In the round of 16 match of the 3-cushion billiards World Cup in Ho Chi Minh City 2024, Tran Duc Minh won convincingly against Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien with a score of 50-33, after 23 turns. In the quarter-finals taking place on the evening of May 25, Duc Minh faced off against player Berkay Karakurt (Turkey), who is in extremely good form.
Facing a tough opponent, the only representative of Vietnam's 3-cushion carom billiards in the quarterfinals showed great stability. The match was very dramatic, as the two players compared each point and continuously surpassed each other. When the score was 44-44, Duc Minh calmly scored 6 points to win the final 50-44 after 31 turns, thereby winning a ticket to the semi-finals.
Tran Duc Minh had an excellent performance to enter the World Cup semi-finals.
Tran Duc Minh's opponent in the semi-finals of the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup will be another Turkish player - Tolgahan Kiraz. This match will take place on the afternoon of May 26, at Nguyen Du Stadium (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City).
In the remaining match of the semi-finals, Burak Hashas (Türkiye) meets Kim Jun-tae (South Korea).
Up to now, the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion billiards World Cup has witnessed many surprises. Among them, the Turkish players have had very impressive performances. Tolgahan Kiraz (Türkiye) defeated Marco Zanetti in the round of 16. In particular, the 2006-born player Burak Hashas caused a shock when he won 50-30 against Dick Jaspers (Dutch, 26-time World Cup champion) in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, this 18-year-old talent continued to create a big surprise when he defeated Eddy Merkcx (Belgium, 13-time World Cup champion), with a score of 50-41.
Hashas, born in 2006, defeated veteran player Eddy Merkcx in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City World Cup.
Another surprise in the quarterfinals came from Kim Jun-tae. The Korean player defeated genius Frederic Caudron (Belgium) with a score difference of 50-21, after 20 turns. Notably, when he was behind 20-15, Kim Jun-tae launched a "huge" series of 22 points in the 13th turn. At the same time, Kim Jun-tae also surpassed Nguyen Chi Long (series of 20 points) to become the player with the highest series score at the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion billiards World Cup to date.
Korean player Kim Jun-tae convincingly defeated genius Caudron in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Ho Chi Minh City World Cup
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/danh-bai-ca-tran-quyet-chien-tay-co-viet-nam-lai-gay-soc-tai-world-cup-billiard-3-bang-185240525230441802.htm
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