Megatrade Hall 3
SM Megamall
Mandaluyong City
Metro Manila
Philippines
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6-11 April 2011
2011 Philippine Open Pool Champion, Thorsten Homann - Germany.
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Hohmann, Chen Win Philippine Open
Thorsten Hohmann has won the Philippine Open Men's Division and Siming Chen has won the Women's. Chen won in dominating style, never giving Kelly Fisher a breath of air as her offensive style left few opportunities for challenge. The 17-year old Chinese native defeated Fisher 9-3 and is yet the latest superstar female to emerge from the emerging giant that is Chinese pool.
Thorsten Hohmann had a bit more of a battle on his hands in his victory. He and Ralf Souquet went rack for rack with never more than a single point between them until Souquet gained his first lead of the match at 10-9 in the race to 11. From there Hohmann won the next two racks to claim the title. When Hohmann won the rack to get him to double-hill it was his third hill-hill match in the last four. He had also won against Carlo Biado and Ricky Yang by the same margin.
It was rather ironic that Hohmann would win this event. He was not even supposed to be there. He had had a personal commitment that was preventing him from attending and that commitment did not go away until the last minute. Neither the BCA, the EPBF, the WPA nor the promoter could find a slot for him at that late hour. But a player pulled out of the tournament at the last moment and Yen Makabenta gave Thorsten a call just on the off chance that he might be able to get to Manila and compete. Within a few hours of the call Hohmann was on his way to Manila and the incredible week of pool that lay ahead for him.
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The Philippine Open Pool Championships TV table arena.
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Ralf Souquet - Germany
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Kelly Fisher
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Darren Appleton - Great Britain
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Jasmin Ouschan - Austria
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Allsion Fisher - Great Britain
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Shane Van Boening - United States of America
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The two champions with their trophies.
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2011 Women's Philippine Open Pool Champion, Siming Chen - China.
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Thorsten Homann - Germany / Siming Chen - China
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| 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) |
| 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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