Efren Reyes of the Philippines in action against Shaun Wilke of the USA during their match of the World 9-Ball Pool Championship at Al Arabi Indoor Hall in Doha, yesterday. Reyes won 9-4. Picture by: Kammutty VP
Doha: Former world champion Efren Reyes of the Philippines kept his qualifying hopes alive at the World 9-Ball Pool Championship by registering a 9-4 win over Shawn Wilke of the USA.
Reyes who lost his first match to Hsu Kai Lun of Hong Kong 9-5 on Sunday is now pinning his hopes of qualifying from the losers bracket.
Meanwhile, Qatari players Mohanna Al Obaidly, Amir Rota and Bashar Hussein won their respective matches.
Yesterday, Mohanna defeated his Emirati counterpart Salah Al Remawi 9-7, while Rota achieved an important 9-5 win against Han Hao Xiang of China.
Hussain completed yet another win for the local players to keep the local fans in good spirits. He defeated Christopher Tevez of Peru 9-8.
On Sunday, Waleed Majed started on a promising note by defeating Bader Al Awadi of Kuwait 9-7. The winner of the event will get $36,000 and the runner-up $18,000.
Results
Losers bracket matches
Loser is out, winner gets one more chance.
Group 1: Ivo Aarts (NED) bt Sayeem Hossain (BAN) 9–7, Efren Reyes (PHL) bt Shawn Wilke (USA) 9–4
Group 2: Sniegocki Mateusz (POL) bt Khaled A Faraj (EGY) 9 - 2, Hunter Lombardo (USA) bt Kwok Chi Ho(HKG) 9–7
Group 3: Bader Al Awadi (KUW) bt Roman Hybler (CZE) 9–6, Huidji See (NED) bt Al Hasawi (KUW) 9-6
Group 4: Mark Antony (PHL) bt Hori Ryoji (JPN) 9–7, Henrikas Stolis (LTU) bt Abdulatif Fawal (QAT) 9-8
Group 5: Mark Gray (GBR) bt M Elassal (EGY) 9-2, Hanni Al Howri (UAE) bt Meshari Albuqayli (KSA) 9 - 4
Group 6: Kuo Po Cheng(TPE) bt Giorgio Margola(ITA) 9–0, Carlo Biado(PHL) bt Saleh Ameen(QAT) 9-4
Group 7: Hijikata Hayato (JPN) bt Mazen Berjawi (LEB) 9 - 2, Liu Hai Tao(CHN) bt Sibongiseni O. Gumede (RSA) 9–0
Group 8: Philip Reilly (AUS) bt K Obaidly (QAT) 9 - 7, Radoslaw Babica (POL) bt Naif Abdulafou (JOR) 9-3
Group 9: Ali Maghsoud(IRI) bt Nicolas Ottermann (GER) 9–7, Nico Erasmus (RSA) bt Mohamad Abdullah (UAE) 9–6
Group 10: Han Hao Xiang (CHN) bt Nick Philip Pera (AUS) 9-7, Phil Burford (GBR) bt Recky Boy Puro (PHL) 9–6
Group 11: Thorsten Hohmann (GER) bt Mehdi Rasekhi (IRA) 9-2, Mario Morra (CAN) bt Ali Al Obaidly (QAT) 9-7
Group 12: Corey Deuel (USA) bt M Buainain (QAT) 9-5, Li Hewen (CHN) bt Bruno Muaratore (ITA) 9-7
Group 13: Mohd Ali Berjawi (LEB)bt Syed Habib (IND) 9-7, Salah Al Rimawi (UAE) bt Albin Ouschan (AUT) 9-6
Group 14: Bashar Hussain (QAT) bt Christopher Tevez (PER) 9-8, Fu Che Wei (TAI) bt Badr Alhamdan (KSA) 9-6
Group 15: Kong Bu Hong (HK) bt Nour Al-Jarrah (JOR) 9-2, Kawabata Satoshi (JAP) bt Mohd Al Bin Ali (QAT)9-5
Group 16: Chao Fang Pang (TAI) bt Fahim Sinha (BAN) 9-0, Petri Makkonen (FIN) bt Majid Gharehgozlou (IRA) 9-6
First round matches
Losers go to the losers side for another chance. Winners will need to win one more match to advance to the final 64.
Group 13: Lee Van Corteza (PHL) bt Mohd Ali Berjawi (LEB) 9-1, Nick Malaj(ALB) bt Syed Habib (QAT) 9-5; David Alcaide(ESP) bt Albin Ouschan (AUT) 9-8, Mohanna Al Obaidly (QAT) bt Salah Al Rimawi (KUW) 9-7
Group 14: Ruslan Chinakhov(RUS) bt Bashar Hussain (QAT) 9-4, Nguyen K. Hoang(VIE) bt Christopher Tevez (PER) 9-7, Oliver Ortmann(GER) bt Fu Che Wei (TPE) 9–7, Fabio Petroni(ITA) bt Badr Alhamdan (KSA) 9-6
Group 15: Nick Ekonomopoulos (GRE) bt Nour Al- Jarrah (JOR) 9– 1, Marlon Villamor (PHL) bt Kong Bu Hong (HKG) 9–4, Robb Saez (USA) bt Mohd Al Bin Ali (QAT) 9-6, Daryl Peach (GBR) bt Kawabata Satoshi (JPN) 9–4
Group 16: Dennis Orcollo (PHL) bt Majid Gharehgozlou (IRI) 9- 1, Neils Feijin (NED) bt Chao Fang Pang (TPE) 9-6, Ryu Seung Woo (KOR) bt Fahim Sinha (BAN) 9 - 3, Tomasz Kaplan (POL) bt Petri Makkonen (FIN) 9-6
