SYDNEY, Australia -- Filipino Rene Mar David stamped his class over Coby Cranmere of the host country, 9-0, in the opening round of the World Junior 9-Ball Championship at the RSL Club in Rooty Hill here Monday.
The 17-year-old David raced to a 5-0 lead in the alternate break affair, highlighting his initial wave with the match’s only golden break on the fourth frame.
David then encountered some trouble on the sixth rack, fouling up twice as they traded safety shots.
But the Aussie from New South Wales, failed to set up what could have been the final foul for David and left a wide open table for the Filipino, 6-0.
Cranmere also had a chance to score on the seventh rack after pocketing two balls on his break and taking a clear look at the one-ball.
Unfortunately for the chubby 15-year-old, he missed a long shot on the orange five and handed David a 7-0 edge.
A one-nine combo on the next frame pushed David to the hill en route to the lopsided win.
David, will next face Jonathan Pakieto of New Zealand. Pakieto beat Shin Jin Hae of Korea, 9-2.
In other matches, two-time reigning titlist Wu Yu Lun of Chinese Taipei downed Blake Bartlett of Australia, 9-2; Arther Koshovoyy of Ukraine won by default over Mohammad Farshd of Iran; Diego Gomez of Venezuela beat Yusuke Shibata of Japan, 9-6, and Daniel Rakin, a Filipino-American from California, trounced Ben Getaj of Australia, 9-4. Marlon Bernardino
