BATA REYES STILL WOUND UP AS THE BEST FILIPINO FINISHER; TAIWANESE WU CHIA-CHING AND CHANG SHU-HAN WINS ALL JAPAN
EFREN "BATA" REYES, bowed to eventual winner and fellow World Pool Champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan, 11-6, in the quarter-final round but still wound up as the best Filipino finisher in the just concluded 40th All Japan Championships 2007 at the Hotel New Archaic Hall in Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo, Japan on Sunday.
The 53-year-old Reyes, didn't go home empty handed as he received JPY250,000 after making it to the last eight along with 2001 WPC winner Mika "The Iceman" Immonen of Finland, 2004 WPC runner-up Pei Wei-chang of Taiwan and M. Tanaka of Japan who also lost their quarter-final matches.
The 18-year-old Wu, who took the WPC crown in 2005 Taiwan edition stopped the giant killing ways of T. Kuribayashi of Japan, 11-3, in the finals to pocket the top prize of JPY2,000,000.
On the way to the finals, Wu trounced last year's All Japan Champion Filipino Lee Vann Corteza, 11-6 (last 16), Reyes, 11-6 (last 8), H. Hijikata of Japan, 11-1, (last 4), then toppled Kuribayashi, 11-3, (finals).
Kuribayashi, on the other hand who receive runner-up prize of JPY1,000,000 defeated two-time Asian Games 9-ball gold medalist Yang Ching Shun of Taiwan, 11-9 (last 16), compatriot Tanaka, 11-10 (last 8), 1996 WPC winner Ralf Souquet of Germany, 11-10 (last 4) before yielding to Wu, 11-3 (finals).
Corteza and Warren Kiamco from Negros Billiard Stable of Jonathan Sy, both receive JPY125,000 for make it to the last 16. However, two other Filipino pool sharks Francisco "Django" Bustamante and Ramil "Bebeng" Gallego failed to advance in the money round.
Meanwhile, Chang Shu-Han completed the Taiwanese domination after she bagged the women's crown by beating A. Otani of Japan, 9-5, in the championships round.
Chang also bested reigning Amway World Women's Champion Xiao Ting-pan of China, 9-7 in the quarter-final round then subdued Han Yu also from China, 9-6, in the semi-final round before crushing Otani, 9-5, in the finals.
Final Results:
Men:
The finals-
Wu, Chia-Ching (TPE) 11:3 T, Kuribayashi (JPN)
Semi-finals-
T, Kuribayashi (JPN) 11:10 Ralf Souquet (GER)
Wu, Chia-Ching (TPE) 11:1 H, Hijikata (JPN)
Last 8:
T, Kuribayashi 11:10 M, Tanaka
Ralf Souquet 11:10 Mika Immonen
Wu, Chia-Ching 11:6 Efren Reyes
H, Hijikata 11:5 Chang Pei-Wei
Last 16:
T, Kuribayashi 11:9 Yang Ching Shun
Wang, Hung-Hsiang 9:11 M, Tanaka
Toh Lian Han 7:11 Ralf Souquet
Mika Immonen 11:10 Lu, Hui-Chan
Wu, Chia-Ching 11:6 Lee Van Corteza
Paul Potier 1:11 Efren Reyes
T,Mukai 6:11 H, Hijikata
Warren Kiamco 10:11 Chang Pei-Wei
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Women:
The final-
Chang Shu-Han (TPE) 9:5 A, Otani (JPN)
Semi-finals-
A, Otani (JPN) 9:6 Fu Xiao-Fang (CHN)
Chang Shu-Han (TPE) 9:6 Han Yu (CHN)
last 8:
A, Otani 9:5 Lai Hui-Shan
Fu Xiao-Fang 9:4 Lin Yuan-Chun
Pan Xiao-Ting 7:9 Chang Shu-Han
C, Kawahara 4:9 Han Yu
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Here's the tournament pay outs in the men's division:
Top prize JPY2,000,000, the runner-up here gets JPY1,000,000 while 3rd-4th takes on JPY500,000, 5th-8th : JPY250,000 9th-16th : JPY125,000 and 17th-32nd : JPY60,000.
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