2011 Philippine Open Pool Championships

2011 Philippine Open Pool Championships
Megatrade Hall 3
SM Megamall
Mandaluyong City
Metro Manila
Philippines
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6-11 April 2011

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Philippine Open - Day 3

After three days of play the 2011 Philippine Open, the fields are now down to just sixteen men and twelve ladies.

Possibly the biggest surprise in the men's division is the play of Iran's Tahkti Zarekani. With wins over Shinya Inoue, Jerico Banares and Hwang Yong, Zarekani is proving that his recent 5th place finish at the World 8-Ball Championship was no fluke. Zarekani will be tested on day four by Haitao Liu.

Other matches on the winners side will see Antonio Lining taking on Lee Van Corteza, Marcus Chamat facing Thorsten Hohmann and Darren Appleton playing Ralf Souquet.

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The final winner of this event could still come from the one loss side with such notables as Che Wei Fu, Jung Lin Chang and Dennis Orcullo still alive on the left side of the board.

The ladies division is down to twelve players with an all Asian final four on the winners side. On the winners side, Yun Mi Lim will face Si Ming Chen and Chieh-Yu Chou will take on Sha-Sha Liu in a battle of Asian young guns.

Still fighting on the one loss side are notables such as Yuan Chun Lin, Yu Ram Cha, Kelly Fisher and Jasmin Ouschan.

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Philippine Open - Day 2

The Philippine Open has progressed to the point where the fields begin to thin and some of those who have been culled are not among the names one might expect. Both Shane Van Boening and Allison Fisher have been knocked out of the tournament without enjoying a single victory. And they are not the only surprise players headed for the exits. Kenny Kwok of Hong Kong is out after being drummed 9-3 by Lung Chang Yu.

Pei-Wei Chang, perennial quarterfinalist in the World 9-Ball event, was sent home 9-6 by Ramil Gallego. Canadian John Morra has also been shown the door, as have Jerico Banares, Jeff De Luna, Marlon Manalo, and Demosthenes Pulpul,

On the men's winners side of the bracket the lower half is one killer field of players. Po-Cheng Kuo is set to play Marcus Chamat, Thorsten Hohmann will play Ricky Yang, Jason Klatt will go against Darren Appleton and Ralf Souquet will battle Dennis Orcullo.

The ladies are also winding their way towards the finish line. Fatalities there include Monica Webb and Line Kjorsvik, The key match-ups today on the winner's side show just how strong the women's game has become in Asia. Yu Ram Cha will play Lim, Yun-Mi as Siming Chen plays Jasmin Ouschan. The lower half of the bracket finds Han Yu against Chieh-Yu Chou and Sha Sha Liu faces Jing Wu.

All photography © Emille "Biboy" Soriano - used by Pro9 with express permission.

All photography © Emille "Biboy" Soriano - used by Pro9 with express permission.
Philippine Open - Day 1

The fields of 64 men and 32 women lined up today for the opening sessions of the 2011 Philippine Open. There are 12 tables in play for the tournament, 8 being used for the men’s division, and 4 for the ladies.

Mika Immonen was one big name casualty from today’s play, losing 6-9 against Chinese player, Li Wen Lo, currently ranked 105. If today’s performance is anything to go by, Lo will certainly climb fairly rapidly in the rankings as there was a lot to like of his game today. Immonen will now face Indonesian Rudy Susanto in the one loss side of the draw, with the loser being eliminated from the tournament.

Ralf Souquet, another big name, had a close 9-8 encounter after leading comfortably in his match against a qualifier, Filipino Carlo Biado. Dennis Orcollo, recent winner of the World 8-Ball Championship also scraped through his first round match 9-7, against fellow countryman Demosthenes Pulpul.

USA’s number 1 player, Shane Van Boening, also stumbled at the first hurdle, losing 4-9 to Japanese player Naoyuki Oi. Former world champion (English Billiards) Robbie Foldvari gave number 1 seed Antonio Lining something to think about before losing 7-9.

High quality of play was the talking point in the women’s division on opening day, where the biggest upset was world number 2 Allison Fisher losing to Chinese qualifier Wu Jing. On the other hand, world number 1, Ga Young Kim of Korea looked the goods as she easily accounted for her opponent Aradhana Nail 9-0. Other players who were also impressive were reigning World 10-Ball Champion, Austrian Jasmin Ouschan in beating Canadian Veronique Menard 9-0, Korean Yu Ram Cha winning against Suniti Damati 9-1, and young China Open Champion, Chinese player Siming Chen with a 9-1 victory against Reggie Ann Biagcong.

Day two will see play commence at 2.00 pm (+7 GMT) Live scoring will be available on www.wpapool.com

All photography © Emille "Biboy" Soriano - used by Pro9 with express permission.

