PBA powerhouses such as Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car), David Martinez (Spain, Crown Haitai) and Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) settled on the stage of the round of 64.
At the round of 128 PBA rounds of the NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Championship 24-25 held at Goyang Kintex PBA Stadium in Gyeonggi Province on Sunday, Kang Dong-gung and Martinez beat Heo Geo-sung and Lee Jae-hyung 3-0 to clinch their first match. Cho also beat Kim 3-1 to advance to the round of 64.
Kang Dong-gung, ranked No. 1 in the season, won the first set 15-11 (15 innings) after a long game of 15 innings against Heo Geo-sung, and won the first game of the tournament by overpowering 15-3 (5 innings) and 3 sets 15-4 (8 innings).
David Martinez (Spain, Crown Haitai), the winner of the previous tour, also won the first set 15-14 (12 innings) against Lee Jae-hyung after a close match, and easily beat Lee Jae-hyung with 15-3 (7 innings) in the second set and 15-4 (6 innings) in the third set.
After facing Kim, Cho won the first set 15-3 (nine innings), but lost the second set 10-15 (13 innings). With the set score tied at 1-1, Cho won the third and fourth sets 15-1.
In addition, Lee Chung-bok (High1 Resort), who won his first overseas tour of the PBA (Hanoi Open), was eliminated from the round of 128 in succession in the fourth and fifth rounds, but in this tournament, he won 3-1 against Kim Hyun-woo (NH Nonghyup Card), the 128th round, and won his first victory on the Korean stage since entering the PBA.
“Turkiye powerhouse” Rutfi Chenette, Burak Hashashi (High1 Resort), and Zancha Park (Woori Financial Capital) also joined the round of 64 by beating Park Jung-hoo, Seo Sung-won and Jung Kyung-seop with a set score of 3-0. Robinson Morales (Spain, Huons), Kang Kyung-hwi (SK Rent-a-Car), and Yusuke Mori (Japan, SY) also beat Park Kwang-yeol, Jung Sung-yoon and Woo Tae-ha 3-0 respectively.
Sabashi Bulut (Turkiye) defeated Kwon Hyuk-min 3-1 with a set score. Bulut scored 3.056 on the day to rank No. 1 overall in the game. Kang had his first perfect cue in the tournament by scoring 15 points in the first inning of the third set against Park Heung-sik. Kang beat Park 3-1 with Park.
In addition, Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai), Um Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital), Lim Sung-kyun (High1 Resort), Choi Won-joon 1, Shin Jung-joo (Hana Card), Oh Tae-joon (Crown Haitai), and Ngodinnai (Vietnam, SK Rent-a-Car) also won the round of 128, securing tickets to the round of 64.
On the other hand, Hwang Deuk-hee (SWY), Kang Min-gu (Woori Financial Capital), Mamin Gum (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card), and Antonio Montes (Spain, NH Nonghyup Card) lost in the round of 128, avoiding elimination from the tournament. 안전놀이터
In the LPBA round of 32, Cha Yu-ram (Huons) beat Kim Ye-eun (Welcome Savings Bank) 3-1 to advance to the round of 16. Cha, who led the first two sets with 11-3 (five innings) and two sets with 11-5 (113 innings) in the first set, continued the lead in the third set and lost one set with 10-11 (12 innings), but won the fourth set with 11-4 (nine innings).
Kim Sang-ah, the winner of the second tour (Hana Card Championship), also beat Lee Mi-rae (High1 Resort) 3-1 and joined the round of 16.
Lim Jung-sook (Crown Haitai), Ayako Sakai (Hana Card), Kim Jin-ah (Hana Card), and Orié Hida (SK Rent-a-Car) advanced to the round of 16 after competing against Jung Eun-young, Kim Bo-mi, Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card) and Jang Ga-yeon (SY), respectively. So Ji-hye and Natsumi Higashiuchi (Japan) also advanced to the round of 16.
Meanwhile, on the 6th, the fourth day of the competition, the second day of the PBA 128 round and the LPBA 64 round will be followed. From 12 p.m., the second day of the PBA 128 round will be divided into five sessions, and the LPBA 32 round will be held at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
