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Immonen-Morris Team Beats Reyes-Bustamante in Round-of-32 Match PhilBoxing.com Mon, 15 Dec 2014 GENERAL SANTOS CITY--Mika Immonen and Rodney Morris whizzed by Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante, 9-4, to barge into the Round-of-16 of the MP (Manny Pacquiao) Cup Philippine Open 10-Ball doubles championships Monday at the SM City Mall here. Immonen, Finland's best player and world No. 16 and Morris from America, capitalized on the Filipinos' dry breaks and small miscues to advance in the company of defending doubles champion Jeffrey de Luna and Jeffrey Ignacio, who also scored an easy 9-4 victory over Napoleon Labrador and Reynaldo Lariba. "Nothing is easy here," said Immonen after the victory even as they face tougher tests ahead. Pre-tournament favorites who lost in the elimination round kept their hopes alive and were slated to compete in the other Round-of-32 matches (losers's bracket) Tuesday afternoon. The list included the team of Shane Van Boening and Dennis Orcollo, among others. "We still have a long way to go," said the 44-year-old veteran Morris, who sped away for good after leading by a whisker, 4-3, earlier in the match against the Filipino pool legends. Also previously unbeaten was the team of host and eight-division boxing champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao and Ronnie Alcano. They were trailing the tandem of Romeo Silvano and Jordan Legaspi, 2-7, as of press time. Pacquiao bankrolled the $150,000 singles and doubles events in celebration of his birthday weekend. Pacquiao turns 36 on the 17th and has lined up rich tournaments in darts, basketball and chess, among others. Carlo Biado and Anthony Raga also won handily over Lee Van Corteza and Jericho Banares, 9-4, and remained unbeaten. Taiwan's wonder duo of Ko Pin Yi and Ko Pin Chung ousted the tandem of Thorsten Hohmann and John Morra. Other winners' matches included Warren Kiamco and Rodrigo Geronimo vs? Chang Jung Lin and Fu Che Wei. Hsu Kai Lun and Cheng Yu Hsuan were locked in a tight battle with Benjie Guevarra and Roland dela Cruz, 6-6 in the race-to-nine event.  |
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