Miraculous winner Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na, top of the Danish Open...Kim He-jung and Gong Hee-yong won for the first time after four consecutive losses and the first gold medal this season

Oct 19, 2025

Baek Hana (left)-Lee Soheejo. Photo courtesy of the Badminton Korea Association

Badminton women's doubles Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na (hereinafter Incheon International Airport) won the Danish Open.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na came from behind to win the game score 2-1 (15-21, 21-14, 21-15) after playing a showdown with Kim Hye-jung (Jeonbuk Bank) and Gong Hee-yong (Samsung Life) in the women's doubles final in Odense, Denmark, on the 19th (Korea time).

in effect 'unexpected victory' World No. 7 Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na are lower rankers than Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong (world No. 4), and they have never won in all four matches.

Therefore, in domestic women's doubles, it has been called the `No. 1' after Kim Hye-jeong and Gong Hee-yong. Moreover, Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong have won four international competitions, including the Suwon Victor Korea Open, the Singapore Open, the Orléan Masters, and the Indonesian Masters, but Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na did not win any titles this year.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na roared 'Finally' with a thrilling come-from-behind victory, as if they had lost their sadness at once in the final showdown.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na are inferior to each other, but a tight match has been held as they have recently been recovering. In the first game, the two groups were in a tight race until the middle of the game, but laughed first as Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong's bold attack worked in the second half.

However, Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na paid back properly in two games. Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na, who were dragged to 1-4 in the beginning, tied the score with three consecutive points and had an interval break with three consecutive points after 8-8.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na have played relatively easily, never losing the lead they have taken since then. In particular, he succeeded in scoring as many as five consecutive points after 14-13, effectively determining the match's origin.

In the third game, the seesaw game was played in the beginning. The mood rapidly shifted as Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na succeeded in scoring five consecutive points. It seemed that it was because Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na, who had been defeated in all the matches and had no international championships this season, were more desperate.

Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na, who succeeded perfectly in gaining the upper hand of the match, did not allow them to chase after one or two more points. On the other hand, Kim Hye-jung and Gong Hee-yong failed to find a clue to their counterattack, such as making a series of error-making plays as if they were embarrassed by the unexpected inferiority.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.