Jaspers-Merckx and Caudron-Bury in semis

NEW YORK - The semi-finals in the Carom Cafe in New York will be played between Eddy Merckx and Dick Jaspers and at the other table between Frédéric Caudron and Jérémy Bury. The matches start at 15.00 US time.

Frédéric Caudron defeated in a close finish Tayfun Tasdemir, who had missed his matchball by a kiss. The Belgian then finished it off with five great caroms: 40-39 in 22.

Eddy Merckx excelled again with high runs, scored a ten and a nine against Roland Forthomme and won 40-24 in 14.

Dick Jaspers took a big lead against Martin Horn (22-6), the German made a strong come back to 35-34, but Jaspers had the best finish, 40-36 in 22.

Jérémy Bury was a way too strong for the Vietnamese Vinh The Ly, whom he defeated 40-20 in 19 innings.