(Paris 1 day comprehensive electricity) South Korea's former world champion Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol's sword is not old! They defeated Indonesia's world number one minion duo Fernadi/Sukamujo in the final of the French Badminton Super 750 men's doubles tournament in straight sets to win the men's doubles title again since the 2019 Australian and US Opens.
The traditional Korean way of playing overturns the minion
This is a landmark victory for the two veterans, 34-year-old Gao Sung-hyun and 32-year-old Shin Baek-cheol beat Indonesia's world's top men's doubles with the traditional Korean style of play, no matter what the opponent's ball, they can use tenacious defense to defuse, but also mobilize Kevin to make him unable to play the strength of the frontcourt, when the opportunity comes, from the defense to attack a blow to win, and finally won 21-17, 22-20 victory.
Ko Sung-hyun and Shin Baek-cheol stumbled upon their comeback in 2018, but now Ko sung-hyun has won his third French Open title (the first two being 2012 with Lee Yong-tae and 2015 with Kim Ho-na), and Shin Byoch-cheol has won his first French Open title.
Gao Chengxuan: Before the game, we didn't expect to win
Gao Chengxuan told the BWF official website after the game: "Before coming here, we didn't think we could win, but after each victory, we felt better, and today we were super happy. We left the national team a few years ago and after the pandemic, it was our first time reaching a high-level tournament final, so it was really important for us. ”
"Compared to the younger players, we have a lot of physical limitations, so it's hard to keep up with them. We have experience, which was very helpful to us today, and maybe today we handled it better than our opponents. They're really good players and it's hard to compare them to our contemporaries. Even then, there were many people who were better than us. ”
Shen Baizhe: When I didn't play, I felt uneasy about the future
Shen Baizhe said: "We have no regrets. But during the time we weren't playing, we were uneasy about our future, and now we're happy to do it. It was my first time in the final in France, so it meant a lot. After that, we are more confident about the big races ahead.