Vietnamese players all lost the first round of the world tournament
Player Ta Van Linh played his first match in the world tournament, but lost 0-8 to three-time world pool champion Thorsten Hohmann. Van Linh is the champion of Vietnam 10-ball pool in 2022, but he does not have much time to prepare for this match. The 31-year-old player had to go down to the losing branch to meet Chang Yu-Lung at 0:00 Thursday 2/3 Hanoi time, ie 9am Wednesday 1/3 Las Vegas time.
The best Vietnamese player in the opening match was Luong Duc Thien, when he followed the world number 30 Pijus Labutis to a score of 6-7. However, a foul hit in game 14 made him lose the opportunity to equalize, and lost the game 6-8 on aggregate. In the losing bracket, Duc Thien will meet Aleksa Pecelj.
Vietnam's number one player Duong Quoc Hoang also faced many difficulties in the opening match when he was soon led by former world champion Mika Immonen. The Finnish player then won 8-3 on aggregate to enter the second round, pushing Quoc Hoang down to the losing bracket to meet Andrew Kong at 2am tomorrow morning.
The other representative of Vietnam Nguyen Anh Tuan also lost to world number seven Alexander Kazakis 3-8, to go down to the losing bracket to meet Tim de Ruyter. In the Top 10 in the world, there are two players who also lost their first match, Wiktor Zielinski and John Morra.
To enter the knockout round of 1/16, Vietnamese players must win four more matches, but are not allowed to lose any matches. The best achievement of a Vietnamese player at the tournament belonged to Nguyen Anh Tuan, when he reached the third round of 2009. In addition, only one other Vietnamese player ever left with a prize is Luong Chi Dung. 2011.
The 2023 world 10 ball pool tournament will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from February 28 to March 4, bringing together 128 invited players. The tournament is divided into two stages, the first stage is a double elimination, the player who wins eight games first will move on to the winning bracket, and the loser of one match will go to the losing bracket. The loser in the losing bracket will be eliminated. 16 players in the winning bracket and 16 players in the losing bracket will enter the second phase.
The second phase consists of 32 knockout players, whoever wins 10 games first will move on. The winner of one game will break the ball in the next game, the referee sets the frame and the player must not touch the ball. The prize fund of the prize is 250,000 USD, of which 60,000 USD goes to the champion. The defending champion is Polish player Wojciech Szewczyk.
