Source: Jonas Terrado, Manila Bulletin
MANILA, Philippines – Former world double champion Ronnie Alcano was supposed to play the role of a teacher and not his unheralded Korean rival.
To his surprise and to everybody’s amazement, it was Hwang Yong who made the clutch shots, enough to power him to a 9-7 win over the Filipino hotshot in the second day of the 2011 Philippine Open Pool Championships on Friday at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall.
With the loss, Alcano, the former 2006 World 9-Ball and 2007 World 8-Ball champion, was thrown into the loser’s bracket where he needs to win twice in a row to stay in contention.
"Naunahan niya ako tsaka maganda ang tira ng bata kaya na-surprise din ako," said Alcano, who played Yong for the first time.
Alcano trailed 6-2 halfway into the match but won five of the next six racks to forged a 7-all deadlock before falling in the end.
He will face either Abdullah Al-Yousif or Chan Keng Kwang of Singapore in the loser's bracket.
Another upset also marred Friday's action when unknown Jundel Mazon beat Marlon Manalo, 9-4, to forge a match with compatriot Antonio Lining in the winner's bracket.
Mazon, a 34-year-old native of Marinduque, overcame a 3-0 deficit by racking up eight straight games for the win.
Lining, on the other hand, drubbed Indonesian Muhammad Zulfikri, 9-1, to set up a meeting with Mazon.
At presstime, Dennis Orcollo, who beat fellow Filipino Demosthenes Pulpul, 9-7, the other night, is battling compatriot Allan Cuartero.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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