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Korea Badminton Women’s Doubles Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport)-Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank) and Lee So-hee-Shin Seung-chan (Incheon International Airport) will face off in the semifinals of the World Individual Badminton Championships.
Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong defeated Japan’s Iwanagari and Nakanishi Kiie 2-0 (21-8, 21-18) in the quarterfinals of the 2021 World Individual Badminton Championships held in Huelba, Spain on the 17th (local time) to reach the semifinals. entered into Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan also won a comeback victory 2-1 (19-2,1 21-18, 21-18) over Thailand’s Jongkolpan Kittitaracul-Rawinda Phrajongjae in the quarterfinals.
In the semi-final draw held after the quarterfinals ended, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong and Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan would face off to advance to the final.
In their career record, Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan are dominant with 6 wins and 3 losses. Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan defeated Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong in the final of the World Tour Final in January, the semi-final of the Danish Open in October, and the final of the French Open in November.
However, in the world ranking, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong (2nd) are higher. Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan are in fourth place. In the women’s doubles bronze medal match at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held last August, Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong defeated Lee So-hee and Shin Seung-chan 2-0 to win the bronze medal.
On the other hand, women’s singles Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who had been aiming to win four consecutive international championships, failed to advance to the semifinals in the quarterfinals by kneeling 1-2 (7-21 21-11 10-21) to Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.
Reporter Lee Hyeong-seok [email protected]
