Billiards: With a super shot to win the match, genius Caudron was still surprisingly eliminated

Caudron soon bid farewell to World Cup billiards Ankara

On the evening of June 12, Frederic Caudron took the field in the decisive match of Group E against Dimitrios Seleventas (Greece), the fourth qualifying round of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup (currently taking place in Türkiye). Previously in the opening match, the player nicknamed "Billiards genius" suffered a shocking defeat against Pierre Soumagne (France). Caudron had an extremely low scoring efficiency compared to his level and lost 31-40 after 31 shots (averaging 1 point/shot).

Therefore, Caudron must win (and with a low turn) in the decisive match against Seleventas to have any hope of advancing to the main round (round of 32) of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup. In a difficult situation, the Belgian player has somewhat regained his form.

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 1. — Caudron's unfortunate stop. Since returning to UMB in May 2024, this is the second time Caudron has failed to qualify.

Once Frederic Caudron's hands are soft, few can stop him. The player born in 1968 continuously gives the audience fast and beautiful moves. This is the style of play that has made the name of genius Caudron, helping him become the most favorite player in the world of 3-cushion carom billiards.

Caudron, although not having many big scoring shots (the highest was a series of 7), scored very regularly. In the end, the Belgian player easily won 40-27 against Seleventas, after 20 shots. In this match, Caudron achieved a scoring efficiency of 2,000. However, that was not enough for the Belgian genius to win a ticket to the round of 32 of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup, where he will reunite with familiar names such as Dick Jaspers, Tran Quyet Chien, Eddy Merckx...

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 2.

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 3.

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 4.

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 5.

Caudron's "concrete-breaking" shot was extremely cool. The Belgian player made a shot that sent the cue ball into a magical trajectory. Maybe it was a bit of luck, but this was still one of Caudron's beautiful shots in this match.

PHOTO: CMH

All three players in Group E have a record of 1 win and 1 loss. However, when considering the secondary index (average points/shot of 2 matches), Caudron is at the bottom of Group E. In turn, Sevenventas is the leader with an index of 1.558 (scoring 67 points in 43 shots), Soumagne is second with an index of 1.407 (scoring 76 points in 54 shots), Caudron has the lowest index of 1.392 (scoring 71 points in 51 shots).

The reigning Vietnamese champion - Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu also stopped.

Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu's situation in Group L is similar to Frederic Caudron's. The reigning Vietnamese national champion lost the opening match 26-40 to De Bruijn (Netherlands) after 25 shots. Then, Thanh Tu won a dramatic 40-39 victory over Omer Karakurt (Turkey), after 26 shots. In the final match, Karakurt played brilliantly to win 40-18 against Bruijn after only 14 shots.

Billiards: Tung siêu phẩm để thắng trận, thiên tài Caudron vẫn bị loại đầy bất ngờ- Ảnh 6. — Thanh Tu also did not have a good feeling in this tournament.

In Group L, Thanh Tu, De Bruijn (Netherlands) and Omer Karakurt (Türkiye) all had 1 win and 1 loss. However, when considering the secondary index, the Vietnamese player was only at the bottom of the table. Karakurt was the leader with an index of 1.975 (79 points/40 shots), De Bruijn was second with an index of 1.487 (58 points/39 shots), Thanh Tu had an index of 1.294 (66 points/51 shots).

Thus, all Vietnamese players competing in the qualifying round have stopped, respectively: Nguyen Dinh Luan, Thon Viet Hoang Minh, Nguyen Hoan Tat, Nguyen Chi Long, Dao Van Ly and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu. The Vietnamese 3-cushion carom team has only 4 players who have been specially invited to appear in the round of 32 of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-tung-sieu-pham-de-thang-tran-thien-tai-caudron-van-bi-loai-day-bat-ngo-185250613001215489.htm