Carlo Biado adds World 10-Ball Championship to collection

Carlo Biado lifts his World 10-Ball Championship trophy.–CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Carlo Biado added another accomplishment to his resume after capturing the World 10-Ball Championship following a 3-1 victory over Japan’s Naoyuki Oi in the final held Saturday (Sunday Manila time) in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Biado outclassed Oi in the championship match that used a best-of-five format to take home the top purse of $75,000 (P4.202 million) and add a second world title to his already-decorated pool career.

The 40-year-old Biado also took the World 9-Ball Championship (currently known as the World Pool Championship) during the 2017 event in Doha, Qatar.

It was also the second time he won a major title in the United States after taking the US Open in 2021.

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He was the lone Filipino to compete in the tournament sanctioned by the World Pool Association as one of the 64-ranked players of the sport’s international governing body.

Biado opened his campaign by defeating Australia’s Justin Sajich, American Shane Van Boening and Taiwan’s Lin Wu Ku with similar 2-0 best-of-three wins in the eliminations.

Taiwan’s Ko-Ping Chun was also shown the door by Biado in the quarterfinals, 3-2, before taking down Russia’s Fedor Gorst, 3-1, in the semis.

The final saw Biado taking the first game, 4-1, before Oi responded by winning the next, 4-3.

But Biado came through with a 4-2 win in the third game and 4-1 in the fourth to emerge as the tournament’s kingpin.