Anthony Raga (Photo courtesy 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-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 Hongkong , 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 Hongkong 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.-Marlon Bernardino-
Anthony Raga on his winning shot.
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