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Vietnamese player becomes Asian’s top cueist

Vietnam’s cueist Tran Quyet Chien has recently become Asian’s top ranked billiard player, recognised by Union Mondiale de Billiard (UMB).
Vietnamese player becomes Asian’s top cueist ảnh 1Tran Quyet Chien becomes Asian’s top cueist. (Photo: thethaoplus.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam’s cueistTran Quyet Chien has recently become Asian’s top ranked billiard player,recognised by Union Mondiale de Billiard (UMB).

Accordingly, Chien has leveled up to 6th in theworld in three-cushion billiard, following Frédéric Caudron ofBelgium (448 points), Dick Jaspers of the Netherlands, Eddy Merckx of Belgium,Marco Zanetti of Italy and Semih Sayginer of Turkey. On UMB’s updated scoreboard, Chien has 254points.

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, another cueist of Vietnam, also rose from 16th to 9th,putting both him and Chien in the world top 10.

In this year’s tournament held in the Republicof Korea, Nguyen made it to the quarter-finals with 26 points, while heachieved just 8 points after being disqualified in the knock-out stages lastyear.

Other Vietnamese players, like Ngo Dinh Nai andMa Minh Cam, remain unchanged in the rankings.

After the World Cup tournament in the Republicof Korea, players will now prepare for the last tournament of the year inHurngdaha, Egypt, held from December 2 to 9.-VNA
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