Filipino billiards aces Warren “Warrior” Kiamco, Ramon “Maestro Monching” Mistica and Daniel Dagotdot beat their respective rivals in the losers group yesterday to stay in contention in the 37th Annual US Open held at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach – Norfolk Convention Center in Virginia, USA.
The Pasil, Cebu native Kiamco blasted Jo Garcia, 11-0, while the Murphy, Quezon City based Mistica ripped Larry Faulk, 11-6. The New Jersey resident Dagotdot for his part, crushed P. Panopoulos, 11-5.
Meanwhile, Davao City’s Reynaldo Campana officially bowed out of the tournament after suffering his second loss at the hands of Shannon Fitch, 11-7.
Action in the winners brackets resume today (Wednesday night US Time).
Billiards Hall of Famer Efren “Bata” Reyes goes up against Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo battles Mark Gray of Great Britain, Alex “The Lion” Pagulayan faces compatriot Santos “The Saint” Sambajon, Israel “Amay” Rota meets Donny Mills of the USA while Ronato “Volcano” Alcano plays David Alcaide of Spain.
Other unbeaten Filipinos seeing action action today world champion include Francisco “Django” Bustamante against Mika Immonen of Finland and Carlo “The Black Tiger” Biado against Tom D Alfonso of Italy.
The Filipinos’ US Open 9-Ball campaign is supported by Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines (BMPAP), Puyat Sports, Bugsy Promotions, Negros Billiards Stable, Hermes Sports Bar and Malungai Life Oil.