ALOYSIUS YAPP took control of the ultimate fifth rack like him shot Jayson Shaw, 5-4, to give Team Asia a crucial 3-2 lead over Team Europe in the first Reyes Cup in Ninoy Aqui.no Stadium on Tuesday night.
The 28-year-old Singaporean athlete who won a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games showed courage in defeating Mr. .
Mr. Yapp was also part of that second doubles match with former 10-ball and 9-ball world champion Ko Pin Yi of Taiwan that defeated the Spanish duo of Francisco Sanchez Ruiz and David Alcaide, 5-2.
Another match that Team Asia won was Vietnam’s Duong Quoc Hoang who won 5-3 against Albanian Eklent Kaci.
The Europeans avoided what could have been a bad opening day as they came out 4-1 defeating the team of Sanchez Ruiz, David Alcaide, Mickey Krause of Denmark and Eklent Kaci and beating the Filipinos 5-4 with Johann Chua. , Alosius Yapp and Duong Quoc Hoang.
Mr. Shaw got off to a good start by holding the first two frames thanks to a break and run in the second.
But Mr. Yapp fought back, took the third rack at 7-all and leveled twice after Mr. Shaw broke standing which allowed the former to completely dominate the table.
Mr. Yapp took the reins, 3-2, but Mr. Shaw evened the count after a golden break in the sixth.
The two soldiers exchanged racks and Mr. Yapp taking the seventh and Mr. Shaw in the eighth before the Singaporean caught wind and bagged the winning rack.
Another win for the visitors came from Messrs. Shaw and Krause over Messrs. Chua and Biado, 5-3.
The action resumed on the second day last night of the three-day, 21-game, 11-race tournament, held in honor of Filipino legend Efren “Bata” Reyes. – Joey Villar
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