9月

菲律賓敲了在世界盃外面

菲律賓被敲在世界盃外面
衛冕冠軍菲律賓碰撞了在2007年PartyPoker.net世界盃外面水池。 Efren Reyes和Francisco Bustamante菲律賓二重奏遭受了震動9-6失敗反對中國配對Fu Jian-bo和李他wen。
當他們必須艱苦作戰刮一次8-6勝利在蘇格蘭，菲律賓在開頭贏取了2006年世界盃水池，但遭受了巨大的恐慌圓他們的標題防禦。
到目前為止，因為他們記錄了整體競爭的唯一的白塗料以8-0勝利在克羅地亞，但他們的進展是容易在最後16。
中國到達了四分之一決賽由於以南非和8-6勝利結束法國的一次8-1勝利。
菲律賓贏取了滯後，但沒人可能期望了發生什麼其次，當Bustamante記錄了一個乾燥斷裂，有仅發生的幾時期所有星期的事。
Bustamante然後犯了另一個驚奇的錯誤，當他錯過逃命射擊從落袋撞球給他wen在秒鐘內做它1-0對二個中國球員與斷裂的中國球在手和李。
當Bustamante只抓了與三個球左在桌，它被證明是一個惡劣的開始從Bustamante作為中國母球，但菲律賓的失去的位置有天賦他們路線。
中國在這種族利用了機會和迅速搬入2-0領先向九。當李他wen和Fu Jian-bo通過機架打破并且跑看衛冕冠軍3-0下來， Reyes和Bustamante在第三個機架被膠合了對他們的位子。
有一定數量的翻倒在這中比賽與美國、臺灣、荷蘭A和德國在邊之中不做半決賽。菲律賓將有一項uphil任務避免遭受一種相似的命運。
李他wen自稱對水池世界通過進入2006年世界水池冠軍的半決賽，并且他的國家在做最後四的路線另一場主要全球競爭。
中國用盡了第四個機架作為Bustamante，并且Reyes，是經常耍笑和微笑在競技場，在沈默坐了和變得越來越擔心。
With the winner-break format, Philippines needed some luck and got it at the start of the fifth as Fu Jian-bo came up with a dry break of his own. Bustamante and Reyes, national heroes in their home country and supported by a large number of fans here in Rotterdam, did the rest to finally make their mark on the scoreboard, but still trailed 1-4.
In the next, Bustamante misjudged a safety on the 1 but it was not immediately punished, although Reyes’ attempt on the 1-ball that rattled in the top left pocket but would not drop did prove costly.
A spectacular 6-9 combination from Fu Jian-bo moved China one step closer to victory and gave them a four-rack advantage at 5-1.
Fu went from hero to villain in a very quick space of time as he missed an attempt at the red 3 and the Philippines pulled a rack back at 2-5, as the crowd began to hope of a memorable fightback.
A two-rail safety escape from Li to hit the 2-ball went wrong in the eighth to give ball-in-hand to the Philippines and they clinched their second rack in a row, although were still behind by a 3-5 scoreline.
Bustamante made one of the best pots of the tournament with a stunning table-length attempt on the 1-ball but then got no luck as the cue ball had drifted out of position. As a result, Reyes missed the attempt on the 2-ball and China regained control of the match as the scoreboard now showed 6-3.
China ran out the next as Reyes and Bustamante both looked miserable and knew they were only two racks away from being eliminated.
They needed some luck and got it in the next. With the 1-ball over the pocket but another ball between that and the cue ball, it seemed a straight-forward kick-shot off the bottom rail.
However, Li’s attempt was unsuccessful and Philippines gratefully grasped the opportunity to win another rack. 4-7. Li and Fu both left chances in the next rack and it eventually went the Philippines’ way as Reyes banked the 4-ball into the 9-ball for 5-7.
In a thrilling 13th rack, with the cue ball on the bottom rail and the 9-ball tight on the top rail, Fu tried a brave attempt of bouncing the cue ball off the left side rail. It would have been one of the shots of the tournament if successful but instead left a simple pot for Reyes as they took their third rack in a row for 6-7.
The match had looked to be swinging the Philippines way but they changed in the next as Reyes missed a simple green 6 as China moved to the hill and led 8-6. They ran out the next to seal a fine 9-6 victory.