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BackTeenager Lee Seung-hee Upsets Former Champion Lim Jeong-sook to Reach Round of 64 at LPBA Event
Teenager Lee Seung-hee Upsets Former Champion Lim Jeong-sook to Reach Round of 64 at LPBA Event
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Korea Herald48 minutes agoSports1 min readSouth Korea

Teenager Lee Seung-hee Upsets Former Champion Lim Jeong-sook to Reach Round of 64 at LPBA Event

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  • Sixteen-year-old Lee Seung-hee defeated former tour champion Lim Jeong-sook in a tiebreak after a 17-17 draw to advance to the round of 64 at the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship in Goyang.
  • Other top players including Kim Ga-young and Jang Ga-yeon also won their matches.

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Why It Matters

The Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship is the fourth event of the 2026-27 season. Lee Seung-hee is the youngest player on the women's professional billiards tour this season after making her debut through tryouts.

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Sixteen-year-old Lee Seung-hee, the youngest player on the women's professional billiards tour this season, pulled off an upset by defeating former tour champion Lim Jeong-sook of Crown Haitai to reach the round of 64.

Lee advanced after drawing 17-17 with Lim in the LPBA round of 128 at the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship, the fourth event of the 2026-27 season, at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Saturday. Lee won the tiebreak based on the higher run.

Lee seized an early 8-3 lead with a five-point high run, but Lim used her experience to fight back and level the match at 13-13.

The tightly contested match remained deadlocked at 17-17 through the 29th inning at the end of the 50-minute time limit, with Lee advancing on the strength of the highest consecutive scoring run of the match.

Lee, who made her debut this season after coming through the tryouts, will face Kim Jeong-mi in the round of 64 for a place in the last 32.

Kim Ga-young of Hana Card, the "Billiards Empress" seeking to become the first male or female professional billiards player to reach 20 career titles, comfortably beat Park Hyo-sun 25-15 in 24 innings to clear her opening hurdle.

Jang Ga-yeon of Woori Financial Capital recorded the dayโ€™s best average at 1.923 in a 25-11, 13-inning victory over Park Soo-hyun.

Other leading LPBA players, including Lee Mi-rae of High1 Resort, Choi Hye-mi of Welcome Savings Bank, Kim Bo-mi of NH NongHyup Card, Kim Ye-eun of Huons and Baek Min-ju of Crown Haitai, also advanced to the round of 64.

What to Watch

AI outlook โ€” possibilities, not facts

  • Lee Seung-hee will face Kim Jeong-mi in the round of 64

    Very likely ยท Within days

Open Questions

  • What is Lee Seung-hee's exact date of birth?
  • What are the full results of the round of 64 matches?
  • What is the prize structure for the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship?

Related Topics

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PeopleLee Seung-heeLim Jeong-sookKim Jeong-miKim Ga-young
OrganizationsCrown HaitaiHana CardWoori Financial CapitalHigh1 Resort
PlacesGoyangGyeonggi ProvinceKINTEX PBA Stadium
Topicslim jeong-sookcrown haitailpbapbakintexgoyang
This article was originally published by Korea Herald.

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