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Meanwhile, another Sinkee is making waves in another kind of pool...

dredd

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Wonder if the cabinet will clap and shake his hand when he wins the whole thing...

Cue sports: Aloysius Yapp beats world No.1, now in semi-final of US Open 9-Ball Pool C'ships​

National pool player Aloysius Yapp at the World 9-ball Championships in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2021.
National pool player Aloysius Yapp at the World 9-ball Championships in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2021. PHOTO: ALOYSIUS YAPP
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Sazali Abdul Aziz
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SINGAPORE - The incredible run of form of top local pool player Aloysius Yapp continued on Friday (Sept 17) at the US Open 9-Ball Pool Championships in Atlantic City, after he beat the world's top-ranked player Shane van Boening 11-5 in the competition's last 16.
World No.8 Yapp had played the American- who had won the US Open a record five times between 2007 and 2016 - twice before, and lost both times.
The Singaporean then went on to beat Rodrigo Geronimo of the Philippines 11-6 in the quarter-final.

Yapp will next play Geronimo's compatiot, Denis Orcollo, in the semi-final which is scheduled for 10pm on Saturday night (Singapore time). The final is set to take place five hours later, with the winner taking home US$50,000 (S$67,421).
Yapp's latest wins cap a magnificent eight days for him.
Last week, he had beaten world No.3 Jayson Shaw of Scotland at the World 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas, en route to a third-place finish, which is the best performance by a Singaporean at a world meet at any iteration of pool. The 25-year-old also won US$12,000 for his efforts.


He then went on to beat world No.2 Joshua Filler, the defending US Open champion, in the competition's third round on Wednesday.
 

tanwahtiu

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Wonder if the cabinet will clap and shake his hand when he wins the whole thing...

Cue sports: Aloysius Yapp beats world No.1, now in semi-final of US Open 9-Ball Pool C'ships​

National pool player Aloysius Yapp at the World 9-ball Championships in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2021.
National pool player Aloysius Yapp at the World 9-ball Championships in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2021. PHOTO: ALOYSIUS YAPP
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Sazali Abdul Aziz
Correspondent
  • UPDATED
    1 HOUR AGO

SINGAPORE - The incredible run of form of top local pool player Aloysius Yapp continued on Friday (Sept 17) at the US Open 9-Ball Pool Championships in Atlantic City, after he beat the world's top-ranked player Shane van Boening 11-5 in the competition's last 16.
World No.8 Yapp had played the American- who had won the US Open a record five times between 2007 and 2016 - twice before, and lost both times.
The Singaporean then went on to beat Rodrigo Geronimo of the Philippines 11-6 in the quarter-final.

Yapp will next play Geronimo's compatiot, Denis Orcollo, in the semi-final which is scheduled for 10pm on Saturday night (Singapore time). The final is set to take place five hours later, with the winner taking home US$50,000 (S$67,421).
Yapp's latest wins cap a magnificent eight days for him.
Last week, he had beaten world No.3 Jayson Shaw of Scotland at the World 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas, en route to a third-place finish, which is the best performance by a Singaporean at a world meet at any iteration of pool. The 25-year-old also won US$12,000 for his efforts.


He then went on to beat world No.2 Joshua Filler, the defending US Open champion, in the competition's third round on Wednesday.


Chinese are taking over this game, next to ping pong. Shd include in the Orlumpiak Games.
 

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Secondary 2 dropout from St. Pat's.
Even if he wins the MIW will not shake hands with him.. Just too bad!
This is the sport where teenagers will skip school, hang out in billiard saloons n pick up smoking..:wink:
 
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Even if he wins the MIW will not shake hands with him.. Just too bad!
This is the sport where teenagers will skip school n hang out in billiard saloons...
But he can tell Turncoat Vivian and laulan wong that a dropout from lousy school can also be a world class champion.
 

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Well guys, he didn't make it. But congrats for being in the final and beating all the top 3 along the way. What an effort!

 

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Not bad KNN but my uncle leespect good snooker players more than pool KNN
All cue sports but different in strategies. But yup, snooker needs more skill.

World number 1 snooker champion Judd Trump tried his hand at pool here but went out early. His potting skills were excellent but his pool strategy sucks. This is what happened when he met World number 2 pool player Jayson Shaw:

 

dredd

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Has Aloysius played against the magician Efren Reyes? That is one match up I wanna see.
Not sure, but certainly Efren Reyes is truly a legend like Ronnie O'Sullivan is to snooker. But he is eyeing retirement. The guy is 67 and in his words: "I can't defeat anyone nowadays and tournaments are getting costly to take part..." :biggrin:

With the evolving style of pool playing by the players today, we had probably seen the last of his greatness. Sad, but that's life. :frown:
 
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