Redemption for Orcollo after winning 10-ball gold

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:59:09 +0000

BY JONAS TERRADO

DENNIS Orcollo outlasted Vietnam’s The Kien Do 9-8 Monday night to claim the men’s 10-ball singles gold in the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the Tent City of the historic Manila Hotel.

Dennis Orcollo shows his gold medal. (Manny Llanes)

The veteran cue artist lost a pair of two-rack leads and trailed 6-5 before engaging his Vietnamese foe to a drawn out battle that forced a hill-hill affair.

But Orcollo got the best of the Vietnamese foe in the decider, prevailing in a safety battle to clean out the rack and retain the 10-ball gold which he won during its last staging in the 2013 Nay Pyi Taw Games.

It was also the first gold of Orcollo in the biennial meet, including his victories in the men’s 9-ball doubles with Alex Pagulayan in 2005, men’s 8-ball singles in 2011 and men’s 9-ball singles in 2015.

Orcollo credited his experience as a key tool in winning the hard-fought encounter.

“Mahirap talaga kasi magaling talaga siya e. Experience na lang,” he said. “Kung ano yung ginagawa ko dati at mag-antay na lang ng pagkakataon. Marami akong ginawang sa depensa kasi magaling talaga siya.”

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