Ahn Se-young saved from a crisis before returning. Early confirmation of South Korea's advance to quarterfinals
Apr 28, 2025
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Coach Park Joo-bong (61), who is making his debut as the head coach of the Korean national team in this competition, cruised to reclaim the top spot for the first time in eight years.
Park Joo-bong won three games against Canada in the second Group B match of the '2025 Badminton World Championship (Sudirman Cup)' held in Xiamen, China on the 28th.
South Korea, which defeated the Czech Republic 4-1 in the first group match the previous day, secured at least the second place in the group and secured a ticket to the quarterfinals given to the first and second places in each group. South Korea will play its final match against Taiwan on the 30th for the top spot in the group.
The Sudhirman Cup is played in the order of men's singles - women's singles - men's doubles - women's doubles - mixed doubles. In the quarterfinals tournament, the winner is decided by a best-of-three system, but in the group stage, they will play all five matches (match) even if they win three games first to guarantee an even opportunity to play and calculate the margin of ranking.
South Korea got off to a shaky start, losing 0-2 in the men's singles (Jeon Hyuk-jin). However, if world No. 1 Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who played in the two-game women's singles, crushed Michelle Lee (21st) 2-0 (21-16, 23-21), the match was balanced.
The Korean national team, which regained confidence after Ahn Se-young's victory, confirmed its victory regardless of the result of the final mixed doubles (Jongmin Lee - Chae Yoo-jung), with the men's doubles Kang Min-hyuk and Ki Dong-joo and women's doubles Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong winning consecutively in the following match.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
