Tran Quyet Chien took the lead, but the ending was full of surprises.

In the quarterfinals of the HBSF 3-cushion carom tournament, stage 3 - 2024, taking place this afternoon (October 11), Tran Quyet Chien faced Pham Quoc Thich. On the first day of competition, Quyet Chien performed quite well and is currently leading the list of secondary awards for "highest series" with a 15-point turn. On the other side, Quoc Thich also caused many surprises, including defeating formidable opponent Dao Van Ly in round 16.

In the quarter-final match, Tran Quyet Chien entered the game very quickly. Right in the second round, the player born in 1984 had a series of 6 points. Meanwhile, Pham Quoc Thich also showed that he was not inferior when he was quite close to his opponent. After the first 5 rounds of the match, Quyet Chien had a perfect scoring efficiency of 2 points, leading Quoc Thich 10-9.

Tran Quyet Chien lost regrettably in the quarter-finals.

The following developments witnessed Tran Quyet Chien's acceleration. Vietnam's number 1 player increased the gap to 10 points after 8 turns, leading Quoc Thich 19-9. In the 9th turn, Quyet Chien brought the match into a break with a score of 21-9.

It seemed that Tran Quyet Chien would continue to have another easy victory in the quarterfinals, but the unexpected happened in the second set. In the 13th turn, when Quyet Chien was leading 25-19, Quoc Thich suddenly launched a series of 10 points to lead 29-25. The wind changed direction from here, when Vietnam's number 1 player could no longer maintain the accuracy in his shots.

In the end, Pham Quoc Thich continued to create surprises when he defeated Tran Quyet Chien 40-34, after 22 rounds. Thereby, Quoc Thich won a ticket to the semi-finals.

Tran Thanh Luc won by a large margin to enter the semi-finals.

There were no surprises in the remaining quarter-final matches, as the players who were rated higher all won. Thanh Luc beat Ly The Vinh 40-13, Thanh Tu beat Nhu Le 40-28, and Quoc Thang defeated Nhat Hoa with a score of 40-30.

In the quarter-finals of the HBSF 3-cushion carom billiards tournament, round 3 - 2024, taking place this afternoon (October 11), Tran Thanh Luc met Pham Quoc Thich, and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu met Vo Quoc Thang.

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