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Filipino pool masters off to hot start in Singapore Asian 9-Ball Open tilt
By Marlon Bernardino
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 27 Aug 2022
MANILA---Filipino cue masters got off to a blazing start in the 2022 APF (Asian Pool Federation Ltd) Asian 9-Ball Open being held at the Aspire Recreation Centre in Singapore, Thursday night.
James "Dodong Diamond" Aranas, Anthony Raga, Lauro Bongay and Demosthenes Pulpul, defeated their respective rivals to get off to a rousing start and joined compatriot Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Jeffrey de Luna and Kyle Amoroto at the start of the knockout stage.
Aranas who got bye in the first round bested Andri of Indonesia and Erwin of Indonesia, 9-5, to move into the round-of-32 opposite Duong Quoc Hong of Vietnam.
Aranas made a name of himself in the billiard community after winning numerous tournaments in the US pool circuit before.
Raga, on the other hand blasted Tanes Tanasomboon of Thailand, 9-3, Abdul Wale of Brunei , 9-2, Desmond Goh of Singapore, 9-6, to meet Dang Thanh Kien of Vietnam.
Bongay, meantime stamped his class by beating Nuyen Anh Tuan of Vietnam, 9-3, Son Truong of Vietnam, 9-3, Abdullah Al Muntaser Siddiqui of Bangladesh, 9-2, to test the mettle of David Bala of Singapore.
Pulpul for his part took a bye in the first round then subdued Chetan Chhabra of India, 9-3, Shoman Tong of Singapore, 9-4, Tan Yong Wei of Singapore, 9-4, to face Nguyen Hong Phong of Vietnam.
Amoroto trounced Andri, 9-3, to slug it out with Luong Duc Thien of Vietnam.
In other interesting match ups, Chua versus De Luna while Biado goes up against Robbie Capito of Hongkong.-Marlon Bernardino-
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