| Upstarts
from Cagayan de Oro barge into world 10ball R32
MANILA, Philippines – A pair of unfamiliar Filipino
pool players advanced into the round of 32 in the World
Pool Association World 10-Ball Championships Thursday
at the Philippine International Convention Center.
Demosthenes Pulpul narrowly defeated world women’s
champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria 9-8, and Leonardo
Didal came away with a 9-5 win against Zhang Shu-Chun
of China in the afternoon session to become the first
local players to bounce their Round One opponents.
Pulpul was ready to pack his cue sticks after Ouschan
set herself up for a run-out on the hill. But the lady
cue artist muffed what could have been the game-winner
on the no.5. Pulpul took advantage of the miscue to
live another round.
“I haven’t been able to sleep because this
whole [10-ball] experience has been tremendous,”
Pulpul, who hails from Cagayan de Oro like Didal, said.
“This is my first time to play on national television
and I’m just enjoying it.”
In the final 32, Pulpul takes on Kazuo Furuta of Japan
and Didal plays Yang Ching-Shung of Chinese-Taipei.
Among the foreigners, double world champion Ralf Souquet
of Germany and world 9-ball champion Daryl Peach of
England also booked seat in the last 32.
Souquet bucked a bum stomach to beat Imran Majid of
Great Britain 9-5, while the flu-stricken Peach routed
local player Arnel Bautista 9-4.
“I made some big shots out there and I played
more cautious, especially now that I’m against
a Filipino player who is also known as a giant killer,”
Peach said.
Other prominent foreign players who advanced were Mike
Immonen of Finland, Shane van Boening of the US and
Satoshi Kawabata of Japan.
Bautista became the seventh Filipino to be shown the
exit.
He joined Edgar Acaba, Florencio Banar, Elvis Calasang,
Antonio Gabica, Elmer Kalaquian, and Mario Tolentino
who were all ousted in the group stages.
Acaba and Kalaquian were ousted Wednesday when they
lost in the one-chance losers’ bracket.
caba fell 9-6 Christian Weigoni of Germany, while Kalaquian
lost 9-6 to Ming Wang of China.
Banar, Calasang, Gabica and Tolentino left the tournament
winless in two games. – GMANews.TV
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