Huberney Cataño best on the starting list

MANIZALES - The young Colombian star player Huberney Cataño made his first steps in the billiards room in Manizales as a young player. He was dreaming of a great career and being on the podium among the big players at the Feria de Manizales, where the top guns battle for the victory in the upcoming.

The young and talented Cataño has already made a step into the big world of three cushion and is one of the favorites to win the tournament in Colombia.

The final rounds have started with 64 players of whom Huberney was the best at the start list with 1.436 average ahead of Cesar Diaz 1.405 and Heriberto Aristizabal 1.295.

The top 32 players were:

1. Huberney Cataño 1.436
2. Cesar Diaz 1.405
3. Heriberto Aristizabal 1.295
4. Fernando Diaz 1.239
5. Gabriel Vasquez 1.237
6. Jose Juan Garcia 1.178
7. Felipe Cepeda 1.053
8. Andres Naranjo 1.018
9. Oscar Castaño 0.981
10. Carlos Mario Villegas 0.942
11. Francisco Suarez 0.895
12. Roger Salgado 0.776
13. Wilson Gomez 0.750
14. Daniel Jaramillo 0.733
15. Steven Uribe 0.567
16. Mauricio Grajales 1.167
17. Antonio Tabares 1.081
18. David Cifuentes 0.903
19. Sergio Granados 0.899
20. Jose Hernandez 0.839
21. Juan Carlos Vallejo 0.831
22. Omar Loaiza 0.797
23. James Matallana 0.762
24. Michel Lozano 0.720
25. Julian Felipe Arbelaez 0.720
26. Steven Jojoa 0.632
27. Carlos Ortiz 0.560
28. Luis Calderon 0.560
29. Geovanny Muñoz 0.536
30. Arley Montoya 1.157
31. Andres Lizarazo 0.838
32. Cesar Medina 0.823

The first matches to advance for the final rounds:

Daniel Jaramillo vs James Montes
Mauricio Grajales vs Cristian Morales
Orlando Gonzalez vs Francisco J Suarez V
Huberney Cataño vs Angel Rincon
Jesus Lara vs Yeisson Peñarete
Fernando Diaz vs Marco Zuluaga
Miguel Romero vs Heriberto Aristizabal
Oscar Castaño vs Jaime Montoya
Harry Reyes Peña Javier Arias
Elider Gomez vs Daniel A Martinez
David Cifuentes vs Arley Montoya
Gabriel Vasquez vs Cesar Suarez
Luis Montoya vs Eduardo Vanegas
Andres Aristizabal vs Carlos Mario Villegas
Jose Hernandez vs Cesar Diaz
Wilson Gomez vs Yeisson Rodriguez
Steven Uribe vs Felipe Cepeda.

                                                      Jenny Marcela Parra (left) was one of the players in the qualification rounds of the tournament.