Baek Hana and Lee Sohee win the World Championships
China’s Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Wei defeated in the finals
First Korean leader since ‘Teacher’ Lee Kyung-won
Seungjae Seo and Yujeong Chae, mixed doubles silver medal
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Lee So-hee (left) and Baek Hana are happy after winning the women’s doubles match at the 2024 Asian Individual Badminton Championships held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 14th.
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Lee So-hee (left) and Baek Hana are happy after winning the women’s doubles match at the 2024 Asian Individual Badminton Championships held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 14th.
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Korean badminton stars Baek Ha-na (MG Saemaul Geumgo) and Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) won the women’s doubles title at the Asian Individual Championships in 19 years as Korean players.
World No. 2 Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee defeated No. 7 Zhang Shu-hsian and Zheng Yu (China) with a game score of 2-0 (23-21 21-12) in the 2024 Asian Championships Women’s Doubles final held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 14th. I reached the top.
Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, who were runners-up in this competition last year, advanced to the finals for the second year in a row and won the gold medal. This is Korea’s first win in the women’s doubles at the Asian Championships since Lee Kyung-won and Lee Hyo-jung in 2005. On this day, national team coach Lee Gyeong-won directly coached Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, adding meaning to the victory. Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee avenged their defeat in the Malaysia Open semifinals last January against Zhang Shu-hsian and Zheng Yu, recording a record of 3 wins and 1 loss.
Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, who won the most prestigious All England Open last month, won two major tournaments in a row and revealed their prospects for this summer’s Paris Olympics.
In game 1, Baek Hana and Lee Sohee took the lead with solid defense and accurate strokes. The match was easy, as if they had received a vaccination against world number 4 Ryu Seong-su and Tanning (China) the day before. At 9-8, they scored 7 points in a row to go up 16-8 and seemed to be taking the lead easily. However, the atmosphere suddenly changed as they gave up 7 points in a row to Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu, who were able to control their pace, and were chased down 18-16. However, at 21-21, China made a series of mistakes and took one game. Game 2 was a close game up to 10-10, but after nearly 100 rallies, the game turned sharply down after China was unable to properly respond to Lee So-hee’s smash. Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, who scored 5 points in a row to widen the gap to 14-10, gave up one point and then scored 5 points in a row to go up 19-11 and split the game.
In the mixed doubles final, world No. 4 Seungjae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport) lost 1-2 (21-13 15-21 14-21) to No. 3 Feng Yanze and Huang Dongping (China), taking the silver medal. I hung it around my neck. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong lost in the final a month after losing in the French Open final, recording a record of 1 win and 4 losses against each other. As a result, Korean badminton finished the competition with one gold medal and one silver medal. Women’s singles world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) was disappointed in the quarterfinals when she lost 0-2 to world No. 6 He Bingjiao (China) and was eliminated.
Reporter Hong Ji-min
2024-04-15 Page 23
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