Last 32 - Jose Juan GARCIA vs Myung Woo CHO (Ankara World Cup 3-Cushion 2022)

Hello everyone. Hello Bert. Good morning William. Today we start the main tournament. That is always something special. The main draw of a World Cup. Boy, do we have a good field. So many good players. We have a nice one for you to start off the day. We're going to look at table 1. And the return of Myung Woo Cho. Yes. As we all know, one of the greatest talents in the world. He was gone for a little bit, for a couple of months for military service. But he's back now. And he's playing one of the better players. Maybe one of the best in Colombia. And Colombia is a big, big three cushion nation with many good players. And one of their best is Jose Juan Garcia. Who will take on the mighty young Korean. So we're looking forward to that one. But we are going to keep an eye on the other tables as well. Because the world's best are here. All the big guns are in action today. Myung Woo, he had military service almost two years. Almost two years. Yes, but he still can show very good performance. Even he couldn't practice during two years. We saw him play yesterday. He had no problem getting through the qualifications. 2.1, I believe. Played very strong. So he hasn't lost his touch. And it will be the Colombian to break. This is also a confident young man. He knows what he's capable of. But that is not the best break of shot in his career. Normally, break shot, they can make another good position. Now also not bad. He got out of that problem well. Single chance this. Needs to find the red. No second chance. Table still sliding a little bit, as you saw there. Ball came off the third rail. Polished balls, of course. And this is turning out to be a very good first inning for the Colombian. Bad break off, but he survived the problem. And he's on a run of five now. Sensitive short angle shot. Always a good sign if you make those. This is exactly what the doctor ordered. A high run after break to put some pressure on the young Korean. Unbelievable. That's the first mistake by Garcia. So the run ends at eight. But he will be a happy man. And let's see what he has left for Myung Woo Cho. Super sensitive shot for Cho to start off his match with. That's not what you want for your first point. To play something as difficult as this. Bank shot for Garcia. Makeable, but not super easy. There you have it. You hit just a little bit too much of that ball. You get double kissed. I think so. Probably three rails, or can he play four? I think he wanted to play four. Yes. He looks to have very weak confidence. Good concentration. The one thing that Colombia does not have is a player in the absolute top. In the top ten of the world. But they do have an enormous number of second echelon players. Let's say between one average and 1.3 average. They have dozens and dozens. So many. A lot. It's a really strong three cushion nation. In Mexico and Colombia, as I know, people said in Mexico and Colombia, around 20,000 clubs. Yes. That's what I hear. Mexico and Colombia. And Garcia just keeps on scoring. We don't know what will happen in this group. Even world ranking number one playing in this group. If Jo Myung-woo loses this match, he will be more dangerous to Antonio and Yaspas. And Yaspas. Yes, you can say it's a very interesting group, but they all are. There's no such thing as an uninteresting group. We have eight groups of four, and every group has at least two players that are absolutely world class. And the other two are pretty good as well. So we are in for lots of surprises. Established names can lose easily, certainly to 40 points. They will feel a little more secure to 50 points. Big difference. Control. And Myung-woo Cho has a lot of work to do later in this match because Garcia has built up a big lead already. That nice run of eight from the break. Now just third inning, right? Fourth inning, third inning. I think this is the fourth inning, yes? No, third. Third inning. 16 points to nothing. No chance yet for Cho. Just had two very difficult starting positions. And I'm a little bit surprised that this one didn't make it. It looked so good. First point for the Korean. Wow. Using perfect speed and thickness and hitting point. Very stable. When ball start from the cue, it feels like already point. Yes. That's a good way of putting it. Once he has hit it, you think, oh, that's going to make. He's better than before. Now anytime he can make two average. Little mistake. Thickness. Everybody is expecting this guy to start winning World Cups at some point. He hasn't yet. He has not won a World Cup yet. He has been in a couple of semifinals. He has a few shares of third and fourth place. Yes. And I'm absolutely certain he will at