Ji Da-young, paired with Jin-ah Lim (left), plays against Japan’s Noah Takahashi and Emina Watanabe in the semifinals of the soft tennis women’s team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Olympic Sports Center Tennis Court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 4th. Yonhap News
Korean soft tennis (tennis) could not surpass Japan, the home country. In both the men’s and women’s team events, they lost in the semifinals against Korea and Japan, so they had to be satisfied with the bronze medal at the Asian Games.
The national team lost to Japan in both men’s and women’s team semifinals at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Zhejiang Province, China on the 4th. We lost with a match score of 0 to 2.
The men’s team aimed for success following the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang competition, but lost the opportunity. The women’s team tried to avenge their final loss to Japan five years ago, but lost again. Since there was no match for 3rd or 4th place, both men and women were awarded bronze medals. After the 2010 Guangzhou Games, advancement to the finals of the men’s and women’s team event was again canceled.
The women’s team was especially disappointing. In the first doubles, Ji Da-young (Anseong City Hall) and Lim Jin-ah (NH Nonghyup Bank) were on the verge of victory over Noah Takahashi and Emina Watanabe with a game score of 4 to 2. Although they gave up one game, they took the match point, 3 to 1, in the opponent’s serve game where they were ahead 4 to 3.
However, a series of mistakes resulted in the loss of a well-earned victory. Following a missed lob stroke, his forehand was caught in the net, leading to deuce, and he ended up losing 4 to 7, ultimately tying the game at 4 to 4. Even though the atmosphere was already tense, the game was eventually lost in the tie break.
Instructions from coach Yoo Young-dong (right) during the match between Da-young Ji and Jin-ah Lim of Japan against Noah Takahashi and Emina Watanabe of Japan in the semifinals of the soft tennis women’s team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Olympic Sports Center Tennis Court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 4th. is listening to yunhap news
Ji Da-young and Lim Jin-ah left deep regrets in the group stage against Taiwan the previous day. With the game score ahead of 4 to 2, Jinah Lim hit a normal smash at match point and lost the win at 3 to 2. As expected, the game was given away after a tie break. In fact, they lost in the deciding match for first place in Group A, which became a decisive excuse for them to meet Japan, first place in Group B in the semifinals.
The national team, having lost the victory that was right in front of them, suddenly became depressed. Lee Min-seon (NH Nonghyup Bank), who played second singles, lost 1 to 4 to Kurumi Onoue, confirming her defeat. Ace Moon Hye-kyung (NH Nonghyup Bank) was preparing to play 3 doubles with Ko Eun-ji (Okcheon County Office), but she did not even play. Lee Min-seon suffered a complete loss in the match against Chinese Taipei the previous day amid the aftereffects of losing the first doubles match.
The men’s team was targeted by Japan. Initially, in the men’s and women’s semifinal match between Korea and Japan held simultaneously on this day, Japan sent a large number of cheering squads into the men’s game. An official from the Korea Soft Tennis Association pointed out, “Japan seems to have thought that they would naturally win against Korea, whose national team selection leader Su-jin Lee (Okcheon-gun Office) was missing due to injury, and focused on the men’s division, which was expected to be a close match.”
In this atmosphere, in the first doubles match, Kim Tae-min (Suwon City Hall) and Kim Hyun-soo (Dalseong County Office) lost 2 to 5 to Uchimoto Takafumi and Hiruka Sora. As he was unable to properly respond to Japanese ace Hiruka’s difficult cut serve, he was repeatedly attacked by surprise attacks from opponent Uchimoto.
Hyungwook Yoon plays against Toshiki Uematsu of Japan in the semifinals of the soft tennis men’s team event at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games held at the Olympic Sports Center tennis court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China on the 4th. yunhap news
Hyeong-wook Yoon (Sunchang County Office), who competed in the second singles, had a close match with Toshiki Uematsu, but lost 3 to 4. As Korea’s defeat was confirmed, the 3 doubles match, which was scheduled to feature Lee Hyun-soo (Dalseong County Office) and Kim Byeong-guk (Sunchang County Office), was not held.
After the game, women’s team coach Young-dong Yoo (NH Nonghyup Bank) said, “It is unfortunate that in the first match against Japan following Taiwan, we were not able to win even after holding a match point and completely lost the momentum,” adding, “The match team ordered a bold attack, but rather passive play. “As a result, we gave up the game,” he said, pondering his regret. She continued by saying, “I think it will be a good mock test ahead of the individual competition and I will prepare well.”
Seo Gyu-jae, the men’s team coach (Incheon Metropolitan Sports Council), said, “It’s unfortunate that Sora’s serve in the first doubles was defeated one after another,” and added, “The players who were competing in their first international competition and first Asian Games had a good experience.” He went on to pledge, “As much as I have analyzed the opposing players, I will make up for it in the individual competition.”
The national team will feature Lee Hyun-soo, Moon Hye-kyung, Kim Byeong-guk and Ji Da-young in the mixed doubles on the 5th. The men’s and women’s fasts will take place on the 6th and 7th.
2023-10-05 16:27:53
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