Tran Quyet Chien and Chiem Hong Thai excelled in the knockout round of the Veghel World Cup

Two Vietnamese players Tran Quyet Chien and Chiem Hong Thai have successfully overcome the difficult round of the Veghel World Cup 3-cushion carom billiards tournament to enter the round for the 16 strongest players.

In the round of 32 strongest players, Tran Quyet Chien (ranked 5th in the world) continued to compete with stable performance. In the opening match, Tran Quyet Chien defeated his teammate Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu (ranked 62nd in the world) with a score of 40-36. After that, the number 1 player of Vietnam continued to defeat Peter Ceulemans (Belgium, ranked 33rd in the world) with a score of 40-22 to soon have a ticket to the next round.

Tran Quyet Chien still maintains very stable performance

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However, the young player who made the strongest impression on Vietnamese billiards was Chiem Hong Thai (ranked 30th in the world). The Vietnamese player born in 1999 was the first surprise of the tournament when he excellently defeated world number 1 Marco Zanetti with a score of 40-25 after only 20 rounds. Although he lost to the home player Sam Van Etten in the second round, Chiem Hong Thai convincingly defeated Ye Sung-jeong (Korea) in the final round to win the ticket to the next round.

Chiem Hong Thai impressed with victory over world number 1 player

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In the knockout round taking place at 5pm on October 27 (Vietnam time), player Tran Quyet Chien will face player Nikos Polychronopoulos (Greece, ranked 17th in the world) who is in good form. Meanwhile, Chiem Hong Thai's opponent is player ranked 20th in the world from Turkey Berkay Karakurt. If he maintains his good form, the young Vietnamese player can completely win to be present in the quarter-finals.

World champion Bao Phuong Vinh stops at Veghel World Cup

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Also in the round for 32 players, Vietnamese billiards also had the participation of world champion Bao Phuong Vinh , Tran Thanh Luc and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu. However, all 3 players were unsuccessful.

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