Baek Hana and Lee So-hee are cheering after winning against Chen Qingchen-Zaifan in the badminton women’s team final match between South Korea and China at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at Binjiang Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China on the 1st.
Korean badminton is cruising at the Malaysia Open, the first international tournament of the new year.
The women’s doubles world rankings No. 2 Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport) and Baek Hana (MG Saemaeul Geumgo) team defeated No. 64 Anna Ching Ik Cheong and Teo Mei-sing (No. 64) in the Malaysia Open women’s doubles round of 32 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 10th (local time). Malaysia) with a game score of 2-0 (21-14 21-13).
The pair of Lee So-hee and Baek Hana, who became new partners in October 2022, quickly rose to second place in the world rankings by winning the German Open, Malaysia Masters, and Indonesia Open in succession last year.
In the women’s doubles finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games, she failed to overcome the first-place pair of Chen Qingchen and Zhaipan (China), and was pushed to second place in a row by the same opponent in the King of Kings, but her performance is said to be becoming more and more equal.
Previously, another combination representing Korean women’s doubles, Kim So-young (Incheon International Airport) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), advanced to the round of 16, and Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na also passed the round of 32.
Last year’s world championship winning combination, the mixed doubles team of Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (Incheon International Airport), also defeated the team of Alexander Lindemann and Josephine Woo (Canada) 2-0 (21-12 21-11) in the round of 32. entered the river.
The world’s third-ranked men’s doubles team, Seungjae Seo and Minhyuk Kang (Samsung Life Insurance), defeated the team of Ben Lane and Thin Bendy (England) 2-0 (21-14 21-14).
The pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kang Min-hyuk, who had their best year last year by sweeping both the World Championship and King of Kings, continued their momentum and advanced to the round of 16 of this tournament, increasing their chances of winning their first championship of the new year.
Meanwhile, world No. 1 women’s singles Se-young Ahn (Samsung Life Insurance) and 7th-ranked mixed doubles pair Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) have also advanced to the round of 16.
On the other hand, the women’s doubles team of Kim Hye-jeong (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun and Shin Seung-chan (Incheon International Airport) and Lee Yu-rim (Samsung Life Insurance) failed to cross the threshold of the round of 32.
The new men’s doubles combination of Kim Won-ho and Na Seong-seung (Gimcheon City Hall) also failed to advance to the round of 16. 19가이드03