[탁구 세계선수권] Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-seong secure bronze medal in men’s doubles… ‘Defending Champion’ won : ZUM News

[스포티비뉴스=조영준 기자/김한림 영상기자] Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-seong (above Samsung Life Insurance) secured a bronze medal by advancing to the semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships.

The pair Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-seong defeated Sweden’s Kristian Carlsson and Mathias Falke 3-1 (11-8 11-6) in the men’s doubles quarterfinals at the 2023 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships held in Durban, South Africa on the 26th (Korean time). 8-11 11-9).

Korean table tennis reserved two bronze medals only in men’s doubles. In addition, Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) in the women’s doubles advanced to the semifinals, securing three bronze medals. This is the best performance at the World Championships since 2003.

Korean table tennis won one silver medal in men’s singles and one bronze medal each in men’s doubles and women’s doubles at the 2003 World Championships. Since then, he has not been able to win more than three medals in one event, not only in the individual world championships, but also in the team world championships.

Lee Sang-soo and Cho Dae-sung will compete against China’s ‘World’s Strongest’ Pan Zhendong and Wang Chujin to advance to the finals. Woo-Jin Jang (Mirae Asset Securities) and Jong-Hoon Lim (Korea Exchange) will play in the semi-final against Germany’s Dmitry Ovtcharov and Pakrit Franciska.

Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee will face world number one Sun Ying-sa and Wang Man-wi (China) in the semifinals.

Korean table tennis did well in doubles, but failed to cross the threshold of 16 in singles.

Shin Yu-bin lost 0-4 (6-11 8-11 8-11 5-11) to ‘world’s strongest’ Sun Ying-xia in the women’s singles round of 16. Also, veteran defender Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Association) was eliminated by Hayata Hina (Japan) 0-4 (5-11 9-11 6-11 8-11).

In the men’s singles, Jang Woo-jin lost to Denmark’s Anders Lind 1-4 (7-11 11-7 9-11 5-11 6-11). Lim Jong-Hoon also lost 0-4 (7-11 5-11 3-11 6-11) to Ma Lung (China), who is considered the best player in table tennis history.

Meanwhile, TV channels SPOTV and SPOTV ON, and sports OTT service SPOTV NOW will broadcast live satellite matches of the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships. It will also be broadcast live on SPOTV ASIA (Spotv Asia). Sporty Asia is a channel broadcasting to 13 countries in Southeast Asia, and broadcasts tennis grand slam tournaments such as Wimbledon and US Open, men’s professional tennis ATP tour, motorcycle racing competition MotoGP (GP), WTT (World Table Tennis) table tennis competition, and BWF ( World Badminton Federation) Badminton competition, International Sports Climbing (IFSC), Sports Climbing World Cup, etc. are provided.