Saturday, May 14, 2011

Orcollo 2 Other Filipino Cue Masters Reach Sweet 16 of World 10 Ball

SEVERAL minutes later after Carlo Biado and Lee Vann Corteza triumphed, reigning WPA World 8-ball champion Dennis Orcollo also made it to the Sweet 16 of the WPA World Ten Ball Championships at the World Trade Center in Roxas, Boulevard, Pasay City on Saturday.

Orcollo, top player of sportsman/businessman Ceferino "Perry" Mariano ng Bugsy Promotions beat Karl Boyes of Great Britain, 9-7. Biado earlier beat Ronnie Alcano, the former WPA World 9-ball and 8-ball champion in the round-of-32 yesterday, as Corteza hammered Hao Xiang Han of China, 9-4.

Other players who made it into the round-of-16 are Chris Melling and Daryl Peach of Great Britain, Yukio Akakayarima and Tomoo Takano of Japan, Chang Yu-lun of Chinese-Taipei, Jason Klatt of Canada, Fu Jian Bo and Wu Jiaqing of China and Tony Drago of Malta.

Melling routed Manuel Pereira of Portugal, 9-4, Peach dealt Shane Van Boening of the USA, 9-6, Akakayarima walloped Sascha-Andrej Tege of Germany,9-7, Takano upset former WTBC champ Darren Appleton of Great Britain, 9-5, Chang toppled Johnny Archer of the USA, 9-7, Klatt routed Alok Kumar of India, 9-7, Fu crushed Liu Cheng-chieh of Chinese-Taipei, 9-3,Wu beat Liwen Lo of Japan, 9-8, and Drago defeated Oliver Ortmann of Germany, 9-6. MARLON BERNARDINO

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