In the PBA finals of the 'SK Rent-a-Car Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA-LPBA World Championship 2025', Semih Sayegnar defeated Turkish junior Lutfi with a set score of 4-1.
With this, Saeginaar will be competing in a professional billiards individual tournament for the first time in 637 days since the opening tour match of the 2023-24 season, which was his first tournament since turning professional.
With the 200 million won prize money, Saegina has now earned 351 million won in total in her lifetime, making her the first-ever winner in her first two seasons.
He rose to 6th place in the gold rankings. He also won the race at the age of 60 years, 6 months and 7 days, breaking his own record as the oldest winner (58 years, 9 months and 9 days). Despite a broken toe, he walked more than 10,000 steps every day.
Saegina, who had been working on his rehabilitation by walking up the court, lost the first set 1-15, but won the next four sets in a row to achieve a comeback victory.
Immediately after winning the championship, Saegina said, "I still feel young and full of energy. I used to feel bored traveling between my home country and Korea.
I also had some moments of enjoying life and forgetting how to enjoy billiards. In February of this year, I had a setback when I hurt my toe, but I was able to overcome adversity in such a tough tournament and my mental health improved.
I am really happy and pleased that I was able to grow into a better player. In the women's division of the LPBA, Kim Ga-yeon won two consecutive games. She surpassed the "Empress of Billiards" and became the World Champion.
In the final, Kim Ga-yeon defeated Kim Min-A with a set score of 4-2 to win the championship. This marks Kim Ga-yeon's 13th overall title in the 8th season tour held in January.
They won the championship. In just 47 days, they won another championship trophy, achieving their seventh consecutive victory and their 14th championship overall. They participated as defending champions from last season.
She defended her title in this tournament and received the 100 million won prize. Kim Ga-young could not have had a more perfect season. She is unrivaled. She has won seven times in the five seasons since the inaugural season.
Kim Ga-young also won a lot of prize money. She is the first player in the LPBA to surpass the 300 million won mark in prize money in a single season, with 340.9 million won.
He had an incredible season, finishing first overall in the gold rankings. He also broke the record for the World Championships, which only the top 32 in the season rankings can advance to.
This is the first time that the BA has won two World Championships in a row, and the first time that the PBA-LPBA has won the World Championship three times.
With the addition of 100 billion won, her lifetime prize money has reached 681.8 million won. Immediately after her victory, Kim Ga-young said, "The biggest thing I've gained from this season is that I've gained confidence in myself.
"I got the best result in the tournament, but I still don't know much about the three-cushion game. My goal is to reduce the number of mistakes I make when playing billiards," she said.
Among the Japanese players, Mori Yusuke and Kai Fumiko lost in the quarterfinals, while "Japan's three-cushion legend" Hida Orie lost 1-3 to Cha YuRam and failed to advance to the quarterfinals.
2025/03/18 15:02 KST
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