I can't believe "Oh my" billiard empress collapsed again... "Sapata + Kim Minyoung got two wins each." [PBA team league]

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Woori Financial Capital of the PBA team league beat Hana Card and won three consecutive games to maintain its lead in the fifth round.

Woori Financial Capital beat Hana Card 4-0 with a set score in the fifth round of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2025-2026" held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, on the 7th.

Woori Financial Capital, which has won three consecutive games, maintained its lead with 4 wins and 1 loss (13 points).

Woori Financial Capital has been driving Hana Card since the beginning of the game. In the first set, Kang Min-gu and David Zapata of Spain started the game in a good mood with an 11-0 victory over Murat Najee Choclu of Turkiye and Nguyen Quoc Nguyen of Vietnam in two innings.

In the second set, Thong Piavi (Cambodia) and Kim Min-young beat "Danggu Empress" Kim Ga-young and Ayako Sakai (Japan) 9-2 after 12 innings to make the set score 2-0.

Woori Financial Capital won 15-2 (9 innings) against Choclu by Zapata, who started again in the third set. In the fourth set, Sun Ji-hoon and Kim Min-young defeated Kim Byung-ho and Kim Jin-ah 9-3 (6 innings) and eventually won the set score 4-0.

Woori Financial Capital, which maintained its lead in the fifth round, prevented the pursuit of fifth-place High1 Resort (20-21, 62, 62) in the regular league's overall ranking and maintained its fourth place (18-23, 64 points).

At the same time, the gap with the third-place Welcome Savings Bank (23-18, 68 points) was narrowed to four points, entering the postseason.

SK Rent-A-Car, which is competing for the top spot in the regular league overall, caught Crown Haitai 4-2 with a set score thanks to Kang Ji-eun's two wins. While Hana Card (26-15, 76 points) failed to win points after losing to Woori Financial Capital, SK Rent-A-Car (26-15, 80 points) secured 3 points and widened the gap to 4 points to take a step closer to winning the regular league.

In the other game held on the day, High1 Resort defeated Harim 4-0 with a set score of 4-0 with a Rupee Chenette (Turkiye) that swept two wins. NH Nonghyup Card beat Welcome Savings Bank 4-0 to escape its second consecutive loss. Huons won a set-score 4-2 against SY, their first win against SY this season.

On the 8th, the sixth day of the competition, Hana Card and SY will start at 12:30 p.m., followed by High1 Resort-NH Nonghyup Card (PBA Stadium) and Woori Financial Capital-SK Rent-A-Car (PBA Lounge) games at 3:30 p.m. Huons-Harim's game will be held at 6:30 p.m., and Welcome Savings Bank-Crown Haitai game will be held at 9:30 p.m.

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