NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Pedro Piedrabuena, the undisputed star of thee cushion in the USA, is taking a new stab at the title in his country this weekend. The USBA championship is completing the semifinal rounds today with three groups of five players. Pedro Piedrabuena, Jae Hyung Cho and Vicky Pineda are the leaders in these groups after two rounds. Pedro, who remained unbeaten in the pre selection round with five groups of eight players, has the best average: 1.304.
In this preliminary he played a 25 points match against Jesus Quinonez in eight innings, the best match so far.
The top positions in the round with five groups of eight players:
Group A:
1 Pedro Piedrabuena 7-14-1.591
2 Mazin Shooni
3 Vicky Pineda
Group B:
1 Hilario Augustin 7-14-0.726
2 Young Gull Lee
Group C:
1 Jae Hyung Cho 7-12-1.191
2 Jose Lizarraga
Group D:
1 Hugo Patino 7-14-1.277
2 Carlos Palafox
Group E:
1 Miguel Torres 7-14-1.094
2 Carlos Alvarez.
The ranking on top so far in the semi final rounds:
Group A:
1 Piedrabuena 2-4-1.304
2 Palafox 2-4-1.017
Group B:
1 Jae Hyung Cho 2-4-1.333
2 Miguel Torres 3-4-1.211
Group C:
1 Vicky Pineda 2-4-1.250
2 Young Gull Lee 2-4-0.952.
Pedro Piedrabuena is the main favorite to take the title