CSI Michigan Open
Yapp Traps CSI Michigan Open 10-Ball Title
This month, Singapore’s Aloysius Yapp has had himself a pretty good year. The 25-year-old began his September with a top 10 finish in the Diamond Las Vegas Open, then reached the semifinals of the Predator World 10-Ball Championships six days later.
F
ollowing those performances, he traveled cross-country to Atlantic City where he reached the finals of the U.S. Open Pool Champi-
onships, jumping out to an 8-3 lead against Carlo Biado before the Filipino mounted a second-half comeback and secured the title, 13-8.
Saturday night at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, Mich., Yapp broke through and won his first major championship, taking advantage of a hand-
Aloysius Yapp
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