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 day’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.
(This article was produced with the assistance of AI. — Ed.)