Bata, Django enter quarterfinals to face Souquet, Hohmann

MANILA—A quarterfinal showdown serving as a rematch of the final two years ago has been forged in the 2011 Partypoker.Net World Cup of Pool.

Filipino legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante and the Germany tandem of Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet whipped separate rivals to set up a last eight duel at The Block at SM North.

Slowly regaining their ruthless form, Reyes and Bustamante dumped India’s Raj Hundal and Amar Kang, 8-5, Wednesday night, before Souquet and Hohmann joined them in the next round by overwhelming Malaysia’s Ibrahim Bin Amir and Patrick Ooi, 8-3, Friday.

Unseeded Koreans Lee Gun-jae and Hwang Yong continued their stirring run, after bundling out the ninth-ranked Japanese pair of Yukio Akagariyama and Lo Li-wen, 8-6, for a place in the quarterfinals in the event that stakes a champions’ purse of $60,000.

With the victory, the Koreans arranged a duel with Sweden’s Marcus Chamat and Thomas Mehtala, who ousted Switzerland’s Dimitri Jungo and Ronni Regli, 8-6. Read Full Story...