2-9 → 11-9 comeback drama with 9 high runs in 7 sets
Geonhwi Jo (32, SK Rent-a-Car) won his first trophy in the professional billiards PBA in four years.
Geonhwi Cho won with a set score of 4-3 after a close battle with Seonggyun Lim in the PBA finals of the 8th tour of the season, the Welcome Savings Bank Wellbang PBA-LPBA Championship, held at the KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the night of the 12th, and rose to the top. 토토사이트
He won for the first time in 35 competitions he participated in since becoming a professional in the 2019-2020 season, winning 100 million won in prize money and raising his season prize money ranking from 33rd to 6th.
In addition, he added 100,000 championship points and jumped from 26th to 6th in the season’s overall ranking.
The ‘Well Bang Top Ranking’ (prize prize of 4 million won), which is given to the player who recorded the highest average in one game of the tournament, was awarded to Ki-ho Park, who scored 3.750 against Semi Signer (Turkiye, Huons) in the round of 32 of the tournament.
The ‘TS Shampoo Perfect Q Award’ (10 million won in prize money), which is given to those who achieve all 15 points in Hankyu at once (11 points in the final set), went to Hyuk-min Kwon, who achieved it in the round of 16 of the competition.
Geonhwi Cho continued to fight back and forth in the final, losing 5 sets and falling to 2-3.
He won 15-7 in the 6th set and took the game to the 7th set, creating a dramatic comeback.
He was far behind at 2-9 and was on the verge of giving up his first win to Lim Seong-gyun if he gave up just 2 points, but he scored 9 high points and quickly ended the game at 11-9.
After the game, Geon-Hwi Cho expressed his thoughts, saying, “I don’t remember the high 9 points in the 7th set, but I really like it.
It’s really nice to be able to touch this championship trophy just once.”
He also reflected, “I didn’t even think about long hits (high runs).
I just focused on each and every ball.
It was effective to focus on just scoring one point without worrying about position or defense to score consecutive points.”
Finally, Geonhwi Cho expressed his determination, “It took a long time, but I will not be satisfied with just one win.
I will not be left behind, I will improve further and show a good performance, and I will play billiards without giving up until the end.”
PBA, which completed its 8th tour of the season, will begin the ‘Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship‘, the last regular tour of this season, on the 20th.