'Championship → Round of 64 → Round of 64' Sreung Pheavibh, this time a shocking elimination in the Round of 128... Kim Ga-young, Jang Ga-yeon, Kim Bo-mi, and Han Ji-eun advance to the Round of 64 [PBA Tour]

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The shocking slump of 'Cambodia's Express' Sreung Pheavibh (36, Woori Financial Capital) continues. She won the second tournament of this season but has since experienced severe ups and downs, failing to even pass the first stage this time.

Sreung lost 18-22 (26 innings) to Oh Su-min in the LPBA Round of 128 at the 'How to Live Well Now zgm NH Nonghyup Card PBA-LPBA Championship,' the fifth tour of the Pro Billiards 2026-2027 season, held on the 18th at the 'Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium' in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.

Sreung led early in the match. She took a 7-0 lead with consecutive scores of 4-1-2 starting from the first inning. Oh Su-min leveled the game at 7-7 with consecutive scores of 1-1-5, but Sreung scored six points, including two bank shots, in the sixth inning to take a large 13-7 lead. Although Oh Su-min chased to 13-14, Sreung pulled away again to 17-14 after scoring one point in the 15th inning and two points in the 21st inning.

In the middle of the match, Oh Su-min turned the game around. She scored one point in the 22nd inning and two points in the 23rd inning to tie the score at 17-17, then added three points in the 25th inning to take a 20-17 lead. Sreung managed only one point in the final 26th inning, while Oh Su-min added two points at the end to finish the match 22-18 (16 innings).

She achieved her 10th career victory by winning the second tour (High1 Resort Championship) held in June, but her momentum stalled afterward. She reached only the Round of 64 in the third tour (S&Y Championship) and the fourth tour (Crown Hite Championship), and was eliminated in the first match, the Round of 128, at this tournament.

Most top players, excluding Sreung, comfortably secured their spots in the Round of 64. Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) won decisively against Kim Seong-eun 2 with a score of 25-5 (13 innings) in the Round of 128. After widening the gap to 9:2 with consecutive scores of 3-1-4-1 starting from the third inning, Kim Ga-young made it 20-3 with a high run of eight points in the 10th inning while leading 12-3. She then added three points in the 11th inning and two points in the 13th inning to finish the match 25-5 (13 innings). Kim Ga-young recorded the highest average of 1.923 on Day 1 of the LPBA Round of 128 that day.

'Japan's Three-Cushion Legend' Hida Oriie (Breakers) won against Son Su-min with a score of 21-17 (22 innings) to advance to the Round of 64, and Kim Bo-mi (NH Nonghyup Card) also defeated Kim Byeol 20-14 (23 innings). Kang Ji-eun (High1 Resort) beat Kim Myung-hwa 21-9 (27 innings), and Kim Se-yeon (Huons) defeated Jeong Hae-bin 22-18 (26 innings) to join the Round of 64 ranks.

In addition, Baek Min-ju (Crown Hite), Choi Jimin (Huons), Hwang Min-ji (Breakers), Han Seul-gi (Hana Card), Jang Ga-yeon (Woori Financial Capital), and Han Ji-eun (S&Y) also confirmed their advancement to the Round of 64.

On the 19th, the second day of the tournament, the LPBA Round of 128 Day 2 schedule continues from 11:00 a.m. The LPBA Round of 128 Day 2 will feature previous tour champion Jeong Soobin (NH Nonghyup Card), Lee Mi-rae (High1 Resort), Kim Min-a (NH Nonghyup Card), Park Jung-hyeon (Harim), and Im Jung-sook (Crown Hite). Following this, the LPBA Round of 64 will begin at 3:50 p.m.

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