Italy
Name:
Fabio Petroni.
Nickname:
Fabulous.
Home town:
Rome, Italy.
Date of birth:
March 30, 1972.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
Winner of Italian Championship, Euro Tour event and Alpe Adria.
Career achievements:
Being a member of the Mosconi Cup team, Euro Tour winner and World Pool Trickshot winner.
Biggest disappointment:
None.
Favourite player:
Efren Reyes.
Cues used:
My Cue by Michelangelo Cavinato.
Hobbies:
Reading and playing any games.
Like about pool:
Winning and playing well.
Dislike about pool:
Sometimes too much luck is involved.
Describe yourself:
Easy going.
Name:
Bruno Muratore
Nickname:
Ice Man.
Home town:
Rome, Italy.
Date of birth:
October 17, 1967.
Wins / high finishes in last 12 months:
2007 Federbiliardo Italian Champion in 14.1 and 9-ball, Italian Absolute Champion and Italian Absolute Open Champion (8-ball, 9-ball and 14.1)
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:
None.
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)
