Lining scrambled past two rivals in the early going, winning close matches over John Berille and Jharome Peña. But he stamped his class over Leonardo Andam, 7-4, Florencio Banar, 7-3, and John Salazar to reach the finals against Huang Chune-wei of Taiwan.
Although Huang took the first rack, Lining quickly countered to draw level then won seven of the next eight racks en route to the victory.
Taiwanese Hui-Kai Hsia joined Lining in the main draw slated Nov. 4-12 at the PICC after outlasting local bet Rudy Morta, 9-7, in the final to rule Qualifier 5.
Morta actually raced to a 4-1 lead, only to falter, enabling Hsia to recover and even things up. With Hsia leading at 8-7, Morta had a chance to equalize, but then the Filipino bet missed the 7-ball in a corner pocket and eventually lost the match.