On the 4th, she won 4:2 over Kim Min-a in the LPBA 4th game final.
She took the top spot with 9 bank shots at every critical point.
Won in 22 tours since the 19/20 season. She took
48 bank shots in this tournament... New single competition record
Even before the finals began, Kim Min-ah's "slightly superiority" was expected. He has already won twice, including the opening game this season. Earlier in the semifinals, he beat Kim Ga-young, a strong candidate for the championship, and was in good spirits.
This is Ayako Sakai's first time to advance to the finals. In the meantime, the best performance is only four times in the quarterfinals. Naturally, the pendulum of victory was focused on Kim Min-ah's third summit.
However, as a result of opening the lid, Sakai's "unexpected" victory ended.
Japan's Ayako Sakai (Hana Card One-Q Pay) defeated Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card) with a set score of 4:2 (8:11, 11:10, 4:11, 11:0, 11:0, 11:8, 11:6) in Game 4 of the 23/24 LPBA at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on the night of the 4th.
Sakai led the game with nine bank shots at every crisis in the final, and scored as many as 48 bank shots throughout this tournament, setting the record for the most bank shots in a single tournament.
Hida-Higashiuchi: Japan's third player to Win
Kim Ga Young and Park Da Som tied for third place
It was Sakai's first victory as an LPBA member, and his third as a Japanese player after Orie Hida (SK Rent-a-Car Direct) and Higashiuchi (Welcome Savings Bank).
On the other hand, Kim Min-ah, who was aiming for the third top, had to swallow her disappointment with Sakai's explosive bank shot. Kim Ga-young and Park Da-som tied for third place.
The prize money for this tournament is 30 million won for the championship and 10 million won for the runner-up.
First and second set Lucky Shot General Meng-gun...Sakai is the final winner of "Bank Shot 9"
Sakai made a breakthrough in the final with a bank shot and a hardball solution at every major turning point.
In the first set, Kim Min-ah won the last two points with a lucky shot at 8:8. Sakai returned the second set with the same lucky shot. Trailing 8:10 and filling 11 points with a lucky shot accompanied by a kiss.
Kim Min-ah overwhelmed Sakai in the third set and won 11:4 in 11 innings to lead the set score 2:1 again. However, Kim Min-ah's victory ended here.
In the fourth set, Sakai won the set with a shutout (11:0) in just five innings with six high-run points. With the fourth set at a critical juncture, the atmosphere was completely changed to Sakai. Sakai neutralized Kim Min-ah's defense with a bank shot and a hard ball.
At the beginning of the fifth set, the two players were somewhat sluggish and fired up at the last minute. After a hot offensive match from seven innings, Sakai, who scored 10 points in four innings (7-10 innings), defeated Kim Min-ah, who scored 6 points in three innings (8-10 innings). Set score 3:1, there is only one set left before winning Sakai.
In the last six sets, Sakaina, who is about to win the championship, and Kim Min-ah, who is trying to pass the game to the seventh set, both felt burdened and went on to a long-term game. However, Sakai, who was leading 9:6 in the 17th inning of the attack, finished the game with a rather tricky one-bank shot. It was the 9th bank shot in the final and the 48th bank shot in the tournament.
Professional debut in the 19/20 season with my husband...22 Tours. Top in just a row
Sakai, born in 1977 and 46 years old this year, entered the professional stage with her husband, Nobuyasu Sakai, in the 19/20 season. Her husband played from the opening game of the PBA, but Ayako Sakai started the tournament from Game 5 of the 19/20 season (Medi Hill Cup). Her husband played only one season and returned to Japan, but Sakai consistently knocked on the LPBA stage. 스포츠토토
Sakai went back and forth from the round of 64 to the round of 16 for five seasons, with his best performance being the quarterfinals four times. Therefore, this win is an achievement achieved 3 years and 9 months after his LPBA debut and 22 tour appearances. She has two children with her husband.