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Alcano Delights Home Fans
FILIPINO Ronato Alcano delighted the home supporters by eliminating defending champion Wu Chia-ching in the quarter-finals of the 2006 Philippines World Pool Championship.
Alcano, who beat Efren Reyes two days ago, continued his fine form with a convinving 11-6 success against Wu to book his place in the last four, where he will face Chinese sensation Li He-wen.
Wu won the lag and clinched the opening rack although Alcano took the next to make it 1-1. However, the match swung in the Filipino's favour as he won the third, fourth and fifth to move 4-1 ahead.
In what was proving to be an epic encounter, Wu drew level at 4-4 but Alcano again gained the initiative by leading 8-5 and only three racks from the semi-finals. He then held his nerve to seal an impressive 11-6 win.
After the match, Wu admitted he was disappointed with the defeat but praised Alcano. "Overall, I played Ok but made mistakes, especially on breaking," said Wu.
"The scratches were disappointing but I felt Alcano played better and made better breaks. I had four scratches in this round but this was the first time in the competition I had had any.
"Luck was not with me, even after I changed my breaking style nothing was going for me."
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