On the evening of June 15, Tran Quyet Chien entered the final match of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup (held in Turkey), facing Eddy Merckx (Belgium). The Belgian player is one of the legends of the world's 3-cushion carom village, having won the World Cup Billiards championship 13 times. At this tournament, Merckx was also the one who defeated the current world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Tran Quyet Chien defeated Sameh Sidhom (Egypt) 50-22, while Merckx defeated Glenn Hofman (Netherlands) with a score of 50-35.
Tran Quyet Chien and Eddy Merckx have an exciting chase in the first round.
Eddy Merckx entered the game at an extremely fast pace. Right in the second turn, the Belgian player launched a series of 8 points to take a 10-2 lead. The game then witnessed a thrilling score chase, with Tran Quyet Chien breaking away.
Tran Quyet Chien finished second at the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup, the best achievement of Vietnam's number 1 player since the beginning of this year - PHOTO: CMH
In the 7th turn, Vietnam's number 1 player had a series of 6 points to narrow the gap to 17-20. In the following turns, Eddy Merckx did not score. Tran Quyet Chien took advantage of the opportunity to level the score, 24-24 in the 15th turn. In the 19th turn, the Belgian player scored 5 points to lead 29-24, bringing the match into the break.
In the second half, Tran Quyet Chien missed many opportunities and had to pay the price against a world-class player like Eddy Merckx. Right in the first turn after the break (the 20th turn), Quyet Chien "missed his side" unfortunately and the Belgian player punished him by scoring a series of 9 points, increasing the gap to 38-24. This was also the turning point of the match.
Eddy Merckx deserves the title "king of the final" - PHOTO: CMH
Once again, Eddy Merckx proved why he is nicknamed "king of the final". In his previous 14 World Cup billiards finals, Merckx won 13 matches.
The Belgian player won 50-40 against Tran Quyet Chien, after 27 rounds. With that, Merckx now owns 14 World Cup billiards championships, after 15 appearances in the final match.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-tran-quyet-chien-thua-tiec-nuoi-ong-vua-tran-chung-ket-gianh-ngo-a-quan-world-cup-ankara-185250615230255322.htm
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