‘Spanish powerhouse’ David Martinez (Crown Haitai, 32) defeated Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) and succeeded in advancing to the semifinals of the PBA Tour.
In the quarterfinals of the ‘SY PBA Championship’ held at ‘Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium’ in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 10th 먹튀검증사이트
Martinez won a complete set score of 3:0 in just one hour against Jo Jae-ho and advanced to the semifinals.
Oh Tae-jun (Crown Haitai, 31) defeated fellow team leader Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai) 3:0, and Japan 3-cushion’s ‘next-generation jockey’ Yusuke Mori (30) defeated ‘Vietnam Express’ Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Hana Card).
won 3:2 after a close full set. Park Ki-ho (48), a member of the ‘Challenge Tour (Part 3)’ who defeated powerful players to advance to the quarterfinals, defeated Yoo Chang-seon with a set score of 3:1 and secured a ticket to the semifinals.
As a result, the candidates for the fourth PBA Tour championship of the season were narrowed down to the battle between Martinez-Oh Tae-jun and Mori-Park Ki-ho.
Martinez, who faced Jo Jae-ho six months after losing in the final of last season’s ‘World Championship’ (King of Kings)
was aggressive from the beginning of the match.
Martinez, who won the first set 15:9 with 2-4-5-4 points without a hit in 4 innings, scored 7 high runs in the 1st inning of the 2nd set to win the 3rd set at 15:10 (6th inning) and 3rd set at 15:13 ( They won in 9 innings) and won with a set score of 3:0 in about an hour, confirming their advancement to the semifinals.
As a result, Martinez reached the top of the 4th Tour (Huons Championship) last season, giving him the green light to win for the 4th time in a year after achieving a total of 3 wins. If Martinez lifts the trophy, he will rise to second place, surpassing Jo Jae-ho (3 times), who is tied for second place.
Oh Tae-jun recorded an average of 2.500 against Crown Haitai’s ‘leader’ Kim Jae-geun, who is active in the same team, and won with a set score of 3:0 (15:3, 15:3, 15:11), and won the 5th tour last season (High1 Resort) Championship) reached the semifinals nine months after finishing second. Coincidentally, Taejun Oh met his ‘teammate’ Martinez once again following the quarterfinals.
Yusuke Mori succeeded in advancing to the semifinals for the first time as a professional after a superb match with ‘Vietnam Express’ Nguyen Quoc Nguyen over 2 hours and 30 minutes. Mori, who went into the 5th set after splitting the match into two sets, was at one point on the verge of defeat with a score of 4:10, but quickly scored 3 runs in the 12th inning and 4 runs in the 13th inning to pull off a miraculous comeback victory at 11:10.
The remaining semifinal spot was occupied by Park Ki-ho, a member of the Challenge Tour. In a game that attracted attention as a match between first-division leaguers from the Dream Tour (2nd division) and Challenge Tour (3rd division), Park Ki-ho defeated Yoo Chang-seon with a set score of 3:1 and advanced to the semifinals. With the first two sets tied 1:1, Park Ki-ho won the 3rd and 4th sets 15:12 (18 innings) and 15:9 (8 innings).
‘Unknown’ Park Ki-ho became a Challenge Tour player through a tryout in the 2021-22 season, and reached the top after four tours, finishing in second place and advancing directly to the first division tour. In the previous season, they made it to the round of 16 of the 4th tour (Huons Championship), but failed to perform well in the rest of the tour and were in danger of being relegated to 95th place. However, they dramatically remained this season by finishing 14th in Q School.
In this tour, Park Ki-ho defeated domestic and foreign PBA powerhouses such as Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-car), Chan Chapaak (Turkye, Blue One Resort), and Lee Sang-dae (Welcome Savings Bank), advanced to the semifinals, and continued his sensation by recording the best professional performance. done.
On the 11th, the final day of the ‘S-Y PBA Championship’ competition, the first semifinal game between Ki-ho Park and Yusuke Mori will be held at 12 p.m., followed by the second semifinal game between David Martinez and Tae-jun Oh at 3 p.m. This will be followed by the finals at 9 p.m. with a prize of 100 million won.
Meanwhile, tickets for the ‘SY PBA Championship’, which is being held at the PBA exclusive stadium in KINTEX, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, can be purchased at the online reservation site (Interpark Ticket) and the on-site ticket office.