On the evening of August 25, at the Grand Plaza Hotel, Hanoi, the final match of the women's event of the PBA LPBA SY Bazzar Hanoi Open 2024 billiards tournament took place between Kim Ga-young and Kim Se-yeon. As a result, the player considered the "Queen of billiards", Kim Ga-young, won with a score of 4-1.
With this victory, Kim Ga-young won her 8th LPBA championship, surpassing Sruong Pheavy (7 times) to become the person who won the most LPBA championships.
Throughout the tournament until the semi-finals, Kim Ga-young showed impressive performance. Notably, in the round of 16, she scored an average of 2,357 points per match, achieving the highest average points per match in a single match, and was therefore awarded the Welcome Savings Bank Top Ranking award. .
However, she struggled in the first set of the final, unable to score in the first four rounds. However, after scoring her first point in the fifth set, she resisted Kim Se-yeon's pursuit and won the first set.
In the second set, although Kim Se-yeon was chasing closely, Kim Ga-young overcame and completed the set with 11 points after 10 rounds.
Kim Se-yeon does not give up easily. Starting with a score of 0-4 in the second round of the first set, she quickly scored 4 points and heated up the atmosphere of the match. By constantly chasing Kim Ga-young, she finally scored 11 points in just 6 rounds and won 11-7 in set 3.
However, Kim Ga-young did not flinch. In the fourth set, she scored 3 points in the second and then 5 points from a strong shot in the fifth, taking an 8-0 lead, and ending the fourth set in the 11th at 11. -0.
In set 5, Kim Gayoung continued to dominate by winning 11-0 in just 8 rounds and securing the championship.
In the men's event (PBA), in the quarterfinals, Daniel Sanchez (SY BAZZAR) defeated Lee Choong-bok (High1 WINNERS) with a set score of 3-0. Eom Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital WOORI WON WEEBIES) defeated Choi Sung-won (Huons Healthcare LEGEND) 3-1.
Lutfi Cenet (High1 WINNERS) and Kang Min-gu (Woori Financial Capital WOORI WON WEEBIES) overcame Javier Palazon (Huons Healthcare LEGEND) and Eddy Leppens (SK rent-a-car DIRECT) respectively to advance to the semi-finals.
The PBA semi-finals will take place on the morning and afternoon of August 26. The final match will take place at 7:00 p.m. on the same day.
