Kim So-young, Gong Hee-yong, Baek Han-a, and Lee Yu-rim go to the finals side by side… Jeon Hyuk-jin of 男 singles also reached the final
Kim Ki-jung and Kim Sa-rang surprise advance to the finals in individual qualifications… Ahn Se-young was eliminated from the semifinals
[대한배드민턴협회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Soon-hyeon = Korean players faced each other in the women’s doubles final of the Korea Masters Badminton Championships held for the first time in three years.
So-Young Kim (Incheon International Airport) and Hee-Yong Gong (Bank of Jeonbuk) defeated Hye-Won Um and Bo-Ryeong Kim (Gimcheon City Hall) 2-0 (21-18 21-9) in the women’s doubles semifinal match held at Gwangju Women’s University Gymnasium in Gwangju on the 16th. and made it to the finals.
Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, who won the bronze medal in the women’s doubles at the Tokyo Olympics, showed off their superior skills against the national team member Hye-won Um and rookie Bo-ryeong Kim.
After falling behind 13-16 in the first set, he scored 5 points in a row to overturn the game, and after that, he held the lead until the end to win the set.
Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong, who gained momentum, easily finished the match by allowing only 9 points to their opponents in the second set.
In the second semi-final that followed, Hana Baek (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) and Yurim Lee (Samsung Life Insurance) defeated Duwe and Wenmei Li (China) 2-1 (21-18 19-21 21-16) to confirm their progress to the final.
The final between Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong and Baek Han-a and Lee Yu-rim will be held at the same place on the 17th at 2 pm.
[대한배드민턴협회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
In the men’s singles, the national team Jeon Hyuk-jin (Yonex) advanced to the final after 5 years.
Jeon Hyuk-jin defeated Sitticom Tammasin (Thailand) 2-0 (21-18 21-15) in the semifinals.
Jeon Hyuk-jin took the lead in the match by scoring 7 points in a row from a 6-6 tie in the first set.
In the second set, where there was a close match, Jeon Hyuk-jin 15-15 scored another 6 points in a row to finish the game.
Jeon Hyuk-jin, who won the 2017 tournament, will challenge Kodai Naraoka (Japan) in the final on the afternoon of the 17th to win the tournament for the first time in 5 years.
Men’s doubles Kim Ki-jeong and Kim Sa-rang (Miryang City Hall) also won the semifinals 2-1 (22-20 12-21 21-19) over Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera (Japan).
Kim Ki-jung and Kim Sa-rang, who participated in this competition as individuals rather than as a national representative, produced an extraordinary event by beating the national team Seo Seung-jae (Army Sports Team) and Kang Min-hyeok (Samsung Life Insurance), who were strong candidates for the championship in the quarterfinals, and finally made it to the finals. .
In the final to be held on the afternoon of the 17th, Liu Yucheng and Xuanyi (China) will clash for the gold medal.
[대한배드민턴협회 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지]
Women’s singles Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who won the Korea Open Badminton Championship last week, lost 0-2 to her rival He Bing-jiao (China) in the semifinals and was frustrated from advancing to the international finals for the second week in a row.
Mixed doubles Jinyong (Yonex) and Yurim Lee (Samsung Life Insurance) also failed to advance to the final after losing 0-2 to Yiryu Wang and Dongping Hwang (China).
The Korea Masters was held for the first time in three years since the 2019 competition due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) situation.
Report on Kakao Talk okjebo
<저작권자(c) 연합뉴스,
Unauthorized reproduction-redistribution prohibited>
2022/04/16 18:57 Send
