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title: "Magpantay Out, Biado Stunned: Two Filipinos Reach Qatar Last 8"
url: https://sports23.net/magpantay-out-biado-stunned-two-filipinos-qatar-last-8
published: 2026-10-28T12:20:28Z
updated: 2026-10-28T12:20:28Z
summary: "Defending champion Jonas Magpantay and No. 2 Carlo Biado both crashed out in Doha. Derby winners Miguel Salvilla and AJ Manas are the last Filipinos standing."
author: "Sports23 Editorial"
categories: ["Billiards"]
tags: ["Carlo Biado", "Doha", "Jonas Magpantay", "Philippines", "Qatar World Cup 10-Ball"]
lang: en
---

# Magpantay Out, Biado Stunned: Two Filipinos Reach Qatar Last 8

*Two derby winners carry the flag into tonight's quarter-finals after a brutal session for Southeast Asia in Doha.*

Southeast Asia's dream scenario lasted exactly one session. Seven Filipinos and Vietnam's Duong Quoc Hoang went into Wednesday's last 16 at the Qatar World Cup 10-Ball — and only the two men who faced compatriots came out alive.

Miguel Salvilla and AJ Manas won the all-Filipino derbies that were already guaranteed to produce two Pinoy quarter-finalists, but the region lost everything else: defending champion Jonas Magpantay, No. 2 seed Carlo Biado, Rocky Tullao and Duong Quoc Hoang all went home in a brutal morning at the Ezdan Palace Hotel.

## The champion falls to a familiar foe

Magpantay's title defence ended against the same man he beat at this exact stage a year ago — and by the same scoreline reversed. Twelve months after the "Silent Killer" dismissed Wojciech Szewczyk 11-5 on his shock run from qualifier to champion, the Pole returned it 11-5 on Table 17.

Szewczyk is no ordinary hurdle. He won his second World 10-Ball title in Ho Chi Minh City in September and arrived in Doha in form, needing just 15 racks to beat Szymon Kural — the very opponent Magpantay topped in last November's final.

## Seeds tumble everywhere

Biado's exit was the bracket's biggest. The No. 2 seed and reigning WPA world champion — the highest seed left after Francisco Sanchez Ruiz fell on Tuesday — was beaten 11-7 by Konrad Juszczyszyn, the Pole who had already survived a hill-hill epic against Dominik Jastrzab a round earlier.

Fedor Gorst, the No. 4 seed and newly installed No. 1 on the Rack 9 Power Rankings, lost the tightest match of the round, edged 11-10 on the hill by Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Chia Chen after leading 6-3.

Rocky Tullao stayed with Canada's John Morra deep into the match before falling 11-9, and Duong Quoc Hoang's breakthrough week ended 11-6 against 2024 champion Daniel Macioł. Joshua Filler, the No. 5 seed, beat Tobias Bongers 11-8 and is now the highest-ranked player left in the tournament.

## The derbies deliver — at a price

The bracket had promised the Philippines two quarter-finalists, and it delivered exactly two. Salvilla ground out an 11-9 win over Jerico Bonus — the man who removed No. 15 seed Wiktor Zielinski on Tuesday — while Manas was more emphatic, beating Jundel Mazon 11-5.

That means five Filipinos lost in a single session, the country's heaviest one-round toll of the week.

## Quarter-finals — 8 p.m. tonight, Manila time

| Tie | Note |
|---|---|
| Miguel Salvilla vs Joshua Filler | derby winner vs the highest seed left |
| AJ Manas vs Hsieh Chia Chen | Pinoy vs the man who just beat Gorst |
| Wojciech Szewczyk vs John Morra | champion-slayer vs Tullao's conqueror |
| Konrad Juszczyszyn vs Daniel Macioł | all-Polish quarter-final |

The semi-finals follow at midnight Manila tonight, and a new champion — Magpantay's reign is over — will be crowned on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Manila time in a race to 13.

Southeast Asia went from eight players and five live hopes in the morning to two men carrying the flag by lunch. Salvilla and Manas now play for a place in the last four — and for the region's claim to a second straight Doha title.

Live scoring runs on rack9pool.com; the event streams on the Qatar Billiard Sports Federation's YouTube channel.