HO CHI MINH – The Vietnamese World Cup saw another Vietnamese day winner on Tuesday and is heading into the third day with many young twenty-players. For Europe, on Wednesday, are waiting fort he start Alessio D’Agata, Dimitrios Seleventas, Sam van Etten, Maxime Panaia, Tobias Bouerdick, Lukas Stamm, and Jose Miquel Soares. The level is rising by the day, given Tuesday's top three. Van Dao Tong finished over two (2.068) in two matches, Korean Su Yeon Park with 1.818, Van Thai Nguyen and Jose Juan Garcia with 1.714.
Wednesday is the day when the first champions arrive in Ho Chi Minh City: Torbjörn Blomdahl, Phuong Vinh Bao, Jung Han Heo and Nick Polychronopoulos may do their warm-up on the Ho Chi Minh City tables tomorrow evening before making a bid for a spot in the main draw.
The best match on Tuesday came from Vietnamese player Quoc Ho Le, who won 30-6 in 11 innings against Turk Manolis Minaoglu. Another Vietnamese player, Cao Tri Tran, also shone on Tuesday with a match of 30 in 12 innings, thereby eliminating Ryuuji Umeda (30-14 in 12, 2.500). Van Dao Tong did the same to young Spaniard Marco Morales winning 30-22 in 12 innings. Mai Tan Huyen nearly dropped out with a 30-11 match in 14 innings against Egyptian Mahmoud Ayman, but Huyen could advance to the next day as the first reserve. Su Yeong Park was ruthless against Vietnamese Luan, winning 30-3 in 13 innings.
Among the well-known European players, Pierre Soumagne faces two Koreans tomorrow, Son and Yeong. Sam van Etten and Alessio D’Agata meet Jordy de Kruijf as the third man. Mikaël Devogelaere is going Asian against Hoan Tai Nguyen and Sung Won Jang. Colombian Huberney Cataño faces Riad Nady and Minh Thien Vuong and Jose Juan Garcia plays Gerhard Kostistansky and Vietnamese Long.
Tuesday's group winners:
- Van Dao Tong 4-2,068-9
- Su Yeong Park 4-1,818-9
- Van Tai Nguyen 4-1.714-12
- Jose Juan Garcia 4-1,714-7
- Quoc Ho Le 4-1.621-7
- Cao Tri Tran 4-1.500-9
- Alejandro Piza 4-1,500-8
- Quan Thai Ho 4-1.428-4
- Minh Thien Vuong 4-1,153-4
- Hyeon Woo Kim 4-1,034-11
- Sung Won Jang 4-1,071-10
- Alessio D'Agata 4-1.071-8
- Aziz Kilicaslan 4-0.983-8
- Sung Il Jeong 3-1.034-6
- Minh Kiet Doan 2-1.555-4
- Do Hyeon Kim 2-1.361-8.
The best day winner Van Dao Tong.