Billiards: Vietnamese player plays brilliantly, defeats former world champion

Billiard player Nguyen Quoc Nguyen continued to show his best form when he and his teammates defeated the former world champion, thereby extending his winning streak at the 2025 - 2026 Korean professional billiards tournament PBA Team League, round 2.

On the afternoon of August 18, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen's Hana Card team faced off against the Legend team in the second round of the PBA Team League 2025 - 2026 stage 2 billiards tournament. Without the presence of experienced captain Murat Naci Coklu (Türkiye), Quoc Nguyen continued to show his leading role.

The Vietnamese players were still assigned to play in 2 matches and won both. Specifically, in the opening match, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen and his junior Shin Jung-ju defeated the pair of former world champion (2014 of UMB) Choi Sung-won (of the Legend team). The two players of the Hana Card team coordinated well and won 11/6, after 4 rounds.

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen is playing the leading role in the Hana Card team.

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Quoc Nguyen has 4 consecutive wins

After a favorable start from Nguyen Quoc Nguyen and Shin Jung-ju, Hana Card's women's pair continued to win the second set to raise the score to 2-0. However, Hana Card unexpectedly faced difficulties, losing consecutively in sets 3 and 4, thereby bringing the match to a 2-2 draw.

At this time, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen continued to show his mettle. The Vietnamese player entered the singles court in game 5 and won dramatically 11/9 against Robinson Morales. Thereby, Hana Card re-established the lead with a score of 3-2. Quoc Nguyen's winning game played a very important role, contributing to shocking his teammates' psychology.

But in the 6th game of the women's singles, player Hana Card lost to a member of the Legend team. But in the deciding game (game 7), Shin Jung-ju won a spectacular victory in the men's singles, helping Hana Card win the final match with a score of 4-3 against the Legend team.

After 2 rounds of the second round of the PBA Team League this season, the Hana Card team has a perfect record and is leading the rankings. Meanwhile, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen himself is on a high with 4 consecutive wins.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-co-thu-viet-nam-thi-dau-thang-hoa-thang-cuu-vo-dich-the-gioi-185250818215629977.htm