‘PBA powerhouse’ Welcome Savings Bank recorded its first win of the third round after a thrilling upset of second-round winner Eswai.

On the third day of the third round of the ‘Welcome Savings Bank PBA Team League 2023-2024’ at the ‘Goyang Kintex PBA Stadium’ in Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do, on the 16th, the bank came from behind to win the set 4-3 against Eswai after dropping the first three sets.

Welcome Savings Bank, who had a bad start in their first match of the third round after losing to Crown Hae Taeyeon the day before, also dropped three sets in this match and were on the verge of defeat. After losing the first set 3-11 (9 games) to Daniel Sanchez (Spain) and Insoo Park (Korea), Kim Ye-eun and Choi Hye-mi lost the second set 2-9 (7 games) to Han Ji-eun and Han Seul-ki, and even the third set of the men’s singles match was lost by Wimaz to Sanchez 8-15 (8 games), taking the set score to 0-3.온라인바카라

Welcome Savings Bank gained a foothold in the match by winning one set in the fourth-set mixed doubles. Seo Hyun-min (6 points) and Choi Hye-mi (3 points) set the tone with a 9-0 win in four games against Hwang Duk-hee and Lee Woo-kyung. Lee Sang-dae then pulled away with an 11-1 (5 games) win over Park In-soo, and Kim Ye-eun swept past Han Ji-eun 9-4 (7 games) to level the set at 3-3.

Kim completed the ‘reverse sweep’. Playing the final seven games against Lee Young-hoon, he swept a high nine points in the second game to take an early lead, then took a 9-1 lead with a single point in the fourth game and closed out the match with a single point in the sixth game to win 11-2. With the win, Welcome Savings Bank recorded its first win of Round 3 and moved into a tie for sixth place (1-1-1-2), putting it in position to move into the mid-table. Eswai, on the other hand, dropped to the bottom of the table (3 L, 1 D) with its third straight loss in Round 3.

In the other match of the day, NHK Card defeated Haiwon Resort 4-1 in straight sets to win their third straight match and move into sole possession of first place in Round 3 (8 points). ‘Team Leader’ Cho Jae-ho shared the first win with Kim Hyun-woo in the first set, before defeating Nguyen Duc Anh Chien (VN) in the fifth set to lead the team to victory with two wins.