Strong champion Kudron, Hoffman’s blow, eliminated the round of 16 of the World Championship in Professional Billiards. [PBA 투어 파이널]

[빌리어즈=김민영 기자] Frederic Kudron (Welcome Savings Bank), a strong rival and championship candidate chosen by the players, fell.

In a match between Goliath and David, Frederick Kudron and Glenn Hoffman in the round of 16, Hoffman beat Kudron with a set score of 3-1 to reach the quarterfinals.

Prior to this’SK Rent-a-Car PBA-LPBA World Championship 2021′, Kudron took the overwhelming first place in a survey of candidates for the championship conducted by the Professional Billiards Association (Governor Kim Young-soo) for players. Excluding myself, 13 of the 15 players who participated in the survey pointed out Kudron as the winner of the World Championship.

However, Kudron, who was injustice hit by Hoffman, who had an average average of 2.476 in the round of 16, lost the 1st and 2nd sets and took the 3rd set at 15:7, aiming for a reversal, but Hoffman took the 4th set to 6:15. And failed to advance to the quarterfinals.

In this match, Hoffman won the 1st set 15:1 after 3 innings with 11 high runs, and the 2nd set also scored 9 points at 15:3. Hoffman was the only one to score an average average of 2 points in the round of 16.

“Hoffman is the best player to beat almost all players,” said Kudron, who finished the game, but he has been undervalued. While Hoffman rarely made mistakes during the game, I only made a few mistakes that I would never normally do, but there was little opportunity.”

In addition to Hoffman, Philippos Casido Costas (TS, JDX), Gangdonggung (SK Rent-a-car), Kim Jae-geun (Crown Hae-tae), Virol Weimaz (Welcome Savings Bank), David Zapata (Blue One Resort), Kim Jong-won, Ma Min-Kam (Shinhan Financial Investment) ) Succeeded in advancing to the quarterfinals.

Cassido Costas, who was led by Moon Sung-won with a set score of 2-1, won the 4th set at 15:2 and won the final 5th set match at 15:0, confirming their advance to the quarterfinals.

Kim Jong-won finished with Kim Hyun-woo with a set score of 3-0, and Zapata, Kang Dong-gung, and Wimaz also completely defeated Han Dong-woo, Oh Tae-jun, and Kang Min-gu with a set score of 3-0, respectively, and rose to the quarterfinals.

Kim Jae-geun, who is about to have a wedding in March, has a set score of 3-1 with Eddie Repence, who finished in the round of 16 after winning a qualifying league match, and Vietnamese national player Ma Min-Kam, with a set score of 3 with Oh Sung-wook (Shinhan Financial Investment), a member of the same team. He won -1 and confirmed a successful quarter-final.

Hoffman, who defeated Kudron, confronts Kang Dong-gung of South Korea’s Hulk in the quarterfinals, while Cassido Costas faces Kim Jae-geun, Sapata faces Mamin Kam, and Wemaz faces Kim Jong-won.

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