Pocheon City Hall showed off its potential to advance to the women’s singles and mixed doubles finals in the 2022 Nogo Singles National University Badminton Federation Match. It is evaluated that dropping out of the team event was a phone call. A commemorative photo was taken after finishing the tournament schedule on the 28th. Reporter Kwon Jae-min, Gurye I [email protected]
“The driving force behind the success of the individual event was the elimination of the team event.”
The unexpected devastating defeat came back as a phone call. Pocheon City Hall, which aims to win the women’s general division in the 2022 Nogo Danbae National University Unemployment Badminton Federation, is cruising after winning the runner-up in the group event at the beginning of the tournament. It is thanks to the fact that Kim Min-ji advanced to the women’s general singles final with a performance that exceeded expectations, and Lee Jeong-hyeon and Lee Seon-min Jo also advanced to the doubles final.
Kim Min-ji won the women’s singles semifinals on the 7th day of the tournament held at Gurye Indoor Gymnasium in Jeollanam-do on the 28th, and won Kim Joo-eun (Gimcheon City Hall) group with a set score of 2-1 (10-21 21-14 21-13). On this day, Lee Jeong-hyeon and Lee Seon-min Jodo won the women’s doubles semifinal 2-0 (21-7 21-9) in the group Hwang Hyeon-jeong and Kim Da-som (above Yeongdong-gun Office). Yena Lee also beat Jiwook Kang (Cheongju City Hall) and Taekyung Yoon (Yeongdong County Office) 2-0 (21-16 21-15) in the mixed doubles semifinals, which teamed up with Jinha Ahn (Gwangmyeong City Hall).
Pocheon City Hall’s advance to the women’s singles and doubles finals in the women’s general division is a splendid achievement after overcoming the slump in the team event. Earlier, on the 24th, Pocheon City Hall lost face in the final of the women’s general division by losing a match score of 0-3 to Hwasun-gun Office. Before the tournament, he was nominated as a strong candidate for the team event, and as Pocheon City Hall manager Cha Yun-suk, he suffered a devastating defeat in the ‘women’s lead match’ with Jeong Myung-hee, manager of the Hwasun County Office, so the shock was doubled.
Coach Cha Yun-sook said, “The team finals were not just about poor performance and bad luck. It made me look back on the mental state of the players and my leadership.” “After the team game, I gathered the players and gave them mental training. I already emphasized that we should do our best in individual matches without looking back on past matches.”
Is it the result of coach Cha’s mental education? Kim Min-ji made her first individual final in singles. Lee Seon-min also reached the doubles final in the first year of his transfer from Samsung Life Insurance to Pocheon City Hall, and Lee Jung-hyun is trying to shake off the bad luck of being only runner-up in the individual event.
Now, Pocheon City Hall is aiming to dominate all individual events and to win mixed doubles in the final on the 29th. The final opponents are Kim Ye-ji (singles, Yeongdong-gun Office), Chae Hee-soo-Lee Hyun-woo (doubles, Sang Hwaseong City Hall), and Ko Seong-hyeon-Eom Hye-won (mixed doubles, above Gimcheon City Hall). It’s not an easy opponent, but I’m determined to finish the tournament with a smile and a trophy.
Kim Min-ji said, “There hasn’t been a single game that’s been easy. Every time I gave away one set, there were many cases of self-destruction because I couldn’t finish the second set, but this time it will be different. I’ll take the burden off you,” he said sternly.
Reporter Gurye I Kwon Jae-min [email protected] View more articles by reporter
