Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:42:34 +0000
By REYNALD MAGALLON His glory days are already way behind him and Father Time has certainly caught up but Efren ‘Bata” Reyes’ old and wrinkled hands continued to weave magic even abroad.Already 68, the living legend in billiards, long considered as the greatest pool player ever, regaled the crowd and awed his younger rivals by […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:48:34 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Chezka Centeno got back at teammate Rubilen Amit by hacking out a pulsating 7-5 victory to advance to the Last 16 of the 2023 Kamui World Women’s 9-Ball Championship in Atlantic City, New Jersey Friday, Jan. 20 (Saturday in Manila). Locked at 5-all, the 23-year-old Centeno showed nerves of steel, coming through […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2023 05:03:26 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Chezka Centeno got back at teammate Rubilen Amit by hacking out a pulsating 7-5 victory to advance to the Last 16 of the 2023 Kamui World Women’s 9-Ball Championship in Atlantic City, New Jersey Friday, Jan. 20 (Saturday in Manila). Locked at 5-all, the 23-year-old Centeno showed nerves of steel, coming through […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:18:07 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Baseth “Kingpin” Mocaibat demolished Chang Jung-Lin of Chinese Taipei to rule the Sharks One-on-One Race-to-63 10-Ball Championships at the Sharks Billiards and Pool Arena in Quezon City recently. The Dasmariñas City bet controlled the three-stage matchup with a 21-6 start before padding his lead in the second phase, 42-24. He sealed the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:54:19 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Philippines’ top female cue artists Rubilen Amit and Chezka Centeno left for Atlantic City, New Jersey on Tuesday, Jan. 10, to compete in the 2023 Kamui Women’s World 9-Ball Championship. The tournament is scheduled on Jan. 19 to 22 at the Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City where 64 invited participants are expected to […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 08:03:46 +0000
By REYNALD MAGALLON Former US Open 9-ball world champion Carlo Biado stamped his class and ruled the Medalla Light Puerto Rico Open, defeating Poland’s Daniel Maciol, 2-0, (4-1, 4-3) in the final at the Puerto Rico Convention Center on Saturday, Nov. 19. The Filipino cue master went off to a hot start, easily winning the […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 05:50:50 +0000
Filipino champion Carlo Biado fell short of defending his US Open 9-ball Championship crown after yielding to eventual titlist Spain’s Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, 11-10, in the semifinals in the wee hours of Sunday, Oct. 16 (Manila time). Not even a late rally from Biado that saw him recover from a 10-6 deficit to force a […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2022 04:47:34 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Carlo Biado is not the reigning champion of the glamorous event for nothing. The Filipino ace displayed his wizardry on the blue-colored table and blanked Taiwanese Hsieh Chia Chen, 10-0, to barge into the semifinals of the US Open 9-Ball Championship Friday, Oct. 14, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Biado, who is […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 02:47:24 +0000
By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA Carlo Biado inched closer to retaining his US Open 9-Ball Championship title after advancing to the Last 16 Thursday, Oct. 13 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Biado first crushed Finland’s Petri Makkonen, 9-4, and then thumped Japan’s Naoyuki Oi, 9-6, to move into the race-to-10 knockout stage that also saw Lee Van […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 02:30:11 +0000
In a month brimming with outstanding triumphs by Filipino athletes overseas, tennis star Alex Eala’s accomplishment at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows New York on Sept. 10 (Sept. 11 in Manila) was heads and shoulders above the rest. Without dropping a set, Eala captured the 142nd US Open junior girls singles championship, […]
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