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A Day on the Hill
Mike Panozzo
Wednesday, May 17 5:25 PM CST

Winner's bracket matches at the 2000 Billiard Congress of America 9-Ball Open Championships went the distance Tuesday, with five contests going to the wire in the $160,000 tournament at the Riviera Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas.

Action was particularly tense in the 64-player men's division, which saw three seeded players eke out 11-10 victories. Eighth-seeded Fong Pang Chao of Chinese Taipei sneaked past Dennis Coulter, while ninth-seeded Nick Varner edged out George Michaels. Recent Hall of Fame inductee Buddy Hall, the No. 16 seed, slipped past Canadian John Horsfall for a single game.

In the women's division, ninth-seeded Aileen Pippin pulled out a 9-8 win over Monica Webb. Overall, the undefeated seeds dominated winner's bracket action, with ladies' No. 16 seed Line Kjoersvik being the only seeded player to lose in the second round. The Finnish star dropped a 9-7 verdict to Canadian Kathy MacDonald.

Action in the winner's bracket resumes Wednesday afternoon. The BCA Open concludes Saturday.

 

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MEN's DIVISION
Second Round
Winner's Bracket
(seeds in parenthesis)

Archer (1) def Vickery, 11-4
Hall (16) def Horsfall, 11-10
Chao (8) def Coulter, 11-10
Varner (9) def Michaels, 11-10
Reyes (6) def Dominguez, 11-7
Chamat (11) def Medina, 11-8
Strickland (4) def Williams, 11-5
Matlock def Salvas, 11-6
Harris def Deuel, 11-10
Daulton (14) def Ellin, 11-4
Toda def Tan, 11-4
Kucharo def Potier, 11-6
Souquet (7) def Mekari, 11-8
Coltrain (10) def Rempe, 11-8
SanSouci (2) def West, 11-2
Martel (15) def Reimering, 11-6

Tuesday Loser's Bracket
Parica def Ahmad, 11-1
Engert def LeBron, 11-9
Paez def Pruden, 11-3
Kennedy def Stephen, 11-8
Yamamoto def Wiseman, 11-5
Schmidt def Hoa, 11-7
Hemmah def Luat, 11-8
Lee (13) def Garrahan, 11-4
Bustamante (3) def Frank, 11-9
Lely def Robles, 11-10
J. Jones (5) def Giumelli, 11-4
Davenport def Takahashi (12), 11-10
Butera def Massey, 11-8
Immonen def Wilson, 11-8
Toshikawa def Sambajon, 11-8
Watson def Riera, 11-7

WOMEN's DIVISION
Second Round
Winner's Bracket
(seeds in parenthesis)

Fisher (1) def Stark, 9-0
MacDonald def Kjoersvik (16), 9-7
Thornfeldt (8) def Mancini, 9-6
Pippin (9) def Webb, 9-8
Laurance (6) def Duin, 9-4
Kajitani (11) def Little, 9-4
Villarreal (4) def Mazzola, 9-3
L. Smith (13) def M. Smith, 9-3
Corr (3) def Haywood, 9-7
Garon def Ng, 9-7
Oyama def Yamauchi, 9-7
Hopkins (12) def Nelson, 9-7
Chen (7) def Sone, 9-3
Andersson def Rego, 9-6
Hofstatter (2) def Hurst, 9-4
Stinson def Tipton, 9-5

Tuesday Loser's Bracket
Nakagawa def McCue, 9-6
Muneta def McWorter, 9-8
Paski def Weis, 9-8
Paglia def Paul, 9-4
Stauch def Engh, 9-6
Minor def Rim, 9-2
Bernier def Pawloski, 9-5
O'Hare def Dickerson, 9-7
Thamsen def Gray, 9-6
Barnes def Campos (14), 9-6
Jones (5) def Merkin, 9-6
Kelly def Tidwell, 9-6
Seto def Mason, 9-2
Dodson (10) def Seaver - F
Biddle def Cantoni, 9-5
Crimi (15) def Backman, 9-3

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