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Peach: This is a dream come true for me  
Daryl delighted at historic win in incredible circumstances

Gomez: I am so depressed at final defeat  
Filipino heartbroken at losing 'his big opportunity' to take pool's most prestigious prize

Peach is the 2007 World Pool Champion  
Rack-by-rack report of the 2007 Philippines

Read the latest hilarious blog from Ted  
Ted Lerner asks how can we stop the soft break?

Philippines versus England for the title  
Qualifier Roberto Gomez and Daryl Peach will go head-to-head to become World Champion

Gomez becomes first qualifier to reach final   
Superman flies into the last two to set up another Thriller in Manila

Peach lives the dream and makes final  
Englishman jubilant after defeating Foldes to extend WPC run

Boyes and Gomez move into semis  
Home country still has one hope, while second Englishman in last four

Peach: Most pressure I have ever faced  
Daryl Peach believed his dramatic, controversial 11-10 win v Bustamante was toughest of career

Referee Rees: I made the right decision  
Foul call was absolutely spot on says referee and WPA Sports Director

Peach wins in controversial fashion  
Django out after drama in thrilling quarter-final as WPA Sports Director is called in

Foldes: My pride at record-breaking run  
Vilmos reaches the semi-finals for the first time ever

All Chinese Taipei hopes rest on Kuo  
Victory over Corey Deuel keeps alive their chances of another world championship win

Peach: England becoming a pool power  
England have two players in the last eight for the first time in the competition's history

Immonen the last champion standing  
Finland's Mika Immonen, the 2001 winner, is the only man to have won this tournament left in

Django wins battle of Filipino giants  
Bustamante flawless again in another impressive performance

Boyes books quarter-final place  
Nine-ball novice continues his stunning progress in the World Championship

Bustamante wins thriller / Day six review  
All Filipino clash in the last 16 promises to be a cracking encounter

Boyes follows Peach into the next phase  
Great day for English pool as Boyes becomes second man through to last 16

Peach continues best ever WPC run  
England's Daryl Peach moves into the last 16

Earl comes under the spotlight in blog five  
Ted Lerner studies the ever-increasing erratic behaviour from Earl 'The Pearl' Strickland

Popular Pagulayan wins again  
Louis Condo sent home by the happy Filipino

Another former champion is eliminated  
Joven Bustamante ends the run of 2005 winner Wu Chia-ching

Peach stuns World Champion Alcano  
Bad day for the Filipino fans as World Champion Ronnie follows Reyes out of the tournament

Filipino legend Reyes crashes out  
European number one Stepanov ends the hopes of the home favourite

Django continues impressive form  
Bustamante recorded third comfortable victory in a row

Fans favourite Souquet still fighting  
German defeats Naoyuki Oi to make the next round

Luong and Condo first to advance  
Earl Strickland, a three-time winner of the world championships, knocked out early in day five

Taiwanese trio through / Day Four review  
Three players from Chinese Taipei advance from tough group 15

Read the fourth entertaining blog from Ted  
Lerner follows Dutch star Alex Lely in his quest for the Holy Grail of pool

Strickland battles on / Day 3 review  
Both sides of Earl 'The Pearl' shown on thrilling day's play

Double Pinoy joy as home players shine  
Marlon Manalo and Jeff De Luna join those already through

Two German stars lose their openers   
Thorsten Hohmann and Ralf Souquet sent to the one-loss side on Day Three

Big names impress on Day Two of WPC  
Top players earn their places in the next phase

Former world champions show their class  
Immonen, Pagulayan and Ortmann all advance at the Araneta Coliseum

Bustamante cruises into last 64  
Easy route into the knock-out phase for Django

Alcano fires warning / Reyes survives scare  
Round-up from Day One as 16 players advance into the Last 64

Reyes in trouble on day one  
Alcano cruises to win but legend Bata close to defeat

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The world's media pile in on Manila  
Press conference attended by more than 100 journalists and photographers

Hilarious Lerner Blog 3 - The Qualifiers  
Ted takes a look at all the action during the qualifying events

Chandra is out so Lee gets second chance  
Lucky Lee scrapes into the main competition

Chu completes the line-up  
Tenth qualifier is another Chinese Taipei player - Chu Hung-ming

Three Chinese players make the 2007 WPC  
Dang is the latest man to book his place in the main event

Another Chinese Taipei man in  
Chang Yau-mau defeats Chu Hung-ming at the Star Billiards Center

Filipino Gomez wins seventh qualifier  
Second player from the Philippines in a row to win a qualifying tournament

Alwi and Andam are latest qualifiers  
Indonesian wins qualifier five and Filipino takes qualifier six

Wu continues early Taiwanese dominance  
Three-time Junior World Champion Wu Yu-lin qualifies for the main event

Teenager Ko moves into the main draw  
Ko Pin-yi from Chinese Taipei has won the third qualifying tournament

Putnam withdrawal gives Gabica a chance  
Organisers Matchroom Sport give Asian Games gold medalist a wildcard

Read the second blog from Ted Lerner  
Ted describes how pool in the Philippines became the popular sport that it is today

Uchigaki sets up dream tie with Reyes  
Japanese player becomes second qualifier and now plays former champion Efren

Lu Hui-chan wins qualifying tournament 1  
Chinese Taipei players dominate the action at a packed Star Billiards Center

More than 160 enter WPC Qualifiers  
Players from 23 countries desperate to make the main event

Good news for Chenman and qualifiers  
Two Americans have withdrawn so Lee Chenman and an additional qualifier are in

Ted's Blog 1: The Stuff Of Dreams (Again)  
Read the first in a series of entertaining blogs from talented journalist Ted Lerner

Alcano set for title defence opener  
Saeed Ahmed Al-Mutawa meets defending champion on day one




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