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'Korea's ace group' Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange) won the World Table Tennis (WTT) Star Contender Ljubljana Men's Doubles by beating the world's No. 1 'Lebrung Brothers'.
The 'World' group of Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun defeated the 'World' group of Felix-Alex Lebrung (France) by a score of 3-0 in the men's doubles final of the competition held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on the 22nd (Korea time).
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Lim Jong-hoon-Ahn Jae-hyun, who beat Hong Kong veterans Wong Chun-ting and Chan Baldwin-jo 3-2 in the semifinals, did not lose an inch against the 「European Champion Joe」 and the world's No. 1" LeBrigg brothers Joe. A luxury game was held against the "Lebrung brothers" who have been working together all their lives. Ahn Jae-hyun's heavy left-handed attack was fierce due to Ahn Jae-hyun's solid reception, and he overwhelmed his opponent in the short game as well as in the foredrive, back drive, rally and speed. They brought all 1-2 games to 11-9, and finished the last 3 games 12-10 after a close deuce. Lim Jong-hoon's foredrive was plugged into the opponent's table, and the game ended. The WTT commentator expressed surprise, saying, `The world's No. 1 lost 0-3.' Twenty-five minutes were enough to win.
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Both Felix and Alexis LeBrigg are in the semifinals of the men's singles at this tournament, and Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun were strong when they were together. After winning the gold medal at the Astana Asian Championships last year and this year's WTT Star Contender Chennai, he ranked the highest in the podium again. 'Paris Olympics, Doha World Championship Mixed Doubles Bronze Medalist' Lim Jong-hoon won the men's doubles championship cup with Oh Jun-sung, who became a junior player last month, and won the title for the second consecutive time, proving that he is the strongest left-handed ace in doubles.
'Left-handed ace' Lim Jong-hoon will try to win two gold medals in mixed doubles on the 22nd with Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air). Shin Yu-bin and Lim Jong-hoon will challenge Brazil's Hugo Calderano and Bruno Takahashi to win the championship. Shin Yu-bin finished second in the women's doubles final after losing to Japan's Harimoto Miwa-Odo Satsukizo 1-3. Shin Yu-bin teamed up with her team Kim Na-young (Posco International) at the WTT competition, showing her power to reach the final by winning every game.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
