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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Chua, Baoanan, Roda advance to US Open Last 16

Chua, Baoanan, Roda advance to US Open Last 16

Published Aug 22, 2025 12:32 pm  |  Updated Aug 22, 2025 04:07 pm

At A Glance

  • Johann Chua, Michael Baoanan and Jefrey Roda found ways to overcome their respective foes to advance to the Last 16 of the 2025 US Open Pool 9-Ball Championship at the Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City Friday, Aug. 22 (Philippine time).
Johann Chua (Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport)
Johann Chua (Taka Wu/Matchroom Multi Sport)
Johann Chua, Michael Baoanan and Jefrey Roda found ways to overcome their respective foes to advance to the Last 16 of the 2025 US Open Pool 9-Ball Championship at the Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City Friday, Aug. 22 (Philippine time).
With several Filipino bets collapsing one after another, Chua begged to differ as he beat Germany’s Thorsten Hohmann (10-9) and Greece’s Alexander Kazakis (10-6) in rounds 64 and 32, respectively.
The recent Battle of the Bull winner takes on Serbia’s emerging pool star Aleksa Pecelj with the victor barging into the quarterfinal of the $500,000 competition and inching closer to grand champion's purse of $100,000 (around P5.7 million).
Before his Final 16 duel with Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang, Baoanan produced superb performances and downed American Tyler Styer (10-4) and Venezuelan Jesús Atencio (10-9).
Roda, on the other hand, dispatched Hungary’s Oliver Szolnoki (10-8) and New Zealand’s Sullivan Clark (10-5). He, however, is going up against former world champion Singaporean Aloysius Yapp next.
Meanwhile, two-time World Pool Championship king Carlo Biado lost his steam and bowed to Estonian Denis Grabe, 3-10, in Round of 64.
Prior to his elimination, Biado was unblemished in his first three games in the preliminaries, beating the likes of Canadian Jason Munro (9-1), German Boris Ivanovski (9-6), and Vietnamese Luong Duc Thien (9-5).
Aside from Biado, Harry Vergara, Roberto Gomez, Bernie Regalario, Lee Vann Corteza, and Marvin Asis were beaten by their separate rivals in the same round, while Baseth Mocaibat succumbed in Final 32.
Reigning champion American Fedor Gorst, German Joshua Filler, Taiwanese Ko Pin Yi, and Scottish Jayson Shaw, to list a few, are also keeping up to their pace to stay alive in the prestigious meet.

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