Two singles X doubles bronze medals (WTT Contender Zagreb) failed to make it to the finals due to Ahn Jae-hyun, a table tennis genius in the singles semifinals
Jun 29, 2025
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Ahn Jae-hyun lost to China's Chen Yuanyu 0-3 in the men's singles semifinals of the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Zagreb held in Arena Zagreb, Croatia on the 29th (Korea time).
Chen Yuanyu was the opponent Ahn Jae-hyun beat 3-1 in the semifinals when he was runner-up for WTT contenter Taiyuan in April. Although he was not technically behind in the game, he was not lucky in the rally game, and he was behind in concentration and physical strength, failing to achieve his goal of going to the finals.
Ahn Jae-hyun was pushed to 3-6 at the beginning of the first game, but chased 5-6, 8-9 with his unique fast attack and sharp course attack, making it 9-9. However, he gave up game points by allowing the opponent to counterattack on the foredrive, and in the last rally, Ahn Jae-hyun's foredrive was caught in the net and gave up one game 9-11.
Two games were also close. After falling behind 0-3, he scored down with a fast and powerful attack that cut the opponent's table to take a 5-3 lead. After that, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, tight flows followed. The opponent was caught in a straight backhand attack like a lightning bolt. However, a series of mistakes hampered him. He gave up game points with a forehand error. But at 9-10, he entered the deuce game with a forehand tospin. Chen Yu-wen won the following rally, and eventually gave up two games 10-12.
When Ahn Jae-hyun was pushed to 1-4 in three games, he asked for a timeout. The foredrive was pushed to 3-7, 4-9. In the end, they lost the last game 5-11, unfortunately failing to advance to the final with a 0-3 game score.
Ahn Jae-hyun of this tournament played a 3-2 full game from the round of 32 to the quarterfinals. He beat Ricardo Walter (Germany) in the round of 32, Joe Seyfried (France) in the round of 16, and Hwang Yu-jeong (Chinese 20-year-old left-handed Shin Seong' in the quarterfinals by 3-2 to reach the semifinals, but he did not have the same destructive power as when he finished second in the men's doubles (bronze medal) with Lim Jong-hoon, a "Korea Exchange senior."
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Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
