Hanacard of the Professional Billiards PBA Team League has won three straight games.
They moved into sole possession of second place after five rounds and are now in the thick of the postseason race.
It’s the emergence of a new double-team.
HanaCard defeated the Huons 4-1 on Day 4 of the fifth round of the Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2023-24 at the Kintex PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, on Monday, led by “Vietnam Express” Nguyen Quoc Nguyen and “Turkiye Powerhouse” Murat Naji Choklu.
Riding a three-game winning streak, Hanakad moved into second place (10 points) behind Round 5 leader Crown Hae Taek (8 points). 카지노사이트777
They are now in the hunt for a postseason berth, which is awarded to the winner of each round.
The team also moved into a tie for sixth place (49 points) in the overall standings for Rounds 1-5.
Depending on the final standings, Hana Card will be able to qualify for the postseason, but the gap between it and its rivals Welcome Savings Bank (3rd place, 52 points), Blue One Resort (4th place, 50 points) and SK Rent-a-Car (6th place, 49 points) is tight.
On the day, HanaCard’s Nguyen and Shin took the first set of the men’s doubles, and then went on to win the match in sets three through five.
Nguyen overcame Choi Sung-won 15:8 (6 games) in the third set, while Choklu teamed up with Ayako Sakai to defeat Choi Sung-won-Ae-lin 9:4 (6 games) in the fourth set.
Hanakad will face fellow postseason contender SK Rent-a-Car at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in the other match of the day, Hi-One Resort recorded its first win of the fifth round with a 4-3 victory over Eswai, thanks to Lim Sung-gyun coming on in the final set.
In a matchup of close friends from both teams, Yong Hyun-ji (Hi-One Resort) and Han Ji-eun (Eswai) split the women’s singles and women’s doubles wins, respectively.
Welcome Savings Bank defeated SK Rent-a-Car 4-3 in a close full-set match, led by two wins from Kim Ye-eun.
