Billiards: RP's lone entry Didal reaches World q'finals
July 23, 2009 9:40 am
MANILA, July 23 — Lone Filipino entry Leonardo “"Dodong Panacan” Didal on Wednesday turned back Korea’s Jeong Young Hwa; 11-8, in the 9-ball competition to advance into the quarterfinals of the ongoing 8th World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
A former Philippine Open runner-up, Didal of Davao City will clash with WPA no.1 and reigning World 8-ball title-holder German Ralf “Kaiser” Souquet in the next round.
Souquet downed Australia’s David Reljic, 11-6, in the Last 16.
In other Last 16 matches, Stephan Cohen of France beat Satoshi Kawabata of Japan, 11-8; Bruno Muratore of Italy crushed Jason Theron of South Africa; 11-6 while Marcus Chamat of Sweden nipped Alejandro Carvajal of Chile; 11-8.
Should Didal prevail over Souquet in the Last 8, he will face the winner of the match between Cohen and Muratore.
In other matches, Ivica Putnik of Croatia will slug it out with Yang Ching-Shun of Chinese-Taipei; Thorsten Hohmann of Germany opposite Luong Chi Dung of Vietnam and Kuo Po Cheng of Chinese-Taipei versus Shane Van Boening of the United States.
In the distaff side, US's brightest hope, Jeanette “Black Widow” Lee, made it to the quarterfinals with a stunning 9-4 victory over Venezuela’s Carlynn Sanchez Torrealba.
Line Kjrosvik of Norway upset Ga Young Kim of Korea; 9-6, Shu Han Chang of Chinese-Taipei beat Yukiko Oi of Japan; 9-5, Jasmin Ouschan of Austria clobbered Amalia Matas of Spain; 9-4, and Allison Fisher of Great Britain overpowered with Apsra Panchoo of South Africa, 9-3.
Other interesting match-up were Shin Mei Liu of Chinese-Taipei versus Akio Otani of Japan, Estelle Bijnen of the Netherlands versus Vivian Villareal of the United States and Yuan Chun Lin of Chinese-Taipei versus compatriot Pei Chen Tsai.
In the Men's 3 Cushion Carom, Marco Zanetti of Italy opened his bid in a bright note by beating Alexander Salazar of Colomiba, 40-19, to the quarterfinals.
In other results: Yung Kuo Yuan of Chinese-Taipei bested Sameh Sidhom of Egypt; 40-37, Tatsuo Arai of Japan waylaid Javier Teran of Ecuador; 40-22, Thorbjorn Blomdahl of Sweden hammered Jean-Christophe Roux of France; 40-23, and Kyong Roul Kim of Korea outplayed George Sakkas of Finland; 40-18.
In the Snooker competition: Shu Hung Ling of Chinese-Taipei blasted Francois Ellis of South Africa; 3-0, David Grace of Great Britain edged Atthasit Mahiihi of Thailand; 3-2, Soheil Vahedi of Iran whacked Glen Wilkinson of New Zealand; 3-1, Mohamed Awad of Egypt stuns Mike Dunn of Great Britain; 3-2, and Nigel Bond blanked Dene O Kane of New Zealand; 3-0. (PNA) FFC/LOR
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[...] Billiards: RP’s lone entry Didal reaches World q’finals – Balita NewsMANILA, July 23 — Lone Filipino entry Leonardo “”Dodong Panacan” Didal on Wednesday turned back Korea’s Jeong Young Hwa; 11-8, in the 9-ball competition to advance into the quarterfinals of the ongoing 8th World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. A … [...]