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WARREN Kiamco and Elvis Calasang scored back-to-back wins on Sunday
to join compatriot and defending champion Ronato Alcano in the
knockout stage the 2008 World 8-Ball Championship at the Expo Center
in Fujairah City, United Arab Emirates.
Kiamco clobbered Amine Ouahbi of Mauritius, 8-2,
and countryman Jeffrey de Luna, 8-5, in Group F.
De Luna, on the other hand earlier sent former
WPA World 9-Ball Champion Ralf “Kaiser” Souquet of Germany, 8-5,
in the loser’s brackets.
Calasang crushed Ryu Seung Woo of Korea, 8-6,
and Au Siu Wai of Hongkong, 8-3, in Group B.
Dennis Orcollo, the world’s top ranked player,
won his opening match opposite Muhammed Al Hosani of UAE, 8-4. A win
over Mark Gray of England will put him in the knockout stage.
Joven Bustamante, semifinalist last year, became
the first Filipino casualty after losing to England’s Darren
Appleton, 2-8. He earlier bowed to Sweden’s Marcus “Napoleon”
Chamat, 5-8.
Meanwhile, Roberto Gomez and Antonio Gabica
failed to sustain the momentum of their victory in the opening
round.
Gomez bowed to reigning US Open 9-Ball Champion
Shane Van Boening of the United States, 3-8, while Gabica fell to
Ruslan Chinakov of Russia, 5-8.
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