REYES DISPLAYS OLD MAGIC, BEATS MORRIS FOR ROUND OF 16 SLOT
By Aquiles Z. Zonio
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 11 Dec 2014
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Pinoy billiards favorite Efren ?Bata? Reyes defeated American cue artist Rodney Morris (9-5) in their Group 3 match on Wednesday evening to earn a slot in the round of 16 scheduled to start Thursday morning.
In the early racks, Morris was ahead against Reyes by one, 4-3. But at the 7th rack, Morris scratched the cue ball during the break.
Reyes went on cleaning up the table, equalizing the match at 4-4.
Reyes won the succeeding 9th rack, but, in 10th rack, he committed a miscue on the 2nd ball, giving Morris a chance.
However, Morris after pocketing the 3rd ball erred in the preparation denying himself a clear shot of the 4th ball.
That gave Reyes a chance to get a two-rack advantage over his rival, 6-4.
In the 11th, Reyes pocketed two balls at the break and went on winning the rack, 7-5.
In the succeeding rack, Reyes scratched the cue ball while hitting the 3rd ball giving Morris another chance to score, 9-6.
In the last two racks, Reyes showed his superior accuracy and precision skills by wrapping up the game at the final score of 9-6.
In Group 6, Finnish billiard king and world?s no. 16 Mika Immonen easily disposed of his opponent Renemar David, who earlier dumped American pool player Brian Beekers.
Immonen posted an 8-4 mark, earning for himself a spot in the round of 16.
Thursday matches kicked off at 10:00 a.m. between Group 6 winners Francisco ?Django? Bustamante and compatriot Judy Villanueva; Group 7 winners Roberto Gomez and Arnel Buatista; Ronnie Alcano and Tony Punzalan; Group 5 winners Raymart Camomot and Edwin Gamas; Group 4 winners Lee Van Corteza and Tommy Datoon; Group 3 Alex Pagulayan and Ramil Gallego; Group 2 winners John Chua and Carlo Biado and Group 1 winners Ruben Cuna and Jeffrey Ignacio.
The tournament, with a total guaranteed prize of USD150,000, was bankrolled by world eight-division boxing champion and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao primarily to promote sports tourism not only just in the region but in the entire Mindanao.
?We are staging this event to show to the world that our place, and the entire Mindanao, is very peaceful,? Pacquiao said. /By Aquiles Z. Zonio
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