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Biado, Gomez gain 8-ball KO stage

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MANILA, Philippines - Reigning National Open champion Carlo Biado defeated Francisco Diaz-Pizarro of Spain, 7-2, while Roberto Gomez crushed Luke Rollinson of Great Britain, 7-3, to advance to the knockout stage of the World 8-ball championship in Fujairah, UAE yesterday.

Raymund Faraon also breezed through by posting a 7-1 rout of Ahmed Al Hosani of UAE and a 7-4 win over Nick Van den Berth of The Netherlands, while Demosthenes Pulpul edged Albin Ouschan of Austria, 7-6, in a do-or-die match to stay in the hunt.

Elmer Haya held off Yousfi Chaouki of MAR, 7-5, while Elvis Calasang thwarted Al Howri Hanni of UAE, 7-5.

Nine Filipinos, headed by defending champion Dennis Orcollo, made it to the Last 64.

Also making it to the single-round, race-to-11 knockout phase are Lee Vann Corteza and Joven Alba.

The winner will receive $20,000.

Orcollo duels with Nasser Al Mujaibel of Kuwait; Corteza squares off with Lee Chenman of Hong Kong; Alba battles Ahmad Jallad of Jordan; Biado collides with Haya; Gomez tangles with Mario He of Austria; Pulpul takes on Hwang of Korea, Faraon mixes it up with Ko Pin-yi of Taiwan and Calasang tests Japan’s Yukio Akagariyama’s mettle.

AHMAD JALLAD OF JORDAN

AHMED AL HOSANI

AL HOWRI HANNI

ALBIN OUSCHAN OF AUSTRIA

BERTH OF THE NETHERLANDS

CARLO BIADO

DEMOSTHENES PULPUL

DENNIS ORCOLLO

ELMER HAYA

ELVIS CALASANG

FRANCISCO DIAZ-PIZARRO OF SPAIN

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