One of the two "Sanchez vs. Cygner" is eliminated. Fate face-off in the early stages of the PBA World Championship

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"Spanish legend" Daniel Sanchez (Welcome Savings Bank) and "Mr. Magic" Semi Signer (Türkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) will face off in the Group A loser's match. The loser has to pack up straight away.

In the first Group A match of the PBA Group A of the "Hana Card Hana Capital Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA-LPBA World Championship" held at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on the 7th, Sanchez was defeated by Kang condo-hwi (SK Rent-a-Car). At the same time, Signer also lost 0-3 to Kim Jong-won.

Sanchez, who is ranked No. 1 with two wins this season, was hit by a blow against Conditional Hwi in the first round of the World Championship group stage. Sanchez, who lost the first set 4-15 (8 innings), won 15-14 (7 innings) in the second set to make the set score 1-1. Sanchez lost the third set 5-15 (7 innings), but won the fourth set 15-2 (8 innings), heading into the fifth set. However, Sanchez fell to his knees when he lost 0-11 (3 innings) without scoring a single point in the fifth set.

Signer, the winner of last season's World Championship, was also completely defeated by teammate Kim Jong-won. In the 11th inning of losing 5-13 in the first set, he succeeded in turning the game around 14-15 with nine high runs, but gave up two runs in 12 innings to Kim Jong-won to give up the first set 14-15. Signer, who lost the flow, lost 5-15 (7 innings) in the second set and 7-15 (8 innings) in the third set, heading to the loser's game.

Group A 1-seeded Sanchez and 2-seeded Signer, who lost side by side, will clash in the loser's battle. In this World Championship, if they lose two games in the group stage, they will be eliminated. In other words, one of the two players who will face off will end the tournament's schedule early. The two players will have a survival match at 7 p.m. on the 9th.

In "Group E of Death," "Hulk" Kang Dong-gung (SK Rent-a-Car) and "Spanish strong" David Martinez (Crown Haitai) laughed. Kang Dong-gung Palace won a complete victory over Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai), and Martinez won a dramatic come-from-behind victory from 0-2 to 3-2 against Javier Palason (Spain, Huons). Last season's No. 1 Kang Dong-gung and No. 2 Martinez will clash in the Group E winner's match. The showdown between Kang Dong-gung Palace and Martinez will clash at 7 p.m. on the 9th.

"Domestic strong players" Cho Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) and Choi Sung-won (Huons) were also hit in the first group match. Cho Jae-ho was defeated 2-3 by Robinson Morales (Colombia, Huons), and Choi Sung-won was completely defeated 0-3 by Nguyen Phuong Lin (Vietnam, Harim). P. Nguyen recorded 3.214, the highest average in the competition. "PBA Shin Seong" Kim Young-won (Harim) won a set score of 3-0 against his teammate Kim Joon-tae (Harim).

In addition, Lee Seung-jin, Rutfi Chenet (Turkey, High1 Resort), David Zapata (Spain, Woori Financial Capital), Lee Chung-bok (High1 Resort), Kim Nam-soo, Ngodinnai (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card), Mamin Gum (Vietnam, NH Nonghyup Card), Murat Najee Choclu (Turkey, Hana Card), and Eddie Leffens (Belgium, SK Rent-A-Car) also won their first group match.

On the 8th, the third day of the competition, the LPBA group stage winner/loser match will be held. The player who wins the winner's match will go straight to the round of 16, and the player who loses the loser's match will end the tournament schedule. The LPBA group stage winner/loser match will be held four times at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.

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