HO CHI MINH CITY - It was the day of Koreans and Vietnamese, who launched the World Cup in Ho Chi Minh on Monday. The top 16 positions were shared fairly with Korean Younhyun You the best with 4 match points and 1.818 on average ahead of Vietnamese Tran Duc Minh with 4 points and 1.666 and Korean Jeongju Park with 4 points and 1.538. The best non-Asian was Turk Adem Doganoglu, while the best Westerner was Belgian Thierry Duson with 1 match point and 0.444.
Two Dutch ladies, married to each other and regular players in World Cups, didn’t manage to win a match. Jetty Beersma took 6 and 15 points in 24 and 34 innings and finished with 0.362, Pauline Beersma-Gerritsen was slightly better with 8 and 20 caroms and 0.474 average.
The first day was traditionally Asian-themed. Tomorrow, Tuesday, some other well-known Europeans will already enter the arena, such as Turk Burak Hashas, Italian Alessio D'Agata, Dutchman Huub Wilkowski and Turk Ahmet Alp. Two Dutch players drew against each other: Huub Wilkowski and Sylvia Eckel. Ronald van Geyt, Sylvia Eckel's husband, plays against Koreans Kim and Lee.
The day winners (matchpoints, average, high run)
- Younhyun You (Kor) 4 – 1.818 - 8
- Tran Duc Minh (Vie) 4 – 1.666 - 10
- Jeongju Park (Kor) 4 – 1.538 - 9
- Nguyen Dac Luc (Vie) 4 – 1.428 - 11
- Ngo Le Duy (Vie) 4 – 1.333 - 8
- Nguyen Hoan Tat (Vie) 4 – 1.333 - 6
- Kim Tae Hyun (Kor) 4 – 1.304 -11
- Nguyen Truong Minh Trong (Vie) 4 – 1.200 - 5
- Pham Quoc Thich (Vie) 4 – 1.111 - 4
- Lee Tae Geun (Kor) 4 – 0.923 - 6
- Nguyen Dinh Quoc (Vie) 4 – 0.923 -5
- Cho Su Hyun (Kor) 4 – 0.845 - 5
- Ko Hyun Woo (Kor) 4 – 0.810 - 5
- Jung Dong Keun (Kor) 4 – 0.779 - 4
- Lee Dong Han (Kor) 4 – 0.674 - 7
- Hung Manh Tran (Vie) 2 – 1.180 - 5