Aloysius Yapp Takes Second By Patrick Sampey
securing his place in the finals of the US Open, and history as the first person from Singapore ever to play for the title. But then, in the finals it would be Carlo Biado of the Philippines to take the title 13-8 against juggernaut Yapp. What a finals though, Yapp ahead at one point 8-3, then Biado Hitting a gear and winning the next 10 straight racks.
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ednesday, September 22nd, 2021 -Aloysius Yapp took down world number one player Shane Van Boening in the US Open, and world number two Filler, and Yapp broke and ran 5 racks on SVB -- blazing a trail to the finals of the US Open unlike any other -- just held September 13th through the 18th at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, New Jersey. Beginning with a field of 256 players from around the globe, this year’s US Open featured some of the heaviest hitters ever seen in the game -- names like Biado, Shaw, Van Boening, Gorst, Filler, Appleton, Strickland, Orcollo, Robles, Woodward, Thorpe, Fisher, Trump, and the list goes on. Just some of the best cue-sport artists to ever paint the canvas of billiards green -- Yapp led his charge 9-5 over US player Devin Poteet first round, then Yapp won next round on the winners side in a nail-biting 11-10 thriller against Wojciech Szewczyk of Poland, after that Yapp again -- this time putting a beat down 11-4 against world #2 Joshua Filler, still in cruise control in the “Winners Qualification” round, he thumps Mickey Krause of Denmark 11-3, continuing his barrage, he then in the “Last 16” knocks off world #1 SVB 11-5 -then he crushes Rodrigo Geronimo of the Philippines 11-6 in the quarter finals -- after that, he put on the afterburners, dominating Dennis Orcollo 11-6,
Aloysius will sometimes respond to me on Messenger, as I support he and other pros in their games -- so many interesting and cool people like Yapp that I’ve added as friends as I’ve continued to network through social media to bring the pros to the fans of the game, players, anyone that loves pool. Saturday I sent Yapp this message, “Awesome performance out there, just coming up 5 racks short of the title. Congrats. Amazing run. You’ll get em next tournament.”
Aloysius replied with, “Haha well he deserved it. He played great! Thanks for your support!” Yapp is all class. Here is a statement he made on Facebook to Matchroom, friends, family, and fans three days ago: “Second place in this year US Open 9 Ball Pool 15
