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Bustamantes, advances to the quarterfinals!
Francisco "Django" Bustamante and his nephew Joven "The Shark" Bustamante advanced
to the quarterfinal round of the 2007 World Pool Championship last night at the Araneta
Coliseum in Quezon City.
In the round of 16, Django ousted compatriot Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, 11-2, while The
Shark continued his giant-slaying ways by beating Satoshi Kawabata of Japan, 11-9.
Today, Django will face the winner of the match between Daryl Peach of England and
Harald Stoika of Finland.
"Malaki ang tsansa ko dahil ito lang naming kapatid ko, si Alex ang matinding kalaban," said
Django. "Kahit sino na ang makalaban ko hindi na ako takot dahil wala na ang kinakatakutan
ko." Pagulayan, on the other hand, said he was not disappointed with his loss because he
lost to the guy whom he predicted would win the championship this year.
The Shark, on the other hand, arranged a round of 8 showdown with Karl Boyes of England,
who stunned Konstantin Stepanov of Russia, 11-4, last night.
"Nakita ko na ang laro niya (Kawabata) kaya kinabahan ako," said Joven, who upset Dennis
Orcullo last Wednesday and 2005 World Pool Champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan last Thursday.
Filipino Roberto Gomez has still to play Neils Feijen of The Netherlands as of press time.
Marlon Bernardino
Source:
http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/article.php?storyid=82
Francisco "Django" Bustamante and his nephew Joven "The Shark" Bustamante advanced
to the quarterfinal round of the 2007 World Pool Championship last night at the Araneta
Coliseum in Quezon City.
In the round of 16, Django ousted compatriot Alex "The Lion" Pagulayan, 11-2, while The
Shark continued his giant-slaying ways by beating Satoshi Kawabata of Japan, 11-9.
Today, Django will face the winner of the match between Daryl Peach of England and
Harald Stoika of Finland.
"Malaki ang tsansa ko dahil ito lang naming kapatid ko, si Alex ang matinding kalaban," said
Django. "Kahit sino na ang makalaban ko hindi na ako takot dahil wala na ang kinakatakutan
ko." Pagulayan, on the other hand, said he was not disappointed with his loss because he
lost to the guy whom he predicted would win the championship this year.
The Shark, on the other hand, arranged a round of 8 showdown with Karl Boyes of England,
who stunned Konstantin Stepanov of Russia, 11-4, last night.
"Nakita ko na ang laro niya (Kawabata) kaya kinabahan ako," said Joven, who upset Dennis
Orcullo last Wednesday and 2005 World Pool Champion Wu Chia-ching of Taiwan last Thursday.
Filipino Roberto Gomez has still to play Neils Feijen of The Netherlands as of press time.
Marlon Bernardino
Source:
http://www.billiardphilippines.com/v3/modules/news/article.php?storyid=82
OK, the Foldes vs Lu match has started. score now is 4 to 1 Foldes
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/live-scores.asp
http://www.worldpoolchampionship.com/live-scores.asp
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Shouldn't be a problem as long as the commentators don't get confused and give a blur commentary..mjantti said:How about a Bustamante-Bustamante final ?
I really hope Django goes all the way this time. He more than deserves it!
Django wins battle of Filipino giants
In a flawless performance on the main TV table, Francisco Bustamante won the battle
of the Filipino giants as he crushed Alex Pagulayan 11-2 to book a spot in the quarter-
finals of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship.
Playing in front of a standing room only crowd at the Araneta Coliseum, the game was
something of an anti-climax as Bustamante mastered the easy breaking table as he ran
rack after rack, leaving Pagulayan in his chair.
The ever-popular Bustamante has the tag of the greatest player never to have won this
title but he will now be betting favourite to lift the trophy on Sunday night.
Bustamante won the lag and proceeded to run out the first two racks but bad positional
play in the third forced him into a bank attempt but he missed to let Pagulayan to the
table for the first time. The 2004 Champion completed the run out to take the score to
2-1.
