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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Chua, Aranas lead PH crew in knockout stage of World Pool Championship

Chua, Aranas lead PH crew in knockout stage of World Pool Championship

Published Jun 6, 2024 01:18 am

At A Glance

  • Nine Filipinos including 2023 World Cup of Pool champions Johann Chua and James Aranas hurdled their respective opponents to advance to the knockout stage of the 2024 World Pool Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, June 5.

Nine Filipinos including 2023 World Cup of Pool champions Johann Chua and James Aranas hurdled their respective opponents to advance to the knockout stage of the 2024 World Pool Championship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, June 5.

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Johann Chua, left, and James Aranas hurdle their opponents to advance to the Round of 64 of the World Pool Championship.

Chua crawled back from a 9-4 beating from Great Britain’s Jayson Shaw by toppling Austria’s Albin Ouschan, 9-3, to book one of the spots in the 64-player field of the $1 million tournament.

Aranas also took the same route, bouncing back from a 9-3 defeat at the hands of Lithuania’s Pijus Labutis by outplaying Niels Feijen of the Netherlands, 9-7.

Patrick Gonzales also showed nerves of steel with a close 9-8 victory over 2012 champion Darren Appleton of Great Britain while teenage wonder Albert Manas continued to make heads turn by shocking eight-ball champion Chang Jung-Lin of Chinese Taipei, 9-7.

Anton Raga and Jeffrey Ignacio clipped Australia’s James Georgiadis and Jan Van Kierop of the Netherlands, respectively, with similar 9-4 scores; Lee Vann Corteza crushed Greece’s Alexander Kazakis, 9-5; Roland Garcia edged Bahrain’s Hussain Maroom, 9-7; and Bernie Regalario bested United States’ Tyler Styer, 9-7, to also boost their title chances.

Getting shown the door were Michael Feliciano, who lost to Naoyuki Oi of Japan, 9-3, and Kyle Amoroto, who bowed to Fedor Gorst of the United States, 9-8.

The first round of the knockout stage will be played in a race-to-11 format with Aranas fighting compatriot Corteza, and Chua facing Chinese Taipei’s Ko Pong Han.

Other Filipinos drawn against Taiwanese counterparts were Gonzales against Ko Pin Yi, Regalario over Ko Ping Chung, and Raga versus Liu Ri Teng.

Ignacio battles Jonas Souto Comino of Spain, Manas plays Kazakis, and Garcia competes against Elliot Sanderson of the United Kingdom.

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