Women’s doubles Lee So-hee and Baek Hana (right) won the All England Open gold medal. (Provided by Korea Badminton Association)
(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Jae-sang Lee = Korean badminton players So-hee Lee (Incheon International Airport) and Hana Baek (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) reached the top of the women’s doubles at the 2024 All England Open.
Sohee Lee and Hana Baek, ranked second in the world, defeated Nami Matsuyama and Haru Shida (Japan), ranked fifth in the world, 2-1 (21-19 11-21 21-) in the women’s doubles final of the tournament held in Birmingham, England on the 17th (Korean time). 17) and pressed.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, who finished second in the finals of this competition last year behind national team members Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), washed away their disappointment with this win.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana added wins in international competitions nine months after the Indonesia Open in June last year. They won a silver medal at last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana succeeded in their revenge battle on this day. They avenged their loss to the Nami-Jiharu group in the quarterfinals of the French Open last week.
Thanks to their victory, Korean badminton won the women’s doubles gold medal for the second consecutive year at the All England Open, one of the most prestigious competitions in the world.
The tense atmosphere continued throughout the finals. Lee So-hee and Baek Hana won the first set by shaking off their opponent’s pursuit, but gave up the flow in the second set.
Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, who regrouped in the final 3 sets, took the lead by scoring consecutive early points and taking a 14-9 lead, and put an end to the long game at 20-17 through an opponent’s mistake.
Meanwhile, Korea won three medals in this competition. Women’s doubles Lee So-hee and Baek Hana won the gold medal, while Kim So-young and Kong Hee-yong took third place. Women’s singles star Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) also had to be satisfied with third place due to injury.
2024-03-17 14:31:56
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