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Kim Ga-young and Cha Yu-ram, the leading stars of women's billiards, had their first match in the semifinals of the professional stage. Kim Ga-young, who played a double play from the first set, advanced to the finals.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
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Ga-young Kim and Yu-ram Cha are rivals who have ruled as two mountain ranges in Korean women's billiards for about 15 years.
Ga-Young Kim, who won the world championships three times, took a step ahead in the three-cushion pro stage, which was launched three years ago, but Cha Yu-ram, who has grown rapidly this season, made it to the semi-finals for the first time and the match was completed.
In a match with a maximum of 5 sets of 11 points per set, Cha Yu-ram was the first to rise.
Cha Yu-ram succeeded in making a difficult bank shot from the beginning of the first set, and then went down to one queue to score 7 points, leading to 8-0.
Ga-young Kim, who had been taken away from the initiative, pressured Cha Yu-ram to catch up step by step.
He narrowed the gap little by little with a steady stroke, and after being driven to a set point one point behind, he scored two points with a nice walk and turned the game around 11-10.
Gayoung Kim, who has never lost a lead since then, won a ticket to the final with a set score of 3-0.
[Kim Ga-young/Shinhan Financial Investment: It feels good to make it to the finals. good for now (Player Yoo-Ram Cha) has really grown a lot, and I was surprised. I was proud of something at the thought of ‘both of them are growing’.]
Ga-young Kim will challenge Ji-eun Kang to win her second LPBA stage tomorrow (the 4th).
(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok, video editing: So Ji-hye)