3 Pinoys in 9-Ball quarterfinals
Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist Johann Chua and Jeffrey Ignacio posted contrasting victories to advance to the next round of the tournament which offers a total of 191,600,000 Korean Won (KRW) prize fund including KRW 30,000,000 to the champion and KRW 15,000,000 to the runner-up.
Chua scored an easy 11-4 win over South Korean Ko Tae Young while Ignacio hurdled past another local bet Jeong Young Hwa, 11-9.Not as lucky were World Games champion Carlo Biado and Roland Garcia, who lost in their respective second-round matches.
Biado suffered a 7-11 defeat to 2017 World 9-Ball champion Albin Ouschan of Austria while Garcia succumbed to Taiwanese Chang Jung-Lin, 8-11.
Chua will battle Chang in the next round while Ignacio takes on Ouschan in their quarterfinal match.
In the women’s division, two-time World 10-Ball champion Rubilen Amit nailed two consecutive wins to reach the quarterfinals.
Amit blasted Lee Woo Jin of South Korea (9-4) in the opening round then toppled Kuo Szu-Ting of Taiwan via a 9-7 score.
The Cebu City pride arranged a quarterfinal meeting with Taiwanese Chen Chia-Hua who ousted Re Qiu Yue of China (9-6) and Choi Sollip of South Korea (9-4).
Reigning SEA Games titlist Chezka Centeno, on the other hand, was booted out by former world champion Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, 5-9.
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