Queen’s Cup standoff

Philippine pride Rubilen Amit powered Team East to a 4-1 win in the four-on-four event but Team West quickly evened things up with victory by Karen Corr and Jennifer Barretta, 4-2, in doubles Thursday night in the AM8.com Queen’s Cup at Resorts World Manila.

Amit, the skipper of Team Asia, led the charge with her precise shotmaking as the hosts broke the ice in the first event of the unique continental matchup.

Amit, Park Eu-jin of South Korea, Jennifer Chen of Chinese Taipei and World No. 1 Chen Siming of China prevailed over Corr of Ireland, Barretta of the United States, Ewa Laurance of Sweden and Vivian Villareal of the US.

“It’s a good thing to score the first point, overall it’s a good start for us,” said Amit, the former world 10-ball champion.

But the euphoria ended quickly as Corr and Barretta downed the Chen pair, 4-2, in doubles.

Amit and Park were locked in battle against Laurance and Villiareal in the third doubles match at press time. Marc Anthony Reyes