Three Trinity Alums Join Palmer, El Hindi & Ball In PST American Open Quarters
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L to R: Supreet Singh, Andres Vargas, Shaun Johnstone, Gustav Detter

April 27, 2012 - The round of 16 results at PST's American Open followed the seeding. The most interesting story may be that three of four Trinity College alums reached the quarter finals. Supreet Singh (India), Andres Vargas (Colombia) and Gustav Detter (Sweden) survived challenging opponents to advance to Saturday's action.

Shahid Khan and Adrian Leanza renewed their rivalry tonight in an hour long match. Leanza fought off match ball in game four and prevailed11-9 in game five to earn his spot in Saturday's quarter finals.

Andres Vargas also needed to go deep into game five to beat TG Raubenheimer. The match was closely and intensely played. Vargas won by a whisker beating Raubenheimer 11-9 in game five.

Supreet Singh kept his hopes to qualify for Detroit's Championships alive with a four game victory over Ned Marks.

Also of note, top American juniors Mason Ripka and Faraz Khan captured many hearts tonight with their gritty performances against top PST pros. Ripka and Khan have competed in several PST tournaments this season and continue to improve in their play. They did not advance past this round of 16. However, fans and fellow pros noticed that these two young men are quickly elevating their level of play.

Tonight's matches were broadcast live courtesy of LiveTechnology's software and hardware.

David Palmer and Bradley Ball enjoying a game of billiards before their matches


Wael El Hindi and Phil Wilkins telling tales at a break

Edwin Lennox and Phil Wilkins discussing the tournament

Round of 16 Results: Friday, April 27

Mohamed El Sherbini beat Assem Salem 9-11, 16-14, 11-9 (def.)
Adrian Leanza beat Shahid Khan 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11, 11-9
Andres Vargas beat TG Raubenheimer 3-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9
Supreet Singh beat Ned Marks 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
Gustav Detter beat Faraz Khan 11-7, 9-11, 11-2, 11-6
Wael El Hindi beat Shaun Johnstone 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
David Palmer beat Rob Wilkins 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
Bradley Ball beat Mason Ripka 11-8, 11-3, 11-5

Saturday's Quarterfinal Line-up (EST)

Bradley Ball v. Andres Vargas @ 11:00 a.m.

Mohamed El Sherbini v. Gustav Detter @ 11:45 a.m.

Wael El Hindi v. Adrian Leanza @ 12:30 p.m.

David Palmer v. Supreet Singh @ 1:15 p.m.

Saturday's Semi-finals begin at 6:00pm EST

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