Doc Gongduo Im Jonghoon X Ahn Jaehyun did it! Beat the world's No. 1 Wirbrung brothers and win the doubles WTT smash for the first time!
Jul 13, 2025
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'Korea Dakgong Doubles Group' Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange, world No. 5) lifted the World Table Tennis (WTT) Smash for the first time. .
Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun won the WTT U.S. Smash Men's Doubles Final 3-1 in Las Vegas on the 12th (Korea time).
Im - Anjo beat Wong Chunting - Chan Baldwinjo 3-1 in the semifinals to advance to the final. The Lebrung brothers reached the final with a 3-0 victory over China's strongest group Liang Jingkun and Wang Chuqin. The same match was made as a lie last month when WTT Star Contender Ljubljana won. Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun, who jumped to the 'world's fifth place', beat Wong-Chan-Jo 3-2 in the semifinals at the time and reached the final, beating the 'world's No. 1 European champion' Lebrung brothers 3-0.
Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun and the Le Brung brothers have won and lost 1 game in history. In February, Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun lost 2 to 3 (5-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 7-11) in Singapore's Smash Round of 16, but won the WTT star contenter Ljubljana final last month by winning 3 to 0 (11-9, 11-9, 12-10).
Im-Anjo lost one game to 1-5 due to the quick attack, momentum and net play of the LeBrig brothers. They lost one game 4-11. In the second game, the Lebrung brothers were in high spirits. It lost its early lead and fell to 2-5. However, as Ahn Jae-hyun's fore drive and Lim Jong-hoon's back drive, which maintained the line, chased 6-7, the French bench asked for a timeout. He got 7-10 points with three points, but it wasn't over until the end. Lim Jong-hoon's attack on the course and backhand attack revived with a thrilling score in the rally, making it a 10-10 deuce. Alexis's foredrive and Ahn Jae-hyun's foredrive alternately fired, and Ahn Jae-hyun's attack later succeeded in turning the tables against each other. It came from behind to win 13-11. Felix LeBrigg expressed regret by hitting his head with a racket.
3 Game Im-Anjo took a 2-0 lead against the shaky Lebrung brothers. After that, Lim Jong-hoon's backhand attack succeeded and led after continuing the tight flow from 2-2 to 5-5. The Lebrung brothers were shaken. He scored six points and won 11–5. They turned the game around with a game score of 2-1.
In four games, Im-Anjo also overwhelmed the Lebrung brothers 4-1. The urgent Le Brung brothers led 9-3 with a series of mistakes. He finished the championship points after the timeout, securing the championship with an 11-6, and a game score of 3-1.
Lim Jong-hoon and Ahn Jae-hyun, who regained their first doubles gold medal in 32 years to South Korea at the Astana Asian Championships in Kazakhstan last year, once again made history. Lim Jong-hoon of the left hand and Ahn Jae-hyun of the right hand are seniors and juniors at Daejeon Dongsan High School in their third year and have been working together on the doubles at the Korea Exchange since 2023. It is the fifth win in the WTT Contender Series (2023 in Antalya, Rio, 2025 in Chennai, Ljubljana, USA) and the first ever in the WTT major event Grand Smash. Lim Jong-hoon had reached the final with Jang Woo-jin (Sea) at the 2023 Singapore Smash, but lost to China's Panjendong-Wang Chu Chin-jo and finished second. Im Jong-hoon, who was unfortunately runner-up in the mixed doubles final with Shin Yoo-bin of this tournament, won a gold medal in the men's doubles with Ahn Jae-hyun, expressing regret.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
