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NZ Open - Singles KO

Playoff for 3rd and 4th by Tom Berryman

Chris Shilling vs Stephen Mulliner in the playoff for 3rd and 4th. Chris got 3rd back in 1998...can he repeat this?

Anthony here...Michael Wright is going to comment on the final.

Stephen has missed H1 with Chris' ball nearby

24 Jan 2016 10:12AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Chris makes H1 but has a break to dig out

24 Jan 2016 10:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Chris is on hoop 3...

24 Jan 2016 10:32AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Chris has made H5 with a break established

24 Jan 2016 10:39AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Chris didn't make 6, and Stephen is in, but doesn't get position at H1.

24 Jan 2016 10:44AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Chris is around to 4B, and left a NSL. Stephen hit, and rushed to H1 but missed a longish hoop - having some trouble with the hoops

24 Jan 2016 11:13AM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Chris hits the long one with R, and has good chances of getting the second break going

24 Jan 2016 11:15AM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Chris stuck in H1 from a foot or so

24 Jan 2016 11:18AM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Stephen hits in and makes H1, with a break in prospect

24 Jan 2016 11:21AM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Stephen is going around, and approaching 3B. Chris is already on 4B.

24 Jan 2016 11:32AM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Stephen has left a diagonal spread.

24 Jan 2016 11:37AM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Chris misses the lift shot from B baulk

24 Jan 2016 11:39AM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Stephen plays a long approach to H1 very well and runs it...a second break is there for the taking

24 Jan 2016 11:41AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Stephen has a go at a 3-yard H4 and misses...Chris takes long shot at partner and smacks it in the middle

24 Jan 2016 11:48AM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Chris sticks in H1 again from a short distance....its dangerous going through these Atkins hoops lightly.

24 Jan 2016 11:53AM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Stephen got his H4 ball going again but break is a bit messy so far

24 Jan 2016 11:59AM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Couldn't get near hoop 6 and tried a scatter shot, but Chris' R and Y are not far away

24 Jan 2016 12:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Chris duly hits in.

24 Jan 2016 12:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Chris rushes to H1 again but all the way to the line, and comes up short with approach...retreats to partner ball. Chris is 1 and 4B, vs Stephen on 4B and 6

24 Jan 2016 12:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Stephen in again, and has made H6, 1B and 2B with break likely to the peg

24 Jan 2016 12:13PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Resuming from lunchbreak...Stephen on peg and 4B, Chris 4B and 1 and, for the third time, has stuck in 1 with red...but no short shot for Stephen

24 Jan 2016 12:40PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Stephen hit in and set a leave

24 Jan 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Chris misses the long shot

24 Jan 2016 12:46PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Stephen overrolled 4B and left a 7 yarder for Chris, but he misses. CHris on 4B and 1, Stephen on peg and 4B

24 Jan 2016 12:52PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Stephen lays up in corner 4 with cut rush to 4b . . . Chris to shoot

24 Jan 2016 12:54PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Chris hits! Another attempt at 1 coming up

24 Jan 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

He finally makes H1, and tries to set up break... not quite there, so a leave follows

24 Jan 2016 1:02PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Stephen has hit in and laid up in corner 3 with rush to 4b (he is peg and 4b).

24 Jan 2016 1:13PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

After quite a lot of inning and outing, Stephen has made 4B and makes a good rush to penult

24 Jan 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

makes penult and tries long roll to rover, but overrolls - retreats into corner

24 Jan 2016 1:27PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Blue left at rover, black in corner 4. Chris is R and Y, laid up in corner 2 together

24 Jan 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Stephen hits in again... this time he pegs out black. Time must be nearly up (Blue still has to make rover)

24 Jan 2016 1:37PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Yes, Stephen wins first game 24-10 (3 and half hour time limit)

24 Jan 2016 1:39PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

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