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WPA World 8-Ball Pool Championship 2010
Fujairah,
United Arab Emirates
04-10 April 2010
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Eliminations Complete for Round of
Thirty-Two
Credit: Jerry Forsyth
The
final day for qualifying in to the round of 32 in Fujairah bore few
surprises but some impressive comebacks. Marcus Chamat trailed 5-0 to
Won Sik Ham but reached deep to come out 8-6 on top. World #1 Mika
Immonen was also in bad trouble early as he trailed Mohammed Hosani 5-1
and was still able to mount an 8-7 victory. Scott Higgins led his match
most of the way but still had a tough one as he barely escaped Saeed Al
Mutawe 8-7 and John Morra enjoyed the easiest road in the first round as
he bested Vincent Facquet 8-3.
The
second round of the day found heartbreak for one player. Mehde Rasheki
played as tough as a bull to pull ahead of Vecenancio Tanio by a game
but Tanio fought back and they wound up at double-hill. Rasheki clawed
his way through a very tough layout to get a good shot at the eight in
the side for the win. But his arm sensed the severity of the moment and
betrayed him. The eight caught the nose of the side pocket and hung
there, refusing to fall. Tanio ran through the table and took the eight
ball for the win and Rasheki was relegated t the long wait for next
year.
Chang Pei-Wei and
Dennis Orcullo had easier times of it with Chang eliminating Sandlie
Madlala 8-5 and Orcullo ruining things for Ismail Yaqab 8-3. David
Alcaide led his match 5-3 against Oliver Medenillia but then Medenillia
kicked it up a notch and stormed back to win the match 8-6.
Round
#3 saw a pair of near walkovers. Ko Pin-Yi demolished Kim Aquino 8-1 and
Francis Crevier made easy work of Mustafa Hasan 8-3. Former World
Champion Thorsten Hohmann found himself in a very tough match with
Masaaki Tanaki that went to double-hill. Thorsten cleared his set of
balls but then miscued on the eight and Tanaki took ball in hand to
clear his set and then drop the eight for the win 8-7. Closing out this
round Jeff de Luna defeated Kenny Kwok 8-3.
The last round
found Marlon Manalo true to form as he easily got past Shaker Wahdan
8-3. Huijdi See had it a but closer as he wound up over Magid Al Azimi
8-6, Mattez Sniegocki won out over Rueben Bautista 8-4 and our final
match found Basher Hussein besting Takhti Zarekani 8-5.
Next the
single-elimination rounds will begin.
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