October 12 is the final day of the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025, with 2 semi-finals and the final. The championship match taking place on the night of October 12 is the pinnacle of competition between Martin Horn (Germany) and Tasdemir Tayfun (Turkey). Previously in the semi-finals, Horn defeated Glenn Hofman (Netherlands) with a score of 50-32, while Tayfun won 50-40 against Bao Phuong Vinh. Notably, Horn is also the one who defeated Tran Quyet Chien twice in a row, respectively in the round of 32 (group play) and round of 16 (knockout play).
Tayfun played brilliantly in the semi-finals with a series of 18 points, creating a turning point and defeating Bao Phuong Vinh. However, the Turkish player could not continue to play explosively in the final match. Martin Horn, with a more scientific and stable style of play, controlled the game well and won the final match 50-36, after 31 rounds.
Martin Horn played extremely consistently, thereby winning the 3rd World Cup billiards championship in his career.
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In this match, Martin Horn started well with a series of 9s in the 3rd turn to create a gap and take the initiative on the table. At the end, when the match was in balance, the German player took advantage of the opportunity to sprint with a series of 8s in the 20th turn and a series of 6s in the 30th turn. Meanwhile, Tayfun only had 2 series of 5s and 1 series of 7 points, so he had to accept defeat.
Martin Horn increased his total number of World Cup billiards championships to 3. Previously, the player born in 1971 won the World Cup billiards in 2009 and 2018.
With the Antwerp 2025 Billiards World Cup championship, Martin Horn received 16,000 euros (equivalent to 490 million VND) in prize money. Tasdemir Tayfun, runner-up, received 10,000 euros (about 306 million VND) in prize money. Bao Phuong Vinh and Glenn Hofman tied for third place, each receiving 6,000 euros (about 183 million VND) in prize money.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-danh-bai-tran-quyet-chien-martin-horn-di-thang-mot-mach-den-ngoi-vo-dich-185251013014537414.htm
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