Mamin Calm (47, NH Nonghyup Card) became the first Vietnamese player to become the PBA Tour professional snooker champion.
In the PBA final of the “2022 High1 Resort PBA-LPBA Championship” held at the High1 Resort in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do on the night of the 16th, Mamincalm beat Oh Tae-joon with a fixed score of 4-1 (7-15 15- 12 15-10 15-8 15-10).
Maminkam, who took the top spot, raised the men’s ranking from 31st to 5th by adding 100 million in prize money and 100,000 points in the standings.
The third set, with the set score of 1-1, was the watershed of the match.
Maminkam trailed 2-7, but managed back-to-back 3-run runs in the 5th through 7th innings to tie the score, and took the lead with 2 runs in 9 innings and a career-high 7 runs in 10 innings.
Maminkam, who rode the momentum, managed to spin 8-4 with 8-run highs in 2 innings in the 4th set, then stuffed the score without a blank by the 4th inning and bolted another set away with 15 -8, and in the 5th set it was a close match that went up to 14 innings. The game ended 15-10 in the end.
Maminkam, a PBA player representing Vietnam, made his wild card debut in the Welcome Savings Bank Wellbang Championship, the last regular tour of the 2019-2020 season, and officially signed up for the first part of the tour the following year and has started to play an active role .
In particular, he was dubbed “Kudron’s natural enemy” before his opponent’s record against Frederic Kudron (Welcome Savings Bank, Belgium), the “emperor of billiards”.
And it was his first victory in this tournament, his 19th participation in the tour.
After the match, Maminkam said, “My whole body is tingling.
It’s an overwhelming feeling that surpasses joy,” and she exclaimed to her son, who is studying in the United States, “Dad did it!”
“This win has boosted my confidence a lot.
I will try to be prepared for every game with the look of a professional player and aim to win every tournament.”
/yunhap news
