Sol-gyu Choi (right) and Won-ho Kim cheering on the court after advancing to the finalSol-gyu Choi (Army National Army) and Won-ho Kim (Samsung Life Insurance), the men’s badminton doubles national team, who won a bronze medal with a surprise performance at the Korea Masters Badminton Championships in April, advanced to the finals of the Indonesian Open Championships.
Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim beat Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Scaruf Rasmussen 2-1 (13-21 21-12 21-18) in the men’s doubles semifinal of the 2022 Indonesian Open Badminton Championships held in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 18th (local time). ) and advanced to the finals.
Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim, who gave up the first set by 8 points, went down from 3-3 in the second set to score 6 points and then did not give up the lead until the end and balanced the game.
Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim, who played a close battle in 3 sets of 18-17, made a match point by scoring two consecutive goals with their solid defense, and finished the game with a successful final attack.
Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim face off against China’s Liu Yu-chun and Xuan-i on the night of the 19th for the title.
If this match is won, Sol-gyu Choi and Won-ho Kim will win their first international title.
Women’s doubles Shin Seung-chan-Lee So-hee (above Incheon International Airport) and mixed doubles Seo Seung-jae (Army Athletic Corps)-Chae Yoo-jeong (Incheon International Airport) lost in the quarterfinals and finished third in the final.
Bronze medals will be awarded to all players who lose in the quarterfinals as there are no 3rd or 4th place matches in this tournament.
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