some point win one or more World Cups. Double the rail for Garcia. No. He saw it differently. I thought he was going into the long rail. And he played a beauty there. Nice. Players can sometimes surprise you. This just looked like a double the rail into the long rail. Turned out to be a beauty. He struggled so fantastic. Very soft and very correct. And very confident. Again. Perfect. This guy is dangerous today. Actually, he had a very good impression in Guri World Cup some years ago. Four or five years ago. He beat Torbjörn in last 32. Look at this one. Does it have the legs? Loads of English. Another beauty there. Great shot by Garcia. He's on fire. Every time I run. That is so beautiful what he did there. Slow up the cue ball. He threw away the kiss ball. And very slowly. Could go wrong. He's found the hole. Already break time. You wouldn't believe it, but we are. How many innings? At the middle of the match. I think they played like five innings or so. Yes. Phenomenal. Demonstration by Jose Guan Garcia so far. Okay, let's have a break. See you after a few minutes. Hello. We are watching an unbelievable match. Not unbelievable, actually. Very incredible. It's believable, but it's just so good. Yes, very good match. And the one we are watching, in case you just tuned in, is the match between Myung Woo Cho and Jose Guan Garcia from Colombia. Who's playing some incredible three cushions so far. Hasn't put a foot wrong. And he's made 21 points already in the first four innings. Myung Woo Cho had one chance to score. He ran three. Didn't make any mistakes. Serious mistakes, but he's just been outplayed so far. By the Colombians. And that's a great way to break through the defense. Excellent shot there by Cho. Only at the last moment does the cue ball grip get to the corner to get the two last cushions. Myung Woo needs just one by one. Now that's a serious mistake. He will be unhappy with what he did there. I think he tried more thickness. Direct. Yes, make the point of three rails and get the second ball out of the way first. That's what he was playing. Maybe he does feel the pressure a little bit. Because of all the scoring by the Colombian. Gets a little bit lucky there. How you can avoid the kiss? It's nice to see this in the replay. There you go. My goodness. Doesn't get much closer. That's not going to reach, but he does have defense again. And it's another tester for Cho. What can you do with a position like this? You can play twice run and snake shot. And they're all difficult. Myung Woo looks cool. Reverse. My goodness. What did he pull out of the bag there? Can we please have a replay of that one? He has confidence. That was brilliant. There you have it once again. Fantastic shot. Myung Woo will come back, I'm sure. He hasn't had many chances yet. Hasn't done all that much wrong. There's nothing you can do when your opponent runs an 8 and another 8. You're just sitting there. And he's not giving Cho much to work with. This is not defense. This is just luck. He has a kiss. And the position he leaves is horrible for the Korean. Very difficult. So sensitive. He made that look easy. He avoided the kiss. The fluency looks good for Garcia. Ball position also. Fluency is right? Yes, fluency. And he has plenty of it. So the gap is now 20 points. 25 to 5 in favor of the Colombian. And he's scoring with such ease. This is impressive, William. Because that was not an easy shot. He's dominating in this match. Looks a bit short. 26 in 7 innings. Great stuff from Jose Juan Garcia. Twice round but also a very sensitive angle. Very sensitive. Yes, that ball was almost begging to go through the hole. Short or more long. How can you make it longer? How can you make it shorter? It's always in the hole. And another chance to Colombian. This could be over in 10-12 minutes. He's just relentless, the Colombian. Picks up every makeable point. He has a real big confidence. He also doesn't use time. No, he's never in doubt. He just sees the point and he shoots. But with good focus. He's feeling very well also. Yesterday some of the players said the table was a bit tricky. They had to get used to it. We had this match between, I think, Nelin. And Chongbok Lee. And they both needed some time to get used to the table. Not this Colombian guy. He just quickly understands what is going on. Sees the angles, judges it well. That's a mistake. So the count goes to 30. 