POSCO Energy's trend Kim Na-young X Yoo Han-najo won the 女 doubles, and Kim Na-young's singles X team event also proved its stormy growth to the finals
Apr 26, 2025
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Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na, who made a surprise headlines earlier this month with the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Taiyuan 2025 Women's Doubles Gold Medal, also enjoyed victory at the National Table Tennis Championships. Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na returned Shim Hyun-joo and Lee Da-eun of Mirae Asset Securities to 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4) in the women's doubles final at Gangneung Arena on the afternoon of the 25th. Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na, who beat the Geumcheon-gu Office veteran Song Shim-idasom group 3-1 (11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3) in the semifinals, were on the verge of collapse. Yoo Han-na's left hand and Kim Na-young's right hand matched each other and overwhelmed the opponent all the time.
Yoo Han-na, who is left-handed, is three years older than Kim Na-young, who is right-handed, but she is in the same class as Kim Na-young. Kim Na-young became a motivation when she chose to go to business instead of going to high school immediately after graduating from Daejeon's Hodon Girls' Middle School. The two proved their potential by winning the national championship in 2022, the next year, and the WTT Contender Competition in Taiyuan, China, earlier this month, beating Hong Kong and Chinese difficulties, proving their potential for international growth. He then brought back the title of the final championship for the first time in three years, showing his best teamwork.
Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na will compete side by side at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, Qatar, on the 17th of next month. Doubles partners in the national team are different. `Left-handed ace' Yuhan is expected to be paired with Shin Yu-bin (Korean Air) and Kim Na-young with \`The Naturalization Ace' Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air). It is expected that they will change their teams and form a team. With Shin Yoo-bin's doubles partner gone due to Jeon Ji-hee's retirement, the women's national team, led by coach Seok Eun-mi and coach Choi Hyun-jin, is struggling with the best and optimal combination through various experiments.
Soon after winning, Kim Na-young and Yoo Han-na responded to each other "Both tend to quickly take the lead, and they get along well. If possible, I want to win more," he said with a smile. Regarding the women's doubles combination of the national team "It's unfortunate that it's a little different from the system that's well suited these days, but they're good partners, so I'll play hard to show good results."." Kim Na-young said, "(The World Championship) is a competition where really good players come out, so we will prepare more thoroughly (Kim Na-young)." Yoo Han-na said, "It's my first time at such a big competition, but I will do my best to do everything I can while enjoying the tension." expressed his determination.
Kim Na-young again proved her stormy growth this season by reaching the women's singles final. He will challenge Samsung Life's naturalized ace Joo Chun-hee to win the final match on the 26th. His team, POSCO International, advanced to the final of the team event, making the singles, doubles, and team events all finalists of this tournament. After winning the doubles, he is on the verge of becoming a multi-crowd king. In the team event, Shin Yu-bin will compete for the championship cup with Hwaseong City Corporation, which turned Korean Air around.
Meanwhile, in the men's doubles at this competition, Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun of the Korea Exchange beat Park Kang-hyun and Woo Hyung-kyu of Mirae Asset Securities 3-0 (13-11, 11-7, 11-6) to lift the trophy.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
