Semi Signer and David Martinez, big professional billiards match [PBA]

‘Mr. Magic’ Semi Signer (Turkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) will clash with ‘Spanish Strongman’ David Martinez (Crown Haitai) in the round of 16. PBA
A big match was held in the round of 16 of the 6th tour of the professional billiards season. ‘Mr. Magic’ Semi Signer (Turkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) and ‘Spanish Strongest’ David Martinez (Crown Haitai), who won the title twice this season, will clash.

In the PBA round of 32 of the ‘NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Championship‘ held at ‘Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium’ in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 8th, Signer defeated Park Jung-min with a set score of 3:0, and Martinez defeated Kim Young-seop with a 3:1 score.

Signer won the first set 15:12 (9 innings), and won the 2nd set 15:7 (4 innings) thanks to a 10-run long hit in the 4th inning. In the 3rd set, Park Jung-min led 14:8, but remained at a blank pitch in the 8th and 9th innings, and Signer scored 3 runs in the 9th inning and 4 runs in the 10th inning, and achieved a comeback win at 15:14 (10 innings), 16. It was confirmed that enforcement would take place.

Martinez lost the first set to Kim Young-seop at 13:15 (10 innings), but won the second set at 15:13 (8 innings), tying the set score. Afterwards, he won the 3rd set 15:12 (9 innings) and the 4th set 15:13 (10 innings), ending the game with a set score of 3:1.

Signer and Martinez, who both won in the round of 32, will clash in the round of 16 of this tournament. The two players will face each other for the first time in the PBA. Martinez’s momentum is much better this season. Martinez has won twice and is in second place this season after Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car). Although Signer has not yet won a championship this season, he is maintaining good condition, recording an average of 2.222 over the three games of this tournament. Signer and Martinez will face off at 7:30 pm on the 9th.

‘Spain’s strongest player’ David Martinez (Crown Haitai) will face ‘Mr. Magic’ Semi Signer (Turkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) in the round of 16. PBA
‘Spanish legend’ Daniel Sanchez (SY) defeated David Zapata (Spain, Woori Financial Capital) 3:0 and advanced to the round of 16. Sanchez, who won the first set 15:8 (7 innings), won the second set 15:14 (7 innings), and won the 3rd set 15:10 (4 innings), joining the round of 16. Sanchez will clash with Eddie Refens (Belgium, SK Rent-a-Car) at 7:30 p.m.

‘PBA phenom’ Kim Young-won also advanced to the round of 16 by defeating Shin Ki-woong 3:1. Kim Young-won, who lost the first set at 12:15 (9th inning), was drawn at 1:14 in the second set, but raised the mood by scoring 6 points in the 7th inning, then added 3 points in the 8th inning and 5 points in the 9th inning. A huge comeback victory was achieved at 15:14 (9th inning). Kim Young-won, who changed the trend, secured a ticket to the round of 16 by winning the 3rd set 15:10 (10 innings) and the 4th set 15:8 (10 innings).

‘Superman’ Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) and ‘Hulk’ Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) each defeated Lee Sang-dae (Huons) Lee Seung-jin 3:1 to advance to the round of 16. Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card), who recorded an average of 4.091 in the round of 64, continued to be in peak condition by defeating Byung-chan Noh 3:0 in the round of 32 and raising the average to 2.250. ‘3-Cushion Bible’ Lee Chung-bok (High1 Resort) won a full set against Lee Hae-dong and advanced to the round of 16.

Murat Nagy Choklu (Turkiye, Hana Card), Lim Seong-gyun (High1 Resort), Oh Tae-jun (Crown Haitai), Park Myeong-gyu, and Han Dong-woo each defeated Ko Sang-woon, Park Han-gi, Eom Sang-pil (Woori Financial Capital), and Lee Sang-yong and Adnan Wicksell (Turkiye) in a close battle in a full set. He defeated them and joined the round of 16. Yusuke Mori (Japan, S-Y) and Rutpi Chenet (Turkiye, High One Resort) also advanced to the round of 16.

On the 9th, the 7th day of the competition, the PBA round of 16 will be held from 12 PM to 2:30 PM, 7:30 PM, and 10 PM. At 5 p.m., the LPBA semifinals between Ga-young Kim (Hana Card) and Yu-ram Cha (Huons) and Min-young Kim (Woori Financial Capital) and Hye-won Lim will take place.