Conquest of the tournament held for the first time in 3 years since 2019… The women’s doubles bronze medal was also confirmed and the medal was swept away.
Ahn Se-young advances to the women’s singles final… Head-to-head match against enemy Yamaguchi for 2 weeks in a row
Korean badminton swept gold, silver and bronze medals in women’s doubles at the Japan Open held for the first time in three years.
Women’s doubles Hana Baek (22)-Lee Yu-rim (22) and Na-eun Jeong (22)-Kim Hye-jeong (24) advanced to the finals and secured gold and silver medals, while Kim So-young (30) and Gong Hee-yong (26) took bronze. .
In the women’s doubles semi-final of the 2022 Japan Open Badminton Championships held in Osaka, Japan on the 3rd, Baek Hana-Lee Yu-rim defeated China’s Cheonqingcheon-Zaipan 2-1 (12-21 21-18 21-19) and advanced to the final.
Baek Hana-Lee Yu-rim, who is ranked 32nd in the world, lost the first set by 21-12, 9 points in the match against the world No.
However, in the second set, Hana Baek and Yu-rim Lee changed the mood of the game gradually with their persistent defense.
In the end, Hana Baek and Yu-rim Lee won the second set with three consecutive goals in 18-18, making a perfect turnaround.
Hana Baek and Yu-rim Lee, who have risen in momentum, are on the verge of advancing to the final by leading 19-15 in the 3rd set against the world’s strongest team.
Cheon Qing-cheon and Chi-pan tied the score 19-19 with four consecutive runs in the last minute, but Hana Baek and Yu-rim Lee slowly scored two points, ending a great bloody battle of 1 hour and 22 minutes.
Hana Baek and Yurim Lee won their first match against the world’s strongest Libra-Chingcheon-Zaipan and advanced to the finals of the first major international tournament.
In another semifinal match that followed, Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong defeated senior Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong 2-0 (21-10 23-21) to advance to the final.
Naeun Jeong and Hyejeong Kim, ranked 10th in the world, perfectly won the first set 21-10 against ‘defending champions’ Kim Soyoung and Gong Heeyong, who are ranked 3rd in the world.
In the second set, the two teams played back and forth, and a close battle ensued.
Na-eun Jeong and Hye-jeong Kim made a match point 20-18, but So-young Kim and Hee-yong Gong scored three in a row and turned the game over to 21-20.
However, Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong immediately countered with three consecutive goals and confirmed the advance to the finals.
With this win, Naeun Jeong and Hyejeong Kim balanced their opponents Soyoung Kim and Heeyong Gong with 2 wins and 2 losses.
As the final was played between Korean teams, Korea confirmed the women’s doubles title for the second time in a row following the 2019 tournament.
Korea’s Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong won the previous championship in 2019.
Due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), 2020 and 2021 were skipped and the tournament was held for the first time in three years.
Kim So-young and Gong Hee-yong failed to advance to the final because the 3rd and 4th place playoffs were not played, but they secured bronze medals and achieved medals in two consecutive competitions following last week’s silver medal at the World Individual Championships.
The women’s doubles final will be held at 11:30 am on the 4th at the same venue.
A golden challenge continued in the women’s singles as well.
Ahn Se-young (20) won the women’s singles semifinal 2-1 (21-12 14-21 21-13) over Tai Ziying of Taiwan.
Ahn Se-young, who reached the final, is aiming for her first Japanese Open victory against her archenemy Yamaguchi Akane (25, Japan) around 3 pm on the 4th.
Se-young Ahn and Yamaguchi will face off for the second week in a row following the semifinals of last week’s World Individual Championships.
At the World Individual Championships, Yamaguchi defeated Ahn Se-young 2-0 to reach the final and even won the championship.
Meanwhile, in the men’s doubles, Kim Ki-jung (32) and Kim Sa-rang (33) and Choi Sol-gyu (27)-Kim Won-ho (23) all lost in the semifinals.
/yunhap news
