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tuxguy

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His run looks good, hope he goes all the way!

SINGAPORE - The incredible run of form of top local pool player Aloysius Yapp continued on Friday (Sept 17) at the US Open 9-Ball Pool Championships in Atlantic City, after he beat the world's top-ranked player Shane van Boening 11-5 in the competition's last 16.

World No.8 Yapp had played the American- who had won the US Open a record five times between 2007 and 2016 - twice before, and lost both times.

The Singaporean then went on to beat Rodrigo Geronimo of the Philippines 11-6 in the quarter-final.


Yapp will next play Geronimo's compatiot, Denis Orcollo, in the semi-final which is scheduled for 10pm on Saturday night (Singapore time). The final is set to take place five hours later, with the winner taking home US$50,000 (S$67,421).

Yapp's latest wins cap a magnificent eight days for him.

Last week, he had beaten world No.3 Jayson Shaw of Scotland at the World 10-Ball Championship in Las Vegas, en route to a third-place finish, which is the best performance by a Singaporean at a world meet at any iteration of pool. The 25-year-old also won US$12,000 for his efforts.



He then went on to beat world No.2 Joshua Filler, the defending US Open champion, in the competition's third round on Wednesday.

https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/...QpuPn_8xl-9nyw4hNDF_d8El36lgoOeMk1GThAiMRYztc
 

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Would like to watch him play. Looking for streams online. Anyone following his progress maybe can share?
 

summersky1986

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Very fortunate to have played with Yapp once at the now defunct pool place opposite Har Paw Villa. We played 9 ball and needless to say, I didn't even win a single game.

Friendly and humble guy, certainly hope he goes all the way.
 

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An irrelevant question, but what caught my eye is that he has 2 "p"s in his surname. Why "Yapp" and not "Yap" though?
Where does the surname Yapp come from?
It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames, and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Ye is also romanized Yeh in Wade-Giles; Yip, Ip, and Jip in Cantonese; Iap, Yap, Yapp, Yiapp and Yeap in Hakka and Minnan.

dis guy maybe is cantonese
 

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got serve NS bo? if never, sinkies will dump him like a hot piece of stinky feaces
 
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