Korean Players Shine in Asian Individual Badminton Championships Quarterfinals

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Lee So-hee and Baek Hana are playing in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Asian Individual Badminton Championships on the 12th. AFP Yonhap News

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Lee So-hee and Baek Hana are playing in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Asian Individual Badminton Championships on the 12th. AFP Yonhap News

Seung-jae Seo (Samsung Life Insurance) and Yu-jeong Chae (Incheon International Airport) are the first Korean players to do so in 11 years, and Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) and So-hee Lee (Incheon International Airport) are the first Korean players to reach the top in mixed doubles and women’s doubles at the Asian Individual Badminton Championships in 19 years. There are two steps left.

World No. 4 Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong will compete against No. 1 Zheng Si-wei and Huang Ya-chong (China) to advance to the finals in the mixed doubles semifinals of the 2024 Asian Championships held at the Ningbo Olympic Sports Center in China on the 13th. Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong secured the bronze medal with a 2-1 comeback victory over world number 6 Dechapol Puavaranukro and Sapsiri Taeratanachai (Thailand) the previous day. This is Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong’s first medal at the Asian Championships.

Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong are significantly behind Jeong Si-wei and Hwang Ya-chung in their record against each other, with 2 wins and 15 losses, including the last 6 consecutive losses. However, I also have good memories of beating them and winning the World Individual Championships in August last year. Korea has not won a mixed doubles gold medal at the Asian Championships since Ko Seong-hyeon and Kim Hana in 2013. This is why Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yu-jeong’s performance is expected.

Women’s doubles world No. 2 Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee aim to advance to the finals against No. 4 Ryu Seong-su and Tan Ning (China). In the all-time record, they are ahead with 2 wins and 1 loss. Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee easily defeated world No. 8 Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara (Japan) the day before by 2-0 (21-8 21-17) and advanced to the semifinals. Attention is being paid to whether Baek Hana-Lee So-hee, who won the silver medal at this competition last year, will be able to change her medal color to gold this time. The last time Korea won the women’s doubles title in this tournament was in 2005 when Lee Kyung-won (current national team coach) and Lee Hyo-jung.

Reporter Hong Ji-min

2024-04-13 01:58:47
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