Tran Quyet Chien's opponent (ranked 5th in the world) in the semi-final is creating surprises at the tournament when he successively defeated world number 1 Cho Myung-woo (Korea) and Eddy Merckx (Belgium, ranked 6th in the world) to be present in the round for the 4 strongest players of the tournament. Meanwhile, the Vietnamese player is also in very good form and is still undefeated in the first 3-cushion carom World Cup of the year.

Entering the match, Tran Quyet Chien knew the danger of his opponent and started the game very cautiously. With a solid game and consecutive scoring, the number 1 player in Vietnam led Hofman with a score difference of 39-12. However, after that, Tran Quyet Chien stopped and let his opponent shorten the score to 35-49.

With his courage and experience, Tran Quyet Chien did not give his opponent any more hope and ended the match with an accurate a-bang to win a ticket to the final after 27 turns. The opponent in the final match of the Vietnamese player will be Sameh Sidhom (Egypt, ranked 7th in the world), who had lost to Tony Tran (nickname of Tran Quyet Chien) in the final match of the Porto World Cup 2023.

In the group stage 2 days ago, Tran Quyet Chien also defeated Sidhom in the group stage with a score of 40-17 after only 17 rounds. With the victories over the Egyptian player in the most recent meetings, Tran Quyet Chien and all Vietnamese billiards fans hope that Tony Tran will continue to have more victories to be able to lift the trophy at the World Cup for the 3rd time. The final match will take place at 6:00 a.m. on March 4.