Tran Quyet Chien makes a spectacular sprint
At the Veghel 2024 World Cup finals, the most interesting group is Group B, with the participation of 3 Vietnamese players: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Le Thanh Tien. The remaining player is the home player from the Netherlands - Glenn Hofman. Compared to the original plan, the match schedule in round 32 has changed, when Tran Quyet Chien meets Le Thanh Tien, and Tran Thanh Luc faces Hofman in the first match.
The internal competition between the two Vietnamese players, Tran Quyet Chien and Le Thanh Tien, took place at a rather slow pace. After the first 4 rounds, Tran Quyet Chien only had 4 points. Meanwhile, it was not until the 4th round that Le Thanh Tien scored a series of 4 points to level the score at 4-4. In the 7th round, Le Thanh Tien overtook Quyet Chien for the first time and led 6-5. The following events witnessed Tran Quyet Chien's fierce pursuit. And it was not until the 13th round that Quyet Chien had a series of 5 points to overtake and lead 18-15 against Thanh Tien.
In the 14th turn, Tran Quyet Chien brought the match into halftime when he led 22-15. Entering the second half, Vietnam's number 1 player was once again outplayed. When he was trailing 21-27, Le Thanh Tien unexpectedly scored a series of 7 points to take the lead 28-27, after the 23rd turn. But immediately after that, in the 24th turn, Tran Quyet Chien had a strong response when he scored 7 points and led 34-28 again.
Tran Quyet Chien had a spectacular sprint, when he continued to have a series of 6 points in the 25th turn to reach 40 points. Le Thanh Tien tried very hard to start the game but only had a series of 8 points, and had to lose narrowly 38-40 to Quyet Chien.
Tran Thanh Luc defeated the host's strong player
In the remaining match of Group B, Tran Thanh Luc continued to show his good form against the home team's strong player - Glenn Hofman. In the third round, Thanh Luc had a series of 7 to take the lead 12-7. From then on, the Vietnamese player completely controlled the game. The current world runner-up led 22-11 before the match went into the break.
Tran Thanh Luc's scoring speed slowed down somewhat in the second half. However, Glenn Hofman was not in the best condition to take advantage of the Vietnamese player's mistakes. Tran Thanh Luc reached 40 points in the 21st turn. The Dutch home player only scored 1 point, and ultimately lost with a score of 31-40 to Thanh Luc.
In Group A, the face that received attention was Frederic Caudron. The player nicknamed "genius" was led by Abdin (Egypt) for most of the match. However, in the final stages of the match, the Belgian player played better to turn the game around and win 40-32 against Abdin, after 28 turns.
In the main round of the Veghel World Cup 2024, 32 players are divided equally into 8 groups (4 players each), playing a round-robin to calculate points. The matches take place in 40 points, with the same number of cues. The top two players in each group will qualify for the round of 16 (knockout).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-tran-quyet-chien-thang-nguoc-an-tuong-thanh-luc-danh-bai-doi-thu-manh-185241024170442182.htm
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