World Cup billiards: Tran Quyet Chien is too classy, ​​4 excellent Vietnamese players enter the knockout round

Tran Quyet Chien showed his class when he continued with the leading position in the group with genius Frederic Caudron. Vietnam has 4 representatives competing in the knockout round of the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup Porto 2024.

In the final round (round 32) of the Porto 3-cushion billiards World Cup, which took place from the afternoon to the evening of July 11 (Vietnam time), Tran Quyet Chien had 2 victories. Notably, Tony Tran had a spectacular comeback to defeat Frederic Caudron with a score of 40-38 in the second round of Group B, thereby early winning a ticket to the round of 16 of the Porto 3-cushion billiards World Cup 2024. In the final round of Group B, which took place in the early morning of July 12 (0:00, Vietnam time), Tran Quyet Chien faced off against home player Rui Manuel Costa. The world's No. 1 player had no difficulty completing the group stage with a perfect record of winning all 3 matches. After 24 rounds, Tony Tran defeated Costa with a score of 40-21. In which, the player born in 1984 launched 2 big series, 11 and 10 points.

Tran Quyet Chien continues with a perfect record in round 32

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Tran Quyet Chien is the first Vietnamese player to qualify for the knockout round (round of 16) of the Porto 2024 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup, with the first place in Group B. The remaining ticket to the next round of Group B belongs to Belgian genius - Frederic Caudron (second in Group B). In the last match of the round of 32 taking place at 2:00 a.m. on July 12, Vietnamese billiards had 3 players on the field to compete for the ticket to the next round: Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, Tran Thanh Luc and Chiem Hong Thai. Meanwhile, Bao Phuong Vinh also played the last match but only for formality, because this player stopped early after 2 consecutive losses. Chiem Hong Thai is the first person to follow his senior Tran Quyet Chien to participate in the knockout round. The player born in 1999 entered the next round with a record of 2 wins (against Sameh Sidhom and Peter De Backer), 1 loss (against Marco Zanetti).

1999-born player Chiem Hong Thai overcame a difficult group to enter the round of 16.

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Tran Thanh Luc and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu also advanced to the knockout round. Thanh Luc defeated Bao Phuong Vinh and Seleventas, respectively, and lost to Eddy Merckx. Meanwhile, Thanh Tu defeated Kim Jun-tae, drew with Tolgahan Kiraz, and lost to Martin Horn. Vietnamese billiards has up to 4 players participating in the knockout round of the 2024 Porto 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup. This knockout round will be contested from the afternoon of July 12.

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