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Robbie Capito

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Robbie James Joaquin Capito, born on 19 June 2001 in Hong Kong to parents who are both natives of the Philippines, is a Hong Kong-born Filipino professional pool player. He is best known for beating the reigning world number one Eklent Kaçi 11-10 in the last 32 of the 2018 WPA World Nine-ball Championship at the age of 17, after trailing 7-1, before losing to Joshua Filler in the next round. In 2017 he was voted one of Hong Kong's Most Outstanding Junior Athletes after winning gold at the Asian Pool Championships, and in 2024 he claimed his biggest career win by defeating Mieszko FortuĊ„ski 13-10 to take the UK Open Nine-ball Championship at the Telford International Centre.

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