Sanchez, who scored the tournament’s highest run of 20 points, and Kim Haeng-jik, who scored 25 points in 3 innings and recorded a set average of 8.333, won two victories side by side. In addition, Jaspers, Tasdemir, Sidom, Mux, Kim Hyung-gon, and Nelin also took two wins on the first day. On the other hand, Seongwon Choi, Jeonghan Huh, Juntae Kim, Myungjong Cha, and Bongju Hwang are recording 1 win and 1 loss.
On the night of the 29th, the first day of the final qualifying round for the World 3-Cushion Grand Prix 2023 was completed at the Inter-Burgo Hotel in Wonju, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do.
◆Jaspers Sanchez Kim Haeng-jik 2 wins… Higher chance of advancing to the round of 16
, Jaspers (Netherlands) won consecutive victories over Choi Wan-young (58th) and Soares (47th, Portugal) in Group A. Jaspers won the first match with Choi Wan-young with a set score of 2:0 (16:5, 14:7). Jaspers took the lead by scoring 10 points in 2 innings in the 1st set, and won 16:5 with 3 points in 6 innings and 2 points in 7 innings. In the second set, he won 14:7 (5 innings) with 8 high runs. The second match against Jose Miguel Soares also won with a set score of 2:0 (8:6, 15:2) and recorded two wins.
Group F Sanchez (2nd place, Spain) beat Takao Miyashita (185th place, Japan) with a set score of 2:0 (13:7, 26:6), followed by Park Soo-young (144th place) with a set score of 2:1 ( 10:9, 12:18, 18:5). In particular, Sanchez recorded 20 high runs in the second set with Takao, renewing Tranquietchien’s highest high run record (19 points) in this tournament.
Group C Kim Haeng-jik (10th) recorded two victories by defeating Ruben Legazpi (19th, Spain) and Wing Trantantu (42nd, Vietnam). Haengjik Kim, who defeated Legazpi with a set score of 2:1 (15:8, 8:13, 17:6), defeated Wingtrantantudu with a set score of 2:0 (25:10, 13:7). Haengjik Kim displayed an explosive attack, scoring 25 points in just 3 innings in the first set against Wingtrantantu.
In addition, Sameh Sidom (4th, Türkiye), Eddy Mux (5th, Belgium), Typhoon Tasdemir (7th, Türkiye), and Dion Nelin (20th, Denmark) also recorded two wins, increasing their chances of advancing to the round of 16. .
Kim Hyeong-gon (ranked 246th), who advanced to the final qualifying round through the selection round, also succeeded in winning two. Kim Hyung-gon, who belongs to Group F with Sanchez, beat Takao Miyashita with a set score of 2:1 (6:11, 15:5, 11:4) and Nikos Polychronopoulos (14th, Greece) with a set score of 2:0 ( 17:7, 12:11).
◆Heo Jeong-han, Kim Jun-tae, Choi Seong-won, Cha Myeong-jong, and Hwang Bong-ju ‘1 win and 1 loss’
Choi Seong-won and Heo Jeong-han, Kim Jun-tae, Cha Myeong-jong, and Hwang Bong-ju recorded 1 win and 1 loss on the first day. 먹튀검증
Choi Seong-won defeated Choi Wan-yeong with a set score of 2:0 (14:5, 15:9) in Group A, but lost to Sidom with a set score of 0:2 (6:11, 8:13), following Jaspers and Sidom in Group 3. running above
Cha Myung-jong of Group B defeated Huberni Catano (91st, Columbia) with a set score of 2:1 (5:12, 15:8, 14:13), but lost to Hwang Bong-ju of the same group. Hwang Bong-ju, who defeated Cha Myung-jong, lost to Dion Nelin and recorded 1 win and 1 loss. Group B is tied with Cha Myung-jong, Hwang Bong-ju, Tranquiet Chien (8th place, Vietnam) with 1 win and 1 loss.
In Group E, Kim Jun-tae defeated Heo Jeong-han with a set score of 2:1 (17:6, 5:9, 14:11), but was defeated by Tasdemir and finished with 1 win and 1 loss. Heo Jeong-han, who lost to Kim Jun-tae, overcame Sam Van Eten (93rd, Netherlands) with a set score of 2:0 (15:4, 19:4) and rose to second place with 1 win and 1 loss.
Meanwhile, in the final preliminaries, 30 players are divided into 6 groups (5 players each) in a full league, and the top 4 from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place groups in each group advance to the round of 16.