ANSAN - The elimination of David Martinez and already before David Zapata and Dani Sánchez makes Javier Palazón the Spanish hope again in the Skilroad Ansan event, which heads to the finals in a few days. Palazón's form remains promising, having been awarded €7,000 in the first round for the maximum run of 15. At the last 32, Palazón triumphed again, this time against Korean Myoung-gyoo Park 3-0 and 1.875 on average. David Martinez was eliminated by Won-jun Choi 3-1. Yvan Mayor and Antonio Montes also lost in this tournament in the round of 64 by Dae-kwon Shin and Hong-ki Lee.
Frédéric Caudron is still coming into action against Do-young Ko in this round, Eddy Leppens is already to the next session with a 3-0 win over Hyun-woo Kim. Semih Sayginer suffered his first loss in the PBA after his victory in the first tournament. The Turk was beaten by Tae-soo Lim 3-1, averaging 1,724/1,143. That was in the round in which Caudron won against Sang-woon Ko 3-0 with 2,250 on average.
For the round with the best 32, Lütfi Cenet still plays against Jae-ho Cho, Can Capak and Savas Bulut still meet, Birol Uymaz is already in the next by 3-0 win over Gyeong-seop Jung. Another well-known non-Korean already to the best 16: Minh Cam Ma. Nguyen Quoc Nguyen was eliminated by Dae-kwon Shin. The only Colombian, Alejandro Piza, lost to Chun-woo Park.
In the women's tournament, big favorite Ga-young Kim lost to Hyun-ji Yong 3-1. Ji-eun Kang, Sruong Pheavy and Jung-suk Lim are the other finalists in the semi-finals. Two former winners meet in that semi-final: Sruong Pheavy and Jung-suk Lim.
Two topguns, Sruong Pheavy (right) and Min-a Kim enjoying Korean sandwiches between the matches