“Competition for first place is fierce due to the changed PBA point system.” Blue One is one point behind NH Nonghyup, which has two wins despite three wins
Blue One Resort, the “defending champion” of the Professional Billiards (PBA) team league, started happily for its second consecutive victory this season as well.
Blue One Resort defeated High One Resort in the third round of the first round of the ‘Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2023-2024’ held at ‘Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium’ in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on the 5th. First, he gave up three sets and won four sets.
He finished first with three consecutive wins in the opening game. In particular, Blue One Resort showed off its strong endurance by winning 4-3 in three consecutive games.
The start was good at High1 Resort. In the first set, Vietnam’s “Nguyen Duo” Phuonglin-Dukanchien defeated David Zapata (Spain) and Kang Min-gu 11-1 in seven innings, and in the second set, women’s doubles Lee Mi-rae and Yong-hyun also beat Seo Han-sol and Kim Min-young 9-1 in the second set. In the third set of the men’s singles ace match, Rupee Chenet (Turkiye), the runner-up of the PBA’s third tour, beat Zapata 15-4 in three innings.
Blue One Resort, which is on the brink of collapse, changed the atmosphere in the mixed doubles of the fourth set. Chan Chappak (Turkiye) and Throne Piabi (Cambodia) beat Chenet-Yong Hyun-ji 9-5 (9 innings). Captain Um Sang-pil also caught Lim Sung-kyun 11-3 in four innings in the men’s singles in the fifth set. In the sixth set, Lee Mi-rae beat Lee Mi-rae 9-4 in five innings to return the game to square one.
Kang Min-gu, the last seven sets of fate, cheered up. In five innings, including seven consecutive points, he turned his opponent’s captain Lee Chung-bok 11 to 8 and ended the reversal.
However, Blue One Resort is closely followed by NH Nonghyup Card, the second-place. He won three games in a row, but won four to three, so he has six points. Starting this season, the winning team will get 2 points and the losing team will get 1 point. For the rest of the wins and losses, the winner monopolizes three points. NH Nonghyup Card has played only two games and scored five points.
NH Nonghyup Card took a break on the 3rd, the opening day of the team league this season, which will be held under a nine-team system. Since then, he has won two consecutive games. On the 5th, Cho Jae-ho, Kim Min-ah, and Mamin Kam (Vietnam) played evenly on NH Nonghyup Card, and Antonio Montes (Spain), last season’s men’s rookie king, defeated Kim Tae-kwan in the 7th set and won the set score of 4-3 against Crown Haitai. 토토사이트
Welcome Savings Bank beat SK Rent-A-Car with a set score of 4-3 with Viral Wimaz (Turkiye) winning two games and Kim Im-kwon beating Kang Dong-gung in the seventh set. Huons won 4-3 against Hana Card with captain Choi Sung-won winning two games, and Semi-Signer (Turkiye), Javier Palajon (Switzerland), and Kim Bong-chul playing evenly.
Starting with the match between SY and Crown Haitai on the 6th, it will lead to the match between Welcome Savings Bank, High1 Resort, NH Nonghyup Card, Huons, and Blue1 Resort and Hana Card. SK Rent-a-Car is off. Team league tickets can be purchased online (Interpark tickets) and on-site.