Billiards: Bao Phuong Vinh explodes with a super series, setting a world record

Bao Phuong Vinh played with extremely high performance in the decisive match for a ticket to the main round of the Antwerp 2025 World Cup billiards, when he launched a 'huge' series and scored very high.

In the opening match of the fourth (final) qualifying round of the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025 taking place in Belgium on the evening of October 9, Bao Phuong Vinh faced David Pennor (Sweden). This is a match that the Binh Duong player must win to have a chance to continue. Because before that, in the opening match, Phuong Vinh only had a 40-40 draw with Joseba Escribano (Spain), after 33 rounds.

Series 25 right in the second turn

Bao Phuong Vinh did not play very well in the first match, but played explosively in the key match. The player born in 1995 entered the match with a 3-point shot. In the second round, the Vietnamese representative suddenly rose to the occasion with a huge 25-point series to increase the gap to 28-2.

Bao Phuong Vinh had a great match in the World Cup billiards tournament taking place in Belgium.

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Remarkably, Bao Phuong Vinh only needed 4 steps to the table to finish the match. When leading 30-2, in the fourth turn, the Vietnamese player scored another series of 10s coolly to win the match 40-5.

Extremely high scoring performance: average 10 points/turn

Bao Phuong Vinh's match with a scoring efficiency of up to 10 points per turn of cue helped him set a new world record. Before Bao Phuong Vinh did this unbelievable thing, the highest scoring efficiency in the two most prestigious tournaments of the World Carom Billiards Union (UMB, including World Cup and World Championship) belonged to Semih Sayginer with a score of 6 points per turn of cue set at the 2018 Billiards World Cup.

The reigning world number 1 Dick Jaspers also had a great match with a scoring efficiency of 10 points per turn in 2018. However, this match was in the German League, not directly organized and managed by UMB.

Bao Phuong Vinh, with his victory in the decisive match, won a ticket to the round of 32 of the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025. Chiem Hong Thai also advanced with 2 wins in Group B. Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu participated in the round of 32 with a record of 1 win and 1 draw.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-bao-phuong-vinh-bung-no-voi-se-ri-cuc-khung-thiet-lap-ky-luc-the-gioi-185251010030715879.htm