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Manuel Gama of Portugal deliberates over his next move during his match against Francisco Bustamante of the Philippines at the World 9-Ball Pool Championship at Al Arabi Indoor Stadium in Doha, yesterday. The Portuguese stunned the former champion, winner at the 2010 edition in Doha, 9-6 to advance to the Round-of-64 knockout stages of the tournament. The 12-day event hosted by Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation will end on September 13. PICTURE BY: KAMMUTTY VP
DOHA: Portugal’s Manuel Gama stunned Francisco Bustamante of the Philippines 9-6 to advance to the Round-of-64 knockout stage of the World 9-Ball Pool Championship at Al Arabi Indoor Hall here yesterday.
Bustamante, seeking his second World 9-Ball crown after topping the 2010 edition, will now have to try his luck of qualifing for the next stage through the losers bracket.
On Saturday, Bustamante, had opened his title bid with a narrow 9-7 victory over Mario Morra.
Also making it to the next stage were defending champion Darren Appleton of England, Mika Immonen of Finland and Dennis Orcollo of the Philippines.
The Englishman defeated Jeong Young of Korea 9-5 to book a place in the next stage.
Immonen edged past Jeffery De Luna of the Phillipines 9–6, while Orcollo got past the challenge of Tomasz Kaplan of Poland 9–4.
Of the two Qatari players in action yesterday, both of them lost their matches. Waleed Majed went down to Ko Pin Yi of Taiwan 9-4 and David Alcaide of Spain defeated Mohanna Al Obaidly 9-5.
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Results
Winners side matches. Winners advance to the final 64. Loser gets one more chance today.
Group 1: Darren Appleton (GBR) bt Jeong Young H (KOR) 9–5; Hsu Kai Lun (TPE) bt So Shaw (GBR) 9–2
Group 2: Antonio Gabica (PHL) bt Dominic Jentsch (GER) 9-7; Omar Al Shahen (KUW) bt Marlon Manalo (PHL) 9-1
Group 3: Ko Pin Yi (TPE) bt Waleed Majed (QAT) 9–4; Jalal Yousef (VEN) bt Imran Majid Jasem (GBR) 9–5
Group 4: Konstanin Stepanov (RUS) bt John Morra (CAN) 9–7; Chang Jung Lin (TPE) bt Marc Claramunt (ESP) 9–1
Group 5: Ralf Souquet (GER) bt Cheng Yu Hsuan (TPE) 9–4; Vilmos Foldes (HUN) bt Yukio Akagariyama (JPN) 9–8
Group 6: Toh Lian Han (SIN) bt Jasson Klatt (CAN) 9–7; Cheng Yu Lung (TPE) bt Chris Melling (GBR) 9-5
Group 7: Shane V Boening (USA) bt Nguyen Anh Tuan (VIE) 9–6; Toru Korubaiyashi (JPN) bt Dimitri Jungo (SUI) 9-5
Group 8: Wang Can (CHN) bt Ramil Gallego (PHL) 9-1; Mika Immonen (FIN) bt Jeffery De Luna (PHL) 9–6
Group 9: Wu Chia Qing (CHN) bt Karl Boyes (GBR) 9–4; Oi Naoyuki (JPN) bt Mohamed Zulfikri (INA) ) 9-1
Group 10: Israel Rota (PHL) bt Abdullah Al Yousef (KUW) 9–5; Mario He (AUT) bt Alex Pagulayan (CAN) 9-7
Group 11: Lo Li Wen (TPE) bt Alexander Kazakis (GRE) 9-4; Manuel Gama (POR) bt Francisco Bustamante (PHL) 9–6
Group 12: Nick Van D. Berg (NED) bt Raymund Faraon (PHL) 9-6; Enrique Rojas (CHL) bt Aloysius Yapp(SIN) 9-6
Group 13: Nick Malaj (ALB) bt Lee Van Corteza (PHL) 9–8; David Alcaide (ESP) bt Mohanna Al Obaidly (QAT) 9-5
Group 14: Ruslan Chinakhov (RUS) bt Nguyen K. Hoang (VIE) 9–5; Fabio Petroni (ITA) bt Oliver Ortmann (GER) 9-7
Group 15: Marlon Villamor (PHL) bt Nick Ekonomopoulos(GRE) 9–0; Daryl Peach (GBR) bt Robb Saez (USA) 9–6
Group 16: Dennis Orcollo (PHL) bt T Kaplan (POL) 9–4; Neils Feijin (NED) bt Ryu Seung Woo (KOR) 9-4
