Tran Quyet Chien defeated "time king" Bury in the quarter-finals
On June 14, Tran Quyet Chien played two matches, against Heo Jung-han (Korea) and Jeremy Bury (France). The Vietnamese player won against both of the above formidable opponents to earn a ticket to the semi-finals of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup.
Tran Quyet Chien defeated Heo Jung-han 50-41 after 21 turns. In the match against "time king" Bury, Vietnam's number 1 player won 50-35 after 29 turns. In which, the player from Ha Tinh had 1 series of 8 points and 1 series of 9 points.
Today, June 15, Tran Quyet Chien will compete in the semi-finals, against his fateful opponent Sameh Sidhom (Egypt). This exciting match will take place at 5:00 p.m.
Tran Quyet Chien to participate in the semi-finals of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup
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All matches of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup will be broadcast live on the SOOP Live platform (link: https://billiards.sooplive.co.kr/schedule?sub1=schedule ).
In the quarter-finals, Sidhom won a thrilling 50-49 victory over Marco Zanetti. The Egyptian player also has a lot of fate with Tran Quyet Chien. Of the 4 times Tran Quyet Chien won the World Cup billiards championship, there were 2 times the Vietnamese player faced Sidhom in the finals.
Sameh Sidhom lost to Tran Quyet Chien in 2 World Cup billiards finals.
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Accordingly, Tran Quyet Chien defeated Sidhom 50-44 in the final of the Colombia - Bogota World Cup in March 2024. Previously, Vietnam's No. 1 player defeated Sidhom with a score of 50-30 in the Porto - Portugal Billiards World Cup in July 2023.
The first semi-final will take place at 2:30 p.m. and will see Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Glenn Hofman (Netherlands). Earlier in the quarter-finals, Merckx defeated world No. 1 Dick Jaspers 50-38, while Hofman defeated Kim Haeng-jik 50-36.
After the semi-finals, the final match of the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup will take place at 9:00 p.m. today (Vietnam time).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-world-cup-billiards-ngay-156-tran-quyet-chien-gap-nguoi-quen-o-ban-ket-185250615085310722.htm
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