Joshua Filler vs Lo Ho Sum | Final Highlights | 2022 World Pool Masters

Michael, this is the culmination, the climax of what's been a spellbinding, captivating four days of pool. It really is one of those finals where you have to say heavily favoured considering the way he's played so far, considering his career CV, it has to be Joshua Filler. But last year, let's remember that heavily favoured was Shane Van Boning against Akazakis, who hadn't pulled up any trees to get to the final. And what happened? It was a 9-0 whitewash for Kazakis. So making predictions is a dangerous business. Anyway, after all of that, welcome to the commentary box, Alvin. Hi guys, nice to be here. Joshua Filler to break. I don't think we're gonna see something what happened last year in the final. It's a 9-0. Well, just look at the cue ball there. This is not the start Filler wanted, but start the clock please. For Lo Ho Sung, this is a nice way to relax your waist. Kiss, kiss, kiss. Down she goes. The underdog bites in rack one. Joshua Filler unlucky to scratch. Lo Ho Sung did the rest. Well, this is all you can ask for, isn't it? What a dream start this is. It's the same with Ko Pinyi did to Josh, right? Yeah, Ko Pinyi won the opening three racks. Here's Filler. Filler come back and took the lot. So we know he's got that in him, but all Lo can do is exactly what he's doing now. This nine ball for a two-pack. He's been defying the odds from the first match and he continues to do so. The decided underdog coming into the final makes the better start. He leads by two racks to nil. Definitely got a piece of that pocket. This is what Josh has been waiting for. What's he going to be left with? Yeah, I think he should have taken the extension on this shot. Extension please. As soon as the eight ball went in, he asked for his extension. If you've got one, why not use it? It's a 30-second shot clock. And one 30-second extension per player, per rack. Yeah, Joshua does that a lot on the nine ball. And Filler is off the mark. So Lohosom judged the two ball badly. Made contact on the way through and Joshua Filler gets off the mark. In 2022, he's also won the Bigfoot Challenge at the Derby City Classic and the European Met Straight Pool Championship. But he's also been beaten in three finals, which hurt. Derby City Classic nine ball, Lascaux Open, European Tour event and part of the Matchroom multi-sport pool series. Premier League pool when he lost in the title match to Albin Auschen. So he's been involved at the business end on a regular basis here. Extension please. There you see it again, the extension used for the nine ball. The additional composure time, just eliminating even the nth degree of doubt about what was a stock nine ball. Joshua Filler was 2-0 behind. Now though, he's in the ascendancy at 3-2. Lohosom can go off the side rail with a bit of ride on spin, get to the three. If he can hit the short rail, so play it two rail. He could play it slow as well. If he plays this pacey, he'd love to hit the short rail as well. Well if that had gone in Phil, I didn't have a clue how. Almost copped a snook at physics that one. Nearly not quite enough juice. And when his opponent comes to the table, you would have the option of playing or passing it back. This is no good. Whenever you're playing safe, the idea is you try and put the two balls safe as well. You don't put it over the pocket. Push out. Cautious conservative with a small c. Is it sensible? Well it's not a combination, but often when they're touching, if you hit the side of the one ball, it can be made. But I don't think Josh can. The cue ball needs to slow down. Wow he's lost a cue ball here. He has lost a cue ball here. Might play this with a little bit of running right and spin. Could also play it with left and come off two rails. This can often get lost though. Needs the cue ball to slow down. It's running away from him a little bit. He's got a tester. Just feel like this is the biggest test of this final now for Lowe. This is a big shot coming up Phil. Yeah it's got all of the hallmarks of a pressure ball. If he can knock this seven in clean, he can definitely win this final. Biggest shot of the week. It's in the middle. It's in the middle. He's looking good. Fairytale is alive and wasn't trying to run into the three ball there. He's looking at the putting handle so he can. Are we seeing the wheels falling off? This time he doesn't get away with it. He's let filler back in here. Is this the moment Joshua's been waiting for? Pacing to the cue ball because the cue becomes a little powerful. Still can't really reach it. He's overdone it. What's he left Josh? What has he left Josh? Lo Ho Son has just started to falter a little bit but this is nasty. This is not easy for Josh. The pot isn't too bad but it's controlling the cue ball. That's to show the match for me. That was a wonderful full shot. Really was. Spinning the cue ball into the six. Purposely bumping into the seven. Well if you're old I'm obsolete. Trying to play this into the rail. This makes the six ball a bigger ball rather than going straight into the six. This is attacking. That is the shot of a champion. It really is. He has really gone for this. I thought that Karl you were going to break out into the look on music like at the Mosconi Cup and they all sing. Oh Joshua Fuller. He's coming up with the goods. Delivering at the right time as he does so often. Don't give up your day job Phil. He's won so much in the sport of Josh. Still only a young man. 24 years of age. He's still a baby. He's won Mosconi Cups, MVPs, World Nine Ball Champion, US Open Champion, World Cup of Pool. In this match he was considered the veteran and yet there's only one year between them. For the last time in the tournament. So he wants to make the most of it. Watch out for a blockbuster. Thank you rack 15. Joshua Fuller to break. Mid eight racks to six. Has he got a shot? He has got a shot. He has got a shot at the tube and look at the balls. Joshua Fuller is one of the best players in the world in open play and when it's for the title and it doesn't often falter. Asking for the cue ball to be cleaned as Carl Boyes explained a little earlier that comes out of his own time. So Brendan Moore hurrying to get the job done. Yeah what often happens is when you break use another cue. So because you're hitting the cue ball so hard often there's a round circle of blue or green chalk whichever color you use and at times your very next shot it can be sat where you want to strike the cue ball. Striking down on the cue ball that might affect. Extension please. How far he comes back. Well he's actually put the extension on his cue now. I mean he doesn't need the extension but I can only think this is to get a little bit more power and there's a lot of cue from his hand to the cue ball. Oh he's fired it in. He's fired it in. And he's fired up. He knows he's getting ever closer to glory. Yeah he's quite a nervous player as crazy as that sounds. That's why you see all these emotions that he goes for. He's a bit edgy at the table and when he knows this is for the match he just wants to make sure he doesn't do anything silly. He's dealt with the most extreme pressure when on the verge of being world champion, US Open champion, winning Moscone cups for Europe and now he's dealing with it again. Yeah I'm looking at Pia Filler I know she's in absolute bits here. She's not handling the nerves too well from the sidelines but it's all over folks. This nine ball for the win. Killer when the chips were down and he was under extreme pressure. Put there by Lohosom. Joshua Filler found a way. The man at the top table of international pool and now he's ticked off another box on the wish list. It's a clean sweep for Filler. He's won them all. World Cup of Pool, US Open, World Championship and now World Masters and Carl he's loving it. You know there's a rich history of German success in this event. It's time now. Emily Fraser the managing director of Matchroom Multisport. Joshua Filler 2022 World Pool Master.