Manas stuns Gorst as Workforce Asia stays excellent in Reyes Cup for 7-0 lead

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Teen prodigy AJ Manas continues to defy expectations as he pulls off an enormous upset in opposition to two-time world nine-ball champion Fedor Gorst to assist Workforce Asia transfer inside 4 factors of a profitable title protection

MANILA, Philippines – An unprecedented sweep within the Reyes Cup is wanting increasingly more potential for defending champion Workforce Asia.

The quintet of Carlo Biado, Johann Chua, and AJ Manas of the Philippines, Aloysius Yapp of Singapore, and Duong Quoc Hoang of Vietnam stretched their lead within the race-to-11 contest to 7-0 as they as soon as once more blanked Workforce Remainder of the World on the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Friday, October 17.

With Filipino pool icon Efren “Bata” Reyes in attendance, teen prodigy Manas continued to defy expectations and performed key roles in all three wins on Friday to assist Workforce Asia transfer inside 4 factors of a profitable title protection.

Manas, the youngest participant of the event at 19 years previous, pulled off an enormous upset when he hacked out a 5-4 triumph in opposition to two-time world nine-ball champion Fedor Gorst of the USA within the singles match.

Whereas Manas is as gifted as they arrive, he additionally wanted luck to stun Gorst, who noticed victory slip out of his palms after an ill-fated foul within the ninth and final sport.

Gorst wanted to pocket solely 4 remaining balls to ship Workforce Remainder of the World its breakthrough level, however the referee dominated his jersey touched the seven ball when he aimed for the six ball.

That blunder paved the way in which for Manas to expire the desk and provides the Asians a 6-0 lead after additionally they topped the crew match to open the hostilities on Friday.

Manas then joined forces with Chua in a 5-2 drubbing of Gorst and Jayson Shaw of the UK within the doubles, closing out one other stellar exhibiting for Workforce Asia after it swept all 4 matches the day prior.

It was such a dominant efficiency for the Asians that organizers held solely three of the 5 matches initially scheduled on Friday, with the event set to run till Sunday, October 19.

Final 12 months, Workforce Asia handed Workforce Europe an 11-6 beating to rule the inaugural version. – Rappler.com