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Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange) and Kim Na-young (Posco International) won the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Taiyuan Mixed Doubles by beating the Chinese group.
Lim Jong-hoon and Kim Na-young-jo, who received '4th seed', won the game score 3-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10) against China's Shefei-Qiantiani Joe (ranked 16th in the mixed doubles) in the WTT contenter Taiyuan mixed doubles final held in Taiyuan, Shaanxi Province, China on the 12th.
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He won the title with a stable breathing that would not be believed to be the double team that worked together for the first time in this competition. He gained the upper hand by winning one game 11-8, and gave up two games 7-11, but he grabbed three games 11-6, won a four-game deuce close game, winning 12-10, completing a thrilling victory. After winning his first bronze medal in this event with Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air) at the Paris Olympics last year, Lim Jong-hoon won his first victory of the season at the event, which he worked with Kim Na-young for the first time. He proved once again that he is a master of mixed doubles.
Kim Na-young is also proving her remarkable growth in each competition, such as turning Duhoichem back at the WTT Champions Incheon. She smiled brightly as she lifted her first trophy in the WTT Contender Honbok. With Lim Jong-hoon and Shin Yu-bin keeping the world's fourth place in the rankings of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), the tournament is an opportunity to raise the individual rankings of mixed doubles at major competitions such as the World Championship and a new place for experimentation. As Im Jong-hoon and Kim Na Young-jo showed the best performance on the international stage, Oh Sang-eun, the men's team coach, and Seok Eun-mi, the women's team coach, had happy thoughts about mixed uniforms and doubles combinations. The existing combination of ace group Lim Jong-hoon, Shin Yoo-bin, Cho Dae-sung and Kim Na-young is likely to be at the World Championship, but options for Cho Dae-sung, Shin Yoo-bin, and Kim Na-young will also be available by changing their partners in the future.
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Meanwhile, Kim Na-young is also aiming for the second gold medal in the women's doubles final on the afternoon of the 13th against Chen Yi-Xuizo of China along with `One-Pot-Bob' Yuhan (Posco International). 'Left-handed ace' Yuhan also finished runner-up at WTT Star Contender Chennai last month along with Shin, who coordinated with him as a child, proving Shin's 'new partner' skills since veteran Jeon Ji-hee retired. Attention is focusing on whether Kim Na-young, who has worked with her team for a long time, will be able to go beyond the final and win the championship this time.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
