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DENNIS ORCOLLO warmed up for his critical duel opposite nemesis Yang
Ching-Shun with a 9-7 victory over Ricky Yang of Indonesia Friday in
the 2nd leg of the 2008 Guinness Asian 9-Ball Tour at the G Hotel in
Penang, Malaysia.
A victory over Yang would give Orcollo a spot in
the knockout round beginning Saturday.
Former world champion Alex Pagulayan took a
different route in the preliminary round, losing to Vietnamese Luong
Chi-Dong, 7-9. A victory by Luong against Korean Ryu Seong Woo would
eliminate Pagulayan in the race.
The other Filipinos in the field—Antonio
Gabica and Joven Bustamante—were playing at press time.
Gabica, whose campaign is supported by the
Philippine Billiard Development Foundation, is in Group B with
Ibrahim Bin Amir of Malaysia and Bernard Tey of Singapore while
Bustamante is in Group H with Naoyuki Oi of Japan and Sumit Talwar
of India.
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