(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Seo Jang-won = Kim Ga-eun (19th, Samsung Life Insurance) won the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 300 Korea Masters.
Ga-eun Kim took the top spot after defeating Tomoka Miyazaki (Japan), ranked 75th in the world, 2-1 (19-21 21-17 21-12) in the women’s singles final held at Gwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium on the 12th.
With this, Ga-eun Kim won an individual winner’s medal at an international competition for the first time in 4 years and 8 months since the China Masters in March 2019.
Despite Korea’s women’s singles ace Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) missing the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games due to a knee injury, Kim Ga-eun rose to the top, establishing the status of Korean women’s badminton.
In addition to women’s singles, Korea also won gold medals in mixed doubles and women’s doubles.
In the mixed doubles final, world No. 4 Seungjae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) defeated China’s Zhang Zhenfang and Wei Yaxin (world No. 6) 2-0 (21-14 21-15).
In the women’s doubles world rankings, the pair of Na-eun Jeong (Hwasun County Office) and Hye-jeong Kim (Samsung Life Insurance), ranked 13th in the world, also defeated Japan’s Rui Hirokami and Yuna Kato (#32 in the world) of Japan 2-0 (21-12 21-19) in the final. I experienced the joy of winning.
2023-11-12 13:11:10
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