On the evening of October 2, at the Canal Sports Park Gymnasium in Hangzhou's Gongshu District, the Asian Games women's doubles championship in table tennis began between North and South Korea. Although there is no Chinese combination in this match, it still has a lot of attention.
In the previous semifinals, the South Korean pair Tian Ji-hee/Shin Yu-bin defeated the Japanese pair 4-1, while the North Korean pair Sasu-ying/Park Su-kyung won 4-3 against India.
According to the ranking released by the WTT World Table Tennis Federation on September 26, the women's doubles pair of Tian Zhixi / Shin Yubin of South Korea is still ranked first in the world. At the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships, Tian Zhixi/Shen Yubin defeated China's "seafood sisters" Sun Yingsha/Wang Manyu 3-0 in the semifinals to advance to the final; Although they lost to China's Chen Meng/Wang Yidi in the final, the competitiveness of the women's doubles pair can be seen.
There is less information about the North Korean combination Park Su-jing/Sasui-kage. Earlier, the North Korean Olympic Committee unilaterally decided not to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. Because of this move, the IOC Executive Board decided to suspend the qualification of the North Korean Olympic Committee until the end of 2022. The 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games will be North Korea's "debut" of returning to major international sports venues after the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Although it lacks world rankings because it did not participate in international competitions, the strength of the North Korean table tennis team cannot be underestimated. Table tennis fans will not forget that at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, the North Korean women's table tennis team defeated the Chinese team and won the gold medal. At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, it was Kim Hyuk-bong and Kim Joong from North Korea who won the mixed doubles table tennis championship.
At the beginning of the final, the Korean team made the first effort and closed the first two sets 11-6, 11-4. Although the North Korean combination showed tenacity in the third game, winning 12-10. But in the next two sets, Tian Zhixi/Shin Yubin first won the first set 12-10, and then announced the end of the game with a large score difference of 11-3.
With a score of 4-1, the South Korean team won the women's doubles gold medal, which was also the first time that Korean table tennis won the Asian Games championship since the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
Source | Tide News
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