Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh lost, Chiem Hong Thai excellently advanced to Seoul World Cup

In the round for the 32 strongest players of the tournament, Vietnamese billiards has 3 representatives participating including Tran Quyet Chien ( world rank 5), Bao Phuong Vinh ( world rank 11) and Chiem Hong Thai ( world rank 21). Fans put their faith in Tony Tran (nickname of Tran Quyet Chien) and world champion Bao Phuong Vinh.

Chiem Hong Thai becomes the only hope of Vietnamese billiards at the Seoul World Cup 2023

However, the one who made an impression was young player Chiem Hong Thai. In Group F, which was considered very difficult when facing Sameh Sidhom (Egypt, world No. 7), Jeremy Bury (France, world No. 14) and Gerhard Kostistansky (Austria, world No. 42), Hong Thai created a surprise. The young Vietnamese player had a perfect start with a 40-33 victory over Sidhom.

In the second match, against Bury, a player with a very annoying playing style, Chiem Hong Thai still played very bravely to bring himself a draw and open up a great opportunity to win a ticket to the next round. In the final match, the 1999-born Vietnamese player continued to play brilliantly and defeated Kostistansky with a score of 40-19 to officially win the top spot in Group F.

Tran Quyet Chien disappointed with 3 consecutive losses

Meanwhile, Tran Quyet Chien disappointed when he lost all 3 matches against Kim Jun-tae (South Korea, world rank 12), Peter Cuelemans (Belgium, world rank 30) and Tolgahan Kiraz (Turkey, world rank 32) in group E. Bao Phuong Vinh, although starting with a victory against Gwendal Marechal (France, world rank 31), but lost consecutively to Eddy Merckx (Belgium, world rank 6) and Cha Myeong-jong (South Korea, world rank 18) and officially stopped playing.

With this result, Chiem Hong Thai will be the only representative of Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards to participate in the knockout round for 16 excellent players of the Seoul World Cup 2023. Since the 3rd place achievement of the Porto World Cup in early July this year, Chiem Hong Thai has shown remarkable progress with very accurate shots and solid playing style.

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