The overwhelming ace! Jang Woo-jin returns to become the first champion of the professional table tennis league singles!
Nov 16, 2025
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Jang Woo-jin lifted the trophy by winning the game score 3-0 against Woo Hyung-kyu (23, Mirae Asset Securities) in the men's singles final of the 2025 Dunamu Pro Table Tennis League Final held at Gwangmyeong Civic Gymnasium on the afternoon of the 16th.
Jang Woo-jin, the winner of the 'Second Series', defeated Cho Ki-jung (Hwaseong City Corporation) 3-1 in the round of 16 and Jang Sung-il (Boram Hallelujah) 3-0 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Park Kang-hyun (Mirae Asset Securities) of the left hand, who was tight with 1 win and 1 loss in the series, was turned 3-2 after a close game and a hard time to reach the final.
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It was a war from the first game. Woo Hyung-kyu, who was born in 2002, strongly challenged Jang Woo-jin's official record. 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, tight flow. As Woo Hyung-kyu scored two points and led 9-7, Jang Woo-jin scored two points again to catch up. 9-9. Despite being an individual match, the hot cheering matches between the two teams, such as the team match, were impressive. Coach Jung Young-sik's Se-ah and Lee Jung-chun's Mirae Asset Securities players rose together with each score and roared and cheered with generous applause. Jang Woo-jin grabbed the game point, but Woo Hyung-kyu followed again and entered the deuce game. Jang Woo-jin's ball was caught in the net, Woo Hyung-kyu grabbed the game point again, and after Jang Woo-jin responded with a powerful fore drive, 11-11, and Woo Hyung-kyu took sub points, Jang Woo-jin's fore drive was fierce, 12-12, and Woo Hyung-kyu won the rally, 13-13, and Jang Woo-jin won the game 15-13.
Two games, the initial tight trend passed on to Jang Woo-jin. He gained momentum by winning the rally fight, and even showed off a trick ping pong to control the level of the roving ball, widening the gap to 8-3, and winning 11-5.
In three games, Woo Hyung-kyu, who was on the brink of the precipice, took a 4-0 lead and tried to turn it around, but Jang Woo-jin caught up with four points down and made a 4-4 run, followed by Woo Hyung-kyu's serve with a foredrive, and succeeded in turning it around 5-4. Jang Woo-jin, who led 8-5 by winning the match-drive match, roared with an arm raised. He shook off Woo Hyung-kyu's last-minute chase, grabbed the champion point, and embraced coach Jung Young-sik after winning 11-7.
Jang Woo-jin, a "Korean veteran top ranker", once again proved why he is the best ace in Korea with his best performance in front of 500 fans at Gwangmyeong Civic Gymnasium. Jang Woo-jin announced his revival in the following international competitions after regaining confidence by winning the second series of professional table tennis amid a series of injuries and poor conditions since last year's Paris Olympics. He made it to the semifinals for the second consecutive time in Macau (September) and Montpellier (November) at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Champions, and eventually showed off his strong performance by becoming the final champion and the first champion of the Protable Tennis League this season.
In this competition, the men's and women's round of 16 players in the professional table tennis series 1-2 rankings, which was held this season, participated. The total prize money for the Finals will be 74 million won, 20 million won for male and female winners, 5 million won for the runner-up, 2 million won for each of the semifinals and 1 million won for each of the quarterfinals. Jang Woo-jin, who said, `I gave a thank you to the trainers with the prize money for the second competition,' said on Media Day before the competition `If I win, I will do it to the entire team"I made a pledge.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
