Kang Min-goo lost the first round. They lost 0-3 to Im Kwon Kim. Zapata lost the first set, but started off with a long hit from the second set and came from behind to win 3-1 against Roh Byung-chan.
On the first day of the preliminary round of the round of 32 of the ‘2023 SK Rent-A-Car PBA World Championship’ held on the 2nd, Kang Min-gu was hit hard by Kim Im-kwon’s bank shot in the Group G match (JTBC Studio Ilsan) and was unable to save a single set.
Kim Im-kwon fired a total of 10 bank shots. Kim Im-kwon, who passed the 1st set 15:12 with 4 bank shots, won 15:4 and 15:8 with 3 bank shots each in the 2nd and 3rd sets.
Kim Im-kwon recorded a complete victory by shooting 8 consecutive hits in the 2nd set and 6 consecutive hits in the 3rd set.
Kang Min-goo didn’t play well. He did not even stand the ball, and the best ball he hit came out of nowhere. There were three or four ‘sesame leaf shots’ in each set. 메이저놀이터
Group B’s Zapata had a bad start. While Noh Byung-chan scored 15 points by hitting 4 consecutive hits three times, he only scored 5 runs in 6 innings with 2 consecutive hits and so on.
However, starting from the 2nd set, he won all 2 to 4 sets with his unique driving force. The 2nd set ended with 9 consecutive hits in 4 innings and 5 consecutive hits in 5 innings, and the 3rd set was won 15:4 with 4 consecutive hits in 1 inning and 6 consecutive hits in 2 innings.
In the 4th set, 6 innings, he scored 7 consecutive hits and won 15:13.
Group E’s Kim Yeong-seop defeated Park Jung-geun 3-1.
Group C’s Oh Tae-joon reported a win after defeating Kim Hyun-woo 3-2 after a full set match.