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Aranas Shows Up Bongay, Enters Semis of Asian 9-Ball Open
Reporter: Marlon Bernardino
Photographer: Francis Lumahan
James "Dodong Diamond" Aranas toppled Lauro Bongay, 11-2, in a duel of the fancied Filipino bets to barge into the semifinal round of the 2022 APF (Asian Pool Federation Ltd) Asian 9-Ball Open tour at the Aspire Recreation Centre in Singapore, Saturday night.
Aranas taking a 6-0 lead in the rout of Bongay thus moved to the semis where he will meet Naoyuki Oi of Japan.
Oi subdued Anthony Raga, 11-5, preventing an all-Filipino semifinal.
Aranas’ win opened the possibility of an all-Filipino final in the inaugural edition of the tournament after Johann Chua also made it to the semifinals in the other side of the bracket.
Chua dismantled Robbie Capito of Hong Kong, 11-10, in the quarterfinals early in the day.
Chua will meet Ko Pin Yi of ChineseTaipei in the other semi-final showdown. Ko waylaid Masato Yoshioka of Japan, 11-4, in other quarters-final match-ups.
Chua is fresh from winning the gold medal in the 9-ball pool competition during the Southeast Asian Games held in Hanoi, Vietnam last May.
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In the distaff side, Rubilen Amit and Chezka Centeno will slug it out with each other in the quarterfinals after defeating separate foes.
Amit nipped Yuki Hiraguchi of Japan, 9-3, while Centeno crushed Suvene Ng of Singapore, 9-3.
However, Geona Kristine Gregorio's campaign came to an end.
Gregorio, Chua's long-time partner was beaten by Silviana Lu of Indonesia, 7-9..
Biado Bows Out Of Singapore Asian 9-ball Open Tilt; Aranas, Bongay, Chua, Raga advance
Reporter: Marlon Bernardino
Photographer: Francis Lumahan
Carlo Biado's campaign in the 2022 APF (Asian Pool Federation Ltd) Asian 9-Ball Open came to an end Saturday, August 27 after suffering a Round-of-32 loss.
The 38 year old pool campaigner from Muntinlupa City was beaten by Vietnam’s Luong Duc Thien, 10-11, at the Aspire Recreation Centre in Singapore.
However, James "Dodong Diamond" Aranas, Lauro Bongay , Johann Chua and Anthony Raga cruised into the quarterfinals.
Aranas, the pride of Bacoor, Cavite, defeated countryman Demosthenes "Plong Plong" Pulpul of Davao City, 11-6, in the Round-of-32 and Duong Quoc Hong of Vietnam, 11-9, in the Round-of-16 to arranged a quarter-final showdown with countryman Lauro Bongay, who brought down Ibrahim Bin Amin of Malaysia, 11-4, and Lo Ho Sum of Hong Kong , 11-8, respectively.
The Taguig City resident Chua, on the other hand, dismantled Sharik Aslam Sayed of Singapore, 11-2, and another Pinoy bet Jeffrey "The Bull" de luna, 11-8, to meet Robbie Capito of Hong Kong in the last 8.
The Cebu City native Raga for his part subdued Desmond Goh of Singapore, 11-9, and Dang Thanh Kien of Vietnam, 11-4, in order to slug it out with Naoyuki Oi of Japan in the next round.
Kyle Amoroto of Cainta, Rizal, meantime lost to Tat Duy Kien of Vietnam, 6-11, in the Round-of-32.
Anthony Raga on his winning shot
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Filipino Pool Masters Off To Hot Start In Singapore Asian 9-ball Open Tilt
Reporter: Marlon Bernardino
Photographer: Francis Lumahan
Filipino cue masters got off to a blazing start in the 2022 APF (Asian Pool Federation Ltd) Asian 9-Ball Open being held at the Aspire Recreation Centre in Singapore, Thursday night.
James "Dodong Diamond" Aranas, Anthony Raga, Lauro Bongay and Demosthenes Pulpul, defeated their respective rivals to get off to a rousing start and joined compatriot Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, Jeffrey de Luna and Kyle Amoroto at the start of the knockout stage.
Aranas who got a bye in the first round bested Andri of Indonesia and Erwin of Indonesia, 9-5, to move into the round-of-32 opposite Duong Quoc Hong of Vietnam.
Aranas made a name himself in the billiard community after winning numerous tournaments in the US pool circuit before.
Raga, on the other hand blasted Tanes Tanasomboon of Thailand, 9-3, Abdul Wale of Brunei , 9-2, Desmond Goh of Singapore, 9-6, to meet Dang Thanh Kien of Vietnam.
Bongay, meantime stamped his class by beating Nuyen Anh Tuan of Vietnam, 9-3, Son Truong of Vietnam, 9-3, Abdullah Al Muntaser Siddiqui of Bangladesh, 9-2, to test the mettle of David Bala of Singapore.
Pulpul for his part took a bye in the first round then subdued Chetan Chhabra of India, 9-3, Shoman Tong of Singapore, 9-4, Tan Yong Wei of Singapore, 9-4, to face Nguyen Hong Phong of Vietnam.
Amoroto trounced Andri, 9-3, to slug it out with Luong Duc Thien of Vietnam.
In other interesting match ups, Chua versus De Luna while Biado goes up against Robbie Capito of Hong Kong.
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