Choi aims for second crown, Yaspers seeks 30th victory in Porto 3 Cushions World Cup final
Cho Sung-woo (World No. 6, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Silk Road & T) and Dick Yaspers (World No. 3, Netherlands) defeated Typhoon Tasdemir (World No. 13, Turkiye) and Frederik Kudrong (Belgium), respectively, in the semifinals of the Porto3 Cushion World Cup 2024 at the Dragão Arena in Porto, Portugal on Thursday night to advance to the final.
Choi Sung-woo fell behind early in his quarterfinal match against Tasdemir. After five innings, he trailed 5:16 to Tasdemir, who scored 16 points with a nine-run blast. Choi was still down 7:16 in the eighth inning.
However, there was one moment that turned the tide. In the ninth inning, Choi Sung-woo scored a high run of 10 points to pull within one point (17:18) and then immediately followed it up with a six-point run to take the lead at 23:22. However, Tasdemir scored three points in the 11th to reach 25 points and end the first half.
The second half was all Choi’s pace. After scoring six runs in the 11th through 13th innings, Choong-woo once again exploded for 10 runs in the 14th inning to take the lead. He added four more points in the 15th to make it 43:28.
Then, in the 17th inning, Tasdemir took over the offense after “Sunghong” batted, and Choi took over the offense, racking up points one by one to finish the game with a 7-run final high run.
Choi will be going for his second 3-Cushion World Cup title in one year and seven months after winning the tournament in Sharm el-Sheikh in late 2022.
Yasper’s 50:36 win over Kudrong in ‘head-to-head’ clash aims for 30th win of the season
In the highly anticipated Yaspers-Kudrong match, Yaspers 해외 카지노 사이트 won 50:36 (21 innings).
The Yaspers came out firing from the start of the game. After scoring eight runs in the first three innings, Yaspers added a six-run fifth inning to take a 14-2 lead.
Kudrong, who was playing for the first time in five years and seven months against the Yaspers, scored 19 runs in the sixth and eighth innings, including 13 runs in the first inning, to cut the deficit to 21:18 after eight innings. However, Yaspers scored seven more runs in the 9th-11th innings to take a 25:22 lead into halftime.
In the second half, the Yaspers regained control. Leading 33:27 after 15 innings, Yaspers scored five runs in the 16th inning to make it 38:31. The score narrowed to 38:33 after three consecutive overs, but the Yaspers scored eight wickets in the 20th over to reach 46 and take the lead for good.
There were no more chances for Kudrong after that. In the 21st over, Yaspers won the toss and scored the remaining four runs to book their ticket to the final. This will be Yaspers’ fifth title in five tournaments since winning the Sharm el-Sheikh last year. A win would be their 30th overall.
Kudrong struggled in the quarterfinals against Yaspers, making three or four sideways mistakes. This, coupled with some tricky placements, meant she was unable to close the gap and lost.
However, she still managed to reach the quarterfinals in only her third event since returning to the UMB. Kudrong also had a strong run in this event, taking 14 matches (12 wins and 2 losses) from the first round (PPPQ) to the semifinals.