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| South Korea’s Ahn Se-young holds an interview while holding her breath after defeating Japan’s Yamaguchi Akane 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Badminton Federation (BWF) Uber Cup held in Bangkok, Thailand, on the 13th. Bangkok | Reporter Kim Kyung-moo |
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| Ga-eun Kim, who gave a key to the Korean team’s victory, is responding to an interview after the match. Bangkok | Reporter Kim Kyung-moo |
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[스포츠서울 | 방콕=김경무전문기자] There has never been a more exciting victory than this. The Korean women’s badminton team reached the final after blaspheming their opponent Japan 7 months ago.
On the afternoon of the 13th (Korean time), the 2022 World Badminton Federation (BWF) Uber Cup (World Women’s Team Badminton Championships) semifinals were held at Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The Korean women’s national team, led by coach Kim Chung-hoe (56), won the last tournament runner-up team Japan, with Se-young Ahn (20, Samsung Life Insurance), Seung-chan Shin (28)-Lee So-hee (28 years old, Incheon International Airport) and Ga-eun Kim (24, Samsung Life Insurance) winning. and won 3-0.
Korea Republic will fight for the title with the defending champion China, who defeated their home team Thailand 3-0 in the quarterfinals on the 14th at 3 pm (Korean time). If Korea wins the championship, it will be their second feat of winning the tournament after winning the first place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2010.
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| Ahn Se-young cheers after catching Yamaguchi Akane. Bangkok|AFP Yonhap News |
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In the first singles of the day, Korea struggled in the beginning when World 4th ranked Ahn Se-young defeated 1st Yamaguchi Akane, but took the lead with a comeback victory 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 21-18). Ahn Se-young was nervous in the beginning and was dragged away by a series of mistakes, but she led Yamaguchi’s mistakes with a tough rally play from the second set and achieved a valuable victory.
Ahn Se-young and Yamaguchi, who have competed in various open and world competitions since late last year, met this year in the 2022 All-Young Open women’s singles final in March this year. At the time, Yamaguchi won the championship 2-0. However, this time Ahn Se-young cussed out in an important Korea-Japan team match.
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| Shin Seung-chan (left) and Lee So-hee played a big role in the Korean team’s victory by winning the doubles. Bangkok | Reporter Kim Kyung-moo |
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| Shin Seung-chan and Lee So-hee (left) roar after winning the doubles. Bangkok| EPA Yonhap News |
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Next, in the doubles, World 2nd place Seungchan Shin and Sohee Lee defeated 7th place Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) to win a golden victory. Next, in the singles event, 19th place Kim Ga-eun defeated 6th place Nozomi Okuhara 2-1 (21-12, 11-21, 21-16), giving the Korean team an unexpected victory.
Ga-eun Kim was down 4-12 in the 3rd set that day, but after that, she exerted her strength and tied the score 12-12, eventually leading to 14-12. stuck
After the game, Kim Ga-eun said, “When I was behind the 3rd set, the older sisters with support seats said, ‘It’s okay to lose, do your best’, so I got stronger. It’s great to help the team get to the finals,” he said.
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| Gaeun Kim is interviewing the media manager of the World Badminton Federation (BWF). Bangkok | Reporter Kim Kyung-moo |
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At the Uber Cup held in Aarhus, Denmark in October last year (2020, postponed due to Corona 19), Korea faced Japan in the quarter-finals, and Ahn Se-young won in the first round, but lost the match score 1-3 and tied for third place. . [email protected]
