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By Emil C. Noguera, Reporter
Southeast Asian Games champion
Rubilen Amit ousted Julie Kelly of Ireland, 8-4, to advance into the
Last 16 of the 2009 Women’s World 10-Ball Championship Friday at
the SM North Edsa Sky Dome in Quezon City.
Amit, the 2007 Amway World 9-Ball
Championship finalist, will next face unbeaten No.4 seed Tan Hsiang-ling
of Chinese-Taipei.
However, Gillian Go’s
Cinderella run ended with a humbling loss to world No.5 Yu Ram Cha
of Korea.
The 11-year-old qualifier, seemed
to be on her way to extend her amazing campaign as she got off to a
good start, leading Cha, 3-2, before losing steam to end her
memorable stint in this $75,000 event supported by the Billiards and
Snooker Congress of the Philippines.
Go finished her first
international foray with three wins in six games.
The win moved Cha, an 18-year-old Korean sensation, into a Last 16
match against third seed Allison Fisher of England.
In other first round matches,
Charlene Chai of Singapore stunned former world No.1 Ga Young Kim of
Korea, 8-6, to earn the right to face No.7 Liu Shin-mei of
Chinese-Taipei in the next round, while World Games gold medalist
Jasmin Ouschan of Austria blasted qualifier Angeline Ticoalu of
Indonesia, 8-3, to likewise advance into the Last 16, where she will
meet no.5 Miyuki Fuke of Japan.
Lim Yun Mi of Korea beat Akio
Ohtani of Japan, 8-5, to secure a second round match against top
seed Karen Corr of Ireland, while Taiwanese Chou Chieh-yu subdued
Aspra Punhoo of South Africa, 8-3, to face second seed and reigning
world No.1 Kelly Fisher of England.
Tamara Rademakers of the
Netherlands upended Veronika Hubrtova of Czech Republic, 8-5, to
gain a Last 16 seat opposite no.6 Jeanette “the Black Widow”
Lee, even as another Taiwanese in Lin Yuan-chun trounced Chichiro
Kawahara of Japan, 8-4, to take a second round slot against no.8
seed Akimi Kajitani of Japan.
A whopping $20,000 top purse
awaits the champion while the runner-up will receive $9,000. The two
losing semifinalist will take home $5,000 each, while those who will
make it to the quarterfinals will be assured of a $3,000 payout. The
ninth to 16th placers will receive $1,500, while the 17th to 24th
placers will get $1,000.
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