30 points to 5. And Myung Woo Cho has all the work to do. Twice around, very thin. Is there a kiss? No. It's good. That's what you get when you're playing a match like this. You have this little bad luck. Finds the empty corner. You hit a pretty good shot there. Many players have to play like that. But they can play by some margin. Actually, this time, not good for Korean players. Normally, in the last 32, in Begel, in Egypt, we can see 7 to 9 players in the main tournament. But now we can see only 3. Only 3 from Korea. Also not a good start. I'm not happy. But on the other hand, I'm happy. Because the worldwide levels are going up higher and higher. More various country players are getting strong. To the Vietnamese back. Join the World Cup. It means this UNB tournament giving good motivation to players. Who can stop this guy? He is on fire. Another run of 4. He needs 6 more for a rather remarkable victory over Myung Woo Cho. Who was the favorite to win this match. It's a bit like what happened in Begel when we saw Joris against Heng Jing. Joris then and Heng Jing. Yes, yes. Are you thinking, what is going on here? How is this possible? Joris then 3, almost 3, 4 innings already. 30, more than 30 points. I think he had a 31-0 lead over Heng Jing Kim. This is something nice coming up. Watch this. 2, 3, knees. Did he have the last rail? Yes, he made it. Fantastic shot. This is so nice. That's why he controls the speed. Wow, what a nice. Something hurried. He is almost like he is rushed at that point. Played a little too quick. But he is on 36. And it will take a miracle for the young Korean to get back into this match. It's ok. Anyway, he can win to Dick and Antonio also. He can come back in this match also. I felt when I played with Myung Woo. I felt, I can feel, he can make any time 20 points. He is giving that feeling to other opponents. You can sense that the player is strong enough to make a high run. Starts off with 2 very good points here. 2, 3 in, he could make 30 points like that. 29 high run, still possible for him. William, you are an optimist. He can get 29,000 euro. He can win 29,000 euro if he does that. Now he has a really good chance. So he has a run of 3 and you start thinking about 29. That's something special. But if I play like this, nobody can expect. But now Myung Woo is playing, we can expect. Why not? It's a different thing. He is special. He would have preferred to hit the red first and then the red. That would have given him a better position than this. This is not so nice. Hit and hope. English. Looks good. Very good. And position. And now things are starting to clear up. That was a good moment for Myung Woo Cho. 5 rails should be no problem. How is your luck? Actually he has a record. 3 or 4 innings. About 40 points in the club. I think he made a 4 innings match. 40-4 in a practice match. Also he made a high run. 33. Yes, I saw that one on YouTube. These things, of course, do not count as world records. Not even if they were recorded on video. Because for UMB recognition of a record, we need at least a referee. So practice matches will never be eligible for world records. No more mistakes. At least now Myung Woo Cho is in the match. He is playing billiards now. That's very good. What a nice position. It's very difficult. Because of ball action. It's very dynamic. After one cushion, the stroke already settles. Like that. This looks like short, long, long. To the wide. And he has not played that one well. So the run ends at 9. Still a big gap. 36-15. Can Garcia keep it together? Not get nervous? Sometimes players can freeze up. Unable to make the last 2-3 points. It looks like he's going to finish the job with him. Also position. Helping this match. This could be a fabulous result for the Colombian player. Match point it is. Not a lot you can do about it, young man. You haven't played poorly. You were just outplayed. But he does miss the match point. The 4 average escapes. Garcia, the best he can do now is 3.636. Finish in the 11th inning. With a bank shot. Misses that one. And now the best he can do is 3.333. I can't see Joe coming back. He's out of it. Few bad mistakes. That one did not even get close. So he's just waiting for Garcia to finish. There it is. Fantastic match by the Colombian player. 40 points in 12 innings. All that's left for Myeongwoo Joe is the equalizer. And that's the first big surprise of the main draw. Actually, what Myeongwoo can do. He was playing Garcia. Actually, like that average. Nobody can stop. No, you have these one-sided matches where one player gets all the positions. Makes run after run. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do. Myeongwoo thinking about draw. Here's William the optimist again. He's thinking about a run of 25. Just a single point. Congratulations to the Colombian. Fabulous performance. And he'll be a happy man. Ready for a cup of tea or a coffee or whatever. He's in a tough group. But he has managed to beat one of the strongest players in the world. Congratulations to him. We'll see you later today. Thank you, William. Thank you.