2011 PHILIPPINE OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Robbie Foldvari - Australia 2 Ahmad Taufiq Binh Murni - Brunei 3 Md Alias Bin Hj Raschid - Brunei 4 Jason Klatt - Canada 5 John Morra - Canada 6 Liu Haitao - China 7 Wu Hao - China 8 Mika Immonen - Finland 9 Vincent Facquet - France 10 Ralf Souquet - Germany 11 Darren Appleton - Great Britain 12 Bobby Lee - Hong Kong 13 Kenny Kwok - Hong Kong 14 Rafath Habib - India 15 Sundeep Gulati - India 16 Ricky Yang - Indonesia 17 Rudy Susanto - Indonesia 18 Siauw Wieto - Indonesia 19 Takhti Zarekani - Iran 20 Lo Li-Wen - Japan 21 Oi Naoyuki - Japan 22 Shinya Inoue - Japan 23 Hwang Yong - Korea 24 Lee Gun Jae - Korea 25 Abdullah Al Yousuf - Kuwait 26 Amir Ibrahim - Malaysia 27 Antonio Lining - Philippines 28 Carlo Biado - Philippines 29 Demosthenes Pulpul - Philippines 30 Dennis Orcullo - Philippines 31 Jech Limen - Philippines 32 Jeffrey De Luna - Philippines	33 Jerico Bañares - Philippines 34 Lee Van Corteza - Philippines 35 Marlon Manalo - Philippines 36 Oliver Medenilla - Philippines 37 Ramil Gallego - Philippines 38 Raymund Faraon - Philippines 39 Ronnie Alcano - Philippines 40 Venancio Tanio - Philippines 41 Bashar Hussain - Qatar 42 Mohanna Obaidly - Qatar 43 Konstantin Stepanov - Russia 44 Ruslan Chinakhov - Russia 45 Chan Keng Kwang - Singapore 46 Desmond GohChinTeck - Singapore 47 Chamaka Atapattu - Sri Lanka 48 Marcus Chamat - Sweden 49 Chang Jung Lin - Taipei 50 Ko Ping Chun - Taipei 51 Kuo Po-Cheng - Taipei 52 Mohamed Hosani - UAE 53 Shane Van Boening - USA 54 Nguyen Phuc Long - Vietnam 55 Chang Yu Lung - Taipei (Q) 56 Fu Che Wei - Taipei (Q) 57 Jundel Mazon - Philippines(Q) 58 Roberto Gomez - Philippines (Q) 59 Renemar David - Philippines (Q) 60 Mohamad Zulfikri - Indonesia (Q) 61 Allan Quartero - Philippines (Q) 62 Yoni Rachmanto - Indonesia (Q) 63 Tomoo Takano - Japan (Q) 64 Roland Dela Cruz - Philippines (Q)

2011 PHILIPPINE OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1ST ( £30,000-00 x 1 )	$30,000-00
2ND ( $15,000-00 x 1 )	$15,000-00
3RD ~ 4TH ( $5,000-00 x 2 )	$10,000-00
5TH ~ 6TH ( $3,000-00 x 2 )	$6,000-00
7TH ~ 8TH ( $2,500-00 x 2 )	$5,000-00
9TH ~ 12TH ( $2,000-00 x 4 )	$8,000-00
13TH ~ 16TH ( $1,800-00 x 4 )	$7,200-00
17TH ~ 24TH ( $1,200-00 x 8 )	$9,600-00
25TH ~ 32TH ( $800-00 x 8 )	$6,400-00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND: $97,200

2011 PHILIPPINE OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1ST ( £20,000-00 x 1 )	$20,000-00
2ND ( $10,000-00 x 1 )	$10,000-00
3RD ~ 4TH ( $5,000-00 x 2 )	$10,000-00
5TH ~ 6TH ( $3,500-00 x 2 )	$7,000-00
7TH ~ 8TH ( $2,500-00 x 2 )	$5,000-00
9TH ~ 12TH ( $2,000-00 x 4 )	$8,000-00
13TH ~ 16TH ( $1,500-00 x 4 )	$6,000-00
17TH ~ 24TH ( $750-00 x 8 )	$6,000-00
25TH ~ 32TH ( $500-00 x 8 )	$4,000-00
TOTAL PRIZE FUND: $76,000

2011 PHILIPPINE OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
1 Jasmin Ouschan - Austria 2 Naomi Williams - Canada 3 Veronique Menard - Canada 4 Xiao-Fang Fu - China 5 Siming Chen - China 6 Liu Sha-Sha - China 7 Han Yu - China 8 Marika Poikkiokki - Finland 9 Ine Jentschura - Germany 10 Allison Fisher - Great Britain 11 Kelly Fisher - Great Britain 12 Aradhana Naik - India 13 Suniti Damani - India 14 Angeline Ticoalu - Indonesia 15 Li Jia - Japan 16 Keiko Yukawa - Japan	17 Junko Tsuchiya - Japan 18 Kim Ga Young - Korea 19 Yu Ram Cha - Korea 20 Hyun Ji Won - Korea 21 Lim Yun Mi - Korea 22 Line Kjorsvik - Norway 23 Gillian Go - Philippines 24 Geona Gregorio - Philippines 25 Reggie Ann Biagcong - Philippines 26 Helena Benjamin - Sweden 27 Chou Chieh-Yu - Taipei 28 Monica Webb - USA 29 Lin Yuan Chun - Taipei (Q) 30 Wu Jing - China (Q) 31 Tsai Pei Chen - Taipei (Q) 32 Duong Thuy Vi - Vietnam (Q)

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