Chezka Centeno proves mastery anew with 2nd world 10-ball title

MANILA, Philippines, October 18 ------ Chezka Centeno became the second player to win the Women’s World 10-Ball Championship twice after defeating Rubilen Amit, 4-1, 2-4, 4-2, 3-4, 4-2, recently in Bali, Indonesia.

Centeno battled her way through the loser’s bracket before edging out her friend and mentor to repeat the title run she pulled off two years ago in Austria. The 26-year-old defeated Amit, who was the first cue artist to rule the competition twice back in 2009 in Quezon City and 2013 in Paranaque City. She also took home the top purse of $50,000 (P2.89 million) while Amit settled for $25,000 (P1.45 million).

Centeno opened the campaign by defeating Canada’s Brittany Bryant before being relegated to the loser’s bracket after bowing to Chinese-Taipei’s Chia Hua Chen. But Centeno was unbowed as she went on to beat Savannah Easton of the United States, Chinese-Taipei’s Tzu-Chien Wei, Vietnam’s Vang Bui Xuan, Russian pool player Kristina Tkach and Chinese-Taipei’s Wan-Ling Wang.

In the semis, Centeno beat China’s Liu Shasha to set up a date with Amit, who in the other pairing prevailed over Russian Margarita Fefilova. Amit made it to the final by winning all of her previous six matches before her tracks were stopped by Centeno.

Source: inquirer.net