[BWF 배드민턴] Na-eun Jeong and Hye-jeong Kim, Bronze Medal at the Malaysian Open… Failed to advance to the final

[스포티비뉴스=조영준 기자] Na-eun Jeong (21, Hwasun-gun Office) and Hye-jeong Kim (24, Samsung Life Insurance) of the women’s national badminton team failed to advance to the final of the BWF Malaysia Open. However, following the Indonesian Masters last month, he won a bronze medal.

Na-eun Jeong and Hye-jeong Kim of Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu-Sitipadia Silva Ramadanti Joe 0-2 (14-21 20-22) in the women’s doubles semifinals at the 2022 BWF Super 750 Series Malaysia Open held on the 2nd in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 2nd. lost.

Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong, who are on a steep rise this year, climbed to No. 12 in the women’s doubles world rankings. Last April she won the Korea Open held in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province where she won.

Among the Korean players who participated in this tournament, the only ones who made it to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles challenged to advance to the finals. However, they lost to 7th place in the women’s doubles group, Rahayu-Ramadanti.

Although Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong failed to advance to the finals, they achieved bronze medals following the Indonesian Masters.

The Korean delegation who participated in the Malaysian Open ended this tournament with one bronze medal in women’s doubles.

The national badminton team will participate in the BWF Super 500 Series Malaysia Masters starting from the 5th at the same place.