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SEA Games: Billards legend Efren 'Bata' Reyes bags bronze in carom

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Efren Bata Reyes during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/12/04/20191204_seagames-billiards-carom-gc_br0i0912.jpg"/><figcaption>Efren Bata Reyes during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News/File</figcaption></figure></div>Billiards legend Efren &quot;Bata&quot; Reyes bagged the bronze medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games 1-Carom tournament after falling to his Vietnamese opponent Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, 100-55. The bronze finish is a repeat of the last edition of the biennial meet, when the 67-year-old also fell against a Vietnamese. At the time, Reyes said he was mulling retirement.&quot;Hindi ko alam kung magre-retire ako o hindi, pero siguro malapit na,&quot; he said after his first carom match during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/04/19/sea-games-bata-reyes-doesnt-disappoint-fans-in-comfortable-carom-win">SEA Games: Bata Reyes doesn’t disappoint fans in comfortable carom win</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/06/19/matapos-matalo-sa-sea-games-bata-reyes-naiisip-na-rin-ang-retirement">Matapos matalo sa SEA Games, Bata Reyes naiisip na rin ang retirement</a></li></ul>Before reaching the semifinals, Reyes pulled the rug from under Thailand&#x27;s Suriya Suanasingh to reach the men&#x27;s 1-carom semifinals.

Billiards legend Efren 'Bata' Reyes bagged the bronze medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games 1-Carom tournament after falling to his Vietnamese opponent Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, 100-55. 