Genius Caudron makes impressive start at Porto 2024 World Cup

The Porto 2024 Carom Billiards World Cup 3-Cushion starts on the afternoon of July 7 (Vietnam time) in Portugal. Notably, the world's top player - Frederic Caudron also participated in the first qualifying round. The player nicknamed genius is in Group F with Ercan Aydin and Nalle Olsson.

With his class, the Belgian player easily passed the first qualifying round with a perfect record. The 3-cushion billiards star born in 1968 had an impressive debut at the 2024 Porto 3-cushion billiards World Cup, with convincing victories. Caudron defeated Ercan Aydin 30-8 after 12 rounds, and defeated Nalle Olsson 30-10 after 11 rounds. The Belgian player's highest series scores were 11, 9 and 8 respectively.

Caudron had an impressive opening day at the Porto 2024 3-cushion billiards World Cup

Just like in the last two 3-cushion carom billiards World Cups (since returning to the UMB arena), Frederic Caudron still qualified for the first round in first place. In the first round of the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup Porto 2024, Caudron achieved an average score of 2.608, leading the list of players who advanced to the second round.

In the second qualifying round on the afternoon of July 8 (Vietnam time), the Belgian player is in Group P with Maxime Panaia and Tobias Bouderick. Caudron will play his first match against Panaia at 6:30 p.m. (Vietnam time).

Another notable face is Birol Uymaz (Türkiye) who also passed the first qualifying round of the 2024 Porto 3-cushion billiards World Cup. The former PBA champion also competed in the second qualifying round this afternoon (July 8).

Meanwhile, the only Vietnamese player competing in the first qualifying round of the 2024 Porto 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup, Nguyen Dinh Luan, was eliminated early. In the second qualifying round, no Vietnamese player participated.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-3-bang-thien-tai-caudron-khoi-dau-an-tuong-tai-world-cup-porto-2024-185240708061510205.htm