Joshua Filler has won the debut 2022 UK Open Pool Championship at the Copper Box Arena in London subsequent to beating Francisco Sanchez Ruiz in the last.

The 24-year-old German took off with the challenge subsequent to asserting five racks in succession to come out 13-7 champ to add to his World Pool Masters title he won recently.

“I’m not having a really awful of a month. It means everything to me. It was a fantastic competition,” said Filler, whose Filler’s triumph sees him become the highest level European at Nineball world No 2.

“I was battling on occasion. Fran played an amazing competition. I said before the semis, you had the right to win them.

The manner in which you played the last from 7-5, I was holding back to perceive how I could win this last.

The karma went on my side in the end. Fran is probably the best player.”

Filler proceeded: “It’s the strain you have as a player. Whenever you come here you simply need to win the competition.

“Each coordinate is simply so intense with such countless incredible players. We’ve seen Fran lose the main match then come here. It’s the tension.”

Semi-Finals
David Alcaide 4-11 Joshua Filler
Shane Van Boening 4-11 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz

Finals

Joshua Filler 13-7 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz

The 2022 World Cup of Pool is next up on Sky Sports. It will occur at the Brentwood Center, Essex from June 14-19 with Efren “Bata” Reyes set to address the Philippines as 32 nations fight it out for pride and their portion of the $250,000 prize asset.