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Archer
Wins BCA Open Title
Mike Panozzo
Saturday, May 20, 11:11 PM CST |
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In a virtual carbon copy of the women's final scenario, Johnny Archer avenged
his winner's bracket loss to George SanSouci with a 9-6 win in the title match
of the Billiard Congress of America Open 9-Ball Championships at the Riviera
Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas.
"I didn't look at it as a revenge thing," insisted Archer, who
earned $15,000 to the title. "Any win is great. Obviously, beating George
is great because he's been playing so well." Archer forged an early 4-2
lead before a missed shot in game seven gave SanSouci a chance to knot the
match. The score was tied at 4-4, 5-5 and 6-6 before Archer pieced together a
solid three-rack run to close the match.
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Johnny Archer
George Sansouci
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"When George missed the 1 ball ahead 6-5," said Archer. "I knew I
had to take advantage. It was too late in the match to give him another
chance." "You just can't make mistakes when you're playing a player
like Johnny,"
noted SanSouci, who earned $7,500 as runnerup.
For Archer, the win is a confidence booster coming at a perfect time.
"This is a big confidence builder going into the world championship in
Cardiff. I'm playing well, and this really helps."
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DAILY WRITE-UPs
May 20, 11:11p cst
Women's Championship Match
May 20, 4:45p cst
Saturday's First Match
May 20, 2:04a cst
Friday's Third Match
May 19, 11:25p cst
Friday's Second Match
May 19, 9:30p cst
Friday's First Match
May 19, 11:30a cst
Friday Winner's Bracket
May 18, 9:30p cst
Thursday Winner's Bracket
May 18, 6:35p cst
Thursday Loser's Bracket
May 18, 3:30p cst
Thursday Winner's Bracket
May 17, 5:25p cst
Wednesday Winner's Bracket
May 17, 4:25p cst
Wednesday Loser's Bracket
May 16, 1105a cst
First Round Results
About this Tournament
The 2nd annual BCA Open 9-Ball
Championships return to Las Vegas, where men's and women's
64-player fields compete for $100,000 in prize money and all expense-paid trips to Italy.
New York's George "Ginky" SanSouci and
British transplant Allison Fisher will defend their
1999 titles against an international field that includes
reigning world 9-ball champions Efren Reyes and Nick Varner, Japan
Cup champion Akimi Kajitani, and BCA U.S. Open 14.1 champion Ralf
Souquet of Germany.
The final three matches in each division will be taped for future
airing on ESPN.
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