BCA
9-Ball Championships Underway
Mike Panozzo
Tuesday, May 16 11:05 AM CST
Top-seeded Johnny Archer and Allison Fisher opened with solid
victories as the opening round of the 2000 Billiard Congress of America
Open 9-Ball Championships got underway at the Riviera Hotel/Casino in Las
Vegas.
Archer, who finished third in the 1999 BCA Open Championships, pulled the
always dangerous Jose Parica of the Philippines in his opening match, but
prevailed 11-7.
Defending ladies' champ Fisher, meanwhile, posted a
lopsided 9-2 win over Steffany Nakagawa in her first match. Defending
men's
champ George SanSouci, the No.2 seed, struggled before prevailing over
Japan's Akikumo Toshikawa, 11-9.
The No.5 seed in both 64-player divisions weren't as lucky. Jeremy Jones
of
Texas, runner-up in the 1999 event, fell to Japan's Takashi Toda, 11-6,
while Loree Jon Jones, runner-up in the recent BCA U.S.
Open 14.1
Championships in New York, also lost to a Japanese entrant, Kimiko
Yamauchi, 9-8. The highest seed to lose a first-round match was
third-seeded Francisco Bustamante, who was shocked by Junior Harris,
11-4.
Sixteen players were seeded in each division of the $160,000 tournament,
which concludes with semifinal matches Friday taped for future airing on
ESPN, and championship matches Saturday afternoon.
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MEN's DIVISION
First Round (Seeds in parenthesis)
Johnny Archer(1) def Jose Parica, 11-7
George San Souci(2) def Akikumo Toshikawia, 11-9
Junior Harris def Francisco Bustamante(3), 11-4
Earl Strickland(4) def Rodolfo Luat, 11-8
Takashi Toda def Jeremy Jones(5), 11-6
Efren Reyes(6) def Hisashi Yamamoto, 11-7
Ralf Souquet(7) def Mike Massey, 11-8
Fong-Pang Chao(8) def Randy Pruden, 11-5
Nick Varner(9) def Tommy Kennedy, 11-8
Mike Coltrain(10) def Mika Immonen, 11-4
Marcus Chamat(11) def Tang Ho, 11-7
Jon Kucharo def Kunihiko Takahashi(12), 11-5
Luc Salvis def Kun-Fang Lee(13), 11-7
Shannon Daulton(14) def Alex Lely, 11-7
Alain Martel(15) def Gerry Watson, 11-9
Buddy Hall(16) def Thomas Engert, 11-4
Howard Vickery def Jason Ahmad, 11-8
Jon Horsfall def Mike Lebron, 11-9
Dennis Coulter def Ismael Paez, 11-9
George Michaels def Bill Stephen, 11-7
Ernesto Dominguez def Ron Wiseman, 11-4
Danny Medina def Michael Schmidt, 11-5
Charlie Williams def David Hemmah, 11-9
David Matlock def Teddy Garrahan, 11-7
Corey Deuel def Troy Frank, 11-2
Tony Ellin def Tony Robles, 11-7
Tan Tiong-Boon def Sebastian Giumelli, 11-5
Paul Potier def Kim Davenport, 11-6
Tomoku Mekari def Lou Butera, 11-7
Jim Rempe def Mark Wilson, 11-5
Dallas West def Santos Sambijon, 11-10
Christian Reimering def Emile Riera, 11-5
WOMEN's DIVISION
First Round (Seeds in parenthesis)
Allison Fisher(1) def Steffany Nakagawa, 9-2
Gerda Hofstatter(2) def Tami Cantoni, 9-4
Karen Corr(3) def Wienke Thamsen, 9-5
Vivian Villarreal(4) def Tina Pawolski, 9-6
Kimiko Yamauchi def Loree Jon Jones(5), 9-8
Ewa Laurance(6) def Jeri Engh, 9-2
Jennifer Chen(7) def Julie Mason, 9-5
Helena Thornfeldt(8) def Vicki Paski, 9-4
Aileen Pippin(9) def Angel Paglia, 9-7
Ulrika Andersson def Robin Dodson(10), 9-7
Akimi Kajitani(11) def Alice Rim, 9-5
Dawn Hopkins(12) def Donna Tidwell, 9-1
Laura Smith(13) def Christie Dickerson, 9-8
Catherine Guron def Belinda Campos(14), 9-8
Pat Tipton def Fran Crimi(15) , 9-5
Line Kjoersvik(16) def Mika Muneta, 9-3
Franziska Stark def Nicole McCue, 9-6
Kathy MacDonald def Jan McWorter, 9-2
Nicole Mancini def Sharon Weis, 9-4
Monica Webb def Amy Paul, 9-3
Arrianne Duin def Shari Stauch, 9-7
Melissa Little def Diana Minor, 9-6
Nadine Mazzola def Liz Bernier, 9-8
Megan Smith def Nesli O'Hare, 9-8
Linda Haywood def Ann Gray, 9-5
Ming Ng def Shelly Barnes, 9-8
Kelly Oyama def Lisa Merkin, 9-4
Tiffany Nelson def Julie Kelly, 9-6
Kyoko Sone def Maureen Seto, 9-8
Candi Rego def Jeannie Seaver,(F)
Stacey Hurst def Romona Biddle, 9-6
Darlene Stinson def Sue Backman, 9-4
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