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title: "Universal Open HCMC Day 4: Home Run Ends — Luong Duc Thien Is Vietnam's Last Man"
url: https://billiardnews.net/universal-open-hcmc-day-4-home-run-ends-luong-duc-thien-is-vietnam-s-last-man
published: 2026-11-14T17:03:28Z
updated: 2026-11-14T17:03:28Z
summary: "Luong Duc Thien is Vietnam's last man standing at the Universal Open Ho Chi Minh after Trinh Van Binh, Hoang Thai Duy and Duong Quoc Hoang all fell Saturday — eight Filipinos reach the last 16 and Carlo Biado marches on."
author: "BilliardNews Editorial"
categories: ["Tournaments"]
tags: ["Aloysius Yapp", "Carlo Biado", "Duong Quoc Hoang", "Ho Chi Minh City", "Nine-ball", "Universal Open", "World Nineball Tour"]
lang: en
---

# Universal Open HCMC Day 4: Home Run Ends — Luong Duc Thien Is Vietnam's Last Man

*All 48 knockout ties completed Saturday — Trinh Van Binh, Hoang Thai Duy and Duong Quoc Hoang all fall as eight Filipinos reach the last 16 and Edward Koyongian claims two featured scalps.*

HO CHI MINH CITY — Single elimination arrived at the Universal Open and emptied the arena's dream. All 48 knockout ties are complete — 32 in the last 64, 16 more in the last 32 — and when the smoke cleared at Sniper Billiards Club, just one home player was still standing: Luong Duc Thien.

## How did Vietnam's run end?

In stages, and without mercy. The last 64 claimed Trinh Van Binh — the day-two hero who toppled Carlo Biado — 7-10 to Taiwan's Hsieh Chia Chen, and crowd favorite Hoang Thai Duy 1-10 to Alexis Ferrer, a brutal end to a week that began with the Orcollo scalp. Dinh Chan Kiet produced the home side's brightest moment, edging Boris Ivanovski 10-9 on the hill-hill, before running into world No. 1 Aloysius Yapp (3-10). Then the last 32 took the rest: Chu Viet Hoang fell 6-10 to Luong Duc Thien in the only all-Vietnamese tie, Nguyen Phuong Thao — the draw's last woman — went 2-10 to a flawless Anthony Raga, Nguyen Anh Tuan went 8-10 to Michael Feliciano, and Duong Quoc Hoang's homecoming closed 4-10 against Jonas Magpantay.

Luong Duc Thien survives — alone. He meets the Philippines' Jerson Cumayas in Sunday's last 16.

## Who produced the day's run?

Edward Koyongian. The Indonesian took out featured Oliver Szolnoki 10-5 in the last 64, then repeated the scoreline against featured No. 11 Robbie Capito — two seeded scalps in one afternoon. James Aranas won a hill-hill 10-9 over featured Wu Kun Lin, and a flawless Raga dropped just four racks across two ties (10-2, 10-2).

## What about Carlo Biado?

The world No. 2 completed the climb back. Two days after Trinh Van Binh sent him to the one-loss side, Biado beat unbeaten Chang Sheng Yi 10-3, then dismissed TVB's conqueror Hsieh Chia Chen 10-6. He joins Yapp (10-7 over England's Marcel Price, then 10-3 over Dinh Chan Kiet) and Johann Chua in a last 16 holding eight Filipinos — half the field. The featured list is now six: Yapp, Biado, Chua, Raga, Mickey Krause and Aranas.

## What is on the slate for the final day?

Sunday runs the whole last 16 in one block — every tie raced to ten — then the quarter-finals and semi-finals at eleven before a race-to-13 final for the $15,000 top prize. The pick: Biado-Krause, Chua-Raga in an all-Filipino shootout, Yapp-Aranas, and for the home crowd, everything rides on Luong Duc Thien against Cumayas.

:::faq
### Is any Vietnamese player still in the Universal Open?
One — Luong Duc Thien, who plays Jerson Cumayas in Sunday's last 16.

### Is Carlo Biado still alive?
Very much — he beat Chang Sheng Yi 10-3 and Hsieh Chia Chen 10-6 on Saturday and faces Mickey Krause next.

### Where can I follow the scores?
Live on the official Digital Pool bracket; the tournament streams on WNT.TV.
:::

*Scores verified against the official Digital Pool bracket and the [Ncue Media event hub](https://ncuemedia.com/universal-open-ho-chi-minh).*