Reigning Asian 9-Ball Open champion Chezka Centeno routed Chantal Stadler of Germany, 7-2, to advance to the next round in the Predator World Women’s 10-Ball Championship in Klagenfurt, Austria Wednesday, Sept. 7.

The win arranged the 23-year-old Centeno a showdown with Japanese Chihiro Kawahara, who trounced Adriana Villar of Costa Rica, 7-3, for a chance at the lion’s share of the total cash post amounting to $148,000 (P8.4 million).
It also cushioned the impact of the loss by teammate Rubilen Amit to Ina Kaplan of Germany, 7-5, in a result that put the reigning champion on the brink of elimination.
Amit, though, still has a chance to stay in the title hunt and a chance for a third crown if she could win all her remaining matches including this one against Poland’s Monika Zabek.
Another loss for the Hanoi Southeast Asian Games double-gold winner would mean outright elimination.
Meanwhile, Amit teamed up with Carlo Biado in a 3-1 win over Switzerland’s Claudia Von Rohr and Ronald Regli in the world team event.
Amit split her two matches with Von Rohr, losing the first, 4-2, before bouncing back in the second, 4-2, while Biado swept Regli with a pair of smashing 4-0 victories to seal the win.