Korean men’s table tennis ace Jang Woo-jin (SeAH) lost the Korea-Japan match in the quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) King of the Kings.
Woojin Jang, ranked 15th in the world, lost 0-3 (6-11 4-11 8) to Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan (7th in the world) in the men’s singles quarterfinals of the ‘WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024’ held at the Kitakyushu Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan on the 21st. -11) and were completely defeated.
Previously, Woojin Jang advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win over Brazil’s Hugo Calderano (#6 in the world) in the round of 16, but was dragged out by giving up the lead early in the first set against Harimoto and eventually lost the set 6-11. . Jang Woo-jin, who lost the second set 4-11, fought hard in the third set, but ended up losing 8-11 and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
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