Star in Star Contender! Oh Sang is 2 years old, 18 years old, Oh Jun-sung, and I'm happy to win my first singles title after winning the independent trial, but it doesn't feel real.
Mar 31, 2025
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The World Table Tennis (WTT) broadcasting team was excited after Oh Jun-sung (18, world No. 36) won the first singles title at an international tournament.
Oh Jun-sung won the WTT star contenter Chennai (India) 2025 men's singles final on the 30th by beating Thibaut Forre (20th, 54th in the world) after a close game. In the round of 16, he beat Tomislav Pukar (29, Croatia, 42nd in the world), who beat Tomokazu Harimoto (21, Japan), 3-1 in the quarterfinals '3rd in the world', and reached the final after cooking Flavien Kotong (106th in the world) with a score of 3-0. In a desperate final, Oh Jun-sung lost one game to 9-11 after a tight race, but brought the second and third games to 11-7, 11-3. He overwhelmed his opponent with his unique solid defense and backhand, and he was not pushed back in the rally. However, he was shaken by the strength of his opponent in four or five games. He gave up 9-11, 6-11, allowing a game score of 2-3 and a turnaround. Oh Jun-sung's spears and shields, which maintained the six-game battle line, came to life, bringing the flow back to 11-4. After a match point that overwhelmed the opponent with a forehand top pin like a lightning bolt, 10-7 in the last seven games, Oh Jun-sung roared hot with his arms raised. The game score was 4-3, completing a thrilling victory. The WTT broadcaster said, "Star has been born from Star Contender. Eighteen-year-old Oh Jun-sung lifted his first trophy in Chennai. Oh Jun-sung wrote history on his own in historical cities and historical places."
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Immediately after winning the men's singles, Oh Jun-sung said, `I feel really good to have my first singles champion title at a big competition called Star Contender.' "There was a little pressure and anxiety about participating in the game as I failed in the first round in a row in recent competitions, but the coach and coach helped me improve my skills and manage my mind through training at Jincheon Training Center, so I was able to do well in this game." Thankful heart,' said Oh Sang-eun, his father, and did not forget his gratitude to coaching staff such as coach Yoon Jae-young. "I will focus more on training in the future and show you a better performance."
Above all, it is even more meaningful because it is a victory in which a young teenage player overcame a difficult situation with a strong mentality. Oh Jun-sung joined Mirae Asset Securities shortly after writing his first winning history as a high school student in the 2022 presidential men's singles, and his father Oh Sang has been growing up with the coach, but he broke up with his team with his father last year. Later, his father Oh was appointed as the full-time head coach of the men's national team, and his son Oh Jun-sung trained alone without his team and wore the national flag. After entering Jincheon National Training Center last month, through intense training, the result was 'First Win in Trial' The national team also got off to a good start by sweeping three gold medals in the men's and doubles (Im Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun) and mixed doubles (Im Jong-hoon and Shin Yoo-bin) at the first international competition under the new coaches of Oh Sang-eun and Seok Eun-mi.
Meanwhile, Oh Jun-sung will immediately start the home competition with his first victory momentum. The WTT Champions, which will be held in Incheon, South Korea from the 1st to the 6th, and the top 32 in the world rankings will challenge for the second consecutive podium in a special competition in men's and women's singles. Along with Oh Joon-sung, Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah), Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), Lee Sang-soo (Samsung Life), Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air), Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Authority), Joo Chun-hee (Samsung Life), Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), and Kim Na-young (Posco International) will challenge for the championship.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
In particular, Oh Jun-sung is also trying to be single instead of extending his contract with his previous team. This is why the affiliation that follows his name is marked as Suseongbang Tong High School, which has a academic record, not a front-line unemployment team. His father, Oh Sang, is also taking on new challenges as a full-time head coach of the men's national team, and his son, Oh Jun-sung, has been training without his team since the beginning of this year. Winning this tournament is more meaningful because it is a result of overcoming such adversity. It will be able to put more special power on the following Champions and World Championship individual competition challenges.
In addition to Oh Jun-sung's men's singles victory, the WTT star contenter Chennai 2025 International Table Tennis Championships have all ended. In addition to Oh Joon-sung's men's singles, the Korean national team won three events, including the men's doubles of the Im Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun groups and the mixed doubles of the Im Jong-hoon and Shin Yoo-bin groups. From the runner-up of the women's doubles Shin Yoo-bin and Yoo Han-na group to the third place of the women's singles Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air) and Kim Na-young (Posco International), he performed well in all participating events. What's the "Oh-sang" for this competition?It also drew attention in that it was the first international competition in which the national team was officially dispatched under the male and female head coach system of Seok Eun-mi. The national team got off to a good start in its first official tournament.
The competition, which was held in Chennai, India from the 25th to the 30th, is a professional tour series hosted by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) international competition organization WTT. Although the strongest China was absent due to the higher level competition than the contenders, strong players from Europe and Japan competed and boasted a high level of performance. Oh Jun-sung, the winner of the men's singles, and Miwa Harimoto, the winner of the women's singles, will be given $10,000 in prize money and 600 world ranking points. It was also a special achievement for Oh Jun-sung that he secured the power to vertically raise the world ranking beyond his first individual win in the Contender Series.
And Oh Jun-sung takes on another challenge that follows immediately. The Champions, which will be held by WTT from the 1st to the 6th in Incheon, Korea, is the stage. The WTT Champions is an event in which the top 32 in the world rankings only hold men's and women's individual singles. Five men and women, including Jang Woo-jin (Se-ah), Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), Oh Joon-sung (Suseong Bang Tong High School), Lee Sang-soo (Samsung Life Insurance), Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air), Seo Hyo-won (Korea Racing Authority), Joo Chun-hee (Samsung Life Insurance), Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), and Kim Na-young (Posco International), will challenge for the Korean players. It is expected that the players who added good confidence in Chennai will be able to continue their upward trend in Incheon.
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The WTT Champions will begin in Incheon on the 1st.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
