Team Asia rules Reyes Cup

MANILA, Philippines — Singaporean Aloysius Yapp smashed Spaniard Francsico Sanchez Ruiz, 5-1, Friday night to complete Team Asia’s 11-6 annihilation of fancied Team Europe in the inaugural Reyes Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

From 1-1, the Southeast Asian Games gold medalist took control in sealing the match, the title for the host region and MVP honors in the meet named after arguably the greatest pool player of all time – Filipino Efren “Bata” Reyes.

Ko Pin Yi and Duong Quoc Hoang delivered the other win for the Asians on the final day with a 5-3 victory over Sanchez Ruiz and Mickey Krause.

The Europeans tried to stage a miraculous comeback as they took three of the first four matches of the day courtesy of David Acaide over Johann Chua, 5-4, and Jayson Shaw over Carlo Biado, 5-3, and Duong, 5-2 that cut their deficit to 10-6.