"The skill level of Korean professional players playing internationally has improved dramatically. "Quality of the players, billiards rooms, environments, dealerships, you have everything here. "There is one word to explain the Korean billiard scene: Amazing," said Sayginer, who won the European championship in 1999 and the world championship in 2003.
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Sanchez and Caudron competed in the "Billiards TV Invitation Super Match" in Seoul in January, the first international tournament organized and hosted by the channel. Korea now even has a 24-hour cable television channel, Billiards TV, devoted to three-cushion competitions. While his skills and reputation make him a busy traveler, Sayginer said being in Korea was always a special experience because three-cushion billiards is so popular here. They expect to be in Korea in October for the world championships in Guri. Sayginer, Caudron and Sanchez all plan to compete in the three-cushion World Cup in Porto, Portugal, next month. Semih Sayginer is demonstrating trick shots in front of crowds gathered at Kimchi Billiards club in southern Seoul. Top Korean players Hwang Deuk-hee and Song Eun-joo laughed and nodded in approval. The dozens of spectators who packed the room gasped and applauded at the stunning display. Caudron and Sanchex reacted to each by laughing uncontrollably. Sayginer kept attempting and hitting unthinkable trick shots. The competitions are often intense and nerve-wracking.īut at Kimchi, the high-profile visitors, who have battled each other numerous times in tournaments around the world, found the time to have some fun. The game requires strategy, precision and composure. The challenging cue sport requires players to carom the cue ball off both object balls then contact the rail cushions at least three times before the hitting the last ball. Turkey's Semih Sayginer, Belgium's Frederic Caudron and Spain's Dani Sanchez are three of the world's greatest players in three-cushion billiards. But on this rainy night, the billiards hall was greeted by out-of-towners from Europe. The Kimchi Billiards club in Seocho-dong is a hallowed place for Seoul's billiard players, their own Rucker Park, so to speak. World's top billiard players are having a blast in Korea
From left are world's top billiard players Dani Sanchez from Spain, Frederic Caudron from Belgium and Semih Sayginer from Turkey playing at Kimchi Billiards club in Seoul, Wednesday.
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