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Reyes, Kiamco barge into Asian 9-ball semifinals.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
FILIPINOS Efren "Bata" Reyes and Warren "Smiling Face" Kiamco beat Japanese Satoshi Kawabata, 9-3, and Korean Jeong Young-hwa, 9-8, respectively, to advance into the semifinals of the first leg of the San Miguel Beer (SMB) Asian 9-Ball tournament yesterday at the Pool Haven billiards hall in Clark Quay, Singapore.
The 49-year-old Reyes took a 4-0 start, extending his streak of racks won to 12, counting his eight racks run to close out his second round date with Singapore's Bernard Tey.
Reyes could have claimed his 13th rack victory had he not muffed what looked like an elementary length-of-the-table shot on the fifth ball that led to Kawabata's ice-breaker.
"Kawabata is good, he has beaten me once in Japan. It's a good thing I started hot and it frustrated him," said Reyes.
Kawabata practically sealed his doom on the sixth frame. After sinking the first eight colored balls, Kawabata missed a routine straightforward shot on the ninth, leaving the yellow striped ball hanging on the edge of a corner pocket.
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