Billiards: Continuously releasing great goals, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen defeated Tran Duc Minh at PBA

The 2025-2026 PBA Team League billiards tournament officially returns with phase 2, starting from August 17. In the first round of phase 2, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen's Hana Card team will face Tran Duc Minh's Harim Dragons team. In this match, the two Vietnamese players are scheduled to face each other in the third game.

The Game of Reverse Shots

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen still showed great form when playing in team matches. Right after Tran Duc Minh failed to start, Quoc Nguyen had a four-cushion shot that left the audience in awe.

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It can be said that this internal competition of Vietnam is a match of reverse shots. In addition to the first point scored above, Quoc Nguyen also performed many other beautiful reverse shots. On the other side of the battle line, Tran Duc Minh also left his mark with a classy reverse "kopa" shot ("kopa" is the abbreviation of Kobayashi - the name of the person who created the shot).

Throughout the match, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen was the more stable player. He had a series of 7 in the 4th turn and finished the game after 8 turns. Quoc Nguyen beat Duc Minh with a score of 15/4 in the 3rd game.

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In this match, not only Quoc Nguyen but also other players of Hana Card played excellently and won by a large margin. Previously in game 1 (men's doubles), Quoc Nguyen and Shin Jung-ju defeated the pair Kim Jun-tae and Kim Young-won with a score of 11/1.

In game 2, Hana Card's women's pair won 9-2 against Harim Dragons' women's pair. In game 4, Hana Card's men's pair won 9-4 against Harim Dragons' men's pair. In the end, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen's Hana Card team won 4-0 against Tran Duc Minh's Harim Dragons team.