World 10-Ball Championships Down to 32

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World 10-Ball Championships Down to 32
World 10-Ball Championships / Manila, Philippines

by InsidePOOL Staff

Van Boening is leading the American billiard players going into the final 32 at the World 10-Ball Championships in Manila, Philippines.

The World 10-Ball Championships, held in Manila this week, have winnowed down to 32 after beginning their single-elimination round of 64 Thursday.

At the top of the chart, Shane Van Boening leads with a recent 9-3 victory over Predator 10-Ball champion Tony Drago. His next opponent will be fellow countryman Shaun Wilkie in a rematch of the 2008 Diamond Open 9-Ball Professional Players Championship finals. Wilkie just defeated Japan’s Naoyuki Oi 9-7.

Ralf Souquet seems to have rebounded from his stint in the hospital, coming back to best the U.K.’s Imran Majid 9-5. Souquet’s next challenge will come from Hungary’s Vilmos Foldes, who has bested Carlos Cabello 9-6.

Yang Ching-Shun has defeated fellow Chinese Taipei player Hung-Ming Chu 9-4 to advance to play Leonardo Didal of the Philippines. Didal’s previous match saw him defeat Zhang Shuchun of China 9-5.

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Canada’s Tyler Edey is still alive, having eliminated one of the two women who made it to the final round of 64, Shin-Mei Liu, 9-3. The other woman, Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, ended up going hill-hill with Demosthenes Pupul of the Philippines before Pupul won 9-8.

An all-Japan match is coming up in the next round, with Satoshi Kawabata and Hayato Hijikata facing off. Kawabata defeated Germany’s Sascha Tege 9-5 earlier, with Hijikata besting Roman Hybler of the Czech Republic 9-7.

Audience members will also be treated to an all-Filipino match-up in the next round, as “Marvelous” Marlon Manalo and Victor Arpilleda square off. Manalo just defeated Italy’s Fabio Petroni 9-5, while Arpilleda ousted Wang Ming 9-4.

Recent world straight pool champion Niels Feijen made it through the last round, winning 9-4 over Ricky Yang of Indonesia. He will next face David Alcaide of Spain, who just bested Austrian Martin Kempter 9-4.

Mark Gray of the U.K., having dispatched American Corey Deuel 9-6, will now match up with reigning world 9-ball champion Daryl Peach. Peach has just defeated Arnel Bautista 9-4.

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Allison Fisher Set to Defend Pacific Coast Billiards Title

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Allison Fisher Set to Defend Pacific Coast Billiards Title
WPBA Pacific Coast Classic / Lincoln City, OR

by InsidePOOL Staff

Fisher is prepared to defend her title at the Women's Professional Billiard Association Pacific Coast Classic in Lincoln City, OR

The Women’s Professional Billiard Association’s Pacific Coast Classic begins Thursday, October 2, with a full field of 64. Hosted by the Chinook Winds Casino & Resort in Lincoln City, OR, this event will conclude Sunday, October 5.

Fifth-ranked Allison Fisher is the defending champion at this event, and she will have to fight off a slew of determined competitors. New number-one-ranked WPBA player Kelly Fisher will be looking to add another title to her resume for the year, while number-two-ranked Karen Corr will be trying to move up the ladder again and retake the top spot on tour. And third- and fourth-ranked players Xiaoting Pan and Ga Young Kim, respectively, will be trying as hard as they can to continue their upward movement on the tour.

A. Fisher’s first match will be against Maureen Seto, while K. Fisher will meet Irene Henry in the first round. Other interesting first-round match-ups include Morgan Steinman versus Yu Ram Cha, Julie Kelly versus Val Finnie, Jeanette Lee versus Bonnie Plowman, and Sarah Rousey versus Miyuki Sakai. Also, Mary and Michelle Rakin, both formidable former junior players, are both in attendance and should prove well worth watching.

View the WPBA Pacific Coast Classic double elimination tournament brackets.

The first round begins at 11 a.m. Thursday. Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.