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In the last individual tour of this season, a large number of leading stars representing the Women's Professional Baseball (LPBA) advanced to the round of 32.
Jung Soo-bin (27, NH Nonghyup Card) overwhelmed Jeon Eo-ram 25-11 in the round of 64 LPBA of the "Welcome Savings Bank PBA-LPBA Championship" on the ninth tour of the 2025-2026 season of Prodanggu at "Koyang KINTEX PBA Stadium" in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the 26th.
Jung Soo-bin, who advanced to the round of 16 for the third consecutive time in the first three tournaments of this season, was eliminated from the round of 64 for the second consecutive time, but later succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals, his best performance this season, following the round of 32. In this competition, he will try to achieve his best performance of the season.
This is the final gateway to the World Championship. Based on the season's prize money ranking, 32 players will qualify for the tournament, and Jung Soo-bin is ranked 25th overall with 6.9 million won in prize money this season. In fact, the round of 32 has been confirmed, but the results of this tournament are very important to continue the momentum to the World Championship.
Kim Ga-young (Hana Card), the main character of the Yoongok Women's Sports Awards, won 22-20 (25 innings) against Lee Eun-hee. Kim Ga-young, who was eliminated from the round of 64 after 15 tours in the last 8th tour (Harim Championship), suffered severe ups and downs of nine consecutive singles in the team league, but has since rebounded to lead Hana Card to the championship and win the MVP honor.
With the momentum, he overcame the crisis this time and succeeded in advancing to the round of 32. Kim Ga-young scored 1-1-1 in a row from the 16th inning, when she was slightly ahead 9-8, to run 12-9. Kim Ga-young, who took his breath with a ball in the 19th inning, then scored 3 points in the 20th inning and 6 high runs in the 21st inning to run 21-11. Lee Eun-hee followed with a seven-run high run in the 25th inning to 20-22, two-run difference, but failed to turn it over, and Kim Ga-young won 22-20 (25 innings).
"Cambodia Express" Thong Piavi (Woori Financial Capital) also beat 24-18 (22 innings) to advance to the round of 32. Throng came from behind to win against Jeong Ye-jin. Thong, who was dragged 9-14, scored 4-3-1-1 in a row from 13 innings to turn the game around 18-15. Jung Ye-jin chased by one point with a bank shot in the 20th inning, but Throng also shook off the chase by counter-attacking with a bank shot in the same inning. Throng finished 24-18 (22 innings) by adding one run in the 21st inning and three runs in the 22nd inning.
Cha Yu-ram (Huons) won 21-13 (23 innings) by scoring a six-run high-run long hit in the 20th inning when he was leading 12-9.
Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-a-Car), the previous tour winner, defeated Lee Sun-kyung 21-11 (25 innings), and Kim Min-ah (NH Nonghyup Card) also beat Choi Bo-ram 23-16 (21 innings).
Yong Hyun-ji (Welcome Savings Bank) produced an extraordinary 25-17 (21 innings) victory over Lee Mi-rae (High1 Resort). Yong Hyun-ji led 20-11 by exploding nine high runs, including two bank shots, in the 14th inning when it was close to 11-11. Yong Hyun-ji shook off Lee Mi-rae's chase and confirmed his advance to the round of 32.
Kim Se-yeon, Lee Shin-young, Choi Ji-min (Huons), Lim Jung-sook, Baek Min-ju (Crown Haitai), Lee Woo-kyung, Kwon Bal-hae (SY), Kim Ye-eun (Welcome Savings Bank), Kim Sang-ah, Park Jung-hyun (Harim), Seo Han-sol (Woori Financial Capital), and Kim Bo-mi (NH Nonghyup Card) also joined the round of 32.
On the other hand, Nguyen Hoang Yanni (Vietnam, SY), who recorded an average of 3.571 in the previous PQ round and set a new LPBA single game record, was eliminated after losing 17-19 (25 innings) to Kim Bo-ra. Hida Aurier (Japan, SK Rent-A-Car), Han Ji-eun (SWY), Kim Jin-ah (Hana Card), Kim Min-young (Woori Financial Capital), Choi Hye-mi (Welcome Savings Bank), and Sakai Ayako (Japan, Hana Card) also suffered from elimination from the round of 64.
On the 26th, the third day of the competition, the competition will begin in earnest with the opening ceremony of the competition at 12:30 p.m. After the opening ceremony, the PBA 128 round will be divided into five rounds from 1 p.m., and the LPBA 32 round will be held at 3:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
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