Robinson Morales (Spain) and Philippos Casidocostas (Greece), who returned to the PBA this season, had mixed feelings.
In the 128th round of the Woori Financial Capital PBA Championship held at the KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 19th, Morales beat Kim Hyun-woo 3-1 to win his return match. On the other hand, Philippos lost 1-3 to Park Joo-sun, forcing him to postpone his first win in his return match to the next opportunity.
Morales returned to the PBA after about four seasons. In his first match after returning to the PBA, Morales got off to a flying start by winning the first set 15-5 against Kim Hyun-woo, but secured the victory by winning the third set after a close battle. The game was tied 9-9 until the 11th inning in the third set, but he showed his hindsight to win the game 15-9. In the fourth set, he finished the game by scoring 10 high-run points while trailing 5-9.
On the other hand, Philippos returned after two seasons and lost to Park Chu-sun. Having lost one or two sets, Philippos seemed to be setting the stage for a reversal by winning the third set 15-9. However, he was eliminated in the first round by losing the fourth set 6-15.
Lee, who has yet to report his first professional win, failed to overcome the first round again this time. Lee, who had a showdown with Jung Kyung-sup in the round of 128, had to postpone his first win to another round as he lost the first ball 0-1 in the match.
In addition, in the first round of the PBA, overseas powerhouses such as David Martinez and Daniel Sanchez (Spain), as well as domestic powerhouses such as Choi Sung-won and Kang Dong-gung, won side by side.
In the women’s round of 32, Lee Shin-young, the winner of the World Women’s Championship, advanced to the round of 16 by beating Park Dasom 3-0. Lee had her best performance since her professional debut by advancing to the round of 16 at the “Crown Haitai Championship” last season. However, she had a chance to break her personal record by reaching the round of 16.
Kim Min-ah, on the other hand, was eliminated after losing to Lim Kyung-jin in a match. Hida Aurier of Japan also failed to cross the 32nd round, losing to her teammate Kang Ji-eun in a match. 고수익알바
PBA will start its round of 64 strongest teams at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. LPBA will hold its round of 16 best teams at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on the same day, respectively.
