Italy
Name:
Fabio Petroni.
Nickname:
Fabulous.
Home town:
Rome, Italy.
Date of birth:
March 30, 1972.
Family:
Single.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
None.
Career Achievements:
Italian Champion, European Champion (team) and Euro Tour Champion.
Biggest disappointment:
None.
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes.
Sponsors:
Mari Club.
Cues used:
Custom cues.
Hobbies:
Chess, cinema and tennis.
Home pool room:
Mister Pool.
Like about pool:
The feeling of playing.
Dislike about pool:
Tough to live with.
Occupation other than pool:
Nothing.
Describe yourself:
A true man, Sometimes funny and emotional.
Name:
Bruno Muratore
Nickname:
Ice Man.
Home town:
Rome, Italy.
Date of birth:
October 17, 1967.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Winner on Euro Tour in 2007 (Malaga), runner-up on Euro Tour in 2008 (Napoli), quarter-finalist in the 2008 World 8-Ball Championship.
Career achievements:
Being the best player at the Eurotournier Team Championship in 1995, finished third in the 2002 World Tour in Munich and being Italian Champion five times (1994, 1995, 1996, 2006 and 2007).
Biggest disappointment:
Losing 8-1 to Francisco Bustamante in the first round of the 2008 World Pool Masters.
Favourite player:
Fabio Petroni.
Cues used:
Predator.
Hobbies:
Marvel comics and basketball.
Like about pool:
Focusing on the game.
Dislike about pool:
The Italian pool situation is not so good.
Describe yourself:
Generous, true, reserved, honest and sometimes a dreamer.
World Cup of Pool record
2006
(Fabio Petroni and Angelo Millauro)
QF - Lost 8-9 to Vietnam (Luong Chi Dung and Thanh Nam Nguyen)
L16 - Won 9-2 against Finland (Markus Juva and Mika Immonen)
R1 - Won 9-2 against South Africa (David Anderson and Yulan Govender)
2007 Campaign
R1
- Tuesday, September 25 (evening) v France (Vincent Facquet and Stephan Cohen)
