Philippine Open Archives - WPA Pool World Pool Billiard Association Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:19:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://wpapool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WPA-Primary-favicon.png Philippine Open Archives - WPA Pool 32 32 Hohmann, Chen Win Philippine Open https://wpapool.com/hohmann-chen-win-philippine-open/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/11/04/hohmann-chen-win-philippine-open/ Thorsten Hohmann had a bit more of a battle on his hands in his victory. He and Ralf Souquet went rack for rack with never more than a single point between them until Souquet gained his first lead of the match at 10-9 in the race to 11. From there Hohmann won the next two […]

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]]> Chinese Teenager wins Philippine Open Women ‘s Event https://wpapool.com/chinese-teenager-wins-philippine-open-women-s-event/ Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/11/04/chinese-teenager-wins-philippine-open-women-s-event/ She proved it on Monday’s women finals as she beat veteran Kelly Fisher of Great Britain, 9-3 at the SM Megamall in Mandaluyong. The 17-year-old won all her six matches over Reggie Gregorio, Line Kjorsvik, reigning World Women’s 10-Ball champion Jasmin Ouschan of Austria, Lim Yun Mi of Korea, former Amway World Championship Lin Yuan […]

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]]> Day Four: Souquet, Liu advance to Final Four https://wpapool.com/day-four-souquet-liu-advance-final-four/ Sun, 10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/10/04/day-four-souquet-liu-advance-final-four/ The two asserted their dominance Sunday by pulling off two more wins to stay unscathed in this WPA-sanctioned tournament. They are the only undefeated players in the tournament. Souquet, a double world champion and former world No.1 player, outlasted Darren Appleton in a hill-hill encounter, 9-8, in their round-of-16 match. The German ace formalized his […]

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]]> Day Three: A Battle of titans https://wpapool.com/day-three-battle-titans/ Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/09/04/day-three-battle-titans/ The rivalry between Ralf Souquet of Germany and Dennis Orcullo of the Philippines was rekindled on the third day of the Philippine Open Pool Championships with fans and pool experts anticipating a battle royale betwen two of the best players in the sport. It turned out to be an all-Souquet show. Facing the player who […]

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]]> Day Three: World champs, top players get door in Philippine Open https://wpapool.com/day-three-world-champs-top-players-get-door-philippine-open/ Sat, 09 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/09/04/day-three-world-champs-top-players-get-door-philippine-open/ As the tournament approaches its penultimate day this Sunday (April 10}, there is still no clear frontrunner. Matches are not being decided according to seedings, rankings and reputation. World champions have fallen by the wayside. And players coming from the qualifiers look just as formidable as the ranking players. At the end of the third […]

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]]> Philippine Open – Day 2 https://wpapool.com/philippine-open-day-2/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/08/04/philippine-open-day-2/ The match was a real marathon of about 4 hours finishing well after midnight. World number 1 women player, Ga Young Kim also lost, beaten 8-9 by fellow Korean Lin Yum Mi. Ga Young now crosses to the loser’s side and will play Allison’s victor Marika Poikkiokki tomorrow in a sudden death match. Liu Sha […]

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]]> Upsets continue in Philippine Open https://wpapool.com/upsets-continue-philippine-open/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/08/04/upsets-continue-philippine-open/ Their exits came earlier than expected. Fisher and Van Boening suffered their second straight loss in the tournament in as many games, thus eliminating them in this World Pool-Billiard Association-sanctioned event. Fisher, better known as “The Duchess of Doom” in the international pool circuit, got the boot from a virtually unknown and young opponent Marika […]

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]]> Philippine Open – Day 1 https://wpapool.com/philippine-open-day-1/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/07/04/philippine-open-day-1/ Mika Immonen was one big name casualty from today’s play, losing 6-9 against Chinese player, Li Wen Lo, currently ranked 105. If today’s performance is anything to go by, Lo will certainly climb fairly rapidly in the rankings as there was a lot to like of his game today. Immonen will now face Indonesian Rudy […]

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]]> Lady big guns off to a blazing start in Philippine Open https://wpapool.com/lady-big-guns-off-blazing-start-philippine-open/ Thu, 07 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0000 https://wpapool.com/2011/07/04/lady-big-guns-off-blazing-start-philippine-open/ Ouschan and Kim beat their respective rivals in convincing fashion to serve notice of their title aspirations in this event sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association and organized by Raya Sports in cooperation with the Billiards and Snooker Congress of the Philippines. The two darlings of the crowd brought both beauty and skills to the […]

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