Amoroto, Corteza, Chua, and Garcia won their first matches. Kyle Amoroto defeated Saudi Arabia’s No. 1 player to start the evening. Chua was able to squeak out a victory past a feisty Hamzaa Ali in what was probably the most heart-stopping match of the day.

Ignacio suffered a tough loss against Ko Pin Yi. Cobra was on the hill first at 6-8, but Yi was able to rally back and take the match 9-8. Biado and Roda also dropped their first matches but they still have a chance to go through if they win their next matches in the losers’ bracket.

Next matches on the winners’ side will be: Amoroto vs FSR, Chua vs Shaw, Corteza vs Kazakis, Garcia vs Ko Pin Yi.

Day 1 Match Results
(PHI) Kyle Amoroto def Khalid Alghamdi (SAU) 9-5
(PHI) Lee Vann Corteza def Nawaf Shamardal (SAU) 9-1
(PHI) Carlo Biado lost to Marco Teutscher (NZL) 5-9
(PHI) Jefrey Roda lost to Jayson Shaw (GBR) 4-9
(PHI) Johann Chua def. Hamzaa Ali (ERT) 9-8
(PHI) Roland Garcia def. Nicholas De Leon (USA) 9-7
(PHI) Jeffrey Ignacio lost to Ko Pin Yi (TPE) 8-9

Day 2 Matches
(ITA) Francesco Candela vs Patric Gonzales (PHI) – 6:00 PM / June 4
(PHI) James Aranas vs Fahad Aldhayan (SAU) – 6:00 PM / June 4
(PHI) Michael Feliciano vs Michael Schneider (CHE) – 7:30 PM / June 4
(PHI) Carlo Biado vs Dang Jin Hu (CHN) – 12:00 AM / June 5
(PHI) Jefrey Roda vs Hamzaa Ali (ERT) – 12:00 AM / June 5
(PHI) Jeffrey Ignacio vs Nicholas de Leon (USA) – 12:00 AM / June 5

TV TABLE
TABLE 1
(LIT) Pijus Labutis vs Pia Filler (GER) – 6:00 PM / June 4
(PHI) Anton Raga vs Bernie Regalario (PHI) – 7:30 PM / June 4
(VIE) Duong Quoc Hoang vs Toh Lian Han (SGP) – 9:00 PM / June 4

TABLE 2
(HKG) Robbie Capito vs Karl Gnadeberg (EST) – 6:00 PM / June 4
(USA) Fedor Gorst vs Mustafa Alnar (TUR) – 7:30 PM / June 4
(TPE) Chang Jung-Lin vs Othman Alzahrani (SAU) – 9:00 PM / June 4

TTV
(USA) Shane Van Boening vs Fahad Alharbi (SAU) – 6:00 PM / June 4
(CAN) John Morra vs Albert Manas (PHI) – 7:30 PM / June 4