Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk are roaring after winning the second match against India in the semifinals of the badminton men’s team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 30th. 2023.9.30/News1 ⓒ News1 Reporter Yoo Seung-gwan
(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Dae-Hyeon Moon = The badminton men’s doubles team of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk (hereinafter referred to as Samsung Life Insurance), ranked third in the world, defeated the home team India team at the India Open, the second competition in 2024, and rose to the top.
The pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk defeated India’s Setweeksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (second place) in the Indian Open men’s doubles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 750 held in New Delhi, India on the 21st (Korean time). They achieved a comeback win with a game score of 2-1 (15-21 21-11 21-18).
The pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, last year’s World Championship and King of Kings Champions, finished in third place after being pushed out by the Rankireddy-Shetty pair in the semifinals of the Malaysia Open in the middle of this month, but succeeded in avenging themselves at the India Open, which they played in shortly afterwards.
The Rankireddy-Shetty team, which won the men’s doubles match at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games by defeating the team of Choi Sol-gyu (Yonex) and Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance), met the Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk pair in two consecutive competitions in the new year, but lost the victory this time.
In terms of opponent record, the Rankireddy-Shetty group is still ahead of the Seo Seung-jae-Kang Min-hyuk group with 4 wins and 2 losses.
The team of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, who dropped the first game on this day, won the second game by 10 points and brought the game back to square one.
The team of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk took the win by finishing the first three games with 11-6. However, they seemed to be taken aback by the opponent’s strong pursuit in the second half and ended up trailing by 17-16.
The Rankireddy-Shetty team put pressure on the Seo Seung-jae-Kang Min-hyuk team with the enthusiastic support of the home crowd.
However, Korea was ahead in terms of concentration at the last minute. The pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk became the final winners by winning two points in a row with a narrow lead of 19-18.
Meanwhile, in this competition, Korea won one gold medal (men’s doubles) and two bronze medals (women’s doubles, mixed doubles).
The women’s doubles team of Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaul Geumgo) and the men’s doubles team of Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) finished in third place.
Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), ranked first in women’s singles, suffered a thigh muscle problem while playing against Yeo Ji-ah-min (Singapore) in the quarterfinals and lost.
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2024-01-21 21:23:11
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