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                    [Title] => Bata, other Pinoys eye Taiwan title
                    [Summary] => With a sweep of the first two legs, the Filipino cue masters will indeed be the marked men when the San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour stages its third leg in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung beginning tomorrow.


Gandy Valle took the opener of the four-leg circuit in Singapore while Efren "Bata" Reyes ruled the second stage in Jakarta and will again be the No. 1 seed when the draw takes place today at the Kaohsiung Business Exhibition Center.
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The 28-year-old Valle surprised the big guns in the kickoff leg of the series in Singapore as he toppled 16-year-old pool prodigy Wu Chia-Ching of Chinese Taipei in the finals, 11-9, to bag the top $10,000 purse.
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Valle repulsed Taiwanese teener Wu Chia Ching in a thrilling final round duel, pulling off an 11-9 victory Sunday and ruling the kickoff leg of the 2005 San Miguel Asian 9-ball Tour at the Suntec Exhibition Hall in Singapore.

Making his first appearance in the tour, Valle, the 1998 Asian Games 9-ball doubles gold medalist, overcame a 4-6 deficit to claim seven of the last nine racks, including the US$10,000 (P540,000) champion’s purse.
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