4 more PH bets enter World 9-Ball KO stage

FOUR more Filipino cue masters have secured berths in the knockout stage of the prestigious 2017 held at the Al Arabi Sports Club in Doha, Qatar.

Francisco Felicilda, Warren Kiamco, Roland Garcia and Israel Rota survived their respective do-or-die Biado, Jeffrey Ignacio and Jeffrey De Luna in the main draw.

Felicilda outclassed Takhti Zarekani of Iran via an impressive - pled Teck Goh Chin of Singapore, by the World Pool- Billiard Association and has a whopping $ 200,000 total prize fund.

On the other hand, Garcia and Rota clobbered Mohammad Ber respective matches.

Not as lucky was All- Japan 10- Ball Championship winner Johann Chua, who absorbed a Maung Maung of Myanmar.

Chua was the second Filipino casualty in the world meet following the early exit of 2004 World who suffered two consecutive losses in group stage.

In the knockout stage, Felicilda takes on Naoyuki Oi of Japan, Kiamco battles Kong Dejing of China, Garcia faces Mohammad Al Amin of Bangladesh and Rota tackles Liu Haitao of China in their first- round games.

Biado shoots for first win in the main draw when he meets Daniel Tangudd of Sweden while Ignacio goes up against Lo Ho Sum of Hong Kong and De Luna fights Maksim Dudanets of Russia in the event, which offers $ 30,000 to the champion and $ 15,000 to the runner- up.

The organizers will employ a race- to- 11, alternate break format in the knockout stage.

The finals is a race- to- 13 affair.