While Florian Nüßle missed defending his title at the strong Vienna Snooker Open, Christian Hochmayer, a Viennese, ended up in the top 16 as the best Austrian. For him, the result is particularly important.
“I mention this result in the same breath as the round of the last 16 at the Masters World Championships in Doha 2015,” said Christian Hochmayer from Vienna about the same result at the Vienna Snooker Open last weekend in KÖÖ 7 The high density of top players led to explosive duels in the first knockout round, Austria’s number 1 and last year’s winner Florian Nüßle had to give up 2:3 in the 1/16 final against professional Mark Joyce. This year the title went to the Swiss Alex Ursenbacher. “I met him 17 years ago in Basel when I lived and played there for three years,” says Hochmayer. “The density is getting higher and higher, and you can see that in the results, as Andrea Pihurik also knows from the organizing committee. “And the nice thing is that all the players are always very enthusiastic about our tournament and definitely want to come back next year.”
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