Korea’s badminton defeated its archrival, Japan. The Korean badminton team, led by coach Kim Hak-kyun, competed in the final 3rd match of the Group D group stage of the 2023 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Mixed Team Championships (Sudirman Cup) held in Suzhou, China on the 17th (Korean time), Korea’s badminton legend coach Park Joo-bong. defeated Japan, led by Lee, 5-0.
Japan was a formidable opponent in the Sudirman Cup, where matches were played every two years in the order of mixed doubles, men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, and women’s doubles. It was also a country that suffered a painful defeat in the semi-finals of the 2015 tournament, and both teams defeated England and France in the same group, so the winning country was in a single-legged situation where the winner took first place.
Overall, Japan had the upper hand in the world rankings, but Korea’s concentration was better. In the first mixed doubles match, World No. 9 Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun-gun Office) won 2-1 (19-21, 21-15, 21-5) come-from-behind victory over 2nd place Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino. Korea started the game well, and in the ensuing men’s singles, Jeon Hyeok-jin (Yonex), ranked 69th in the world, defeated Kenta Nishimoto, ranked 15th, 2-0 (21-11, 21-19), bringing the mood.
It was also Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) who put the emphasis on the game. World No. 2 Ahn Se-young once again defeated world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi, confirming that he has neither a natural enemy nor a nemesis. In fact, Ahn Se-young’s record against Yamaguchi ahead of this match was 6-12, with a win rate of only 1/3. He also took a knee in his latest match, the German Open final in March. However, from the first set, Ahn Se-young increased his score based on solid defense, and also reduced mistakes in the second set and neatly conquered it 2-0 (21-11 21-15). Ahn Se-young, who confirmed victory regardless of the outcome of the remaining games, roared on the court and enjoyed the joy.토스카지노
The remaining two matches were also won by Korea, which was riding the momentum. In men’s doubles, Seo Seung-jae (Army Sports Corps) and Kang Min-hyeok (Samsung Life Insurance), who ranked 17th in the world, defeated Hoki Takuro and Kobayashi Yugo, who ranked third, 2-0 (21-18, 21-12). In the women’s doubles, world No. 5 Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaul Geumgo), who were the only ones ahead of Japan in the rankings, beat Fukushima Yuki-Hirota Sakaya, 7th place, 2-0 (21-13, 21-18). broke it smoothly
Starting from the quarterfinal tournament, the first place in each group meets the second place in the other group, so putting Japan in second place and securing first place was a good thing for Korea to go on a more advantageous path. Korea is now challenging for the first time in six years since 2017. Coach Kim Hak-gyun said, “I have been telling the players since Korea that we are going to China to win the Sudirman Cup.” Beyond 100%, I like it 200%.”