Badminton women’s doubles Jeong Na-eun (right) and Kim Hye-jeongNa-eun Jeong (22) and Hye-jeong Kim (24) were the winners of the women’s doubles doubles win at the Japanese Open in Korean badminton.
Naeun Jeong and Hyejeong Kim won the women’s doubles final of the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Championships held in Osaka, Japan on the 4th, defeating teammates Baek Hana (22) and Lee Yurim (22) 2-0 (23-21 28-26) West .
Na-eun Jeong and Hye-jeong Kim, who won the gold medal, became the second consecutive Korean champions after Kim So-young (30) and Gong Hee-yong (26), who won the 2019 tournament.
The tournament was held three years after the 2020 and 2021 seasons were skipped due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) situation.
Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong, who received attention with a ‘surprising bronze medal’ at the Jeonyeong Open, the most prestigious badminton tournament in March, won the Korea Open in April and this Japan Open, rising to become a new powerhouse in women’s doubles in the world.
The match was 2-0, but the content of the match was a bloody close.
Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jung and Baek Han-a-Lee Yu-rim, who had their first ever face-to-face match, played a tight battle from the first set to the reverse.
In 17-17, Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong made a set point with three consecutive goals, but Baek Hana-Lee Yu-rim scored four in a row and quickly turned the game to 21-20.
However, Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jung calmly countered with three consecutive goals and won the set first.
The second set was a match that could be called the best match of the tournament.
The two teams battled for a score in 18-18, giving and receiving one point each.
In 24-25, Baek Hana-Lee Yu-rim scored two points in a row, turning the game over to 26-25 and trying to continue the game into three sets.
However, Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong finished the match by scoring three consecutive goals by pushing Hana Baek and Yu-rim Lee with a strategy centered on a strong attack.
In the women’s doubles event at the Japan Open, which ended with Na-eun Jeong and Hye-jeong Kim, South Korea took home gold, silver (Baek Hana-Lee Yu-rim), and bronze medals (Kim So-young-Gong Hee-yong).
On the other hand, women’s singles Ahn Se-young (20) is aiming for the first Japanese Open victory against her archenemy Yamaguchi Akane (25, Japan) at 4 pm.
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