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Rookie Bustamante stuns Taiwan's Wu at the Worlds

Taiwan's Wu Chia-ching and Oliver Ortmann of Germany became the latest big names to be defeated yesterday, leaving 16 players to contest the World Pool Championships.

Rookie Joven Bustamante of the Philippines stunned former champion Wu 10-8 while Kuo Po-cheng salvaged Taiwanese pride by ousting Ortmann, the 1995 winner of the premier event.

"It was a hard climb to enter to this stage. I am lucky to beat the top players in this event -- like Wu Chia-ching, a former champion," said the 29-year-old Bustamante.

Later yesterday, England's Karl Boyes and Bustamante fought their way into the quarter-finals with contrasting victories.

Boyes outplayed Russian Konstantin Stepanov 10-4 while Bustamante had a tough battle against Satoshi Kawabata of Japan before prevailing 11-9.

Filipino Alex Pagulayan, the world champion in 2004 when playing for Canada, joined his compatriot in the last 16 by downing Louis Condo 10-2.
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