Vietnamese cueist Tran Quyet Chien at the Three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya, Turkey. (Photo: kozoom.com) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese cueistTran Quyet Chien won a bronze medal at the Three-Cushion World Cup in Antalya,Turkey, on February 17.
The 35-year-old cueist lost to Jae Ho-cho fromthe Republic of Korea (RoK) in the semi-finals.
With the result, Chien has moved up one place inthe world rankings to sixth place.
Turk Tayfun Tasdemir, 43, won the event andclimbed to fifth place in the world rankings. Tasdemir defeated Cho, 38, in thefinal, but Cho has still climbed to third place in the rankings.
Earlier, Chien lost out to Martin Horn ofGermany (world No 26) in the first match of the qualifying round in Group G.However, he enjoyed two consecutive victories over Choi Wan Young (No 79) andHeo Jung Han (No 11), both of the RoK, to progress to the quarter finals wherehe defeated Choi Sung Won of the RoK (17).
Another Vietnamese cueist Ngo Dinh Nai also rosetwo places from 16th to 14th after reaching the quarter-finals.
Although Nguyen Quoc Nguyen was ousted from thequalifying round, he still kept his No 9 place.
The first 2019 World Cup was held for the firsttime under a new format. The first day of the main draw after the pre-roundswas played in eight groups of four instead of direct knock-out. Two players pergroup, sixteen in total, moved up to the real knock-out stages onSaturday.
Chien, Nguyen and Nai will compete in theSurvival Three-Cushion Masters in Incheon, the RoK, from February 28 to March3.-VNA
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