In the quarter-finals on the evening of September 28, Tran Thanh Luc faced strong opponent Jeremy Bury (France, ranked 17th in the world ). The French player is in good form and has previously eliminated 2 Vietnamese players (competing against Bao Phuong Vinh in round 32 and convincingly defeating Tran Quyet Chien in round 16).
Before the match, Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards fans were looking forward to Tran Thanh Luc erasing the Vietnamese player's losing streak against Bury, and getting revenge for his two teammates Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh. Not disappointing the audience's expectations, Tran Thanh Luc excellently defeated the French player.
Tran Thanh Luc entered the semi-finals of the 2024 World Carom Billiards 3-Cushion Championship
Tran Thanh Luc started the game better and led his opponent 12-3 after 5 rounds. However, Jeremy Bury with his "strange" style of play slowed down the pace of the match. After 10 rounds, the score was only 14-12, with the advantage leaning towards the Vietnamese player. But right in the 11th round, the player nicknamed "the king of time" had a series of 6 to equalize the score at 18-18 and even scored a series of 4 in the 12th round to lead 22-19.
In the 14th turn, Thanh Luc was the one who brought the match into the break with a series of 5 points, leading 25-24. The developments in the second half witnessed a fierce competition between the two players, when the gap was only a few points. In which, Thanh Luc controlled the game well when continuously leading his opponent, respectively 33-29, 37-32, 38-34, 43-38.
Chiem Hong Thai could not defeat Dick Jasper, who was too classy and had high stability.
In the 26th turn, Thanh Luc had a series of 4 to have a total of 47 points and was only 3 points away from winning. However, Bury always knew how to make the match dramatic and make Vietnamese fans' hearts skip a beat. From a situation of hitting a "turtle", the French player took advantage of his luck to have a series of 8, equalizing the score at 47-47.
At this time, Tran Thanh Luc was certainly under psychological pressure but still calmly scored 3 more points in the 28th turn. In the finishing situation, Thanh Luc gave the audience a technical shot to close the match. In the end, Tran Thanh Luc won 50-47 against Bury, thereby winning a ticket to the semi-finals.
World No. 1 Dick Jaspers will be a big challenge for Tran Thanh Luc in the semi-finals of the 2024 World Championship.
In the same match, Chiem Hong Thai faced veteran player Dick Jaspers (Netherlands). The Vietnamese player could not cause any surprise and had to accept defeat 34-50 against the world's number 1 player.
On the competition day of September 28, the Vietnamese billiards team had 5 players competing. In turn, Nguyen Van Tai, Tran Quyet Chien and Tran Duc Minh were eliminated in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, Chiem Hong Thai also had to stop. Tran Thanh Luc is the only player from Vietnam to participate in the semi-finals of the 2024 World Carom Billiards 3-Cushion Championship taking place in Phan Thiet City ( Binh Thuan ).
In the semi-finals of the 2024 World Championship, Tran Thanh Luc will continue to face a big challenge named Dick Jaspers (Netherlands). The remaining semi-final match will be between Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Cho Myung-woo (Korea). The round for the 4 strongest players will compete on September 29.
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