Published May 13, 2021, 2:09 PM
Roberto Gomez, from left, and Jeff de Luna do a chest bump in celebration of their 7-5 victory over Billy Thorpe and Skyler Woodward of the United States in the World Cup of Pool in Milton Keynes, England. (Photo from Matchroom Pool)
Jeff de Luna and Roberto Gomez came roaring back from a huge deficit to stun Billy Thorpe and Skyler Woodward of the United States, 7-5, Wednesday, May 12 (early Thursday, May 13 Manila time) and reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup of Pool in Milton Keynes, England.
The Filipino duo was on the verge of exiting the tournament after the Americans raced to a 5-0 lead, but De Luna and Gomez were able to make up for their early miscues by taking the successive racks on their way to claiming a spot in the last eight.
Estonia 7-5 Belgium
Seeded teams Russia, Greece and Estonia all advanced to the second round of the World Cup of Pool on Monday evening, the latter fighting back from 5-1 down to defeat Belgium 7-5 at Stadium MK, Milton Keynes.
Earlier in the session Russia had beaten Switzerland 7-4 to set up a second-round match against Japan, while Greece defeated Serbia 7-2.
Russia, featuring World Champion Fedor Gorst and new playing partner Sergey Lutsker, raced to a 5-0 lead with a combination of confident play and some poor Swiss errors. Russia, despite their strength in the sport, have suffered first round defeats in the last two World Cups. Gorst had yet to advance beyond round one in this event and was made to sweat by Switzerland (Ronald Regli and Dimitri Djungo), who won four consecutive racks to cut the deficit to 5-4.