World Pool Championship: Fedor Gorst survives scare as Jayson Shaw and Alex Kazakis both win

Fedor Gorst survived a huge scare in the opening match of his World Pool Championship defence as he fought back to defeat Estonia’s Mark Magi in Milton Keynes.

Russian star Gorst fought back from 5-1 and 6-2 down to defeat Magi 9-7 at Marshall Arena.

He’ll face Mark Gray for a place in the last 64.

The performance of a #MosconiCup MVP 👏

Jayson Shaw wins 8 racks on the bounce to come back from 6-0 down to defeat Moritz Neuhausen 💥

A sublime showing of grit and character. Still plenty of opportunity for Neuhausen to make the last 64!#WorldPoolChampionship pic.twitter.com/UEdYJY10FZ

Jayson Shaw found himself 6-0 down against World Under-17 champion Moritz Neuhausen of Germany, but the former US Open champion and current Mosconi Cup MVP, being watched by European captain Alex Lely, began a confident fightback, winning eight racks without reply.

The German youngster cut the deficit to 8-7 with Shaw on the hill but the Scot wrapped up the match 9-7.

The two-time World Champion showing exactly why he is just that!

A carom on the 5 and 4-9 bank combo for the W for Thorsten Hohmann against Mika Immonen 🤯#WorldPoolChampionship pic.twitter.com/shB2rfxw6Z

There were also opening session wins for Championship League Pool winner Albin Ouschan, who beat Fabio Petroni 9-5, and Finland’s Mika Immonen who beat Kristina Tkach 9-4 having been 3-1 down early on.

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He has beaten Jennifer Barretta 9-6 👏 #WorldPoolChampionship pic.twitter.com/VMCuFQzqjz

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Alex Kazakis, who was recently crowned World Pool Masters champion, was up against his mixed-doubles partner Kelly Fisher, the women’s world champion, and the Greek star was a 9-1 winner.

American female April Larson gave Chris Melling a scare before the Brit closed out a 9-7 victory, while Darren Appleton booked his place in the last 64 with a 9-2 success over Germany’s Christof Reintjes, who was on the winning side when the pair were on opposing teams in the World Cup of Pool final last month.

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