Billiards International Challenge of Champions Underway

Action kicked off in the International Challenge of Champions and already things are heating up! In the first quarterfinal, Dennis Orcullo defeate Satoshi Kawabata 5-4, then Kawabata returned the serve with an equal 5-4 thriller, resulting in a one game Sudden Death playoff, won by Dennis Orcollo.

Next up was Shane Van Boening vs. Jian-Bo Fu. Van Boening dusted Fu 5-0. But Fu came back to win the second set, also resulting in a one game Sudden Death, won by Jian-Bo Fu and taking down America's hopes for a victory.

Onto Jung-Lin Chang vs. Daryl Peach bested Peach in two straight sets, 5-4 and 5-3. The final match pitted defending champion Niels Feijen against Seung-Woo Ryu. Feijen defeated Ryu two straight sets as well, 5-2 and 5-2. Today's semifinal matches will feature Dennis Orcollo vs. Jung-Lin Chang and Jian-Bo Fu vs. Niels Feijen.

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