"Three wins out of three." The goal of humble Jung Soo-bin is to "become a player who cannot be seen as strong." [an interview with]

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In the process of winning his first championship, he faced the Empress too quickly. It was strong enough to be called a "killer," but it still lowers its posture. Jung Soo-bin (27, NH Nonghyup Card) of the women's professional team is moving forward with the attitude of "a thousand people in the real world" to do only what they can.

Jung Soo-bin will face Kim Ga-young (43, Hana Card) in the round of 16 of the "Hana Card Hana Capital Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA-LPBA World Championship" at 9:30 p.m. on the 11th at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju-si, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.

Jung Soo-bin, who won two games in the group stage and passed first in Group H, and Kim Ga-young, who is the No. 1 player in LPBA's total prize money rankings, but managed to reach the round of 16 after the final match, met again.

Jung Soo-bin, who won the runner-up prize once, became much stronger only in front of Kim Ga-young, who won 17 times. They met three times and won all of them. Jung Soo-bin is on the rise by reaching the finals for the first time in recent competitions, but Kim Ga-young is still a tough opponent.

Jung Soo-bin, who met with Star News earlier, said, "Actually, I think Kim Ga-young really didn't show much of his skills when he played with me. Of course, he would have lost continuously according to his original skills. In that regard, I bowed my head, saying, "It's not that I won so well, but in a way, I think luck followed me more."

It is not wrong, but if coincidences are repeated, there is always some reason for it. One of them is Jung Soo-bin's concentration, which shines more when he meets a strong opponent. "What's so interesting is that if you look at my Everidge or the game, it's better when you play with strong players. I can feel it myself, he said. "So when I meet a strong player, I think I'm much more focused and my concentration comes out well."

As a result, he earned the nickname "Kim Ga-young Killer" and became more widely known. "I think you've recognized me a lot since I first beat professional Kim Ga-young to advance to the semifinals," he said, smiling, "Actually, I'm close to Ga-young, and I respect and like her so much that it's quite burdensome, but it's a good feeling to be called the unrivaled No. 1 killer."

For Jung Soo-bin, who entered Sookmyung Women's University's Department of Statistics and dreamed of working in the financial industry, something unimaginable is unfolding just a few years ago. I came across billiards by chance while going out as a substitute for my friend's part-time job at the billiard room, and later fell in love with the charm of billiards and started cueing in earnest from 2021.

Due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), it was a time when non-face-to-face classes were held, and there was more time to schedule cues. Jung Soo-bin, who thought he should try boldly, said, "It was never easy to jump in. I challenged myself with the idea of breaking my limits once," he said.

He persuaded his parents by vowing to achieve results somehow within two years, and became a player in the LPBA stage for the first time in three years, joining the team league and being able to focus only on billiards without worrying about living.

I found a way to grow more efficiently as I started later than others. Jung Soo-bin said, "I love spending my time efficiently. I like to focus more when I can concentrate really well, he said. "Of course, I think ball power is very important, but I think it is more important to increase the probability of scoring when such a deployment comes out and I try to focus. "I think it will build up naturally at the risk of insufficient ball power," he explained.

Although he is not very nervous, the final stage he experienced for the first time was different. Jung Soo-bin said, "I didn't know I was such a nervous person. It was really different that day. I feel a lot of pressure, and I'm not laughing," he said.

That's how much experience it's been. "I caught a few things, such as 'This is how I felt during the final' and 'I didn't do well because of this,' and I think I can supplement that part. I think it will be a good performance in the next final," he said.

Every game is a king-of-the-king match, which is like the final. He overwhelmed Kim Da-hee (High1 Resort) 3-0 in the first round of the group stage and was dragged 0-2 against Kim Sang-ah (Harim) in the winner's match, before reverse-sweeping 3-2 and first-place in the group. Last season, he also advanced to the round of 16 as the No. 1 player in the group, but he remembers losing 0-3 to Thong Fiancé (Woori Financial Capital), but even this has already been learned.

However, he does not want immediate results. "I don't think the results are up to me," he said. "Instead, I can work hard on the process, so I'll do my best to prepare for the World Championship and try to show good results and good results in it."

There is a dream that I want to go further. Jung Soo-bin said, "I want to be a player who does his best within the given process, just as I say that the results are not mine, but the process is mine," and expressed his ambition, "There are many LPBA players who have to compete, and I want to be a player who cannot be seen as a pushover when he meets me."

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