Billiards: Orcollo advances to round-of-64 at World Ten C'ship ...
By PNA and U.S. News Agency / Asian
The Philippines?s Dennis
Orcollo is headed to the last 64 of the WPA World Ten Ball Championship at the World Trade Center in Roxas, Boulevard, Pasay City on Wednesday.
Orcollo, a former fisherman from Bislig Surigao del became the first Filipino to make it to the knockout round stage and after coming away with an easy 9-2 triumph over Max Eberle of the United States in the second day of the Raya Sports tournament sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) and supported by the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines and supported by long-time billiards patron Sebastian ?Baste? Chua of Star Billiards Center.
?I nearly made a sweep because of Eberle?s bad game,? the
reigning WPA World 8-ball champion said. ?We have a strong chance of capturing the title, we would be in the know in the round-of-64,? added Orcullo, top player of sportsman/ businessman Ceferino ?Perry? Mariano of Bugsy Promotions.
The player known in the international pool circuit as ?The Robocop? raced to an 8-0 lead and was poised to sweep his opponent.
But a dry break in the ninth rack allowed Eberle to get back at the table. The American took the next two racks but couldn?t get the better of safety exchanges against Orcollo.
Orcollo was given a slight opening at the No.6 then cleaned up the remaining balls to finally wrap up the match.
Meanwhile, defending World Ten Ball champion Mika Immonen of Finland became the first player to advance to the round-of-64 after whipping Ruben Cuna of the Philippines, 9-3.
Former world champion Thomas Engert of Germany and double world champion Wu Jia Qing of China (formerly known as Wu Chia Ching) joined him several minutes later.
The New York based Immonen, a former world No.1 player, is aching to bounce back from a miserable performance in the recently concluded Philippine Open Pool Championship where he was booted out as early as the round-of-32.
Engert, a former World Straight Ball and International Challenge of Champion 9-Ball titlists, subdued Francis Diaz-Pizzaro of Spain, 9-6.
Wu, a double world champion, played true to form in dumping 17-year-old Jonas Magpantay of the Philippines, 9-4.
But the player who caught the fancy of everyone was Tony Drago of Malta, who posted the fastest kill by demolishing Radoslaw Babica of Poland, 9-1, in just 35 minutes of play.
Source: http://www.usnewslasvegas.com/sports/billiards-orcollo-advances-to-round-of-64-at-world-ten-cship/
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