“Danggu Empress” Kim Ga-young stood tall as a Hanoi queen.
In addition, he became the LPBA’s most won (8 times) by beating Slong Piavi.
Kim Ga-young (Hana Card Hana Pay) defeated Kim Se-yeon (Huons Healthcare Legend) with a set score of 4:1 (11:7, 11:7, 7:11, 11:0, 11:0) in the final round of the “2024 LPBA S Y Bazar Hanoi Open” held at the Millennium Hall of the Grand Plaza Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 26th (Korea time).
This marks Kim’s first victory in more than five months since the SK Rent-a-Car Bae World Championship in Jeju in March. It is her first this season and eighth career championship. 안전놀이터
Kim Sei-yeon, on the other hand, tried to win two gold medals following her victory in the opening game of this year, but had to settle for the runner-up due to Kim Ga-young’s barrier. Cha Yu-ram (Huons) and Ayako Sakai (Hana Card) were tied for third, while Kim Ga-young (Best Everidge) also scored 2.357 in the round of 16.
The finals ended relatively flat without much tension. The games were lopsided to the extent that two love games (11:0) were played. Kim was in poor condition and had no luck, as she recorded 17 consecutive innings in four to five sets. Kim, who had displayed strong performance in all three games against Kim Ga-young, was not good enough on the day.
Kim Ga-young, who won the first and second sets, lost three sets and was chased by a set score of 2:1.
Since then, however, Kim Ga-young’s performance has been in perfect pace. In the fourth set, when Kim failed to score a bank shot at the first pitch, Kim Ga-young started the second inning with three points including a turnaround, a contest and a lucky shot. Kim’s shot continued to miss the mark. The bank shot went to the center, and the side shot fell out due to a strong rotation. As Kim Ga-young again scored five points including a one-bank shot in the fifth inning and made it 8:0, the victory was tilted. In the end, Kim Ga-young added two more runs in the 10th inning to end the fourth set. The double shot at the 11th point in the final was a lucky shot. Goddess of Fortune also sided with Kim Ga-young.
The fifth set was similar, too. Kim Ga-young made the first pitch with a bank shot to start the game 3:0. Kim’s ball continued. Kim Ga-young added two more runs with a deflector and a lucky shot to make the score 7:0 in the sixth inning with a 5:0 lead. In the last eight innings, Kim Ga-young finished the set with 11:0 by scoring four runs in the order of side turning, standing up, turning around and turning around. It was her eighth time at the set score of 4:1.
Kim Ga-young showed good condition throughout the tournament by winning all but the final match. Kim Ga-young, who started from the round of 64, defeated Choi Ji-sun and defeated both Natsumi Higashiuchi (Japan) and Oh Do-hee in the round of 32 to 16, and also won the quarterfinals (Baek Min-ju) and the semifinals (Cha Yu-ram) by 3:0.