Get down on me! Teenage Rebellion Pro-Danggu's Biggest Unexpected Appearance. 18-year-old billiard genius Kim Young-won wins reverse sweep against Spanish legend Sanchez
Oct 29, 2025
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A terrifying rebellion unfolded on the pro-dangu PBA stage. An extraordinary event unfolded in which a new star defeated a legend shining brightly in the sky.
The terrifying teenager who led the rebellion was Kim Young-won (Harim), who is called 'Danggu Genius' and 'Shinsung'.
The 18-year-old Kim Young-won, who is still closer to 'youth' rather than 'youth', lifted the trophy by beating Spain's '3 cushion legend' Daniel Sanchez (51, Welcome Savings Bank) in the final. What's more surprising is that it's not the first time Kim Young-won has lifted the trophy. He has already won his second career PBA Tour since last year.
Kim Young-won achieved a dramatic come-from-behind victory with a 4-3 set score (13-15, 15-8, 6-15, 7-15, 15-7, 15-7, 15-5, 11-5, and 11-7) in the 6th Tour of the 2025-2026 Pro-Danggu 2025-2026 season at Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, at the PBA Stadium'Huons PBA Championship'.
As a result, Kim Young-won lifted his second career championship in a year after the sixth tour (NH Nonghyup Card Championship) in the 2024-2025 season. The victory was the youngest ever (17 years old) in PBA history. Kim Young-won, who added 100 million won in prize money, recorded 268 million won in cumulative prize money, and the cumulative prize money ranking also jumped from 24th to 12th.
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The first two sets were tight. Sanchez won the first set 15-13. Sanchez took the lead by scoring eight consecutive points from the first pitch. However, Kim Young-won also chased to the end and scored 13 points. Kim Young-won won the second set. He scored six consecutive points at the first pitch and steadily scored points to widen the gap to 11-2. In the end, they won 15-8.
However, Sanchez led the third and fourth sets completely. Sanchez scored as many as 14 points in a row in the second inning of the third set, winning 15-6 in just four innings. In the fourth set, Kim Young-won was overwhelmed with 15-7 (8 innings) by posting 4-1-5-3-1 points in a row from the third inning.
The set score was 3-1. There is only one set left until the championship. `Spanish legend' Sanchez seemed to win the championship as it was.
But from here, a surprising twist drama unfolded. Kim Young-won won three sets in a row, creating an extraordinary event to achieve the championship with 'reverse sweep'.
Kim Young-won led 7-2 with seven high runs, including two bank shots, in the second inning of the fifth set, before making it 13-7 with four runs in three innings and two runs in four innings. After that, he added two more runs in six innings and won 15-7 (6 innings) to recover a set.
Based on this, he also won the sixth set 15-5 in 10 innings. The game was eventually decided in the final seven sets.
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But the game was decided at one point. the following four innings. Sanchez only hit a ball as if he had lost his guard. Kim Young-won, who took over the offensive right, did not miss this opportunity. He immediately scored five high-run points to end the long game 11-7.
Kim Young-won said, "As the opponent is an opponent, I entered the game with the idea of learning without thinking of winning at all. I was happy to face an opponent that can be called an idol, and I was honored to play the final with a player I respect." "I'm even more happy to win my second championship of the idol." I said I'd win two more championships after my first win, but I'll do my best."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
