The Magician Moves Into The Spotlight (From worldpoolchampionship.com)
EFREN REYES takes centre stage at the 2004 Taiwan World Pool Championship as the tournament reaches the last 32.
So far the watching audience of millions around the world has only been treated to Bata’s talents once, but he will face Euro Mosconi Cup captain Oliver Ortmann in the first TV game on Thursday.
Exciting Luc Salvas will face Johnny Archer after that match, and that’s followed by an all Scandinavian clash between Niclas Bergendorff and Mika Immonen.
Finally, rising Taiwanese star Che-Wei Fu will play Earl Strickland in what promises to be a thrilling encounter.
Here’s the full order of play:
Last 32 – Match Schedule
All tables start play at 17.00 local time.
Table 1 – TV Table
Efren Reyes (PHI) v Oliver Ortmann (GER)
Luc Salvas (CAN) v Johnny Archer (USA)
Niclas Bergendorff (SWE) v Mika Immonen (FIN)
Che-wei Fu (TPE) v Earl Strickland (USA)
Table 2
Francisco Bustamante (PHI) v Marlon Manalo (PHI) (Bati-a ani oi!!!)
Ramil Gallego (PHI) v Marcus Chamat (SWE)
Thorsten Hohmann (GER) v Chin-Ching Kang (TPE)
Raymond Hauge (NOR) v Pei-wei Chang (TPE)
Table 3
Rico Diks (NED) v Chien-che Huang (TPE)
Dennis Orcollo (PHI) v Konstantin Stepanov (RUS)
Alex Pagulayan (CAN) v Martin Kempter (AUT)
Imran Majid (ENG) v Satoshi Kawabata (JAP)
Table 4
Po-cheng Kuo (TPE) v David Alcaide (SPA)
Rodolfo Luat (PHI) v Hui-kai Hsia (TPE)
Rodney Morris (USA) v Thorsten Schober (GER)
Fong-pang Chao (TPE) v Patrick Ooi (MAS)
I just hope that a Filipino will win the World Pool Championships!