In the main round of 32 players, Tran Quyet Chien is in Group C with Martin Horn (Germany), Choi Wan-young (Korea), and Hugo Patino (USA). Among them, Martin Horn was the one who defeated Tran Quyet Chien twice at the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup, the tournament in Belgium last October.
On November 7, Tran Quyet Chien played all 3 matches but failed. In the first match, he lost to Hugo Pation with a score of 21-40 after 20 turns. The Vietnamese player made many mistakes and achieved poor performance compared to his opponents.
In the second match, Tran Quyet Chien met Choi Wan-young. Although he held his opponent to a 16-16 draw after the first 13 turns, Quyet Chien's performance declined, while Choi Wan-young played brilliantly in the last 4 turns, scoring 24 points. In this match, the Vietnamese player lost 23-40 after 18 turns.
Two consecutive defeats left Tran Quyet Chien unmotivated in the final match against Martin Horn. The German player played brilliantly, leading 22-3 early and quickly finished the match with a score of 40-5. Horn's scoring efficiency is up to 3.33 points/turn, far surpassing Tran Quyet Chien (0.416).
In Group A, player Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu was also eliminated early after two losses to Daniel Morales (Colombia) with a score of 17-40 and Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) 32-40.
The 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup in Gwangju, Korea takes place from November 3 to 9 with many stages from the qualifying round to the main round. Vietnam has many players present but many were eliminated early. In which, Bao Phuong Vinh was soon eliminated from the 4th qualifying round.
After Tran Quyet Chien was eliminated, the hopes of Vietnamese billiards will be focused on Dao Van Ly, Chiem Hong Thai, Nguyen Chi Long and Tran Thanh Luc.
