Four Vietnamese players have advanced to the knockout round of the 2025 Bogota Billiards World Cup, including Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Tran Duc Minh and Chiem Hong Thai. At this point, three Vietnamese players have had to stop at the tournament currently being played in Colombia. Tran Quyet Chien lost 40-50 to world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) in the round of 16. Tran Duc Minh also lost 26-50 to Berkay Karakurt (Turkey).
Chiem Hong Thai excellently defeated veteran player Torbjorn Blomdahl (Sweden, 46-time World Cup champion) in the round of 16. However, the young Vietnamese player regretfully stopped in the quarter-finals, losing 49-50 to Tolgahan Kiraz (Turkey). Meanwhile, Tran Thanh Luc maintained his high form to beat Roland Forthomme (round of 16), before defeating Eddy Merckx (Belgian, 13-time World Cup champion).
Tran Thanh Luc has his first appearance in the semi-finals of a World Cup billiards stage.
This is the first time in his career that Tran Thanh Luc has reached the semi-finals of a World Cup billiards tournament. Thanh Luc's opponent in the round for the four strongest players is very formidable, that is the current world number 1 Dick Jaspers. The top match between Thanh Luc and Jaspers will take place at 11pm tonight (March 2, Vietnam time).
To enter the semi-finals, Dick Jaspers had previously defeated Tran Quyet Chien in the round of 16, then defeated Jeremy Bury in the quarter-finals. At this time, Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards fans are waiting for Thanh Luc, with his high performance, to defeat Jaspers, to "avenge" his senior Tran Quyet Chien.
The last time Tran Thanh Luc defeated Dick Jaspers was in the semi-finals of the 2024 World Championship held in Binh Thuan . At that time, the Vietnamese player played brilliantly and won 50-32 against Jaspers.
Semi-final 2 at 1:30 am on March 3 is an internal competition between 2 Turkish players: Tolgahan Kiraz and Tasdemir Tayfun.
If he wins against Dick Jaspers in the semi-finals, Tran Thanh Luc will continue to play in the finals at 6:00 a.m. on March 3 (Vietnam time).
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-billiards-hom-nay-tran-thanh-luc-doi-no-cho-tran-quyet-chien-185250302122622773.htm
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