‘Turkye Powerhouse’ Choklu Becomes First Professional Billiards Champion
Set score 0-2 → 4-2 in the final against Nguyen.
Murat Nagy Choklu (Hana Card) from Turkye defeated teammate Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card) to become the 20th professional billiards PBA champion.
Cho Klu defeated Nguyen with a set score of 4-2 (12-15 7-15 15-10 15-11 15-11 15-14)
in the final of the Crown Haitai PBA Championship 2024 held at KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do on the night of the 3rd.
He achieved a come-from-behind victory and took home the prize money of 100 million won. 카지노사이트탑
Choklu, who debuted in the PBA in June last year through the Gyeongju Blue One Resort Championship,
the opening game of the 2023-2024 season, reached the top in 9 months and 9 competitions.
Choklu, who was in danger of being relegated from the first division tour until this tournament,
jumped from 68th (5 million won) to 8th (105 million won) in the prize money rankings by winning this tournament,
and can move up to the top 32 in the prize money rankings.
Obtained a ticket to the PBA World Championship.
In addition, Choklu became the third player from Turkuye to reach the top of the tour competition,
following Birol Wimaz (Welcome Savings Bank) and Semi Signer.
The ‘Well Bang Top Ranking‘ (prize prize of 4 million won),
given to the player who recorded the highest average in one game of the tournament,
went to David Zapata (Spain, Blue One Resort), who scored 3.000 in the round of 128 of this tournament.
Choklu, who had lost two sets and started at a disadvantage,
made up for the third and fourth sets to bring the match back to square one.
In the 5th set, he was hit by 8 high-run points from Nguyen and fell behind by 2-8,
but he immediately responded with 12 high-run points and succeeded in overturning the set score to 3-2 by making up the remaining 1 point in the 4th inning.
In the 6th set, while behind 10-14, he scored 5 runs in the 8th inning to pull off a comeback win.
After the game, Murat Nagy Choklu said, “I knew I had to get to at least the semifinals in this tournament to qualify for the PBA World Championship.
So I was really happy when I got to the semifinals.
I’m really happy that I won all the way to the finals.
He expressed his gratitude, saying, “I was able to win because the presence and support of my Hana Card team mates were a great help.”
To his wife, Emel Choklu, who cried a lot after winning, “She is the best fan and the best supporter.
He helps me anytime and anywhere, regardless of my performance.
“I really love you. ”