RALF "Kaiser" Souquet of Germany waited two years to avenge his loss to Ronato Alcano in the finals of 2006 Philippine WPA World 9-Ball Championship in Manila.
Souquet crushed Alcano, 13-9, to emerge over-all champion in the just concluded 2008 Damas World 8-Ball Championship at the Expo Center in Fujairah City, United Arab Emirates, on Friday.
The win was worth $60,000 for Souquet, while Alcano settled for $20,000 in second place prize money. Ralf also follow the foot-step of the past double world champions in the likes of Alcano, Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan and hall of famer Efren "Bata" Reyes.
Statistic showed that Ralf had only 3 dry breaks and no errors while Ronnie tallied 3 errors and 3 successful breaks.
Actually, Souquet raced a quick 3-0 lead after he took advantage of two dry breaks from Alcano. Then he stretched his lead to five racks at 8-3, but Alcano got back to the table after a dry break from Souquet in rack 12 to run that rack and then broke and ran the next rack to get back to 8-5. After a break and run by Souquet in rack 14, Alcano mounted a comeback to climb back within one rack at 9-8.
Souquet broke dry in rack 18, but Alcano was unable to finish off the rack and Souquet moved ahead 10-8. Alcano broke and ran the next rack to get back within one rack, but Souquet answered with a break and run in rack 20 to once again take a 2 rack lead.
Alcano looked ready to get back within one rack again in rack 21, but a miss on the 8-ball was his final mistake and Souquet ran that rack and then broke and ran the next rack for the tournament win.
Other Filipino who participated in the World 8-Ball were Dennis Orcollo, Warren Kiamco, Antonio Gabica, Jeffrey de Luna, Roberto Gomez, Elvis Calasang, Joven Bustamante, Israel Rota and Alan Cuartero.
contributed by MARLON BERNARDINO, edited by jovie sison
No comments:
Post a Comment