After defeating the world’s second place, ‘deeply’… advanced to the finals after 6 years

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Ace Ahn Se-young and the men’s doubles team advanced to the finals of the World Mixed Team Championship after defeating Malaysia for the first time in six years.

This is reporter Park Joo-rin.

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Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung, who started their first match in the mixed doubles match, won 2-1 come-from-behind, and the national team got off to a good start.

Jeon Hyeok-jin lost in the men’s singles, and the game was at a turning point, but Ahn Se-young, world No. 2 in the women’s singles, responded to expectations.

In an unpredictable shot that induces a reverse action, he drove the opponent under one move with skillful speed control and won 2-0 in 32 minutes.

But today’s main character was different.

Kim Won-ho and Na Seong-seung, who started men’s doubles in an atmosphere heated by Ahn Se-young’s victory.

It wasn’t long before he matched his hands and feet, but his ranking was only 803rd, but he did not give up and went on the offensive against the world’s second-ranked Malaysian players.

In the end, a 2-0 surprise victory came after the bewildered opponent was pushed hard.

With a 3-1 overall victory, the national team succeeded in advancing to the finals for the first time in six years, and Na Seong-seung danced and enjoyed the joy.

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“We weren’t conscious of our opponents, so Sung-seung and I will play the best way…”

The national team will face off against the winner of the China-Japan match tomorrow for the trophy.

This is Park Ju-rin from MBC News.

Video editing: Park Jeong-ho

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