BIADO, KIAMCO, CHUA MAKE IT TO Q'FINALS; 3 TAIWANESE ALSO IN CONTENTION
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 20 Feb 2015
Biado.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Billiards powerhouse Philippines and Taiwan made their presence felt as each country sent three players to the elite quarterfinals in the ongoing Manny Pacquiao Cup 10-Ball World Championship at SM City Gensan here Friday evening. World number 10 Carlo Biado of the Philippines broke from a 4-4 tie to beat Radoslaw Babica of Poland, 11-7 while Warren Kiamco came from behind to overcome Cheng Yu Hsuan of Taiwan, 11-9. In a thrilling all Filipino matchup, Johann Chua, ranked number 13 in the world, subdued Lee Van Corteza, 11-10.
Ko Pin Yi led the Taiwanese assault with a 11-5 drubbing of Indonesia's Irsa Nasution while Pin Yi's brother Ko Ping Chung got the better of Russia's Ruslan Chinakhov, 11-10. The third Taiwanese to make it was Yang Ching Sun who built an early lead against Marcus Chamat of Sweden until Chamat rallied to make it a hill-hill contest but Yang finally pulled it off 11-10.
Rounding the Final 8 was Spain's David Alcaide who beat Poland's Mieszko Fortunski, 11-7 and world number 11 Liu Haitao of China who overpowered Indonesia's Ricy Yang, 11-6.
In Saturday morning's pairings, Biado will go up against Liu Haitao of China; Kiamco will face Ko Ping Chung of Taiwan; Chua meets Spain's David Alcaide and Ko Pin Yi faces Yang Ching Shun in an all-Taiwanese battle.
The semi-finals will be played in the afternoon while the finals is set in the evening.
Biado (R) maps the table after his break as Poland's Babica looks on.
Kiamco lines up the ball as Cheng (L) looks on.
Johann Chua defeats fellow Filipino Lee Van Corteza in Final 16.
Taiwan's Ko Pin Yi (R) and Indonesia's Irsa Nasution (L).
Ko Ping Chung of Taiwan survey's the table.
Yang Ching Sun of Taiwan.
Spain's David Alcaide lines up the ball as his opponent Mieszko Fortunski of Poland looks on.
China's Liu Haitao (R) and Indonesia's Ricky Yang (L).
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