Gong Hee-young (left) and Kim So-young pose after winning the women’s doubles round of 16 match on the 4th. Hangzhou (China) = Reporter Cha Seung-yoon [email protected]
The Korean badminton team, which won gold medals (women) and bronze medals (men) in the team event, continued its smooth sailing in the individual competition as well.
The Korean badminton team played women’s singles (Ahn Se-young), mixed doubles (Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong), men’s doubles (Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho) and women’s doubles (Kim So-young and Kim So-young) during the 7 games of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games (AG) round of 16 held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China on the 4th. Gong Hee-young) won all of them.
The badminton team being interviewed after winning the women’s badminton team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games on the 1st. From left, Soyoung Kim, director Hakkyun Kim, and Seyoung Ahn. Hangzhou (China) = Reporter Cha Seung-yoon [email protected]
Badminton is one of the sports that Korea is most excited about at this tournament. Led by Ahn Se-young, ranked first in the Badminton World Federation (BWF), recent results have been excellent. She is ranked second in the world team rankings this season, with a total score of 13,650 points, behind China. Even before the competition, national team coach Kim Hak-gyun set his sights on winning medals in all of the sports (7) he would compete in.
It’s a good start too. They won the women’s team event against the strongest team, China, and also won a bronze medal in the men’s team event, helping coach Kim collect the medals he wanted. After finishing the women’s team competition on the 1st, Coach Kim said, “The team competition is meaningful. For example, even if Ahn Se-young does not show a good game, we support her from behind and support each other. This is the third team competition this year. (This competition) “I think the point is that the spirit of unity and cooperation among the players has reached its peak this year,” he said. Coach Kim did not hide his confidence, saying, “The Chinese players were very embarrassed today. It must have been the first time that they felt that the Korean players’ stork accuracy and speed were not inferior to the Chinese,” adding, “They probably felt that it was a wall.”
Korea’s Kim Ga-eun, Ahn Se-young, and Kim Garam, who won gold medals in the women’s badminton team event at the Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 1st, are posing on the podium. Photo = Yonhap News
Coach Kim said, “(Badminton)’s first medal is in the women’s team event. Depending on how well the women’s team button is buttoned up at the beginning, it will determine what kind of results the individual competition will also produce.” “He did a great job of brightening the mood so there was no pressure.” He said, “I will win a medal in 7 sports, including the 5 sports and the team event. There are 5 medals in the Paris Olympics as well. As much as I won in Hangzhou, I will win at the Olympics. Individual performance is important, and I will prepare for the Olympics to win that much.” “It is,” he said, raising his motivation.
The players who passed the round of 16 were not excited. Ahn Se-young, who has emerged as the biggest star of the badminton team, defeated Maldives’ Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaha, whom she also met in the team event, with a game score of 2-0 (21-4, 21-6). It was a landslide victory that took only 21 minutes to win.
Ahn Se-young, the national badminton team, won the women’s singles round of 16 on the 4th. Hangzhou (China) = Reporter Cha Seung-yoon [email protected] The Hangzhou Asian Games badminton women’s singles round of 16 match between Korea and Maldives held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Korea’s Ahn Se-young faces Maldives’ Abdul Razak Fatimas Navaha. Photo = Yonhap News
Se-young Ahn expressed her thoughts on victory, saying, “I feel like I’m taking my time in the game after finishing the team event. (Thanks to the win) I’m happier because there’s a game tomorrow as well.” He said, “The team competition is a team competition, and the individual competition is as meaningful as the individual competition.” He added, “Now that I have a gold medal, I am more greedy and think, ‘Maybe I can do an individual competition too.’ But if I get greedy, it doesn’t work out. I say this every day, but I just do my best each day. “I will do my best,” he pledged.
The Hangzhou Asian Games badminton mixed doubles round of 16 match between Korea and Thailand was held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Korea’s Seungjae Seo and Chae Yujeong are facing Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukro and Sapsiri Taerattanacha. Photo = Yonhap News
Seung-jae Seo and Yu-jeong Chae, the mixed doubles team who were the only ones in this AG to be in the same group as the Jakarta-Palembang competition, boasted solid teamwork. In the round of 16, Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong met Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukro and Sapsiri Taerattanacha (ranked 5th in the world), but easily won 2-0 (21-13, 21-11).
Seo Seung-jae said, “I competed in two sports, so to be honest, I didn’t get to train much together. Even when my older sister is not competing with me as a partner, I study and work on what I can do.” Chae Yu-jeong said, “At first, I worked out alone for a lot of the time, so partnerships were slow, but I feel like my continued research is creating synergy now. I’m more confident and more ambitious.”
Seo Seung-jae and Choi Yoo-jung won the mixed doubles title at the World Individual Championships last August, and also topped the China Open two weeks later. However, Seo Seung-jae pledged, “I believe that the previous wins are previous ones. I will play confidently in AG, one game at a time. If we show what we can do without being greedy, good results will follow.”
The Hangzhou Asian Games badminton men’s doubles round of 16 match between Korea and China was held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. South Korea’s Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho are facing China’s Liang Weikeng and Wang Cheng. Photo = Yonhap News
Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles, Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho achieved a 2-1 (21-10, 18-21, 23-21) comeback victory over China’s Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, ranked second in the world. He was a formidable opponent who met three times in BWF competitions and lost three times, but succeeded in getting revenge. The loss was deep in the 3rd set as they were drawn to 13-19, but they made a strong comeback at the end and took it to deuce, and achieved the final victory with consecutive scores at 21-21.
Choi Sol-gyu said, “I was able to come from behind to win because I did my best without giving up until the end,” and pledged, “I will maintain concentration and show a good performance so that I can continue the good atmosphere in the next game.” Kim Won-ho said, “I used to be afraid of my opponents. I played a lot of dodges. “I think it was a good thing that I went in with the mindset that I would fight even if I lost today,” he said.
The Hangzhou Asian Games badminton women’s doubles round of 16 match between Korea and India was held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Korea’s Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong face India’s Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. Photo = Yonhap News
The women’s doubles ‘King Kong duo’ Kim So-young and Gong Hee-young won a round score of 2-1 (21-15, 18-21, 21-13) against India’s Pulera Gopichand pair.
Kong Hee-young, whom we met after the game, said, “We could have solved it easily, but it was a game that we had a hard time solving on our own. I’m not satisfied, but I feel good because we won.” He added, “If we keep passing the shuttlecock over without making mistakes, mistakes can be made by the opponent.” “But we made our own mistakes and ended up having a hard time.”
The Hangzhou Asian Games badminton women’s doubles round of 16 match between Korea and India was held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 4th. Korea’s Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong face India’s Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. Photo = Yonhap News
Kim So-young also said, “The Indian players had good attack power and good drive balls. We kept hitting high balls, but as we hit the ball quickly, we made a lot of mistakes. We flew here and there without preparation, which led to misses.” I looked back. He said, “Let’s be calm. Let’s not try to do anything (forcibly). Let’s put it down,” and then tried to make an impact with aggressive play, which seems to have worked out well, he said.
Kim So-young said, “They say that the semifinals will be the most difficult in terms of the bracket, but each game is important, and there may be some upset. I will do my best in every game to avoid becoming the protagonist of that upset.”
The Korean national team will then attempt to advance to the round of 16 in the remaining three games in the afternoon. The men’s doubles pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, the women’s singles team of Kim Ga-eun, and the women’s doubles team of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee will attempt to advance to the quarterfinals.
Reporter Cha Seung-yoon [email protected]
2023-10-04 06:13:19
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