Mi-rae Lee beat Park Soo-ah and won the LPBA Tour Crown Hae-Tae Championship.[MK빌리어드뉴스 박상훈 기자] Lee Mi-rae (TS·JDX Heroes) rose to the top of the LPBA again after 19 days after defeating Park Soo-ah. In addition, he also set a record of winning two consecutive tournaments and third in his personal career.
Lee Mi-rae beat Park Soo-ah with a set score of 3:1 (11:3 10:11, 11:1, 11:8) at the final of the’LPBA Tour Crown Haitai Championship 2020-21′ held at the Mayfield Hotel in Gangseo-gu, Seoul on the evening of the 22nd. The third place was Paik Min-ju (Crown Hae Tae Raon) and Kim Eun-bin.
With this, Lee Mi-rae added another record in 19 days after winning the 5th game (Medi Hill Championship) last season (19-20) and the 4th game (NH Nonghyup Card Championship) this season (20-21). On the other hand, Park Soo-a, who challenged her first LBPA championship in her life, ended in runner-up.
Lee Mi-rae, who won the championship, earned 20 million won in prize money and 20,000 points. Runner-up Park Soo-ah received 6 million won in prize money and 10,000 ranking points, while Min-joo Baek and Eun-bin Kim received 2 million won in prize money and 5,000 ranking points, respectively.
The’Well Bang Top Ranking LPBA Top Average’ award given to the player with the highest average was awarded by Kim Ga-young, who recorded an average of 1.571 in the 16th quarter, and received a prize of 2 million won.
◆Lee Mirae LPBA’s third personal career win
In the first set, Lee Mi-rae succeeded in two bank shots, scored 5 high-runs, and beat it by 11:3 (12 innings). Set score 1:0.
In the second set, Park Soo-ah, who started to counterattack, won with a high run of 6 points and won by 11:10 (7 innings) and balanced the set score 1:1.
Immediately in the 3rd set, Lee Mi-rae exploded 8 high runs including bank shots from the 1st inning, driving Park Soo-ah. He added 1 point in 3 innings and 2 points in 5 innings, defeating 11:1 in 12 minutes from the start of the game. Set score 2:1.
Mi-rae Lee was losing 2:5 at the beginning of the 4th set, but showing a backseat in the second half, she added 4 points in the 5th inning, 2 points in the 6th inning, 2 points in 8 innings, and 1 point in 10 innings. The game ended with a 3:1 set score.
◆Mirae Lee and Ga-young Kim beat Min-ju Baek and advance to the finals
Lee Mi-rae, who won this tournament, competed in the top of the 64 in the point rankings this season (23,600). The round of 64 (Group 1, Higashiuchi Cha Yoo-Ram, Choi Yeon-ju) was pushed to Higashiuchi and passed in second place.
In the round of 16 held as a set system, Higashiuchi was defeated 2:1 (11:4, 7:11, 9:0), and in the quarterfinals, Gayoung Kim was 2:1 (11:6, 10:11, 9:7). I beat it and went to the quarterfinals. 4 Gangseo came to the final with a 2:1 (8:11, 11:5, 9:5) victory against Minjoo Baek following the 3rd game. [[email protected]]
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