QUEENS CUP: Asia Extends Lead Over West
- Jamil Buergo
- Apr 19, 2015
- 2 min read
Team Asia led by Captain Rubilen Amit managed to extend their lead over the West to a margin of 3 matches at the AM8.com Queens Cup at the Resorts World Manila. The Asians came out strong winning the first 3 matches of the day before Team West stopped the bleeding with a win in the triples.
Amit and China’s World #1 Siming Chen have been instrumental in Asia’s success, while USA’s Villarreal and Ireland’s Corr have had the best performances by far for the West.
“I’m definitely more tired than usual as the captain has so many more duties. I think it’s worn me down some, that’s why I might have missed those two 10-Balls tonight“, says Amit. She missed two game win chances by missing the final ball. Still, Amit was able to seal two wins of her own for the team.
“We started slow, but ended strong again. And tomorrow’s line-up is in our favor. We are already doing better than the last Team West from the first Queen’s Cup, so we know we are a different team. We can win”, says Laurance.
In the final match of the day the 4 on 4, Team West came together once again playing well with some help from errors from Asia’s Eunji Park who had a weak performance on Day 2. West won 4-2 which relieves some pressures off of Karen Corr who will go in today first in the singles against Park.
The tournament cup concludes on Day 3 with Team Asia needing 3 more match wins. In the event Team West gets to tie the score at 9 matches a piece, a 4-on-4 match will break the tie and hand over the championship to the winner.
The AM8.com Queens Cup is hosted by Resorts World Manila Casino & Hotel and sponsored by Andy Cloth , Aramith Balls, Viking Cue, with live streaming by Red Cube Productions. The Queens Cup is a Dragon Promotions production.
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