Ken Nanakorn of Thailand nipped Liang Zi Yue of China in the finals, 5-4, to complete a sweep and rule the 5th All Asian 8-Ball Tournament Championship yesterday at the Centre Billard de Carougeois
In blitzkrieg fashion, Nanakorn quickly took the early lead by taking the first initial racks to lead 4-1. However, Liang slowly but surely went back to the game and tied the score at 4-4 to the delight of the crowd. In the final and decisive rack, Liang gambled on a difficult shot instead of going for a safety, giving Nanakorn a easy shot to run out the last few balls.
Meanwhile, in the battle for 3rd place, Morris Leonor of the Philippines hurdled past compatriot Joseph Sycip 5-2. Sycip led 2-0 in the early racks but a couple of bad rolls
in the succeeding racks miraculously helped Leonor to rally and win the game.
The All-Asian Tours is a regular monthly pool tournament originally organized by the Philippine Billiard Club of Geneva. In its initial years from 2003, the PBC-Geneva organized the All-Filipino billiard events. However from 2007, it has expanded and grown into the All Asian Tours to include cue players from Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, China and the Philippines.
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