Tran Quyet Chien released a big series, but still unfortunately lost to the Korean 'phenomenon'

Tran Quyet Chien stopped at the quarter-finals

On the afternoon of November 9, Tran Quyet Chien took the field in the quarter-finals of the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024 (held in Korea), meeting the host country's player Kim Jun-tae. Before entering the round for the 8 strongest players, Tran Quyet Chien was in good form with a record of 4 wins (including 3 matches in the group stage and 1 knockout match in the round of 16). On the other hand, Kim Jun-tae is also emerging as a "phenomenon" at the tournament held at home, when he continuously released big series of points. In the round of 32 held on November 8, Kim Jun-tae almost broke the world record with an extremely rare series of 28 points.

Unlike previous matches, Tran Quyet Chien started the match quite slowly when facing Kim Jun-tae. In the 4th round, the Korean player had a series of 7 points, to take the lead 12-5. The gap gradually increased, when Kim Jun-tae led Quyet Chien 15-10, 18-10, 22-13.

Tran Quyet Chien stopped at the quarter-finals of the Seoul 2024 Billiards World Cup

When the score was 23-15, Kim Jun-tae suddenly launched a series of 11 points in the 14th turn, creating a gap of nearly 20 points, leading 34-15. Tran Quyet Chien had a strong answer, when he returned a series of 12 points to stick with his opponent, leading 27-34. The gap was only 5 points after the 16th turn, when Quyet Chien had 29 points, while the Korean player was still stuck with 34 points.

In the 17th turn, Kim Jun-tae had 5 points and took the lead 39-29. Although Tran Quyet Chien had opportunities, he could not make the most of them to score points, partly due to bad luck in many situations. In the end, Kim Jun-tae defeated Tran Quyet Chien with a score of 50-33, after 25 turns. The Korean player won a ticket to the semi-finals of the 2024 Seoul Billiards World Cup.

Vietnam clean at World Cup Korea

In the quarter-final match, Bao Phuong Vinh faced off against Korean prodigy Cho Myung-woo. The reigning world champion played extremely well and completely dominated the game against the Vietnamese representative.

Bao Phuong Vinh also could not pass the quarter-finals.

Cho Myung-woo had an 11-point series in the 11th turn to send the match into halftime, leading 31-17 against Bao Phuong Vinh. The Korean player showed stability in scoring and did not give Bao Phuong Vinh a chance to break away. In the end, the player from Binh Duong lost 36-50 to Cho Myung-woo.

With the defeat of Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh, the semi-finals of the Seoul 2024 Billiards World Cup no longer have a representative from Vietnam.

Exciting semi-finals

The four names participating in the semi-finals of the Seoul 2024 Billiards World Cup were identified as Cho Myung-woo (Korea), Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Tayfun Tasdemir (Türkiye) and Kim Jun-tae (Korea).

The semi-finals and finals of the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024 will take place on November 10. Semi-final 1 will be the match between "prodigy" Cho Myung-woo (reigning world champion, ranked 3rd in the world) and veteran player Dick Jaspers (reigning world number 1), taking place at 11:00 . Semi-final 2 will be the clash between Kim Jun-tae and Tayfun Tasfemir at 1:30 p.m.

The championship match takes place at 5 p.m.

The semi-finals and finals will be played to 50 points, with no equal turns. All matches of the 2024 Seoul Billiards World Cup will be broadcast live on the SOOP Live platform (link: https://billiards.sooplive.co.kr/schedule/111).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tran-quyet-chien-tung-se-ri-lon-van-that-thu-dang-tiec-truoc-hien-tuong-cua-han-quoc-185241109200614228.htm