Beautiful Chinese female billiard player defeats 2 experts to win ticket to semi-finals

In the round of 16, Sheron Li faced Hoang Thai Duy, the male player who just won the 2023 National Joy Senior 8 Ball Professional Championship. Thai Duy started the match better to win 2 consecutive games, leading 2-0. However, Sheron Li showed that she was not easily defeated and showed her talent with many sharp shots to level the score at 2-2 before taking a 5-3 lead after eight games.

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Sheron Li competes for a semi-final ticket with the home men's players

It was Thai Duy's turn to speak up with 2 consecutive wins to equalize the score and then lead 8-7. However, the home player's joy did not last long because Sheron Li had a classic "table clearing" performance to equalize the score 8-8 and beat Thai Duy with the final score 9-8.

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Hoang Thai Duy lost to Sheron Li 8-9

Entering the quarter-final match taking place on the evening of August 12, Sheron Li continued to face a strong representative of the host country, Mau Tram, the male player who had previously shocked former SEA Games champion Kk Chen (Singapore).

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The experienced Mau Tram was no match for Sheron Li.

With excellent form, Sheron Li quickly took a 4-1 lead and despite Mau Tram catching up at 6-6, the talented female player from mainland China continued to dominate the game and won the next 3 games in a row to achieve a final victory of 9-6.

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Beautiful female chess player in the top 4 ranks

Defeating two home male players, Sheron Li secured a ticket to the semi-finals. Her opponent in the semi-finals will be Luu Minh Phuc, the male player who had a 9-4 victory over veteran Tat Duy Kien in the quarter-finals taking place at the same time. Notably, Luu Minh Phuc is also the last representative of host Vietnam at the tournament.

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Liu Mingfu meets Sheron Li in the 4th round of the strongest players

The remaining semi-final match was between two American players, Jack Whelan and Pat Holtz. While Jack Whelan successfully eliminated the number 1 candidate for the championship, De Luna, Pat Holtz overcame the championship candidate, Ramchandani (India).

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De Luna was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

The semi-finals and finals will take place on August 13, which is also the final day of the tournament. In the semi-finals, players will compete in a best-of-11 format with a maximum match time of 180 minutes. The finals will be a best-of-13 format with a maximum match time of 210 minutes.

The Joy Heyball International Billiards Tournament - IHPA 2023 takes place from August 9 to 13 at the Ho Chi Minh City Sports Service Center, a tournament within the Joy Heyball 8-ball World tournament system organized by the Ho Chi Minh City Billiards & Snooker Federation in collaboration with Joy Heyball. The tournament brings together 128 strong players, including 30 international players from 12 countries, competing for high rankings with a total prize money of up to nearly 50,000 USD, of which the championship alone is 15,000 USD (nearly 360 million VND).

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