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Chris Via keeps amazing major TV run going by earning top seed of 2021 U.S. Open as he seeks first PBA Tour title; Jakob Butturff, Anthony Neuer, Jason Sterner, Cristian Azcona also make TV finals

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Saturday, April 10, 2021 11:00 pm
Chris Via keeps amazing major TV run going by earning top seed of 2021 U.S. Open as he seeks first PBA Tour title; Jakob Butturff, Anthony Neuer, Jason Sterner, Cristian Azcona also make TV finals
The stepladder finalists for the 2021 U.S. Open, left to right and first to fifth: Chris Via, Jakob Butturff, Anthony Neuer, Jason Sterner, Cristian Azcona. Photo by USBC.
Chris Via has mastered making the TV finals on the PBA Tour, having done so in an astounding six of the last seven major tournaments. Now Via needs to master winning. Being the top seed gives him a guaranteed opportunity to finally win his first PBA Tour title in Sunday’s stepladder finals of the 2021 U.S. Open live on FS1 at 1 p.m. Central time. Via made the TV finals of the last two majors of 2020 — the U.S. Open and PBA World Championship — and four of the five in 2021,...