Ahn Se-young's men's double clothes wiped it off Seo Seung-jae Kim Won-ho Becomes World Championship Champion...Seo Seung-jae won the tournament for the second time in a row with a complete victory over the Chinese team
Sep 01, 2025
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World No. 1 Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho reached the top with a 2-0 (21-17, 21-12) victory over China's Chen Bhai Yang-Liu Yi (11th in the world) in the men's doubles final held in Paris, France early on the 1st (Korea time).
Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who remained the only hope after Ahn's elimination from the semifinals, handed South Korea a gold medal for the second year in a row following 2023. In particular, Seo Seung-jae also achieved his dream of winning two consecutive tournaments, which Ahn Se-young did not achieve.
Seo Seung-jae won two gold medals in the 2023 tournament. He won mixed doubles with Chae Yoo-jung and men's doubles with Kang Min-hyuk. South Korea, which won three gold medals by combining Ahn Se-young's first gold medal in women's singles at the time, achieved the highest record in the world championships.
In this tournament, Ahn Se-young, who was aiming for her second consecutive victory, was eliminated in the semifinals and Chae Yoo-jung in the mixed doubles round of 32, paired with Jongmin Lee, leaving Seo Seung-jae as the only hope to achieve her second consecutive victory.
Until last year, Seo Seung-jae participated in mixed doubles and men's doubles, but this year, he changed to a combination with Kim Won-ho and devoted himself to men's doubles. Seo Seung-jae, who also went through tests with juniors such as Ki Dong-ju and Jin-yong, has taken a leap forward to the point where he became No. 1 in the world after launching the combination of Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho based on the judgment of the national team that Kim Won-ho is the best partner.
The final was played from the beginning of the first game. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who won a landslide victory over the world's fifth-largest Danish team the previous day. He first met in the final of the Malaysian Open in January and won 2-1 and was ranked 11th in the world, so it was expected to be easier than the semifinals, but that was not the case at all.
Chen Bhai Yang-Ryu's defense was quite strong, incomparable to Denmark's on the previous day. There was a breathless chase from the beginning. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who finished the interval trailing 6-11, trailed 13-14 with consecutive points. Then, the opponent also responded with consecutive points and ran away again. With the score 14-17 again, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho wrote a miraculous twist drama.
In particular, the decisive blow was that Seo Seung-jae fell backward and received the opponent's attack, leading to an opponent's error and a come-from-behind score in the 17-17 tie. Surprised by Seo Seung-jae's amazing defense, Chun Bai-yang and Ryu Yi lost the so-called mental breakdown and lost one game to Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho.
Seo Seung-jae once hit a decisive blow with a hustle play that blew his body in the semifinals, and he produced no less famous scenes in the first game.
Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who scored one game dramatically, have not been rough since then. In the second game, he gained the upper hand from the beginning, as opposed to the first game. They scored in a row in the early stages to go 8-0 away. After that, he was chased 10-7 by his opponent's fierce pursuit, but he took a breather with Kim Won-ho's aggressive net play.
After the interval, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho pushed like fielders. Seo Seung-jae scored back-to-back points with an aggressive potential play to run back to 13-7. Chun Bai Yang-Ryu Yi chased again by five points with consecutive points, but Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho responded with consecutive points again.
Since then, there has been a close game of exchanging services, but the gap has not narrowed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
