LPBA professional billiards, Ho Seul-ji blast … Lee Mi-rae vs Lim Jeong-suk quarter-finals

Seulji Os has advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s club ‘TS Shampoo PBA-LPBA Championship 2020’ in professional billiards. Photo = PBA

[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] Finalists have been decided in the women’s division of the ‘TS Shampoo PBA-LPBA Championship 2020’ of professional pool held during the Chuseok holidays.

‘TS Shampoo PBA-LPBA Championship 2020’ opens on the 30th of last month and will be held at the Mayfield Hotel in Gangseo-gu, Seoul until the 4th. Through the round of 16 held on the 1st, the quarterfinal players.

While many of the strongest players, including defending champions Kim Ye-eun, Kim Ga-young, Kim Gap-seon, and Kang Ji-eun, were eliminated early, Mi-rae Lee and Jeong-suk Lim, who tested the championship last year, they advanced to the quarterfinals without much of a surprise. Also, Seulji Oh, Jiyeon Oh, Yooju Lee, Kyungja Kim, Seyeon Kim, Eunyoung Jung, etc., took the tickets to the quarterfinals.

Seulji Oh is the most talked about player. Seulji rocked into the round of 16, defeating Kang Ji-eun, the winner of the TS Shampoo LPBA Championship last season, with a score of 2-1. In particular, Seul-Ji Oh has attracted the attention of many billiard fans for her goddess appearance. At the time of the game, the name was ranked first in the search term on the portal site.

Seul-Ji Os registered for the LPBA for the first time this year as a Dongho player. Seulji Os, who won the Korean Billiards Competition, an amateur, started playing billiards 10 years ago as a hobby. After that, after the creation of professional billiards, I left my company and started playing billiards.

Seulji told you: “Actually, the goal was to finish the quarter-finals, but I made it to the quarter-finals.”

In the match between LPBA’s strongest Lee Mi-rae and Kim Bo-mi, Lee Mi-rae beat Kim Bo-mi with a score of 2-1. As rivals, they traded a set each and played a tense game. In the end, Lee Mi-rae won the last 3 sets with an average of 2.25, including 5 high runs.

In the LPBA quarterfinals held on the 2nd, Lee Mi-rae and Lim Jeong-suk face off. Mi-rae Lee won the fifth tournament and the Wangjung Wang championship last year, and Lim Jeong-suk is the strongest billiard player who has reached the top three times, including the second, third and sixth tournaments. Seulji Os, who has emerged as a new star, meets Oh Ji-yeon and faces a showdown towards the semi-finals. The quarterfinals of the LPBA will begin at 4 pm on the 2nd.