Player Duc Thien lost to the world women's champion
Duc Thien was forced to beat Chou in the first match on the fifth day of the competition but failed, when every mistake cost him. The scenario in all five wins of the Taiwanese female player is the same, when she hides what makes Duc Thien unable to finish. The Vietnamese hand also did not run bullets well, giving the opponent the opportunity to put the ball down the hole. Duc Thien had no chance to correct his mistakes in these games. He only won one game by breaking marbles and clearing the table.
Chou is 36 years old from Taiwan, is the defending champion of 9 ball and 10 ball pool in the world. In the 9-ball final in February 2023, she defeated Allison Fisher 9-0 and it was the first time a player won white at the world final.
Duc Thien, 31 years old from Bac Kan, won the Vietnam 9 ball pool champion in 2020. In the final round, Duc Thien beat Jayson Shaw 5-3 but still did not have enough points to continue. He ended the tournament with six wins, nine losses, six points, 11th out of 16 players, while the Top 10 only got to play. He was one point less than 10th place Shane van Boening, so he had to leave.
And Chou finished the tournament in last place with three points. The remaining female player at the tournament is Seo Seoa who is penultimate with four points. The other three players eliminated were Chris Melling, Khalid Alghamdi and the legendary Earl Strickland.
The 22-year-old Bosnian player Sanjin Pehlivanovic leads with 13 points, two losses. The defending men's world champion Francisco Sanchez Ruiz is only third with 10 points. The remaining 10 players at the tournament will play round-robin on March 11 and 12 to choose the Top 6 to continue. These six players will play in a round robin for another day to choose four knockouts for the championship.
The Premier League pool takes place for the second time in 2023 from March 6 to March 13 at Leicester, England with the content of 9 balls, including 16 players, including 14 men and two women, total prize money. 100,000 USD. The champion will receive $20,000, and each player who participates will receive a minimum of $2,500. Initially, the tournament invited Duong Quoc Hoang and Nguyen Anh Tuan, but these two players did not have time to apply for a visa to the UK. With 11th place, Duc Thien received 3,750 USD in bonus.
