BAD WILDUNGEN - In the final at the German three cushion championships, Martin Horn won his 14th national title this Monday. The 53-year-old Horn, ranked No 6 in the world, defeated Tom Löwe in the battle for gold. The final ended in 40-24 in 27 innings. Also on the podium were Amir Ibraimov and Tay Dien Truong. The German federation will later designate the two players who will play the World championship in Viersen for Germany.
Martin Horn played an excellent tournament in Bad Wildungen with many generous victories and, among other things, a best run of 18. ,,I’ve not been in trouble for a moment‘’, he assured after his victory and the ceremony. Apart from the run of 18, Horn also made runs of 16, 12, 12 and 10. In the group, he was at his best with 30 in 11, 11 and 9, 90 caroms in 31 innings, good for 2,900 on average.
Horn's final average was 1,879. Tom Löwe took the silver with 1.276 average, Amir Ibraimov was third with 1.454, Truong with 1.039.
The German finalists started the final stage in groups of four, in which Martin Horn won vs Uwe Werner 30-1 in 11, Stefan Dirks 30-11 in 11 and Tobias Bouerdick 30-7 in 9. In the knockouts, Horn was the winner first against Wolfgang Zenkner, the former national coach, 40-22 in 20, then in the quarter-finals against Ramazan Durdu (40-28 in 33) and in the semi-finals against Truong 40-16 in 21.
Truong won in the quarter-finals against Lukas Stamm, Tom Löwe fvs Ronny Lindemann, Amir Ibraimov vs Markus Dömer.
Martin Horn reached the final match by beating in the semi-finals Truong, Tom Löwe beat Amir Ibraimov 40-31 in 26.
The results in the quarter-finals:
Horn-Durdu 40-28 in 33
Stamm-Truong 31-40 in 35
Löwe-Lindemann 40-21 in 24
Amir Ibraimov-Dömer 40-27 in 25.
Martin Horn, unbeaten, 1.879 on average, high run 18
Tom Löwe, the runner up
The final score at the top:
- Martin Horn 14-1.879-18
- Tom Löwe 11-1,276-9
- Amir Ibraimov 8-1,454-11
- Tay Dien Truong 10-1,039-9
- Lukas Stamm 0-0.923-6
- Markus Dömer 6-0.936-5
- Ramazan Durdu 6-1,080-5
- Ronny Lindemann 8-1,152-6