“Marvelous Marlon” Manalo continues to roll over his opponents, with his latest victim Jose Garcia 11-3.  He will meet former world champion Thorsten “The Hitman” Hohmann in Thursday’s matches.  Earlier, Hohmann dealt Troy Frank his first loss 11-7.

In the ladies’ division, Tiffany Nelson swept into the final four with a strong victory over Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee.  Down 3-1 in the beginning, Nelson turned the tables o­n Lee and took a 6-3 lead.  After trading a few racks, the score was 8-6 in Nelson’s favor, and she played a tough out o­n the last rack to win.  o­n Wednesday, Nelson will meet the WPBA’s number-one player, Allison Fisher, who won her match against Vivian Villareal 9-5.

Ewa Laurance continues her winning ways with a hard-fought 9-7 over Jennifer Chen.  She will meet three-time defending champion Karen “The Irish Invader” Corr in Thursday’s matches.  Corr sent Monica Webb to the o­ne-loss side earlier with a 9-2 win.

In the elimination brackets, several top-notch players were sent home early.  Earl Strickland was ousted by David Matlock 11-2, while Max Eberle suffered a hill-hill defeat at the hands of Steve Lipsky.  Joey Korsiak continues to show how strong his game is recently by eliminating Corey Deuel 11-10 and then Frankie Hernandez 11-9.