MANILA---Carlo Biado's campaign in the 2022 APF (Asian Pool Federation Ltd) Asian 9-Ball Open came to an end Saturday, August 27 after suffering a Round-of-32 loss.
The 38-pool campaigner from Muntinlupa City was beaten by Vietnam’s Luong Duc Thien, 10-11, at the Aspire Recreation Centre in Singapore.
However, James "Dodong Diamond" Aranas, Lauro Bongay, Johann Chua and Anthony Raga cruised into the quarterfinals.
Aranas, the pride of Bacoor, Cavite, defeated countryman Demosthenes "Plong Plong" Pulpul of Davao City, 11-6, in the Round-of-32 and Duong Quoc Hong of Vietnam, 11-9, in the Round-of-16 to arranged a quarter-final showdown with countryman Lauro Bongay, who brought down Ibrahim Bin Amin of Malaysia, 11-4, and Lo Ho Sum of Hongkong, 11-8, respectively.
The Taguig City resident Chua, on the other hand, dismantled Sharik Aslam Sayed of Singapore, 11-2, and another Pinoy bet Jeffrey "The Bull" de luna, 11-8, to meet Robbie Capito of Hongkong in the last 8.
The Cebu City native Raga for his part subdued Desmond Goh of Singapore, 11-9, and Dang Thanh Kien of Vietnam, 11-4, in order to slug it out with Naoyuki Oi of Japan in the next round.
Kyle Amoroto of Cainta, Rizal, meantime lost to Tat Duy Kien of Vietnam, 6-11, in the Round-of-32.-Marlon Bernardino-
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