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Parsons meets Wild in Men all England quarterfinal
Antony Parsons (pictured) performed the most outstanding comeback so far in Men 2015 European Snooker Championships Last 16 round of matches, by beating Robert Carlisle (Scotland) 5-4 after he had been 0-4 down.
In the quarterfinals, he will face his fellow countryman Michael Wild, who beat – also in the deciding frame but after a very balanced match where he also had to comeback, from 0-3 and 2-4 down to win it 5-4 – Mateusz Baranowski (Poland) in another exciting match at the arena of Prague’s Top Hotel.
Smashing hit also for Jamie Rhys Clarke (Wales) over Brendan O’Donoghue (Ireland) by 5-1, with impressive break sequence on the five frames won: 91, 72, 114, 90 and 91. Big surprise is 18 years old Andres Petrov (Estonia) – who had already a 147 break, but in practice – in quarterfinals, after beating Declan Lavery (Northern Ireland) also in the deciding frame (5-4).
Last match of Last 16 round to end allowed Kacper Filipiak to save the honor from Poland: they were five dreaming with the European crown, now there’s only him, after beating 5-3 Shachar Ruberg (Israel).
The Men 2015 European Snooker Championships Last 16 round of matches, played this Thursday morning até the Prague’s Top Hotel, ended up with the following scores:
Antony Parsons (England)-Robert Carlisle (Scotland), 5-4
Michael Wild (England)-Mateusz Baranowski (Poland), 5-4
Michael Collumb (Scotland)-Lukas Kleckers (Germany), 1-5
Rune Kampe (Danmark)- Kristján Helgason (Iceland), 2-5
Brendan O’Donoghue (Ireland)-Jamie Rhys Clarke (Wales), 1-5
Brian Cini (Malta)-Jason Peplow (Malta), 5-1
Andres Petrov (Estonia)-Declan Lavery (Northern Ireland), 5-4
Shachar Ruberg (Israel)-Kacper Filipiak (Poland), 3-5
Here is the Men 2015 European Snooker Championships quarterfinals grid of matches, to be played still best of nine frames Friday, starting at 10 a. m:
Antony Parsons (England)-Michael Wild (England)
Lukas Kleckers (Germany)-Kristján Helgason (Iceland)
Jamie Rhys Clarke (Wales)-Brian Cini (Malta)
Andres Petrov (Estonia)-Kacper Filipiak (Poland)
