Corteza, Lining, Kiamco march to the Last 8 of World Ten Ball
11/29/2009 | 08:22 PM
It’s now down to the last three for the Philippines in the second World Ten Ball Championship at the World Trade Center.
Lee Van Corteza, Antonio Lining and Warren Kiamco stretched their respective winning runs to five in Sunday’s round-of-16 and booked their seats to the quarterfinal round of the prestigious tourney.
But getting to the Last 8 was indeed a struggle for Corteza, who had to play 33 racks and two gut-wrenching matches before making it there.
The 30-year-old pride from Davao City had to do it the hard way before surviving former world straight ball champion Thomas Engert of Germany, 9-7.
Corteza’s triumph over Engert came just over than an hour after he pulled off a tense 9-8 come-from-behind victory over Chang Yu-Lung of Chinese-Taipei in their Last-32 match.
“Nakuha ko yung momentum ko after manalo ako sa Last-32 match kay Chang," said Corteza.
Against, Chang, he fought his way back from 2-7 down before stealing the victory.
But against Engert, he had to rely on his killer’s instinct as he pounced on the German’s miscalculated preparation on ball No.7 in the 15th rack. In the 16th, Corteza had a good breaking ball then cleaned up the table.
Lining, for his part, ended the amazing run of young Jomar de Ocampo with a 9-2 win.
The quarterfinal stint is now Lining’s highest accomplishment in a world pool championship tournament.
“Nag-Last 16 ako dati sa Cardiff, Wales nung dun pa ginagawa yung World 9-Ball," said Lining. “Maganda ang dating ng bola sa akin. After sumablay yung kalaban ko sa first game, nakatatlong run outs agad ako kaya naka-establish ako ng malaking lamang."
Kiamco, meanwhile, made his advance after edging reigning World 9-Ball champion Daryl Peach of Great Britain, 9-7.
But Dennis Orcullo, expected to waltz his way to the quarterfinal round, lost to David Alcaide of Spain, 6-9.
Alcaide was the same guy who booted out reigning Asian Games gold medalist Antonio Gabica a day earlier.
Also reaching the quarterfinal round were Li Hewen of China, defending champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain and Ruslan Chinakhov of Russia. – GMANews.TV
Lee Van Corteza, Antonio Lining and Warren Kiamco stretched their respective winning runs to five in Sunday’s round-of-16 and booked their seats to the quarterfinal round of the prestigious tourney.
The Philippines’ Warren Kiamco prepares for his next shot. GMANews.TV
But getting to the Last 8 was indeed a struggle for Corteza, who had to play 33 racks and two gut-wrenching matches before making it there.
The 30-year-old pride from Davao City had to do it the hard way before surviving former world straight ball champion Thomas Engert of Germany, 9-7.
Corteza’s triumph over Engert came just over than an hour after he pulled off a tense 9-8 come-from-behind victory over Chang Yu-Lung of Chinese-Taipei in their Last-32 match.
“Nakuha ko yung momentum ko after manalo ako sa Last-32 match kay Chang," said Corteza.
Against, Chang, he fought his way back from 2-7 down before stealing the victory.
But against Engert, he had to rely on his killer’s instinct as he pounced on the German’s miscalculated preparation on ball No.7 in the 15th rack. In the 16th, Corteza had a good breaking ball then cleaned up the table.
Lining, for his part, ended the amazing run of young Jomar de Ocampo with a 9-2 win.
The quarterfinal stint is now Lining’s highest accomplishment in a world pool championship tournament.
“Nag-Last 16 ako dati sa Cardiff, Wales nung dun pa ginagawa yung World 9-Ball," said Lining. “Maganda ang dating ng bola sa akin. After sumablay yung kalaban ko sa first game, nakatatlong run outs agad ako kaya naka-establish ako ng malaking lamang."
Kiamco, meanwhile, made his advance after edging reigning World 9-Ball champion Daryl Peach of Great Britain, 9-7.
But Dennis Orcullo, expected to waltz his way to the quarterfinal round, lost to David Alcaide of Spain, 6-9.
Alcaide was the same guy who booted out reigning Asian Games gold medalist Antonio Gabica a day earlier.
Also reaching the quarterfinal round were Li Hewen of China, defending champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain and Ruslan Chinakhov of Russia. – GMANews.TV
