slow start Sanchez is off and running well and then again this 15th inning would have needed to stretch his initial thought on the shot just having a rethink going red ball first instead when cushion first that's looking pretty good [Applause] huge transformation in this match he asks these cue ball to be cleaned just two points behind now that's cool but a little slow to update cueball is clean needs to go get both of those cushions all hitting the read and hear successful [Applause] taking the run to three as you can see now just one point behind and 12 points behind at one stage so I'm missing this time so run of three Sanchez Kansa Nettie get back on track it's lost its way slightly after the interval just three points in four innings after the break well just get the kiss there read in the corner like this shot slightly easier need a degree in geometry to work out some of these angles going to get there I think it is judge that one to perfection [Applause] [Music] so let's see now three points ahead it's looking very good so after a bit of a slow start after the interval and that he seems to have got going again in Causton two minds on this shot and like he was going to get down quickly and go read first now just having a little think see that shot clock running down 40 second shot clock in operation so deep screw side masse if you want to call it need to avoid that contact he's got it this is an excellent shot party tricks coming out here just when the Italian needed it as well Sanchez had closed to within a point so netting now on a run of four willing it to hit that white ball and hit it it does so for the third time in the match silletti on a run of five or greater he had a seven in the second inning a six in the 8th inning what can he do in this 15th inning of the match delicate shot this time used to have the line and the length so he's up to six and into a seven-point lead [Applause] leading 30 points to 23 10 points away from victory 10 points away from retaining his world games crown he's got another one up to a run of seven equalling invest of the match [Applause] excellent response from the Italian Sanchez come out after the interval much the stronger that's a neti now putting together big run here looks like he's got another one another wonderfully judged shot from the Italian takes the runt away [Applause] just missing this time so Zanetti with that run of eight leads by 32 points to 23 after 15 innings Sanchez needs a decent run quickly now this match could be over and he's missed that could be a vital miss in this match trailing by 9 points very thin cut on the red just missing out though so that Sanchez miss has not proved costly sanchez hasn't put any great runs together in this competition so far his best run his seven in his semifinal win over Egypt Samy Saddam Saddam who took four bronze medal yesterday that's looking good though so Nettie's best run of the competition is 13 he had his first round win over Constantine Oscar chorus like another one here for Sanchez he needs this feel he needs at least a run of five or six to give him some hope here three make it three he played really well after the interval Sanchez he still might not be enough he has reduced the deficit six points called timeout from the referee there so that shot clock won't matter on this occasion 40 second shot clock when she is needing a bit more thinking time so we get to the business end this final takes the run up to four leaving in five behind it's one of the loneliest places in sport q Sports Sanchez calls for another timeout Thanks on the loneliest places in sport when your opponent's at the table there's nothing you can do about it particularly pool and snooker but the same applies in billiards just have to sit and suffer hope you get another opportunity lovely shot there for Sanchez taking his run to 5 fester the match just when he needed it most but he needs to keep going here give him a chance of his third World Games gold medal x26 I know just three behind he did close to within one in the 15th inning but then Zanetti produced the best run of the match and eight to go nine in front a bit of distance between the cue ball and the object balls here bit of a disturbance in the crowd called another timeout that's all three gone but this is a vital run if he could get level four even in front boost his chances no end just a Miss there though so run of six it's good it may not be good enough Kenzo Nettie get started in this 17th inning plenty of screw inside and it works [Applause] came through a thriller against dick yeah Spurs in the semi-finals 40 points to 36 this one could be a nail-biter - it's a Nettie's turn it's cool timeout first time bit more thinking time required for the Italian plenty of screw inside just missed so just the one for the neti their lead 33 points 229 Sanchez back at the table got the yellow near the cushion the red not too far away from the cushion it's a good chance to get started here the man from Catalunya now just three behind this could be the most important inning of the match most important inning this world games 3-cushion billiard competition Danny Sanchez were twice champion back in 2001 and 2005 now just two points behind Marco Zanetti the defending World Games champion we now just one behind [Applause] sanchez has really turned it on after the interval he trailed 2110 now he's just one point behind that's an excellent shot to get on level terms taking the run to four in his 18th inning score just four points in his first seven innings took a while to get going plenty of check side there but he's just left it's just missed so Zanetti comes to the table with the scores level in his 18th inning he has had a run of 8 in this match eaten another run of 7 repeat of that would win him gold thinking long and hard over this shot hasn't called for a timeout yet forty second shot clock in operation just this is their so really bad time for a scoreless inning for Marco Zanetti its 33 points apiece just shows you how this game can change its Aneta cruising before the interval apart from the 15 15 thinning we're Zanetti had a run of eight the best of the match he's had a pretty hard time it hit the two balls but only two cushions in between so a reprieve as a nettie quickly back at the table in this world games men's Billy's final three cushion billiards final going off a couple of cushions first maybe three cushions because he were using that corner maybe he went one cushion then the red and tried to go off too before hitting the white he was unable to do so the very difficult shot no easy start of Sanchez here either at the start of the 20th inning still got a chance got it and raised in apology meant to hit it first time it came back it is second time around and Sanchez into the lead it's the first time since the very first inning since your face again and success to run of to just five away from the forty point barrier we are playing equalizing innings so Sanchez gets to 41st vanetti does have the chance to equalize looking good from Sanchez takes the run to three he's really found his range now a Sanchez taking the run to full Sanchez found his game when he needed it most now leads 38 points to 33 just two away Ready's right in the corner and looks like another one for Sanchez producing his best form of the match his best form in a competition right at a vital moment can he get to 40 on this visit on this run it's gone cushion first but he's missed and Zanetti gets the chance fools could have been nicer positioned for him more nicely for him but got to play it a bit live could have done without that contact there that's badbrakes as a Nettie Sanchez now on the point of victory after 20 innings he leads by 39 points to 33 plenty of sites been there looking good looking very good go thanks has reached the 40 point market vanetti gets an equalising inning so what happens here is the balls are replaced in their original position and the net e gets one chance so Zanetti needs a run of seven here take this much into an Extra Innings and he's missed and that's it Daniel Sanchez wins his third World Games gold medal the Spaniard salutes the crowd he started slowly but roared back after the interval trailed 2110 at the interval after 10 innings steady accumulation of points after the interval he went back into the lead and he fainted the 43 year old Spaniard now the three-time World Games gold medalist [Applause]

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Length: 91min 20sec (5480 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 29 2019