Billiards: Launching a big series, Vietnamese player impressively defeated American master

Vietnamese athlete Nguyen Van Tai had a very convincing opening victory over the American player, in the qualifying round of the Antwerp 2025 Billiards World Cup taking place in Belgium.

Nguyen Van Tai entered the game explosively

On October 7, the second qualifying round of the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025 took place. In this round, Vietnam billiards had 5 players competing, including: Nguyen Van Tai, Nguyen Chi Long, Thon Viet Hoang Minh, Pham Dinh Luan and Pham Quoc Thuan. In particular, the highlight match was the debut of Nguyen Van Tai, when he faced a strong opponent from the United States - Pedro Piedrabuena (who defeated world number 1 Dick Jaspers at the World Games arena last August in China).

Facing a tough opponent, the Vietnamese player played confidently and won convincingly. Nguyen Van Tai only needed 10 turns to defeat the American master with a very big score difference, 30-11.

Right in the second turn, Van Tai made his mark with a big series of 12 points. The match entered the break after only 3 turns, when Van Tai had the advantage of leading, 16-0.

Van Tai scored 12 points in a row right at the beginning of the match.

Photo: TB

In the 7th turn, Pedro Piedrabuena responded with a series of 9 points to reduce the gap to 9-22. However, Van Tai did not give his opponent a chance to break away, thereby winning the overall victory and having a smooth start at the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025.

In the opening match of the second qualifying round, Pham Quoc Thuan, Nguyen Dinh Luan, and Nguyen Chi Long also won in their groups. Quoc Thuan defeated Marcos Morales 30-26. Dinh Luan won a thrilling match against Philippe Vandendriessche 30-29. Chi Long defeated Ufuk Kapusiz 30-18.

In the second qualifying round, 48 players were divided into 16 groups, playing a round robin to calculate points and rank. Accordingly, the 16 group winners and a few runners-up with good results will win tickets to the third qualifying round.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-tung-se-ri-lon-tay-co-viet-nam-thang-an-tuong-cao-thu-nguoi-my-185251007200544975.htm