Korean billiards prodigy launches a super cool series to win the championship: 4 cups in 2 months

Korean prodigy Cho Myung-woo convincingly defeated formidable opponent Sameh Sidhom in the final match, thereby winning the gold medal (HCV) in 3-cushion carom billiards at the 2025 World Games (currently taking place in Chengdu, China).

After defeating Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien with a close score of 40-39 in the semi-finals on August 13, Cho Myung-woo continued to show his good form in the gold medal match that took place at noon on August 14. Accordingly, the Korean billiards prodigy entered the final to meet Sameh Sidhom (Egypt), a player who had also had a very impressive performance before.

In the final match, Cho Myung-woo started the match at a fast pace. In the first 5 turns, the player born in 1998 had a series of 4 and 5 points, leading Sameh Sidhom 11-6. In the 6th turn, Cho Myung-woo had another series of 7 points. Immediately after that, Sidhom responded strongly with a series of 7 points. The score was now 18-13, the Korean player was in the lead.

The game went into halftime on the 8th inning, when Cho Myung-woo scored 4 points, temporarily leading 22-13 after the first quarter.

Cho Myung-woo wins first World Games medal

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The match seemed to be more tense in the second half, but in the end it was not. Cho Myung-woo slowed down for a few turns. Meanwhile, Sidhom had opportunities but could not take advantage to break away.

Series 10 cool to end the great billiards game

After 14 rounds, Cho Myung-woo led 30-22. At this point, the Korean billiards star made the audience admire with a cool shot to end the match. In the 15th round, the 27-year-old player unexpectedly launched a series of 10 neat points to win the final 40-22 against Sameh Sidhom.

With that, Cho Myung-woo won the gold medal in the 3-cushion carom billiards event of the 2025 World Games. This is also the first World Games medal of the Korean prodigy, adding to the massive collection of titles that already includes the 2024 3-cushion carom billiards world championship, World Cup billiards...

Sidhom is very talented but has not been able to escape the second place curse.

PHOTO: THE WORLD GAMES

Notably, with the World Games championship title just won, Cho Myung-woo has won a total of 4 trophies in less than 2 months. Previously, the Korean prodigy won the World Cup billiards Porto - Portugal (July 5) and 2 national tournaments of the land of kimchi, on July 16 and August 6.

On the other hand, Sameh Sidhom still seems unable to break the second-place curse. Before losing to Cho Myung-woo in the final of this World Games, the Egyptian player also suffered defeats many times in the championship match. At the World Cup billiards arena, Sidhom lost in the final 3 times, including 2 defeats to Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/than-dong-billiards-han-quoc-tung-se-ri-cuc-ngau-de-vo-dich-4-cup-trong-2-thang-185250814134126102.htm