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Liman avenges shock loss, ousts Pasig frrom Kunshan Challenger

Liman was just too much for Pasig this time. Chooks-To-Go Pilipinas
By Dugout Philippines

KUNSHAN, China--Less than two hours after suffering a heartbreaking loss to Sosnovy Bor, Pasig Chooks-to-Go could not pick themselves up.

The Philippine-based club team was shown the door by third-ranked club in the world Liman, 12-22, Saturday evening at the Huaqiao International Service Business Park.

With a 0-2 record, Pasig Chooks got eliminated in Pool A as Liman (2-0) and Sosnovy Bor (1-1) advanced to the knockout playoffs on Sunday that will determine the last two entries in the World Tour Chengdu Masters.

After a brief 3-0 lead by Pasig, the Serbian-side proved to be too much, going on a 14-3 blitz to put the defending Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 President's Cup champions on their heels.

Joshua Munzon and Taylor Statham tried to give Pasig some semblance of life but the quartet of world no. 4 Aleksandar Ratkov, no. 5 Mihailo Vasic, no. 8 Stefan Kojic, and Maksim Kovacevic were just on a whole other plane.

Vasic ended the contest with a long deuce with 2:13 to spare to end Pasig's campaign.

Munzon and Statham scored six points each for Pasig.

Kojic, who scored just four points during their encounter in the Doha Masters, led the balanced Liman attack with eight markers.

The Scores:

Liman 22 - Kojic 8, Ratkov 5, Kovacevic 5, Vasic 4.

Pasig 12 - Munzon 6, Statham 6, Rike 0, Ababou 0.

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