Tran Quyet Chien lost, Thanh Luc and Hong Thai created a surprise to enter the quarterfinals

In the second round of the 16th round of the 2024 World Championship, which took place early this afternoon (September 28), Vietnamese billiards had 4 players on the field: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Tran Duc Minh and Chiem Hong Thai. In turn, Tran Quyet Chien met Jeremy Bury (France, eliminated Bao Phuong Vinh in the 32nd round), Tran Thanh Luc faced Marce Zanetti (Italy), while Tran Duc Minh faced Chiem Hong Thai.

In their last meeting at the group stage of the 2024 World Cup in Ankara in June, Tran Quyet Chien defeated Bury. However, the Vietnamese player could not reproduce this result. Quyet Chien was the leader in the first 10 rounds. However, the French player suddenly exploded with a series of 12 points in the 12th round to take the lead 21-17. Since then, the game has turned around and tilted completely in Bury's favor.

Tran Quyet Chien is not in good form and stopped at the round of 16 of the 2024 World Championship.

The French player played very solidly. Meanwhile, Tran Quyet Chien was not in the best form and made many mistakes. In the end, Quyet Chien lost 35-50 to Bury. Thus, Tran Quyet Chien could not defend his runner-up position in the 2023 tournament.

Meanwhile, 2 surprises came in 2 matches with the participation of Vietnamese players. Tran Thanh Luc faced a big challenge named Zanetti, a veteran of the world's 3-cushion carom billiards and also in extremely good form. However, Thanh Luc controlled the match very well and continuously had series of 5, 6, 7 and 8 points. In the end, Tran Thanh Luc won with a large difference of 50-31 after 20 rounds and won a ticket to the quarter-finals.

Tran Thanh Luc (left) and Chiem Hong Thai both created a surprise to reach the quarter-finals.

In the quarter-finals, Tran Thanh Luc will face Jeremy Bury. Hopefully, Tran Thanh Luc will be able to defeat the French player to overcome the "curse" of his two teammates Bao Phuong Vinh and Tran Quyet Chien.

In the internal match of Vietnam, Chiem Hong Thai also caused a surprise against his senior Tran Duc Minh. The player born in 1999 won dramatically 50-48 against Duc Minh, after 29 rounds. In the quarter-finals, Chiem Hong Thai will have a rematch with the world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands). In the group stage, the Vietnamese player lost to Jaspers with a score of 37-40.

The quarter-finals of the 2024 World Championship will take place on the afternoon of September 28. Tran Thanh Luc and Chiem Hong Thai will take the field at 6:30 p.m. The matches will be broadcast live on the Afreeca TV platform (link: https://billiards.afreecatv.com/schedule).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tran-quyet-chien-that-thu-thanh-luc-va-hong-thai-tao-bat-ngo-de-vao-tu-ket-185240928155307695.htm