Vietnam's No.
1 cueist, Tran Quyet Chien.
The
35-year-old cueist lost to Jae Ho-cho from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the
semi-finals.
With the
result, Chien has moved up one place in the world rankings to sixth place.
Turk Tayfun
Tasdemir, 43, won the event and climbed to fifth place in the world rankings.
Tasdemir defeated Cho, 38, in the final, but Cho has still climbed to third
place in the rankings.
Earlier, Chien
lost out to Martin Horn of Germany (world No 26) in the first match of the
qualifying round in Group G. However, he enjoyed two consecutive victories over
Choi Wan Young (No 79) and Heo Jung Han (No 11), both of the RoK, to progress
to the quarter finals where he defeated Choi Sung Won of the RoK (17).
Another
Vietnamese cueist Ngo Dinh Nai also rose two places from 16th to 14th after
reaching the quarter-finals.
Although
Nguyen Quoc Nguyen was ousted from the qualifying round, he still kept his No 9
place.
The first
2019 World Cup was held for the first time under a new format. The first day of
the main draw after the pre-rounds was played in eight groups of four instead
of direct knock-out. Two players per group, sixteen in total, moved up to the
real knock-out stages on Saturday.
Chien, Nguyen
and Nai will compete in the Survival Three-Cushion Masters in Incheon, the RoK,
from February 28 to March 3.
Source: NDO
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