Behind the Scenes of Choi Hye-mi, the first ever champion to come from the same family: “Less cheering from my dad, more focus”

Choi Hye-mi (29, Welcome Savings Bank), who became the first woman to win the LPBA title, shared a funny anecdote about her father cheering her on at the event.

Choi Hye-mi won her first professional title by defeating her ‘Welcome Savings Bank teammate’ Kim Ye-eun with a set score of 4-2 (4-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8) in the final (best-of-seven) of the 6th Tour NH Card LPBA Championship for the 2023-2024 season at Kintex PBA Stadium in Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do, on August 8 at 7:30 pm.

Choi, who made her professional billiards debut in the LPBA Open Challenge, which was held for female players at the inauguration of professional billiards in 2019, became the first “former player” to win a professional title.

Kim Ye-eun and Choi Hye-mi were tied 3-2 through the sixth game of the first set. However, Kim swept four points in the seventh to extend her lead to 9-2. Choi Hye-mi pulled within two points with a bank shot, but Kim scored the remaining two points in the 11th to take the first set 11-4 in 19 minutes and 6 seconds.

The second set was tied at 4-4 through nine games before Choi scored a point in the 10th to take an 8-4 lead with a three-point run in the 12th. Choi scored three more in the 15th to make it 11-4. The set was tied 1-1. Choi Hye-mi took the third set 11-5 to level the set. Only two more sets to win the title.

In the fourth set, Choi continued to score in every inning to take a 7-1 lead after seven innings. She went on a 10-1 run in the 12th to reach set point. Kim Ye-eun scored two points in the 12th with a bank shot and then added two more to cut the deficit to 5-10. However, Choi made no mistake in the 13th game, finishing it off for an 11-5 win and a 3-1 set lead, putting her just one step away from the title.

Pushed to the brink, Kim scored two points in the first inning of the fifth set and led 8-1 through seven. Choi Hye-mi fought back to 6-9 in the 10th, but Kim scored two consecutive points in the 11th to take the set 11-6 and the match 2-3.

Down one set to none, Choi Hye-mi seized the initiative in the sixth set, scoring three points in the first inning. However, Kim answered with one point in the first and three in the second to take a 4-3 lead. Choi Hye-mi scored a run in the third to tie the score at 4-4 and then again in the fourth to make it 5-4, but Kim answered back with two runs in the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. 토토사이트

Trailing 7-8 going into the eighth, Choi Hye-mi hit a bank shot for a 9-8 lead. Choi added two more points to take the set 4-2 and her first career win.