Korean Table Tennis, Busan World Championships

Korean Men’s and Women’s Table Tennis, Side by Side in First Game of Busan World Championships

The women’s national team won 3-0 over Italy, led by Shin Yu-bin and Jeon Ji-hee.

Men’s team won 3-1 over Poland… Ace Jang Woo-jin takes responsibility for his second win

The Korean men’s and women’s table tennis teams won the first round at the BNK Busan Bank 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships. 카지노

The women’s national team (5th place) won against Italy (24th place) with a match score of 3-0 in the first match of the 5th group of the women’s group stage on the first day of the tournament held at the BEXCO Special Stadium in Busan on the 16th.

Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities) and Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air), who teamed up to win the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held last year, played in the first and second singles, respectively, and earned match points with a clean game.

Jeon Ji-hee defeated Vibarelli Deborah 3-0 (11-4 11-9 11-4), and Shin Yu-bin also defeated Stepanova Nicoletta 3-0 (11-5 11-7 11-7).

Si-ion Lee (Samsung Life Insurance), who played 3 singles, looked like he was struggling after losing his first game against Montpardini Gaia, but he won 3 games and won 3-1 (11-8 11-3 8-11 11-9). I was scolded.

The men’s team also started the competition in good spirits.

Korea (5th place), which consisted of Jong-hoon Lim, Jae-hyeon Ahn (hereinafter referred to as Korea Exchange), and Woo-jin Jang, won against Poland (19th place) with a match score of 3-1 in the first match of Group 3 of the men’s group stage.

Korea, attempting to finish on the podium for the fourth time in a row at its first ever home world championships, easily overcame its first hurdle, the match against Poland.

Group 3 includes Korea, Poland, India, Chile, and New Zealand.

In terms of power, Korea is the strongest, and among the remaining teams, Poland and India are expected to compete for second place.

Jang Woo-jin, who played first singles, lost the first two games to Masey Kubik and then set the mood with a thrilling comeback win of 3-2 (13-15 8-11 11-8 11-7 11-6).

Then, Jong-Hoon Lim defeated Milos Lezymski, the most energetic player in Poland, 3-1 (12-10 11-9 10-12 11-4).

Jaehyun Ahn of 3rd singles lost to Polish ace Jakub Dijas 1-3 (8-11 10-12 11-7 9-11), but Woojin Jang, who stood at the front of the table again as a runner in 4th singles, ended the match.

Woojin Jang defeated Lezimsky 3-0 (11-8 11-3 14-12) with aggressive table tennis.

At 5 p.m. on this day, the women’s national team (5th place), led by Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Jeon Ji-hee (Mirae Asset Securities), will challenge for its first victory in the tournament against Italy (24th place).