Team Asia puts out a 4-day pool masterclass befitting the greatest of all time Efren 'Bata' Reyes, dismantling stacked Team Europe to win the inaugural Reyes Cup on home turf in Manila
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Against a team with three of the world’s top five players, the Asian delegation proved that rankings are not everything in the world of pool, as eventual MVP Aloysius Yapp of Singapore drove the final blow with a 5-1 rout of world No. 5 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz for the coveted 11th win in the race-to-11 tournament.
Having already lost momentum, Sanchez Ruiz blew his final chance after a Rack 5 break as he missed the 2-ball twice — the latter being a costly foul that gave Yapp control of the cue ball and with it, a license to plan out his winning route on the table for a sizeable 4-1 lead. Shaw, however, cranked up the aggression with nothing else to lose, as he dumped Biado and Duong down a pair of 4-0 holes in consecutive singles matches with unbridled speed and swagger, before finally sealing the deal with respective 5-3, 5-2 finishes for Team Europe’s fifth and sixth points.
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