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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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MANILA – Filipino Carlo Biado captured the 2017 World 9-Ball Championships following a 13-5 win over compatriot Roland Garcia in the gold medal match at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.
Biado had a strong start winning the first seven racks on Thursday night. Garcia tried to catch up but managed only to come to as close as 5-11 before Biado wrapped up the match with back-to-back rack victories.
On their way to the finals, Biado scored an 11-6 victory over Lin Wu Kun of Taiwan while Garcia recovered from an early deficit before prevailing over Klenti Kaci of Albania, 11-6.
Prior to that, Biado scored wins over Xu Xiao Cong of China (9-6), Daniel Tangudd of Sweden (11-6), Tomasz Kaplan of Poland (11-8), Jeffrey Ignacio of Philippines (11-7), and Liu Haitao of China (11-0).
Garcia also had a perfect run with victories over Mohammad Berjawi of Lebanon (9-6), Md Al Amin of Bangladesh (11-4), Niels Feijen of Netherlands (11-7), Ko Pin Yi of Chinese-Taipei (11-8), and Jalal Al Sarisi of Venezuela (11-4).
The 34-year-old La Union-native Biado became the fifth Filipino billiards player to win the World 9-Ball Championship since Francisco “Django” Bustamante claimed the crown in 2010.
Other Filipino cue masters who previously bagged the World 9-Ball Championship were Efren “Bata” Reyes (1999), Filipino-Canadian Alex Pagulayan (2004) and Ronnie Alcano (2006).
For his feat, Biado took home the top prize of $30,000, while Garcia settled for a $15,000 cash prize.
The tournament was participated by 128 cue masters from 40 countries./PN
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