Today (August 24), the PBA LPBA SY Bazzar Hanoi Open 2024 billiards tournament entered the men's round of 16 and the women's semi-finals. There are no more Vietnamese athletes in both events.
Before that, in round 32, 4 Vietnamese players all stopped. Nguyen Duc Anh Chien lost 0-3 to Eddy LEPPENS (SK rent-a-car DIRECT) in a one-sided match from Belgian players. Nguyen Quoc Nguyen unfortunately lost to EOM Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital WOORI WON WEEBIES) with a score of 2-3, with the deciding game having a score of 10-11.
Nguyen Van Phuoc Hieu lost to Choi Won-jun 2-3, but in his first competition at PBA, this Vietnamese player's performance was evaluated well. "Phenomenon" Tran Van Ngan could not overcome Antonio MONTES (NH Nonghyup Card GREEN FORCE) when losing 0-3.
In the Turkish derby, a spectacular reversal was performed by Lutfi Cenet. Sayginer played very well and continuously took the lead but in the end could not beat his compatriot.
In another development, Spanish player Daniel Sanchez overwhelmingly defeated Lim Tae-soo, thereby becoming the candidate to win the PBA LPBA SY Bazzar Hanoi Open 2024.
Up to this point, the championship race for the PBA LPBA SY Bazzar Hanoi Open 2024 is an open race of opportunities.
At the first time held in Vietnam, the brightest candidates such as David Martinez at PBA and Sruong Pheavy at LPBA all stopped playing right from the first rounds. Among the 28 Vietnamese players entering the main round, Ma Minh Cam is the only one who has ever been crowned at the PBA, but also stopped in the first round.
Therefore, Sanchez becomes one of the prominent candidates for the championship in the 3rd Tour of the PBA in the 2024-2025 season. Despite fierce opponents such as Turkish prodigy Burak Hashas, Eddy Leppens, Cenet, Sanchez maintained a very high and stable scoring performance throughout the past 3 rounds: 1,800 and 2,045 and 1,800.
At LPBA, if Kim Se-yeon and Kim Ga-young easily pass the quarterfinals with 3-0 victories over PARK Da-som and BAEK Min-ju (Crown Haitai LAON), Ayako Sakai and Cha Yu- ram must overcome difficulties.
Cha You-ram (Huons Healthcare LEGEND) eliminated Kim Bo-ra with a score of 3-2 despite being ahead 2-1. Sakai Ayako (Hana Card HanaPay) was closely chased by Kim Sang-a until the 5th set.
In the men's round of 16 (PBA) today, prominent matches include Eddy Leppen vs Park In-su; Lee Chong-bok vs Cho Kwon-hwi, Lee Seung-jin vs Choi Sung-won, Kang Dong-koong vs Daniel Sanchez, Choi Won-jun vs Lutfi Cenet, Antonio Montes vs Javier Palazon, Kang Min-gu vs Burak Hashas, Cho Jae-ho vs Eom Sang-pil.
In the women's LPBA semi-finals, there are two matches: Kim Se-yeon vs Ayako Sakai, Cha Yu-ram vs Kim Ga-young.
