Tatjana wins the high quality match
- Written by Vivek Pathak - Media Officer, IBSF
Tatjana Vasiljeva - Latvia
IBSF Media
Former European Champion, Tatjana Vasiljeva from Latvia won the high quality match she played against former World Champion, Ng On Yee of Hong Kong. Both of them countered each other very well but in the last, Tatjana passed through and won the decider 3-2.
First frame was easy for Tatjana which she won 59-20, but in next Ng On Yee made a break of 31 points to come at par. Tatjana countered that immediately in next frame and made 36 to keep up the lead but once again Ng On Yee went for high break and made 68 to set decider.
The decider was really good and had a nail-biting finish. Tatjana took first lead of 40-0 crafting a break of 36 points. On next chance, Ng On Yee recovered and came ahead of Tatjana. When she was looking to clear the frame, missed the crucial blue.
There Tatjana played a quality stuff and successfully potted a crucial blue and further went for dicey pink to seal the frame and match. (59-20, 13-74(31), 65(38)-22, 14-73(68), 56(36)-48)