With the PBA King of the Kings (SK Rent-A-Car PBA-LPBA World Championship) starting, in the 1st and 2nd rounds of the first day of the group stage, ‘Spanish players’ such as Zapata Martinez and Palazon showed a strong performance.
On the 2nd, the first and second rounds of the group stage ended with the opening ceremony of the ‘SK Rent-A-Car PBA-LPBA World Championship’ at JTBC Studio in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do.
In the Wangjungwangjeon, four players form a group to compete in the preliminary round in a full league, and the first and second place in each group advance to the round of 16 tournament.
On the first day of the group stage, the Spanish players showed strong performance in the 1st and 2nd rounds.
Zapata defeated Noh Byung-chan in Group B with a set score of 3:1 (5:15, 15:4, 15:4, 15:13). Zapata gave the first set 5:15 (6 innings), but won the second set 15:4 (5 innings) with a high run of 9 points. Then, he won the 3rd set 15:4 (6 innings) and the 4th set 15:13 (10 innings), recording his first win.
David Martinez defeated Park Joo-seon with a set score of 3:0 (15:3, 15:,1 15:13). Martinez finished the game by scoring 6 runs in the 9th inning, which was losing 9:11 in the 3rd set ahead of the set score 2:0. 안전놀이터
Javier Palazon won with a set score of 3:2 (15:4, 15:12, 12:15, 5:15, 11:0) after a 5-set match against Shin Dae-gwon. In the 5th set with a set score of 2:2, Palazon led 10:0 with 7 high runs in 1 inning and 3 points in 2 innings, and won 11:0 by filling in the remaining 1 point in 3 innings.
On the other hand, Birol Wimaz lost to Baek Chan-hyun with a set score of 1:3 (15:13, 11:15, 4:15, 2:15), and Kang Min-gu lost to Kim Im-kwon (TS Shampoo, Pura Chicken) with a set score of 0:3 (12 :15, 4:15, 8:15).