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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Rory conquers in East Coast

(l-r) Rory Thor and Lai Chee Wei
Image courtesy of Melvin See
Rory proves that he is still the player to beat after defeating Lai Chee Wei in the Final to win Leg 9 XZ Snooker tour 2011 at Rally Kuantan.

The Top 4 seeds played in the Semi Finals today which saw Rory Thor and Lai Chee Wei progressing into the Final, beating Sebastian H'ng and Mohd Reza respectively. Both players have met on numerous encounters and record is still equally leveled between them.

Lai grabbed the lead winning 1-0, playing confidently but Rory bounced back immediately to claim 3 frames in a row to lead 3-1, requiring one more frame to lift the trophy. Lai dug deep into his bag of tricks to reduce the gap to 3-2 but that was all he could do as Rory won Frame 6 to win the Championship.

Rory walks away with RM 2,500 cash prize whilst Lai takes home RM 1,000 cash prize.

Below are the results for the Semi Finals and Final.

Semi Finals Results
Rory Thor 4 vs 3 Sebastian H'ng
74-35, 0-85, 15-65, 77-40, 0-86, 68-45, 72-30

Mohd Reza 2 vs 4 Lai Chee Wei
38-73, 56-65, 73-53, 0-75, 92-0, 50-59

Final Results
Rory Thor 4 vs 2 Lai Chee Wei
48-71, 59-38, 93-8, 78-43, 6-60, 54-18

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