2021 Dynamic Billiard Antalya Open
EUROTOUR TITLE NO.2
For
SANCHEZ RUIZ
By LUKE RICHES - EPBF
Francisco Sanchez Ruiz made it two-out-of-two Euro Tour titles as he took down the Dynamic Billiard Turkish Open presented by the Turkish Billiard Federation with a confident 9-5 victory over emerging young Serbian player Aleksa Pecelj.
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he 29 year-old has been playing on the Euro Tour for the best part of a decade and may have been thinking that elusive title may never come but he won in August in Slovenia and followed it up today with a string of imposing performances to become the first man to win con-
secutive Euro Tour titles since Dennis Grabe in 2014. Perhaps the confidence of winning his maiden title has elevated Sanchez Ruiz to a higher level and it certainly showed over the past three days here at the Venezia Palace Hotel on
Turkey’s south coast. In tip-top form throughout, the Spaniard never conceded more than five racks in any of his matches. Afterwards he said, “I feel very excited as I didn’t expect to win this tournament but I felt really good and played it round by round so I’m really happy.
Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz
26 | Billiards Buzz • December 2021
