AFTER crushing the pairs of last year's titlist Filipino dynamic duo Efren "Bata" Reyes and Francisco "Django" Bustamante, 9-6, in the quarter-final round, eventual champion of the tandem of Li He –wen and Fu Jianbo of China continues their upset wins by trouncing team Japan of Satoshi Kawabata and Naoyuki Oi, 9-4, then nipped Finland headed by Mika Immonen and Markus Juva, 11-10, in the finals to pocket the top prize of $60,000 and won the championships trophy of 2007 PartyPoker.net World Cup of Pool Sunday at the Outland Nightclub in Rotterdam, Holland.According to official website yesterday, it was a close match at the start of the game between China and Finland with a 3 all deadlock before the former (China) take a one rack advantage for a 4-3 lead after Juva suffered scratch in the 7 th frame.China moved two ahead at 6-4 for the first time since the early stages of the match before the Finnish cut the lead at 6-5 after another dry break of China. With Immonen later lost to position gave China another two rack advantage then regained control of the lead winning the next two racks for 9-5. On the way to the finals, China beat South Africa, 8-1, and France, 8-1, before crushing Philippines, 9-6, Japan, 9-4, and Finland, 11-10. While Finland, who was contented at runner-up prize of $30,000 on the road to the finals by demolishing Qatar, 8-5, England 8-5, Switzerland, 8-4, then blasted Canada, 9-0, before yielding to China, 11-10.
by:(MARLON BERNARDINO).
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