Leading cueist Tran Quyet Chien has set a new milestone for Vietnamese billiards as he jumped three spots to take third place in the latest world rankings, as announced by the Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) on May 4.
Chien’s
UMB promotion came as a result of his excellent performance at the recent 10th
Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2019 in Ho Chi Minh City, during which he
narrowly beat world billiards prodigy Cho Myung-woo 40-38 to claim the
three-cushion carom title.
The triumph earned him 80
bonus rating points. After deducting 36 points for having to defend his
quarterfinal berth last year, Chien got an additional 54 points to break into
the world’s top three cueists with 318 points.
This is the highest world
rating attained by a Vietnamese billiard player thus far. However, Chien has a
big challenge ahead as he must defend 80 points at the upcoming Three-Cushion
Carom World Cup in HCM City later this month, where he is the reigning
champion.
Another
Vietnamese player, Do Nguyen Trung Hau, who lost to Chien in the Asian
semifinal, also climbed up six places to world no. 43 with 79 points. Trung Hau
was considered an interesting phenomenon of the tournament as he overcame many
higher-rated opponents, including the 2018 champion Cho Jae-ho (Republic of
Korea) in the quarterfinals.
By advancing to the
quarterfinals in the continental championship, Vietnam’s Duong Anh Vu was
promoted to 31stposition in the
world rankings with 105 points.
Vietnam’s no. 2 player,
Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, dropped two places to world no. 11 after crashing out in
the round of 32.
Failing to defend his Asian
title, Cho Jae-ho slipped three spots to world no. 6, while prodigy Cho Myung-woo
moved up eight places to 19thin
the world.
Source: NDO
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