Strickland, Souquet strike back vs Bata, Django in WNT Legends Day 2

January 23 ------ EARL 'The Pearl' Strickland and Ralf 'The Kaiser' Souquet struck back hard in the second day of WNT Legends at Gateway Mall 2.

The American great played flawlessly this time out to trump Efren 'Bata' Reyes, 11-6, for his first taste of victory in this three-day showcase. Strickland pounced on Reyes missing the 9-ball on racks 5 and 6 to jump to a 5-1 lead. Though 'The Magician' still weaved his magic with an amazing fluke on rack 8, Strickland was just on-point, winning the safety battle at 2 on rack 15 to get to the hill at 10-5.

Souquet, on the other hand, staged a rally to remember and outlasted Francisco 'Django' Bustamante, 11-10. Down 7-2, the German great showed great poise to force the hill-hill match and eventually cleaned up the deciding table to take the win. This sets up Strickland and Bustamante for Friday's final, with Reyes and Souquet facing off for third-place. A race-to-5 doubles match will also be held in between the games in the culminating day of the event.

Source: spin.ph