Filipina billiards star Rubilen Amit rammed into an in-form Xiao-Ting Pan of China and lost, 5-11, to settle for second place in the 2007 Amway WPA Women's World 9-Ball Championship at the Taipei Gymnasium in Taiwan Sunday night.

The 25-year-old Amit, however, would have something to build upon after coming up with huge victories against World No. 1 Ga Young Kim of Korea and Allison Fisher on her way to the semifinals. Both Amit and Pan had an identical 4-1 win-loss record in their group stages before reaching the single knock-out stage using the winner's break format.

Pan surged to a 7-2 lead after winning five consecutive racks. Amit won the 10th rack but lost the next, before winning the 12th to cut the lead to 8-4.

Amit seemed to have gotten the momentum when she made it 8-5 but Pan closed out the match by winning three straight games. *CPT

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