A soft break from Pagulayan saw the 2 ball tied up and he was forced to play safe. Both
players traded safeties before Pagulayan closed out the rack to level it at two racks each.
Pagulayan couldn't get onto the 3 ball in the next but his second option was to tie his
opponent up in a tight safety. Bustamante went off three rails, made contact with the
3 ball and fortuitously it nudged the 5 ball into the pocket.
There was more safety but Bustamante prevailed to regain the lead at 3-2. A 2/9
combination increased the 43-year-old Tarlac natives lead. Bustamante struggled with
his positional play in the next but always had the shot to recover as he cleared the table
to get to 5-2.
Things looked ominous for Pagulayan as Bustamante, another player to have mastered
the soft break on the TV table, took the next to open a four rack gulf. There was more
of the same in the next rack as Pagulayan cut a sorry figure in the arena, waiting for a
chance.
Bustamante completed his fifth break and run of the game in the tenth to increase his lead
to 8-2. There was a potential problem in the next for Bustamante but he used the 9 ball to
hold the white when cutting the 2 ball into the centre pocket and continued on his way to
leave himself two racks from victory.
He took the next to reach the hill and then played a lovely cross bank on the 3 ball to set
up the match winning run-out.
Bustamante now faces the winner of the Daryl Peach v Harry Stolka, the last match on
Table 2 tonight.
"When I started I was nervous but I was lucky to hit the ball when he had hooked me
(in the fifth rack). I hope I will still have the game as I played today and hopefully I will be
in the final," said Bustamante.
Pagulayan added: "I'm not disappointed, I played a guy that I predicted would win the tournament
and I lost to the right guy."
Source:
In a flawless performance on the main TV table, Francisco Bustamante won the battle
of the Filipino giants as he crushed Alex Pagulayan 11-2 to book a spot in the quarter-
finals of the 2007 Philippines World Pool Championship.
Playing in front of a standing room only crowd at the Araneta Coliseum, the game was
something of an anti-climax as Bustamante mastered the easy breaking table as he ran
rack after rack, leaving Pagulayan in his chair.
The ever-popular Bustamante has the tag of the greatest player never to have won this
title but he will now be betting favourite to lift the trophy on Sunday night.
Bustamante won the lag and proceeded to run out the first two racks but bad positional
play in the third forced him into a bank attempt but he missed to let Pagulayan to the
table for the first time. The 2004 Champion completed the run out to take the score to
2-1.
A soft break from Pagulayan saw the 2 ball tied up and he was forced to play safe. Both
players traded safeties before Pagulayan closed out the rack to level it at two racks each.
Pagulayan couldn't get onto the 3 ball in the next but his second option was to tie his
opponent up in a tight safety. Bustamante went off three rails, made contact with the
3 ball and fortuitously it nudged the 5 ball into the pocket.
There was more safety but Bustamante prevailed to regain the lead at 3-2. A 2/9
combination increased the 43-year-old Tarlac natives lead. Bustamante struggled with
his positional play in the next but always had the shot to recover as he cleared the table
to get to 5-2.
Things looked ominous for Pagulayan as Bustamante, another player to have mastered
the soft break on the TV table, took the next to open a four rack gulf. There was more
of the same in the next rack as Pagulayan cut a sorry figure in the arena, waiting for a
chance.
Bustamante completed his fifth break and run of the game in the tenth to increase his lead
to 8-2. There was a potential problem in the next for Bustamante but he used the 9 ball to
hold the white when cutting the 2 ball into the centre pocket and continued on his way to
leave himself two racks from victory.
He took the next to reach the hill and then played a lovely cross bank on the 3 ball to set
up the match winning run-out.
Bustamante now faces the winner of the Daryl Peach v Harry Stolka, the last match on
Table 2 tonight.
"When I started I was nervous but I was lucky to hit the ball when he had hooked me
(in the fifth rack). I hope I will still have the game as I played today and hopefully I will be
in the final," said Bustamante.
Pagulayan added: "I'm not disappointed, I played a guy that I predicted would win the tournament
and I lost to the right guy."
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