Billiards: Tran Quyet Chien beautifully defeated 2 Korean masters, moving on with the top spot in the group

On the afternoon of May 23, Tran Quyet Chien took the field to compete in the 2nd and 3rd matches of Group D, in the 32nd round of the Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup 2025. Quyet Chien's opponents were Kim Haeng-jik and Choi Wang-young. These are both strong players from Korea. Kim Haeng-jik has won the Billiards World Cup 3 times (only 1 less than Quyet Chien's World Cup Billiards championship). Meanwhile, Choi Wang-young is the reigning Korean national champion. However, Vietnam's No. 1 player still maintained his high form and defeated both players from the land of kimchi.

Tran Quyet Chien won all 3 matches

In the second round, Tran Quyet Chien had an exciting match with Kim Haeng-jik. Quyet Chien was behind in the first 6 shots. But in the 7th shot, the Vietnamese player had a series of 5 points to lead 14-11 and started to turn the game around. From then on, the player from Ha Tinh took control of the match and won 40-32 against Kim Haeng-jik after 22 shots. In the final shot of the match, Quyet Chien had a series of 5 points to finish.

Tran Quyet Chien is in good form.

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In the final match against Choi Wang-young, Tran Quyet Chien played even better. Vietnam's number 1 player continuously created series of points. Right in the second round, Quyet Chien had a series of 6 points, then scored 8 more points in the third round. In the sixth round, the Vietnamese player had a series of 10 points to bring the match into the break, leading his opponent 27-10. In just 4 rounds after the break, Tran Quyet Chien had enough 40 points, while Choi Wang-young only managed to score 14 points. In this match, Quyet Chien also had a 5-point round to end the match. Tran Quyet Chien achieved a very high average scoring efficiency, 4.0 (points/round).

Previously, in the opening match on the morning of May 23, Tran Quyet Chien won 40-19 against Berkay Karakurt (Türkiye). Thus, Quyet Chien won the ticket to the round of 16 as the top player in Group D, having won all 3 matches.

Dinh Quoc makes an impression

Another Vietnamese player, Nguyen Dinh Quoc, has also won a ticket to the round of 16 of the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup. Dinh Quoc was placed in an extremely difficult group F with the presence of two strong Korean players, Heo Jung-han, Kim Jun-tae and Glenn Hofman. However, after the first two matches, the Vietnamese player defeated both Hofman and Heo Jung-han. Dinh Quoc even won a ticket to the next round early.

Dinh Quoc impressed, won the ticket to the next round 1 round early

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Previously, Nguyen Dinh Quoc was the lucky winner of the wild card to pass the third qualifying round. According to the rules, only the 16 group winners in the third qualifying round can enter the fourth qualifying round, while Dinh Quoc was the second-placed player with the best record. However, in the fourth qualifying round, the legendary Torbjorn Blomdahl withdrew due to a leg injury, so Dinh Quoc was promoted to replace him.

Nguyen Nhu Le is in Group A with Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Ryuuji Umeda (Japan) and Mohamed Abdin (Egypt). Nhu Le also excellently won the ticket to the round of 16 with the second place in Group A, with a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss. In this group, Nhu Le only lost to world number 1 Jaspers.

Bao Phuong Vinh has officially stopped at the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup. The Binh Duong player is in Group C with Le Thanh Tien, Jorrisen (Netherlands) and Eddy Merckx (Belgium). Phuong Vinh lost all 3 matches and was eliminated.

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