3-Cushion
He never sees any danger, not in positions on the billiard, not in opponents on their seats and not in matches with a lot of tension. Frédéric Caudron does'nt like to speak about top form, he always says, because he knows how fragile the sense of top players is, but the Belgian champ can not deny that he's moving already for months as a playing bird at the billiard, as they like to say it in his own country.
The qualification playing bird should not be misunderstood: Caudron is living intensely for his sport and will do anything to continue playing on the highest level. It just seems so simple and playful as Caudron moves around and on the table. ,,I see no danger at this moment, I feel the billiard perfectly and I'm able to score at any moment in the match'', he said this afternoon, after he finished the preliminaries for Agipi with victories over Dani Sánchez and Haeng Jik Kim.
Caudron on one table against Kim (15-9 and 15-12 in 8 in 6) and Marco Zanetti on the other against Thorsten Frings (15-9 and 15-12, both in twelve) gave Agipi the maximum 8-0 score. Zanetti was not on his top in this match, the great form he probably will keep for the last days. The Italian had an average of 1.250 against 0,869 for Frings.
Haeng Jik Kim was a very respectable opponent for Caudron with 1.615 average. ,,He will be a dangerous opponent for us as he continues to develop like he does now''Caudron insured.
The team of Agipi finished as leader in his group before FC Porto and will play in the semi-finals almost certainly against Clichy Montmartre. That means another duel between Frédéric Caudron and Eddy Merckx, the thirteenth official match this year already.