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The World Pool Championship
Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City
Metro Manila
Philippines
www.matchroomsport.com
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3-11 November 2007

PEACH SENDS ALCANO CRASHING

ENGLAND�S DARYL PEACH has secured his greatest result ever by defeating reigning World Pool Champion Ronnie Alcano � in his own backyard.

Peach, 35, beat Filipino Alcano 10-6 in the last 64 of the 2007 World Pool Championships, which is being held at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines.

The tournament, organised by England-based Matchroom Sport, is the biggest pool event of the year, and is broadcast live across Asia and on Sky Sports in the UK.

As well as his tough opponent, Peach also had to battle against a partisan crowd of more than 1,000 people in the venue that hosted the legendary �Thriller in Manilla� heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975.

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Peach, who is currently ranked No.2 in Europe, instantly hailed his victory as one of the finest of his long career.

�I�ve had some good tournament wins but in a one-off match, because of the situation � reigning world champion, big crowd and great venue - this has to be one of the best,� said Peach.

�The sky is the limit for me now. I�m not going to say I�m likely to win the tournament, it�s just one match at a time, but it�s something I could do.

�Playing against the defending World Champion was easier than playing someone that I�m supposed to beat.

�He was the favourite and I felt I had nothing to lose. I just concentrated on my game and used the atmosphere as a positive.

�I�m here to win pool matches so why get overawed by it?

�I didn�t do much wrong and there was nothing, no shots where I could say I had made a mistake.

�Before the match I wouldn�t say I was confident, but I just tried to remain focused and do what I needed to do.�

Peach�s victory moves him into the last 32 of the nine-day event and guarantees him a minimum of $3,000 (about �1,425), while the eventual winner will pocket $100,000 (about �47,500).

The tournament is being broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland and also on ESPN Star across Asia, with a further 20 stations to show highlights in the near future.

It does not get much easier for Peach as he now plays Lee Kun-fang from Chinese Taipei, a World Championship runner-up in 1997 on Thursday evening.

THE 2007 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE LAST 64 DRAW
Ronnie Alcano	6 : 10	Daryl Peach
Lee Kun-Fang	10 : 6	Raj Hundal
Matjaz Erculj	3 : 10	Harald Stolka
Leonardo Andam	5 : 10	Wu Yu-Lun
Francisco Bustamante	10 : 1	David Alcaide
Nick van den Berg	10 : 4	Imran Majid
Alex Pagulayan	10 : 6	Pham Tuan Ngoc
Louis Condo	10 : 2	Chan Keng-Kwang
Ko Pin-Yi	8 : 10	Goran Mladenovic
Marco Tschudi	4 : 10	Alain Martel
Mika Immonen	10 : 5	Fu Che-Wei
Tony Drago	10 : 7	Bahram Lotfy
Shane Van Boening	10 : 7	Antonio Gabica
Vilmos Foldes	10 : 2	Dejan Dabovic
Lu Hui-Chan	10 : 6	Marcus Chamat
Marlon Manalo	1 : 10	Radoslaw Babica
Luong Chi-Dung	10 : 8	Earl Strickland
Satoshi Kawabata	10 : 3	Yang Ching-Shun
Fabio Petroni	9 : 10	Wu Chia-Ching
Joven Bustamante	10 : 6	Dennis Orcollo
Konstantin Stepanov	10 : 5	Efren Reyes
Jeff De Luna	10 : 7	Leevan Corteza
Kenichi Uchigaki	7 : 10	Rye Seung-Woo
Karl Boyes	10 : 6	Sandor Tot
Ramil Gallego	5 : 10	Kuo Po-Cheng
Oliver Ortmann	10 : 7	Philipp Stojanovic
Thomas Engert	7 : 10	Chang Jung-Lin
Muhammad Zulfikri	4 : 10	Corey Deuel
Naoyuki Oi	8 : 10	Ralf Souquet
Charlie Williams	7 : 10	Niels Feijen
James Delahunty	0 : 10	Chao Fong-Pang
Roberto Gomez	10 : 1	Alex Lely

THE 2007 WORLD POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
THE LAST 32
Daryl Peach	0 : 0	Lee Kun-Fang
Harald Stolka	0 : 0	Wu Yu-Lun
Francisco Bustamante	0 : 0	Nick van den Berg
Alex Pagulayan	0 : 0	Louis Condo
Goran Mladenovic	0 : 0	Alain Martel
Mika Immonen	0 : 0	Tony Drago
Shane Van Boening	0 : 0	Vilmos Foldes
Lu Hui-Chan	0 : 0	Radoslaw Babica
Luong Chi-Dung	0 : 0	Satoshi Kawabata
Wu Chia-Ching	0 : 0	Joven Bustamante
Konstantin Stepanov	0 : 0	Jeff De Luna
Rye Seung-Woo	0 : 0	Karl Boyes
Kuo Po-Cheng	0 : 0	Oliver Ortmann
Chang Jung-Lin	0 : 0	Corey Deuel
Ralf Souquet	0 : 0	Niels Feijen
Chao Fong-Pang	0 : 0	Roberto Gomez

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www.worldpoolchampionship.com

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