'Welcome Savings Bank was right' — The only team to add a player reaps the benefits: Kang Yu-jin and T. Nguyen win... A two-game winning streak is within reach [PBA Team League]

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Welcome Savings Bank, the only team to make an additional player selection, is reaping significant benefits. Kang Yu-jin and Nguyen Chan Thinh Tao (Vietnam) performed well, leading the team to a two-game winning streak.

On the 2nd, at the 'Goyang KINTEX PBA Stadium' in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, during the third day of the 'Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2026-2027 Round 4' tournament, Welcome Savings Bank defeated ESWAY with a set score of 4-1 to record a two-game winning streak. Welcome Savings Bank climbed to fourth place (2 wins, 1 loss; 5 win points).

Welcome Savings Bank started nervously after losing the first set as Jeon Dong-hwi and Daniel Sanchez (Spain) fell to Burak Hashasi (Turkey) and Mori Yusuke (Japan) 6-11 (4 innings), but turned the game around in the second set when Choi Hye-mi and Kang Yu-jin defeated Han Ji-eun and Lee Woo-kyung 9-7 (6 innings). Subsequently, in the third set, Semi Sayguner (Turkey) beat Mori 15-6 (7 innings), extending the lead to a set score of 2-1.

Gaining momentum, Welcome Savings Bank won the fourth set as Sanchez and Yong Hyun-ji defeated Seo Hyeon-min and Lee Woo-kyung 9-3 (6 innings). In the fifth set, T. Nguyen defeated Hashasi in a close match 11-10 (7 innings) to conclude the game.

Welcome Savings Bank, which had been somewhat underperforming at eighth place overall through Round 3, strengthened its roster by additionally selecting T. Nguyen and Kang Yu-jin ahead of Round 4. Although they lost their first match in Round 4 to Hana Card with a set score of 1-4, they followed up with a 4-3 victory over Huons and then defeated ESWAY to record a two-game winning streak, riding an upward trend. Welcome Savings Bank will challenge for a three-game winning streak against the Breakers on the 3rd.

Crown Hite defeated Woori Financial Capital with a set score of 4-0, extending their winning streak for the entire round. David Martinez (Spain) and Baek Min-ju each recorded two wins in outstanding performances. In the third set, Martinez trailed 4-10 against Woori Financial Capital's David Sapatia (Spain) but came back to win 15-14 (10 innings). Baek Min-ju also teamed up with Noh Byung-chan in the fourth set to turn the game around against Lee Sang-dae and Kim Min-young, winning 9-8 (7 innings) to drive the team to a three-game winning streak.

NH Nonghyup Card, which had suffered two consecutive full-set losses, secured its first win of the round by defeating High1 Resort 4-3 after a full set. NH Nonghyup Card had taken an early lead by winning the first three sets, but fell into crisis by losing consecutively from the fourth to the sixth sets. However, in the seventh set, Dao Ban Li (Vietnam) defeated Im Seong-gyun 11-0 in just three innings, driving the team to its first win of the round.

Huons and Hana Card each won with a set score of 4-0 against Harim and the Breakers, respectively. Huons was driven to victory by Kang Dong-gung's outstanding performances in the first and third sets, while Hana Card defeated the Breakers led by Murat Naji Choklu (Turkey), who recorded two wins.

On the 3rd, the fourth day of the tournament, matches will begin with Crown Hite versus Hana Card at 12:00 p.m. At 3:00 p.m., the Breakers-Welcome Savings Bank (PBA Stadium) and Huons-Woori Financial Capital (PBA Lounge) matches will be held simultaneously. Following that, NH Nonghyup Card-ESWAY will take place at 6:00 p.m., and High1 Resort-Harim will follow at 9:00 p.m.

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