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Filipinos Antonio ?Nickoy? Lining and Warren ?Warrior? Kiamco cruised into the round-of-16 in the World Ten Ball Championships held at the World Trade Center.
The Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro native Lining beat Japanese Naoyuki Ooi, 9-7, while the Pasil, Cebu native Kiamco ousted former World 9-Ball champion Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, 9-5, in the round-of-32 yesterday.
Lining, who is fresh from a runner-up finish in the Filipino-dominated All Japan 9-Ball Championships recently, will meet compatriot Jomar de Ocampo in the next round.
Ocampo brought down Anh Tuan Nguyen of Vietnam, 9-5, to adavnce.
Kiamco, who settled for third in the All Japan 9-Ball, will square off with reigning World 9-Ball champion Daryl Peach of Great Britain, a winner over Satoshi Kawabata of Japan, 9-7.
Sharing the limelight is Butuan City pride Elvis Calasang, who nipped Filipino-Indonesian Alwi, 9-7, to face Ruslan Chinakhov, who whipped Jundel Mazon, 9-3.
Meanwhile, another ex-World 9-ball ruler and back-to-back US open titlist Mika Immonen of Finland and Nick van den Berg of the Netherlands hurdled their respective assignments to forge a showdown in the round-of-16.
Immonen, the world?s top money earner, frustrate another hometown hopeful Marlon Manalo, 9-6, while Van den Berg walloped Jonni Fulcher of Great Britain, 9-4.
