The third leg of the Guinness 9-ball tour, formerly the Asian 9-ball tour, starts today, June 15 up to the 17th. It will be held in the Genting Highlands Resort, Malaysia. This year’s tour has 6 stops.

Alcano will start his campaign in Group D with Liu Hai Tao of China and India’s Dharminder Singh Lilly. Corteza is back and draws Group F which includes Naoyuki Oi from Japan and Ryu Seong-Woo of South Korea. Debutant Roberto Gomez is grouped with Yang, and Indonesia’s William Ipaenen in Group A. Jeffrey De Luna is in Group G and faces Singapore’s Bernard Tey and Malaysia’s Mohd Sapawi.

The tournament will be covered by Star Sports starting on Friday June 15 at 4:30 p.m. Below is the schedule for the Friday Group Stages.

4.30pm Group A Yang Ching-Shun (TPE) vs Roberto Romez (PHI)
6.00pm Group H Patrick Ooi (MAS) vs Li He Wen (CHN)
7.30pm   Group E Chao Fong-Pang vs Ibrahim Amir (MAS)

Saturday, June 16’s quarter-finals will be aired from 1 p.m. and Sunday’s semi-finals and finals will be aired starting at 3 p.m.

Our last hope for the 2nd leg of the Guiness 9-ball tour is out. Ronnie Alcano was defeated earlier by Chao Fong-Pang of Taiwan 11-6 in a flawless display of 9-ball pool. Alcano had a 3-1 lead early in the match, after which Chao stringed 6 consecutive racks to turn the scorecard 7-3. Ronnie switched to his patented “soft-break,” hoping to bring back back the momentum to his side but was unable to overcome the big lead that Chao materialized. Chao will now face Yang Ching-Shun in the finals.

Ronnie topped his group in the elimination round last friday in the 2nd leg of the Guinness 9-ball tour held in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. In the quarter-finals, Alcano, despite playing a sub-par game, was able to overcome Singapore’s Chan Keng Kwang, 9-5.

He and Taiwan’s Wu Yu-Lun, a WPA Junior 9-Ball Champion are the first to make it to the semis. Alcano will next meet the winner of the quarterfinal duel between former World Pool Champion Chao Fong-Pang and Pagulayan’s tormentor Ricky Yang, and already has a guaranteed prize of $3,500 for making it to the semifinals.

The three other Filipinos, Antonio Gabica, Alex Pagulayan and Antonio Lining all failed to move past the group stage as they split their two assignments.

The 2nd leg will be held at Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei from May 18-20. Philippine viewers can check with Star Sports for coverage.

Williams, a member of Team U.S.A., is back in the Philippines. Charlie, a.k.a. “The Korean Dragon,” has been known to frequent the Philippines for both personal and professional reasons. Sources say that he frequents Ferulle in Libis.

Lee Van Corteza placed second yesterday in the 2007 Guinness 9-Ball Tour held at the Sultan Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia. Taiwanese Chang Jung-Ling, who barely survived his last two matches produced a scintillating 11-5 win over Corteza to pocket the $15,000 grand prize. Corteza settled for $6,000.

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