23 of 29 PBA players advance to Round1 Japan Cup match play

Twenty-nine PBA players traveled to Japan for the 28th Round1 Japan Cup and 23 made it to the 64-player match play finalists after 10 qualifying games Thursday at Minami Suna Round 1, PBA reported in this news release. Japan’s Shigenori Sakata led the 32 players who advanced out of A Squad with 2,483 for 10 games, while two-time PBA Tour titlist Tom Smallwood of Saginaw, Michigan led the 32 who advanced out of B squad with 2,437. PBA reported that the tournament field was split into two ...