JOHANN Chua was among the first Filipinos through to the round of 32 of the Roobet Philippines Open on Wednesday at Gateway Mall 2 in Cubao.
Bad Koi continued his run of good form, dispatching compatriot Jaycee Garcia, 10-5, in their second-round duel as the 128-man field slowly gets trimmed down in this ruthless single-elimination tournament.
Also advancing to the Dinal 32 were Jefrey Roda, who beat Dennis Orcollo, 10-7; Roland Garcia, who defeated Alexis Ferrer, 10-6; Bryant Saguiped, who blew out Meynard Tapawan, 10-2; and Antonio Lining, who escaped a game challenge by Saldy Galliguez, 10-9.
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Defending champion David Alcaide of Spain also survived a thriller against Paul John Ortega to take the 10-9 victory, as world No. 1 Aloysius Yapp of Singapore fended of Rodrigo Geronimo, 10-5.
Team Asia stalwart Robbie Capito of Hong Kong bested Eric Navarrete, 10-4, while teammate Albert Januarta took a 10-1 rout of Pierfrancesco Garzia of Italy.
Vietnamese star Duong Quoc Hoang, however, suffered a 10-7 upset at the hands of local bet Tristan Deocareza to exit the tourney.
Last year's runner-up Arseni Sevastyanov of Finland also bowed out after a 10-8 defeat to Justin Bergman of USA.
Others who are through to the round of 32 were Jayson Shaw, who survived a thriller against Oliver Villafuerte, 10-9; USA's Billy Thorpe, who outsteadied Ronel Nalaunan, 10-9; and German teen Felix Vogel, who bested Mohammed Baabad of Saudi Arabia, 10-3.
Fan favorite Jaybee Sucal also got away with a 10-8 win over Sean Mark Malayan to get his campaign started, as James Aranas turned back Jack de Luna, 10-5 in the round of 128.
Also victorious in their first assignments were Reyes Cup MVP Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (defeated Genesis Ouano, 10-2); legend Ralf Souquet (defeated Jun Villon, 10-5) USA's Fedor Gorst (defeated Vitaly Pavlukhin, 10-0); Shane Van Boening (defeated Chris Stripple of UK, 10-2); Serbia's Aleksa Pecelj (defeated Paul Gulbrandsen, 10-1); Skyler Woodward (defeated Kenneth Arpilleda, 10-9), Denmark's Mickey Krause (defeated Nico Scalise of USA, 10-6); and Estonia's Denis Grabe (defeated John Carlo Miraflor, 10-7).
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