Quyet Chien won the World Cup billiards
Monday, July 3, 2023 | 15:15:22
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Tran Quyet Chien won the 3-cushion carom World Cup for the second time, defeating seventh seed Sameh Sidhom 50-30 in the final after 27 innings.
Before winning the right to enter the final match of the World Cup Billiards Carom 3-Cushion event held in Porto (Portugal), Tran Quyet Chien defeated his compatriot Chiem Hong Thai with a score of 50-26. Meanwhile, Sameh Sidhom also easily defeated Jeremy Bury (France, ranked 11th in the world) 50-20.
Although the Egyptian player has a higher ranking, Tran Quyet Chien is completely confident after defeating Sidhom in the group stage match that took place 2 days ago.
In this rematch, Sidhom quickly got off to a good start with a 5-point series. However, the Vietnamese player, with his own strength, was able to restrain his opponent's excitement and then launched an 8-point series to overcome his opponent. The more he played, the more confident the Vietnamese player became and after 18 rounds, the score was 30-14 for Tran Quyet Chien.
Although his opponent tried very hard to keep up with the score, Tran Quyet Chien still scored regularly to increase his score. The 39-year-old player also used the "closed ball" tactic very well, making his opponent, ranked 8th in the world, helpless to turn the situation around.
In the 27th round, Tran Quyet Chien scored 2 points to win the championship of the 3-cushion billiards Porto World Cup 2023 with a 50-30 victory over Sidhom.
With this victory, Tran Quyet Chien has won the World Cup championship for the second time after the championship in Ho Chi Minh City in 2018 when defeating Ngo Dinh Nai in the final match. The player born in 1984 is also the only person in the history of Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards to win the World Cup tournament.
According to vtv.vn
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