Athlete of the Year: Manny Pacquiao - InterAKTV Awards

In the eyes of even the biggest of his diehard fans, 2011 was a down year for Manny Pacquiao.He faced two opponents whom experts tabbed as past their prime, Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez, and even though he won, he failed to knock out either of them. And somehow, this lessens Pacquiao’s luster.

Team of the Year: The University of the Philippines Pep Squad - InterAKTV Awards

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Win of the Year: Petron Blaze slams the Grand Slam bid of Talk ‘N Text - InterAKTV Awards

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Breakthrough Athlete of the Year: Stephan Schrock of the Azkals - InterAKTV Awards

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Villain of the Year: The South Korean national basketball teams - InterAKTV Awards

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Coach of the Year: Ato Agustin of the Petron Blaze Boosters - InterAKTV Awards

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Event of the Year: The SMART Ultimate All-Star Weekend - InterAKTV Awards

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Corteza eyes World Pool Crown in 2012

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Filipino cue artist Lee Vann Corteza wants to win the WPA World Crown in 2012 and join an elite group of Filipino world champions.

"Target kong makopo ang WPA World Crown (8-ball, 9-ball and 10-ball) para makasama ko yung mga Filipino world champion," Corteza said.

Among the Filipinos who have won the WPA World Crown are Efren "Bata" Reyes, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, Alex Pagulayan, Dennis Orcollo, Ronato Alcano and Rubilen "Bingkay" Amit.

"Yung na lang talaga ang kulang ni (Corteza), ang World Championship crown," said Christopher Palses, Corteza's head coach at the Negros Billiards Stable.

A 2-time National Open champion, Corteza hopes to continue his winning run in 2012 when he competes in the Derby City Classic in Kentuky in January, the World 8-Ball Championship in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates in February and the Japan Open in March.

Last 2011, Corteza defeated a number of high-caliber opponents, including compatriot and world number 1 Dennis Orcollo. He racked up 4 major titles in the last 5 months.

Corteza won the 2011 Golden Brea 9-Ball Asian Invitational Championship in Malaysia last August, the San Miguel Beer Oktoberfest 9-Ball Open Masters in October, the Philippine Bigtime Billiards Face-Off and the Manny Pacquiao International 10-Ball Championships, both in December.

Corteza also won the US Open 10-Ball Championship in 2010, which he considers as the greatest achievement of his career.

source by Marlon Bernardino, abs-cbnNEWS.com

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Corteza rules Pacman 10-ball, halts Orcollo

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Lee Vann Corteza mastered world No. 1 Dennis Orcollo, 11-7, to pocket the Manny Pacquiao International 10-ball crown at the Star Billiards Center in Quezon City last Sunday.

Corteza, a former two-time National Open champion, gained the upper-hand early and held on to thwart the fancied Orcollo and bank the top $30,000 purse in the event put up by the Filipino boxing icon.

Orcollo settled for $10,000.

Corteza marched to the finals after beating 2007 Manny Pacquiao 9-ball champion Jeffrey de Luna, 11-6, in the semifinals while Orcollo trounced unheralded Jeffrey Diaz, 11-7, in the other semis encounter.

It was Corteza’s second straight win over Orcollo as he also beat the latter, 11-8, in the Masters category finals in the San Miguel Beer Oktoberfest 9-ball Open at Resorts World Manila last month.

“I’m very happy and proud to win this tournament,” said Corteza.

Corteza earlier disposed of 2007 World Pool Championship finalist Roberto Gomez, 9-6, to arrange a final four showdown with De Luna while Orcollo edged Jundel Mazon, 9-7, to face Diaz.

The winner of the tournament was supposed to play Pacquiao in an exhibition match, but the boxing superstar, who also celebrated his 33rd birthday in grand fashion in General Santos City, also last Saturday, failed to make it.

source by The Philippine Star

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