PBA & LPBA, let's win 2 consecutive championships! Daniel Sanchez &, the winner of the previous tour, lightly passes the round of 128 and round of 32

Dec 03, 2025

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Daniel Sanchez (Spain, Welcome Savings Bank) and Lee Mi-rae (Resurgent First LPBA Queen) took a cheerful step toward winning back-to-back tours. PBA and LPBA winners continued to rise at the same time on the previous tour.

Sanchez lightly shut out Ma Won-hee with a set score of 3-0 in the round of 128 of the 2025-2026 Pro-Danggu PBA Championship' held at Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province on the 2nd.

Sanchez, who won the 7th tour (High1 Resort Championship) just before, continued that momentum and overwhelmed Ma Won-hee. Sanchez, who won the first set 15-3 in six innings, also scored seven high runs in the ninth inning, leading 8-6 in the second set, ending the game 15-6. Sanchez, who completely won the game, also finished the third set 15-6 in eight innings, making Ma Won-hee 'derelict".

Unlike Sanchez's continued rise, the momentum of 'PBA Shin Seong' Kim Young-won (Harim), who had been making a splash this season, has been dampened.

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Kim Young-won was held back by Kim Tae-yong, the winner of the second round of the Dream Tour (division 2), who participated in the tournament as a wild card in the round of 128. It was crucial to give up three sets 8-15 at the set score 1-1. Kim Young-won tried to make up for it in the fourth set, but his motivation was too far ahead. He tried to turn the tables with a bank shot in the 11th inning when he was trailing 13-14, but this didn't go in exactly. In the end, Kim Tae-yong took over the offensive right and lightly achieved game points to qualify for the round of 64.

In addition, traditional powerhouses settled in the round of 64 of the PBA's eighth tour.

Mr. Magic'Semi Signer (Türkiye, Welcome Savings Bank) defeated Shin Joo-hyun with a set score of 3 to 1, while Choi Sung-won (Huons) put his former model to bed with a score of 3 to 1. Rutfi Chenette (High1 Resort) and Kim Jae-geun (Crown Haitai) defeated Jin-seop and Seo Sam-il with a score of 3-0, respectively. Yusuke Mori (Japan, SY), who lifted the trophy this season, and Lee Seung-jin also joined the round of 64.

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Meanwhile, Lee Mi-rae (High1 Resort), who won the LPBA title for the first time in four years and eight months on the 7th tour and sang 'Resurrection Song', also beat Natsumi Higashiuchi (Japan, Crown Haitai) by a set score of 3-0 in the LPBA round of 32. Lee Mi-rae, who won 11-2 (9 innings) in the first set, took it 11-5 after a long game of 20 innings in the second set, and finished the game by winning 11-1 (7 innings) in the third set. Park Jung-hyun (Harim) turned Kim Han-gil 3-0 with a set score.

Kang Ji-eun (SK Rent-a-Car) beat Baek Min-ju (Crown Haitai) after a game, and Hida Aurier (Japan, SK Rent-a-Car) beat Choi Hye-mi (Welcome Savings Bank) 3-1 to advance to the round of 16. Lim Jung-sook (Crown Haitai), Kim Ye-eun (Welcome Savings Bank), Kim Min-young (Woori Financial Capital) and Park Ye-won also made it to the round of 16.

On the 3rd, the fifth day of the competition, the round of 64 PBA will be divided into five turns from 12 p.m., and the round of 16 LPBA will be held at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.