In the first round of the official round, 48 players (including 16 qualifiers, 31 places based on the HBSF rankings and 1 sponsor representative) were divided into 16 groups (3 players in each group), playing a round-robin, scoring 30 points. Accordingly, the 16 group winners and the 4 best second-placed players advanced to round 2. With the emergence of veteran players, the competition day of August 2 witnessed exciting matches with many surprises.
Tran Quyet Chien's students temporarily lead the race for 2 additional awards.
The most impressive of these was Le Hoang Kim's comeback in Group A against Ho Quan Thai. Le Hoang Kim is known as a student of Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien. He was the player who passed the qualifying round that took place earlier.
Le Hoang Kim made a spectacular comeback in the first round match of the main round of the HBSF billiards tournament, stage 2, 2025.
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In the first half, veteran player and Hanbat Cup 2024 champion Ho Quan Thai played very well to lead 22-4, after 10 rounds. In the second half, Hoang Kim rose strongly with consecutive series of points, before scoring 12 points in the round to win the match. In the end, Hoang Kim won 30-24 against Quan Thai, after 13 rounds.
Hoang Kim's 12-point streak is also the highest in the tournament to date. In addition, his 2,308 points/turn performance also helps Hoang Kim temporarily lead the "best game" tournament (the match with the highest scoring performance).
Besides, many prominent names also won tickets to continue, such as the reigning Asian 1-cushion champion Ho Hoang Hung, Ma Xuan Cuong, Nguyen Van Phuoc Hieu and the 2025 national round 1 champion Chau Hong Thai.
At this tournament, Vietnam's top players such as Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai... will appear from round 3 of the official round.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-de-tu-cua-tran-quyet-chien-tung-se-ri-lon-nguoc-dong-an-tuong-185250802231207743.htm
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