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[스포츠서울 | 방콕=김경무전문기자] The start was not good. However, Korea’s men’s badminton team had potential and made it to the quarterfinals.
New doubles union Seo Seung-jae (25, Armed Forces Athletic Corps)-Kang Min-hyuk (23, Samsung Life Insurance) and singles ace Jeon Hyuk-jin (27, Yonex) gave strength, and Choi Sol-gyu (27, Armed Forces Athletic Corps)-Kim Won-ho (23, Samsung Life Insurance) ) put a wedge in the game.
On the evening of the 9th (current time), the second day of the 2022 Thomas Cup-Uber Cup (World Men’s Team Badminton Championships) continued at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The Korean team, headed by Kim Chung-hoe (56), beat Singapore in the second match of the Thomas Cup Group A group stage on that day, and in the first singles, World Ranking 31st Gwanghee Heo (27, Samsung Life Insurance) lost 10th to Kin Yeu 0-2 (14-21). , 12-21) and got off to a shaky start.
In doubles, Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyeok, who were newly formed after the Tokyo Olympics last year and are building up ranking points, were dragged away by giving their first game 15-21 to Hiyong Kai Terry-Ro Kin Hin. However, they worked hard from the second set and eventually won 2-1 (15-21, 21-17, 21-19), turning the game back to the beginning.
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And in the third single, Hyuk-Jin Jeon defeated Jia Heng and Jason Thea again 2-1 (14-21, 21-13, 21-14) to gain the victory. Next, Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim put a wedge in the match by defeating Unkit Wesley Ko-Junsuke Kubo 2-0 (21-14, 21-13) in doubles.
However, with the Korean team’s victory confirmed, Lee Yun-gyu (25, Gimcheon City Hall), who went to singles, lost 1-2 (15-21, 21-10, 11-21) to Jia Wei Joel Co.
The Korean team, who won 3-2 in the first match against the home team Thailand the day before, has their final group match against the strong team Indonesia on the 11th (4:00 pm). However, they secured at least 2nd place in their group and qualified for the quarterfinals.
Indonesia has won two, but they are ahead of Korea in the match score and are leading the group. Singapore and Thailand lost two each and were eliminated from the group stage.
The Korean women’s team, which is participating in the Uber Cup, will play the second leg of the group D group against Canada on the 10th (11 am). [email protected]
