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Billiards: Biado drops Taiwanese, enters WPA Players Championship finals

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/04/18/20190420-villards.jpg"/><figcaption>Carlo Biado. Photo from World Pool-Billiard Association&#x27;s Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>After 4 Filipinos qualified for the Round of 16, only one remains standing in the finals of the inaugural WPA Players Championship at Griff Billiards in Las Vegas, Nevada.2017 World 9 Ball champion Carlo Biado survived a rough semifinal match against Taiwan&#x27;s Chang Yu Lung.Chang trailed Biado 6-3 but the Filipino made some costly errors in the ninth rack that let the Taiwanese cut the lead to 5-4.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/20/18/billiards-carlo-biado-bows-to-german-foe-in-world-9-ball-championship">Billiards: Carlo Biado bows to German foe in World 9-Ball Championship</a></li></ul>From there Biado was able to capitalize on Chang&#x27;s mistakes and eventually win 9-6 and qualify for the finals.Biado is currently squaring off against Taiwan&#x27;s Kevin Cheng who beat Filipino Jonathan Chua in the other semis pairing.Before making it to Round of 16, the world number 3 ranked Biado took down another Taiwanese, Yang Ching Shun, 8-6. Then he met the USA’s Shane Van Boening in the quarterfinals, beating the American with a convincing 7-4 win.<div>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)</div>

After 4 Filipinos qualified for the Round of 16, only one remains standing in the finals of the inaugural WPA Players Championship at Griff Billiards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

After 4 Filipinos qualified for the Round of 16, only one remains standing in the finals of the inaugural WPA Players Championship at Griff Billiards in Las Vegas, Nevada.