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The Final: Rack by Rack
Rack 1
With no shot on the 1 ball, Souquet plays safe. Alcano returns the compliment with a tight snooker but Souquet’s escape leaves the 1 ball on. From there the Filipino runs out to take the opener against the break. 0-1
Rack 2
A soft break from Alcano sets up the balls nicely and from there he clears to increase his lead.
0-2
Rack 3
A fine break from Souquet spreads the balls but a loss of position going from 1 to 2 forces him to miss. Alcano plays safe and nearly scratches. In the end the Filipino has a great chance but misses a cut on the 2 ball. Souquet runs out of position moving to the 6 ball though. With the onus on him, Alcano dishes to take a three rack advantage. 0-3
Rack 4
Employing the soft break Alcano looks in a good position but he over draws the cue ball and is forced to play a chancey cut on the 4. He misses but the balls run safe. Souquet though, plays a good snooker and Alcano’s escape leaves the table open for the German who runs out to get on the scoreboard.
1-3
Rack 5
Souquet chooses the safety following his break with too many of the balls tied up. Both players have visits before Alcano leaves Souquet hooked badly. He plays the deliberate foul leaving the 1 stuck onto the 5 ball. Alcano hooks him again but this time Souquet makes a good contact moving the 1 ball into play. The Filipino makes it 1 and then leaves Souquet hooked again. He escapes but leaves a nakeable ban on for Ronnie. He successfully takes it on and clears up to take the rack. 1-4
Rack 6
Alcano broke and has a shot on the one, but then missed a table-length shot when he tried to roll the blue two down the rail. To make things worse the ball ends up right over the pocket to leave the Kaiser with a simple opportunity. He accepts the gift and runs through the rest of the balls to take only his second rack. 2-4
Rack 7
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wo balls off the break for Souquet leaves him a testing long pot on the 2 ball. He opts for safety but leaves it on for his opponent. Alcano takes it on and completes the most brilliant of run outs to increase his lead to three racks. 2-5
Rack 8
Alcano plays a great safety following his break shot but Souquet responds with a fine three rail escape. A bold move from the Filipino sees him cannon the 1 ball into the 2 ball to pot it. He continues his run to clear the table and create some space between himself and Souquet. 2-6
Rack 9
Souquet broke off but was forced to play safe on the 2 ball. Alcano rolled the same ball down the rail but it left a space for Souquet who made the pot but lost position going from 3
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